TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9172, 14 June 1901, Page 3

TOWN EDITION.

An anonymous donor has given £10,000 to the Church Missionary Society. Nearly 450 cremations were earned out by the Cremation Society last year. A silver Elizabethan tazza, weighing 12ioz, was sold at Christie's last week at £59 an ounce, a record price for silverware. Lady Elizabeth Bertie's discharge from the London Bankruptcy Court was suspended for the minimum period of two Veen's. A Brbctoii youth named Stratford fell in o fainting fit, and his handkerchief catching the knob of the bed-rail, he was accidentally hanged. If the rest of the £10.900 necessary for the Church House n«w buildings can be obtained this year, Lord Egerton of Tut ton promises* to give £500. t Sir Passmore Edwards recently laid the foundation s-tone of the new cottage hospital, costing £3500, he is giving to Sutton. The site, worth £500, was presented by Mr R. C. Foster. The» late Marquis of Bute left an estate the total value of which amounts to £5,026.375. This includes two millions accruing from his father's estate. After deducting debts and encumbrances, which amounts to £175,362, the net value of the movable estate in the United Kingdom is £966,884. The net value of the other movables, on which, estate duty is not at present paid, is £1,162,---066. The gross value of the heritages is given at £897,425, after deducting debts and encumbrances.

London has acquired another "lung." This is Walpole Park, at Baling, which the District Council has bought for £40,000. Cedars said to be 300 years old flourish in the park, which was formally declared open on May Ist by Lord George Hamilton.

Captain Remini, of the Wnirarapa Mounted Rifles, is described as a magnificent specimen of humanity, about 6ft in stature, and built in proportion. He joined the defence forces of the colony in, 1897 as a private in the Maori contingent sent Home for the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee, and has just been over to Sydney as a lieutenant in the Federal Contingent. Last year he was presented with a handsome sword by a number of friends in and around Masterton.

A law has been just published in Russia making it compulsory to buy and sell grain and flour by weight, and not by measure as heretofore, owing to numerous frauds practised on ignorant peasants by the unscrupulous middleman. The Novoe Vremja very justly remarks that cheating will not be stopped even by such an enactment, and that the chief reason of the frauds is the low state of morality obtaining among the Russian merchants generally, their favorite maxim being "without cheating it is impossible to sell." — Commercial Intelligence.

All the shops were closed at Hythe on May Ist, and the population made general holiday to welcome Major-General Sir lan Hamilton, who came to receive the freedom of the borough. In returning thanks for the honor done him, General Hamilton briefly referred to the South African campaign, saying that the best way to bring it to a successful end was to continue the present policy so ably carried on by Lord Kitchener. The War Office was very susceptible to public opinion, and his idea was that the more public opinion went in for pressing on active operations and for pushing out material and personnel to supply wastage the better.

Mr G. J. Bruce writes as follows to the Wanganui Chronicle : "Sir, — Few- people seem aware that if New Zealand federates with Australia the Maoris will lose their voices in the principal affairs of the nation. Clause 127 of the Commonwealth Constitution says : 'Aboriginal Natives shall not be counted' in the representation of the State. Therefore, because the Natives of Australia are notfit to take a hand in the government of the natioii, our noble and intelligent Maoris are to be counted out. Does New Zealand's experiences of the Maori justify her seeking Federation on these terms? No; New Zealand cannot federate under an Act that offers such an insult to kmNatives."

At the meeting of the Poverty Bay Referees' Association held last evening a communication was received in reference to the starting of matches at the advertised time. The Association decided to ask the Rugby Union to advertise matches at 2.45 p.m., and the referee would see that the game was started punctually. It was also decided to provide members of the Association with distinctive badges, in order that they may officiate in keeping the lines clear. The following honorary members were elected: E. L. Maude, H." W. Symes, and T. E. Kirk. Matters in connection with the Rugger Tournament to-morrow were settled, and the following referees were appointed: Huia. v. Huia, Mr G. Crawford ; Kaiti v. West End, Mr W. S. McCredie; final, Mr A. W. Rees; timekeeper, Mr C. J. Hamilton. The rules for the tournament as decided upon are : Two ten minute spells. Free kicks must be taken with all possible speed. If no score is made, the game shall proceed till either side score. Interval of ten minutes before final heat.