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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10561, 16 September 1910, Page 3

Loyally awaiting the conclusion ol the new enterprise of his old leader and friend, Captain Scott, before making fresh endeavor to reach the South Pole, Sir Ernest Shacklelon has a fresh and novel enterprise on baud. Some time ago he heard ol a strange discovery nnde on a rarely visited i;;iand in the South Pacific. The boat's crew of a passing ship landing, they found ill shallow water ot strange monoliths, oil which were outlined the face and figure of men. A necessarily hasty and superficial search suggested the presence of sunken treasure, once the property of an extinct race. 'ibis sounds like the beginning of one of 11. L. Stevenson's romances. Sir Ernest, a fundamentally practically minded man, has convinced 11imsoiI that there is something in the story. Conviction has carried him the lengla of chartering a ship, and engaging officers and crew to repair to the island and hunt for treasure. He came up lately from his Somerset hoiw to interview iiis captain, and give final instructions for a voyage that will be entered upon. 11l the course of what was termed by the presiding Judge the "mere waste of correspondence handed in as evidence in one of the Jury Courts, between the agent of a New firm and his principals, some candid criticism was indulged in liy the former on Australian character and business methods. In one communication lie remarked: '"The Australian is a vor\ knowing character, and you can only deal with him from his point ol view, ' | and in another lie expressed an opinion that one might just as well kick against a stone as try to hurry these people. He had apparently a poor opinion of the harmonising ellect ol Federation, because ho said that to give a firm in any one Slate the agenr-y for Australia would simply block the sale of his principal's goods in every other Slate. In further advices he said in effect that Australians had formed a very poor estimate of American "cute" business methods. On Saturday night last the Vicar of Kurow and Ngapara was taken seriously ill and so the services advertised in our last Friday's issue were not held. Yesterday Mr Perkins showed signs of n speedy recovery, hut owing to the nature of the complaint will he unable to resume work until after his return from the North Island, about the 1-th ' of October.

The erection ill tin l lirst. portion of the Roman Catholic Cathedral for Wellington will he proceeded with in ahout, two years' time, and ii is estimated th;it the building. which will probably cost :> In >111 .L'HO.OI 1(1, will lie ;i vn ila ble for service witlini four years from the present dale. The amount in hand is which has hceii Well invested, and it is hoped to have the lirst part, ol the cathedral opened free of debt. The completion of the whole scheme will occupy a number ol years, and involve an expenditure of considerably over Co').0(111. The cathedra! is lo occupy a- .site at the corner of Torv and Buckle streets, adjoining Si. Patrick's College and St. Joseph' Church, "One pound sterling per acre for leejal and incidental expenses in connection with the tranter ol' .Maori land to Kliropean purchaser, appeal's an exorbitant charge lor .such a transaction in rural and -pastoral lauds. Anil vet fin's is (remarks (he Kawhia Seiller) ihe modest account rendered by one of our settlers, accompanied by a memorandum containing the naive and ingenious remark 'the charges had been considerably reduced' by the sagacious methods employed by i.lic linn in charge of the work. T by Ihe experiences of thus,. who have availed I lietn ■■ selves of ihe provisions ol the Native Land Com I. <'.\peu.se has been loaded upon expense until Ihe tarilf becomes absolutely prohibitive. It would (add* the Settler) be siiflieieiit lo mcel the ref|uirenieius of the case lo const it life every S..M. Court a Kraiids Investigation Court, which, on beiiijj; paid for tho block in question, and that ihe .Maori would not be rendered landless would be empowered lo ratify Ihe agreement without nccessit aI i ii;j. ihe lone journeys, absence from home, and unnecessary expense now entailed."

Not wi I list andiiiLi; ihe pamperiues and pin pricks which are daily handed out to Queen ie. the repi esen lati vo of Iho tribe. In juvenile \i:,i|ol's in I lie Melbourne Zoological (iardens, she has shown thai her capacity for lend craft, has in no wise dimini." lied under a process ol hand feet I in;',, says a Melbourne journal. In fact. (,h jusi revolt) in beinji harnessed to a plough, tlio larger the belter, and beiu;:; let loose to turn up a few acres of crop land inside the gardens. The hn.ee deliohr. with which she is hourly regarded and ridden upon by smail boys and ;mailer Liiirls has bred in her a civilised trait, of "playinjj; lo the gallon," and tint other day she I'airlv romped down to an open lield near the pelican pond i> display her powers in 111" i!.i! im a plollj'.h beli re a lai':.'e and interested attendance of toiinlry folk. As slio w a l -' liein:!, hitched la a llt I ee-I'll fl'ow she (rnnipeted a loud and triumphant note at the discomfiture of I lie oraneiiut all:'; as ihe crowd hurried away from waleliiii)'; the assorted antics in l lie nu.nkev lo witness ibis new departure in agricultural science. Qllceliie can polish oil' four or live acres of ploughinjj; in no lime, and then eo for an afternoon stroll with, the children. She weighs about three ions, and has only to lean forward lo

.-ah anise I lie |>l <n i 11 inl: > motion. ll' -■lie were pro* ided with a collar her work would, lie nio]'(> effect ive than, ever. Il i est i 11'; 111 ■i! that a single elephant can draw as much as three or four horses, and lor ( learing heavily jiiiiheri'd laud i lie local farmer nii;j;111. ■lo worse lliau look oul for a bargain or Ino in Ihe way of elephants. In Ihrce uioiilh.s eight deliberale al~ lenints have Ih-c11 made lo wreck trains in Victorian lines, wi\s (lie Age. .Most if ilicni have heeu more ridiculous I hail dangerous. To huucli signal lines together with hoop-iron iii;i,v seem a. desjicratc exploit to |iot'verled children. • r ; i craU\ ex|icrimeiil lo a maniac, linl. it involves uo danger to trains, lor tlie inlerfercuce is revealed as soon as the signalman altcm|its to pull the levers. I'o |j I:i<■<> pickets and sandstone boulders. :nd even sleepers, on the rails is .similarly result less, for (lie iron guards in front of the leading wheels of the online turn the obstruction aside, or, at the worst. the engine runs over and. rushes them. The attempts have been o absurd thai tliev would lie worth scant notice did their frequency Mini • iinihirity not sugge.st the presence in I ]11> community of a dialiolieal maniac ni en*, upon doing sonic awful damage to lives and properly. The theory advanced after I lie tirsl few attempts, that i lie work was that of mischievous children, must be forsaken in view ol the similarity of'tlie attempts in dill'erelll suburbs.

Astonishing slowness is being displayed by ihe Victorian Agricultural Department. says the Age, in putting into use the knowledge disclosed by llic (!oem men I vegetable pathologist's experiments with Irish blight in potatoes. Mr .M'Alpine proved thai by heating infected potatoes lo I'Jodcg Kalir. the disease germs would he destroyed witli>ut all'ecting the germinating power of ihe plant. Treatment of potatoes in :nfecti d areas by I Ills system Would ellable such potatoes to be used for seed, ilr .M'Alpine recommended thai a travelling furnace should be provided al a cost of C'Jilt) to visit quarantined areas, and Ibis proposal is si ill being officially onsidered. lie has now discovered a ■ mil-drying plant near llareoiirt, which hi' considers will lie suitable for disinfecting potatoes, and lie has recolll-

. I' ii i I 111 a 1 the (loverninenl should accept the owners' terms for the use of the iwo fiujjaeos for the drying of a. lon of blighted poialoes. .Meanwhile, i lie Deiiart inenl has informed growers mi infected areas I hat potatoes grow n iu their districts must not be used for ■.ceil, and lias oU'ered to supply clean -eed. Nai orally growers wish to save their own potatoes for seed by the drying oi'ocess dip covered hv Mr M'Alpine. Siulie big shearing iceoids are being made m (~'ueeii: laml this season. AtCambridge Downs :>S men put through 117.(11111 sheep in lour weeks and two days. One day the remarkable average of I!ISI sheep was made. Harrison was top willi L'ii". If is claimed that the feat is a world's record.

Tin' unusual sij_l 111 til' deep-sea (isli being hand-led is one ol the allrnctinns at Hi"' (<unnaiuat in lisli hatchery, I'orl Hacking. New South Walrs, just now (says (In' Sydney l>aily Telegraph). Some iliree weeks ago -Mi' I'Ved AI < I lie hj, I he oliicer in charge of t he haicilery. brought from 1 lobar! a consignment ol" about a (liiv.on livi> Tasiuanian trumpeter. each running from "ilb In (illi ill weight. These (isii witc placed ill llm pond at the hatchery, and quickly settled down in their new home with many oilier members of (lie tinny tribe, it is customary lor Mr Aldrich to teed (he lisli each day with cockles gathered in. the vicinity ol' the hatchery, and one morning last week be noticed that a. couple of the trumpeter ventured quite close to him on the look-out lor loud. Mr Ahlri, ■h has a platform rigged at the southern cull of the pond, mid -standing on this be managed by a little coaxing to get the lisli to approach (he surface and take the food from his baud. It' is now a common sight lor these lisli to come io the .surlace and receive their meals, the feeding operations being watched with keen interest b.v visitors. A Celestial, who was the victim ol a trap accident in Chnstchurch the other dav. seems to have indulged in a habit which was. lo say the least, a peculiar 0110. After lip had been carried into his hut by tlu- police, lie made a ruquest that a countryman should _ bo sent for, and this was complied with. Tim two had a short- conference, ami the second arrival then searched the inside of the injured man's coat, and produced two small bags, which ho handed to Constable Smith. An examination showed that, the bags contained £67 in notes and gold. Constable Smith was asked to become the injured Chinaman's trustee until lie camo out of the Hospital, and he agreed to do so. This little business over, the injured Celestial was quite reconciled to being removed to the Hospital lot treatment. The Kaiser recently seined an opportunity of ventilating his views on the feminist movement. :1 "d tile general trend of his utterance has been made presume My with nif* Mnjt'MN permission (says the Berlin correspondent of the London Daily Impress). He views, with prolound sympathy t he "cneral movement proceeding in all t ie civilised countries of the world lor tin* amelioration of the position ol wonien, including higher education His iMajestv believes in technical education. lot women and the invasion ol dilletent businesses and. professions b.v women, holding that in the present numerical proportion of the sexes this is inevitable, and could not be 'denied to women without grave injustice to them. Consequently, women lawyers, women doctors, women dentists, and women in manv other branches ot activity may count on the ICaiser's approval. 1 brief, the Kaiser i.s n .supporter ol t-very

phase of the now woman movement, with the single exception of its political aspect. He i.s a resolute opponent of woman .sullrage. He abhors the_idea of women in poiitiral lite. r l lie introduction of woman suffrage in any countrv appears to him to he an unmistakable sign of hopeless decadence and derar. Women ill polities would, he thinks, he the beginning of the end of any country. Consequently, ]iis Majesty lias an aversion for the eccentricities aiul extravagances' perpetrated by the fwtrotiu 1 siifl racists hi various pouiitrips. . r Probationers soutonrod by tho Cm<?» Just iff* an- not tho only peoplo tu whom tlio use of tobaeeo is forbidden. Perseus under tiie age of 10 years an also debarred from smoking, ior the .1 uveitile Smoking Suppression Act ]S93 provides for the punishment of the small boy who delighted himself with ;he smaller cigarette. Prosecutions of persons' selling cigarettes to juveniles have not been unknown, but prosecutions of the small, sinner himself have been rare. One of these rare prosecutions will be heard by the magistrate in the Oamaru Courthouse next Wednesday. There was another large attendance, at the Opera House last evening, when Mr ll'Donald exhibited for ihe second time the chronomegaphone. '1 his wonderful invention again held the attention of the audience, the singing and talking being very clear. Harry Lauder was again seen and hoard to (Treat advantage, his rendering of the Davs o' Auld Lang Syne/' and '"lhe Softest of the Family" being wonderfullv produced. '"The. Coster s Serenade " a whistling solo, was also very pleasing. Although the clioronomegaphone was the chief attraction, the rest of the programme was of the usual hi«h-class order. "Scenes from a Walloon over Turin'' and "Benares" were two verv good scenic pictures. ihe picture depicting Barry training on the Zambesi was very clear, as indeed was the rest of the long programme. Ihe usual matinee will be held to-moi-row, and there will be a complete chan< r c to-morrow night. Inspector O'Brien, of Duncdin, who now has the Oamaru police district under his supervision, paid his hrSL ottieial visit to Oamaru yesterday He afterwards went on to Kurow and Duntroon. which places are also in the Otago police district. Artin" under instructions from the Minister for Justice at the instance ol the Commissioner of Scamps, Sergeain Stagpoole will institute proceedings at the Magistrate's Court next \\ ednesdav against two persons who are alleged 'to have given unstamped re- " ifis Worship the .Mayor (Mr R. ligan) will present the pnx.es m connection with the Olympia Skatnv Rink's last catnivrl, to-morrow evenn\ the north of Whangaroa Harbor, at a point known as it has been amply demonstrated thai, there exists a sponge bed, and that the sponge is of superior quality to that found in the Mediterranean but ot what extent the bed may be has ni \ ei beeu ascertained (says a. northern exchange). After every storm the residents are able to supply themselves uitli plentv of sponges that have been torn awav from t!ie rocks and washed ashore. Samples were sent by one of their representatives to Messrs Burgoyne and Burge.ss. manufacturing chemists, London, and they pronounced tliem excellent, offering a good price, ior the sponges if taken "alive ' and etiioc . \n attempt has heen made to get a supply, but for lack of capital the industry was not exploited further. Business men iind Zymole J rowers a great convenience. A box is easily carried and there's nothing so good lor hoarseness and coughs. Mothers who desire their children to have an abundant growth oi suit glossy hair should not allow them to was. 1 it with strong soaps, soda, Nothing is so good as regular bilA-.l-POOS with HENDVS CELEBRAII'.D JTILEPTIA. Leaves the hair beaiuifullv soft and perfectly-iree from dandruff. Large ljottles. Is. obtainable m Oamaru from A. BARSDELL. Hairdresser. Thames street. Try it. lou ■irill be delighted.

TROUSERS. Yerv unusual bargains in 1 rotisors at H. Grenfell's. Prices: 4s lid. 5s lid. 6s lid, 7s lid, 8s lid, 10s. Lis, 12s (kl. The above are the reduced prices. The goods cannot be valued at the prices; they are worth much mora.