TO=DAY'S PAPER.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1100, 12 April 1911, Page 7

TO=DAY'S PAPER.

SOME LEADING FEATURES.' tEADERS- Pa S e> Toward; Universal Peace b Notes of the Day 6 GENERAL— • Municipal Elections " The Merchant Service i New Zoalanders Abroad S Pohangina Connly Council ;.. 5 •Miramar Borough ■; . •Wellington Presbytery 1 Palmerston News 4 Church of England Jlens Society i Tongan Letter 4 Wanganui Jottings 1 Hutt aud Petone -News i Wellington Grocers' Union ....;.... -1 Homo Rule 3 The Famine in China 3 ■ Axemen's Carnival 3 Hospital Board 10 Hutt County Council 10 Freight Cars 10 , Maori Pionics 6 The Telescope: Its Housing 6 Coronation Exhibition 6 The Athletic Storm 6 Masterton Notes 9 Wrangling at Hospital Board ... 8 Anglican Mission 8 The Wreck of tho Jessie Nicol ... 8 ' Suburban Car Service 8 Parliament House Design Competition 8 'HETTERS TO THE EDITORAn Imperial Policy 8 Immigration 8 Ro Wailii Mine 8 CABLEGRAMS ' 7 COMMERCIAL 10 ENTERTAINMENTS ; 3 ' FARMING 10 LAW REPORTS ..„...■ 4 LOCAL AND GENERAL 6 MINING 10 NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS 8 PERSONAL ITEMS 6 PROVINCIAL CENTRES ' i SHIPPING AND MAILS 9 WOMAN'S WORLD .. 11 SPORTS- . The Turf „. 10 Football •'. v ;.. !) Cricket 9 Hockey ~ 0 Golf 9 Rifle Shooting 9 Boxing 9 Athletics 9 LEAP FROM AN EXPRESS TRAIN. HOW A PRISONER ESCAPED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Inveroargill, April 11. * A prisoner named Joseph Christie, 17 yoars of age, who was recently sen-tenced-to. a term of imprisonment by the Supremo Court iin Dunedin for breaking and entering and theft, jumped from this afternoon's express when passing Woodlands. This prisoner, and another who is serving five years, were •in charge of principalwarder Kearney, r who allowed Christie, at his request, to 'go to the lavatory; but instead of doing ! so, prisoner opened the door of the carriage and jumped out. It is stated that he landed on his feet, and made off: No time was lost by the prison authorities on being acquainted with tho,escape in taking steps to effect a recapture, and motor-cars were employed to reach tho scene without delay. Christie has escaped no fewer tHaii four times from Burnham Industrial School. So far no news has been received of his rapture.

PRICE OF MEAT. THE POSITION EXPLAINED. (By, Correspondent.! Auckland, April 11. In the courssof conversation with a "Herald". ;:lrepresentative, Mr. ASchmitt, .secretary' of -' the Auckland llarraers' Union, said there was a general shortage' both of. beef and mutton at the present tim 6. The North Island would not. be affected to any large extent, except for the fact that a considerable call is ljkely to be made bf the South Island, where the shortage is very apparent. One of the chief reasons, apart- from the recent spell of dry weatjier, was the fact that many people had gone in for dairying, and a great many of them had killed their calves. The only thing that might keep prices within bounds was the fact that the prices for frozen meat' at Home are not ruling very high, and for some months to' cptoe there would probably be no meat sent to the freezing chambers for the-purpose of export. Speaking as to the prices likely to be reached for meat, Mr. Schmitt said it was rumoured that as much as Ms. had been offered for wethers, and he knew that as high as : 30s. , had been given. It was also quite possible that beef would reach the price of 30s. per 1001b. In regard to pork, the prices ruling to-day had not risen in proportion as high as beef and mutton. "This was owing to low prices ruling at Home throwing a greater quantity on the local markets. Pork must, however, to a. certain. extent rise in value in sympathy with other meats. He did not anticipate anything in the nature of a meat famine, although prices iroukl be high. The autumn was comng in very favourably, and this would ;end to prevent prices becoming escesiive. •'