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Evening Star, Issue 14788, 1 February 1912, Page 4

'lT.'j Uiiivi'i'hity Senate have decided to increase the salary of the registrar to £SOO per veai* ami to make examiner.'.' fees more uniform. A special meeting of (he Senate will he hold in Wellington a fortnight after the reports of the Home examiners are received. The nest gemral meeting of the Semite v ill he held in Auckland on January 18, 1913. Th.' executive of the South Island Bands' Association last night considered the protest of the Woolston Band against the revised d risum in the quickstep competition. The evident:-.' of Mr C. J. Gall, representing the Woolston Pant!, was taken ; and .Mr W. F. Webley, who added un the detailed figures, stated that the additions were wrong as announced on the show ground. This was due to the. fact that a considerable noise was going on ™ tn3 I'oom when the points were being added up. It was decided to dismiss the protest, ;md return the deposit made by the Woolston Band. The executive placed on record their high appreciation of the work done by .Mr T. Motrin as adjudicator, and of his criticisms. He is to be asked to select the test pieces for the Ihmedili contest. Members of the Tramways Committee of the City Council will pay a visit of inspection to-morrow to the pavilion at present being erected at Si. Clair. They contemplate making provision for additional window space, so as to give more light and make the interior of the pavilion more attractive.

The Cjiiui-Lerly criminal sittings wijl commence here on Monday week. Sn tV.r the only cases set clown for hearing are three charges of theft against Harold Jamie-son and'a charge of false pruU :;-.;<:s against Lindsay Templeton Hell. The civil sittings will commence a week later.

The Tramways Committee will recommend the City Council In grant a donation towards fitting up a gymnasium for the tramways men in their quarters at the car shed.

XV. V. Oldmnn left Chrifitehurch at 4.45 this morning on his attempt to lower the unpaced cycling record. A wire received by the local Secretary of tho New Zealand Athlotio and Cycling Union (Mr I). F. M'Kay) advised that Oldinan reached Timaru at 10.52—.schedule time.

Mr Paul in telephoned at 2 p.m. : Squally S.W. to S.E. wincta, and rain on tho east coast. A cyclone is passing to the eastward of New Zealand. Barometer rise.

The following gentlemen have been elected ehainiß-n and representatives of tho various committees on the executive of the Dunedin Kxpansion League : Mr S. .Solomon. K.C., Membership and Finance Committee; Mr J. F. Arnold, Trades and Industries Committee; Mr A. Moritzson, Country Development Committee ; Mr K. K. Stark.. Natural Resources Development Committee*; Mr Gcoive Fenwick, Tourist and Amenities Committee ; Mr J. 11. Wilkinson, Educational Committee: Mr ,1. Jnglis Wright, Publicity Committee ; Mr Peter Duncan, Legislation Vigilance Committee. This, will now enable the. executive of the league to hold their first meeting, which has been called for next week, after which tho league will doubtless make a commencement of their various phases of work. Several of the members of the league purpose making the trip to Central Otngo next week.

His Honor Sir Joshua Williams will hold a sitting in Chambers to-morrow morning. The Supreme Court vacation is now over.

To the many activities of the Young Women's Christian Association in Dunedin it is now proposed to add a Sunday afternoon Bible class. .Miss Seaman, the secretary, says: —"This is not intended to draw away those who arc attending regular church schools, either as teachets or scholars, but to meet the need of many lonely girls in our city who are not connected with any religious body. To all such we extend a warm invitation to come and join vs." A .strangers' tea will foliuw tho class. Sister Clare, who has lately returned from India, will conduct the opening class. The message from Auckland to the effect that the butchers are bringing down tho prices of meat may lead some of our Dunedin residents to wonder whether a reduction will ako take place here. Ajl inquiry discloses the fact that the Auckland prices have been for some time past considerably higher than the prices in Dunedin, though stock is cheaper there than in the South, and the reduction now promised merely brings Auckland prices to somewhere about the level of the prices in these parts. This being the case, a general cheapening is not to be expected in Dunedin ; still, pxices have a tendency to drop a little, and as a matter of fact in several lines tho Dunedin butchers have eased a. bit in favor of 'consumers without advertising or saying anything about it. The Pofito Court business was light this morning, only one case of drunkenness having to be'dealt with by Mr Widdowson, S.M. The accused, who did not appear, was a first offender, and was convicted on the evidenco of Constable Hall, and fined 103, in default 24 hours. The Mayor (Mr W. Burnett) has just spent three days at Waipori. He says that a great amount of work is at present being carried out there, and that it will necessitate Mr Stark (the City Electrical Engineer) spending a good deal of time at Waipori, so as to give the work in hand his personal supervision. Just now gangs are busy lining the tunnel, building a dam, and extending Lake Luelln another 21ft. " There is enough water there," added His Worship, "to run all

An unusually largo number of tourists from Australia are visiting the Cold Lakes this season. There are quite a number of Australians at Queenstown at present. Speaking at tho Buxton " social" at Tcuuika, tho Minister of Agriculture said that the General Election had been fought, not so much against the Liberal party as against one man in it. One would think that from what th? Opposition said they were already in power. The Opposition used to charge the Government with giving "spoils to victors," but now they had changed that phr.iso to suit themselves —it was now "fruits of victory." If they did have the good fortune to get into power thoy would do so under the very best auspices, an tho Dominion had never been in fiucli a prosperous- condition as today. 'Die country had never been in a better financial position, yet, notwithstanding that, tho people had allowed themselves to be worked up by the w-althy to demand a change, and to endeavor to move from ofli.ee a Government that had done more to build up personal liberty, political freedom, and material wealth than any Go-

vcrnmnit that had ever held the reins of office in this country. He contended that less time should b. a , wasted in petty faultfinding by the Opposition, ond more earnest attention be given by their to the, r.-al work of helping the Dominion to progress along tlui bed. lines. The Rev. 0. K. Beecrofi, a well-known Wcsleyan clergyman, who has been recently on a world tour, has been giving some of his impressions to the 'Fcilding Star.' Speaking of his visit to Jerusalem, Mr Bceeroft said that what, annoyed him most was a large gap made in the city wall to enable Kaiser William and his retinue to pass through. The Kmperor of Germany was not content to go through the gate, but must needs we his great influence with the Sultan of Turkey to have the wall broken through. Such an act of vandalism tilled the lover of the city with disgust. The whole land is_ a desolation. It is not flowing with milk and honey now. Between Jerusalem and Jaffa there are some beautiful groves of olive trees and vineyards, but in other places the land is denuded. The people live just the same simple life as they did in scriptural days. Mr Reccroft saw the women grinding at the mill, men ploughing with the ancient implement, drawn in the old way, the shepherd leading his little Hock, calling them by name. The sheep and goats may be seen browsing together. The sheep were the ugliest ho had ever seen. .Mr Mario tv rose at the Drainage Board meeting to-day ant! said : We must go into the question "of the wages of the men in out' employ. The City Corporation have inevcHM'd tfio wages of" their employees, the Harbor Board have done the same, and wo will have to face it. I move that the Works Committee be instructed to report on the question of making the minimum wage 8; 6cl per day. Mr Arkle said that (Ids was spoken 'about at the election. Mr Mallow: Yes. and this motion is in accordance- with what wis said then. Tho motion was agreed to without dissent. The Public Works Department has accepted the tender of A. and T. Burt (£5.2151 for the installation of an additional water supply at Seacliff Mental Hospital, reports the Press Association.

Weather or no —wc really do not know what to advertise this changeable weather, but yon can rely on it we have all sorts of men's wear for all sorts of weather. Prove it for yourself by coming along to Wallace's, the dav-ahead outfitters, Princes street.— [Advt.]" Mr Morris, photographer, has opened a new business, named the Garden Studio, at the corner of George street and Regent road [Advt.] No lady should be without Martin's Apiol end Steel Pill,-. Sold by all chemists and stores Uu-.uiiihout Australasia.—[Advt.] Speight's ale and stout are acknowledged by the Dominion public to bo the best on the market.—[Advt 1 Ladies recommend Martin's Apiol and Steel Pills. Sold by all chemist:; aud stores. See you get the genuine—[Advt.] Do you invest in houses? If so, you'll improve the value of your investments by gelling W. Fraser to paint, them. He uses only pure pninis m:d oils, whicb not only results in the houses lusting longer and looking better, but in the painting itself having to"' be done less often. Charges lowest. Write Box 57, or 'phone 2,97;!.—fAdvt.]