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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 121, 15 October 1914, Page 4

A shocking accident befel a young man named Frank Eae, while engaged in felling bush at a station at Mangatu, Pov- [ erty Bay. An overhead vine caught the axe while Rao was in the act of makin" a blow, and deflected the stroke. The lull force of the blow struck the youii" man on the cheek, inflicting a terrible Hash. After fainting several times from loss of Wood, Rae, with heroic fortitude rode eighteen miles to Rangitutu, caught tne coach to Pnlm, and went in by train to (.isborne. He was conveyed to a private -hospital, where his injuries were attended to, The wound was of such a nature that it was necessary to put in no fewer than twelve stitches

GOOD NEWS.

The best news received for some time w that the Melbourne, Ltd., has opened out shipments ex Euahine of the following well-known lines: Girls* and women s all-wool, one-ribbed, faney-ribued and plain cashmere stockings at Is per pair; famous 72-inch plain twill, heavy and fine herringbone sheetings at Is per yard; splendid large and heavy white and colored towels, Is each; and an extra laa-ge Blhupment of tie nW K wellknown 18. 9d boots in box calf! willow tilt •&"* kld Wiih *** or «*>«< i fronts. These goods may be now obtainluU /" T fIVO Taranitfei but intending buyers are, urged to make }Z- pu ??* m quickl y owiii s * 0 «* o«*un deliveries fnbm- He** maffinfac-

Tho Park Lawn Tunnis and Croquet Club opens the Season this afternoon. Is is reported that the Fred Niblo and "Argyle Case" provincial tours in NewZealand cost J. C. Williamson, Ltd., just on £2OOO. This result was due to the war.

According to the Kelson Evening Mail, the Golden Bay Cement Company, at Tarakolie, on Friday last ceased operations for a time, owing to the accumulations of cement on hand and the paucity of orders caused by the war conditions.

A .Teimindeir is given of the concert ami dance to-night at the Kgnwmt Koad Hall. Several New Plymouth, well-known performers will take part, and the school children will also assist. The ladies of tlhe district will provide the refreshments, and dancing will take pL.ec after the concert.

News received by a recent mail from America states that, contrary to expectations, the ill-fated Canadian-Pacific liner Empress of Ireland has moved from the spot in the Atlantic where Bhe foundered. It appears that the vessel is righting herself. Strong currents are said to be responsible. The Canadian Government announces that her masts are only 35 feet below the surface at high water.

"Take New Zealand as a whole —as a land of happiness, a land of pb.nty, a land of beauty, a land where om can live comfortably at a reasonable cost, a land offering security of life arid property—New Zealand stands not only unexcelled, but unequalled."—Tribute of a much travelled man of the world, who has jußt returned to Wanganui after a lengthy absence. Comparative tables reveal the gratifying features that New Zealand enjoys the lowest death rate in the world. Last year it was 9.47 per 1000. In England and Wales it was 13.3, in Scotland, 15.3, in Ireland, I<S;5, in Austria 22. On the whole the British Empire is pre-eminent for its care and health of the people, and our Dominion leads, bearing the standard.

An English paper devoted to the men's clothing trade in its issue of September 15, contains the following paragraph:—"lt is significant that for weeks prior to the war declaration Germans pressed hard for delivery of all classes of cloth. These were forwarded with all due haste, and now manufacturers realise they cannot hope ever to receive payment for a big weight of such goods. Tho fact that the goods were pressed for weeks before the declaration of war must not be lost sight of. Scotch manufacturers had booked so heavily on Continental account that some of the mills had been preparing to run day and night."

A motoring feat that called for a little nerve was recently performed by an American motoring enthusiast Who drove his car up the siphon of the Los Angeles aqueduct across Bouquet canon. He made a trip of one mile in good .time and without auiLshap, but It required a steady hand and a cool head tb~ keep" 5,.. '■wrfwt balance astride the big Jribe. A slight swefve~, particularly where a heavily riveted joint il'Ofcs the smooth surface, would" have a tendency to send the machine skidding over rtho side. The trip would not have been so difficult of accomplishment were the couirse of the aqueduct level, but in many place* a grade of 10 per cent, had rtb be negotiated, and it was no simple taste to keep ihe machine on (the excessively crowned roadway. A fall from the top of the huge siphon tube would Slave been disastrous to driver and car.

I An impudent swindle by means of forged telegrams has been worked on several Oamaru fathers from Welling- | ton, where there are many Oamaru boys in various employments, says tho Mail. I The messages sent were of almost identical wording: "Wiro £5 to (addres2) £l-£» c 2; writing explaining [and was signed Don, Joe, ht Whatever the song name igU be , n the {am Z ! \/ mon ? 8t P arent 3so circulated Were Messrs J. Kelly, J. Hart, J. Rosic an',i iKf' a ",f ° ,Do , n . ncll - Messrs Bocie and McDonnell complied, but others appear to have been more circumspect and so escaped. The "agony" messages were sent from several offices, including K.lbirme, Te Aro and Central, the perpetrator calling again for the money i 1 "J 1 "I*o* 1 * 0 * enquiries made in Oamaru, the Wellington police arrested on such an errand James Michael deCourcey an old Oamaru boy, a cabinet-maker and married. ])e Couiwjr was at school with the sons of the victim:., and mav therefore be supposed to be well posted regarding their families. '

Two old boys from Preston Grammar Miool who have joined a territorial company had an exciting adventure with i»n Austrian spy. According to a letter received by the letter of one, thev were [on duty guarding the waterworks of an hng.ish town when an Austrian crept up and seized his companion from behind, holding a pistol to his 'head. The etter goea on: "I prodded him with my fcayonH. AH I expected he turned round dropped his pistol and closed with ne. I tackled low, and we soon had urn Wde combat. . . . We tool . him to the guard room and searched him. He mi three test tubes filled with typhoid germs with which to contaminate the water. It would have affected about 50,000 people. The man was court-martialled and shot."

The Signal Cor,p s of tfce United Sftlc. | unvbu just taken delivery of whmV i s probably I,e m «t powerful „,u„ wireless tQlograjAy outfo „f 4 k The apparatus is mounted «, a. motor ear e.1u, 3519 and can be set up col °, and in operating condition i,i *» J 11 time as 12 minutes. Under {„*„, l, apparatus iHd.ns of up to SCfl mnlea. from points S>KlO miles disb.nl" have myhes the current is driven Ivy fch, sip | motor than propels the vehicle \nt™ ■KM of the umbrella, fey* are us<e,l f „ frrt mtaipht. Simile t.vnes of wirn «fe equipment are in use by the halnnts in the Kuropean war, but 7 0 - tlM(f so large, and powerful a,s the lit(.st American equipment.

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December wifi' bear tao statutory 10 dot cent sutwUsurgß. iMr. James Thorn, Social Democratic candSdalte for tho Faimoroton scat, opened his candidature at Palmereton North last aigh'l.—Press Association.

The Defence Rifle Olul> -(rill this afternoon be having sheeting at tho. Rewa Rewa range, and as manji members as possible axe requested to bo present. The shooting will start at 2 o'clock. On the application of Mr Hughes, tho Supreme Court has granted probate of the will of John Simpson, late of Mangorci, farmer, to the widow, his executrix —Mrs Helen Gibb Simpson. The Mayor, Mr. J. E. Wilson, asks us to make it cloar that ladies arc particularly requeued to attend C..: .rda-y ..f----ternoon's meeting in connection with the relief of the poor !u Great Britain, Ire--1"t", and Belgium. It is hoped that thare will be i iarge attendance. The VVaverley Co-operative Dairy Company has been offered. 6%d for Ithe season's output of cheese.. The company has not accepted the offer.