LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 21 September 1909, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

The. members of the proposed Saltwatey Qwinjmina Baths Committee, also all synfykWiiwrs tf# ths jWBJinpM. we requested at meet at r fho o%riU)e|i of Commerce rvmn on Thursday evenii'g, n* 4 o'clock, to decide what further steps shall be taken in the master. A full attend.Bfl? c is desired. At the Mugieiyafe's Court yesterday Annie Thomson "'apßlled "&> » M&i&S.nanee order against her husband, Jtofct, Thomson, ironworker, of Greymouth. Mr Hayes appeared for the complainant ftnd Mr '■ Harley (instructed by Messrs Guinness epij Kjfchingham, of Grey mouth) for defendant^ After Jijwfing the evidence for the plaintiff, and considering the evidence for defendant, (which jyae taken on commission at Greymouth), ifii? Maaijtrate made an or. der fdj ' the "payment by r defendant Jo complainant of 12s "a .week.' Juifep P.odd, K.C., has constantly complained of i^ck fl| ventilation in the new Hwfl' County 'Court'' (says k I^ndbn paper), apd theTotfief'day'his e'ndjirarice was strained" to breaking point' lor' }ie ordered the ushev to bw&k the' wjftdows. An usher, anne dwith a long pole, immediately obeyed, and the glass clattered on the pavement outside, to the consternation of passing wayfarers. A man in court had the temerity to inqu£»" hxhelhfif J)ie ratepayers (wlould have to 'pay the damag#ij}js' Honor replied in the affirmative. " ■-•■•■■ Captain Whjffen, who reached London recently after a year spent in exploring the Kouiliuejstßljx 'districts of Columbia, South XmeVJcg,, rppprtj.? the discovery of a strange system Qj tetegiaelj}' employed 'by natives there. Sound is the medium used (says the "Standard"). Hollow trees are selected, and these, being of various thicknesses, are able to give out a high and law note when struck The sound travels "immense distances through the bush— some thirty or " forts' miles. A cp^e ia'not employed; from lie musical notes the native is afile a&saJUr 'to recognise the words that are intended, '"" Archdeacon Averill will be the fourth Bishop of Waiapu. The first bishop of tii| djpeese was Bishop Wilh'am Williams, aij' e?r"ly fpi?§}PßS T V and the author of a }l'spn d^SSWJ- $* ff. as succeeded' §y" '■Bishop' K C". Stuart, ' a brother of §«•' ' A}e?an.der Stuart," who was once Premier of New §gvifn Bishop Stuart relinquished the position in 1895 to conduct missionary work in Persia. He was succeeded' by Bishop W. Ji. Wiljiams, a son of the first bishop,"?rfio' rejifed {,hjs year. The diocese extends over # largj parf. g[ f.he Past whole of tl» HftV'kes'Bay and Poverty Bay districts. Up to 1068 the proviii.cial district of Hawkes Bay fermsd part of the diocese of Wellington, Dr If. J. Abraham being the first Bishop. InUJftt fw fk« iSIVKes Bay and Powrey Bay porttens (jf f^e .diocpse of Wellington were Incorporated in ti.ig (Jifl: ccse of Waiapu. which is the. name 6f a small district and village close to the Ea.Bt Cape. The Primate of New Zealand, Bis|»p Harper, of Christchurch, constituted th© parish church at Napier, called the Church, of' gt," .Jahn ihe Evangelist, the pro-cathedral of tn« diocese, and Napier was declared the headquarters of the Sea of Waiapu. When the synoS ef the ne w diocese held its first meeting at Napie*. oh AllgH^t 30, 1872, it had a membership of 16 clergy and. 13 lay members. It now has 68 clergy find 46 Jay-members. Dr Cockayne, who is very muuh interested in the discovery of the logs and roote at the site of the new Children's Ward, Christchurch, paid a visit to the locality a day or two ago to examine the find. Be etlated to a reporter that in his opinion the trees were partly the remains of- an old forest, and partly timber lyhicS stfas'-iironght down by floods ati a later 'fle'riotf.' '-"sh* J^orest would consist of white pins and manulf^i*' both , of which grew at present in s-wamjy land. During the sinking of th« land the swampy conditions would increase and kill the forest, which, in course of time, would be buried by silt brought down iy iiie river. There was similar evidence of'aricient jojasts in almost all of the awampy grijun'd ■whicju hi };ad seen in iXip ttflighljourhopd ot £H.iv;s f t- ( church, K)& such ''ioxesfa mn?C h&ve existed, thousands of yeats jigo, M interesting point when it Wfts pensifterfifl that their species weco the SSHie as thoses of the forests of the presnt timo. Not only were the trees in situ, t>ut the remain's of otixr swampy plants such as niggef heads, were found. "Some of the woods,' 4 conclude^: Dr Oockayne, "I am not certain about, and a microscopic examination wall be necessary to determine" the fpeeiei accurately, but there wejrg jejtainly >vhiie p^e agd manuka there." Attention is directed to the fjrme»->-Co-operative Distributing Company's ad. vertiaement appearing in to-day's ifsuo. Very novel, fresh, and charming are the large assortment of new prints, zephyrs, jdeUyngs., etc., for wash dresses for the coming seaa/H*, now shown at Mrs Anstace'si ITjiese daLity aj)d j^efuj m^tierjaJs are just yhat a lady wants for eetyieesi/h jtrooks, afii iiie price for each on« i#' mosjt rno.dera.te. You're invited to call in nay tuag And see these lovely wash fabrics, wheftiev you wish to purchase just now or not.* Everything that's correct and good wearing in Gloves for now and the coming season, is included in {ho compreVi* > n?iv<e new assortments jixst opened at Mn Anstice's. Everything is here, from tiie (nejepensive fabric glove, to the daintiest and most .drossy kids and suedes. Call in and fill your glove requirements here— it will pay you, for every price is truly reasonable. — Mrs. Ansmce, Trafalgar-street.*

More "conscience money" ! In the current issue of the "Gazette" the Minister of Finance acknowledges the receipt of the sum of 9<l, forwarded to iiie Railway Department as conscience money by a person unknown. On Saturday, October 2nd, at noon, Mr Wm. Lock wil lsell 576 acres of freehold land at East Takaka, belonging to the estate of the late Mr J. T. Catley. The land is being Bold by order of the Public Trustee; and full particulars of the property appear in this issue. Judgment for the plaintiffs by default vfas-. given in the following cases by Jsr J. S. Evans, S.M., this mornine. viz : — J. C. Mercer (Mr H. V. Gully) v. S. Dando, claim £12 3s, costs £1 18s 6d; G. P. Williams (Mr Hayes) v. H, Collins, claim £40 4s, costs J32 14s. 'A meeting of the All Sauts' Voun« Women's Class will be held this evening, when an address wiM be given byMiss Whitaker, Organ^ing Secretary "f the Girls' Friendly Society. All young women are invited to attend. A large cargo of Oregon pine arrived at Auckland on Thursday on the steel four-masted barquentine Hawaii, from Astoria (Oregon); The Hawaii experienced a fine weather passage of 53 days. She will land I^OO.OOOft of Oregon timber at Auckland Bound stones thrown indiscriminately on the roadsi where patching is done are a serious inconvenience, not to say a danger, to ryes ts, and to traffic g uiera; ly. Last \Vednesday, at Wakefield Quay, a cyclist was near the edge when his wheel was deflected by a-" smooth round stone and he was thrown headlong to 'the rough jocks below. He landed on his knees and hands, and Jie was so much bruised that he could not attend his duties for g* few days ; but no worsg consequences are anticipated. So far nothing has oqeurred., writes a London correspondent, on August 6th, in conneatfon with the threat by a disappointed ogee-seeker to do personal injury to Sir Joseph Ward, The man has been under observation by Detective Onsells, but so far has »ot been hovering about the' precincts of the Hotel Cecil, or ajjpe&ting at the functions at which' Sir Joseph has been entertained. At) the 'Bast : ChriStWyuihh Sohool Committee's ~ last meeting Mr J. Jamieson and Mr/W.C..Aitken were appointed to attend the' meeting of delegates to consider the amending of the ■. school boundaries ■in Ijinwood. A letter was read from the- " Ministers' Association, and it was resolved that the committee approve of- the Nelson system of ljeligiouViiisttUfitieh Itf «cWs., and jM the fcoard q> written to and asked, that the system be introduced into the schools, The heavy cost to the State of some of the trials which took place at the last sitting of tho Supreme Court in criminal session, at Auckland, was the subject of repeated comment by his Honor Mr Justice E:Uvar'ds. The most expensive tria -prove (0 have been that of Adams, who was charged with arson and a sexual offence, at Owhata. In this case witnesses' expenses alone ran into £312. j3t-hjs tp^Jy trjals were those of Dyer, clisrge4 wilh/Tidiase aiifl cattle stealing, the witnesses against whom took 'away £109 with tiwm", and Ammon, ohnrged with horse-stealing, the evidence in which cost £91. Curiously enough none of these men was convicted. The total cost to the. State of the sessions was ±SUBS, iijolu^ina wjtn.B-isps', jsrors'i and interpreters' exßefjsejj, i" ' ' Merchants and distributors in general produce lines, as well as those in breadstuffs and grain, speak of the present as being a remarkably quiet time for thejn (snys the "Otago Daily Times"). The wheat and oat- uisrke^ afrj jlagnnnt, after the cessation of 'export' d&nsfeguent upon the dropping of the London market in anticipation of the new European harvest. Butter and cheese are slow jpcajly, the former especially; being depressed in inferior jjnas owing to neavy supplies oemlng forward from the country, but prospects abroad for bo^h lines are improving. Fruit is very quiet, buying being decj.ded)ly slack. Kffes Mi aUaag and somewhat slow, while in general lines of produce — c}p#, sijiaw, potatoes, etc.— -no movement in price has occurred for some time. Though there is a fjeoided quietness it is hardly corj'eci if> describe the ppaitipn 3? Repressed, for steady necessary is going forward. The 'near approach pj the bank balancing at the half : year ending September 30 Is in all probability one factor towards restraining general speculative buying owing- to the natural desire to reduce any existent '<verdrait and increase deposits before that date. fitf) utmost secrecy was preserved regarding tne ei^rtio/i el the Bishop of Waiapu (says the ' f Naple'r Dally SMegraph"), and the press and public were rigidly excluded'. 1 Particulars have, lipweVer, 'leaked but and it appears that tne" voting 'took 5 #irn entirely different from' piibjfc expectation. T-jyp' candidates were nominated for the position —Archdeacon Averill and Archdeacon Williams. It was thought that the native clergy would have "plumped" for Archdeacon Williams, and had they Sone ae'hjs election would have been secured. It Is & the aalivs . pjergy, however, that Archdeacon Averill owes his ejection. Ten votes stood between tfio te'O candidates, and the younger Maori clergy espjain that while their hearts prompted them to vpte ?Pr the representative of the Williams family, they feit their vote was a serious thing to cast, and Archdeacon Averill's gifts stood out ier the benefit of the pakeha community. They aecofdingly turned the scale in his favour. Ai-chdeaco)i Williams fulfilled the highest principles of a Christian gentleman, and withdrawing hia name ' moved the appointment of Archdeacno Averllt, which then received the unanimous support of the Synod. ' '"One of my most pleasant experiences in myrecenftrjp to Jjupensland was the meeting' with ah old frignd anfl newspaper colleague pf a quarter of a century ago," said Mr Hpbfirt BgH. of Ashburton, to an interviewer. "A doezn years ago this gentleman (Mr Banfield) became so sick and tired of his dajjj- contact with humanity in his calling MTjoarHSM; t% fc he decided < to quit the haunts of men and. Jive in seclusion anc! voluntary exile on an island off the North Queensland coast. He applied to the Queensland Government, and had Dunk Island, the Coonanglebah «>""th(j felaeks, transferred to him in fee simple. Ana there, in cpmpany of his wife and two blacks (aboriginals) he has lived the simple life fo> lg years. 'Sis justification for this eccentric 'action may be b?st expressed in the words of Thoreau: 'If "a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer, Let him step to the music which he hears.' I mot Jt}m on the deck of a steamer that was passing the island. We adjourned to the sittingroom, and there he told me something of his life on the island, and his reasons for taking it up, all of which may be found in extensp in his book, 'The Confessions of a Beachcomber.' The conversation, may be summed up as follows :-rJI have lived a dozen years on the island, " and ' feel ft dozen years younger.' And he looked it. Since the publication of his book he has become famous, and has reoeived letters from all over the gloße from men of high and low degree alike, all anxious to know more about his mode 'of life, and •W?#g? (t§ ha ? , foun<l philosopher's The .discovery pf the.Mbrfcb. Pole marks an epoch in scientific research, a.rii may mean a great deal tb scientists ; '/md it ia a pity there should be any ; wrangling ; i as to whom the honour is dv«. Mrs' Humbles says to her husband: "I don't beliove that either Cook or Peary discovered the Pole, for the reason that there 'aiht no Pole there; -I could' never see 'one on the map." It may interest them scientific fellers to study the freezfn« IH 6 ?^ 0 " ! £$" $ s a Jieap more interest t<>' me jjnd'jfundreds of ojhe'r wtimen l to discover thfe . gjraW iQf of cjirlairis hundreds of pajrs) jupf; p'gen"ed n lii Lock's, as weil a« » big- lot of Marcella and honeycomb quilts, end beautiful pattern linoleums; also blankets, damasks, blinds, Toller carpets and hearth rugs, and everything required for the spring cleaning. And. oh my! tiii! p?jaes are so cheap." . At Lock's you can have tjhe fißeff/ >sglection of furniture and furnishings in ,the eijy, ancl you can have your home completely furn»£hes aj. the lowest price.? Smart dross gopds for summer have been opened at Tratheh&hd Go.-'s; jUie striped lustres at 2s 3d, Ss lid, 3 S 9d are very pretty.* Two special lines for Thursday morning—B6 ladies' moriette underskirts to be cleared a 6ts 6d each — big roomy skirts ;also .25 only dainty embroidered muslin blouses 3s 6d, 4s 6d, 4s lid each ; don't miss these ; they, are really cheap — Trjftjfe^s

The Rev. J. J. Lewis will give a recital in St. John's Mothodist Sciioolroom this evening on "The British Parliament and its Greatest Leads:*" The' lecture will be interspersed with musical selections. One shilling will be charged for admission. Most things hav-e more use than one, and motor-cars are no exception. In order to polish the Feilding Drill Hall floor for a dance it has bee nthe custom for three or four mem to draw a bag of sawdust round and round the hall; but this has been found hard work. A car was requisitioned, and, with a- number .of bags attached to ft, circled round ?o effectively that the dancers at the Fire Brigade social last week declared that the floor had never been in better order. An exceptionally large number of farmrs in the Greytown and Featherstpn districts, ad, indeed, the whole of VVairarapaj 'are installing milking machines this season. It appears as _ though it will only be a very short time before hand-milking will .be a thing of the past. Amongst the spoil brought up by the suction dredge in Auckland harbour recently, says th,e "Star," were several pieces of good honest "siller," * halfcrown, another coin bearing the stamp upon it of the "first gentleman in Europe," in the «|hape ef a halfpenny of 1826, while coins of less nistarjo interest seem quite abundant on the floor of the harbour. Also off the Railway Whar.f such grim reminders as muzzle-loading bullets have been found' in fair quantity togeUier with rifle shells and unexploded, of later days, while other trove of much diversity comes back to daylight through the dredge hole. And sometimes with profit, for shortly after shs started operations the dredge loaded' her bunkers with a goodly portion of a coal cargo from Newcastle that had lain under the harbour waters for forty odd years, and suffered little In deterioration thereby . A somewhat strange defence wax put forward in a compensation cane heard by the Arbitration Court at PalmeTston North. Charles Coley, labourer, of Koputaroa, claimed for the loss of a finger, alleged to have been sustained while he was in the employ of Samuel Campbell. Claimant deposed that while cutting willows with a slasher for defendant he accidentally severed the little finger of his left hand, wherefor he claimed £60 damages. For the defence, it was alleged that, claimant deliberately severed fis finger with a razor in order to claim compensation. The medical evidence controverted this: asser(tfrxn, and after the Court re^epved 'judgment, Disqualifiqations ate trom time to time imposed on men for misbehaviour, but it seldom happens that one of the gentler sex has to be placed under the ban for a- period for acting in an unladylike manner on a sports . ground. The Ne^v Zealand Hockey Council on Friday endorsed a number of disqualifications imposed by associations on players and included among the names was that of a young lady member of a Southern club. She had, apparently, failed to see eye to eye with the referee during a matoh, and is alleged at its conclusion to have Expressed her feelings iVM VSpertijTO. manner by deliberately hqqssg ! ium, Her^udden out. burst o( indignation will necessitate hei retirement from the game of hockey til May Ist next. The outlook for the flax industry ip New Zealand is now much better than it has been for some time nas^ TfPSTS 5 the <i Auckland Herald,.! 1 * A ce^ideriSW number of the mills' 'which have ; beer idle during the past year have resiim ed work, and the quantity of hemp com ing forward is showing a substantial in crease. The price for "good fair" r-cw ranges from £38 to. '£24 » ion/ Whatf milfe aft favonraffly-siMt#-fy !» to transport labilities and where miUwi own their own flax, or ar#noV sub'jacl to excessive royalties, any price ovei £20 will' yield a good margin of profit With the recent period of inaction ir thaJudMßr tflß ,«s?§% Pf' #?SjjJs has, o! ogflrse; 1 - In-qi^jsej soßsitlerabb by the continued growth', 'and. therefore there is every reason to anticipate ai excellent output for the coming season, If $9 improved Bribes fi?9 maantalned the Industry gill, r i?ee4less- tp say, a 6 sorb a great deal of the present surplus labour. The Hon, Thomas Atherton Powys aged Uibt^eij, son and heir of Lord LH ford, fHp<}' W4? r ' aiC" anaesthetic ' whili undergoing an opeyati6n.""The sad otor; was told at an inquest held at the West minster Coroner.'^ Court. The post mortem examination, it was stated re vealed the status lymphaticus, a condi tion which it is impossible to detec while thq afflicted person^ is alive. Lpr< Lilford, of Lilford 'Hall, Candle, sail his son enjoyed ig<sod health.' ~T§s b^pj wan with ' tajdy LJlfoid'at- a -nursirif home in Mayfair. An operation wa; performed "for the removal of adenoidi from his throat. Dr Harold B. Gardine: said h^ was 'a special' aijaesthetist. Hi examjfj"e4 f-he boy thoroughly foj th< purpose of seeing "whether n,e \as fif anaesthesia, and he' came tgUie conclusion that everything was normal a' far as could be discovered, except, 6) course, the enlargement in his throat anc at the back of the nose. He was noi nervouß,' ljut' cggfi^wi^ »nd digerfjjl The bpejration oqe which was yfrj frequently performed. 'It was a kinc of routine operation. The operation haf gone on for barely two minutes, ant the witness was continuing ahaesthetis ing to' pTeveijt him coming round, bj pumping- chloroform througn a" smal tube at the side of the mouth, when hii breathing suddenly ceased, and the col our of the upper part of hjs fa.cc becam< dusky. ' Artificial V e sß' r a t 'Pp was 'xc sorted to fpr 4i hours) but 'there was no response. Oxygen was administer cd. •In fact, every "known m'ethoc for restoring life ' \Vaf applied. " Di Robert S. Trevor, pathologist, whf that death was due to failure of Qii respiration while the boy was suffering from a. epnditian of (ymphatism of tli« status lymphaticus, the failure of t)!P f? : spiratioii fefeing j)rpught abouj, hy the §d: ministration of the aHacsthetic. Tjiejury returned a verdict of accidental deafh, Messrs Bisley Bros, and Co. will hold their weekly stock Gale at Richmond to-morrow at 2.30 p.m.