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Bush Advocate, Volume XXIII, Issue 13, 17 January 1911, Page 5

The tender of Messrs Brewer and Son lias been accepted for the erection of the Presbyterion Church at Matamau, and the work will be proceeded with at once. Mr F. G. B. "Waldegrave, UnderSecretary for Justice, and Mir James IvayiM, prisons adviser, are visiting the gaol's and reformatory institutions of the South Island. Tine Waimarino A. and P. Association has made Mr W. T. Jennings, M.P. for Taumaruiiui, a life member in .recognition of his services to the Waimarino sectio.ni of Ms constituents. Mr G. C Wheeler, chairman of the Orouia County Council, and president of the Now Zealand Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association, is'-vto take. a. voyage to the Old Country on medical' advice. Wr Wheeler willsiail in April next. Sir Robert Stout, speaking in Draiedim on the subject of the Rhodes scholarship, said: "I think the Ri'hodes trustees are able and! intellli--gent men, and perhaps it inay T>e tdmie enough for us to tender adrvicie as to lioiw they shall carry out their trust when we aire asked! to do so." The position of Director of Ordnance and Officer Commanding tihie . Permanent Force, vacated by Liem-tenant-Oolonel H. F. Head, R.A., wlno is returning to England, wiiJ'i' be fillled, it is understood, ; b : y the appointment of an officer of the Imperial Forces. In: tine .lmeantimie Major J. E .Hume, officer eonimand'hig tlhe> Wellington detachment of the Royall New Zealand Artillery, willl carry out the duties of the position. For some tinne past various rumors have been in circulation as to tHie future plans of the Hon. D,r Finidllay, and it lias heen stated that the Minister intends offerinig ihimself for ■election at the general elections', no fewer than three North Island constituencies, including a city constituency, having been mentioned in connection with his name. A Press reporter asked the Minister what truth there was in these rumors, "but ' Dr Findllay dec-lined to say anythinig on the subject. Tlh.9 Sumner poer was crowded with spectators en- Friday afternoon, when an interesting exhibition was given by Mir Raymond, the. handcuff expert with Wirth's Circus Company. Witih hiis wrists bound together by a double set oif .handcuffs, Mr Raymond jumped into deep water, and before appearing on tho surface again 'had dli-\-csted .himself of his bonds. A rope was attached' to him and held by an assistant on the pier, in eaae of aecii-, dent, but the perfo.rma.iiee was carried through without a hitch. A Jack Tar, travelling to Auckland by tho express recently, reached that condition when his acquaintances were justified in asking him to "have a sleep." The only place likely to afford a resting place was the hat-rack, and the sailor was requested to try that. He took the hint, and was quietly in the rack and peacefully asleep. All went well for about an hour and a half, and other passengers had about forgotten the tar. when, as the train jerked round a heud. they vi-ere .suddenly reminded of Ids presence by a precipitate and violent descent to the i'oor. Luckily, the passengers uhretiv below tho somnolent sailor escaped injury.