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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 169, 10 April 1908, Page 4

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(by TJSL2GRAPII —SPECIAL COUItESrONDEtiTS.) . « AUCKLAND. " . April 8. Mining work lias been-procoeding steadily oil the quartz reef ,discovered 011 Mr. Martin's property,,at Russell. Tlio return from a small pared of stono sent for treatment lias been very satisfactory, and a much larger quantity is to Ik) sent for treatment. Treatment of Consumptives. At Monday's-meeting-.of tlio Auckland Hospital and Charitable' Aid Board the question of providing a permanent institution for tho treatment- . of consumptives was ; 'brought up by Mr. Schoiield, who, strongly urged its, necessity. In tho speaker's opinion the costly Home Gardens were not, a proper placo for tho accommodation and 1 treatment of patients suffering from this disease. He therefore moved that a special meeting of tho Board bo tlio purposo of going into the question. The matter was too important to bo decided offhand, and in His opinion it was advisable..for'tho Boird. to formulato a definite, policy for. tlio provision of a: permanent institution. ' It-was/im-possible that, they could go on as thby ; ':had doing, as more accommodation must b® provided. , Mr'. 'Davis said Mr., Schofield had brought under notice one. of tho mot' important • things tlio Board had' to : consider, involving a' very heavy financial outlay, and although ho-.was in perfect sympathy with the mover, ho. thought a' special conimittee should-bo set' up to go. ink} the whole matter thoroughly and report'to the Board. Ho' moved :as an amendment that a committee bq sot up. After discussion,' Mr: I ,'Sbhofield withdrew ' his motion in favour; 'of Mr.;. Davis's amendment, which wa;s carried. Coif at Rctorua., - . f .-The golf, season in Rotprua. opened last /week; a; mod .-.number of. meniljcra rolling, up. • The jSeymour Thorno pcorge, in presenting tho trophies won .last'season, congratulated the club oil the excellent' location of. tlio .links,' saying what an'advantage to! tourists and to Rotorua good links would be.. In:; his opinion the- Tourist.'; Department should undertako their laying, out. :Ho considered. that an 18-holo course' was essential, sq vthat tho championship .games for. New, Zealand," and even Australasia,. might be held in Rotorun. : "-.r : -jV Tho Gisioy Meeting. ■ . Considerable feeling, is being' expressed at On'ehuriga over tlio .Goveriimfait not having taken any - notion 'with "regard-':to ' sending 'Hqoie'-'to Bisley tho, son 'of','- Mr. ;■ Matthew •Wffj tlio, pupil of thp. Oneliiniga, District High School- chosen to!;-represent tho Dominion. The ma'tter..cam'd'before the One-hunga-Borough Council; when it'was decided, to take immediate action wjt-h a ; viow-to urging: tlio Govbrnment t-o .-iriftko. provision for' sending Colour-SbrgeaiifcrJ'riar' Home, . or, failing that,:for an appeakW'bo mado to thotownspeople to.carry, tlio,- project 'through. Tho-'Mayor (Mr. John Rowp) stated that Mr. Friar, was-, prepared. to,- hear . the cxpenso. of sending his son Home,: but- ho (tho 'Mayor)' - it would--.hq: ■ discreditable, -. - to allow him to. do' so' under it-he 'circumstances. The wholo Council was then appointed a committee to take whatever, action is necessary.• Drainago Schema. : : At'a conference, between-the City Council and tho Harbour Board"on tho new drainage scheme Mr. \ Kneeii "expressed,' tho J* opinion, '.that a; few. hours', after' tho!-,new,sewer ,sys- 1 torn was. in'. operation'Hhero .'would'-'' bo 1 110 oysters found iii t-ho' 'Hanraki- ; Gulf.'- Tlio chairman of son) said' that, at that 'rate,lie'would like to know how it was there wero oysters,- ' and large.'ones;'..'attached- .to.the piles, of- tho whams: in ;thc>: heart ; .o£ thocit-y, wjiero tho water had-been much: polluted for, yearsi; Mr; ; Krieen,: ' - They aro,contamihated?'-Wo - wa 111' the Hanraki' &ulf ;Oystej-s : ;protected. ? .'. Tho' •: Cjty Engineer; (Mr. Bush),ion .-being appealed 'to,' said,there was no system of treatment of 'sewage within- tlio;splifii'o-' of practical- ivork-ing-that; wbuld oHmina't'o tlio.'typhoid" gei;m in, silehi'localitiesV and"'certaiiily/no '.scheme that 'could', ho devised wo'ukt, m'akb .'tlib oysters south .eating, i, .'■'.' . Tho Volunteers. : ~ v ' Volunteering is rery quiot ,in Auckland ,at present.,; Tho.'.ybliintccr./year.having onlyjust.commenced, ;a..number.,of corps sits lioldjnc; their, annual',meetings, and tho, Penroso rillo. range is. coming- in, for,agood deal of •attention; but,I 1 beyond''.that' littlo'is doing. -,Matters will brighten, up quickly ini tlio next wc»k or two, hpwoybr,.b.cciiuso',. of- ,tlio dp-, proiichirig Easter.'..ma/iibeiiyre^. 1 , which; it. is, pleasant to r£<»rd, .promiso to bo'much moro' successful than, a month ago. ■Tho Officer. Commanding .will, it. is thought/ have, a field forco of.'at;least.,6oo at his'disposal, while ?t' t-ho iforts, there . will 'bo' an--1 other 200, which will, act iii conjunction. ■ If. this.-proves, to bo the case,, (is it is hoped it .will; the, operations.' ! shoiil.d.,b'o :coiiducted 011 the scalo at'..first planned, aiid, should prove most, instruciivb. . - ■ ;■/■-" christchurch. .., : . i April 8. - . Mr: Ell, M.P., seldom .loses 'an'opportunity, of putting 111 a •'word! for thd'pre'servation of. native busli/and birds. ' Hq attended a.meeting of tho-. Cathedral Union' recently, when Mr. J. Drummond gave a;lecture on New, Zealand birds, and urged,that..somo liuias should be jilaccd oii at least ono of the sane-. tuaribs. ' At present .the birds wore found only 011 tho mountains , betwetn Wellingtonand Hawke's Bay, and .thb Maoris wero undersore temptation to" kill them., ',TKo Ma'oris re-, as 10s.', eaclrfof tail feathers, lvhich'Svcro highly prissrid by ]Buropeans; A single bird was worth about £6! ' TViotoring Experiences. ' ; ' ' ,' The motorist- who adventures off tlio wellkept roads of cities and. suburbs often has many strango :'; . Somo two or three - weeks .ago, in attempting to motor, from Blenheim to Christchurch, Messrs. H. and P. Acton Adams wero compelled to leave Wioir dO.-h.p.; : Napier car at;Kaikoura,' owing' to :the machinery getting''piit of gear.' It i was at first proposed'to sh'iji'tho, oar'from Kai-' koura t-o-.Lyttoltbii, but this was.rendered unnecessary, as a Chnsteliiirch.'oxpcrt was able to olfect the riecpssary.' repairs, ' and afterwards brought the car to. town.' He and his' .companion.- had .110: fewer than eight rivers .Co negotiate, and .tlib'" - vccbrd rains had brought down a considerable' amount of silt,' which'inade it .extremely difficult for .the. car, to get through. - Coming ..through the Con-' way tlio carrot studk,fast,.: Tlio .'maiC-who was-pushing it- ,behind,:, aiurwjio . 'n'as up to thp waist in' water and .silt,, fainted, ajid;tho tlrivei:. had. to get- .him. to tlie bank as best lie could,.and'bring;him t0..-Tho. water was washing through the . car,, and ■ neither. the mail who was pushing 11' or .the drh'or had enviable tasks, especially as the-water wa.s oxcold. Tlib Mason proved '.'anotherdifficult riyer to iiegotiate. The river and riverbed aro-.about ,:two' miles wide, and the rough shingle and' silt impeded progress considerably. At one/place planks had to be got from a sawmill,. in % order to.'got- .tlio .car out. of, tho shingle, which had to bo-clcared from the'wheels.' Conseryatarium of Music. . Referring to tho discussion Vvhich is be- 1 ing carried 011 in tho columns of tho "Press" regarding tho proposal to establish a-' New Zealand- Conservatorium of Music in Christchurch-' in connection with Canterbury Collogo, tho ; "I'rees" remarko,. editorially, t-hat most bf its readerswill agree that stronger arguments than those brought forward bv tho j'Christchuroh Sooioty of ProfMßionil Musicians will have to iiO" adduced if tlio public are to bo convinced that the scheme ought not to bo proceeded with. Their' main' argument is ono which has been brought forward- by members of every industry or calling which has been threatened with competition siheo tho time of Demetrius tho isilversmith, if not earlier—namely, tlio danger of' their' own means of'livelihood. Their fees, they say in offeet, will be lowered eveji if they aro not squoozed out of the ]irofession altogether. A similar argument was no i doubt raised by proprietors of private schools when public elementary schools wero proposed, and still more when public secondary schools ■ wero established. If a- con-

servatorium' were established .there is 110 doubt that'the services of some of tho best teachers would lie utilised as members of tho stalT/ and that others would continue to find p.jinils to whom it was not convenient to at-tomf classes at- Canterbury College. The establishment of tho School, of Art has not abolished private teaching by individual artists,in their studios, l'horo aro a number of teachers of musie, in Christchurch, howover, we believe, who have mistaken their vocation, and if the establishment of a conscrvatorium prevented young moil and young women from rushing into an already overcrowded profession to teach others beforo they have been properly taught themselves, this would be not the least of tho benefits which it would undoubtedly confer. Sfgll-P&EtS. , 'J'he colonial youth with a gun when gaine . is scareu is content to nmueo himself with /shooting at any mark that'attracts his «t- ----' .tent-ion; preferably apparently at a sign-post, it was suggested to the'Automobilo Assoeia- ' tion by Dr. Gerald Russell that sign-posts should bo put up on cros3 roads for general guidance. --Another member said that if that wcro dons tho signs would not last a week. Tho first boy who came along with a shotgun would blow them, to pieces. There Trcr'e still some of tho old Cyclist Touring Club's expensivo enamel signs about, and. all of .tliciri had been defaced in this or some other manner... Yet sign-posts do exist on country roads in Canterbury. , At ono spot, between Ashburton and the jea, there is a 'sign-post with seven arms indicating as'many roads. "There is one cottage near tho post with a duck pond in front of it,, and with a touch of' sarcasm, which is best appreciated by those who have visited.London,'tho plapb is' officially known-as Charing Cross'. Fox; Signals. / - ; It is. over two years since_tho installation of a fog signal at Gcdley Heads was first advocated- in- the' ''Pressj'' and at last the '-work of erecting an; automatic explosive signal is within measurable distance of corn-; plet-ion. For some months . past a staffi of imcn under the supervision of tho officers of . the Public Works .-Department' have been-on-gaged at Godley Head in preparing the site for and approach to t-liofog. signal. . .On /Tuesday Mr. G. Alljiort, Secretary of Marine, accompanied by Captain Bollons, of tho Hine-' moa, inspected .the .works;' and found that good progress is. being made.. Tho track down.the cliff sido,to the site' of.itho fog signal has entailed a large amount of blasting and preparatory work, but is now almost finished. Tlio formation of tho . track. was necessaryj owing to the difficulty ,of approach-, jug the actual'site of the fog signal, which .will'lie about.Bo or 90. feet:above sea lovcl: Tho sito is said .to 'be'-eminently suited for the purpose, 1 arid the, solid; rock is,now being Wasted.and levelled..-: Tlie.work of sinking the .shaft in tho. rook to, accommodate the weights for working the - machinery of. tho fog signal will, bo started in a-few daysj and when this-is completed the' apparatus be set up. It is. expected that'tho fog'signal will bo ready for work in about,two months. A Brlilgo Wanted. ■ Tho ' Canterbury Automobilo 'Association liavo rosolved.to take no further action in regard to tho bridging of-the Waipara Ilirer, on • account'', of; 'the financial responsibility .which -would- bo .incurred, tho members thinking tiisvti something' should' bo done by 'local 'bodies'-more.- interested .than' tho Association. It has boon remarked that enough sheep.havo beonN drowned -in the river -to ; pay for. tho' bridgd' sjiven times ovor: :So'm'et'iines'.;flocKsaro delayed on' tho banks for weeks-tontil the waters'subsido sufficiently to, allow them, to be cartod, qver..' Tho ''.Waipara is. tho only un.bridged river in the Dominion sorving a main .road, except 'on tho: WeW Coast. ■ -, Two Memorials. > Air-Ashburton -resident has obtained permission from t-hci Ashburton Oemetei'y Board .to erect; a' suitable' beniorial tp the l&te Ed-; v.'ard Jcrningham.'Wakefieldv i \ "'. ,-At,. a,' mooting of - 1 tho'committee of: tho . Ca'nterb'u'ry;:llugby-sUriion a letter..-was re-. .ceivod'from.^th'oi'raranaki 1 Union,stating', that: it was decided..at 1 annual mooting-to.iii--. vite subscriptions,!from- footballers and others for .tho'-purpose'of erecting a memorial to the late Mr. Alfred Bayly in.-tho .-New Plymouth'. Recreation,;- Grounds, .'and asked - tho : . Jocal Union's J'cprop'cratioiu'in'.iho; mattorj.:\-SqveraL ' eulogistic, references were Jmsde to- tho. lata ;Mr. Btyljr by the.members pf thoxonimitteo,. and if Fas decided tp.v;oto..fivo. guinea.-) to tho fund., TJio.,secretary.undertook tho work-. of ciroukrisijig;clubs'.tinder.;tho Union's, jurisdiction in 'referenco tot-ho memorial. . . . ''■■ <s- ■■ ; : DUNEbiNv ; r?-> - '- : - " ' April 9. M In "reference to the Now Zealand Express "Company's; building arid tho tenders - thorefor,.: a citizen ' who" apparently Jtnovrs- the position.',,sayslt' is' quito' true 'that' an 'agreement was come t-o two years'ago'between the- architects- and. contractors, but Mr. Duthie is wrong in stating ;t]iat contractors may pniy tender for work prepared :by local .architects. Contractors may tender ■for any work' prepared,by architects': who aro. members'of the New Zealand Institute of Architects', .whether local or. from any other centre. ' An. Appointment. , ; . Mr.'Cyril Corliss, son of .Mr. P. C. Corliss," 'of the Stamps. Department,, has -.been appointed fourteenth..-engineer on:tho record' breaker' MauretaniaJ tho greatest leviathan,: afloat. -': She carries in all . twenty-six .cngin-' eers. ■■ ! /.' " - "■ .- -. j. Duijodin Hospital. Tho Hon. Ci. Powlds' expressed himself as particularly impressed .'with : the . new portions of the Du.nedin Hospital which, ho says, have been fitted up in a thoroughly hygienic manner, i'T.consider Duncdin Hos'pital now. ono of tho, most hospitals in' the Dominion,"; he at|dcd. Tlio cleanliness of tho Maternity Home Was very favourably commented on. '