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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12446, 1 September 1902, Page 4

The promotion of Sub-inspector Mitchell, of Auckland, to'be inspector, ;ind his transfer to Invercargill to tako charge of the new police district of Southland, has resulted in the transfer of some of the other svb-inspectors. Sub-inspector Black, of Christchurch, will proceed to Auckland, and his place at Christchurch will be taken by Sub-inspector Dwyer, of Dunedin, whoso place will be filled by Sub-inspector Green, of Invercargill. Evidently a police officer must not think of making a home anywhere. Sub-inspector Dwyer, for instance, has within tho nast few years been transferred froin Oamaru to Clyde, from Clyde to Christchurch, Wanganui to Dunedin, and now he goes back to Chriptehurch. The following are some particulars con- ; ct-rning the old-age pensions granted last i month:—Renewal;, 41; new at | itiii, 1 at £12, and 1 at £7total, 13, repre--1 scnting £217. This amount does not include th© renewals which, averaged at £12, would bring the total of renewals and new claims up to £709 for the month. During tho. month eight recipients of the pension died, representing £144. lor August last year the renewals were 40, the new claims 12, and the number of pensioners who died 10. ' Averaging tho claims granted last year at £12, would bring a total of £624; somevhat less than the total amount for tho past . VUOU* 1 "" , . .

The Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriagos supplies the following returns for tho past month:—Births, 107; deaths, 60; marriages, 35. For August of last year the llguros were: Births, 120; deaths, SO; marriages 32. The decrease in tho number of deaths is accounted for by the mildness of .the weather which has prevailed of late in comparison with tho bitterly cold weather w wero experiencing about this time last year.-' . ■ • j The Hospital returns for tho past week show that 27 patients were admitted and 26 discharged, while there were two deaths— those of Lizzie Doig and James Fleece. Tho total number of inmates now in the institution is 103. j Messrs M. Fracr, W. Burnett, and G. Caldor, J.P.'s, presided at a fhorfc sitting of' tho Police Court held at tho Central Station on Saturday morning, when a first offender and Albert Brown and Elizabeth Barrowman wore all convicted and discharged for drunkenness. A church parade took place nt the Iloslyn iWesleyan Church yesterday morning, when three companies of Volunteers took part under the command of Captain A. Washer. The Wakari Rifles, the Wakari Cad-ats, and the Garrison Band formed into procession at tho Roslyn Council Chambers, and marched to the church, which was crowded to over- j flowing. The music in the church was ably supplied by the Garrison Band under Bandroaster Lieutenant' George—a novelty which j was heartily appreciated by the people. The I Rev. R. Wilson preached a sermon to young i men on the example of Hezekiah. The Yioar of St. Matthew's (the Rev. W. Ciirzon-Siggers) completed his sixth year of r.iinistrdtion on tlip 25rd ult. The New Zealand Guardian. states that in the course of an address he announced that he had de- i clined two positions of high ecclesiastical . dignity rather than leave them, and had re- j fused offers which,carried stipends varying ' from £50 to £150 a year more than they j gave him. He had refused such in another j part |Of the world, whero he would much | have liked to have worked, with an old , friend, only recently, carrying—together j with what clergymen generally considered i high honour—a-very large stipend. He had ; long ago made up his mind to stay in St. j Matthew's as its vicar, for, he hoped, three ; times as long as he had been with them, '< in. order that lie might carry out the one object for which he had laboured amongst them—viz., the spread of the Gospel amongst the! heathen, and the making of St. Mat- j thew's a strong missionary centre. This j work was his main endeavour. Everything !. else was of importance only as it aided that. | He thought, in justice to them, that he j should state publjcly that the reason why j hi« stipend was £150 less than one city i clergyman and £200 less than the other was j because he preferred that the money, which ; would otherwise go to his stipend, should he given to missions; and he hoped they , would always allow that .arrangement to remain. It was better that the money should go from the pariah to and that they should all be contributors to missionary j work than that he should have the increased ■ stipend, which lie knew so many of them ' wished him to receive. • This explanation would make it quite clear that it was no i fault of theirs that they did not pay him at '• tho same rate as the other city clergy—a fact which had been often commented on, and hence; it- was necessary for him to justify thorn. He did not say he could not find good rise for money, but for their sake and > tho church's it was better that their mis- j sionary work should go on.

Tho London Chronicle says:—One of the proudest men taking part in the parade of ccjonial troops was Mr Scarth, whose handBcm& blue uniform, with red facings, puzzled curious spectators. Inquiries showed that lie was the only Klondyke representative among tbe colonial troops in England. He belongs to the Dawson City Volunteers, a body which was formed only a few month.; ago. He travelled night and day for ?. couple of months in order to attend the Coronation, as the official delegate", and reached the Mersey on the day news of the postponement was published. He should have crossed with the Canadian Contingent, but missed hit" boat at Montreal. •The practical -side of Lord kitchener's character became visible even in the midst of the ceremonies of his welcome to London. In replying to an address at Southampton, Iw urged employers of labour not to forget the special claims that the military reservists had upon them. The municipal address that awaited him at Paddington was presented on behalf of the local council by Sir John Aird, head of the great firm of contractors who have been so prominently engaged in Egyptian works. " I thank you very much " was all that Lord Kitchener said in reply to this compliment, . and then, after a moment's pause, -he asked, "By the way, how is the Assouan darn getting on?" •Sir John Aird said it was hoped that it would be finished this year. " Capital, capital," remarked the Genera!. The fact that this comparatively remote subject interested him much more than the, address was noted with general amusement. Lord Salisbury's 'resignation has reminded a London paper of an occasion when he and Mr Chamberlain crossed swbrds. At one time, in the days' of his Radicalism, lie writes, Mr Chamberlain threatened Lord Salisbury that it was not impossible for a hundred thousand men to march from Birmingham to London, " though we. had hoped that we had left those days of disorder far behind, us." Lord Salisbury, by the threat, challenged Mr Chamberlain to put himself at the head of the advancing column, and told him ( that the result 'would be that ho would return to Birmingham with a broken head, if nothing worse. To this Mr Chamberlain retorted that if his constituenta desired it he would march at their head to London to lay their grievances before the Throne, on condition that Lord Salisbury headed the opposing column, in which case, the right lion, gentleman added, his head, if broken, would he broken in good company. Since Mr Chamberlain joined a Conservative Ministry these amenities, of course, have ceased. In tho annual 'report of the Evangelical Council of New South Wales appears the following clauee:—"A determined attempt was being made, by tho Church of Rome to subvert to sectarian - purposes their muchprized public school system, and they had been, and must be, strenuously resisted. A scheme for systematic leaching in Fchools and elsewhere of the fundamental principles of Protestantism 'had been prepared, but the rush of work in connection with the* missions had'hindered its full development. It was trusted that ere long it would be matured and applied. It would appear from the above that the fundamental principles of Protestantism are not regarded as eeotarian by the council, but the resolution carried on the subject stated that the council " dcclare our intelligent and unswerving allegiance to the system of public instruction as at present established in the State of New South Wales. We regard its broad uusectarian basis as the only one to which the support of tho State can legitimately be given, and declare 1 that the claim sot by the heirarchy of the Roman Catholic Church under the specious name of 'Freedom of Education' for subsidising its ccelcsiastical institutions frqm tho public treasury, is an attempt to disrupt the national and unsectf.rian system- with a view of reverting to a costly and unsatisfactory method, which would place additional power in the hands of a vast ecclesiastical organisation at tho expense of tho State, and to the detriment of education generally. This claim we declare our steadfast purpose to resist in evcry legitimate way." In sending wireless telegraph messages across the Atlantic, Mr Marconi made the remarkable discovery that the signals were transmitted more fully and were received at a greater distance by night than by day. This fact suggested to Professor Joly, of Dublin, that thei etheric waves might encounter a contrary ether drift in the daytime, producing a. certain retardation, such as sound waves suffer when moving against a gale. Sir Oliver Lodge, however, coneiders that this explanation will not- apply, and that tho observed highly interesting effect, if confirmed, is due to tho increased conductivity ofjhe air by sunlight.

That veteran advocate of cremation,; Sir Henry Thompson, has publifhod in tho Lancet a statistical account of the progress of this movement which should interest- those who regard cremation as the only satisfactory modo of disposing' decently of the dead, having regard for the safety of the living. At Woking 2097 cremations have taken place, beginning with three in the year 1835, and ending in 1901 with 273. In 1901 there- were, besides 95 at Manchester, 40 at Liverpool, 13 at Glapgqw, 17 at Hull, and two at Darlington. Leicester will have A crematorium in a few months, and the institution u course of erection in the north of London will be ready before the clos-e of 1902. The United States have 26- crematoria, of which 24- are in use. At Fresh Pond, N.Y., 654- bodies wero cremated in 1901, 666 at San Francisco (Oddfellows), and 182 at Chicago. In Paris, from 1899 to 1901,. 2299 private cremations took place. A Vienna turner named Anton Hanslian returned to the Austrian capital on July 11 from a tour for which Mr Gordon Bennett offered a prize of 2000dol. His task was to push a perambulator containing his wife and child through all the countries of Europe within two years. Hanslian performed tho journey in 22 months, proceeding from Paris to Calais, and thence through England, Scotland, and Ireland. He> crossed to Belgium, and continued tho journey through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Russia, Rourr.ania, Turkey, .Italy, France, Spain, and Icrtugal. Hanelian, after eight days' rest, was to go to America to undertake a pedestrian tour on tho same conditions from New York to San Francisco. Tho'timo is to be a hundred days, and a prize will he given by the New York Staatszeitung., ;

Messrs Dalgety and Co. sell grain and produce to-day. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. sell grain and produce to-day. At Allanton to-morrow they hold their annual horse.sale. Messrs D. M. Fea and Co. will sell household furniture and effects at 223 Leith street tomorrow. Messrs James Samson and Co. will sell at their rooms to-morrow household furniture, etc. Messrs Park, Reynolds, and Co. will hold a book sale on Wednesday. Mr D. M. Spedding will sell at his rooms on Wednesday furniture, sewing/ machines, etc. Messrs Guinness and LeCren will conduct a special cattle sale at the Studholme Junction saleyards on Friday; the Gth inst. : Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. will sell-, on Saturday next, a team of draught mares and geldings, also a waggon and harness. They also notify that on Thursday next they will fyave a buyer for 35 harness horses. Messrs Sievwright Bros, and Co. will sell the Upper Magnetic dredge and claim on Wednesday, the 10th inst. The Waipori Falls Electric Power Company notify that tenders for the sawmill and sawing .contract close on the 13th inst. Tenders are invited.for the supply of uniforms, hats, and leggings for the lst Battalion, Otngo Rifle Volunteers. Entries close this evening for the'ping-pong tournament to be held in the, St. Clair Gymnasium oii Wednesday evening under the auspices of the Ladies' Guild. For the several classes there are a number of valuable prizes. . In this issue appears the balance sheet of the Waikouaiti County Fund for the year ended March 31 last. A special meeting of the fnetnbers of the Dunedin Bowling, Lawn Tennis, and Fives Club will be held this evening to consider tho question of extending, the tennis site of the club by making a new court, etc. We have to acknowledge receiot of Stone's Otago and Southland ABC Monthly Guide and Diary. Mr George Stow, of Auckland, was a passenger to' Dunedin by the s.s. Te Anau oil her las'; trip. He coiiies here .to take charge of Messrs W. and R. Scott's .tailoring department}— Advt. . , Messrs W. and R. Scott have jhst opened their new season's tweeds and suitings, and are now booking orders for the coming season.— Advt. The very newest designs in jewellery and silverware are to be seen at G. and T. Young's magnificent establishment at 88 Princes street. They give the best value in town.—Advt. Prevention is Better than Cure.—" K.P." Fluid is a certain preventive against plague and other infectious disease# when freely used according to directions. When diluted it does not stain the containers.—Advt. , . . Don't be humbugged by the offer of Guinea Prizes with your Tea. How many of you could obtain these Golden Guineas? Only a few out of thousands. Save yourself disappointment by using ".Book Gift" Tea, with every 61b of which you can choose a book from cur extensive catalogue free, and tlius obtain wisdom, beside which gold, is :dross. Ask your • grocer for catalogue.—Advt. Who is Peter Dick?—l'lle most reliably Watchmaker mid Jeweller opposite Coffee Palace, Moray place, Duned. 1 .!. Charges istrictlj moderate.—Advt.