NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14600, 26 February 1913, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY.

9 The auction announcements of Craddock, McCrostio Co., New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative, Farmers' Saleyards Co., W. E. Simes and Co., New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Harris Bros., National Mortgage and Agency Co.", Charles Clark, Mark Sprott and Co., Conway, Matson and Sons, Allan Hopkins, Wright, Stephenson and Co., and Lawrio and Wilson, will be. found on pages 15 and 14 of this issue. Ib is reported that numbers of trout havo been found dead in the Ashley river-bed in consequence of the decreaso in tho water in the river. This week the steamer Wanaka landed at Timaru from Auckland the Coromandel granite base for the Burns statue which Mr James Craigie, M.P.i is giving to the town. Thero is a movement on foot among past and present pupils of the Timaru main school to erect a memorial to Captain Scott in the school grounds. It is proposed that tho memorial shall take tho form of a sun dial. A meeting of the supporters of tho Reform Party in Rangiora was held in tho Northern A. and P. Society's rooms last night. Mr H. Van Asch, vice-presi-dent of the Kaiapoi branch, presided, and thero was a good attendance. The following Permanent Committee was set-up:—Messrs H. Van Asch (chairman), J. W. Foster, C. Elliott, J. Petrie, W. Forrest, C. Lcich, W. Hency. J. Rowe, W. Stalker, T. Leich, H. Roberts, A. Mcintosh, and A. Ironsides. Tho chairman and Mr Fester wero appointed to represent Rangiora on tho executive of tho Kaiapoi branch of the Reform League. Mr David Jones, Reform Party organiser for Canterbury, was also present, and gavo a short address. Last week a young man called at Mr Hinrichsen's estate agency in Bay street, Brighton (says tho Melbourne "Argus"), and asked Mr Hinrichsen to fill in two blank receipt forms, ono for £3 and the other for £-1 10s. Tho man signed his name "D. Forge," and placed a duty stamp on each receipt. Ho left tho place, but called back a few minutes later, and asked Mr Hinrichsen to give him 10s on a cheque. Mr Hinrichsen sent for Constable Ward. Tho man was taken to the police station, where three blank cheques on tho Commercial Bank of Australia, Melbourne, were found in his possession. "Forge" said that he had an account of £.0 in the Bank of England at Bonrke streot. When he was informed that thero was no such hank in Melbourne, lie said that it was in the London Bank, but enquiries at that institution showed that thero was no such account. "Forge" finally admitted that his story was untrue" and said that his right namo was Harry Klein, and that ho had just como out of Pentridge after serving two months . for a similar offence. Klein was | locked up upon a ohar.'o of endeavour- ! in"- to obtain money by a false rcpre- ] sentation. j At the Magistrate's Court at Wellington yesterday, Andrew Buchan, seeI ond engineer of tho steamer Star of ! England, was charged by William Vallis. a fireman, with assault. It was alleged (says a Press Association message) that a row started in the forecastle on Saturday night, and Yallis went to get Buchan to intervene.. Buchan, however, according to complainant's evidence, responded by ordering him to "get out," emphasising the order by knocking Yallis down and kicking him. For the defence, it was alleged that the men in the forecastle had been drinking, and chased one of their number, a I.uw-'an Finn, out of the quarters. The Finn went to the officers for protection, and it was when the other men got ther-f that Buchan ordered them away. Defendant contended that Vsillis's hurts were the result of fighting in the forecastle. Mr Jackson (solicitor for complainant): Aro you acknowledged tho bully of tho boat? Witness: Don't think so. If you asked them their unbiased opinion, T think they would say they had never "been better treated (sounds of dissent from at tho back of tho Court). Tlio Magistrate dismissed the case, stating -hat though tho oircumrtances were suspicions, the evidenco was too contradictory to base a conviction on.

A poll is to bo taken in Timaru on March loth on a proposal to borrow ( £7000 for motor 'buses. t Tho new valuation of the borough of * Timaru was signed by the judge of tho Assessment Court this week at \i £-152,199. being an increase of £11,899 . on tho valuation of last year. ' Tlio committee of the Canterbury Automobile Association last- night ex- ] pressed by resolution their sympathy . with Or. Simpson, a member of the ( committeo. on the loss ot one of his £ children recently. Tho now tramway extension from the < present Papanui terminus to North- j cote road '.rill ho owned to tratlic on t Saturday next, Ist March, and in this _; connection a complete new time-table will bo brought into force on tho Papanui line. The March issue of the public time-table .which contains tno I ' new Papanui time-table') is now on sale j ' at tho ticket office, Cathedral square, h Our Wellington correspondent tele- . graphs that the rumour "that tho Go- ' vernment intended to discontinue ono ' express from Dunedin to Invercargill . was mentioned to the Hon. W. H. , Herries (Minister of Railways). lie ', stated that, no proposal to discontinue a i Dunodin-Invercarg'ill express had ever been considered. A firo occurred at Mount Somcrs , early in the month, whereby a dwelling was burnt down. In it at the i timo of tho outbreak was an elderly man named Douglass, a carpenter by trade. It is not known whether ho perished or escaped. If he is alive tho pol co would bo glad to know of his safety. At their last meeting, the council of tho South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society decided to ask the Minister of Internal Affairs to permit the shooting of game for ono month this year. The .secretary has received n reply fro n the Minister, stating that shooting will be allowed during tho month of May, aud that the list of game that may be shot will bo published in the next ' Gazette.'' Tho Timaru Borough Council, at their meeting on Monday night, passed a resolution conveying their heartiest thanks to the Mayor and City Councillors of Christchurch for their unbounded hospitality on the occasion of tho visit of the Timaru civic party to Christchurch. Tho .Mayor and Councillors said they could not havo been treated hotter than they were, nnd thov had enjoyed the day in Christchurch immensely. Some thoughtless individual, or individuals, have been tampering with tho telegraph wires over the Temuka. bridges, by tying tho wires together with copper -wire (say. our correspondent). This form of mischief is most ropi-eliens hlo, since such foolish interference might at any time interrupt a I call for medical assistance. Possibly the mischief-makers do not realise the serious nature of their amusement. A largely-attended and representative meeting was held in the Borough i Chambers, Akaroa, on Monday evening Ito consider ways and means of entertaining the company of H.M.S. Now Zealand on her visit to Akaroa .-.arbour. Tho Mayor presided, and after a long discussion the following officials j wero appointed : —Hon. secretary, Mr G. W. Thomas; hon. treasurer, Mr R. A. Dcarsly; Ladies' Committee, Mesdames Armstrong, Bruce, Cantrell. Julius, Youngman, Jacobson, Taylor, Leeto, and Misses Youngman, Jacobson, Stoekcr, Westenra; General Committee, Mayor of Akaroa, county chairman, and members of all local bodies, chairmen and secretaries of all sports clubs, and Mr W. H. Montgomery; collectors, Misses Jacobson, Westenra, Stocker, and Youngman. Complaint was made to the Wellington Education Board yesterday that many scholars who qualified for free places could not gain admittance to | the Girls' College hcc**n<-f tbn»"o was no room. It was also suggested (says a Press Association int;_>._age) tha. somo unfair advantage was possessed by somo schools who ga-lned early knowledge of the dato on which to apply I for places in tho college, and swamped all the available seats. Tho Chairman of tho Board pointed out that thero were somo vacancies in the Normal and Technical Schools which, however, parents did not seem to take full advantage of. Mr A. W. Hogg suggested enlarging the Girls' College Ito meet the difficulty, and the Chief Inspector said it was intended to harden tho uroficiency examinations. Filially, the matter was referred to the Finance Committee. "I very much doubt whether the law would allow horseflesh to bo exported," said ono gentleman who has a prominent placo in tho Auckland meat trado, when shown the telegram, statins that a Hawera stock buyer had received an order from the Continent for frozen horse meat. "But, in any case, it doesn't matter, for horseflesh is worth moro than .button or beef in this country. If tho exporters wanted to tako tho place of the knackers I yard, they would only bo able to kill i old and broken-down horses, and it is ! quite certain that- the Government officers would not allow tho flesh of such j animals to be Kent away for human I consumption. There is enough inferior | meat being exported already, without tho addition of horseflesh. At ono ■ time nothing but prime, quality was al- . i lowed to bo exported in quarters; all , ! tho inferior meat was boned and put ,lup in boxes—the flesh of old bulls and '. I cows, aud all sorts of meat that would > ; not bo fit for display in a butcher's window. I believe it is? mostly consumed in Scotland and the North of England, where they cut it up into ' collops and mincemeat. Now the Government is allowing such meat to go away in quarters, and I shouldn't _ j wonder if they allowed horso to go ; j away in courso of time." ' j A council meeting of the Mothers' 1 i Union was held yesterday in the I ' V.M.C.A. rooms, when the president, ; Mrs Julius, was warmly welcomed on ' ; her return to the Dominion. Mrs Julius 1 j expressed her own pleasure in being ' | again in her accustomed place, and 1 i then referred, with regret, to tlio . i resignation of .Mrs Gossot, as vicc- [ [ president, in consequence of a visit to - | the Old Country, aud also to the pros- ; I ent illness of their valued secretary, i j Mrs Kirkpatrick. When the business i| cf tho day was concluded, Mrs Juliu.- ---• ! gave a very interesting account of tho • j Society and' of the meetings at which I >:ho had been present in the Old - j Country, beg'nning with a great ser- - j vieo in St. Paul's Cathedral, and a : j sermon from tho Bishop of Wiltesden. - \ Two largo meetings were held in tho > i Church House, Westminster, one In.'t- ' i ing,—with an hour's interval for " luncheon —over five hours. At all p' • these, Mrs Sumner, the venerable foundress of the 'Society, was present, although sho had now passed her , eightieth year. The chief business was [ tho revision of the constituton, in ; order to enablo the Society to become , an . incorporated" Society. and tho . j charter for the samo was ultimately ' j passed. Mrs Julius further told of > the great success that has attended i the scheme for the members of tlw i Mothers' Union throughout the world - to subscribe, for one of tho great new " buttresses which had become necessary for the support of Winchester Cathc- • dral. The response was such that Mifl f-cicnt money had been sent to provide two buttresses, and theso had been ". dedicated to tho glory of God and in j. memory of Mrs Sumner and the tlate) j Bishop of Guildford (he husband), j who had ever taken a very spec al in--1 tercst in the Mothers' Union. When 5 the lists of contributions were read out, . N»--w Zealand was found to head tho list among tho colonies.

The Electrical Committeo of tho City Council moots on Friday to discuss matters connected with the Lako _-_.n*ig<_ scheme. Tho river report yesterday morning was:—Waimnkariri (both discoloured; Rakaia, dirty; Rangitata and Waitaki, clear. A Press Association message from Dunedin states that the loading drapery and grocery establishments have decided to close on Good rriday, Easter Saturday and Easter Monday. Mr Lindogreon. the Reform Party', organiser, addressed a mooting "at Rotorua last night, when a branch of tho League was formed. Mr .1. N. McLean was elected president. Tho Tour'st Department started netting Lake Rotorua on Monday night, by contract. Tho first haul was 1000 fish, which will be retailed fresh or smoked. Tho ferry steamer Maori was delayed by a strong south-west gate and heavy heed seas on tli>> passage down from Wellington, nnd this added to the fact. ' that her bunker coal was not of the best made her about throe-quarters of an hour late in arriving at Lyttelton, • where sho berthed at 7.10 a.m. yesterday. After a series of exhaustive tests of 1 all the best known tire alarm systems by tho Public Works Department, tho Government has decided to instal in the new Government Buildings, N'or••vster street, tlio fire alar™ system invented by Mr Matthew Maloncy, mochi.nieian at tho local telegraph office. A meeting of citir.ms. held at Invercargill last night, adopted a motion by the Mayor, affirming tho desirability of holding tho next South Island Br.is s Mauds' Association's con- -. test in Invercargill. probably in October. A strong commit tee was appointed to mako arrangements. The idea is that tho programme will ho similar to that of tho last contest- held at Dunedin. -, "I am always very careful not to reflect upon the police." remarked Mr Justice Edwards at the Auckland Supremo Court last week. "On ths. whole they are a strong, respectable, and reliable body of mon. Somo *.ro better than others, for somo aro too keen to secure convictions." He wont on to say that in the case that ha.i just been beforo him a policeman had spoken of the. industrial school to a girl. That was wrong, for tliero should never he any suggestion of hstiniidation on the part of the police. Intimation was received from tho secretary of the Education Board ft the last meeting of tho Fetono High School Committeo that the grant *or free school books made during tho past four_ years had been liiscimtiuued. Mr McKonzie. secretary of the committee, after speaking forcibly against tho discontinuance of free books, moved-as follows'—"That the Pctono District High School Committee strongly objects to the- discontinuance of free'school booics aud stationery, and respectfully pr jtcsts to the Prime Minister by marking its disapproval. . . . Aud "in conclusion that this committee call upon all school committees in the Dominion to emphatically protest against the free books and stationery being taken away." Exactly what position a woman in England holds to-day is rather difficult to determine, according to Miss Margaret Hodge, in her speech at tho Auckland Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night. One -Magistrate, she said, . had decided that women were not "persons."' Another, in forbidding them entrance to a law court, had held that women were not "the publio." Mr , Asquith, in refusing to accept deputa-' . tions and petitions, affirms that they aro not "subject, of the King." "A - clergyman recently called the suffra- : gettes -objectionable bipeds,'" ■".-'- ---marked the speaker, amid laughter. . "And until we can obtain another term, I suppose the women of England must . bo content to remain 'bipeds' for somo timo to come!" A meeting of those interested in the St. Albans Kindergarten was held last night to interest the parents and residents in the kindergarten, and to try and get them to develop tho school and assist, the committeo already existing. Financial business was discussed and'explained. The school collections wero emphasised, and it was shown how valuable these small amounts given by the parents wove. A. Men's, or Fathers' Guild was formed to menage the sanitation, drainage, lighting, garden, picture framing, etc. a Sowing Committee for preparing sales of work. ' An Entertainment Guild was also formed, to arrange for social winter evenings. Miss Hnrso spoko very strongly about the necessity, of tho , parents and residents taking a greater interest in the work, and to co-oporato with thoso already working, forming a kindergarten partnership. Miss H_Uspoko about the Mothers' Guild, and detailed the programme of instruct."?and amusing afternoons, the picnic, to New Brighton on March 6th to bo tho first meeting. An open day about Easter is to be arranged, when •/arcnts will bo invited to morning bchool. Great regret was expressed at : tho resignations of Miss Scoiield, Mesdames Bendelv, and Smellie. -Mrs Anderson fcelingfv referred to tho great service rendered to the Sunbeam by theso faithful workers. The meeting decided ! to ask Mr A. S. Taylor to convey their sincorest thanks and 'appreciation. A vote of thanks to Mr A.S. Taylor for presiding closed tho meeting. The appVoachicg Easter, holidays will create a crush in the. made-to-measure clothing trade. Wo advise our readers ;. to placo their orders at once. Messrs T. Armstrong and Co. and showing the new thing in tweeds and worsteds for ..-- winter we.ir, and rapidly booking holiday orders. Armstiong's low prices aro , a decided magnet, well supported by. quality, fit, and finish. 1 For sale —Ono 8 h.p. portable kcrcsent engine, ono 5 h.p. stationary kerosene engine, and ono 2 h.p. stationary keroseno engine; good maker; all new, and guaranteed. Apply immediately, to F.X., "Press" Office. 6 i Tennis players wanting a new racquet for Easter arc invited to inspect a specially good selection of racquets just landed ex Romuera by Lewis and Anderson, 112 Cashel street. 6 Model costumes—Ono only of each, and each a masterpiece, showing at Armstrong's to-day. '?. ■ Jam Making Economics. For quality land prico in Jam Jars (screw top and i jelly), preserving pans in brass, copper, i aluminium and enamel, wood spoons, j scales and weights, jelly bags, jar : rings, etc., always Hastie. Bull and j Pickering, opposite Ballantyne'-. Telephone i.103. Prompt delivery. 6 1 "Moving is particularly trying when j incompetent carriers do it. By cmj ploying us. however, yon secure that I 00-elul li.mdli-ig and sdennato proteo- | tion which our skilled hands and rain- ! proof, dustproof pantechnicon-, afford. The Nov. Zealand Express Company. Limited." 6 - THE USES OF ADVERTISEMENT. ' The groat part played by advertisement m the modern businusn world was 1 brought out vory strongly by a witness in a Sydney District Court, case tho other day. The witness was a lady who had been a rvgistrv ofEce-kecper. Sho said that practically ail her business was tho result of advertisement. She ' advertised, and clients camo; _>he ceased to advertise, and her busim.__ fel. off at once; from receiving rr.imtera of ]ett..-rs, she received only one per - day. As soon as she b.-gan to advertise once more, more letters came in. Sho bad a few regular country clients, buttheir number was small as compared > with those brought her by regular and • systematic advertisement.