OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Witness, Issue 2467, 26 June 1901, Page 4

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

' The Westpcrt H.A.C.B. Society prer.snted Mr N. G. Mangoes with a gold band ring previou: to his departure for Dunedin. It is not improbable that .in apple arch | will figure in the decorations at Hobart when the Duke and Duchess arrive there. Three truck loads of ferns procured in Invercargill were taken, to Chriutchurch by the express on Monday for the purpose of decorating the City of the Plains. Mr Barton, the Commonwealth Premier, speaking of the decorations in Sydney in connection with the royal visit, said that the whole scene was indescribably lovely. A heavy sea was running at Tini&ru en Monday. In the afternoon the barque Gladys broke her stern mooring lines at the Moody wharf, and she was taken off to a buoy. Between June 1, 1900, and May 31 of this year .55,705 tons of sugar were exported from Queensland ports, compared with 129,236 tons for the corresponding period of the previous year. The Mayor and corporation of Invercargill despatched a wire on Tuesday evening congratulating Sir J. G. Ward on the honour and distinction conferred on him by th°. Duke of York. Henry Mason was working on additions to the electric tramway power house at Sydney on the 13th inst.-when a portion of a window arch gave way, and he fell 40ft, and was killed outright. The Queensland Government is giving consideration to the question of coming into line with New South Wales in reducing excise duties on tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes to the Victorian level. j The shop of Mr "William Stotlis, watchmaker and jeweller, Geelong, was broken into on the 10th inst., and jewellery to tho value of £2000 was carried off. The robbery was mo3t systematically carried out. The friends of the Melanesian Mission in Sydney have obtained from the islands an interesting native canoe for presentation to the Duke and the Duchess. It has been sent on board the royal yacht Ophir. The Duke of Cornwall has presented a diamond scarfpin to Major R. Wallace, of the Royal Australian Artillery, who commanded the guard of honour from that regiment during the royal visit to Melbourne. j Mr W. F. Greenaway, of Dannevirke, is pushing the white pine trade with Australia. At present he has two mills working at I Mokau cutting wbite^pine, and three vess-els make regular trips to Australia with the timber. The Rus&ian barque Hilja, which reached Hobson's Bay from Capetown on the lllh inst., reports that one of the crow, named John Jnfcsif, aged 25, was washed overboard during a gale on the lOlh May, and was not seen again. At the Geraldine Magistrate's Court on Tuesday George Mercdale, of Hilton, was fined £5, and costs, on a charge of having fraudulently used a postage stamp on a letter sont through the post, the stamp having been previously postmarked. James Resleure, aged 10 years, has claimed by his next friend, £2000 from the New South Wales Railway Commissioners, as compensation for the lo*s of a leg and other injuries caused by being run over by an electric tram car. The jury awarded plaintiff £1000. James Taylor, of San Remo (Vie), has had an extraordinary escape from death. While out m a dingey on tho Bth, he lor.t his oars, and was carried out to sea. where he drifted about without food or water for 52 hours. lie suffered greatly from exposure. It is the intention of residents of Kimbollon (Feilding) to approach the Minister of Public Works with the view of having a trial survey made to decide whether the project is feasible of a light railway from Feilding to Apiti, -\ia Kimbolton, along the Oroua Valley. The Dunstan Times states that a petition addressed to tho Minister of Justice has been circulated throughout the Wakatipu district, asking that Mr H. N. Firth be liberated at "the time of the Duke of York's visit to Dunedin. The petition has been largely signed. Kitchener and Smilh-Dor-rien were born on the same day — May 26, 1858. They both became brevet-colonels on November 16, 1898, in recognition of their services in the Khartoum expedition, and h&\& now been promoted to general's rank ia. the same Gazette,

I Amongst the cargo on board the Moray - shiro, which brought a number of colonial troopers from South Africa, was, it is saui, a piano, of which it was related that it ! had been taken in Pretoria, smuggled by rail to the port, and thence put on bonrd under great difficulties. A sawmiller in the Master-lon vi irlct is [ reported to lune lost nearly £30,000 during the last few years in the sa-R milling business. The population returns cf West Australia for May show an increase of 2300, and an increase of 9000 for the 12 month?. The total population is 185,000. A presentation was made to the Duchess at Government Hou=e, Sydney, on Hie 3rd in-jt., on behalf cf the v, omen of Sydney and suburbs, of a Imid&ome gold mirror and a fan of ostrich feathers. The Duchess, in accepting the gifts, stated that she would value them as mementoes of her pleasant visit to Sydney. -\-The Rots>rua correspondent of the Hawke's Bay Herald says: — "Before presenting the medals to several of the most distinguished chiefs the Duke of Cornwall christened the Hawke's Bay tribe "The Duke's Own," and the Duchess also conferred an honour upon the Ngatipuhis by terming them '"The Duchess's Own." Mr Sweeney, of Stockton (N.S.W.), made a ghastly discovery on his return to his home on the Bth inst. He had been away from home for a change, and on entering , the house he found his wife lying on her bed dead. The body was much decomposed, death having apparently taken place nearly a week before. A daring burglary was perpetrated in Bendigo on the 6th inst. between 12 and 1 o'clock, when a showcase, belonging to Mr R. Smalley, dentist, was taken from its position in front of the shop and carried away. It was subsequently found at the rear of the premises, with everything of value that it contained abstracted. The Timaru Post states that at a meeting of engine-drivers at Timaru on Saturday night it was resolved to a form a union for South Canterbury, to be called the Traction and Stationary Engine-drivers and Filemen's Union. A strong- executive was elected to fiame rules and arrange preliminary matters in connection with registratior. An jS^ttraordinary fatality occurred outside tSe Weld Aims Hotel, Perth, on t!-e 10th inst., when William Berryman, a jfcung man, was accidentally shot. He was driving into the hotel yard, holding a leaded gun between his kneen. The charge exploded, and the shot entered Bcrryman's body below the- heart. He died in less than three hour?. The Melbourne Crown Solicitor is taking steps to appeal against the decision of Mr Justice Hood, which resulted with the release of Edward M. Marshall, who h said to have been a captain in the army in South Africa. He was held on an extradition warrant on a charge of forgery and uttering, but the judge decided that the warrant was invalid, because it was not shov n that the magistrate who signed it had jurisdiction to issue it. His Royal Highness the Duke of Corn- | wall and York, before leaving for New Zealand, presented Mr Oliver, the Chief Railway Commissioner in New South Wales, with a scarf pin of unique design. It has an emerald set in gold, and is surmounted by a gold crown. To Mr Harper chief traffic manager, his Royal Highness presented a silver cigarette case, on which is a gold medallion of the Duke and the Duchess. A fruit dealer in Paris advertises his willingness to give a prize of five francs for the biggest apple sent to him. In a fortnight (writes the Paris correspondent of the London Morning Leader) he had received enough big apple? to .slock his store for a season, and, like an honest man, he awarded five francs for the biggest one. The others didn't cost him a sou, and the free advertising brought to him a rush of business. At the Oaraaru Magistrate's Court on the 18th Walter C. Marlborough (known as Professor Fern, a professional palmist) was charged with deserting his wife, Rebecca Marlborough, at Auckland on the 28th of May, 1901. Sergeant O'Grady explained that the accused was arrested under a warlant issued in Auckland at the instance of the Charitable Aid Institute, who had been keeping accused's wife. His Worship remanded the accused to Auckland,

A regatta was held on Whit Monday at Noumea, and a sailing boat \va3 arriving to join in the races, but v. hen outside the heads she was caught in a squall and went down. Five of the six occupants were drowned. Four were young men, and the fifth was an officer of artillery, who, baring finished his term of service, was about to return to Fr.ir.ce. The t,uv\ ivor swam ashore,, and as all the occupants of tUe boat were good swimiiisrs, it is surmised l':ey were seized by bl-avks, which, swarm at that point. _ It has been apparent for some little time past (bays the Southland Time*) that Detective M'lheney has had a great deal of woik on 1 1 is hands, and ir.ore, probably, than he could undeitake. Detective Cooncy, of DunedLi, who ha 5 ! been attending the sitings of the Supreme Court, will remain to assist the local detective in working up several ( As?s which are in hand. It i* proInl 1? fiat some p'ain-t loll es constables w ,1 al-o bo -istioned here, r-nd this assistance, wine's >« urgent 1 }- required, should i'3lioio the pressure. _Mr Joseph _ Aaron*, formerly the ownei of Xanlma station, waited up.i.i the' Duke of Cornwall at Coverr.ment House, Sydney, and chatted with his Highness in regard to the latter' b vieit to New South Wales 20 year* a?,o. On that occntion Mr Aarons arranged a kangaroo hunt at Naniina for the royal v!= ; rors snd officer^, of the squadron. The Duke and his. bvot! er were nnal le to lake part in the shooting excursion Mr Aarons who is now over tSO years of age, was subsequently entertained at dinner by the royal visitors on the Woh erme (then the flagship). Ainoiifc those presented to the Duke of Cornwall at the wseond royal receptioji in Sydney was Captain Watson, who lias tho distinction of being the officer who carried a flag of truce into Pietoria demanding the r,r.rr?ndcr of that town. He displayed in the presence of their Royal Highnesses the flag he Uacd on that historic occasion. It bears the signature? of Earl Roberts and Lord Kitchener, and was intently examined by both the Duke and Duchess. The guests of the evening: were also preatly interested in the flag, whieli is the witness of an event thai i = of con I'derable account in tlva So uih African war. , In granting a dissolution of marriage int a c<i\orce car.s at Melbourne recently on the ground of desertion, the Chief Justice remarked that it was the eleventh case of the kind he had heard at the one Fitting where tho wife, apparent!}- able and willing to fulfil her marriage" obligations, had been deserted by her The Commonwealth Parliament, w^ien it was endeavouring to m?ke a wh.te Australia, had a very fine blot Lere to wipe off. It was not an cj."y matter, but he thought it might to some extent be checked, and soms plan devised by which a iran f.hould be made to work for ]•{■> wife under compulsion, or in gaol, if ncccv.ja.ry. >T"Whilp fossicking in the old lead near Alma, in the Maryborough district (Tic ). a miner ca::ie across a nugget which turned, tho scales at over 24-o.z. The piece was disposed of at one of the banks for £SB. T'nis is not the fiv^t nugget found in the lcealitj% Another fatal tram accident occurred at Sydney on the 12th inst. Robert Richard Currr, aged five, while crossing Oxford street, in company with his elder sister, was knocked down by a motor tram and. killed. A boy named Paiterson, residing at Tapanui, got hold of a lot of powder last week, v. liieli lie made into charges and fired them off._ One of the charges exploded in thelad's face, burning it severely, and mest likely diisSguring the boy for life. A cai>e of interest to lady shoppers was decided at Adelaide recently, whon MLs Lemotto claimed £199 damages from Messrs John Martin and Co. Miss Lemotte stated that she was in the shop on May 4-, when she was accused by a shopwalker of stealing: goods. She was pushed into a room, a constable was summoned, and the contents of her bag were emptied, the shopwalker failing to identify any of them. The defence was that defendaats had not cast any imputation on plaintiff's character, and had tried to make reparation for the mistake, which was admitted. The court held that an illegal detention had taken place, but that the offence was mitigated by the bustle of business at the time, and £25 damages were awarded. , Inspector M'Donalcl, in his annual report to the Grey Licensing Committee, comments on the prevalence of complaints during the year that youths have been encouraged or allowed to remain too late in some hotel?. He states that mothers (and sometimes fathers) have compliined bitterly of their sons being thus ruined, etc., a.id wives have made simi'ar complaints in reference to their husbands. "While stating that as much as possible has been done to minimise the evil, the inspector refers to the' lack of assistance given by those who com-. plain. The report concludes by stating that so long as there arc so mony licensed houses of various kinds, so long will the law be» broken in the struggle for existence that must follow. The Master ton School Committee is taking steps to prohibit Stale school teachers from "coaching" pupils for en il service and other examinations, and at a meetinglast Thursday, after receipt of a letter fiom the Education Board, in which the latter stated it did not see its way to take any ste|3s in the direction indicated by a resolution of tho committee in t'nis connection, it was decided by five votes to three that the attention of tlie Minister of Education bo drawn to the fact that paid teachers of State schools in large centres are entering into what the committee considers unfair competition with private and qualified individuals in '"coaching" pupils for civil sen ice and other examinations", and that tfie Minister be requested to have such regulations framed by the Education department as will render such competition impossible. Last Friday evening Mr A. J. Fergusson, of Whare Flat, school teacher, was waited upon at his residence by the members of the local school committee, when Mr Colin Campbell, on behalf of the residents of the district, presented him with a handsome dressing case. In doing so he referred to the many good qualities of their icacLer and of the appreciation of the parents and others of his many services in connection with the district, and wished him success in. his future calling. Miss Fergusson was also presented with a slight memento of the appreciation of her services in connection, with the local church. Mr Fergusson, in reply, thanked the deputation for their kind and generous gifts to his si&ter and himself, and said that they both would always cherish fond recollections of the many kindnesse? extended toward them by the residents of Whare Flat during their stay there.

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