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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14355, 27 October 1908, Page 7

In to.-day's issue will be found an interesting abridged description of the collision between the steamers Pride of the Yarra •and Favourite in Otago Harbour i n tho year 1863, by which 12 persons, including tho Rev. Mr Campbell, rector of the High School, and his wife and family, lost their lives. It has been sent to us for publication by Mr Charles Janion, of Welwho was a resident of Dunedin at tho time of the occurrence, and who has transcribed from the bound files of the Otago Daily Times in tho'Parliamentary Buildings an interesting account of one of tho most tnagio events in the history of fcbe province. The Rev. Mr Campbell and liis family had just arrived at Port Glialinicrs by the ship Matoaka, and among her other passengers wsre Messrs Daniel Brent and George P. Abram, matjiematical master and English master respectively for the Otago High School. Tho Rev. Mr Campbell was 32 years of age, and Mrs Campbell '28, whilst the ages of their young children ranged from five yeats to fivo weeks.

It was cold in Southland last night, but the people had a warm welcome for tho Prime Minister. On bis way to Winton to deliver a, political speech the good feeling was manifested at Ryal Bush, where two aged couples, standing at tbe gate of a comfortable home, vigorously waved handkerchiefs and hats in token of appreciation of the hon. gentleman; and then at Lochiel, where tbo Prime Minister's heart wa-s stirred by the enlivening strains of the bagpipes Then at Winton there was a band and a orowd of people, and it is not every band that plays like tlio Winton Band. Sir Joseph Ward was delighted with tho hearty welcome extended to him by his constituents.

The Hon. R. M'Nab, Minister of Lands, will reach Dunedin this (Tuesday) ovoning. He will address his constituents at various points this week.

The Gasworks at Caversham have now been olcacd down, and the connections between tho works on Anderson's Bay road and Caversham 'having been made some limo 6i'nce, the holder at the latter is now being used for storage purposes, and as a means of distribution to residents in that area. Nothing will he done in the meantime in the direction of demolishing the- remainder of the plant there.

The following telegram was yesterday received by Mr Wm. Scott, secretary of the Employers' Association, from Mr Waddell, secretary of the Shearers' Union, Canter-bury:-"Will be trouble if Otago will not accept Canterbury shearers' award; can we confer?" To this Mr Scott replied:"Result of ballot, taken by Otago sheep, owners is against Canterbury award; willing to arrange conference if you think do lirablc." The position, as explained by Mr Scott to a Times reporter, is that under the present award for Otago and Southland the vales of shearing are fixed at 16s 8d per "hundred, whereue the Canterbury award gives 18s per hundred. It may bo pointed out, however, that Canterbury has always paid higher rates than Otago, Further, the telegram comes from the secretary' of the Canterbury Shearers' Union, whereas ono would expect such a communication to come from tho secretary of the Otago Union. It is also stated that a great, many of the sheds in Otago and Southland have already filled up for tho year at 16s Bd, iij consequence of which, and the- low price of wool, many of the Otago sheep-owners arc averse to giving any imp-case at the present lime.

Fairly good progress is being made with the erection of the new holder at tho City Gasworks. Toe tank is completed, as is also the first lift of the holder itself. ConMrncfion work is still proceeding inside the now retort-house.

Dr Chappie claims to be the poor nrnn's friend in his demand for uniform school books. " Would you advocate a- system of one uniform instrnmont in a surgical practice?" ho was asked by a teacher at his Rough Ridge meeting. "If I had a surgical assistant," the doctor promptly replied, I would give him a variety of the best instruments of every class, but if ho complained to me that ho could only

make an incision with ascalpel mado by Oponhoimer and. could not do it will, ono mado by Downes 1 should dismiss- him. Similarly I should provide a. complete variety of hooks on every subject for each school, hut if n. (cachet- complained that ho could not teach arithmetic from n book compiled by Colonso but he could (each it. from a/bonk by Smith, I should send him to another calling."

A man was arrested by Constable Murray at. St. Kilda last evening; on a charge of ae-au.lt unci robbery, tho victim of his alleged attentions being Edward M'Calhim, who is said to havo arrived in Duuodin from tho Catlin's River district yesterday.

The recent reduction in the price of gas lo 5s per thousand cubic feet made by the City Council is now in operation, and the first reading of tho meters under tho new conditions will bo at the beginning of November for gas used during October.

Tbo Corintnic, which is due at Wellington from London or November 3, has 44 first saloon passongers, 98 ectond saloon, and 535 third class, making » total of 677. Of that number 10 second saloon and 45 third class passengers are for Dunedin. Tho Afhenic brought a total of 695 passengers.

■Some interest having been excited in reference lo the challenge to the Rev, Mr Thomsom issued by the Rev. Leonard M. Isitt, and published in our columns yesterday, it may be stated that Mr Thomson left, for Invercargill by tho first express yes. tcrday in pursuance of an arrangement made by him some time since (o address public meetings in the Southland district during the present week, so that it in hardly probable he can give his attention to Mr Isilt's challenge.

It should be explained, with reference to a letter wo published yesterday from the defendant, who was fined in the Police Court for riding a motor bicycle at an excessive speed in Princes street, that the magistrate presiding on tho day on which his case was dealt with was not the magistrate by whom the motor car caso was decided a few days previously.

Mrs W. E. Bromilow addressed a mooting of ladies in Trinity Church yesterday afternoon on the subject of women's work in Papua. She gave a description of how her party, and another for New Britain, left Sydney in a vessel of 200 tons burden, which was loaded with cattle, tanks, timber for two houses, etc., which constituted a full cargo. They had not been at sea map y days when tbe vessel was carried close to tho New Zealand coast by a storm,'and on arrival at Papua they were driven about by the ocean currents round the island for two days before they could effect a landing. Mrs Bromilow referred to the fact that their ultimate destination lay in the wildest part of tbo island, and mentioned that the Governor 'had afterwards said he, expected to find them massacred. She was the only white woman there, and when the Tongans, Fijians, and Samoans belonging to tho party wcro laid down with fever she experienced some difficulty in* cheering thorn up. The speaker described how the nucleus of schools wore formed through teaching the native women needlework, and how, in course of time, assistance in the work was found ilcceesary. In the course of 12 months after that two sisters were sent out to tho island, and 6tayed there nearly 10 years. Mrs Bromilow' then wont on to explain the method adopted for conducting service, and how the week's work was dividod up. Wesley Church, .Cargill road, was crowded last night with an audience anxious to hear the Rev. Mr and Mrs Bromilow speak on their 17' years' work in Now Guinea. Curios were- shown, and their uses explained by Mr Bromilow, and Papuan and Fijian duels were sung. A collection was taken up towards tho funds for a new boat for carrying on tho island work, and in cash and promises a considerable sum was realised. Good singing was supplied.by the choirs of St. Kilda and Cargill Road ■ Churches. To-night Mr and Mrs Bromilow will conduct a meeting on similar lines at the North-East Valley Wesley Church.

At the last monthly meeting of the Dunedin and Suburban Labourers' Union it was resolved-"That this union strongly urges the Government to immediately administer the Farm Labourers'. Accommodation Act." A 6 the 6amo meeting tbo following notice of motion by Messrs Weir and Borebain was given: -"That Mr Nieholls's letter ro no-liconee bo reconsidered at 'next general meeting."

_ Speaking at Geraldine on Thursday evening, Mr W. S. Maelin, a candidate for the' Geraldine seat, mentioned the proposed ohango in the railway time-tables anil the ratting out of certain stopping places when the through service from Auckland to Invercargill is commenced. He condemned the relaying, of the lines with heavier rails as too_ expensive for the solo purpose of enabling' a fast express to bo run to Invercargill. The chango, ho said, would disorganise the whole system some time in November. The first express, it was said, would not stop between Aehburton and Tima-ru, and tho people 'between those towns would be denied privileges which they now enjoyed. Who would benefit by the change? The Prime Minister would; so would a few free pass-holders and a few carpet-baggers. There would be very few through passengers. The last express north would bo of no use to tbo people of Geraldine. If they were travelling from Dunedin' by it they would have to get. out at Timaru,'and go on by slow train to Orari or Winchester. Mr Maslin'e remarks were loudly applauded.

A Deep-sea Angling Club to pursue the gentle art on Sundays has been formed at Wellington (says our correspondent) with a large membership. They wore to havo commenced operations on Sunday last in Palliscr Bay from the lug Duco, but on Saturday afternoon it was discovered that in order to proceed to Palliser Bay, which is a few miles outside the Heads, tho crew of ,tho steamer would have to he strengthened and put upon articles as if she were a coastal steamer, and as. tho shipping office was then closed the trip was put off for a week. In the nieantimo arrangements will probably be made to endeavour to persuade the Minister of Marino to modify the regulations.

A meeting of members of tho Mutual Help Terminating Building Society was held last evening, at the office, Water street, for the purpose of disposing of two appropriations of £500 each. Mr J a9 Maefio presided. Tho freo loan was drawn by cluster No. 243, held by two members, ono of whom has already had a premium loan. The premium loan of 2 per cent, was drawn by three members, two of wlhom reside in Port Chalmers.

At tho Port Chalmers Police Court yestottlay a first offender was convicted and disoharged for drunkenness. Thomas Langland, charged with being drunk and using oteono language, was convicted and discharged on the first charge, the second charge being dismissed. On a further charge of resisting the police whilst hcing arrested, he was fined £3 and costs (2s), in default three weeks' hard labour. The pre. siding justices were .Messrs D. A. De Mans and John Watson.

An Association message states that tho fishing season in Auckland will open on November 1, and that the prospects of good sport are the best.

The examinations of flm University of New Zealand for degrees, honours, scholarships, and in medical and legal professional subjects will commenco in 17 centres of the Dominion on Monday, November 9. The matriculation, general knowledge, medical preliminary, junior university, and senior national scholarship examinations will commence in 32 centres on Tuesday, December 1. The number of candidates for the November examinations is 871, for tbo whole of New Zealand, as compared with 612 last year. The New Zealand candidates for the December examinations total 1550, as against 1396 bust year. All the figures j show'an increase this year, but the increase is proportionately greater for the degree

examinations than the. other?. The higher total for the November examinations is diio to several causrii (says the Dominion). There has hncii a large increase of law and other professional candidates, a considerable increase of B.A. candidates, and a large number will sit, for certificates in individual subjects, owing to the fact that, the Education Department, now accepts the I'niversily certificate for individual subjects in connection with the classification of teachers, and does not. require a section of a degree- to be passed. A simple device, designed to prevent, the explosion of confined gases, was exhibited at_ the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade Station last week. Practically it is an application of the principle of the Davy safety lamp, wherein the contact of ilamo with higldy-cxplosive gases is prevented by the intervention of a fine gauze screen. There were moral interested persons at the teste, which were regarded as satisfactory. Tho danger of using a light in proximity to the gases that are formed by tho combination of petrol fumes with air are well known, and im some instances loss of life has occurred through explosions. The tests were made with what are knowi- as M'Nult's contrivances. An ordinary house'hold lamp was half-filled with petrol, and into the reservoir was inserted n gauze cylinder. A match was applied :to the mouth of the reservoir, and under ordinary circumstances a violent explosion would havo occurred. With the safety,appliance in use the escaping gas burnt steadily, a.nd the flame was prevented from reaching the reservoir. Several tests of a similar charactor were made, all of which gave equally safe results. All through the session Mr Perry, Registrar of Awards, has beep, winding-up tho business of the New Zealand International Exhibition in an office in Wellington, which until a day or two ago still bore tho name and was devoted solely to the business of that almost forgotten institution. That chapter of the Exhibition's history is now closed, and Mr Perry has become a member of the staff of the District Health Office. In his odd time, however, ho is still concerned with belated Exhibition correspondence. Tho official record of the Exhibition, which was 'to have been presented to Parliament in a bulky volume last session, has teen completed by Mr J. Cowan, of the Tourist Department, and is now in' the hands of the Government Printer. The latter, however, is unusually busy, and the record may not seo publicity till tbo beginning of next year. It has fallen to the lot of a South Australian to be able to describe how it feels to bo struck by lightning. The Adelaido Advertiser tells the story. Mr Georgo Roads, an aged resident, was journeying to Inman Valley in his capacity of undertaker to attend a funeral, and three miles from the township the vehiclo was struck by lightning. Mr Roa,ds was stupefied, and when he recovered himself discovered the horse and trap in a gutter. The horse had boon thrown to the ground b-j the shock, and was trembling violently from head to foot. Describing the sensations experienced, Mr Roads asserted that ho felt as if he were upon a battlefield where a sanguinary encounter was in progress. Ho said he could not, only hear tho hoom of the cannon and tho crack of the musketry, but could 6mell the gunpowder! Tho delegates who are touring Australia on behalf of tho Scotch fishermen havo determined to settle in South Australia. They have boon to each of tho other States, and there were given every opportunity of ascertaining the facilities which existed for tho successful prosecution of their projected enterprise. They have mado up their minds, however, tliat the advantages offered in South Australia arc on tho whole most attractive. They will probably settle at Kangaroo Island, where the Government has temporarily reserved land for thorn, and tbe comrades whom they propose to introduce to tho State. In "A Chat About Strychnine," which appears in the October number of the Australian Nurses' Journal, Mr J. H. Young, a well-known chemist of Adelaide, gives some interesting information as to the origin and manufacture of this deadly poison, which is also , a valuable medicine. Tho drug is obtained from tho seeds ot tho Strychnos mix vomica tree, and after explaining the intricate process di extracting the poison from the seeds Mr Young proceeds:-"It is rather interesting to esti. mato tho medicinal value of a nux vomica tree, supposing it boars 100 fruits, each containing three seeds, weighing 70 grains. This produces 16oz of powder, containing on the average about 3 per cent, of stryohnia, or nearly half an ounce-say 200 grains. If the average hypodermic dose w one-fiftieth of a grain, that provides 10,000 doses, and if it takes, say, five injection doses to ward off a collapse, the calculated product of ono tree will 'save 2000 lives. Such is Nature's bountiful arithmetic when she provides curatives." ' An industrial conference was hold on September 16 in Galway under the presidency of Mr Joseph A. Glynn, who was supported by many prominent citizens. Tho Earl of Dunraven proposed a resolution, which was adopted-"That an .organised effort he made to d«velon the export trado of Ireland, and that steps bo taken to Moure reliable information as to suitable markets for tho Irish-mado goods outside of Ireland, and that this information shall Iks supplied to Irish manufacturers." The Rev. Michael O'Flanagan commented on Hie fact that for the past 20 or 30 years they had had a number of representative men 'begging charily in America. If the samo perseverance and energy were expended in pushing an Irish market in America they would get a pound from America through business for every halfpenny they got through oharity. If only tho Irish industrial movement, was organised so as to give to America the goods that Americans wanted at tho proper time and placo they could easily ihavo a market of from £15,000,000 to £20,000,000 a year in a short time. By this lime (says the London Telegraph) tho public is well used to "turbine steamer" as a method of designation. But it has now to get accustomed to an expression which will indicate a vessel whose propulsion is effected by the joint aid of reciprocating engines and turbines. A "combination steamer" is tho term which has hoo-n hit upon as suitable for the purpose, and as it is short and handy, as well as tolerably expressive, it will doubtless sorve. Before long the man in flic street will'.probably know quite well what is meant by tho phrase, although at present there arc only Iwo combination steamers in existence, One is th e Otaki. launched three or four weeks hack by Messrs Denny and Brothers, of Dumbarton, and the other tho Laurentic, put into the water on September 10 by Messrs Harland and Wolff, of Belfast. Tlie Otaki is a boat of 8000 tons, built for_ the cargo business of the New Zealand Shipping Company. The Laurentic, on flic other hand, is a firstclass passenger and cargo steamer of 14,500 tons, built for the White Star Line, and designed to mark its entry into tho Canadian trade. Each vessel will have two wing propellers driven by reciprocating engines, and a central propeller driven by a low-prcssuro turbine. «#_ The Rev. AY. Scorgici will deliver an illnstratal lecture to-morrow evening in tho Mornington Presbyterian Hall on "Queensland: the Rich Unpeopled Country." Nurses are wauled at once for Beacliff Mental Hospital. A lecture on ''The. Heart, of the Empire. —London, its pageantry ami pathos, its glory and glamour, its hustle and humour,'' illustrated by magnificent lime-Light views, will be given in the Hanover .Street Baptist Church by the Rev. Wm. Hay (bis evening at. 8 o'clock. Select musical items will also ! ba rendered. To Bowlers.—Our new season stock of TayI lot's bowls is to hand. They arc a specially fine lot, and those requiring a sot should make a point- ot seeing thcni.—G. and 1\ Young, 83 Princes street,—Advt.

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