JOTTINGS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 43, 7 October 1914, Page 3

JOTTINGS.

Cololctions were taken np in Christ church on Sunday last in all the chinches in Canterbury, in aid of the Fooc for the Poor of Britain and Belginn Fund. The total collected in the non episcopal churches was £843 IGs 9d To this amount the Presbyterian ohurcl contributed £414, the Methodist £195 the Baptist £l5B, the Congregational £47, the Church of Christ £ls, and tin intercessory service £4. * * * » An enterprising monumental mason at Newtown has inscribed the following epitaph on a tombstone and exposed it to* public gaze:—“ln memory of the Kaiser, who passed away from an overdose of British cold steel (hero a space is reserved for the date). Here lie the remains of a man without brains, who thought the whole world he could conquer. But what a surprise, when he met the Allies, and found God had deserted His partner.” A footnote adds : “Awaiting instructions when to ship.” * * » A correspondent, who is a careful reader of the cable news concerning the war, writes to the Hawera Star: “By the way the ‘Prince Adalbert mystery’ in Belgium interests me, for it seems strange to me that Adalbert should bo in Belgium at all, seeing that he is in the navy. Of course, it is reported that some naval men are there, but still one would expect him to be with the fleet. Possibly the whole affair is the same as the killing of the Crown Prince in the early stages of the Avar —purely imaginary.” * * * * The folloAving is a copy of a telegram from the Governor of New Zeu land to the Governor-General of tin Commonwealth of Australia:—“Please convey the folloAving message; The New Zealand forces are looking forward to greeting their comrades from Australia, and being associated with them ill the present great Imperial undertaking. This Dominion greatly recognises the valuable assistance already given to New Zealand by the Royal Australian Navy in with the operations in Samoa, and only regrets that it has not boon possible foi the meeting between the two contingents to take place at an earlier date. —Signed: Liverpool, Governor.” # * * * “My Avife, who has had a good deal of experience, says she has never seen anything like it,” remarked a Kaiwarra resident yesterday Avhen handing to a Ngav Zealand Times representative a slab of hard, heavy stuff that looked more like a piece of printing machine roller perished by age and much service than anything else. The slab, it was explained, had been broken from a “whack” of pudding served on one of the troopships for dinner on Sunday and brought ashore as a likely subject for a guessing competition. That particular pudding was not at all the popular dish, as anyone who saw the sample would readily understand.