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Evening Star, Issue 15075, 6 January 1913, Page 4

The average daily attendance at the Carnegie Public Library for the week ended Saturday was 486 persons. The Drainage Board gangs have resumed work in and about Dunedin. St. Clair reticulation is finished, also part of Maori Hill. Men arc now at work on the avenues that connect Bay View road with the Porbury crescent—the last source of pollution of the infamous Bay View road ditch. Another gang are draining the area between Macandrew road and the Bay View road, on the west side of King Kdward street. The Vogel street job is a remodelling of the City sewerage system in that locality. The Valley is also receiving attention, tiie drainage of the eastern side of the Valley being in process of completion. Tbs undertaking immediately ahead is of the Dalmore township, tenders for this being now invited.

Will the ban of the Amateur Athletic Union fall on Duke Kahanamoku if lie is given the house- for which his friends have been working? This question is brought up by a statement in. a recent Honolulu ‘.Star’ as follows “ Duke Kahanamoku, the young South Sea Islander who did such remarkable swimming in the Stockholm Olympics as a member of the American team, is to bo handsomely rewarded for his splendid worlc. _ A public subscription has been raised in Honolulu to present- him with a cottage and some land near his favorite beach at Waikiki, and the fund has attained ample proportions. Theatres raid bathing pavilions have given benefits toward it, and the world’s swimming champion is likely to get an imposing residence. Watermen on this side- are wondering whether the gift will be allowed by the Amateur Athletic Union to affect tho Hawaiian’s amateur standing. In foreign countries such material recognition of an athlete's prowess has often passed unchallenged.” A large number of the public assembled at the Pavilion Grounds, .St. flair, yesterday afternoon, when the Caversham Band occupied the rotunda for the first time since the opening of the pavilion. The programme was as follows March. ‘Wairoa’ (Lithgow) ; overture. ‘Rav of Gold ’ (Villiers) ; march, ‘ Sculac Abbey ’ (Brady); selection, ‘.Steadfast and true’ (Frost); anthem, ‘Jerusalem’ (Mason) : sacred song, ‘The Better Land’ (Cowen); march, ‘Toreador’ (Mehdem); and several Christmas carols. Mr J. G. Briggs, the, conductor, was freely and sincerely comjilimented on the progress recently made by the band.

One of the suggestions fov strengthening the Otago Caledonian Society's sports gathering is to change the date Manv of our town folks go to the country for the New Year, and it is thouglit that a date later in the summer would suit them and c'Jisideraoi;/ increase the attend*nro, whilst such a change might also be so avranged as to tit in better than notv with tho movements of athletes, who at the Yew Tear am wanted everywhere l and spread themselves about thinly. Having these .natters in view, would 'it not he a wise plan for the Caledonian Society to fix their gathering for the Dunedin‘(iip week, towards the end of February? The D.J.C. races are on the AVodnesi vv, Thursday, and Saturday. Why not take the Tuesday and Friday for the sports and make a Dunedin carnival w-ek? The scheme is worth consideration On the surface there seem to bo no obstacles in the wav.

An Auckland telegram slates ihat the man who through foolish statements col himself arrested'under the. name, of Donald MTntyro and charged with stealing three bottles of whisky in August of 1911. was released on .Saturday after being in custody for three days.’ The police are satisfied that he is not the man thev were after.

Jhe City Council will resume their ordinary meetings on Wednesday evening. The. General Committee will report that arrangements arc being made for the. nocessary preliminary steps to he taken in time for the poll on the baths loan proposal taking place during the. month of February. The same committee will recommend that an additional sanitary inspector be ap. pointed. The, Finance Committee will ,-u commend that the sum of £SO be granted to the Otago Central League aa a contribution towards tho expense of conveying North Island membcis of Parliament through Central Otago. The miners at Waipori have asked the Government Works Department to improve the state of the road between the, falls ami Waipori township. The request is at present under consideration.

The Institute of Marine Engineers of New Zealand met in conference in Dunedin _ this morning to consider matters affecting wage* and conditions. The conference. which is being held in the Union Steam Ship Company's Office, is in private, and is expected to last two or three davs.

Inquiries as to the condition of the Mil-ford-Te Ana-u track, “the finest walk in the world,’' justify the statement that tho appointments are giving satisfaction and that the path is in good order. A Sydney party just returned express high appreciation of the attention at the huts and the table arrangements, and this evidence is valuable, for the deponents are experienced travellers. A feature of the music at the Central Mission service last night was tho trumpet solo playing by Mr W. .T. Dil. of Auckland. The instrument ho uses is like a cornet, of tho trumpet kind, and on it he played two solos very skilfully. Carelessness in scattering lighted matches about is apt- to cause serious harm. A week ago a party of tourists were making their war up the lull from Hinemoa's steps at Okcre. Rotorua, when one- of the number paused to light his pipe. Without thinking he dropped the burning match into some fern near the side of the path. The result was a fire, which quickly spread, and destroyed about 40 acres of the once beautiful scenery in the neighborhood of the track. A case of the same description came under the police of a coach-driver at Tikitapu. A passenger's want of thought was the cause of a. big fire, which turned the neighboring hillside on which native trees formerly grew in wild profusion into a desolate wilderness.

; An Auckland message states that Thomas Henry Johnson, who was shot in the leg at Waihi during the riot, when Constable Wade was shot, escaped from the Avondale Mental Hospital on Saturday, and has not been recaptured. He had been in the institution for three weeks, and was much depressed after a visit from his wife .a fortnight ago.

Mr Baulin’s forecast Strong N.E. to S.L. winds and electrical rain showers. An intricate problem of division engaged tho ingenuity of the immigration officials a few days ago (savs the Mel‘Argus’). ’.nicy ha've been endeavoring to find employment for half a doren married couples with families, and they have only just succeeded in disposing of one taniilv. One married couple possess eleven, children, another have eight, and the other couples from two to five children. The father of the- family of eleven at the outset expressed himself’as anxious that his older children should obtain work m the same district as himself, hut, like the other couples, he was averse to ’being parted from any member of bis family. The bureau, however, has been unable to mrdte the arrangement wanted, and is perplexed bv the task of dividing the fsur.iiies in such a way tha-u the rarlaii—, members may be closely in touch with each other. The past year lias been one of the best known for those engaged in the building trade. Inquiries made as to the prospects for .the year show that they are equally as good as they were 12 months ago. A leading architect, when spoken to this morning. predicted another boom year. Everyone in the building line promises to be kept employed for a long time to come. The next most important structure to be put in hand will he the building to be erected on the old Criterion Hotel corner. Messrs Burnett, Douglas, and Farquharson are the members of the Drainage Board whose period of office expires this mouth. It is understood that the Labor party will nominate a, candidate and go to some mins to support him. A seaman named Michael Cobb, off the Zealamlie, was arrested at Port Chalmers on Saturday night. He was convicted this morning and fined the amount of his bail (10s). Mr G. L. Asher, J.P., was on the bench.

On Satin day night the .South Melbourne, cricketers were the guests of Fuller and Sons His Majesty's Theatre. Yesterday the visitors wore taken down the harbor nnd to the Portobcllo Hatcherv. landing at several points of interest. This trip was arranged^by the Otago Cricket Association, Air J. Hope (president) and Air J. J. Clark (vice-president) piloting the party. This morning the cricketers wore taken over the tramlines in a special car and entertained at morning tea in the ,St. Clair pavilion. AI v Irott and his men expressed their appreciation of these attentions and their pleasure at being shown the sights. The offenders arrested for drunkenness in Dune-din for the past year show a decrease. of oo over those apprehended in 1911. The number of arrests for 1912 totalled 4c2 (427 males and 45 females). In the preceding year the total was 525.

•lust opened, new photographic goods; best biands of plates, papers, mounts, etc., always in stock. At Gill’s. Frederick street; tel 1,U4. Agent for Harrington, N.Z. Ltd—[Advt.] I isitors should not miss the opportunity of inspecting Chiaroni’s gallery, noted for its great collection of pictures and artistic goods.—[Advt.] An advertisement referring to the registration of dogs in the Borough of Port Chalmers appears in this issue. Campers and week-enders! The s.s. Niwaru has just brought 12,000 bottles of Camp Coffee. Bo sure and put ono in your hamper. Easier made than tea, and so delicious.—[Advt.] The Acme Photo Company, George street, rcspcctlully ask Dunedin residents to call and seo the new specimens. Every care is taken. Charges moderate. Tel, 965.—[Advt.] A glass of Speight’s beer at lunch and supper is better than all the tea in China.— [Advt.] The half-yearly meeting of the Hibernian Society will be held to-morrow evening. Some of the most perfect examples of portrait photography in sepia are to be seen 011 left side of the Zenith Studio vestibule. Princes street. Photographed by Mi: Morris, Garden Studio, 554 George street. Telephone 2.279.—[Advt.] Ladies!—Men-oHzcd Wax and Parsidiura Jelly, the new skin preparations, now in stock. Wilkinson and Son, chemists.—[Advt.] Ratepayers of Port Chalmers aro notified niat- the 10 per cent, penalty will bo enforced on all rates not paid by next Friday