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North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13146, 29 August 1914, Page 4

The new Acts dealing withdhcftcgulnl.ioii of Trade and Commerce and Mort ; gages/Extension have been forwarded to .the Athenaeum by Mr Er : P. Lea for .public information.

II is aulhorltatively stated that a well-known freezing company on the West Coast of the North Island anticipates malting a profit on one shipment only of. £IO,OOO in excess of tho profit. anticipated;betore the war broke out. - Tho;ofticial figures of the amount col-1 lectrd for the patriotic fund :in Oainaru and; district;, are now hovering on ihe £3OOO mark; /Besides.this amount there ; ; "■';•>, V.-V ■ "■ '• are other private ''fnndsV collected, to date, winch have, not,yet comcln, and .those. shoulclswell the, erably higher figure. |V ,

' ■s! iyfi'V'-A , Two youngsters weio burning .tupsocks on then father's farm at Kaiamea, 'Weg| Const, ithis week,-when,one. Qf thoni/ngotl, fivo, .was burned to cloatli, v 'The. amtiijil Sandow tests- contest of' the.' Patlifiiuleis' Club, in conneotion with the Christ,' took place, on Thursday'night in the Middle' School Gjmnasium, The resulh uere: S. Brnn.ilnvaitc ■!, If, Frame i!, W. Kimm ••1,- with-.L. Oeiiqin,close 11 p■fourth,J)rs. Whjtton and Hnrgreaves wero judges, and Mr Oreagh umpire, / •

.A Wanganui.telegram says that the Victoria Avenue school children held an entertainment on 'Wednesday,' and netted .ten' pounds i'oi: Uieir..prize i'und, A secret ballot was taken on the question whether the money should be: used for prizes or.'be given for the reliof of dis ; tress in Britain. By 413 to 5 the children decided to do without their prizes, i ■. :

The management committee of the North Otago Sub-Union met last night, Mr' J. D. Burns presiding, and dealt with a-communication from the Yfaimate Sub-union asking for matches. It wa3 decided that tiio senior representatives play at Waimate next .Thursday, and thgt the juniors be sent there on the following Thursday.

The Tiinaru Harbour Board'yesterday (says a Press Association , message!) 1 resolved to lend the Timaru Borough Council £BOOO for three years at 4| per cent., towards the £IO,OOO to be borrowed for street improvements, and also a proposal that the Government accept a further loan to be earmarked for relending to other local bodies to be named, feome, bodies would accept a loan from the Board, but they can only borrow from the State.

Attenlipn is drawn to the sains of properly by Mr Waller Sumpter at Tattersail's auction rooms to-day at 1 o'cloelt. Among the special lots are:—Mr Andrew Hay's furniture (practically.new), and the personal effects of Sergeant-Ma-jor Porteous and Lieutenant Cowan [who arc leaving for the front. It may be mentioned that the last named 1 lias kindly donated to the Patriotic. Fund any moneys acc'niing fitm the sale of his belongings.

The Glcnorcliy Scheclite Mining; Syndicate Ims decided to recommence operations' ou a limited scale (savs the. Wakatipu Mail), It is intended to purchase ore from private claim' holders, and to treat it at the company',s ba'ttery and concentrators. An advance of £SO per ton will be made on this ore in the meantime, and when the war ceases the difference, if any, between this figure' and the pricj? at which it is sold will iio paid to the sellers.

A' newspaper ]»2 years old has been found in a inouseholc in one of tlio oldest houses in Epsom, England. It, is a copy of Owen's Weekly Chronicle; Universal Journal, for the week "from October !10 to Saturday, November (!, 17(12," a two-page publication about llin. square. Though it is believed the old paper must have remained screwed up in the lnousehole for more than a century and a half, the news matter is very legible still.' *.

In a Government Gazette Extraordinary, issued on Thursday night, the judges of the Supreme Court of Now Zealand are constituted a Prize Court to deal with any prizes that may be taken in New.Zealand waters. An Order-, in-Council is also gazetted declaring that Great Britain is co-operating with the French and Russian naval forces, and that 'the provisions of t!ie Declaration of London will be observed, with some modifications, relating to contraband and Hie blockading of enemies' ports,- ..

' The Tonth Regimental Band (by permission Of the 0.C.), will play' the following .programme in the Gardens to.morrow,,commencing at 3 p.m.: —March, "Punchinello" (Rimmer); Overture, "Alisma/' ,Jubb); Emphonium Solo, "Jupiter" (Dawson), Corp, Hambley; two' Ilymns, "Eternal Father" and "Sun of-My Soul"; Eeverie, "Meditation" (Morel); March, "Burriie" (Hellings); Marseillaise," "Russian Ilynm,"'and "God Save the King." A collection, .will .be taken at the gates in aid of the-War Fund,

All the finger-prints taken of criminals or suspected .persons in New Zealand are filejf for reference in Wellington."' . Pfhits"to[..'the 'number' of 300 a month are,received-and classified for reference, it was stated in the Supreme Court recently. As there are now over 16,000 seta of- prints, representing ten timesVas many lingers, in the bureau, it is quite to make comparisons as new prints ;comc in. It is only when suspicion js directed against any one person' tluit comparisons are made, tli'.y being'facilitated by the fact that'the prints-are'plaWhled according to their distinctive, features. ■:

The Tawai Sunday School pupils, wil.li the assistance of a few ox-pupils, have Contributed £1 towards i.lio Canterbury AniMilance Fund for fclio expeditionary forces. The SchooKlommittee celebrated Arbour'Dnv 1 (August Ifltli) by planting shrubs and' trees. Host of the •ground had been previously prepared by the master and pupils. ' The National Anthem w(is sung, and short addresses were .given hv the Chairman (Mr Smillie) ,iiid.th ; c master'(Mi' Watson) on the advantages of tree planting. Amongst'the. trees planted are elms, oab, broad-loaf,.etc,, and amongst the shrubs, Variegated holly, purple '/lax, and one deserving of special mention (Colleta) whicli no other'school in Canterbury has,

Inebriety in -the individual is responsible for the creating of srtange moods and fancies of curious likes and dislikes.' Oil Sntiirday at Wellington Geo. Frederick drunk to the verge of' helplessness, wndered into ft shop in Taranalu street and smashed a big plate glass mirror. . Roused by tho torriflc smash, the occupants of }he building rail into the shop, where thoy found the man lyin»Jielpless.oii the iloor. To tho arresting eonstflblirho gpp as Ills oi)]y reason for his destruction "that lie did not like the look of tho plftco.". Tho man!s little dislike cost, liim ]fls, - i» default forty-eight- houro' Imprisonment tor; drunkenness, anrLhe was.ordered topay i! 3 10s, tho'amount of the damage, ;witlr43'COsts, in default seven days' im-: prisoriment, • -t

21a oi is are i not as a rule very backwar'd with nnswois' wlieii placed in a corn'ei, A ' case m poiiit occurred' at ■Palmerston NortlbWhen-a'Maori debtdiyi asked by-his Wovsliip. why he could mt i pily £1 per lhontli oflj his account,, gave i a's : his reason, "Well, the war's.on, The: war's coming on strong now." ! 1 ut In the Legislative Council the Imprest. Supply Bill -No. passed •through all .its stages without amend-: ment, Tlio. Public Bodies' Leases Bill was read a second'time-.without 'debate;. and the Council went into committee upon the Master and-Apprentices Bill, which was reported without any important amendment. . • v