Workers with reapers and binders in a harvest field on the
Canterbury Plains. - Otago Witness, 25.12.1912
During the passage of the barque Triton down the coast
she signalled the Terra Nova on Saturday morning, bound for the
Antarctic.
Towards midnight the Terra Nova again hailed the Triton, and
asked her to stand by until a boat came along-side. Captain
Nicolaisen accordingly stood by, and presently a whaleboat
came along-side the Triton, bringing a stowaway from the
Terra Nova, with a request to land him at Dunedin.
The stowaway had secreted himself on board the Terra Nova at
Lyttelton, and was not discovered until some time after
passing the Triton, which brought the unwelcome passenger to
Dunedin yesterday. During his short passage on the barque he
made himself generally useful, being apparently desirous of
forgetting his disappointment by means of hard work in the
humble capacity of a deck hand on a prosaic trader, his trip
to the Antarctic being meanwhile postponed indefinitely.
• Speaking of the appalling ignorance of some children in New
Zealand with regard to the Bible, the Rev. I. Jolly, at the
Bible-in-schools demonstration at Auckland, said that some
cases which had come under his notice were almost
unbelievable. Some little time ago, while visiting a school,
he asked one class who the ''Good Samaritan'' was, and not
one in the class could answer him.
One child had never heard of the Apostle Paul, but the most
painful of all the cases was that of a boy some 12 years of
age, who had never heard of the name of the Lord except ''as
a swear-word''. Such ignorance in a professedly Christian
country like New Zealand, said Mr Jolly, was almost
inconceivable, but he could vouch for the truth of his
statements.
• The commercial lorry is slowly but surely making headway in
Dunedin. The latest addition to those in use has just been
put into commission by the City Brewery. This firm imported
the Lacre chassis, but the body work was constructed by the
Dunedin coachbuilder, J. Ormiston White. The completed
vehicle is one of the most up-to-date and largest waggons in
the dominion, and that part of the work which was undertaken
by the local firm presents a very fine appearance, and
reflects great credit on the builder. - ODT, 19.12.1912
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