WHEN FOOD FAILS TO NOURISH YOU.

Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 30

WHEN FOOD FAILS TO NOURISH YOU.

TAKE DR ENS OR S TAMEF JUICE. When food fails to nourish you, wh»* it makes you dull and miserable, ..when it makes you bloated and heavy, when the power to think well, work well, and sleep well seems to be waning, there is need for prompt attention. When digestion fails dyspepsia, and indigestion must follow. Food then ferments in plaoe ofi digesting. This fermentation produces poisonous gases, which, being absorbed into the blood shatter the nerves, dujl tha brain, create disease, and give rise to headaches, wakefulness, languor, less of appetite, and a host of other distressing; and weakening disorders of the blood and nerves. When the stomach, liver, or kidneys are thus unable to perform their function* properly there is no remedy that will s« soon restore them to health and -vigour aj the well-known compound ionic of fruita. roots, and herbs, DR ENSOR'S TAMES JUICE. Twenty or thirty drops in a HttU water taken . daily, after meals stimulate! the liver, stomach,, and kidneys to health? action. It cleanses and keeps tha system frees from impurities* it promotes the secretion of the digestive juices-; it tones and strengthens the ' abdominal muscles. As a digestive tonic, stomachic remedy, and liver regulator, Dr Ensor's Tamer:. Juice has no superior in the whole realm of medical science. Sold by all medicine dealers in bottles, 2s 6d each. The Tussicura Manufacturing Co., Dunedin. sol* orocrietors and manufacturer*.

ocal Relief Committee. He had been ibout with his wife — gfoing- from house to touee. He would ask for work and she vould beg. He never went about without " Vhe " missis." It was suggested that a week's accommodation be offered them at the Home. This was refused, the matt paying that if they could not help him the ladies of Wellington must. At the next sittings of the Magistrate's Court at Milton a somewhat unusual charge will engage attention. It is alleged that a person against whom a prohibition order is in force has procured iiquor from a. brewer near Dunedin by means of a telephone and a fictitious name. His modus operandi seems to have bepn to Iring up in a natrip and voice not belong- i Sng to him, but tfie brewer, in order to j ensure the safe arrival of the stimulant, issued instructions that it should be sent %q a certain huuse at Milton, and took the .precauion of notifying the occupant i thereof that & keg of beer was about to arrive addressed to the person with the fictitious name. The indivdual was duly /traced by the consignee. So was the beer jkeg by th-3 police ; hence these proceed ings It has been definitely decided to open ihe Riversdale-Switzere railway on Friday, , September 24, at 3 p.m., when the Minisj ker of Railways, the Hon. J. A. Millar, . will attend. The Minister and the visitjng members of Parliament will be driven round the district after the opening cerereturning to Waikaia in time to be ■present at the banquet which will be held in toe Coronation Hall at 6 p.m. in oomgnemoration of the opening of the line. 'Before the Supreme Court at Invercar;g;ili on the Ist instant Mr J. JT. Woods¥>use appeared in support of an applicaffipa to reverse a decision given by Mr jGjv Cruickshank, S.M., fh & civil case, .Jrhomas Kennedy +, John Jenkins) in "which judgfnent had Seeri given lor the |We.ndan&> Plaiotiflß Had sued for aa infctaLj&ept of" purchase money payable under »n a£¥eement |o purchase d farm, JThat' waj admitted, and the $>nly question was JtKe JooUnWr-claiin frbicn lespondent put Srt, claiming some £111 under a covenant Eohtained^ jn th^ agfeeme_n.t of Bale. The sue practically turned on the meaning of

that covenant, which was to the effect that in the case of the crops growing on the property realising less than £300 the vendor should pay the difference between the actual price realised and £300, provided " the purchaser cut, harvest, stack, thresh, and handle the said crops in a goor! and husband-like manner according to the approved methods of harvesting as carried on in the district of Drummond." Th« crop had not realised £300, and defendant claimed accordingly ; but plaintiff urged that the crop had not been treated in the manner described in the agreement. In appealing against the decision, Mr Woodhouse argued that it was impossible to regard the covenant as an independent covenant, and that it must be regarded as a condition precedent to the right to recover. Mr Haggitt, for respondent, urged that the language used in the covenant did not amount to a condition precedent, and that tl« evidence showed j that appellant had not suffered any damage by respondent's manner of harvr-bting the crop. Mr Justice Williams reserved his decision. Prospectors and speculators are bi'sy ov°r in Fiji, and some talps aie filtering through which are calculated to draw the alluvial j and reef miner with a strong lure. A j mining survej^r of repute w 1.0 lias bpen j piospectmg in tho Pacific islands writes to a friend in Perth tc say that during hi 3 sojourn there he had discovered no less than eight reefs, which ran from 6ft to 30ft. An option has been secured on behalf of a strong- Sydney syndicate of 30,000 acres, w ith a six months' conces- i sion. The price paid is stated to be £10,000 and a one tenth interest. Already £1650 has been paid on interim develop- j ment. Samples assayed went, it is said, fi'om lOoz to 4oz of gold per ton, up to 40 per cent, copper, and as much as 500oz of silver. The country is full of lodes and formations. Areas for prospecting can be takeff up to 10,000 acres at £5 per 1000, with the sole right for two years. The New Zealand Times enters upon a somewhat vigorous castigation of those newspapers which' complain of the exodus from New Zealand. Quoting from 6ome figures recently compiled by the Statistloja|l of the Commonwealth, the Time 3 points out that in the pe'.ipd 1900-1908 the

Austialasian States gained population as follows : — West Australia, 48.8 per cent. ; New Zealand, 25 per cent. ; New South Wales, 17.7 per cent.; South Australia, 12.4 per cent. ; Queensland, 11.8 per cent. ; Tasmania, 7.4 per cent. ; and Victoria, 6.2 per cent. "Apart from West Australia" (sas's the Times), " which had an extraordinary access of population owing to the development of mining enterprises, New Zealand's record is handsomely in advance of that shown by any geographical division of the Commonwealth. Even between December, 1907, and the end of 1908 New Zealand's population increased by 3.35 per cent., while Australia's advanced only 1.86 per oent. At the April meeting of the London Geological Society it was announced that the Daniel-Pidgaon Fund for 1909 had been awarded to Mr A. M. Finlayson, of the Otago ftehool of Mines, to assist him in his research on the genesis of sulphide ores, a branch of mining geology in which he has been specialising. Mr Finlayson, it will be remembered, was the New Zealand Exhibition scholar for 1908. Hard work and very small pay appears to be the lot of the Maori Anglican clergy, who have no industrial union of clerics to help them. The Church Chronicle shows how they are working among non-Chris-tian tribes, largely in Waikato, the King Country, and Taranaki, the descendants of those who, at the time of the war, departed from th 2 faith, and until recent years showed such bitter animosity towards tho faith and its preachers. Efforts are being mad 9to increase the stipends J from £70 to £100. It is growing daily more and more impossible for the Maori clergy to Kve on less than £100 and keep out of debt. The older men used to spend much time in the gardens and kumera patches. The younger ones find so many demands on their time that work for themselves is becoming out oi the question. The Maoris, however, are slow to adopt weekly collections, nor do the clergy like to press this on them. But gradually it is being done. News received \p Sydn?y by a recent Eastern mail states that this year the season, so far, has been very favourable to the crop 3in Japan. The barley crop is larsjer than ever, and silk statistics show that the production of cocoons this year is greater than last, and the figures suggest a highly prosperous season. If the rice crop happens to be equally good, says a correspondent, it would be a record year in agricultural products. Japan's finance is now on a much firmer basis than formerly, so much so that she is able to pay off 60,000,000 yen (£6,000,000) of her national debt this year. Among the new enterprises that are springing up with Chinese exports is the shipment of beans from Northern China, and no less than 10 large steamers have left for Europe, loaded. Three thousand tons of pork have been shipped during the past month from Hankow to London by one of the P and O. steamers. Two deaths occurred in the Dunedin Hcspita.l last week, the names of the deceased persona being Elizabeth Watkins and John Deuob/rass. Thirty-one patients were admitted to the institution during the week, 29 were discharged, and 150 remain. At the meeting of the City Council next Wednesday the General Committee will recommend that permission be granted, during the council's pleasure, and at the drovers' risk, for cattle to be driven through the oity, via Bay View road, from 10 o'clock on the night previous to market day till 9.30 a.m. on market day. going to market; and from 4- p.m. on market day till 8 a.m. on the day following, coming I from market. A sad accident happened on the Roslyn tramway on Saturday afternoon, when a little girl, aged four, named Wilhelmina Henry, had the toes of the right foot cut off by a tramcar. It appears that someone entering the residence of her parents left the front gate open, from which the ohild ran across the road right in front of a car. Tlh© gripman pulled up within three yards, but one of the wheels had already passed over the child's foot. She was taken to the Hospital, where all the toes on the foot had to 1>» taken off. Another accident ocourred on the same tram line, a lady, in hurrying to catch a car, slipping and breaking her leg. The representatives of the Chambers of Commerce of the Empire who will visit New Zealand aft»r the completion of the conference in Sydney are likely to have a most interesting tour through the Dominion. On Saturday (says a Press Association telegram) a deputation from <he Wellington Chamber of Commerce, consisting of Me-rs W. G. Duthie (president;, J. M'L«-llan. H. C. Tewsley, and S, Carroll (secretary), waited upon the Hon. T. Mackenzie (Minister of Industries and Commerce) with reference to the hospitality to be afforded the visitors. The Minister promised that if his duties would | permit he would be in Auckland when the commercial tourists arrived so as to give them a hearty welcome to New Zealand. They will be provided with frep passes over the railways, and will visit Rotorua, where free baths will be at thpir disposal. They will then come or. to Wellington \ia the Main Trunk line. There will be attachsd to the party in Auckland a member of the Wellington Chamber, and here a member of the Christchurch Chamber will meet them, handing over tJie party in Chrstohurch to a representative of the Dunedin Chamber. A visit will be paid to Lake Wakatipu and other 6cenic districts of the South Tsland. and a Government official will personally conduct the

party from Auckland to Bluff, whence they will take their .departure for Melbourne. In Wellington the party will visit the Gear Company's works, and the inspection of the New Zealand woollen mills will be reserved for the South Island tour. It has been left to individual chambers whose localities will be visited to make their own arrangements for enteartainding- the visitors. At a meeting of the Professorial Board of the University on Saturday the following resolution was adopted on the motion of the chairman (Dr Gilray) : " That the Professorial Board express its hearty appreciation of the work of the ladies promoting the University bazaar in aid of the students' building fund, and cordially congratulate them on the great success that has attended their" efforts. The board would specially ehvphasise the value 'of the" services- of Mrs James AJtein (president)," Mrs Patrick Marshall (secretary), and Miss" Shand (treasurer and assistant secretary), of the Bazaar Committee. The board washes also to thank Mrs WopH'house for organising the entertainments with euch marked ability, and all- the ladies and gentlemen that seconded her efforts by taking part in the entertainments. The board is specially indebted to all the stallholders and their" assistants fox the hard work they have done, extending over many months. The thanks of the board are also due to generous contributors that have forwarded gifts in money or in kind, to Mr C. R. Allen for his very pleasing play " Oellerinda " to Dr Pickerill for his eervioes as convener of the Advisory Committee, to Mr Alexander Roiberts for kindly acting as treasurer of the bazaar funds, to leading Dunedin firms for the brilliant poster march, to the members of the Garrison Band for the excellent music, and to the editors of the newspapers." The signalling class for eohool boys arranged by the Otago Branch of the Navy League to be held at the Garrison Hall on eaoh Saturday afternoon of the current month was attended last Saturday by 51 pupils. The following schools were represented :— Maori Hill, Mornington, Green Island, Forbury. Anderson's Bay, George Street, Mueselburgh, Cavereham, Arthur Street, and Albany Street. The lads showed keen interest in their work, and the attendance promises to be even larger as the course proceeds. A return placed on the table of the House of Representatives, showing the total expenditure by the Government on the different harbours of the Dominion up to March 31, ISOB, has been issued from the Government Printing Office. The sum of £154,193 was spent on Greymouth, £100,415 on Timaru, £33,737 on Westport, £30,235 on Nelson, £58,794 on Hokitika, £27,622 on Port Cbalmew, £21,440 on Wellington, £16,266 on Manukau, £15,518 on New Plymouth, £12,366 on Picton, £9413 on Duisedin, £5045 on Lyttelton, £4736 on Auckland, £4047 on Napier, £3278 on Kaipara, and smaller sums on other harbours. Through the Marine Department, the Public Works Department, and the Railway Department, Ihe- Government has spent altogether on the Dominion's harhours £545,679. Spea'kirjg to a Herald representative in Auckland, one of the newcomers by the Cornwall said that the labour conditions in the Old Country, especially at Liverpool and Glasgow, wero very bad, work being scarce and wages low. Hundireda of young men were being driven out of the country, but it was only those who had 6aved enough to pay their passage money who could make the trip to New Zealand. They were all fully aware that work in the Dominion at the present time was not plentiful, but the labour conditions out here could not be worse than they were at present in London, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Manchester. They were not afraid of work, and were willing to take up positions in the country as well as in the town. Many people imagine that travelling through the interior of China is a dangeTous undertaking, but in this they are mistaken. According to Mr G W. S. Patterson, in a speech at a banquet to the Chinese Consul at Auckland, it is quite as safe as walking down Queen street, Auckland. In narrating his experience of a journey which he made into the heart of China, hs> said: "Throughout the whole journey I received the greatest kindness and attention on all hands. The further ' one seems to get away from civilisation, in China the le=e trouble it seems to be. ( The Chin<?6e are remarkably kind an<C ] hospitable people. There are absolutely no ' difficulties in travelling through China co long 26 one minds his own business and j cor forms to tho rules of the country. I have often bppn asked what it is like travel- ! ling thiough the interior of China, and all I can say is that it is just as cafe as ' walking down Queen street. The people- * are highly civilised, and are most hespit- \ abl-a in eveiy respect." ' At ths annual meeting of the Council < of Churches Mr A. S. Adams made an •< interesting and important reference to tho f temperance question, both as regards ac- 1 eomplish:,ient and intention. As a result f of la-st election, he said, thsre were 12 J electoiatcs, or one-sixth of the whole j r number, under no-license, and in these t there lived 143.000 people. That fact, he f thought, was very significant and very ! £ cheering. The total no-license vote of the t colony was 222,000, this being 33,000 above a tho continuance vote and an absolute ma- i jority of 15,000 of all the voters who exer- 1 cLsed their voting right. They had now c passed definitely from the minority to the ; s

■ T majority.— (" Hear, hear."); Referring fa, the recent annual contention at Onrisfe' • ohuToh, he said it -was resolved there tkaw immediate action should be t^ken with-* view to bringing - the legislative position^ of the colony into line with tine present? , (position of the movement amongst tine people. A bill had been . prepared, and would be introduced into the House early, in the next session, dealing with the majority, question, the Dominion vote, and a number of other questions which had emerged. This 1 draft bill was now in circulation in the ' different centres for approval, and hfei, speaking personally and quite unofficially, thought they might look for a fair measure of success in connection with their legislative proposals. The General Convention* had resolved that they, should push thi» act with "a great deal of vigour this 'session and let it be understood ' that tihey '"werar ' determined to have legislation which would 1 put 'the question, for a long' time to 'come at anyrate, ' on a sound and satisfactory footing. In conclusion, he said he did not know when there was a "greater enthusiasm in the party t.nan existed to-day 'or when- the outlook~had- been more, bright.-. People who are prone to the use of decorations of ferns and evergreens for'] social functions very often think only of the pleasure afforded them for a few short hours, and too often ignore the rights of ownership. The Port Chalmers Borough' Council ie fortunate in having a large area.of beautiful native bush at Mihiwaka, and' it having come to the council's knowledge* that certain persons proposed to help themselves to ferns and shrubs for decorations in connection, with some- small social function, it was decided to deal most severely with offenders. Recent additions to the buildingß of Ranfurly include a commodious hall, which is being built by Mr James Mitchell, builder, Naseby, for Mrs Harris, of Ranfurly. The main floor (says our correspondent) is about 50ft long by about 30ft wide, and should meet the requirements of the town and surrounding- district for some time to come. There are, in addition, a Spacious stage and two dressing rooms — one on either side of the stage. The opening of the hall will be celebrated shortly by a large social and dance. A very interesting statement indicative of a fair expression of public opinion on the question of Bible-reading in publio schools was made by the Rev. W. Slade at the annual meeting of the Council of Churches on the 6th inst He had haen one of three, he said, to enter upon work in this connection at the High Street School, • bat before doing so he thought it would be only fair to get an expression of opinion from the parents on the subject, and h»' had, with the approval of his colleagues.prepared a circular with a tag at the. bottom asking parents to reply giving, them views. No , fewer than 125 parents re^ sponded, and eaoh parent might fairly repre- 1 sent three or four children, and of tlhese115 gave theur most hearty and unqualified consent, phrasing their replies in somewhat, the following terms : " I most heartily approve of the proposed Bible-reading, and gladly consent to my children attending.'*" Of the remaining 10, two or three had" been inclined to point out their opinion that it was not legal to hold the class* within school hours, while only about half' a dozen had been antagonistic. Mr Slade. said he considered these replies were very interesting as showing that a very big majority of the parents wanted theirchildren to be taught the Bible. A special meeting of the Board of Governors of the Boys' and Girls' High, Schools was held on the 6th instant, there being present the Hon. J. R. Sinclair (chairman), Dr Ohuroh, Messrs J. M. -Galla-. way, D. Stewart, and J. H. Walker(Mayor). The meeting was called to consider tenders for the erection of the girls' new HLg-h School. It was moved by Mr Stewart that the tender of Mr 1 Orr Campbell, at, £7290, be accepted. This was seconded by Dr Ohuroh; and supported by Mr Gallaway and the chairman, and opposed by Mr Walker. Tho motion waa. declared carried. It was unanimously resolved fchat the tender of Messrs Turnbulland Jones, for £152 se, for lighting tho new building, be accepted. Tenders for ventilating and heating were left over for inquiry. The lxaard .considered a number of applications for the position of janitor for the Girls' High School, and after having reduced the number, left the remainder over The report of Mr Anderton, curator of the Portobello marine fish hatchery, for last montn contains some interesting kemsof information. The collection of flat fish ova, of which it was expected that) fchere would be a record take, was interfered with by the result of an accident,, and also by the bad weather during the latter part of fcho month. About 730,000= eggs of the sole and the brill have been collected and hatched. The latter is on»< of the finest flat fishes in New Zealand, and is little, if at all, inferior to theturbot. It was hoped that the problem of obtaining groper ova and of ascertaining something of its life history would be> solved this season, but so far this has not been accomplished. Larp-e almost ripe fish were taken during July and early in August, but later on only small and imc mature fish have been taken by the various fishermen. Fishing has been conducted int. from 30 to about 75 fathoms, and th# general opinion amongst the fishermen is that tJie gropei- are at present spawning^ and will not bite. The tow-net has beeniUsed wherever the lines were put down, but no fish eggs corresponding to the^ eggs of the groper have been taken on the* surface, and it is quit* probable that &«»•*

eggs do not float. These observations will be followed up during the present month and until spent fish are again caught, and the observations will be act forth more fully at the end of the year Owing to ' the increased warmth of the water the lobsters and crabs axe now moving about and feeding more' freely, and H»e females are " carefully fostering their eggs. But the increase of warmth and light causes a increase in the growth of weed in the ponds, and the removal of this entails the expenditure of a good deal of time. The buildings are now receiving a thorough overhaul, and the erection of a new cottage will shortly be commenced. Replying to a complaint about the Railway Department importing coal from Newcastle when miners on the West Coast are being • dismissed owing to the scarcity of orders, the Hon. J. A. Millar explains (says th« Dominion) that the producers in New Zealand (including the State) are not keeping pace with the orders given by the department. He goes on to say that the department has taken all the coal that tb-s Westport Company has been able to supply. Of 8600 tons ordered since July, only 362b tons .had been sent forward. In regard to the Stats Department, he mentions that it has only delivered *7,257 tons out of a total order of 70,450 tons. Mr Millar also eaid that the' department is obliged to use screened coal, and to have at v least three months' stocks on hand. Newcastle coal would, he asserts, be takeo>- if New Zealand coal were "available. He - adds : "If we studied the question of economy only in "running jfche railways, I have no hesitation in saying that the use of 'Newcastle coal alone would be more profitable from the railway point of view; but; we don't look at it from that point of view to the fullest extent, as we believe in using all the local coal that is available and suitable for our purposes.' Constable Macß-ae, of Milton, knows the district of Tokoma-iriro thoroughly, and when beer or other Vspirituous liquor ie consigned to a person or persons unknown to him he makes inquiries accordingly. In" consequence of this and in view of a prohibited person getting liquor into the district allegedly in an illegal way, a barrel of beer is presently held up in transit until the person to whom it is addressed comes to claim it. There seems a remote chance of it being claimed. Independent of these cases, there is quite a quantity •coming legitimately into Milton and district, and the district is not so "dry" as it was expected to be. An empty beer barrel was found the other day in an. unused shed at the old Milton dairy factory •long with a -supply of glasses. Amongst gtories of vessels that have mysteriously disappeared is one by Mr R. "H. Thompson, of Poroti, near Auskland. He is an old sailor and master mariner, and he states in a letter in the New Zealand Herald that when he served in the "North Atlantic, many years ago, a very remarkable case was brought under his notice. "Tho Atlantic liner City of Berlin, belonging to the old Norman line," he saya, "left port with about 500 lives on board, if I remember aright, and was never again heard of. Many years afterwards a man named Tomassen, I think, waa conveying a box on a cart down to the wharf at Hamburg to place it as freight on board an outgoing liner. The box fell and burst, blowing part of the wharf and the side of the ship to pieces, besides killing and wounding many people, and amongst the number the- man himself. When dying, however, he confessed that he had placed -similar infernal machines on many ships, whioh had never been heard of again, and amongst the number was the City of Berlin. He did this to get the reinsurances, being one of a syndicate who made this ghastly business their specialty." Mr Foster Fra^er hurried away from. a lecture at Adelaide to spend a happy hour with the " Guid Scots " who were holding their annual meeting He came in — almost floated in — on a flow of bagpipe music whioh said in weird, shrieking words bow pleased the members of the Caledonian Society were to see the noted traveller. The Chief (Mr R. Wemyss) welcomed Mr Fraser to thedr shores "a chiel amang ye takin' notes." — (Applause). Like most Scotsmen, their celebrated visitor had in him the spirit of unrest. — (Laughter). He did not mean the spirit in the- bottles. — (Laughter). The unrest he referred to was the- fact of Scotsmen leaving their native heath for other lands to conquer They wished him. & hanpy. time in

South Australia and in Australia. — (Applause). Mr Froser, who was reotftved with marked cordiality, eaid he fully appreciated the thoughtful courtesy ehown to him tihat night. There was hardly a place in the world where they would not find Scotsmen at the helm of local affairs. — (" Pear, hear."). He had heard " For he's a jolly good fellow " sung by Scotsmen on the plains of India, by Scotsmen in Shanghai, by Scotsmen in Yokohama, and by _ Scotsmen in Canada. Now he was standing en his head, according to the map, and hearing it sung in beautiful South A-ustralia. — (Laughter, and " Hear, hear ") It was a good song after aJI, and showed the bond of fellowship whioh existed among Scotsmen the world over. If it were not for Scotsmen the world would be in a bad way indeed. — (Laughter). It had been eaid that a surgical operation was necessary to make a Scotsmen see a joke. That was true — Englishmen's jokes. — (Laughter). "Experience shows that the Licensing Act is just as permanent when carried by a bare majority as when carried by a tihree-fifth majority," was the declaration of Mr Bengough last evening- in the course of his remarks made by invitation to the Council of Chuarchice. Recently, he explained, a three-fifth majority clause had been placed in the Licensing Bill of Ontario, and this action had robbed the tempeiKwioe workers of the results of their toil in 'at least 100 cases. Experience of the bare majority had been such that the argument that it was necessary to have a substantial balance of public opinion behind tihe measure of no-license was proved to be invalid and an altogether unnecessary precaution. At the Ca-iripbell Island station there were shorn 6700 sheep last season for a total of 11+ bales of wool. Forty of these came up by the Hinemoa in last January's trip, and the remainder last week. Th© return of lambs was 3000 The island is not considered eligible for sheep-rearing. The land is too boggy and broken, and during tho pest season it has been visited by an excess of rain. The effect of this is detrimental to r.-i^ ».oc:.s of i»>j Four men were employed on the station all the year round. Thess were augmented by 11 by the Hinemoa on the January trip. Having completed the clip, the men repaired to the whaling station at the neighbouring bay. After being confined in Edmondstone colliery for 36 hours by a fall of the pit roof, which killed two comrades, Henry Williamson and David Beattie, Andrew King was rescued on the night of July 21, and received by hie wife and family with overwhelming joy. Ho was removed to his home at Millerhill in a medical officer's motor, only suffering slightly from a bruised hand and slightly bruised knee. King stated that he was preparing to leave the mine at 2 o'clock on the previous Sunday afternoon, when he and his comrades were knocked down by a fall of roof. He heard Williamson groan. King waa hemmed in by timber beams, and for hours he lay face downward. He heard jknocking, and was atle tc* reply faintly, but sufficiently to indicate ho was alive. The rescue party worked on till they reached King, and got him out 6afey. He had to cut his boots off. a 6 both his feet were pinned down. King was overcome on learning that both his, fellow workers had been recovered come hours earlier dead. The Dominion's Wanganui correspondent states that ar interesting exhibit from the Wanga/nui Mu63um collection was requisitioned for the musical programme at a local show. This was the oldest organ in New Zealand. It ie at least 150 years old, and was brought out to rhe colony in 1823 by the veteran miosionary Archdeacon Williams, tihen stationed at the Bay of Islands. The organ, which has been in the local museum for several years, ie a p : ipe instrument, and, notwithstanding its age and lack of skilled attention, it was found to be in good order, and its tone, though nx>t loud, was sweet and true. On Wednesday, Ist inst., Becks Debating Society received a return visit from the Blacks Society, the deba'e, " Should the Women of England Get the Franchise?" taking place Jn tre nail. The affirmative £.ido \vat> ably advocated by Blacks through Messrs Jones, Johnston, Burt, and Pickett, the negative side beina- also ably advrcatpd by Becks through Messrs T H Mcc, T. Knight, and R. Wilson After discussion, the matter \vs« nut to the vote, with the result lhat Blacks won by a majority of two. Refreshments were provided in abun-

dance, which wers heartily appreciated, and for which the ladies received a hearty vote of thanks, together with the chairman (Mr J, M'Knight), who filled tjhe office with much fairness and acceptance.