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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 59, 29 June 1908, Page 2

"Slippery Jack" was the name given to a prisoner at the Tower Bridge Police Court. It was stated that he gained this nickname twenty years ago, tvhen he used to strip and grease himself, board vessels in the Thames, and rob the captains' berths. A Wairarapa teacher has written to the secretary of the Wellington Education Board acknowledging receipt of the Decalogue, and making the somewhat surprising statement that this was the first occasion upon which many of the scholars had heard the Ten Commandments. "Is this the case in which the Union seeks to regulate the ingredients of plum puddings?" Mr Justice Sim asked when the Shearers' Union case was called on at the Arbitration Court on Tuesday morning. Mr Darcy, who appeared for the • Union, replied in the affirmative. His Honor: "I suppose you will call experts to tell the Court what the ingredients should be?" Mr Darcy said it would be absolutely necessary to do so, and cooks would be called to prove the justice of the Union's claims. His Honor hoped that the evidence would be of facts, and not of opinions. Mr Darcy said that it would deal with solid facts. Much wanton damage was done to several business places m the lower part of East Street, Ashburton, between closing time on Saturday night and early on Sunday morning, the 'Press' correspondent reports. Window blinds were cut and torn, and the sign of one tradesman was so badly scored about that it will have to be repainted. This is the third occasion on which the business man referred to has suffered within a comparatively short period of time. A train containing Wirth's Circus collided with a goods train near Maryborough (Aus.). There were only a few injuries and little damage. It is believed the.driver disregarded the signals.