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Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14044, 29 April 1920, Page 4

The Treasurer, of'-the local r.Conimittee' for. Dr\ Barnado's Homes r(M.r -Walter Gibb) aclcnowledges,.;.with'thanks, the 'following donations'to that riiost deserving- institution:—From." four ',girls ; 10s.:'Mr Alex; j Murdoch '.'-£ : l'y; Mr ;G.M. £T," Windsor S. School (per .T. Joiner, Enfield) £l. Mrs F. McCombe 10s, Church of, Christ (per Mr W. KiTgour) £1 8s 6d. Ardgowan S. School (ner Mr W. D. Isbister). 18s<~Mrs W. Williamson ' .£i Mother ■arid..- Daughter; £l. Mrs M. B. ;Hutchison ■£!■ Herbert Young' Helper's' League (per Mr J. Fleming) £1 "ss. Mr J. Fleming''2s 6d: a total of £lO 15s in hand. Mr Gibb intends forwardine a remittance ;to .London in, May. and will lie glad.to receive contributions from friiSjids of (the WOrkv ..-.:; ,',';. ':.'.. i'"" .'•-.'• ■•' '

A - prominent-Taumariumi Maori on the raiHvay station recently wn<> asked if he was going to Rotorua. J "Me gpjtb JJptorua ■?■.— No !'.' The; oucstioner': "Why ?" Maori •: "Big strike on the railway next month. Maori not get back; have.to walk:; no good!" .. ;;"■!.. The following letter of acknowledge ment has been received by Mr Wv Gibb from thesHonorary Director of the Dr Barnardo's Homes: —. ' 'Many hearty thanks for, your.' letter of.'the - 14th January enclosing list".-of contributions received for the Honies totalling £33 2s 9d, together with/remittances for that amount-^—a; very welcome 5 addition to.'our funds?" J can- assure you;- :; As usual, and in" accordance . with your wish, receipts slijoll ibei sent direct 'to the various don6rs. Wo do, indeed appreciate, their help, and especially are we grateful to you for your kind offices in,sending, on the contributions that reach, you from .ho many of our New Zealand friends, :

'M ellella^lSHfflgTovef^fSer&e"aiit 2J- V M.< "OdelL- Enfieldj J_' Carter, Hfllgrovej '-Privati' kaio;' Lance-Corporal "A. Ball, Peebles, Lance-Corporal E McGrath. "Fraiilcton. On Jsabiirday. Messrs J. •JX FamiltOll VOu oell,seVßiii VUlUaOifa sections and uwelungs, nil veij. situateu x.o>. i is ireeiiolu si.cc.on 1<5 3 otucu. o. Huml*2i street, wigii u 6ii-ouilt b-ioomcd nou°e jiiot '& is a. cor nei* section, ao. d bw>ck 31, Ls£ and liiames. streets, a Cji.aiLet-a.u-e-. Lot Ais stetson 3, oIoIK -i, IMMK, stieet. a g<*od business seuUOL bot 4 comprises section o ana 7, Dioclv 92, the nrst past the junction Hotel, wi\h a good dwelling ot 5 rooms .Lot 3,s secoion IC, block comer ot Isk and lited streets, with a j-roonied house (.opposite the Basilica). There are oxhei lots. P.»rticuieis not in our adv ei tisement mav he had Irom tho auctioneers oi fiom Mi P C Hjorrmg

Mr F W. Kibblewlut", who arte* leave, mil retire in October tioni alt connection with the Aimv, w ll then have completed "the unique iecoid ot 45 \ears 2nl days' service. He enlisted ax Westminster Budge m England in the 2nd Battalion ]Jth Regiment ot Foot and nas appointed hist-dass in swuctoi, and saw seivico m India. On Maich 1, 1897, he Jett the Innxi.al Aimv and =ailed ior New Zealand, the Government paying his passage here in lieu oi to the Old Country He lomed the Expeditionan Foice on February 12. 1917, and took Home, as hon lieiit., the 22nd Reinforcement, ot the conduct of which he speaks in the lushest terms. They weie 78 days on board being held up at Sieira Leone waiting for defensive guns Mr Kjb-blewhite-aho took Home the 29th Reinfouement, leaving New Zealand tor Glasgow on August 13 Ho served as quartermastei on the. Mokoia On returning to New Zealand the ship was taken out of commission, and he was struck off and appointed hem lieut ot the inspectoral staff of the Now Zealand Ordnance Corps Mr KibMewhite will reside in Oamaru His daughteis aie due to have left Can ada where the\ are on vacation, but had' permission to visit educational schools, and report having had a most enjovable- and piohtable trip through the 'courtesies extended them Mi R Campbell, butcher of Thames street, has hanging in his window one of Lhc heaviest, bullocks killed here duiin n jeeent voais The dressed beast weighed lloOlbs It was bought at Mr I B Reid's feale

A concert much enjoved bv the inmates and stall: was given at the Hospital last night, hv a pain oi gunned tfv Miss Pipei to which the following leading lad.es and gentlemen COnli United item, —Mesdimes Qu>gle\< Elco.ite Mis'-es Brendi Humpl'iic A Pipei, Messrs W Wntteis Gerald Sancleis and Chas Pipei The accomp uuments weie placed In Miss A Pipei On the motion ot Mi Campbell ( i p i tient) a heaifv Tote of thinks ,\.is pissed to the pciloimei-, At. a meeii.ig of the Oamain Poulu\ Committee last night Mi \\ I> Burns, Pre=ident w i= in the chin The South Island Poulti\ As'-onat'o.i wiote that the Utility Indnn Rnnnei duck. Rhode Island Red (open), Bantam (othei than same) And.ilu<=iui and Magpio Pigeon Championships would he- competed Joi at Oamaiu Tx i. is decided to secuie judges Advantage wtis taken of the occasion to piosent Mr .Tomes Meikle v ith an oik piano stool, in vie* oi hi= appioirhing marriage The President spoke of Al* Meikle as one ol then most enthusi.is tic workers, all his valuable assistance vi as most wilhcglv given Ovei a lon a; connection with the Societv Mr Meikk had seived as committeem'■n, «ecietir\ and exlnbitot He wished Mr Meikle and the 'future Mrs Meikle every ha-n----niness. - Messrs A: H. G. -Brovvii, S. Dick. G. McLeod, T. Brown, D. Burns, and A. Earl also spoke. Mr Meikle suitably acknowledged their gift and kindly expressions regarding an association that had been full of pleasure and interest to him.

"A meeting is called for Friday evening to form a branch of the' Band of Mercy. • The "object -of this organisation is to inculcate in the minds and hearts 1 of young and old a- love for mals and a determination to protect them from cruel use. Forbes, w;ho is conTening the."meeting,■ has ■'recently CanTassecf Oamaru for subscribers to alittle, magazine called the "Animals' Friend," and met with encouraging .support. - He informs us that he started a Band of Mercy at Gore and Sawyers Bay, and would like to get the young people of'. Oamaru interested in the movement,. We note that parents are' specially asked to be -present at the meeting to-morrow.

Mr P, -"Mark" Connors, from, Australia, intimates that he will ' commence a class for boxing instruction on Mpnd'ay next, in the Middle School Gymnasium. Mr Connors .comes here with a big reputation; having fought and defeated such redoubtable opponents as Evans (nine rounds). Marchant (twenty rounds); Walton (ten rounds), Robinson (twenty rounds), and Brown (six rounds). When war broke out he was about to be matched for the welter weight championship -of New South Wales. Instead, he enlisted, but has upheld his reputation in many army contests. ..

According to a cablegram dated London. 10th March, and'published in n South Africn paper, ''an mtt>rc~ J .inr experiment is being inaugurated in Tanganyika territory. A. number of New Zealand Freemasons are formir.tr a co-operative .'•ettlenient, in order to glow tobacco, rice, cotton, tea, .ind coffee, and are al=o devoiing attention to. 'TreaK and cattle grazing. The ■settlement is to be governed under M:>«omc principles, under the Miper-vis-ion of Captain W'lliv who has liarl • considerable experience in tobacco planting in South Africn. There has -been much comment in America.with reference to the failure of .hick Dempsey. the world's heavyweight boxing champion, to <=ee service at the-front. Some light is thrown'on the subject by advice from San Francisco, which reports that the Federal grand jury there has'indicted Dempsey and his manager, .lack Kcv\rns, M) a charge of having made false statenient' and "perjuring themselves in furnishing information to the Army Conscription Board. It is said that the result would have heen to Dempsey in a deferred class when he was called up as a soldier. Exemption from military service is alleged to have been claimed on the ground of dependents, whereas the Government prosecution avers that Dempsey's divorced wife has ' testified thav not. only-did he not support her, but ihat'she^supported-him. Nominations for all events for the autumn meeting of the South Canterbury Jockey Club to be held on 'Wednesday and Thursday, May 12th and 13th, close at 8 p.m. to-morrow. The Rev. E. TV. Cox this evening in Wesley Church ton his-ex-, periences as a missionary and chairman ofHhe district in New Britain. lie suffered much at thc-lhands. of the Germans in the earlv days of-the war, and he has a wonflerful storv to tell of trial and.,triumph;in that sphere of missionarv enterprise. The- Otago Land Board met yesterday and spent the day examining candidates for the Moutere runs, which ;bave been thrown'open to (soldier settlers. There are nearly "200 • applicants, and the Board will be occupied again to-day interviewing them. In regard to a truck of onnl ordered by the • Chairman of n Christc-hurch School Committee, inquiries from the Coal Committee clicked the information that the whole cargo had been commandeered by the Government. - A little while later he had occasion to visit the Customs Department, Christchurch, and there found fires blazing brightly in a room -which already was over the 70deg mark. "There was the Government coal, - ' he said, "burning for the benefit of handful of strong, able-bodied men. j well'able to «tand a little cold, while in our school . I'ttlo children shivered in a 36deg-tempera-tui'c, dented +fje oosl commandeered as indisponable lor'the Customs staff." Mr Parkinson having been called io Wellington on urgent _ business, the* 'meetings on the education question announced to he held by him in Oamnru will not take place.

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