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Evening Star, Issue 17924, 21 March 1922, Page 4

A ratepayer of St. Kilda. forwarded a letter to the Borough Council stating that when paying his rates some time ago lie applied for a rebate of 10s. He pointed out that he did not possess a hose, and never used his outside tap, and he trusted' the council would refund the amount. He concluded by saying that he could not afford to pay for a luxury ho did not use. The letter came before the council at its meeting last night. A councillor said that the ratepayer in question was out of work, and he should bo shown some- sympathy by the council. The mayor said that no doubt the council as a whole was in sympathy with the applicant, but it would not be fair to the "other fellow" to make any exception. As long as the stand pipe was on his property the onus was on the ratepayer to have it Temoved. It was decided to inform him that the amount would be refunded when ho paid his rates_ next year, provided ho removed the tap in the meantime.

A Gisborne telegram says: In tho Supreme Court Venion Winfield Higgins Linkhorn was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on a charge of bigamy. Tho case was deferred twelve months ago to give tho accused an opportunity of contracting a legal marriage with the ■woman ho had bigamously married; but the woman refused to many him, and the judgo said he thought she was right. The court is now hearing a civil suit in which Hugh Paterson claims from the National Piano Company, of Auckland. £3,000 damages for alleged malicious prosecution. Unemployment Relief.—Additional contributions to the Mayor's list : Previously acknowledged, £2,881 Is sd; employees O. Simpson and Co., 1&; "Anonymous," £1 7s; total, £2,882'19s 5(1.

Advice received in Duuedin states that freights from Sydney to Hongkong have been considerably reduced. Wheat is now quoted at 25s per ton to Japan. Interpretation of the by-laws was the principal form of argument between the Mayor of St. Kilda (Mr J. W. Dove) and Cr Scddon at last night's mooting of the Borough Council. As a result of the sustained discussion the meeting lasted much longer than the business before it warranted. Yjlhen the town clerk had finished' reading a somewhat lengthy typewritten letter from the borough solicitors in connection with the decision of the magistrate in a recent case before the court, where the council prosecuted a ratepayer for breaking the By-law in regard to a building permit, Or Seddon immediately rose and said that the council Lad made a great mistake in taking such an action. .Tie contended that the ratepayer concerned had jiofc broken the- by-law, and after he had quoted several paragraphs from the by-law book he was asked by the mayor to wait until he (His Worship) had spoken on the matter. After trying to point out to Cr Seddon that he was entirely at sea regarding the by-laws, Mr Dove i,:Ad : "You sit at this council table as a representative of the ratepayers, not of the individual. In your remarks in connection v,ith this matter you have cast a slur i.pon cue of the council's officers, and that sort of thing is not going to be tolerated by this council." Cr Scddon continued his argument on the interpretation of the by-laws. Tho mayor, however, took a firm <fand, and after the councillor had again referred to certain sections the discussion was ciosed without any motion being m:vcd regarding the letter.

His Honor the Chief Justice (Sir liobcrt Stout) granted probate this morning in the estates of Mary Hegarty and Martha Jane Wilson. In connection with an application to appoint Mary Emily Lloyd and Helen Ada Haugh as'administratrix in tho citato of James Lloyd (deceased), tho original executor being dead, His Honor mvAo the order asked for. In re Mary Jane Clark, against Walter Clark (in divorce), fm application was made as to service of citation. Abstract of citation to be advertised. In re Agnes Maxwell MacFarlane v. Andrew Cowan MacFarlane, a similar application, a corresponding order was made. With Togard to a petition for directions as to notice to creditors and ethers in re Annie Finnerty Scully, an order was made 'that notice to creditors be advertised.

In the early hours of this morning an engine that was being "blown down"— i.e.', the steam taken out of it—escaped from the locomotive ya.nl at Dmiedin and ran down into the passenger yard at the station. A car was in the way, and tliiS was telescoped and badly damaged. Ko one was hurt.

Tho salo of Bishopsgrove, the late Bishop Novill's property, to Mr E. UshcTwood is reported by Messrs S:evwright, Haggitt, and Co., ltd. Invited to-day to say something about tho threshing-mill trouble, the Hon. G. J. Anderson, who is.. Minister of Labor, re> marked: "Tho resolutions -that have been carried by the farmers do not call for any intervention on my part. It is purely a matter for the Arbitration Court, which has full jurisdiction. The Labor Department has nothing to do with the findings of that court." In the course of a chat with a reporter this morning Miss Jean Stevenson, who is travelling officer for the National Y.W.C.A., and specialising in industrial work, mentioned that the Kaiapoi Woollen Company is putting at tho association's disposal a house which is to be a hostel for tho workers and a social centre for tho Kaiapoi girls, tho Christchurch branch of tho Y.W.C.A. providing the staff. A Vancouver message to the Australian S>apers states that "Babe" Ruth, who tas entered into a five-year baseball contract, at the salary of a railway president, with a bonus of £IOO for each home run, is the highest-paid athlete in the .world.. His jjaj.a.ij' exceeds. £ls jQOO a jear..

'Mr Paulin advised at noon': —N.E. to f>.E. winds, changing to S.W.: heavy rain and hail showers; barometer fall. Mr W. H. Poole, sin,, of West Kcgarah, a naval veteran, who wears decorations for active service in three wars—the Crimean (1854-6), taking of the Takn Forts, China (1860), aucf the Russo-Tur-ki.sh War (1878) —claims for his family the record in New South Wales for aggregate of ages. His family comprises eleven members, whose ages aggregate 583 years. The father is eighty-six, tho mother (Ruth Poole) seventy-five, and Mr W. 11. Poole, jnn. (the eldest son), is fifty-six. The family consisted originally of fifteen children, but six' are dead. Mr W. 11. Poole, jun., served for thirty-one years in the Imperial, New Zealand, and Commonwealth Military Forces. Ho was a sergeant in tho Cordon Highlanders for fifteen years, a staff sergeant in the 9th Hawke's Bay (N.Z.) Regiment during tho Or,ea.t War, and .subsequently, at the age of fifty, enlisted in New South Wales for home servico.

One of tho most, important results of the latest shark incident at Congee will be the falling off in the number of patrons to that famous watering resort. Surfing made Coogee as it made Manly, Bondi, and Cronulla, and is making Narrabeen and. vicinity. It sent up land values quickly and astonishingly, and created busy business centres. Now that two bathers have been killed by sharks. Coogoo Beach will probably take on the appeara.nco of thirty years ago, when the "aquarium" was the main attraction. Tramway revenue, municipal revenue, and shop takings will suffer. A Perth message io the Sydney papers states that James Ridley, a, seaman, who was charged before lift 1 Justice E«rai>de with shopbreaking at plea«W drunkenness as an excoaw, &*\i offered to give up drink if he waa WieESly. treated. The Judge : There is no mscd to give up drink, but drink in mod-*ration. To give up drink is almost ; r.e b-nd as to get drunk. I have an affection f or sailors, although they are a bad lot. I will let you off if you go to sea. The committee of tho Goulburn (New South Wales) Mechanics' Inetitute has made a remarkable discovery, recently the library was closed for overhaul. Packed away in out-of-the-way .corners were found some valuable first and early editions of rare books. It is believed that some of these were given in the early days of the" institute (which was established over sixty yoars ago), while others were probably purchased when tho library was first founded. The books thus brought to light include ' The Memoirs of Madame dc Stacl,' in twenty volumes; 'Captain Cook's Voyages,' "published in 1784; ' Phipps's Voyage Towards'' the North Pole,' published,,, 1774; ' Cartwright's Journal, 1792 ' ; ' Pepys's Diary,' second edition; ' Bruce'y Travels,' 1790; ' Malcolm's .. System of Arithmetick,' 1730; a first edition of ' The Spectator' and a fine edition of '..Hakluyt's Voyages,' with the preface to the 3599 edition. There is also a beautiful copy of ' Carey's Atlas,' published in 1808, in which New Holland is shown with one settlement, Botany Bay, and a southern coastline utterly destitute of bays or gulfs. Some of tho works are illustrated with superb woodcuts or steel engravings. Mr J. Elliot presided at the monthly meeting of the N.E. Valley School Committee on Tuesday evening last. The Otago Education Board wrote stating that Miss M'Qneen (a teacher) had been appointed until July in tho place of Mr Anderson, who had resigned. The Otago Motor Club having forwarded two (Linger signs to motorists, it was resolved that these signs be placed on the poles granted by the Telegraph Department. Two war 'trophies having been donated by the Citv Council to. the School Committee, it was resolved that the most suitable' place for them was the passage between Standards V. and VI. Owing to tho annual election having been fixed for April 12, it was resolved to hold tho next monthlv meeting of the committee on the first Monday in April. Mr Baldvik, late conductor of the Queen's Regiment (Eng.) Fife and Drum Band, has been appointed conductor to the school fife and drum band. Tho new school for the infant department is nearing completion, and it was resolved to have an official opening when completed. Mr J. Elliot and Mrs G. B. Elliot wore appointed a Visiting Committee for tho ensuing month. The coroner's verdict in respect to tho death on Sunday night at Port Chalmers of Margaret Webster, a married woman, ao-ed thirty-six years, was that death was due to heart failure. It appeared from the cvidenco-of Dr W. H. Borne that deceased had been in poor health, with indications of heart weakness, for tho past six vears. Ho had not attended her professionally for the past two years, but when called in after death took placo he had no doubt that the cause of death was heart failure.

A few minutes before Mr T. M. Wilford stepped on the express this morning a reporter asked him what political luck ho had had in Duncdin, and he replied: "I am leaving- Dunedin with the foundation of a pood and effective organisation for the General Election well" established. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch, and Dunedin have responded splendidly to our appeal, and we. can claim that these (centres are well on the way towards functioning at the General Election. A change of Government is the talk of the hour, while a desire for electoral reform to prevent minority rule- is everywhere apparent. Earnest and sincere offers of help hav© been received by me and have been gladly accepted. From arrangements which I have- rna.de I feel sure there will bo no want of organised effort and no want of quiet, steady, and purposeful preparation, Your paperdias asked me to make a publie address. I have declined, because I am at present organising and not generally making addresses, for there are many matters to arrange in connection with the work of organisation. Ijdaim that my constituency is well and properly organised, and I have been taught to be careful in organisation. I shall return, perhaps before the coming Junp session, and hojie that Dunedin will be 39 generous in its sympathy and offer of assistance as it has been on this occasion." The persistent and unseasonable run of wet weather experienced this month in Otago, in common with other districts of the Dominion, has had a prejudicial effect upon harvesting. In many places from tho Taieri southward the uncut crops and tlie crops in stook have had a thorough soaking, and sprouting is reported, whilst discoloration is feared to bo pretty general. But wo have it on the authority of a well-informed man who has just made a tour of Southern Otago that the farmers are not really dismayed, nor even anxious. The harvest was early, and a largo proportion of the crops is under cover. It was also bountiful; as an example, one big field at Waikaka gavo a yield of 99£ bushels to the acre. As to tho unharvested residue, much of it will recover under the influence of tho drying winds that are suro to follow tho rain.

"The King, gentlemen!" and the toast was honored in tho King of 'WhiskiesWatson's No. 10.—[Advt.]-

Ladiea recommend Martin's Apiol and Steel PilU. Sold by nil cbemiflts and stores, Keo you get tho genuine.—[Advt.l Sir Victor E. Galway will givo an organ recital at the First Church this evening. Mr W. Gcmmell will ho tho soloist. Tlie " Grecian bend" has gone out of fashion; ateo the washboard slavery bend, thanks to No-rubbing Laundry Help. "So say all of us" Dunedin girls.—[Advt.]

Tho Gaelic Society's monthly meeting will bo held in tho Oddfellows' Hall to-morrow evening.

Fruit, Jam, and Jelly Jars, Pans, Spoons, Rubbers. Todd's White House, 133 G«orgo stjreet".—{Advt.] An American tea and gift afternoon in aid of the St. Vincent Orphanago building fund will be held in tho Overseas Club at 2.30 to-morrow. A musical programme- and somo vocal and amusing competitions will bo a further attraction. Watson's No. 10 is a little dearer than most whiskies, but is worth the money.— [Advt.]