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Mataura Ensign, 11 July 1906, Page 2

The election of a member for North Ward of the Gore Borough Council is proceeding to-day, the candidates being Messrs K. L. Christie and A. A. Scott. Owing to the exceedingly bad weather the poll will be a very - light one.

A remarkable photograph, which tells a most vivid story, taken at the moment of the outrage at Madrid, appeared in a Madrid 'journal. In the centre is seen an ollicer addressing the King or receiving orders. The coachman is seen seated on the box, and to the right of the picture.™ a dense fog of dust, in which can be seen three mounted men, one of whom is headless. A dead horse is lying- on the ground and another seven are shown in a stale of panic. The out-rider of the coach'is gesticulating, and a civilian lias seized the head of the leading horse. The horses of the escort are rearing in -the utmost confusion. In the foreground is a dense crowd, with the soldiers guarding the route, presenting their bayonets. A. policeman, iveiu-ing white gloves, is standing with his arms extended, ami two blurred figures are seen staggering in the cloud of dust.

The cultivation in l'ranco of a new potato, brought from Uruguay, has (the J'.ritish Consul-General for Havre und district writes) been observed for some time with great interest. A variejy of this potato, called the "solan111*1 Ciunjncrsonii violet," .is said to possess excellence of taste as well as nutritive value, and is equal to the best table potato known in France. The variety is distinguished by its resistance, to frost, as also to disease, and its «ic great advantage is that it prospers most in a damp or swampy, soil, where no other kind of potato will grow. livery kind of soil—whether cjayey, calcareous, or silieious—seems equally adapted for its culture, provided it is 'damp.. This potato has) been placed on the English market in a limited quantity for planting purposes.

Several farmers on the Clarence, New South Wales, contemplate following the example' of extensive growers of broom millet on the Kicnmond and the Manning. The Australian duty against Italian and American millet is JM a ton, and the duly against the bloomhandles made of bass, an American timber, is almost prohibitive. Therefore the Victorian and general inler-State broom factories are drawing heavily on the Hunter, the itiehmon/i, and the Manning for hurl and shorts.

The 'New Zealand 'Times' stales i committee representing the WeTlingtot diocese, and including Fathers Kimbel , (Wellington), Powers (Hawcra), and • Walsh (Jlutt), Mr A. Bunny (Muster ton), and others, presided over by tin Very Rev. Dr. Kennedv, is to meet at Meaner College (Tlawkc's Hay) durina the week to discuss the reorganisation of Catholic Cliuri'i. music on the lineindicated by the Holy See. |( | s forbidden that orchestras shall perform in the Roman Catholic Church for the future, but the organ will be retained. Jt is not. proposed that any radical change-, shall lie made at once, but gradually the new order of things will supplant tin: groat music that has enriched the Roman Cuil-olic service for generations past. Fresh light upon the holly debated question as to the formation adopted by the British in the attack upon the French fleet at Trafalgar is shed by the French official account of that battle. This document, was recently sold by auction at Christie's, but the 'Daily Mail' is able, through the courtesy of the Rev. P. Barron, to give the vital facts from it. The report states :—"At ten o'clock in the morning the enemy (the British) -formed into three columns, headed by the right one consisting of three, three-deck vessels, and four vessels of the same size on the left ; and they directed their course with the wind on two lines almost parallel and perpendicular to that occupied by the combined army (armee)." This description entirely agrees with the traditional British account of the. battle, according to which the British attacked, in two lines-ahead. The theory has been advanced in recent years that the attack was made in linc-abroast. Mr Frank lugpen, of the Woodville post office, has been promoted to tin; position of postmaster at Clinton, in succession to Mr Clifford, who has retired on superannuation allowance after service ia the Department extending over thirty years. A painful sensation has been caused at Kalgoorlie (Westralia) by the sudden death of Mr J. A. Evans, a wellknown business jjian, councillor of the Boulder municipality, aiifl secretary of the Boulder Racing Club. Death 'was evidently the result of a dose of poison. Some time ago a partner of the deceased absconded with trust moneys, leaving heavy liabilities on Mr Evans's! shoulders, and the worry in endeavoring lo liquidate these liabilities caused intense depression.

Owing to the largo profits secured from the- various municipal undertakings at Bolton (England) for last year the corporation has bwm utile to hand over in relief of the rates the sum of .€'13,000, which is equal to u rate of about Is 4d in the £, One of the most audacious hank thefts of recent years—the thieves driving a tunnel through the '2ft. brick wall of a strong-room—has taken place at the St. James street, \\., branch o( the London uml County Bunk. No clue was left by the daring burglars. The thieves, who are believed to have been two in number, got away with £950 in coin.

An extraordinary scone was observed recently at Fontainebleau (France), where a camp of gipsies—men, women and children—turned out for a generul fight. The Romanichcls, us they are called in Paris, had their battle' on the Place de ki Fourche, near the borders of the famous forest. The men used their old muskets and their knives, and the women and children of the opposing parties threw stones a\ one another. Six of the gipsies fell to tlie ground badly injured by knifethrusts, especially a man and' a woman, who are not expected to recover. 'lhe rest of the rioters scampered oft to the forest on the approach of the gendarmes, who pursued them through the trees and bushes. liight men, three women and twenty boys and girls were captured and brought back to Fountaineblean town, where they were locked up. The Kaiser, at some field exercises near Metz, during which the troops were lying on the ground shooting at targets, threw himself down behind the firing lines in order to see whether the men were aiming correctly according to regulations. lie noticed that one soldier was aiming without correctly adjusting his sight. "Von fellow," the Kniperor said to the frightened man, "that will cost you three days' imprisonment if anyone else sees you."

Scrgt. Fleming, formerly of Gore and latterly of Qneonstown, having retired from the-force, Ims been granted a pension of XIIS per annum l>y the Police Provident l''uncl Board.

Tlie preacher of the Irish (Jaelie sernion in Glasgow on a recent Sunday, Father Crehan, once had a disagreement with the local post ollice, which refused to deliver letters addressed to him in Gaelic. He complained ill the papers, with the result that thousands of letters and post Cards addressed in the. obnoxious language came to the local postmaster daily, until at last he crave in and delivered the letters. It is said that it look four mail vans to briny the first delivery to the reverend gentleman's abode. In proposing- (he toast of "The Ladies'' at the Xew Plymouth Poultry Society's dinner, Tlv Biltclilfc asked : "Who look after the broody hens V" The meeting responded, "The ladies." "Who feeds the chicks '!" "Tin- ladies." "Who collects' the eggs?" "The ladies," 'again came the reply, now growing- more vociferous. "Who sells the eggs and takes all the money ?" "The ladies !" roared the meeting, hugely -enjoying the trap into which they had been led.

In a speech at the ISishopgalo Insti lute, Sir Victor llorsley gave som remarkable ligures to show how th use of alcohol in hospitals is declir. ing. In ltf\2 nearly ..CSOOO was spell on alcohol in the. London hospitals and JC3OIM) on milk ; in 100'2 the sit nation was almost exactlv reversw about .C.'SOOO being spent on alcohol and over XBOOO on milk".

('dilate with stable wanied. Fiiitt aiul Co. lnive several houses to let Note prices of Ariel lace pins at i'ergu son s. liiist week of Herbert, Hiwncs and Co.': cash stock-taking sale at Invei-curgill. B?st footwear at most reasonable price: at St. McDonald's City Boot Palace. Save money by visiting W. Lewis >.iic Co.'s great sale.