NOTES FROM OTHERS CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 24, 23 October 1907, Page 4

NOTES FROM OTHERS CENTRES.

ij ! ;;: :;•■;; 'Auckland. . ; : . ; 7 ..;;;■] ;[ 7 ■•'■•' ■■■■' Aiiskland, October 1 22. }. j J • j At meeting on Friday night j ,J in connection with, the Anglican Synod, a\ i Maori clergyman told the audience quaintly;. I. enough something of the difficulties attending j 5 his''ministry amongst the' Natives. "Once," i I hoi'said,'.'" I addressed a Maori congregation. ; 5j I said,five will now hold u religious service. , j J Some oft > them at once began to snioko,; \ I i others started to cry, 'Turn out the dog,' } and others began to swear at the dog. I looked about. Not a single dog was to be seen. ■'■:' (Laughter.): ■■ I.wondered whether they .were,- swearing "at'roe 'or-'the smoke,:■vbnt , never mind, I began to .preach', and the disturbance ceased.".! J/t was gratifying to hear that.- after this Vr'athcr-inauspicious start the' service'ih' question proceeded to a successful, issue, .itid tbat at its closu .those nvlib had sivornat thdimagiiiary dog were rebuked jy jthcir..chief, 1 ",';.;' ~: , ,; ' ' ■ : In the ..course 'of an |Cditonal/,reyipw of; Bishop: Neligan's. .charge .to ..Syhod'i'. the, •'Herald" says:—-"As for-tho facilitios sup-, posed to .be; offered .to Christian ,, bodies sliythe'.Education Act for ; Biblo ''instruction : .in .State., schools, we are. told 'by tho Bishop |t-h.at' they /.are, futile. Whiit.tLo Bishop!docs;.not tell us is'.where the .movement the Bible, into the schools breaks down; When we consider;' the immense .'.influence'/of the Protjestant 'churches; thai; upon; this point they. arc.-almost unanimous,, and, ' that "much" good, and. persistent work, has'.beeii'jnit'jiito tho. movement,', it', is aii extraordinary tiling that, :it, should, have , been ',eo, resultlcs3.'.' ox-' cepting upon the supposition .'.thai 'th'e;;'proposal's made' have .been .unsatisfactory, to the .laity of, thq .churches, themselves,'.'.. .This may seem a /preposterousj 'supposition, iother explanation is available?,' Belated to this important matter and' to Bishop 'Neli-' ,gan's prophecy of denominational schools comes the separate State Schools Bill of Mr. li'owlds, with which the Bishop next proceeds to '> deal. As.,this .Bill-now stands,'and tho Minister,for Education.is, preV paring).it with /.leisurely- carefulness, f all. endowments made' for denominational.; schools ■may'bo confiscated by a-Minister,for Education- practically when; he so • feels- disposed. This is altogether in-, lino with well-known political, conceptions -/of i the.-, 'progressive. 1 , party in the administration, but is none .the' loss to be resisted' and/denounced,, and there is more;than mere-: confiscation in this,'.though.confiscation is;bad,enough. It.shqws. that; if, in minds liko that ;qf-Bishop.Ncligaii'. there,is a :schpme for exempting, from .Stato! control education which is, believed to.interfere with religious. : liberty antLcivic,rights,!, in tho- minds : ;of thq,,' equally.;'determined, champions- of, secular . education,, is .'.a plan- for. weeding out'. ; any iuture deiiomina-, tional schools by., depriving ;thcm .'.of, tho endowments without' which iio. popular'-Pro-: testant'.sch.ools are-likely,r:o.be carried on." In: ;l)r;/ Purdy, District- Health Officer, having described the 'condition''.'.of' Newmarket: as;.-the,-worst, he shad ever conic across,; a -"Herald";, representative lias .'made a; tour ; ,of. inspectior/..;. In ,a . special article, ho moro than confirms Dr. Purdy.'s ; strictures., i , . Th e; ,startling, and.-an eloquent commentary upon -~the inism'aiiagemenc of smalL suburban bodies.'', After. inspection *f.-.thcr arcayomi is forced, to the conclusion; (says; the 'writer),, that .the Health Officer's .description, conveys only a mild' idea of the actual .state of affairsiiv.'Dirty New-' 'market, , for the stigma contained in that title- has.-.been richly deserved.. Apparentlv. it is only, by the force, of-.public opinion that tho.'Borough can'ibo. stung into a ..'sense.;'of, its duties,.,,:lt-can , .safely be said .that if the worst-criminals'in-the gaols ofctho Dominion wore forced to live under such insanitary.- conditions: a£,':surrqun4-some -people in the-Borough- of- Newmarket, .'th'ere'would be such ian outcry that somebody would get. thrown out of office. Taking the Borough as a whole, it would •be~har<l~t<>-snd in the whole of the Dominion .any place to equal it for what might lie termed public" insanitary conditions." Between the years 1901-2 and 11)06-7 there were in th'e Borough or Newmarket'eight cases of .enteric-fever, tTenty,nine "of scarlet fever,' ten of diphtheria, eight of tuberculosis, three of blood-poison-ing, to say. nothing of ,eon;p!3:nts p.r disease not c-f a" notifiable cfiaracter, which might be traced; to insanitary and. generally un T healthy^.surroundings. This. with, a.iotal population of only 2100,. with 495, houses. There is not a single stda channel worthy of tho name in- the .iriiolo Borough, the roads for the most part are io a shocking condition, and meanwhile the- Council is considering designs for. rubbish-tins, and hesitating over tho,-question of the provision of propersanitary receptacles. ■ .... . / ... . ;■ ';;;■::;.;/christchurch. ,'■•,:;, ; v ,;, ! ,"~ Christcliurchi'.'October22. : . . There that. the practice . by! which-doctors receive commissions ■on mc.dk cines; and articles 'supplied to their " order has;:lieen ,'royiyed in Christchurch! "■' 'Some' years ,ago',there-was a great outcry,against it, .and on : account of, the hostility provoked it was: beliovcd: to have been killed. Statemonts made by chemists to a "Times"/ropqrter ihdicatS, libweycf, 'that 'doctors' commissions aro as plentiful as ever. The chemists admit' tliat tlicy cannot prove"that, commis-'' sions are v paid to; doctors ; by favoured nie'mbers of ..the'trade, but'they have lib doubt 'that-the'practice exists,. t , -._ : A.Christehurch motor-car agent, who lias just returned from a trip to England, is loud in his'praises of English roads. Ho says , he did' two-thousand miles , of motoring in the Old Cduntry'and did not see a single l.oose stone iii ; thb roads the whole time. Local .bodies are now giving ; all now- roads a with nii asphalt composition, about' a thousand ''miles', of : road having been' so treated, and it' is' only' a matter of : time-boforo : allroads are similarly dealt with. With-regard to the idea that price's of motor-ears' would cnrjie down, ,, the agent says' mostly British firms' aro working- under- contracts to supply cars-affixed prices, tho term of the contracts varying from three to five years-. ■ 'The tendency is to improvo cars-rather'than to make , thenVchcaper.' .■"•"■'■ ' ; : ' r-, i; ■ 'Th'o".!committco ;i of iadies who -form ~-the executive of tho Sociotyfor tho Preservation, of "Infant''Life aro working energetically xo give practical 'effect'ito'the 'aims- of r.the or- , - ga]'ii'sationj :i whicl)' owes 1 its existence to,'the'initiative ;i of Dr.'Truby King.- Tliey-havo ongaged; nurseo to instruct young mothers on the proper methods of rearing: their, children, and to : prepare hnmanised'milk- for the benefit, of those-wlio cannot jiursD lihoir* babies. On< ■Thursday a great ''garden- fota is to! bo held in. the picturesquo grounds "of lllmwood, lent brMr": ! Heat-oir'Rhodes for- the purpose,- - with the object of raising the- funds necessary to carry'on tho-work. ■ -■■ .■: - -.-i: ;.. : :.-': Influenza is still prevalent, and tho bitterly cblil' winds that prevailed sevoral- days last : -wcek wero responsible for tho sudden deaths fronv pneumonia of ! several people who assumed too hastily that thoy had recovered from inbuenza. ■ Aoiording-'tb , ; a''recent iivriter" Dominion, the attention of Ghristchurch citi r zens .is .much "occupied with details of .muni-, -cip'al." management. This is likely'..to'-'be the 'oanc. this week with regqrd : 'to 'two matters. Thq Council has ''erected iii front of the Goil-' lev. Statue, facing ; the 'Cathi;drai; an at!-, shelter for tram.'passengers. The building so - completely hides the statue that , only ,fcho latter's head is visiblo'frdm the centre of the roadway, and there, is; a growing feeling, of 'indignation against tho Council for, committing suchJnn net of vandalism.. The-Bank of New Zealand corner is also oucc'moro boforo tho public. Somo years ago the Council had the opportunity of buying n strip of land from the Bank for .the purpose of widohing'.tho Colombo, Street' entrance to the Sijuar,e. 'fho'tost' would'have been sbmo twolvo or thirteen thousand;!, and. the rate* payers- refused to sanction. the expenditure. A month or. two ago tho .congestion of traffic n.t, this spot was again brought under the Council's notice, and they decided to approach thoi Bank to seo.it the offer to sell ■tho strip- of .land was .-still-.open.. .At, the. ,mnetingof'the Council tq-nipht, a lett-or was road from the managor of tlie Bank stating that, in view of tho substantial appreciation

- . * ■ '<"'■. V" ■ V ~-"V .'' i ■,?<■:,:: r. ■ j in the values of city property since iho"dat«- *. ?.' *! ,e previous negotiations, and also having ■j in view the actual out-of-pocket loss sustained jby tho Bank on the occasion of these negotiations, the Board of Directors : regretted thaii ; it-was, unable-to place :■■ the portion, of -. lano '.referred to. under-offer: to, :the city on .thw;' , . j terms, previously.agreed upon;: , '...;,.- • v i Iho Waimate farmer-who,, as reported last ■ Jweek, sold ton ■ thousand: sacks of-wheat a* , ; five shillings a- bushel,, made a .better, denj ' C than did a: farmer in the■ Chertsey district T- ;: about two weeks ago, who,-thinking that■ th*t -' j wheat market had reached, its limit, sold. , * : linn,of 3000, bushels-at 45..;7d.-per bushel; • 5,; Christehurch interest-oujthe National ■,' jfoiico League appears to befaint. A meetinE---,j convened, for- to-night by Captain M-'NauglK ' rtqn, tho Longuos organiser, fell through on •. i account .of tho sparse attendanoo.. There wore ; twelve :• people --.present, ■ including : thet : ' chairman and tho lecturer. -.-;:,- The, tramway; traffic -returns for September show that: "49,000.passengers. travelled by the. ■ various lines.- This is less than the number - carnod in August, when-the.returns were augmented by the. Grand National/.'meeting :trafiic,..butit is'nii .increase over the number-. • csrriodrJni.tho.-corresponding mouth of last •ymXi., ,!..; '• ...|- V ~ ~,/ .;.. : . ..,- .; I. ,- .',. Vi ,-'-;.:,,'-;, VdUNEDIN.;;" ,: y: ■ < i'^! : ' i ■''.• '"<;■:■■. '-'■< w ';''-'■.' : -'' : t'..:'!,P.pt#r-22-',:;;.c ;! The-..threSi ,hundredth . porformanco- of •• :"Motlior• Goose , ?.- took placo .at Dunedin last'- .- IThursday night:;'! Only at'iix;performaiiees : '•' ,out of t-lic 300 has thq paritqmini'q.beeii' played J.tb anytiiing'siiqrt'pf afull'iiqjasq.";,!, l-:--,.;'.:^/ Mr.J.G. Jiallard, who,:, from vthe position :of ofDcer ili-charge of the Telegraph 'Depart",: r .liient at ■Dimcdin,-'lias .boen,promoted to th«.:. : : inspectorship, has been fortr-twii years , iii the,.'*•,Mr., J Keys, his successor,--.wasit-one ■time ,an: operator ---at.' ■ Dunedin: -irith;' Mri - '-. .Ballard'.'- " /,.:,.:•..• ■~.- :■/.-/-; -' : ■ :,.-:-..•-.-.■■ ~ Sir James Mills will bo.fittihgly welcomed -.■ when ho arrives from England. ■■■••' i- ' :. 'p.:;j ■ ; Constablo MatJ-hows, who is to be the first' •■" regular police , ofheer;at the Chathani used to be in Dliiiediri, and is now: in; charge"/at Balclutha. ■■■-'■■} ' A heavy 'mortality- amongst lambs is taking place in Central Otago','owing to the drought •'-: still continuing. : -•'■ ■■■■>.-:'.- ■. :',i-.; ;Th(j:.hoterKoppers-of the city: and are giving their employees a ball; and/it is to''° bo an'annual affair. , '■■■ '•■:■ '■"■' •-■■:■■'■■■'■;' ■'■'" , The special committee of the City Councilj'-" •appointed to inquire as to/how-a'certain'com-: , ■ municatipri" camo\ ; to bo published in r ' : th'a' : .'".Evening Star, "-'report' , that they arViin-"' : .able to ascertain how tho information wag ". .obtained 'by the "lievrapaper^ : ; The public are ".'■ now waiting to sec what the next 'fiiep "'will' ■ be regarding this so-called breach of privilege Meanwhile Councillor jWilson has/given notice to move—"That in view of the profuse publication of business,under consideration, by com..mittoes of the' Council,'-the' editors of the ;'daily;,Press be requested to refrain from.in- ■ sorting, items-.supplied them: other, than, tho. L ordinary, reports, -as sucli,:publication : ;is at; . timcs.dotrimpntal to thq,bcst;interests'of_the •' •;city, and that tho .chairmen.-of the :various..; ■committees request the-members to consider-' ; •all.conimitteovwork confidential." ■-:'. .-■<-•.;.. •I One of the-Dunedin constables was:recently.:.■■ : .scnt-'bn duty to;a;-sports;meeting:at Hamp- :■ : :dqn, : and, finding things slow, ■ ho ■ entered -for :<..< some of the ovontSjMwinning:no fewer , four. '.■. ■-.■■« :.•..:■' :■"::•■- -■:--:l,u-. -~;; ;.-«-•.:• . The death "-is'announced ,of Mr. ■ William'// , . iMirams, , , whb:wastill his-recent rptirement'-> 'assistant secretary: to' the' Otago 'Harbour - Board;' Mr: Mirams'was connected with the ' Boardifrom its earliestidays, and-occupied the" secretaryship for a time, upon tho death' of; : ' Mr. J. L. Gillies. " A private cablegram placed;at ;my disposal states that Paltridge's tannery at Adelaide.-ia- •.-/. 'burnt out. The insurance-is £11,000 in the .;" Standard of New Zealand,, mostly reinsured. :, Trafalgar Day celebrations in Dunedin wore ; 'the.. general flying of. Dags' and tho inaking- • > of Nelson's signal on tho city flagpole.,-uuthe j triangle.. , - "■ ■)■■■ ■■. ■•-'■:-■-•■ : • ;'■•■ ■•■), : ■•; '-4 ' A .young man belonging-to Dunedin -has-,-.? just completed a thirty days' fast, undcrtakei);- - for health 'purposes,.' aiid' he says'it has. doru.rhim good. »;-_•: .-'. ■.' •'" -,»-' !: •''■'■ : - : : u ''''''J r -' ■ -vV '■ <' '■:■ HASTINGS.- Hi' Ar;Xb'- : ::. °. ■■/-"".' ■";.■■' - : ; - 22?^'; 4 Mr.. \Villiam Lane, .ex-Mayor, of.-Hastings,,, i says: that. he. p-ill, probably .be., a, candidal '-: : for.the.-Hawke>'s Bay .seat. ... ... • ,- ..:'.,!■ A wcll-knowii..Hastings .business.man, who . - purchased - 520 .acres at Mangatarata. some.; ten months ago at £8 ps. per acre, sold.out ..; on Saturday..at' £15 per .acre,! getting,,the,,., handsome.profit of £3510.,,.. ..' ■■■■■■■'< J '■ Mr. Hugh Campbell, of Havelock, and his./■* two. little -boys had i-a.,narrow, escape;-.from ; - serious.injury.. ,A horse, evidently:altogether ■ out of touch with town .life,-was, dancing up . :[ Heretaunga,Street, and when- near, the-fira 'bell tower it wentfull tilt.into the Jight trap,., containing Mr.-,Campbell: and .tho lads, : . up-. settin"-.ithe:. vehicle.-. Tie ,- overturn, ;-,war,:; gradual; and i the ; occupants .were merolj -,•: spilled on. the. rond,,suffering no hurt what'r < : evei-i - Mr'/ Campbell's h'orse-'was a quiet 0ne,;../ 'otherwise tho cousequences might have;been .-. 'more serious::■''• >.;. i-::-.:-- .