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Mataura Ensign, 13 May 1914, Page 4

A curious thing; happened to a parcel which was Host in TAmaru the other day. It dropped out of the vehicle by wSucih it wais to be' delivered, iamd by a stramgo coincidence it was picked tip in the main street W the person to whom it was addressed.

As ia; result of the "Jam Sundlay" instituted iby the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Qhurcih Sunday School. A&hburton, tihe Bligh's Road; (Chirisitcimrch) Presbyterian Orphanage will benefit to the extent of aibout 100 pots of jam amd 601b of honey, as well as several articles of produce brought by the scholars as gift offerings.

The Ashburton 'G-uardiian' Etatea thiat negotiations are in progress for the sale of a large line of wiheat grown in thie country. The quantity is stated at over 100,000 busbeda of good milling wheat, mixed l varieties. Delivery is to be on am extended basis, and at marsale should realise aibout £20,000.

, A Master,ton settler haa dad' & somewhiatt unique experience (states an. exchange). He allowed a buyer for a freezing company to go through his flock and draft the "farts." For these he received a sum of 18s par [head. Tlha rejects wore put in the saleyiards, where they were knocked down, at 18s Bd> per head.

■L wo half-crowns issued in connection with Industries Week have not yet been returned to" the secretary of the Christchurch Industrial Association. The coins bore tags asking the holder for the time being to keep the money in circulation in the purchase of local goods, and to note where the coin cam© from and where it was sent on to. The holders at the end of the week were requested to hand the half-crowns back to the secretary of the association, and other® would be given them, but apparently this request is being disregarded. Possibly somebody is keeping possession! of the coins as eurios.

Married men who let the responsibility to maintain their wives and families weigh lightly upon them have now an additional risk to faoe. In two oases at the Auckland Magistrate's Court Mr C. 0. Kettle, S.M., besides making an order for maintenance, also convicted the men vender section's2 of Act regulating these matters, which provides' that persons who wilfully fail to provide adequate maintenance for their Wives and families may be to six tnOttth?' imprisonment. Mr Kettle ordered each man to come up for sentence when called upon. He remarked: "If they won't provide for their families they may possibly go to gaol for sis months."

While a youmjg ladiy wias cleaning a •parir oif 'kid. gjloyes witlh benzine in. a. 'house in Burleigh Street, Auckland, ttlhe spirit camghit fire and a loud~expk>feion. occurred, and the furniture was _om fire. Tho flames were speedily extinguished, liitt'le diaoniage being done. It is not often that a main objects to being considered good-looking, but audi, apparently, wais the ctase of a defendant in a civil miction in th« Wellington Magistrate's Court recently. P. Lawk photographer, proceeded against H. I oley, contractor, for the recovery of 15s, alleged to be owing for capias of a photograph. of defendant. - The ptainitdff proved that copies ordered by defendant would be taken on comdij tion thiait they were "touched 1 up." On I receipt of the copies, defendant comj plained l that they made him look too | good-looking, and he wouM prefer them ! more like himself. This was done, and ! the copies supplied a3 altered. The i defence was a denial of the instructions to ba.ve the photos "touched 1 up." Mr D. Cr. A. Cooper, S.M., who was on the bench., gave judgment for plaintiff for the amount claimed, and 20s costo. It iras stated! tihe other diay (saiya the 'Sydney Daily Telegraph') tbat 777,911 coins on Hospital Saturday re-presented £7717 15s. Id. Those coins also had other qualities than value. Take, for instance, coppers, of which a stream passed from pocket to box and 'box to 1 bank. Before 10 o'clock on tihe Saturj day evening 610,699 brown oodns had 'bean yielded up to tihe fail* brdganda I with the boxes, and nearly four and ! three-quarter tons of copper had ' beein laboriously carried into the bank. The pennies, it piled one on the other 1 by some wizard' with eteady hand) and' 1 nerve, would have placed the topmost penny more than three quarters of a 1 mile above the earth, and brought the J manipulator within hailing distance of 'M. G-uiill&ux. Had tho half-pence been superimposed upon, the pence in ; one tall, precarious oolumn, the pile wotukl have been just six yarda short of 1 a mile in height. Placed and to end tihe oopipar coins would form a ribbon 9| miles in length. There was approximately one silver coin (handed to ! the collectors for every throe coppers, and this silver in the aggregate represented a weight of about Bcwt. Placed i one on top of the other alongside the column; of copper, the silver wiould have touched the giddy height of 533 ft., yet still a tang -way below it» neighbor. The silver placed l end l on end would make & ribbon over 2| miles long. There were 50 yards of gold. This was worth "£914. Neady 10 mules of copper wan worth £2OIO. Reduced' to tho language of the cheerful fisihearman, the day's "catch" tma 5 tons 3 owt..

At tit© Invercargil] Magistrate's Count today before Mr Hutchison, S.M., in tlhe case, Police v. Coleman, charge of penniilttinig his premises to be used as a resort for the consumption of intoxicating liquors, Inspector Norwood appeared for tfhe prosecution and; Mr H. A. Maodomald and Mr W. F. Inder for the defence. After th* evidence was taken tho magistrate reserved his dmtfoßi.

An amusing incident occurred on the Wiairairapa evening train oax the first dlay of the PiaAmeatsboin races. The car-' riage contained, among otter paseeog-' ens, two Maoris, a little elevated, and! two Chinamen who were busy talking j in itiheir own language, no dlouibt on the r.esuilit of the day's sport, when, one of; the Maoris in evident earnest addressed them, thus: "You will have to talk in' English or Maori, or shurt) up." The! smile wih'ich ran round! the carriage was very loud 1 . j Nominations for the office of Council-j lor for the East Ward on the Borough Council rendered' vacant by the election of Councillor McFarlane to the offiM of Mayor were received by the return*ing officer (Mr F. Young) to-day. Only two nominations were received as follows :—Peter Murray, nominated by Messrs Alex. Simpson and Charles Falconer ; and Alexander R. Watson, nominated by Messrs A. Latham and John A. 8. Aitken. The poll will take place next Wednesday.

Warm, woolly Mufflers are a leading feature at Thomson and Beattie's. They are exceptional value and the small prices placed upon them will compel your interest. They can be seen in both the fancy ana men's wear departments and everyone is invited to inspect them,.

AVlanted, board, tfaw for sale. Thos. Stark iweeps chimney a. Allan E. Martin, piano tuner. Fisih at O'Sullivani and Tinnock's. Croydon Hall dance, Friday, May 15. Additional entries for Riversdale'sale. Pipe Band Pictures. Theatre, Royal, Thursday.

Election of Councillor for East Ward on Wednesday. T Green and 00. sell West Gore p:o----perty on May 23. Notice re claims, etc., against estate of late G. L. Heenan, .Dalgety and Co. hold land sale at Lumsden next Friday. N.Z. Loan and M.A. Co. hold displenishing sale at Otama on May 28.

Great sale of jewellery at 25 per cent, reduction at Baker's..

APOLOGY. Thomas, the Boot Boomer, has to Apologise to tihte residents of the Gore district. It is an unusual occurrence for Thomas to .liave to apologise to anyone, but the crowded nature of Thomas' shop on Saturday compelled him to close his doors between 6.80 and 7 p.m. Thomas thanks his customers for their patronage and recognises that the people of the Gore district appreciate tihe good solid value of his bargains. To those customers who were unable to secure admission to the shop on Saturday last Thomas conveys his apalogy, and assures them that he has still got a large selection of first-class English and Colonial goods for ladies and gentlemen, at the same bed-rock prices. Our motto has always been, "Small' profits and quick returns." As our business is a cash ono, we have been able to create a revolution in boot prices, whilst still maintain'ng tlie only j standard in quality that Thomas recog-' nisoj. That is the First-class Quality; Only. Customers ourchasing from us can confidently expect to save from Is! to 5s on all classes of ladies and gentle- i men's first-class boots. Come and be' convinced of our values. Owing to the' Gore by-laws we are compelled to close at 6 p.m. nightly, except Saturday, 1 when we .close at 9 p.m.; Wednesday; half-holiday. Look for the Red Flag in MediWay Street. Open from 9 a.m. | to 6 p.m.