THE NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.

Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10658, 5 March 1903, Page 4

THE NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.

Chief Inspector Dinnie, of the Criminal Investigation Department, Scotland Yard, who has been appointed Commissioner of Police for New Zealand in succession to Mr Tunbridge (resigned), joined the department some twenty years ago as cltjrk of' the executive branch. In 1879 he was transferred to the telegraph department, and a year later took up the position of detective clerk. By sheer hard work and merit he worked his way to the front, and for the past twelve years he hats given special attention to bank-note forgeries. Only recently Mr Dinnie re-* turned to London from Capetown in company with Detective Inspector Davidson, bringing back Hyman Bernstein, a brother of Philip Bernstein, who had been previously sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude for the forgery of Bank of England notes. In this offence it was alleged Hyman Bernstein was implicated, and he was arrested before landing at the Cape, whither he had absconded from London, taking with him forged notes to the value of many thousands of pounds. As a result of Mr Dinnie's investigations, about twenty persons, all Bussian Jews, implicated in the forgeries, have been sect to penal servitude. Mr Dinnie is about fifty years of age, and on retiring from the detective service he will be entitled to a substantial pension. i "____

A man has been fined in Victoria for sending iblasphemoua circulars to clergymen. ; . ■■" '.•-■■ :■■■■■ ~l?o intoxicating liquors are to be sold on the ground at the Friendly " Societies' Demonstration on Easter Monday, at Sydj ney. ; : T .-■ ..- . ■>. Mr Andrew Carnegie has bought for £45.000 the old mansion house of? £itten crieff, .a^ioining Li* native tpj?n]pf^un-| fermiicp^ together..^- , yit^i the beautijbl pa^den's and roman tip ,g}en fprJnjingpatVof ; tbe estate, " ---.-•■ • >

NEW^ ITEMS. . it is not generally known that MlT. G. Macarchy. of Wellington, is cousin to Justin Macarchy, M.P., historian, drama tistjand novelist. ! Feilding is agitating for tno erection of commodious shimming baths. „ A member of ,the Weistland County Council referred to hrfi friend across the table as a "bouncing, bounding; blatant bandit. " An eittaordinary gases" #f\ gonAnam^ pulism occurred %h Aflelaide the ©thir night. A residenfe'of a southern suburb, who m^ to NortE Adelaide, and who is addicted to slee^walkjnig,. le^t his io> (l home dijMiag the night, and talked ifi Ipaffias Barefdoted Id his old residence, a distance of between four and five miles, before awaking. BY St BOIAt ;A?POiNT;MENT . . Pear's Soap, makers to Her Majesiy the A young Parisian girl, named Antoinette Saniir, disappointed in love, has just selected, one of the niosi horrible forms of suicide .£ve"r attempted,. Jfakrng a large lairip glass, sti'o pounded it into minute fragments, which she swallowed in a tumbler of water. Her dying agonies were frightful to witaess. As the result of a series of experiments, the Ghicago Boa.td of Health has endorsed the recent announcement of Dr Fergusdn; of London; its tb lemon juicd bejng dead j tb inegetoiß of typhoid feVer. The use of lemon juice on o, sters is also recommended as apreventative of typhoid. V A S fteV. t'elegrani, published" yii thfe London "Express;" states that thirty inches of human skin were successfully grafted on the. arm* of Miss. Theresa Delchanty, of ; l qUs'e. Miss bcltihanty was recently badly, burned in a fire, and the operation was decided upon as the only s means of saving her ari». A request for applicants to supply the skin was met by many answers', and a young hian of, Troy, New York, who was in perfect health, was selected. He sold the thirty inches of skin from his body for j6o. WAGE'S WORM FIGS the won ierful worm wonicrs— are always e3ective Is- boxes everywhere. ' t Those^wnb are 5 asftirigi-and trying to answer the question; "Why &re the churches empty?" will be interested to learn how the problem is solved in the Kentish village bi Huntpn. There the toilers and moilers are enticed to church, just as readers are attracted to some serials by a competition for pecuniary rewards. By the will of Bishop Portens, the interest on certain Consols was to be divided annually amongst six poor cottagers at Hunter who attended divine service the most regularly. The ' * Kent Messenger' ! states that the competition getslnore kefen every year, in fact it pays verj well to attend^ the remuneration coming out at nearly Is per seTvice'j or rather over Is 9d pßr Sunday; This year the sum of JS27 iOs waj distributed among six villagers* twc of whom were widows. ; Worms undermine Children's Con stitutions Use WADE'S WOUfi! FIGS, Is. boxesAccording to the Hawera "Star;' ; Madame Melba heard Miss Katii t/onnell sing at Wanganui, and ex pressed the opinion that she has i fine voice and possibilities of a grea future. It is estimated that the new Cool gardie water scheme is saving thi mines on the Kalgoorlie field £200 j day. JUbGE SLOWLY. It is not always an easy matter t( judge correctly of the quality o things. Less than one in a thousanc of us is capable of accurately esti mating the worth of a picture; noi more than one in a hundred th< quality of a horse. In general, judg ments rapidly made are of smal value. ' ' Did you ever notice, ' ' re cently inquired a visitor to an Eng lish University town of his companion, as they sat together on i verandah, "that queer-looking ole fellow with the idiotic face, turnedup coat collar, and boots seven sizes too lage, who passes here every morning at eleven?" "Many a time," replied the other, "He is Profeasoi of Comparative Grammar to the University of ■, and speaks fourteen modern languages, to say nothing oi his mastery of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew,." The incident will serve to show the futility of superficial judgment. Many judgments which pass unchallenged are none the less deplorably wrong, more especially in matters which require a practical test. Who can say positively whether a certain medicin© has the power to cure gome particular malady or not without giving it a trial? I When the friend of Mr Michael Fitzpartick, of 66, Forbes Street, | Woolloomooloo, Sydney, N.S.W., adivised him to take Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup for the cure of indigestion, he backed his advice with some excellent reasons — excellent because his judgment oi that remedy was based upon actual "experience oi its merit;. Says Mr Fitzpatrick in a letter written 00 the 20th June, 1902 r— "For many years I suffered terribly from indigestion and biliousness, and spent pounds and pounds on doctors' medicines and so-called cures : but without avail. In those days I had no appetite, and the little food I ate turned sour on my stomach, causing severe attacks of heartburn. I'was also troubled with pains in the chest, violent headaches and habitual constipation. In fact, at one time or other I suffered from most of the sypmtoms which characterise a sluggish liver and impared digestion. My worst affliction, however, was a total inability to obtain sufficient sleep. I would go to bed worn-out and sleepy, but as soon as my head touched the pillow my brain ■ would become unnaturally active, and I would think of every kind of subject, and roll and toss between . the sheets, listening to the Fish Marke Clock as it chimed hour after hour, until all my nerves were in a quiver. Then I would rise and walk the floor, backwards and forwards, the greater portion of the night. For years I had been in this wretched state yhen one day a friend fortunately called to see me. I was trying the hot water cure at the time, and was just in the act of drinking a cupful of steaming liquid. He asked me what I was taking it for. I described my; troubles to him, and in" reply to a further question informed him that I had not, so far, gaiiied any relief from the hot-water treatment. He advised me to abandon it and try Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup instead. -He gave me such excellent reasons for doing so that I accepted his advice — advice which, I am thankful to say, has had the very best of results. After taking only one small bottle I felt very much better. As I continued to take the Syrup, so did I ■continue to improve in health, and in less than two months my cure was accomplished. That was three years ago, and I have remained in geod health ever since, which proves conclusively that it is not mere passing; relief that Mother Siegel's. Curative Syrup affords to sufferers from indigestionj^but permanent cure. Now I jam careful never to be without a bottle of the Sryup on hand, as I .take a dose occasionally to counteract the ill effects of my sedentary ocjcupation — for I am a bootmaker by trade---and for this purpose { find it acts like a charm. " X"