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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12754, 4 May 1912, Page 4

The Remuera, Moeraki, Maheno, and Wimmera will probably be within wireless range to-night. Messrs Langlands and Co., contractors for the breakwater extension, Vhope to ■ make a start with the manufacture of ; concrete blocks next week. An unusual interment took place at Makaraka cemetery, on <Thu^day afternoon,, when the remain^ of a faithful canine pet were buried m the ftmilv' plot alongside those of its late master." Redstone and Sons' coaches will leave on Monday morning for Pakarae* Tolaga, Tokomaru, and Waipiro Bays -at '8.30 o'clock,, and for Wairoa via Tiniroto, and Wairoa via Morere at 7 o'clock. The resignation of -Mir H, J. Day, local statioUmaster-in-chirge, has been ' formally 'accepted . by the. Department, and Mr and, Mrs Day hope to start on a drive overland to Tauranga, via Motu, on Saturday next. A quantity df jails is-, .being stacked ; at Puha. This is understood to , ber. in : preparation f or the putting down;. pf a new; shingle siding for, the Public . Works : Department, from which to- draw ballast l for : the railway. The following was the revenue reeeiv, j ed at .the , Custorii Hou^e this! wsek : ; Customs duties £1219 8s 3d, beer duty : £61 15s, light dues £54 5s 6d, shipping j fees 7s 6d, other receipts (sale of oysters) £9 2s; total,. £1344 18s 3d. On Wednesday a y considerable number of natives.. were, m, town, when payments. < on account of the Tabuiputahi .block were. made. , Altogether. , ab out „V£32,Qoo ' will be paid out.. ;i*he, bulk of the. money found its way, into tie post office savings bank.-rOpptifii Herald. V. There was again a, lieavy roll' in the ; bay yesterday and _td-day, and . some difficulty . was; experienced, m. working the s"js. Corinthie, , which, is loading, for Home.. One. big sea"came over . -a- talloW lighter yesterday V afterrioon, . and gave the men a good ducking. At the Magis'tr&te's Cottrt this morning the East. Coast, . Rabbit Board (Mr Burnard) obtained judgment by default against J. H., , Summerfield,i of, Waii-oa, for £2 7s Bd, the amount of list year's rates. Thik- is . the ' first occasion the Board has had to seek tM- CoUrt's assistance tp collect its iund&p*** : . , The. following tenders -fpr. painting' the Whatatutu . hotel for Mr' G; B . Oman have been received by Messrs* B^ior and Mirfield,.^ i ai'chitects : Howard £225, Gartshore £194- 9s 6d, Tustin'. £172 15s, Ashby £169, Hall an^. Sons, £164 12s 6d, Vincent £164, .Morrison £J,49. The tender of Mr Morrison has been, accepted. One informal tender was also received. V, ,-.'*• , I; ..y.ixz '.- ; .-v ' ■'; •^FM< following, pas'seriaeite arrived m Gisbprhe' bjF Messrs-Redstone and Sons' coaches yesterday: , Fr6m ; Arero, Mr Hokre; Tolaga Bay, Mesdames H. Goodley, Harateanga arid child, How Chow and chile!, itrid 'Shaw, Mr Gwellan ; Pakarae, Messrs Battie|-ty and Grey) Whangara, Mi- Douglas ; Tiniroto, Messrs D. Sutherland and Scott ; Morere, Mr jEalder • Whakakihi, Mr thelwall ; ManTEtuke/Mr Selby. . : ; ,-, Next, week there will; be a ''large numbe.r, bf country .sales. The choice daily stock,; ; etc. , of Mr S. Jones, . Bushmere, will be sold on .Monday. * : At .Matawai ort the,, same day there will be :: heavy yardings, of sheep and other stock to be disposed^of. by auction; "at Motu on Tuesday tne, ; Co-operative . Saleyards Company \yill submit 1300 sheep, : also, cattle, for sale ;. another important fixtute^for Tuesday is ? the Kaitarataai , at .Mr Dover's yards, when; some finp .dairy stock will be included m : »the, large number of entries ; on Wednesday there will be an ■■ important clearing sale-, a^ New- . stead Dairy, Makaraka; and op,-Thurs-day v the usual sales- at the Mata whero yards ; will take place. . _ V •■■< ' Whilst Mr J. Adair was reiiirning to town last evening m a motor -car he oame upon all ; up-turned tt-ap hear Mr IL de Lautour's residence at Hexton. The vehicle was sjsiriPwbat. knocked about, and the harness was brdken. He fciecfc the horse up, aiid m the hieanfcime Alr,;Hi.-de Lautour- arrived pn the scene. They searched for the. owner of the trap, but without success, and there ■ was every appearance of the >chicle having capsized over th©. embankment leading to^th© temporary bridge across the Taruheru stream' m King's road; /where a new bridae is being erectedi- They learned that the- <-bceUpant- who had driven •froiiliWhata,tutu > had started,* to walk to : town-. ' ; On- hisvwny ho'mp'Mr Adair met thp owner, -ivho was' returning to get his horse, and he did riot appear to have been' injured." *• - ! ; Inspector HilL; x Who is at preseht ori an -.official'. visit to the district,, has been inspecting several of the schools' on the flats during the pas,t few difcs, iri conjunction with ..Inspector Sitiith; Von Monday. .Mr ,Hili' leaves, for Motu,, iteferring tb ; tM jSlr .Hilt stated to-day that .lie "had "heen .very pleased to See the , state, pt the various sijhopl gstrdens, ; which reflected .great credit upon, those . .concerned, particularly Makauri,. Thp garden Vat ,' the; latter' schPol, he' declared, was , second best of the whole of, the school, gardens of the Hawke's . Bay ..district,,, the best being that at .Mataniau. School, gardens, M^deciared, , iroprpved the tone of .the school, „_His . experience .was, ..that when school jv»rk\w;as carried on with' system the pow.er ofVcpncentration was carried Intp. the .school work, r and thei;(fejv.hourstime spent m the school garden was more than compensated by. the improved results .with the ordinary less-ons. . ;,.• i Thp local butchers w^o .went Wt'-on strike: in.jMarch last have, been served with summonses. to appear at the ]V£agis-. trate's Court-, to answer, a: charge of an alleged •■< breach of section :9 df thb ConoiliatioriVand Arbitration Act, 1908, which states: "If any persdn^ttiploypd iv jdhy i of. the -industries z-Ad- whibh this section • applies < ' strikes withpttti^ havirig given ta' his errlployer ) within ttiieiho'ttth before so striking, not - tefes- ihah ,r - fonr-^ teen days' notice m writing; signed by him, of his intention to strike, or strikes before the expiry^ of 'any notice, so given by,- him, tte striker... shall be liable' on Bummaiy conviction before, a magistrate to a fiiie.not exceeiding £25. j. This section applies to the foihiwin^indu&tries : The, manufacture of supply, pf cbal gas, the production or supply of elteetricity for light br power, the r 6tt^ply ' of, 'y\ ater to the^ inhabitants of • ariy bproiigh ior other- place, .the supply pf hijlk for dpmestib consumption, • the slaughtering or supply of meat for domestic^consumption^ the .sale pr delivery of cpal whether for domestic pr industrial purposfes, the working of . any. Jerry, tram\yay, oi" railway (used for the public carriage of goods or, passengers."- .. ;. . .. ...•'.. •Over: 300 men. .continue to-JJnd ehit>V>i*nieiit>• ort theVt^ilway ' cbhstructibh work bbtweeri .Otpk.6 arid Mbtu. ' Tli^ Rublitt Wprfcs Depiai-tmerit's service/to the' i*ailhe,ad has geMblose'd. dowri temporarily, and thß Staff are now pushing oh the erection bf thp. p^rmanbht bHdges dri tliis sfectibri: TM piers'; of MbKehzi^'a bridge ate Ming erebted, and when completed the' steel Wbrk , will '.be .at brice put iri' posi tioti; Sbnie -of the. girders of the next bridge, at ' HutchihSbii'a, -are already m place and the* worl? , well m hand. The Devil's Elbow bridge should be finished next week. -Practically all the earthwork' around Rakauroa has been finished^ tlie principal work remaining being the completion of the' two big cuttings at the back of lieau-foy-s. These ate being -pushed" on m order to finish them before the worst io! the winter; comes pft;' vFour.' platela.yers' -"cottages , have, .been J erected at the station site, and-fpurofchelrs are now being constructed traide> contract at the Matawai station. Most'! bf; tK6' timber has been obtained f rbrii [ the -.local mills. Matawai continues to fprni. the sceiie of n-reatest activity. Construbtion \yprk has been pushed on almost to the point where the line crosses . tM Motu river on the Neill roadj and as this is understood to mark the point of divergence of the Pakihi and Whitikau routes, it should not be long before ;some definite 1 decision is . announced as to the route to be adopted.

The scow Magic landed an 8-ton locomotive engitie at Wairda last week, for use m connection with the harbor construction \vprks. V ■■•'•».-■«'.•'■. iMr Thompsoifi, of the , .Thprnpsonr, Payne pictures, has taken cinematograpH j views of Te Reinga Falls and other points of interest. Mr W. A. Neale, of Waikareindana,. who revisited^the .Old Country . after being away from, there Pveir 40 years, was to leave England last month on the return voyage to New Zealaiid. ' The Pathe. lectures Proprietary will screen for the first time to-nightl tne Vitagraph film entitled "S^vihg the Special," depicting the incidents <4 a. great attehi^t at trairi,,wreckihg'. l * ,r ' The usual, social,. will be Jield at Manr gapapa next l*hufl-sday -evening. t Ar T , rangements are being supervised by M(ys, Clayton, and a successiful evening is. an : " ticipated. ( ',' : -, : y \- The police station m Wi ; Pere street, Whataupoko, is ponriected>.witn 'the.ttiiphone, the number, being 760- -.--- Residents m that locality desiring, to . odaxmunicate with • bh^ police should ring, that number instead of the head office.. Occasionally the groyne , vt*aa juicier wash to-day, bveiiat l^w.'. watfeiv "A\jb\it midday two men .veiiture<]l..otit /6n io^lliti •pier, qiu^^rpgar'dies^.olj.'-ihe. past yf&my ing^ ter experiencing, a ''ducking**^ ! from a big roller, they quickly retir'eo! :to safer ground. , ' . 1 '' There are sighs} of atitiVity Pn the E&et Coast this year with regard td i arming <expenditure. . ' "Many bushfellors 'have igone up that .way,, an_l,. are distributed I among the various stations, showing that ;a j^ood deal .of bush iniist lie oonmg down this winter. ,1 '' At a meeting of St,. Patrick's Football Club, heid-'last . night, it . was 'dtfnot to; enter teams .iri. the Saturday competitions, as moat .of their members had alteady : joined, Saturday. clubs; Another meeting, of the. club. willV'be held "shortly. . •:: , -y ■'■ yy. About two years ago, , whilst 'ifto?^M ;in Messrs Clayton. Bros', .tiniper- Va^d. Mr R. W. Grahiun^ met with ari. aPcidpHt through a stack of tiiriber falling on him. His leg. was injured. ' Hp was able to limp a^put a ~lsyr months later, but as the outcome of Xa> blow received m the i chest .. at Aihe x senile time,, other , cbriiplications set in, ' ajllti tM iihfortun;ate man is now lying m a* critical cbh;ditibn. .'""!..''''.,'';. ' Y-Y 'XX-' l) 'XY'Y \ . -The t . Easfe.v Coast, . Maoris are . giving ■signs of a.continuance.,6f the progreifeiye spirit . whicfi . led to . their,.; uridertakJi^ sheep-farming.. A number'pf.ithesfe;.'st^ f tioris are distributed .along the Coast, jand a movem6ntis.;noW'.on. foot to establish,, m conjunction ;witk.;thenv a pboperative store to supply their needs, os regards station requisites and other ;articles. It-isiinderstood that thn> flrßt branch store will be on. the north of the Waiapu -river. ' ...Mr Hi Si Taylor, whp spent 15 year* ihthe Murray rivei* districts of Victiona, New South Wales, and South/ Australia, Sitates that the town ..of Rehmarkis nbw having fprcible illustration of '.-the' disadvantage of an unlocked riyer, llere are, he say^, dried fruits there v^lubdj at £100,000 tMt canriot, be sent away,^ because, the river is unnayigable. . X&8. ]& ton is the rate for^ cartage, but it is likely to be raised shortly to. ,£7 10s per ton. : „'." V . . . ,. f A staunch opponent of matrimony | stood m the Magistrate's Ooaxt ■/ at : Christchurch and revived • ' rti^mbries * x»f recent blood-curdling mel#drairia. "Why ;did you leave your wife?" asked the Magistrate. "Which wife?" indigInantly demanded the accused. "Well, .how iriany have you?" asked the Magistrate. "None whatever/ was the re- > ply;. .The ! sub-inspectoi 4 here intervened, • explaining that the lady m duestion was .merely "the rnothei- of 'his chilii." Writing of seedless apples, MrXuither |Burbankl says none of them are of any •commercial value. . "Iliere , was," Vhe 'says, "Pnce a so-called stoneless plum, ; 'but it was not larger than a large bean, •arid was not . fit for human food.; The \ bush was an ill-shaped, : thbrpy pne,iand„ | the fruit absolutely useless.' Npyv thej*€> | are , growing >. on my- farms splendid and plums which are 'Btoneless.' j Nature /gives us '-a, hint, and it is man's ; business to carry out the work to prdjduce results.'^ , j The Auckland Herald gives the following incident as havihg 'happened during ; church service at Gisborrip: "A lady had i | some little difficulty ih firidlng the num- . ber of a hymn that had just.Deeri given . :out when ahother sitting behind her 'i- leant over the desk tonelp. Having :so done, she was ,abojit ,to resume her ' iseat wheii she found that Mi- Head-gear 1 [ would, have carried off that of M? f fijrfid > m firpnt na,pl it not been;fii'm,ly tied under , heij, chin,-. for both^were securely locked , by a. hat pin. . A third^ Iftdy had tc> gd , to the rescue., ; ! ' ' ■ ''i"X\ '■'■': y'--' Wnilefother; parts; of th&r Dominion are making . efforts to '-. dis^overl.petroleum m pa^ablS' quantities, it .would be jjtrange if this important/ subject 'should V remain dormant on 'the East Coast, where there are- such strong indipations of .'oil ue.lui to the formation of; jcompanies- in 4hc earlier days for oiUboring purposes. Careful enquiries: have elicited th*t the Coast. people are. ; npt sp quiescent in:' the matter as outward appearances wtv Id indicate, .but that ; a strorig syndicate of :■' Europeans \ and-Aiaofis^lcpmbined)' are closely wfttphing , maters: they have, howeve^K-it is'iStatedj >while, not ovi^rlobking the .ppssibilities'jof tM . iut^e^ adopted ,the cautious policy of awaiting further developments of tHe oujaide . fields.-; .".-^ " ,^'j.' '/'. ., . v .. ;;,- ' .'V'--. ».■'"" The \ s_ty.-tHird ahniiai report «f A.M.P. Sofciety'^is to Mhd froni the Gisborne riiariag4r/;-J4^; tf. ■ C. ■'■ E. Kissling. The, report. 1 , pf ;V\rHfcH some details wore given, by : telegraph, . supplies ■> Btatifitlcs showing thp Wbndeffttl- prbgrfess mado'vby the Society, tfrld. /the past year!* work proves that tH6 business is "steadilyreir k partdirig pn solid lines. A sp^lehdid fea^ture of the wbfk is the way m "which the industrial de^at-tnient ;' has* floiirished since it, was initiated about nine^yeaors afeoi;-.,.* That Departineht. 'issued- during the ;year , 27,084 new polities/, assuring £989,568 lOs/ at" 1 premiums amountuig to £62,880 -Ts.^pftt attriuirhy: The businesa m force at the erid of v the'»ye&r cbnsisted^of 74,948 policies'; aSsIMHg" £2,513,866 ss, and prdduciiig> .^n anpual - premium income of ''£156,807 *ss. TM actuarial valuation, now presented exhibits an excess' $f f tihds * PVer ; liabilities of £34,699 lis 8d: TM financial transactions of the .sbciety> Have a sriecial interest to the people of this districti frpfti the fact that the Bbrougfi Council •' has' just cbnipleted a very satisf &otbi?y i ai-range-riieiit for a Joari of £66;150 • from > the Sbbiety M the (janyihg out 6f municipal works. *"-•■'" '-'V -'.' !.L.:< ;-'. A .7-.-7--i-. ._, .;, •.,, . , .... . ' , , -The; Hon. ■ Upfe'^tetjm^;'.-3SJajot Beerej.; were^thi^ .plipsiding, justices; at the; Police Court this *morriing» i > Two jfii"Bfc . offenders for drpnkpnnesf,', were dealt, with, m tM usual ."(mirinei',,; ,aiv| Jaihes , Bertie^ -.who was, iwirvict^; two days (ago for a br eacli . pf the pfeaee, was qpnviQted.,pf a similar offence, and fined 10s fnd costs 2s, m default ,48' Muiif imprisonment.. -, A yoiiing ( ,fna;n, Hwried Thomas Clarmody pleaded not guilty to.» charge of being a vugrapt. , Detectiyb Mitehel! gave evidepce that accnaed Had been m town for eight or- nine days, during which he had not worked. , He had been, in company with, half-d^unkeri men. Wlien arrested he, had a ,kit m his possession, used m connection with playing "twp-up." Accused, had. been a regular pest, fitness had warhed h.im but of town last. Tuesday, night. Frequent, complaints Had: Mep., ,Vmadp about, accuseds .Constable. MooreV and Sergt.. Hutton gave similar evidence. TM letter said , accused was not only ". a pest to the. ip\\% Hut also; to tho counV try, and had been Hunted from places. Accused admitted^ haying beeili convicted of theft, six years ago. He"explained that he Had only, been four W five w.eekfe out of work..,' Ho did ript leave the town when warned, for ,M did , not see why he should do so. ,pp had^beeri. working p n the, liner Hp'came to. : town a few days .ago with> £16, and still Md some wages coming to .him.i. XIS he was given ,a . chance he would get out of the. .town. . The Bench pointed out that the police had given him every chance to get away. However, they would give accused another chance, and convicted him and. ordered him to come up for sentence when called upon?

The first of the session's pleasant Sunday afternoon gatherings is to be held m the Methodist Church to-morrow afternoon at 2.46. The subject of discussion will be "Compulsory Military Training." The Rev. T. Keith Ewen will preach m the Baptist Tabernacle ■• to-morrow morning; subject, "The Vision that is Sufficient"; 7 p.m., "Rejoicing m God our Saviour." Tlie Bible classes for ■young men and young women will meet as ttsual at 3 p.m. Axemen and athletes are reminded that the nominations for the sports carnival close this evening. Several nominations have already been received for the chops, including that of an ex<o*ampion and another axeman who has put up a feat within two seconds of the world's record. The services at the Method&t Church to-morrow will be conducted by the Rev. J. A. Lochore. Subjects — Morning, "God's Yea and Amen" ; eveniug, "The Inspiration of thfe Common Life." Anthem, "Let the Gates of Zion Ring." There will be a communion at the close of the service. Missioner J. A. Jones will preach at Te Hapara m the,morning, and at Mangapapa m the evening. Mr J. E. MacManus, secretary of the General Laborers' Union, Dunedin, re* ports that some 50 or 60 laborers are at present out of work m Dunedin. He states, that a considerable number of men liave left for the North Island, to secure employment , on the NapierGisborne railway construction works, but that theise are mostly, single men, married men feeling disinclined 7 to leave their homes. . ' " ' In New Zealand there are m the counties 630 licensed houses"T;o a total population 'of 472,460, or an average of 750 persons to; each, housej iri boroughs there are 582 houses ; to 505,698 persons, <vn average of .869 per house, and m certain v |own districts not inclu,djed m the cotintieis or boroughs,, tliere V are 36 to 24 i 343,, persons) dr ,676 per house. The totals are. 1248 hobses to a population or , 1,002,4t>i, being equivalent to 803 persons, per; house for the whole Dominion V..'. ... .;., . , •' ,--, [ The committee of the Scottish Society have • .had a proposal under oonslderatdon to offej- to the Hon. T. Mackenzie, Prime Miriister, a complimentary , breakfast on the morning of his arrival m Gisborne, as a token of welcome and congratulation, on the fact of a fellow Scot being raised 'to the position of head of the ' Government of New Zealand 1 . All Scotsmen who desire to be present are requested! to kindly intimate the fact to Mr Johnston (Johnston and Smith) within the next few days. In reporting a .great fall of earth on Sunday on the riverside' at Mangaweka, the Settler says :* So great was the fall that it caused a blockage of the river, which was m heavy flood at the time. The river immediately rose to a height, of between fifty and sixty feet, /eventu-' ally cutting a new channel fdr itself through the huge blocks of papa...- An estimate made by a. reliable authority, worked out at 140,000 square yards, which means a fall of earth equal to the enormous weight of 280,000 tons. In his report of the year's work m the Marlborough schools, Mr Strachan said : — "American novel-reading is becoming more and more prevalent m New Zealand, aid the result on the language is beginning to be visible m the frequent use of such Americanisms as ''belonging there," the use pf 'like' as a conjunction, and even such expressions as 'where did you used to see these' may be found m otherwise good writers. Inasmuch as English? is a living, growing, developing language, it Will become a problem of -the near future how far it may be permissable tip, accept contributions from the great A^nglo-Saxon-Celtic-Latin-Negro rape, of tjie West — how far it may be wise, to neglect these idioms if we wish to preserve m close relation to each other the great nations that use oui" speech." A favorable impression has been made by the city of Auckland up6n a Christcnurch visitor, who has conveyed his sentiments m writing to the Mayor of Auckland (Mr C. J. Parr), tempering his remarks with some judicious criticism. "Your streets are good," he writes, "your train, traffic is immense. Your Art Gallery is good, but your Museum could.be improved upon. Youir leading room is rather dull, and not the Best arranged. The gardens of Auckland, and Albert Park, are simply delightful, whilst the Domain is an .excellent 'lung* of the city. Your hospital it well situated. There seems to be a little jealousy between our city and yours," adds the Christchurch visitor, "but I think you are going the. solid ■*ay to business m the making of your streets." A eulogistic reference to the climate of Auckland concludes the correspondent's reference to the city. i A new type of internal combustion Engine was on view and seen working At Anderson's foundry, Lytteltonj . on Saturday afternoon. It is the invention qf Mr H. V. Johansen/ of Auckland, and is quite; a new departure from the qrdinary type. In the latter the impulse explosion takes place on one side of the piston only; m Mr Johansen's engine each side of the piston receives an explosion. The effect -really is to make one cylinder do ,the work of two, and so to increase largely the horsepower of a certain size of cylinder. The engine , tested on Saturday had. a < fiveinch cylinder -with a' six : inch stroke, <*nd developed 12£ horse-power running at 45P revolutions. One of the problems of the ' new invention was to ' pre- r vent the piston head and rod from overheating, ..thus leading to pre-igiiition, apd this has been ingeniously solved by a device , by, which water . is., kept, circulating through the piston and rod. The engine works on unusually high compression, which economises fuel and increases efficiency. '. y, „.,'. ->. Speaking at a dinner given at, Waimate by Mr Norton Francis (retiring Mayor) to the borough councillors, the Hon. T. Buxton referred to the political situation. He said that personally he desired , to .forget the 'Ward versus Massey element m Parliamentary life. He would, rather- : B9e all ithe peoplfe'^.re-' preseritatives working. • together solidly; for the good of the country. There was little between the Liberal and ' the Reform parties, ;but one thing.'' that was clamant m this • country was the question of land settlement.- He was 'not for making bargains with any or all of the odd men of the House with a view to retaining the Treasury benches, but he preferred laying down a policy by the present Ministry and standing or falling by that policy^ They only asked meanwhile for &< chance , to prove themselves. Mr Frank Smith, M.P., said the party that Would earn the thanks of this country would be a party that would, resolutely face and solvje. the problem of labor supply and^ conditions—^not by truckling to the workers, but by courageously meeting trouble. A Greymouth message states.: There is an extraordinary dcinand for coal, which the West Coast mines are quite unable to supply. So keen is the demand that it is stated by those m a position to know that the whole of the output of certain mines for the next five weeks has been purchased m advance. The position is so acute that coal companies and contractors are at their wits' end to arrange for supplies. The Blackball, State, and .) Brunner mines are working at high pressure, but. unfortunately thfe Paparoa mine is lying idle, waiting for some reconstruc(mh movemerft. There is a feeling at Faparoa that if the coriipany does not go on with the working of the mine, the Government should enforce the compulsory clauses and develop the ihlpe. During ihe hearing of the Singer conspiracy charge,, F. D. Brown made a statement that he came to Australia for the Singer Company m 1893. The business was then not paying. Under his management it had increased,, till now the returns to New York were £300, C00 a year. He had- sold nearly £5,000,00 C worth of machines, and the. net profit to the manufacturers had been £1,00Q,-----000. Hiß overdraft had been incurred largely when ,he Iliad been travelling on the coinpariy's service, and he felt sure that if, he could-Jiave had a chance of explaining the affair to New York there would have been no trouble. If you have never worn a Warner's, you have never known what genuine corset comfort is. Try one I— CksHorn* Draper*. •

Heavy supplies of flowers are being sent to Wellington for sale from Te Puke, near Auckland, cosmeas and violete being m greatest demand. As evidencing the great increase m dairying returns m Taranaki for the present season, seven factories for one month show an increase m payments of £2650. Taranaki dairy farmers are practically assured of a record year. During Thursday night Or early on Friday (says the New Zealand Times, £23, 26 dollars, a gold watch and chain, a gold ring, four suits of clothes, and a portmanteau were stolen from the Aorangi, then lying at the Queen's wharf. In the grain districts of Otago the birds are evidently a great nuisance, as at a recent meeting of the Waitaki County Council a motion Was brought forward to have a main. . appointed, ih the different ridings of the county, for the purpose of destroying small birds. Captain Andrews visited Waimate last week with .the intention of -selecting two cadets to go to Canada, but at drill the cadets behaved very badly, putting out the gas at the Drill Hall and throwing stones at the building, and he felt that he could iw>t recommend any one of them, j