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Evening Star, Issue 15968, 23 November 1915, Page 4

Two men (iirsi. offenders) ;Ul< l two women were charged with drunkenness in tho rollce Court this mornimj;. One man who was drunk while in charge of -i horse- and cart, was lined 20s or three days imprisonment, and the other wis remanded until Monday for medical treatment. Ada .Sinclair "was convicted and ordered to come up for sontence any time within six months, and a. prohibition order was issued against, her. Alice Mor.se was fined lO.s or 43 hours. Tho boundaries of nine education districts mlo which the Dominion has b-cn divided 1 1V the National Council of Education will he shortlv on "thlines already indicated. The Milliliter 'o'' Fun cation, in mentioning the matter to thi) Dunedin 'Star' renresentatire at \YV| liugton, stated that the next stop would be the division of the new districts into wards. He .intended to take the advice ot education beards on this point, si n ,>, they possessed local knowledge, and so were in a good position to make reconi-lnc-ndations. He recognised tho importance or the matter, since the composition' of the new education boards r.cxt vear woul.l depend to a. large extent on the definition ot wards, and he would do his best to ensure that every district was treated alike.

An indigent child was brought up in the Juvenile Court- this morning within the meaning of the Industrial" Schools Act. and was committed to tho Caversham Industrial School, to be brought up m the Presbyterian form of relndon. The mother being unable to pay for the suoooriof tne child, her grandfather, a fanner" after being examined as to his means' was ordered to pay 9s a week for the child's maintenance. Tire Magistrate s.id that he sympathised with the grandfather hi his position. It was hard that- he should-have to paw but there was the law—he was liable.

The. Fresbyterian General siUmg at-Auckland vesteidav. pa«od ' I motion which included a pvov'k-ioii that a committee l.„; appointed to ask Parliament to pas;- a special liquor restriction Act providing that during the coin-so of the war hot..] lmrs should Ik- closed from 6 p.m. to o a.m. daily, and ad ihv on hnli•lays. It urged th"e Government to prohibit ''t teat i iff'' soldiers, and also to amend the Licensing Art bv nrovidiu-' thai the majority necessary to cam- local No-license and National Prohibition' be'reft need to 55 per cent. The .annual conference of the Mister Bakers' Association will be held at- Napier on January 11 next. Messrs J. G. Luil'-m----son and 11". IT. S.' White have br-en appointed the delegates fiM.ni Dunedin. Tho Hospital Committee of the Hospital Board recommend that, tenders be called for the fencing of the gromuk of the now Nurses' Home in Cumberland -street. The committee further recommend that (he construction of a subway between the home, and the Hospital Viand over for consideration in six months' time.

'Hie Chief Justice delivered judgment ai Wellington yesterday in the' nice iu which Mr Waiter Diimio, ox-Commis-sioner of Police, in Xew Zealand, sued the Crown for £5Ol damages fur alleged wrongful dismissal. His' Honor was "of opinion ihaf during tho six months between Mr Hinnie's resignation of the commbsioneiship and his appointment to a jiooition in the Xa.tive Department ho hckl no otli.v, under the Crown. By receiving tiie amounts that he had pai"l into tho Superannuation Fund lie. acted as if his office had ceased. "It may be that he has bee;! harshly treaied." * concluded Hi* Honor. " but, \into that question I have no .jurisdiction to inquire." Mr Dinnie was nonsuited, costs beini;'allowed on the lowest scale. , _ In memory of the name of. the late 7)r F. 0. htatchelor it is jiroposed that the name, of the Forth Street Maternity Hospital be altered to that of the Ba'tehelor Hospital. The. Hospital Board some time aero asked the Dimediu Howling Club .to exchange a piece of their land for A part owned by the board. A counter-offer now made by the club has been declined, and the Finance Committee of the board recommend that no further action bo taken in the matter.

The appointment of three salaried members of'the Hoard of "Trade, under the Ccist of Living Act of last session is still delayed.. The applications, which a>e

understood to number something like 2GO, are in the hinds of the Minister of Tudcs'. tries and Commerce (the Right Hon. W. F. Massey), but apparently the Minister is rinding a. difficulty in "making a prelirrinary selection be.fere Cabinet makes a final, choice. The matter (wires "Out Own '*) did not come before yesterdav's Cabinet inoetiug.

"About 50 ministers of the Methodist Church have either gone to the, front or atv. engaged in work in connection with (he Xew ZeaLand Expeditionary Forces. Mr I'auliu telephoned at 2 p.m. :~ Stron_r X.F. winds, changing; to S.W. ; electrical showers in 24 hours."

in the course of an. article on 'T?ailwa'v Maiiagers.' the ' New Zealand Railwav Kcv:ew ' say.-* : —''Never was the cost of general management .so high, nor its channels ;;■> numerous, and devious. We have a General Manager at £3.000, an Assistant- Oenernl Manager at £9OO. five managers who look after different branches of the work .it a cost of £4,250. assistant traffic managers in each district to help the traffic "manager," two traffic suno.--mtcndetits at- £,OO -each to see that ali'the other managers -"manage" efficiently, and the conimerciai ay-cut, with £545 'travelling expenses a*l a roving- commission. . . . The plain fact Li that the railways are smothered with hiqh-paid officialism, and to pay for this more or W ornamental top-dressing the rank and file have to go without many urgeutiv-nee-ilcd reforms." ' • ' .-■•■--

Elizabeth Thomas was charged, before Mr Widdowson. 5..M.. this mornin'e-. that on November 20, 1915. at Dunedli), =.'iie committed arsoii by wilfully setting lire to :i building situated' in Pennant street Kai korai, the property of Elizabeth Stewart" On the application of Chief-detective Bishop the case was remanded til) Monday next. bail being fixed at, £IOO. with" two sureties of £SO each. Mr Haiiloii appearcd for 'the accused.

Lite unauthorised raisinir f ,f morie-v ,' 0! , patriotic purposes was mentioned 'at a meeting of the Patriotic. Association' thfs morning. A member suggested that "the association move a'resolution discountenancing the collection and distribution of money in aid of wounded soldier's He cited a ca-e of an individual who Jiad had sent to him the sum of £BOO to distribute as he thought lit in Egypt. Tliis was bad in principle. The Mavor n .? marked that the C-Jvcinment souii would i.-,Mie regulations providing a substantial penalty for the raising of patriotic funds without nroner authority.

At a meeting of the Timaiu lioiough Council last night (states an Association wire) a motion in favor of conscription was carried.

The attendance at the luncheon given today by tho Expansion Lea,gue in honor of Mr Mark Cohen sufficed to fill the large dming room at the Y.M.C.A. Mr Hutchison, th-a chairman, remarked that it was the first occasion on which the league had entertained one of our own citizens. Mr Cohen -was the only Dvmedinito who during the currency of the war had had an opportunity of visiting and returning from that great neutral country with winch we were sillied by blood and speech and tradition. _ Mr Cohen had discovered two Americas—ono on the west and another on the east—and no doubt his narration would be interesting. So it proved. Mr Cohen launched forth into a graphic recital of his experiences of the twofold American attitude towards the Entente in general and England in particular, and the speaker occupied so much of his allotted half-hour to that matter that he was unable to reach some of the other subjects on which he had expected to speak. Ho apologised for this, and asked tho meeting to "take tho rest 05 read " Our report enables the public in general to do this. "Our Own" wives from Christehurch: Mr 0. T. J. Alpers writes to correct ;;, report that he, with Mr ],. M. Tsitt, M.P., and Mr I). G. Sullivan, leave for Dunedin early this week to hold a recruiting campaign. "The Defence authorities in Dunedin," lie explains, ''have requested Mr Tsitt and myself to conduct a, recruiting campaign in Dunedin, and Mr Tsitt and T have consented. 'Hie dates we fixed are December 8 to 15 (inclusive)." The Methodist Synod—the Ota-go District Annual Synod—opened this morning in Trinity Church, the Rev. E. Drake presiding. Each circuit in the district is represented not onlv by the ministers but- bv two laymei . who are usually the circuit stewards. This morning's meeting was of the. ministers, home missionaries, Jln d probationers, in committee. The full Svnod sat this afternoon for the transaction of general business. To-morrow tho Synod will bo entertained at lunch by Trinity Church and other Methodists. The fcitlino.s will probably last till Thursday. The New Zealand Catholic Federation requested the Otago Education Board this murnin;; to send a delegate to a conference to bo held in Wellington on December 1 to discuss the censorship of kinematograph films. The chairman (Mr 'lsrael) remarked: "All honor to the Catholic Federation for taking in hand what ought to have been met before." Mr Israel was empowered to appoint a- Wellington citizen to represent the- board bv proxy.

The Hon. Dr M'Nah and Mr C. H. Poole, M.P., conducted an excellent recruitin.g meeting at Methvcn la.st night (wires our Christehurch correspondent). Dr M'Nab asked what was going to lie the position-of the young man who'had notseen his duty when niter (he war was over 50,000 soldiers came back. The spirit of the returned soldier was going to he (he spirit of the community. Thev were going to rule the country.' When "a man who had not gone sat round the iimsklo and heard the tales of tho others, what was going to be his position? Ho pitied that man. There were whole families of men who had not enlisted, and people were talking about- it everywhere, and it would reach its climax when the- soldiers came, hack and these other men got the cold shoulder.

The exhibition of pictures by (lie Otago Art Society is open every day. and fairly well putL'ouisptl To-iuoiTott- afternoon tea wd! bo provided by the Otago Women's Patriotic Association. Strong protests were lodged bv M«srs W. _ .Scott and ."J. Wallace at this morning's sitting of the Education Hoard to the practice of making school children parties to the collection of money for charities or fund.-—a practice common enough in the. pa-t few month-. Mr Scott was particularly emphatic about the ..pernicious effect of having children running about promiscuously from house, to house. The question arose from the request of the Hospital Saturday Association that thev be permitted to forward collection lists to the Otago schools. This request was grantcd; t'ue chairman explaining that trie lists were only sent for the personal contributions of the children, who last year contributed £SO.

After the practice of the Dunedin Men's Choir last night Mr Lemon, who acted as conductor in the unavoidable absence of Air Timson. introduced Dr Shinn. and the. distinguished visitor entertained the members with reminiscences of Coleridge Tav!or (whom ho knew personally) and other modern men of note.

A. public meeting at Ohvistohiuvh on Sunday evening, addressed liv Dr Thaeker and Mr Webb. M.P.. in favor of a local military camp in the South Island aroused little enthusiasm fivires "Our Own"). A motion was pas.-ed advocating one or mm*, local camps for the South" Island. Mr Webb said be intended to address the employers and tell them that before iii'L'iug employees to go to the front they should clou the khaki themselves and become, target* for the Turks, or have a [r o a f them. If (lie. employers were going to steal the broad from their children's mouths the '.vorkeis would be justified in organising tiicir power to see that justice was done to the returned crippled boys. Xo worker would allow the. crippled boys to beg for bread, but. ho was not so sure about the employers. The local agent of the" Tourist Department informs u.s that, all arrangement,-, have now been made for the opening- of t.he. Te Auau-Milferd track- on the 2nd December. The si a ft" have already -one nn to get the track and huts in order. The first motor will leave Lunisdcu for Te A nan on arrival of, the Dunedin train on Wednesday, De-c-ember 1. and ' roniicct with the steamer to (iiade House on the following <l r ,y. Our correspondent at Christchurch'telegraphs :—A severe frost on Sundav night played, havoc with the tomato plants"in Xorth. Canterbury, eonsoqneutiv there will be_ a, great searcitv «-,f tomatoes, a.'id prices should rule high here.

_Sir ,T. C. Ward left Wellington last night on bis way to Southland, where he will -dtend tile Wintnn Show to morrow. Sir Joseph parsed through Dmicdin bv the first _ express today, and will return to Wellington next week.

A short-sight eel policy: Buying any kind ot whisky, when vou enn act, inoommrab'o Watson's No. 10.-[Advt..J ' Speight's alo and stotiTi are acknowledged by the Dominion public to be the beet "on the market.—[Advt.] Watson's Xo. 10 if? a little dearer than most wliisides. but is worth the monev [Advi.]

No jady should bs without liari-in's Apio! and Steel Pills. Sold by at, chemists and etores throughout Australasia.—[A'dvt.]