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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1696, 12 March 1913, Page 8

After thirty-live years' service' In cotinection with the/Anglican Diocesan Office of Auckland, Mr. -W. S: Cochrane has been granted leave of absence for twelve months in order 'to 'enable him to pay a visit to tho Oldv Country, which ho lias not seen since ho came out .13 years ago. In order to show that his long and faithful service wa,s fully appreciated, tlio past and nresen't .members of .the Diocesan Trust Board and of tho Standing Committee subscribed for the purpose ol making'a present to Mr. Cochrane. The Anglican Bishon of Auckland (Da Crossley) made the presentation, in the, presence of a number of tho subscribers, and "fli doing so, referred 'to tho very valuable work done in the interests 'of their church by Mr. Cochrane. He then handed to Mr. Cochrane a parchment scroll, on which was engrossed an address couched In flattering terms. A solid silver salver, suitably' inscribed, a pair of ilne prism binoculars, also a gold sovereign purse were handed to him. Several gentlemen present referred in eulogistic terms to 'Mr. Cochrane, and wished him a pleasant journey and a safe, return to his duties.

Mr. T. M. Jackson has been instructed by Messrs.'Moffat and Ballard to sell by public auction the. l'ohokura Estate, of 1917 acres, situated two and a half miles from the Pohokura Railway Station, and (12 miles from Stratford- (To' lvoura line). The sale will be held on Friday, March 28,, in Mr.'-T. M. Jackson's rooms, Customs Street: East. Auckland. Also, at the "same time, will be sold the Ipuwhakatara Estate. , 1000. acres, situated fivo miles from Thames.

Arising, it is stated, out of (lie recent award of tlio Arbitration Court in connection with tho Pctono Woollen millwarpers' ease, when tlu> warpers were classed at higher rates of pay, the Petonc Woollen Company, it is alleged, imported women hands to do the same class of work. Women, it seems, receive lower rates of pay than men, and it is reported tliab tho Mill Workers' Union object to the company's action. At a largely-atlcnd-ed meeting which \vas held at Pctono on Monday evening, it was decided to strike a shilling levy upon members with (he object of paying the wages of the import,cd women workers and inducing them not to start work unless paid tlio same rates •as prescribed by the award for the men. Several speakers advocated a strike.

Mr. C. G. Coventry has instructed Messrs, Abraham ana Williams, Ltd., Taihape, to sell his property of 484 acres by public auction 011 Wednesday, March 19, at the company's yards, Taihape. 'i lie sale bi-gins at 12.15 p.m. . Further particulars arc obtainable from the auctioneers. A confession that he shot at his elder brother three times with a loaded guii was made by Frederick John Price, a yoimj. farm labourer, at the inquest at Purtoi), near Swindon ..(England), 011 ; Nathaniel Price, also a labourer. According to t'hn evidence, tliey had quarrelled over their mother's adopted'daughter. A verdict of "Wilful murder" was returned. A -man named Mice, 30in. tall, and was born at the Old Tower, Blaekfriars J?oad, Yarmouth, over ninety years ago, and claimed to be the oldest living dwarf ineTCiiglatid, is now in receipt) together with hi* wife, of an old-age pension. He began his career as' a boy shoeblack on Yarmouth sands, and was often carried home iu mother's apron,