NEWS OF THE DAY •

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14833, 26 November 1913, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY •

H.M.S. Pyramus loft Wellington for Lyttelton at 7.3.0 last night. Th 6 auction announcements of Tonks, Norton and Co., National Mortgage and Agency Co., Allan Hopkins. Malingand Co., and Farmers' Saleyards Co ( will bo found on page 15 of this issue. The B squadron of mounted troops in camp at Tai Tapu consists of two officers and 46 men. Lieut. Hurst ia in command and Capts. Blair and Onslow are the instructors, mostly musketry work being accomplished. The men. wont into camp for a week and will broak camp on Saturday. It is officially announced that all pnrades of.Territorials in town and tho suburbs are postponed till further notice. A warrant was recently issued for the arrest of James Goddes. v McDonald, manager at, Clinton for tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company,, on a charge of ombozslemenu (says a Press Association message). McDonald was traced to Clifden by Constable McClinchy, of Otautau, and from thero to Lako Hauroto, whero ho was arrested yesterday. • . . Loud hilarity served to enliven proceedings at a certain stage of tho last meeting of the Taihape Chamber of Commerce Hating Native lands was the topic of conversation, and the general opinion was to the effect that very few Natives in tho Taihapo district helped to lift the burden of taxation of tho pakeha settlers. "Oh, I don't know,' , said, a gentleman, whose very air betokened road bqara. "-"I know , one ruan-'who pays regularly. That's old——,' on tho Mataoroa road. • He pays Is a iyear 1" '■ s ~ ' . An amusing incident occurred in Heretaunga street, Hastings. on Thursday (saye Atlio Napier ' "Doily Telegraph"). A . light bundle :of material, triangle shaped, was caught by the wind and blown from its pedestal, outside a drapory establishment, on to the footpath. The stuff spYead out like a sail, and the frivolous breeze played with it, sending it along fitfully until it arrived outsido a rival rag Khop some twenty yards up.-Hero the impish galelet gave it a mischievous twist and sent it right through the entrance, whoro an employee, thinking it belonged to his boss, picked it up and it was duly added to tho stock. Six motor 'buses which havo been provided by tho Auckland Tram Company tor tho Exhibition traffic will cost about £5000, according t6 a statement mado by tho chairman of directors (Mr C. G. Tegetmcir) at tho annual mcJoting of tho company in London on October 9th. "Wo hope thoy will to a large extent pay for themselves during the time the Exhibition is open," said Mr Tegetmeir, "but wo do not expect mUch muro from thenl after it is over, and it is entirely with the object of furthering the success of tho Exhibition by facilitating access to it that we haVo obtained them." Mr Tegetmeir added, states tho "Post's" special correspondent at Auckland, that with an efficient tramway service thrqiigh all the main thoroughfares tho directors did not think there was seopp for the profitable operation of motor omnibuses. Should theref be an opportunity in the future of running motor vehicles in Auckland to advantage, the company would not be likely to neglect it. . The East Christchurch annual school picnic was held at East Oxford, in Pearson's Park, in finfe weather. Tho special train left Christchurch punctually at 9.10 a.m. and journeyed through ltoileston and Sheffield to tho viaduct over the Waimakariri Gorge, and pulled up there for twenty minutes to allow tho scholars a view of tho gorge. A clear, bright sun .shining over tho river and surrounding hills mado every:hin2; look at its best, and gave quito a pleasantness to the whole of tho surroundingSj and tho scholars, who had a run down to tho riverbed, qtlito enjoyed their short stay there. The train then ran on to Oxford, and pulled un at Pearson's Park gates and allowed all the parents and scholars to alight. The day was spent in various sporting items, cricket aiid tennis coming in for a fair sharo, and tho various facing events, far which the committees supplied prizes, Were very keenly contested, and (showed some very fine form by the scholars. At 5.50 p.m. the start was made for home, and the train reached Christchurch at 7.4y p.m., after a very enjoyable day's outing. According to Miss Cuthbertson, who .read a paper at the annual congress of the National Council of Women in Melbourne last vreeh on "Women's Work in tho Industrial World," the typical Australian girl who earns her living in factories, shops, or in workrooms is a well-built, atliletic young woman, with a fair education. She is often a church worker and member of a Sunday school and a friendly society, She has the independence which usually accompanies fair wages and a reasonable prospect of steady work. She had had many opportunities of contrasting the Australian girl worker with tho English one, and could say without t hesTtation that if there were any girls or women smarter at their work than Australians sho would liko to see them. The principal reason of this superiority was the excellent system and conditions lof work laid down by tho Victorian ! Factory and Shop Act. which protected in every way tho interests of the worker.* In Vow Zealand tho Act wa* spoken o f as the most advanced iactory i-tw in tho world, and to cover the same "•round in Now Zealand no ierror than sis Acts had to be read together.

The. river report yesterday morniae'lrS" was:_W ß iniakariri (both 'brandX? £# llang.tata, and YV'aitaki, dear, Rak2(J §£ The Wcstport Ccal Compel *C promisee at Oaroaru «ero » - entered on Monday niftht. Tlio ffiS < gaired adnnitanco by forcine Uck t£* window. The till W «s * . out it contained no luonev, so that tJ« quest proved fruitless. * we , _ -Mr Kdv.-in Kiljwtrick extend* aa m. tmnins such intwt in tho stnd.onS Ballantyne *. m Cashe] str«i. ous wppi-oas ure h'M from 1 fcfi 0 ciock daily. w ° i ! The extent to which the strike h*i caused "onßry i>a«ion.s" to k> aroused was exemplified by an incident tS occurred ywtmlay ovonin B in the- cifcT 1 ivo young lollop were Passing a noWL ; paper runner and ono bought H coin *rf i tup paper Imimvilately hi* M I siiau-iivu the papor out of his hand and I uuvw it in the mud, tho purchaser »k : Unvinj* ie to remain there. At a meeting of residents of Kaiaool and Hangiora, held List evening Mr W Doubleday presiding, it was 'Inat a protest be made against thft untenable, and ridiculous position uta up oy the Opposition on tho present it etonewall on the second ballot, and tint ™ ' those present desire to officially pWjn record their approval of the Government s attitude in tho present unlojw tunato industrial troubla" The stcamor Arawa, which armed at Wellington yesterday from Home brought 434 passensors, mostly Si grants. Between 240 and 200 of tho immigrants camo out under the Go-w-niinont assisted scheme, and com-im-so 44 doroest-c servants, 97 farm " ft WJth Adr mvee and ehudren a,ui JUcS separated relativos. Tbo immigrants bound for Lyttoltoa left last Kißln, and thoso for other southern ports will sail to-day. As an ardent supporter of woman's sulirago and as a Liberal born, Mr \V p. Lovell Smith, of Christchurch, who. lias just,, returned from a \i<m to Europe aud Great Britain, expressed to a representative of 'The Press," his keen disappointment of the attitude of I the British Liberals towards the i women's suffrage, movement. Ho ro. " 5 marked thnt tho British Government's opposition to tho reform \ras duo to tha Prime Minister's views on tho mil>iect, *- and that thoso vi'pws woro roalh those "" of Mrs Asquith, who is looked upon as "tho power behind the throne " Serious attempts havo been made *. lately to kill or maim horses belonging to the Victoria Laundry* Co. (says a Press Association message from ■Wellington). Twice tho animals hare been driven, oyor a steep bank with a drop of twenty-fire feei, but in each caso were uninjured. Thi having failed, on Monday a *horso was badly wounded. A greai Rash was i noticed in tho abdomen ton inches long and five deep. In the opinion of a veterinary surgeon the wound was niade'A, with somo instrument like a pruning knife. Tho matter is in tho hands of the police. A comedy of errors, which resulted. . in no little amusement, occurred J. Maeterton rJßcontly. A local clergy- , " man. had borrowed a bicycle which fl6 f\, placed outside tho Technical School. Oa * * returning from a visit to iho school '?? Oie took what he thought was the bor*; rowod. bicycle, bat what turned out to* bo a lady's bkryclo." "His next vi»&s& was to a bicyclo shop. On leaving thie , c I.ho picked up ft man's bicycle and pro- «/ cceded. to tho Post Office.: Ou ing from the" lottor institution fej" , found that what, ho thought was ihiffiC borrowed inachine had disappeared Inf*. ( the meantime there had boon a and cry. The lady rushed round great alarm, and eventually found Iμ*."* machino in front: of mo bicyclo ehopf A grocer, who had mieeed his -bicwJe, found it in front;of the Post Offl<*. -ft The clorgyinanr; distressed- ai the loss *~ \ of the borrowed bicycle, mado an imes- -,a< tigation,' and found the machine jus* where he had left it, in front of tho {i Technical School. ' t g\ In conversation with a reprvsentatire of "Tho Press" "regarding his > reccue . visit to Europe and Great Britain, Air, i W. S. Lovell Smith, of CJhristchurch, -f remarked that. the Gorman railway ~ / trains wore the best lie travelled in for -* comfort and for general cony enience. The English trains came next, and tho * Italian trains were the wortt. In 6ne ± essential Now Zealand trains 'surpassed ™ those of Great Britain, and that wns m their punctual departure And arrival. With the exception of a few express " trains the British trains did not keep as cood time as the New Zealand trains do. Mr Lovell Smith and his party -s did most :6f their travelling in EngL-uid* * Wales and Scotland by motor. ] hough this means of -transport to fifty por cent, dearer than railway fares would havo been, it had its advantage.;, in i* that tho party -oras relieved of xmica _ anxiety as .to its; luggage, and J»* v - savod much time that would .>▼»*«" spent in connectiug Tto party coveiod about four thoosand oii» by motor in Great Britain. . y A material witness, *^ d *°JsZ evidence in a case befoW. the Supreme Court, failed to appear, when the was called on Monday,;and<wa«i agam absent when the .heanttfi .*« yesterdayi Commenting, oil - Mr Justice Dennistoa said:— 0^ 6 was called."en Monday, and a I*7 «?' . to take on Jilmelf to de- " % ■f + wt tho exigencies of tfio case „ fSify his and W with tbo course of pubho , „. justice. J* t position as atiy T %lT cdH?aSe I do Xt question for t fmomSt-tho good intontion of aiiy - \ ?»? vSrties w that there has bceu C , iFtlio witness do« not-._ A«tond whg idled on his 'subpoena, I i ball tato Jteps to tovo tho question raised and decided." ■ .- A good story 5s going rounds m Southland in connexion with a nwf. > settler who was Building », house, tb* *> t «U. for which had phosen on • •_ fairly high etninenco (says the ""»" ' The older inhabitants viewed the idea with scorn, as they contended that it 4> would bo imposeiblo to obtain a- aufident supply of water for *J»*«J \ purposes. The wife o£ one of the dents happened to meet the now set x t , r Mr . -After tho usual remark* , had' been made regarding and tho crops, the lady enquired as to how the construction of the new house , was progressing. "Oh » ' •'it i nearly finished, and I .g»d ing into it next week. » '; n vUt " Llf that she had that, day <f*&, , «oji " 6aid tho husband, wMI % hailed originally from tho Groen Wjj "and phat did he say a.V <*»*'»? shackle ay* a houso that ho is poto up?" "He is shifting into it tt o™*, «1» answered. '-'But. how the dirrfjW he gran' to get watlicr up to it- «f . sayJho is going to get }t «p with* .* ram." The remarks tha reply occa- , sioned (adjective scrrrely . ; amounted t.) eomcilung like ihe folk"-* *~ in S -- J A rain! If he'd get-"ft dhray. twj ■ horses, and tw« casks hod be ; get; ut» mo:,, wathcr than wnl a tho* sand " r.;rjs:." Aiti-r oracularly c*. % ; pi-cssijiK hinigelf. the hiwband i the task of feeding himsolf. ~

A meeting to consider the New Brighton Borough Council's proposed rate will bo held at the Post Office itore at 8 p.m. on Saturday next. North and West ratepayers are urged to attend. The patronapo accorded the Tramnay Board* "observation car" Las been very poor during the past we»k, and it has been decided to withdraw tho car from service until the present ~ industrial trouble is over. ' A special passf>nper train, netting down uhere required north of Palmer*ton, will Iravo Punedin for Christ"church at 8.50 p.m. on November 29thj arriving at Christchurch at 7.15 a.m. on November 30th. A concert was to have been jjiven in the-Now Brighton Pier Hail on Saturdaynight in aid of the local branch of .' the Life-saving Society. Owing to tho ■npsetting of arrangements by tho strike, however, the concert has been postponed indefinitely. jhe P.is Works employees' dispute ■ -was agaia before the Conciliation Council yesterday. Tho parties, however, failed to reach any agreement on the majority of tho points involved, and the cmb* was referred to tho Arbitration Court for settlement. ?An election by tho members of the Parliamentary roil of Canterbury Col- ' fege. to fill a casual vacancy on tho Board caused by tho death of Mr J. L. Scott, will bo held on Monday, December loth. Nominations will close on ' Monday, December Bth, at noon. The Roy. J. Flanagan will conduct a mission in tho Durham street South ■ 'Mission Church each evening this week. ; On Friday night ho will lecture on '•'."Taking Men Alivo." On Sunday ho will conduct three services in the Grand Thcatro. and on Monday he will givo • a limelight lecture in the King's •Theatre. Owing to tho disfigurement of tho Kaiapohia monument at Waikuku by vaadnls, representations were inado to tho Government on tho question of fencing it in, and in this connection Mr S.. Hurst Senger has been advised by tho Under-Socrctary for Internal Affairs that it has been decided to erect a palisade fence two and a half chains in length around the monument, at a> cost of £100. The Public Works Department will put the work in hand at once. . In the Houstj of Representatives yesterday the Prime Minister stated that arrangements wero being made ( to enable those members who so desired to 'be,present at the opening of the \ Zetland Exhibition on Monday next. Jt h&d not yet been decided whether there would he an adjournment of the House or not, but if the Bouse did odjourft ft Would bo for one day (Monddy) only. The Legislative Council will adjourn, from Friday till "Wednesday in order to allow members to bo preSetlt at the opening ceremony. .The irork of transferring Mr R. McNab's library from his residence in Palmerston North to the Duneditt Public Library, which has been entrusted to Mr the IHinedin librarian, is almost completed (telegraphs our ;.correspondent).. Mr McEwen has been erigagod for Bereral days at the work, and has packed seventeen large cases .with books. He hopes to be able to leave for Dunedin to-day. Mr McEwen '.-Stated that some of tho Volumes were ;rworth their weight in gold. Many of the books had novel been seen hero be- ■.','•■ -:\ ■■' . ; .' ... ■. > . t The second rehearsal of the displays ' Jtt connexion with the Public Schools' ; Sports* to be held ftb Lancaster Park * nest Saturday, wad • held yesterday t afternoon, and was very successful, all tho .work showing a great advance on tho standard of last week. Owing to thei proximity of the Sixth Standard proficiency . examinations, the muster was not as large as was thd case last Wednesday; but it, is estimated that about 1700 children- will , be preeent'next Saturday afternoon. Thd secretary of the Association wishee it to be distinctly ttfaditatood that he will tiot allow the sale of crackers, tembsy throw-downs, or. ; flfljf; explosives on the ground /neit/ Saturday, nor must the children, take them into the ground And let them off; with regard to th& use of tha stands, the secretary informs us that they will be free to the riublio during thejnornihg, but they will be cleared dariag the luncheon adjournment, and i ft Small ehlrge trill be made for.their ? ■• the afternoon's performance. ,-.•■:• «'*i;WSen should a mtm marry? That is ■•V an (Jft-repeatod question nowadays, and [/. one which draws various! answers. Archbianop" Cart, of Melboutne, speaking at the bjtenittg.of a.baaaar at Geelohg ;.(Vidi) last Week, Contributed his •; J*«nloHi to the effect that yauM tnttn .should settle dovrh as sdon as clrcUmfetatie*S allowed them. He fiaid . that basaars were admirable hieens ftir making matches, in Australia young men and Protestant alike) were inclined to pttf 6ff what should be the principal, evenVof. their li¥ea In early manhood/ It Was a Kilfish and dangeroui thing for any man to make up Eis mind, and £ay~ ltd would • not got T married until he wiis 40 yeaj-s of age. Thai Was wrong in principle and practice. 'YOtihg.men should settle down as , feioon as circumstances allowed them, &nd not wait till the* were 40, by which.time the* should.hate a family . about them. Hβ hoped the young inert would think seriously of what fie had ■'• said* - -.." .■..■■.. A eOitesnondeirfc frritejj from Waiau: —"A roUgh, bUrJy man recently turned up at' the peaceful little township of Waiau.. Hβ made himself particularly. offensive, talked fight, and used iip the fttikerV 'anti-scab , vocabulary. It : : is almost needless to mention that he was an emissary front the ~■ strikers preaching the strike, tfqotrine : m the panacea for 'the ills of our social eye- ,; tern. Whilst he tras holding forth on the hotel verandah, q yoiing fellow, the son of the oldesi Settler In the township, who owns ft lorVy And teem or horses, and who is regularly employed carting to and from WaiaU and (Mfel-dehj drove up, aftd alighted. No eooner had he done m tJian the great, cojtrse brute began abtisW him. The teatttsteri who is of the muJtlitn in. P.arto buUd, with a guileless look, lit a .ThU.qUieeceiice wto ioo Much for \U billly. ;He Struck at the fK'^vfi*^ 1611 * 1,^0 - When Si f h^H a J fl »™»' th » fee* of' the was cut to rtb■■'ufS & s fitf -■■jW*f'^* , ihAi lhe titter is the local boxing champion. ,, ■ Walter J. Waison, D.B 0.A., Lon^ . EjP«rt Optician (dear Kincaid's). Sight-testing and SpectackWtmg, -Repairs to Frntnes and brokch ■Lenses matched. Charges moderate. 8 One of the reasons for the phenomenal success of Rheiimaline-Oxvgena as » rheumatic euro is that the discoverer aiineeli prepares it to Kuit individual ■?*ses. In preparing RheumalineI VXyeena for l-heumatio per*?P a * peculiarities are taken into, eoh- -; Rheumaline-Oxygena is an internal remedy which drives out the nrio acid, swelling, banishes Tjaih, and tones up the system. Write / Bominion Rhenirintic Cure Syndicate. St. Kilda. Dunedin. -2 At the present moment, when fnbnoy V» of more than ordninry value, Messrs T. Armstrong and Co., Ltd., the Popular Drapers, open up a pleasing prospect. Rcqnirinc cash, in connexv ion with the recent extension of theJr .promises, they have organised a. clear- .•; ing Sato of their large stocks, reducing v ©Terything to bedrock priws. From ~; ten o'clock this morning, bargains in- '": deed will bo procurable at eAch of the '.:'. firto's large stores. 6 : is'coming! If you have gifts for despatch to friends abroad, .notify the New Zealand Kxpress Comjpany Ltd. They will call for your par- . "oelft and forward them by mail steamer ; at cheapest rates in the surest fashionI telephone 206. 6

Sale of Humbe'r Motors. 3*h p. 3-speed, £75 new. Free engine £57 10s new. 2h.p., fix.cd, £37 10s new. 3ih.p., 3-speed, £50. 3Jh.p., fixed, £45. Sneklinga Garage, Worcester streot. > ' 2 Dr. Van Slyke, Specialist, Eye, Ear, Throat, and Nose, has removed to tbo Dominion Buildings, opposite Square and Broadway's. Telephone 744. 6 If you want cloan. pure, lionesfc drinks every time without fail, ask for, and get, Thomson's Raspberry Vinegar. Its purity is unsurpassed, its quality unequalled. Mado from the juke of the finest raspberries. No adulteration. All grocers. Ford and Aiiranis, agents. 4 Shearers should not fail to inspect our stock* of T.TJ.S. sheep shears, both hollow ground and double hollow ground, also special stones and etonoil. Lewis and Anderson, 112 Cashel street W. 6 "Gentle and beneficent ns a Summer Shower."—The 'Daisy" Gordon Spray, as supplied by us to the Domain Gardens. Chrjstchurch and Ashburton. Simple arid efficient. llastic. Bull and Pickpring, opposite Ballantyne's. 6" RECRUITING BY.RAGTIME. Recruiting by ragtirno is the latest ! device of the British military authorities to attract men to the Army and fill up gaps in the ranks. It is apparently held that, despite KOmo diminution in military dignity, the enthralling strains of "Hitchy Koo" and other music hall classics arc more likely to lure the civilian into the Army than the other time-honoured methods.. In consequence of the adoption of this amazing plan by the autnoritiee at Fulwood Barracks, Preston, a. remarkable scone was witnessed in that town. Tho mills of Horrockses, Crewdson, and Co., tho largest firm of cotton manufacturers in the world, pour their thousands of workers into these thoroughfares, and at noon, whilst the band of the i Royal North Lancashire Regimrmt played ragtimo ard other popular music in tho square, attracting a large crowd, about seventy officers and men searched for recruits. They distributed circulars and picture postcards, giving photographs of men of various regiments and giving the 6cal<! of pay and conditions of. life in tho barracks. "Hitchy Koo," "Rojert 15 Leo '' ai«d similar airs were played ard with red. white and bine rosf-ttes in their caps searched the neighbouring thoroughfares looking for .possible- rec.uifcs. The non-1 rompaiyii was mi bseqnently continued in other Lanccshiro towns. SORTING POSTAL ORDERS BY * MACHINES. "A machine for tho sorting of paid postal orders is now being tried in. the money order department of tho General Post Office, Manor Gardens, Holloway, its object being to assist or replace tlae operations which have hitherto been carried out by hand," says "Tho Times" Engineering Supplement. "Tho machine ie the invention of Mr F. R. Frost, a member of the staff of the department, and of Mr Justus - Itubardt, and it is stated that, according tojtho Patent Office records, it forms the first attempt to solve the problem of sorting small pieces of jpapor mechanically. The machine is designed to sort the postal orders numerically into hundreds of thousands, tens, of thousands, thousands, and hundreds, and for this purpose the orders are provided before they aro issued to tho public with four perforations, two along the upper edge and two aldrtg the lower one, each perforation being placed in a- certain position, according to the figure it represents.. In the sorting operation the orders, already sorted according to their money Value, are . impressed against the periphery of a rotating drum provided ifith metallic prickers or spikesj which pick up the orders according to the position of the perforations and place themJh a chain of boxes working in synchronism with the drum. At present the experiment Is being made with a million orders of 20a value. It is expected that one attendant will bq able to control si* machines." SPECIAL TO MAIL CONTRACTORS. To the mail contractor the modern motor-car offers a solution , of maily difficulties, and handicaps inherent in thd. Use of horse-drawn , vehicles. The tfldtof. is immeasurably fflttre speedy, and in these latter days considerably more reliable and economical than the best of horseflesh. -With a good modern daf like" the Studebaker'or .Talbot motof, delivery of mails means absolute immunity from penalties. Wo have a 30-h.p. &udebaker-E..ALF<, five-seater tStlfirig* tsar for sale at preserij;. This car has been Used as a demonstration car, and is in perfect condition; • It is the Same type, a≤ that USed bo suceessr fully on the Qu&etistown-Fairlie motor mail longest motor mail route in the world. It is finished in grey, and complete with hdod, screen, fire lamps, clock, and speedometer; It is a good, big, powerful car, and would dd good service tot a coach proprietor, as 1 welt ne for mails. 2sow the car wduid cost £400. Our price to-day is £250. An especially advantageous offer is made in respect to a 15-28-h.p. Talbob cal , , with two intefchartgetible bodies. Otte body, which will bd finished and lettered to suit ti«rchaser, is adapted for use oithef for goods delivefy or as ft ten'-pttesenger bi-nke. The five-seater staadnfd toHring body, fif'shed rieatly in grey is also available. The car is an idenl ttlie fflr mailj passenger, or goods Eerfice, and can ako be tispcl by the dwrief as a pleasute car". Talbot qttality M feb well known.'that we »3 riot labour the "strength and reliability of this car. New it cost £700. . To-djiy ihe price, witb two bodies, is £350. Photographs on application. .Better still, call and see. the cars in..ourgarage.- Adams, Ltd., Ghrrtgo, Ttiam street* CJhristchtirch, faoar High street establishment. . 6