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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 9487, 26 July 1902, Page 4

The appearance of three large lmmpbiicked whales in l'icton harbor on Sunday caused some excitement. The steamship Elsie was chartered to go out with a. number of residents. Two wha-leboats put off from the native settlement to try their luck, being manned by Messrs John and Levi Love. They managed to get alongside a, whale, and Mr Levi Love charged, but owing to the whale rolling over at the time, the weapon was released, and the whale plunged. The natives not being sufficiently prepared for a chase, gave up, and returned to the settlement. In a letter to the Napier Telegraph, containing his offer for a site for the proposed Veterans' Home, Mr W. Nelson writes:—".Some years back I purchased a site at Greenmeadows for a. Veterans' Home, intending to occupy it myself, but the fates have ordained otherwise, as owing to the excessive profits made on meat freezing and the prospective gains accruing from my share in the Napier swamp reclamation, I shall require to devote the whole of my few remaining years to the disposition of my accumulated wealth. Thus I have much pleasure in giving 25 acres (more if necessary) of an excellent site for a Veterans' Home. I leaving the backing up of my proposal in your hands."

King Leopold of Belgium has ordered a new motor car, which is to have a speed of seventy-five miles an hour.

So many lovers have committed suicide together of late in Italy that the authorities now indict the survivor of any such tragedy for murder.

Mr T. P. Zanderson, the largest wool buyer in Texas, estimates this year's wool crop in that State at 6£ million pounds, as compared with nine millions in. 1901.

A clerk employed at the Bank of France has absconded, after committing a series of embezzlements which amount to over £40,000. The money went in bourse speculations.

The Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association has paid during the last 20 years no less a sum than £23,329 in dividends, and in bonuses £46,302 —a total of £69,631.

"I greatly regret to inform my friends," a good old farmer announces in a Hungarian paper, "that owing to intervening obstacles the birthday of my beloved wife will not take place this year."

At Antwerp a cantata is to be sung in the open air by a chorus of 1200 voices to an accompaniment played on the cathedral bells. Collections will be made at the performance in aid of the sufferers at Martinique.

There is a great demand (says a London paper) for Coronation sermons. It is said that some of the most popular writers are kept busy writing these discourses, which will be delivered extempore from a thousand pulpits.

The extreme antiquity of many of the special ceremonies in the Coronation service is well known. The oath taken by the ■ Sovereign on the open pages of the Bible is taken direct from the ancient Hebrew form of coronation.

The Pasteur Institute, Paris, announces that Dr Metin, in charge of the Institute of Saigon, has discovered the microbe of dysentery, and at the same time lias produced a serum which acts as a sure preventive against the disease, us well as effecting a cure in the case of persons already attacked.

A large Canadian colonisation scheme has been successfully floated. A syndicate of Minneapolis, Duluth, and Western Canadian capitalists has organised a, company with a capital of 3,500,000 dollars (£100,000) and purchased I*ooo,ooo acres of the finest farm lands in Assiniboia and Saskatchewan, upon which they intend to settle immigrants.

Mr Frank T. Bullen says that the lack of practical interest taken by Britain in its sailors is simply ghastly, seeing that without its sailors the nation would starve. We had ..dealt with our sailors in an abominable fashion. Jack was "a grand fellow," but in the Navy he had to spend a quarter of his pay to keep himself alive.

A truly marvellous example of the successful carrying of horses over a long sea voyage is provided by the arrival at Capetown last month of the Montezuma, of the Elder-Dempster Line. At Fiume she took on board one thousand horses, and on arrival at the Cape not a single animal had been lost. This is undoubtedly a notable record.

At a meeting of the Brisbane Bible in State Schools League, Archdeacon David announced tlia,t the following returns had been received in connection with tha •referendum of parents of children attending the Stale schools, throughout Queensland, the question asked being, "Are you in favor of Bible reading in State schools?" 20,942 replied Yw; 1417 No; 372 refused to answer;' 3222 gave no record. Legislation is to be urged.

The Commonwealth Acting-Prime Minister has an extraordinary correspondent who only addresses him in long telegrams, which arc wholly incomprehensible, as the following sample will-show:—"What on earth has Divine revelation, science, and art to do with vulgar cunning, force, and ignorance? Fear this onslaught. Gone dead. Divine interference. Law, loyalty, hope, and love should remain State. Pay debts instantly." Nearly every day Mr Deakin receives a similar telegram.

"The solid prosperity of Woodville atthe present time," says a visitor from that place, "is due to the dairying industry. Within a radius of six miles of Woodville there are ten creameries and butter factories. Formerly the settlers took the value of their butter in stores ; now they get ready cash. Land is changing hands at good prices, stock is high, and there is a general air of sound prosperity about the place which is certainly encouraging."

No fewer than seven new steamers are announced for the P. and 0. Company. The Sardinia has just been launched; she is 6700 tons register, and 4SOO horsepower, and is intended for the great company's eastern service. Two other steamships, the Moldavia and the Mongolia, are in course of construction, and their advent in Australasian waters may be looked for at no distant date. They are twin-screw steamers of 10,000 tons and 11,000 effective horse-power. Contracts have been placed by the P. and O. Coin2>any for four more steamers of the same class.

The Auckland Orchardists' Co-opera-tive Preserving and Packing Company (Limited) has issued its prospectus. The capital of the company is £10,000, divided into 10,000 shares of £1 each; 7500 shares are available to bona-fide fruitgrowers, and 2500 to non-fruitgrowers; 5s is payable on application, 5s on allotment, and the balance as required. The primary objects of the company are to erect or acquire a factory or factories for preserving fruit and vegetables, also poultry, game, fish, etc. Later it is proposed to extend operations to provide for the establishment of agencies for the sale and distribution of the products and manufactures.

A peculiar thing happened at the Napier races the other day. It will probably be remembered that Ballistite won the Hack Race and paid £122 to the four backers who supported her. It ni>w transpires that an additional £2 had been sent to the Secretary of the Club for Ballistite, and this, with other moneys was handed to the tatalisa.tor clerk, who neglected k>. put the money on. The totalisatior people have now to make up £244, which represents the dividend actually paid, and not what, the return would have been if all the tickets had been registered. It. will take a good deal of odd money to square up this little account. Ballistile's owner paid £17 for her just a week before, ami he was forlunate enough to have a full ticket on the machine.