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Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 142, 16 June 1906, Page 4

[ The OtaM Mail says that ham aw very plentiful, not only in the district, but in the township of Otalri. and considerable • damag© is reported to have been don© by tnes© animals. M. Legrandi, a member of tho Paris Municipal Council, died on April 19 under remarkably tragic and painful circumstances. He was addressing a meeting of electors when someone interrupted with an allusion to M. Legrandi'a age, he being in his 69th year, and shouted "It is time you retired. You have one foot in the grave already." The candidate was so overcomo by tho remark that ho was unable to proceed, and a moment later collapsed on the platform. His friends rushed to 'his assistance, but he had already breathed his last. English artists who contemplate exhibiting at th© New Zealand International Exhibition are evidently taking steps to preserve their copyright. Th© High Commissioner advises the Executive Commissioners that one of the principal conditions under which the pictures ar© being accepted in the United Kingdom , for the art gallery is to the effect that no work of art exhibited will be allowed to be copied or reproduced in any foria Whatsoever without th© exhibitor's written permission, countersigned by the 1 administration of the exhibition. Tho King's Coronation Lodge of Good Templars had a very large attendance at its weekly session last evening. Bro. P. Sorenson, C.T., presided. One new member was initiated. A committee was Bet up to act in conjunction with the harmony committee to work up the forthcoming anniversary. The " item "Sister's Surprise" took th© foijn of a handsomely worked altar cloth presented to tho lodge. The programme was contributed to by Sisters Graham, Morris, Weavers, Sorenson, Bros. Biddle and Nicholl. Three bad cases of relief moneys being wrongly given by a Charitabl© Aid Board were quoted at the meeting of th© Ashley Road Boards' Association recently. In tho first case, out of two sisters who had been left destitute, one supported herself and family by her own efforts, but th© other, who had children out at servicosearning good wages, drew 8s a week froli the board, and was putting money in the bank, before it ■waa decided that the relief was being misapplied. In case No. 2 a freeholder waa receiving aid while milking eleven cowi, and was buying further freehold, when it was thought time to Btop the contribution. A third recipient of relief wa» discovered when ho died to hay© £600 in. the bank, and though steps wero taken to pbtain a refund, the delegato who told the story said he verily believed that if the recipient had not died prematurely, th© aid would , still be paid him. The cases were cited as argument© in favour of a local administration. One of the finest catalogues issued ill the colony is that of Messrs. Nimmo and Blair, seed merchants, Dunedin, and this year's publication is no exception to the general rule. Ifc contains »^ wealth of information concerning flow-* ens, shrubs, vegetables, etc , and their cultivation, and is complete in practically every particular. A feature of tho catalogue is its illustrations and these well display the special seed collections of the firm, the front cover, showitig a collection of sweet peas, being" quite a work of art. The execution of orders received from a distance is a specialty of the firm, and particulars of the methods followed are set out in tho publication under review. The Rev. Lockhart JTortori, who is ad- 1 vertised to commence a mission at tho Baptist Church, Vivian-street, to-mor-row, is a well-known figure in Australia. His philanthropic efforts for the reclamation of inebriates wer© favourably regarded by the Victorian authorities. He io at present the chief of two large training establishments in Adelaide, from which larg© numbers of Australasians hay© gone forth to foreign mission work. Mr. MortoD is accompanied by his daughter, who aids his services by song. After a ten days- mission at the Baptist Chutch, Mr. Morton goes to th© Kentterrace Presbyterian Church. John Fuller and Sons, theatrical pro? prietors, claimed £10 damages in tho Magistrate's .Court yesterday afternoon against Will Lochrane, comedian, for an. alleged breach of agreement. Plaintiffn explained that the defendant contracted to perform at Dunedin /or two w"eeke, commencing 9th June. Plaintiffs made arrangements accordingly, and billed him in their programmes The defendant wrongfully refused to carry out the contract, whereby plaintiffs suffered damage and inconvenience. Dr. A, M'Arthur, S.M., after hearing evidence, held that the agreement entered into was not sufficiently binding, and gave judgment for defendant without costs. Mr. Younjf appeared for plaintiffs, and Mr. Wilford for the defendant. It has fallen to th© lot of the Otago Benevolent Trustees (remarks the Otage> Daily Times) to discover an individual who is probably th© laziest man on earth. The individual in question has been an inmate of the Benevolent Institution for about five years, and during th-s whole, or greater part, of that timo he has been confined tb bed on the plea that he had lost the use of his legs. As a result of recent investigations some ol th© trustees were led to suspect that th« man was not as bud as he made himEolr appear to be, and a medical man" was sent to examine him. Th© medical report, read at Wednesday's meeting, stated that the man could us© his legs freely and without pain when lying in bed, and that if he chose to do so h* could gain tho us© of them by standing or walking exercise. Tho chairman ol the trustees said the doctor's letter practjcally said that there was nothing wrong' with the man, and he (the chairman) was astonished that any man, from sheer laziness, refused to leav© his bed for such a length of time. It was resolved that th© doctor's directions to compel tho malingerer to usa his legs a little moro should be given effect to. In his publication entitled " Agricul* tore in Other Lands," 'Mr. J. A. Kinsella writes amusingly of an experience ho met with in Scotland. " While I was in Leith," says Mr. Kinsella, "one of th« merchants whom I interviewed caused m© to ti-emble in my shoes by making » heated attack on th© Goveipment of New Zealand on account of tie, manner in which it was advertising and supplying merchants in th© Old Country with information regarding our produce. Ho claimed that it was nob fair to thoso who first engaged in the trade that tho New Zealand Government should endeavour to get others to do likewise. He was particularly strong in his condemnation of our Government supplying the trade with pamphlets describing our methods of manufacture, grading, etc. ; he also objected to^ our Government allowing its representative to distribute amongst tho trad© these important pamphlets, including our yearly factory list, which contains the names of our factories, their total output, the addresses of their secretaries, etc. Although this gentleman complained so seriously on the lines above quoted, in answering my question ho did not state that he was not pleased to get this valuable information for himself from th© Governmont's repr«senta« tive." Arc you your own milliner? Tf $ 0 , we have some chene ribbons that musft interest-, you, both in quality and price. From 24 inches wide at 9d to 10 inches wide at 3s lid per yafd.— Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd. — Advt»