MOTHERS' UNION.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9340, 14 February 1896, Page 4

MOTHERS' UNION.

Lidy Glasgow wive to address the of Oi'iiartT with the forming there a braooh of the ilbthett Uoioa. ' '(.^

- ; ECCLESIASTICAL. \')f§

The Otago Daily Timrft says ;—Wβ stand thac the Rsv. 6. B. iJ»*J«J>» «"$1 rueeally received Lhe offer of an tageone pbaition in the Diocese of chm-oU. The membeta of the Mocitui&%#||

congregation and churchmen generally will bo clad to learn that, after cousuliation with tiie Bishop, Mr Bowdeu has decided to ttaiiiu in charge v.i his prcstsnt cuce.

YESTKsI'.UV'.S ELECTION.

*< Speitcim: «l tiio fr«spec!tß r>f yi'ster.lny'* ■* ejection ttio North Olupo Timts eaye : — 3'ii«ie mutt l>o un t)V<»r«'Ucli!j;ng leadiou Hjjuinst tlio Miiiiairy to allow Mr Lewie to wiu ihe seat.

ANGLING.

Our Temiika writes :—The river* ate vow in grand order for fishing. An iixceptior.a'ily fia« fish was ciught by jj r W. Grant in tiie Ojiihi, scaling 14;b. It was exhibited in Mr E. C. Drews shop, ami attracted considerable attention.

ACCLIMATISATION.

The Otayo Acelhrvuhaliou Society hivs receive , ! from Canvl* by the Vancouver roiue fcix barrel* of wild rice seod for sowing B bout lagoona to provide foo.l for wilj ,}«c!;j ami oilier game. Tl Iβ seed was ftrlM ,,-.e<l for by Mi , A. Lea Smith daring his recent visit.

A HANDSOME GIFT.

J.I re R. S- Tliotnpioa, of Hauvera, has presented 40 aeiee of land closo to the b<imu-i!». for the purpose of a public park. M» Thompson is a Native lady. Tbe land the titers ie s »itl t0 ~c covered with beautiful bush anil koraka tree*, anl wiil bo a of whieu Havver* m*y well be ptoutl'

THE COI.ON'UL BANK

The Dunedin i>£ir states that it is under* itooil that, certain of the Colonial Bank ehar-iboWlers who dissent from the resoluti»n arrived ftt with regard to the nomination of liquidators, will make a strong effort to secure the rejection of oue of the Uh ex.

LOST IN THE BUSH,

A lad named Norman Pateinan, aged eighteen years, who, with some companions, was campiug on the Hawkesbury, New South Wales, went out with one of the party to look for wallabies in the swamp. His friends returned, but he has not been a«i>» since. The services of two btack traeUeis have been secured, and, though they did not find the musing lad, marvelleu* to relate, after keeping on tracks which they believed to be his, they found a poor o!d man who had been lost in the ranges, «u<i who had lain down to die after having eubsieted on water and grass for four days. The old follow had covered his face with hie handkerchief, and was quietly awaiting his end when discovered. iVith attention he recovered, a tut was taken on to his destination. As young Pateman had a gun and cartridges, it was hoped that he would be enabled to subsist until he waefounJ.

EXPLORATION OP NEW GUINEA.

Information was received by the officers of the German corvette Falke to the effect that about the middle of last October Otto Klilere, a distinguished German explorer, in attempting to cross New Guinea from the north to the south coast, was drowned in fording a river when within two days' march of Port Moresby. Killers had beon much weakened by exposure and privation, and was tufiering from fever, so that wheu cftsried off his feet by tbe current, which was running strongly, he was uuable to battle with it. The police officer from the German possessions, who accompanied Ehlers, was drowned at the same time. Khler's native followers conveyed the news to Port Moresby. They were cared for by the British officials, and were then sent back to their homes. Ehlers was tho first white niuu to attempt the feat of crossing the island, and his sad death was much re(rmttod in New Guinea and amongsc the oilieers and crew of the Falke.

AN INTERRUPTED WEDDING OiSKEMONV.

Some exoitement was caused in the Roman Catholic Chnroh ab Rvlstono, New South Wales, oa the occasion of the marriage of Mr John Sheehan with Miss Annie Morriasey, two well known residents of the Rylstone, Cudal, and Mudgee districts. The churoh vu packed by the friends and the public, hut. when the bridal party appeared, Dean O'Dovan announced that no marriage would take place, because the bride was only twenty years of age. This statement c&used much gmieral commotion, and the bridesmaids joiued with the bride in shedding tcara. Re* moustrauce was, however, unavailing, and the bridegroom, detei mined that the wedding should not be frustrated, decided to walk acrots the road to the Wesleynu Church to ascertain whether another clergyman would perform the oerernouy. But the Rβv. Mr Furoer would uot listen to him, nud so one* more an appeal had to be made to Dean O'Dovan, and the issue of the interview was awaited with tlie utmost interest by the bride and a large crowd of frietula who remained outside the churoh. I'ltally, through the intervention of a police iiflkm , named Kearns, who accepted full responsibility in the matter, the clergyman fcgreod to perform the cotoinony, and the couple loft the churoh amid the cheering of their friends.

STATE CONTROL OF RAILWAYS,

Mr G. U. IWkiu, M.A., in Tiie Great Dominion, » writes: — "Public opinion in CanstU agaiu has gone entirely agaiu»t the .State control of railways, which has found favour in Australia. Railway enterpriaa hat bflea lavishly subsidised, the greater psrt of the ffderal and provincial debts haying beeu incurred in this way, but *«•• puople have deliberately preferred to hand ov«r.the assisted railways to private control. There is a deep sense of the danger to constitutional government in nnawMsnrily burdening the legislative poueni wit heomplic* ted administration, with Uif«>omrol of vast expenditure, aud with the ex*rci'« of extensive p&irowige. It is also b«lievfil that a community derives g»eat Mi>mages, through the increased uelflelMttoo of the tu'hvidiul, from holding out Wih fulloet indticeineiils and giving the ttiaaiu pp*«ib!e ecijie to private energy. ' '"*• 'a'ercolonial system, embr.»oin«4 aboiit HO-J wnim <i{ railway, is the only line now ■Mw«er public coutro). It was built »nJ w«vs n»Mi«Utueii tt9 a }m . t o f t | lß federation comStjS Ut ' ts Sute is very wjnely rpj{iu-<Je.» Rβ h. necessary evil. ■Wni-Uier AustrAiian or Canadinn tendenqies io lh* pat-ticulaia I have mentioned reproM " 6 , t *"» more he»lthy and useful forms of development would form an »n- ---*••>»'«># study, and nbout ie, no donbt,•P»«H*n« would Rteatly diir«r. They iiius*«*i* Uje Hi.i«i rang* of political experience lurn Uh«d by a Urge empire."