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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 161, 7 July 1908, Page 4

The St. John Ambulance Association is doing very good work in th» rfitty and suburbs this season. In view of the large crowds who will gather in Auckland on the occasion of the visit of the American fleet, this is particularly satisfactory, for the' more | people there are who have a: practical knowledge of how to render first aid in case of accident or .sadden illness, the better for the public. In Parnell, fifteen ladies are attending the excellent lectures given by DrFerguson, at, Oakmont, which willj later be held at the doctor's new, residence, opposite to Ayr-street. A class for men is being formed, to be held at the Oddfellows' Hall, Parnell. At Ellerslie more than twenty ladiee are receiving the lectures from Dr Clark, while Dr Williams is lecturing q,t Renmera, and. Dγ Tresidder at Ohehunga. The ladies to whom Dr Bedford has been giving tli.e lectures at the Leys Institute, Ponsonbyj are almost ready for their .examination, ac are the members of the male and female central classes, to whom , Drs. Murray and Goldstein, are lecturing. It will be, therefore, a source of satisfaction to many people to know that, in addition to the alreadyvery numerous pupils, who have qualified in previous years, the St. John. Ambulance is training a large number of willing first aid assistants. At a meeting of the Auckland "branch of the/NX Socialist party, held last night, it was' decided to call a meeting at the Grey statue for Wednesday next, , and to invite all unemployed to communicate with the secretary. The date of the conference of the Chamber of Commerce at Whangarei is fixed for tho 16th inst., when it is expected that many members of outside chambers will be persent at the'invitation of the Whangarei- Chamber of Commerce. It has been decided to hold a committee meeting -this week in order to arrange the procedure of the 'business for the conference. It is' the intention of the Whangarei members to urge various local improvements for the benefit of the Marsden district. The president (Mr. A. R. Orane) has signified his intention of entertaining the visitors and members of the Chamber to a dinner in the evening, and prominent local Officials will also be invited.' Dri Purdy is to be deputationised tomorrow afternoon, we are informed, by a representative deputation, who will impress upon the Health Officer that there should be no - of the medical examination which new arrivals have to undergo oh the occasion of the visit of the American fleet. The Mt. Albert ranger has been instructed to take proceedings against those who allow ca/ttla Aiid horsea to wander on the streets. The Board has directed to have a by-law framed id provide, for the punishment of those who drive vehicles across 'footpaths. It-has also decided to enact a by-law providing that drainage contractors shall repair footpaths after the laying of drains. Music lovers in Auckland will have the opportunity on July 16 -and 18 of hearing •two notable artists—one, a composer of songs; the other, their greatest exponent. These are Mr. Albert Mallinson, one of England's leading composers of songs, and Mrs. Mallinson (Madame Anna Steinhauer), the Danish soprano. Both have appeared 6n a number of occasions before Queen Alexandra, and Her Majesty accorded her patronage to the recitals. The composer's songe are well known, and with such, an accomplished vocalist to interpret them, the recitals should be an artistic treat. The box plan will be opened on Wednesday at Wildman and Arey's. At last night's meeting of the M-t. Albert Road Board a number of tenders were received for carting. Consideration of the tenders was deferred until this morning, when it wa9 decided to accept the tender of Mr. Thomas Prendergasi. Redent rains have caused some obstruction on newly-formed portions of the Main Trunk line by bringing down earth and boulders (says the Taumarunui Press). It is said that a large hill.on ihe line near Kakahi shows signs of slipping. The President of the Arbitration Court (Mr Justice Sim), before opening proceedings, in connection With the farm labourers' dispute at Ohristchurch yesterday, characterised certain resolutions passed by a meeting of farmers held at Ha warden; which had been forwarded to the Court, as a grave impropriety. His Honour said that the matter in the letter was -clearly an offence under section 113 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1005, and if the Court had not been satisfied that those resolutions had been passed by those at the meeting in ignorance of their responsibilities in the matter it would have prosecuted Mr Holland (who forwarded the letter) under that section, but it concluded that the offence had been committed in. ignorance of the grave impropriety of attempting to influence the Court. The 3econd resolution expressed dissatisfaction that the bulk of the farmers in the district, having been cited to appear before the Court* had had no opportunity to give evidence. That resolution indicated confu3it>n of thought on the part of those who had passed it. He understood that throughout the hearing of the dispute by the Conciliation Board the farmers had been represented by Messrs Jones and Evans, and any farmer who had anything to say that had not already been said, should have communfcated with Mr Jones or Mr.: Evans. Mr Jones said that he and Mr Evans had done their best with their case, but as they only represented a committee appointed by the farmers they could not claim to represent all the 7000 farmers in Canterbury. A mysterious destruction of stock is reported from Levin. Tor some time settlers have been discovering stock either dead or dying: from shot wounds which have been inflicted ni such dose range as to make the idea of ah accident improbable. One "settler found a bullock dead, and another discovered a valuable cow suffering from a - bulletWound? another lost nine sheep—all killed by rifle yet another is" reported to have had 11 heilere Bimilarly destroyed. >

- By the will of the late Mrs George Buchanan, Si. / James' - Presbyterian Church benefits to the extent.;Of £506. : ■ This- sum is to be vested in trustees appointed by the Committee.of Management, and is tb: form the nucleus of a fund to erect ,a hew. church to': replace . the present wooden building in Welling-ton-street. The-deceased was 0* member. of St. James* Church for upwards of 40 years;,.. •'''"''. .':; '•.'. ', '•' .*•'7.7 '..<'' Utterances regarding the alleged paganism of New Zealanders formed the basis of a sermonpreached at. the..St. ' Alban's Methodist' Church, Christchurch, on Sunday moriiing by the Rev. W, A. Sinclair, who quoted statistics to show that, professedly, at any rate, the majority of: the people of New Zealand were. religious, : though, he said, measured by the standard of church-going, it would seem that many people 'Were hot much concerned about Christianity in Christ; church. Still, the church-goers, allowing for", children, and those who were unable to attend, and. occasional attendants, numbered as high as one in every three of the population, as against. London's one in five. From the standpoint of humane and just legislation and general public sentiment, there was a strong Christian spirit in New Zealand. New Zealand was going to be a great, nation in the future, and it was essential that the nation should'he built up on secure foundations. There was undoubtj edly a degree of spiritual apathy in this land which would have to be combated. In regard to. the religious' education of children in the schools, he preferred the Nelson system, whereby those children who. did not, attend for religious instruction were instructed in some other subject while the class Was being held. Concerning: the-action of Hugh Gorlitz. against Kubelik for- alleged breach of' contract, the violinist, interviewed' at Timaru, said .there was no contract bei tween theml The only approach to an '.agreement between the two was a telegram sent to kubelik, by Gorlitz stating, that he had arranged a tour of Australia for Kubelik from 1901 to 1906. Goriitz acted as manager for Kubelik in America arid England, but through a difference they parted. Kubelik says 'if there is any breach Gorlitz committed it. Gorlitz, on being interviewed, maintained that he had good grounds for his ■ claim, and the matter was, placed in the hands of his London solicitors at the time of <he, alleged breach, but owing to the absence of Kubelik from England' the case could Uot he proceeded With, and this is thefirst time the two haVe met in a British' country si>'.7\ ' Gorlitz is the husband of' Mme. Amj .iherwin. ' At t'legreot Intercolonial Congregational Conference, held in the Memorial Hall, London, June 24, Mr. H. Steel Craik, the future pastor of Beiesford-street, was asked to read a paper on " Work bn the Goldfields. of Western Australia." The same evening the Rev. John Wilkins, late of Beresford-street, also read d paper on "Specijil Difficulties connectedi with Religious Life and Work in the Colonies." :*Whea Mr. Craik was asked to give his paper there .was no idea of his being the successor to the Rev.. John Wilkihs. The Marine Department proceeded against Capt. Robertson, of'the steamer Oreti, for failing to exercise his crew in .' boat drill during March, and for failing to make an entry on the log book to that effect. The case, was heard at Wellington yesterday. It was stated that the object-of the Marine Department was to let shipowners know it was the intention of the Department to enforce the Act. Defendant was fined £1 and costs on the first charge, .and ordered to pay costs on the second!. .- ■~■ 77-; 7 ;.:; f" , The Christchurch - City Council has adopted a hew by-law designed to prevent overcrowding : in theat etc. The bylaw makes it compulsory oh managers arid lessees, when issuing tickets, to , number each ticket, and) to provide a numbered seat to correspond With, the ticket, and prohibits the issuing of tickets when there are no seats. There is genera, opinion (Writes the W a 'rarapa correspondent of the Dominion) that -New Zealand is goirtg to have a somewhat lean time for the next-. ,12" months; The representative of one of the British wool firms states that, the period of slight depression will probably oxtend for about two. years, arid should be at its' worst at the end of this year and the beginning of next year. In explaining this view, which he wholly ascribed to the state "of the Wool market, he said he hardly- thought there would be such a pronounced rise in Wool prices at the next sales a.s would; compensate farmers for what they had lost in the past season. Therein would lie the pinch, because, in numerous instances, the farmers had been already forced to antici-: pate their incomes, and the turn,of : the tide would not probably .come in this.respect till after next year's shearing. -Itwas generally understood that those Would suffer most. '-who.-, had bought, stock and land at high.prices. The wool broker stated at the same time that he , did not consider that the trouble was of an alarming :iidture. New Zealand, had . other industries 7. besides wool—mainly frozen meat and the dkiry besidea which there would be largo areas erf new laridsi opened "up in the? course of the next few years, all of which would Be a considerable set-off against the temporary depression. Tenders received by Mr T. W. May for the "Kia Ora" Mineral Water Co.'s premises to-day are as follows: Fairweather and BroWnlee, £744; Hammo's and Son, £717; W. E. Hutchinson, £7 11; Messrs Lovering and Ball, £680 15/; W. Newson, £ 587. "It seems to be an extraordinary state of things that a man's destitute wife should be debarred of her old age pension*' because her husband happens to possess a few shillings a week by way of income," remarked Mr. Kettle this morn") ing in the course of a maintenance case, in* which the husband stated that he' had an income of 18/6 a week, and the wife, Who had not lived With him for 20 years, explained that because of this they had taken away her Ok. age pension. "There is nothing odd about that," said Mr. LUndbn; Who then Went oh to say ho kneW of a case Where a man in receipt of an old age pension sold the insurance policy on his Wife's, life, most of Which he used to nurse her, and the last of it, excepting £2 odd, to bury her; yet his pension wfts stopped for 12 months, ahd he was left to Starve because! he had been in receipt of so much "income;" The 12 months was not yet up, and meanwhile the pensioner was being maintained through charity. When the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Christchurch was opened some four years ago, there Was a debt of £20,000 remaining. At the service on Sunday Bishop .Grimes announced that the debt had since, been reduced to £14,000. A further £1000 had been provided by a, parishioner, the amount being payable in September -, so that by the end of that month the debt would be £13,000. Included in the £6000 received' towards the liquidation ol the debt on the Cathedral, £iloo wis sheceived from the lite Pope Leo, and £500 from the present Pope.

We are credibly informed (says tha ' "Oamarii Mail"), that * trapper of n_« bits on a station in Central : £205 in nine months by the oraipatlJT Our informant saw the told that a relative of ■ the succesafni®! trapper had made even better money #S the same occupation. The country is toai'S far back to admit of the" creatures frozen, and they are, therefore, mereS killed for the sake of their skins; 7aigS holder of another station in the same region stated that last year it eoet him £5000 to deal with the rabbits on hi» property, but that he recovered £40Ltfim otf that amount for skins. A young Irish painter, strong ;a_tt« able-bodied, who came to New Zealand on the steomef Ruapehu: last trip, anpeared before the Wellington Benevolent Trustees yesterday, and reported that he had been unable to get employment, and had spent his last sixpence (says the Wellington "Post"). He had applied for: all sorts of jobs, from work at his trade down to navvying or milking cowa ' but all to. no avail. IricMehtilly r stated that the painting trade in Weilington was so bad that there were over 50 unemployed painters on the books of the union. Mr Pearce, one of the trustees, intimated that it was probable he Would be able to put temporary work in the way of the young man. For some years the Mt. Albert Road Board has been endeavouring to have removed the tall gum trees which overshadow, the road, near the railway sta- . tion. A letter was read at the meeting of the board last night from the Minister for Railways, stating that the gums.are to be cut down.- ' ' |gfi The Rev. W.; J. L. Closs, of Ipswich', Queensland, who has accepted: the unanimous call of the members to the pastor.' ate- of Trinity Congregational," Christ- 7 church,* may be remembered by many . Aucklanders as the first minister of the:' Mt. Eden Congregational Church, wliicii'-7 was his first pastorate. -:Mr Closs ' i»7:-v. an old Dunedin bby, and was a teacher 77 in the Normal School of that rity. At 77 present he is regarded as one of'the • '■'•■ ablest ministers in Australia.'". Mr Closs 'M has occupied the chairs of the Cbngrega- ,: tional Union of New' South Wales arid.',->.-of Queenslahd/arid was elected president ;7 "of. the New South Wales "Christian Eri- -7 deavbur Union.- "He is also Principal7:-'7 of the Queensland Theological Uoileg&";:7 His Sunday school, built on modern lines;. is one of the largest in Australia; and in : public affairs-he takes a great inter- 7 est..' ' .' 7 ..•■■""■ ;'7 ; 7: A peciilljir mania for ..stealing - door; ',; mats was. disclosed in the charges to 7 which an elderly labouring man, named ,7 John William Walsh, pleaded.guilty be- '.;-: fore Mr Riddell, S.M., in Wellington* last 7 week. A pathetic,story, of misfortune} '•', was told by7Mr Fair, Who appeared7for,;7' the accused. Three, months'ago Walsh " fell from a building in-the course of :' erection •' in jCiiba-stfeet;* and severely; in- 7 jured his head. The brain was affected.' About two months ago, While he was working,.in another building, a splinter :', struck him in the eye ..and destroyed it,. ■";.' adding also to the, brain trouble. : F°* 7 the past three months he had feaen. ou{l '-; ofJ.WOrk, and his total earnings for. 7 that period"were only £1 16b, He.had .■■'■[ ■brooded on his troubles, and was ha ;v longer responsible for his'actiohs. -Thtj-;.; mats were picked up in the' broad - daylight, and taken -, homer. His 7 on the application of.:-. Sub-Inspsctoi, 7; Phair, remanded the prisoner -until Fri- 7 day. Bail was .allowed in the sum of £5, and one sirtetyof. £5. . For several "weeks; past (reports tha Argus") 7there7 has been a milk 7 famine in Hamilton, arid many residentshave been reduced to condensed milk, tha..;: result: being considerable ihconveniencey more." especially to" those .with • young ', children. It is hardly'credible that "such a state of things should exist in a dairy* ing district; but this is one of the penal- ; ties: that follow in the train of cream* erics.: ' - : :%' ['■'.■■ '..■--..■ Can a Witness be compelled to answer : a question by either a direct affinhativti. ; or negative? An interesting bbservaiibn '7 on the subject,was made .by Mr.TFustica! 7 Cooper during, the hearing of .a slander action recently. . "I insist upon you an-..;-., swering 'Yes' or 'No! to my question," urged counsel for plaintiff. "But I ' replied the defendant* .who..' was being • exhaustively cross-examined on. a vital point. His Honor, interposing, said that he had always understood, that a witness was entitled to answer questions in his Own words.- A question might be put in such; a form that a witness, could 7 not answer it correctly by replying : either "Yes!' or "No/- 7 The incident, re-; calls a story, which :illustrates, tow a '■" rising baijrister -Was once '"hoist with, his own petard." A witness had confidently asserted that., some questions . required careful- consideration, .and, .What was) more, could hot, even then, be dorrectiy answered by a direct affirmative or negative; "What nonsense,": counselTeplied. "I should like you to put such a' question to,.me." Without hesitation "the witness'asked: "Have you stopped beat;. ing.your wife?** -::-'-. - • ,-7 "A"Slight irritation in the,throat may. lead.to'a hackiiig. cough. Zymole Trokeys stop it; they soothe the. irritation and strengthen the throat.-K(Ad.j .