NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14839, 3 December 1913, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Maheno, from Sydney, is duo at Auckland at 7 a.m. to-day. Her mails should reach Christehurch" on Friday morning. The auction announcements of Harris Bros., Conway Maison and Sons, Tonks. Norton and Co., Farmers' Saleyards Co., Charles Clark, P. S. Nicholls and Co., and National Mortgage and Agency Co., will be found on page 15 of this issue. The Oamaru League is taking steps to establish more satisfactory communication with Nnseby with a view to trade extension with Central Otago. The New Zealand Staff Corps examination, is being held at the Drillehed. This examination, which is being held under the jurisdiction of tho British War Office, is being condpeted simultaneously throughout the British dominions. It commenced on Monday sad finisho-, on Friday. Tho papers will be ser.t direct to tho War Offico.

An organ recital will be given in His Majesty's Theatre on Sunday evening ne.xt at 8.30. The net proceeds to be devoted for tho purpose of providing Christmas toys for children in public institutions. Tickets may bo obtained at the City Council offices. The actingtown clerk desires to acknowledge the receipt of £1 from W.M. as a donation towards the fund.

The Ellesmere Licensing Committee met at Little River yesterday. Pre-sents-Messrs T. A. B. Bailey, S.M. (chairman), Latter. Armstrong, Parkinson, Patterson, and Hubbard. Transfers were granted as under.—Southbridge Hotel, M. Rondan to C. H. Piper; Doyleston Hotel, F. O. Hatch to T. Power; Leeston Hotel, G. P. Payne to P. Smith; Naockerle's Hotel, Akaroa, P. C. Harcourt to W. J. Blako; Lake Forsyte Hotel. J. G. Whitmoro to F. W. Wright: Rolleston Hotel, M. B. Cregan to T. Glen.

Given fine weather to-day, the Canterbury Horticultural Society's Rose Show, which is to be held in the Art Gallery, should be one of the most successful yet held. The roses are in splendid nick this year, and lovers of the popular sweet pea will have a rich treat in examining the many new~and in many cases magnificent—varieties imported this year. Record entries have been received, and this promises keen competition. The Ladies' Committee of the society are providing afternoon tea. The show will be open to the publio from 1.30 p.ml to 9.45 p.m.

The high winds which have prevailed during the last few days, although doing damago to the fruit crop of the district, have not proved so disastrous as they would have done if they had been experienced a month, earlier (eaya the "Manawatu Standard"). The fruit in most cases has reached a fair size, and thus has been better able to withstand the force of the gales. Poaches and nectarines have suffered most, being brought down in fair quantities in somo orchards. Some varieties of apples have also suffered elightly. The greatest damage has been done to the cherry crop, rain and wind causing the fruit to crack and thus spoiling it for the market. .-■■-.

A man. a horse, and a light gig provided some excitement in Cathedral square a few minutes before 1 p.m. yesterday. "When the equipage was passing the Post Office some portions of the harness parted, the shafts flew up, and the horse started kicking funouely. The driver was ehot out over the back of the gig, landing on his back on the asphalt, and the horee and gig careered down Colombo street at top speed. The runaway kicked a shoe off at the intersection of Colombo and Cashel streets, but managed to dodge traffic in a marvellous manner. When last seen the gig was rapidly disappearing in a cloud of dust in the direction of the Cashmere Hills.

Mr Edwin Kflpatrick writes tn reference to a letter signed "Maya," which •K-β printed yesterday:—l became eick and tired years ago by amateur artists, chemists, and the "know-alls ,, of the smaller cities throughout the world, who wished to achieve notonety at my expense by insisting upon examining "The Shadow of the Cross." I allowed them to do so the first year, and tee "result was that the picture was mauled about .until it was almost ruined. During that time the phenomenon m the picture was explained in about twenty different ways—the most popular theories being phosphorus, luminons ! paint the cutting off of the electric lights and ono up-to-date gentleman insisted upon it having been painted iby the spirits. Regarding your corresi pondent of this morninc: the answer is I short but very pithy. If he will prove I to the satisfaction of a committee of i five reputable citizens of Chratchurcn that he will "render the vision of the j 'Shadow of the Cross' impossible i out damaging the picture, or lnterferImc with the arrangements of the I studio, or the reception of visitors 1 1 mil forfeit the sum of £-tO. which l leave with you to bo distributed with local "Jiarities. Should he fail he is to forfeit the same amount of money to the same cause. Money to be deposited with too before the investigation is made.* In conclusion, yonr correspondent f« fn error when he says I call the picture an illusion: I personally can make no explanation . reparding the paintinp. but merely invite J^ to ™ » nil inrWirate froelv. and draw their own conclusions. While it is sacrilegious in a war to make this proposition, it is practically forced utxra mc Please consider the matter closed as [««**» concerned." Mr Kilpatnck deposited tho sum mentioned.

The ship Brothers , Pride jubilee rfr union will ho held in tho Y.M.Cju rooms on "Wednesday nest, at 1 p.m. Entries for the Domain Rose Carnival close with the secretary (Mr C. W Herrey) to-doy, at 5 p.m. Tho rivor report yesterday morning was:—Waimakariri (both branches? Kakaia, Rangitata, and Waitaki, deirOpihi, fisuablo. . * ' The quarterly mooting of the Chamber of Commerce will be hold at three o'clock this afternoon in the Cisambcr Hall, when tho president will giro an address oa current topics. Owrig to tho stnk© trouble. Ute * entry fees for tho military tournament to bo held at Auckland on January JW and sth, will not bo enforced. Entrie* win now be received locally till Deccnj. ber 14th, after which dato no entries will be accepted. A largo number of entries are beinj; received locally. a 0 fewer than 21 coming from tho C.V.C The Defence Department adrises tint it doee not propose to issue- the worn rifles purchased by it in Canadj to the riflo clubs of this Dominion. Oa a previous occasion, when this b m dono, tho Department was continually in receipt of complaints. "When nc» riSos arc available, tho system of selj. ing thetn to defence rifle clubs will bo continued. At 5 p.m. yesterday, after a long aad trying sitting of the Supreme Court, a, suggestion was made that tho Court nu«jht then adjourn till the next day. His Honour, however, considered that in view of the lengthy nature of tie caso it would bo hotter to continue on for n time. "This is what Mr Justice Williams would call a judicial orgy," remarked IVfr Hosking, K.C. ''Judicial orjy do you call it?" echoed tho judge, "I should call it a judicial penance." In tho Juvenile Court yesterday before .Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., two boys, aged fourteen years and fourteea and a half years, were charged with theft of sheet lead, tho property of; Charles Clark. One of tho boys, was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, but .the other was sent to the Burnham Industrial School, and his father ordered to pay os a week towards his support it that institution. , A protest of Lieutenant-Colonel '.&,. EL l>antra, late of the Indiau military service, against tho action of the Customs authorities in declining to allow him to settle in Tasmania with hii family, has been received by the Commonwealth External Affairs Department. Tho letter points out that while he, a subject of tho King, is rofusod admission, yet a foreigner with no other qualifications hut a whito skin, is allowed to in any part of tho Commonwealth. Tho Department insists that Colonel Uantra is a Eurasian, and that the law is that coloured persons must bo excluded.

Tho quarterly meeting of the Christchurch Tramway Employees' Union was held yesterday morning and evening, Mr J. Jsind presiding. Mr J. A. McCullough wrote, asking for the Union's nomination as tho , workers' representative on the _ Court of Arbitration. It was unanimously resolved to nominate Mr McCullough. As ,to tbo appointment of a deputy representative, circulars were received from Messrs E. J. Carey, A. H. Cooper, E. Howard, and T. Long, and it was decided to nominate Mr Hiram Hunter. As the result of a recent case, in whicJl a conductor was penalised for alleged W civility ana inattention to a passenger, the Board had undertaken that in future punishment is not to start till eight days aftex it is imposed, so that the employee implicated i- y have an opportunity of being heard on appeal.

The 'sitting of she District Land • Rogistrarß , Conference at Wellington was brought to a close on Saturday afternoon. The most important subject dealt with was the consideration of a comnleto set of regulations under tho Land Transfer Act, which haa long been .1 great want of th© Department, • and the discussion of many nointa of practice, with a view of securing uniformity among tho various districts, the lack of which has often been a source of much Inconvenience to legal practitioners.- The amending Land Transfer Act, which has just been passed, came linder the review of the conference, and various points were discussed. Ib was decided that it wouid' be desirable, at an early date, to issue a fresh "Handbook of the Land Transfer Act and Regulations." The gen-. «ral feeling (saye the "Dominion") was that the confe -once had fully ii:stifiod its sitting, and it w probable that n similar conference will be held iv the course of a few years.

On several occasions what has-bcea termed "the human dislike to fresh air" has been referred to at the Cost of Living Enquiry at the Industrial Court at Sydney. Last week a tend agent, in'giving evidence, declared that he had seen ventilators plastered over, and fireplaces covered tip. "Fresh iur would lull somo people," he said, to the amusement of the Court. Another witness held the same view. He was a municipal officer, with'a. largo practical experience, and he said it was not uncommon to eeo all the doors and windows of a dwelling closed tight to tho outsido air. Ho did not know why. but such was the case. "Fresh air will not hurt anybody," ho added disgustedly. -Mr Rolin (for the Employers Federation) . considered . the workers were groat offenders against hygiene in this rcsnect. To Mr Conningtoa (for the Trades and Labour Council), who disagreed with him. he remarked with an air of finality, "You cannot chow mc an open window or door in a workingclass suburb." A further instance of the hardships suffered by tho peonlo of Gipoeland' owing to the need or good, roads hae just come to lip;ht (says the Melbourne "Ago"). A lad named Laseick, living in tho mountains beyond Dargo, wae kicked in tho abdomen by a horse. Miss Brown, a bush nurne stationed at Dargo, rodo out on horseback to the boy's home, and, as his injuries were very serious, she advised his removal to ' Sale. This was a tremendous undertaking, in view of the fact that thafe is no road fit for vehicles over the mountains to Dargo. The lad was placed on a stretcher, and was earned a distance of twelve miles over a rcngh mountain track k> Dargo, a number of svmp.ithiscrs assisting tho relatives. The second stage of the journey consisted of a drive of seventy miles over bad roads in mountainous country. I* was n long and terrible journey for tn* unfortunate lad, who suffered p"e*' t pain. The journey occupied spvera; flays. On yonnc Lasnok's arrival a* the Silo Hospital Dn '-Haßenaner fonnd thnt ho was suffering from peritonitis, - and an operation was performed.

The Sydney Meat Preserving. Company,, Ltd., was not operating in the sheep market at Homebush ealeyards to-day (says a Sydney telegram 01 November 3-tth to the Melbourne "Argus"), because the slaughtermen a| tho company's works at Auburn ceased work at about nine o'clock this morning. The men commenced at 7 a.m. a» usual, but when another man in the employ of the comnnny was put on in the place of an employee absent through sickness the whole of tho slaughtermen decided to cease work, although the now man was a financial member or the Slaughtermen's Union. It appear* that tho man objected to had worked some years ago during a time of industrial trouble, and tho , " elnughtermen refused to work w?th him, although he has b«?en admitted to the union, paid up all arrears, and is "financial." A dolosate of tho di9nffrctod men said that his m°*~ unionists ivotild not r* ve nme work till the man ob'octed to obtained a permit from the union secretary. Thereupon the manager said that the man womo have to spo to that in his own and no* in working time.

■Father Christmas is Coming To-day. All the boys and girls, young and old, ■ift be delighted to learn tnat ; Father rhristmas' has arranged to ccffno to SKXurrh To-day. Ho will leave tho «ilvrav station-.it 2.30 p.m., and after SWr'sing the city in his carriage, L m bv'fnur grey horses, will arrive '2*tho D.I-C. at 3 o'clock, and hold Sailv levels til! Christmas Eve. Everyoaeinvited to take part m tho general ireicoae. 6 Mrs Boltestcn. specinlist in Hair and Taco Treatments, and Elr-ctrolvsis, Ooalified London, Paris, and U.S.A., linhesj medical references, hairwork of erery description, Dominion Buildings, Cathedral square, Christchurch, also at Wellington. gpecial shipment of Bats from Gunn -jyj Moore, Stuart Surridge. Xicolls, C i c just opened. Further stock Gunr and'Mooro Bats to open ex Corinthic. Lewis and Anderson, 112 Cashel street. 6 Jlotor Accessories- —Lyce-tt Bfelts, *-ineb, 13s, J-inch, 15s, 1-inch, 17s 61; Hutchinson Heavy Tyres, 37s 6d; A*wjrtod epares kept, also best quality repairs, at J. H. Suckling and Co., Garage, 117 Worcester street. 6 Walter J. Watson, D.8.0.A., Lonjgjj Expert Optician (near Kincaid's). Accurate Sight-testing and Spectaclefitting. Repairs to Frames and broken Lenses' matched. Charges moderate. 8 An official estimate of the attendance on the opening day of the Auckland Exhibition gives a total of between 18000 and 19,000 visitors.

Amidst the prevailing unrest, one function, at all events, pursues a successfnl .career. Tho inducements offered by Messrs Armstrong and Co., Ltd., with the object of securing immediately a large enm of money to defray the cost of their rodent building extensions, have been so pronounced that -.»o two stores are kept very busy—if thoir prices are too low to bo profitable the firm have at least the pleasant coneciousnesa of doing good at a trying period. 1

' "Work good, charges reasonable, time taken tie shortest possible. That's the kind of service you get when you employ us. We forward parcels, move fnrniture, pass entries, provide storage. The N.Z. Express Co., Ltd. 6 "Gentlt! and beneficent as a Summer Shower."—The "Daisy" Garden Spray, ns supplied by us to the Domain Gardens, Christchurch and Ashburton. Simple and efficient. Hastie, Bull and Pickering, opposite Ballantyne's. 6 One of the reasons for the phenomenal success of Rhcumaline-Oxrgena as a rheumatic cure is that the discoverer himself prepares it to suit individual cases "In preparing RhcumalineOxyjzena for rheumatic sufferers, personal peculiarities are taken into consideration. Rhoumaline-Oxygena is an internal remedy-which drives out the eric acid, reduces swelling, banishes pain, and tones up the system. Write Dominion Rheumatic Cure Syndicate, ■St. Kilda. 3>unedin. 2 Look at the labels on Thomson's cordials, and you will see that this firm guarantees that nothing artificial is used in the manufacture. Nothing but the finest fruit juices are utilised. Take no risks. Make sure of purity. Get Thomson's. All grocers. Ford and Miram. agents. 2