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Mataura Ensign, 19 October 1910, Page 4

According to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the present session of Parliament trill last till the end 1 of next month. ■ A Maori named Cody lias been admitted to the Masterton Hospital with a fractured leg. How the injury wan sustained is at present unknown, but the native showed great fortitude after the accident by improvising splints from flax, and afterwards crawling to some manuka send), out of which he made himself a crutch. He was found at five o'clock in the evening, and the ambulance was sent cut f:>r him. Th«? report of the TnurV; Department was presented i* Pariiasrcent yesterday. The total revanna roroived was £26,872 and thf> exivn-Vture was £15.238. The shewed an increase of £2012 ov. the rreriotss yoar Slid the expenditure a deorease of £-1056. The net rcf, «*f J ' e division was £18,366 as agahnd: tl'.e previous y-ear. The Qpoe:>r.;»--r.": Park contributed £75 19s 1:1 ,v:l f-r.r-s to the Manapouri Lak<-. s'-n : ':t' -d to -£'l7B 12s 6d, Te Aneu let (<de House and Milfonl Tr-.* ;C"3 S~, Sil. Canon Stuart, whs is ■•': the head -of the Anglican Mission. •"■nds much interest in New '"csp-r • "'arts to solve problems which hn-:? nt'lod efforts in that diresion in older countries, but he thinks t'.iat people here are making a great mistake in not teaching the Bible in the schools. "There seems-to be a general impression in the North Island," he said to a Christ church reporter, "that there is a distinct revolt from the materialism which is naturally a temptation to a young country. Men have begun to see that they used something more. There is an earnest turning to spiritual tilings. On the other hand, we are extremely anxious about your children. The want of Bibloteaohing is making itsc-lf frit more an'! more. The older generation had a now!?of the Bible, gained from :he Old Country, but there >'» a gerer•.i on growing tin without that. What : t is going in c-v,il in. and how it shonld be remedied, are cjuestions for the country to crosifkr. I strong'v bc-lirvo that there can be no real education for the young unless there is Bible-teaching in the schools. That, of course, opens up many important problems. I do not, for mstnnae. think that there should be Bible-teaching unless it is conducted by teachers who reallv believe in the Bible."

At a meeting of the members of the hardware Retailers' Association at inyereargill it was unanimously decided by the members to close ior the whole day on November 9.

There are now some 125 visiting Maoris at Parawanui pa, near Bulls (says the Wanganui 'Herald'), while fresh arrivals from all parts of the West Coast are swelling the number daily. The magnet drawing them to the pa in question is the Maori woman who has lately set up there as a healer of the siek. She repudiates the suggestion of tolmngaism, and, it is stated, now describes herself as a Christian scientist.

Speaking in the House of Representatives yesterday (states a Press Association telegram) on the motion to lay the railway classification list oil the table and replying to criticism the Minister for Railways (Hon. J. A. Millav) said that he doubted if the Archangel Gabriel could devise a time-tablo to suit the needs of the Wairarapa district. Ke hadj however, promised when the session closed to look into the question.

3'tessra TV right, Stopiionson and Co. s salerooms this afternoon a valuable freehold allotment opy-esite the Gore railway station on which is erected the W.llard Temperance Hotel (brick and wood), for many years successfully carried on by Ifes Cowan, was submitted to public competition, Mr P. C. Gray acting as auctioneer, ihe first bid was one of £3OOO, and this quickly followed by others until £o4oo was reached, at which figura the property was sold to Miss McKenzie, well known as proprietress of Deschler'o hotel, Invcrcargill.

The Mataura Gymnastic Club, wkYh was only formed this year, so far no's been a groat success, thanks to tho interest taken in the club by thfi ;- sti uctor (Mr Hobson). There avo row a good number of members and two classes are being held, one for juniors and one for seniors. It is proposed to hold competitions shortly, which wlli be handicapped and judgnd bv Mr Hobson, and as a wind-up for the season a display will be given in the Horticultural Hall about the end of Novet:i ber.

Tlist the fulminations of the Socialistic orators in Cathedral Spuare on isuncays afternoons have a pernicious effect is the opinion of a not inconsiderable section of the community, but a young man who stayed to listen to one of these orators last Sunday had what looks like a concrete example of the* evil results of Socialistic propaganda, states the Christchurcb 'Press.' Attracted by the crowd, he leant his bicycle—practically a new one—against tae railings round the statue, and as ho only intended to listen to the speaker for a minute or two he did not trpuble to lock the chain. The few minutes devoted to sampling Socialistic oratory was sufficient for s-imeoiv? t<; give an example of practical Socialism, for when the young man went for his bicycle it had disappeared l .

Tae Public Library at Timaru has apparently proved a popular means of providing reading matter for the people of the town. At present there are about 1200 people who are regular borrowers from the circulating department, which is free to the ratepayers of the town, and the average circulation is 4000 books per month. The central library in Wellington has a list of about 2000 borrowers, who in the aggregate read an average of 6900 books in each month. The Mayor of Timaru, Mr J. Cragie, has been in communication with Mr Andrew Carnegie with a view of obtaining a further grant of £ISOO for extentions to the building, and at Mr Carnegie's request the Borough Council is at present considering plans to be forwarded to him.

The merit of the cause in aid of which the entertainment is given, combined with the excellence of the programme, should attract a large attendance to the Dominion Hall to-morrow evening, when the Stevenson Picture Proprietary will submit a special programme in connection with the scheme to benefit the funds of the Gore Territorials. Among the many fine pictures to be shown are "The King and Queen of Belgium," "The Royal Yacht Race," "A Trip round the Lugano Lakes of Italy," "The Bellrir.ger's Daughter," and the film entitled "From Forest to Breakfast Table," descriptive of the whole process of the manufacture of a daily newspaper from the time the wocc! leaves tile forest for paper pulping until it reaches tlm reader's hands. .It can safely be tslren for granted that a shilling spent in visiting the Dominion Hall to-rncrrow night will be rewarded with instruction and pleasure.

The Russian. Boris Senkoviteb. charged at Eourke with the murder of Alex. Eismond, the young Russian whose body was found in the Darling River, was quiet and inconcerned as ne listened to the evidence at the inCiuest. As each net of depositions was finished he incline:] lvs iipn'.l in muto agreement with the contents. Oniy once did accused dissent from the evidence. When the inter;:rotor d the deposition of Dr. Day, Govcrment medical oSieer, describing the wounds on the body of the murdered man, he was visibly interested. In the course of his evidence the doctor said that, in hi.i opinion, the. wound on the dead nan's throat was causal by a When this statement was translated accused declared with great eni[ has's -that i" was wrong. "I never used a knife," he said. When the evidence of the detective who arrested him was read over to hi:n lie noddsd end smiled his approval. "Ati : eus" in the Melbourne 'Loader' of the Portuguese tron'des after this fashion: The revolution in Portugal, if com pitted, has bc-rn an t-ssy and expeditious business, and Manuel is ad:h. 1 to the list of kings oat of a billet. Xooody seems to know v.'l); : Manuel has dene or left un tart he oil:' be so um'sremo'iieu dy buc there :s a hint of eie-r la f•! >»»t\ and r;r •;;i !re:.; r-n ' is u' eu a ballet gir'i. Zl\» i':~ about .e. / i'sd :•!' re m •:>. ta * h;vv ' and the b.olet girls—true r nightr'Si < f llee —ate keeping up the famdv - -a ■ii - t'ons. 'J iu'y are bringing down ;« a right end 'eft—lords, dr. 1 .:;",. f > r!s. - : even kings aisng w : th the rest \-m----all. a man who toils and .« v.: •, ta t>i.r yarns) lon- ',>.5 drily l,r?.id crs mn?li ovj-r ex-Xing Manuel. D, übihss some Arv>:;?nn vaudeville msiu.tcr •' provide for him, nod right roya"y ton. He certainly will not be driven to mor.ual labor.

The month!;,' nwting of the School Committee was held in the school last night, tho chairman (,\lr 'I. <!. Bull) presiding. Tho hcadteaeher reported that a number of parents u ere not sending their children to scnool regularly. He handed in tho names ol seven defaulters and prosecutio'ns will mostly likely follow. The average roll lor the month was 32!).70; average attendance, 297.44; and percentage of attendance, 90;2. The matter of carrying out several necessary works and repairs about the school was left in the hands of the chairman and secretary.

Late 011 Saturday night or during the early hours of .Sunday morning of last week Wm. Arthur Stephens committed suicide by cutting his throat in his room, at a boarding house in Fitsroy street, St. Kilda (Melbourne). About 10 a.m. on Sunday a housemaid caluul iiini for breakfast, air.i on ii.ulmg three-quarters of an inter that lie had not come down t!u> went to his room, whore she was i;< to see his dead body lying :\l tiv t'.vot of the bed. Lying near *„•;;« a razor anc! also a small hand mrror, indicating that he hud us&ci tiio looking glass while ending '.lis life. Deceased was a proj.vrty agent and accountant, with an in lloyal Bank Chambers, Elizabeth street. He was about 30 years of age, and his relatives live in Queensland. Horse lost. Boy wanted. House to let. A. H. Aitken has first-class farm for sale. Borough of Gore inserts notice re unregistered dogs. Special picture programme in the Dominion Hall to-morrow night. Gore Stock Agents have further entries for Ilivcrsdale sale. Southland Farmers' Co-op. Association, Ltd., sell stock at Riversdale on Friday.