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The foDowing estates were certified for duty during November : —Christchuirh : Janies Sullivan, £93,170; Willhim \V. Smith, £8,736; Richard Bowman, £8,114; Adam 1 Junior, £6.914; Mary Lvall. £6.703; D. Gerkin, £4.109; Michael Necdham, £3,084. Dunedin : Elizabeth ' o'Kane, £27,137; Robert Mill, £10.245; : John Coventry, £3,760; Jane M'Kenzie. £2,591; John'it.. Orossan, £1,965 ; '.Joseph Cross, £1,306; Jane Imrie, £1.290; Thomas Nisbet, £1.173; Jamas Allan. £1.131. Southland: Arthur Gerrard, £4.383; Thomas Wilson. £3.092: Elizabeth Perkins, £1.815; John Ballintiiic. £1,621. With tlie advent of the Labor Govern- [ merit (says tho ' Sydney Morning Herald ') ; some of the trades unions are adopting more aggressive resolutions in reference to ; what they look upon as social and in- ; dustrial reform. The whole gamut, of nationalisation schemas has been ran, and , now some more positive efforts aro to Ixi , made in tho interests of modem democracy. At the last, meeting of tho Furniture Trade, a discussion took place upon the business to be submitted at the next inciting of the Political Labor Leaguo on January 26, and it was decided to forward two resolutions dealing with social reform. Tho first was that all rents ; should be limited to a fair percentage of ; the capital value of the property. The • second was that there .should be a limitn- ( tion upon accumulation of wealth. It is not indicated whether wealth beyond a ] certain amount in the possession of a corporation or an individual is.to be an- < propriatcd by tho State and distributed amongst other people, hut evidently no person is to lie permittid to own wealth t beyond a certain-amount, and the hiague will no doubt be able accurately to fix ' the limit. It may not be generally known by users of the telephone that the cup info which they speak when talking through the instrument is of a. highly inllammabl" ' nature. A. telephone subscriber in Carte rton found this out. Ho brought the edge of the enp too near a. Indited match, which he held in the other hand, as he turned from the telephone to address a remark to someone in the room, and the cup instantly took fire and burned fiercely. Sir Horace Avery, speaking at a dinner given by tho. Municipal and County Club recently in honor of his appointment as a Judge of the High Court, fold an amusing anecdote of how he. was led to throw over , polities (says the 'Daily Mail'). "I de- > fended." lie said, "a large number of strikers—at Maidstone, I think it was— ' who had fallen foul of the law. and they all got off. Within three days of the yer- : diet I was invited to stand as the Radical ' candidate for that part,—(La.ughter.) A few months later I prosecuted a. number • of Socialisls and extreme Radicals who ; had created a disturbance in the vestry ; hall in the same district. Tho men were convicted, and within a few days I was - invited to stand as the Conservative candidate.—(Laughter.) I considered the two offers, and decided to refuse to have anything more to do with polities." A case was heard in the Civil Court on Tuesday afternoon in which Edward William Merry claimed £59 9s 6d from Andrew King. Tho plaintiff alleged that by an agreement in writing defendant covenanted" to purchase a section in Musselburgh for £275. £5 being paid as deposit, and one condition being that the balance, of £270 should be paid as provided in the agreement, and that in the event of default in the due payment, of any part. _ of the balance, or any interest thereon for twenfy-one davs all moneys paid should be forfeited to"the vendor, and the vendor mi-lit. without any notice, resell the pro- ■ pcrtv bv public auct : on or private contract, and'recover from the purchase]] any dc-fi- , ciency or loss, sustained, together Math all ( costs'and charges in connection with the resale. 'Hie defendant did not, and would ■ not, complete tho purchase or pay the remainder of the purchase money, whereupon plaintiff resold the property by private contract on June 13. 1910. for of £235. leaving a deficiency of £35 on such resale, and the expenses amounting to £lB ss. Defendant counterclaimed the £5 deposited by him. Mr Bartholomew, SM after exhaustive hearing, held that tlirro had been no concluded contract, m writing for the mn chase, and that phuntifl' was not entitled to recover. Judgment whs given for defendant cm claim and emmteiclaim. with costs. Talking machines thoseengines of science that most- astound native races, arc bkejy to become a permanent adjunct of the Colonial Office Armed with these instruMr Tf.om.is tho first, cfiieial anthropologist appointed by tlie Colonial Ofiice, K'cenily finished a tnuT in Western Africa, returning with a ouantity of records. Hiresults are so promising that this novel is "oing to bo extended for five yea is, and is likely to I.e. permanent. The results already achieved are !>->th scientific, and practical. The talking machines are used for taking records of the songs, music, and lan"iWof native tril.es. Tlie direct, object'of the Colonial Otlice is to obtain knowledge of tho people. espeeia»y of their legal customs, and. to use the records for teaching future olUcials. It is realised how valuable if would he if officials had some training in local anthropology before they went out to such dependencies as Nigeria, and the records could further be used to teach pronunciation. Of the • records _ obtained, the original goes to tlie British Museum to be kept as permanent evidence, and a duplicate to the Anthropological Institute, which may make what use of them they think fit. The_ district first selected was Southern Nigeria, as this is a mine—perhaps the. most precious in the world—of unexplored folk-!o:e. A rale of work was !K->d in the First ChuHi Hall yesterday. The sale was organised by 1 he- First Church Young Women's Bible (Jl-ns. who were assisted by the 'Ruffe! 1 Street Class and other organisations. Tlie proceeds aro to bo devoted to missions and the. Training Institute. Tho Russell Street Young Women's Clars had charge of the. sweets and flower stalls; Mrs Cameron. ALVses Scott (2), and Mbs Allen officiated at tho refreshment st;dl ; the Junior Endeavor Society had charge of the Christmas tree and toy stall; and the Voting Men's Bible Class ran the competitions department.
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Evening Star, Issue 14527, 1 December 1910, Page 6
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