NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13492, 11 June 1914, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

An Invercargiil Press Association telegram states that for the theft of. a quantity of potatoes, John Welsh, with twenty-five previous convictions, was sentenced to twelve months' hard la-, bour by Mr Hutchinson, S.M. A free demonstration which, it is said, will show the simplicity of the "Ideal Home" dress-cutting system, I will be given by Miss Lusher in the Anglican Sunday school, Motueka, on Saturday afternoon. A meeting of householders in the Pangatotora and Collingwood school districts will be held on Monday evening, for the purpose of electing .school committees. The meetings will commence, at 8 p.m. A young woman named Ellen Hawthorne was charged at Wellington yes--' terday morning with committing bigamy by marrying George Lake in November, 1913, at Ohristchurch, when she was already married. She was remanded for a week. Bail was fixed at £20, states a Press Association' telegram. , Tramping street after street tires even the postman. But a cup of Camp Coffee between deliveries keeps him going. A spoonful of Camp, a cup of hot water, and the best of all coffee is ready. .

A Reefton Press Association telegram states that a married woman, Mrs Leishman, is. missing. She left a noto stating that she intended to make away with herself. Search parties are out. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that James Watson, alias Faulkner, was charged at tho Magistrate's Court yesterday with lhi> theft, of i(H) eardrop pendants, the property of Fritz Larsen, Auckland, valued at £100. The alleged theft took place on tho 23rd'April, 191 L. Accused was remanded till to-morrow. A skull of the opaki, tho peculiar animal which somewhat resembles a . giraffe, though much shorter in * neck and legs, discovered by Sir Harry Johnston in the Senliki forest in Uganda, has been added to the collection of the Canterbury Museum (states the Christchurch. ."Sun"). Dr. Swanston, of Tirau, ran out of benzine when motoring about three miles from the township on Monday evening (reports the "Auckland Star"), and sent back for some. When it arrived and was being put /into the car, a lamp was held too near, with, the result that the oil caught fire, and the car was destroyed. "The bottom has not fallen out. of Taranaki land," said an auctioneer at a land sale in Hawera on Saturday. He added that lie believed "it woula yet go up to £100 per acre. The search for the missing mail bags which were lost from the TaranakiPalmenston train is proceeding, but so far fruitlessly. The Halcombe bag contained £153. In connection with the bag for Turakina, claims have been lodged totalling £50.—"Dominion." \ Some time ago a<? Taihape farmer purchased a line of ewes for 3s per head. Subsequently the wool from these ewes was sold at a good price, and the lambs realised approximately. 16s per head. It was estimated that in two seasons the ewes yielded' a revenue equal to about six times the amount of the purchase money. A week ago the ewes were put in the saleyards and realised 16s 8d per head.

The Christchurch "Sun" says :—|.'No man is ever so unlucky as he thinks himself. Some days ago a man was arrested for a minor offence. At the cells they discovered he wa® suffering from a poisoned finger, which had b**<-n neglected enfireLy. His whole arm was in danger. Tho police-saw-that he received medical attention. Two lingers were amputated, and to-day the .'ran can rejoice in the knowledge that Jiis original fault saved Jiirn his arm, if not -his life."

The first meoting of the Board of Agriculture will be held to-day, when the Prime Minister will preside. The purpose of the meeting at ■ Wellington to-day will be to enable members to map out their own operations, as a board, in the immediate future. The board, it is believed, will be a very useful body. Its functions are purely advisory, and its decisions will be in the nature of recommendations to the Minister of Agriculture.; Very wide powers of investigation are conferred upon the board in regard to a^ sorts of questions affecting the improvement and development of agriculture, using that word in its widest . sense. One question which will no doubt command the early attention of the new wody -and'form the subject of a report to the Minister of Agriculture is that of establishing an agricultural college or colleges, says the "Dominion." •

At the annual meeting of the Noteon Bowling.Club, held last evening, feeling reference was made by the retiring president (Mr Geo. Hogg) to. the distressing circumstances attendant upon the disappearance of Mr J;. A. W. Dickson, a prominent and much-respected member of the cjub, and on his motion a vote was passed sympathising with the relatives in the trouble: that had come upon them. At a lateri"stage-: of the meeting it was resolved'tfcli&t though individual members of the. club had taken part in the search for ,Mr! Diekson, concerted action should:b.e taken, and it was arranged that all members of the club who are able to assist in the search should assemble at the club-house at one o'clock on Saturday for the- purpose of dividing, into sections, each section to prosecute -ft: search over a defined area, to be allocated by the special committee set up for the purpose. The special commtitee consists of the president, vice-presi-dent, secretary and treasurer, and their arrangements will be made after consultation with those who have been actively engaged in the work of searching.

Indulging in a little friendly criticism of the Government's naval policy, Sir James Carroll at Makauri last Friday said: "I thought we should get a more candid statement from the Government as to what they really intend to build, and what they'will cost; how many ships a year, and their effective ness. At the outset it seemed that w e were to be carried away by a bold stroke of genius in the mighty conception of a local navy for our own. waters, for tho protection of our trade and commerce on the high seas, and for the security of the universal peace of tho world. It is only at very long intervals in the history of the world that we get these flashes from master minds. So we might congratulate ourselves in that respect as being specially f avoided. But, talking seriously what use would this navy be? No. We cannot get away from the fact that we must look to the great British Navy for years and years to come for our protection and our shield against danger. If that navy suffered at the hands of an enemy, no matter in what waters, Australia would go, New Zealand would go, and the Pacific would be in trouble."

Real Skin Black Coats, in Pony Skin, Caracul, and Coney Seal at Trathen's to-morrow, at wholesale prices. These are exclusive coats, and can rarely be secured in Nelson, and never before or again at wholesale prices. See window display.—Trathen.*

■ At a Stratford meeting yesterday it was'decided to form a farmers' meat freezing company with a capital of £100,000. The question of site has not been finally settled., states a Press Association telegram. That there is every reason for precaution against the introduction" otr plague by vessels arriving from the East is emphasised by the announcement that there were'lsoo fatal cases; of plague in Java in April. .. There are at present 1,000 carpenters on strike in Western Australia, and at Perth recently delegates from both parties to.the dispute met with Bishop Riley (as chairman), Monsignor Verlmg, and l?ev. T. Allen, representing the Committee of the Churches. Each of the parties is desirous of a settlement. A basis of settlement was sent forward for consideration by the employers and employees.

An incident Recalling Foe's weird tale "The Murder in the Rue Morgue," is reported by the Paris police. An •"Agent," who was ' looking after a house in the Hue de Berrie during the absence of the tenant discovered that a window pane had been smashed. At the same, time he noticed a shadow in one of the rooms. Thinking that a burglar had -entered the building, he sent his dog to capture the supposed man. An extraordinary noise was then heard from the room, and it was soon discovered that the "burglar" was really an escaped chimpanzee The animal had done £100 worth of damage.

Rastus was sorely wounded. From his face gore flowed in rivulets, and in the outer covering of his .substantail head there were' sundry gashes and openings. He had been the victim of a brutal assault. The physician who treated him for the wounds was sympathetic. "Great heavens!'* he said. "Somebody has- beaten you up in a terrific manner. You must have been hit at least nine or ten times." "Dat ain't no joke." said Rastus, who was still trembling. "I don't believe I wuz able to git out ob de way. Ob anything dat wuz throwed at me." "Then you ought to learn a lesson from it," suggested tb; doctor. "Hereafter, you ought to stay far away from people who indulge in ii'sis sort of thing." "Dar ain't no chance," Rastus objected gloomily. "Tou know, boss, 1 ain't got de price of no divo'ce."

The. old chapel where Defoe is supposed to have worshipp; i at Tooting has been converted- into a billiard •saloon. There have, bern many changes in "old South London places of worship of recent years. 'i iie Sutherland Chapel, in Walworth Itoad, was the first such place to be vorned into a picture palace, and soon afterwards the famous Hanover Park Chapel at Peckham went the same way. Row r land Hill's old chapel in Blackfriars Road is now the headquarters of London boxing, and also has periodical picture shows. An old Baptist chapel in Clapham is now a post office. Nonconformist places of worship especially suffer by reason of movement of population. As the people move further out of London the chapels lose their congregation, and without the aid of wealthy supporters they are unable to keep open.

The "War Cry" devotes a leading article in the current issue to a criticism of the School Journal. The Salvation Army's official gazette says that "the public have been shocked to learn that while the School Journal has devoted several pages to a lesson on an Oriental mythical god and to Mahommedanism, the printing of the Ten Commandments of the Beatitudes or St. Paul's chapter on charity is rigorously excluded. * . . Parents are not asking for the dogmatic theology into the schools, nor into the literary texture of the School Journal. What, however, they. emphatically demand is the expunction of such features, as those-to -which we direct attention, and the substitution of those exalting, and purifying spiritual influenced which have ennobled so many civilisations, and wh^ch bear upon them tlie impress of the Most High. . .It is a time loi- action, not for apathy, and should the responsible authorities continue to close their eyes to the existing state of things, then public opinion will intervene and put a period to an undoubted scandal."

Arrangements are being made for the fourth stab-division of Tasman, which is now known throughout the length, and breadth of. the Dominion as the leading apple-growing' settlement. The remarkable; wood and frmt bud growth in the numerous and extensive orchards at Tasman prove the adaptability of the land for producing ideal trees, which it is now known, will bear fruit unsurpassed for quality and quantity. Intending purchasers would be well advised to inspect the new subdivision before purchasing elsewhere. Further information may be had on application to Mr. Arthur McKee, Pitt and Moore's Buildings, Trafalgar street, Nelson.*