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Evening Star, Issue 11892, 21 May 1903, Page 4

•Owing to aii accident to .his son, Sir Joseph Ward has abandoned' his intended tnp to' Auckland. ' The. Minister will remain in Ghristchurch till the end of next Week. . On it being reported at last nighf s meeting of the St. Kilda Council that two cases of scarlatina existed in the borough a short discussion took place, the suggestion being made that the local inspector should take steps .to prevent .children suffering from infectious diseases attending school. Cr Coughtrey said the matter was important, and his opinion was that the occupiers of the houses affected should be notified to make it their business that infected children did not attend school. He moved, and it was resolved unanimously, that the following commanication be sent to the Colonial Secretary:—" This Council desire to suggest to ypu the advisability of having printed on the notification forms of the 3rd schedule of the Public Health. Act, 1900, _wbjoh are issued by medical men to occupiers of houses whenever they find in- . fectious disease occurring .in a household, that it is the duty of those occupiers to see that none of their children attend public schools during the time they are residing in the domicile wherein the infectious disease exists." ' . There was a. good attendance at last night's meeting of the Dunedin Branch of the Gleaners' Union in the Y.W.C-A. Hall; Mr L. Cook presiding. An interesting address on ' Our Missionaries' was given lyr Mr J. Holloway, of Nelson, • secretary to the New Zealand Church Missionary Association. Having referred to the.success which hod been gained, in foreign fields ..and among, the. Maoris, be dwelt upon.the pass: ing.away of an Auckland lady whose work abroad had promised .to be most successful, her rapid learning of a f&reign dialect having been notable.

At the. recent annual meeting of St. Paul's Association there was a good attendance, Mr Wathenin the chair. Officers were elected as-follow:—President, Rev. Hubert Jones; yice-presidents-rMfs Osborn, Sister Ernestine,, and Mr Watheu; secretary, Mr B, Knox; assistant secretaries, Miss Ivimey and Mr Curtis; • committee—Miss A. Johnston. Miss Le Fevre, Mr Blandford, and Mr Erridge; editors of magazine, Mr Wathen • and Miss E. M'Carthy. About a dozen candidates for membership were nominated, Miss Amy Blaclde, who has established herself a firm favorite with patrons-of the Alhambra Theatre, makes ner final eppearance this evening. Mr. D. Carney (Yorkshire comedian) is also to be transferred North. There, wEI be no performance to-morrow evening, but'several additional attractions are promised for Saturday. The weekly meeting of the Dundas street Literary and Debating Society was well attended. The Rev. J. Guy,' president, was in the chair, and after the usual business called npon Mr S. Harlock to give the evening's entertainment—' An Evening with American Poets.' Longfellow, Whittier, and Willis were the poets chosen. Short biographical sketches were read and selected items recited with true poetic instinct by Mr Harlock. A successful trial has.been made in New York of a motor omnibus, one of ten constructed there for use in London. As the huge vehicle, bearing. the words " London General Omnibus Company,'* made a tour of the crowded streets it attracted universal attention. No omnibus like it was ever before seen in New York. It weighs s ; x tons, and can develop 45 horse-power. There is. room for. twelve passengers inside and for twenty more on the top. It has a queer little spiral stairway running up the rear j to the roof, where benches ar.e placed. It I lights and heats itself. The omnibus is ! geared to twelve miles ,an hour, and can I run for an indefinite period. It general es ' its own motive power, the electric dynamo being driven by a hydro-carbon motor, and the power is transmitted by motors geared i to the rear wheels. It is under a system of electrical control, which is most sensitive and susceptible of easy manipulation. I From June 1 tlie shilling tickets now in j use on the City Corporation tramway lines ; will be replaced by a packet containing i fourteen separate penny tickets, one of ' which will be. handed to the conductor for , oach penny section it is intended to travel The conductor will issue check tickets, and these most be .retained by the passenger and delivered to the inspector on demand, otherwise a second fare will be demanded. The present shilling ticket will not be available after the 31st inst. . Those who have apv unused can exchange them for the new tickets at the tramway office. The checS system has been in force on the Wellington tramways for a long time. At the S.M. Court yesterday James Hendricks claimed £l4 15s from John Ellis, horseowner and contractor, for wages and riding services rendered. " Plaintiff's statement was that he was out of employment, and that he went to defendant and asked him for two or three days' board and lodging until he could get settled. Defendant agreed to the request on condition that plaintiff made .himself useful about the stable during the period, and this- was agreed to. Plaintiff's term of residence with defendant, instead of lasting two or three days, extended over several weeks, and during the time he stated that he acted as rider and did other work for defendant.. The claim was for wages for the services' thus rendered,. less • a sum of £5 15s for board and lodging. Mr Irwin appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Hay for defendant. After hearing evidence plaintiff was nonsuited, with £1 Is costs. At the Education Board's meeting today a deputation attended from the Arthnr street School Committee in support of an application for a meeting hall for the school. Mr W. Scott, chairman of the Committee, explained that the school had been greatly interfered and hampered with for years past for the want of a decent room or hall to meet in. Mr Cameron, who had just returned from a visit to the North Island, said that he found there that the schools had a central hall, where all the scholars could assemble. All public functions could be held in the hall. Messrs A. Burt and A. Sligo, the other members of the deputation, also spoke. It was stated that the hall, could be so arranged as to be used for a gymnasium. Messrs A. Thomson and W. Bunting, representing the Wakari School Committee, next waited on the Board and asked for certain improvements to the ground and repairs to the building. With regard to the Arthur street application it was decided to ask the architect to report as to tha feasibility and cost of the work. It was agreed that a committee of the Board should visit the Wakari School. It was a very important thing, remarked Mr Fraser, if the Board could encourage a good school for that district. It would be doing good in any case. AVe understand tkt' the Female Refuse, which, owing to a difficulty a few months ana about registering the institution under the Factories Act, was said to havo been closed, is still carrying on the. good work it has been, engaged in for over thirty years. Mr Carew, S.M., speaking from the Bench this morning, called attention to the fact that under the law a grandmother is ".a parent" and can under certain circumstances be called npon to pay for the support of a . child. The case was one in which the father pleaded that his only source of inco/ne was derived' from his mother, who had offered to take the children. The Dunedin Horticultural Society's chrysanthemum show, was largely attended last night, when .the Black "Family's' orchestra played a number of pieces tq the satisfaction of those assembled. The society's efforts to popularise the various shows are- meeting ■ with great success lately. If we may be allowed, we would suggest yet another -new departure—namely, that the winners' names be written in large letters with black ink. Last night the gas wa« not too bright, and visitors had some difficulty in finding out who got the prizes. The c:\rnival and sale of work at Choral Hall was well attended yesterday", in spite of the weather. This evening tableaux will be -shown, and the hall will be open to-morrow afternoon and evening, the attraction in. the evening being the choir contest.

Nothing has so far.been heard of the young woman Maggie Blackie,' who disappeared from her homo ou Saturday last.*

The annual election of the Cavershnm School Committee was to-day declared void by the Education Board on the ground that'several unqualified voters, voted, and that there were two votes between the last successful candidate and the next on the list. A fresh election will take place on the 15th of June.

A deputation representing the residents of Musselburgh Ward, -and comprising Messrs J. M Galluway, J. Fothergill, and M. Cohen, waited on the Education Board yesterday afternoon and requested that steps should be taken during the coming winter to fill in the two acres acquired at the foot of Bowen street for a school site, with a view to a school being erected thereon in the summer, and the school being opened at the close, of the 1903-04 vacation. The deputation enlarged on the rapid growth of population at this end of the St. Kilda Borough even since the school project was mooted,, and asserted that ..the influx of residents embraced a large number of young married people, who had avowedly taken up their residence in the district on the strength of a public, school being in operation at no distant date. The site acquired by the Board was acknowledged to be central and advantageously sitnatad, and the'' depntation felt themselves empowered to say on behalf of the district that .they would be content .with the. erection for the immediate present of three class rooms, of which, for obvious reasons, t.he infant room should be the largest. They anticipated that if the school were ready for opening on February next between. 100 and 120 children would soon be in average attendance.-.;. The advantages of doing what fiUiog-in was required before the bad weather sets in was also pointed.out This morning the members of the Board visited the school site, and directed their architect to prepare a sketch, plan and estimate of the cost of eaajmjr. oat the jriabea of the.

_Mr A. Thomson, J.P., presided at the Port Chalmers Police Court this forenoon, when a first offender fpr drunkenness was convicted and discharged. w 1 ? hj y atson . i" 0 -. publishes a notice to Jrort Chalmers electors in this issue. ■' A meeting'of ratepayers will be held in the lown Hall, Port Chalmers, to-morrow evening to consider a proposal to the effect that the Corporation should assist the Dock Trust to raise a loan for the construction of a large dock at Port Chalmers. A poll will be taken in the Town Hall, Port Chalmers to-morrow between the hours of 9 a.m. »nd 7 p.m. for the election of a member tor the Otago Harbor Board. Mr Ernest Booth, surgeon-dentist,' late of "inter and Boot, will resume. practice nest Hote"^j r dvt b r° Moatafflw ' B ' opposite, City Tho &t. John Ambulance Association notify In another column the dates for the commencement of tho various classes. The women's first aid class commences on Friday, sth pros., the nursing class on Thursday, 11th pros., and the mens first aid class en flnreday, 18th prox. The. Town Hall will be closed on Monday, the 25th (Empire Day); The Drainage '-loardnotify thas clause 3 •>! by-law No. 1 will l.e enforced in future. This provides that notice must be given to the Drainage Board of any intention to interfere with or law down ripe cr drain connections with any drain er s»wer .•■{■ ir.e Board. A romantic comedy, ' Woodbine and Roses,' will be given in All Saints' Schoolroom tomorrow evening. The proceeds go to the church repairs fund. A sacred concert will be held in His Majesyt's Theatre on Sunday next, May 2A. A c-ncert in aid of the St. Martin's Church repairing fund will be held in the Town Hall, N.E. Valley, on Thursday, May 28. The farewell social to the Rev. Dr Watt Will be held in the Volunteei Hall, Green Island, to-morrow at 7.30 p.m.. Irvine and Stevenson are selling No. 1 sugar at 2d per lb. See advertisement.—[Advt.] Entries for the practical music examinations of the Trinity College, London, to be held in October, close on June 6, with the local secretary (Mr A J. Barth). The Caledonian and Roslyn Bowling Clubs will bring the season to a close on Saturday. Members of kindred clubs are invited. The adjourned extraordinary general meeting of the Charlton Valley .Gold Dreding Company will be held this evening. .Mr.Ward judged the cut, flowers class in the table decorations sections at. yesterday's chrysanthemum show. Photographs of children are made a specialty by Mr Morris, photographer, 'Princes street. Charges. 21s per dozen.—[Advt.] The Anglo Co. are now fitting to their cycles the latest unproved two-speed hub. Inspection is invited at their depot, 6 Princes street. —[Advt] Gentlemen are respectfully invited ■to see splendid selection razors, strops, shaving brushes, military hair brushes, etc., just landed at Hendy's haiidreesing saloons. — [Advt.] Greaham and Boot, dentists, 65 Princes street (opposite Bible. Tract Denot).^-[AdTt.') An attractive show of ladies'' evening dress materials is now being made at the DJ.C. These dainty and effective fabrics, which seem to be thß perfection of the manufacturers' art, and rich enough for the wealthiest,- are yet within reach of the slenderest purse, many of the dresses ranging in price from 14s 6d to 25s 6d, and should be inspected by every lady who contemplates acquiring an evening dress. '-[Advt.]. . Furniture, up to date in style and workmanship; carpets and toilet ware. Henry Sanders, 86 George street.—[Advt.] 'A damsel fair, was singing, and well she might. She used ' new century*, soft rubber hair curlers, with the result that one of the manliest' fellows in- the district fell in love with her.—[Advt.] A magnificent stock of waterproof and rainproof tweed overcoats for men, boys, and youths in all the newest styles now showing at New Zealand Clothing Factory, Octagon.— [Advt.] •