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Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12805, 1 June 1914, Page 4

St. John Ambulance Nursing Guild committee will meet to-morrow afternoon at 2..'id in the Mayor's room. .Mi Mow has been fined £,'!o and costs at Christclnirch for having opium illegally in his possession. Mr William Jones, a well known road contractor, died suddenly at Gisborne on Saturday morning. Dargaville reports that the heavy rain on Friday night caused the largest fresh for two years, and all timber men are busy rafting several millions of logs from the tidal creeks. The mobilisation of the British military flying corps has begun on Salisbury Plain, ft is expected a hundred, aeroplanes will participate in the manoeuvres on Whit Monday. Mr Walker, of Lombard Street, whose chimney caught lire on Thursday night, has forwarded one guinea to the Fire Brigade for their services. Dr. Low. a London scientist, claims to have invented a method of transmission of light enabling the production of images before the eyes of distant spectators. There is a bitter newspaper controversy in Johannesburg over the omission of the National Anthem at the Empire Day parade, while cheers were called for General Beyers instead of the King. An enjoyable dance was held at Kairanga Hall on Friday evening, there being a large attendance. It is the intention to hold these social evenings throughout the winter months. Senor Marinetti, leader of the Cubist art movement, lecturing at the Dore Gallery, London, urged the abandonment of black clothing and the substitution of gay colours, also the ployment of triangles, cones, elipses, spirals, and circles in patterns. Charles Mallotes, aged ()2, has died in Auckland hospital from an extensive fracture of the skull. He was walking across the road carrying a bag of wood, and failed to notice a motor car driven by W. Utting, which knocked him down,

A conference has been arranged to be held at Westminster Abbey of fifteen Bishops and fifteen Nonconformist leaders, to meet on 15th June, to discuss a basis on which all denominations can undertake civil and social enterprises together.

A six-roomed house in Queenstown. was completely gutted by fire on Saturday night. It was owned by Thomas Farra, and occupied by Steven Wharton. Insurances:—£3oo on the house (office unknown), and £2OO on the furniture in the South British, —Asociation.

The body of Robert Malcolm Crosbie, manager of Burt and Co.'s factory at Port Chalmers, who has boon missing since Wednesday week, was found yesterday morning in Lower Dundas Street, Dunedin, by some boys who were looking for rabbits. —Association.

Sir Joseph Ward returned to Wellington on Saturday after five days' visit to Marlborough. He delivered speeches at Blenheim, Picton, Havelock, Seddon, and Ward, and in every instance was accorded a hearty reception by large audiences. The two principal meetings, Blenheim and Picton, were very enthusiastic, and a pronounced success from the Liberal point of view .

A youth named J. Birch was arrested on the Main Trunk express from Auckland soon after it left Mercer on. Saturday on a charge of theft of :t bag and £SO from his employers. The arresting constable was escorting another youth from Auckland to Weraroa Training Farm, and recognised Birch from the police description of him when he joined the train at Mercer.

At the inquest on Hector Morrison, found dead in front of a Chinese boardinghouse at Invercargill, evidence showed that the windows of the premises were smashed by larrikins.. The night was very dark, and Lock Kin went to the door with a gun and fired. A verdict was returned that the cause of death was a wound in the head made by a bullet from a Snider carbine fired by Lock Kin.

A man named Morrison, in the employ of Dunedin City Corporation at AVaipouri Falls, cut his throat 011 Saturday. He had been in Dunedin, and returned to the Falls on Thursday. and was working on Friday. A doctor was procured from Outram, | and dressed the wounds, which seem to Jbe bad. Morrison tore the bandages [from the wound and attempted to rush off to the bush. He was conveyed to Dunedin, where he lies iu rather a serious condition. —Association. A man whose name is believed to be A. Halliwell, -aged about 45, was found at 6 o'clock on Saturday morning iff Albert Park, Auckland, in an unconscious condition with a fractured skull and abrasions to the knees and arms. The man was well dressed, and his pockets contained a watch and gold chain, seven sovereigns, and a document from the Public Works Department. The man was conveyed to the hospital, where he lies in a precarious condition.

Mr Milne. British Trade Commismissioner, who recently visited the Dominion, interviewed at Sydney, said New Zealand appeared to be in a prosperous condition. As in Australia farmers had difficulty in securing labour and were compelled to turn their attention more and more to machinery. He viewed the American competition in Australia with some concern. When the Panama Canal was opened British manufacturers would have to look to their laurels.

A Dunedin Press Association message states that John Semple, a single man, aged st> years, employed as a farm labourer at Milburn, met with a serious accident, on Saturday. He was engaged in carting hay, and while leaving the paddock with a load lost his balance and fell heavily from the cart to the ground. He ianded on j his head and shoulders, and on attempting to arise found that he had lost the use of his limbs, and the mifortunate man was conveyed to the hospital, where he died yesterday morning. The tremendous demand for tii<" '' Knot less Yeilholda" shown by Bon Marche proves how wonderfully good this new idea must be. The old method of tying and twisting entirely superseded. Tho "Knotless "Yeilholda " enables the veil to hang evenly, and does not interfere with the trimming of the hat. Put on or taken off in a moment without the aid of mirrors. Prices from lOd pair. 0, M. Boss and Co,*