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Evening Star, Issue 15268, 21 August 1913, Page 4

In his lecture on Tuesday night Mr Wilson, F.R.G.S., incidentally touched upon the Panama «Janal. Ho said that Peru was a country to which -latere had given abundantly. Its resources were immense and sooner or later, perhaps when the Panama Canal was opened, the eyes of the civilised world would be turned upon iL YVhen that great waterway was completed between Colon and Panama the West Coast ot America would be oracticallv revolutionised, and New Zealand might bo om of the uistrun-ents in kinging about that revolution.

In the Police Court this beforeH. -\. Widdowson, S.M., Donald Mathesor. to sentenced to seven days' imprisonment for drunkenness.

Tho duties of a postmaster are known to be of a varied nature, but it is seldom, however, that he is asked to fill the role of a fishmonger. The postmaster at Ma-t-aura received a letter the other day from a Maori lady at Rangior.i with £1 enclosed for which she desired a sack of kana-kana to be forwarded.

The bird of paradise has a sanctuary in tho British portion of New Guinea, thanks to the efforts of bird lovers, who some time ago succeeded in inducing the Federal Go vennment to give it protection all the year round. Not unnaturally, perhaps, the plumage hunters and traders do not vww tho matter in the same way as the members of the Ornithological Society, and tbov have a champion in Father M'Carthy a Roman Catholic missionary at Port Moresby, who has just .arrived in Svdney on furlough. "We have a valuable' asset in tho bird of paradise." ho told a ' Svdney Morning Herald' representative, "but unfortunately there is an ordinance under which it is an offence to shoot it or have skins in one'e possession. This is very much to he regretted. Manv doubt th"> wisdom of the prohibition. 'The bird i? said to bo migratory within certain latitudes, and at certain times of the year largo numbers migrate to Dutch New Guinea and German New Guinea, and our neighbors on either side are realising profits. They issue permits to the birdhunters, and collect royalty on tho ekins they obtain. '.there is no reason why at certain seasons of the vear, or in certain divisions of the territory, bird-hunters should not bo allowed 10 get all they ear. and a royalty of 10s per skin would" brin* a stream of money into the Treasury that would reach very largo proportions.*'' -,,r A „- vel !" aU^ nded mcet; "g v;as held in the Wellington lown Hall last night (says an Association message) to consider a fitting celebration of the centenary in 1914 of the landing of Bishop Marsden and the fir«t mission .of the Church of England to Now Zealand. Bifahop Sprott presided. There were also present the Primate (Bishop Nevill) and Bishops Averill and Julius. Bishop Julius announced that it had r>-en decided to hold a celebration at the Bay of Islands, also a missionary pageant in Wellington. A memorial fund will ba raised. The promoters are pledged to give £SOO to the Biblo-in-sehools fund, the remainder to be devoted to erecting a memorial church where Bishop Marsden landed, or ; where there is a permanent population. ' The annual meetir.2 of the Roslvn Baptist Women's Missionary Union was held vesterday afternoon, when tho Rev. W. Shade gavo ah interesting address on tho Sudan problem. Miss R. Mazengarb sang. Tho local anion have rai&ed over £2O this year—a«xecor<L

Mr Paulin telephoned at 2 p.m. : Strong N.E. to N.W. winds, and rain in about 24 hours. .

•• Under n, quaint city ordinance, which came into effect on July 1, it is now illegal in tho city of New York to throw shoes or rice niter bridal couples in Portsmouth (Ohio) It makes no difference whether the bride or bridegroom prosecute or not, for the police have instructions to arrest shoe-throwers and rice-bag enthusiasts on their own initiative. The authors of this ordinance ara Mr Ered Tynes, the Mayor, and Mr W. A. Eutehins, Director of Public Safety, and the Mayor declares: " We can leave tho back-slapping, rice and shoe throwing tricks to fool towns who don't know any better. It won't go Jiere. Why, a man would rather remain single than marry and be subjected to such treatment. A hearty handshake or a quiet kiss ought' to be enough for the real friends of any newly-married couple." The Wanganui Museum was broken into last night (says a P.A. wire), and £3O worth of gold specimens taken. Some damage was done to the fittings. "Tho efforts of those who promoted the St. Kilda Bamd Carnival were rewarded with success, as they deserved to be. The gross takings wero £442 os lOd, and the expenses £126 8s 9d, leaviag a net profit of £315 17s Id. This is a most gratifying result, and bears testimony to the thoroughness and efficiency of these responsible for the arrangements. Those who assisted at tho_ carnival are to bo entertained at a social to-morrow evening. At Balclutha yesterday (wires "Our Own"), as a result of recent district outrages, eight boys appeared before Mr Bartholomew, S.M., in the Juvenile Court charged with breaking 52 telegraph insulators in March and July at Romaliapa. They pleaded guilty. They were admonished severely, and ordered to pay a total of £6 damages and 9s costs each. A novel case was dealt with when a man who refused to cease smoking a cigarette on the railway platform or to give his name to the station master was lined 5s witnout costs, this being the first case of the kind.

Cr Begg arraigned the tramway management last night for allowing "shameful overcrowding" on the last car to Normanby on Saturday night. He asserted tnat the car carried about 170 passengers, and was disgracefully overloaded at the first stopping place; to such a degree, in fact, that the conductor could not collect his fares. Moreover, en route the car passed as many people as would have comfortably filled another. "It was a disgrace not only to the management but to the City," concluded .Cr Beag. ' Cr Myers promised to speak to the- "manager on the subject, and also on the further request introduced that ihs through car now leaving at~ 5.3 p.m. should be held until 5.12 or 5.15, and that passengers who joined at Frederick street or the Gardens should not be compelled to pay cd, as at present they have to do on the through car.

Dr M'Arthur to-day gave judgment in a case which attracted some attention, in which Francis AJdertoi, sued Edward Ellis tor damages for wrongful' eieetment. When two weeks' rer.l was due Ellis evicted Alderton's family, and put the furniture out ar.d locked the house. The Magistrate held that H was the landlord's duty to have taken legal proceedings and to have issued a writ for possession. Judgment was given for plaintiff for £5 damages and for Ellis for £1 8s rent

It is said that the Joha-imesbur"' 'Star' suffered no monetary loss when thoWikers fired the building because a strike insurance policy of £17,000 was taken out in London just previously. At the Supreme Court this aftemenn Mr B- b. Irwin mentioned tho c«o of Mary Cnarlotte Hon-, of Bluespur. v. Charles G. Ihnrston, of Dunedin, an action i'cr the specific performance of a contract to buy a piece of land at the price of £260 Mr Irwin, who represented the plaintiff, said that tho case had been settled, but in order that yhe settlement- bo carried into effect he asked that the case stand over to bmentioned again if there was any' sity. His Honor assented.

The Dunedin Telegraph officers held their annual reunion on Tuesday evening in Victoria Hall. The decorations were of a novel nature. Bunting and evergreens with miniature poles and ribbon ' wires presented a striking effect. The march was led by the senior supervisor (Mr Halll and Mis s Hall. During the evenmo- „>n«s were contributed' by Messrs J. iPGrath A. Pacey, and G. Biackie. These vocalists were accorded a warm reception. The fTV V T- su PPlied by M'Donald's band, and Mr Kroon catered. '

The fire brigade received a mimir.ons ths afternoon to a four-roomed house in v 0 ~fc place, owned by Mr A. Gillies, i*inter Moray place, and occupied by Mr J. Leckie' corporation employee. The upstairs part ot, the- hor-se was slightly damaged, but the rest of the building was untouched. Jhe house was insured ; n the New Zealand Gfhce.

. The Education Board decided this morning, on the motion of Mr G. C. Israel—"That the principal of the Training College bo requested to furnish the board at tho next meeting with a list of the students who were absent for the preceding threo months, and the nssisned reasons for the same; also to report to tho "board op. the general health of the present train-