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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 672, 27 May 1914, Page 4

The vißiting English League football team administered a crashing defeat upon the South Australian team at Adelaide on Saturday, winning by 101 points to nil. The report by the Radium Institute for 1913 Bay that no cases of cancer can be stated to have been actually cured, but that 56 can be described as apparently cured and 183 improved.

The Te Kuiti Collegiate SchoolMiss lorns principal—will re-open on Tuesday, June 2nd. Miss lorns will be at home, Taupiri street, on Monday, June ißt, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. to interview purentß of intending pupils.*

A movement ia afoot among coastal Maoris to erect a memorial cairn in honour of 48 natives, chiefly of the Wanganui tribe, who fell in an engagement at Johnnie's Flat, on June 4th, 1683. Mr Charles Honeyfield, the present owner of the land, has promised sufficient land for the purpose. Mrs Macdonald, stationer, Rora street, iB sole igent for the "New Pink Cleaning Wool." No housewife Bhould be without it. It is a perfect silver and plate cleaner, does not soil th 6 hand?, neither does it scratch the articles cleaned. The price is only Is a packet, and readers who try it are sure to be pleased.

Pull particulars of Mr Graham's auction sales for this week appear in our issue of to-day. Amongst the lines of special interest we may mention Mr McLaren's coach and horeeß. Buyers are requested to note that the horses and vehicles will be sold at 11 a.m., not as usual in the afternoon.

In the Christchurch Supreme Court on Monday, Alexander Thompson was charged with manslaughter, the result of the death of his mother, after a brawl with a boarder. He pleaded "Not guilty." The Crown alleged Thompson struck his mother when she interfered. The jury found a verdict of not guilty, and Thompson was discharged. Over 6000 attended the Empire Day celebrations in Hyde Park. The weather as unfavourable. The Earl of Meath took the salute in the absence of Lord Roberts. The Church Boys' Brigade carried overseas flags. Sir G. Reid and Mr T. Mackenzie Were present. The Victoria League placed a wreath bearing the names of the overseas branches on Queen Victoria's memorial. The suicide is announced of Mr Charleß Post, the millionaire, as the result of ill-health. He attracted great attention recently when he rushed across the continent a in special train to New York to undergo an operation. The train then made a record for a trans-continental journey. The operation was succsssful, But Post was unable to overcome the depression that followed. The constant expansion of Te Kuiti and the consequent change in the distinguishing features of the town makes it possible to frequently obtain new and interesting views of the town and Buburbs. The most recent set of views obtained are now on sale at Sutton's. The set includes a fine three-piece panoramic and numerous single viewß, including a typical scene on the bowling green and various scenes illustrating the progress of the King Country centre.

The police at Odessa have been exacting a tribute j£ £B6OO annually from 00 disorderly houßea. The "grafterß" a day or so ago wiahed to drag new inspector into the plot, and finding their threats unavailing, invited him to a luncheon. Aa he appeared to acquiesce in their schemes the men laid before him a fu'l list of the houses, together with the contributions from each. The inspector requested a few hours for consideration, and was permitted to retain the documents, until the next day. Ha, in the meanwhile, had the papers photographed, and the polico implicated will be prosecuted.

In his speech at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Paper Mills, Ltd., the chairman, Mr P. W. Mitchell, said: "I cannot close my remarks without referring to the unfortunate position which has arisen through the reciprocity arrangement existing between New Zealand and Canada. By it manufacturers of pupsr are entitled to ship their goods in subsidised veaaels at very low freights and, escaping tha preferential Customs tariff, are proving our most Herious competitors. No effort is being spared by our directors to cope with this, but undoubtedly the difficulty is one of some magnitude. The bag trade, however, will, we expect, be a big factor in dealing with it." A father's responsibility Ccr tha debts of his son when the latter had left his home was involved in a civil i action haard at the Wellington Magistrate's Court. A boot and ohoe importer, sued defendant for tho sum of A'l 7s, the value of a pair of boots delivered by plaintiff to defendant's son, who was under 21 years of age. Defendant contended that, aa his Bon had left tho parental roof and struck out for himself, tho dofendant could not he held responsible for debt incurred by the former. Evidence showed that the plaintiff had supplied goods to the defendant's son before, and the defendant had always paid for them. In giving judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, the Magistrate pointed out that the plaintiff did not know at tho time that the son had left home.

Approaching a general election that promises more than a usual amount of political interest, th« question that seems uppermost in electors' minds is, "what ia Labour going to do?" For the purpose of answering this question, Mr P. C. Webb, the Labour M.P. for Grey, was advertised to apeak in Te Kuiti on Saturday and Sunday last, but owing to a sadden attack of illneHs, waa prevented from fulfilling the engagement. Having sufficiently recovered to travel, Mr Webb has decided rather than disappoint the people of Te Kuiti, to speak in the open-air in JRora street this evening, starting at 7.30. Mr Webb being a fluent speaker and poseeasing a Bound knowladge of Labour politics, the meeting should be full of intereßt, even to those citizens who are opposed to the politics of th& party whom Mr Webb represents. A notice appaars in another column containing full particulars. The biggest batch of boys ever brought to New South Wales under the Dreadnought farms schema arrived by tho Irishman on Thursday last. The Irishman brought over 300 lads, all selected and duly passed by the joint board of Victoria and New South Wales Immigration Departments of London. All these boys, with the exception of 50 who will go to the training farm at Pitt Town, have already been found employment at good wages. The nstimated total cost to the trustees, excluding Pitt Town fees of £3, ia aet down at £l2. The boys, prior to embarking, enter into a bond to pay £8 within 12 to 18 months, so that the trustees at the initial stage find practically all the money necessary, and risk repayment of two-thirds of it, or, say, 66 per C3nt. Tho trustees hope to make regular monthly shipments hereafter in lots of 40 to 50, or an average of 1000 per annam. The capital now available in about £40,000, and by collecting refunds, calculated on a very conservative estimate, the trustees anthipate the fund will 3tand the strain for many years to come. If worked on economical and safe lines, by this fund the population will be increased by many thoueanda of valuable Uvea.