TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, 5 April 1909, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[PKE PBBBS ASSOCIATION.] ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Thames. * April 5. William Piealey, a 'Middle-aged prospector, attempted to commit suicide by drinking a cup of water in which match heads had been dissolved. When found ho was in a dangerous condition. ■ Medical measures were promptly applied, and he was removed to the Thames hospital. He is likely to recover. He had been on a drinking bout. DAYLIGHT SAVING AND THE SCHOOLS. Invorcargill., April 4. Reporting to tho Education Board Mr Wylie touchod on one aspect of the daylight saving question which, he said, would Be a decided benefit in opening and closing of schools in summer earlier than at preesnt. Tho heated atmosphere of the summer afternoons induced languor of mind in tho pupils, and the combination of heat and apathetic pupils was calculated to excite in. the teacher instability and irritability of temper. This could be modified by using the cooler part of the day for school work. The experiment in a small way had been tested during the summer hours in some schools, the hour having been changed from 9!30" to 3.30 to 9 to 3. The change had resulted in a benefit to education and a relief to teachers. THE TIMBER COMMISSION. Dunedin, April 4. The Timber Commission yesterday morning concluded its sitting here. The principal witness was Mr Barron, Commissioner of Crown Lands, who gave details of the approximate amounts of bush hinds suitable for sawmilling in Otago. The total amount of various kinds of timbers was 585,816,000 superficial feet. The Commission meets in Christchurch on Tuesday. . THE PRUNING KNIFE. Dunedin, April 4. There is a great deal, of feeling at Lawrence over the application of the pruning knife in connection with the Lawrence-Roxburgh railway works. Yesterday 35 out of 76 were paid^ off and instructed to proceed to Catlins, where work would be found in about a month's time. The balance are to be transferred *o Catlins, the intention being to carry on ballasting only as far as the line has been completed. The boring plant lately brought from Broken River and set 'in motion on Monday is being dismantled for removal to the Waimahaka on the Catlins line. A public meeting will be held to offer strong protest against the suspension practically of work on the line. FIRES IN THE FLAX. Wellington, April 4. A fir© broke out in Wellington List night among the flax rejected from what was in the Harbour Board's J shed at the time of the recent fire. The flax was lying over about an acre of reclaimed land 4 the intention being to work it in with spoil used for reclaiming. The barque Weatherafield, which t was moored in the vicinity, was in ' danger for a time owing to the violent gale blowing sparks about. The flax is still smouldering, but there is no danger of the fire spreading. AN ATHLETIC RECORD. Christchurch, April 4. At the Canterbury College Amateur Athletic Club's sports yesterday afternoon. Guy Haakins, from scratch, established a New Zealand record in the 1000 yards inter-el nb handicap, his time being 2 mm. .24 l-sseo, which is 1-5 of a second better than the record of 1890. FOUND DROWNED. Christchurch, April 4. The body of William Perham, 68 years of age, was found floating in the estuary He had Been reported missing since February 12. He was of unsound mind and apparently fell into the river. THOSE SLAUGHTERMEN. Christchurch, April 4. The Inspector of Factories informed a reporter in reply to a question, that a number of slaughtermen have not availed themselves of the^ opportunity offered them to pay the fines (inflicted two yeaTs ago for striking) in instalments. In these circumstances a probable order for attachment of their wages would be applied for shortly. He stated that there was no possibility of the parties to the general labourers' dispute effecting a settlement through the Conciliation Council. The Council will probably "hold a formal sitting in Christchurch and refer the dispute to the Court. EDITOR OF THE PRESS RESIGNS Christchurch, April 5. Mr W. H. Triggs has resigned from the editorship ofthe Press in oonscqueSee of a disagreement with the Board of Directors as to tho representation of Christchurch at the Imperial Press Conference. [One of the directors of the Press Co., and not the editor of the paper, attends the Conference. Mr Triggs has been editor of the Press since 1895] ' 'A GALE AT GORE. Gore. April, 5. The rainfall last night was 1.69 , inches— the heaviest fall ever recorded in Gore for one day. .It was accompanied by a heavy gale, but no serious damage is reported. MAORI CHEEFTAINESS ILL. jiastings, 'April 5. Mrs G. P. Donnelly, who has been seriously ill for some time, is m a most critical state. ATLANTIC SALMON OVA. Dunedin, April 5. Mr Ayson, Inspector of Fisheries, arrived from London by the Rakaia this morning. He brought with him half a million Atlantic salmon ova, which arrived in good condition. They will be forwarded to Lake Te Anau. A similar quantity was brought out by the Turakina a few weeks ago for liberation in the same locality".