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Evening Star, Issue 15513, 8 June 1914, Page 4

llio Molsoia reached the Bluff at 2.30 this aftern-jjin. Her mailn will bo brought to Dunedin by the first express to-aiorrow, At the April meeting of the University fcenate a committee was appointed to inquire into statements made at a political meeting by Mr Hindmarsh, M.P., to the effect that he had been informed that about two yea.r» ago the examination papers had been seen by a candidate before the. time of examination. The committee report that, although Mr Hindmarsh attended tli© meeting of the committee, ho could only repeat what had been told to him, and tould not give any information in sup2»rfc of the statements. The committee, cfter full investigation, are satisfied that, every precaution waa taken at the printing office and the University office to preserve absolute secrecy.

The average daily attendance at the Csmegis Public Library for the week ended Saturday v.-as 658' persons. As showing the charm of the "movies" on children, it may bo stated that a lad 10 years of age called at one of the continuous picture shows in Christ church, on Thursday evening and said that lie had lost his six-year-old brother. He had searched for the missing one alt the afternoon without success, and there was a chance that he was in the hall enjoying the entertainment. The searcher suggested that his brother's name should. Vie shouted out in order to ascertain if there was a response. The manager said that he would not do that, but he kindly turned on the lights to enable a. search to be made. The little fellow was found in a seat in the body of the hall, watching the pictures that had fascinated him. He had sat there from 1 p.m. to 7.30 p.m., and had. seen the programme four or five times. He left with evident reluctance. Mr Justice Sim left for Timaru this morning. The Supreme Court sittings there may take longer than usual, about a dozen civil actions being set down for trial. After the Timaru business is disposed of His Honor will proceed to the West Coasi. and take the sessions there, then probably sit in Christchurch before returning to Dunedin. The Government have granted £SOO compensation to the widow of Constable Mahoney, who lost his life in the execution of his duty at the Upper Hutt fire in March last.

A |Dunedin divorce matter occupied the attention of the Chief Justice (Sir It. Stout) at Wellington last week. This was the undefended case King v. King, the petitioner being Agnes Elizabeift. King, and the respondent George Alfred. King. The oetitioner gave -formal evidence to the effect that during the past five years she had received no maintenance from her husband, and the respondent admitted this to bo correct. His Honor pointed out that under the new Act of 1913 failure to pay maintenance was equivalent to desertion, and the .petitioner was entitled to a decree. There was no charge against the respondent of any misconduct other than what the law called desertion. A decree nisi, to be moved absolute after three mouths, was made, together with an order enabling the respondent to see tho one child (a daughter) of -the marriage at inonthly intervals. Tlie southern part of Lake Wanaka has been gazetted a. sanctuary for imported and native game. The northern boundary is. the line between Waterfall Creek and Eely Point, and the area includes the reserve along the shore, of the southern part of the lake.

Tho Dunedin Competitions Society fully expect to bo able ito arrange for some really good choir singing at the next festival. * The word " church" is knocked out. Choirs may belong to a church or they may not. It is understood that now this condition is dispensed with and the maximum lias been reduced to 25, several private. choira aro being organised by professional teachers, and that singers who can sing are being enrolled. Three or four m-cli choirs are likely to be formed in Dunedin, and there is a strong probability of entries from Auckland, Christchurch, and other places. The great point about the changed conditions is that singing ability xs now the sole qualification.

On the Whakatane's arrival at Port Chalmers this morning from London three firemen were arrested on a charge of broaching ship's stores on the high seas. Mr Paulin telephoned at 2 p.m. : —N.E. to N.W. winds; fine for 24 horns; barometer falL The locomotive which was wrecked at Whangamarino last week was restored to the track on Sunday, and has been taken to Auckland for repairs. Owing to the swampjr nature of the ground into which tho engine overturned, a "heavy flooring had to ba laid to carry the two derricks by which the engina was lifted. Tower was obtained from a steam-winch and a steamcrane, and by means of the gear the locomotive was gradually lifted and blocked up until it was finally placed on the track. One end had to be lifted about 9ft and the other 3ft or 4ft, while the whole mass of 72 tons had to be turned during the lifting operations in ordex 1 to restore ite proper position. The tender, weighing 25 tons, was also placed on the rails again, the whole operation occupying about 12 hours. Very little damage was suffered by the locomotive, but it was not able to travel tinder Its own power. Eighteen thousand rate have been examined by tho bacteriologist of the Northern District Health Office since the last case of plague was discovered in Auckland, on May 51, 1911, and not one of them has been found to be infected with the disease (says the ' Herald'). Thirteen years ago the first appearance of plague in Auckland was recorded, and the disease recurred in isolated cases, at intervals of three years until 1911, the autumn at the close of each period being marked by two or three cases, with eight cases in the last outbreak. As the disease io communicated from stricken rats to man, a vigorous cam-1 paign was undertaken against conditions likely to protect the vermin, the City Council and the Harbor Board co-operating with the Health Department in the crusade of cleaniin«*s. Diseasing the matter the ; District Health Officer (Dr R. H. MakgUl) I stated <ihat, as the dangerous period of February to May had passed without any appearance of the disease, and every rat examined.during the past three years had beer foiarf free from it, it waa saf© to assume that plague had be«n> completely •temped gutj

The Momington Fir«> Brigade, with representatives of other fire 'brigades, to the miniber of fully 50, hold a church parade at the Mornington Methodist Church, terday morning, when the pastor (Rev. W. Greeiislade) conducted the service. The Kaikorai Band headed the procession, and, led by Bandmaster Laidlaw, played a couple of favorite hymn -times during the service. The Mayor and councillors of the borough also' attended the service. The features of the finals of the tug-"of war competition on Saturday evening weie a euperabundance of talk from the platform ; a crowded audience, who worked themselves into a, state of frenzy when the deciding contest was entered upon; and a disagreeable contretemps between the Enfield and waterside workers' teani3.

Apropos of tho first, Mr Sonntag took up faj too nrncli time in enlarging upon ths theme of the forbears of the Hoffman family, one of whom, being at hie elbow, must have felt somewhat embarrassed by his reference to "fulFcradles" and a lot of other irrelevant matter. Bnt theTe was no question that Mrs Hoffman was.the idol of tho moment, and while a good many would have rejoiced had the fortune of war gone to her seven doughty tons, ! the unbiased spectator was obliged .to acknowledge that Hornibrook's teamtrained to the hour —had proved themselves the fittest and strongest, albeit they had the least pulling to do on Saturday night, tmd therefore had a decided advantage over their Gore opponents. But all through, the tourney it was noticeable that Hornibrooks: showed themselves the least distressed, and bad more stamina than any other opposing team. En passant, the emergency of the winning team is -both- deaf and dumb. Of the EnfleldWatersid© dispute the least said the better ; it was the only regrettable incident of a well-managed _ function, and was responsible for not a" little irritation as well as for an unnecessary waste of time, bosides causing the proceedings to be spun out till long after 11 o'clock. But the committee, having decided! on questions of fact, should have had the courage to have maintained their decision.

The Labor Department lias had no difficulty in filling the vacancies offering on the Government works. Six men, four of whom are married, have been despatched to Catlir.s, and the first- batch cf live have gone to the irrigation works at Manovburn, while mating up the full complement of 2G, will bo sent during the week. A rough estimate gives the number of general laborers out of work at about 100 The chief difficulty appears to be with married men, many of.whom have bean unemployed for over thre-e w«cks, and not unnaturally do not caae to go out of toirn. Skilled workmen axe also said to be feeling the pinch. This morning there were 26 names on the Painters' Union books, the majority l>eing married men. As a rule, a number of ships lay up at Port Chalmers for overhaul in" the winter months, but at present there is no work offering in this direction. A good many carpenters are also out of work. Importers of coal are perturbed at the industrial conditions prevailing in the colliery districts of New South Wales. There the'nnions are lighting for the abolition of th© afternoon shift—which, is unpopular with underground workers all the world over—and strikes appear to bo the order of the day. Cabled advice is in effect that only two collieries are active in the Maitland district—Neath and Aberdare. Ifc is reported from Australia that if the strikes for the abolition of tho afternoon shift be successful, the- output of Newcastle coal will be reduced by one-third, and that thepresent difficulty in regard to export will foe doubled. Alen who have had the leisure and the means to spend a. long holiday over the hills report that this season for the shooting of game, furred and feathered, is the best thev have experienced for many yea,T6. Everywhere in the wilds of Otago and Southland ducks have been plentiful, while in tho ope* tu&socky places hares enjoy life and gallon to retain it. Many good "bags" ha*"*) Been obtained, and it would seem that tho spirit of mere slaughter has not been over-exercised. Coal merchants admit that there is an immediate prospect of some change in the price of household fuel. The matter ha« been th© subject of discussion by representatives of the trade, and there appears to be some difference of opinion .among them. The prevailing feeling is, however, that an upward change will be made in the prices. Though the Dominion business in coal is quieter just now than it was at tho corresponding period last year, the local trade is brisk, and the Otago collieries working arc working at full pressure. The pleasures of the Dunodin Winter Show are hot confined to Otago. One of the prominent phases of the activity main tained -by the society's office staff was the work of a new department, which may fitly be termed the A. and P. Billeting Bureau. From many parts of the Dominion telegrams were received from intending visitors asking that hotel or boarding-house accommodation might be arranged for them, while many of those with room to spare wrote placing accommodation at the eeriyce of strangers. The society's secretarial staff willingly attended to these wants, and about 100 visitors were placed comfoxtably. Everybody says that the tug-of-war was admirably managed, but, unfortunately, it led to a scene at the Garrison Hall on Saturday night. Enfield and Watersides* No. 2 pulled, and the judges declared a tie, ordering these teams to pull again after a short interval. This was done, and the decision was in favor of the Watersiders. Then tho Entield captain protested, on the ground that a man had been imported into the Watersiders' team. The fact l ! are.that this man was allowed :'.s a substitute on th© Monday night and pulled I right through tho week without objection till Saturday. The protest was not allowed. Thereupon the Enfield captain entered another protest, on the ground that the pistol did not go off at tho expiry of the five minutes, when the Enfield men had the advantage, but went off ssec later, by which time the Enfield men had lost iwcir advantage. If this eecond protest had been entered in time it would probably have been sustained—that, at any rate, is the general opinion—but the rules provided that every protest must be lodged within 15 minutes, and the officials ruled it out because it was too late by at least 10 minutes. Whilst the committee were discussing these protests a number of unauthorised persons mounted the stage and tried to speak, and a disturbance arose, everybody wanting to talk and nobody being inclined to listen. There was to have been some single pulling, but as some who were to pull were also in the teams it was impossible to getjhese events off, and the promoter cancelled the single pulls, the entry money being returned. People sympathise with the Enfield men, for they were the only team to beat Hornibrook's, but the Enfield men were taking their had luck in good spirit this morning, and seemed quite pleased when Mr Alloo said that he would try to arrange a pull between them and tho Watersiders for a stake next week

The regulations (under last year's amendment the Law Practitioners Act) providing for the auditing of solicitors' trust accounts have been gazetted, and are now in force. This .audit may be made by any approved - qualified accountant, provided ne is riot a solicitor or in the employ of one, and that he has not within two years of the audit been a servant or partner of the solicitor whose accounts are to be audited. The audit is to take place within three months after the close of each financial year ending 31st March, and the report of the result is to be sent without delay to the Solicitor-General, while a copy has to bo delivered to the solicitor concerned. Should the auditor discover irregularities in the keeping of a trust account he 19 to fully set out the facts and send them nob only to Solicitor.Gene. ral, but to the secretary of the council of the district law society in.ihe form of a' confidential -report, whose duty it will be to lay it before the Jieatt meeting of the counoiL, who may, if necessary, institute proceedings against the solicitor. The regulations make the necessary provisions throughout for preserving the confidential nature of the results of audits, the only persons, not before mentioned, who may see them being those on whose behalf the solicitor holds trust money or securities, and sueh persons may inspect only that •part of the report relating to their affairs. This right of inspection can, of course, be delegated by such, persons to solicitors acting 211 tJiejiir hehalfjj j

Lecturing before the British Institute of Hygiene, Dr J. 8. Bu«e3l said it would be well if the phlegmatic could mate with the neurotic,, but unfortunately the neurotic attracted the neurotic, and all kinds of nervous disorders resulted from such marriages. Neurasthenia or nervous exh/usrftion, a disease that was rapidly increr/ne, was due to a variety of causes, f/e of ■which, was the "speeding up" of modern life. People frequently did not tako .the necessary vest after (severe illness, such as influenza, or after an operation or an accident. He experessed a. fervent wish that something should bo done to prevent the abuse of alcohol and of free access to drugs. The amount of permanent harm done by the uee of deleterious drugs in Great Britain -would -scarcely bo believed, except by those whose dutv it was to sit daily to give advice to sufferers.

Just opened, new pbotographio goods; best brands of plates, papers, mounts, eta., always in stock. At Gill's, Frederick street; tel. L 144. Agent for Harrington, N.Z., Ltd. -rAdH.3 J Indigestion and kindred ailments prevented by Bismutrated ' Magnesia; 2s 3d bottle. Wilkinson and Son,- chemists.—[AdH.]

Anyone who likes good whisky wilt appro ciate the fine mellow flavor of Watson's No. 10.—TAdvt.J

i Speight's ale and stout are acknowledged by the Dominion publio to be tho best on the market.—[Advt.l The leaseholders and parents of children attending: the St. Clair School are reminded of the meeting in the school' gymnasium this evening. The object of the meeting is to discuss the action of the committee in regard to the proposal to shift the site of the iSchool.

Now is the time to enjoy "hot coffee." What about a bottle of "Camp'"P Have you tried it yet? , If not, please do.—[Advt.]

If you wish the services of Mr Morris personally, he now makes portraits at bis homa or garden studio 554 George street: telephone 859.—f A dvt. 3 The Harbor Board employees' anuual social will be held in the Aft Gallery Hall on Fri* day evening. Connoisseurs thoroughly appreciate a cigarette made from Bed Jacket tobacco. It has an aroma and mellowness altogether pleasing, with no after-taste.—fAdx-t.] Watson's No, 10 is a little dearer than most whiskies tut is worth the money.— [Advt.j The third quarterly .meeting of the Port Chalmers Old Identities' Association takes place in the Town Hall on Wednesday ovening, at 7.30 o'clock.