Untitled

Evening Star, Issue 15817, 31 May 1915, Page 4

The chairman of the council of Knox College (Rev. A. Cameron) lias i\xoived from a Duii'-xlm citizen, who does not doshv his name to be known, a- gilt of £SOO towards the endowment fund of the college. The Otago Art Society's sketch exhibition closed on Saturday evening. Each day that it was open the public attended iu fair numbers, and sales were made of exhibits bv K. Woodhouse, N. Welch. 1. E. M.enzies. T. M. M'Crorie, G. W. Carrington, .1. C. Veitch. A. Latham (Gore), E.'Sykes.. Mabel Hill. W. Allen Bollard, and R. Zaller. If the sales were not quite, as numerous as had been hoped for, it may Vie set down as a fact that the exhibition quite justified itself from the educational point of view, which we take to be the chief object of the society. The fishmongers of Duncdin worked hard to make a success of ''Fish Day" on Saturday, 'five trawlers brought in a reinforcing" supply of .()!(':• and flounders, delivered during the afternoon, so after all there, was a large Mock to sell for cash or for the Is coupons, and the takings as counted ;h's morning a'.nw to £164. whit a iew returns still to come. The shopkeepers regard this as a. good return considering the very wet w-eathei. The total goes to the Belgian fund. One application in Chamber was disposed of by Mr Justice Sim this morning, li was re Iteeves v. Taync, a. 7iiolion by Mr Piatts to extend the effect of a charging order over land. His Honor made an order -extending the effect for six months. At least one huge bargain was secured at a sale of unclaimed goods conducted on behalf of the 'Wellington Harbor Board. Sandwiched between lots of merchandise and dusty forgotten portmanteaus was an American six-cylinder racing car. The machine is said to have been left in Wellington by an American millionaire, who. having toured with it. became bored with the prospect- of having to ship it back to the States, and simply left- if on the wharf, careless o: what became of it. It is stated that the car. which lias both a touring and a racing body, originally cost £1.700. Its dashboards were covered with the metal emblems of motor touring club.- of nearly every country in the world. Somebody bought it for' £560. A Christ-church wire says: The |'olice have been notified of the arrest at, Pabnerston North of a woman named Minnie Carrick, charged with abandoning her child on the river bank. Christchurch, on February 4._ The child was concealed in the stump of a tree, and is now in a receiving home.

Hie following is tin- 'lift of books added to the lending library during the week ended Saturday last:—'A Shoit, Account of Our (ri'eru Church Musicians.' A. K. Done: "Parodies and Imitations.' Adam and "White: 'Elizabeth and Mary Stuart,' Frank A. Mumbv: 'The Direction of Desire/ Stanley M. Bligh ; 'The Desire for Qualities.' Stanley M. MMi : 'The Conquering Jew.' Jolin Foster Fra-.-er ; ' "razil and tho Brazilian?/ G. J. Bruce; 'Truths or Truisms' (three volumes). W. Stebbitlg: ' .Modern "Workshop Practice.' Ernest Pull: 'California,' Gertrude) Atherton : ' Electric Cooking, Heating. Cleaning, etc.." M. Lancaster: ' Tlivouudi Five Republics on Horseback.' G. W. Ray. The charge ayainet Captain J. R. Henderson of the theft of money received by him on behalf of the Government for the payment of the officers and men of the 14th (South Ota.go) Regiment, which was to have been heard at, Milton to-morrow, will be further adjourned. To-day's sitting of the Police Court was a short one for a Monday. Six men were charged witli drunkenness. Four first offenders and James Samuel Rose -were each fined 1C« or 48 hours\ and a fifth first offender was fined 5s or 24 hour*. A prohibition order was jjrant-L'd against a man. George Harry was charged with, disobeying a maintenance order. Mr Hanlon, for the defendant, -said that it was a case in which an order was made in the young man's ;ibsence. He was away in Sydney at the time. He denied the paternity of the child, and wanted tho como retried. Counsel wanted time to into the matter, anil asked for a fortnight's adjournment. The case was adjourned uulil to-morrow morning tv uive the defendant an opportunity of finding a surety for bis appearance ;it a later date.

A prisoner effected a rather novel escape from custody at the Christ'-him-li police station on Friday night. Ho wa« arrested in this City on a cliaige of the theft of £BO from a boarding-house in Christehurch. and was escorted from here by Constables Bandy'and Todd. On arrival at the Christ - church police station with another prisoner, and whilst the walchhouse-Ueeper was engaged noting the property found on one of the prisoners, the prisoner from Ihinedm requested permission to use the lavatory. He was taken to the lavatory by Countable Shuelian, who remained outside. Subsequently it was found that the prisoner had escaped by means of a window in tho lavatory. lii.s name is Thomas Williams, and he is 21 years of age. a laborer bv trade, and a- native of Xew Zealand. At latest advice he was still at largo.

For the month cn<red to-dav the number of births registered by }lr If." Maxwell (Registrar! was 128. deaths to. ami marriages 44. For Mav of last year the figures wore: Birth' 119.. deaths 62. and marriages 38. -Mr Jfaulin telephoned at 2 p.m. : —S.E. to S.AY. winds; misty rain; barometer fall; heavy storms in the. South Island after 48 horns.

In response to a suggestion addressed to the director of the Dunedin School of Art (Mr -11. llaweridge) by His Worship the Mayor [~S\v .T. -J. Clark), the students and staff of that institution ait- just nowbusy designing a series of eight large posters, which are to be placed in prominent positions throughout the City, with a view to .stimulating reciuiting. Some of the sketches have already been prepared, and give promise of something particularly striking —something that should help in no small extent to bring before tho young men of Dunedin the fact that they should, if fit and free, be serving their King and country.

The Employers' Association of Dunedin. being not altogether satisfied with the present progress of recruiting, have deemed it advisable, for the purpose ot ascertaining the position and the names of men who are apparently eligible to serve th-e King, to approach the Defence Department and ask for a list of all the -eligible mov. -so far left We understand that if the Defence authorities supply such <-i list the employers will go into the. question thoroughly, and see if something cannot bo done. Probably the list will be ex-' amined, and the names marked of men whom the employers think ought to go, and thon, it mar be supposed, somo encouragement will be offered to such men to volunteer.

New season's pnotographic goods: Excellent stock now arriving. Cameras from ,6s. Bend your order early to H. J. Gill, 11 and 13 Frederick street, Dunedin. 'Phone 1:144. -[Advt.3 Watson's No. 10 is a little dearer than most whiskies, but is worth th° raoney.— tAdvtJ ' '

Railway arrangements for the Duncdin Show and races are advertised in this issue. Speight'3 ale and stout> are acknowledged by the Dominion public to be the best on the market.—[AdytJ The annual basket, social will bo held on Wednesday next in the Early Settlers' Hall. A first-class musical programme has been arranged. The proceeds will bo derated to the comforts of the wounded soldiers. Granville H. Sharps, analyst, London, says: "Watson's No. 10 is genuine, wellmatured Scotch whisky."'—[Advi.] The travel lecture bv the Rev. H. 0. Fonton on behalf of the Belgian and Serbian relief funds is to be given on the 17th June, and not next Thursday, as inadvertently mentioned in our issue of Saturday.