NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13713, 21 April 1910, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

In connection with the fund instituted by the Christchurch Press CointP&ny for the Japanese wounded, letters of acknowledgment have been received by the company from tho Japant€C? Consul-General in Sydney, addressed to the subscribers. There are several, however, whose addresses are unknown, and if they will communicate with the Press Offica the letters will be forwarded. Th«s© are H.W.1)., G. W. Spooner, G. 8., F. W. Quaife, E.C., W.A.8., W. Ing-ster, W. Conlin, M.C.C., Walter Tipler, Misses Mabel Doris Laing and Rhoda Edith Laing. By his re-election as Mayor < f Cbristchurch for the third term, Mr Charles Allison has achieved a record. Several past Mayors have- filled the office for two successive years, but Mr Allison is the first to hold it for throe years in succession. At a meeting of the Canterbury branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, the following resolutions were carried: —"That this branch views with favour the proposal to opt-n & new branch at Addmgton, and wishes the movement every huccess," and "That in the event of the Executive Council agreeing to tho Addhigten branch proposal, the sum of £-50 be voted to such branch." The shelter for men which the Salvation Army is about to erect at Auckland will contain several interesting features, states the "Now Zealand Herald." One will bo a ward for the accommodation of men under the hiiiuence of liquor. At present it i= necessary, for the sake of the eober inmates, sometimes to refuae drunken men who seek accommodation; but with the new building it will be- possible to receive them without inconveniencing the other sleepers. The shelter will bo a three-etorey building, in brick and concrete. The laud and structure together will cost £8000. and of this £2500 is provided under tho will of the late Mrs Knox.

The Christ-church Hounds will meet at Yaidhur&t ai 2 p.m. on Saturday, and at Aylesbury at noon on Tuesday nest. The first meeting of creditors of B. HaEckoek, of Christchurch, coninaission agent, will be held at the Official Assignee's office at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, A,pril 27th. Mr W. P. Spencer, member of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, will be c candidate for the Styx riding at the Waimari County Council election. Usually at this season of the- year there are a large number of applicants ior employment »t. the local Labour Bureau. Just'now, however, there are comparatively few men applying for work. The dining-room at tho V.M.C.A. building was formally opened yesterday, the occasion being celebrated by an inaugural dinner given to tho Board of Management and iriends. Many of tho bedrooms on tho first floor have now been furnished, and present a very cheery aspect. A meeting of councillors of the borough of New Plymouth and representative ratepayers of the suburban areas decided *la.st night to submit to the ratepayers a .proposal to form ai tramway rating area in connection with the proposal to iiistal an electric tramway system, estimated to cost about £4<3,000. The motive power is to be derivtxl from the municipal electric lighting and power installation. Miss May Pudney, formerly of Christ-church, travelled to Australia in tho name steamer as Madame Calve, the celebrated vocalist. Madame Calve took a great deal of interest in Miss Pudney, and she has, at Madame's earnest request, consented to remain >n Melbourne to act as interpreter for her. Madame Calve does not speak English well, and Miss Pudney has had to conduct all the interviews. Four Rarotongan teachers, two of them with their wives, arrived at Wellington yesterday by the Moeraki on their way to Rarotonga. They have been studying at the London Missionary Society's College in New Guinea, and are now going back to the Cook Islands to take tip mission work. They were met on their arrival by the Revs. W. A. Evans, Mac Donald, Aspland and J. R. Glasson. and were welcomed at a meeting at the Terrace Congregational Church last evening. They leave for Rarotonga to-day. The South Canterbury Hospital Board did an unusual thing on Tuesday last, in declining a bequest of £200, though it appeared that it did right in doing so. The trustees of tho late J. S. Gibson offered to hand over a sum of £200, £50 to bo invested for the upkeep of tho grave of the late Mrs Gibson, the balance to be invested and the proceeds used for supplying "extras" for the children's ward. The offer was declined, as under section 51 of the Act of last session tho Board can only receive money to expend on such purposes as they spend their ordinary funds The Inspector-General said he entirely approved of the action of the Board in declining tho bequest. The Board appointed for tho purpose of recommending to the Government a site for the permanent training camps under tho Defence Act, had its attention in the North Islanct chiefly confined to two sites, (Hβ near Waimarino and the other near Waiouru. Both are on the Main Trunk lino, and the area required, about 5000 acres, is available without much difficulty. It is understood (says a Press Association message from Wellington) that the military member of the Board favours Waiouru. The Board leaves Wellington for the South to-morrow. Several sites, all in Canterbury, have been suggested, and it appears probable that a site near Culverden will be proposed. The South Canterbury Hospital Board has lately effected substantial economies. Dγ Valintine, InspectorGeneral of Hospitals, congratulated the Board on Tuesday last on having cut down the provision bill during the past two years by over £500. The doctor said lie was delighted to see that during the year just closed, a saving of £270 had been effected in provisions alone, and there had been a similar saving tho year before. There had also been ji saving of £65 in drugs, dressings, and surgical instruments, and £45 in fuel and light. The Board intends to levy on the local bodies this year for only a little more than half tho (iniount it collected from them last year; roughly, it will collect £3000 instead of £6000 from the contributing local bodies this year. At the usual meeting of the committee of the Christchurch Comedy Club last night, it was reported that the res»ult of the performances of "Lady Hunt worth's i}xperiment" was very satisfactory indeed A selection and casting committee was appointed for tho next production. The question of obtaining rooms for the club was dis« cussed, and it was decided to appoint a small subcommittee. to make enquiries for suitable ones" to report. Mr Walter Cooner was elected librarian to the club," and it was decided to revise the rules. It was resolved to effur a performance in aid of the funds of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children. A team was selected to represent the club in, the drawing-room entertainment item of the competitions under the auspices of the Christchurch Musical nnd Literary Competitions Society. News has been received from Port William (says the Bluff correspondent of the "{Hago Daily Times") that the froczcr, Fanny, reached the anchorage there on Sunday evening in a weatherbeaten condition. She was overtaken by the heavy blow, at Mason's Bay, on Friday. She dragged her anchor, and eventually the cable snapped. She was thus left to the mercy of her email anchor, which, together with the aid of her 30-h.p. oil engine, enabled her to hang on. A condition of suspense continued up to Sunday morning, when a bold endeavour was made to get out to sea. At that time the break was extending from the reef across the bay to the shore. It was a heavy risk to run, but ib had to be tanen, as it was seen that the craft could not possibly hold on much longer. In getting through the break all her main sails were carried away and torn. Happily, she had a powerful engine, which stood her in good stead. Once outside, she managed with difficulty to crawl round the north end of the island, reaching Port \7ilUain as above. Considering the indignation which the coalmiuer invariably professes if he fancies that any principle of unionism is endangered, it is, to say the least of it, surprising to find him fostering nnd profiting by sweating in a peculiarly oCnoxious form (says tho "Sydney Morning Herald"). A few days ago figures were quoted to tli-e Miners' \Veg?s Board at Newcastle by tha manager of the Lambton B colliery to show that, although the shooters and tillers claimed that to fill six or sev-tn ■tons of coal was a fair day's "wurll. many of them h-id, as a matter of fact, frequently filled over twenty tons in one shift._ The accuracy of these figures W3& questioned, and last week the counsel for the Colliery Employees' Federation called witnesses wlio unblushinsly admitted that they had been assisted in their work by the wheelers. Each of t.hcce 1-ads, it wes stated, filled from fivjj to six tons per day in addition! to doing his own work. For this co.nl the miner was paid Is 2d .per ton, the six ton* bringing him in an addition of 7s to his daily earnings. Out of this he magnanimously handed over Is to his •■onthful assistant and calmly pocketed the remainder. Judsce Scholes, who Deemed to be absolutely shocked at this remarkable admission, asked one witness, a wheeler, whether this was the usual practice. "It's the custom to do it,"' was the reply. "If you don't do it, you're no good there. It's evory [ man for himself in this world."

On Sunday afternoon next the bands of Christchurch and Lyttelton will give a programme of music in tho Gardens. A collection will be made at tho gates in aid of a bandsman who sufiered severe loss by the recent iire in Manchaster street. Mr Gecorge Swinburne, M.L.A., and former Minister for Agriculture, Victoria, out of the amount received by him from the ''Age' f in the. recent action for libel, is distributing the sum ■of £2250 among; the various "public and charitable institutions in Melbourne. Federick Osborn&" Lepine, a clerk in the Land Transfer office nt lnvcrcargill, was yesterday committed for trial by Mr Cruickshankts, S.M., on a charge of theft of a number of documents, the property -of the Department. Accused's explanation was tlwit he had taken them in order to remove the stamps of which ho was a collector. News is daily expeeteS by cable regarding the iirst shipment of machinery ior the Golden Bay Cement Company's works near Nelson. The company, which has its headquarters in Wellington, is employing forty men getting the ground ready for the works, and they have already erected a store and office. A large boardinghouse and manager's residence are to be put up immediately. Tho machinery, of the very latest type, will be electricallvdriven. The kinematograph plays a part in nearly every function worthy of notice, but seldom, if ever, lias it bec-n known to bo on the snot in connection with the arrest of a prisoner (says tho ''Dominion'). , Such was the caso, however, in connection with the arrest, cf Powclka. As tho motor-car containing the escapee and his escort of sturdy policemen drove up to tho jioiice station, an enterprising kinematographist, from a balcony opposite, obtained a good picture of tho paaty. It is even stated that Powelka honoured tho sliowman with o full-face glance- os th© car turned into the etation yard. At Balchitha yesterday (telegraphs our Dunedin correspondent), Mr Bartholomew, S.M., dismissed the information against David McLaren and William Forrester, of Dunedin, charged with offering to bet on land known as tho Railway Reserve at Balchitha, on which military sports were being held. Tho Magistrate held that tho place where tho alleged offence took place was a public street, as shown by the plan, and it was clear that a public street did not come within the definition, in the Act of a public sports ground. A street was not land to which persons were admitted, but all persons had the n>bt to use a street; therefore the offence charged had not h*»en proved. Tho law of gravitation is a curious, thing. Although inevitable in its operation, it plays strange vagaries at times. In Sydney, .on April Bth. a labourer named Frank Craddock fell fifty feet from tho top of Mr A. Saunders's new building to the ground, and escaped uninjured. A few days before, a coal lumper named Edward Boland fell less than half the distance and -was killed. Presence of mind had something to'do with Craddock's escape. Ho had been hoisted in a barrow to the top cf the building, when the gear gave way, and barrow end man descended at a terrific pace to tho ground. Just when it waa expected that he would be dashed to death, Cnaddock stepped nimbly out of the barrow on to the ground andi resumed his work. At the meeting of tho North Canterbury Executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union yesterday, the president (Mr Richard Evans) remarked that a tremendous number cf men were coming to New Zealand at present who were bona fide -colonists, and anxious to %o on the land, ."1though they had never been used *o farming. Mr Evans referred to cho fact that the Southland Farmers' Union had just brought out a number of young immigrants through the 'Central Unemployed Body (London). He said many of the immiurants he met were naval or military men, and although they knew nothing of farming they were eager to learn, and were of the right character. It was agreed that tho Southland branch be asked to favour the North Canterbury branch at a later date with the result of their experiment, The eighteenth annual meeting of the St. Albans Young Men's Guild was held on Tuesday evening, when there was a large attendance of members present. Tha President (Mr J. Francis) occupied the chair. A credit balance of £9 10s 5d was reported. Tho late bazaar and art union resulted in about £60 being raised, which amount had been devoted to the extinction of the debt on the hall. The Guild- recently purchased a billiard table, which has proved a great attraction. The following; officers were elected:—President, Mr J. W. H.Francis; vice-nresidcnfcs, tho Rev. P. HagEitt Messrs T. E. Taylor, M.P., T. Gordon, G» Jameson, B. jYloort'. senr., J. Moore. J. N. Dv Feu, C. Hall, and J. Sutherland, secretary, Mr. H.. Carter: treasurer, Mr E. C. H. Riddcr; committee, Messrs W. G. Buiterfield, S. Knight, P. Winter, B, Miles, C. Winter, E. and L. Gapes. The "Temuka Leader" has.heard of an incident which happened near Geraldine recently, in which a man voluntarily placed himself up a. gumtree to transact a clever piece of business. A farmer had sold his farm, ond was about to place his clearing sslo in tho hands of two firms, but tho agent of one firm wanted t<) secure the commission for. his firm alone. Ho approached the farmer several times on the matter, but the latter would not budge an inch. On the last occasion on which the agent called, the farmer was busy pulling down- a gum-tree, when the rope suddenly gavo way. Tho farmer thereupon ordered his man to go and fetch a ladder to fix the rope in position again, but the agem:, seeing a. good sporting chanr.e. stepped forward and said, '"'What will yongivo mc if I climb tho treo and fix tho rope?" The farmer, thinking the agent, was incapable of the climb, at once offered to place the whole of his clearing sale in the one firm's hands if he could scale the trqo and fix the rope. The agent immediately stripped ofr and went at the climb with more energy than dexterity, but he succeeded in "placing tho rope in oosition, and came away muster of the situation. It is expected that the Victorian training ship, the John Murray, willba ready to take leys aboard about the end of June. The chip is being thoroughly repaired and altered, co as to make it suitable for accommodating 200 boys. OriirirKilly she was n.-ini?d " the Loch Ryan, and was ured for cargo only.- To make her editable as a training f?hip, portholes (neer.rding to a Melbourne paper) ere being cut .-ill nlonp what will bo the main deck. Tho boys' quarters will be on the orlop deck, and arrangements are nmv hdrif; made for enb'ins and beds. The Loch Ryan was purchaced with .".!! her furnishinis, .which include an old piano, kitchen utensils, and j».H manner cf rquipr.wnt nr-oessary for a sailing ship. The origins! co«i was <nly £3000, bait it is estimated thnt about £60C0 rraro will have to be spent to convert tho vessel into a training ship. All the interior is to be Tainted white. The object is 'erge-ly to take boys who at present are beyond the control of their parents away from evil influences, and to give them effective sea training and moral discipline. Other boys who hare a <iesire for a life on tho sea will aiso be taken. Tho wmmitte© will try to find avenues of employment for the boys in the Australian Navy or in the merchant service. No doubt q proportion of the bays vriil jwsk n life nahore. They will havo benefited by the education they wHI have received, and iriU thus bo moro qnalificd for tho lifo they zncy elect to follow.

A Press Association message from Invercargiii states tbat John Aretiibaid Mackuy, charged on several counts with having wrongiuily handiea moneys, ot the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile. Agency Company., whoso accountant &« was at the Blutt. ivas coainsitted for trial A clothier in the city is now disposing of a number of military overcoats wiiicli have been called in. In ane of thesn a telegram Jaas been found dated January, from a sergeant of tho Itoval Irish Constabulary, asking for a man to be scat over to his station, to identify some stolen property. A proposal to raise a loan of £225,001) lor the purpose of extensions and additions to iha electric power station at Auckland, was submitted to a poll of ratepayers Yesterday, and was earned by 390 votes to 146. There aro 6000 people, on the rolls (says a Press Association message), so that over 5000 refrained from recording their votes. Tho Inspector-General of Hospitajs, Dr. Valiutine, waited on tho South Canterbury Hospital Board on Tuesday last, and asked it to assume the responsibilities of a Board of Health for the whole of South Canterbury, under section 83 of tho Act of last session. The Board unanimously decided to do so, provided all the local bodies in iSoutli Canterbury are agreeable. Owing to its necessarily exposed position and its altitude, the Consumption Sanatorium on the Caslnnero Hills receives the- full force of tho wind, and I recently one of the largo shelters erected for tho patients was blown over on its side. It %vas replaced in position and made secure with long pieces of angle iron, which were screwed to the sides of tho building and embedded some distance in tho ground. JSo strong was the galo a few days ago tlvat somo of the mattresses were blown off the beds in tho shelters. In the Supreme Court at Wellington yesterday, before the Chief Justice and Mr Justice Cooper, an application was mado for a new trial of the libel case Bertling v. Norton, proprietor of the "New Zealand Truth" newspaper. The jury recently awarded Bertlinjj £1000 damages. The action was in connection with Bertling's treatment of animals in tho Wellington Zoo, and the principal grounds' of the application for a new trial were alleged misdirection of the jury and non-admission of certain evidence. Argument had not concluded when the Court rose for the day. In the Magistrate's Court at WelI lington yesterday, Sidney Diamond, j a young man, was charged with having committed a forgery of a document purporting to be a proposal [ for assurance in the A.M.P. Society. Elsie Elizabeth Sim© deposed that at accused's request she signed the paper to become, as she supposed, a member of the society. The signature pn the proposal produced was not hers. After hearing the evidence, Mr Riddfll, S.M., said that thare was a conflict of evidence, and the case must go to a jury. Act-used was committed for trial, bail being allowed in self £60 and two sureties of £30 each. Some idea of the amount of food, etc., consumed at the recent gathering of Maoris at the Papawai Pa (Wairarapa), was given by Mr H. Parata. The list includes nine, bullocks, twenty sheep, seventeen bags of shellfish, eight tonsof potatoes, thirteen bags of sugar, two hundred pounds of fancy cakes, etc., one thousand one hundred 21b loaves, one hundred and twenty gallons of milk, 2cwt flourj eight boxes of butter, four cases of jams, six large tins ot cabin biscuits, two tons of eels, one ton of pumpkins, besides condiments and sundries. Fourteen tons of firewood wera burned for , cooking: The number of Maoris present was about one thousand. As a result of a visit to Gisborne of a plain clothes constable Jast month, charges of street betting and betting on totalise tor odds were laid against three local bookmakers a/Press Association message). The principal evidence was that given by the oonstablo of bets made by himself with the men. Mr Burnard, for accused, successfully raised a point for tho defence in one : caso ■ that o bet "starring price, with £10 limit", was not clearly a bet on totalisator odds. One of the defendants was fined £20 and costs for betting on totalisator odds, and the Macistrste reserved his decision in the other cases on various technical points raised by Mr JBurnard. . A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that a strong plea was made at yesterday's luncheon of tho ironmasters'' Conference by several speakers for legislative support for local industries, particuiarlv the iron industry, in the way of a slight alteration in the . Customs tariff and labour laws. There were, it was said, unmiitaltablo isigns that the industry from one end of the country to the other was languishing for want of practical encoiuriigemeut. Attention was aiso drawn to tho large number of New Zeaknd-bred and trained boyß who nni j nually left the country to seek appoint* mc-iits in various parts of the world, sitnplv because they could not find suitalilo employment in the'BominionA Wellington resident who recently visited Ivawhia leports that the harbour there is teeming with fish. Flounders and schnapper ore especially plentiful, and ho suggests that steps should be taken to obtain regular supplies lor the "Wellington market, wliich ft>r some tinio lias been rather bare of fish. Settlement at Kawhia is progressing, despite the fact that large areas or fertile land, owned by the natives, are still locked- up. Several Wellington residents have* taken up land in the district, and two others aro negotiating for the purchase of properties there. In the opinion of the gentleman who has just come back from Kawhia, the time is ripe for the establishment of a steamer" service between Wellington and Kawhia. Tho number of entries received for the competitions of the Christchurch Literary and Musical Competitions Society, which commence at Hia Majesty's Theatre on May 17th, is exceedingly satisfactory. The fact that they coma from every part of tho Dominion is also a nroof of the widespread interest felt m these competitions. It is somewhat strange—-when iit is remembered that & church choir so remote as Greymouth is competing —that only ens entry should havo been received for the Church Choir competition. A substantial prize has been offered, ar.d considering the number of choirs here, it was expected that throe or four at least would enter from C'lristchurch. Tho competitions are timed to lest ten days. Mr C. N. BaovertK is the judge of the vocal and elocutionary items; Mr Maughan Barnett of the instrumental competitions, and Mrs Montague, for many years acoompnnist for €He Dune-din 'competitions, is the official accompanist. The prnctice. daily becoming more frequent in Sydney of travelling on ibe loatboards of over-crowded trams, r<J suited in a horrible fatality last week i (says the 'Telegraph"). On an early ! tram from the suburbs to the city, a j number of passengers, who could not Ibe accommodated inside, were standj inn on the footboards. One of these, ! Tb-->nsas Powers, a hairdresser, of Philip I street, city, and a resident of Stan- ! more, was killed, and tr.-o boys injured. lAa the car was in George street west, I a cart driven by a fishmonger was going in an opjucvdte direction. The horse slipped and fell, and the shaft &wept tho footboard. The passengers were horrified to see Powers impaled in the chest, and killed almost instantly* The two beys fell from the footboard. They wcro admitted to the Sydney Hospital. one suffering from r badly lacerated bsnd and aboek. and the other from briiitei and eontusiona about th« head and right wrist, Another passenger suffered greatly from shook.

An enquiry into the Lakeside SchoofifilM fire will be held to-morrow by MrH?S&§f§ W. Peryman and Mr W. R members of the Education Board, whallllß will visit the scene. ijSlilE* Advice has been received in that the State Guaranteed Board has increased the grant for Borough Council loan purposes from 3PS £33,000 to £68.250, about one-half tbo amount of the loan Toted by tW-lvilß ratepayers last May. *^&l Tho Ellwootl Family tiiUx Ma»l|pJ| Nixon, th« latter of whom has sun* ,ss& successfully at concerts cn-d with fb» ~*fl Orchestral Society here, start oa % "■'JvS concert tour in the North Island, coev-JQa inencing in Wellington on May Iti. The tour will be under tho manse*. "ssm ment of Mr Hugo Gorlitz. -. Among d-i.rstalkers tho opmi-)n a J held tbat there are o> ore deer tn titfr *"? Wairarapa district at tho present tea* ~ytthan e-ver beiore. Some excx Uent sport *"% has b«?n .tUtuined this season all ihroagW **£ tho Wairarnpa, partu-s from f> < having been srory successful, obtaining* i.uniber ot twelve-pointers. *^S Tho gale blew so heavily at Te 'Wfctis **%! rau on Friday (says a 'Wairarapa > jjy that several horsemen were unable it get round Windy Point, and wa»t«i (r^ , I an hour or two for the wind to I down. A Maori driving in a i| dismounted and took his horse out, \njtir'.'.." I ing his buggy to a fence to prevent Iff,<. being blown away. The Pufahc Health Act says thai «. child must be vaccinated within ax "*? months of birth, but for some ooa-' H fsiderable period past not one in for. terton has been attended to by U» J"*" 1 Public Vaccinator. Consequently, the ! local .Registrar of Births announce -ij I that ho will shortly have ' a regultr s *£■ J field day," summoning defaulting"- ■X-μ I The offer of a venerable metal coot * ,"■ ing pot, at £20, has been declined fey >*■ tho Libraries Committee (in charge <)f ;,-"■ tho Wellington Municipal Musema) t !s'■ Tho utensil was used by the 57th xvetnl £*&■ J ment during times of trouble with £j3sß Maoris, and passed into tho hand* $ ~J:!*m some natives. The Dominion Mueews-SJJrS had also an opportunity to acquire H» pot for £20, but no business i "Shockingly lax" is the opinion ofS&JTH IMr C. C. itettle on the method* dealing in land in Auckland. He hearing a case in which there wat i dispute between a would-be ior v property and a firm of fcuifsg' I i agents. "These people should be i tered," said his worship, "'end (3glt*l •whole thing regulated by Act of ftsJllSpl liainent. Of course," he remarksd|Hiiß "this land business is a perfect J to the lawyers." -19^S j A correspondent of tn© "New Zealui||tl. I Herald 1, writes thus:—"For w*w|i|M I years I have been trying to get a t&m MM tion of land, but co far have expertises sM od nothing but disappointment. I haiffil S|* four tutus (besides daughters), and trill all want farms of their own befotwl is i very long, but it is quite out of ! question for tie to wait any l° n C*f ijfisf§H New Zealand. I am very loth to I this beautiful oountry, but what man to do if he simply cannot get ha&.WsM here?" Golden dreams were caused 1 farmhouse in South Canterbury dfclJfllßSunday afternoon. A auck had killed for Sunday's dinner, and JJtti&reiiS it was discovered a piece of gold. metal did not have the aptHjcraaoe 6f-]f||l being a portion of an article of lery, but looked like a nugget wßilpi|» bad been worm smooth by motion stones in a riverbed. There- is a creifcHHH running through the property, and, little proepecting on a quiet scale +W£m mooted. ' - - *ij||»K The action of the Tourist ment in soaping the Wairoa geyatf *ff%aW Whakarewarewe, without jgin&g ~6Qs*§||h cient public notice, at weonve&i«ttt&gH hours, and also when the indicatiqijKgsß were against the probability play, has called forth. some at jßotorna, according to.th« local Wfi&Jt&M respondent of/the 'Axteklioid " n rr-Wr%gm It, is considered that if a work's noScoSKe -were given, and advertised locally and»o» in Auckland, maijy peoplesftouUl to see the shot, and with the chargragß now made the Department would isjgHM well repaid for the outlay. sll&e It is to the advantage of to allow J. M, Heywood and Ltd., to dear their goods through Cu*§f|gK toms. They have a large et*ff stantly engaged at that wcrk t have every facility for giTing quick livery from railway. . -,gwH On few eubjecta are there so popular delusioni as *n regard eyesight, .and the results are •vftwaSßm eerious. v The defect which, is by r roost general comes with adracVimKKJW years Although the sight may perfectly good for diatance, jet tlt« cannot accommodate itselt to necr jei.-ts; consequently glasses are Consult Johi: R. Pro--tor. OculftWggHH Optician, 180 High street, Christclwrcl&^K Xadiea will find the Glace ins Boots, .newest modal with welted wiles, at 17a 9d pair, Re-organisaiion Boot Sale,, J^fi>^ lftf thing for winter wear. eervKeablo, and a bargain at tbf pntel WSm It k often a difficult matter;to* met the right kind of clothe* little boy, bo we decided to n »*' sptcialty of clothing for little fyUowraSae i Our Men's Clothing Department fore now has quite a stock of juvenile clothing, and mothesggK tell us that it is by'far the most roagiffß pleto they have seen. We have 6t">&aSM suits, in all the latest shapes, at 12x 64«i§K 17 8 6d, and 25s- D.I.C. •; Before purchftsing'elsewhere, call see tho Robey Oil Engine, bewsiae keiosenei also belting and oils, at McClelland and 224 Cashei street, Christcharch. '4^^i A trouble-saver, a ■ That's our baggage checking I W- collect, cheqk, and.deliver at end promptly. Costs you less, than travelling with baggage unc * ,ee £!Sllß ed The N.Z. Express 00-» JLtd. Who oan name the New I Dreadnought? Well, the Cabmtt and will name it, but there ta * fif pound note awaiting th» man, m or child who firat anticipates tbe net's choice. This stimulus to tnt«lne»%j 9 ia offered by our enterpriaing porary "The Weekly PrW *h Mb liaheft full deUUs of the oomp&titioa ifcmM ite current issue. M! »