100 Years Ago

The Rev J. Alexander Clarke, who has spent a number of years in Central Africa as a member of the mission pioneered by Frederick Stanley Arnett, Dr Livingstone's successor, is at present in Christchurch, and in the course of an interview with a Lyttelton Times reporter he gave an interesting account of existing conditions on the Congo.

The following are the terms of the report to be submitted at the annual meeting of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children:

Mr W. T. Goodwin, the local Government fruit expert, who acted as judge of the fruit exhibits at the Chrysanthemum Show on Wednesday, speaks very highly of the quality of the apples and pears which were forward for competition.

His worship the Mayor (Mr W. Downie Stewart) and Miss Stewart gave a public reception to the citizens of Dunedin in the Art Gallery Hall yesterday afternoon.

NEW YORK: Hot on the trail of the mysterious person known as the Man Higher Up, the District Attorney in New York City is supplying the American public with a sensational chapter almost every day of the investigation into police corruption.

Some information on the subject of milking on shares was given in a case heard at Hamilton, in which a woman in poor circumstances sued a son for maintenance.

AUCKLAND: The ''Trojan'' disturbance duly arrived on Saturday evening, and at the time of wiring (24 hours later) the aftermath is still with us.

About 4.20 yesterday morning a disastrous fire occurred in Caversham, whereby the New Zealand Wax Vesta Company's factory in David Street was totally destroyed.

The question, which has been raised by correspondence in our columns, of the relation of the hospital to the poor of the community is one of perennial interest.

A somewhat narrow issue, but one regarding which many of the residents of the Otago Peninsula entertain strong feelings, seems to have been the main factor in producing an unusually heavy poll yesterday at the general election of members of the Portobello Road Board.