NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13830, 6 September 1910, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

An exceedingly interesting number is -'The Weekly Press," published this morning, containing, r.s it does, r.ews and views from many -jarts of the world. A now portrait of her Excellency Lady Islington forms the front page, and on page 26 is William Ni<;holjSoii's sketch of Queen Victoria. Even a list of the places and. happenings represented in the illustrated pages would take up too much space, fo numerous aro they. Among vlie principal, however, are happenings at Wellington, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Christen urch, Wanganui, "West Eyreton, and Chatham Islands. Of Cliristchurch there are some now views of Worcester street and Cathedral square, rendered possible by ilie demolition of tho old Tramway she:!. iSome pretty bite of Noav Zealand scenery, a couple of fine views of Nice, on the French Riviera, an-d pictures from Bisley, Northern Rhodesia, and the Military and Naval Manoeuvres, assist, to swell the number of illustrations, and add interest; to the. paper. In the literature section wo note some bright stories, and an interesting "Trip to the South Spa Islands-," by Tabri.

At yesterday's meeting of tho Tramway Board a motion was carried stipulating that the .seal of the Board be affixed to one hundred debentures of £100 each, being the loan of £10.000 raised by Special Order over the Ric-carton-Sockburn tub-district, and the chairman and general manager were, authorised tr> sign the. documents.

A Feilding telegram states that Edward Travis, who started playing th-j piano on Thursday morning at o o'clock, continued until 2.30 on Sunday morning. thuK playing Gf>i hours, the world-; record. During the performance he was transferred, with the piano, to another hall a quarter of a mile away, without removing his hands from the piano.

"Our animal balance-sheet has brem icturned by the Auditor-General," said Mr 11. Pearco (chairman) at the meeting of the Tramway Board yesterday, "and it now awaits signature. " "Any tags?" promptly enqwind <:ne of tho members. "So, none at all," replied Ihe chairman. -'Wo seem to ho. the exception of local bodies , ; ive must .surely bo tin- Department's 'white-haired hoy.' A motion was then carried finally passing the balance-sheet for signature by the chairman.

The ; paragraph in yesterday's "I ress, Drawing attention to the dangerous practice of lowering the bar on tho left hand side of tramcars directly they left Stanmoro road was referred to by Mr J. A. Flesher at yesterday's meeting of the Tramway Board. Mr Flesher's statements bore out the facts set forth in that paragraph to the effect that outward passengers alighting at the Icon at iSwann's rond "ran the risk of stepping in front of "in" trams. If no change were made, he said, there would some day \>p a very .serious accident. All ifkelihe-.ri (if this, however, could be stopped by simply issuing instructions that the bar should be. lowered on the right sklq instead of the left side. The chairman (Mr H. Pcarce) intimated that he and the Traffic Manager would lcok into tho matter.

The question of advertising in tho tramcar.s has. been before the TramwayBoard time after- time, mid the subject was again introduced at the meeting of the Board yesterday when Messrs Gordon and Gotch wrote stating that they had an application for advertising space in forty cars, and suggesting that th(! fact that the Board had no spaces to let at present need not be a deterrent to consideration of the application, which might pave the way to future utilisation of the cai-s for advertising purposes. Tho firm believed that in tiie ears the Board had a source of revenue lying unused which would eventually bring in from £1.300 to £i>ooo a year. The firm was prepared to take charge of the advertising and the Board would have nothing to do but receive tho proceeds. The letter was referred to tho Works and Traffic Committee.

At the next meeting of the Education Board the reports of the North Canterbury delegate* to the recent Ldwcatioiial Conference will be considered. The <|unrt?r!v meeting of the Kaia?oi Licensing Committee was set down in- yesterday, hut there was JW> busiJipss u> transact. Th.* brigade turned out about halflour o'clock yesterday afternoon, for -vlint, proved to he a .'''arm Kiv«n from Fn!?p;rave street. The police have receiver! advice - that Oamaru. which has hitherto been included in the Canterbury police district, has been transferred to the Otaijo district Shortly nftei- si* o'clock last evening the motor chemical from the Liehfield rtrcet i-tmion turned out in response to a cill from Church scjuaro, Addington. The alarm, however, proved to lie a false one, caused by a contact ot the wires. A poll of ratepayers taken on a proposal to borrow £5000 for the purpose of installing electric light in the Borough of Akaroa. resulted in favour of the proposal by 91 to 13. One hundred and MX ratepayers recorded their votes out if a total of Nil) on the roil,, .several of -whom are absentees. Mr Carpenter, of Governor's Bay, a specialist in tho culture of gladioli, and grower of that magnificent gladiola Lord Kitchener, has forwarded to Mr Moodie, the garden in.-> true tor to the Kdueation Board, tive hundred gladioli conn:; ior distribution among tho .schools at which garden -iverk is taught. A Press Association telegram from ■Wellington states that an all-round improvement is reported in tho labour market, very few trades beius slack. The quietest occupation is that of painting, a few- hands being idle, hut conditions aro inlinitely bettor than they were this time last year. There is abundance, of work for carpenters, and it js difficult to supply the demand in tho country districts. An interesting point in connection with the present visit of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell to this city is that one of the guards on the Hn'runui-Bluff section ot the Government railways is a native of JJrantford. Ontario, Canada, the town in which Dr. Bell resided for some time, and in which ho made his world-important difcoverv of tho telephone. Guard Jull, -who called on Dr. Bell yesterday, though he was only a boy at the timo tho groat <3iseoycrv -was made, well remembered the stir that it caused in Brantford and ] vicinity. {

An important development in connection with the Oregon timber < ratle is referred to in the •• Victoria (British Columbia) Daily Times'' of May 27th. According to the journal mentioned, 01.000 acres of timber land in tho neighbourhood of Cowichan Lake have been acquired by tho American Securities Company from the Canadian Pacific Railway. The General Agency Corporation. Ltd., of Vancouver, of which .Mr W. A. Ward i.s tho manager, is interested in tho venture. The corporation last referred to is represented in this city by Mr Henry G. Clarke.

On Sunday, at, the Methodist Cliiir-h, Won;:end, the Rev. J. H. HasInrii conducted an In Meinoriam service in connection with the. decease of the lato Mrs Jas Little. There was a large congregation, anions; -which woro a number of the pioneers of Mcihcdism in North Canterbury. Feeling reference was made to the many Christian qualities oi the deceased lady, and tho largo amount of work done by her in connection with at least four or the pa.rswnagef; m North Canterbury, also tlio ;.mount of self-sacri-fice which fell tn her lot as the wife of i local trencher in tho early days of Motho:ii.--m. At the last meeting of the Halswell Tl-oad Hoard thet'O wore present■: - Messrs Pluglesome (chairman), Hugonin. Oilmr.ur, p.r.d Pnrla.no. A letter wa.< received from tho Cashmere Hills ratepayers' Association, asking tho I'onrd to pass n resolution to tho effect that they were willing to assist tho Cashmere- residents tr> alter the boundnrios ncrnrding ta the wish of the ratepayers. It was resolved ti> reply that, the Board would plaeo no ol>staclo in the way of the ratepayers who wished to join the Heatheote District, within the boundaries as described at the meeting of the Association oil tho 30tli ult.

At a meeting of the Canterbury Subcommittee of the Methodist Conference held last evening to consider the proposals of the Auckland Committee appointed by the Conference to draft proposals tor the better housing ond training of the students for tho ministry of the, Methodist Church, the proposals of the Auckland Committee, with some modifications, were approved. With reference to the appointment of principal of the Training College, after the Rev. C. H. Laws, 8.A., who had been recommended t>y the Auckland Committee for the position, had emphatically stated his decision to withdraw his name, the Sub-committee unanimously recommended the name of the Rev. C. H. Garland for appointment in 1912.

Owing to the. very large number of additional houses recently erected along the North road between tho present tram terminus and the boundary of the Tramway area, it has been thought deeirablc by the residents to extend t!if' tram to a<s far as Northoote road. With this object in view, a meeting will be held on Wednesday evening in the Masonic hull to consider the best means of obtaining this object. Several members of the Tramway Board have been cpproacb?d in the- matter, and they will probably attend and siive all the necessary information required, so that the construction cf tin- extension may bo pushed on with as speedily as possible. Keen interest is taken in the proposal, and it is expected there, will be a largo attendance of those interested.

Our Grey mouth correspondent telegraphs that, in the Magistrate's Court yesterday the case in which the mine manager of the Panaroa Company's mine? summoned John fjmcaton and Richard Harris for having caused damage to an airpipe in the mine through blj.sting stone without having first protected it was heard. This was a sequel tithe recent strike at Paparoa, and the evidence tendered was identical with tho statements made By the mine manager and miners telegraphed at the time of the dispute. Alter a lengthy hearing the magistrate ruled that' no negligence had been shown, and dismissed the case. The men are greatly elated at their success, and contend that the decision is ample justification for the step they took in .striking.

A meeting of t!ir- committee of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children naj held on Thursday in the Y.M.C'.A.'s rooms. Mrs Sandstoin, the president, was in the chair, and there wire present—Mesdamc.s J. HFountain, H. A'Gourt. H. R. Smith, W. J. Stringleman. F. Pratt. Sister Mabel, the R«y. F. Rule, and the secretary. Mr s M. H. Lissaman. A letter read from the secretary i>l the A\ .C.T.U. asking the- committee to appoint delegates to meet the Union to confer on the domestic servant ,uestion on August 24th. The president stated that as no meeting of the eomniitt. c had been held after the receipt of the invitation prior to the date of the mcAing, and it was therefore not possible to voice the opinion of the. committee as a whole on the siibjwt, .she had instructed the secretary U> decline the invitation. Her action-was approved. On the motion of the Rev. V. Rule, the following motion was passed, and the secretary instructed t-o send a copy of it to the Hon. the Minister for Justice: —''That this Society approves of the alterations in the Public Health Act ua outlined by Dr. Findlay, and hopes tint they will be given legislative effect to during the- present session* -.

L,n vi -' of »l»«t ten minutes was , , caused v«t€ixia y roorninc by the Sum- ; nor train ]timp, ng the Vouits at the HcrcfoT'l °/ ™!*, Colombo, end | Jtoruo.d streets. an d it was not until i v : ;, ttOm ? ts had been made that it i run onto the prcpor line I hero is every prospect of the propnswi sculling match between Webb (cx- -, Worlds diaaipion* nnd Peareo (Aus- | traJiaii champion) taking place on the Wauganui river during tho coining I summer. I Tho Wairtintnitai .school commit too j «"»o <»t the Timaru boroi.ph schools) hiis J decided to oroct- :\ canvas structure to accommodate some of tho pupil*, tho I schorl being overcrowded, a.nd the l>. - I partment h;ivin:; declined to funu^i tuw-is tor tho iH(v.N>Jiry enlargement. Iho Ashburton company of Hoy fcc.outs purpose niarchi-ic: right through to Chn.stcJuirph in three days, starting on Wednesday, and camping each n:ght. They then intend to go into camp ror four days' rest before making the return march. I At the termination of a wool-sorting ; class at Weber the students decided to donate tho value of the wool used to , the J)annevirke Hospital. Tho wool i wat; duly forwarded to market, irith the result that the hospital funds beueiit Ito tho extent of £'10 18s -Id. I The office accommodation at the I Tramway Board's carshed is being considerably increased, the present quarters ! haying been found too small. The : builders have been at ivork for about a j fortnight, and it will be three or four weeks longer before the new building is ready for occupation. i A Press Association message from I Eltham states that Messrs Dive, Dun- ! can, Scotf, and Anderson, Jl.P.'s, with members of the Railway League and other local bodies, on Sunday travelled I over the route of the proposed ElthamI Opunako railway. Tho visitors were impressed with the need of a railway through tho district. The Hon. I). Buddo ha.s received a communication from tho Minister of Railways, stating that a considerable expenditure lias already boon authorised for improvements to tho station at Papaiuii, and arrangements ivero now being made for the taking of additional land, so that the work of proriding additional siding accommodation miyht be put in hand before the end of the present financial year. The new rooms ci tho Merivalc Football Club in Gloucester street -were opened last night -with their annual smoke concert. Mr Arthur K. C. Rhodes occupied the chair, and there. v.-as a lurgf- attendance, including repirtentatives fron , . tlio Canterbury Rugby Union and kindred clubs. During the evening, nn excellent musical programme was gone through, and various toasts were honoured.

llio laying of the Gashel street <rainw«iy extension via, Stanmoro road *as almost been completed. The excavations for the line are finished, and the rails have only to be laid for a distance of alKuit 200 yards. The overhead wire has been installed for most of the- distance, and it should only be a matter of a £ew days before the line i.s ready for the diversion of the .Hurwood traffic. As soon as the track is completed along Stanmore road continuation of the line along Cashol street will be proceeded with.

A copy oi a letter sent by the Town Clerk to the Minister of Railways was read at the meeting of the Lyttelton Borough Council last night, and was approved by the Council. The letter was written to draw the Minister's attention to the unfinished state of the new sanitary conveniences at the Lyticlton railway station, and pointed out that the connections with the underground sewage system had not yet been rnado, although the new outbuildings had been completed for some months.

The opening service in connection with the Diocesan Synod vran held in the Cathedral last evening. There was a attendance of clergy and others interested, and the service was impressively conducted. The sermon was preached by Dean Harper, who referred in eloquent terms to the victories of the Church over the powers of evil all down the ages, and the promise of ultimate victory over all opposition in the. ages to come. The Synod will meat for its annual session at 3.30 p.m. to*day in the- "Big School," , Christ's College.

The Wanganui Borough Council is considerably perturbed at present by tho fact that an oil company's stores are in the midst of an area containing much valuable; property—Government, municipal, and private Several factories, part of the railway premises, the gasworks, and train sheds are close by, and in the event of an explosion of such inflammable oils as benzine and naphtha, about £200,000 worth of property would ba endangered, the Council's "share beins £80,000. The Council has referred the matter to the Works Committee to go into.

Judgment was cjvon at the Supreme Court yesterday in the case of Charles Collier Judge v. Charles Pannell. claim for specific performance of an agreement to exchange certain properties. It was held that the plaintiff was not entitled to specific performance, and judgment wa.s given for the defendant, witn costs on the highest fccale. At the hearing Mr Stringer, K.C., with him Mr Neave, impetrod for the plaintiff , , and Mr Besnn'ckj with him Mr A. Bishop, for tho defendant.

A mooting of the committee of the E Battery (formerly the Christchnrch Itifio Volunteers) appointee! to make arrangements for the celebration of the jubilee of voluntary military servieo on September 13th, met last evening, when Mr Geo. Harris presided. It was reported by the- secretary (Mr C. J- Treleaven) that there wss every indication of a large muster of past -and present members. A programme wa* presented, and, after consideration, was agreed to. Various other matters connected with the arrangements were finally settled.

I That Nelson is becoming a great ' fruit-growing district is evidenced on all hands (says the "Nelson Mail") Our Motuoka correspondent draws attention to the fact that on one day last week no liner than between r>o.ooo and 60,000 fruit trees were landed in Motueka by j one steamer, and this is but one shipi niont of many during the season. The ! area that these trees will cover will be ' about 500 acres. In many directions : hitherto unoccupied land is being brought into bearing, and all the time i the many young trees already in tho i ground are increasing their crops j rapidly.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that information has been nvrivod by tho New Zealand Slaughtermen's Union from Mr Furse, secretary of the Slaughtermen's Union nt. Sydney, askjnjj for financial assistance in connection with the- strike there. The request has been communicated *(> various unions throughout the Dominion, and a donation of £10 has h»en made to tho strike funds by the Wellington General Labourers' Union. The principal differences of dissatisfied unionists with tho employers are with respect to the rato of wages and the number of hours of employment per week.

The Curator of the Canterbury Museum is desirous of obtaining the carcase of a sheer* for the purpose of representing a kea attacking that animal, the object being to metal the exhibit in the groups illustrating the natural history of New Zealand birds. Intimation of the Curator's requirements has already been conveyed through the medium of the newspapers, ai it was hoped that sonic of the farmers who lost lain he during the (old snap might feel disposed to present a carcase to the Museum. Xo such offer has yot been forthcoming, however, and jv is hoped that Una second appeal may be more successful.

For the preservation of native fnnr. ■ nnd tlora. a reserve ot UO,oih) .itre* w" btou set aside at, Adam's island" tU' most southerly of tho Auckland If lands. * a - .Several nujuirins haro already beci ' received at the headquarter*, of th Union Company for .storage s-paco « • the strainers which will" inaumjratft the S;ni Francisco service. ment will bo held over for a littlo nhitT - to enable- nil interested to apply. *' , The (inest example ,-,f a p-ipii! ar " priced Tiicy<'le is nndotihtcdiy tW la guinea ■"Atahuita."' ninde of B*B t. l''ittin::s. by Gates ;unl Co., vi tl»ir well-equipped factory U i Manchester street. i It's after Influenza that the* real iidit, begins. This is where Kospherine is found invaluable. \, - builds i.ii) the Avholo nervous extern banishes .«.leeplessness. and restores jjppi>tjto. You'll yet Mjirshall's pherine at any Chemist's ov Grocer , ! at Is, Is od, and 2s tkl. Start Ukiisp it now. and you'll soon fJiako c£F *S tTie Influenza atter-elTccts. a Attention is called to the third terta advertisement ot tht> School of ICducationitl Column page. i A biii saving on cycle tyres m,^ e possible to members of the Wbolceaio Club, Ltd. Outside covers are supplied a: from o S 9d to lTs 3d. which would cost from Ss <>d to \>2s tki elsewhere TJieso arc really good tyres—\Viytr W ]* Continental, ami Palmer makes. ° fact Wholesale Club members can purchase a fully-guarnnteed bicycle, complete with fittings. H.S.A. pattern, Jor to 19s tkl. wholesale price. g Tho Storrio Milking Machines Robey Oil Knpnes, Henxinp or Keros( no Lister Oil Engines, Lister Shearing MacliLnes. and Droppors, havo no equal. McClelland m\d Anderson, agents, Cashel street, Christchurch. (J Why do Customs work? For better save the time and employ us. Wo are specialists in passing entries, and you con depend on our doing the work cspeditiously, correctly. 'Hie Xvw Zealand Express Company, Ltd. 6 j On few subjects are there no many popular deJusiuns a<, in regard to the eyesight, and tho results are oft«a serious. The defect which is by fat most general comes with advancing years. Although the 6i<difc m.iy remain perfectly good tor distance, y<t tho .. eye cannot, accommodate itseli to n<*ar objects, consequently glasses are ni'edei Cousult John It. Procter, Oculists' Op- . ticinn, 180 High street, Christchurch. ■» It is to the advantage of importer! - to allow J. M. Heytvood and Coy., Ltd., to clear their goods through Cuvtoms. They have- a large btaif coueUiutly engagwl at that work, and have every facility for giving quick dtv [ livery from railway. 8

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A COXVJCTS REVENGE

For firing throe shots at a ia court a man named Posserand has beer, sentenced to death at the Paris A c sizea ' (says the correspondent of tho Lominn -

"Daily Telograph"). Fcsserand, win? had been serving a term in prison, rts rsoived a small sum at its expiration. On tho very day that In was rckased he used the money to pur«-linsu a revolver and twenty-five cartridges, with y.-hich ho went at once to tlie court of justice, resolved to .vlioot the Judge, Al.'Flory, who had sentenced him to prison. M. Flory happened i<) be pre- , niding at a case in the J'jghth Corrw* ' tional Chamber. Possoraud cctEwd* thefcnuit room and took up a position in front. When tho Judge nv>e from" his seat Posserand aimed nt lu'm and , • fired thivo shots. Happily each, of the bullets missed, and were found - afterwards in. tho panaUing. At ib? trial the prisoner coolly repeated s fornipr statement-r-rnamely, tlwt ho hated all judges and police • magistrates. Ho said: "I only regret ono thing, Jind that is that my hullrts misiod, but as soon as J nm free. I shall begin over again." The jury probably deemed that it w?.s dangerous to dive such an individual even tho hope of ultimate freedom.

COOK AND COUNTIvSS. H

The wife of tho French Consul- 'U General in Budapest, Viscountess do 3 Fontenay, and her cook, figure in an interesting servant comedy (writes tho Vienna correspondent of the Iximlon "Daily Mail"). The cook indulged in fits of bad teroner, ' and was nnich skillcrl in "belmv stairs" repartee and insolence. £he cave notice once A fortnight with Great regularity. - Eventually, after three years" patience, the viscountess dismissed her. Tno cook departed and began the search for n nother place. To her_ .surprise si,o did not succeed in obtaining one, in - ppite of the "character" her mistrcsi ij had given her. At last, ouspecting j that something was wrong, she had the | "character," which' was written m | French, translated. It ran*—' I. Jif- I counters de Fontenay, hereby certify | that I have been in M. N-'s eifiolJcnt . | and genial service for threo years, aMI p that I liavfi done my best to satisfy ,| her demands. I was ranch utraet on $ recognisiiiß tho impossibility nf adapt j'J mc; myself to her peculiar character, .^ but I iincjeasißßly Venewfd my efforts t ■ia k«ef> on good terms with her on AC- ~< count of her really escellcnt sauces, which greatly pleased my liu?bana. > should have 'liked ,to remain in her ser- i vire,, but my patience was too tseieis-J a tried. lam quite willing to furtusjj | furtner ootnplimentarv particulars. M The enoje is now bringing an efltioa g against her former master ana n«s- * tress. a

WHITE BREAD

The value of good broad in the prevention of. tuberculosis was the theme of Miss May Yatw at a ladies' conference during the Public Health Connew at Birkenhead, Cheshire* la» month. It was now rec«pM«>. »» Miss Yates, that tuberculosis wasw« hereditary, and that if P™!*' 1 ? Ed in the early etages it might 1* ««£ | pletoly cured. The Prevailing - j of using white bread ddtnved the eg, ■ tern of phosphoric .and and iron, ™T" were so essential, and their loss P« disposed the human body towards; cMr sumption. Defective teeth '<»««*** from the .same causo. with «Mcqijgt. maldigestion and. malnutrition, xn history of the Irish peasantry a™™"} -, proof of tho degeneration r«^'«£ Insufficient feeding. n >^f r ° r '° » oipallv on broad made from - to" .insider means, for Murine «£ ■ abolition of injurious £ resses in the preparation of flor a r read, and the importance «' * ;J----fe aad.ni T or -gen^or^^ unanimously. :

OVER 1000 TRIUMPH MOTOBS SOLD AT £70 EACH.

140 High strwt. ]•-»} »

, e f.tliv hardened bearings, U;di street-