A WEALTHY BOTTLEGATHERER.

Dunstan Times, Issue 2479, 3 May 1909, Page 5

A WEALTHY BOTTLEGATHERER.

At 8 o’clock yesterday morning a Constable discovered a man apparently sound asleep at the rear of a building known as the Rising Sun hotel. An attempt to rouse him showed the man was dead. The body was taken to the Morgue and identified as that of John Whiteford a bottle gatherer. A search revealed deposit receipts for A sum of money was also found in deceased’s residence in Walker Street. He was not married and had no relatives living in the Dominion. The deceased was 30 years old. ACCIDENTS. Last night Thomas Aitken, a lad of 14, was admitted to the hospital with a broken leg. The patient, who resides at Kensington wasplaying with some other boys at the railway turntable when he met with the accident.

FLOATING DERELICT.

Wellington 2, Captain \ endore, of the Wairau, has repor ted to the Marine Department that at 2.45 yesterday morning he passed some wreckage about two miles west and half a mile north .of Jacksons Head. It was 60ft in length by 10ft broad, and was drifting in a west by north direction. He was unable to ascertain what it was, POLICY SPEECH. . . Invercargill. The Prime Minister addressed a huge meeting on Saturday night when he delivered an important speech in which he touched upon many matters of public interes. In speaking of the legislation to be submitted to Parliament during the coming session he said that it would |)e characterised by quality rather than by quantity. Aniqng other measures promised are the Land Settlement Finance Bill and the National Annuities Bill. The offer of the Dreadnought was also referred to, Sir Joseph W ard’s remarks on th’s head being receive 1 with the warmest enthusiasm and the most cordial approval. The ordinary revenue for the financial year just ended was/9,001,185, v decrease of £s4>7hi as compared with the previous year. The ordinary expenditure amounted to £8.785.513, an increase of/57 1 -5480n the previous year. jhg revenue for the year exceeded the expenditure by £‘215,672. The railways yielded an increased revenue of £153,112, but the returns from Customs Dues were £302, 317 below those of 1907-8, The Advances to Settlers Department had advanced £1,403,845 and the Advances to Worker’s Department £253,185 during the financial year just closed. £2,169,278 hcd been expended faring the year on public ‘ works. Railways had absorbed £713,000, additions to open railway lines £390, 000, and roads £469,000. Sir J. G. W‘ard believes that the functions of tj}e Atjvrmpes to Severs Department should be extended “to meet new conditions which have presented themselves.” It would be a fatal mistake, he says, to introduce a state paper currency. The Government will submit proposals to Parliament to a gradual improvement in tbs Defence System.