NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13566, 6 November 1912, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Tho first potato planter which, it is understood, has been employed in Southland is to be seen on the'farm of Mr Hugh Hunter, of Longbush, who intends to put in a large crop this season with tho machine.

Tho annual meeting of the Wakapuaka Defence Rifle. Club will bo held in tho Hillside schoolroom this evening.

The annual flower show etc., in connection with the Holy Trinity Church will be held at the Oddfellows' Hall, Richmond, to-day and to-morrow.

Mr. .Voro Bogle, aged 53, a widower, formerly of Nelson, was found at the bottom of a cM: 33 feet high on Milton road. Napier, Saturday morning, with his neck broken. It is believed deceased foil over whilst on his way homo tho previous night at 9 o'clock. He was a painter by trade.

Tho City Council is now receiving money on fixed deposit in sums of not less than £50 or more than £2000 at rates of interest which are advertised.

A sale of work will bo opened in the Wood Sunday school at three o'clock this afternoon by His Lordship Bishop Sadlier. In addition to the various stalls there will bo a number of competitions, entries-for'-which will be received between noon and 2 p.m. to-day, and afternoon tea will be procurable. There wiii bo a concert in the evening.

A Grey mouth wire states that John Christian, master mariner, who commanded the Kotuku when she was wrecked at Greymouth, was charged at the Magistrate's Court yesterday with attempting to commit suicid© by taking lysol. It was stated that defendant had recovered as the result of treatment at tho hospital, and that his friends were prepared to pay the medical costs and to get him a.vessel. The magistrate entered a conviction and; accused was discharged.

A meeting of Hamilton business men on Monday night decided' to form a Motor Transport Company with a capital of £5000, to institute a motor 'bus service between Hamilton and Frankton, a distance of a mile, so as to brine Hamilton within easier touch with the Main Trunk passungers.

At Dunedin yesterday morning Hannah Lang, wife of the custodian of the 1 rineess Theatre, attempted to commit suicide by cutting her throat. She was removed to the hosnital.

A splendid return for four week's operations from the New Big River mine the gold closely approaching in valwe £4000, gay© rise to •speculations in some quarters that the dividend for tlie month would exceed a shilling per share. The directors, however, decided t<>: declare a shilling'dividend, carrying forward a substantial amount to meet the cost.of machinery and underground development, the total cost of which building up a strong reserve fund this large expenditure can be defrayed, and at the same time admit of the usual monthly dividend be^ig distributed among shareholders.

A settler at Tongoj)orutu whilst digging the other day unearthed a piece of timber splendidly carved in ancient Maori figures. Judging by its appearance and the depth at which it was discovered it must (says a contemporary) have been carved over a hundred rears ago.