SOUTHLAND AXEMEN'S CARNIVAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2665, 12 April 1905, Page 56

SOUTHLAND AXEMEN'S CARNIVAL.

INVERCARGILL, April 10.

The entries for the Axemen's Carnival, to be held here at Easter, constitute a record, and their number places the Southland carnival in the position of premier fixture among chopping and sawing meetings in Australasia. For the chopping and sawing events alone 215 entries have been received, the competitors hailing from Victoria, Tasmania, the North Island, the West Coast, and every nook and corner of Otago and Southland. Although very handsome prizes, ranging from £50 to £o, are given, the entry fees for many events exceed the prize-money. For the £50 Chop there are 34 entries, and the same number for the Maiden Chop, while for the Standing Handicap Chop there are 41. In the Handicap Double-handed Sawing 22 pairs will compete. The entries for the cycling and running events have not yet closed, but a sufficient number have already been received to make it certain that the Axemen's Carnival this year will establish an easy record not only for New Zealand, but for Australia as well.

A schoolmistress in Hawke's Bay is said to have recently lost the assistance of a pupil teacher in consequence of the average attendance failing by four-fifths of a pupil to reach the required number.

The Melbourne police recently raided a. house in Fitzroy, and arrested William Priest, Joseph Williams, Arthur Twible, and Rose Dawson, and discovered a coining planr. In the house were found moulds, bath, and other plant of coiners, inchiding electro-plate apparatus. 11 spurious halfsovereigns, 31 shillings, 16 half -crowns, moulds in process of baking containing half-crowns, ami A ttS^e took with direc-