The Evening Star SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1905.

Evening Star, Issue 12652, 4 November 1905, Page 6

The Evening Star SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1905.

The Government have intimated that a grant of £3,000 will be provided for a technical school at Christchurcli. subject to the full constitution of an association by ihi- elestion of managers and the Minister's .[.provai of the plans On Wednesday night a musical temperance meeting was held in the Highcliff Schoolroom, under the auspices of the Rescue Lodge. There was a fair attendance, and the proceedings proved interesting. A very earnest temperance address ■was delivered by Mr J. W. Thomas, of Caversham, in which he urged all present to vote against the drink traffic. A programme of musical items was given by Mrs J. Thomas, Misses Williams, A. Thomas, and B. and S. Hodge, and Messrs Breach and Higham. When the insufficiently learned and wayward wheelman mends his wobbly way abroad be should avoid the tramway. But he doesn't. He seoioa to delight in riding on it. Some day he will be run over and kiled grucsomely by an olectrio car; and then there will have to be an inquest, and bta relatives will have only the tangled remnants of his wheel to mourn over. A a the twelve o'dock car was going north along Castle street yesterday a cycle nkJAiud and came down with its rider a sprawl across the track a few yards ahead. The motorman jammed on bos emergency brake to the salvation of the fallen one and the general upsetting of the car passengers. But motor, men cannot be expected to be both human and automatic perpetually. Before this statement is honored by practical demonstration with particular reference to a deceased cyclist we desire to offer caution. Mrs George M'Lean received this afternoon the gratifying intelligence from Sir Joseph Ward that the Government had decided to hand the piece of Land on which the foundations of the old railway station are laid as a site for the Public Art Gallery.

Messrs T. Ross and H« E. Moller were the presiding justices at the Police Court this morning. James M'Donald and Margaret Livingston Hannah were each fined 5s for drunkenness, in default twenty-four hoars' imprisonment. A prohibition order was granted against a man on the application of his father.

A resident in North-eaat Valley informs us that about six weeks ago a book canvasser called at his home, only his fifteen-year-old daughter being at home at iho time. He left a book, which the houeeholder alleges had never been ordered, and the book had not been taken from its wrapper since. This householder boa now received a threat of summons if he does not pay £1 17s od, the price of the book. The letter says that in default of payment the man will be summoned to the Magistrate's Court at Wellington, where, it is allowed, his order is made payable, thus causing him additional costs. By way oi a<ld«i ' stimulus, the letter also gives a list of convictions standing to the bookman's credit. The householder is contemplating nsUcing the facta public, and in the meantune they certainly have a dubious look.

Stoats andl weasels are generally blamed for killing native game and playing havoc with hen roosts, and it is now said that some farmers are purposely preserving rabbits on their holdings so as to give the stoats and weasels plenty of game, and thus keep them from attacking the young lambs. This was stated at yesterday's meeting of the Acclimatisation Society, and the hope was expressed that as the farmers are now beginning to know the imported pest» in their tnio character there may bo a chance of having them taken out of the protected list.

Mr J. Edgar told the Acclimatisation Society yesterday that a number of lads whom he had taken to the Opoho fish hatchery were delighted with the opportunity of seeing the treatment of the ova and the management of the ponds, and the members promptly accepted a suggestion to invite senior school children, through the IMuration Bo;rii. to vi.Mt the place by arrangement with Mr Deans.

The Burns Club have received their annual pretent of a box of bonnie heather from Miss Purves, of Comely Bank, Edinburgh It was gathered by her on the moors in lladenoch, and is finely done up with tartan ribbons. More pajoejs are expected from the office of the ' Weekly Scotsman' and other friends, one of whom (Mr R. Sandilands, of Dunedin) gathered it from the moor at Scotston, where the patriot Wallace was betrayed by " fause Menteith." The heather will be distributed to members at the next meeting. Tho Ro«lyii Borough Council, sitting m committee last evening, diaci ssed the details in connection with the Finance ComU'ilect's report on the financial position of the borough.

The Drainage Board supply the rain statistics for the week as follow :—Sunday, .085 in; Monday, .085 in; Tuesday, .010 in; Wednesday, .OOOin; Thursday, .OOOin; Friday, .190 in; Saturday, .320 in. The rainfall tor the week was .690 in, rain falling on five days. Tho total rainfall for the year to date is 24.678 in.

Jurors summoned to the Supreme Cotrrt for Monday are discharged from attendance. Mr Justice Williams will sit at 10.30 a.in. to fix the order of hearing the civil cases on the list.

An exceptional assortment of band-mad* furniture is offered at lower prices than evw. Sanders, 86 Georgi street—[Advt.l Old frie-xls of Mr R. Chisholm are invited to moot him at the Y.M.C.A. social tea at hve o'clock on Sunday He will speak about the great work that Y3I.CA.S are accomplishing in different towns and other interesting phases of his trip. The members of the Association are invited to attend the Christian Endeavor gathering on Thursday, the 9th, at Waitati. Young men strangers, visitors, and Christian workers are heartily invited to the Rooms, 23 Moray place. At St. Andrew's Churoh last Sunday Dr Waddell announced that to-morrow he would touch on one of the most important questions ever brought before him during his term as pastor. It is requested that those who usually attend in the evening only should be in their places to-morrow morning.

Little boys' Balfour suits, just opened, 15s 6d. N.Z. Clothing Factory, Octagon.—[Advt.]

A notice to members of the U.S.B. Company's Mutual Benefit Society appears in this issue.

The s.s. InvercargiH will run an excursion to tho Maori Kaik and outside the Heads on the 9th November (King's Birthday). Herr Paul Sonderhof's Band will play a» programme of sacred music at Pacific Park, St. Clair, to-inoxrow afternoon.

Money saved, money earned. House furnishers can save money; furnish complete at F. and F. Martin's, Octagon, manufacturers and direct importers.—{Adyt.] Mrs W. W. Spicer will deliver a lecture to ladies in the lecture room of the Viavi Company at 3 p.m. on Tuesday next.

It was Jcannie, not Jessie, Moore who gained second class honors in mechanios at the University. Mr Hendy, having returned from Europe, notifies that the hairdressing rooms are again under hia personal supervision. Hairdressing, shampooing, etc. 104 Princes street.—TAdvt. J

The annual meeting of shareholders in the Southern Starr-Bowkctt Building Society will be held in the Stock Exchange Buildings on Monday, 13th inst. A very fine page illustration of the fiftyfour children who played the ' Ringettanz' at the recent Competitions appears in the supplement to this month's 'Triad.' An excellent page portrait of the late Sir Henry Irving, as the Vicar of Wakefield, and a number of other interesting pictures fully maintain the high standard which is looked for in the ' Triad ' illustrations. The editor's notes contain some criticisms of the elocutionary section in the recent Competitions, and. the wholo number is full of interest, amusement, or instruction. Port Chalmers. Sale of salvage goods damaged by fire and water—boots, drapery, aud clothing—at Town Hall.—fAdvt.] At the request of a large number of the members of the Free Churches of Dnnedin, the Rev. A. W. Brough, of Coimbatore and Erode, ha 3 consented to give a farewell address on Friday evening next, in the Congregational Church, Moray place. The lecture w;ll be illustrated by a specially-selected set of lantern slides which Mr Brough has had prepared. Mr Brough's ability as a lee.urer de well known, and it is admitted by all those who have had the pleasure of hearing him that he is one of the ablest speakers that has ever visited the colony on behalf of the London Missionary Society. The work which is being carried on by the society in India is of supreme importance, as the people who are converted to Christianity at once brcome British in their sympathies, and this, of course, is very important to the British Government. It has been arranged that the Moray place Consnregational Church choir give two selections, and Mr Cooke will also play on the organ. Admission will be free, and a collection will bo taken up on behalf of the building of a training home for women teachers, of which Miss Inglis, the missionary from New Zealand, has tha management.

Should you require a natty suit made from choicest designs and best makes in worsted, or a useful holiday suit at a reasonable price, you should inspect the large and varied stock at J. Hendry and Sons', 38 George street.— [Advt.] The Gospel temperance meetings at Caversham will be continued to-raorrow night in the Baptist Schoolroom. Sister Afildred, of the South Dunedin Presbyterian Church, will address the meeting, and the members of the South Dunedin W.C.TTT. will attend.

Members of Loyal Orange Lodge William Johnston are summoned to attend pound night, at Frirndly Societies' Hall, South Xs«kiedin, on Tuesday.

Special.—See window newest styles ties and straw hate. N.Z. Clothing Factory, Octagon .—{Ad vt.] The annual distribution of diplomas and certificates gained by students at the Technical Classes will take place in the Victoria Hall on Monday evening. The 1.0. G.T. Gospel temoerance meeting in Albany street Hall wifl be continued tomorrow evening, when Mr J. Reid, 8.A., of the Boys' High School, who was prevented from being present last week, will give the address. Messrs Myers, dentists (while new dental parlors are building), have secured temporary premises a few doors from their old ptac* ro"nd the Octagon.—TAdvt 1 The preliminary programme for the Otago annual regatta is published in the advertising columns of this issue, and from the items publiehed it is shown that the Committee intend to uphold the standard of this regatta. There are three new events on this year's programme—a mator yacht race, a motor fishing whaleboat race, and a man-of-warsmen's cutter race. These races should prove very popular and interesting. The Kaikorai Band win play at the Botani-. cal Gatdens to-morrow afternoon. I

The opening conversacione in connection with the Otogo Art Society's annua! exhibition will be held in the Choral Hall on Friday, 10th inst. The railway arrangements in connection with the King's Birthday and the Taieri races are advertised in this issue. The Rev. R. Mackie conducts the services in South Dunedin Presbyterian Church tomorrow. In the evening he ccitinues Ids series of special addresses on 'Remade Men.' The Dunedin C.E. Un>on have again chosen Waitati as the spot for holding the annual field day on- November 9. Endcavoters will leave by train at 9.25 a.m. A short missionary meeting k to be held. Tea, milk, and sugar will be in abundance. A hall ha* been seemed. An invitation is extended to Bible classes, and the YJH.C.A. and Y.W.C.A-

The Rescue Lodge of Good Templars have secured iho Eev. R. Wilson as speaker for their Gospel temperance meeting on Sunday evening in the South Dunedin Town Hall. Mr Wilson is an old South Duxedin boy, who has just returned from a tour of Great Britain and the United States. The Caversham Baptist Church choir will attend. The meeting will commence at 8.10 p m. The men's meeting announced for to-mor-row afternoon, when Mr G- Laurenson, M.H.R., was to have spoken, has been postponed in consequence of Mrs Laurenson's Ml ess. The evening service will be conducted by the Rev. W. A. Sinclair, who will take as his subject ' I'm on God's Side.'