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Evening Star, Issue 12761, 14 March 1906, Page 4

We) hear a report that Mr W. J. Burk Ims been asked by a number of St. Kilda ratepayers to stand for the mayoralty of that borough, and that he is likely to consent. J The members of the Otago High School Navy League held their first fortnightly meeting at the High School-'last Monday, Mr J. Roid. 8.A., lectured on "The Japanese Navy," laying particular emphasis upon Japan's Asiatic policy as compared with that of the other nations. It was a very interesting lecture, frequently interrupted with applause/ At the conclusion Mr Reid, on the motion of Mr F. Barton, was accorded a very hearty vote of thanks for his services. The League have some 170 members, and, an interesting programme having been drawn up, this year promises to be the most successful one yet recorded in connection with the League. The monthly meeting of the High Street School Committee, held last evning, was attended by Messrs J. H. Walker (chairman). W. Melvin, A. Taylor, jum, W. Taylor, J. Lunn, and D. Wishart (secretary). The headmaster reported a total average attendance for the monih of 500, being less than usual owing to sickness and" bad weather- Two of the trustees to the Park Memorial Fund were present, and explained its financial position to date. After some discussion it was resolved to take immediate steps to increase the fund to £IOO, and so place it on a mow satisfactory basis in order to fittingly perpetuate the name of the first headmaster. The secretary was instructed to make inquiries re the cost of a cap and badge for the boys attending the school. The Auckland detectives have arrested a man for burglary at Bishop Lenihan's palace, from which he stole several articles. An important factor which led the police to suspect the man of being the offender was that his finger-prints are believed to correspond exactly with those left on the windows by the burglar. The residents of Dunedin have had good reason to complain of the wretched summer experienced this season, but those in some parts of the. back-blocks are complaining at not having had enough rain, judging by the following culled from tho Cromwell 'Ar-gus-':—"The outlook for winter feed for the stock is now a serious matter, as there has been practically no rain here since November last, and ih is without doubt one of the driest seasons ever known in this district. Even if a good rain came now it will be too late to do much good." '' One-horse agitation " was the term applied by one of the Benevolent Trustees and echoed by several othens to-day, when a letter was received from the Charitable Aid Board referring to the expenditure of relief money in Town and Country. In the latter thanks were expressed to the Trustees for having furnished the Board with lists showing expenditure in country districts, and a Tequest was made that similar lists dealing with the City and suburbs should be forwarded. The chairman (Mr R. M. Clark) said that there were no such lists in existence for the City and suburbs. Some half-dozen or so had been prepared for small country districts, and had been forwarded to the local authorities, so that the latter might be able to keep some check on relief cases, bnt they were not prepared for the City and suburbs, as they were not required, the various councils no doubt being satisfied with the Trustees' management of the funds. Mr Clark said that he thought that the action of the Charitable Aid Board was a reflection on the Trustees, but he recognised that some members of the Board had been stirred ut> by someone who wanted to harass the Trustees. Mr Tapper remarked that the Trustees had been very good to the Charitable Aid Board, who had been given every opportunity to get the information asked for. Messrs Baanett and Arkle mentioned, in support, of this, that two of the Trustees had offered to resign ami let two members of the Charitable Aid Board take their places and investigate the expend.iture. The Trustees decided merely to " receive " the Board's letter. The young man Steven Maxwell came before Mr Cruickshank, S.M., at the Balclutha Court to-day, charged with an attempted serious assault on Emily Newson on ihe 7th inst. on the Stirling-Balclutha road. It will be remembered that accused was alleged to have knocked the young woman down with his bicycle and then assaulted her. .Mr Crisp appeared for accused, who was committed for trial at Dunedin, bail being allowed himself in £IOO and two sureties of £SO each. Bail was forthcoming. The Health Officer (Dr Ogsten) left yesterday morning to pay a surprise visit of inspection to the accommodation lints on the overland route from Te An an to Milford Sound. There have been some complaints regarding the sanitary arrangements this season, and a. visit of inspection was deemed necessary. The Benevolent Trustees this afternoon dealt with twenty-four applications for iclief. An offer to buy a small cottage at Waikouaiti, owned by the Trustees and estimated to be worth about £SO, was declined. Tenders received for the supply of stores to the Benevolent Institution for the year beginning on Ist April next, and numbering some sixteen or seventeen, were referred to the Finance Committee to report on at next week's meeting. The Trustees authorised the Finance Committee to invest £6CO out of the Institution's endowment account in Government 4 per cent, debentures at par. Those present affile meeting were Messrs R. Maris Clark (chairman), A.~ Tapper, W. Burnett, J. Arkle, " Hon. H. Qourley, and Captain Easther.

The Health. Offioe reports a case of scarlet fover from Morton, the first in that direction for a very considerable period. It was anticipated there was going to be some fun at last night's meeting of the Mcrrnington Borough Council, and in consequence there was quite a " full house" of interested and eagerly-expectant ratepayers. The mayor was very quick to get ii grip on the situation, and before any business had been proceeded with at all he threw out a challenge to any recalcitrant (xninciilor who felt like fight just to step out and disclose himself. Nobody seemed inclined to breathe forth fire and brimstone, and the eagerness died out of the" faces of the auditors, and left there a dull, lifeless apathy and a general expression of "I wis,h I hadn't come !"* Things, however, brightened once again for the forlorn ones when Cr Anderson showed distinct signs of wanting to " know things" ; but a general empnatic disposition on the part of the Council not to tolerate this waste of time soon effected a suspension of these tactics. " A little later on the ball was set rolling by another councillor, who showed remarkable vitality and energy, for at the most casual calculation he must have been on his feet thirty-two times during the whole sitting. One member of the Council, who has a keen eye for wit, wanted to make out that 320 times would be» a more correct computation ; but that was drawing the long bow just a wee bit too far! In course of conversation to-day a wellknown Dunedin accountant mentioned tie recent cases of theft from the 'Evening Star' Office by a youthful employee. He stated that it seemed as if honesty amon° r the rising generation in this city was much less thought of than formerly. He cited no less than four cases of peculation that had come under ins own personal observation within the past few months when auditing the accounts of various businesses. Two were cases where boys were the culprits. One of them manipulated the stamp account so as to make about 5s a week out oil it, and the other added up the wagessheet so as to leave a balance of from 2s 6d to 10s a week Jul excess of its real total, the boy himself pocketing- the difference. In the other two cases, in which larger amounts were involved, a .youih and a young man were concerned. Our informant remarked that while to a certain extent lie had sympathy with the views regarding juvenile offenders put before the Minister of Justice by a deputation on Monday, it seemed to him that there was a grave danger in tho present-day tendency towards leniency. The removal'of a deterrent to dishonesty, in his opinion, has led to a distinct weakening of the principles of -probity \A some of our commercial; youtha

,The Mayor of Timaru has written to Mr Carnegie with regard to a public libray for that flourishing seaside town. The Oamaru have nominated the Rev. D. DuAtem as Moderator of the ..Synod for 1907. The Rev. W. Laycock, speakiog at. the Kew meeting last night, said thai it'would simplify our views on some important questions if we couM get a good grip of the idea that spiritual power is the streaming into our lives of the will of God. \ It is a mistake to suppose that spiritual power and material power are derived from separate sources. All that the dynamo and' the engine can do is to gather up and utilise power that was in tire world whan, Adam and Eve lived in Eden. Electricity and steam were always here, though their usefulness had been but recently discovered and applied. So with spiritual power. Men had not to generate it. They merely had to get it by (joaxforming to certain fixed laws. Some parsons , got excited in a church arid thought thereby to make the power they wanted. Wo might learn the more rational way from th»engi»ecr. When he wanted to apply electricity he did not start by getting excited. AH power is from God, ana the amount of energy gathered depends upon the amount of mind surface exposed to the influence of God's will. . Rowi, the oldest Maori m Parahaka, died tli© other- day.. His age 'as put down at from 100 to years, but (says the 'Opunake Times') a person well versed in Maori estimates his age at 124 years. Rewi was the leader of the massacre at Wairau (Oalcura.) in the days of the native disturbance, being held solely responsible for it. He was a Te Whiti-ite. The subject- of charitable aid came, inter alia, before the Mornington Council last evening, and as one councillor seemed on the verge of mentioning the names of those who were receiving assistance, another councillor hurriedly interrupted that he thought the matter should be taken in committee, and this suggestion met with unanimous approval Speaker No. 1 retorted that he had had no intention of mentioning names —ie was only going to refer to special circumstances which seemed to him required> an increase of the assistance already beinogiven. Some time later the subject again came up, when the same champion of°the poor heatedly ejaculated that they should consider less in committee and more in open council. For his part he liked everything to be above-board, and, as far.as he could' he would see that this plan did not <*zi mildewed through disuse. According to an exchange, a petition is in circulation in Ashburton asking the Government to grant the town two licensed Ikjuscs under State control. The principal ground for asking for Government interference is that the. licensing laws have been considerably altered since the electorate went "dry," and the Ministry are invited to believe tliat had the amendime-nts been in force in December, 1902, there would have been no serious thought of carrying Prohibition. * ° The Mcrnington Council are going to give their tramway employees a holiday on Good Friday—this in response to a petition presented by the men. In favoring the request, Cr 'Le Cren last evening said he believed the other hill boroughs were willing to fall in line with the Mornington Council. A momentarly-excited spectator here anxiously inquired "What! ain't we going to have no trams at all" The query was met with the dignified silence of the Council. " Our Own " at Christchurch wires: No further developments have taken place in connection with the mayoralty. It is stated that Cr Cooper intends* contesting the office against all comers. At a meeting of the School Committees' Association held last night (wires our Christchurch correspondent) it was resolved—- " That the Association express their sense of disappointment and regret that the Board of Education, after much consideration and' expert advice, utterly failed to comprehend the principle of modern seating accommodation for primary school children. The Association regard the Board's decision in favor of dual desks to be such as will continue to keep the North Canterbury educational district conspicuously in arrears as compared with districts where progressive boards evidence practical sympathy ?n their scholars' welfare." It was suggested that the Association should write direct to the Education Department and all M.H.R.s, and that the Association, ought to deal with the Board. There had been a great outerv against centralisation;, and rightly so, and the Minister being known to be adverse to centralisation, every time that the Association went direct to him they strengthened his hands.

•Mr F. A. Hornibrook will deliver the first of a series of six lectures at the Chcxal Hall on the Ifith inst, his subject being ' Physical Culture Among tho Ancients.' A pleasant laxative for constipation, indigestion, biliousness—Dr Ensor's Tamer Juice. [lo9] The Anglo-N.Z. Cycle Companv's closingup sale a great success; still further concessions; customers who have been unable to receive attention owing to the rush are invited to call again. Shop to let.—[Advt.] The manager of tho Auckland Flow Milling Company has an advertisement on this page. New costs juss opened, in stylish patterns of tweed and rich caracul; price, from 15s 6d to four guineas. At T. Ross's.—[Advt.] Y.M.C.A. members axe attending in good numbers the mission held at Leith Valley every nigh - ;, and the meetings are growing in interest and Tcsults. Mr Hendy, hair specialist, invites inspeotion new combs, hair nets, brushware, etc., just landed. Latest hair frames, all colors. Is.—[Advt.] Why feel so dull and lifeless? It's your liver. Dr Elisor's Tamer Juice, a splendid liver medicine. [lo9] A notice to members of the Dunedin Citizens' Band appears in this issue. * If you want a photo taken out of a group or an enlargement from an old photo, try Paifcillo, George street, who makes a specialty of this kind of work. Outside work by arrangement. Telephone 2,ol3.—[Advt.] Passengers and cargo for Dunedin per the Suapehn will arrive by the Waikare tomorrow. Tails of pure hair from 5s to 60s; toupees, hair frames, nets, pearl necklets, hair brushes. E. lies, hairdresser; teL 2,o2o.—[Advt.] A woman's friend is Dr Ensor's Tamer Juice —never fails to afford relief. [lo9]