ANGLO-NEW ZEALAND NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14146, 23 August 1909, Page 7

ANGLO-NEW ZEALAND NEWS

[FROM OCR OWN- CORRESPONDENT.] London, July 16. END OF ,THE STIRLING CASE. What looks like the end of the Stirling case passed in the Court of Session at Edinburgh yesterday. Counsel for Mrs. Stirling and Lord Northland each stated that their client had decided not to proceed further with the appeals, and the Court gave effect to the motions. Mr. Clyde, for Mr. Stirling, said there was 'pending in England between the same parities a litigation at Mrs. Stirling's instance (for the recovery of £4000, and a considerable sum of accumulated interest. There .was also a litigation in regard to certain . jewellery. < Some time ago intimation was given that the appeals were not to be proceeded with, and in these circumstances it was Mr. Stirling's intention, upon condition that the other litigation was ended, and in view of the fact that there was no marriage settlement for the child of the marriage and that Mrs. Stirling was quite unprovided for, to ; secure an annuity of £250 for Mrs. Stirling, with reversion to the child after her death.. BEWARE OF NEW ZEALAND. For the benefit of domestics and farmhands who may think of emigrating to New ;, Zealand, Mr. J. E. Kyle writes to the Scots- / man from the Occidental in Dunedin, a few words of advice. He says:"lt is ■ general servants that are wanted, so I warn. Housemaids, laundryrnaids, cooks, etc., to be careful before embarking on such a long journey, and not to run away with the idea that if they come out here they are sure of a rich husband. There are plenty of as good-looking girls hero already as are to bo found anywhere. I would also warn them not to make an engagement under double the wages they receive at Home, as the cost of living is very much higher here._ . . . It is a rough life on the sheep station. In many places the men are not allowed butter or jam. The majority of emigrants land at Wellington, and if they can't find employment there they are advised, if Sects, to go to Dunedin, the Scots' settlement: if English, to Christehurch; and if Irish, to see Sir Joseph Ward, the Prime Minister, who will get"them a Government billet." WEATHERING THE STORM. The Manchester Guardian is well pleased ' with the trend of affairs in New Zealand. It says:— Rarely has retrenchment been . carried out so courageously or so skilfully as during the last few months in New Zealand, and it has all been done without seri- • ously crippling any of the activities of the f State which make New Zealand a model for the social reformer. Sir Joseph's conduct of .-'."■' affairs during this critical period has been a complete answer to the pessimists who , prophesied that the collapse would come '.whenever New Zealand, with her ultra-de-mocratic methods and her elaborate State benevolence system, found herself compelled to ask her people to prepare to make sacrifices. ;; NEW ZEALAND CURIOS. H 1. .An auction sale of New Zealand and ,y, : Gavago curios took place in the city on MonSj day. The curios were stated to form part •'• ■ of a collection, the property of a gentleman ";.--'. or ma years resident in New Zealand, Pi and they comprised" an old greenstone mere, fleck and ear ornaments, sacred staffs, ' ~'..Papons once used by Maori chiefs, and. . ' specimens of carving by " Nebberby," New ' ■ , Zealand. When the goods came to be sold the prices realised fell far short of what had been expected, and it was explained by >',', those who knew that the articles were quite Va modern, and had no antique value. In the ' circumstances the selling prices have no pub■j lic interest. 7 - . WHITE STAR COMPANY. ■;, ■ . The White Star Company are making a ,tid for the Australasian trade, and four ves■sels—the- Bovic, Adelphie, Sevic, and Georgic which formerly ran between Liverpool and I||yNe% York, are now going to trade between Liverpool and Australasia. The Bovic is the ftnt vessel to make the journey, and she Plk?* ft Liverpool 00. Saturday with, a general Cargo. * ' /