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Evening Star, Issue 12764, 17 March 1906, Page 6

Cr Mathoson, of Roslyn, cannot sec what justice there is in that- borough having to pay £4OO a year on hospital and charitable aid maintenance. Ho was careful to explain that he did not grudge, and did not think anyone should or would grudg". the subscription to the hospital; but he aid grudge the payment of so heavy a toll to chsrithlle aid, from which the borough got practically nothing. He thought ,-he lidepayers should -know what they were paying, and that to that end the char<>•<.: referred to skocld be made directly by way of special rate There were technical difficulties in the way of that course, and so it was agreed, on Cr Harael's motion, to put an N.B. at the foot of the form of demand for rates, showing how much of the genera! payment was ear-nwrked as hospital and charitable aid subscription. Cr Dawson went as lav as to say a word against, the hospital subscription. He thought that institution must be verv extravagantly carried on when a small borou»h like Boslyn had to'give it £230 a year. 'lbis view did not seem to meet with cr ene " rai favoi. & -

Mr J. L. Irvine, a, member of the Melbourne Oricket Club and one of the team at present 'taking jiart in the match aginst Qtago, was an invited guest at the "far©well"_ to Mr R. F. Smith in the Dunedin Bowling Chib's piuijion last night, and during the course of the evening was called upon to reply on behalf of ''The Visiting Team." Mr Irvine was particularly happy in his remarks, and said that during his travels from one end to the .other of New Zealand he coidd not fail to notice the "Eolidness" of the country—the land was good, the crops were magnificent (better than anything he had ever seen in Australia), the people were a contented lot, and as for buildings there was no city in the Australian colonies which could "boast of finer structures; in fact, in his opinion, when the people of TS T ew Zealand undertook to do anything they did it well. Mr Irvine's remarks wwre loudly cheered, and at the conclusion thereof the company gave a special round of cheers for the Melbourne cricket team.

An adjourned meeting of ratepayers was held at St. Leonards last evening for the purpose of discussing the proposed ward loan (of £800) for metalling roads, culvert and footpath formation, etc. Mr T. Oroslaml was voted to the chair. Mr W. Barclay and tome fifteen others were present. Jc explained that if the meeting decided that the loan was advisable a poll wpuld be.taken; if otherwise, it fell through in the meantime. For some time those present discussed the matter in rather informal manner, and no motion was put before tli6 meeting. One ratepayer, referring to tixe schedule of works to be prosecuted, said that all the works were apparently to be done at one end of the district. There was noihing mentioned to be done down their way. Mr Barclay expressed the opinion that the loan was not necessary at all. He had heard of no dissatisfaction in regard to the present state of affairs, and the whole thing certainly emanated from the Ravensbourne and Rothesay end. After a good deal of profitless discussion it was resolved (no one dissenting) that the proposal for a loan be vetoed as not being neeessarv. Ravensbpurne and Rothesay decided previously in favor of the loan, and Sawyers' Bay adopted the same course as St. Leonards.

The Greater Dunedin Corporation picnic, the first of the kind, was held at Waihola to-day. A special train of thirteen carriages carried about 1,100 people from town. The feather conditions were splendid, and a most enjoyable day was spent. Cr Lawrence was present, and amongst the visitors were Messrs M'Donald and Casey, of the All Blacks. The departments represented were the Fire Brigade, Municipal, Water, Gas, Sanitary, and Reserves. The results of the earlier events at the sports were:— Carters' Race (120 yds): Cahili (scratch) 1, Hodge (4yds) 2, Broomfield (scratch) 3. Married Ladies' Race (50yds): Mrs Barnes 1, Mrs Hatley and Mrs M'Donald (equal) 2. Half-mile Walk: M'Kenzie 1, Kyle 2, Broomfield 3.

During the recent visit of inspection, of the Minister of Justice to the gaols of the colony, not a single complaint was made to him of ilßreatrnent at•" the hands of warders, the principal grievance—pot an unijsual one—thp'prisoners had being" that the punislunent meted out to them nad been exoe?s'iye,' and a desire that the sentences should be reduced.

A social promoted by the lady Ex-pup}]s' Committee fQr the IJaikqrai School qazaar ■was "held last evening ip the Wak'ari Sail, Rpslyp. Each lady brought a Iniick'-knaek for the ex : pupils' stall, Syjiich -will "benefit considerably by this contribution, the gentlemen defraying the cost of the social. Messrs W. C. AUnntt and E. Wilkinson presided, and the early part .of the evening was spent fn'_ social Intercourse, music, ' and ' games! Miss M-Ejven contributed a song, Mieses Allnutt a piano duet, Mr W. Paterson a piano solo, and Mr W. Hill phpnograph selections. Dancing was then enjoyed by abput" forty, cp'uples to the music of Messrs J. Wise and Paterspn. Refreshments Were provided 'by the ladies. Miss Winnie Starfe, as convener of the Ex-pnrpils' Committee, efficiently superintended the arrangejnents, and Mr G. Eairjey acted as M.G. The trail of the alien! A respectablydressed white woman" has within the-last few days been canvassing residents of Wellington for work for a.'Chinese laundry. The Drainage and Sewerage Board" supply the following statistics of the rainfall for the past -week':—-March 12, .230 iii; 13, .31Qin •;" 15, .OlOin ; 17, .QlOin; toll, .66Qjn. Days on which rain felli four 3 total for 191D6 tp; date, *■■; J ,.'f \':"

A few days agq a letter containing a sum qf £2l, the property of the Public Works Department, was placed in a mail bag for transmission by post between certain stations in North' Canterbury, but did not reach its destination. The police are investigating the matter.

The Inspector of Telegraphs, who was a witness in a case at {he Palmerston North Supreme Court this week, said he was unable to produce a certain letter sent to him bearing on the case in hand, as the department had informed, turn, he had neither the custody nor the contro} of it, and . could not obtain it. His t.fceChief Justice asked .on what grounds th,e; department, refused,, to have the letter' '-Witness said it was pointed "received the correspondence ; simply in', his official capacity, and that he had no' control, oyer it. His Honor said'that he did not understand why the* Government should refuse.' If the matter were a State secret, or it was against the interest of the State for it to be produced,, he would say npthing; but-if the department did not adyance this reason, lip could not understand it at all." Writing under the heading ' Blackberry v Butter' in the 'Taranaki Herald/' &{r H. J. Blanchett blames the 'minah bird' for the alarming increase of'blackberries. "These birds, which flourish in", the blackberry bushes, make their periodical visits in flocks to the ploughed land adjacent, and'transfer the seed, which in due course comes up" Mr Blanchett states that it 'is cpsting Taranaki £5,000 per annum tq cut its blackberries; and'he asks, would it not be better to arrange for the destruction of these "seed carriers?

Half of the report of the inquest on Joseph E. Sargent appeared in yesterday's :ssue; the rest is printed to-day. To get a fair knowledge of the evidence it is important that both portions should be read. The deceased was forty-two years of age, and leaves not two but three children. The jury's verdict of ' " Suicide'' whilst' : temporarily insane " was arrived at' after only a few minutes' deliberation The members of the South Dunedin Forbury Club assembled in their rooms last night to celebrate their ninth anniversary, the secretary (Mr Henderson) occupying the chair... The toast 'of" the honorary members was proposed by the chairman, and responded to by 'Mr Wilson. The toast of the secretary was proposed by Mr Sheehan, and responded to by Mr 'Henderson, who told how the club had first started with a pack of cards and a penny candle. They now had a piano and a billiard table, and a good balance in hand- During the evening songs were rendered ; by Messrs Sheehan, Barclay, Swete, Ga-rbutt,' Ttoeevear, Mills, Burke, Sliarpe, Chambers, and Henderson. The feature of the evening was a cake walk by Messrs Bean and Henderson. Messrs Hardy Bros, presided at the piano. Mr Justice Chapman, President of the Arbitration Court, was approached at Wellington this week to deal with interpretation business. "We have interpretation cases waiting, and have not reached them yet. This Court is overworked," remarked His Honor."

In proposing the toast of "The Visiting Cricketers" at the Dunedin Club's function last evening, Mr J. C. Short paid a tribute to the efforts of those teachers in our schools who took upon themselves the task of -instilling into the boys at school the manly qualities which cricket and kindred sports encouraged. He thought there was no game which should receive more attention, so far as the lads in our schools were concerned, than the game of cricket. A tourist from the Argentine named P. C. Smith was convicted and ordered to pay £1 Is costs at the Temaka Court on Thursday, on a charge of fishing for trout in-the Opihd River -\yithout a license. Defendant said that he did not know that a license was necessary', but admitted to fishing on a previous visit to. the colony at Rotorua, and obtaining a license there. • Some good yarns are told concerning the tour of the Melbourne cricketers now in Dunedin. When they were at Queenstown this week a Chinaman insisted on joining some of the " lions of the town," as the visitors were regarded by residents. At breakfast one morning the humorist of the pairty asked John if he would like to make a shilling. The Celestial admitted that he "would. ''"Well," said the Victorian, "when you see a gentleman coming in by that door you go up to him and say ' Good morning, Warwick.'" The reference was to Mr W. W. Armstrong, the 6ft Sin member of the team. The Mongolian said he would act as directed, but when he saw the towering figure of the Victorian, whose name has been a household word in cricket circles for the past year, he' slunk out of the room whispering to the man who offered the nimble shilling : "Oh, o&, me no timee." When he heard the cause of the team's merriment' the Victorian joined in the spirit of the joke with as much enthusiasm as the rest of his comrades.

Mr D. J Nathan, the v-ell-known Wellington merchant, told a 'Times' representative that at Home thev were getting rid of elctricity in favor of'gas. In the chief thoroughfares of London gas had been substituted, for electricity, and several of the Wousrha had followed suit. He added: "You may now walk along a suburban street at the boundary of "two boroughs, one lit by electricity and the other by gas, and you find that gas beats it cverv time." Dr Burgess, M.D.., F.R.G.S., who is at present " doing " New Zealand in the course of a walking tour of various countries, scys "The New Zealand department is the best and the most up-to-date in the world."

The estimates for the year were formally approved by ihe Rqslyn Borough Cpuncd last night. The Mavor made the announce ment that the whole' of the.£l,B2o available for works would be wanted for metalling alone. Later oh he tabled a notice of motion to the effect that'steps be taken to raise a loan of £IO,OOO, to be spent on works. He was very earnest as to the need of it, and he asked councillors to look about the borough and see for themselves. Mr F. A. Hqrnibrook, well known in Christchurch and Dune'din as an instructor in the Sandow system, delivered the first of a series of four lectures on ph'vsical culture hi the Choral Hall last night before a small audience, which comprised a fair proportion of ladies. Mr Hornibrook's lecture was of a similar nature to 'those already delivered by him in this city, being an explanation of the methods' by which the body may be best developed tp insure perfect health and activity, and the necessity for some such training for modern men and women. With the aid of lantern slides of classic statuary he illustrated what'. was admitted tp be the perfection of the human form, and, with somewhat caustic humor, he compared it with what bur modern life has brought about in the way of degeneration of physical beauty and strength.. Mr Hqrmbrook also made use'of a living model, in the person of Mr E.' W. J.' Johnsonj to illustrate the development of the muscular system.

General Babingtpn arrived m Dunedin last evening. Ho inspected the naval artillery at the Central Battery this afternoon, and afterwards proceeded to Port Chalmers and- the Heads- . ■ • • i

An exceptional assortment of fcand-madi furniture is offered at lower prices than ever. Banders. 88 Georse ' '"' The tent niissioii in 'South Dunedin will be dosed Jiext Friday evening with' a tea and social meeting. ""Mr 'Mortimer'"will be 'the preacher to-morrowT" ' -■-••- • '•• ■■—• ■»

A meeting of the Qtagq Timber Tards and Saw-mills Industrial" Union" of 'Workers will hi held in the Trades Half on Tuesday evening. ■■--...,.

Messrs Myers, dentists, are back new build"lg, .Octagon and George street.-^Advt.] The G'lenroy- Primitive Methodist congregation hold a concert, in aid of the new organ fund, in 1 he Army Hall, North-east Valley oil .Wednesday evening, 21st irist., ; when a, first-class programme' of ' vocal and instrumental items, including a 'telling dialogue will be rendered. Refreshments will be provided during i [he intervalVof.'the concert, The public and subscribers are reminded thai" the first conceit of the 'Bhiiharmonic Society >yill be held in His Majesty's Theatre on Jphiirsday, 22hd inst.,, when a first-class programme wilfbe submitted, including ' Overture dj Ballp,' (by special tequest}', frorn RpuwA Tsphaikpwslfy, and Eclesberg; The ypcafists'arg iijJss Nelji'e 'Miinh and jMx A. R, .Thomson, ienor. frqm InvercargiU. The eppcerfc promises "th be'Sp to the high: standard achieved' in the past, and intending "subscribers are} requested to: send in :their names to the 'secretary, Mr E. ; C y .

A drag will leave -Manse street o'clock tot-morrow for Oufcram Glen. r (he drag usually leaving for Brighton will not I run. '" V'; ]

Tussicura fqr coughs and cold has, stood the test of time. £lo3] Ex-m<nnbers of the Cayexsham PubLc School are requested to attend a meeting to be held in the Gymnasium Hall on Tuesday evening next.

'The Anglo-N.Z. Cycle Company's closingup sale a great success; Still further con-, cessions; customers who have been unable •io-receive aiienuon owing to the rush are ; invited tq call again. Shop, to, let.—CAdvt.] ' • Jewellers and picnic 'will be held at Quarantine ~ Island on Anniversary Day. The' s.s. Maherio 'will leave' wharf at 9.3Q a-m. -

Mountain King Asthma Powder, proclaimed the best powder known. See testimonials. '

\f_lQ9] Rev. R. •Mackie will preach in South Dun.edin Presbyterian Church to-morrow. • The evening; subject is 'Temptation;' ' " Nev? cpfis just opened, in'stylish patterns of tweed and rich caracul; price,' from 15s 6d to four guineas,. At T. Ross'^-^fAdvt.] A free, health talk to ladies will be given in the Bank of New Zealand Chambers oh Tuesday afternoon, 20 th inst. '",■ ' '* The annual meeting of the Ancient Order of foresters, United Qtago District, will be held at Roxburgh on Thursday, 22nd'inst. Duncdin by South express on Wednesday morning. '" ■■••*'• - '-■'■

Mr Hendy, hair specialist, invites inspecr tion new combs, hair nets, bnishware, etc. just landed. Latest hair frames, all colors, Is.—[Advt.]

Mr Kyme announces that his new. musicreading class eminences on Monday evening at the Young Women's Christian Association Moray place. • •'

Weakness of the stomach, indigestion, liver and kidney troubles. Nothing equals Tamer Juice. [-109] W. J. Williamson, dentist, 63 Princee street (opposite Brah)bwaite's). Telephone 653.—[ —Advt.] The annual meeting of the Southern Football Club will be held in the Forbury School Gymnasium on Monday evening. For stiff joints, lame back, contracted muscles, nothing beat's Witch's Oil.' " [lo9] Received for the Farquharson fund: Sympathy, 20s; S.E, and R.; 3s; X, lsT ' '

Mr F. J. Heatley will occupy the platform at to-morrow evening's meeting of the Dunedin Progressive Society, and will deliver a lecture entitled 'Human Ideals.' The colonial secretory of the New Zealand Farmers' Union notifies farmers and advertisers in another column that the only official paper of his'organisation is the' 'Farmers' Union Advocate',' published weekly by the head office of the Union' at Wellington. Tamer Juice does not gripe, but is a sure laxative and liver tonic'. ' ' " ' [lo9] The Bay View road, frorq Anderson Bay road, will be closed for traffic from the 20th inst.

If you want a phpfco taken out of a group or an enlargement' from an old photo, try Battillo., George street, who a specialty pf this kind of work. Outside'work by arrangement. Telephone 2,0i3.-{Advt.] " Mr Arthur Lilly will give an organ recital at St. Mary's Church, Mornington, on Tuesday evening.

The examinations conducted by the Education Depajrtment on behalf of the City and Guilds of-London Institute and the' Board of Education, South Kensington, will be held at various centres about May and June next respectively. Particulars are advertised.

Messrs Myers, dentists, are back in new building, Octagon and George street.—TAdvt ' A meeting of ladies interested in ambulance and district nurse work will be held on Monday evening to make final arrangements for Ambulance Saturday, the 24th inst. Tamer Juice gives you vim, makes vour step elastic, and you feel well. ['lo9] The Railway Department advertise excursion fares in connection with the Waihola regatta on the 23rd inst. and the Easter holidays.

The Mutual Help Terminating Building Society will hold a free and'premium loan appropriation, of £SOO each, in their office on Tuesday evening, 20th insti At Hanover street Baptist Church to-mor-row the usual service will be held in the mcrninsr, when the Rev. W. Hay will preach upon ' The Qbspured Doctrine of the Second Advent.' In the afternoon a flower service will be held for young pfcople, com.mencin,g promptly at fbreo. Those who attend "are kir.cly asked to bring flowers with'them. In the evening a service for the people will be held, when the pastor will preach upon Chapter 11. of 'What Ah the World's a-Seeking.' The Woodhaugh Methodist Sunday School has completed another year of successful work, and the church services to-morrow will be in celebration thereof. To promote proper assimilation of your food take Dr Ensor's Tamer Juice. [lo9]