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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11370, 1 September 1908, Page 4

Our endeavor 'to supply daily a full service of telegraphic news, '.'including extensive reports, of Parliamentary .'proceedings entails considerable pressure on the available news space, 'arid for that reason we must request correspondents "on various topics to considerably curtail their remarks; whilst with, regard' to .letters bearing oil the no-license issue, a subject so prolific of controversy, these can only be inserted at advertising rates, and will bear at the bottom an asterisk denoting that they are published by arrangement. The Harbormaster's report to the Harbor Board yesterday should have read : ''The lower .part of the channel and along the wharves is still in a bad state.". • Tlie rainfall : for August was 3.92in. , on 19 days, the heaviest fall on, any one day being 1.25in. f recorded on the 6th. The average for 30 : years is 4.34in. on 16 days, while last year we had 2.69in. on 18 days. At the Baptist Tabernacle to-morrow evening the Rev. W. Lamb will continue his Bible lectures on' the intermediate state. The teaching of the Scriptures about Hades, Sheol, and immortality will be explained. ' Mr Tustiri "notifies the receipt of a large sliipment of wall-papers from Canada. Ah inspection will repay those intending to build or renovate, as the! stock comprises a very choice selection of the newest art designs in wall hangings. ,i The , following as th 0 \ quantity and value of the principal exports of New Zealand! produce from this port during August: Beef, 10,272cwt, £11,984 ; mutton,, 29,437 carcases' okJ 14.469cwt, £16,879 ; -lamb, 2924 carcases or 928c wt, 0298 ;■ hides, 952, £1084; mutton, pieces, 549cwt, £382; pelts, 1962 dozen or 708cwt, £1962; tallow. 120 tons, £2109.; wool, 348,2161b5, £9751. . •- At a meeting of the Gisborne Rowing Club, it; was decided to hold the annual meeting. on Friday,, the. 11th inst.' • A" committee, consisting of Messrs C. Ham. . ilton, "A. E. Smith, and F. Cumming, was appointed to get the plant and shed ihi order for the coming season. It was decided to sell the two pleasure boats, and also to get quotations for a couple Of convertible double^scull and pair-oar .boats'. ;. ..■'..•■ , : ' ; ■; The following was the amount of Customs duties collected at the local Cus-tom-house during the month of August : f Spirits £1405 19s lOd, cigars and cigarettes £39 7s< 6d,, tobacco £434, wine £76 10s 7d, beer £184 2s, cocoa £6, goods by weight £203 10s 3d, goods ad valorem £1517 0s 6d^ other duties £27 16s; total, £3894 6s- 8d ; excise, duty £52 14s 6d. For the corresponding, period last year the amount collected was. £4519 8s 2d. . A- rather amusing little comedy was enacted on a recent Sunday in a Chinese vegetable garden, where 10 Celestials were occupied in digging. Two railway employees (says the Wairarapa Daily Times) approached the fence j and one of them nulled out his book and pretended to write- First one and then another of the Chinamen looked up, and, sticking his spade in tlie ground, scraped' his boots, shouldered his spade, and the whole lot filed off to their whare. Tlie Salvation Army Riroriros concluded their season of entertainments in Gisborne by an excellent performance in His Majesty's theatre last night before a large audience. The girls were loudly applauded for every item, which were all given in splendid style. A spontaneous collection in the. hall realised £4" 13s. ' Major' Holdaway and his company will be farewelled* at a coffee supper in the Salvation Army citadel tonight. Tlie Riroriros will give a few items, and the Major is to give an account, of his first experiences in the Army. THe Makauri schoolroom was well filled last evening to listen to an address from Miss Hughes on no-license. Mr J. C. Field occupied the chair. The audience became quite enthusiastic as the speaker developed her argument point by point in support of the urgent iieed and efficacy of no-license, .and the responsibility of the individual voter. The Chairman, in proposing a vote of thanks to Miss Hughes, and confidence in, tho movement (which was carried enthusiastically), also spoke, very strongly of his experience, and his belief in the no-license movement. The following share quotations have been received by Mr W. Lissant Clayton, sharebrqker, the first price stated representing buyers and the second amount sellers: — Brilliant Block, Ltd., 2^d, 3£d ; New Zealand Crowns, 3s 9d, 2s; Kurangahake, Ltd., Bd, 9d; Komata Reefs, Ltd., lsi Id, Is 4d ; Mountain King, Ltd., 6d, 8d ; Talisman Consolidated, Ltd.. 39s 6d, 40s; Tairua Conqueror Ltd., Is 2d, Is 3d ; Tairua Golden Hills, Ltd., 7s 3d, 7s 6d; Tairua Triumph, Ltd., 9d, Is; Waihi Grand Junction G. Coy. Ltd:, 32s 6d, 335; Waihi, Ltd., £9 ss, £9 7.5. An exceedingly large a ud fence assembled in the Theatre Royal, Napier, on Sunday evening, when an enjoyable sacred • concert was given by Mrs E. B. Buekeridge. The programme (states the Telegraph) was one of singular merit and included Behrend's* beautiful setting of "Crossing the Bar," which was rendered by Mrs Buekeridge with sympathetic expression. Mrs Buekeridge was also heard in a number of; other sacred > songs well suited to her contralto voice. Mr T. St. Lawrence: Toner sang -'Cavalry" and an "Ave Maria" with good effect. Recitations: were contributed by Miss A. Evansj and Mr A. E. Ren'ouf. Mrs Lehmann: acted as accompanist Some complication arose recently when; a motion was being prepared locally for probate of the will of a deceased per-: son. It appears that the testatrix devised and bequeathed all her real and; personal estate unto her brother, who; resided at Matamata, Waikato, upon certain trusts, but in the will only mentioned his two Christian names, he being also appointed executor of the will by the testatrix. The omission of the surname put the counsel for the appli-: cant to a good deal of trouble in working up the case in order to prove that the applicant was the person mentioned in the will. His Honor, Mr Justice Edwards, in granting the probate, said he acted as Sir Jas. Hannen acted in a case quoted in "The goods of Re Rosay L.R., 2 P.D. 66." Concluding, His Honor paid a tribute to Mr Stock ? counsel for the applicant, for the very careful manner in which the memorandum was prepared, with full reference to the authorities.

la His Majesty's Theatre on the 14th inst. the Rice Dramatic Company will stage. "My Partner" as a farewell conformance. Mr W. A. Barton. S.M., left this morning on his* periodical visit to the Coast. Messrs A. W. Re'es and Arthur T. Coleman accompanied His Worship. A handsome gift was presented to Miss Julia Walsh, by the Rev. Father Dignan, on behalf 'of the lady members of the Makauri Catholic Church, on the occasion of the young lady's marriage to Mr Higgins. The Napier (Telegraph of last night states :— "The death is announced, of William James Woon, second son of Mr and Mrs J. >Voon, of Havelock road, aged 29 years. Deceased, who had been suffering for some time, underwent an v operation at the Gisborne Hospital but succumbed on Friday last." The Manawau Daily Times reports that Mr Campbell Thomson, of Dahlievirke, who lost his wife under such sad circumstances, lias since suffered from' dengue fever -.at the Islands, whither he went on a health trip, He has recovered, and is How in.. Sydney, whence lie returns shortly. At the meeting of the Harbor Board yseterday, a comparison was given of the Poverty Bay and Timaru shipping. The following table/will show the number and tonnage of the vessels which entered each port : —Sailing vessels : Poverty Bay, 122 ; 12,216 tons. .Timaru; ' 14 ; 2255 tons:- 'Steamers: '•: Poverty' '• Bay"*'- 475; 608,369 tons. • Timaru, 321 ; 390,235 tons. Further particulars to hand of the sudden death of Mr Jas. Cockery" which took place at To Arai between Sunday night and yesterday morning,, are that deceased had been in failing health for some time, and came into town last Friday for medical advice, returning home with a bottle of medicine, which was found alongside his' bed. Upon receipt of the news, Sergekht Button despatched Mounted-constable. Dandy to make enquiries, arid arrange for an inquest, which was held' at Te Arai at 3 o'clock this afternoon before Mr W. E. Akroyd, J.P., acting coroner. ' The return presented: to the House of the/amount collected and the cost of collecting same: at each 1 port of entry for the year ending March 31 shows that Wellington heads, the list with the net collection of £899,242, with* the cost per cent, of collecting £1 3s 7d. Auckland, Dunedin and. Port Chalmers,, Lyttelton and Ohristclvurch; and! NapieV came next, and Tauranga is the lowest with £526 amount collected, .mid cost per cent. £9 13s lid. Poverty Bay is tlie oightli on tlie list with '£50,113, and the cost per cent. £1 3 S : 9d. Tlie' latter figures siliow that Poverty Ray" is the second— only 2d'" more 'than at {Wellington—as far as cheapness per cent. "of collecting is concerned. At Timaru the figures are £44,299 collected; and cost £1 12s. : . ... '" ;. •.."". A very Interesting "football match took, place on Saturday afternoon at the polo paddock, Makaatri, before, a large number of spectators, the /teams representing Makauri and a fifteen from the Taruheruj freezing, works. ■'"• Both sides put in ve^ry strong teams,' arid after a hard-, even game, the whistle sounded, each side having scored l , five points. The play was confined chiefly amongst the forwards, the backs .haying very few chances of distinguishing themselves. In the first spell ' Lowther scored for Makauri from loose forward play,, and a good goal added the major points. Sharpe, in the second spell, scored from a. passing bout, and also converted a , splendid goal,; making both sides even, X .amidst great cheering from. 'the spectators. Both sides worked' very hard. Next Saturday Makauri plays a team of Parihimauihi Maoris, and the following Saturday, a return match is to be played with the Taruheru freezing works. The' facts relating to the ( alleged refusal of Lord Charles Beresford to take the proffered hand of the First Sea, Lord, which brought to a crisis the long-brood'-ing quarrel, are simply told' by Mr H. D Lucy., in the Sydney, .Morning Herald. Tlie incident liappened at the last levee. Lord Charles, passing through the room, came upon the Chancellor, of tlie Exchequer and the President. of, the Board of Trade in conversation: .He Is not acquainted personally ', with .' the former, whose pheriomenally rapidi, ris^ ,in the House of Commons has heen accomplish ed. since he^ quitted the Parliamentary scene. Mr Winston Churchill, is" ah old personal friend, arid he stopped to shake hands with himV . Admiral S^r John \Flslier; -yvho Avas other friend, held out his hand" as Lord Charles passed . on. ;It is quite possible Lord .Charles did not notice; the friendly gesture. At any, rate, he went his way without responding. Siicli aVe the simple ingredients .of tins storm' in a 'teacup which, is alleged' to liaye riven the, British Navy to .its keel, and .'lias certainly," alike in the, press and in Pariiamerii, concentrated upon itself public attention. . '; The first session of the Y.M.C. A. Literary and Debating Society was brought td a close Inst, night. The 'Baptist Tabernacle, which had been kindly placed at the disposal ;'of the society ■•for the holding of its meetiftgs, was as usual largely attended, the concluding/ debate - being on the subject, "Should we Obey Mts Grundy?" The affirmatiVe and negative were taken by Mi- Kimbel and Mrs Fox respectively. Tlie subject was Well discussed, arid the vote - - went in favor V of tli© negative by a^large majority. At J tho close of the, debate, a business meet- ' ing Was held, when a - motion to continue the session for another m6hth was lost. The secretary /Mr 'J.' D ■" Malcolm) submitted a balance-sheet, which showed a credit balance of £4 10s. The report was adopted, und member^ spoke of the very successful session which lfdd taken place, and a high tribute was paid to the interest and enthusiasm taken in the .society by the secretary , through whose effort's tlie great success had been largely due. It Was .decided to ask the managers of the Baptist.Tabernacle to accept the balance as a donation from the society, also that a letter be sent theiri conveying' thanks ' for 'The use of the building. Mr F. S. Malcolm, president of the Y.M.C.A. Board of Directors, on behalf of tlie Association, extended a hearty invitation to all present to join the society' next ye.ttr, wlien they would have rooms of their" own, and the Debating Society would be one of the numerous adjuncts in connection with the broader Work of. the .'" Assoc ja tion. Votes of thanks were heartily accorded the* president, tlie. Rev. W. • Lamb, the secretary, Mr (}. D. Malcolm, and tlie committee. At the Harbor Board, meeting yesterday Mr Lysnar, in accordance with motion, moved that the Harbormaster's salary be increased from. £275 to £300. He compared the amount paid in Gisborne to that 'paid at other ports, other Boards paying much more. Mr Sievwright seconded the motion.- 'The Chairman combatted the figures advanced by Mr Lysnar, but said he would not dppose an increase that was not excessive. Mr Harris said a short time figb soirie of the men applied for a_ little extra, which was considered- excessive, and, he objected to one individual being selected unless all the payments for ;se'r vices were gone into. Mr Lysnar said this officer alone had been excepted when salaries were gone into. Mr Harris said in that case it did riot speak much for the Board. Mr Wh'inray would not oppose the increase, but ' he pointed out that there Avas more than one salary should be looked into. For . instance Captain Martin was not getting a 'wharf laborer's pay, although he was 'engineer for the launch, and doing work: thirt fairly entitled him "to riiore. He agreed with Mr Harris that there was need for reviewing more than one salary. Mr* Lysnar agreed that Captain Martin was not' well paid, but said that was an appointment niade since the subject had been gone into, and he moved for "an increase in the Harbormaster's salary in view of the promise he liad made when the matter came before them on a previous occasion. Mr Matthewsoli said, admitting Captain Ma itin was underpaid' the amount ' was considered sufficient when lie applied ; the Harbormaster had the responsibility of the office. The motion was carried, Mr Harris objecting on principle, holding that if one salary were reviewed they should go into the whole question of remuneration paid

The Wanganui Herald says:"\Ve are pleased to hear tliat prompt and decisive steps to pi-event a recurrence of the 'fagging* which has been complained of lately at the Collegiate School have been taken by the principal. We understand the offenders have been' dealt with in such a way that the honor of the college is not likely to be again assailed." :'■■_'* The Winton Record says -.—"Football in the Taringatura district on Sundays seems to flourish; and a very full report of a game played last Sunday is to hand.' Following our rule we will riot publish any report of- Sunday football, and again take this opportunity to express regret that these young fellows should persist in Offending the large number of settlers who disapprove of this desecration of the Sabbath." In a letter to the Tourist Department, , the agent in' charge of " the Melbourne office states that six settlers, with a total capital of £3000, .had left Australia for New Zealand. Five of them were British, and had gone to Australia, intending to settle there. The ; sixth was a Victorian born. The Sydney agent is kept busy answering enquirers from New South Wales and Queensland, who express the intention of settling. in New Zealand: - A strong party, equipped by the Tourist Department, started for Blue Gliff-on- Thursday rlasti -Huts (says- the Orepuki Advocate) are to be built at convenient stages along the route from Blue Cliff to Preservation Inlet. These when finished will prove a boon to tourists and others doing the overland journey to fthe "inlet.- ' The telephone arid huts snould make an admirable base of operations ■:' for prospecting parties in country which is almost terra incognita. In an acco«r;f <A his voyaging given to .vthe N^-<u\ rterald, Archbishop Redwoo^! h ...y:>: "We called at Pago Pago, : in Tutuila, to land a gentleman, who . wished to ascertain' if there would be : any objection toithe establishment of a ', wireless . telegraphic; station. He was ' ashore for a f ew "< hours, and, I understand,- found no difficulty in obtaining the 'desired permission. There is a move- . merit 1 on foot, I believe, to connect all these islands by means of the wire- . less telegraphic system." . ..,..,- According" to Dr Chappie, M.P., dental decay is a contagious disease, com- , municab!e:-;from one tooth to another ! and from one person to another. "It is 6preadV*'-'.'tiie.'.7nomber s,aid in the House, ] "by various means, the practice of children kissing^ for instance." "What about the kiftsing' of adults?" asked an • inquisitive member. Dr Chappie said \ that the fact he had mentioned was a ] strong argument : in fayor of the medical , inspection of school children. If ..dental j disease, he said, was attended to on the first, sign of decay it would prevent a , great deal of the disease of the teeth 1 of school children. . . .1 ' The' ! Prime * Minister, speaking on ; Saturday at the luncheon given to Mr , Field, M.P., at Ohariu, • referred to <. the' ensuing elections. He said there ] were about five 'Government candidates j to one on the other side, but there was | just a chance, under the existing elec- ( toral law, of the one slipping in. He , hoped to have this remedied during the . present session.^ There would be an alteration of the law in favor of majority representation. He did not think i there should be a system in vogue i which allowed a minority vote to elect 1 a • member. Minority representation i was a blot on the - Dominion wliich i would have to be wiped off. 1 A Wellington clerk, who signs himself "Underpaid," has sent the, following let- - ( ter to the Post: "Kindly ' allow me to j voice .-the wants of the clerks of this , city: (1) We are underpaid; (2) when we do receive our salary it ' is at the t end of the month, and in most cases it ' is mortgaged before we receive it; (3) ] we have, to dress according to our rela- , tive 'positions', and! on the wages we ( ijeceive it is impossible to do it. Now, ( how are we to. do our duty to our em- ; ployers when we work feeling that we are underpaid? One other point is this : When we receive our wages at the end • of the Tnbnth our employers have Temped- harvest of interest!:' Therefore, the clerks of this city should fight for a rise in wages and a weekly payment Of same." Dairy factory finance is in the air . just now, and the various balance-sheets ; published, although, they show different ; measures of success, supply the results j of last year's prosperity (says the Ha- \ wera Star.) But it is not so much the | past as the future which is engaging ] the minds of dairy directors, many of . whom are now in possession, of the price ', limit to which straight-out buyers are ' prepared to go. The puzzling thing to . decide is whether the known profit ' should be accepted or the unknown one be sought by consigning. The. ruling firice on offer for butter at this Vime ast year was lOd per lb, and now, it is reported, it is lid to ll^d.with factories expecting ll£d. Nothing better than the present outlook for the dairy industry could reasonably be desired. Tlie Government have issued additional rules in regard to life-saving appliances for ships. It is provided that all lifebelts when fully stretched out are to be at. least 50 inches long from outside of cork to outside of cork, but when laid flat with the corks pifehed close together their length is not to excoed 40. inches. This rule is substituted for the provision as to length of belts contained in clause 1 of the rules made previously. The Tecklenburg cover required by the former rules is to be all linen with no admixture of another material; it must have at least twenty-eight threads to the inch in the warp and in the weit, and is to bib unglazed and unmanglod and free.- from all dressing. It may be bleached* or unbleached, but no artificially colored material is to be used. Describing the concrete track patent at a meeting of the Hawera County Council, Mr Basham, engineer of the Hawera and Elthaon County Councils, made the following statement: — "The cost of laying these concrete tracks would' range from about £500 per mile on the South road to about £900 per mile in the back • districts. This £900 per mile includes tlie cost of the blocks, the laying, and tho metal -or gravel track between them, for the horses to run on. There can be no question that a road constructed of Bin of crushed metal, and the hauling power of each horse would be increased considerably, while a substantial amount per mile would be saved in the initial cost of construction. Under the county loan of £63,000 the- rest of the roads in the back district ranges from £11 to £16. The cost of the concrete track and gravel or metal would range from £11 to £12 per chain, which would show a saving of about 25 per cent, in favor of this method. On the Continent of Europe they are constructing main roads wholly of concrete, reinforced with steel spikes. Tliis class of road has great wwiring qualities." It does not often happen that a man is an eye-witness of a burglary and remaiu unconscious tliat he is being robbed while keeping up a commentary with the intruder -on the clumsiness of his methods. James Nally, a resident of Hawthorn, Melbourne, went to bed, taking his little grandson. -aged 7 years, with him, and leaving his wife writing in another part of the house. The lamp wns turned low in the bedroom. Shortly after getting into bed Nally saw someone in the room taking his watch out of the. pocket of his vest, which hung on a peg. He thought it was his wife, and called out, "Don't pull it like that; you will break the chain." Next he heard the chest of drawers violently pulled. Nally, still thinking he was speaking to his wife, said, "You will break the drawer if you pull it like that." The person took his advice, and the drawer, yielding to gentle treatment, at once opened. The search was soon made, and the room again left to the occupation of Nally "and his grandson. Then the latter cried out in a terrified voice, "That's not grandma ; it's a man." The little fellow had been watching the burglar rummaging the room, but. up till then had bean too frightened to speak. Mr Nally got up and searched the house, but the bold intruder had disappeared. Nally's silver watch, with gold chain attached, had been stolen, together with a deposit receipt for £25, and a Savings JJank d<*pn<j-it book

Some Assyrian applicants for land on the Main Trunk line, near Mataroa. Which was to' be balloted for last week, were classified as "unsuitable" by ' the Wellington Land B6ard. A- number of cattle have died at Pukehou, in Hawke's Bay, as a result, it is thought, of eating a noxious weed, which only grows, on marshy land. Mr Cockayne, assistant biologist to the Department, is at present in the district investigating the trouble. Never at. any time within the memory of the oldest fishermen has the fish draught 'off' Toby Rock and Waipapa banks been so bounteous as it is at present. Within the last few days Bluff alone must have netted 60 tons of largesized blue cod.- The theory is that they are flocking in from * the deep waters for spawning purposes The boycott of American goods in China is • producing some remarkable effects upon the statistics of Chinese imports. In 1905 China imported 12,566,093 pieces of American plain cotton goods ; 'in 1906 she imported 8.544,165 pieces; and in 1907 only 578,647 pieces from the States; and that was reduced almost to nil by the re-export of' 519,598 pieces of American goods. . . ;,.• The chairman of the Wanganui Chamber of _ Commerce, Mi*,- J. H. Keesing, speaking at a meeting of the Chamber, said: "We should not dictate to the banks as to how they should conduct their business, but when we find their stringency is affecting, even to ruin, the community, it .is; time we should look about to see if ,jw& cannot avert the ■calamity. ; I heard the other dayi of a f aihily of. five individuals who are .worth £80,000, and!; who have not ; a penny mortgage. They had an overdraft |of £6000 on a property worth £18,000,' and were notified by the bank that; they^ittust pay this overdraft. But for an. oppsr£u4e incident, these people would 5 : have' Tia'd great difficulty in getting that* J&60G(0. Just think what the consequence might have been! I don't want to sound^my extraordinary warning, but I shpuldjVlike to draw your attention to the possibilities;- I do not think 1 any of mir btti&s w^uld advance £6000 on any security you Would like to offer." Horses, that eat gates and rail; fphHes are something of a rara avis/; but 'there are quite a number in the. spejw /country in Central Otago. When -'..at V'Hawden Station an Otago Daily Times-, repor ter was shown the remains of/.v : . wooden fences where only the^ ends of the rails were left; the remainder had been gradually gnawed; away^>.: /by the .'-station horses. A Gimmerburri- man owns half a dozen horses which were in- a distant paddock, when the snow fell. When, a fortnight later, he visited them he found tliat. about all that .was left of the gate leading into their paddock was the, iron\york.; r the -horses had eaten the rest. It seems that the animals develop this peculiar habit Avhen in. a country iwhere snow has lain] long on the ground, and they are more or less hungry. Tlie I manager of Hawkden stated ; that 'the horses on his station, which r ate his bluogum rails had as much food as they cpnld eat. yet they 'turned away, from their mangers and "gnawed the fences and gates. . , A Hastings correspondent writes,: The management of the -Government experimental station at Arataki has: 'always been faced with the difficulty of an artesian water supply. On Saturday morn, ingi, however, acting oh an invitation the Rev./ Mr Mason, of Otahuhui in the Auckland district, ; , accompanied 1 ' by Mr Absolum, of the .Stock Department, drove over to ; the station with the object of locating '"'water: The rev. gentleman had already been successful. in attempts ■to find • water, and on the preisent occasion he indicated 1 -six different spots on the property where flows could be obtained by 'sinking. His methods are exceedingly simple. ,- v He'bas no divining rod, and 1 he depends altogether on a subtle instinct which informs, him of the nresence of water under his feet. A certain area is then marked put, and when he gets to the exact spot where the -flow, can be obtained lie; plants his heel down j and the place / ijr pegged, vMr Mason states that .he has - never yet failed, arid he is quite confident that » bores driven down in places indicated by him will find water. ;. The Surveyor-general (Mr T. : Humphries), in his annual report, makes a reference to the movement of the New Zealand coast. He says the importance of provision being made for its detection and determination at a later period has been brought under notice of late years, but up to the present no steps appear to have been taken to secure and permanently record reliable information as to existing conditions, so as to afford data for the determination', at some future time of the slope,, elevation, or subsidence of different parts of the coast line. This knowledge, apart from its scientific... interest, is an. important factor in the construction of marine works, as was pointed out by 'the late Mr P. S. Hay, Chief Engineer Public Works Department, in 1903, in a special report on the subject: As a preliminary to a more comprehensive scheme in the future in a wider distribution of tide gauges and mean sea level determinations, it is the intention of Mr Humphries to have .the zeros of all existing tide gauges in the various ports of the Dominion carefully connected to permanent bench marks in secure positions on the shore, which can be effected at a very small cost. A new record has been established in wireless telegraphy by the reception at the Marconi wireless station at Glace Bay. Nova Scotia, of a message from Manila, 12,000 miles away. In the most unexpected .way Marconi experts were in conimuiiich^riV with tho station at Manila. Puzzled at first, the operators could scarcely believe their ears ; but the message was unmistakable and distinct. It" came When they were at the top of the towers at the station at Glace Bay. The rifessage received was that the American cruiser Philadelphia had arrived there. The Marconi experts account for the occurrence^by the theory that the cone at Manila, must have been in perfect time with tliat at Glace Bay. As the distance covered by wireless is about lialf-way around the world, a curious question is puzzling the experts. Which way did the message travel, or did it pass both ways, thus making the record so distinct? The. message f)-om Manila, was "picked i up" while being sent to some other station on the Pacific, or to a war vessel. I It was recorded perfectly by an operator in the receiving-room *at *the Marconi station. At the time the experts Avere experimenting in an effort to receive messages from Ireland.