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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 582, 5 July 1913, Page 4

Owing to the illness of the Kev. E. S. Wayne, an alteration has been made in the services to be held in St. Luke's Church to-morow.

The Federal Ministers have no information of the report that the King is likely to visit the overseas Dominions during 1914.

A branch of the Police Association has been formed at Wellington by Mr Rosser, who has been appointed Do* minion organiser of the Association.

The population of Victoria at the end of last year was 1,375,981, an increase of 37,403, the largest since 1888, including 15,119 State-aided immigrants. The population of Greater Melbourne is 628,430.

Regarding the request for an inquiry into the recent railway accident at New Lynn the Minister for Railways says there i s no statutory power to hold such an inquiry, but if the petition is referred to the House it would facilitate the holding {of a Parliamentary inquiry open to the press.

Owners of dogs at and near Te Kuiti should be careful to keep their dogs from straying. Poison is laid in several places and a number of townspeople have loßt dogs through poison of late. Mr A. league suffered a severe loss by the death of his valuable working dog, and Mr Dransfield's well-known terrier, Tim, also met a sudden end during the week. The Sydney Telegraph, in a review of the wool trade for the year ended June 30th, states that New South Wales lost five and half million sheep during the year. The export of wool decreaseJ by 120,000 bales compared with the previous year.

As a result of the train disaster in the Burdwan district of Bengal, whert a train plunged into a river, 19 Indians are dead, and 13 have been badly hurt. All the bodies have been recovered from the wrecked train.

The small cruiser Philomel, of 2500 tons, will be recommissioned either at Singapore or Hongkong in October. She will then proceed to New Zealand for service on that station.

The council of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society regrets that Maoris presented Captain Halsey and officers of the battleship New Zealard, when the warship was off Wanganui, with native pigeons, and considers the matter should engage the attention of the proper authorities with a view to action being taken ag*inst those who shot birds during the close season.

The Postmaster - General has in formed Mr Young, M.P. for Waikato, that arrangements are being made to extend the hours of attendance at the Te Awamutu telephone exchange to midnight.

Mies lorns haa obtained Miaa Alberta Palliser, of Wellington, as assistant in the Te Kuiti Collegiate School. Miaa Palliser wti educated at the Wellington Girls' College and has recently returned from a two year's tour of Great Britain and the Continent, where she spent her time in study and travel. The European Governments are throwing cold water on the Panama Exposition, to be hold in San Francisco The suggestion is that the world's fair has been ovnr-exploitcd as a means of advertising. So far, France is the only country which has acepted the invitation to (take part in the Exposition. Mr W. J. Bryan haa made special appeal to Germany to take nart.

The members of the Presbyterian Church choir have decided to undertake the rendering of the very popular operetta "The Merry Men of Sherwood," in the near future. Already kind sympathisers have in large numbers volunteered to assist. An orchestra is forming, there being quite a number of instruments prepared to help. Mr A. Pattison will conduct, and under hi i capable direction the result must be something good. The first {practice will be held in Langmuir's Hall, Taupiri street on Wednesday next at 7.30 p.m.. and all who have already expressed willingness to assist are invited to attend, together with any others, especially male voices, who would like to render assistance in this special musical event. John Cobbe's annual winter sale — the sale that so many country residents look forward to—is announced to commence at Feilding on Wednesday next, July 9th. Those who can make it convenient to attend should readjthe offer of the railway fares to the sale, contained in John Cobbe's sale list,. All customers personally attending he sale, and purchasing no less than £5 worth of goods are guaranteed a refund of a second-class return fare, or a first-class single fare, on production of their railway ticket at John Cobbe's office. To all country residents on the postal list at the Mail Order House, a sale list is being forwarded direct, and anyone not receiving it should communicate at once to John Cobbe, Feilding. This sale list will also be inset in our paper before the commencement of the Bale, which will enable anyone to write and secure the bargains enumerated in the catalogue. John Cobbe's sales are now known far and wide as being genuine reduction sales of clean stocks held half-yearly, and this one is if anything, a little better than the last in the way of price cutting. Those who can, should personally attend, and those who do not find a visit convenient will find an excellent mail order system operating at John Cobbe's sale in Folding.