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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10526, 29 November 1905, Page 4

The fact that the Union Company's new steamer Mulieno took the ground inside the harbor at Newcastle (N.S.W.) is regarded in a very serious tight by the residents, and a demand is being made on tlie authorities for more vigorous dredging.

On Augu&t- 1 there were hulf-a-iuiiliou daily cows in Now Zcalatid, aud 1200 dairy establishments of ull descriptions. Of the latter 84 were cheese factories, 214 butter factories, 448 skimming stations, 403 private butter factories, 70 private- cheese factories, and 195 packing houses.

Tho amount of benefit expected to accrue to the district through the construe, tiou of the Gore-Waikaka railway is evidenced by the fact that a number of farms beyond Waikaka, which have been iu the hands of agents for disposal, have since been withdrawal from sale ; in other cases, the prices asked havo been increased by £1 to £2 per acre.— Mataura, Ensign.

The officers of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Riinutaka, which vessel carried the New Zealand football team from Wellington to London, speak iu high terms of praise of the exemplary conduct of the men during the voyage Home, It was anticipated tluit sonic rowdiuuss would havo to be put up with with such a large number ol footballera, but, far from tins being the case, the conduct of the inou did not give rise U> a single complaint.

The North Otago t Times says : — "A local potato-grower, who had at the beginning of the season about 20 tout; of potatoes, determined not to sell till he could obtain £15 per ton. Ho held on, and wae obdurate to all the blandishments of the speculator. Potatoes touched £15 a toji in Dunedin last week, and what figure they will reach in this district we do not earo to prognosticate; hut if the grower still holds his crop the probabilities are that he will get the price he held out for."

Further railway adjustments arc contemplated in regard to season tickets, annual (sectional tickets, and in connection with commercial travellers' luggage. As to the latter, the alterations will be made on a mileage basis one May, and will allow commercial travellers to break their journey wnerever they like, and book through again without taking out a fresli ticket. '1 lie system of numbering thu seats will be iu operation by the .Ne-w leai.

At the Supreme Court at Auckland tuo Grand Jury made a presentment that, they considered tho prison conditions av Waiotapu unsatisfactory, and thought if the prison cam]) were to be continued more effectual steps would have to be taken to ensure the proper custody of tho prisoners overnight. That criminals should expedience such little difficulty in freeing themselves from the quarters in which they were confined was a. menace to the safety of residents iu the Rotorua district. His Honor said that he held the same opinion as the members of the Grand Jury, aud woula communicate the presentment "to thu Minister for Justice.

At Perth- (W.A.) last Aveek a stray cow, wandering into William street, entered the premises of the Economic Drapery Emporium. '.Hie attempts of the assistants W drive the animal out frightened it, and it stampeded wildly through the shop. Finding the doorway at last, it rushed, out, and 1 collided willi a young woman named .Lucy Stephens, aged about 21, who was passing on a bicycle. The cow's horu penetrated her throat, in Dieting a serioua wound. She was removed to the hospital in a critical condition. The animal then rushed across the road into tlie grounds of the Wesleyan Church, where, a conference was sitting. One of the ministers was chased round the ground by the now maddened .auintul, aud escaped with difficulty. - Eventually the police arrived and shot tho uow in the Rev. G. E'. Rowe's backj'ard. The- police were not allowed to fire before the Attorney-Gen-eral's permission had been obtained. Mr Rowe was indignant at the loug delay. "Just fancy tho police not being allowed to shoot a wild cow without the At-torney-GeneraVs permission, when people's lives aro in jmrnincut danger,*' he said.

Tho late Hon. J. T. Peacock, M.li.L'., by will bequeathed £500 lo the Christchurch Beautifying Association, £500 to the Sailors' Home at Lyltvlton, £500 fms of duty to the trustees cif the Ulunii-d Convalescent Home, for tlie purchase <>t right of nomination of patients by pelsous specified in the will to occupy one bed in the institution free of charge, and £500 free of duty to the destitute patients fund of Chnstchurch hospital. The testator also bequeathed £25C0 to tho executors and trustees U2>on trust, to apply the «miic at their discretion in assisting public institutions in the ciiy of ChrLstchuKih.

Speaking at the luncheon aboard the *;.*■». Mnheiio at Wellington, Mr Jas. Mills Gaid there was uu impression that the turbine steamer would put sea-sickness at uu end, and that she would travel at sea i\n steady as in harbor. _ He was sorry to say they could not promise that much. The turbine had a great advantage over the ordinary reciprocating engines, in that there was no yibrafion, and none of that awful hammering when the rising of a steamer out of the water caused the propeller to revolve; and the maintenance of tlie turbine would cost much less than the reciprocating engine because its working parts were so much fewer.

The libel action, Canon Pollock against Bishop Julius, which was commenced .some months ago, was discontinued lust week. In a statement to the Christchurch newspapers Canoe i Pollock says:

"Writing recently to me on the .subject, the Primate, who has been made fiiilly acquuintcd with all the circumstances of the case, says that 'in consideration of the fact that there is no lodger any question as to your status in the Church, which is made clear by the Bishop's answers to the interrogatories, there is good ground whereon you may retire honorably from further action in the Courts,' adding his kind permission 'to say you were advised by me to retire from the action now that your chief object ha.s been obtained.' "