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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2293, 29 October 1914, Page 5

.. The Sumner lifeboat crew had an exciting experience on Sunday afternoon, states the "Lyttelton Times." While orossing the bar the boat. was struck a big wave which broke over the stern, and she was thrown on her beam-ends. She turned over as far as she could go and two members of tho crew were washed out, while a third, i after being swept out, was'carried back again by the wave. The boat was.nearly filled with water, and 'it was a long time before she could be bailed out, owing to the breakers which kept coming aboard. Several of tho oars were swept away, but were recovered, and with the exception of the severe ducking experienced by tho crew, no harm was done. Later in the day t)he lifeboat made another trip to the bar' without mishap. ■ ' • • ■;' • The persistent ringing of a burglar alarm at one of tho Auckland City banke on Monday morning at 9 o'clock attraoted the attention, of more than one passing pedestrian. An Auckland "Star" reporter happened to bo amongst those whose curiosity had ■ boon aroused. Minute after minute the alarm rang on, so the pressman first fired a few stones , through an upper Btory window, into one of tho rooms .ia the. residential portion, hoping to ■: get some response, and then decided to investigate.' Securing an entrance from a back lane, he knocked at an; open. door. Meeting with no response, end conjuring- up visions^-'of good ■"copy," he cautiously wended his way inside, only. !to find a. much-worried charwoman, whose lament-was that she had accidentally , started tho burglar '■■ alarm going, and didn't know how -to ' . Btop it.; Neither did the disappointed pressman,' and the alarm' kept on ringing,, oven as the crowd kept growing, until a bank official arrived. '/On Sunday evening, .August- 20, the Rev. Father Bernard Vaugnan, London, addressed the congregation at St. David's Roman Catholic Church, Dalieith, on tho_ war. ■ He said that the Kaiser worshipped himself as the.War. Lord of Jhe earth. He had lost all sens© of honour, and in his insolent arrogance expected Britain to play the traitor to •- her friends and to stab them in the back. Britain wanted men, and he could . not conceive how anyone, filled with patriotism and honour and freedom was .-.-Hot-already-at the front or at least had .his name down to fight for God, foi King, and for country. Unless they were prepared- to make every sacrifice for our.country, Britain, would be wiped out from the place she held.-r-Glasgow •"Times." : ; .. . ■ ' On all sides at the Carterton show : yesterday farmers were heard lamenting the long absence of rain. The Wairarapa is a country which can do with a considerable, rainfall, and the drought \ is being severely felt.' The fields are green/but the grass is not growing, and feed must *oon become very scarce . if some heavy downfalls do not come to the rescue. Show visitors from Hawke's Bay state that .the position is just aa serious there, -but some of the farmers from Manawatu say that portions of their district ■ have been favoured with much more rain than hae fallen in most localities So far as the ' " Wairarapa and Hawke's Bav are-con-cerned, very heavy losses will be in- ; curred if tho drought continues much ■ longer. A heavy downpour fell at Carterton last evening, just as. the people' were quitting the show ground, but it is not regarded as the break-up of the drought.

: The Salvation Army authorities purpose keeping their marquee open at Trentham during the whole period of the reinforcements camp. This ,year the Army's officers have spent -88 da 3's la camp, and. conduoted 89 meetings, ..attended,,, by, ;j2f),515 men..l,lt is estimated that 58,385 visits have been paid tj the Army marquees by the soldiers, and that 17,407 letters have been written, in and .posted from the camp. No fewer than .7600 persons made'use of the marquee Ensign Qarner is in charge. The religious services 'are well attended, and the men have formed a choir which is rendering useful service. ' . : ,The Commonwealth postal authorities have notified that the wireless station nt Rabaul, New Britain, is open for the transaction of - public correspondence, tho charges being 3d. per word radio charge plus land lino charges, and plus delivery charges at Rabaufif any of the latter, are to be collected from the addressee. Service with Rabaul is, howover, limited at present, • and 'will be subject to delays, but the Department will endeavour to dispose of the. traffic as expeditiously as possible. Only plain English words will bo accepted, end itraffic will circulate via Thursday Island and Port Moresby.. Press messages will not bo permitted at present. '_ v. During the progress of the annual conference of the New Zealand Asso- ' ciation of His Majesty's Veterans yes'terday word was received of ihe gallant action of tho Indian troops at La ' Bassee, and the complote rout of the Germans at that point. The exhilarate ing news brought a'strange light into tho eyes of the worthy veterans-seated round the table, and the sup-ple'montitry news that the Indian Cavalry chased the Germans until the former had to be recalled, was heard with immensedelight and applause and table-thump-ing. testified to the interest that the old warriors—heroes of the Crimea, Indian, Egyptian, Chinese, and New Zealand wars—siiil Inko in the military welfare of the Empire. . Subsequently, on the motion of Colonel Stuart Newall, C.8., seconded by Major Chicken, V.D., the.following resolution was passed:— "That tho members of the New Zealand Association of His Majesty's Veterans, in conference assembled, desire to express their deep interest in tho doings.of our Navy, Army, and their gallant Allies now engaged in Europe, and venture to hopo that loilg before our next meeting, victory, followed, by a . lasting pence, may crown their efforts in the ritditeous • cause' of defending weaker I nations', tban ourselves against t ; ho militarism wlu'ch aims at world power." It seems that the agricultural shows of the Dominion are this year to miss the exhibitions usually made by some,of tho leading stock breeders in the Dominion, and some of these breeders are Hawke's Bay station holders. Among tho Hawke' Bay studs which will no more send representatives'to tho big agricultural gatherings is tho Te Aute Stud, and this is accounted for by the fact that the Te Auto Estate is being broken up owing to the expiration of leases. In the past the Te Auto Stud has been specially rioted for its Shorthorn cattle.

At tho annual conference of the New Zealand Veterans' Association, held yesterday, there was a proposal made to approach the Government for frees railway passes for delegates to tho annual conference. When tho matter cropped up Colonel Porter, C.8., stated that he knew, through the Ministor of Railways, that the present General Manager of Railways (Mr. Hiley) was jnclinod to veto nearly all requests for free passes, and advised that if a request were made it should' be as reasonable as possible.. One member pointed out that there wore very few of them, and as it was only once a year ho thought that the Government mi'iiht grant the concession asked for. Major Chicken, V.D., of 'Hawke's Bay; said with a twinkle in his eye that he had noticed in the railway guide something about concessions to religions bodies and friendly societies. Perhaps they could come in under that heading. (Laughter.) The chairman: "I'ni afraid that it would take a deal of stretching to do that." Finally it was decided that before tlie next conferenco tho Railways Manager should bo ' approached with tho request that one delegate from each district be granted a free pass.

"My attention has been drawn to a local appearing in Wednesday's Dominion in reference to the Shops nad Offices Act Amendment Bill, in which you state its object is to compel, the Chinese trader who stocks tobacconist's goods to close at tho same hour as members of tho tobacco trade are compelled to," writes Mr. J. Bermaii, hon. secretary of the Hairdressers' and Tobacconists' Association. "In fairness ,to the Chinese traders, I may Btate that its real object' is to define a tobacconist and to compel every porson, no matter whether lie bo a Chinese storekeeper, a restaurantkeoper, confectioner, grocer, or fruiterer, or in fact anyone who deale in tobacconists' goods, to close at the samo hour as we tobacconists have to-" The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, at the monthly meeting, congratulated Mr. T.' M. Wilford, M.P., on his untiring efforts on bolialf of tho .women (woollen) workers of the Dominion. .-■■'■ Tenders for work to be carried out at schools in the Wellington district have been accepted by the Education Board as follow: —Painting at Mangapakeha, W. B. Gaskin; roof painting at Clyde Quay, C. ■ Hedderwick; painting at Stokes Valley, C. Beaumont; painting at Korokord South, Coker painting at Tane, C. E. Clifton; septic tank, drainage,' etc., at Martinborough, Miller and Smith. . . The question of term holidays will be discussed at the next meeting of the Wellington District Institute, N.Z.E.1., when Mr. W. W. Eowntree will move the following motion:—"That this institute is of, opinion that the present arrangement of term holidays is not the best that can be devised in the interests of both pupils nad teachers., That it suggests the following arrangement: 'That the holidays be the week following Good Friday, and two weeks in August, commencing on tho second Monday." , :

A curious mixture of ancient customs and modern methods is to be seen at a hui which is in progress at Jacob's Pa, Pakiki (states the Auckland "Herald").At this hui there is an attendance of between 400 and 500 Natives. Tho menage consists of a large assembly room, .dormitory, kitchen, store, .and post aJid telephone office. In addition there is a row of tents along a portion of the outskirts. ,Both buildings and sleeping tents aro electrically lighted, and sundry poles carry globes over tho ground. Power is derived, from a small torrent which tumbles past only a few yards away. A sluice allows a good head of water to pass along a flume, at the > end of which a largo water-wheel is fixed, and above that the dynamo house. The huge quantities of food required are treated expeditiously and cleanly by a staff of cooks ' and kitchen men, the steaming process being employed, by means of a donkey engine. ' Inoreased thermal- activity .has been recorded recently at Rotorua in spite 'of the prolonged spell of dry weather, reportsthe Auckland "Herald." At Whakarewarewa Pohutu geyser has been remarkably active, playing often to a great height and several times during a day. The smaller geysers there have also been playing frequently. Although the old orator, of the great Waimangu geyser is now dry and hard, thera are many signs of-increased thermal activity around it. ' Tourists can uo longer enjoy the uniquo experience of -walking across "Frying Pan Flat," a detour having to be made. All along the tracks from Waimangu to Lake Rotomahana are signs of much thermal action and it is thought by some that another great upheaval may take place soon, either where the Waimangu geyser played before or else at some other spot along the bed. of the hot'streanli""'"" ' '■"' "'"' '■': "William- hos disturbed such a nest of hornets wh6 will sting him so badly that he will die in the process."—Colonel Stuart Newall, C.8., epeaking at the Veterans'. Conference yesterday on the European situation.