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Evening Star, Issue 16335, 30 January 1917, Page 4

Dunedin again to-day ewcltoml in an opjiressive atmospheric' oven. The thermometer at_ Opoho registered 88 in the shade at 10.50 a.m.—a degrno warmer than yesterday. At 2 p.m. it' had dropped to At the meeting- of tho Greenfield Farm-f-i.s l iiton on .I*jiday tlie following reso]ut:on was adopts, aiid copies of sumo have been forwarded to Hie executive of the union in Dunedin iur tunsideration at uU'ir mooting to-morrow : —•* Wo, th<i members of tho Greenfield Farmers’ Union, representing the majority of farmers on Mins soltlemcnt, having resj'.onded to the best- of our ability in having sent cur sons and brothers to the front as volunteers, and producing wheat and all farm products at the request of tlie Prime Minister and those in authority, thereby helping by ail means within our (lower to win this terrible war, as loyal subjects most emphatically protest against the great injustice and wrong which ns being committed by the Field Inspectors in this disk let—namely, Barron v. (smith (of Greenfield), heard ii. Lawrence on Tuesday, January 25. In this case 't was proved, and is common knowledge, that labor is extremely scarce, and that the defendant had tried eeveial means to obtain a rabbiter. Yet notwithstanding these facts, tlio (Magistrate deliberatelyt"U! defendant that he should nave employed female Labor. We. again enter our most extreme disapproval of ,snMi a. suggestion coming from a Magistrate, as our women are, already doing splendid work on the farms. It, was also proved that defendant’s land was enclosed by a rabbitproof fence, and that tho defendant was the only sufferer thereby. Owing to the defendant's onlv available son, who managed Hu: farm, having enlisted in, June, tile defendant was left in a very serious position. These facts being known by Inspector Barron, wo think that a grave injustice was committed upon one of New Zealand's most, worthy citizens. We therefore ask to have the inspectors taken off during the war, thereby releasing men for the front, where they arc urgently needed.” For not “slowing down' - when apnioaehing the Stirling railway crossing while in tha'-ge of a motor ear, Robert I.o, hhead was lined £lO and coats by Air Aclic.-on, S.M., at Bah-lutha on Saturday, it was. stated that on the afternoon of Diaemhcr 14 defendant was approaching the crossing at the same lime as a train was approaching- Defendant was signalled to by a porter and the driver also blew his whistle, but defendant paid no attention, with the result that the. emergency brake limi to he, applied, and when, the car passed nve.r the crossing it- was but three yards from Hie engine. 'l’he Magistrate pointed out that it was an offence under the by-laws to drive at. other than a “ walking pace.’ - and in tho ease of motor vehicles they were, required to stop. In tliis case it seemed to him that the railway ofHehils had taken extraordinary measures to prevent an accident. Defendant did not slow down, nor did he attempt to stop. In his own evidence he had admitted that. It- takes £5 a, week to run a hr,teller's delivery cart, a ‘Dominion’ leprrier was in formed. Yet tho public at. times nunplain when they are charged a. little more for Iwoked meat delivered than the cadi price over the counter. 'One would think,” said one butcher. “ tint it was something degrading and lowering to one’s dignity to carry homo a pound of chop.-,, and vet the cost of delivery is so ,-reat that one feels inclined U give some neoplc a penny and ask them to go elsev. lit re- for their chops. No. they must !»> delivered, and the price unite, he booked. All the ready cash is required for the rates, the picture shows, and the. marble Lars, where they don't give, tick!” New Zealand looks like becoming Hie place where it feels best to lie a, war bride Isays the Sydney ‘Evening News). The Government, of the Dominion is authorising extra pay U volunteers and ballot men alike to a maximum of £2 per week. This is to help pay rent, instalments on a house, insurance premiums, and other little items by means of which the departing warrior has hoped to huild a secure homo for thc girl lie loves. A moratovinm. is a tiling with a, pro*tv name, hut £2 a, week in hand is better than a j dozen moratoriums in tlio hush. Moreover. to the girl who thinks of marrying a soldier, what he. is given as he goes' awav seems vastly more important than the niliounted benefits he will receive when he comes hack. 'The ships sailing for Now Zealand Itad bettor ho closely watched, or intending brides will bo found smuggled on board as stewards (not stewardesses only), firemen, engineers, and sailors before thc mast. They will he manned by gtrla, so to speak. \V. S. Gilbert once invented a ship like that, hut all the girl crow on the “Hot Gross Bun. “ had gone to sea for lore of the captain. fhey were detected by their language,—" the strongest oath of tho ‘ Hob °Cress Bun ’ was a. mild ‘ Dear mo !’ ” So, if you hear sailors in the 'Tasman Sea, saying “Justfancy 1 yon wi!! know that they are the war brides on their way to the island Dominion. A business man writes to tlio London ‘ Daily Mail ’ “ There are two wasteful customs in business and clubland that the war has not.killed. One of them is th« 1 comp]imentnry ’ lunch or dinner, the other is tho ‘testimonial subscription.* Hardly a week,goes in which 1. as a. business man or clubman, a.m not ‘ invited ’ (it is niore in the nature of a command performance) to some timc-vnsHng foodwasting. money-wasting public liaminefc or luncheon. The other custom that goes meiii:\ on is the ‘testimonial subscription.’ I have had three circulnrs this week asking ino for my cheque—‘ limited to ong guinea’—tor testimonials to (a.) a man I do not know, (b) a man I nod to in mv clni.i, fc) a man who owes mo 30a. The self-advertisers who ‘get up' there blackmailing ‘ testimonials' then proceed in war time to spend the sinus realised on some entirely useless gift. No—we are not awake yet.” The representative of n large commercial Inin in Now A ork, now visiting t'hrisl- - informed ® reporter yesterday that the. cotton market, D at present greatlydH-ui-ganiscd._ Anticipating a larger increase in the price of cotton goodsthe. larger warehouses made cxten.sive pnrehare-s. and the consequence is that they are 'overstocked. Cotton, owing to the' bail American crop, has risen in price, and so hare cotton goods. In this connection the Japanese have made great strides in importation. Their cotton goods arc of a good quality, and they have gone ahead in the manufacture of flannelette—unco almost wholly an English industry. Thcv have to a great extent ousted American production, and are getting a great hold on the markets..

Mr Paulin advised tin's afternoon: Strong N. E. winds; fine for about 24 hours; electrical indications. It was disclosed this morning by a fitness _ before the Royal Commission inquiring into the leases by local bodies that in the 21 years ended last, year a number at least of properties in the City had appreciated in value to a degree involving a rise in rent. Thus, in one case this witness said that the rent (fixed on valuation) bad risen from £9O to £2lO ■ in another case from £ll6 to £165. In’the former case the phenomenal appreciation is partly accounted for bv the fact of the changed locale of the railway station. Acceding to the unanimous request of the Auckland City Council, Air J. H. Gnnson lias consented to offer his services as -Mayor to the citizens for a further term. A tmo fish story was related in the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington on Saturday. Ippoeratis Karantze, a fish venwas proceeded against, by the Acclimatisation Society on a charge of unlawfully buying trout., It was explained Unit the Acclimatisation Society had for some time past, through their ranger been endeavoring to trace trout that were being sold m Wellington. Defendant received a consignment of fish from Alexander Lazaretto, of Foxlon. and on the case being examined at the railway Matiou it was found that besides flounders it contained several trout. Tho fish were traced to Karantzo’s shop, where a trout was purchased for 3s. It was later ascertained that several consignments of fish contained trout, despite the fact that the coiLs.gnments were labelled flounders' lire doiendant (who pleaded guilt v) was fined £3, with £1 14s costs. In (j le ~a f:e of Alexander Lazaretto, charged with unlawfully selling trout, tho Bench looked upon tho offence as more serious, and iniposed a penalty of £5, with £1 8s costs. i tllo Emilies that have contributed largely to tho strength of the New Zealand _ army is that of Mrs .Wove who resides m Grey Lynn, Auckland, one lost her husband prior to tho bovs leaving f„ P tho front. The following aro the names of the lads r-Privato K°An. gove, ord Auckland Regiment, went awav ' ' 'V-n , ■ 111 Expeditionary Force and vas kfiift,! in action on Gallipoli, A lav 8 : ., Pr ‘ vat e C. B. Angove, serving piS El Franco; i m .‘ lt(: <-• Angove, 15th North Aud-Lrd Regiment, wont with Main Expeditionary force wounded on Gallipoli, invalided lack f °r hospital treatment, some months m ■.ucKland Hospital, re-enlisted and jailed with January. 1917, roinforccments; Ruleman T. J. Angove, G Company, nth Reinforcements'; Trooper \ Angove, Auckland Alountcd Rifles pn, Menilorceinents; Gunner J. ][. himnve' N.Z.i'.A., 19th Reinforcements. ° Whatever tho effects of tlio. war will be on the minds of the, Maoris who are now serving with the King’s Forces, one --aou in a letter to a northern pa nor gives a very dear indication of what the effects o travel will be. He "Ivs ■ Gon, day. How aro you gettim- ’on. It only way t nought and passim. nlt , time so I tink to mesoif I drop vou’soma vJmm n0 n O, t , WW ; <L 1 hl now fiul <• , - he C "mans are, and all the VVhm, y K ' S if fY ersec ’ J1 El mo life. U hen I soon all this things 1 thought f and w° V °- r W”' kl; 1 becn England and been in London, and seen phutmuch good things, too. I (ink if Hi C v-E----he over this vear com!.- I ,( op , VIT don, hut die in France." Kia Ora » ' voman - 70 years of'ago and "f , , hj .ErenK. wl .an excellent c-xamnlo % l J: I,K:tl cal patriotism at the MiKiarv . cryico Appeal Board fsavs Thursday** appealed on ■ .malt ot h or adopted son, anil in (i... course ot lier evidence said that she had m-M tier manager off to the front (wo wVtlV’tlf*'?' . < u " cu . fc «Bg Eer position . ith the board, she said tint her sou was mo onl - v help she had on The station but she was quite willing that he should m aHci riisn of work was (1W She COi,, f ;,ss E(anco from the si act is taen. and she expressed her wolguess to give what assistance she could °: 1 llk Euan. M,e said that as oki •'be was sue could ride ahorse, and won'd ii'-- i Th‘ , ‘nw v-V" <h ,° ? if l u . r A,' t) P el butted, and slip could superyt Hie work. It came out in (he course ot her evidence that she find given val'uof Vr’mT tO ) the ,n i,kohas :,t ,J io time 1,',,. jE-nlai.u (mnoles, although most iands we tn 0,1(1 her lands i,e;v confiscated hv the \a(; Vf . s consequence She choeVfuJlv undertook o do too best she could under the ,rm *C Ind 1 ' ST hU T' 8,1,1 that ~uld t Ul e m d Tr t rv- P S 1 . 0 \i alker wished her every suecess' i'iid complimented her upon her deci.dr-n’ ire wished everyone was like her, and said' ..T 1 8,1 f ; xai,l ! ij ° u ' the white J M-li. | come from a fighting ra-e ” ,-he proudly answered. (.apf.'Uil V. alker (to an appellant at las' v.cek.s ««»'« of th<? Military S Pr vice Bond nr rislinrnoj ; “Do not'(he Indies in . -ns did net do work in assisting })ai- “ No '' r i he YilEyE ■” Appellant: Captain A\ alker; “IVdl. they v.nl imve to do so next season.’’ At (he .Magistrate's Court, Hokitika, on Wednesday 'revs the 'West Coast Times' n man gave as his eveu-e for b,ioo oi , licensed premises that he had “jest looV in to see the new baby to‘buy eimim ettes, I’hf Magistrate ; “This srraY to me such „ mix-up of bathes and cigarettes that T v.-ill (ino ynii A „ lk '' v experiment is to he tn'r-d with The Wellington nmnicinal lisli markel in. stend of losing £2OO to £3OO each vear :as Cr (.joabi’r (’.xplaiiioc! on Friday night), (he Uty Council have agreed to accept an oiler In rent. the. premises for a period of six months from the 2nd January, i9i7, rental ol £1 5s per week, with 1 lie use of certain fittings, subject to the prices charged for lidi being limited to tbc following;_(doper, 4d per lb; terakihi. 3d per n; moku ml per lb; sclma].per, s<i per Ih; Hat fish, 8d per lb: ov.-dors, 5d per dozen. It was explained that tbe-e prices were practically the same as those which have ruled all along. Auckland City lias now reached a total rateable^ nine, of more than a million sterhpi.;- The annual report of the Citv "Vainer, Air E. Bidding, presented to the (My Council on Thursday night, showed the total valuation of the city for thc penod 1917-13 to be £1,065,552, as .'cainst £391,550 in 1916-17. The attainment to seven figures is, however, mainly due to the addition of Romuera and lidcn Terrace, which are now included in tlio city valuation for tile first time, and reiiresent values of £127,945 and £22,081 respcctiydy. These accessions account *],n----£l:i0,02o out of tlio total increase of £175,002. Newspaper proprietors have for some ;imo experienced the great est difficultv in obtah'. mg supplies of printing paper. Not. only has Ino price of paper gone up at, the mills, but the shortage of shipping tonnage has driven the cost of freight upwards to an alarmim. iigme. Some newspapers have met tba cri.su by an increase in tho price of the pauer to tno subscriber—notably. Hie great London Tunes, wmcli raised its price in November last from one penny ; 0 one pemiv halfpenny —and u is rumored that such a slop is bourn considered liy sevenii papers in this | ) ri j million. \V« have, under the jirr-ssura of increased charges, found it necessary t,, in' crease some of our advertising charges to take effect as from tho first of February. the world over. Everywhere Watson’s No. 10 whisky, the -finest wifiskv ever distilled.—[AdvL] A glass of Speights beer at lunch and supper is belter than all the tea in China (.Advt.J You’re gelling the genuine “No Rubbum” Laundry Help if a “thinker’s’’ note book H given you tree. Tho weekly washitio- is now lit tie trouble. A. aud J. M’Parlane Ltd., Princes and Maclaggan st ecis -A [AdvL] ° Watson's No, 10 is a little dearer than most whiskies, but is worth the money.—[Advt.J J lie aiteniiaii of those hue-rested in tho baby show at 3t. Clair on February 17 directed, to page 3 of this issue, where details of the competition arc given. Some now features arc announced. Ladies recommend Martin's Apiol and Steel Pi,.3, Sold by all chemists and stores. Sea you get the genuine.—[Advt. | Tr 'mating will be hold in the North-east yadey Presbyterian Church to-morrow evening to bid farewell to the Rev. H. B. Gray who has accepted a call to Hawera. Friends from, other churches are cordially invited'to attend. The place par excellence, easy run by motor, only 27 minutes bv trainExchanoo Tea Rooms, MosgieL—£Advt.[[ , D

At the end of December we received 10s from Waitahuna West School in aid of the Jack Cornwell fund. As this fund had been closed before that date we transferred! the sum, in tho name of “ M.5.,” tho sender, to our Belgian children’s fund. Aknroa’s seaside health resort, year round, provides safest bathing in the world. Motors to convey you there from Little River and Christchurch, carry 16. The least expensive trip in Dominion.—[Advt.]