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Waikato Argus, Volume XXIV, Issue 3689, 23 January 1908, Page 2

Captain Edwin telegraphs:—Westerly moderate to strong winds; glass fall.

Yesterday afternoon, at the Hamilt- n Baptist" Church, Mrs Hinton addressed a large gathering of ladies on mission work among the women of India. Tonight the Rev. W. 11. Hinton will speak on "Life in the Native States of India."

A Manaia resident, who had recently occasion to repair a ceiling, took npr less than eight and a half sacks of birds' nests from between the roof and the ceiling. The building had been the nestling place for starlings for several years.

The news of the death of Mr James Reid, owner of Motutapu Island, which took place on Tuesday morning at three o'clock, will create widespread regret in Auckland. The deceased gentleman was taken ill about Christmas time, and succumbed to his ailment at his home after having visited the city to consult his medical adviser some time pn >'.' to this.

At Morrinsville 'tomonow the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company will offer 300 head of well bred csttle, 330 fat ewes and wethers: 200 2, 4, and 6 tooth ewe?, 1000 full mouth ewes, and,Soo lambs off rape. At Te Rapa on Saturday they hold a clearing sale on behalf of Mr W. G. Signal, where they will offer 10 dairy cows, horses, implements, etc. Among the areas acquired by the Government for ac-cnic purposes recently are three acres, including the major portion of the Waitomo Caves, for which the native owners claimed £IOOO compensation, and for which the Court awarded the sum of £O7O. One acre was acquired by the Government about six years ago for £25, but as this was found to be insufficient the increased area was taken over.

Some Sambur deer obtained by the Tourist Department from New Caledonia were liberated at Galatea, in the Rotorua district. The Sambur (Cervus aristotelis) is a native of the jungle of India, Burma, and China, 'it stands about sft high, and is of a dark brown colour, with rounded antlers, and belongs to that class of deer known as rusine. In its native country it is a favourite quarry of the hunter, affording capital sport. Should it take kindly to its new habitat and multiply, the thermal district will in a few years be able to present l|o the visitor the opportunity of stakling one of the finest deer in the world.

The medals provided by the Government for presentation to all school children to mark the raising of the status of New Zealand to a Dominion will be presented to the scholars when the school work is remsumed in the beginning of next month. It is stated that 170,000 medals have been ordered, a Dunedin firm having the contract in hand. The medal, which will be of magnalium, will be about the size of a florin. On one side it is indicated that New Zealand was proclaimed a Dominion on September 26, 1907, and on the opposite side King Edward's portrait is given, surrounded by the British and New Zealand ensigns, with the inscription: "God Save the King, Edward VII., of thoJ3ritish Dominion, King." v

Clearly the Socialistic idea of the New Zealand Utopia is to make it a paradise for the drunkard, the vagabond, the loafer, who are to be kept in luxury by the hard working portion of the community. Many of our readers will no doubt say that the resolutions of the Political Labour League are too absurd for serious consideration, and deserve only to be laughed at. Let them bear in mind, however, that a very serious attempt is being made by the socialists to carry their candidates at the next general election. Those who are opposed to Socialism will make a great mistake if they treat it too lightly, and only wake up to what it really means when the country is folded in its deadly grasp.—Christchurch Press.

The pea rifle nuisance is again complained of in Wanganui, this time on the industrial school estate, says the Wanganui Herald. The latest feat lias been the shooting of two horses. Fortunately, one was noL seriously hurt, but the other received a wound in the upper part of the foreleg over an inch deep, and its owner will be put to considerable loss and inconvenience before it is able to work again. Only a day or two ago a party of boys were seen roaming over the estate with a pea rifle and revolver in their possession and one can easily conceive of the danger from stray shots. It is probably little use impressing the seriousness of such things on the boy mind, but the parents of these lads might do well to remember that it is illegal for boys under 16 to have pea rides or ammunition for the same in their possession. In the case of boys over that

age, it might be as well to bear in mind that if any damage is sheeted homo to them that parents will have to pay for it. A letter written by Mr Archie Holmes, late of Wairarapa and now living at Vancouver, is published in the Wairarapa Daily Times. In the course of some interesting observations Mr Holmes says:—! am firmly of the opinion that it would pay the New Zealand Government to have a biueau here, for enquiries concerning the Australasian colonise are numerous, and many people who arc in ignorance of the special advantages of New Zealand proceed to Australia instead of to New Zealand. New Zealand is submerged in Australia, in the minds of some people. Even during the short time I have been here I have directed the footsteps of several towards New Zealand. In my opinion more trade should be done betweeen this part of Canada and New Zealand than at present, *and there should be a direct passenger and cargo service between New Zealand and' Canada. I can assure you that the quartette of which I am a member will return to New Zealand ere many years have passed. We have all been found good positions; I am starting newspaper work this week; but "there's no place like home." It is only by travelling abroad that a New Zealander learns to appreciate the good work accomplished by the New Zealand Government, and it makes one proud of being a native of what I believe to be the finest country on God's earth.

Whilst Mr J. K. Logan, superintendent of Telegraphs, was visiting America he had a new telegraph printing instrument brought under his notice, and recommended to the New Zealand Telegraph Department that a number of the instruments should be procured, The necessary authority has been given, and the instruments ordered says the Post, but owing to the demand being greater than the supply it will be some time before the instruments arrived in New Zealand. It is expected that by the use of the telegraph printing machine great saving of time and expense will be effected. - -

The whole of Mr G. W. Sare's furniture, etc., will be offered for sale without reserve at his residence, "Haeata," on Friday, 31st, by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. A full list is advertised. The To Awamutu :M<ig'strata's Court returns for the year abow that 58 plaints were filed, the sum sued for being £651 Is Bd, and amount recovered through the Court channels £192 15s. There were 33 civil actions, and 126 criminal. The civil fees paid were £29 9s, and the criminal fees £94 18s; total, £l2l 7s.

The young man named James Sargeant, charged at the Te Awamutu Court on Tuesday with horse-steal-ing, was further charged by Constable Lander with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Edward Cox and stealing jewellery to the value of £l7. Prisoner was also charged with breaking and entering into the Waipa Brewery Company's premises. Sargeant was committed for trial on both offences.

In connection with the appointment of a second magistrate to cope with the work in the Waikato and KingCountry, the various courts have now been allocated as follows:—Mr H. W. Northcroft, S.M., will take the Courts at Onebunga, Otahuhu, Papakura, Pukekohe, Waiuku, Huntly, Raglan, Mercer, and Ngaruawahia. Mr Cutten will preside over the courts at Hamilton (his headquarters), Cambridge, Rotorua, Taupo, Te Awamutu, Otorohanga, Te Kuiti, Taumarunui, and Kawhia.

A woman 83 years old, who successfully masqueraded as a man for more than 60 years, has died in the municipal hospital at Trinidad, Colorado. Her real name was Katherine • Vosbaugh, she was born in France, and emigrated to America at the age of 18. She found it diffi cult to get employment, and adopted male attire, and became a clerk at Joplin, Missouri. She proposer! marriage to a girl. Vosbaugh revealed her sex at the time or the proposal, and exacted an oath from the girl that she would never betray her. The "marriage" actually took place, but Vosbaugh's "wife" deserted i er soon

after.. Vosbaugh went to Colorado, and worked for many years as a shepherd and cowboy. For the past 20 years she had been employed as a messenger at Trinidad.

An Imperial and Colonial Club and Overseas' Union has been formed in London for the extension of good feeling and a cordial understanding between Great Britain and her colonies; for the entertainment of colonials visiting London, for the recepiton of foreign ambassadors, ministers, and rulers in London on business affecting the colonics, and generally for promoting the interests of Britain's oversea dominions. The club, which has been established in the late Baroness Coutt's premises in Piccadilly, is provided with the usual club accommodation, in addition to 50 bedrooms. A limited number of life memberships at £lO 10s are to be reserved in the New Zealand section, the ordinary annual subscripton being £5 ss. If absent from England, a subscriber will be allowed to nominate two visitors from the colonies in his or her place.