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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 34, 10 February 1908, Page 6

The Shone system of drainage is ♦« be adopted ior the borough «• borne. Tho boat harbour, Clyc tho scene of a narrow drowning on Saturday af boy, bathing * ' -Mvp-' tress anu w? lads, named ged in and in a state c ""'Mr'*" Char Customs, inf. Interstate ~b\ 1 hoped tha when a farrr week for the get weather and market < .. i nines. The members ..*.e deputation smiled broadly. A youth named George Ja»Een was responsible for the Diieo being sent in search of three ihen who were alleged to have been blown out to 6ea in an open boat yesterday, JariEen 3aid the men had obtained a boat at the old pilot sta« tion at Island Bay, and before they had time to realise what was happening were caught in a squall aad carried in the diction of Cape Campbell. Sub-Inspeo tor O Donovan was instrumental in get-* ting the Duco sent out to tnz&rck, but aiter pioceeding about three miles beyond Poncarrow she returned without any trace of the "missing men" bein» discovered. From what was leirned subsequently :t, is believed the story is a hoax. The Fire Brigade ' has had a busy time during the last two days. On Saturday the brigade extinguished a. larga grass fire at Mitchelltown. la the evening at 10 p.m. it received a false alarm from Kelburne Parade. At 1.5 p.m. yesterday a call was received ior a grass "fire, at Kolburne Park. Twenty minutes later the brigade was summoned to Roy-street, Nawtown, where a firs had broken out in a shed owned by Mr. W. J. Haines. The shed, which was occupied by Mr. L. Baker as a furniture store, and b" Messrs. Creighton and Clarke as a p"\*- •'- vyoncshop, was, together Lenfcs, severely damage*" ..ents were uninsured, falso alarm was given at 7 afternoon. At about half* brigada wns called to c> grass fira on the Town B banke-street. There appears to be North Otago voluni^ | almost enKi' ' o exitjtui|i fti, ; .a quarters, anu others' because all their enthusiasm has been dissipated by a serie*3 of absurd indications of general mismanage* ment. Thero is one company in Oamaru, whose roll comprises over sixty welltrained and deserving volunteers, and whoso funds ere in a most enviable condition, and it is not at all improbably that this excellent body of men will disband ere long in sympathy with their officers, three of whom have already signified their intention of resigning their commissions. Officers of other companies also, will saver their connection with volunteering within tho nest month. And all this, the paper thinks, might have been obviated had a litUa consideration and encouragement been extended in place of constant restriction and implied reproaches. The Adelaide city , surveyor, Mr. Vicarsj who has. been, carrying out esporimenta m respect to 'the controlling of the dust nuisance, reports that tho City Council has made several experiments 'with phenolic, a preparation of ,' crude petroleum, soluble in water to a considerable- decry 7 The oil' is not saponified,'' as artrTr tier holablo oil ' preparations, 1 but when mixed in the proportion of one of oil and four of water CKcomea donser, and is apparently of a thicker consistency. It is spread on tho raids from a centrifugal water van with perfect ease, and covers splendidly with one gallon of mixture to five squaw yards of surface, at a cost ot one farthing per square yard. Ono application lasts a. month in ordinary circumstances, and three weeks under heavy traliic. Apart from its dust laying qualities, it ran be applied at any season, ab the surface treated does not produce mud iv winter, and the life of the road ie materially extended. It has been found sufficient for light traffic roads to give cix applications per annum, viz., during January, February, March, April, November, annd December, and ten threeweekly applications per annum on heavy traffic roads. It has been frequently pointed out i« the Argus that the .Commonwealth forces are woefully short of bayonets. Long ago a shipment of, "short" rifles was importea without bayonelo. Tiiese .canoils wete issued to the Light Horse vegi. ments, and the Light Horsemen have ever since undergone their training without bayonets. They have been armed merely with rifles. Such an obvious lack in equipment naturally considerably exercised the mindb of the military authorities. It has been exercising them for the lasfc twelve months. All this time there were lying in the stores at the barracks 40,000 bayonets of tho old triangular type. These contain sphndid steel, and several schemes for cheaply converting them into bayonets of modern pattern to fit modern rifle 3 hay« been submitted to the department. These schemes, however, have all been laid aside, pending the selection of a typ» by the British War Office. It is now announced that the British authorities have adopted a typo of bayonet similar to that used by Japan. This me^ns th« discarding of the- flat bayonet contemptuously known as a -putty-knife. The Minister for Defence (Mr. Ewing) has authorised the adoption of the same type in Australia, and the conversion of the 40,000 old bayonets into modern ones. Exactly which plan of conversion will be adopted has hot yet been made known, but the Minister staled that two conditions were essential and must ba compliod with. There must be no interference with fhe rifle to mako the bayonetß fit, and there must be no doubt about their strength and stability. Stylish straw and leghorn hats, trimmed flowers and ribbon, worth 28s 6d t* 425, clearing at 10s 6d, at iho semi, annual sale. Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd. — Advt. The Autocar in its report of the Olyrapia Show says : — ".For its power, price, and general automobile design and execution, the 14-16 Argyll is not surpassed by any car of its class in tha Exhibition." Catalogues and . pnrticularj from Scott Motor and Cycle Co.. Ltd., Wellington. Advt. New Customs Tariff. — Information re« garding changes cau be «upn't»d by the New Zealand Jiipres* ♦d., 20 Customhouse-quay. "^ —Advt. Tho recont predioLp to earthquakes) do not a,, , been fuliilled, but what d- riso, to thorn has beon t>- , -source and fovmd lo bo caus- w heavy fall in prices at tho sum?. io new being held at O. Smith, Ltd., Cuba-street. During the closing dayq of this great oalo \\r\equalled value can he found in all depart, ments. In tho hosiery and glove department a quiwitity of children's hose in small sizes, black and tan, worth 1b 6d, not* at 6d pair ; 100 la,die*' sunahad*!, reduced to Is each ; ladieV laeo mijtl* from 3d pair. Call and m»kt> a selection as early as possible,, Delays are dangerous,— Advt