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North Otago Times, Volume CI, Issue 13329, 31 July 1915, Page 4

ifr.;Andrew- Miller,' 11'.A.,' of KnOx College,.will ioecupy.'St. Paul's, pulpit to-morrow. .•.Seryifles.wilt lake place at the ,-nsrial- hours;;..- Evolhie-service will also take placenb half-past .six,

■■-.rThe mien 'have ;been taken on as a fatiguJi\paj , ty-;an.,coiiiicctioii ;W!tih/ ; .tbeh-juili.K|iy;-fei'niniiig.cainp established, atvEalmerkpnvNorth i—iMcssrs P, Bree, WuiKossaeky-W/ ILrWinchester,an'd' ; Jc men will leave for rtjlie/eanffi ;by.:the second ex-. .jpmm'W : -.' , : .'" : w,j.'i:i.'d !iit /''"' in i) , !-,: i '!»:'-.'-' , ''■

; :i!i^ei;Oa,marujlr{ , ajic:hviof!"tlift -Overseas ,Cbil)!is pr^p.ft.ring;,rf:fnrtJier'consignment of;!fiyft.eiß.SfiS-of>}clQt.hiiig'\for shipment Horno, and,"Jins- rooto vin; jl.hem for a few mdre garments; Those wlio may have •filoilyttg thai. they, oan ftfintmbiite are fisfodhb iend'it'in'ial early.t'sis possible, as'Mr A, Smith will soon be closing, the easts,.. , ', /•";.'•

V \ f t j f |»r \ i | ' Some fWa ago several chamois pie e entcd U the Empeior of Anstna to I the ISev. r 7ealand Gmernmcnt were hbrratert in the Alpine country il the HW of Mount Cook One df these, a penersc animal, never behaved him 9elf uell A storv was told of a gnido being butted, and'another ston lefer red to a guide and a ladj in his charge being besieged, uiitil the guide \\a° able to rope the'offender and tie lurr up The inimil made hnliself pifL'tn laih unpopular dming the projios cf the election of the Mueller Jm* Be (entty Hhe Tourist had him diotj and his pelt us now fin vie* al the Cluisi church* branch of the Department, > i . i i 'The Lgeislatui (Wnoil met at 210 put jesfenlay Replying to the Hon / llntliie, V ho In the lesson nhj the mails weie not despatched lrj the sloamci Maiama from the J<oflei House and the Commit the llmistei oi Internal Affairs (Sir Trancis Bell) said that no mails were despatched from Home to meet \ps sels These inails were expected to ar jjv£ at Melbourne on the 15th August, mid would reach New Zealand five or sjjc (Jojg iJThft of the LVws v Conlinuaiice M was leeened finm l]iploweillou<iepd the Commit tec riiule ah oidei 'fo'i Tuesday, Tlip Afarnage Aiiiendmenl Bill iud f Settled Land Amendment Bill were lead a and leferred, In Hie Slalu'fes Remission The Birth's and Death I }' Regtyrajion AWeWienf "Bill uaV' ic?d <( ri! 1 second limßJWfliGf \kU M\ahsenV on ae' Wnt; of'illness 4& paM> flio r T to wels v The UinciF aajojirnecfat, 24f M\ until" Tuesday, * * ' u £ <"'< « (

w > - T | On mi in fUlicuhen lopoiPihit the' filing dniing'tho pnit two -Aoaks, litis been excoptitfnilly good.- The Joenl boifs have seemed smile fnnlV big ha'ils? of ied nnd blue cod x ' It is dwicd to mhiiinfe tint the National Wpscivp clrissps foi iron coins will in futuio be hold on 7 Jim, instead of Mondn\s*as hereto foil Tlip wcekh drill is li\cd tot.ihe plnrp nt 8p m, instead of 710 'p'm

His Woiship the Mnjoi of .Hampden '(Mi \l Nicholson) nt the conceit nt llnmpden lust night leifU tolcgimn fioin Iho m iron Mi Mnssew coidnl h jlinnking the lObidcnts of tho Mis lnrt foi the nWgmlicent sum foiwaid pd foi Hip Kcliet of the Belgians.

At Hip Com t morning Al hpit fliint, ot Oinwii, wis elm go 1 heroic Mi II A no\pj, ,fP, *ith loigiug n cheque m the name of H «l Dim lop on Jul) 2Hh, foi «15 JN, upon the Union Hink ot Austnlu, mil pic KPiiting the 'lino is if genuine to llni) Wi/abetli Cnnioml Accused wis le minded to iippeu nt Onmniju on Wed iipmlh, Itli August'

On Wednisdij next Tve shnll lcich Hi Annivcisnn of the Dcelfiialion ot Wii upon (iPimain With this thought in mind, thf Ho\ .1 li Bnlnnson, BA, will piPicli i specnl sPinion it Columln Chinch to monow pvpinng, his snbiecl being " VttPi Tueho Months- A flc view md 1 FWcist " Mi Robinson Will deal ipecialh with thp effect oJ tW wai dmmg Ihe past >en Wlnt it his done foi u a , and wlnt it is hheh to do

The local' Defence Office js'in-"receipt; of,'the' following. communication, l'iom Headquarters in connection'with" Repnrlition- allowance:—'' T ■■'. liayo „to in form you fhni. hi 'ji(ltl.iti'on to the ■allotment of pa), -.tlic.ieparai ion .allowance of Is per (lay "recently granted. to /the. wives, of members of the 'New Zealand Expeditioria'rx Forced .'will; be ; 'continued, for twenty-sis weeks after it is reported that the soldier is dead or missing, sri the same items'as allotment of pay,"

. Tlie pea rifle nuisance is.to be considered nest" week at 'the Acclimatisation Societies' C6nferenco in Wellington. Southland has sent a: jemit urging that the .Government be, requested to impose a special license fee of 5/- on all persons carrying pea. rifles, while Waitaki wafys. Government to introduce legislation with, reference to the. indiscriminate use of pea rifles' and for' ' the ; absolute prohibition of silencers..

•Bv Wednesday's,mails from Egypt,. Mr'J.S, Bennett, of Timaru, received from his son,..Private.J, S, Bennett, Who is fighting' at- the Dardanelles,, a parcel of interesting curios/, among which is the bullet with which; Private Bennett was shot in the head when he had his skull fractured. The, bullet b a small, sharp-pointed ' one -weighing half an ounce, To use ...Private, Ben-' tiett's own expression, it."punctured his, nut," As a result he was sent to hospital, but.soon recovered and is' now back in the tre.nches,.

A During the.-debate in the, House on Wednesday on Mi' Sidey's Definition of Time Bill, Mr .1, Anstey (Waitaki) said he did not wish it. to go-forth that alb the members of the Liberal Party intended'to sit still and allow to pass a Bill,which would inflict a serious injury oil the farming community. Member's vfoiild.be in a most, unfortunate position if- they had'to go before, their cnnßtifueiits.and lelbthem;.that the only t Bill' passed, apart .'from t,h(v war,- legislation,:, was niie.giving,! : tlie-opportunity ,for more sport, and doing.a serious injury .in the' main industry of | the Dominion.

' At tlie Hunt races flt Waimale on Thursday a sporting membci- of tlie Timnru Borough' Council had a somewhat curious experience, Between the fourth and fifth races he picked up a' .threepenny hi I on the horse, whereupon his friends endeavoured 'to' persuade liim. that this, was an omen ■of. good luck, and ; l'lifi interpretation to be put upon his find was that he was to pnl his money on. No.-3 in the next raeo. But the man had,lk proverbial strong, will of a Borough Councillor, and refused to listen to the entreaties of his friends -who -were seeking only -hisbenefit in their advice, lie also thought, apparently—again like- Borough Councillors—that he knew something above the common, or garden variety of man, and he rashly .put, his money "on the horse of his choice—not No. 8. No '!, however., scored a handsome win, and Hie Councillor in question,is now,repenting that he was so headstrong.

By circular letter, the forosfry. branch .of the Lands and .Sni:vny. Department is offering to cooperate with' land-owners for Hie planting .of-forests or shelter belts. Referring editorially to the subject of afforestation, the Evening Post says: "One ;of the few piililie. ii!.?]i In this country who appro; 'ejulcd'tlic various values of the tree to man' was • rejected by his constituents last December. Mr £.' M. Thorn-' fjoii, with': an admirable : . record of natioiial serviee,jiajd tlie penalty for the lime and.energy which he., gave gladly in the shidy. and "advocacy of afforestatioiT and . the ; acclimntiaation of- food fishes from '-American and British waters. While .devoted to this big, work:for New Zealand in perpetuity, lie did not heed sufficiently the electioneering, importance of . petty parochial activities, and thus one of tlie, few legislators working with . a whole mind and Heart for tlie people of i New' Zealand was ordered off by Dunedin North.

A .champion economist-"has turned up ,in : a local body 'in the. vicinity of Diiiredin. •:■, A certain committee had under consideration the visiting of the cerhe.toft,.over which it has control, -with a view-to inspecting the fences and hedges. The question arose,whether, a 'bus or a motor-car. - should ? 'be • ■hired Tan' a, conveyance, - Then an economist, arose, and, with all the solemnity-dw, 'fitting the.adjiistiiH-iil/-ol! such, a mo : iHC.nious mattfliy siiggoslcd- that the committee.'might lake-, advantage of a funeral, attending.as -mourners,, and thus .save,; the ratepayers'lss at least. Ite;knew a man who had died that day, niid thought that he -would be able to um;; his, influence ioliave .a inournht-g carnage', set apart lor. 'the,. cdmniitt'e,e'.' j\- 'newspaper..'was scut for border (lin( the lime the funeral started might he ;;is(:ei:liiiiied,;:'':'l'lier.e /waY 'fin" .fiiiiio-' sphere, of' dejedimi in.. I he' cnmmil.iol'., loom, for i.iie rest of J he.'evening, as the notice stated; that the burial .was .ip.takc-.' place in another cemetery, and not the one iinder*the .committee's control. /:■.'.