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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2661, 26 May 1908, Page 4

Empire Day was observed in a very quiet maimer yesterday. The only event of the day was the rifle shooting by the Queenstown Rifle Volunteers for prizes kindly donated by local tradesmen. Some sixteen members competed and, taken on th-3 whole, the scoring was very good. The first of the series of competitions for the cap for this volunteer year was also" got off, Lieut. Reid being highest soorer. A parade of the corps was held last evening when there was a fairly good muster. Tho next parade will be held in July, wh in a social will also take place. Two new members were proposed last evening. Pleasure-seekers are reminded of the soc\d and dance in connection with the local Foresters' Lodge, which takes place to-morrow evening in the Garrison Hall Mr Robert M'lntosh, formerly assistant Inspector of mines for Otago and Southland, has been appointed an Inspector of Mims under "The Mining Act, 1906," for the Otago and Southland mining districts with headquarters at Clyde says the ' Alexandra Herald.' Mr M'lntosh is

well-known, throughout Central Otago and the news of his promotion will be hailed with much satisfaction amongst his numerous in this district. Mr M'lntosh's duties will include inspection of quartz and alluvial claims, dredges, and reporting on mining and water-race applications. Among the visitors to Qfaeenstown during the week was a personage of much distinction, namely, Mile Von Bodt of

Berne, Switzerland. This talented lady, says the 'Times.' is an authoress of considerable note in Europe. Among her works are a large * illustrated volume entitled " A Tour of the World," " Through Central and South America," "Cairo and

Egypt," '• Palestine," " Greece and Scily." Mile Von Bodt has travelled through nearly every part of the globe. In the course of a recent visit to South America she spent some time on the Island of Juan Fernandez, of Bobinson Crusoe fame, where her brother was governor for

27 years." Mile, who took her departure again yesterday, was delighted with what she saw of our lake and mountain scenery and she commented particularly on our salubrious climate, which latter she considers surpasses that of Switzerland. TVflla journeyed to Head of Lake on Friday

and she was much impressed with the beauty and grandeur of Mt Earnslaw, of which she was fortunate enough to obtain a splendid view.

A ceremony not without interest to the people of this district took place in St. Mark's Church, Wellington, on the 3rd inst. This was the dedication and consecration of a new pulpit, which has been erected in that edifice, to the memory of the late Eev. B. Coffey, who was vicar of St. Mark's for 30 years and who will be remembered by many of the older

residents of Queenstown as incumbent of St. Peter's Church in the early days. It was suggested at one time that a Church should be erected to his memory but the difficulty lay with the Church building, which is very old. The Bey. J. J. Bartlett, however, who preached on the occasion, expressed a hopa that when the new chancel is built the people who remain will remember their late vicar and dedicate the new chancel to his memory. Dr. F. E. Hotop, elder son of Mr L. Hotop, Queestown, who has been further prosecuting his medical studies in London for two or three years past, and who has already passed several examinations since he has been there, has now passed the first section of the F.B.C.S. degree. Mr R. A. Anderson, of Messrs J. G. Ward and Co., Invercargill, leaves on a flying visit to the Old Country next Monday, and will, be away about five months. Nominations of a Councillor for the vacancy in South Ward caused by the death of James Gardner will be received on the 10th June at the Town Hall, Qneenstown, and an election, if any, will take place on the 17th. The convict, William Smith, who made a sensational escape by leaping from the Rotorua express on the 15th inat, was recaptured near Drury on Tuesday afternoon by a warder and a civilian. He was taken to Auckland and lodged in Mount Eden goal.

Important postal notices are advertised. It is the present intention of Mr C. E. Gudgeon, Clerk to the Queenstown Borough Council. to leave for Picton on the 9th June on the commisson given him by the matter of the acetylene fighting of that town and to report on the merits and advantages or otherwise of the same Man ittusrinant A good deal of dissatisfaction is reported as existing among Christchurch Tramway >s|ih|ew in consequence of the appointment of an outside man as ticket inspector and of the abolition of the system of surplusee to the conductors as a sst-cf against subeequent deflcienoos. A strike, however, isfcnot regarded as at all probable. Botorua the blest! Amongst Cabinet authorisations on Friday last was iBOO for the drainage of Botorua. A fire broke oat on Friday night in the Wellington Poet Office. The fierce gale mwrailing blew the flames towards the 'interior, and the outbreak spread rapidly, and took over two boon to suppress. It is impossible at present to estimate the bat it is to some extent minimised frrtt—» portion of the premises burned was rscsntly vacated in view of the ooming rebuilding operations. The telegraphic service was maintained as long as possible, but at about 10 o'clock work had to be suspended, the smoke and heat driving the operators from the premises. WorkVwas resumed at about a quarter of an hour before midnight Mr H. Islip, boot and shoe importer, Dunedin, notifies that his representative, Mr G. Scott will be in Qneenstown on the Srd June and few following days, when he will be pleased to show customers and intending customers a splendid range of footwear. in th% Lake Wakatipu steamer service, operating bom Ist June, are advertised in this issue. The earlier naming of steamer to and from Head of Laksshould be specially noted. lbs M. Henderson,'relict of Peter Henderson, a dm timo resident of Arrow, passed away at Dunedin on Saturday hst 23rd May. " Deceased had been ailing for eome months past and was under asedical attention for a strained heart this trouble eventually causing her death. The late Mrs Henderson was in her 47th year. She leaves two daughters—one being msnififl to Mr S. Arrow—to »nnm her loss. Deceased was of a genial and much respected by afl with whom,she came in ooataet The body was brought from Dunedin yesterday and the funeral took plaoe at Arrow to-day. The body of Robert Slater, another of the victims of the Lady Boberts-Matakana collision on 18th April at Port Chalmers, which was washed up near the Maori Kaik last week, showed, on examination, that the unfortunate young man had been Hiul by the impact. The injuries he easts inol must have caused instantaneous dsath. On Thursday last at the Dunedin Police Court J* Coddoi appeared before Mr H. T. Widdowson, S JL, on a charge of committing manslaughter by causing the death of the four victims of the Lady BobertsMatakana ooDision on the 18th ApriL Accused was committed for trial to the Supra* Govt Bichard Cornish, the central figure of the Btiriing snnsatinn. was charged before Mr BJL, at Balclutha on Wednesday, that he did on May 1,1906, unlawfully kill and slay his wife. Mr J. T. M. Fraser, Crown Prosecutor, appeared for the Crown and Mr A. C. Hanlon defended aocused. The evidence given by the oeok, Elisabeth Bennett was of a moet startling nature and considerably fuller than her statements at the inqnsst She depoeed that at about 6 o'clock on Friday mooing she beard a eound in Mrs Cornish's bedroom and concluded that Cornish was dumping his wife up and down the room. This eontinned while she wae dressing but ceased aa soon aa aha rattled the fireirons in the kitchen when lighting the range. She then heard moaning, which oontinned until halfpast 11, when aocused told her at aboot 2^o that his wife was dead and aa she wae helping him to Eft her body on to the bed Cornish remarked, "I told her I would murder her, and I have done it" The witnees also stated that the sitting room had been found swamped with blood in the marning but wae wiped up by the girl Knox. On the application of the Crown, in order that another witness might be brought forward, the case was adjoarned to Dunedin till tomorrow on the understanding that aocused be remanded back to Balclutha on a tuitaM* date. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, limited, have received the following cablegram from their London Office, dated 21st inst:—WooL—As compared with last salss closing rates prices are lower for croeebred slipe about 10 per yt, for medium and inferior merino about 6 per osut, and about 5 per cent higher for ooarse and medium crossbred. Good

The following paragraph we coll from the' Christian Outlook' as being of some Infant to our leaders. The workers in tviiwfrttinw with Bamabai's Mukti Mission have held three small sales within the last five weeks at Dunedin, Wyndham, and Wellington. The groesproceeds of which amounted to M4io. The net profits of the sales are forwarded to Bamabai to enable her to continue in her noble work of ministering to the souls and bodies of her 1800 Indian widows. It is now denied to convey thanks to all who helped by gifts of money, goods, or time. The general secretary (Mrs George Mackenzie) acoompanies her husband in a trip to the Old Land, in the course of which their have planned to visit the Bamabai Homes. Her visit is sure to bring the workers in the Homeland and in the Mission field nearer to each other in their common effort to reach and save] some of India's down-trodden and suffering child-widows. Mr and Mrs Mackensie expect to leave New Zealand on Uaj SO, returning about Christmas time.

Mr Henry Hayward, an entrepeneur who will be remembered in connection with " Wert's Pictures and Breadans," has booked an Antipodean tour of Mashelyne and Devant's Mysteries, and the large company numbering 26 people, and carrying a peat amount of valuable plant, has opened with brilliant success in Sydney, the audienoes standing three deep behind circle stalls and gallery. The chief magical sketch, " WUI the Witch and the Watchman," came as an absolute novelty to Australasians folks, and an interested committee from the audience nightly goes on the stage to j watch closely the comedy, with Mr Maskelyne's extraordinary box trick as a motif. "The Artists Dream,"a pathetic little spirit romance, has proved very popular. Gintaro, the greatest of modern jugglers, Owen Clark, a brilliant young oonjurer, and Mr Barclay Gammon, a humorist, the chief music monologuist of are included in the programme. The entertainment, whilst broathkmsly exciting and at times very fanny, is said to be one of immaculate refinement We are advised that the oampany will in all probability visit the district in due time.

As for wit and Humor good, - Bet a bit and Back Tom Hood! And as Hood's Great Humor's pore, So is Woods' Great Peppermint Cure! The health of Lady Mackenzie, relict of he late Sir John McKenrie, is said to be "*"*** IT her friends a good deal of BtUr. l' 1 "

Thus the 'Free Lance' on Dr Chappie when it wu nunorad that the Wellington medioo intend* contesting the Tuapeka ■eat r—Carious that there should be supposition that Dr Chappie, of Wellington, win stand for Tuapeka seat. He may do, of course, but one would have thought that this businesslike medico would have asked the Wellingtonians, who love him so well, to put him into Parliament. Whether it is that the Tuapeckers are more intelligent Wellingtonians, or that the Doctor has decided that New Zealand politics cannot do without him until after the next session and is therefore determined to win a bye-election, we cannot say. jf returned, the doctor will certainly advocate baths—he is a persistent barracker for the noble art of swimming. He has written a book, " The Fertility oQthe Unfit"—a sort of philoso-phic-medico classic, and he is, or was, largely interested in the Makerua Swamp, and in various big concerns with money in them. It is a little wonderful, perhaps to find this eminent medico on the side of the Government, for one has to believe that he is not particularly partial to the broad land policy of the Government, but, of course, he may have quit all his holding preparatory to becoming an out-and-out peoples advocate. It is doubtful, of course, whether the latelyroceived wire setting out the fact that the Tuapeckers have shown no disposition to plump forfl the doctor really represents the feeling of that oommunity, for Dr Chappie has got to get into Parliament somehow or other, and it might as well be now as next year, or the year after. There is no medical man in Parliament. Dr Fylfe, commenting at an inquest at Wellington on the danger of patent food for infants, said that if an infant could not get natural sustenance or humanised milk ]the simplest and safest plan was to make a solution of five tablespoonfuls of pure cows milk, seven of water, one teaspoonful of limewater. Mr T. M. Wilford asked where one could obtain pore milk. " Boil the milk you get. It is pure then," retorted the doctor. The Theatre Royal Drury Lane Company, Ltd., of London, as assignees for the authors, have issued a writ against Mr J. C. Williamson claiming all the profits made in Victoria from this performance of " Mother Goose," or, in the alternative, forty shillings for each performance, and an injunction to restrain further performances. ( M Mother Goose," the pantomime, was said to have been a reoord moneymaker. After phenomenal successes in Melbourne and Sydney, New Zealand was toured by the Company, Invercargill being included in the towns visited. " Mother Goose " broke many records and the takings for the Invercargill performance seta new figure. After a steady run of over twelve months "Mother Gooee" gave way to "Humpty Dompty," which is now running with no less suocess.) For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Great Peppermint Cere. Is Id and 2* 61.