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Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12808, 4 June 1914, Page 4

Government have sanctioned the expenditure of £BOOO on additions to the Seacliff mental hospital, Dunedin. A Carterton Press Association message states that Carrington School and residence were destroyed by lire at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. Nothing was saved.

New South Wales frozen meat export trade is showing a remarkable increase in quantity and value. The figures for the present season totally eclipse last year's. Yesterday Wanganui Supreme Court was engaged all day in the new trial of Kelly, charged with indecent assault. A verdict of not guilty was returned. —Association.

Sir Thomas Lipton's new yacht Shamrock IV. has a huge mast dwarfing the previous challengers for the America Cup, and the rigging shows one immense foresail instead of the usual jib and foresail. Two thefts of mail bags are reported to have taken place on Saturday last on the railway between Palmerston and Turakina. It is stated that one mail bag put on the train at Ilalcombe arrived at its destination at Palmerston minus £l4O in notes. Anther sum of money is reported to have been missed from a mail bag despatched to Turakina. The matter has been reported to the police, but up to the present time no trace of tlie missing money has been found.

Smart little styles in Girls Blanket Coats remarkably low priced at Ihe Bon Marclie. Our large assortments make your choice of an accurate titling and perfectly tailored Coat uu absolute certainty. No good style ha* been overlooked, and they are ''([iiality'' goods, every one of ther.h Full "range of sizes. Prices from .15s (3d to 35„r C. M. Ross and Co,*

At Wfi-'fii, L. Howes and \\". Hen* dry were each lined £3O and ii'2o respectively for sly-grog telling.

Melbourne City Council has sanctioned the flotation c<f a loan of? .tlOO,()()(), with interest at 4Vj per centum and a twentv year currency.

At the inquest at Dunodin on R. M. Crosbie. whose body was found in Lower Dundas street on Sunday afternoon after lie had been missing for some days, a verdict was returned of death from exposure.

At the Dunedin Fanciers' Society's show yesterday D. McLean was awarded the New Zealand championship for Norwich canaries, any colour, non-colour" fed, and Simmons' Bros, secured a similar honour for Norwich canary, any colour, colour fed.

R. S. Lamb and Co., of Sydney, arc building a new steamer for the Syd-ney-New Zealand trade, to be named the Omana. She will run in conjunction with the Ingn, Ihumata, and Joan Craig. The new steamer will carry four thousand tons or two and a half million feet of timber.

Count Zeppelin, addressing theMarine Engineers' Society at Berlin., said the truly staggering progress of aeroplanes had forced him to face theconsideration whether they had not deprived the dirigible balloon of itsexcuse for existence. Personally hedid not believe airships were superfluous, but experts should' consider the' question of the passenger airship. Two Scouts of Kelburne corps, Wellington—Corporal Jasper Baldwin and Scout El W. Piatt-Mills—have been awarded silver crosses with certificates for rescuing Scout Donaldsonfrom drowning at the camp at Wainui at Easter. The Mayor made the presentation last night before a large gathering of Scouts and friends. —As sociation.

About 2 o 'clock yesterday afternoon a drowning accident happened in Evans Bay, Wellington, an elderly man, John Lloyd, losing his life;. Lloyd with three other men was sailing a skiff when it capsized. Threeof the men scrambled on to the bottom of the boat but Lloyd it is thought got entangled in the rjgging though efforts were made to get him to safety. A boat manned by employees of the Patent Slip put out and' succeeded in bringing them ashore. Efforts were at once made to resuscitate Lloyd: but were not successful and when a doctor arrived he could only pronounce life to be extinct. Lloyd was a married man. The concert to be given by I'almerston Orchestral Society on Wednesday, 10th June, promises to rank as one of the best in the last nineteen years. The members have been practising; most assiduously for some time, and with the assistance of several new players they should' give a very .gpod : interpretation of an, ambitious programme. The vocalists are Miss Kearrins and Mr Short, both of whom are well known to Palinerston audiences. To assist the candidates for Queen of the Carnival, the Society has decided' to give three blank voting tickets with each ticket for admission soldi at the door, and as tha prices of mission are only 2s and Is, no dbubt there will be a large number who will take the opportunity of hearing: the concert and assisting their own particular candidate' as well. The box plan for the concert opens to honorary members this morning at Park's, and. for the public to-morrow (Friduy).. RAILWAY NOTICE. Travellers to Wellington are notified that they have Time for Refreshments at DUSTIN'S, opposite southern end •ntrance to Railway Station, P.N. '' A Bird is Known by its tune, & man by his reputation." J. Fitt, Watchmaker, Jeweller and Opticirfa, Main street West, claimß to hav» a. reputation second to none for fulfilling all requirements. Call and inspect his large assortment; of Engagement Rings, Clocks, etc. No troubleto show goods.—Advt.