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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 31, 6 February 1913, Page 6

Early yesterday evening a man named John Buchanan wits found in a bAth at No. 27, Wellington- terrace, with his throat cut. Dr. Henry was eutninonod, and, after attending to the wound, which was of a serious nature, ordered the man's removal to the hospital. For tho past three or four months Bochannn lifts been employed tws a casual labourer in tho Union Company's r<>i.airing yards, Mid is said to havo beon strange in Ms behaviour of late. Tho hospital authorities report that the man is very wo*k, but is progressing as well As cati ha expected. Tooth-prints are the latest aid to tho detection of criminals (states ft cabl* message in tho Sydney Sun). A bu»> glar who broke into a hooBO in IParia regaled himeolf on all the dainty thinga he could find in the place, and lmvhig then secured all the valuables on which he could lay his hands, quitted tho prottueta without leaving any apparent clue bs to his identity. The police, however, arrested a roan whom they had reason to connect, with the robbery, and the prisoner was Astounded when, at liv trial, a p&t of butter, off which be had bitter, a piece, was produced in Court. The 1 tooth itiarks ulhed exactly with those lv iT 3 , bft Jnad6 b y tte ptfwner, and the Bench was «o gatigfled of his guilt that the suupect was ordered to be imprisoned. Every now and then the Fire Brigade loses valuable tune in trying to asoer. tain the situation of a house in which, an outbreak of fire has occurred. Bom^ times a person rushes to the nearefit alarm-box, breaks the glass, presses the bntton, and returns with all hawte to the house in which a fife has broken out. v On Teaching the alarm-box the Brigadefinds no one there, and uni«» flame or emoke is visible ftcai the street, the fire, man cannot tell nt once just whew Ihoir services at© required. Superintendent Talb points out that if & pomon wouki remain, at th& box until tho Brigade arrived or got some one else to do «o, much property might be caved from tot&l or p«rtial destruction, as he or hi* deputy would not have to waote tlmo dendine off men to find out in what building tho fire had broken out. Last nitfht a call was received from the box at the corner of Mem and Owen Streets, but the Brigade found no one there to give directions, and some tun© elapaea before it ascertained that the outbreak was in* a cottage come distance away up Owenstreet. t Something of a sensation was caused in Upper Willis-street shortly after 10 o'clock last night, owing to what is stated to be a ca*e of b&g-Bh&tching. Near the door of a car coming down the street from Te Aro Were a man and a young lady; the latter carried a bag containing a puree. When the car was nearly opposite St. John's Church the man went towards the door,' snatched the bag from the lady, and jumped off the car. She at once raised the alarm, which attracted the attention of some bystanders, and it was then seen that in jumping off the car the man had lost his footing. He hurriedly rose to his feet, and threw the bag away, but some' one tripped him up, and he was handed over to Constable Melville, who took' him to the police station. This mom' ing a young man named Kenneth Green appeared at the Magistrate's Court, before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., charged with the theft of a lady's handbag and purse of the value of 5s 6d, and £1 11s 7£d in money. On the application of the police he was remanded until the 12th inst. The magisterial enquiry into the stranding of the steamer John at the mouth of tho Tukituki river, Hawkes Bay, on 19th December, while on a voyage from Oisborne to Wellington, was continued after The Post Vent to press yesterday afternoon. Wm, Henry Roberts, first mate, said that when he went on duty at 8 p.m. he got the course s.w. by s. Later on he got instructions from the waster that when the log regiv tered sixty he was to steel* s.w. by w. i 1 w. That was the course the captain, gave him, to the best of his belief. At the jreliminary enquiry he had said he had reason to believe the captain gave him 8. by w, i> w. The tu'glit was so clear that he did not think it worth while to look at the chart. It was an unusual course, and he knew it was taking them into the lftn'd. He gave the second mate the same course as he had been steering. To Mr. Buddie, he said he could not swear positively what course he got from the captain. His impression was that he got s.w. by w. £ w. At this stage the enquiry was adjourned until 2.30 p.m. on Friday. •'We must learn that spiritual prob« lems are not solved by social methods, but eocial problems can be eolved by spiritual power, living, and voting, said the retiring president of the New Zealand Methodist Conference in hie address last evening. He stated emphatically that Labour* beet course of action to meet luxury or excessive wealth was "not by organised violence a«d strikte, nor by forgetting that we live not unto oureelvce, but a# parts of a whole community, whose happiness, health, and material prosperity can only reach its highest ideals upon a basis of mutual trust and understanding. We deprecate all inflammatory speech, and all want of personal restraint. Incitement to universal strikes, to violence, to, pillage, are not the acta of leader* who havo the fraefifc good and prosperity of the workers at ncart. A victory gained l\y; tho misery and hunger of thousands of inno* cent mcn i and women and children, or by the disorganisation of any considerable portion of industrial lifo, can only be looked upon by any thoughtful man ac an inconceivable- blonder. It is difficult to injure the rich by a. polioy of strikes. Il strike* the poor the hardest QVGry time. They begin to enffer at once, and their pain becomoe moreacuto each day a strike lasts. Wo rauinel hrdp ejiying they are tbo enemies of a 'iia» tion who blind their eyes to all other peace-fill remedies, and advocate, by ineolcnt and taunting language, etrikea and revolutions." Mr. Ileady prefaced his remarks on fttrikes by outlining tho generally hostile attitude of Labour towards the Church from many in labour ranks, but, ho thanked God, not from all, for many of the Labour leaders m the Old Land were Christians at heart. Thcro was, however, growing up a young generation who believed that tho antagoliism of Labour and Religion was a necessary and final Attitude of th© human mind. Of course, that wae not bo. There was a time when euch antagonism did not exist, but it had now become organised and definite in, some quarters, and the Church could not meet this opposition by merely pooh-poohing it, or by dosing it* eyed to the facts. With our motor vohfelo we can remove furniture long distance*, «iUjei« into or out of Wellington. Saves Jot handling, also time, money. The N.Z. Express Co., Ltd., 37, Customhouse* quay.— Advt. Npws is io hand regarding ttoe Wanganui ftwimmihg championship, and vo find that ,i new record h«s been established. Records in Cuba-street %w (being broken every day at C. Smith «, lAd,. Summer Sale. The bargains offered, aro breaking all previous ii^coro>, and thcro wo utill somo wonderful lira* loft. Oar showroom abounds with dirt cheap brvrgains, and the people have only to bo made acquainted with thorn to «aap them up. There i* a lit* of ladiee' whito muslin dr&ss skirts, and no mistake it ib a gift, prioo. The skim* are nicely trimmed with pmbroidory inrortion, and rongo in price from 6s lid to IS* 6d <*ob.. but w-s havo determined to bfchk Another record and sell them all ftb Is lid oach. • Don't miss this lot.. Tb«V aro at C Smith's, Ltd., Cuba-street, wuoro tho ualo k now ua.~ -Advtj