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Evening Star, Issue 14315, 14 March 1910, Page 4

Ono wharf laborer- charged another in the court to-day (says a Wellington P.A. telegram) with persistently using insulting words to him. The evidence showed that tho accused repeatedly used the words “ Hullo, Amy Bock,” when addressing the informant. The Magistrate fined tho defendant 20s and costs (£2), in default seven days, holding that calling a man the name of a convicted criminal was insulting and calculated to provoko a breach of tho paaco. This new moon hafe brought exception* ally high spring tides along the Otago coast. Yesterday a series of lagoons, front and small, extended along tho beach rom St. Clair to "Lawyer Head, and access to tho surf was impossible abreast of St. Kilda. In tho evening the pent-up water broke through to the sea. with a roar, near the Grand Pacific Hotel, and in doing so cut a deep channel. To-day tho site of tho lagoons is moro or lees, a quicksand, and it may be ns well to walk these places cautiously during the next day or two. Ono man sank in over his knees thia morning.,

A horse attached to a hansom cab was coming down. High street about noon today, and when turning the comer into Princes street it slipped and foil; Two ladies were in tho cab at tho time, and the sudden jolt caused one of them to put her hand through the glass window, which was broken. No further damage was done. Tho Benevolent Trustees comprising Messrs Talboys (chairman), Tapper, Knight, Larnacli, Callaway, Loudon, and Moller—met this afternoon and dealt with twenty-two applications for relief. The Secretary reported, that during tho week one inmate had left tho Benevolent Institution. A bonus of 21e was voted to Nurse Lyall for extra work done in tho absence of another nurse. Mr Tapper mentioned that the Institution’s share of the Hospital Saturday collection, with subsidy thereon, would amount to £55.' Ho (submitted. a list of articles, estimated to cost about £25, that should bo purchased out of this looney. Tho list included armchairs, air cushions, flower vases, flower howls, and pot plants and clocks. The Chairman expressed tho opinion that some of tho items were more ornamental (ban necessary, and Mr Larnach declared tho selection of articles as “a little startling.” Mr Tapper explained that the ornamental articles would only absorb a very small proportion of tho cost, and the selection recommended was ultimately aproved. Members of the City Council this morning paid a visit of inspection to Pacific Park at St. Clair, which (lie Domain Board sngegstod should bo purchased by tho Council. No official opinion was expressed on tho point. The whole question will come up for consideration at the next meeting of the Council. ft is understood that Mrs Jofcoatc, tho owner of Pacific Park, ha.'s through a solicitor asked Mr Jonathan Rhodes for an indemnity against injury to her property as a result of tho cut that is now being made in the sandhill at St. Clair. Meanwhile the middle cut is extending. On Saturday it was in as far as the brow of the mound. A few more days’ progress at tbo .same rate, and the mischief will ho beyond mending by injunction or indemnity. The Supremo Court cannot restore a rand dune. But a rabbit can destroy one, or start tho natural forces that cause the destruction. This was pointed out in our article on Saturday, and if a concrete fact is required in proof wo would refer the incredulous to the big hole on tho Brighten road, just past the refreshment rooms Rabbits there began to burrow; in time tho wind got to work; and now there ir> a rift extending over perhaps a quarter of an acre, some 20ft deep or more, which threatens to cost tho Taieri County Council a lot of money. Tampering with windblown sand in position is like the .'citing in of water. The all-iniportaii: thing is to do something; at once. A Gisborne P.A. message says that a Maori gill, Ivy Pomaro, aged eighteen, confiuitted suicide at Tohiga Bay as too result of a love affair. Tho average daily attendance at Iho Carnegie Public Library for tho week ended Saturday, March 12, was 625 persons. The members of tho M.IJ, OJdfeLows, Druids, and Foresters Societies meeting in Caversliaan united for tho first tiino in a church parade yesterday morn mg. Tho weather was favorable to an excellent muster, and the Mornington . Band led tho procession to Wesley Church, Cargill road, whore tho pastor, the Rev. W. Origg, spoke on ‘Our Individual and Social Responsibility in tbo Light of Christianity,’ and eulogised tlm tenets of the Orders represented before him. During the service Pro. W Cole sang ‘The Way of Peace.’ After the return march the brethren paused resolutions appreciative of the band’s sendees, and complimentary to the pastor and officers of tlio church visited. Tbo Gasworks Inquiry Committee will meet to-night, when they will draw up a report on their finding. Mr R. .English has forwarded them a letter in ngard to statements made at the inquiry. On Saturday evening a man was found in an upstairs room of Smith and Smith’s, promises. Ho was drunk, and had made the place very filthy. To-day this man was fined for drunkennons. The subinspector then asked Mr Bartholomew, S.M., whether ho could make an order against the defendant for tho cost .ofi cleaning up tho place. His Worship rcV. plied that on tho present proceedings ho could not grant such an order, but a charge might be laid for mischief. Members of tlio Charitable Aid and Hospital Board visited on Saturday the now nearly completed consumptive sanatorium at Palmerston. Some time ago boring operations wore undertaken on the property to seek for water, and by good fortune sufficient lias boon discovered to constitute an adequate supply, which will obviate the expense and difficulty of bringing in a supply from some distance. With the approach of winter there is an increasing demand at the Government Labor Office for work, and in order to find employment promptly for the applicants the officers want to got full particulars of employers wanting workers. The department has notified the local agent that nine good tunnel men are wanted for the Otira tunnel.

The Telegraph Department advises that cablegrams for the Fiji Islands, to be posted at Suva or Levuka, will now bo despatched by tho steamer Anna, leaving Suva at midnight on Tuesdays, and Levuka at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays, calling at Cicia, Mango, Lomaloma, Taviuni, Rabi, and Labasa. Tho first annua] meeting of the Men’s Mission House will be held in the Town Hall tomorrow afternoon. A cordial invitation is extended to the public. Wanted to buy, gents’ clothing, new or second-hand; highest price; bona fide announcement. M‘Kcnzic, Arcade. —[Advt.] The work is distinct, and cannot bo imitated. The charges being moderate, people continue to visit the Acme Photo Co., George street. Telephone 965.—[Advt.] Morris, photographer, Princes street, shows some beautiful portraits on sepia. Some new color sketches on view in vestibule. ’Telephone 859. —[Advt.] A glass of Speight’s beer at lunch and supper is better than all the tea in China.— [Advt.]