LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7814, 5 June 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Qwing to a quorum of members failing' tQ attend,' the ordinary monthly meeting of Ashburton High. School Board of Governors, which should have boon held yesterday afte-rnoou,' V-as postpone^ t-11l June Jt>, Although it is Mr John Studholme's intention' to resign his seal? as a member of the Ashburton County Council before he leaves on a visit' to England, the resignation did not come before the mooting of the Council yesterday ; but it is understood that Mr Studholme lias handed his written intention to the Chairman (Mrj John Lambie), and that it will be announced officially by Mr Studholme himself m a statement to the section of the ratepayers whom ho represent* q» t^e CQWMii " i

A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that Peter Williamson T,ait, charged with stabbing David M'Call, was again remanded, M'Call being still unable to appear. It is stated that, among other schemes of economy m Government departments, it is proposed to charge officers m, residential country post offices a rental m future. A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that- the ceremony of conferring degrees on students of Auckland University College took place on Friday. Mr George Laurenson, speaking at Beckenham on Friday evening, stated that he thought .'that- whatever money a district or municipality laid out m recreation grounds; was well invested. In his.opinion the excellent domain at Ashburton was one of that town's chief attractions. How kind of Mr Laurenson! But when will he or anyone else be able to speak similarly of Ashburton's Public. Library ? The farmers m the Methven district have been working under high pressure of late m preparing the land for grain sowing, and already a considerable area of wheat land has been sown.'So satisfied, are growers with the late crops of wheat, and the price it realised, that they are sowing a much larger area m that cereal this season. There is still a very large quantity of grain to be carted, says our Methven correspondent. ■ It was admitted by Mr Asquith (said the Rev. E. Eliot Chambers on Wednesday night) that Krupp's had lately taken on 38,000 additional men, and that that firm could turn out more gun fittings and gun mountings than all the English factories .put together. It was also pointed out that the best steel was made m Germany, and that from this source British builders received large supplies. •; In the two sections for home-made bread (white) at- the Duhedin. Winter Show, the first prize m each class was won by Mrs Martin, wife of Constable Martin, of Ashburton. Entries for one of the classes was open only to those who had not previously won, a first or second prize at a winter show, while the other class was open for competition to all. At the ordinary meeting of the Loyal Ashburton Lodge of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, held last evening; Bro. A. J. Childs, N.G., presided. A list of sick pay amounting to £5 10s was passed for payment, and nominations tor officers for the ensuing term were received, the election to take place next lodge night. One candidate was initiated into the Order, and after the transaction of routine business the lodge was closed m due form. ; Speaking on Monday night at a social gathering of old Volunteers at Christchurch, Mr J. Piper, of Petone, referring to the devious ways of the Defence Department, mentioned an amusing instance. A corps m the Wellington district some 18 months ago elected two lieutenants —one first and one second,—and m due course sent their names forward to the Defence Department. They received an answer stating that as the name of the first lieutenant began with a "W." and that of the second with a letter of the alphabet higher up, the respective positions must be reversed! , Wellington City Council has a Milk Supply Committee, and it hopes to get the ,bill, m connection with the regulatibn of the proposed milk supply scheme, drafted shortly so as to place it before Parliament this session. Speaking to a reporter, Mr G. Shirtcliffe, chairman of the committee, remarked that they could do nothing until this step was taken. When .that was done, he felti sure that the ratepayers would sanction the raising of £20,000 required to finance the scheme. The Government has decided to have the May-Oatway fire alarm system installed m Government Buildings. Every room will have m it at least one thermostat, which completes an electrical circuit immediately the temperature rises to danger-point, and sets powerful alarm gongs ringing at .the main entrance, and outside'the building, and also at the city fire brigade station. A large indicator m the main lobby will show at a glance the centre of the outbreak. Twelve hundred sheep and lambs and 10,000 rabbits are being put through I the Southland Frozen Meat Company's j works'at Mataura daily. Owing to the price of rabbit skins being quite equal to'the I'price paid for the carcases, trappers m the outlying districts are doing a lot of skinning, so that the number coming forward for freezing shows a falling-off both from a fortnight ago and the same period m pievious years. Any ground that really needs plough r ing m Ugypt is tilled by the exactf Janet oi plough used 3000 years dgoVf "Tile turrows made by these ploughs f>re very shallow, and,' arc fur.tlfCj: brfikeS up by a kind of Tocieu-pudgel. .A .survivor ,of the Messina earthquake,, in' Searching aino'ng the ruins ot his house found a small dog still living. .The animal Had been imprisoned foi IQQ days. And its .sensations during that timop ' A meeting ior men only will bo held at 3.45 p.m. to-morrow m. the Central Mission Hall, Wills street. Dr C. L. Handcock will preside, and'Mr F. W. Greenwood, evangelist of the Church of Christ, will lecture on "True Manhood." There was an interesting interlude at the Waitaki Licensing Committee meeting on YY'ednesday* (says the Waimate Advertiser). Mr J. J. 'Ar'dagh, licensee of the hotel at'G : lehavy,'"was being examined formally, when Mr Hutchison, S.M., took par£ m the "interrogation :' '"■you" are* the pian" who fij|s ftp" the Qamarif "people?" ' Mr Arc|a^n; i! Yes., your Worship; but not the ouiy one." Counsel: "You don't of course, know where it is going to?" Mr Hutchison: " But you fill them up on the premises and then send them away." He assured the applicant that it was no smiling matter, adding: " You are not bound to sell drink to everybody, are you?" Mr Ardagh: "I sell strictly according to the'Act',' your Worship." Mr HutphisOi} :" '". I tell "you, the Oamarif popples'ajie' iookjngquJ for you. Yo^i 'fiad^e^r.' n.oT<Jp'anything that is. not strictly correct." For the past two years there has been a rumour that New Zealand is to be made a separate command for the purposes of the Salvation Army. The rumour is still prevalent. It js well fnown that as far as support of the Salvation Army is concerned, New Zealand is the most generously disposed. At present New Zealand'is regarded as a country 'containing two. provinces, and, the Salvation Army'in jjoth provinces, is responsible, tp the Coinraissiouer. commanding Australasia at Mefbo«.rn§! M \\\% impo^ance/'of tho Sal-Y-'iyiQU Ar.my operations are gauged^ tiy the' financial condition of a% province, Bates, p ; ne of the chief- auditors from London., fa at present m Australia, where he is instituting enquiries, His report, to the international headquarters will determine til© separation of New Zealand from the federation or otherwise «^<t " 1 have been doAiWately excluded from the Fuiunce Committee," ■ said Mr Russell, M.P., at the meeting of the Lyttelton Harbour. Board on Wednesday, " and I want to know how [ moneys of the Board are being spent." The remark was made, during the discussion of Mr Russell's motion asking that at each meeting of the Board 1 there should be a list of the names of persons and firms to whom cheques were payable. At a later stag© of the proceedings, after tho motion had been negatived, Mv Russell, who had been going through the accounts on the table, asked if tho auditor' was likely to pass an account for four bottles of whisky, 18s 4d. The chairman said that he was not the auditor, and he could not say! Mr Russell said that he did not object to accou3its for soda Tyat^'p and "three bottles of rich Constantia at 3s a bottle," but he did object to an account for whisky. A Watch that gives its owrior entire satisfaction—L. S. McClurg.V famous Nickel Lever, full jewelled, keyless, dust-proof case. The ideal- watch | for roimh wear. Guaranteed for two years, 80s, 0 00

Mr Charles,Reid did not "bring tie motion regarding Ashburtbn representation on the Timaru Harbour Board before the monthly meeting of the County Council yesterday, and it is understood that, he' does not intend to proceed any further m the matter. Of the subscriptions paid by members of the local or.any other branch of the Navy League severity-five per >cent goes to the centre at Christchurch, which remits fifty per cent of what it reecives m this way to England, the remainder being used m paying all expenses m connection with the work ot the League m Canterbury, It is announced m Friday night's Gazette, says a Press Association telegram from Wellington, that the maximum amount for which one life may be insured with the Government Insurance Department has been increased from £4000 to £5000. , An office oFthe Supreme Court will be opened at Timaru on June 15, and Mr V. G. Day, S.M., has been appointed Registrar of the Supreme Court for that town. There was an omission m the paragraph m Friday's Guardian respecting the new regulations for heavy traffic on the Ashburton traffic bridge. The fees are for traction engines, without a load, 15s; for engines with combine, chaff-cutter, and whare, £1; and 2s 6d for all other machines. It is stated, says the Feilding Star, that there are at present a large number of labourers going from station to station m the Wairarapa looking for work.. Most of them, it is. said, are from other districts. Holders of hotel licenses iii the Bruce district will not now make application for renewals. They have been advised that the case which they would be able to present does not afford any ground for hope of success. Captain F. E. Naylor, Jate master of the steamer Penguin, has been granted by the Governor-in-Council, a mate s certificate for a foreign-going vessel. He had made application for this certificate himself, m lieu of his master s certificate,'which, it will be remembered, was suspended for twelve months. The takings during the four days of the Dunedin Winter Show, which closed last night, were £1025, a record m the history of the society for a winter show. Last year's takings, were £971. At the request of the committee appointed by the subscribers to wind up ,the affairs of Herrick's, ''■ Mission, Christchurch, a deputation waited upon Mrs Herrick on Friday, and presented her with a substantial cheque, m recognition of her long and faith- . ful services amongst the poor of Christchurch. :.. ,'■:;] . The Hawera agent for the Christchurch Meat Company was (says a Taranaki paper) the victim of a dastardly outrage m Hawira a few nights ago. *He was assaulted and robbed of £40 or £50 which he had m his possession. His assailants kicked and maltreated him m such a way that he sustained very severe injuries, and according .to advices received by friends m Eltham, he is m a rather serious condition. -The 1 matter is m the hands of the police. . . Complaints about the price of, bread m Wellington led to replies from the bakers, and 'the nature of some of these replies is indicated:-in a report from one of the complainants. > ," I am heartily s sick and tired of hearing the. bakers talk about the increase m the price of horsefeed," he writes. " If the bakers want to raise the.price of bread, they have the power.to do so, but for heaven's sake, let us hear no more about horsefeed," : « Autumn sown wheat has.'struck well this year, and i-n maiiy: parts of South Canterbury the young crop is now showing well above the ground. Teams are still very busy all over the district getting m more wheat, One South Canterbury farmer, who nine years ago lost his crop of wheat through a nor'wester, and who then vowed that he would never grow it again, 1 told a reporter yesterday that he had succumbed to the fascination of big prices for wheat this year,, and had- broken his vow by putting m a big area of this cereal. In this, ho said he was not singular", and at the same time he expressed the opinion that oats are being neglected to such an extent that prices are almost sure to be high next season, says the Timaru Heral^. At a mooting of tho Canterbury Women's Institute on Friday evening the following resolutions were unanimously passed,:,l-ii&'Pjat m the opinion of this .Institute Vfche Premier is the propel- persdn'to.represent the dominion at:tho'dojfrfng I', Defence Conference, but thsvt democratic principles demand fchat Pariia'ffleht; should first be consulted *<a^toVtho J"broad lines of 1 policy he , should support.'-' 2. "Tha^ discussion iji I;rj)g'ass1;rj)g'ass ,+p the defence of the Em--1 plre should take precedence of parliamentary business so that the Premier on behalf of the dominion may- be able to voio? the opinion of the representatives of tho people of Now Zealand." 3. "That this Institute urges on. the) representatives of the people that the time has now arrived when all international disputes should be settled by the sane and humane method of arbitration." . . At the Magistrate's Court at Gore on Friday, says a Press Association telegram, a series of five prosecutions under the Dentists Act was preferred against T. A. 8,. Wmgfield, registered dentist, and W. %'.' Sp.latt, $iey''o,tago Odontologic^l Association^ Rrogepu^ing. Wingfield; was charged;,wfth, permitting Splatt, an unr-e^stered. person, to carry on practice m his name and not under, his; immediate supervision; Wingfield and* Splatt were charged that they were an association carrying; on practice and not consisting wholly of registered dentists; Splatt alone was charged with performing certain dental operations, not being registered. Ifcwas stated that Splatt commenced tyusijness m Gore and an advertiseniejat was attached to the name ot Wingfield, who is an liivercargi-U dentist. The defence stated, that Splatt' did #ife unknown to YYmgheh},. wh,p, subsequently repudiatedtha advertisement and liad it altered, ©eunsel stated that Wingfield had nothing to'do with the Gors b,v.si ness. All the charges wer<t-«iismissed, costs being allowed t<J.-TVingfield, ■ ' Messrs Jones ar\tV '{fop," jewellers, High Street^ Cfcristekuxcli, have on pvu X "vWy- ha.nflsome.' siljver.mounted tote Championship Belt made by them ;to the order of the Civil Service Bine : Volunteers The belt is black enamelled 1 -fflle % Sllv^r .« h»W, tow, crossed :iifles fern and laurel wreath, and I slides tor. winners* names, etc. A medal\\°A .f Wgfaved with the words: ! Cm} gemce Rifle Volunteers Rifle Championship Belt. Presented by marksmen, of tile company, 1908-9 "