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Evening Star, Issue 12950, 13 May 1908, Page 4

How should Empire Day bo celebrated ? was the question that engaged the attention of a meeting of citizens last evening. The officers of the cadets favored a field clay, by which the boys could have some hard work in the open. The meeting, however, did not appreciate the idea. Mr W. Scott said tliat the Executive of the School Committees' Association were opposed to holding a field day for two reasons. The first was that it was not a suitable* time of the year for manoeuvres, and the second was that it was not a suitable way of recognising Empire Day. Colonel Smyth agreed that some ceremony was absolutely necessary for a function of the kind" A field day, he added, was excellent work for boys, but it would not be in keeping with the occasion, which should be of a ceremonial nature.

Tho sixty days' graco which was given the Taieri County Council to decide what power they require has expired, and members of the Electric Power and Lighting Committee yesterday expected to hear the result. They were surprised to learn, however, that through an over'sighfc nothing had been done to have the seal of the Coporation affixed to the contract, and for the present the Council are no further ahead.

Mr A. H. Cockayne told the Otago Institute last night that the blueguni scale pest in Canterbury, which up to the end of 1905 threatened the complete destruction of valuable plantations, had been effectively checked, and was within measurable distance of being exterminated by the ladybirds imported from Australia by the Agricultural Department. This was one of the most interesting experiments in inseclj control ever undertaken anywhere. This particular kind of ladybird found a vulnerable spot on the scale and simply sucked it dry. Our common ladybird was no use for that purpose, being simply an aphis-cater. A statement has been made that strong pressure was being brought to bear on the mayor to contest the Caversham seat against Mr T. K. Sidey, M.P. Seen in regard, to the same this morning. Mr M'Donald said he had not the slightest intention of opposing Mr Sidey or anyone else. " I have quite enough to do with my civic duties," added His Worship, " without thinking of seeking parliamentary honors." St. Kilda is anxious to have its main streets lit with electricity. An application for the same was made to the Electric Power and Lighting Committee yesterday, when it was decided to refer it to the Tramways Committee, who, it is expected, will have the lights affixed to the tramway poles. What is said to be the largest order ever given in the Dominion for almanacs was completed by the representative of an American firm this week, when a wellknown local business house gave an order for £250 for an almanac for 1910. Tho Slaughtermen's Union last nisht decided to affiliate with the Political Labor League, and also with the Otago Labor Day Association. Colonel Loveday, the officer commanding the whole of the New Zealand Cadets, is at present inspecting the cadets of this district. When the movement was started in 1902 there were 4,026 cadets in the Dominion. Now there 15,000. As from the Ist of June an important change will he made in the train arrangements, and it is as well that the public should_ note it,. The train now leaving Dunedin at 5.27 p.m., arriving at Palmerston at 9 p.m., will leavo Dunedin at 4.25 p.m., reaching its destination at 7.45 p.m. t'i consequence of this alteration the train leaving Dunedin for Port Chalmers at 4 p.m. will leave at 3.50, and the train from Port to town will also bo timed for ten minutes earlier. On Tuesday nights the train leaving Palrnerston for* Dunback at 9.15 nil] leave at eight o'clock, Teaching Dunback at 8.35. hj

Mr E. G. Allen, M.P., hopes to address the electors of Chalmers at North-east Valley next week. There was a very large attendance at the Dunedin Choral Society's practice of ' Naaman,' held yesterday evening. In tho absence of the president, Mr P. R. Sargood (vice-president) congratulated the members in the renewed interest shown in tha society. He stated that the performing members' roll now stood at 181. Mr Sargood expressed his pleasure at the presence of the soloists, Mrs E. C. Le Cren, Mr Harrison, .and Mr Jago, and apologised for the absence of Mrs Hudson. Ho mentioned that there was a possibility of the next work being performed in conjunction with Mr Charles Saunders, the English tenor, who, with his wife (Miss Clara Robson, contralto), proposes to tour the Dominion in the course of the next few months.

The police require an owner for a lady's rolled gold watch.

A statement was made by a member of the Electric Power and Lighting Committee yesterday -that twenty heads of water were not giving 1,000 h.p.—that it was taking more like thirty heads The electrical engineer has been asked to eiva a report on the matter. &

Members of the Otago Institute were reminded last night by Dr Hocken that it was the fortieth birthday of that body it having been founded in 1869 with Judee Ward as president. Dr Colqnhoun suggested that the Committee should try to widen the Institute's sphere of interest, ine old ]oke as to the Institute consisting of persons who were concerned only about birds and beetles could, of course, bo laughed at; nevertheless it would be wise ho thought, to take a livelier interest in the modern history of mankind, and to that end he would very much like to see the library enriched by the addition of the now standard works that were not within the reach of ordinary people. The Moxnrngton tram traffic retmms for April of this year show a considerable increase over those for the same month of the past two years. This year the age-ro-f?to^ ngs weTe £714 12s H, as against the 1906 -eceipte of £590 5s sd, and last years receipts of £677 14s 3d. The canvass for the Karitane Babies' Homo made by members of the Society for the ,.Promotara of the Health of Women and Children at Port Chalmers yesterday was a marked success, over £l6 being collected. The canvass is not yet completed. It has been decided to keep the chrvsa.nthemu.rn show at the Garrison Hall open to-morrow afternoon and night. It is estimated that it will cost the City Corporation about £1.950 and the Roslyn tram Company £450 for the work of laying the Neuchatel asphalt in Rattray street, it now having been recommended by the Works Committee thai the Neuchatel be laid down on both sides of the street and between the tram rails. At present the work is being confined to the north side of the street. The present recommendation is to proceed as far as Scoullar and Chisholm's corner, and down the south side of Rattray street. Another demonstration of the method of preparing humanised milk was given by Mirso M'Kinnon at Karitane Home this afternoon. Henceforth, we understand, the demonstrations will be given only on th-s regular days. Tho framed address which was presented to Mr Robert Glendining as a mark of appreciation for his gift of the Winter Gardens to the City is on display in one of Messrs Brown, Ewing, and Co.'s windows. Hie addrefs bears a colored picture of the Winter Gardens. At this afternoon's meeting of the Benevolent Trustees, attended by Messrs W. T. Talboys (chairman), J. M. Gallaway, H. LvCren, and W. E. S. Knight, twenty-two applications for relief were dealt with. Tho secretary reported that James w! Edwards, an inmate of the Home, died on the 12th inst., aged seventy-one. The rock that divides the sewage tunnel from the sea at Lawyer Head will not bo blasted away till Saturday afternoon, and then only if conditions are favorable. The delay is necessary, because patches of cement in the sower require to dry thoroughly before there is a chance of salt water reaching them.

Mr Talboys reported to to-day's meeting of the Benevolent Trustees that he had seen Mr Stevenson, chairman of the Charitable Aid Board, in reference to Mrs BlakeJoy, who had appealed to the Benevolent Trustees for relief. The circumstances of this case—that of an indigent consumptive with two children—have already been ventilated in the Press. Mr Talboys reported that Mr Stevenson declined cith'er to meet the Trustees or a sub-committee from that ijody, Riving as his reason that he had done all that lay in his power for Mrs Blakeley. Mr Stevenson said that the lady was at liberty to send her two children to the Rock and Pillar Sanatorium. Mr Gallaway asked if Mr Stevenson proposed to bring up the matter of putting up a consumptive sanatorium for the district before his Board at the next meeting. Mr Talboys replied that Mr Stevenson had the subject in hand and " verymuch at heart," though whether it would be considered at next meeting <of the Board he could not say. The matter then dropped. _ During the hearing of a oaso against six Chinamen charged at the Port dialmere Court this forenoon with working in their Gardens at Sawyers Bay on Sunday, April 26, a question of identity was settled in &n unexpected manner. George M'Dermid, from whom the Celestials rented the gardens, appeared in court and endeavored to impress the Bench with the purity of tbe motives that had unintentionally resulted in a violation of the law. Gathering force as he proceeded, he at length challenged the accuracy of the charge-sheet, 6aying that Yun Chow was not the name of any of the defendants. The sergeant of police was equal to the occasion, however. Standing up, ho called on Yun Chow, who immediately answered to hisnamo, thus clearing up an incipient complication of Chinese nomenclature. * It is proposed by the Electric Power and Lighting Department to bring another lino from Halfwav Bush across Maori Hill to Woodhaug'h for the purpose of supplying the quarry, the paper mills, and the North-east Valley with | lighting and power. In the course of his address to the Otago Institute yesterday evening I)r Hockcn made reference to and showed the petition to Queen Victoria praying for the separation of the South Island from the North, speaking of it as "that shameful petition." Mr A. Bathgate said that he remembered the events of the sixties that led up to the preparation of the petition. and he was glad to bo able to recall the fact that the movement was not in any sense serious or general. An energetic and noisy coterie clamored for separation, but their numbers were fow, the population were not In sympathy with them, and •the petition did not get beyond Dunedin. ' The Brief,' prepared by the law students of Otago (editor, Harry Cohen ; business manager, Cyril Croker; printer's devil, Gordon Grant), is a new publication. Editorially, we are informed, it is intended to supply a long-felt want in the form of various little items concerning the profession. It is personal and laughable and bright—three things, we understand, th.it | most folks delight in. Poem and rhyme and 6kit are blended with more serious mailer. 'The Status of Barristers' is discussed by Mr L. T. Burnard. and Mj J. B. Callan has an article on ' Examinations." "I he Brief,' we hope, will have a long life.

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Our new range of ladies' stockings is far and away the finest for variety and value ever.shown here./ Pure wool cashmere hose in plain and assorted ribs; ladies' sizes from Is to 3s 6d, children's sizes from 6d to 2s 6d. Also the finest assortment of embroidered and lace ankle stockings in lisle thread, cashmere, spun silk, and pure silk. At T. Ross's importer of English-made hosiery.— [Advt.j TheDunedin Bowling Green will be closed for play on Saturday next, 16th inst. Carbolised Rose Tooth Paste (Wilkinson and Son, chemists), purifies breath, whitens teeth prevents toothache. Is 6d, 2s 6d pots. -TAdvt.] J. Waters, chemist, 20 Princes street, is the place for the best hot-water bags at lowest prices. It will pay to look at our' stock.—[Advt.] " Blectrograph," the new portrait.—l have recently installed the most up-to-date electric plant in the Southern Hemisphere, in order to take portraits at any time, night or day. The fighting and general effects are superior to daylight, as can be seen by specimens on view at studio. Frost 78 George street.—[Advt.] A concert in connection with Pioneer Lodge, 1.0. G.T., will he held in Club House, Moray place, to-morrow evening. Extra value in ladies' coats at the D.I.CSealette coats, 49s 6d, 59s 6d, 63s—worth 59s 6d, 69s 6d, 79s 6d; black caracul coats, 29s 6d, 35s 6d, 42s—worth 39s 6d, 45s 6d, 555; black silk coats, 49s 6d, 59s 6d, 65s—worth 59s 6d, 69s 6d, 755; fifty three-quarter tweed coats in fashionable tweeds, 19s 6d—worth 29s 6d to 39s 6d.—[Advt.]