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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12616, 20 November 1911, Page 4

The Radio Office, ..Wellington, advises that the Moeraki, Manuka and Zealandia will probably be within .wireless range this . evening.

The revenue derived from the Gisborne railway for the four-weekly period ended October 14 was £1076, arid the expenditure £812.

Given «• fine day, the garden party at Mr George Smith's residtin.ee, "Beri wen," m Grey street, on the afternoon $$ election day, should be, a. very • pleasant , function. Motor boats will ply for hire and make short, excursions up and down 'the "river. ■/ '•■JByen the worst; sailor may embark and enjoy a pleasure trip under A)?^e,-cojidi(iQnß.v ! ,- „-;' ; j&'Xßcj' 1 fo{ltiving^;pa«sengei's left Gisbbrne this m<irning-'> by ]Sl!essrs Redstone and Soils' coache^i*: —^I^or Turehau, Mi 'WfliCßpr L^JPaJka-vaeijft^lessr^j'Ashwortii and Faifdiirtbough ; Tolrtgai-Bay, Miss Hamill and Mr McColl ; Tokomaru Bay, Mis? Busby; Wharerata-j Mr E. Wallworth : \Moreue>. Miss- Mi Gardiner, Mrs Watton. Mr B. (.Wairoa, Mrs Galfiekl and .ehildy^lessrs Pasqtjenie and Me-

We have received ji letter purporting to be signed by three quarryffien at .Gentle Annie, making complaint as to the manner m which they, have been treated, but as the matter of complaint is at present being investigated by the Borough Council it appears to us that no good purpose would be served by publication of the communication. For a; second conviction for drunkenness within six months a man named John Archibald MeLaughlin was, at the Police Court to-day, " before Messrs '«). I Warren and H: M. Tortei;, J.'sP., fined £1 arid 'costs 2», in default ,48 hoiirsj imprisonment! Oh $ charge of being drunk while iii chai'ge of a horse, a man named" Matin / Maloney, who did not appear, was ordered to forfeit hia bail, £1. ..-.-.■ ( During the discussion on the Supplementary Estimates m the House of Representatives on October 28 .last, Sir James Carroll was asked what action/ was being taken to comply with the recommendations of the --Chief Justice. in connection with land titles m the Cook Islands. In reply, the Minister stated that he intended to send one of the. •judges, of the Native Land Court to' investigate and determine these • titles. It is understood that Judge MacCormick', U>f the Native" 'Land :. Court, has beeti'i selected for this 'special mission. ,- . A man named T^rc, driver ' for .'Mr j. Brocklebank;' had , a 'narrow escape from a serious ;, accident , i;lil\s ymprfiihg. . -Be jwrts ? engaged carfrng t ,stone .from t'H'fe Kaiti tieach, and wtien travelling along a. rocky.'pdrtion of ''the /Beach the' axle of the dray broke. ' The driver was dis*lodged from his seat; and the shaft horse also came down,, pinning Mr Tarr to .the ground. After some difficulty the 1 driver was extricated, m a :very much T bruised ; condition, but fortunately •he had" no limbs '■• broken. ; The shaft hprSe also received some injuries;' :;-. Sir ■ James Carroll was deputatipnised this afternoon by'^the Gisjborne ; Chamber of Comirierce, AVhen various matters relative to ' the „. district's • wejfare' r "■" were brought under; the notice of tlie Natftve' Minister ; Amongst, the representations made .were tKe\ The ' erection Hi 'a block of Gov^etnirient buildings' ? for whjch', a siuh/lias'iclready^^ beert' granted) est ablishm ent ' . of ,' "' an t { expenmental -farm m this district;; .improved class' ol railway rolling stcajk-j tiie pushing, on of the work of completing, the Otoko viaduct; 'inadequacy of the strength oi the -local police force, and the necessity for police .quarters; : GisbometNapier* ; railways; improvements • -to*.- Morere bathsi; . changing of. the date/of Day, ' , : A gallant acWbyva.. ( little .girl at'.th^fire, m Upper Sladßtone road vpfl Saturday afterripbil ; |s ; rejpprted by a re|ide|^t. ,of tlie 'Ideality.?' It /appears \ tKat ■the fh'e. ;took; plAg^; Mts Mannhig^,.ljh'e: oftly. defcuparit >of \tlie ad jbiningvtams'e, ; to which the, flames spread,; was asleep, at ■ jtKe time.. The. men who 'first tivyi y cd *' .on ;tKe\' Scene, thought the., houfee^- unoccupied and got "on" the:. roof to; feri-; deaybr." to save -the ■ premises, ,but Lili' Clai-k, 'aged 13; yejirs, ; knowing., Mj3? Manning to be at" home, rushed in£b the burning building to herresoife- Mrs Manning was found to be dazed and (stupefied by . the ■ smoke, and" when brought to the verandah -she re-entered; the house, evidently thinking to save something. - Despite , the fact thdt the heat was intense and the smoke almost suffocating, the little- girl followed her inside and. again brought her out to the' Verandah, where other neighbors cariie to her assistance, -/■■/; r • ' The old skating ririk, erected by Mr, J. Townley many years, ago for that fascinating winter pastime, is about to be pulled down to make room, for a more, petentibus^building; that fwill .be^umquk in^de^jgn^and will f add Jtnateria]ly to jhfe; architectural features of, ; thV town. The Messrs Burr and Mirfield;,- architeefcsy prgj^jde for a handsome <and A sub^anUai warehouse of two stories'/ 'The" front elevation is' neat and striking, the upper portions 1 being faced with pressed Bricks ajj|d cement "facings, the feature' being' a •central oriel window. The lower floor provides for two., large embossed windows, and anfentrance : m keeping with the; general design. The ground floor, which ; is- 'to 'be occupied ' by Parker 1 Bros, and Sheridan, will' contain a" comfortable ■ suite of "'bfficejs; access ;' to which. , will '•■'; be .'■ gained, from a' central entrance vesti-i ;bule and rhalls ! ioftv6in wide,' Avith" tiled . floor *nd -panelled walls m figured- rimu. The> offices will be comfortably fitted up, the -ceiling being of fibrous plaster. There; are also to be a strong-room and modern sanitai'y arranjgements. The, back of the ground floor ; is to be taken, up by a clearing^ and a bond store. The"upper floor will be .taken up and provided for the requirements of/ the** Direct Agency Company,., Tenders for tjne work on December .4. „ ■v 'Yesterday "morhiiig' Mr' Parker, the gaolorj^a-w a "man making Jus "way frohi the 'beach' to the prison, and". ' shortlyaftenvards observed him throwing parcels over the pris^iv rppf into tliie yard. The parcels turne^-' put to he, tobacco and matches for a. couple of prisoners who are undergoing! sentence. Two of the parcels landed'on the roof, whilst some others found f their.-way into the yard. The inajiiimade off, but. 1 he was §aught by Mr Parker, and held until the spolice arrived. At .the Police pourt this moiling, before .Messrs J. Vfarren and HviM; Porter^ J.'sP., the nian, whose name is" Arthur Adams, pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting" tc^deliver to 'two prisoners underjipirtg sentence .• A^jquantity of tobacco an 4 matches. /Tn "-relating the circum^ slances Ser,gt. Hittton said the accused was c.nly discharged from prison himself on Saturday, after having served seven days for 1 assault' ' committed ■ m a police aell". ; "Mr Pai'ker' is situated by j, himself at the. prison' in, an isolated fjlace," said the sergeant,, ''and. these men- cause a _ considerable amount ., of trouble by loitering and lurking about'- trying to o-et communication with, tlie prisoners. I . would ask that an example be .made m this -case." Tlie' lieilch • said- they considered the ''offence;, a. very serious one, and consequently must mark their disapproval" of such conduct. Accused was sentenced , to two months' , imprisonment at Napier.' Upon a> further charge of lurking and loijtering about the prison accused was convicted arid discharged., .-' Mr.^Ai E. Huhty/Tepreseniatiye 6l "the Acretone Illuminating and Welding; Company, Napier," is to give demon"stl'ation^ to-moiTow of the processes of welding' and cutting by means of oxy-acetylener gas, and the public are invited by advertisement elsewhere, to witness this latest*^ scientific- method of dealing with metals. Mr Hunt will be"' at'^ir'-feH. Ormond's m the morning, and at MesSrs Davys, Third; <md Mitchell's m the afternoon. As has previously been ex* plained m these columns^ the gas used is similar to that employed for lighting Tuahine and sixteen other/ lighthouses m New Zealand. It is stored at high pressure m cast r iron cylinders filled with brick or some other porous substance. For cutting purposes, the action of the gas is more a chemical one than mechanical, inasmuch as the oxygen unites with the irttoi, causing, iron oxide, and the pressure blows it through, leaving a clean cut. It is possible, Mr Hunt asserts, to" cut" through inch plate at tho! i*ate of a foot a minute, and armour ; plate 14 inches thick can also be cut through without any trouble. For weld-; ing a small blow-pipe after the style of a coal-gas blow pipe is fitted with n number of tips, each being, applicable to different thicknesses. The size of the flame being well ■ defined ■ arid ' about the size qf a. t piece of Mjheat,. therefore, it can be readily understood, it is possible to do. What is teamed local welding, without even destroying the. temper of, the job. By this process it is possible to weld mild steel/ dast steel, aluminium, phosphor-bronze,, gun metals •bell-metal, and m fact almost" any metal known. Some of the lighter aluminium and 7,in'c alloys which will not stn-nd the extreme temperature may crtimble-^iinder the [excessive heat, but «yen then it is possible: to spider : these, the company supplying, a suitable solder. The process is, greatly interesting people engaged- m eivqi rieering, and is invaluable to all who^ have machinery, for it enables repairs to be quickly made, avoiding the necessity of sending ;^<iway for replacements. This afternoon v at Mr . Otmond's, M»Hunt by the- welding process repaired a broken crank' m very quick l time. , ; '•;;■.■;••, '< iMj;'. ■' \' .'• ;.'.--• • ■ •■■■; - ; '; '■.

A plank m the platform of Mr JJ. Hill, one of the candidates for -the Xapier seat, is as follows : Provision by the State so that every young titan and woman at the age.>o.f 21*y§ar« may receive a'graVt"of *£25W a^t^in.'flfe. .providing he or. ehe -has -passed a sa^sfactory course, of primary and J technjqal school: training •! •: ;''i ; .> ! ' .It . is freely ■'stated 'r^hat 1 tk^e'^w many errors .m the mecitoral/ rbllf-lbr Hawke's'Bay. . Mbst ol jihe ;bjy4ebanfe settlers are, on -the Hawke's riSny'.JixJil, .when they should 'he! iri Gwt»o)?l<e;!--*""^i pne case a man kn<d. wife,, living 'in^fie houjse, of :^oxifse, , hAV^/'^ ,!mm rudely separated^ .- and enrolled "yjn separate distncts.^Wairoa \ ' cdrr'espo^dsnt ,Teliegraph. ■< ' '? ' ; >^ ;]'■ fvt; , The members and .lady holding o their-, last, progressive ... eMoju:e .tournament for ■&%$ sea&pn atcthei.Qpsl^p•politan .Glub •.onj;Thursday 1 e^ning^jj^eit, when four trophies of r^l|ie jwill be open : for thejiadies-. fi^t, 3,e^&^ and.Athird. pri»?s, ; while.a very ;^ hantlsQ^ie ";ti'pphy . will ,be .givenlfpr, the 'ibooby ,'ljhe-. geutiemenls prize is ,also ; ione: eagerly ' sought for. ". -. \~4 : '-\, : /*-.";,.. ;-,<,? PTHe firßt parade oi the^'t^frltpr;i4JiM>f %he f new'- 5 " "P"> ' OpiiipUny t*'(t<S>Vn VVsefctJbh) takes place in~.the GaVrisph'Halt itoim ( or' iow . evening, when theTrecriiits" wilt -bo sworn m and^^Ti'>»ngemejnt«.-made for. the T egular and .ca'rry ing \ pn ■„ of .'; the -^ ' to'deii/ the ;supeH:is,i6ii of.'iSfa]6r \Beere and * officers: of i the "-H" Compipy, pending the .*injppi|jtm<fent of the.hew officers to; 'the,;,fio^p^ny. .; < The Nj>^\- 1 pisborne senior' ca^ifts hold jthebj in^tjal .this evening.' . :. ,> •, '. f ,'ji ".'; r \s'j:.. '„ Mr Ramsay Mac Donald, MyPrj :cliiairman of the English Labor party, A J^{ho sympathy with -the .general s,trike^ idea. iWriting m the ' Socialist ; -- : Kevi6wV^'he says : ''The hospitalil^ Vwhich the Socialist .movement .has offered so generously to- all kinds of cranks and scoundrels'rb"e : cause .they.. pridtfeSsed -to .be ih- revolt against tftc. existing' order has- alrea<|y done oiw movement much harm. .jMt^it hot .add syndicalism'; to 'the 'aiffeady^^bo ■numerous vipers- whitih,' m the kiridhess ;of its. heart, it. is.Wmrming:pii iU'heaijth |stonesiv'i< ,*.-.' : .-'>.;!-;\ ■ir.::.l.i -■■■:^.r:^>;, r>^i^^. > •' ■'At'vPerth " ,^.(W.^.) «. v , . woman ;^ri^n^d •Liizzie Gordon V,*as ; .^entepcedUtC-^x months' , imprisonment withj,]har«l/j,wl^pr oft' a charge.ofp^taining money bj^jftlAidulent , represenijalioris. ,, ishowed that defendant had ss#>,t|cts|its ! in an art union organised by' hei" , h'iis- - v 'band and herself, by repr^hting'tKat half the proceeds <, were jjh^aid Xpf ': the Blind Institute; • The r Aioftey received by the defendant for the- sale^of-tietoftts 'was 'used ■by 'her foil housekee^iii^^pnd ,to" provide'- "pocket money for '^itfsibahd, Albert! i'Gordon. " r "" ■':*«» '"« >■ .:v; ; : ..:-. v .'•.!> -:.-\ ..-;■: _■ v -:n<^:~ ■ ?'•(<{# „..^^-' : . Mr • W.\ A;,r Arinstr6ng>'>;O)9nMnis«j^^er «pf Crown Lands, tßaranakJi and Mr 'Besilopj aat.f t . member ; of ', the- Tatariakk^tiii Board,ihave cbeen .bm-a^visifc 1 tb the;#TAiigitu and Mapara,. improved. > f aims settlemeiits, their 'objectr. being- to irepol'tupn ithe. financing of... settlers m the purchase of cows. The visitor/s.exprees i the ! opinion that the Tangifcu. -block >-will be;6he > ;of'-|he doiryihg areas m the .disfericti. ':-she blpck comprises ,2Q,000 acrfis^consisting of chilly of, np-gi-eat. altitude. There 80 ..settlers^-; vsrhpntill 1 ; be dairying ;in: 1916, and/, they .aiitieipate thatfrom.soo .to, 600 Qqyvi' willvbe milktlie first .season. •; :>;,;.: Ij^l-vhy;. ' ' The thorW questipn of Sunday trams was touched : pu by : Mr'^W. ' Goss^of .Chriatthur-qh, .speakmc Vat !■ the. aiuiual .meeting of the New:Zealand^Presbyteriah branch ot the Laymeafs vMissibnary 1 aipyemerit on Saturday , evetiirig. . , Hjow i many fit them> he asked bf ? the hundred ' r laymen . present; would hesitate tp take ■a. Sunday tram if ..j^. conveyed' tteiaVto where they .\yere;. 'g^ng/%uHeVthbught yelry'few AyouJd^^yet ; hej didr.not 'think, X V right that' eldeVs .iji the ;P,i^>yterian Church) should lend tliemaely.es ,to -ndmg -in a trani-c^r bft-Sunday. liwaa impossible for them %; Wayel' * with"6ut making, another ittaii ,vjtd?k.^.(A tofee : the extent of the evil, he sa^d thWfu ;the Old Gountiy theve ; were abput a. ftiitfion aiid a half people wording -"pnaSuiiday • ■ ?' ?W-^ B "Jd^ionedra^d.f ytitaiubu s h f o?&istian j people mafe«ig ; use of r the, cafß'-on ounday.- , '- .->,>' _.- .-_■ '■■.., -f -:>,';■->'■-. -:_Tjhb^installatic)n : >if Oii -Jigiiting; >and hdatmg. plantj. « t ss# Kuift Gov«wnhWit acijoinmodation ljQU^' v by;iha f utJ^twh springs, has >been,", completed; 1 .Tlie v gas is collected over an area of aboiit' 200 > square feet, and is passed into a holder vvrth a capacity of 200 cubic feet, arid from which ;it is drawn . for \ise.\ From the 'area/ covered. ,fci out; 900 ; cubic v: feet of gas jjaases off < per day; ,"and about half of this is utilised: • The gasometer serves the dual piirpbge of providing an even pressure l pf gas and a continue M snpplyi ■ \.'lW gas' is supplied' to two. gas. fires, gas iron arid a gas^ cooking range, . brides .aWut^ 20 lights for* illumiria.tioh. v For the Ififter purpose/ thef gas- is burned by thVaid of; the Tncandescent lnantie, bptJi up- - right and inverted ;;burrie.hr being usM Phe gqs is stated .th have a stfoiig sniell of sulphufe as it rises frpni, 'the ground, ' but ; this' passes' off ■•■.•'■■(firi^kly, leaving thfc gas impr^riaied with p^teoleum. As a heating, agenty it .is,; de- J' clared to be more intense th"a)i coal gas. The installation ' has be«h aesign«d ; '«nd fitted tip by /Messrs P.* ]Hall r aild Sons, under, the supervision olMr J. S; iAUaYi, the manager of 'the plumbing «ienaTtment. : :. H \ ■ • '■•.-""■•.. r-- : ■;:.••■ , >'„-• "■ ■ : ; '- ; '" '■"'■' ■■ •,-.'".' v ■• : -V-.-.' ; / ' :^ Tliu Borough <lpa;ri "proposals^ ate i'^'pw engaging the s attrition of 'the^Borough splicitpr^/Grood progrMß' IsiVbelng "ni^lß with the preliminary 1 A^ork, attd .I'ubsdfiy, D^embei' 19^ .will probafely be. th« day fixed for -the . poll, co "tHe :'Maspr, Mi- W. Pettie, informed, a pressitiaiiitoday. The length of the loan, 1 he added, . had; been fixed \ for 30 -years, •thWiia'hwi ' as; the previous Mban 1 . The'* special i'^pll upoii'- which the' J)oU: ; will ■♦ be taketf ii 8 also ! m :c6iirse :of v prepAratiph., , ' '^she Various^^ -Jftr^pOaals rWill- be^^{ptaoed 'b^ft^e tlie^d'atepayersi pepmrately. ;> •jHw^W^radded tMt lie -Was gra^ified^t^sfee^He response with which the propbsals^hkd been received: by' the- people V iO f*,(GKsborne generally. Those 'he ha^»sptfke^ to were «speciillly aiixious that> provfsi'pn should be-'-'^ad^v-fo^/the'^i^Pratio^v'bf the headHvtirkir ot ';. the vwa-terworjl^; this summed, atfdvthab energetic stelpsTshptild be it^keiyto place thils ariiiiovfi&it work iiV>|<r<}p < BKfL#flri:ing s iirder^JbdtU'mg'* ; the seasbn; y%- PeMonaily, vlie n\%s afixious liojiseb Hihe , wholbi -bf .-.v-Hie. prottosals.'v >** ntore; -;\ paTiicidaily thatf pf .r^stoi^ I g^hßV>liead,Mi^BCv-.-'' ;: .^e reporter^ «I*) .iasoertained the ! proposals)' are •»^rjab««edai #^i()h* \*H6 ma.y- take v iti -f^^gi-aftted -jnill'v^e^ the.' 6pe»a^ibMs#!aVitK^^^^^^ W commenced; immediate^^tJie.^Wiistmas holidays i«ar& ; \ovser, j^^ind ;. will , : .-■' g© pushed on without d"elav; . !.'•'..'> ■ ■ ••■!■■,.*- ■'•.".••;->}■-■ <>*■> :•, V-vu^-'.v-t^ . ■ Some;^smar.t .work \yas,i.performed-voh theji steamer Opawa atvr Liverpool before her depa^tivrft 1 f^r rAudiland, ,on j Sejttsn.--ber -29. \ ... The jyeqael "was ■ alii rsady>rfor sea, when insto^ti.pj\is r wer.e-^c^iyied^pr hei" to calLL^i'St, > ":rH6lena,on!tt^TV.ay out to >j).icjf ;U|iut!li,e fi?asßen^ers fxon\ jfchle ilMated>.Papflnui k |iTMajm^nt- th^ tit^iß tip t)f acpo»nrtsiodatip 1 ri r for^g4- peoplej?arid a-ino§t .o^r,carpjßnte^^3o.iuem,' Hid. tiiMi^s were at once ,enff&ji6d..| Tljiei Bfti%)*%,as removed from J^ti^ter^ld, i^ich'Awas turned, mta ; i^ • by^h^ -«i-e.iit.ipntMcßibiris salQonsjWitU trie light apstalled,|.H'.Tons t^f :i e#% l; Btpifes had also to be r .«hvppedjv and;;;thfl yjliQle °! $*■ >T»8 -fiomple^ M" Jt-lje space of fo,ur, days. Addji|.iogig^^poksr4rfd^>Y-at'as...>vei-e < signed^pn^ .and th^; Opa,wa sailed tip to time. On arrival 1 St. Helena .'on ;the Vnioifoing; 61 Ocfp^er 4*4 th, the .wreck wl the .'Papariui 'pfesferitedi a sorry sight*.-;- She lies>orithe beaoKiiiyrith ixist theißkeletoh 1 of her frame le^so herce the fire Mwhiclr consumed >Ji*r. She nvas ■ cbrapletely; gntted«io^e . ahu-nf t and thas! already . broken 'm. half.: passengers Qrtjy rfiariaged? to gejfc U<sliore m time i; and most \pf them lost 'Uie wltote °l ' i^ft hea^y v : baggage. /:Thjy^WeVe embajtked-. without. any..;difnc\i^VVahd the Opawa sailed the same/ evferifo& i;«Al-though.,the-;weather •- condition's* ; duWnff the. ■ passage : i ppm" Sti Heleria 1 ia\ AUftivv yt&S. <*ny ; thing but -favprablej 4 . the v lifts, sengers^ere^oud In theiv praises- tif- the •splendid *.ftccQ,rrfmodation that had>^en sp> hwifidt^ provided- |or theni; Mcv .we^rlanded -^ty. Albany, eih : i>exdaHfent ' heaUih, *nd,paiorao;:leavinff tlje.^sel' ' •WW JPKfentedj^ptain Cameron illnminated address.. ..^m ..-, „ *'* wu ■. : ; T. "' •; '•i\^ ; ..:<7 :•••>.. ■/■.;: .:-,:-:\y. y.-.M. Tl t'»--v ;:-'■?■ TrY: ■■■■; ■>■■■ \-; ■'. ■■'.^•i..-. t ■, -lit.-'

; The Wairarapa. Age of Friday ve(marks: "Yesterday was observed as 'Labor Day m Gisborne. Boxing Day V %rill- probably be observed up that way ■<>n the 29th of February." '-s^Are a.ny people leaving New Zealand ■M$ attend the Durbar at Delhi?" was' a f' e^tion asked-*at Messrs Cook and Son's irist • agency^; 'Wellington, "No— none sfar as we' know. ' The \n-ices to be , cuarged visitors at Delhi is almost prohibitive to New Zealand era — from £5 to ,£sjp a day. The Durbar is to commence ■■- onj'December 12." ■-• >■■ - • ' ;Ja. resident of Hokowhitu had a narrow . escape from an unpleasant experience ■'■ djjying the gourse of a. thunderstorm reij}|itly. Lightning struck a tree m the .fjjj&nt garden, splitting it down the ijehtre. It then ploughed aci'oss tlie jlasm; ending near the house with a loud import. It was indeed lucky that the lujuse was not touchedj otherwise a disaser might have occurred ;• ; . ; $fcjf the size of their cheques is any cri- . t-Sfion some of the , dairy fai'mers m the district are doing remarkably well, not- . withstanding the fact that the season Ijps not been too good. A supplier at VEgkonlaru last month drew the sum of jBSI7 9s Bd. This, however, was beaten 'JUs a Dannevirke supplier, who sends his cs4am to the New Zealand Dairy Union's ffukory at Eketahuna, his cheque 'for the rf|>nth being £117 17s. '%he Queensland Government has- just : tlsr§^;;<>pien. «j<fuKther : 267 J l3l acres for. "settlement.' This- total includes 10,161 • acres.^gr^cultiural Jand .m.. 30 farms, '21^365 acres ac gracing selections m 11 jtottions, **nd , 44,607 acres prickly pear selections -m ''33 portions. Executive approval Has, 'also been given to the 'resumption of 186} sqiig re miles m the ' $piith Kennedy district, and 116 square ' miles in~"the Banana district. . Mr H. j, Hollier, of Edenglassie, on the banks of the Nepean river, Penrith, w£ew South Wales, has a pure-bred J£r/se,y ; cow, three years old, which stands only 34 inches m height, and . Kiis given birth to a calf. Although on $g£/4wa*fi.side > the cow is well proportioned. The calf is also well-built, Healthy, anch frisky, and s at three days Old -weighed 1 201 b. The cow has a good supply of milk, and although the calf' '(&'• with her all the time, Mr Hollier htyfeXtb^milk the animal once a day m ottier to relieve her. > V^hxile Working m .the outer oliannel irivLyttelton Harbor one night recently, the .Harbor. Board dredge Manchester fouled what proved to be a large, an- . cKpr. This was lifted and bi-ought into ViUie?;* inner- harbor., where it. Avas hoisted ■on to the Gladstone Pier by .means of "the- big crane. The anchor, which weighed about five tons, was m a, fairly JjttSa state of preservation, despite the act; that it had been under water for a niuttiber of years. It was lost off the i^Tew- Zealand Shipping Company's ste^iner Rimutaka. •The following games were played at tile Gisborne Bowling Club's green on Saturday -—Licensed Victuallers' handi-. cap' pairs: OfMeara and Greig (skip) 26 beat Price and Wootton (skip) 20. Ordinary games: Ellison, Smart. D. G. Robertson, W. Pettie (skip) 30 beat jiodgson, Gibbs, Tackle, and McMillan (afrip) 16; Ashton, Hamilton, Brown, Kyme (skip) 24 beat Redstone. Johnston, Harris, and Corson (skip) 14; D. Vthyte, Smallb6ne, Maher, Bright (skip) 20 beat Humphreys, Murray, Zachanah, and Ponsford (skip) 16. V Advance sheets of the New Zealand Year Book show that during, the financial, year ended March 31, 1911, the investments made by the public on the totalisator amounted to £1,933,534, a decrease of £96,892 compared with the previous year, when there were 36 more days of racing. The percentage paid to the Treasury was almost loubled, amounting to £48,338, compared with £29,645 m the previous year. This increase was due to the fact that during the year, the Government tax on totalisator investments was increased from I£. per cent, to 2i per cent, of the gross amount passed through the machines. : ; The Otautau Standard states that Mr Gus Tapper,' of '■ Glifden, was the victim of a painful accident at his farm last week. Disc ploughing operations had been' proceeding during the day, and when the team was being taken through a , gate W ..the wa-y. , home the. disc caught In the gale post arid wires, and tlie team of four i horses bolted. Mr Tapper caught the-, hordes by thehead, but was kicked and knocked over,, the. disc going over the top of him. ' His injuries were severe, Dr Trotter, .who attended, him^ finding it necessary to put nine stitches m a wound m his face, while his body was badly bruised. Hastings hae been presented by an anonymous donor with a. set, of Cambridge chimes, which will ring from the Post Office tower. The. liells have been cast by Taylor, of Loughborough, Leicestershire, the famous .bell foundry, and are being installed by W. Littlejohn and Son, J Wellington, who made the clock. The big or hour beU, already providedj weighs 12cwt, and the four new bells -will .weigh together 20cwt, so -that there w v ill be over a ton and a-half of /bell metal hanging m the tower. There will be a silencing arrangement, by which> the chimes can be rendered mute for, Any number of hours, say, from 10 p.m. ,tt> 6 aim. The bells have been cast to thfe order of Messrs Littlejohn. 1 'Mr J. b. Leete, general manager for ■ the Harrj? Rickards' enterprises, returned to Sydney from England by the R.M.S. Oifvieto, and brought some additional particulars regarding Mr Rickards' death. He. said that the immediate cause of death was a .paralytic stroke, Mr - Rickards taking ill on October 2nd, and " riasaing ' away A eleven da^s later. Whfin Mr "Leete Jeft London M.r Rickards was : m splendid health, and the. news of his . death,; which reached him at Colombo, . came. as a great shock, the messages he passing through; the Red Sea been of a reassuring character. •Mrs Rickards was expected to arrive . back about the: middle of December. Mr Rickards'' embalmed • bod y would be brought to Sydney, and be interred m the Waverley - Cemetery. The Opunake paper gives some further particulars of a mysterious occurrence at that locality. A loud report was heard and some residents saw a Quantity of smoke issuing from the Kahui road creamery. On the creamery manager go- '' ing to his work early • next morning he found, that parb- of the w*ll near, the hoist wa£,,,badly damaged.^ Further mcjuiry revealed that a dynamite outrage "had occurred,. . Apparently dynamite had been placed <• where Ithe testrjbottles are kept, and it exploded, ' shattering all the glassware to -atoms, and scattering the pieces some* distance away. The ; persons .or peiwn . who committed the deed took care, ,th%t a . s>,ifficieht; charge wats required, „ as a ' clean j.jsweep beyond* recovery was made of the articles'.;. The concussion was heajry, it displaced the machinery tools "a^'the further, end' • f the building. There was no stoppage m the working, ojf the qreamery, pr interference With .the maohinery,' nor is the daniage of any extent; simply all tests have gone up . to »the one standard. .-.- ; . Extraordinary cases of the v destruction of ladies' dresses are reported to have recently taken place m at least four places of public entertainment m Sydney (says> the: Herald). No, fewer than- 1 15 jadifes have been . victimised m the last six weeks by some miscreant making large rents. vi their costumes and underclothing, the damage _being evidently done with a. knife or ratzor. Although during one evening three detectives were specially on the; 'look-out m a hall for tnd perpetrator, so cunningly did he do his work that he destroyed* no less than five dresses under the. very noses of the detectives. A most remarkable feature Is that the. well-lit state of the halls has not prevented the vandalism being carvied ont. The , dress ripping has been effected mostly while the crowds have Ween entering the halls, and when the press, of people has enabled the ruffian :to ply V his knife unobserved. In each case the hall proprietors have made good the damage to. the owners of the dresses. The hair proprietors are naturally very anxious to ,trace tj .the, offender, and are : offering a reward of £25 for information leading to .his conviction. .Exactly similar outrages on a wholesale^/ scale have (occurred m Los Angeles, 1500 women liaVing : their dresses injured, which .so iri^enspd t^e .^police, Authorities that order'» s were ,v9sued; r for the shooting of the offender .an, sight ~ik discovered, rather thfiijf tMitiyihe risk of his escaping.

Frequent complaints have reached tin? police lately respecting • the ■ loss of ( bicycles, and anyone finding stray machines is requested to notify tin; police. The chairman of the Ashburton das Coal and Coke Company, afr'the animal meeting - stated that with the reduced rates charged* for gas — fox- lighting and heating 7s 6d, over 1500 cubic feet 6s Bd, and over 10,000 cubic feet 5s 6d net ■-•- Ashburton had the cheapest gas of any inland town m the dominion. The Earnslaw; the steamer •■which Messrs J. McGregor and Co.^ are building for the Wakatipu ferry servjce 1 , is now being dismantled from the and the various parts sent forwai'd by train to Kingston. They will be reassembled thereby, some 50 or 60 workmen with, all despatch, but the firm is not m a position to. say definitely when the new boat will be ready to take the water. Letters of light on the footpaths -are the latest thing m the way of an aid to vote-catching jn Wellington. Evening pedestrians"' are confronted by luminous inscriptions urging them to vote m a certain way at the licensing poll. The apparatus employed, in .throwing the inscriptions on the footpath "screen" is a neat little instrument somewhat on the principle of the optical lantern. .'■'■ His Majesty's Theatre, m Courtenay p]ace ? Wellington, which has m its day given shelter to many forms of entertainment, is lo lose its present identity m a fortnight's time. The old theatre — originally the United Methodist Free Church— is to be. laid m the dust, to make way for a" magnificent modern theatre, which will seat aboxit 2000 people, and will compare favorably with any other theatre m Australasia. At half -past 6 one evening last week one of the Residents at the National Bank at Balclutlia, .who was m the kitchen at the time, was alarmed by re ceiying. a shower of powdered glass on hervface. She at first thought that there had been combustible matter m some of the bottles m the kitchen, but on a search being made a small hole,. identical with that which woijld be made by a rifle, .bullet, was found. in one of the kitchen windows, and it is" thought (says the Clutha Leader) that a vine had been discharged m the neighborhood and the bullet had found its billet m the kitchen. A finer 'famine of unparalleled inten-; sity, which will bring discomfort to thousands of outlying homes, is the prediction for the coming winter, m Sas'katehewan* Owing to the lengthy strikes m the Alberta and British Columbia collieries, it is definitely stated that there will not be sufficient to maintain the fires m every house. The only discernible re-' course 'afforded so far is to band together, three or four families living under one roof. The Government is now advising^ settlers to provide for this. H the plan can be carried into effect it is anticipated that much misery and danger and loss of life will be averted. New cameras recently introduced have a combination which gives a focal length of no less than 32in., with a magnification so large that images of considerable size are produced at distances of over 100 yards. By this means the photographs of batsmen at the wicket are taken from so far away as the balcony of the pavilion. The operator watching the player .through the telescope, has been enabled not only to snap his wicket being shattered, but the ball that had done it before it had gone 4ft. from the wicket, although it is travelling at 20 miles an hour. The exposure will be l-400th of a second. The Workers' Dwellings Board met at Temuka recently to consider applications for dwellings to be erected on the s°ven acres of land on the north belt of the township, recently purchased by the Government. At first the Government proposed to divide the land into quarteracre allotments, but the desire of the applicants was for half-acre blocks. The eight applicants selected the designs they desired, and it is expected that contracts for building will be let within one month. In the event of the Government deciding to divide m half-acres? 'it seems likely that the whole of the land available "will be taken up at once. "Better than Covent Garden" is the enthusiastic • way m which Madame Melba spoke of the audience who witnessed her first night m opera m Melbourne. To an Age reporter she said : .'/I. have, neyer felt so -happy as -L do.»tt>> night. The sight of that audience .when I came.i n sent a thrill throughTane. 'It was wonderful. It was Coventj-jSarden m Melbourne. As regards the, pvoduction, I must say that I have never yet taken part m a better one. anywhere, whether m London, Paris," 1 or New York." The night's : receipts totalled over £1800. , X „v f ' The report of the Public Works' Committee recommending the extension of the southern breakwater at Newcastle si distance of 460 ft, at an estimated cost of £54,000 ; was tabled m the New South Wales Legislative Assembly recently..' The report sets forth that all the evit deuce was unanimously m favor of the ; adoption of the scheme' as a, means of inducing smoothness on the bar, protecting ships negotiating the entrance, minimising the range within the harbor, and' affordng facilities for obtaining an addi-' tional depth of water. It is anticipated that with the completition of the proposed work further breakwater extension will be- unnecessary, and that the cost of the dredging bill will be greatly reduced. At w'masH meeting of men and women, held at Queenstown, Tasmania, last week m connection with the Mount Lyeil strike, attention was called to the fact that amongst those present was a man who had been' lately writing letters to the press. He, was requested to leave the hall, but he claimed that he was justified m remaining.. A suggestion was' thrown ,oi>t that tl»e police .should t be called m, but a counter proposed w.; submitted that the mail should be left for the ladies to dispose of. They immediately . approached him, and .as he did not display-any Avillingness to leave, they laid ungentle hands on him, and at once ejected him from the building, amid much laughter from the men,' who were standing up on the seats. . A remarkable story was told at the Criminal. Court, Sydney, by James Renton, an elderly man, who. pleaded guilty to having committed bigamy at Geelong on March 24, 1910. Prioner said that two years ago he was washed out to sea. He was m the water for sixteen hours, when somebody picked him up. A coroner's inquiry was, however, held upon ihe body, as it was believed that prisoner was dead, and a- certificate of death was issued. Prisoner appeared to think that because he had by mistake, been deemed to be dead, the;, i peculiar circumstances gave him the right to marry pgain. He now put that forward as an excuse for having .committed bigamy. Prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment.. „. v Later details of the. murder m Nigeria last month of Mr H. P. James and his companions m an unknown creek of the )Niger delta, show that before the tragedy the people of Ekeremo. who were feware that Mr James had been *ngaged m studying then- language and customs, sent down the "creek a couple of war canoes filled with young boys to serenade the visitor. Each canoe contained some fifty natives, a singer , being: stationed m the bows of the tWo boats. Solos were rendered by them m turn, the remainder Joining m the chorus, the absolute' harmony of the soft* native songs producing a, charming effect. Two days later Mr James was set upon and murdered and his body loft lying m the bush. The electrification of the. Lytteltbn tunnel Avas the theme of an attractive dispourse by. Mr G. Laurenson, M.P., to his constituents at Lytteltbn. He pictured the infinite resources ol Lake Coleridge, and assured his hearers that Mr Evan Parry had told him that ..the electrification ' of the Lyttelton tiinaej would be effected ( m eighteen months. When the Dunedin express arrived at Christchurch, the steam locomotive would be run off, ;and the jnptor shunted on, and the train woujd- be hauled down to Lyttelton by electricity. It was suggested that when, the line was electrified there should be a rapid time-table, which would revolutionise Lyttelton. Mr Laiirtmson added that yhfr had b£eh}\ii>strumental m inducing the Government to undertake the electrification of the tunnel as one of the first' wbrlw.