The Oamaru Mail. FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1910.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10513, 22 July 1910, Page 3

The Oamaru Mail. FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1910.

Sir W. J. Steward has been informed, according to a telegram from our Wellington correspondent, that the question of extending the railway siding at AYiilowbridge is being inquired into.

At yesterday's meeting of the Ota go Education Board formal leave was taken of the Sec-rotary (Mr P. G. Prvde), who retires l'nmi active service at the end of the present month. Mr M'Korrow moved and Mr Fleming seconded :i. valedictory resolution, and all the members present spoke in terms of hiirh praise of the excellent service Mr Prvde had rendered during the 3-' years that he had been secretary. Mr Prvde. who has been in the. Ota go Education Office for 41 years, briefly acknowledged the compliments paid to hi in. It was resolved, on the motion of Messrs Mitchell and Scott, that Mr S. M. Park be appointed acting .secretary of the Board, to hold office in that capacity from the date of Mr P. G. Pryde's retirement until a. permanent secretary is appointed. ''l once saw thousands upon thousands of people returning from races at Melbourne, and among them I never saw one happy face." This remark, which was made in the House last night by Mr Malcolm, was greetedwith many indications of surprise. "Somebody must have won?" interjected n member. "Yes," rejoined Mr Malcolm, "but that is just what was the trouble, for they were, miserable because they did not win twice."

A plaintiff in the Sydney Court who claimed commission for services rendered was apparently; from his name, of I'h-eneh origin. Still, though ho spoke English fluently, there was a, suspicion of Berlin in his treatment of some of the vowels. In the course of his evidence he explained that he at one time roused the ire of his employer by using tho word "demand" in writing to him, not realising the peremptory significance of the word in English. What ho really intended to convey was a. modest request for the payment of a small sum of money. He stated further that he had lived in Germany for about 20 years, and.was educated at the University of Bonn. Subsequently he went to Brazil, where Spanish was spoken, and thence came out to Autralia, where he has been for about fivo years. "You arc a German, I suppose?" asked Judge Rogers. "Well, I don't exactly know, your Honor," replied tho witness. "I Was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, but left there at 3 years of age." A commotion was caused in town yesterday afternoon by a strango looking vehicle, drawn by a black horse, being driven up tho main street at full gallop. Tho vehicle, which was fitted with rubber tyres, glided along so swiftly as to lend color to the idea that the four sons of Jehu on .board were possibly body-snatchers, but enquiry elicited the fact that tho Chief Magistrate of tho town was one of tho number, and, with members of the Eire Brigade, was giving the new firo carriage, which is being built at Mr Scarle's coach works, a trial run prior to receiving its finishing coat of paint. We understand the tests applied in every direction gave the greatest satisfaction to all concerned.

The Otago Education Board yesterday decided to take part in the conference of Education Boards convened by the Wanganui Board for the purpose of discussing questions of an educational nature, which is to open on August 22nd. Mr P. G. Pry do was appointed the Board's official representative to the conference, and the Rev. P. B. Frascr

and Mr Jas. Mitchell were appointed delegates. The Board accepted the resignation of Miss Kate ]C. Kibblowhite as junior assistant and confirmed her appointment as fourth assistant (vice .Miss J. Lindsay, resigned). The ping-pong tournament arranged by St. Luke's Sunday School Committee proved a great success, though the weather had rather an unfavorable effect on the attendance. The play in most cases was not particularly good, though some very steady games were to be seen. Much interest was displayed in the finals, which resulted in Miss Smyth taking the ladies' championship and Mr W. Davies the gentlemen's. The ladies' prizes were donated by Mrs Babington and Mrs Bartlett. It has I been suggested that, as this tournament has been such a success, a series of similar competitions should be held in the course of the winter. The Waimate fire alarm rang at 2.30 a.m. this morning. The Firo Brigade, ! which turned out promptly, found tho fire with a good hold on the upper storey of Mr S. C. Evans' bakery shop in Queen street. It evidently originat-

cd in tho rooms occupied by tho Misses Lundun and Ycsberg, dressmakers. Plenty of water was available, and tlio Brigade worn successful in confining tho outbreak to the upstairs rooms. Tho building was of brick, the upstairs and ground floor of one half being occupied by Mr F. Akhurst. chemist. In order to suppress the lire it was necessary to practically flood tho building, and in addition to tho loss by lire Air Evans will suffer considerable loss from damage by water. Mr Akhurst's furniture and stock is also damaged by water. Tho building is the property of Mr John Manchester, and Messrs Manchester, Akhurst, and Evans aro covered by insurance.

General Sir Roger William Henry Palmer, Bart., a. survivor of the "Six Hundred," died on May 30, in his 79th year. Sir Roger joined the 11th Hussars in 1853, and took part in the battles of Alma, Balaclava, and Inkerman, and the siege; of Sebastopol. With regard to the historic charge, it is related that on the night before it occurred Sir Roger found a. sentry asleep, but instead of putting him under arrest he forgave him, and next day the man saved his ollicer's life by cleaving the skull of a Russian who was about to run his sword through Sir Hoger's body. Of the other officers of tho gallant "Six Hundred," there survive Viscount Tredeger ami Sir George Wombwell. The death was also announced of ex-Sergeant-Major .lohn Lincoln, who took part in the memorable charge of tho Light Brigade at Balaclava. Tho deceased, who attained the great ago of !)-l, was formerly of the 13th Light Dragoons—now the 13th Hussars, lie had two horses shot under him at Balaclava, one during the charge, and tho other in the course of the ride back. While the. Crimean campaign was still in progress Lincoln was taken prisoner and marched hundreds of miles inland. Mr Roosevelt, on visiting Cambridgo Lo receive the honorary degree, of LL.D., was admitted an honorary member of the Union Society. In bis speech at tho Union Society ho related a characteristic anecdote. Ho remembered when he was President, sitting at a tahlo with six or eight other statesmen, and each was explaining how he regarded being in public, life—bow nothing but tho sternest sense of duty kept him in it —(laughter)—how the strain of working for a. thankless constituency \vn.s telling upon him, and nothing but tho fact that he felt ho ought to do it kept hint in a position so distasteful. — (Laughter.) That went round the table until it came to him. This was in bis first term. Ho said : "Now, gentlemen, I do not wish there to be any misunderstanding. I like the job—(loud laughter and cheers) —and I hope to l>ec|i it for four years more." (Cheers.)

It is announced that Mr T. A. lOdison uls succeeded in making a machine to >hotogrnph and reproduce moving picurcs in their natural colors; but tho ;reat inventor, while admitting that ho a experimenting in that line, and is lopcl'ul of success, says that ho is still Kittling with great difficulties, more. 'specially the seeming impossibility of euroduciiig reds. With of her colors ho s tolerably successful. Mr Edison ;poke with much enthusiasm of tho alkiug and moving picture machine, ho las just completed.

'.riu- experiences of a correspondent of ;i Nuremberg newspaper show that the German laws lor the prevention of adulteration are suliiciently drastic to satisfy tile most nervous people. "A French .friend. - '' writes the correspondent, "recently sent me four bottles of Miirgimdy. After paying the duty 1 was informed that all wine coining from abroad has to be analysed. As my consignment included two kinds of wine, a double aualvsi.s wa,s necessary, and for this I paid a. lee of Ms. At the end of a week I received (I.) a certificate attesting that my wine was pure; (L'.i the ca.se in which the bottles wero sent. 1 was also informed that two bottles had been required to form the basis of each, analysis, and that consequently there was no wine left. I am naturally grateful to the State for the precautions taken to guard my health, but. 1 canuot- help thinking 1 am entitled to the empty bottles. Surely these were not also analysed."

The Lieutenant-Governor of Papua (Lieutenant-Colonel Murray), who is on a visit to Sydney, says the aboriginals of the Territory are making great progress. They are already enthusiastic cricketers, and. they like the white man's sports. "They are at iirst quite uniitted for regular work,." the Lieutenant-Governor .said, "hut that is natural. Many of them are wild and forest-bred, others practically live in their canoes, hunting with bow and arrow, or fishing; while others display capacity as agriculturists, hut all nro quite' undisciplined. They are mostly cannibals, till taken in hand and taught:. \Ye, have found them very teachable and intelligent, ami they take very well, indeed, to the regular routine of agriculture in the. settled coastal parts, as well as to road-mak-ing. Their lirst attempts at work are crude. Some given a shovel for Iho lirst time to move earth with, regarded it as a carrying implement. They placed the shovels down on the. ground, and theji scooped the earth into them with their hands. A couple wero sent to bring a wheelbarrow to a scene of operations, and returned, carrying it in their arms like a. baby. They soon learned to wheel it, and generally took kindlv to the routine of roadmaking." I,ess than two years ago a. couple of white miners came down one of the rivers in haste ahead of 20 canoes filled with wild Papuans, whose, determination to kill and eat them was manifest. AYoi-d reached headquarters, and n boat was despatched to the native settlement to aduiiuisler a lesson. No guns wero fired, but the native constabulary took the two head-men prisoners, and burned their dwellings. The two were, kept in captivity for a time, and then released. Now members of that savage cannibal tribe were amongst the useful workers on the now roads. They were quite unskilled at first, but speediIv developed into effective laborers."

Eear of Halley's comet if not tho mysterious influence of its passage, ha.s caused confessions to be made (writes the New York correspondent of the Melbourne Argus). In the city of Newark, •twenty miles from New York, an Italian named Luigi Cereeici was arrested six weeks ago because it was believed that he had sent Black Hand threats to several persons. He was in gaol on tho day preceding the. ono when it was thought that the earth would pass through the comet's tail. The gaoler on that day allowed him to read the daily newspaper. It told him about the comet. At once he sent for the chief of police. "T must confess," he cried, "and make niv heart clean. The world will bo burned up to-night. I killed Patrick Cahill and burned his body under a. stack of cornstalks behind my house." Cahill, an elderly mechanic of good character, had disappeared, and the. authorities suspected that he had been murdred, but no one had thought of connecting this Italian with the crime. Search was made under the stack oi cornstalks, and there buried deep in the earth, the body of Cahill was found, hearing nil the marks of violence which the Italian had described in his story of the murder.

A tribute- to the efficiency of tho let-ter-carriers of New Zealand was paid bv Sir Joseph Ward in the course of a speech at a gathering in Wellington in honor of Mr and Mis J. A. Mutton. The people of this country should appreciate the work of the letter-carriers, he said. In season and out of season they were closely allied to the interests they had to servo in their important branch of the Postal Department. There wore people- who sometimes did not make allowance for slips or mistakes m the delivery of mails and letters in the course of the year, hut tho Dominion could congratulate, itself on having a very line postal service. Without any egotistical boasting or idoas of superiority to other countries, ho could say that it had a modern post office, which, for progressiveness in the truest sense of the term, was such that probably no other country in tlio world could comn up to. Its executive officers wero keenly earnest to do all they could to maintain tho service, to mnko it more progressive, to get a better revenue, and to get better money for those who wero working up from tho lowest rung in the service. According to the Mayor of Wellington (Mr T. M. Wilfortl). who daily receives a large number of applicants for work or relief in some form or other, there is not going to bo very much distress among manual laborers this winter, as tho great majority of tho men are in work. The. extensive works in and about the capital city have given

more employment this year than there was last. There is, however, in other branches, such as clerical work, the usual degree of unemployment, so far as can be judged from the continual applications"the Mayor receives. Willi .such a class of applicant the problem is far more difficult, and the Mayor himself can. in the nature ot thiiHrs, do little or nothing for their permanent relief.

If you use Zymole Trokeys you will not he bothered with irritation of the throat, causing you to cough. Always carry them with you; they are pleasant to take. 4

An elderly woman named Mrs Haines had "a trying experience between Waikuku and Otoki, Gisborne, recently, says the Auckland Star. She was going to visit some friends up the line, and being nervous abotu crossing the stringers on the Dreadnought bridge, attempted to ford the stream, which was in a flooded state. She was swept off her feet by the current, and carried some distance down the stream. The driver of a ballast train noticed the woman's predicament, and, stopping his train, several willing hands helped her out. She had been in the water for about an hour, having been unable to breast the stream to get out, and was in a very exhausted state. The woman was conveyed to her home, and is now reported to be little tiic worse for her adventure.

-V Feilding dentist examined the children of a Feilding school recently, and in his report to the committee he writes.:—"l examined in all 201 pupi s. There were only five cases in which the teeth were in a perfectly, sound condition. Of the. 201 children there were onlv 35 who had never had toothache —ls girls and 20 boys. I also found that there were 28 girls and 22 boys whose gums were in a very inflammatory and septic condition. Only >o out of 103 girls and 17 out of 98 boys admitted the use of the tooth-brush. PHOSPHOL is an emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites, and is the finest nerve, bone, fat, and musclebuilder ktov/n. °

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\ v .—F. R. Dennison. Acent. For Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure—- '.* 6d, 2s 6d.