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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10572, 29 September 1910, Page 3

•nil- African explorer, »I"{m •^■•■^ who left his native cny ot J hill eight vears ag", li«s just n-lnrned (says a London l>apcrl. Leaving II nil I" •"> =en at tilt- a"e ot thirteen. Mi llo\es went to Africa for the first, ti.nj. m 1896, and he went through the ..Int. - bele campaign. Later he was ma'.' king over a. iiibc ot savages, ca led the Kikurus, and reigned over them Im three vears, when he resigned his regal position because of difficulties with the I British Government In IiKL hj" «/ : '""- back to England for a short, holiday . and then returned to British Las Africa, and travelled twelve humlrctl miles over desert country between Abvssinia and British East Africa, sulfering considerable privations t.irniigii lack of water. He states that he is the second white man to cross this region, the first being Lord Dclamere. Run, the so-called prophet, visited Opotiki recently, says the- Opotiki Herald. He. was •.iceomnanied bv three of his wives and a number of followers. ' Whether or net he smoked the calumet

of ponrc on Jiis entrance, to the towtislii|> we know not, but his visit was highly appreciated, anil many business people have reason to remember liim a.s a "jolly jioml fellow.'' Hun. just prior to his visit-, had become possessed of a substantial .sum, variously estimated at from i20t)() to 1T>()0(I. part of the proceeds of (he sale of the Waininiiii lands, and during his stay hero ho splashed it about in cavalier style. The sharers of his joys and sorrows wore siaily bedecked, and shone resplendent in jewellery ami oilier incidentals dear to the feminine heart, whelhcr if be concealed by a black or a white skin. Hut bis prodigality was not. eonlined to kickshaws and -ow-aws, and drapers and clothiers, horse-dealers and bugfl.vmakers were all liborallv patronised bv him. An example lliai mi-lit well be followed in many schools throughout the Dominion has been set bv tile pupil.s at the llauora District School, bast season, says the Star, ihoy produced from their -anions a o;noil crop of vc-oiabhs. Diirii!- Ihe past fendays a number of the buys am! jiirls have b i btisilv occupied in sorl ins: the seeds from the vegetables into neat packets. No fewer than IK II ll I packets have been d-me up. Of those. I.1IH) packets will be kept lor the school, ill 111 will lie ejveu to the native schools of the district, SOU will be sent to the Hoard for distribution, while --'(HI pack.-Is will be sent to other parts of New Zealand and (o Australia in exchange for seeds of eibei- varielies. The work of ' packet in;.; Hie seeds formed a porl ion of Ihe agricultural course wli'i-h is now beiti- taken at- the school. An ext i ac-riliuarv phcuoiuenoii. Mr ('■'. \V. Tlu.im.ou remarked in the House to-day. v, ires our correspondent, had boon ni"i uilli duriiiL' ill'" la vine; of a cable hcnvei, New Zealand am! AukI i Ji.-i. in I lie shape ol' a huee silblenaneau mnuiilaiii ranee which had been discovered dorim..; sotindine; i.t. IL'.OIHI feel, and it had 'been found to rise to within 10011 foot of the surface The survev vessel had to make a deflect inn of oil or I'.ll miles to avoid the 1-ane.e. and il had struck him that tin's i,tie-lit account for the establishment o'.' i lie Australian cable slat ion in (,>ueonsl.inil and mi-lit interfere with the layin- of the proposed direct cable. The I'rinie Minister said that siiunditijis had taken place in l lie vieinin of Iho nrnposed line and specialists advised i hat it. was a -nod mule. In reply to Sir \V. .1. Steward, the (lovernmcu! promised a .Municipal Corporations A nieinlni.iil Ael, embodying remits from the roe; ul conference. 'The Minister said thai the purchase of Mr Allen's Slonev Creek I'M ate was under consideration.' and thai Hnmuold's railway advert isinjr contract expired at; the ,-ud of .March, !!)11. •Al; (he nicotine; of llio AVaiiuale C'uuiitv Council vesterdav Ihe Cluiirnuin made 'reference' lr> the' fael thai the local millers, Messrs l{. Nicol and Soil, had been awarded a L'old medal at the Aii-10-.lapanese Kxhihil inn for their Hour. Couni'illor.s considered i| a vi'l'v eood advertisement for the district, and a resolution eonvoyino; ihe Council's eoii:/rnt illations was unanimously carried, and the Cleric insirucled to forward a copy to Messrs ]{. Nicol and Sou.

"The thirst for free oduoat ton is nlniiisi as L'-rcat as tin. thirst lot* nlroliml." remarked .Mr I'arr nl lli«. Auckl.nid Education Hoard meet ing, wlii'ii l In' matter (if tin' forthcoming solmlarsliip examinations was incut iiincil. Ho said In' was vi'i-y glad in sir il. Thenllrl'i' lll'iirlv l(l!!'.l Vnllllg people anxious i.T In,' places, ami In- dared say most wniilil !_i;<-t I lie-in. It was ;in ox't-llciit, ihii.-g. bin ivlmt" tlii' linanoe was going in finish up hj,. iliil not- know. The Mini-t.■!■ nf I'Mui-iit ion had begun ti) li 'I Hie pinch, ami hail suggested thai boards slniulil re.ia" lo his assistance h\ rating; themselves, hut that system .li.l nut iiml favor. Tlia|."rvcr\ body's liiisincss is nobody's ciiiicitii is nowhere manifested mnre clearly than liy (he thoughtless niaillUT in which damage is (Iniic hy I lie poophIn (he people's property it' that property is miller the care of the (ioveniniciit.. I.atclv the praeti. f tiring gorso along the roadside iinnicdialelv under tin- telegraph wires has damaged the latter and caused sonic anxiety to the telegraph aitilmrilies. 'I lie intense hcaf generated hy burning gnrsc ali'ecis the copper wires overhead, cuisine; I lie material lo expand and deteriorate in strength, ami in .sum.- instances In lircalc altogether. I hits interrupting eiiiniHuniealion. When in -nunl order each wire is so regulated as lo .swine, clear of those adjacent, hill al'l-'r a lire has damaged I In- material i he wires sa;<, ilmvu ill the ci-nli-i'of .-.pans, and it is necessary Inn--icL-iiiaie lln-iii. and frequently tin- wires In-oak under tin-, rerpn'reil strain. This entails e.xpeu.N.' lor new material. I'roperly-iiwni is arc lialilc for all expenses in cnniieelion willi damage to l.legi'aph or telephoim wires, and it is dcsiralilo that they lake nolo of llli-i warning.

T.'ic lYinii' .Minister lias ii bitsv vi'iir ahead ~|' him in l!)l I. What \vil.ll flu' Imperial t'tnili'i-i'iici', i lie coronation, the last session nl' tin' present Parliament, • uhl :i jiciK'i':tl election in November, hiwill In- i<cp! very busy. The I inperial Conference .-iiiil tin 1 coronal ion are expected iii mark ii period <il' increased aelivily in Imperial M'lil inn'iil and all'airs in which inimv leadine; men in :lii. Kinpire (iiicliulinj'j; his Majesty 11n< Kin;M and ilic newspaper press of (Jreiit, lirilain will lie diking :i prominent, part. It i'. imdorslnod 11 is*t- Sir .lo.seph and Lady Ward will leave Xew Zealand, •.'iirlv iieM \car-- prnliiildv in Jaminry,ll their voyage |„ the Motherland. Sir •losepli Ward's last visit to liondon was ■i M'i'.v hrief one. exiendiinj, over only a. lew weeks. On (his occasion, however, sir -losepli and Lady Ward will have, a ■■'airly Ion;; holiday, as the corona! ion in lioi to Lake placo until dime nest.. Releriine to the cablegram from l/olldoii received hy the National .MortHiiK" and ,\;:ei!cy Company in eomiec.'t.ion with tin' opening' uf I lie September wool sales (lie .chance of 1.-, per cent, ill inerino and line crossbreds .should rea<l "i per cent. 'riicre two !3."i'l organisations in Saxouv composed of si enojj;r,-ipliers, wiih a' membership of upward ol 'i'J.IIOU. iicpresenlalives of these societies to tile number of •JIH.It.I assembled tit Dresden leeeiiily to celebrate file liflietll tllllliicrsary of the (ir<j;;i 11 is:i t ion of the SlelioL':ra])hei's' I'liion. In dese ribiiie; the Catherine; a Cernian writer .says; 'ltwas a jcreat body of cultured, intelliicnl people, more women than men, i -lance at. whom would have caused •.lie sici'iie-t woman hater to relenL and ,o recognise tvniiiiiii's worth."

A machine lu'ltinj' i I' paper is luanu- /.-,,: uivd in Mii-land. which is said to In' very .sij-ou;- and durable. The paper is specially prepared and compressed :iii< 1 ciil mlu links, which are. pnii' lured ;il tin- cinls and fastened together lin a wire rod and protected mi I lie iii:i'r,"in liv single heavy bather links. 'Hi-.' (»■['! iiijj; will not. stretch, and where tried is report c;l to |dvo perfect satisfaction. ]|, is mi id not, te. !ir affected by climatic changes imd conditions.

In tho I'nited States tile movement for encouraging scientific farming methods has resulted in tho foundilifr. <" a college mi wheels. A special tniiii. is sent, bv the .Massachusetts Agricultural College, and tlin fanners alone; I ho lino are given tree instruction in up-to-dato methods of farming and dairying As the train draws up at, wayside stations, crowd-, of eager farmers, young and old niav be sen waiting for a. lecture, which is given by one of the travelling, teachers.

I-»t-:iriiifj: of evidence in the civil case M-Ciinpsev v. Hotting was continued •H the Al:t-is! rate's Court yesterday nileriioon afier the Mail went to press. Main v. iliii'j-v.'s Here called oil either -si.lc ' and at the com-liision <il' the hear- '„■■ the .Magistrate, Mr T. Hutchison, '■v'.M.. Ilitim'ated that he would tilku tinm to co,i;i'.ler his decision.

Wh.-llier the decay of the teeth, is ill rcalilv the preeiirM.ii of I lie decay <»1 a nation is a ipieslioli that might well be l< It to those l\h" delight to regale themselves with profound (inestions. Mr V. l'\ Armstrong, however, lecturing last evening on the care of the teeth spoke in lernis that brooked no misunderstanding his helief that, " sound teeth" and "sound judgment" «it" sviionvmoiis. Speaking of New Zealand lie said: "God's own country it is called, and 1 niiuht say that it is God's. But it we allow the youne [feneration to follow in our footsteps and careless thoughtlessness of their teeth, 1 can safelv predict, that, this fair country will I be peopled by 'the devil's own.' "

Man's lifting power varies, of course, at-different, apes. The average youth of 17 can lift 280 pounds. By his 20th vear his power has increased to such a degree that he .should be able to exert a lifting power of 320 pounds, while his maximum power is'readied in his 30th or 31st year. 305 pounds then being re-, corded. At the expiration of his 31st vear his power begins to decline, very Waduallv at first, falling but eight pounds liv the time he is -10. From 40 to 50 the decrease of power is somewhat more rapid, having dropped to 330 pounds at the later age. the averago lifting power of a man of 50. therefore, being slightly greater than that of 20. After 50 the decrease in strength is usually rapid, but the rate of decrease varies so surprisingly in individuals that it has been impossible to obtain accurate data as to average strength after that age. Oil weighs less than coal for the same heat energy, and it can be stowed into considerably less space than coal, weight for weight, so that the employ- < ment of oil calls for very much less blinker capacity than coal. Moreover, places can be utilised for stowing oil" which would not be applicable for holding coal, so that a considerable saving in'space may be effected by employing oil as fuel, "which may allow of a reduction in the light weight of a vessel for a given carrying capacity. Then, a reduction in boiler capacity can be effected by employing oil owing to the periodic cleaning of fire necessary with coal; and the absence of trimming, which is necessary with coal, represents another advantage of oil fuel. All these points contribute to the reduction of the initial cost of the vessel; and the oil fuel has the advantage as regards wages in the running costs. The cost of fuel is, however, relatively such an important question that unless oil can be sold at a price not greatly in excess of that of coal —the'comparison being made on a thermal basis —oil has, in "the writer's opinion, little chance of being extensively used for the propulsion of cargo boats, whether employed to generate steam or consumed in internal combustion engines. There is no country in the world, with the possible exceptions of the little principalities Liechenstein and Monaco, that contributes so little to the maintenance of its ruler as the gigantic British Empire. The chief magistrates of the United States, of France, of Mexico, and. of every Central and South American republic, and even the President of Switzerland, with his insignificant emoluments of £6OO a year, cost more to their respective nations than. King George and the members of his family. The British colonies, to begin with, do not contribute a single penny piece, while, the Crown property which belongs to George V., ex officio as a life tenant, much in the same way as the majority', of the territorial magnates of England-' hold their entailed ancestral estates, and which he has, in accordance with the custom of his father and his grandfather, Queen \ ictdria, -relinquished for the duration of his reign to the national treasury, yields to the latter a. far greater revenue than the amount which has just been voted to him as a civil list. Owing to the careful management and extraordinary' development of the Crown property, coupled with the amazing growth in the value of building land during the last seventy years, the Treasury was able during the greater part of Queen Victoria's reign to profit to the extent of £IOO.OOO per annum, and during the last thirty years over £"200.000 a year. from the* proceeds of the Crown property, after all the expenses of its management and the civil list of the , Sovereign and the allowances of the Princes and Princesses of the reigning House had been deducted, has gone to the public purse, so that instead of the English Royal family having been a surce of any expense to the national exchequer, it" has benefited the State financially to the extent of some £7.ooo,ooo—that is i.» say. the Royal Family has relieved the Rritish taxpayer*'from that amount 'of li.-cal burden, thanks to the extremely advantageous bargain concluded by Parliament with Queen Victoria 73 years ago. and which has now been renewed for the duration of his reign by her grandson, King George V. .For a scenic film a sail up the lovely Rio de Janeiro Harbor should offer an enlarged' scope and the 350 feet of photographs illustrating the beautiful anchorage, and which occupy a position in to-night's programme, is said to be a capital picture. Henley Regatta in 1910 is also pictured with all realism. Of the stage studies, a true representation of the pantomime. "Sleeping Beauty" is to be screened, while numbers of others of equal merit are announced. Taken altogether, the programme, as far as can be foreseen, is one bound to give entertainment to all.