A BISHOP ON TOUR.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8304, 7 June 1907, Page 7

A BISHOP ON TOUR.

IMPRESSIONS OF THE MAIN

TRUNK LINE

Bishop Wallis' mission to the works on the Main Trunk line must be regarded as rather a novelty for a bishop. Leaving Taihape at halfoast two o'clock on the 21st ult., Bishop Wallis reached Waiouru before sunset, and roughed it there for the night. "It was raining hard during all my visit," he said, somewhat regretfully, to a Times reporter, "so I did not get a single glimpse of any of the mountains, but I got good services for divine worship from the men in the billiard-room at Waiouru, in the schoolroom at Ohakune next day, and at Raurimu. Part of the jour- > ney was done on the ballast train of the Public Works Department. By this I travelled as far as Raiigitawa, a Dlaco three miles from Ohakupe,; anct thence we were driven first to Ohakune, afterwards to Raetihi, and last of-all to Raurimu. My best services were at Raurimu. We had a social on the Saturday night, which was very largely attended, and on Sunday we had three services. The evening service was crowded. "The things that struck me most <Juring the trip were the big viaduct Makatoke, which I learned was expected to be finished about February next an d the splendid spiral at Raurimu, where there are four lines, one above an^ ther 1 - over the top line you con look d « ivn three other lines . line is constructed in that spiral, zigzag fashion, becaua# the ir&iu has to mount 200 ft in a very jsmall areaI know of only one other place like it—in Switzerland, on the St. Gothard line. I went through both tunnels near Raurimu. It is expected that the work there will be finished by the end of this year. From Raurimu I proceeded to Taumarunui, where 1 made the launch trip down the Wanganui River. The part of the line that is expected to take longest to finish is a strip of seven miles between Horopito and Ohakune, which will be left to the last.

' "The whole tone of the men at Raurimu struck me as very good indeed. They have a reading-room, which is well filled on week days, and they use it for services on Sundays. The game of £ two-up' seems to exercise a fascination for a small minority. It is played quite openly, and I saw some of the games in progress, but the bulk of the men appear to possess very fine characters. The Rev. Mr Rickerby, curate for the Rev. Mr Clarkson, of Taihape, is in charge of the Anglican Church work in the district, and Mr Weller assists him as a layman at Raurimu. I formed a lot of friendships. That I am trying to do is to get two tents, or marquees, one for Waiouru, and the other for Horopito, in which the men may have games and reading and divine service. In each of these places the men have subscribed towards the cost, and I hope to obtain a subsidy from the Government as further assistance.'' The Bishop is enamoured of the country he traversed, and remarked that he hoped to have cause to visit it again before long. A hundred pairs of curious eyes watched the steamer Inveran as she swung in to the Dunedin wharf the other morning, it having got about that she had sent a message of some sort to the police on her way up the harbour. A delay of an hour took place while gangways were being rigged, and then a little procession came asnore. It consisted, says the Star, of Sergeants King and Ryan, and between them a lithe dark man chatted pleasantly to the police, waved his hand jauntily to his mates, and they replied, " Good-bye, old horse," with equal cheerfulness. It turns out that the man had formed a resolution of getting out of the ship and proceeding to India, and he is working his way there through a series of imprisonments. He has been in trouble for refusing duty at other ports, and last evening, when the ship left Lyt-el-ton, he again refused to turn to, his hope being that the captain would sooner or later get tired of him and give him his discharge. Rumour says that he has gained his point. If so, that accounts for him being one of the most cheerful looking malcontents who ever went over a ship's side in custody. g* l 1 s? KEEP TEOUR MOUTH CLOSED. The peculiar arrangements of the narrowed and branched and deli-cately-furnished nasal passages are specially suited to strain the air and to warm it before it enters the lungs. The foul air which one has to contend with in a day's travel through the crowded city is breathed with greater impunity through the nose than through the mouth. Raw air inhaled through the mouth induces hoarseness, colds, etc. No one who has been snoring during the night feels properly refreshed in the morning. Keep the mouth closed when reading silently, when writing, when listening, when in pain, when angry, and when asleep. If you will follow these simple rules, and make Impey's May Apple your standard family medicine, you can go through life in the enjoyment of perfect health. Impey's May Apple can be obtained at 2s 6d per bottle at all chemists and stores, or post free direct from Messrs Sharland and Co., Ltd., Wel-