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Evening Star, Issue 12512, 24 May 1905, Page 4

At a meeting qf the Timaru Presbytery a motion urging the ministers, office-bearers, and nwMxibeis' lo keep before their congregations the question of Nolicense v/as carried after a discussion, in m i n; sUrs (the Revs. Chappie and Dona.d) proposed an amendment in favor of otato control. The minority of two condemned Prohibition as unscriptural and ineffectual. The ethers, in ivply, declared t..at State control had been ‘everywhere ! a fai.ure.

In tho course of hearing a land case at Christchurch Supreme Court yesterday Mr Justice Cooper said that solicitors should not comb.ne land business with ordinary practice, for the same firm might, as land agents, he acting for a vendor and as feliCitors for the vendee. He could not help clunking that such combinations were contrary to the best traditions of the profession. *

At the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon Jonn Condon was acquitted on the charge of theft from the person. A single man, Frank Lupton (twenty-five) wtu> has been in business in Timaru for a lew years as a comm/srion agent and tobao count committed suicide at his lode 's yesterday by shooting himself with a revolver. He has a brother in Waimate The U& ' Ured We a y ear a S° for

, a T ar , d Melbourne architect (Mr Oakden), who was selected to adjudicate on the plans for tho Dunedin Public ■Library has reached the hands of the town clerk, and will in due course be made pub.ic It will, however, be first considered by tho Finance Committee, who nave this matter in their charge. On dit that tho Gas Committee will recommend the City Council to ask Mr buggate (of Auckland) to complete his report on tho City Gasworks. , . With respect to tho paragraph appearing m our last issue from the Balclutiia ‘ Free Press, we are requested to state that ■Lovehs Hat cial is still as plentiful as ever, and when the present seam is worked out the company have another beautiful ’tiara b.ack coal seam ready opened oat to start upon. The mine manager has fires Men under control, and no difficulty is penenced in getting coal out. "As for npners leaving, the company claim at the present time to have mere men on the paysheet than they have had this vear.

. Dining the carrying out of the proceedings m connection with Empire Day at one of the schools this morning, a well-dressed Gbmere entered the playground with a camera and took several “ maps” of things m general. Some humorists who were pre. sent devoted a good deal of thought to trying to solve what might lie the precise rela. tion of this incident to the general question of the yellow peril. The principal joke seemed to be that the plates midit ultimately be declined for Ptkin or Tokio, and therefore the proceeding enmo wilbin the scop of the Military Offences (or some such) Act,

Thirty-two applications for relief were dealt with by the Trustees of the Benevolent Institution this afternoon, when there were prevent at the weekly meeting Messrs R. M, Ckrk (in the chair), A. Tapper, Hon. H. Gourley, J. Thompson. R. Wilton, W. T. Talboys, W. Burnett, and I. Green. Tho secretary reported that Elizabeth Stutley died at* the "institution dormer the week, aged seventy-three, and that threo inmates had left tho Home. Parcels of magazines from the Mornington Yount l ' Women’s Bible Class and from Mrs J. Sinclair Thomson were acknowledged with thanks. It was decided to wait on the Premier to suggest that the, poll tax on Chinese bo applied to shipping them back to China when they became a burden on the charitable institutions of tile colony. The chairman reported that, on seeking to give effect to tho resolution (passed at°the previous meeting), that tho contract for supplying bread to the Benevolent Home be cancelled, it was found, that this could not be done, as tho terms of the contract provided that official intimation of the quality of the goods supplied had first to be given. This had noh been done, though verbal complaint had been made. Mr Talboys disagreed with the idea of cancelling the contract, as it) wou.d be a bid precedent. He favored enforcing the contract. If the contractor did not supply satisfactory bread, stops should be taken to make him do so. The meeting concurred, and last week’s resolution havine been rescinded, on tho motion o3 Mr Talboys it was decided that the Irus-tecs’ solicitors be instructed to inform tho contractor of the unsatisfactory quality of the bread, and seek to enforce bis supplying bread of good quality.

The* Southland Times’ states that Invercarcill drapers, clothiers, and mercers have decided to take advantage of clause 21 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1904, under which early closing regulations will be brought into operation on a petition from a majority of those in the The petition asking that the hours of closing bs fixed at six o’clock on four davs in’ the week, one o’clock on the Wednesday halfholiday, and 10 p.m. on Saturday has been circulated and signed by the majority of the shopkeepers in the "trades mentioned, and having been certified to bv the local authority was forwarded to the Minister of Labor yesterday evening.

A conference 'of the Executive of the Ota 50 Employers’ Association and a committee of tho Farmers’ Union was held this morninr, when the resolutions of the Trades and Labor Council, passed by that body at a recent meeting in Wellington were discussed and dealt with. The decisions arrived at in connection with each of tho forty-four proposals are to be forwarded to the New Zealand Employers’ Federation in Wellington to be finally dealt with by that body. ’’ It was decided that some of tbe resolutions should be strenuously opposed, as bcinr inimical to the best interests of employers and workers alike.

Our Christchurch correspondent wire-: At a meeting of the Charitable Aid Board tins morning a motion was carried in favor of the Board visiting Southland, with a view to report as to the feasibleness of putting into practice the methods of the Southland Board in dealing with recipients of relief.

Our readers are specially reminded the* the Premier will speak at the Princess’s Theatre to-night. Tho dress circle has been reserved for ladies and for those of the fair sps who may be escorted by their male kind. The oha-Vwtll be taken by Mr T. R. Christie. Special bargains in household ironmongery, tools, electroplate, table and pocket cutlery. We are giving special reductions in those, b’nes, as we are heavily overstocked and must clear. Ritchie’s Staffordshire House, 29 George street.—[Advt.] Coppin’s Dramatic Company appear at the Town Hall, South Dunedin, to-night. They stage the great military drama, ‘ Current Cash.’

A revival _ meeting will bo held in Port Chalmers Sailors’ Rest on Thursday and Bnnds# evenings^

The theory examinations to bo held by the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music will not take place until Saturday, June 10. Entries for the practical examinations will close on Friday, June 30. Tourists and visitors will find Hendy’s Hairdressing Rooms replete with every comtort for shampooing, haircutting, face massage, manicure. 10+ Princes street.—fAdvt.] The winter classes in connection with St. John’s Ambulance Association commence on Friday evening. Membership tickets will not be procurable after noon to-morrow.

Ladies desirous of shampooing, haircutting, singeing, special dressings, and hairworking may receive the attention of experienced manager Gate with P. Chambossier, Melbourne), at Iles’s, Princes street.—fAdvt/] The “ men's own ” meetings which will be commenced next Sunday afternoon in the Garrison Hall give promise of being largely attended. The Central Mission authorities are making efforts to popularise these services amongst the men of this City, and to induce them to make these services a success. Good music will be provided by a male choir and orchestra. ‘A Message to Garcia’ will be the subject of Mr Bedford’s address. T. Ross has just opened a new shipment of ladies’ warm cashmere and woolltn gloves from 9d pair in grey, brown, and black; also lined kid from 2s lid. A new range of blouse llanelettes from 6Jd yard, and flannels from Is 9d. Ladies’ stockings in heavy cashmere from Is pair. Only at T. Ross’s, 130 Princes street.—fAdvt.]

The Rev. William Thomson will deliver, a lecture on ‘Temperance and Prohibition’ in the South Dunedin Town Hall on Friday evening.