NEWS OF THE DAY

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14327, 12 April 1912, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Mr Goorgo Barrell has definitely decided to bo a candidate, for the vacancy on tho City Council caused by tho retirement of Councillor HollandAt tho annual meeting of the St. Albans Wesley Guild, held on Wednesday evening, the various reports wero adopted and officers elected. A committeo was appointed to prepare a syllabus. Yesterday's attendance at tho exhibition of the Christchurch Society of Arts was very satisfactory, and special attention wa.s paid to tho English pictures. Tho exhibition will bo open again to-day. Yesterday a number of gentlemen learnt for tho first time how slow the ..trains on some of tho branch lines in Canterbury could be. "It was pitifully slow," said one man. "I didn t mind so much that it was fifty minutes late in covering a journey of something over twenty miles. \Vhat broko my heart was when a lady with two children in a pony gig passed us!" The question of admitting or excluding tho Press has been discussed (says tho "Dominion"), at opening, by each of tho threo Labour Conferences now sitting in Wellington. When it was raised at the Labour Party Conference on Tuesday, Mr E. Tregear raised a laugh by suggesting that reporters should not be permitted to attend any Labour Conference in future unless they were members of a trade union. The opening matches of the Christchurch Gun Club's season took place on Saturday last, when, m spite of a strong wind, some gooel shooting was done. In a sweepstake of 2 soys each L. A. Shand, shooting from tho 23yels mark, killed all his birds, whilo H. Bennett. 24yds. was second, and J- W. Cassin, 23vds, J. Cameron, 23vds. auel 10. P. Graham. 33yds, tied for third place. The Legislative Hauelicap (first miss out) was won by O Hunter, and in the Colts .Match J. r \\ Orlowski. TBnssett. and C. E. Brown each killed eight birds, and divided. In the Recovery Stakes Miss-C. E. Brown, HBennett, and J. Orlowski divided. Mr J. W, Cassin acted a.s referee. The Christchurch Kindergarten Association held its fortnightly meeting last evening. There was a good attendance, and several new members -wore -elected. In tho place of the selected speaker, who was unable to bo present. Mr Caughley gave an address on "The Relation of tho Kindergarten to the Primary School."' The speaker emphasised that there was much in common between tho kindergarten and tho primary school. In many respects the purpose, methods, and curriculum wore very similar. Thc founder of the kindergarten hail in mind a complete scheme of education based on natural priiviples. He also endeavoured to crnlxidy thc scheme and principle.-, in a certain type of school. Many schools and many teachers have adopted and developed many ol Froebel's principles without adopting the type of school Frocbcl founded. Some schools 'adopted the form without, the spirit, others the spirit without the form, while many blended both form and spirit. The speaker urged that in order to make kindergartens fully effective the schools should be iv definite and official relation to tlie primary' schools. Both grades of school work would be.modified for the better by such co-ordination. Tl.<. address wa.s followed by a discussion, anil a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Caughley for his address.

Thc Auckland Racine Club has given £100 towards the funds tor the forthcoming industrial exhibition.

Mr 11. W. Bishop, S.M.. will sit at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 20th. to hear objection* to the roll ot electors prepared in connection with the Papanui special tramway extension rating area. At a well-attrnded meeting nt- Lyttclton last nkht it was decided to tender a banquet to tho Hon. G. Laurenson. in recognition of his elevation to Cabinet rank. A strong committee was appointed to carry out the arrangements in connection with the banquet, which -h ill take place early in May. A visitor from New Plymouth states that though the dairying industry has made Taranaki one ot the wealthiest districts in the Dominion, the recent boom iv connection with the petroleum fields has done more to advertise thc province than anything el.o, aud the new indiis-try is likely to make New Plymouth one of the most progressive towns iv the Dominion. Dr. A. McArthur. S.M.. of Wellington. and Mr Walter Kerr, S.M., of Wanganui. have been appointed Commissioners to enquire into matters ccncerniii'j. the West Coast Settlement P--sorve leases. . It has been alleged by .some of tho lessees (says a Press Association message) that they have been misled by the form of lease into supposing that the compensation payable" Hi ro.v.iOL't to improvements was not liuiit-'d to five pounds per acre. Regarding the protest of the Wangauui Presbytery against tho Hen. Te Rangihiroa * attending a Mormon gatherimr to deliver a political address, the Native Minister has replied to tho Rev. 0. Uudtl. of I'Vilding, .scatiug that he had arranged to go to Auckland on tho Thursday, nnd it would have been regarded as a breach of Maori etiquette for him to pass a Maori gathering lying directly in his route without paying his respects to the chiot's. In conversation with an Auckland "Herald" representative. Mr Baird, District- Telegraph Engineer, stated that tho two slot telephones installed at Auckland wero providing » great convenience to tho public, who, by putting two pennies in the slot, were enabled to communicate with subscribers on-the telephone list. These two telephones, ho added, had given satisfaction in every way. and had shown no tendency to get out ot ordor, in spite ot their very frequent use- In view or the satisfactory working of tho slot machines the. Department, had decided to inslal three moro in a few days. A meeting of the Christchurch Pigeon Club "was held in the Poultry Club Rooms, on Wednesday evening. Mr "Robert Ashwcu-th presiding over a good attendance of members. The drawing of tho Art Union in connection with the annual fixture took place. It was decided that, at the Club's next meeting, a show of Longfaced Black Tumblers and Working Homers would tako place, to bo followed by a, discussion on these, breeds. All fanciers, won hi bo welcome. Votes of thanks wero ordered to bo convoyed to Mesvis I). Doro and R. Bnnkshaw. the judges at the Club's late show, also the Penning Committee, and to tho gentlemen who helped to obtain entries. When Mr C. S. Lanchu went to Now Zealand in September last as Consul- . General for China ho brought with him threo female domestics, ono of whom on arrival in tho Dominion was assigned the duties of housekeeper (says tho "Sydney Daily Telegraph"). On March 2_th she died, and Mr Lanchu, who is re-visiting China, is bringing her embalmed remains with him, so that tho deceased's husband, who resides in Canton, may be satisfied that his wife is dead. When the ship reaches China the outer lid will bo unscrewed, and tho husband will be afforded- an opportunity of looking through a glass inset in tho inner lid to assure him ot tho fact that, ho has lost his "better half." There i.s money as well as milk in the cocoanut. Captain iSvenscn, of Brisbane, who has largo interests in the Solomon Islands, and visited Sydney for the show last week, stated thnt copra, tho iicsh of tho cocoanut, was steadily advancing in price, and was to-day three times as high as it was when ho started planting in tho islands twenty years ago. One reason for this was that a variety of butter, known as oleoline, was being manufactured on tho Continent out of cocoanut oil. The product was pure whito, with a rather nutty flavour, and many people preferred it to the ordinary butter. In Germany, where margarine was prohibited, a tremendous demand had set in for oleoline. It sold there at from 3d to _d per lb less than best butter. Tho Associated Board of the-Royal Acadomv of Music and Royal College of Music, London, has awarded exhibitions, tenable at tho Royal Academy of Music. London, to tho following candidates, who presented themselves tor examination last year: — Dorothy Browning (Invercargill), pianoforte, teacher Mr Charles Gray; Mary Gordon Frazer (Dunedin), pianoforte, teacher Mr Max Scherek. Thro© exhibitions aro offered annually to candidates in Australasia, entitling tho holders to freo musical tuition at tho Royal Academy or Royal College. London, for a course of not less than two years. In competition with tho whole of Australia, New Zealand candidates havo carried off two of the threo exhibitions offered. The third lina been awarded to Miss Mylic, of Bendigo. Messrs Walter K. and Jack C. Harris, of Newcastle, recently completed a journey which they claim is, perhaps, tho longest overlanding journey ever attempted iv Australia in a one-horse sulky. They left Mayfield, near Newcastle, on October SOtli. with the intention of driving to Adelaido and back. Tho forward route was over a distance of 1.'J21 miles, via the .South Coast of N.S.W. and the Gippsland forests by way of .Melbourne, thence through Victoria, and across tho ninety-mile desert. After spending a month in Adelaido the return journey wa.s commenced on February 1-ith. Ono pony wa.s used throughout, a low-bodied, thick-set animal, which had been bred in tho Hunter district. The actual number of travelling days on tho forward journey was fifty-nine, tho average dail»V distance* being twenty-two miles. The return stage ran into exactly 1100 miles. The travelling days were thirty-nine, and Messrs Harris covered an average mileage of 28 per day. Judgment in the compensation case heard by the Arbitration Court at Napier, has been filed by Mr Justice iSim. The plaintiff was Grace Holland, widow of .Siovert Holland, and defendants wero Messrs Richardson and Co. iSievert Holland, who was master of the lighter Moa, owned by Richardson and Co., was accidentally drowned at Port Ahuriri on July _>7th. 1011. Tho lighter was lying alongside tho wharf at Port Ahuriri on July 26th, and it was part of deceased's duty to inspect the lighter's moorings each night. This he ustinllv did shortly before going to Led. Plaintiff alleged that deceased met his death doing his duty, and that the accident arose out of his employ- i ment. Judge .Sim said it. was admitted that tho drowning wa.s accidental, and if the facts justified such inference, the Court was entitled to conclude that the accident arose out of and in the courso of deceased! employment, although no human being was present who could give direct evidence as to how the accident, happened. Deceased intended to ; visit the lighter on his way home, end \ the Court inferred - that deceased | reached the scene of his duty and fell in while doing something in connection I with the lighter. Judgment wa.s given for plaintiff for i-VX). costs £2 12s and | disbursements, and witnesses' expenses, : the widow to get CI CO for Jier own use, j r.nd the balance to be paid into Court and await a further order of the Court.

The Waimakariri, Rakaia, and Wai taki rivers wer. reported to be c v„ "•' ye_torday moniing. but the RanntaL ""- ivas dirty. _"«•~ The Wellington suburb of Petcuoha. ■', been remarkably free from cases of in - sobriety htelv. During the last quj. - '.[ ter the local lock-no was used on onhr ■ '- three occasions. •*

A correspondent ot the "Kip Tunes'* - ' que>tiOn.s whether tho sesn-gation Vf lepers is being attended to in iMivjj r strictly as is necessary in the interest ' ' ot the public. He st; ,tos thai seven! ' cases ot leprosy exist within a radtu* ' ot a mile of tho Suva Post Office '.

Ihe Ictone .near Wellington) jw. ouglv Council has been ie_aJh .tdri**! that the municipal coll can o„lv *!> purged every two years. Thero W heretoioi-c exist cd a considerable cX give of uncertainty regarding , Council's rights in* strikim- off th,municipal roll the names of "ihoso persons who did not vote at the previous * election, and the foregoing iogal opin- ' ion now .vettics the matter dei'u,ito(v

A two-seated motor-car, owned hv \\ . Palmer, of Oruanui, near Wairakei, was standing on a slope outM.,. the Atmmuri Hotel, on Sunday <te!ft. graphs the -'New Zealand Herald's' 1 ' correspondent), when it is thought that the brake failed, and the car started towards the river, and turned a com- • pleto somersault into the Waikato Eventually the ear was recovered by -- > the aid of a horse, and though tho body ' was badly damaged, the engine wa* "' found to be intact. That, the cutting off of a day's "' racing from the A.B.C. Autumn Meet- •' ing by tho Racing Commission litis not had the effect ol reducing speculation was fully evidenced at tho dub's ri> cent, meeting (says the "Auckland Star".!._ when tho record sum of . •-.UiS.PI" 10s was pa.sscd thiough l!u> machine, s ; on the two days. This represents an increase of £21.200 10s for the corresponding period the previous year, and £lSol over last year's gath-* ering, when the racing extended "over three days.

At the farewell social uiven last night to the Rev. L. Hudson-anr* lainily. Mr L. M. Isitt. M.P., criticised the itinerary system oractised in thc Methodist. Church, tie said that h<i<would like to *co congregations who » k liked thoir preacher, issuo an annual invitation to him, which ho would bo at liberty to accept or refuse. .' Rut I \,, do not lielieve in the sitting parson," he added, "the dear old minister who ■ ' sits and sits and sits upon thc church egg until it is addled."

Papanui residents aro loud in their complaints of the recent curtailment; of the tramway service to aud troth that suburb- To add to the inconreni* s > ence thereby caused, it is stated that at ' times regular stopping-places a!*--' passed by, apparently without any \ - reason. A correspondent informs ud ; i that a case in point occurred jesterdfij "' morning, when a double-dock car ana ; > trailer hound to the city stopped r_3 V usual at Webb street, but parsed Holly road stopping-placo at full .peed, leaving a, number of would-be pnssoa-V - gers to make strong comments on thp \. control of tho Papanui section, v.h.i«V waiting for the next car. < ;- Tlio final meeting of the present West "-'' Christclmreh High School Committeo .'- ------was held on Wednesday. Presentt-V"* Messrs J. 11. Jones (chairman), T Mo. '/ ■Murray, J. McCullough, G. Barrcll.-R. -; Holland, and W. Sheldon. It Mas dt- - l cided to enter an emphatic protest against the action of tho Board of Edu> *'< cation in delaying tho permanent appointment of'a junior teacher to tho "< staff, seeing that tho school-had mora \ than qualified for tho teacher during \ six consecutive quarters. It was also decided to apply for an additional potv_ t manent teacher for, tho secondary do»',-, , pnrtment. It was agreed to eongrattt*' ;. lato tho Hon. H. G. Ell, a forniftf -' pupil of this school, on his having b«b» J,". appointed a Minister of tho Crown, i - ~'< A- great deal of discussion has take*.- ..* place among tourists and others mak*" l % ing tho round trip in tho Hot Lake* >* ; district as to tho unusual tameness ay tho wild duck and other birds in ovi* '.' dence on Lako Rotomaliana. A Roto- V rua. paper states that many liaro «« J . r * pressed tho opinion that it would b&Vonly common mercy to the linsuspiciot-K,!' wild fowl to proclaim the lako i,' sanctuary for their kind. It is stat«l that tho birds in question follow ia, >j* large numbers launches traversing thVJ; lake, giving passengers much pleasure) '£' in feeding them. By some their nd-Vf vent is eagerly looked for, and it n* f~ asserted they nro an important fa.tor <■; in tho general popularity of tho tnp Tho matter has been represented tc '4 headquarters in Wellington. If Tidy fortunes aro being piled up hy -\ Australia's grain merchants this sea- '\ son, so much so that the visit of Mr . ' Patten, brother of tho American ■who cornered tho wheat market in the;' States, may not bo* merely ior plea->'\* Rure, n,s is given out, says a Mcl- . <* bourne paper. Anyway, it is known -/" that tho game of gambling in ) "futures" is now firmly established in ,-o Australia, some smart American deal- -J ers having set the ball rolling in Syd« >] ney. Chi© Melbourne merchant lm* picked up the point- of tho sport -withr* * ready acumen, and is reported to bo -, drawing closo on a thousand pounds-V a month from a Sydney future specu* V lator. who is paying him a handsome '".;">. premium for grain which ho picked tij»"v, cheaply in Adelaido for cash. » ,jij\ ■ * "^' "You can make rodic guess what »*A^ going to liappon in politics, but «!•%-? horse-racing yon can mako no guess at all," said Archbishop o'ReiHy.<£> of Adelaide, in an address last week. §£'- "The horse that everybody says is BP",Sjr ing to win is usually last in tho r&<x t >s£. and the horse that everybody say.*-, iJj &£," going to lose is first past the judge's box. I never did bet on a horso once iuvV my life. Where horses aro concerned V 1 am a perfect stupid, and if I did "'i bet, my money -would bo as good -< ,< :, gone. Still, I will admit this, if i*V only had the gift of prophecy, which .'-. I assuredly have, not, and know with absolute certainty the horse that. was going'to carry off tho next Onkapa* ' g r'inga or Randwick or Mclbourno Cup, I should not have a moment's hesitation, nor tho shadow of a scruple or - ; . conscience, in hacking that horse for a ; handsome amount." • Tho Sterling Automatic Replacement ; System makes" Domestic Telephones in* * dispensable to a modern business house, .„■ We guarantee these instruments to givo * every satisfaction- Turnbull and Jones. Ltd.*, Sole New Zealand Agents. *' , If you aa-o in tho market for a good second-hand motor car, you should- -,g consult G. H. Carson, of Ashburton. .J He has several nearly new cars on 1"» | books. - f Baggage is a bother at any time, .*■*** *| doubly so during' the Easter rush. To J escape all trouble, check your baggage i through vs. We call for baggage*. -J check on by rail or steamer, take I* ' | off. and deliver it at mice. Our \*«t.». ' ,3 is reliable, most helpful, inexpcn«vc. ;| The New Zealand Express Compaq, ,| Limited. ( | ■ It is a mistaken idea with 'man? ; | people, to put off wearing _jK:ctacl« , t | as long as possible when they require . s them. They strain their eyes more, ,E and more, and irreparable harm can | be done, which glasses, in sonic ease*. £ never entirely overcomes, tor 6p*>e* . h tacles, consult John R. Pro-.cr. .* Oculists' Optician, 200 High street, -..'.j Christchurch. . V | Dainty Oifr.s for Easter Brides .;V| Messrs "Hastio. Bull, and Pickenngr,-* B opposite Ballantyne's. aro just «° | showing very charming, yet g new goods in Art Silverware, Copper nnd Brass; also some «ce»j diiiigns in Art Porcelain, «i#«gj«| 1 dainty Tea S_ts„ etc, !?i^'mm

STORIES OF DR. FAIRBAIRN. j A correspondent writes to the "West- J minster Gazette" recalling how on one! occasion he heard the late Dr. Fair- I baira preach in a country chapel, and . the s-en'iee V ' !lS marked by two amus- • ing incidents. "The cushion on -which j the pnlnit Bible rested seemed to be , uno.u*'. I<n" it kept slipping down.; KairbaiVn. who wV quite iv his element, and gave one the f-uggrstioti of , being f;"t 'f''' : ' '' ""'o f pi it,' could stand , jt no longer, and, seizing the crimson ; offender by nm -' corner with his thumb : and forefinger, pitched it airily over ' iiis shoulder. His other action wa.s bss , pleasing to the organist, who had : chosen "''ln the Crow of Christ I Glory' ; for'thc closing hymn. 'There is another . hymn about the Cross.' commented the ; Doctor, 'hy one Isaac Watts: "When I I Survey the Wondrous Cross." Besides Watts' 3 lines what a tawdry production : this hynm of Bowling's seems to be.' • But the organist was not to be beaten, i W. had the tune associated with ■Rowring's hymn for a voluntary after ; the benediction!" "SAY. 'HE'S WELL RIBBED UP.'" Sonn'Oiio -'it the official luncheon at the Sydney Show last week nevus.-d ! Lord Denliain of being n judge cf horses. "1 r.m glad to know that tho (.ovf.mor-fiener:il is an authority upon ' horseflesh," remarked Lord Chelmsford, "though, it is a dangerous Thing to be an authority upon—(Lord Denmnn, ' amidst- laughter. d::l not look un'on- • cions) —c-pecially in Australia—'more laughterI—but1 —but I (Vol perfectly certain he'll hi- able to keep hi s end up!", Lord Chelmsford added an illustration ' «,l his own proli'.icncy in horsecralt. .\ friend, he said, told him before he : camo nut, to Australia that he would «ec a great many liorV-s there, and i that "very Australian thought lie knew ! i.ll about a horse. The triend advised '■. Tiim always to keep hi*, mouth shut about horses, but said there wa.s fino remark he might make about a horse,' provided there was ik> one bin it:* owner j near. Ho might sriy the horse was, ■'weil ribbed up." (Laughter) -Jt, ivon't matter even if it isn't," .said the. friend, ''becauso everybody thinks his • horse is well ribbed upi"