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Evening Star, Issue 12875, 26 July 1906, Page 4

The Slock Exchange clock started the heart of the City by striking twelve today. This, however, was merely a preliminary ring. The works are not vet in order for regular chiming. The St. Kilda Methodist Junior C.E. Society held their anniversary social in the St. Kikki Town Hall last evening, when there was a large attendance of parents and children. A splendid programme was rendered, and short addresses were given by the Rev. C, IS. Eaton, Messrs E. Aslin and D. C. Cameron, jun., and Miss B. Cooper. The annual report showed the society to have a membership of fifty-two .and that some good work was being done by the members. The vice-president (H. Brook) and the secretary (E. Bezett) conducted the meeting. The meetings are held at ten o’clock each Sabbath morning, and add greatly to the interest of the children in the Sunday morning service. Games were indulged in at the conclusion of the programme, and a very pleasant evening was spent bv all present. While tfee Minister of Education was in the City he was interviewed by Messrs D. R. White, G. M. Thomson, and Cohen (representing the Advisory Committee of the Kindergarten Association), who brought upder his notice the unsatisfactory manner in which present arrangements with the department operated. A capitation of 30s was granted, but the practical effect had been to imperil their finance, as it was impossible to keep up anything like the required attendance, especially in winter time; the attendance, unlike that in ths primary school, being .entirely voluntary. The teachers went to tho .children’s homes and used all the moral suasion Jhjsy could, but it was not always effective. .On the other hand, the Government had very properly insisted on a general raising of salariea, which now totalled over £250, against £l5O under the old regime, while an additional liability of at least £65 a year had been incurred through the opening of a third branch at South Dunedin. It was thought that the subscriptions raised publicly would suffice to meet all incidentals as rentals, furniture, material, etc., if the Government raised the capitation to £2, so as to ensure the payment of the now scale of salaries. The Minister gave a sympathetic reply, stating that li© fully recognised the good work done by this Association and the Jib.erality of the people of Dunedin in supporting OTSb .a laudable institution. . -A- concert was given last night by the residents .of Wingatui, with the assistance of performers from town. Songs were rendered by Mr Pickard (station-master), Mr and MpsE Hunter, SPGregor, ami Messrs J. and B. Lilly, , P9W air shaft that is being sunk in •“®. ••&hgatji .mine is down more than lUUtt now, and the company expect to very shortly make a connection with the main dnye, thus opening up new workings, which will give an ample output of coal „ The Oama.ru Borough Council have (says it,- ) decided to put in operation the common lodging-house by-laws, which apply to all hoarding-houses wherein more thsn two lodgers reside. A# officer is now engaged seeking >h 6 registration of a?l such establishments and preparing a report' as to sanitation, air space, and" means of fire escape. The by-Jaws providing for aJlthase safeguards will be enforced, and a fee of £1 per annum levied for registration. Mr Maurice Joel has resigned his membership of the Chamber of Commerce on account of his retirement from business. The resignation was accepted, at » »:'mm held yesterday with great regret, jujj'the warmest appreciation was expressed for the services rendered to the Cnamoer especially as theif representative ru ’ the Otago Harbor Board- The mcrewy (Mr Barr) submitted a draft of the ennuai report to be presented at the annual meeting to.be held next week. Mr J. W. Henton was nominated for the position iff pyeaidnnts mod Mr Walter Gw as vjeerpegsiyefgt

The Gtago Dock Trust yesterday appointed Air A. Slinger inspector of works at a salary of £6los per week. The Christchurch ‘ Press ’ Company intend erecting a large building to overtake their growing requirements at the corner of Worcester street and Cathedral sov.are —the site at present occupied by the Tourist Office and other places beyond Warner’s Hotel. The building will probably be five storeys high, and a large quantity of new machinery has already been ordered. A valuable innovation has been instituted by Mr Angus Marshall, director of the Technical College. It is the formation of a horticulture class, and though practically only in its recipiency, it, already • numbers twenty members, of whom fiy© are ladies. The course'of study will embrace the entire radius of practical gardening, each branch of the subject being dealt with on a scientific basis. The syllabus is most comprehensive, and includes a, study of the seed, the root, the stem, the leaf, use of leaves in climbing, flowers, and fruits. It is intended that students shall be given practical experience in th© Gardens on Saturdays. Tho regular meeting of the class is held every Wednesday. . The St. Glair School Committee met last night; present—Mr T. j. Walker (chairman), and Messrs J. H. Hancock, R. Duncan, C. L. Hawley, Sherwood, and J. T. Brain (clerk). It was resolved to, accept with thanks the offer of Mr M. Cohen to lecture at an early dal*, for the benefit of the school funds, on ‘Richard John Seddon —His Life and His Work.’ A fortnight’s holiday after the examinations (now on) was decided upon. Various works were authorised. The head-roaster, Mr Langley Pope, reported the at tendance as’about the same as usual. The Trustees of the Auckland Savings Bank intend to arrange for a local Bill being introduced in Parliament in the forthcoming session authorising them to make a special donation of £IO,OOO out of the bank’s accumulated profits to the Education Board of Auckland. The donation is for the specific purpose. of assisting the Board in erecting a suitable building for carrying on the work of the Technical College. A good deal of the litigation at th© civil courts is caused through there being no definite or written agreements of contracts entered into, and presiding magistrates have frequenDy urged more attention being given to written agreements. At tlie Magistrate’s Court at Auckland recently Air C. 0. Kettle, S.M., said h© would urge, as he had done oyer and over again, that business men should have their business done in writing. The lack of this safeguard causeii a lot of trouble. After years, memory became weak, and people forgot what was said, and it mad© it difficult for him, or anyone presiding, to know whether he was doing justice between the parties. If agreements were put in writing, and books properly kept, a good deal of expense in litigation would be saved. Otago’s unsatisfactory census return© are referred to by the Cromwell ‘Argus,’ which says:—“ We know .of a huge number of the best setDers in this district, also dozens of fine, able young men, who have left here for other parts, the bulk of them going to tho North Island, and for what reason? Because they could not get land, in many instances, and ip oDiers, when they bad land, because the great cost of getting their produce and stock to a market made them disgusted ; and the end of the migration "is not yet, for if the Otago Central is not pushed on vigorously they wjll still leave, and who is to blame?” In the case of Florence Manlovo, who was brought up at Christchurch on Monday for sentence for bigamy, Mr Justice Dennirion said that, in view of the state of health of the accused, he would simply impose a sentence of three months’ imprisonment without hard labor. Mr Small, the Prison Gate representative, who was present, pointed out, through the Crown Prosecutor, that if the woman were sentenced without hard labor, she would be kept by herself, and it would be worse for her than if she had been sentenced to hard labor. His Honor said he was informed (hat sentencing the woman to imprisonment without hard labor was less merciful than sentencing her to hard labor. He would recall the sentence, and sentence her to three months' imprisonment with hard labor, with a special recommendation to the gaoler that she was to be treated .cppridei^ticm. An adjourned meeting of the City Licensing Committee was field to-day. In the absence of Mr H. Y. Widdowspn, S.M. (who is ill), Mr Joseph Braibhwaite was elected chairman. The other members of the Committee present were Messrs Crust, Arklo, Small, and Burnett. The adjourned applications of John Collins (Gladstone Hotel) and Cathexine Josephine Haydon (Central Hotel) for renewal of their licenses were granted, the Committee having been satisfied that necessary repairs had been effected. Mr Stilling appeared for Airs Haydon and Air Hanlon for Collins.

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Society held a basket social lari’ evening, Mr Wm. Taylor (president) occupying the chair. The following contributed musical items : —Atessrs C. Frye, Coombs, A. Boyd, G. Frye, iun., J. Blackie, and Wm. Taylor, Miss Leamon and Miss Donaldson. Mr Jackson, jun., strpnlied the music for the dance. The chairman read a reply from Airs Seddon and family acknowledging the society’s telegram of sympathy.

Mr i Morris, artist in photography, give? special attention to portrait studies m bridal costume, wedding' groups, etc. Long esperi euce, combined with a most perfectlyequipped studio, enables him to render tbs texture of light draperies to the best possible advantage. See specimens, studio. Princes street,—[fidvt. j . "

LojJgc Geljbic Masonic Ball, July 27. Mr Hendy is now booking hairdressing appointments, and kindly requests ladies to arrange bookings at earliest convenience. Telephone 902.- ! -{Advt.'] * We understand that the sale of tickets for the benefit of the widows and orphans’ and aged Fremasons’ fluid has been remarkably and that the attendance at the Garrison Hall tjiia evening- may be expected to be exceptionally large. The Governor will preside. Mr Aft red H. Burton will be heard in. his ‘Spacious Times of Great Elizabeth.’ Some charming music, vocal and instrumental, wili be given, and the Freemasons, in regalia’ will form a procession. It shonld be noted that the Committee make a point of the audience being seated at ten imputes to eight.

The Mutoscope is one of the latest American novelties. It is after the style of the kinejnatograpb. but the advantage of the ipntoscope is that for the nominal charge of Id thirty or forty thousand photographs cap bo seen in a picture which takes three minutes to show. The pictures are of the very latest, and of course include' views of the Fmco disaster. Tbe mutoscope will open on Saturday next, in the shop, 170 Princes street south (next to Searle and Bberhardt’s). A coimtry visitor, who wishes to have his anonymity preserved under the title of ' Qmdam,” yesterday sept, through Mr Garrow, a donation of £4 to the Hospital Extension Fund-

Cold in the head, influenza cured by taking Tussicura ; stimulating and effective. £lo3] _ Otago v. Taranaki at the Caledonian Ground ,<m Saturday. Kick-off three o'clock.

The annual hall in connection with Lodge Celtic, E.C., will be held in the Choral Hall to-morrow evening.

Constipation cured by taking Dr Epson's .Jiiice ; one tn&l will prove its worth.

„ , .. r v . £lo9] Tbe drawing of numbers in connection with the military carnival art union will take place in the Choral Hah on Saturday nighh Holders of tickets will be admitted oh producina them at the door.

C<‘Pstjpation responsible for more suffering apd diptress than any other. Tamer Juice will cure. [lo9] To-morrow night, in St. Peter’s Hall, Cargill road, a smoko concert will be given by the Dunedin Amateur Swhnnpng Club to welcome A. M'Millan, the Scottish longdistance champion swimmer. The road fo health paved with good digestion.—Bragg's Vegetable Charcoal, ipyaluable for indigestion, diarrhoea, fevers, etc. Powder, 2s, 4s, 6s; biscuits, la, 2s, 4s; all chemists. Bregg, Wigjpppe street, London, England .—£Adrt.j