NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14759, 1 September 1913, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

a- ■ A meeting of members of the Canterbury Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Association was held on Saturday evening, when the rules of the Association were formally adopted. Tho Saturday half-holiday which had been tried for three months ar.d found wanting, was abandoned at Kaiapoi on Saturday, and the storekeepers also have abandoned tho lato night on Wednesday in favour of Saturday. An Auckland Press Association message says that a successful aeroplane flight of about a mile was made on Saturday afternoon at Avondale by a machino owned by a local syndicate. The flight was made at an altitude of about 130 feet, and after- about a mile had been covered, the biplane, which is of the Farman typo, came to earth without mishap. The liabit of replenishing tho domestic fuel supply with lumps of coal that drop to the street from passing coal carts appears to havo been developed into a system in parts of Freeman's Bay, where carts ply regularly to the. gasworks (says the* Auckland "Star"). It has become a practice there for small boys to follow the carts, knock the coal on to the road, and then gather it up for homo consumption. Tlrat this is sharp practice, coming within the bounds of theft, was very vividly impressed on, two small boys who wero brought before Mr Frazer. S.M., on charges of stealing very small quantities of coal in this way. His Worshin issued a general warning to all parents to keep such control over, their children as will prevent t_eir failing into such petty theft.

Two subjects that arrested tho attention of the public lately wero tho wreck of tho steamer Devon and the visit of tho Government steamer Tutanekai to tho Macquarics. Both aro extensivelly illustrated in tho edition of '"Tlio Weekly Press" that may bo obtained on Tuesday. The FederalShire iine r is seen among the inhospitable pinnacle rocks at Pencarrow Head near the entrance to Wellington harbour, and from her foremast to ono of iho rocks is shown tho lifo line by which the officers and crew were drawn ashore by their intrepid rescuers, of all of whom photographs are given. In striking contrast to tho dismal fate of tho steamer is a bright and joyous scene taken on the occasion of her departure from Auckland with New Zealand troops for the Boer war. At the Macquarics, where a scientific party is working, and a utilitarian party is engaged securing fish and penguin oil. the special photographer of "Tho Weekly Press," who went down in the Tutanekai, obtained the best collection of photographs yet published of this cold, boisterous midway station between civilisation and the Antarctic Continent. Tho engravings practically depict the lifo on the island and includo pictures of both parties (to whom tho Tutanekai went down as a relief boat, it having boon understood from wireless messages that they were very short of provisions), the penguin and tho sealion, the homes of the islanders, the landing of stores and snapshots of scenes and incidents associated with the trip. On August 23rd, Christchurch enjoyed a plethora of outdoor sport in tho way of representative football and ladies' hockey matches. Tho weather photographically was the reverse of propitious, yet our contemporary has met with much success in pictorinlly pourtraying the different contests. The Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francipco (representation at which is exercising a good many Governments, including that of New Zealand), is evidently goiiiK to be a colossal and gorgeous undertaking, judging by the advance pictures of it. two of which apr>oar in the coming ipsue of "Tlio Weekly Press," ono a perspective view of the site, and the other a representation of the model of a mammoth group of "Nations of the East." The journal has its usual miscellany of varied pictures, interesting to every homo in the Dominion. The vital statistics for Ashburton for August, 1913, were:—Births. 33; deaths, S; marriages, 9. The figures for the corresponding month in 1912, were.—Births, 31; deaths, 8; marriages 4. Tho readings taken at tho Ashburton Domain weather station at 9 a.m. on Saturday were.—Barometer, 29.28; Thermometer—max. 47 ; mm. 28; frost, 12 deg. During tho month of August frosts wero registered on 21 mornings, varying in severity from 13 deg. downwards. Tho record frost for August 1912 was 19 deg. The total rainfall for August up to Saturday morning was 3.4-1 in. Our Greymouth correspondent says: —Interest is still centred in tho greenstone rush, and shares aro changing hands at fair prices, and big prices arc being asked for claims. The rush has revived the opinion that a large tract of rich gold-bearing country. exists botween Maori Point and Teremakau. It has always been contended that tho Three Mile locality is auriferous, and now that attention is directed to tho locality, probably something will be done to ascertain whether gold does exist there. ' Mr W. Nosworthy, M.P., has received a letter from tho Minister of Railways with reference to a petition signed by Mr Charles Doherty and others asking for increased postal accommodation at Tinwakl, stating that the work of increasing and improving the accommodation would be put in hand at once. A verandah has recently been erected on the loading and unloading side of the goods shed, and a portion of tho station yard fenced, in, as asked for by tho deputation which waited on tho Minister of Railways at Tinwald, somo time ago. The first services wero held in the new Presbyterian Mission Hall, New Brighton, yesterday. The building, which passed from tho hands of tho builder a few days ago, proved itself yesterday as being very suitable for the purpose for which it primarily was erected. The morning service at 11 o'clock was attended by some two hundred and fifty people," the Rev. Thos. Tait, M.A., 8.D., preaching at that hour, and in the evening the Rev. Dr. Erwin, M.A., preached to a largo congregation. The missioner, Mr James Tennent, assisted at both services. The choir, which was supplemented by assistance from St. Paul's, rendered excellent service. Tho crew of tho T>cvon are being weil tn?ntod by Wellington residents (says tho "Dominion"). Speaking to a reporter, members of the shipwrecked party had many little incidents to tell in respect to this. On Tuesday evening a party of mon went into a restanrant on Lambton Quay, and sat down to a hearty meal —tho first that they had since Monday night. - On leaving, payment was offered, but tho of tho restaurant - flatly, politely, and fii-mly declined to accent the money. He told the men that he had been at sea himself and ltad been shipwrecked. Ho knew, what the experience was, and he wanted no payment. Even when ho was told that the money woukl not come out of tho crew's pockets, but that the Shipwreck Relief ■Society would foot tho bill, he still adhered to his original attitude. Similar experiences of .unlooked-for kindness have been somewhat general, aud the crew state naively enough, that it has come as something of a surprise to them. With tho object of showing what useful hobbies a boy can tako up, and what skilled work ho can accomplish, a committee ot members of the Boys Gordon Hall Lave arranged an exposition, which opens in tho hail to-<lay. The scope of the display is a wide one. There is a printing office in full, operation, a wireless plant sending messages from one room to another, a dark room illuminated at intervals by brilliant electrical displays, a blacksmith's shop, and so on. Hobbies innumerable are represented. Articles manufactured vary from a steel "jack" for lifting purposes to a daintily-worked cushion of which any needlewoman might be proud. Mechanical drawings, paintings, card-writing,' stencil work, woodwork, cobbling, collections of stamps and coins are among the exhibits. Everything possible lias been done to make tlio exposition attractive to the public, and various forms of amusement, in addition to a freo concert in the evening, have been arranged. At the official opening of the new traffic bridge over Taylor's stream at the Roxburgh crossing, twenty-one miles up from Ashburton on the road to Mount Somers. Mr Hugo Friedlander ono of tho senior members of the Ashburton County Council, referring to the overlapping of the work of local bodies, incidentally remarked that he felt sure that the timo was not far distant when there would be an amalgamation of many of the local bodies of the district. The road boards had done excellent work in the past, but many of those bodies were no longer required, and their work frequently overlapped that of the county council. The number of seats on the country council would be increased, and tho different parts of the district could have representation on that body, while any moneys derived from a particular riding could be spent in that riding. The main body would then bo able to look after the requirement of the whole county and a considerable saving in expenditure would be effected. Mr 1. Bullock spoke ou similar lines, and cordially endorsed tho remarks of Mr Friedlander.

A small bag of whitebait W_*Ss from Kaiapoi to town on SatmSL rail. As it weighed mdtr bo quickly disused of. *?*&:' A Dunedin Press Association »«- states that .No 2 Garriin jE3SJ£ have won the efficiency shield f_rte Dominion. w „ w^?: A satisfactory state of affair* ;. - :^! ported by tho Official Assignee *__ „*& had no new bankruptcy busing +„ -' port during tho past two or weeks. c *v At the Magistrate's Court on ___,"•"■. < day before Mr H.. "W Bishop, ! one first offender for drunkenness* ' fined os, in default twenty-four imprisonment. * j 1 *-' Dr. Kerr-Hislop cave another W. •' ture at the Normal School on Satnrd* -■'' to a number of head tcachore oa tjT'- I scope and aims of medical it_.Do.Jr I of school children. ,BS Pectu» Owing to the cost and search* irfmilk the Christchurch Dairymen's A_T J ciation lias decided to raise t_§ nri of milk to 4d per quart durin'r n? •■ month. a lin * I The Mayor took advantage of an oft,: by the Public Works Department „ journey out to Lake Coleridge on §.{-. urday afternoon and inspect the »orb out there. Ho will return to Quill' 1 church to-day. t" v The Mayor received a petition o_ Snturday praying tor the removal rftho Animals' Home iv Montreal str«eL The 112 subscribers to the petition tUtb'' that they live in the vicinity of tla/Home, and they base their request _'' the ground of public health. ■/ Our Dunedin correspondent efe,_, that tho City Council will be asked ia appoint Mr Ferguson, of Wellingto. to report on the hydraulic and construction portion of the "Wa!p»i j 6cheme, and Mr Parry, GovoraaenT olectrical engineer, to report oa electrical part. * - The Children's Convalescent Cott-gg at New Brighton will be re-opened fo patients on Monday, September Sth.. Jj has been closed for disinfecting purposes and for spring-cleaning. Parse;, will be filled in by Dr. Lester, 2 Cr_> mer square, and applications for admiv, ■' sion granted by Mrs L. Lane 98 ■ Gloucester street West, mornings &_j'. evenings. - •>., Vital statistics of tho ChristchnrgJi ', registration district for August wero v's u 's follows, the figures for the correspo_i'ing month last year being given-«:----parentheses: — Births, 159 (225)--* J deaths, 90 (82); marriago notices, (72); marriages in office, 11 (11), ]{" will be seen that tho birth rate ae4&' marriago rate aro lower—tho ' birji '- rate very much co—and the doath nrf»" a higher than iv August; 1912. , .. *■**' An Invercargill Press Assod4ttffli.'v message states that the native Ekm,-A who was brought from Maiden Idao.'' by tho Anglo-Norman, accused of murdering another native, was again befow the Court in Saturday, dun-god , with being a prohibited immigrant." Tho Magistrate said that as the man . had been taken off tlio boat by tho police, tho charge would hardly arise." ' It would bo better to place* accused " aboard again, and if ho camo ashore b ': could bo re-arrested. This was done.; \ After hearing medical, evidence Mr Fraser, S.M. (says an Auckland Vmr Association -message) dismissed a charge of manslaughter against Robert - Mitcholl, ex-licensee of tho Shamrock ; Hotel, arising out of the death of a.' boarder named Stimpson, who it xtti > alleged had not received proper att«n-' -, tion after falling down stairs in 'tis ! hotel, and sustaining injuries which - caused death.. The evidence"ehowetl-!; that the injuries were such that dso&i was inevitable. Speaking at Waihi last wed;- ; Mr David McLaren. referred to' _«t Rand strike .as an example of -§_&',. .ant" methods. Ho said thtfoAhs'/ trouble started by threo hundred-ore - coming out over five men beofi* . quired to work half an hour )as,«.. than usual. The company reinstate the men and give way,.tat. because this offer was mado thrones'mediator, it was rejected. Then'cud ■- in tho violent and rough cleraenCosa"; of whom said "Let ua turn Swift:: Africa into a blaze.'' Thia was tbslanguago of a fool, and it was snch ten}' guage that always caused trouble .Th*; result was that four hundred wsfj killed and wounded—more tban.carii-, out in the first placo over a disptrte". over fivo men. ■ 'Y^ Tho New Zealand Council of t_K Laymen's Missionary Movement - fca? taken in hand the scheme of raisingthe sum of £11,400 appealed for byJDr'j John Kirk of the Canton Mission. To this end it has organise!,: an "Every Member Campaign" whwaj starts to-day and continues for a M-* night. Tho sum raised is to bo expefcs-, ed on purchasing two sites of land-fe Fa Tei and Ko-T'ong, aud erecuaff*? hospital with accommodation sad-/ equipment for 100 beds, a dormitory fraS theological students and high sc-floH boys, and nino residences for > Wu missionary staffs. Churches or pnmitt;: individuals contributing 1-lCiOth.sflWi* of tho cost of building and tho Ko-Tong hospital (£35) witt -■ W entitled to 1 have a bed in the assigned to then* by name, and TO* receive annually a report from/M*": medical' missionaries regarding ?Vm work done in connection with £10 will support a bed for one year^jr The Education Department' noti«i| (says a Press Association ieleflrtgjd that, notwithstanding tho intirratwtfJßj the Public Service Commissioner- up? the Public Service entrance cxamina- % tion will not be open to girl candidata, this year, entry forms havo be<sn ceived from girls. The only course perly open to those not eligible «*". W : who do not desire, employment p r ">3; the coming year, is either to tafcc.W*. intermediate examination in its noifc, competitive form with a new ("."J**.' have previously passed the exaraiia--, tion) to securing a better s"« ul * 5 - marks than before, or to enter thrdCgß. tho Education Board as scaoomf. candidates. In view, of the «Sr cumstances, the Department is P rc P"F* . for this year only to allow mtenne*«» candidates entering on a senior ,OT* placo form to take competitive■ jp»» as set for scholarship and Public t^> : vice candidates provided their efeetaj to do so is endorsed on their appiwy tion form. On dif that tho well-known &fV_\ - Messrs Armstrong and Co., - the only purchasers, m Chrateha*. of H. J. Marriner's Fire Stock, and that they have same at an enormous discount. su . stock includes the new »_«*• W"? . cry, flowers, feathers, hats,. handkerchiefs. linens yV h * K'JS* other lines just landed for the F™M£ seasons business. Very much gj . pathy has been expressed lor -ne* y ilari-iner and Co. ' _ . Why not free yourself of the rgjg of Customs work? You can. .SfJJ 5 hand your documents to M."»«.»/ to , as you are concorned. there s an *™?*'. work and worry. We pa« dehver the goods, and there is a? **1 lay. The N.Z. Express Coy., Ud. , Up-to-date Spring Cleaning. Vacm*? Cleaners on hire. We haw,** -J: several efficient. Cleaners, to hire out by the day- lOJ. on application. Hasue. BiiJ, »fi Pickering, opposite Ballantyne 6. - Meccano.-The ideal ' boy with a turn for mechanics. ■&*£& working models of the world • c _l wonders ««tnicKcl by■« »J gent boy. Sset 0 os. 1 b<*. rJ v enoß : 3 255, 4 40s. Lewis 112 Cashel street W. 'Phono ISO- • ,

THE WOODEN HAND-SHAKE.

\ Frenchman who meets I M^_\_ ,: downtimes a day shakes *-*£},; time. M- Poulbot, an artist. * y*. «*»- J *-?**E , s_Rt^

-. __—«— —•~"——————— "*"~*~ —- ™""" — " '"'''■ j Vis friends frequent ho has hung :»*Kv a chain a carved wooden hand. ■-"■■? J /.nu-rs he goes to the hand *fajE*.i This, makes <S now* by jmgling a piece of » fhilule a tin kettle at the other *°f if the chain. The signal is ac- «*» °; v-v those who hear it as a sign •pTM Pou.bot lias shaken hanus .jS-'aUl-is friends_

EARLY RISING.

-rro record for early rising (says the «X>nic.o"> probably remains with JKca autior of tbe famousB tlnk<my soul, .and with the sun •■- ThVciaily stage of duty run. a_ kept ids own admonition to the E J for. 6ays his biographer Hawaccustomed hunseJ fl.'nt one hour's sleep, -which ophged ftJtaSeat one or two o'clock m tne Sir sometimes earlier; and he """"Si to co to rest with no other pur!_flir. % refreshing and enabung ■Pwrith more vigour and dicer julness Kia<' h£ moniin-S hymn, which he *££ do to his into, before he put on te cloth**." _

BEST AGE FOR FLYING.

i Ttet>lvi'3g to a request for his opinion JthYriew. expressed at an inquest on Vn-r&h 'flvir.g officer, that it is in3£bfc to lean, to fly at the, age of Sour, Prince Henry of Prussia, MXr of tho Kaiser,. who learned ■W when he was forty-n:ne has sent Ik*S correspondent of the -Mail ' *x x nmrirc from his castlo being granted, 1 average airman should not be over fe S of thirty. In my opinion, ?oung men in their twenty wjio are Scr married nor engaged to be .£_S are as yet likely to be the SS> succcsful -airmen-Henry of " Tho Trincc, who is fifty-one Efmonth, flew several times; recently - Iftle naval watorplono competitions at Kiel.

A CAT'S SALARY.

\bout twelve years ago the Paris Prefecture of Police liad a pet, a tor„_Sca cat, namcKl -'Mou " Poo* You died in April, 1901, but its memory is still kept fresh in a way for . the Prefect has every reason to b"thankful. An allowance of £U ?()<= Dor annum was mado from tho rSicTtreasury for Mou's upkeep, and ffirotV figged ia tho ° f th * Tho entry still appeal JSf JS? and the Prefect still draws tlJowaaee of £14 10s, although the ! S-tptace left by Mou's death h«s notbeen filled. Beforo the item could I be struck out of the midget it would be ■SSsarv to have the ca& death legally certified by a notary or by a State ' 'Kent, and as cats have no civil ! gwtcs, the difficulty is got over by conr tiauing the allowance.

RELIEVING TRAINS.

Novel steps havo been taken by tho «■ Pna-siaa Railway Administration with ■ tbe object of relieving tho crush at the .torinaiang and tho end of working hours (says the Berlin correspondent ht tie "Daily News"). Circulars have been sent to all firms whose workmen '«ro Skolv to travel by the Ciroio and "Suburban, lines inviting them to stato low many workins men arrived by v train, naming tho stations t and the nmca of starting and leaving work. '" ; After receiving tho replies, firms near to each other were told that, by commencing work at times differing by a : quarter to half an hour they would relievo the worst pressure. Schedules have been drawn up in no case varying "" more than half an hour from the exist- • -ins times, and tho firms have been invited to- adopt them.

M.P.'S AND THEIR CIGARETTES.

In tho Scottish Standing Committeo I- in the Houso of Commons a meanher • was seen to draw a cigar from his pocket ' and to __ht it. Another \ member ; (the Lobby correspendeat of the ''Express" says) "appealed to tho chairman to know if this was in order, '.and'Mr Henderson, the chairman, replied thai there - wero two rulings against it,by chairmen, of Grand Committeo—rbut he added that ho would hsve to stop it if his attention were : Yeelleo* to it. -This being a broad hint 'that be had no desire to 6top it, other /members drew out cigars an<f cigarettes , and began to smoko them. Insensibly, YtlM rules against smoking aro being V rolaxed. Of late, members have been Yseen smoking in th lobbies and the YtorrWors of tho House tho moment the .'V Houto has risen. .

BANK OF ENGLAND 6AI~ARIES.

A clerk on entering the Bank of England, .must be between, 18 and 22 jeara'of ago, and ho starts with a salary of £100 (writes our London com_pondo_t). A candidate- must bo jM_ii_tted..by a director, his moral caanictcr has to be oertiiiod, and he has to pa_s a qualifying (not a competitive) wamiaation. One iv four or hve fails to pats. At the end of two yeans tho txts. has to decide whether ho will - taier the cashier's department (the real banking work) .or the accountants' department (National D_bt and Stocks), "'ay then rises by £10 a year. At ti« end of live years a clerk either proweds, to the fourth class or passes out , ot the service. After ten years' eenrico I h« receives on average £212 a year: attcr fifteen yeori, JCZ*iQ. . At the, end of twenty years th.? average salary is .1:300; at thirty yean* £38., after that «nior clerks rise to £430. The staff "■ posts and the special posts, about on& thousand in number are won by merit. The chief cashier has the "iyJstst salary (£3000) ; tho chief ■ accountant there are threo appointment- at £1500, one each at -* £1200, £10CO, and £900, and several at '£7t)o. Agents of branches receive salaries up to £2-100. There is a penBon scheme to which tho clerk does not contribute but for which he is qualified after tea years' eorvioe. '.

POINTS ABOUT THE LATEST "8.5.A." MOTOR CYCLES.

The wonderful competitive successes Joined, by the "B.S.A. motor cycle <-uucg tno comparatively short timo it las been on the market, coupled with its strength and beauty of construction, *od its absolute reliability, havo won for it instant and world-wide popularity. hi international competitions, as in tho Paris-Nice Trial, where it was tbe only Buciune of its class to finish, it has proved its sterling excellence against "h-comers, and particular interest, taerofore, attaches to the announce*Q«nt that new and improved models of tfltt fiiie machine have just been placed °*> the. market. We have just received j a shipment of these new models. The | .Ww two-speed model is chain driven, "' navin _ been found to obviate i iii. shock and vibration usually asso- * .ciated with chain-driven machines. It *■"■■ one of these machines which made tie peat record in tho Paris-Nice rial. The chain gearing is wholly en- * Sr therefore runs under ideal fttcieacy conditions. The machine is Fed.with a kick starter and foofcand is an ideal motorcycle for aoe-car purposes, especially over rough - fixl!} -' • fle new * ree engine and Br?k easmo model s (belt drive) have a ■m? of m «*hanical refinements and - rr ovements and none interested in jßotorcycles should miss the opportun- --*■__■ these splendid 2™«- Demonstrations of the Jpsctty of the. "8.5.A." will be given aV_ 7 P ros P«tive purchaser. We have a^ l -°r an *2 J hai the Ashburton - _5« P fo^the ; B -S-A." is Mr D. H. &3__ii AsM ™ rt «»- Adams Ltd., Sew SS t£? tS & ? S , A * Motorcycles, Cfe 1, Christchurch. (G. ii. "*>», Motorcycle representative.) 6'

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