TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 71, 23 March 1912, Page 11

TELEGRAMS.

REGULATION OF TRAFFIC. MAGISTRATE'S SUGGESTIONS.[BT ZZLZTO2AP& — SPECIAL TO XXX POST.] AUCKLAND, This Day. When delivering judgment at the Magistrate's Court in a case arising out of a collision between a motor-car and a trap in Kyber Pass, Mr. C. C. Kettle, S-M-, said : — "Nowadays locomotion is muci mosi> rapid than in former years, and it is, therefore, very essential that every aiid practical precaution should bo taken to guard against accidents ou the King's highway. It is, in my opinion, very necessary 'that owners and drivers of all vehicles shoujd be required to carry sufficient lights at night. This is a matter which 1 venture to suggest, should receive the attention of all local bodies having power to make regulations for regulating traffic. Such bylaws should, in my opinion, fix the maximum speeds, and define with particularity the kind of lampa and lights which all vehicles should carry and the position of such lights on vehicles. The> police and traffic inspectors should also be active in seeing that the rules of the road and bylaws regarding lights and < speed are rigidly enforced. . AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM. PROPOSAL FOR PALMERSTON. [BX TZLIGBAPH— SPICIAL XO THI POST.] PALMERSTON N., This Day. Mr. T. W. Kirk, Government Biolo gist, visited Palmerston yesterday to set up the valuable exhibits of grasses and weeds which h© nascent indefinitely to the Philosophical Society's Museum. Addressing a special meeting of the society, Mr. Kirk urged the desirability of establishing at Palmerston an agricultural museum where could be exhibited a carefully prepared and described collection of types illustrating the different processes of agriculture and manufacture of agricultural -products, differences of soil and their treatment, the enemies to be combatted, and the /best methods of dealing with them. He pointed out that Palmerston was peculiarly adapted for such a museum, and promised that his department would assist in every way the establishing of such an institution. The society decided to do all in its power to carry out the scheme and to invite the Manawatu A. and P. Association to co-operate. [PRISS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND EXHIBITION. GOVERNMENT GRANT SOUGHT. AUCKLAND, 22nd March. The executive of the Exhibition Committee met to-day. It was resolv* ed that the title of the Exhibition be "The Auckland Industrial, Agricultural, and Mining Exhibition." The date of opening was fixed for Ist December, 1913, and the period 61. tho Exhibition at three months, to be extended if found advisable. The pi'efii- I dent said it would be advisable to ask Parliament for a cash grant of £2000 towards the funds of the Exhibition. Previous Exhibitions had been liberally subsidised, and he had little doubt a useful donation would be made in this instance. Fifteen lists were distribute J ed among the members of the committee, to be taken round the city for the purpose of soliciting guarantees. The president stated that x it was hoped that the lists would bo returned within a week with £5000 guaranteed. It was suggested that guarantees of £100 should be asked for. There was, in his opinion, no chance for any of the guarantors to lose a penny. In connection with the guarantee lists, it was decided to fix the amounts to be guaranteed by individuals as from £50 to £100. The president moved that any surplus from the Exhibition should be devoted solely to the improvement of the outer Domain. If the surplus were large, and any specially desirable object weje found bo that it - was generally considered proper to divert the funds, the guarantors could meet the City Council and then a unanimous decision on the point would enable th© diversion to be made. The course suggested by the president was adopted unanimously. BOY'S JUMP FROM A TRAIN. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. AUCKLAND, 22nd March. ' A serious railway accident happened at Paerata. yesterday afternoon. The ten-year-old son of Mr. Voss, a farmer of Paerata, had* a miraculous escape from death. The lad travels daily to school by train to Pukekohe, and as he was not feeling well yesterday, his teacher advised nim to go home by the 12.50 train from Pukekohe. This train is only timed to stop at Paerata if required. When the boy found he. was being carried past the station he apparently lost hie head and jumped from th© train, which vat> travelling at a very fast rate, with tho result that ho fell on his head and his I scalp .was fearfully torn about. The accident was evidently unnoticed by those on board the train, for uo stoppage of the train via* made for they purpose of making enquiries. ! Mrs. Hogan, who lives close to the station, at once went to the lad's as- j sistance, and arrangements were made to : send him to Pukekohe for medical treatmint, and Miss Jamison drove him to that township. On arrival at Pukekohe tho boy was attended by Dr. Bronte, j and was afterwards removed to hi» parents.', home at Paerata. Ho is now j doing as well a& can be expected. i ' ANOTHER SLANDER ACTION. MASTERTON, 22nd March. In the Supreme Court to-day a case was heard in which Sarah Emma Armstrong, widow, of Carberton, claimed from Charles Bowles, farmer, of Waihakeke, £501 -damages for slander. It was alleged that defendant accused plaintiff, who was his housekeeper for come months, of stealing money from himself and his sons. The jury awarded plaintiff £100 damages. Mr. Justice Edwards, however, did not enterup judgment, reserving a question of privilege for argument in Wellington. THRESHING MILL TROUBLE. j INVERCARGILL, 22nd March. The secretary of the Southland General Labourers* and Drivers' Union, who j is at present in the Winton district iv connection with the threshing mill dispute, has furnished a report to the president of the union stating that he has visited three milk and is holding meetings at Wintou to-night. He states that the men he has spoken to are solidly for Is per hour, and that a number now

putting in time at ordinary labouring work will not engage in oat threshing under that sum. So far the work of organising the men has gone smoothly. TIME FOR EXTREME CAUTION. INVERCARGILL, 22nd March. Matters mercantile ai - e fairly quiet in Invercargill just now, and a good deal of anxiety is being expressed regarding possible financial stringency. Soma firms are not pushing business with tho keenness apparent a few months back, and deals are not looked upon with favour unless buyers have an assured position. Money is tight, and^most of the financial institutions are making no secret of the fact. Deals in property, both town and country, have, it is said, fallen off greatly, and altogether there seems to be a feeling that time is ripe for extreme caution. j SHERWOOD DOWNS STATJON. TIMARU, 22nd March. The ballot for the Sherwood Downs Station subdivisions took place to-day. There were 223 applicants for 16 farms and 10 grazing runs. Seventeen South Canterbury applicants were successful, the others being from North Canterbury and Otago. The homestead fell to Mr. E. S. Forbes, of Waihao Downs. The deposits with applications totalled £29,000. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. j DUNEDIN, 21st March. At the meeting of the Education Board to-day a motion was passed affirming the desirability of the board being assured that all children of "school age were receiving efficient instruction, and a committee was appointed to report as to the best means of attaining that end. In the course of a discussion it was asserted that a number of children of school age were wandering about the streets. The question was raised ac to what was to be done in regard to private schools, and it was stated that the board would have to investigate this matter in order to ascertain if efficient instruction was given. NEW PACIFIC CABLE. AUCKLAND, 22nd March. Survey work is now in progress foi carrying the new Pacific cable across the Auckland isthmus. The cable is to be a direct one from Sydney to Auckland, and will come ashore on the West Coast at Muriwai. The route now being surveyed will bring the cable overland, to Biverfoead, and thence to Ponsonby Beef. As the route from Muriwai to Riverhead must be trenched so at, to put the cable underground, it will readily be understood that there is a big amount of work involved, including many miles of trenching.