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North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13657, 28 August 1916, Page 2

A; * Press Association message sa'ys; that Miss Kaa 'Ngapo,' who was severely burned at the residence of Mr Hughes at'Teararoa, on Wednesday last has- snecniqbeft to the injuries received.' " " ', " ". .

The Mayoress' (Mrs W, H ( Frith) wishes tracknowle'dgc presents of clothing from''fife 'following for the Poor of Great Britain Belgium, and Ireland:

Mrs Shalders, Mrs I). Norville, Mrs .T, 'Cngney,- Miss Esther!

. Mi" Andrew Knox, whose departure from the Ayrshire Boardingltonse eaus•ed his' friendssome ''anxiety, left for Dimedin on "the 'early 'hiorning train on Friday, Hir 18tb inst., aml was seen in Dnnediii the day following.

. A. Press Association telegram from Wellington says the first game of the triangular football poiiipptition played on Friday between Wellington College, Christ's College and Wailganui College, resulted—Wellington 2:1, Wanganui H, The fouriiampnt' was continued on Saturday, when Wanganni lip.it Christ's College, after a good game^^.'twelve points to ten. At half timeVliHst's College led by ten to three, lint in the second spell Wangaiiiii'liad all the best of the game.

■ A.-botfle gathering cn'mpalgn was lnsMtiilpd in tiie south end of the town in the middle of last week, and a battalion of boys- were on the warpath late and early.' They gathered in every description of bottle that was useable, The bottles were taken,'to the South School, where,they'were sorted and packed into eases; and'sent to T)nnedin.< the proceeds going to oiie of the war funds, As Oamarn has ■been undev. nodicense for about'a decade, it is unnecessary to say that the fruits of the boys' labour wiil be a inuHitu.de of bottlp.s. that pari be ia'rgely used for ( other purposes than containing fermented or spirituous liquor's, lint'owing" to the scarcity of bottles, there js a'ready demand for almost- anything that a • cork pan be driven .into, ' '

, The extensive course of repairs that the Aurora has undergone is now practically completed, aiid the little vessel will lie. removed from the dock early 'this week, says the Otago Daily Times. The- task that .was placed in the hands of' Messrs Miller Bros, was one of great magmfiule, and it has'been performed so efficiently that , the Aurora is now declared bv some to be in as good a condition.as when she left the stocks, if .not better. All the outside sheathing has been removed, the hull caulked, and new sheathing lifted. A new funnel has also been supplied and a fresh stern[io«,t,;rigged.... (The difficult work of shipping the newjrudder was carried out on Thursday,' nntl was siicceasfiilly accomplished. Asja further precaution- the vessel ..will by filled with water .before (lie is"taken:out of dock in orcler to make l certain; that there are no leaks. The above,' of course, represents only <in outline of what has lieeh done, and In to Port, Chalmers, and to Wossrs 'Millef, Bros, in particular, it ih(iiild : lre.added-that,tlve skill and labour devoted to the refitting of the Aurora during the many weeks she remained in (lock ijre highly creditable 'ftnij, boar (testimony to. the .efficiency-of the shipwright industry inllmt'tOYM,

At its meeting on Saturday the Waitaki County Council accepted the tender of Thomas McConc, of £ll2 10/-, for | the work of gravelling 'McDonald's road, Xgapara. From the date of tlm issue of the "War Loan until Friday night' (nays- a Press Association message) the sum of £106,900 was applied for through the Christchureh branch of the Bank of New Zealand, This represents applications for bonds alone, and is in addition to the sum of about £220,000 invested in bonds and certificates through the Post, Offices in the Christchureh postal district, \ Correspondence between the Waitalu County Council and the Prime Minister ■was before the council at its meeting on Saturday, and elicited' some complimentary references to the manner' in which the correspondence had been conducted by the County Clerk (Mr 6. A. Travis). The • chairman complimented Mr Travis on his drafting of the letter to the Prime Minister, and also upon the reply it had secured, and other members of.the council spoke.similarly, Mr A, McTnnes declaring that the clerk was "one.in a thousand." The winter season is usually productive of a crop of complaints regarding tlie state of ; the county roads, and the heavy rains that have fallen over the district recently have revealed a larg\ amount of repairing and maintenance necessary in many parts of the county/ So numerous were the complaints in this'connection before the County Council at its meeting on Saturday that, the chairman (Mr Geo. Livingstone) stated that, never during the whole of his long association, with the council had lie known such a large number of complaints regarding bad roads that have been received, A Christchureh Press Association message says the Supreme Court has been occupied for two. days hearing a. West Coast libel action in which the plaintiff, Ernest James Smith, draper, of Greymouth,, claimed £IOOO damages from Willi'am McKay, draper, of Greymouth, on account of a malicious anonymous letter alleged to have been written by the defendant, concerning plaintiff to Mr Christopher Smith, of Wellington, managing director of the firm of C, .Smith, Ltd., of which firm plaintiff is manager of the "Greymouth branch. After a three hours' retirement the jury returned and his Honour intimated that the \neeessary time having elapsed he was ready to accept a three-fourths agreement, but the foreman announced thai, there was no likelihood of their agreeing at all, and with the consent of both parties the jury was discharged. The. case was ordered to stand over till next session.