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Evening Star, Issue 17324, 12 April 1920, Page 4

An English mail ex tho Corinthic, consisting ot 13 bags from London and one eacli from Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Liverpool, reached Dunedin this afternoon by the first express from the north. An English parcel mail, also ex the Corinthic, comprising 42 hampers, will arrive here to-morrow afternoon. 'Fne Climaroa arrived at Wellington this, morning from Sydney with a large Australian - mail, the Dunedin portion of which is expected to como to hand to-morrow afternoon. The Moana is due at Wellington about April 17 fr6m San Francisco with English and American mails. The- lonic, which left London on March 51 for New Zealand ports via Panama, has an English mail on board. Last night at Trinity Methodist Church the Rev. M. A. Rugby Pratt announced that during the past week the si*m of £6OO had been contributed to complete tho payment for tho handsome new brick parsonable in Tennyson etreet that had been acquired a few months ago for £2,500. He said the thanks of the"church were due to the group of officials who had put tho church in possession of so fine a property without any burden of debt resting upon it. The Rev. Charles Haddon, who died at Barclon Hill in his 93rd year, was the %ldest Nonconformist minister in Leicestershire. He was in charge of the Bardon Park Congregational Church .-for nearly 40 rears, and on his resignation the combined ministries of four men lnd 'covered a period of 155 7 ears. 'Hio church was built in an isolated position during the operation of the Five Mile Act. His Honor Mr Justice Sim has granted probate in tho estates of Charles Debd-en Wiikins, John Crukkshank, Sarah Henrietta Lewis Provo, Kate Ressbotham, George Joachin, Isidor do Beer. Alexander Haugh, William Turner Simpson. Alice Fleming, Marv Henderson, Andrew M'Laren. Maucleline Harvey, John GTuck. William Simpson, Annabella Clark, and Charles Wright. Letters of administration have been granted in the estate of John Kirkwood. Our Clvde correspondent wires : The first frost- was experienced on Friday. Tender plants were cut down, winks tomotoes and ripe fruit were frosted. The weather has been mild since, and it is to be hoped that it will continue so for a while,"as there are a big lot of tomatoes, to be harvested. A fine collection of apples, now oivsbow at the Council Chambers, Clvde. is to be sent to Dunedin for show, the quality of the fruit is good, while the coloring is magnificient. The majority of the visitors to " Sunny Central " have departed, but the traffic on the railway'is still heavy. The long spell of drought continues, and rain is very badly wanted. The inquest on the body of William Henrv Gamble (who was found in his bed at tho Hospital' on the 31st of last month with his throat cut), which was to have been resumed this morning, has been further adjourned -until next Monday. Tho annual harvest thanksgiving services were held at the South -'Dune-din Presbyterian Church yesterday. The congregations, both morning and evening, were very large. The church was tastefully decorated for the occasion. Ths Bev. P.. Fairmaid delivered appropriate discourses. Tho service of praise was well led by the choir, and Miss E. Rcseveare rendered a solo with feeling and good effect. Miss F. Clifford efiieiently presided at the organ. A very largo quantity of produce and some donations of money were passed in, all of which goes to the support of the church orphanages and the Boss home for the aged. A.bush mehu was described by Dr Gilruth in the course of his evidence before the Northern Territory Commission (says the Melbourne 'Argus'). ' Dr Gilruth declared that a person could live more cheaply in the bush in tho Territory than anywhere else in the world. There was an abundance of game at the Daly Eiver, yet he found settlers living on tinned foods. "Why," he continued", "I called at a survey camp there and had a delicious meal. We had kangaroo tail soup, baked barrimundi, roast wild geese, roast turkey, and yams. For breakfast we had curried goose eegs and fried barrimundi. You could not wish for anything more delicious. The goose eggs could be obtained in abundance, and tho blacks would catch the barrimundi for the camps." His opinion was that the settlers at Daly Eiver were not the right type, as _ they were mostly men who had do practical experience. They complained about isolation, but ho had seen other pioneers who put up with far and awav more hardships without complaint. Mr James M'C-01l Dickson, M.P., was to-day re-elected unopposed as a member of t!i" Harbor Board tu represent the combined district of the Counties of Taieri and Waikouart-;, that portion of the County of Waihemo not included in the harbor district, and tho Peninsula, Tomahawk, Portobel'.o, and Otakou road districts. Bush_ fires have kept the City Brigade very busy during'the past few weeks, and hardly a day has passed without'a call being received to with such outbreaks on the outskirts of the City. The firemen had to cope with an extensive gorse fire on Saturday afternoon at Carisbrook and they had to turn out at 3.29 v.m. on Sunday to extinguish a similar outbreak on the Town Belt, behind the Kaituna Bowling Green. In each case it took the firemen a considerable time to get the flames under control. The brigade have been called on 13 times to extinguish dangerous bush and gorse fires since March 30. Mr Paulin's forecast:—Squally S.W. winds, with some rain showers. A tailoring firm whose ?oods give serrioo and satisfaction, and ha\e cone so for mam years past: Ansel! and Co., Octagon [Advt.] * New season's photographic goods; excellent stock now arriving. Cameras from 6s. Send your order early to H. J. Gil],' 11 and 13 Frederick street, Dunedin. 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