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Evening Star, Issue 14307, 4 March 1910, Page 4

The Methodist Conference decided yesterday to e.-uablish a fortnightly denominational paper, to bo published by a Christchurch linn and edited by a Christchurch minisier. It is boped to issue the first number in two months. The Conference authorised a committee to make the necessary arrangements with the 'Outlook' for discontinuance of the existing agreement.

Tho Catlins-Tahakopa Railway League met at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, when thero wero present Messrs W. F. Fdinond (in the chair), T. K. Sidev, M.P., I). M. Fca. L. R. Wilson, and .1. 1!. Waters. .Mr James Christie, of Houipapa, wrote asking the League to make arrangements for the date of their visit to the line. Tho matter was left in the hands of the secretary (Mr Waters) and the president (Mr C'iiisholni) to arrange a date. Tho Minister of Public Works (the Hon. R. M'Kenzie) wrote simply acknowledging receipt of tho League's resolution urging him to push forward the Houipapa Table Hill section, and asking that the number of men on tho lino be substantially increased. The secretary was instructed_ to ascertain how far the 'building of the line was authorised, and the number of men employed. Tho Minister of Labor has given instructions to the Labor Department to take proceedings against the men who ceased work when loading cement on theWanaka, and also against tho secretary ol'_ the union, on a charge of aiding and abetting.

In the ciifo Albert Ernest Louis Bertling v. John Norton, proprietor of the newspaper ' Truth,' a claim for £2,000 for libel concerning the plaintiffs management of the- Municipal Zoo at Nowlow n, application was made at before the Chief Justice, this mornuiglhat the case be heard before a i-pooial jury. Tlic application (euys a I'.A. wire) was granted. At a short meeting of t!u> Ocean Peach Domain Board held yesterday there were prcr-ont Messrs J. H. Hancock (chairman), 0. Hodges, J. E. White, W. Burnett, and J. H. K. Hamel. A letter was received from Messrs Lawson and Clark (Warru.imbool, Victoria) elating that hot salt-water baths erected there "were about half a mile from the sea. and were heated by an 8 h.p. engine. The question of adopti/ig hot-water' bat lit) at St. Clair has occupied the attention of the Ocean P-eaeh Board for some time, but before entering into any definite scheme the Board have thought it advisable to obtain particulars from thoje places that have adopted it.

An interostini? breach ol' promise case which threatened to see light in the Wellington Supremo Court, and in which the plaintiff is a Wairarapa lady and the defendant a resident of Ilawke's Ray, has boon settled, apparently with satisfaction to jill parties, by the payment of £250 by the defendant.

The Gasworks Inquiry Committee will meet attain on Tuesday night, but if is not at all likely that they will come to a decision in time for the Council's consideration the fallowing niu'ht. Their report, it is understood, will be presented to the Council at the ordinary meeting a- fortnight later. "This sort of thing must be put a stop to, for I won't stand it from counsel, no matter how eminent their position at the Bar. When I was at the Bar counsel would never dream of taking such liberties with the Bench as they do nowadays." These remarks were made by Mr .Justice Edwards in Auckland on Friday, the ' Star ' reports, in reply to an application by junior counsel that a. case —Carroll v. Wynn—shaukl be postponed, because his learned leader was not present, and the junior had not seen the papers in the case, and practically knew nothing about it. "If." His Honor continued, "counsel are so busily engaged that they cannot attend to their cases, they must hand their briefs to someone else. That is what we used to do, and niany's the pound I've lest in this way. And it's absolutely obvious that the brief in this case could have been handed to someone else. This is a final warning; if it occurs again, and one party is represented, I shall proceed with the case. If there's no one present the case will be struck out." The Port Chalmers School Committee met hint niu'ht, Mr .(. M'Lachlan presiding. The Chairman rejmrted that the daily Bible-reading classes in the school were, largely attended. The Rector bin ted that the roll number was 444, average attendance 415. Mr Gill, inspector of secondary schools, had spent a day in the school, and expressed himself pleased with the work of the secondary department The attendance- shield had been won once by Standard I. (99 per cent.), and twice bv Standard 111. (98 and 97 per cent). It 'was resolved to ckxje the school for the Easier holidays on the 23rd inst.. and to reopen on the 29th. Mr J. Mill and Rev. W. M. Grant were appointed a visiting committee.

An old Maori lady to whom Lord Kitchener w.is pointed out. wliiJst the special train was alongside the Mercer (station on the route to Auckland created a slight diversion by delivering a voluble address of welcome in her nativetongue, accompanied by some characteristic "reticulations, but in the absence of an interpreter the exact purport of her remarks could not bo conveyed to the FieldMarshal. Her dramatic style of oratory was, however, not lost on the hero of Khartoum, who drily observed, amidst laughter, that a lady with such a great command of language ought to be in Parliament.

Tho Hon. Dr Find lay informed a reporter that a list of new justices of tho peace supplementary to the main list was now l>el'oro Cabinet," and he hoped to get it through its'various stages in tho next few weeks. "I think." he added, "that when the appointments contained in the supplementary list aie made the requirements of New Zealand with regard to justices will be adequately served."--Napier telegram. Surf-bathing in the early mornings has become, quite popular at St. Clair, but it.is not entirely non-productive- of little differences. The people of Dunedin have the reputation oi being extremely reserved, and such a tiling as mixed bathing does not appeal to" the great majority of tho fair sex, and it appears that owing to the beach being monopolised by tho men, they are unable'to enter into any of the plea'sures attendant on surf-bathing. A lew, who claim to be the pioneers of the earlymorning dip, are rather disconcerted, aiid arc anxious that steps he taken to have certain sections of the beach reserved for their use.

Mr Snowball has a number of recommendations to make for the improvement of tho present working conditions at the abattoirs. They will be considered by the General Committee, who will pay a visit to the works on Monday. A feature of the train journey on the South lino through the new Caversham tunnel is the comparative absence of the smoke nuisance. Possibly the fact that tho tunnel is a double one, and consequently so large, has something to do with this, and it will be a welcome state of things to those who are obliged to travel to Wingatui on race days in open cattle trucks. ■"

Our Invcrcargill correspondent wires: Public interest in the possibilities of raising the sunken Waikare has been considerably enhanced by the fact that Mr .1. K. Jamieson has engaged _ the cervices of tho deep-sea diving expert, Mr William May, of Melbourne. It will be remembered by those who take an interest in these- matters that May recently accomplished a diving record of 186 ft, a performance that- has never been equalled by any other diver in the world. It was May who removed the specie from the illfated Cathcrton in 'Torres Strait many years ago, and still more recently performed similar work at the wreck of the Klingiimito on the Three Kings. A competent, stall' will accompany Mr May to tho wreck on Tuesday, and' it will then be seen whether it 'will be a question of salving the cargo or refloating (lie Waikare as a whole. Tho 'Southland Times' states that a- few days ago Mr M'Quarrie, of Mason Bay, Stewart Island, picked up a bottle containing one of those messuges from tho sea which are becoming frequent. The message contained the names of some passengers of the. Athcnic. and a copy of the programme of a concert held on board that steamer, and had been dropped overboard in the Indian Ocean on February 10. 1909, so that the " message " had taken just over twelve months to drift some thousands of miles to Mason Bav. This bay seems to he the point to which the ocean currents converge, and it is thought that if tho heath could be thoroughly examined some interesting finds would be. the result. A party of young ladies, who formed part of a' George street firm picnic party, met with a boating accident at Broud Bay on We-dnesdav. They were, endeavoring io make fast'to a small wharf, when the boat they were in wink in about 3ft of water. All were speedily brought ashore. With characteristic enthusiasm Dr Truby King, lecturing in Bums Hall last night, exclaimed: " Kvorv gentleman should take off his hat to the Right Hon. John Burns, and every lady curtsey to him." He had just read'an extract from the speech made by that gentleman at the tuberculosis exhibition in Jiondon. Much of the extract, anil especially that portion of it referring to " best-front parlois,"„ has as distinct application in the colonies as at Home, wherefore it is given here: "You find the register at the hack of the grate always shut, it ought to be always open. You find the window never down. . . . But there is

another reason, and I suffered from it wJicu 1 was a boy; I mean the fetish of the workman's 'best front parlor.' It was a museum sacred to the landlord, the insurance inaii. the undertaker, and the doctor: where children dared not enter, and where even father was a trespasser; and the chic: function it discharges is to overcrowd the other portions of the dwelling. If the fetish of the front parlor were broken up it would add 25 per cent, to the breathing space of every workman's home.

The Mayor of Port Chalmers was informed by telegraph (his morning that the Governor proposes to pay a farewell visit to Port Chalmers, arriving at the upper railway station at 7.36 p.m. on the 30th insl., nixl icaving next day at 11.30 a.m., after inspecting tho new; dock. To-day was Bet down for the quarterly meeting of the Chalmers Licensing Committee, but as there wa« no business of anv kind to bo .dealt with no meeting was held.

You're furnishing a house? Well, visit 121 George street for estimates; reliable furn'.turc moderate price. Sanders.—[Advt.]

C< « .!-! Brengle. one of the Salvation Army of!ie: i = from London, who is a noted author, preacher, and revivalist, will conduct a campaign in the Salvation Army Fortress, Dowling street, from SalunT.iy, the sth (to-mor-row), till Thursday, 10th The colonel will be accompanied by Brigadier Albiston, Major Carmichacl, and Ensign Cooke. The latter is 6 sweet singer and an able musician from America.

Morris, photographer, Princes street, shows some beautiful portraits on sepin. Rome new color sketches on view in vestibule. Telephone 859.—[Advt.] Our sludio is on tho ground floor. We use tho most perfect paper and up-to-date mounts, and the charges of the Acme Photo Co. are moderate. Telephone 965.—{Advt.] A glass of Speight's beer at lunch and supper is better than all the tea in China.— [Advt.] Visitors to Macandrers, Broad Bay, and Poriobello will find tho time-tables of t.s.s. Waikana and s.s. Moerangi on page 1 of this issue.