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Evening Star, Issue 18045, 12 August 1922, Page 4

A moment, please, to consider the virtue of cannibalism. Tim example arose an Otavo, during a frosty winter lake unto that which we have just come through. A mate and two of her progeny go snowed up in a dark gully—could not get out, and could not ba. found for weeks. The owner eventually discovered the innsing beasts, the youngsters barely ahyo, but able to move, and they recovered. Of the mother nothing was to be seen turn the bones. The colt and filly, following the instinct- that teaches snowed-up sheep to cat the wool off each others backs, had chewed their mother’s tail and mane, then started on the flesh, and gradually ate the old lady.to a skeleton! A reprehmsiblo and unfi'Mal act on the part of th two youngsters, it may bo said. Not at all. There is no sentimentality about Nature. She ordained the colt and filly to live and the mother to die. Instead; O' , three deaths there was but one, and that of the least valuable. It was a part ot the endless progression—" that which thou sovvost is not quickened except it _ die. Fish eats fish, biixl eats bird, and m the last extremity horse eats horse. _ But we did not know of the cannibalistic expedient being resorted to by horses until this testimony came to hand on the authority of a respected member of the New Zealand PurliaTnoiit —lie vouches for th© facts. By the way, it may bo news to some persona that tha word “ cannibal ” is a corruption of “ Caribal,” the reference being to the Carilba and their reputed taste for man flesh. The mayor’s list for the unemployment relief fund stands as under Previously acknowledged, £295; H. E. Williams, £2; Mrs G. S." Total. £517.

Tho Sports Edition of tho ‘ Evening Star ’ to-night will contain a full report of the Otago-llawkc’s Bay representative Rugby match, commends on the day’s racing at lUccarton, an account of the bouts for tho Dominion boxing championships at Auckland, and Mr E. E. Booth’s report, on the first two matches of tho All Blacks in Sydney. Other interesting features, including a record of. to-day’s doings in the field, will bo included.

In the course of ■ his statement to Parliament yesterday the Minister of Railways stated that for the four-weekly period ended June 24 tho deficit on working amounted to £156,668, or, deducting the profit (£9,010) on tho Westport lino —the only railway showing a profit—a net deficit of £157,651, which worked out at £2,150 per day, compared with £4,770 daily in August last. Last year the expenditure exceeded tho revenue in the corresponding period by over £40,000. During the fourweekly period ended June 24 the revenue exceeded the expenditure by £168,000. The Minister stressed the* fact that economy in management was being practised in an increasingly effective manner. Tho Repatriation Department had, up to July 20 last, placed 28,033 discharged soldiers in employment, and there are at tho present time 278 names on the “ employment wanted” register (Auckland 81, Wellington 84, Canterbury 81, Otago 32). |ln addition to 1,427 students who have : been assisted financially with grants for ' tho payment of fees and the purchase of text books, the department has arranged vocational training for 6,064 partially disabled soldiers, apprentices, etc.,’and 5,795 lof this number have completed their | courses and have been absorbed in various industries. During tho month of July eight men commenced training and sixty I trainees completed their courses. _ There arc 269 men still being trained—viz., 178 subsidised workers and apprentices in private workshops or factories, 43 trainees at Ruakura and Tauhercnikau training farms, etc., and 48 others at universities, etc. The total amount expended to date on the provision of facilities for training and for the sustenance of trainees is £390,154. Loans to assist discharged soldiers to establish themselves in businesses or professions have been granted in 6,259 cases, at a cost of £1,138,684. A further 15,047 men have received advances totalling £715,282 for the purchase of household furniture or tools of trade; and 4,444 have been granted financial assistance in other directions, the amount paid to or on beI half of soldiers under all headings being £2,257,248. Of the total amount of I £2,257,248 expended on behalf of soldiers, ' £1,830,897 represents loan advances for tho establishment of businesses or for tho purchase of household furniture, etc., and up to the 30th Juno last the department 1 had collected in respect thereof £1,052,092.

“ The subject of forestry conservation and extension has not been advanced so far during the year as the league had reason to hope would be the case,” states tho annual report of the Otago Expansion League. “Tho appointment of a Director of Eorestry was loudly acclaimed by tho Government as an earnest of its desire to make up for tho failure and follies of past administration, but the results have proved that tho old serpent of political control is not even scotched. The recommendation of the Director that tho School of Forestry should bo affiliated with Canterbury College has been —owing to claims in Auckland—repeatedly shelved by the Cabinet. A deputation to Sir F. D. Bell, tho Minister in charge, was arranged by the Canterbury Progress League, and supported by numerous public bodies and associations (including our own and Southland League), and urged tho Minister to make a decision. But tho subject is still unsettled, and it seems as if the members of the Cabinet who are supporting Auckland’s claim are determined not to give way, and, rather than see Auckland lose tho school, are prepared to block its creation indefinitely —another example of the Ifolly which seeks to make party political capital at the expense of good administration.” “ I hope it is typical of tho times that the gaol is to bo replaced by the school,” said the Minister of Education (Hon. C. J. Parr), when opening the new To Aro (Wellington) infant school. Tho school, which is a fine structure, is situated on part of tho Terrace Gaol site. “ Our gaols would not bo full if wo were a truly educated people,” said the Minister. “Some might say that such an environment as a gaol might not be of tho best, but I am inclined to think that the sight of tho gaol will be an excellent lesson to the little ones to ever tread the paths of strict rectitude."

Th-o export of exotio timbers from New Zealand is necessarily of only comparatively recent growth, but has already reached considerable proportions from Auckland province alone, according to the statement of a representative of an Auckland timber firm (states the ‘Herald’). Ho saidi that in the past three years his firm had been responsible for the export of 2,000,000 ft of pinus insigxris to Sydney, all cut in the Waikato, and much of it on the banks of tire river itself. As had been the case with white pine, the timber was wanted for boxmaking, particularly fruit cases, and as it could bo sold much more cheaply than the white pine, there was a strong demand for it. At the last meeting of the local executive of the British and Foreign Sailors’ Society a summary of the work carried on by the society at its headquarters was presented. It revealed the variety and' extent of the efforts made to meet the needs of the men of the mercantile marine and the Navy. Shipping is so scanty in cur ports that but little can bo done by the local branch of the society, but it should be proud to bo associated with an agency whose activities are world-wide and international. The summary presented states (inter alia) that the society has built at a cost of £IO,OOO in London a sea training for training British boys ior British ships, this hostel accommodating forty boys at a time; that during tno wav no less than 42,000 victims of the submarine warfare from 1,267 torpedoed ships were succored at the society’s various rests m English and foreign ports, being fed ; clothed, housed, nursed, and sent to their homes; that regular parcels of food and! clothing were sent to 1,000 sailor prisoners of war in Germany, the cost of this item alono being upwards of £52,000; and now, owing to the unavoidable inroads made upon the society’s resources, expenditure has largely exceeded income, and it m to-day faced with a serious finan£2o off’" 011 am * l an ovorclra^

The ordinary congregational meeting of he Mornington Presbyterian Church was held on Wednesday night, when there was a- attendance, and excellent addresses were by tire Rev. Dr Gumming and the llev. G H. Jupp. A children's meeting was held on Thursday night, which was thoroughly enjoyed by both the parents and children. Songs, recitations, andi action songs were given by the children. Devices intended by their inventors to avercomo the break of gauge difficulties in fine Commonwealth are legion (says the ‘Age ’). A fortune in the way of royalty would doubtless await the individual whoso contrivance was acceptable to experts and Governments. But export opinion—including the Royal Commissioners—regard all such devices) (third rail, movable wheels, adjustable telescopic axles) as unsatisfactory and inadequate. Still another device ol this character has been invented, and a working model was shown at Parliament Buildings recently. Perhaps its most interesting feature is the fact that it was invented by a woman—Mrs S. Bell, of Richmond. Her scheme involves adjustable wheels, sliding along the axles to conform to a differing gauge, the change being effected on passing from one gauge to another. At points where differing gauges meet the train would run over strips of new rails widening out or narrowing, as the case may be. Locking of the axles on the new gauge would be required upon the train passing the intersection. The scheme would involve structural alterations to the bogeys and rolling stock. The secretary of the Dunedin branch of the Federated Seamen’s Union advises that the wages of seamen in Australia have been increased by 2s per month as from July 1 last. This increase also applies to New Zealand seamen.

Our Parliamentary Reporter telegraphs that there was a slight irregularity about tho Mosgicl Borough Empowering Bill, but Mr J. M. Djcksoq obtained the leave of tho House to overcome tho breach of tho Standing Orders, duo to failure to introduce it within forty-two days of the session opening. When this hn.d been done yesterday tho was read a first time, and referred to the local Bills Committee.

In tho course of the hearing of a petition for divorce this morning His Honor Mr Justice Hosking expressed strong disapproval of the methods adopted by a private detective in obtaining evidence. The witness told how ho had opened a window in tho house in which the respondent was staying, and, with petitioner, entered. “Do you usually make entrance without the consent of the owners?” asked the judge. Witness replied that he had done so on other occasions. _ “ Then all I can say is that it is a most impudent proceeding, and one not to bo encouraged. His Honor advised the not to repeat the method described, which ho considered was deserving of a certain amount of punishment.

A young man just over sixteen years of age, who was arrested by Detective Demand Acting Detective Roycroft, appeared before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., in tho City Police Court this morning to answer a charge of stealing a cheque for £1 19s from a city firm. Accused pleaded guilty. Chief-detectivc Bishop said the lad had been working for tho company for some time. Tho cheque was sent from Central Otago in a letter. Tho accused opened tho letter, took the cheque, and cashed it. His Worshio .remanded accused to appear on August f 9, and placed him under tho control of the probation officer (Mr E. G. Gumming). As the lad was just over juvenile age, His Worship also prohibited publication of his name in the meantime.

Tho secretary of the Dunedin R.S.A. (Mr A. C. Laing) has received a letter from General W. R. Birdwood (Headquarters Northern Command, Murree, India) expressing thanks for a copy of the annual report of tho association. The general also asked that his regards ho given to all his old comrades of the N.X.E.F. One hundred and nine bags of English, American, and Canadian mails, cx the Niagara at Auckland, will reach Dunedin on Monday night. Tho postal authorities advise that the Maunganpi, which is duo at Wellington on August 26 from San Francisco, is bringing 1,153 bags of mail, including 837 bagg, from the United Kingdom, and 1,103 parcel receptacles, for New Zealand. The Uiimaroa is duo at Wellington next Wednesday from Sydney, with Australian mails. The Dunedin portion should come to hand on Thursday afternoon.

The liner Athenir, which arrived at Wellington on Wednesday from Southampton and London, brought nearly SCO passengers for New Zealand, including 240 assisted iinimigrants. The immigrants, who came from various- parts of England, appeared to be a healthy lot. According to the ship's surgeon they were the best draft, physically, he had seen. The numbers for the various centres were:—Auckland 79, Now Plymouth 4, Napier 10, Wanganui 7, "Wellington 61, No! SOU 12, Lyttelton 16, Dunedin 10, Bluff 8. There were also forty domestics. The vessel brought a number of naval ratings for H.M.S..Veronica.

The Wanganui ‘Chronicle’ says: Borough workmen thought they had found a bottomless pit tho other day. A small slip had occurred on tho Main road in tho narrow portion alongside Virginia Lake. It was thought a few yards of filling would bo sufficient, hut for once this estimate was oiit, for load after load was dumped and promptly disappeared. A rough concrete toe was put in, and finally, after about 800 loads had been dumped, the filling was completed. Soundings revealed the fact that the slip had occurred above a depth of 58ft of water. Bran is becoming scarce in Dunedin. Flour, on the other hand, is plentiful; and wheat is heavily stocked by the millers, a certain temporary dullness in their trade having resulted from the recent_ cut of prices in Canterbury, this leading to a rush of business and the reaction now in operation. Stake reductions are being forced upon racing -clubs by tho heavy taxation; but the Dunedin Jockey Club is not, it is understood, likely to reduce by much, and there, is every probability that the Dunedin Cup will again carry -the prize of £1,500 plus the trophy. Tho receipts from the concents given as a compliment to tho late Mr -Sidney Wolf total well over £SOO, and -the treasurer feels euro that the net result will be £450 or over.

One of the objects that Mr James Fletcher has in .his mind in connection with his tour that commenced to-day is to try to arrange for the establishing of large works, for the making of sanitary pottery and bricks at Auckland.

Notifications of Sunday services as enumerated below appear m our advertising columns: —Anglican: St. Paul’s Cathedral, All Saints’, St. Peter’s. Presbyterian: First Church, Knox Church, St. Andrew's, Port Chalmers, North-east Valley, Musselburgh, St. Stephen’s, Kaikorai, Mornington, Cavershain, South Dunedin, Maori Hill, and St. Glair. Methodist: Trinity, Central Mission, Mornington, Cargill Eoad, Belleknowes, St. Kilda, Woodhaugh, North-east Valley, Dundas Street, Eavensbourno, Eoslyn, Maori Kill, and Caversbam. Congregational: Moray Place and King Street. Baptist: Hanover Street, Eoslyn, Cavqroham, N.E. Valley, South Dunedin. Church of Christ: Tabernacle, South Dunedin, Mornington, Eoslyn, N.E. Valley, and Fillenl Street. York Place Hall, Christadelphians, Playfair Street Hall. Salvation Army. Christian Science. Orange Hall. Gospel Hall. South Dunedin. At the Methodist Central Mission on Sunday evening the Eev. Clarence Eaton will givo the second address of a short scries, •Will the Loss of the Church-going Habit Matter Much?’ Mr John Leech and Miss Joan Lennox will sing sacred solos. The nip for nippy winter weather—Watson’s No. 10, fine" old Scotch whisky.— fAdvt.l Ladies recommend Martin’s Apiol and Steel Pills. Sold by all chemists and storesSee you get tho genuine.—(Advt.l Mi- J. MTCcllar will speak on Sunday evening at the Fillenl Street Church of Christ on tho subject of ‘The Gospel: Its Significance.’ The Dunedin Burns Club holds its monthly concert in tho Art Gallery Hall on Wednesday next. A short address will bb given bv Dr Elder. New season’s photographic goods; excellent stock now arriving. Cameras from 6s. Send your order early to 11. J. Gill, 11 and 15 Frederick street, Dunedin; ’phone 1,144. —[Advt.] Clear Water! Aluminium Anti-splash Tap Strainers, Is. White House, George street. —[Advt.] Tho Otago Mutual Starr-Bowkctt Society announces that a free loan in the No. 3 group will bo balloted on August 21. Members joining this group now will participate. U.T.A. service, Sunday, 3 and 7, Oddfellows’ Hall, Rattray street, Sir Lind will conduct the reviva Ismiccs at tho Choral Hall to-morrow, morning and evening. Use six ounces of tho pure “ Golden Rule ” Soap with one small packet of “No Rubbing” Laundry Help, for weekly family washing. Laurie and Leith.—[Advt.] The United' Starr-Bowkett Building Society advertises £2,000 for disposal August 31, and invites membership for new No. 6 group. The Pacific Starr-Bowkett Building Society invites membership in the No. 4 group now in operation. Loans by ballot and sale. Office : 86 King Edward street.—[Advt.] People’s services at tho Eoslyn Baptist Church on Sunday. The minister (Rev. Leslie Jno. B. Smith) preaches in the morning and evening. Mr Jns. Dixon and choir witl lead service in singing of popular songs. A misprint of Mr A. H. Foster for Mr A.* H. Fisher occurred in our announcement of the names of those appointed to the Art Committee of the Dunedin Art GallerySociety. Watson’s No. 10 is a little dearer than most whiskies, hut is worth the money.— [Advt.3 Tho Dunedin and Suburban Mutual MoneyClub, ' Ltd., advertises annual meeting ora Wednesday, Those in need of loans apply to the club. Applications for shaves are invited for the No. 5 group, Dunedin Starr-Bowkett Building Society, which commences on August 21.