WELLINGTON NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 18

WELLINGTON NOTES.

WELLINGTON, December 30. A broken-hearted burglar stole silently from the cabin of the ferry^ steamer Cobar on a recent night, the manner of his going being the only colour of theft about *iim. Some £60, eay6' the Post, had been taken in fares during the day, and; fche knowedge that all the banks had been, closed for the holidays doubtless .persuaded the burglar that in the steamer's cabin silver* awaited •him for the mere lifting. He broke open the cabin door, and also sprang the -door of the cupboard where the money box is always kept, but the captain had taken th'a wise precaution of getting^ that day's takings locked ,up in th^ strong-room of tho Custom House, and all that remained in the cupboard was two pounds' worth of pennies, wrapped up in long -rolls, and these were overlooked by the uninvited visitor. It is just two years since another, steamer belonging to the Ferry Company was burgled. . A canny American is closely examining the " Department -of Industries and Commerce • by mail. " Have you a furniture factory in your city (Wellington)?" he asks. " Have you one in Auckland or Christchurch? Would a planing mill pay in any of the above towns?" ' He explains, that his interests lie in furniture, and then inquires ■ whether there is a glass factory in New Zealand.' ' He confesses that he is not a ' glassmaker, but has -" a friend -wHo ia a first-class man in' the business." - j In his address to the Students' Conference at Trentham, the Rev. A. Dewdney, of Wellington, touched upon a topic of-^eneral interest' when he dealt with Science and Christianity. He' observed " that many of the most eminent Savants were Christians, and this, he argued, was a sufficient refutation of HaeekePs assertion that faith was one of the greatest barriers ta" science. There was no doubt, however, that the attitude of orthodox Christianity, ; to" scientific investigation had often been unreasonable. The Church had no authority to jronounce judgment on scientific questions. The'jman of science, on the other hand; must remember that ac such he had. 10 more right to pronounce on religious questions. Steientifio men, by making a .specialty of one subject, might lose the faculty of religion. The specialist , must ever-: keep in remembrance the t wider world," s Christianity ftad no' "cause fo fear[ the investigations of science. Certain details of the'- creeds might have to be revised, but the essentials would remain. " ' * '; * " Mails for King Edward VJLt Land, Tier Nimrod\ close at Lyttelton on- Wednesday, January l^at. 7 a.m.," formalist announces the chiej pjjgtmgster, says the Poet; "Whether any ipepp.lfe lyre, exiled: in King Edward * VII Land or not^there is substantial reason for the 'despatch ?of" letters" to ,fhjit forsaken region. For a.fjenny or' so Anybody i'mayhave an interesting souvenir 'of|,the Nipirod Expedition. Letters' may be-/ Consigned 'to missing friends or* ,',' on the off chance that their steps have strayed to. the Antarctic. - - The mail;, will ■no doubt ~be stamped by Lieutenant 'Shaokleton at vKing 1 Edward VII Land, and?^ wijl -come ) back through the . dead-letter; ' dlfioe tol th« sender*"- " , \ "A,-