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Evening Star, Issue 14966, 28 August 1912, Page 4

A poll on the, proposal for the amalgamation of the Borough of Hoslyn with the City will be taken on Wednesday, September 11. The Amalgamation Committee are having a thorough canvass made of the district. Members of the committee of the .Middle j ■School, Invercargill, forwarded their re- 1 aignations yesterday to the’ Southland j education Board. Steps will be taken to. | call the householder® together to elect an- j •other committee. It apeans that the head: ! master of the school transferred the first j assistant from the charge of the Sixth | ■Standard to the charge of the Fourth j Standard when the school resumed after the holidays. The assistant appealed to j the board, who appointed a commission I to hold, an inquiry into the matter. The I commission took evidence, ami reported I their finding lo the board. ft is slated that, the resolution of the board directed the head master to reinstate the first assistant to the charge of the -Sixth Standard. A memorial service attended by the local ministers of religion and the Mayor (Mr D. A. He Mans) am) councillors was held last night at Port Chalmers. Earnest speeches appreciative of the late General Booth's personal worth and world-wido work were delivered by Mr De Mans, (he Revs. U. C. Goertz (Anglican). IV. Grant (Congregational). A. Whyte (Presbyterian), and F. F. Head (Methodist). Brigadier Jago led the, meeting in prayer. It was a.a impressive service. That the matter of public baths for the City has not been last sight of is evidenced by the. discussion which took place a.t the meeting of the 1 loyal Life Saving Society last evening. The City Council were represented by Crs Green and Duncan. Dr Colquhoun and Cr M‘Donald, both prominent suppoiters of the scheme in the past, spoke strongly on the matter, and the meeting expressed unanimous opinion that public tepid baths in a central position in the City are an urgent ivecpfisity. Mr Paulin telephoned at 2.30 p.rn. ; Heavy rain, with snow on t.he high levels. after 24 hours. Gales from N’.W. to SAY. may be expected. The Klectric Power and Lighting Com- j mittee of the City Council recommend 1 that no tender lie accepted for the con- | si ruction of the Benviek-Waipori road, the lowest tender received being much in excess of the estimate. Detectives Connolly and Lillie, effected tHe arrest this morning of Arthur Robert Cooke, who has been wanted for (wo years on a. charge of deserting his wife at Kalian g a ta. The committee of the Dunedin Horticultural Society have appointed the following judges for the. spring show ; —Cut. flowers. Mi IT A. Hamel; decorative and floral, Mr Treeeder ; narcissi. Mr A. Tvow. The following were appointed u Narcissi Certifying Committee :—•Meflsr® X. Gordon. J. Blair, H. L. Darton. D. Tannock, A. Miller, and K. A. Hamel. At the local Coronation Hall this evening the St. Kilda Municipal Band will bo given an official welcome to the district. This course was decided on by the borough council last night, and the hope expressed that local resident* would turn out- and give the band a lit arty reception. At the memorial service to General Booth last night at Port Chalmers an apology from a borough councillor for absence/was couched in the following terms; —"ln these days, when the greatness of a man is mostly computed from the dimensions of his bank balance, and when even mauv of the avowed servants of God acknowledge satisfaction in contemplating ample emoluments accompanying the call to service, it is refreshing and inspiring to turn to the lifo-stoiy of such a man as (he late General Booth. He was a great man—one. of the world’s greatest,—and he forgot himself in his love for his fellows. His greatness is to-day acknowledged the world round, but he did not devote t hat greatness to enriching himself on his brother's misfortune, nor did he use it, to stand on the house tops and cry condemnation to the weak and the erring. He got, right down amongst human misery and ■degradation, and, putting his shoulder to the wheel, he made it his life-work to turn men from the degrading influences of selfishness and sin. upwards'to the beneficent, experiencing of righteousness and peace. He practised what he preached, and to-day the work! is mourning in his death the loss ot one of if,s greatest benefactors. Hi? heart was tuneu to sympathy with the world's suffering ; his soul was great, and from it shone the love of God unto the uplifting of the world. His life and work eloquently testified to the reality of the Brotherhood of Man and the Fa’therhood of God. The world is the poorer through the death of General Booth." During last month two vessels were taken into the Otago dork, and five into the graving dock, the charges amounting to £212 19s sd. The English mail® which were despatched from Dunedin via Brindisi on July 11, and via Maples on July 18. arrived in fyondon on August 26. Tim former mail was eight days late, bin the latter arrived on its due date. The Maori Hill Borough Council held a. special mooting last night to consider tenders for furnishing the new town hall, an offer of land, and the financial position of the borough. ine offer of laud for street purposes was held over for consideration at the next" meeting of the council, and the financial position was discussed in committee. The following tenders were adopted ; —Forms, J. .1. Marlow. £22 10s; two tables, A. and J. Watt, £3 10s: chairs, J. Edmond. £B 14s ; two office chains. Scoullar anti Chisholm, £3 13s 6d; cork linoleum, Moliison and Co., £l2 ss. Tender® for radiators and the electric heating of the hall were also accepted. A motion by Cr Li-1 lie to discuss the financial position in open council was lost, the mover and seconder (Cr Beeby) being it.s supporters. Our Tapauui correspondent wires : --'['ho school committee will meet shortly to ionrider the complaints of Dalvey settlers. The Government are inspecting; mining reserve® and tailingsat Waikaka and Waikaia with a view lo reforesting the game after clearing them of noxious weeds and bedige plants. It will be bojic months yet before (he Waipori triplication is completed. T'he work of raising Lake Lnella has been stopped for some time now owing u> t| le bad weather, but it is expected that work there will be resumed shortly. Steady progress is being made with the tunnel. The only likely candidate mentioned so far for the vacant Bell Ward seat in the City Council is Mr W. A. Scott. Nine young men arc summoned to appear before the Magistrate on Friday to answer charges of failing lo vender personal service as Territorials. Mr Morris, photographer, Garden Studio, 554 George street (near St. David street), exhibits some beautiful ladies’ portraits in sepia on left-hand side ot the Zenith Studio vestibule, in Princes street. Appointments made in Zenith Studio, or telephone 2,279.—[Advt/] Speight’s ale and stout are acknowledged hy the Dominion public to be the best on the raajket.—rAdrt.l

Funeral of the late 'Mr George Taiaroa tomorrow. —The t.s.s.Walreka will leave Dunedin wharf for the Maori Kaik on Thursday, the 29th hist., at 11 a.m., leaving the Kaik on return journey at 3.30 p.m. Return fares: From Dunedin, Is 6d: from Broad Bay and Portobello, 9d. —[Advt>,] Ladies. —Doreseka Toilet Cream keeps the skin smooth and dear. Agents, Wilkinson and Son, prescription chemists.—[Advt.l The Acme Photo Company. George street, are making quite a new show of exquisitelyfinished photographs. Country visitors are delighted with their portraits. Teh 965, —[Advt.] Just opened, new photographic good*; beet brands of plates, papers, mounts, etc., always in stock. At Gill's, Frederick street; tel. 1,144. Agent for Harrington, N.Z., Ltd. —[Advt.]