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Evening Star, Issue 16782, 10 July 1918, Page 4

Persona concerned are advised of the formation of tile Peninsular and Oriental Coi-j.iial Stuck Trust, Limited. The directors are Sir Jamos Mills, Messrs G. Hokteworth, John Roberta, C. W. Rat-tr.-.y. D. A. Aiken, G. R, Ritchie, C. G. White, and, as representing the New Zealand Shipping; Company, Mr John Anderson. Tho object of the Trust is to deal with the stock owned by Australian and New Zealand stockholders. A register will bo opened in Dancdin forthwith. Transfers of tho P. and O. stock to the} Trust are free of ex-iense to the . stockholders. On subsequent transfers a stamp duty of 20s per cent, is payable by the buyer, but it is hoped that the representations being matin will result in transfers being treated us transfers of shares, on which tho duty is 6.'. per cent.

Stocks of wheat in Canterbury are. Hearing their end, and very little is offering. Shortly there will be none to bo bought there except odd lines of seed wheat left over by farmers. All the Southern wheat is now out of the farmers' bands, except probably 4,000 or 5,000 bags in Central Otago. None of the Dunedin millers hold heavy stocks. Unless a supply soon reaches us from Australia some of our mills will have to run short time or shut down for lack of a mixture. They may have wheat, but it is necessary to have such varieties as will serve for mixing, otherwise the flour would not be of the quality made in districts where a good mixture can bo had, and our trade would suffer. Some of the Otago millers have been bringing tho position before the Government, but so far there is no information as to what the Government arc doing in the matter of importing. It is pointed out that, whilst there is no word of bringing over wheat for milling, space could be found on one recently-arrived vessel for 4,500 sacks of barley for brewing. The millers in the South are willing to' pay ordinary rates of freight if the Government will import wheat from Australia, but it is necessary that the import duty bo taken off, otherwise this wheat could not bo manufactured except at a loss. This is a simple proposition. According to the Government regulations the price of wheat increases by £d per bushel per month, and it is now 6s Oid, as compared with 5s lid in April, whilst the price of flour is fixed at £ls 10s. So, with a fixed price for flour, and an advancing price for wheat, and the manufacturing margin already slight, it is only a matter of a little while when under such conditions the manufacturing must cease to pav. That is tho view of the case put forward by the milling trade, and it is the argument for the removal of the import duty.

In connection -with the patriotic concert to bo held at Maori Hill on Monday evening, a meeting of the "girls -who have p:is.sed through the local school was held iast night, when over 70 ex-pupils put in an appearance. Mr S. X. Brown presided, and addressed the girls as to the object in view, as also did Mr F. G. Gumming, who initiated ana has worked most arduously on behalf of tho honors reccsd erected in tho school grounds. The young la-dies took up the duties imposed upon them enthusiastically, and the outcome of tho meeting more than satisfied its promoters.

A low glass and a high tide were the unfavorable weather indications this morning from a seafaring; point of view. The fiiKs weather prevailing to-day was very uleasant, but it, too, may possibly be but an indication of tho unsettied_weather conditions existing at present, --mother factor largely us«d in computing weather conditions by men who incline to rely on experience rather than on scientific formula is the moon. The change of the moon on Monday was accompanied by certain favorable indications, which to people who s-eo some method even in lunar vagaries, induce them .to think that tiie baa weather which now threatens will not arrive here before the end of this weeit. This is a case of unorthodox weather prophecy, and its element of uncertainty can be more accurately gauged—well, after the end of this weeK.

Holders of apples are releasing them from store in small quantities, and the market is steadily and slowly rising. This week apples are realising anything from 9s to Us per bushel case wholesale for ordinary sorts, whilst Delicious, a kind that is scarce, commands 14a.

The breadwinner of a family of nine, whose ages rang* from three months to 14 years, appeared before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., at Oainaru, in response- to a judgment summons for a sum of about £l2. Defendant (says the 'Mail') explained his position to tho Magistrate, stating that his weekly earnings averaged £2 10s. Mr Bartholomew remarked that according to law full inquiry should be made before a judgment summons was issued, but apparently no inquiry had been made in the case being dealt with. Tho man should never have been brought before the. Court, so he would refuse the order, and allow him 12s expenses for the time lost attending the court. Mr Ongloy asked ii',,there was no way of making sure that the man actually would receive the expenses allowed, as "plaintiff would not pay tho money, but would simply set it off against the judgment. The Magistrate pointed out that Micro was no provision in the Act- to prevent the latter course. A discovery which is of interest, and has every prospect of being oi immense importance to the agriculturists of Canterbury, was announced by Mr C. S. Howard at a meeting of the 'Canterbury Education Board (says the ' Press'). This is a means of overcoming tho potato blight, a pest that has Idnjr been the bane of tho agriculturist, and to which has been duo the loss of many promising cropa and much money for more than a decade. As chairman of the Agricultural Committee Mr Howard has naturally had much to do with the watching of the potato-growing competitions, which are held annually at the ftouth Canterbury schools, and on Friday he stated that experience had led him to note that where the potatoes had been planted deeply there was less blight, whilo in cases where plantings had been made to a depth greater than five inches there was seldom any blight at all. Ho thought this information should be made public, in order that further experiments should be made alone; the lines indicated, with a view of utterly overcoming tho bliyfht.

Tn a speech at Hclensville last night Sir James Allen said th-t Xew Zealand to date had sent away 95.000 soldiers, and over 22,000 had returned. (To was hopeful that wo shortly would be able to reduce the reinforcement quotas to what if was a few months ago. He announced having just received a- letter from General Godley. .jiving particulars of the honors, gained by Now Zcnhinders, as follow :—Vivtoria Crosses. 5. IKS.O.s, SO: bars. 5. D.GM.s, 211; bars, 2. MTtarv Cros«ej 307; bars, 4. Military Med Ms. bars, 29. Merilori'uis Service. 35. Mentioned in despatches. 925. Recommended to Secretary of State for War, 117. The awards to women were : Roval Bed Cross —•lirst class, 7; second class, 34. The honors awaa-rled to New Zealand bv the Imperial authorities totalled 3.015, and in addition 142 decorations had been awarded for service with the Allies, p.* follow: French. 46; Russian. 7; Belaian, 52; Serbian, 29; Montenegrin, 3. Speaking at- the women teachers' meeting in Wellington, Dr Patcrson explained the system followed with a special class of mentfallv backward children at Auckland. About 28 are tau.uht in a special class, and a good deal on the Montessori system. The children do all the cleaning of the school; they bring their lunches, make their own coffee, and wash their own cups. Kaeh child has its own towel, and these they wash themselves. These children are much happier segregated, because when th.ev are with mure forward children they feel their own inferiority. Here all are equal, and they have much more movement and freedom than in the ordinary school. Dr Patcrson stronih' advocated such classes for backward children everv-

where. W-drmts are r.rnnjrt the foods we Are losing tiie ta-.tn of. >~ow JJe.il.ind used to have an ample supply from Nelson. Blenheim, and Banks and thev ro"ld be fold retail ,-t 3d and Pd < er lb. Tim oufrtnt was sufficient to not only ke-en the market soir'T in the Fiomim'on. but to S"n-p-Iy the So-th Sea Islands. The natives of these islands arc very fend of walnuts. and cannot "row them. For several yp-rs past the crop ha? been, very slmrt. The explanation is That (he trees are Hhrhtod with messel scale (Lenieos-'plies ulmil. It is sHd tint the walm>+ trees on tho Pae-Tie ("Vast .are similarly arVetcd. Perhaps "Yew Zealand got this hlhrkt from there." Anywav, walnuts are scarce, and crn we rs are nsl.-incr Is to Is 3d ner lh price, whieh means that thev cannot he so 1 .-' "u Pltmedin nt !p<=-- than Is M ret-di. Tlv.sfraiv/e tlr'ng abn"t this disease is that in ?ovee'd ; «'r;t't..- it affects-the free? on'v partially. Sometimes half of a tree is blight-d and the rest sterns to be all right. Experts sav that the. host treatment is to put off tee offoHod branrh.es t\nd hy.m (hem, and r"d. ; eiously apply svlphntc of iron os a. fe-f'li-or when the roots are a"tivo in the spring.

At last nudil's mect-ncr of the Planding Committee of the d-'occse o' D-ncdin it was fMinnmir-orl tbnt- in the will of tlio Into Mr E. 1-7. C. Quick bequests were, mad-- to th-c* church f'-nds. The cle'-crv widows and orphans" fund will rec'v- £250. the cathedral fuml £im. and tile general church fend £75. Tt is understood til at the Pat-'ents and Prsoners" Aid Society -and the O'ago Art f?-c : eiy a'-o benefit, the bequests to those bodies being

-£SO and £25 respcti'-e'.v. Our ChriotchuTch corr-ESDOT-jdont- wires : Ba.ndmr.-ter C. J. Davie.' late of the Kai-ko-rni Band, ha-nwritten to the Mayoress of Christ church in rerard to Lady Liverpool parcels sent to the troops. Mr Davie so.vs: "I ha.vo seen men plied tears of T-tibvle for all th» kr'dnessos shown to them by the ladies of t.'ie. Lady Liverpool Society." I may state that err officers and n.c.o.'s see to it that every soldier receives a parcel." Professor Domenico In Monaco, director of the bi-chemical section of the Lincei Academy at Rome, is credited by the Italian scientific press with a discovery which will revolutionise the treatment of tuberculosis. Professor Io Monaco, explaining bis discovery, said he had observed that sugar had a remarkable effect on the secretions of the human organism. After seven years of study of these phenomena, he became convinced that the secretions of saliva, bile, and the gastric and pancreatic juices were modified pronouncedly by the introduction of sugar. This gave him the idea of applying this method to thp bronchial secretions of consumptives. The first experiments made by this method on consumptive soldiers from the front gave results far exceeding his expectation, he reports. There was rapid improvement in most cases, and he obtained cures which appeared to be radical. Professor lo Monaco explained that the bronchial secretion is an indispensable medium for the existence of the tubercle bacilli, and that an injection of saccharose secretion diminishes and finally disappears, the bacilli disappearing with it. A meeting of the committee of the Otago branch of the Socielv for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held vesteidaw afterno*n, Mr Crosby Morris presiding. A letter was read from the CanterHurv branch of the society expressing svmrathv with the Otago Society on the death of their secretary, Mr T. S. Graham. Tt was decided to forward the letter to Mrs Graham. The committee decid-cd to instruct the inspector to report upon the state of the drinking troughs in the Octagon. A member complained that the troughs were in a dirty condition, and badly needed cleaning out.* On the motion of the Rev. W. Saunders it was unanimously decided to grant the widow of the late Mr T. S. Graham asum of money equivalent to three months' salarv. The' chairman mentioned that a great deal of carelessness was being shown in various parts of the City by persons throwing bent nails on the roadways, and a- number of horses had become lame at various times in He exhibited a large bent nail wh'ch a carter had removed from one of his horse's feet with much difficulty. The inspector had visited several places', and had been informed that more care would be taken in this direction in future. Ho also mentioned that horses were apt to pick up nails scattered about tbo roadways, and in merchants yards, from pack-in? eases, when goods were being unpacked. The meeting decided that the secretary write to the Town Clerk asking him to instruct the surfacemen to keep a lookout for nails when cleaning the streets, and remove the same. Tt was also deeded to have notices printed and distributed to all the large business houses pointing out the danger to horses by nails or broken bottles lying about the roadways and yards.

Mr Pauliu's forecast:—N.W. to S.W, winds, with rain, sleet, and snow; indications stormv.

Tho monthly meeting of the Otago Motor Club lapsed 'last evening owing to tho absence of a quorum. Several matters were informally discussed by the nine members present, but no decision could, under the circumstances, be come to concerning them. Tho Roads Committee recommended that no further grants bo made toward. 1 * the upkeep of the Main North road until such road has been declared a schedule road. The committee also recommended that the club request the City Council to have the hedge cut at the corner of Leven street and Citv road, Roslyn, as motorists and drivers of other vehicles were unable' to see an approaching tram until close on them. The cutting down of the hedne would greatly assist towards the prevention of an accident occurring at this point. A member reported that the trees had already been trimmed. , .-,,., Speaking at the meeting of the Christchurch Presbvtery yesterday on the forthcoming Prohibition campaign, the hev. J. Patcrson said the spirit of response among business people in the city was amazing. The alliance- -had required £1.500 from Christchurch,, and had expected to raise it in a campaign extending over _ sis months ; but tliev had raised the required sum in as many'days. In Auckland they had a considerable sum of money iri the bank with which to light the campaign. The value of the liquor trade in the Dominion had been estimated at £7,000.000, but as many of the proprietors would retain their premises the compensation had been computed at £4,500,000. The alliance had-recognised that it would bo better to agree to compensation, although it was not recognised as a right. However, the amount of compensation which was to wine the trade right out of existence in New Zealand was no more than wis spent annually on liquor in the Dominion.

The scarcity of labor was a topic of conversation with some district farmers bound for (lore in a train on Saturday (reports the ' Ensign'). Ono well-known landowner said he' was prepared to give the use of from 200 to 300 acres of good land for growing turnips for the coming season free of rent, and with a- guarantee that he would pay to the cropper 3d per head of sheen per week to eat the turnips off. This offer is reminiscent of the days when the ruuholders, in order to break the land up. offered it free of rent for cropping. Several of the ppssengers expvppced" the opinion that- this was a splendid chance for anyone who had teams available.

For some months past tho matter of religious teaching in "the local State school has been tho subject of controversy nt Port Chalmers. This was most apparent as the recent school committee election approached, and so keen was the feeling displayed that a record number of householders attended the annual meeting. The principle- point at- issue was whether religious teaching was to be continued in the ordinary school hours for one morning a week. " Teaching it out of school hours raised no controversy, and apparently little or no opposition. The election of the committee gave a majority of one (it was so claimed) in favor of having all religious teaching nt- the school imparted out of the. ordinary hours. When the matter came before the new committee for final decision it was decided bv four votes to three votes to continue tho Wednesday morning teaching in school hours, arithmetic being tho ordinary subject to be cut out of the syllabus that morning. A "good deal of the feelintr displayed in this matter is said to have been due to class consciousness. But, now that the matter has been disposed of for the time being: at least, there is every appearance of the proverbial calm onco more asserting itself.

New f»a<on's photographic woods; excel lent stock now arriving. Cameras from 8s -•• rui ynur order early to H. J. Gill, 11 and 15 Frederick street, J)unedin. 'Phone 1,144. —[Advt. Be smartly dres=ed by wearing a costume made by Anse.ll, costume specialist. Octagon. Only high-grade materials u-rd.—[Advt.] Fi-.est I ever tasted. Watson's No. 10 whisky. Oh, it is good!—[Advt.] Diniedin grocers are finding considerablo (JiUi-julty at present in obtaining sufficient Fmmllcs of Golden Rule Soap and Candles. -[Advt.] The annual concert by the St. Clair Jumor Gir's' C'l'ib, to which a fairy play is to be added, will be held in the St. Chrr Presbyterian Kail to-morrow evening. Proceeds m aid of Y.M.C.A. hut fund. Watson's No. 10 is a little dearer than whiskies, but is worth the money.— [Advt.] Port Chalmers. —J. Wat=on'e clearing' sale wimcr drapery, clothing, boots, and shoes now on.—[Advt.] Eyestrain!—Consult Mr Peter G. Dick, D.8.0.A., F. 1.0. (Pondon), consulting and oculists' optician.—Peter Dick, jeweller, etc., 490 Moray place. Duncdm.—fAdvtJ