NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14760, 2 September 1913, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

r4) Tn order to facilitate the rapid marketing of Motucka and-Nelson produce during the coining summer, it is the inteniiou. of the Anchor Company to supplement the steamer Nifcau by placing a second steamer on the Welti ngton-Xcison and Motueka run, thus making a daily service each way. At tho Supremo Court yesterday before Mr Justice Den,niston 7 the divorce case, Euleen Annie Louise Claries v John Henry Maries was heard. Mr Woston appeared for petitioner. The suit was undefended. After hearing evidence, including that of the petitioner, his Honour expressed some doubt as to tho actual date upon which desertion took place, and said that he would consider tno matter. Owing to the absorbent qualities of the shindy bottom of tho ornamental lako in the Public Gardens near the Magnetic Observatory, considerable .difficulty has been experienced in the past in getting the water to rise to itt proper level. Recently, however, a large quautitv of clay was spread over the bottom of the lako after it had been drained dry, and the banks were aleo reinforced, and this arnears to have got over the difficulty, i ne water has been running in from the artesian wells for some time and augmented by the overflow from tho small lake near the new native plant section, tht Victoria Lake; and the Christ s College baths - , had risen to a iair height.

Whon tho call for help for the Mawson Expedition party and the oil workers at the Macquaries camo to the Government, it was at once responded to by despatching the steamer Tutanekai with stores. Advantage was taken of tho opportunity to send a "Weekly I ress ■' photographer to depict life in the barren islands of th© South. , The result is a magnificent budget of 45 pictures, which appear in tho "Weekly Press 1, published this morning. Tho incidents of tho hazardous trip, as well as life on tho island are shown as they have never been shown boioro, and probably never will bo again. Accompanying the illustrations is a specially writt-en account of tho trip. A subject which stirred all New Zealand tms tho wreck of tho Federal Shire liner Devon on the rocks at Pencarrow Head, ■at the entrance- to Wellington Harbour. Here again, a fine representative set of pictures has been obtained, showing the wreck on tho rocks, as viewed both from the sea and the shore, tho rescue party at work, and tho rescuers and rescued. As a contrast, there is a fine picture of tho l>ovon in holklay attire, leaving Auckland for Durban with tho Ninth New Zmland Contingent. Saturday week well have been termed tho Spoils Gab Day in Christchurch, for there were no "less than four representative football matches and a representative ladies' hockey match in progress. Dcspito tl:o unfavourable weather, tho "Weekly. Press" photographers secured some" very fine pictures, espeeLalry of the R-ucby League match between New South Wales and Canterbury, and the ladies' hockey match between Canterbury and Kaikoura. Although tho subjects already noted occupy a considerable in tho paper, others aro not ncgicctcd. Thus we' have a couple of fmo pictures oi tho coming Panama-Pacific Exposition, scones and happenings from all over New Zealand, and others of general interest. Tho literature sections are, as usual, bright and up-to-d-ate. amonjj tho short story writers beins Emerson Hotigh, Ailcen Lingard, James Workman, and lvlcn Ada Smith. The issue is altogether one that will still further raise tho mana of «tho "Weekly Press. In connection with the Agricultural Department's display at tho forthcoming Auckland Exhibition, Mr A. McPherson, Director of Field Experiments, is leaving for Auckland this weok to arrange for the sowing of, tho demonstration plots. At th© meeting of the Tramway Board yesterday, Mr Staples drew attention to tho fact that eomo peopio cold fares from' their concession tickets. Hβ considered that the Board would lose considerable revenue from this praetico if somo moans were not found to stop it. Every effort is being made to trace Virgin, who is wanted in connection .with the Kaimata nrurdor case, and who is still at largo. A photograph and complete description of the missing man has been sent to every police station in the Dominion. Some time ago, 180 yOung perch from a pond on tho Brackenfield Estate at Amberley were placed in a pool in tho Acclimatisation 'Society's grounds to await shipment to Auckland. They wore collected yesterday in good ordei and condition by the Curator Mr, Hope, and will be sent North to-night. The perch will be placed in the aquarium in the Auckland Exhibition grounds. The Timaru Borough 4 Council's first motor : bus was given a trial run yesterday (says a Press Association message). With fifteen people in board it ran in several directions on roads which were greasy with a light rain, and the trial was considerod very satisfactory. The vehicle has a handsome body, which was built at Timaru, and is also fitted with electric light. ' Tho three runs totalled 9.1 miles in. 67 minutes, including many stoppages, as for paseongers. Two youths named. Coombes _ and Monkman,- were ordered a term of,, military detention by Mr Rawson, S.M., at Hamilton yesterday. The magistrate (says a Press Association message) tried to reason with Coombes, but .his efforts were useless. The latter stated that if the fines continued to be stopped, from his wages he would cease work. J3o was determined not to drill, and if he was ever forced to enter a battle, he said ho would probably -be shot in the back while running away. Mr Rawson said it was no use trying to reason with such pig-headed youths; he would see. who tired first. ■ • The housing of country girls whohiwe obtained scholarships entitling thorn to free places in the Grammar School occupied tho attention. of the Auckland Board of Governors at a meeting on Friday afternoon. It was.stated that one girl, thirteen years of age, came to Auckland, and secured lodgings, whore she was made apparently very comfortable. Later it became .known that the house was one of ill-repute. In other instances girls, though allowed £1 per week for suitable accommodation, were performing household duties in part payment/ and not expending tho Other girls'were residing with unsuitable 'relations. Apart ftrom other considerations, these practices were not conducivo to efficient study. Tho matter will be referred to tho Auckland Education Board, with a recommendation that the girls should reside only in nouses approved of by the principal of the Grammar School. "Strikes get better results than arbitration or conciliation." Mr Waters, secretary of the .Newcastle branch of the Australasian Meat Industry Employees, ■ made this statement last week to "the Royal Commission which is enquiring into the working of tho Industrial Arbitration Actiu .New South Wales. In preference to the arbitration system, he thought that employers and employees should meet'in oonferonoo, and then, if they could not agree, they should fignt to a finish. Mr Musgrave, secretary of the Newcastle branch oi the Shop Assistants' Union, and vice-president of tho Laltour Councii, considered that the Victorian system of wages boards was preferable to the New South Wales system, as awards were made more quickly." The chairman of boards should be chosen by the representatives. In the event of a disagreement the Minister for Labour and Industry should a,ppoint a chairman. There shcukl be no legal representation, and advocates should bo experiencea members of the trade. He thought that one award should cover every employee in a shop. "To have five awards posted up in a shop is outrageous, in my opinion, ' he declared. Tho relation of astronomy to geographical discovery was discussed by Mr G. F. DodwtU, South Australian Government astronomer, in a lecture which he delivered in Adelaide last week. On« of his lantern slides showed Point Vomis, Tatiti, where Captain Cook obsorved the transit of Venus in 17(39. This event, said Mr Dodwell was especiaJy connected witn Cook's discovery of Australia. His expedition hod been organised primanl.v for the observation of t<ho transit at Venus. Other international expeditions were aleo sent out at that time. The French wished to go to one of the South" Sea Islands, and applied to the Spanish Government for pcraussioii. An offer was made- to £*?. c them with the Spanish fleet to California, and thus was accepted. The British Government, however, not recognising Spanish supremacy in tho South Seas, sent Captain Cook in the. Endeavour under sealed orders, with instructions to observe the event at Tahiti. The site of Captain, Cook s obsorvatory at Point Venus is now ir.arked by a tamarind tree, which __ he planted, and by a lighthoiiEC whicn nas since been erected. Afterwards Cook «u!ed -from Tahiti, and made those geographical discoveries which resulted in the British colonisation of Australia.

via. Trout are reported to bo very riifcif (ill in the Uokitika river at iA?iJSfe time. 1 > ; - **t£,s Now that the dava aro lengthenlA the- museum will remain 5 p.m. daily. Tlu>..microecqjl.ffS number of interesting rfidesJw £>& replaced in tho ethnological room \2j4 will be available to visitors. , Last week Mr Hope, Curalor of iL? 5 Canterbury Acclimatisation Gβ**™ £* and fish hatcheries, transferrediS!!*G 170.0U0 yearling trout fi? iM«£ ponds to tho Victoria Lake in hJu"^ Park, and the rivers Avon,. Ashley, and Halswoll. *' * Good progress is being made «&£" tho erectioa in fhe gardese, of vonsi.Tvav.iy whi«-li i<. to [ Mti „ Jfffi Holly Le.i •.•olloction of palm* andw" V chids. Tho timber frame worl is uearU»" all in position, and the g'ai-icrs ' start, work to-day. Tho western (ad m ' tho house, which will bo devoted UvtLi* exhibition of the orchids will bo fioSiu'v ed this week, and tho other porticnT?*'" about a fortnight. ™ •» A suggestion to havo a uniform w2' pital fee of £3 3s per week cnssixl at a meeting of the Commits, * of tho Auckland Charitablo Aid floerf' yesterday. Tho matter was referrS; to tho Board, with a to comnnmicate with other hospittk* and report on a uniform minnam-! charge, with a proviso that if adoofedtho scheme must not interfere irfAJ present arrangements regarding ly Society patients. Sir Joseph Ward yesterdaj •' denial to the statement made by tlifcf "Toinuka Leader" that ho was'eater. ■ ing into partnership with a wcU-knonf South Canterbury public man in tS*" - frozen meat business. The Wellington ' Press Association agent telegraphs Hat - Sir Joseph said he had neither sidorod nor been asked to enter infc%any such proposal, and ho had ho fox tention of undertaking any business ». ,v sposibilitiee of the kind. A sitting of tho Selwyn LicansiagS Committeo will bo held at Thursday, when it is understood ithip' tho A.shburton County Racing :'Chifc|:: will apply for a permit for a booth on tho racecourse for tho Simsjjfl. Sleeting to bo held next week. At"«|» annual meeting of tho Racing Chjt>,'Sli resolution, was carried with twa sentients, strongly rocommeridinß'-Hlli , new committeo to apply for its spring meeting, as ; the course wae in tho licensing area oFfcSeff Selwyn electorate. • ■ :VEff; The Rev. J. H. G. Ghapple|: ing at the Globe Theatre, on night on "The Possibilities of aAY«rsff Religion," said that 75 per cent, of tjj§ pooplo of to-day were outside; iyp churchoa. Tho reason for this" was t)»§s churches' dogmatic teaching.an age of revolution, and the feli|ii)|+| which was to emergeinuat '■ church, not a galvanised religion of the future would no book, but .would bo inspired ;byil4ffl wholo literature of the .worlds 'jjfejit humanitarian ideals. Mr Chappie'=ireit| on to refer to those forms of-reitejpai which were Unitarian , in* praopfel and concluded by quoting of Carlylo in "Sartor EesartasV;%''& deep sense of religion is- con(patibl*'§ with an entire absence-of thtoldgys|Hl .The Durham street < Church was well attended 6hfß«fi,d*||«ii evening whon the Rev. C;; H^lajn 1 ! continued his series of addreseas'i'.idy young people. Speaking on the eabjept of "High Failuro," Mr Lawe took account; of all tho things man ■ tempted to do, and not only- whet hlij| actually performed,; aid if: tiajßeirtl was on tho stdo of good,-tLon - froiaf God's Judgment Tfiroao-'camo itiffi; words: "Thou didet thine heart."- All was,not seemed to be failure, and thei instanced many men, cm. the.ibSip||£ field and elsewhere, who have failed. Much depended: way a man. took, defeat, 1 cess was the irapreme character. There was such a t!u|l|fc|(|s high failure, and a man couWliS judged not only by what ho huaWKl but according as fie had put' forSraßp best offorte to do good.'. service special anthems were g™§i|l|; tho choir, and an organ solo was plijw? ? by Mr Ernest Firth. : _ '. '/-.^^M Wβ have received a copy of the TCTMM of the World's Sunday yention held in July at Zuriohi;if||e is described as one of the markablo religious gatherings .ipS J I history of the world. 2600 /regiitejeg jj delegates, representing 70 ■with thousands of unregistered MsWS were present North America.: ecndsl f| 1344 representatives, . Great-j'BriSe 288, Aeia 83, Africa 60, AußtralMpffi and South America 24. The 'cix commissions appointed to | present conditions,. needs and*|OlJ»9| tunities ' of Sunday school ; w<jrkf|| | \ various countries,, were receivedwffii areto be published in due the statistical secretaries' also.&'MJ eented a report from the Sunday tenae | of tho nations of the world, contajnfflj statistical particulars regarding ■which is said to liave crt>ated-;*:SjK | found impression. Sir-Robert_liWOT| | of London,- was elected the coming throe years, :fiM«W executive committee of | men wae sot up to thei r ] during that ponod, * A correspondent ■ writes. { local in Saturday's <- Press" : a young man who "took m" : taker with a nlausiblo story.' - ;j tell-you a tale that happened Lost spring, in a suirny many,miles from the at " c weil-dressed young man a P?§!KYSIsp tho study of the vicar with ing story. "Mr X., i am <M£«§ live in your parish-. I Z's house, which, as you k n ow/.w«|lg& last wet-k. I am and tho firet load is at I ask you to lend mc t» •■ f fc&s&m with ih'e earner, as he things until I liavo paid h WmMx5 wife is staying at , and <M*£jgi the money with her. I telephoned her, and she is evt out. I knew your (naming him), and I hare dren .vho will attend 3'« B M^ school. If you oouki put way of hoaj-ing of a good neighbourhood I should be' , wish to get one as soon as sp Tho vicar had only half a sovereigo »rC his pocket, and willingly Icjt rtj »»* new parishioner, the man stating . hi would return it on then*? such man moved into Z's t has. ho ever been heaxd of since. yp A country correspondent of ttj/ "Southland Times" reports *be WJ.<-* ing incident. The careless ■» a » l .which some people leave money lj£? %1 about is amazing, but serves a prize. Several days *W™% .' arrived at Wilson's Hotel. o.^*^^ a day or two about the hotel vi •»■«# less sort of way it became. there- was something wnotfijr with tho old m a «>. # end a» c , Wilson realised this both he nnd Jg ? , Wilson did what they could ior WJ # and got medical attention, J"* JSralt that be was rccpmmeßdedjj£» urgent case for the Riverton , Before tho old man ™»t aW *g^. * ? fided that ho had some money m w« » hut about four or five m.les out on w* Orepnki-Tuatapero mam road. Sdcd that the door ™*%A*j.*» : .* he was not sure *here "c M wi - \ wall, fiomcthing etickma. ft '* J»-4& tected. ■ . -- ? )?^j

, $Se gJdiiJg the destructor buildings. XL of motor vehicles still Last month eighty-two f**£n i 'ered at the City Council of- *** Ntvmotor cycles and twenty-two • -«1 rrnort of the Electricity JJS& Spidered by the City SSS lS committee last n.gbt, and to® Aroloii2cd discussion it was dereport back to the *litt«"for farther consideration. '"I 'umber of building permits Borough during the frnr iror,ths was sixteen. Ihe at the Mount Cook pnson *&$$ the object of their being gedby. prisoners. lithe Ashburton Magistrate'si Court ■jiiJSiY-Joseph Morgan ami \\iHia.n ■gS?-were charged with having FZ* into the private residence of £&&. Amnion, and .toleii WlSs? Accused pleaded not guilty, remanded on bail for a wtek., i Jitter was received by the WoolA Borough Council L-ust night from •fst jShn's Cricket Club, applying Sfcricket pitch on the recreation ■£u!d Wtho coming season, and sug- &*}■„ it,at tbo allotting of tho C fiub&ted to a draw. The ffiwTreceived. and referred to the Committee. \ it tho meeting of tho City Council d right Cγ: McCoinbe expressed i «» o +Vmt the Government had inSions. The motion was seconded ■'FS!! Hunter and earned. '"Practice on tho horse is not so "■ideaUM « >t- usc ' d to bo? ? ounsel \A*A a voterinarv surgeon in the *"!! o f the hearing of a libel caso . S&Spime Court. Whilst witILTVm 'Electing his thoughts." his TTntmr-dryly remarked : "V ou don't «3Ssra motor cars?" Witness ' imiHoßiy>.oqu iosccd. The first -municipal steam fer-y ser-■-Wia NeW Zealand was inaugurated '£L£v ™ Welli»gton. when tee SwiewV'Dttchejse and Cobar began nammg across the harbour under the Mini °l the Eastbourne Borougii ■•.■SanelL.'vThe council has decided, to offer of Harbour Ferries, •■Sd : to take io the valuo v<,;^{8,230 for iho two last'nighfc'e meeting of the Lyl4illon Borough Council, a letter was *j&i from the widow of tho late Mr Colin Cook, Mayor of Lyttelton m ISSe-99, and again in 1809-10, stating : ''tbt it waa "tho wish of her late husjand that a link bearing his namo bo added to the mayoral chain, 'and requesting permission to have it r to. Tho request was acceded.to. -Mayor, at tho meeting .of tho - Gty Council last night, congratulated -tie Council on the passage of the JElec'tfical Empowering Bill through the Tliebr"House. Irom what he was told ■tießill-Trould also have a smooth passage ..through tho Upper House. . Tho iCotmcil'decided. to thank Mr T. H. ? Darey; M.P., for his assistance in gefciag the Bill through, the House of -:Stpresentatives. • . the. meeting of tho Bcrdugh Council a letter jvas received irom {he rccafltly-formed Woolaton Hs&w Club, applying for the dona{"otMgJTen , by the late councillors and Md in trust by the present Council. TTie nevj dub tod definitely decided to purAiae'ttf»sections on Eiohardson wnace, 'adjoining tho recreation gwjurd.- Tho letter was referred to the Itoorves Pommitto to deal with. : . TJie claim -for compensation . under 'tho FpjblhWorks Act brought by. J. J,. against the Auckland (Sty {.Council jii connection ■with_ land ; .takotfor, , anu\ alleged to be injuriously ''by .the city electric power staVtioa," itt cloao proximity to the railway 1 ;has been fixed for hearing at Itlia Atickland Supreme Court on 24th itot.'Tlis claim' is for a total cum of 01481746 10s, the value of the land and ( damage alleged to have been oc- ',;•"-: • • '■• - ' ■. '#ln the Arbitration Court at Anckited yesterday, evidence of identificatfiim given in the case of the Pub:fe'Tro?tee y. the Shaw, Savill and 'jffiiw-Shipping Company, a claim for ;'iiEqW:lss"m respect to the death of vMW; Alfred Bowles, a waterside The necessary evidence was *js|jfc.by the widow, and the, reoresenf&e,iof the company stated tfiat hie ;^w4w:».6oM require nothing further; JieyVwcre eatisfied as to the amount •SfcaSsd. Judgment was given accord- :; v^ ■■ r " -. • ■'■' ' '-'■■.- ijThe'WeJlington 'Harbour Board has flpjiroyeil the plans for the now Pipitea r*tore,l»which %vill bQ erected on a site 3»tWeen King's Wharf and the proPipitea Wharf. It will front the breastwork, and will ;;w, 4 eroet«l in brick and iron, having a ileakh "of ,284ftito..the waterfront' arid ;4 depth; of 79ft 3in, «nd be 31ft in stru'ci-iue will be reared .»| concrete foundati<vjs, and these will jl&t. op concrete pile&. The roof will :Vdf.".iron. Provision will be made M'ora-head clectric'cranea. , I regiments -and battal»ns, it has been decided by the milifttry authorities, a subaltern officer of we Territorial Force shall be appointed ■>/ the commanding officer to be asto generally assist the permanent adjutant. When perform;ffikhisap6cial work ho will bo exempt i»ra otner- regimental duties, but at .mjHfr be called upon for any V^ 1 ?- , ;' Qaah'fications for this apooint--;wnttare:—Not less than two years' r.turaihissioned service; qualified xor pro ;option to next higher rank; qualified i Musketry. " free yourself of the routine iPwitoms work?. You can. Simply ?Wi-your documents to us, and, as.far are concerned, there's an end to j.?™* and worry. We pass the entries. .water the goods, and there is no doN.Z/Express Coy., Ltd. 6 ~*'vT*w'-. Eyes—A new discovery for j.-? o «ng'- Cataracts, . Films, White «tc. without operations. Semi firtifulw and testimonials, free •*,%.: Hall, Herbalist. 117 Armagt '-fffeeVCity. '1 &s*\ ffant your electric light, lift. : Ti or «:-ells. - or properly '?•» attended to, ring up :S°SM-and Jones. Telephones 421 »«*« 3i(0.; J 'rt^ ,^,, * conditions of education and all demand a higher stan--S2 ° than was the case in tW?-^ ears .- Modern research shows |»V near-sight, far-sight, neuralgia, are all relieved by adjusted glasses. For all injot vision consult John R. s °P ticia n» 200 High ,Wi*Chnstchurch. Hours, 9.30—1. ■^* ' " 5 the '~ oatbcr for chapped f fe&-B?V £ wh ? ou shou!d keep invaluable for chafed r 7 eilts re dness. Is. Jno. ?;™p«;?'O Colombo street. 6 IjOoM/'hot pay you to do your own work « and th 's ffl ct is recog"l«» V* ;tmt importers, who find it i*hi^x Uey * ood and Co -> L td-. to T JWfnS?T- Let th ? m ut throu S h te READY FOR~ANYTHING of the French system l& S 'i y * entralised "government even oUhe.upheavals of Nature, iUustrated (cays the

Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail"). A slight earthquake shock having been felt in a part of the French provinces, tho •Sub-Prefect of one department, an important Government official, telegraphed to the Minister of tho Interior as follows: —"On the first information of tho seismic tremors I eummoned tho Government"Attorney, the lieutenant of gendarmerie-, and the police magistrate. I have assumed my uniform and now await your orders." WHAT THE BUTLER KNEW. The butler at the Elysee, a stately functionary, who has served under three Presidents, is very fond of recalling various incidents of his years of office (says tho "Chronicle"). One day, it is said, ho was treating Mme. Pom care to. a recital or" his choicest souvenirs, when suddenly ho asked: "Why dots not niadame have the receptions on Thursday evening? I n Mme. Falliorea' time they were always held on that day." "What was tho idea of that. 6 " asked Mmc, Poincare with some- amusement. "Well, you see," replied the butler, "nobody* ate any sandwiches after midnight." "B u t why not?" askod Mn:e. Poinrnre. Tho butler smiled knowingly: -"You see, madame," ho said, "after midnight it had become Friday, and everyone had to fast." Such are the secrets of domestic economy a.t tho Elysee. UNEARTHING A SINGER. Mr Oscar Hammcrstein's talent for finding musical treasure was illustrated tho other day, when he discovered Luigi Gasparini, a rotund, middle-ap;cd plasterer, beneath a pile of bricks. The impresario was watching work on his big new Opera House in New York,, which ho says will give tone and initiative to tho musical world, when ho heard, says tho New York correspondent of the "Telegraph" the strains o f "II Trovatore," to tho accompaniment of a tinker's chorus of clinks. Oscar and his son Harry listened sympathetically, ard forthwith began to luirit for tho vocalist, who was fount} hidden in tho basement with bricks below, bricks above, and bricks about him everywhere. Luigi was dragged forth to tho fire engine station close by. where, puffing with prido. he gave selections which gratified the Hammeretoins to.such an extent that ho was ■"provisionally engaged for tho chorus. A "NO MOUSTACHE" CAMPAIGN. Tho moustache is going in the London police force. A year Or two ago a shaven upper lip was a rare sight, but now tho young men in the force have started a clean-shaving campaign,. and already they number about 300 strong, riio pro-moustache party—tho older men—are still in a largo majority, but they view tho progress of . the new movement with apprehension. "A mou3tacho lends dignity and authority to tho i'aco of every man in uniform, ,, an inspector told a "Daily Mail" representative. "A fat. red-faced policeman clean-shaven looks a trifle absurd, especially under his helmet. A thin, pale-faced man without hair on his upper lip looks young and insignificant. It is invariably tho smooth-faced policeman who has to put up-with banter." Thcro are- 1400 City police, of whom approximately 1100 have moiistaches, 300 aro clean-shaven, and 12 havo beards. HAPPY Amongst the curiosities of the French Budget ia. an item of £G9,CS2 10s for indemnities to the victims of December 2nd, 1851, when Princo, Louis Napoleon was elected President for ton years. ■ Inquisitive persons aro asking how old these victims may be, for ono can scarcely bo the victim of a coup d'etat before attaining the age ; and privileges of a citizen and elector. The ["Official Journal* assorts that thtre are still lI'.OOO of these poor people/but it is challenged to givo a list of ; them with their ages and descriptions of how they became victims. There is a legend that in a village of the ijouth of France almost the whole population .of electors have been created "victims" who consequently always vote for the Government, and spend a life of idleness and easo, playing bowls and smoking their pipes, reaching a ripe and happy old age, and transmitting their grievances and claims as well as their electoral obligations to their sons after them. Electoral. reform alono seems Jikoly to eliminate this £70,000 from the Budget. SIGHT : AFTER FIFTY YEARS. Renxarkablo interest has boon' aroused throughout the United States by despatches from Chicago, Illinois, describing .ther restoration by an operation of sight to Mrs Mary Welsh of Hillsdale, after she had .suffered, from'- total blindness for half \m century. Mrs* Welsh, now a feeble woman of ■ sixty-six, was, (the "Telegraph" states) a beautiful girl of sixteen when ehe last saw light. She married at the age of twenly-two. She never saw her husband, who ' died eereral years Mrs Welsh had eight children, six of whom are now living, and yesterday she for the'first time looked upon her children's faces. After her first recovery from the emotion aroused by seeing her children, she asked to be taken to the graves of her Jiusband and two children. In the little country cemetery sho looked upon the epitaph of a man ehe had_ married and had never seen, "and," sobbingly, she murmured, "Too late, too late!'/ ' SEVENPENCE A DAY. An enquiry which has just been made into tho earnings of tho homeworkers in Paris makes pathetic reading (the Paris correspondent of . the "Evening Standard" says). Ono of the most poorly paid industries is that of artificial flower-malting, which is all the more astonishing when one takes into account tho extravagant prices paid for millinery trimmed with the products of theunfortunato workers. The making of artificial roses is tho most α-emunerative, as facility, in the art* is hrily acquired with-long" practice, .ard demands a certain .-amount of intelligence. But even this class 6f work seldom brings the worker more than three shillings per day, and' usually not raoro than a shilling of on.c and sixpence. Those engaged in making tho smaller flowers seldom earn more than tenpence a day, and often not more than sevenpenco. Taking into account their reduced earnings during the slack season, the i greater proportion of these flower workers do not.earn more than £12 a year, even though they usually work ten hours a day. Incredible as these figures may appear, they represent the actual state of affairs, and supply a strong argument for tho establishment of a minimum wage for homeworkers by Act of Parliament. SPECIAL TO COUNTRY COACH PROPRIETORS. The economy in running cost and great reliability K)f the best types of motor vehicle render them particularly suitable for coach service work, particularly on long-distance routes. The Queenstown-Fairiie mail and passenger motor service is a leading case in point, while there is no doubt that motors could be used more profitably than horseflesh on many of the shorter coach routes in thi3 district where the coaches act as feeders to a railway terminus. Wo havo at present m siook a 12-25 h.p. Talbot motor orake, a vehicle capable of accommodating up to twenty passengers, and powerful enough to tackle any road grade.* Tho charts is a second-hand one. but the durability of Talbot construction is so well known that it is hardly necessary to say that the vehicle has many y«"V f , .Sf ,,, "* it vet. In the matter of reliability the TaJbots have achieved competitive successes right here in New fcjsdand unwmalleo* by any other make of car, British or "foreign. The is offered al thr B rock-bott<,m price of loSoTcomplete with lamps, screen, electric and spare wheel. It can

country coach proprietor desiring to effect "economies in running expenses. The brake :« admirably suited, too, to the "conveyance of enceet, footoall, or hockov teams, or P iciac . E^ l *"-. Let us give you further information re.Kardinis the utility and economy of Talbofc motors for commercial purposes. Adams, Ltd., Motor and Cycle • Importers' Garage. Tnara street, near High street- establishment.. 6 IMPORi aSSP HON ' E The only telephone numbers of Smith's Tail-cabs, Ltd., are 1533 and 1337. which rinp direct to the Company's Head Office. Open day and nigfit. 6