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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 67, 19 March 1917, Page 4

I The interment of the remains of Mrs. ' Margaret Clarkson took place at Purewa , cemetery yesterday, the Rev. R. L. ■ Walker officiating at the graveside. Dei ceased was a native of Cambuslang, Scotland. i At many of the city and suburban • churches the harvest festival services were held on Sunday, last. The usual offering of fruits, flowers and vegetables were made, and the decorations were very beautiful in several of the churches. 5 There was plenty of fruit, etc, handed in by the congregations; and the quantity which eventually found its way into thei homes of the'poor was up to that of past years. ""•'.* A cable message published recently reported that the Belgian Relief Commission's ship Storstad (6028 tons) had » been sunk by the Germans whilst on the way ifrom Buenos Ayres. In the minds of most people the name Storstad will be unfamiliar, but she played a- big part in one of the greatest mercantile marine tragedies since the Titanic disaster. It i was the Storstad that collided with the . Canadian-Pacific liner. Empress of Ire- : land (14,191 tons) in the St.-(Lawrence i River in May, 1914. The liner had ' nearly 800 passengers on hoard at the ■ time, including Mr. W. R. Bloomfield, of i Auckland, and Mr. (Laurence Irving, the • actor, both of whom were drowned. » The Empress of Ireland was practically ' cut in two, and sank shortly after the • disaster. ' At the Magistrate's Court at Kumara 1 on Wednesday, before 'Mr. T. Hutchison, : S.M., Timothy Creed, Roman Catholic | priest ut Kumara, was charged with faill ing to register under the Military Ser- - vice Act. Inspector Cruickshank prose--1 cuted on behalf of the police. There was ; no appearance of defendant, -who was ' not represented by counsel. The evi--1 dence of Constable Sims (says "Ku- ■ roara Times") was-to the effect that de--1 fendant, when accosted -respecting, his 1 non-registration, said he was not going to bother. He did not believe in killing ' men, but he would not mind going as ; chaplain. His Worship said the case ' was a serious one. The law must not be 1 flouted. Defendant would be convicted - and fined £5, with costs 7/. 1 At the Parnell Amateur Swimming : Club's carnival on Saturday E. G. L. ' Paterson, a member of the club, successfully lowered the New Zealand re--1 cord time for 100 yards by two-fiftb.6 of ' a second. He had as a pacer Leo KronL feld (16 years of age), who was in par- ' ticulaxly good form. Both swimmers ' went off the mark well. They both lost on the turn, iwhich is an art both could cultivate to advantage. In the final ten ' yards Paterson, using a long crawl ' stroke, developed a very rapid burst of ■ speed, and drew away from his pacer. - whom he beat by just over two lengths. " The time recorded by a number of official ! ' timekeepers was 60 4-ss, or two-fifths of i a second lower than Paterson's previous - time. The young champion, who is 18 years of age, was heartily applauded by - the spectators for bis feat, and the ;. applause was renewed with some enthu- '. siasmwhen'the announcement was made 3 that the New Zealand record had been r lowered.by him. '~ Whangarei (Ladies.—We thank you o heartily for your practical appreciation of "No Rubbing" Laundry Help.—(Ad.)