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Mataura Ensign, 2 July 1914, Page 4

"Viie earth will be at its greatest distance from the'sun about 10 a.m. tomorrow.

In connection .with the Carroll BenefitFund the committee has appointed Messrs T. Carroll and J. F. Menzies to act as trustees on behalf of the widow and family to administer the fund when it is "closed. The total amount to hand now stands at £75 10s d 6.

•Mr Thomas Rhodes, of East Gore, while at. work in his workshop yesterday afternoon, using a "shaper" machine on a piece of' timber, met with a painfull accident. Mr left Wand slipped and the "sharjer." wte'ch is very sharp caught the hand inst at the wrist, stripping the flesh off for a distance/ of about four inches and scraping the bone. Dr MeAra, was soon in attendance and put V2 stitches in the wound. The injury will prevent Mr Rhodes from following his usual occupation for some time.

The 35th annual social in connection with the Pioneer Lodge of the Southland Lodge of the Indenendent Order of Oddfellows was held at Invercargill last evening. The evening was spent n speech and song and many incidents concerning the period mentioned were referred to by the speakers. X.G-. Bio. "Watwinsoii presided a nd toasts suitable to the occasion were proposed and responded to, each of which was followed by a musical item. It was stated that at the end of last year the membership of the order in the Donviiion was 7000, and eight new lodges had been opened. '

Andrew Anderson was fined £25 of two months' imprisonment for sly grog-1 sellin- at Pahautanui ' (states a Wellington, Press Association telegram).

At la meeting of tho Gore Fire Br.gade held last, evening it was dedecided to report to the U.F.B.A. that Lieutenants \V\ Baker and E. E. Wallis had served on. the Gore Fire Brigade for 25 years and had attended the necessary (two-thirds) musters of the 1 brigade, being therefore entitled to the association's 25-year gold star. District will be interested to learn from this morning's cables that Mr J. A. Murdoch, of Merino Downs, scored several successes at the Sheep-breeders' Association's annual show in Sydney yesterday. It will be .remembered that Mr Murdoch shipped a consignment of 16 Komney Marsh hoggets from Gore on June 22 and landed the ■shipmer.t in Sydney on Tuesday morning last. Mr Murdoch secured the championship for a Roumey Marsh ram, second for ram under 12 months old and also first for pen of three rams under 12 months old.

If persons who buy packets of "everlasting perfume," "scented beans" and similar commodities from street hawkers had looked in, at the Central. Police Court, Sydney, the other day they would have heard something to their advantage (states the 'Daily Telegraph'). A young man wa,s charged with vagrancy. His business, lie sia'idi, was to sell studs, tie fasteners and' other trifles in the streets. The police explained that he had' a stock of "scented nttts" in his pockets, wHchhe was soiling. The nuts were supposed to retain their- aroma, if not for ever, at least for a very long time. The young nvan kept .a bottle of cheap scent in another pocket, and he had only to pat a drop of the scent oil to the nut —unseen to customers'—to give it the qualities which multiplied its value indefinitely. Mr Wilkinson, the magistrate, seemed intensely interested in the youth. /He took'him off his present occupation and gave ham a week's work—hard work.

A foreigner, charged with escaping from a prison warder, stood in the dock at the Central Police Court in Sydney last week and shook his head to all the police prosecutor's efforts to make him understand. Beyond a muttered 'word or two he seemed quite innocent of English. The Government interpreter was summoned, and after trying the prisoner in half a dozen languages, said he spoke a Russian dialect which' he (the interpreter) did not know. Then the magistrate, Mr Macfarlane, joined in. Mr Macfarlame only recently quitted the position of Compti-ollei-Gene-ra-1 of Prisons. ' "You know me, dion't you? 'lie asked. The Russian, who apparently had not noticed the magistrate before, started, and said, "Yes." "You have had several conversations with me, haven t you?" A fairly complex sentence for one who ooukl not speak English, hut the foreigner 'seemed to know ™ and he again answered les. ' "You still say you cannot understand English?" demanded 'the magistrate. The prisoner, with a grin replied, '-'No," and the case was r<y sumed—without an. interpreter.

The Queen's Part school at Invercargill was officially opened yesterday /7r ■■?• chairman of the Education Board (Mr Fisher) in the presence of a large number of spectators. It will be remembered that this school was partially destroyed by fire some time ago, but has now been, re-erected, the total cost amounting to £4543. Mr Fisher in the course of a lengthy address, said: "All Boards receive ; a straight-out grant of £250 each, plus capitation at the rate of 12s per pupil in average attendance for the year. Thus Southland with an average of 10,000 pupils would receive £6250, Otago with 20,000 would receive' £12,250. Up to tlrs stage the principle is fair, but how does it work out when reduced to allowance per fchool ? For 1912 the payments, to Boards per school were:—North Canterbury £SB 7s, South Canterbiirv £46 7s, Otago £52 2s, Southland £33 7s. You see that, in the face of such a diserepancv, it is impossible for all Boards to place all committees on the same footing in the ■payment of grants for incidental administration. Take another example. In 1912 Otago had 247 schools, Southland had 180 schools or 73 ner cent, of the Otago total. The money received, however, from the Government for the conduct of these schools (other than teachers' salaries) gave Southland only 48 per cent, of the income of Otago", in place of what it should have been, 73 per cent." Mr Fisher also briefly outrned the hj'story of the school", which was established in 1878 with three rooms.

A bargain that will ampaal to manyis a line of Corded Velveteen 27 inches wide in all colors, usually 2s 6d, now Is 9d per yard. Another that will find many purchasers is a numlber of Boys' Conway Suits usually 22s 6d: to 29s 6d, now 10s only at Thomson and l Beat/tie's Bigger Winter Sale.

Wanted, general. For sale, Ford car. Pictures, Theatre Roval, to-night. Pictures, Princess Theatre, to-night. Geo. Kerr and Co. hold sale on Saturday. T. Green and Co. hold sale at Rialto on Saturday. Funeral of late Miss I. J. Mackenzie at Gore to-morrow.

Meeting ladies re Carnival Queen, Gibbs' Rooms, to-morrow. Great bargains iin showroom goods— Bovne Bros.' Winter Sale.

Gore's greatest Winter Sale, a, bargain -earthquake—iWallis Bros. I High-grade farm manures procurab'aS at J. G. Ward and Cb.'s, Gore. iAddress to men bv .Dr Mc* ra Methodist Church, Sunday nighy ' T. Green and Co. hold sal© sc£ olm t F. Shirley on Wednesday next, j T. Green and Co.. hold sale a«,„„, ln t Mrs S. Trethwvay, Waika : a, Jult 9 Great sale of jewellery* at 25 pea. oeD^l reduction at Baker's. f

Early risers will find a cup o» Camp Coffee pulls them together bet#l r u, atl

anything else. Camp rn/ igorates cheers and warms one up evej,,. <)n th e chilliest and dreariest of morn| nl , s an( j is ready in a jiff. All grocers! ° ' f>