GENERAL NEWS.
The auction announcements of Pyne and Co., W. E. Simes and Co., Charles Clark, Williams and Kettle, Dalgety and Co., and Harris Bros, will bo found on page 13 of this issue.
Mr W. Goss, president of the Employers' Association, informed members of the Chamber of Commerce last evening that the Employers' Association were going to hold a conference on education matters, at which Mr C. T. Aschman would speak, and to which it was proposed to invite tho Chamber of Commorce. Mr C. H. Hewlett, retiring president of the Chamber, said lie felt suro their members would be only too pleased to attend.
| Over 1000 peonle, states the Auckland "Star," h.ncf been employed since Friday last in tho search for a little three-year-old girl who had been missing from her home at Newton, and was found 011 Monday afternoon at a house a few chains away. Two constables visited the house and restored the child/ to her parents. The woman in whose house the child was f mnd said the little girl called at her place on Monday morning, and that she had taken it in. The woman's little boy, five vears oP age, told the police that the little girl had been in the house somo days, and had slept there. The police stated that the woman appenred to lack a full sonso of her responsibility in the matter.
■ The life of a county ranger is .not altogether an enviable one. Tho Otaki ranger is 110 exception to the rule, and recently had anything b'lt a pleasant experience. He had just_ impounded a horse, and the owner, a Native woman, was so aggrieved that sho and another Maori woman fet out to rescue the animal. and. at the same time, have revenge on the ranger, who was discovered in the vicinity of the publio pound. The two women attacked the ranger, and beat him w'th sticks unmercifully for some time, giving him such a bad run that he was obliged to seek a neighbouring house for refugo. It is probable, states an exchange, that the matter will be further ventilated in Court.
io Tho Railway Department announces a, that after September 7th only secondclass car accommodation will be provided on the Methven branch trains. IC I The electric current will be cut off t j. to-morrow between the hours of 7.30 a,m. and 5 p.m. in the districts of m Spreydon, Woolston, Heathcote a County, Lyttelton, Bromley, Sumnor, *s and Eedcliffs. !t * In connexion with the Efficiency e - Board's Prohibition campaign, a vicrs tory rally is to bo held at the local it headquarters, opposite Strange's, , r High street, on Tuesday next, at 8 pile r 9_ The hearing of the civil action, Hop- • kins v. Hills, will be resumed before the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Argument in the caso, Dormnn v. Tobcck, al claim for specific performance, will te 1, heard on Tuesday at 10.30 a.m. On [ e Monday his Honour Mr Justice Herdman will hear undefended divorce actions. . A report has been in circulation that Dr. David Hansen, of Invercargill, was 10 to be appointed Dominion Director of 'e Technical Education (in accordance with •o a plan of reorganisation recently out--16 lined bv the Minister). It is officially . stated that no appointment has yet been made, nor has a salary been fixed for | s the position. ' Samples of Southland timber are to be forwarded to Great Britain at an early date, so fs to determine its suitability for pulp-making purposes, and 0 careful tests and trials will be made by , a .committee of experts appointed by ' the British Government. Similar tim--5" bers from the West Coast, which were !- despatched to Switzerland before the n war, and made into pulp, were report,f ed to bo admirably suited for wood-pulp purposes. Referring to the difficulties encountered in governing the city, the Mayor . (Mr H. Holland) informed members of the Chamber of Commerce last evening :s that the Council had decided to sow a y waste space of land in grass and utilise s it as a children's playground. For Q this they had been thanked by the i, Beautifying Society, but had been criticised by people living in the vicinity, ® who stated that the children were & making the plaoe a fair Bedlam. Later, r Mr J. A. Frostick said the children y were entitled to their enjoyment, and he .. considered nobody had a right to comj plain because the children were a little , rowdy. a Tte following sentences by district 0 courts-martial lield at Trentnam Camp 0 have been confirmed: Desertion when under orders for active service, Prif vate J. Clarke, Details (late B Com--0 pany, 42nd Reinforcements), 90 days' 1 detention; Private J. D. Barclay, Des tails (late D Company, 38th Reinforcements), 120 days' detention j desertion e when under orders for active service and losr of equipment, Private F. J. Skinner, Details (late, B Company, 39th Reinforcements), 120 days' de- ■* tention and stopvages of pay, lis 9 10d. In all cases the sentence is i- mitigated so that if the accused em- _ marks for active service outside of New Zealand, theji upon arrival at the final port of disembarkation the unexa pared portion (if any) of his sentence r shall 6e remitted. Soma woeks ago the Ashburton Seoi ond Division League reoeived four comf plaints regarding unnecessary delay in the'payment of allotments to the wives of Second Division men who had gone 1 into camp. The executive of the League - brought the matter under the notice of j the Group Commander at Timaru, and f suggested that forms should be made procurable so that the first payment could be made not more than one > month from the date the reservist partt- - ded with his draft. The Group Officer 3 made a definite promise that allotment r forms would in future be signed by j! the reservist when he was attested, immediately subsequent to his medical ex--1 animation. During the present sitting - of the Medical Board at Ashburton. on , Wednesday and Thursday, Second DiviI sion men naturally expected to be able to have the forms filled in, but were • astonished to find this waß not the case, i The executive have decided to write to • Sir James Allen and put the whole j position before him. • A natural sequence of the recent heavy snowstorms was the occurrence. . of big slips on some of the surrounding mountains (says the "Lake Wakatipu > Mail"), and in many cases they were j responsible for a heavy toll of stock. In . one case a slip half a mile wide raced . down one of the slopes, accompanied by r a roar like thunder, and buried a mob ; of cattle depasturing on the flat at tho i foot of the mountain in anything from 100 to 150 feet of snow. Other smaller ' slips—smaller only by comparison—have come down the gullies, carrying with ' them scores of sheep. In s me instances 1 the "avalanche" has gained such speed in its downward course that even the , natural barriers which the configuration of the country presented were not sufficient to check its career. One high- ' country owner tells of witnessing such a ' sight. The huge snowy mass just surmounted these barriers, 30 or 40 feet high, as though they were so many paltry mounds. There was something of the British "tank" about those fellows! The anxiety of the Germans to learn the English language has been very pronounced in Samoa, as" I understand it I has been elsewhere (writes Mr P. E. 1 Pattrick, F.1.A.N.Z., formerly of Wei- ' lington, and now accountant to the official liquidator of enemy firms in Samoa, in an article in "Accounting and Commerce"). Even during the German regime here English was spoken ( generally as German. In fact, until a j short time before the war, evidence was ( accepted in the District Court in Eng- , lish without the medium of an inter- , pretcr, and it was only in consequence . of an ill-advised boast that this privi- . lege was withdrawn. It is amusing—I prefer not to soy significant—that "the Germans have always addressed the in- i dentured Melanesian in "Pidgin Eng- ' lish." My point on the subject of lan- i guage is this: The German is' anxious to learn our language, not becanse he \ loves us, but because he regards it as a ) good means to learning how we "do . things." It is thus clear to me that our response must be, inter alia, for J some of us to loarn tho German lan- * guasre, that wo might so much the b»t- 5 ter keep a weather-eye on "Fritz." Ex- f perience has taught us that it will pay. If tho writer did not think so he would c not labour In the tropics to learn how f to mouth their gutturals and "tschs's." , In the dry mass of official correspond- a enco wiiiou ho has to handle a wwa s, clerk sometimes comes across a liUlo a gem winch sometimes relieves the e vodium' fciuch a one was quoted by tne Mayor (Mr H. Holland) at last night's annual meeting of tho Canterbury ? Chamber of Commerce. The Council, * he said, had recently occasion to advertise for a converting engineer in its electricity department. Among tho j, applications received was one which had ! b lor its address "Hallelujah Terrace,"' j j, and was as follows: —"I regard your ' Q advertisement in 'The Press' for a 'con- j 1 verted engineer' as a divine call. I feel p so sure that the Lord has made this ; h opening for mo, and that H e is calling e me to a life of usefulness in your dc- (j partment, that I warn you that anyone ' k ' opposing this application will be guilty C of rebelling against the decree of Provi- . ii •dcnce. I know nothing about elec- ' w tricity or engineering, so I will not be tempted to trust such worldly wisdom. I will undertake the duties and responsi- n bilities, relying in simple faith on the A' promise, 'My grace is sufficient for you,' I am twenty years old, having been born £ again on July 16th, 1894. Previous to * that time I spent twenty years 'dead C* in trespasses and sin.' I intend spend- , ing my spare time working for the ? Y.M.C.A., and I havo two sons who will ? ( be a valuable addition to Councillor ' Scott's Bible Class. I remain, your dear brother in tho Lord, Pccksnif£." P.S.— See Philemon, verso 22. His Worship se said he had looked up the verse, which " sc read as follows: "May the Lord also Dprovide me with lodgings." gi
At Thursday's meeting of the Co; and Blanket Fund a veto of thanl was passed to Messrs H. Belmer ar Co. for carting coal. The Tramway Comedy Troup© wi give a concert* to-night in tfio JRngb street schoolroom in aid of the Lad Liverpool Trench Comforts Fund. It is hoped that the new Anglica cathedral in Dunedin will be opened fc Divine sorviee on December Ist ncxi The Primate hns communicated wit Archbishop Clnrko, of Melbourne, as! ing him to preach at the opening sei vice. The following council was eloctod a " tho annual meeting of the Institute c '; Accountants of New Zealand, held si • i Wellington: Mr H. D. Vickers (We > 1 lingtou) president, Mr J. Morriso 1 (Christcliurch) vico-prcsident, an 1 Messrs Jas. Brown (Dunedin), C. J • Chambers (Auckland), and W. McCu 1 loch (Napier). Mr 1?. Coppock wa elected auditor. Says the Ashhurst correspondent c the "Manawatu Standard": The hit Captain Lance Buchler, who was awurd ed the Military Cross, was born here Tho record of boys from this distric who have taken, and are taking, par in this great wr>r is something to b proud of. Kino havo made tho suprom sacrifice, and a Victoria Cross, a Mili tary Cross, a Military Medal and bai and two Military Medals aro tho lion ours won. In regard to the death of Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Humphries, it is a some what remarkablo coincidence that th many incidents in tho deceased's lif since leaving New Zealand were as&c ciated with the number 13 (telegraph our Dunedin correspondent). He lef New Zealand on the 13th dtfy of j month, the number of his bunk on th< vessel making tho homeward vovage wa 13, he joined up with the British Arm: on the 13th day of the month, tho num j"j?- rifle was 13 ■ and he discard • i j 8 r °n tho field of' battle ant picked up another rifle, which* was als< numbered 13. In responding to the toast of "Tin City of Onristchurch" at last evening' meeting of the Cnamber of Commerce the Mayor (Mr H. Holland) .said tin balance-sheet of the Council's electrica department for the year ending MarcJ 31st showed that tho accounts of 61; users came to no more tlian 2s a month the minimum; 519 users had an aoooun of 2 s _6d per month ; 616 3s per month and 500 not exceeding 4s. That repre sen ted more than 60 per cent, of th< total electric light consumers. The in come was £49,600. and after meeting al obligations they round themselves witl a balance of £13,000. In Everybody's Picture Theatre to morrow evening, commencing at 8.30 the tenth of Mrs Burnes-Loughnan'i of Sunday concerts will be given The proceeds will be devoted to th< Red Cross "Our Day" Fund. Admis sion will be by silver coin. Reserve< seat tickets can be purchased at th< Red Cross shop, at Broadways, and a Everybody's Theatre. Misses Dulci Metz (soprano), and Miss Beryl Mars den (contralto), who made successfu first appearances at these concerts, wil contribute solos, and Mr E. T. Lawn who is the possessor of a fine baritone voice, will sing, "Arm, Arm, Y< Bravo." Mr van Heck, the violinist will give "Romance," by Bohm, ii conjunction with Miss Jean Burrowi (piano), and Mr L. Martinengo, 'cello will play the trio, "Pappillons Noir 1 (d'Agoidor). Mr J. C. Port asked at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Society o1 Accountants at Wellington on Wodnes day, if any provision had been made foi teaching sick and wounded soldiers accountancy. There were a number ol accountancy btudents in the hospital; in England and elsewhere, and during their period of convalescence these men might with advantage to themselves b« given assistance in connexion with their accountancy studies. The president (Mr H. C. Tewslejr) replied that noth--1 ing had been specially done in that direction so far as he was aware. Mr W. H. Hemingway (Auckland) stated that he had a letter recently from Mr L. C. Gibbins, in which the writer stated that he was lecturing In Brockenhurst Hospital, England, to 150 sick and wounded rJew Zealand soldiers, and they were making excellent progress, and Mr Gibbins was going to ask if an examination could be conducted for them in November. "So the defendant is in the habit ol throwing stones on your roof?" enquired Mr Hunter of a witness in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. "Now, might not the noise have been caused bv pigeons sliding : down the . roof?" The witness deprecated the suggestion, stating that sne could easily distinguish between a stone and-a pigeon. "Well,, describe the difference," requested Mr Hunter, but the witcess's descriptive powers failed her, and she contented herself with the assertion that she "could tell the difference." "And how do you know defendant throws the stones?" pursued Mr Hunter. "Do they sound any different from those anyone else would throw?" "Well, they don't sound different, perhaps," ' answered the witness, "but I know the direction they come from, and you can hardly blame it on to anyone else when you hear, at tho same time the stono lands, the defendant's voice crying out, 'There's some German bombs for tho ■ old lady.'" A witness in a case at the Magistrate's Court yesterday became deepJjr offended at a remark made by Mr Hunter during his cross-examination. The question he put to the witness, the wife of a bottle-dealer, referred to a certain property. "Mv husband did not want it," she said. "He has enough city property—all he can do with." "He's a very lucky man, And all made out of bottles, too," remarked Mr Hunter, smilingly, and tho witness was immediately up in arms. "You've got no right to say that," she said. "Bottles is as honest a way as making money as your's. And, anyway, my husband wasn't always in the bottle trade." "Oh. don't yet offended at anything I say," replied Mr Hunter. "I didn't want to wound your feelings." "Well, you shouldn't say it," persisted the witness. "Parhaps you would rather have us get charitable aid? So long as we make an honest living, that's all right." "Of course it is," said Mr Hunter. "If I have hurt you. -1 withdraw, r.nd apologise. Will you accept that?" asked Mr Hunter. "Oh, all right," agreed the witness, and tho crossexamination was resumed. Next Wednesday will be- the fifth anniversary of Violet Day, it having the honour of being the first flower sale day established in Christchurch in aid of war funds, the first taking place four weeks after the declaration of war in 1914. Great efforts aro being made by the committee to collect £1000 in aid of the Red Cross Convalescent Home next Wednesday, rho cause evidently appeals to the public, judging from tile offers of lielp which are being received from 3very direction. Miss Rose Tabart president) and Mr G. Donaldson, are *:ept very busy in their organisation. Cathedral square will bo transformed nto a market under canvas, and stalls vill be conducted as follows: Cake :tall, Mrs R. Anderson; book stall, Mrs Bristed; egg stall, Mrs J. Verwn; art stall, Mrs F. C. liaphaol;; lower stalls, Mesdames Tobin, )Donildson. and Steeds; coin photograph, Urs B. L. Lane and Miss Mary iabart. His Majesty King George is epresented, presenting the V.C. to 1/ieutenant Frickleton in the com iliotograpli, with the motto, "•Well, lone, New Zealand." The public will ie asked to cover the picture with oins. Another attraction will be ;>n utograph t&blecloth, worked bv Miss When complete it is to be pre- j ented to the hostel, where the sick! oldiers will be able to pick out the ame3 of those who have helped to ive them comfort. '
The Palmerston North shopkeew* havo decided in favour of 5.30 p.m. in future. '~T Owing to the rough weather *hy.> has prevailed generally, very mS supplies of fisn are coming into jS Wellington market. There has W?. practically no fishing off Island for about a week, and tho next ' est fishing stations Paremata Parapaiaumu, have had most catches. A few warehou were sK at tho fish market to-day (savs XS%t nesday's "Post"), and fetched 3. Xj ench, averaging about 8d per lb Ken? Peru (Pelorus Sound) flounders bronrti Is Gd a bundle of two, equal L>i. per lb wholesale. The loss 0 f tk! Chatham Islands steamer HimiuTi has affected the market so far as nwv cod is concerned. The TiitannW brought back about 500 cases of Z? but the future prospects of a from tho Chatham Islands are uncertain. Whitebait is just afi its appearance in tho shops in hngton. The wholesale price at £ fish market on Wednesdav was 2, <1. Ihe retail price is practically hibitn o to the ordinary consumer. IV retail fish dealers, owing to short gm! plies, are quite unable to meet ♦£ demand, nnd thoir *ro course, very high. « All kinds of trusses at LomW. stocks getting short, and no supnfi arriving. Purchase now. Loasby j Dr. Maud Fere begs to announoafa her patients that she has now resumed Sractico at her ordinary tiniesSta .ereford street. T. No. 3547, j At a recent Homo Hygiene Class w animation hold under the auspices tho St John Ambulance Association tho following students passed damei A. L. Jfcshop W. Kellaway p A. Miller, and H. Savill, Misses C' ft Mills. H. C. Miljs A. Sniytlie, C. £ \\ardle, and C. J. Sargent, ancf Jfr w' Lockwod. 7^ .Tho Red Triangle Concert Partv *iit Sive a concert in tho Darfield fieoo! rial Hall on Friday, September 6th. All prooeeds m aid of the YMita Trench Comforts Fund. ' Eye Comforl—Tboso that require <a wear glasses can only obtain eye comfort by having their eyes tested and tta correct glasses fitted. Call on WaC J Watson, D.8.0.A. (London). Extort Optician, and get the glasses quire made to order, j Ladies should see our stocks of lW Powders and Perfumes, Bath Salts id Manicure Requisites, from fcwj Moray, Atkinson, Roger, and Galfei E. Cameron Smith, Chemist, 96 Won cester street (just off toquare). "The Summer Glory''—Bradbury, Sweet Peas. Sow now for earlv hWm ing. Full selection of new seed!* named and mixed varieties, at fflst!.' Bull, and Pickering's. Threepenny and sixpenny packets.- Catalogue cn application. q See our handy suit cases at 83 64 10s 6d, dress baskets ss, straps to fit steel trunks 24s 6d. , Initialled free. a( Drayton's Emporium, 765 Colombft street (North). D 3471 General Carrying of all sorts under, taken oy J. M. Hey wood and Co., Ltd Their plant of horses and vehicles u one of the largest in New Zealand. <6 Brisk demand for "No Rubbing" Laundry Help. Remeniber. "clothed Washed white and out by nine" when "No Rubbing" is used. Is 3d packeV Wardell Bros, and Co. . 6 You will find the very rinir to nkisa her at Cyril K. Whale's, next Ballantyne's. iiivery stone bright and sparkling and securely Bet. The price* , are in your favour, too—£6 10s to £60 lb . _ ; i WANTED TO SELL-SECONIXHiIb ■ MOTOR-CYCLES. . ;;iNow on view at High street mises, in good running order, uso;' note the prices:—Triuophi, 3J h.p.—T.T. model (1899), £26$ fte» engine, 1912 model (1397),';>£8(). B.S.A.'s, 4i h.p., 3-speed, coutitershaft, belt and chain drive—l9l6 midd (1320), £61; 1917 modol, cooipteto equipment, £72 10s; Excelsior, 7-S twin, 3-speed, recent model, cdmWete. equipment (1380), £65; .Norton, fop.,. 3-speed-(1015), £32 10s; .Call aadlnspect. Adams, Ltd., High street;; 6 WANTED TO SELL-CYCLES AND ACCESSORIES. Only a few left. Men's roadster Royal Superbe "Swifts," full equipment,' £15; men's roadster "Stare? 1 ' £9 10s; ladies' model "Stars,'' £121(m; juvenile model "Stars," £8 10s. B<mi covers, 12s 6d; inner tubes. 4s od; saddle covers, 2s 6d and 3s 6d..' Foli range of accessories at low pritw. Adams, Ltd., High street. ; 6
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