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Evening Star, Issue 17087, 4 July 1919, Page 4

A elip occurred on the Otago Central line this morning near Salisbury tunnel, about six miles from Wins.atui, and this ■prevented the Central tr<in from Dunedin from proceeding. It is expected that it will take ail day to clear this slip The train from Clyde, if tho slip >s cleared in time, will 1 arrive here very late. There was 25in of water on the Outram line between Riverside and Gladfkld. A special train will leave Dunedtn for Clyde at 7.52 a.m. to-morrow.

While on a visit to Duned'n recently a resident of Oamara had his overcoat sto'en. and since his return he had been watching the expresses in the hope that he might recognise his coat on the back of some traveller. His patience was rewarded on Mondav (says the 'North Otago Times'), for while tho owner of tho missing coat was \ralkimz up and down the station pisiform, keeping a. watchful eye on the pas sengers by the express from the south, hia o\ercoat, with a stranger inside it, came into view. The wearer of the coat stood in front of the owner for some time, blissfully unconscious of the fact fhat he was being to closely scrrrtinisad, until a plainclothes policeman walked up to him and earnestly requested him to step to one side to discuss clothes—particularly overcoats. The upshot of the conversation wt-.s that the traveller broke his journey at Oamaru, despite his earlier intention of go:ng further on. and the owner of the coat received back tho garment from which ho had been parted for some weeks.

Thus the ' Masterton Times': Why efconl-d household coal cost £3 a ton in Christclmrch and £2 2s in Hamilton? Why are egjs- 3s 5Jd in Wellington and Is 9<s per dozen in Ashbtrrton? , Why is the humble onion d<s per lb in Napier and 6jd per lb in Waihi? To inke a £ronp of m.-iiOTfaotnred articles: Why should a bottle of Worcester sauao cost. lisi in Waihi and lid in Whangsrei? Why are was vestas Is a dozen iis Oaraarn and 9d a oo'/en in AU.-sand r a? And why can tha Dunedii.ites buy water bisoirits for 5d while the inhabitants of Napier have to pay B*d? A 251b bag of flour co=ts 4s 6d in "Christchurch and 53 s£d in Masterton, while a ?lb ba? of oatmeal eo?ts 2s 4|d in Christchnreh and 3s in WaihL Why? And why should the Taihape citizen pay 9d for a packet of cigarettes which the Afhburton tobacconists dispense for 7|d? Answers to these questions would throw qvite a lot of light' on the cost of living question. The latest cable messages received by the Union Company et«ate that the labor itrkes at Va:,eouvtr wer- settled on July 3, ar.d operations have been resumed on the waterfront. The mail steamer Maknra is now being worked', and the vessel is definitely fixed to leave Vancouver on July 6 for Honolulu, Suva, and Auckland. The Makura. arrived at Vancouver on June 3., ..and had been lying practically idle ur> to yesterday. She should roach Auckland about July 24. At a meeting of the Ota-go Labor Council, held Unit evening, a comint'nieatinn was received from the Harbor Board asking the con mil's co-operation in respuot to the resolutions carried at a mectimr of importers and commercial men relative to the direct consignment of goods to this port. It was agreed '*to give the tions the ccuiieil's Bn&nimoua support. Tha registrar of the Supreme Court (Mr E. P. Ward) beard a pethaon in bankruptcy this morning to adjudge John Donaldson, of Waitabtma, farmer, a bank rapt. The order, which, was unopposed, ■was made accordingly. The Riahine, with 095 troops, 139 women, and 35 children, is expected to arrive at Wellington on Monday. There are 29 Otago men on this sh.p. The tioopship Tahiti arrived at Auckland at 7 o'clock this morning with a draft of 1,216 troops. The South Island men will bo brought down to Wellington by tire vessel, and are expected to reach thu'e on Sunday. There axe 32 men on the Tahiti for the Otago district, two being for stations north of the City, 13 for Dune-din, and 17 for soutnern stations. As many soldiers leeently returned to New Zealand will be disinclined' to commence their journeys under the four weeks' free railway privilege ticket owing to the curtailed train service, the Railway Department has agreed to an extension of the period of avaitaoiiity of the'warrant entitling men to a ticket. liaise who have already taken out a four-weeks' rail ticket canuot secure an extension, but men who have not yet converted their travelling warrant into a railway ticket will be permuted to do so witnin one month oi the resumption of the normal tram service. The following tenders h<wo been accepted for the right to keep bookstalls railway stations for a teim ol five years from July 1, 1919:—CLristchureh, U. V. Bean, £474 10s; Duneddn, G. H. G. Hammer, £346; Invercargill, C. W. L. Rodger, £127 10a. The monthly meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held in the No-license Rooms on Tuesday. Mrs Hiett presided, and the devotional exercises were led by Mrs Lee Cowie. After discussion it was decided to take steps to hold a provincial convention early in September, and a sub-committee was formed to assist in the necessary arrangements. Copies of a resolution passed- at the W.C.T.U. Convention, "held last May, asking the Churches to organise in their congregations for temperance work, are being distributed amongst the ministers in botn town and country districts. Mrs Lee Cowie gave an interesting and instructive address on the coming campaign, putting particular stress on tae necessity for constant prayer.

Mr Paolm's forecast: Squally S.W. to S.E. winds, tf with heavy showera of hail, sleet, and enow. "A returned chaplain writes: All over Now Zealand there are parents and relatives of fallen soldiers who have received little, if auv, news concerning the fate of their loved* ones except tine bare official message "Missing" or "Killed in action. "• I come into contact with them everywhere, and they are pathetically eager to get any scrap of news, however small. May I remind returned soldiers who chance to" read this, and who know any details at all concerning 'the end of some comrade, that it is in their power—and theirs alone—to ease many an aching heart and lighten many a load in this country by ascertaining, if necessary, thename and" address of the next of kin of their fallen comrade fiom Base Records. Wellington, and getting into touch .with them either by latter or personal interview—preferably the latter. Some, I believe, are doing their duty in this matter, but a large number need to be reminded of the need and the privilege of such an action. 1 am persuaded that many of the returned men (and they alone) hold the key to unlock many mysteries of this kind. Even if they find that the next of kin already have the information, it would be a kindly act, and much appreciated. 1 hope that they will take action if they have any such information. The Mayor of Ghrietchurch has received the following letter from Sir Jamea Allen relative to his training scheme for Territorials :—" In reply to your letter of June 25, should the proposals I have put forward with regard to Territorial training be adopted, it will be necessary to have one or more Territorial camps in the South Island, as wall as in the North Island. These, in my opinion, sihould be more or less permanent.' Our Ohrisfcohurch correspondent telegraphs : According to statements; made at a meeting of the Repatriation Board, the position locally in regard to the employment of returned soldiiera is very satisfactory compared with the large number of men mho have returned from ..active service. The district repatriation officer (Mr T. M. Charters) said that at the beginning of the board's week there had been 122 men on the unemployed list. During the last two or three days a Garaterbwry record had been established, no fewer than 93 men bavins been placed in employment. The usual crop of new applications had come in during the week, and there were now 99 men on the unemployed list, so that the board had caught up the rw.sit.ion to the tune of 23 cases. Mr Charters went on to say that the position was now very nraoh more satisfactory eo far as the employers were concerned. It now appeared that the employers had been educated, up to the fact thai the beard were the employment bureau, as it wore, for returned' men, calls for men having come in" from all parti of Canterbury. Members of the boand expressed the wrinion that, the position was remarkably good considering the number of men who were co-mira; bock. There was practically no nnemnloymenit to deal with. The American schooner Forester was decorated with buntine to-day in honor of the celebration of the anniversary of American independence. The Stars and Stripes was also flvinr at-4 ne office of the American Consul in Bond street.

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