LOOKING BACK.

Western Star, 15 October 1935, Page 2

LOOKING BACK.

OCTOBER, 1885. (From the "ies of the 'Western Star.') A paltry and malicious theft of a number of tree s from the Catholic Prcabytery garden has been perpetrated within tho last week. Since the departure of the Rev Father Kehoe the place has been unoccupied. Mr J. Dodds, who has been on the Woodlands station fo r the past three years is leaving for Wyndham, where he has taken up a farm. Mr R. S. Patton, fiout Wairaki station, has also left to rake possession of the Junction Hotel, Imercaigill. At a meeting 0 f the Wallace Hospital Board held on Saturday it was decided to take steps to have the hospital appointed a separate institution. Dr Hodgkinson has leased his farm at Fairfax to Mr Meek. The Maid of Otoigo will sail direct from Dunedin on Monday for River ton. ! Major Kitchener reports from Cairo that the fall of Khartoum was not due i to treachery, as alleged, but that the city was' in a state of starvation, caused by the delay of the expedition sent to its relief. A project is now on foot for utilising the Native Indian Army for, Imperial purposes.

Warlike preparations in South Eastern Europe still continue, and the Turkish Government i s massing considerable bodies of troops near Salonica in Roumelia.

Miss. Louise Howell, daughter of Capt. Howell, was married on Wednesday to Mr G 11. Butler, of Thombury. The ceremony was largely attended, and the following bridesmaids were in attendance : Misses Victoria and Blanch Howell (sisters of the Bride), Mary Berndtson, Bessie and Kitty Dickinson, Florence Woodward, Mary and Frances Roskruge, May Durbridge, Nannie Featherstone, and Maida Galloway. At a meeting of the of Southland at Invercargill on Wednesday Mr Carter, missionary, Orepuki, gave a verbal report upon the stat« of the work in his district. The Presbytery decided to urge upon the Church Extension Committee the necessities of the district, and that the amount to assist Churca work be raised to' £25.

Another fire broke out in InvercargiJl on Thursday morning in Dee Street, resulting in the destruction of old premises occupied by Muir (basketmakor), Newsome (bootmaker) and Kung Wan (storekeeper). The total insurances amounted to £3OO. • Mr R. Foster notifies that the Thornbury saleyards will be open to the public every alternate Thursday free. A contract for the new San Francisco mail service has been completed between the Government and the Union S.S. Co, The Zealandia and Australia will be temporarily employed between Sydney, Auckland and Honolulu

Further detail s are to hand-with regard to the recent encounter between the Abyssinian forces under Ras Alowarah and the Haddenowah Arabs which show that the Abyssinians gained a complete victory, carrying' by assault a strongly entrenched position, and killing fully 3000 Arabs, amongst whom wast Osman Digna, whose "Body was "identified after the engagement. The Abyssinians •lost a large number of men. On August Ist three important relics of Burns wer© sold in Ayr, by public aution. The chairs which were used by "Tam o' Shanter" and "Souter Johnny" were sold to Mr Dunlop.(for the trustees of Burns' cottage) at £47 each. The framed stirrup cup was bought by Mrs Christie, Plough Tavern, for £57, and a letter by the poet addressed to the Hon Henry Erskiue, Dean of Faculty, Edinburgh * was bought by Mr Nimmo for £7. Orepuki coal;js selling in Invercargill at ll s per ton, and delivered at any house for 15s.

Yesterday a large number of Natives gathered from all parts of Southland to. attend the funeral of Hourahoura, wife of Henry Moatoitoi, who died o n ' Sunday. Deceased was the daughter of the famed.Houro, who was the most powerful chief in the Murihiku district. Mr Pratt, M.H.R., and other prominent Natives from a . distance were present.