General News
■■ A remarkable calculation has been made in connection with a case which lately came up at a Glasgow Police Court. The Home ujad Colonial Stores manager was convicted of selling packets of tea which were said to l>e deficient in weight. Evidence led went to show that the weight given included that of the paper bag in which the tea was supoiled and that when the bag was taken away each ilb. packet was four drams short. firm has 300 shops in various parts of the country, and their average sale is said to he 50 packets per diem, so that in ten years, n<lH ivming 4 drams was saved on each lib, this would came up to 702,0001b5, of tea, or at the value of 2s a lb. to £70,200 —a considerable sum to be thus unconsciously saved by one firm. Most tea sellers, it is -understood, include the bag in the weight sold. The defendant has appealed. One of the demands made by the reading -public nowadays is for wholesome fiction, and plenty of it. We have been gratified by the widespread interest excited by the story concluded in our columns last week, “ The dThird Man,” which, while possessing not a tew incidents, leading up to a most unexpected conclusion, contained, as one reader remarked, not a line that a child might not read. With this issue we begin the publication "of another story. of which we have secured the serial rights, and of which we shall give several columns more per week than previously. We would remind all who wish to make sure of obtaining every number that 4s 6d a year will ensure delivery of the paper from the office to every subscriber m town or from agents in country districts, while it will be posted for the same period JEor 6s 6d. The Tisbury School Committee of last wear, consisting of Messrs J- McChesney {Chairman), J. Nicbol, of Waimatua (Secretary), C. Nicbol (Tisbury), Hanning, Woollett and Lawrence, have been re-elected for the present year, and have had some necessary improvements made in the school grounds in the way of fencing and erection cf playhouse for the children. The Southland Building Society, whose 25th annual meeting was held on Wednesday, pays a dividend of 6 per cent. The members hold a social meeting to celebrate the 25th anniversary. During its career the iEociety has lent nearly £300,000. Deferring to a note in last week’s letter from Wyndham, we are informed that Mr IKidd’s blacksmithing business has been taken over by Mr T. Meek. At the Police Court on Thursday last W. A Eowson, collector for the Sinclair Tailoring Company, was committed for trial on several charges of embezzlement. He reserved his defence. Disquieting news is to hand from India. The 17th Bengal Native Infantry regiment Tihh broken out in mutiny at Agra. The military authorities say the rebellion is due to the inclusion in the ranks of men of different -castes. Two companies have been arrested will be tried by court-martial. Agra was formerly the capital of North Western India, and the fortress there -was once known as the “key of Hindostan.” In June, 1857, the city was abandoned to mutineers by the who took refuge in the fort, from which they were subsequently rescued- " Montgomery and Williams, who assaulted constables in Sydney, are to be hanged on the 31st inst. At the instance of the Hon. J. G. Ward Dluff Harbour Board will see if charges can he so adjusted as to produce £2500 a year, to he devoted to securing three deep sea berths. A fancy fair in aid of the instrument fund of the Winton Brass Band will be opened in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Winton, on sth June. The members have worked hard, and well deserve the support of the townspeople and settlers. The unemployed question looms large. It is proposed to convene a Labour Parliament in Wellington next year ; ladies have met in Christchurch to devise means of assisting the unemployed ; and a shelter shed is to be provided for that class in Wellington. The London wool sales are marked by gcod competition. A great Nihilist conspiracy has been unearthed at St. Petersburg. Owing to unforseen circumstances we are unable to give our promised illustrations in connection with the Barraba tragedy. We hop© to do so next week. Suspense as to the fate of the missing prospectors, Evans and Kelly, was set at rest on 'Thursday, when Sergt. Macdonald was ad vised from Orepuki that Kelly had been found by the search party headed by Constable Miller, and that Evans had been drowned while crossing the river in which G. Harvey so narrowly escaped finding a grave.
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Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 6, 12 May 1894, Page 9
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787General News Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 6, 12 May 1894, Page 9
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