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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 82, 7 April 1915, Page 4

Evidence adduced at the inquest yes- IS terday afternoon, showed that Mrs. ; Annie Agnes Kearns, who Was found 1 dead in a room she rented in Drake Street, Freeman's Bay, was a very old :. ■'•= resident. Her daughter stated she - always understood that, her mother came to Auckland in her infancy, with, M her parents, • the fajther being amongst gj the first lot of military settlers about 9 1845. Mrs. Kearns was too independent "} by nature to live with either of her I daughters, preferring to rent - a r00m.." She was married at 17, and-is survived .: by seven children. Mr. F. V.- Fraser, '■'■■': S.M., officiated as coroner, and Sergeant wk Bowman represented the police. A post- : ; mortem was not considered necessary, ■ as the deceased was over 70 years of I age and had been attended by a medical _">' man some time ago. The CJoroner found r | that death was due to heart failure. asß

An example of. what is .probably the exph*nationtj6f jmasyvfifctHfe QpjsterioTis . firee" which occur was illustrated by an incident which happened in the' office of V Mr. A. J. C. Talbot, Christchurch, euper- t intendent of the Telegraph Department. An ordinary of white glass, '-i which wa3 italifting on-kytable in Mr. : Talbot's room in the full glare' of the sunehine, acted as a powerful burning " glass, focussing the rays of the sun ou to the table, which was covered with varnished American cloth. Mr. Talbot's attention wag drawn by a emell of burn- ; ? ing material, and he saw smoke rising ': from the scorched surfa-ee of the table. ? He was struck with the possibilities of ;| the occurrence, and called a number of : ■others into the room to ccc the effect the glass had produced.. He then made - a few experiments with pieces of blot- \ ting paper, and found that once the .: bottle had been foeiissed on to the paper ' r it began to scorch in less than a. minute, ~ and after a while the room ..was full of smoke. "I believe that if, there had J been no one in my office at the time," ■■ said Mr. Talbot, "that it would have been quite possible for the place to have ■■. caught fire." A' ehipment of about 11.000 ibuehels of ] Canadian wheat "arrived at Auckland yesterday by th-e steamer Boxderdale. It ~ will be remembered that the steamer S Hesperoe recently brought 286,000 bushele B ■of wheat from St. John, and that a quantity more ordered by the Government 9 bad to be left behind. The Borderdale's I consignment eoneiste of this eurplue, and brings the Government's importations to : date up to about 515,000 bushels. Out of this 118,000 bushels were imported from Vancouver, and the reet from Eastern \:i Canadian ports. S <;

In connection with-tie Hospital P«- . | tients' Sunday," a procession will leave ■■ 9 the Poneonby Reservoir on Sunday §9 at 2.30 p.m., proceeding to the Domain,--; : Bands, friendly societies," Ire brigades, I Boy Scoute, etc., wrli take part. His Wor- 9 ship the Mayor will -be"- among the M speakers.

At a meeting of the Levin Acclimatise- m tion Society it was reported by a member 9 that people were in the habit of going out 1 in the ranges, shooting down cattle, and, ■ 1 after taking off the hide, leaving the % carcase to rot; in some cases the .hides . J were not even removed. It was stated 1 that this was illegal, as the cattle were i protected, and it was also a sinful waste. 9 These cattle were of use to survey parties, "i who depended on them for their meat sup- .-'• plies. It was decided to draw the atten- ."•.; tion of the Government to the matter, I; through the head Acclimatisation Society,- 1 and have the'practice stopped.

An interesting contribution to the Bel- ■ ; : gian Relief Fund has been handed into { the "Star" office. It consists of the sum v of £1, which was raised by Mr. J. Sam-■ i uel, of the auctioneering firm .of Curtie i and Hay ward, by the sale of an odd I volume brought back from Samoa by one 1 of cuar Auckland soldiers. Tie book wis 1 a copy of Shakespeare, and was said to • have once belonged to a high official of M Samoa. The eoldier and come companions 1 were in the auction room -one day last . i" week, when he passed the book "tfp to 9 the auctioneer to be put up for the Bel- 1 gian Fund. The result woe that it was I knocked down to successive purchasers, S who handed it back, for further sale, '."J until the sum of £1 was reached.

The successful docking of the eteamer I Niagara at Calliope wag referred to in c a report submitted to the meeting o£ I the Harbour Board yesterday afternoon. | The engineer stated that the captain of the vessel had mentioned to him hi? 1 appreciation of the arrangement*, i Special reference was made to the quiet ~:, ■work done by the deckmaster, Mr. 1 Tyler, for the reception of the vessel.

Fifty years ago Baxter's Lung Pre- I server was considered tlic best "cougi M and cold remedy .on the market, and I the public still think the same to-day ; : if the thousands 0/ bottles sold ever/ year is any guide.—(Ad.) 'M