HERE AND THERE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LX, Issue 9346, 17 April 1909, Page 7

HERE AND THERE.

The New Zealand headquarters of tho Mormous are situated in Upper Qneou-streot, Aucklaud. The build-

ings have been constructed only re-

ceutly at a cost, of between £:3000 aud the mouey coming from Salt City. An exchange records that the church has also purchased 130 acres of land iv Hawke's Bay for tho purpose of founding a school for Maori boys, who will bo taught agriculture iv all its branches, carpentry, brick aud stoue-layiug, blaeksniithiug, aud other trades. At a recent, conference held near trlnutly, forty-live eiders wore present, au,d live hundred Maoris, it is quite evident Monnouism has a strong hold ou the Natives in the North. Mr Wild states that tho flesh of the Mauchuriau pouies which was eaten on tho great southern journey was by no means uupalatable. It certainly was uot tender, but that virtue could scarcely be expected, seeing that the ponies had loug since arrived at the age of dtscrotiou, their average age being 11 years. The men who were on the Morjiug agree that the hardships encountered on theNimrod overshadowed anything

ttiat previous expeditionary parties had to face. The sledging work was «nado exceedingly difficult by the, fall )f snow; the men hail to "lift thoir feet like young horses," aud it made their legs very tired. The Moruiug sledgiug wus done ou solid ico, and was comparatively easy ou the men. The boating was also' much more, diilioult rhau'ou previous expeditious. The weather was rough, aud tho water froze on the niou's olotbos as soon as it struck them. A chemical company has devised a grenade or glass receptacle, compound, as a means for making it impossible for burglars to rob a safe after breaking it open. It is an inoffensive looking article, about two inches in diameter, and live inches long. Irside the exterior tube are seveu smaller ones each titled with a different chemical. When tho door of the safe is blown open or the safe is jarred heavily the grenade explodes and the air is"filled with the deadly fnines. It is claimed that these fames, which, .so far as effect is concerned, are not unlike the gases from the Chinese "stinkpots, ■' are powerful enough to make breathing impossible, and so force all persons near the safe to retreat or be almost instantly suffocated. The « grenades are mad? with a lasting effect of from six to ten hours, depending upon size, and are placed ,iusc at the back of the locking mechanism of the safe doors. The Of;mo Daily Times learns that the burial ground of those wiio losttheir live-; in the wreck of the Taiaroo ou 1-,' th April. is suffering from neglect. It i? on part of Woodbank Station, near Kaikoura. and it is suggested that- one large memorial stone should be set up. aud that the little cemetery should bo fenced in. The Daily Mail instances a remarkable wedding that has taken place at Maramaros. in Huugary. The bridegroom. Elijah Leb. was !>S years old, aud appeared for the sixth time in that capacity; while the bride. Neelite A'ogell, who is ii-2. has buried four husbands. The household will surely be unrivalled for variety of conjugal reminiscence. Though some of the men aud women who have been discharged from the salivation Army Inebriates' Home at Bell's Island, after a twelve months' sojourn there, have asiaiu relapsed into'their former habits, and have made .several appearances before the Police Court for" drunkenness, there have, been others upon whom the enforced _tfc-..absteutiou from drink has had the effect. One of these has written a letter to Mr C.C. Kettle, S.M.. iv which lie testifies to the success of the treatment he had received. ■'Having returned from the island, where I was sent on account of my drinking habits," he writes, "I beg to state that now, being at liberty for some time. I have not touched drink, anil I feel sure that my being sent therf lias done me a great amount of good. lam now in better health than I have been for years past, aud have entirely lost auy inclination to drink attain. "'