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Evening Star, Issue 15047, 2 December 1912, Page 4

The Hon. James Alien reached Dunedin by the second express on Saturday for a Short spell at home prior to his journey to England. He will remain in Otago till next Tuesday.

In the Police. Court this morning a first offender (who did not appeal-) and John Ileid were each fined 10s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. This morning a deputation from the Otago University Council, consisting of Mr T. K. Bidey, M.P., Mr John Robert?, C.M.G., and Mr W. Downi© Stewart, accompanied by Mr Chapman (registrar) interviewed the Hon. James Allen on' the question of the veterinary college. The conference was in private. The result will be reported to the University Council The esplanade a.t St. Clair is already so far forward as to be available as a pleasant walk of an evening when the workmen are away. Up to this morning 126 ferro-con-crete piles had l>een put in position, driven into the solid, and anchored on top with a line of railway iron securely fastened into the bank. The piles already stretch from the end of the Forbury road to the eastern edge of the pavilion, and the backing is befng rapidly filled in. The average daily attendance at the Carnegie Public Library for the week ended Saturday was 593 persons. The books displayed at the library this week will be on industries, in connection with the Industrial Exhibition. The following magazines have been added to the library:—'Broad Arrow,' 'Scots' • Pictorial,' -'Tatter,' ' Economist,' ' The Motor,' ' English Review/ 'Musical Herald/ "Ehe. Delineator.'

The term of the following members" of Sl e VPf er House appointed by Sir Joseph Ward in January, 1907, will expire next month.—Hons. J. Anstey, J. Ban-, J. B GaJlan, W. E. Coffins, H. H. Gilmer, C. M. Luke, J. T. Paul, O. Samuel, J. R Sinclair, G. J. Smith, W. H. Tucker. The Hon. R. A. Louglinan was appointed for seven years in May, 1907.

o'£ *« mon thly meeting of the St. Clair fechool Committee those present wero Messrs Ruhen, Speight, and Watson and ■Mesdames Wilson and Routledge. The head master reported 182 on the roll, with an average attendance of 92 per cent. It was decided to close the school on December 19, and reassemble on the first Monday in February. Judges were appointed lor the sewing, singing, recitation, and gymnastics. The secretary was. instructed to write and thank Mr James Grav for donating a gold medal for the dux o'f the school. The lady members of the committee were appointed to solicit donations tor the prize fund. The Hon James Allen informed a representative of the Oamaru 'Mail' that he has instructed his departmental officers to prepare plans and specifications for additions to the Home for Defectives at Otekaike and he hopes to be able to approvo thereof before he eaves for England, so that the work may be put in hand immediately. Who does the cargo pillaging? Many persons would lilt© to know, and if all concerned would immediatelv take as mu"h pains in inquiring as Mr*H. O. Campbell did m regard to a case of glassware that passed through his hands perhaps something definite would be found out. The case in question was landed at Dunedin from New ioxk, consigned to Temuka. The owner discovered on opening the package that som e of the glaeswaTe had been replaced with bricks. Mr Campbell sent for ono of the brides, took it to Mr C. A. Shiel, of Forbury road, and had it positively identified as the make of a Hudson River firm. The evidence is fully satisfactory that the pillaging was done in America. If all the truth were known we think it would be proved that very little pillaging is done in New Zealand. The 4th Regimental Band, under Lieut. S. S. George, played at the St. Clair second beach yesterday afternoon, and delighted a large crowd of people. The programme included ' Boston Gommandery' (march). 'Largo in G' (Handel), 'The Heavens are Telling,' 'Vesper Bolls' (morceau). 'War Mach of the Priests' ('Athalie'), 'Days and Moments' (hymn), and 'The Cavalier' (march). At the conclusion of the programme the band played tho ' Dead March in Saul' as a tribute to the memory of the late Lieut.-col. 0. S.- Reeves, who was a warm supporter of the Garrison Band.

The Mayor and councillors of Timam intend coming to Dunedin on Wednesday or Thursday of this week with a view to inspecting the Mornington Council's char-a-banc. The Timaru delegates, if satisfied with the working of the hill borough's machine, will doubtless order one for the residents of their town.

The Botanic Gardens presented an animated scene yesterday afternoon, a, big crowd taking advantage of the fine weather to spend it in the open air. The St. Kilda Municipal Band occupied tho rotunda, and gave one of their best programmes. It included ' Howitzer ' (march), ' Verdi's Works ' (grand selection), ' Sandon ' (hymn varie), 'Hallelujah Chorus,' ' Under the Union Jack' (quickstep), 'Spanish Chant' (air varie), and 'Oriental March.' A feature of the programme was the inclusion of a number of entirely sacred items. Conductor Smith wielded the baton, a.nd the items wore much enjoyed. In tho morning the band played the Druids' procession to First Church. The wool season is said to be backward owing to the broken weather. It is not good for the sheep to have its heavy coat taken off in the middle of a oold snap, and most of the spring has been "snappy " The quality of the wca-1 is expected to'be good, and the outturn, it is anticipated, will be satisfactory. Christclimdi and Tnnaru have already held their first sales, but the amount of wool forward was small Dunedin holds a sale about tho middle of December, when the quantity for sale will probably be smaller than usual. Invercartfdj, which ordinarily lias its first sale a day or two after Dunedin, will in all likelihood abandon it this year to th« scarcity-of wool forthcoming. The second <- nristcnurch sale is expected to be Jieaw as shearing is i n full swing in the Amn'ri and Aoi-th Canterbury country. Prices for this useful product are expected to atone tor any possible lack of weight consequent on the, season. Three steamers have left -New Zealand with wool—practically all trom tho North. These consignments are designed to get m early at Home by catching the January sales. Tho real 'rush 0 f wool export will come after Christmas, then will the t>ig ocean .carriers come in force to the ports of tho Dominion to lead raw material for the hungry mills abroad

In the year to June 30 last the De Beers Consolidated Mines sold diamonds to th 0 value of £5,465,888, and after covering expenses writing off £678,050 for depreciation, providing interest and sinking debenture, and paving i*s M,150 taxation, there remained a'net £2,344,379 of which £1,925,000 ™ paid m dividends. Ther 0 was brought into the account £623,020 from the previous year, and £165,081 in interest and rents, and the balance carried forward was £1,042,399. That k the sort of monopoly Mr Hughes would like to nationalise. The company have reserved funds exceeding £1,500,000, and 10,416,429 loads of "blue ground" on the floors valued at £7,508,802, besides diamonds at cost price £471,393. It is a wonderful property altogether.

The Dominion meteorologist (Rev. D 0 Bates) intends visiting Dunedin before'the end of the year to establish a new meteorological station on the Gite given bv the Citv Council. The instruments (reports our Wellington correspondent) are beinc provided by the Government. The. department has 60 years' records of climatic conditions in the City. The fhvt observer was the Rev. Dr Bum?, Presbyterian minister; then observations were taken by the late Sir James Hector, and for about 40 years by Mr H Skey. The. latter's Jong record of continuous observation, is only'exceeded by the late Mr H. I. Jones, "of Wanganui. who performed that service for 60 years. ' There appears to be a. decided shortage of labor in Waikouaiti Counfcv. At. Saturday's meeting of the County Council it was reported that during the month three separate contracts had been advertised for roadmetalling, comprising ;m extent of I.oooyds, and not one lender had been received m response. There seemed to be a great dearth of the necessary labor, and in particular of men to break stores. It was decided to advertise for fresh tenders, to see if the work could not be taken up.' At Saturday's meeting of the Waikouaiti County Council a letter was read from *he secretary of the Otago Motor Club stating that the club had donated £5 towards a temporary bridge for motor traffic over the T&redale stream. After discussion as to tlv. advisability of erecting a temporary bridge at ihe spot mentioned, it was decided that the council meet on the spot tomorrow to make the best ararngements posible. In connection with a permanentbridge over the river at. this point, the chairman reported that-, in company' -with Cra Kilpatrick and M'Gill and Mr P. Lee, M.P., be had waited on the Hon. w' Fraser (Minister of Public Works) as a deputation, and the Minister had promised to give a £ for £ subsidy up to the. full amount—£l,4oo.

A quarterly meeting of the Dunediu licensing Committee was held this morning. Transfer of the. license of the Shamrock Hotel from Mary Campbell to Chas. Bun-ell (Mr Lang in support) was granted. Permission was given (at .the request of Mr Hay) to change the name of the Hotel Middlemarch to Oriental Hotel, in order to avoid confusion with the hotel of the same name at Strath Taieri; and in. connection with the Farmers' Arms Hotel letters of administration granted to the late licensee's widow (Hannah Bace) were produced, these constituting her rinht to carry on the license xintil the nest annual meeting of the committee. The members of the committee present were the chairman (Mr YViddoweon, ,S.M'.), Messrs A 11.- Burton, I. Green, W. Burnett,, A. V. Sullivan, and W. Belcher.

It is pleasing to be able to record an instance in this district (states the Dargaville ' Times') where extraordinary keenness to secure military training has been shown. Last Saturday, three young men •belonging to a company on the Hokianga side rode 25 miles to attend a da-ill which was being held. that day at Kaihu, and after putting in the day drilling rode the same distance home again, Tho reason i hey assigned for their action was that they were anxious to secure instruction, and as they are living at a place which is noi, visited by a drill instructor, they resolved to go to where a drill instructor was to bo found, and hearing that a drill was to be held at Kaihu, they made the journey as above recorded. They further stated that there are a dozen Territoriala and Cadets at tho same place who are equally anxious to be drilled, and who would guarantee, to attend regularly if they could obtain the'attendance of an instructor. It is such an out-of-the-way place, however, that there would be great difficulty in an instructor making the desired visits.

Apparently the Adelaide Ironmoulders' Society regard diligence as a crime fo>they have expelled a member (one of the ironmoulders employed by A. Simpson and •Son) for the offence of earning too much money. Some months ago the firm offered a stove moulder a bonus of 9d, in addition to his weekly wages of £3, for all waehinocopper castings he should make in excess of 50. The man accepted the offer, and as a beginning made between 60 and 70 castings a week, but the executive of the Moulders' Union had previously decided that 38 was a fair week's work, and in August the secretary (Mr Spaffard) wrote, asking the man to reduce his output to 55, and, incidentally, of course, to bring down his earnings to £3 3s 9d. The moulder, a loyal unionist, vainly endeavored to persuade the executive to alter their decision, and last week he was expelled from the union.

"Our Own" wirc<; from Auckland:—The news that the strike has been officially declared off was received with expressions of unfeigned joy by the business people at Waihi, who state that th 6 lifting' of tho strike bar should result in a cheering and optimistic spirit, and that Waihi should gradually recover its old condition of progressiveness and prosperity. It is recognised„howevcr, that the majority of the returning Federationists will havelittle or no hope of obtaining employment, and that the Teai effect of the strike has yet to make itself known to these people. A number of men who havo felt some moral obligation to the federation, and who have refrained from objectionable tactics during the progress of the strike, will be able, no doubt, to return to work. It is ako recognised that now both factions must, as it were, rub shoulders in tho main street and other parts of the town. Any attempt to show resentment or indulge in '" booing " or "scabbing," however mild it may be, must precipitate a. grave situation. The fact that fully 400 workers are now employed at Waihi must prove a tremendous factor in regord to the possibility of eve:i a fair proportion of the strikers obtaining wcrk. The news lias caused a mild sensation in the town. If is understood that the police force will not be weakened. In reference to the proposed introduction of electrical power to Port Chalmers from Waipori, the Port Chalmers Marine Laborers' U::ion have passed tho following j resolution:—"That this: union endorse the action of the Borough Council in resolving to bring electric power to the town for lighting and industrial purposes; and further desire to express the hope that the electric power will soon be brought here, j so that the much-needed reclamation of Mussel Bay, on which depends tho expansion of the industries and the progress of Port Chalmers, may be carried out at the earliest possible date." Sound advice on the duties of young married women was given by Lady Islington at Auckland on Tuesday night to the young , folk assembled in the Town Hall concert chamber to bid farewell to her (says the 'Herald'). Her Excellency said that when young people married they should realise the tremendous responsibility which rested upon them in the upbringing of their-children. Hor impressions of Sew Zealand led her to think that the children of lyew Zealanders wero apt to be spoilt, and not sufficiently impressed with the necessity for discipline. Children shoidd be brought up to have reverence for things good beautiful, and they should be brought up with discipline. When the speaker was a. child she had considered that she was very strictly treated, but now she realised that that discipline had been for tho best. It was noticeable that children who had been strictly brought up grew up to be. good men and women, whesfcas ispoilt children werjo always grumblers when they grew up, grumbling because their parents had not taught them this or had not taught them that. Apparently the Adelaide Ironmoulders' Society regard diligence as a crime, for they have expelled a member (one of tho ironmoulders employed by A. Simps'on and Son) for the offence of earning too much money. Some months ago the firm offered a stove moulder a bonus of 9d, in addition to his weekly wages; of £3, for all washing copper castings he should make in excess of 50. Tho man accepted the offer, and as a beginning made between 60 and 70 castings a week, but the executive of the Moulders' Union' had previously decided that 38 was a fair week's work, and in August the secretary (Mr Spafford) wrote, asking the man to reduce his output to 55, and, incidentally, of course, to bring down his earnings to £3 3s 9d. The moulder, a. loyal unionist, vainly endeavored to persuade the executive to alter their decision, and last week he was expelled from the union.

There is reason to believe that the moose liberated in the West Coast Fiord district are thriving and breeding. A member of the mining party which visited Dusky' on Friday told a ' Southland Times' reporter that at Supper Cove they found the clearest traces of the moose. A track finds the coast at Supper Cove, What it was ever made for the party were at a loss to imagine. They supposed that it was an overland route from Manapouri. The tra-ck is well made, with culverts and bridges where required. Near the shore is a well-con-structed hut of galvanised iron, which does not seem to have been put to any use, and on the beach a large serviceable boat lies bottom up, the paint peeling off in the sun. What_ purposes all these conveniences were intended to serve is not clear, but members of the party who explored the track for a mile, or .two were charmed with the beauty of the surroundings and with the picturesque river, two or three chains wide, which gurgles and splashes alongside the track. They were "lieenly interested to observe fresh marks of the cloven hoofs of the moose, wliich could not have been more than 10 days old, and among the larger impressions smaller replicas wero distinctly visible, showing thatat least one calf was with the older beasts. This is the latest evidence supplied of the success of the attempt made to acclimatise the moose, and sportsmen will be keenly interested to learn that the animals seem to be doing well. The s.s. Invercargill returned to Bluff from Dusky Sound on Saturday morning (cays the Times'). Among her passengers were a number of gentlemen interested in mining propositions in the Fiord district. A mining expert from Melbourne, representing a Melbourne syndicate, wliich, in co-operation with, a group of lnvercarguT investors, is carrying on prospecting operations in Dusky, also made the trip, and brought back with him a collection of samples. He leaves by the outgoing boat from Bluff to-da-y. Of course, no announcement of a public character can be made at.this juncture, but from his conversation with a member of the party a. reporter gathered that there is an excellent, prospect of the "proposition'' proving highly attractive, and as the Melbourne syndicate- commands ample resources of capital, it is quite on the cards that the West Coast Sounds will shortly be the scene of mining enterprise on a ecale of magnitude never attempted before.

A cockatoo, fully 50 years of age,, is still living, and in good" feather, in Ponsonby (says the Auckland 'Star'). It is the .-property of Ma' E. Buckley, of Brown street, having come-into the possession of that gentleman's father 48 years ago, at which time it was a. fully-matured bird. It never has any corn or other bird food, but eats what is provided for the members of the famiJf,

Mr Baulin telephoned at 2 p.m. to-day:— S.E. to S.W. winds, and rain showers. 'Tramway Fares and Their Basis' -was tho (subject of a paper read before the Municipal Tramways Association of Great Britain at their recent annual conference at Stratford, by Mr M'Combie, manager of the Hull tramways. In the course of the discussion that followed, Mr J. Dalryraplo, manager of the Glasgow tramways, remarked that, simply put, Mr M'Comhie's message to the conference was that tramway authorities should give the travelling public the longest possible ride for tho lowest possible paying fare. Mr Dalrvmple proceeded to describe the successful working of Glasgow's system of fares. Mr M'Combic's suggestion was just what thev had been doing in Glasgow with most gratifying results. What had been the outcome of their policy of fares in Glasgow? It meant that to-day they were carrying nearly a million more passengers every week, while in their gross revenuo they were not suffering to any appreciable extent; consequently, looking at the change from that point of view, it had undoubtedly been a thorough success. The late Mr John Kennedy, an American banker, who died in New "York recently, left an estate valued at 14,000,000 sterling. To his widow he left 2| millions, and he made tho following munificent charitable and educational bequests:—Half a million to the Board of Church Erection for the Presbyterian Church'in the United States; £320,000 to the Presbyterian Board of Aid for Colleges and Academies; £499,000 to the Board of Foreign Missionaries of the Presbyterian Church; £499,000 to the Board of Home Missions; £310,000 to the Presbyterian Hospital at. Now York • £468,000 to the Public Library of New York; £499,000 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art at New York: £333,000 to tho United Charities Organisation; £397,000 to Columbia University: £168,000 to New York University; £310',000 to the Robert (American) College at Constantinople 5 and £166,000 to the Charities Organisation for the School of Philanthropy of New York. The last-named bequest 'is for training workers in the various departments ol social service. The school was endowed •by Mr Kennedy, and some 350 students are now attending a. highly-practical course of lectures for the improvement of social conditions. Mr Kennedy was a distinguished American Scot, and a brother of the Rev. Dr Kennedy, ex-Moderator of the United Free Church .of Scotland.

Early this morning two Harbor Board employees working on the reclaimed ground near the site known as Morgan's Baths discovered the remains of an infant, these having been sucked, up by the dredge and carried on to the ground by the line of suction pipes. The remains were removed to the police station, where a preliminary examination was made by Dr Gordon Maodouald. His opinion was that they were probably those of a fullgrown male infant, and had been in the water for two or three months.

Just opened, new photographic goods; best brands of plates, papers, mounts, etc., always in stock. At Gill's. Frederick street; teL 1,144. Agent for Harrington, N.Z., Lid.— [Advt.] The Burns Club Choir will give a concert m the Maori Hill Coronation Hall on Wednesday m aid of the Maori Hill Methodist Sunday School Other performers will assist.

Chiaroni Art Depot now showing great variety of new pictures and art goods, which make suitable presents. Lowest prices [Advt.] r The Pahuerston and Waiherno Agricultural and Pastoral Show is to be held on Friday. There ca.i be no better portraits done than those exhibited by Mr Morris, of Garden Studio, 554 George street, on left-hand side of the Zenith vestibule, in Princes street. Appointments made in Zenith Portrait Studio or telephone 2.279.—[Advt,] Mrs W. J. "Waters sends us £1 Is for the Erndge fund. A glass of Speight's beer at lunch and supper is better than all the tea in China —f- A dvt.l

Wilkinson and Son, chemists, for Xmas gifts: perfumed greetings, sachets, Is 6d; sprays, scents, smelling bottles, soaps, etc.— [Advt.]

The Acme Photo Company, Gecrge street, are making quite a new show of exquisitelyfinished photographs. Country visitors are delighted with their portraits. Tel. 965.—[Advt.]