THE DAGHILD SAILS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 172, 15 April 1919, Page 7

THE DAGHILD SAILS

WITH LAEGE CAEGO OF PEODUCE. By Telegraph—Prcs? Association. . Christchurch, April 14.' The 6teamer Daghild left Lyttelton this afternoon for Liverpool,, via Panama, after having been delayed in jort since Friday owing to a dispute between the ship's engineer and the coloured firemen, "'he trouble was settled to-day, when two firemen were discharged and two whito firemen engaged in their placets. The Daghild took an exceptionally large cargo of wool, honey, preserved meat, tyres, peas, wool clippings, and sundries.

The Minister of Defend® (Sir James Allen)' lias received from the members of the Beligious. Objectors' Advisory Board (the Revs. J. J?. Bur?in, J. G. Chapinan, and Mr. M. .T. Hack) a lettei' in which they record their appreciation of the courtesy and consideration shown to them by the head of the Prisons .Department and his staff during their recent investigations. /'Every .opportunity was given us," thev state, "to investigate all premises where prisoners were lodged, etc., and the nature and quality of the food supplied. In. every instance the quarters were scrupulously clean, the food plain but ''good, and although we mixed with the prisoners, not a single complaint was received. We were also struck with the good reports and impartiality- with which the various gaolers testified when reviewing the conduct of those whoso cases we were investigating."

A herring drifter at Lowestoft, England, secured the record of ■£10,240 during the nast fishing season.. Another made .£!)E00 and-several averaged JMO. Some fishermen, for three months' work, took from ,£.150 to iMOO, and it has been ft common thing for a lad to take over .£IOO for three months.

Men of sano judgment, says the Tiev, Bernard .T. Snell, will not hei-iiiitc. to aver that to add Germany to the League of Nations forthwith would reduce it to a nullity by inviting treachery and intrigue.

Cottonseed and linseed crushing mills bavo been built on the sito of the Old Mills at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, believed looally to have been the original of Eliot's "Mill on the Floss."