THROUGH Our EXCHANGES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 79, 10 April 1913, Page 7

THROUGH Our EXCHANGES.

A girl giving evidence in a Whit;' Slave case in the courts of New York was secretly threatened while in the witness-box, and fainted. She had just taken up her position in the box. when there was a hiss from the back of the court. The girl turned round. She gave a little gurgling cry and fell back into the arms of a policeofficer in a dead faint. When she recovered she said that the man in the audience had made a special "sign" with his fingers, indicating that if she gave evidence against the prisoners she would be murdered. The accused men were Italians, and the court was crowded with their fellowcountrvmen.

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A somewhat remarkable sheep was on view in Patea recently. The sheep, which was bred by Mr P. McCarthy, of Hurleyville, turns the scale at 1691 b dead weight. The animal was a 2-tooth maiden ewe of the Border Leicester breed, and grew phenomenally. Some idea of its remarkable proportions can be gathered from the fact that across the back measures some 22 inches, the width of the ordinary sheep being from ten to twelve inches. The legs weighed no less than 301 b each, most of this amount of course being made ur> <•£ fat. The depth of the fat on the chops was six inches, which is about six times that of the ordinary mutton chops. A curious feature of the carcase was the small amount of kidney fat/there being only some 2jlb. as against 41b. which is the amount found in the ordinarv sheep.

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The amount subscribed to date for the General Booth Memorial Training College in Wellington is £8593. An official announcement from headquarters on the subject states: "We are encouraged to still further press the needs of the fund upon the kind ly notice of the people of the Dominion. The amount asked for to make possible the erection of a Memorial Training College was £IO,OOO in round figures. So far some £BSOO odd has been subscribed by the genera] public and officers and soldiery of the organisation. Some £ISOO thus remains to bo raised. This amount, it is desired, should be forthcoming by the time of the block-laying ceremony, ■which takes place during Congress week in the month of June. It would certainly be a fitting finale to a so far liberal response on the part of the friends of the movement, if the total sum needed was subscribed by the time specified. This, wo feel sure, is quite within the range of possibility; and might wo therefore make a general appeal to those who have it within their power to subscribe to this most worthy object, to give liberally and thus help the A>n'y realise its hopes in this direction."