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Manawatu Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 284, 9 December 1907, Page 7

-In a ten-mile walking match at Taj&ape .Wilson, (scr.) was J;he winner and Shelton (3min. 15sec.) second. There were ten competitors.

From the evidence heard at the Christohurch Supreme Court last Week during the. hearing of a compensation case there would appear to be eome strong men in the railway service. One witness incidentally mentioned that he could, with ease, push three empty trucks. The modus operandi was to pull out' the pin and then bump one waggon into the other, which then bumped into the next one. Thus the whole three were set going. Another railway employee said that it would be an almost impossible effort for one man to start three trucks. A subsequent witness rather taxed the credulity of the Court when he remarked that not only could he push three empty waggons, but he could push them loaded. "He must be a Sandow man," was the comment of a solicitor.

An Apia correspondent recently stated that Dr. Solf, Governor of German Samoa, had tendered his resignation. Though the exact cause was not made known it was believed that the support accorded a certain candidate at the election for councillors was partly responsible, this candidate haying been formerly an open antagonist of the Governor. Information has now been received that Dr. Soli has agreed to withdraw his resignation. All but eight of those who voted for the distasteful councillor have withdrew their endorsement. The Governor's decison has given great satisfaction.