NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14379, 12 June 1912, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Tho auction announcements of W. E. Simes and Co., Charles Clark, Harris Bros., Lawrio and "Wilson, Farmers' Salcyards Co., Tonks, Norton and Co., Natipnal Mortgage and Agency Co., Pyno and Co., and, Dalgety and- Co., will bo touud on pago 1-5 of this issue.

To obviate misunderstandings regarding tho accusations that several seats aro crossed off beforo the box plan opens for the Christohurch Orchestral Society's concerts, the secretary has arranged to havo the plan placed on view iv tbo window of the Dresden up to the tinio of opening on Thursday morning.

At a meeting of the committeo dl the Musical Union on Monday, a substantial increase in tho number.of subscribers was 'reported. Tho secretary (Mr H. A. Adley) tendered his resignation, owing to his business arrange-I'li-nts requiring his whole tin to.' Th--' matter of appointing a successor is to bo considered at a meeting to be held next week. . -

The inter-University football match, Otiigo v. Canterbury Co.lege, which takes place to-morrow afternoon at Lancaster Park, should be- full of interest. Tho Royal Blues have a great following in Dunedin, whore for a number of years they have been tho premier team, owing chielly to the superb passing of their backs. Canterbury Collego, who generally play a game "out of tho box" on these occasions, are a much stronger combination than tho College has had for many years. Yesterday the proprietor of one of the chief livery stables -in town pointed out to a "Press" reporter that it was not quite right for the present difficulty in connection with the drivers of vehicles which carry goods and their employers to bo described as tho "drivers' dispute." His firm employed many men, gome under the livery stable workers' award and some under the taxi-cab drivers' award. Neither of these two bodies participated m the trouble, but owing to the loose term "drivers," the public believed that all aliko were implicated.

At Monday night's meeting of tbo Ashburton Borough Council, it was decided, on tho motion of Councillors Hefford and Mcßae, that a committee of the Council bo set up to gather information relative to the formation of a Greater Ashburton. Tho matter has been "in tho nir" for a good many years, but this is tho first definite step forward that has boen made. At the present time tho population of Ashburton borough is about 2750, but if tho immediately adjoining Hampstead town district; and a portion of tho Allonton ward of tho Upper Ashburton road district were taken in, the population in such a borough—the approximate radius rf which from the Post Offico would average two miles—would bo close ou 5000, a figure moro in accordance with tho importanco of tho mid-Canter-bury centre.

A general meeting of tho Labour Representation' Committee was held at tho Trades Hall last night, Mr H. Hunter presiding over a large attendance of delegates. The organisers and canvassers' reports showed that largo numbers of claims for enrolment had boon made during the past two weeks. Mr James McCullough, tho selected Labour candidate for the Sydenham Ward in the City Council, was present, and received a very hearty reception. Mr W. Ensom was requested to accept nomination for the Now Brighton subdistrict for the Tramway Board election, but decided to tako time to consider, and tho question of tho selection of a candidate for the seat was left in the hands of tho Executive Committeo. It was resolved "that tho Labour Representation Comm'ttce after hearing the evidence tendered on behalf of the C'hristchureh Tramways employees endorses the statements mado by Mr Hunter in the Press with reference to thoir working conditions, and emphatically protests against the continuance of such unfair treatment."

Tho annual meeting of the local branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society was hold in the V.M.C A. building last evening. Tho Rev. C.

H. Laws presided over an attendance of about fifty, including many Indie 1- . The balance-sheet, which was adopted, showed that a credit balanco of £*7 10s Cd had boon brought forward from the previous year, and receipts for iho past year had amounted to £201 9s Ud r tho expenditure had amounted to £2-14 7s Bd, leaving a credit balanco of £21 IS.-* 7d. Tho election of officers resulted: —Secretary. Mr F Harrison; treasurer, Mr J. M. Twentyman; committee. Messrs 11. S. Badger, G Callender, P. Hercus, W. Jameson, J. Mminings, G. Stoning, and, ex officio, all ministers of religion who art* willing to join. The chairman briefly, reviewed the history and world-wide work of the Society, and then called upon the Rev. W. J..L. Closs*to give a lecture '' From Cape to Cairo," dealing with the work done by the Society in that area. The lecture was most interesting, and was illustrated well by lantern slides.

Tho Ashburton Winter Show will be held on Friday and Saturday of this week.

A woman named Annio Solonionson was charged at the Napier Police Court yesterday with using an instrument oh Christina Larson en May 16th, and committed for trial.

aY meeting of the Management Committee of the bazaar which is to le held in the Wharenui "School, in aid cf tin*, funds of the local Coronation Swimming Bath was held on Monday evening. Very satisfactory reports were received from all the sub-commit-tc-r.. It was stated that the ladies of the district wore working hard for the bazaar, which will bo held durinij the second week in September.

Tiie annual sr.eotin-* of the Canterbury Licensed Victuallers' Association was held yesterday afternoon, when the following officers were elected: —President, Mr J. T. Sutton; vice-president, Mr A. W. Lane: h">n. trvu_ui-or, Mr T. Cloudesev; .secretary, Mr E. Nordonj hon. auditor, .Mr C. T>. .Morris; committee, Messrs M. Lyons. F. Griffin, SBrooking,- G. lies, \\. 11. Young, P. Burke, and the Hon. C. Louisson, M.L.C.

Ono of the questions put to the Hon. Geo. Laurenson at Dunedin on Monday night was: 'Are you m favour of legislation to prevent the uso of tho military in times of indus-* trial strife?" Tho Minister promptiv replied "I am," but it seemed as if he had not distinctly hoard the question, for he went on to give his reasons, and they related purely to the need for maintaining" a military force in Australia so as to be ready to repel an invasion of the yellow races, if such an invasion were threatened.

..Believing that tho Liberal party was sure to win the Werriwa scat, the Melbourne "Argus" came out on Tn-*sd*iy of .ast week with a loader in which it poured a full broadside into the Labour candidate, but it omitted to complywith Section 181 of tho Electoral Act passed lust year, which -requires that every nrticlo printed and published in a newspaper shall bo signed by the writer, and sha.l give his name and address. The section holds equally responsible any editor or proprietor who permits the publication of any unsigned article. .Tho Federal Crown Solicitor has consequently been instructed to take action against the "Argus" for its flouting of tho Federal ""law.

Tho annual meeting of the Christchurch Presbyterian Sunday School_ Association was held last nightf in Knox Church Sunday echool. the president, Mr D. Davidson, iv the chair. The annual report and balance-sheet wero adopted. Tho folloivin_r office-bearers for the year ha*e been appoi-ted :-— President, Mr D. C. Burns; vice-pre-sidents, tho Rev. I>. Rod-jcrs nnd Mr A. H. Wright; secretary, Airs Foster: treasurer, Mr T. W. Hilt. A presentation of a Bible and Bible commentary, suitably inscribed, was made to the, retiring secretary, Mr N. J. Webster, md references were made to - tho manner in which he had performed his duties.

During the hearing of a divorce case at Dunedin yesterday one of the witnesses said that tho co-rcspondeut. on being served, with tho, notice, ask**d whother he would bo ablo .to marry the lady ns soon as tho decree was • granted. Mr Justice Williams referred io this in his judgment.. He saUI-it ought to be generally. known that • parties to a divorce were-not entitled to re-marry upon the granting of a decree nisi: thoy woro not free of each other until the decree was made iib.ohito, nnd in lact. not until after . tho time for appealing had expired. Mr Irwin remarked that persons had been convicted of bigamy for marrying, again before tho' decree was made absolute. " It is deemed desirable to instruct all Unions to warn players against the '-.anger of taking part in Leaguo . p.-aclice- game;,. ' , Such was the opsij.- '- ing sentence in a letter received *iy tho -Da 11 tor bury li.u-r.by Union from tu»* Xew Zealand i'uguy Union last night. The letter went on us follows:—" Tiiero appears to be an impression that players nro at liberty to tako part in such practice games, and it i*> not generally known that thoy render themselves liable to disqualification, at the disci ctioa of this Union. Players shou.d be warned as to the danger they run by practising tho League game." Ihe secretary was iustriicnd to write to via secretaries of all local clubs and snbunions,. advising them to warn their members that they would be liable •» disqualification for practising the Northern Union game. Tho Mandeviiie and Rangiara Licens- • ing Committee, which was cast in . costs ior an appeal case in 1883, ;* arter' twentv-nmo years' patienco, re- " , evived yesterday a retund of tho ao* y tual disoursements from the Govern- -_, ment. Petitions were received by the • committeo at it** annual meetiug ,m # ; June of tho year stated for the closing.,' of hotels at \\ocdend, and as the town- "' ship was not a populous ono, it was -,'• decided that tho granting of °»°.,.r lkenso to tho central hotel, viz., Ihe _*; Whito Cran*-', and refusal of the license V' to tho other hotel, Tho Royal, bo made. Arising out of tho committee's deci-' ; sion, tho licensee of tho Royal ap- h. pea'od to the Supremo Court, and ob- -; tamed a mandamus on the ground -. that the committeo .having omitted to ■* give formal notice of tho objections .__*■ .taken, should give it, and s:t - -.' again. * His Honour, Mr Justice _oluv. ston, said "it was uot ah appeal against -v tho decision of tho committee. ><- •«," appeal was given by tho Licensing Act. but, on the contrary, it was provided <..: by section 44, sub-section 14, which ; . was applicable equally to now licenses ~/_• and applications for renewals, that the.•*■_ decision of tl»committee,, when a""-.*"., nouneed, shall not be questioned." lno y costs, which his Honour said at the • _ time of hearing should not be -pre"'"•'■' against.them, as lie was under the"?--*'• pression tho committee- had acted in" " good faith, wet-*, on a subsequent, argument, ordered to be paid by re- * spondents. The costs, after boing .;, taxed, totalled £146 ISs lOd, and tins __. amount, -excepting tho odd Mmhng*. j and pence, was received from the <-*o- -•-*■ vernment after almost innumerable ;,. petitions for a refund. '.-.

A meeting of the Sydenham .. Burgesses! Association was held last- _- evening, there being a rrood attendance of members. Mr J. Butterfield pre- , sided. The resignation of Mr J, *. Spiller from the Association was . leec-ived and accepted with regret. ~ Tho Tramway Board wrote that no action had been taken in reference to .- shifting tho Devon road crossing, as a petition had been received objecting to - it, -Mr Bott explained that the pra- % posed new stopping placo afforded moro .. shelter. He had got tin' a petition *a t ~ favour of it, which had been signed by 130 people. It was decided to leave tho matter in the hands of Mr Bott. *j It-was decided ion*:*>•>- to the City „'__ Council for the erection of slrc-ist .'- ------lamps at tho corner of Roger and -" T ■■-"-'-i-v-v -.*—-.*«... the corner of „- Faraday and Colombo streets, and the ... •;„.i:.., oi ii-.imonr and Southampton ** streets. It wa.s decided to request I.A. Mr 0. Lafferty to stand for the."_ vacancy on the City Council, in the .;£ interests of tho Association. On the -J. motion of the chairman and Mr *; Lafferty it was decided to osk thd '*"_ Drainage Board to reduce tho -ooding * V of Colombo street by storm water. Ho'suggested that the sumps should no ,-p cleaned out onco a fortnight during' -, the winter months. It was decided ";\ to" ask tho Tramway Board to remor-ij'. all the posts between the railway- • i. crossing and . Brougham street. Tho JChairman said that the work could .'•-> • '"_ done in instalments. Tho post .*.t "V Brougham street was an exceedingly ■_•?. dangerous one. A motion of condol* ,-* ence with the relatives of tho late Mr ,'__ A. J>. Hart was passed. ***' . * i i

Onr "Wellington correspondent telenranhs that tho Government is consider„a t**o anpointment of a successor to Sr Josenli Ward on the. Imperial Trado ftannissw"- but so far none has been to the Imperial authorities, who must make tho appointment. Tjs'-rs 0 f the Main North road com-T-JD that the old trouble and danger from unlisted vehicles is as bad as ver it was* -^ s usual tho worst offenders z™ c!irts > nPP arent -"*' belonging _ . oc *-.l residents, but cyclists and occasional motor-cars make the nosition more acute. evening in the Manchester Chambers a gramaphone concert was even by Dr. C. J- Russell, by request ijf the District Lodge. 1.0 G.T., and tho Hope of Christehurch I,odge of tho sime order. Tho concert was heartily enjoycci, some fine records mado by singers and entertainers being given. _}io Christchurch Drainage Board __xc arranged a contract for tho construction of a *_ft Gin circular sewer in Fitzgerald avenue, between the river and "St. Asaph street. The locality in question suffers much from storm water durin-r. periods of heavy rainfall, and the laying of the sewer will do much to remedy the trouble. • The building of the Waipara bridge, obo of the most urgent needs of North Canterbury, is now practically completed, and on Sunday morning Mr Clarence Turner, the organist of Glenninik Church, crossed it on his motorcycle. He is probably the first to have done tin'-*. Def-pite many previous false alarms of speedy completion, it is to bo believed now that the britlgo will bo open for traffic within the next two or three weeks. ,A-Dunedin coal agent informc-1 a reporter yesterday that he was experiencing great difficulty at present in securing sufficient coal to supply orders. Customers in several cases •■•ere taking double*nnd treble the quantities usually ordered, so as to u<: on the safe side should the Federation of-. Labour call the miners out on -jrike. All the mines in Otago are working at high pressure trying to ieep pace with tho demand.

The Hon. G. Laurenson, in reply to _ dcouta-on for a universal Saturday hnlf-uoliday, said that in Canterbury ho could get a very largo number of employers to support it if they could be" kept within the radius (telegraph-* our Dunedin correspondent). He would soe-tho secretary of Labour and sco if they could not get something brought li-ioro Cabinet in the way of giv.ng , effect to tho proposal, which would be a boon to all tho shopkeepers of Now Zealand. The members of the Coat of Living Conimii-ion visited tho workers' dwellings at Sydenham yesterday morning, «nd wero accompanied by Messrs J. Lf-n-,13 (secretary of Labour), Woburn 1 .Temple (architect), and W. H. Hagger (Inspector of Factories, Christchuu.li). deferring to tho visit Mr Robertson, -1.1-Y, informed a reporter that ho regardro the workers' homes as nn objectf lesson as to what oa-n be dono in tin* matter of providing gocd dwellings for workers. They could be said, fairly, to bo better than tho average . d-vefliJig occupied by tho workers, nno provideS a solution of the bousing problem which could bo extended with advantage ' A mooting of tho North Canterbury Ploughing A*iatch Association was held at Rangiora yesterday twelve members ' being present. Mr A. Mcintosh nresidl'd. Offers of land were received from Mr James Wright and Mr A. ~ Rico, Kaiapoi Island*, of thirty-tix v acres, for tho match, which tho subv committee recommended should bo accepted. Tho date-of.the match was

reconsidered, and.tho date fixed was .' August Ist (Thursday). The rules and regulations wore adopted, with tha addition, that tho. winner .in Class C . shall havo tho option of winning twice "• before going into Cln**s B. It was .* agreed to "reinstate Class. A fordouble- •" furrow ploughs.

At the annual rr.Tioting.of the Canter- . bury Licensed Victuallers' Association • held . y-estordny afternoon, a rc-so- '• lution was adopted conferring Y'lifo membership cm Mr Patrick Burko. ' Tho President of tho Association, Mr ', J, T. Sutton, in. proposing -the motion, ,„_ referred to Mv Burkes thirty-two ~' years continuous connection with the : Association, nnd stated that Mr Burko ,•' had been a .tower or strength to tho . Association during that period. The i;- raonibers present honrtily supported I . tho motion.! which was carried unanimously. It may be mentioned that Mr Burko is tho first to bo elected a lifo member of the Association.

There was 'a good attondnnoo at tho mon 'a meeting ,at the V.M.C.A. on Sunday fast, whoij tbo, Rev. H. D* Burton gave au address on "Tho claims or Christianity upon the Christian."" "Tito speaker d\\>'lt upon tho stumbling , block of hnlf-hearted Christian lives, and upon the necessity of all who prcfesiod to bo followers of Jesus Christ Tiring, whole-hearted and aggressive in fheir. Christian life and character. A

good number of those present remained for tho Strangers' Tea. It was announced that Mr J, W r ebster, a mission.iry from China-, was to bo tho

j-peakor for next Sur-day. . With the idea of stimulating interest in the study of the Bible, the Young Men's Christian Association havo arranged for a course ot popular lectures to bo given on various portions of the Book, and tho first of those lectures will 1w given. on Thursday of this week, "y Rev, .11. E. Beilhouso, who will take lis his subject "Tho Age of tho Patriarchs." Mr Bellhouse will aive a eourso of three, and will bo followed by the Roy. J. Mackenzie, ond tho I"cv. Canon Carrington, whoso subjects wil bo "The Minor Prophets" nnd ■ /The" "Study •of the New Testament" "respectively- Theso lectures aro all open to the general public.

More than ordinary interest was nhown at the No-License League's demonstration last evening, when tho Roy. R. S. Gray thought fit to refer io a recent political incident—tho •flection of tho now Primo Ministor ' -" Sir Joseph Ward's resignation. -Mr Gray said that ho desired to say * something with regard to tho part played by the member for Christehurch 1 North nt the Liberal caucus. Ho had ■ often.been taunted on tho attitude he -' -™.d .taken at the formation of the new L -Ministry. Mr Isitt had said ho would ' not sit behind tv man who was in «• touch and implicated with tho liquor [', party. That man was not to-day the leader of tho Liberal Party, and if Mr 'Isitt never did anything else, ho would * *-» remembered mi long as they had memories. They did not want their Political leader leagued with a trado "the peoplo had condemned. «" Matador Heators, tho best on tho ". ""narkot. Call and inspect- ono burning in our shop. Price. 3os. Lewis and Anderson. 112 Cashel street. (5 They marvel and they wonder the , -isnosal sale of Williamson and Harrington's Stock of drapery, now being conducted by Messrs Armstrong nnd Company, Ltd., has been the cnuso of much fomment. Immediate realisation being [ imperative, prices havo been placed upon this really nice stock that, to buyers, are almost irresistible, causing a hum of business at both of Messrs Armstrong's popular stores. Tho firm havo secured, in addition, several . ranges of boys' and men's clothing "-amples. Consequently, at "ArmEtrongV- "bargains rule the hour." G ; _ Modern Methods.—For the engineer " _• h . IS workshop and tho carpenter at ms bench we-havo tho latest tools and * n." 10 i!" c attacl unents. For work in Ihe home modem appliances for mak"i- housework easy, and cookery sue- : ?_*_. ?nd pleasant. Hastie, Bull, -*"_ Pickering: Opposito Ballantyne's., ~, ■ 6

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