TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 14393, 8 June 1907, Page 8

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Afi a result of the report of the Commission which inquired into the railway accident at Bankside on March 29, when a Volunteer train collided with a weekly special train from Christchurch to Ashburton, the Minister of Railways has decided to dispense with the services of J. Meikle and H, C. Seaman, the driver and guard respectively of the down tfain, as from the date of their suspension, March 29.

The following auctioneers .advertisements will be found on page 15:—North Canterbury Co-operative Association, Conway Matson and Sens, D. Thomas, Harding, Son and Co., H. B. Sorensen, Friedlander Bros, Ford and Hadfield, Devereux, King and Co., M’Kenzie and Willis, C. A- Lees and Co., and A. E. Young and Co.

Mauls for Fiji, Honolulu, United States, Canada,- Great Britain and the Continent of Europe, via Vancouver, will close to-day. The Southland Education Board has decided to appoint an agricultural instructor for Southland, at a salary of £250 a year and travelling expenses.

Special excursion fares have been arranged for in connection with the Ashburton Winter Show on June 14 and 15, from stations between Christchurch and limaru, and on the Methven and Springburn lines. The monthly meeting of the Kaiapoi Mothers Union was held in the Kaiapoi Church of England Sunday School yesterday afternoon. There was a large attendance, and the Rev T. Trest-rail gave an address on ‘'Home Influence.''

A meeting of the Ashburton Hospital Committee was held yesterday, Mr H. Davis presiding. The surgeon reported that during May 19 patients had been admitted to the institution, 20 had been discharged, and 14 remained under treatment. Accounts amounting to £145 were passed for payment. A successful social was given by the Onawe Ladies’ Hockey Club in the Amberley Town Hall on Thursday evening. The hall was prettily decorated by the ladies, and the attendance was large. Musical items,were contributed during the evening and dancing was indulged in. Mr Wells’s band supplied the music.

At the Kaiapai Magistrate’s Cou-t yesterday, before Mr R. Moore, J.P., and Mr W. Doubleday, J.P., John Driscoll was convicted on a charge o p disorderly behaviour when drunk, and was fined £2 and costs, in default seven days’ imprisonment. On the application of the police a prohibition order was issued against him. It may not prove a paying investment selling goods at the prices, bat Messrs Armetrang’s Sale Supplement, issued yesterday, caused a booming rush of buyers. 1 It is often perplexing to know which is the cheapest house to purchase reliable jewellery from, such _ as gem rings, watches, etc. To all in doubt we would recommend Watson, 230, Colombo Street, two doors from Armagh Street. Great attention given to watch repairs, especially fine watches, which require extra careful adjustment. 2 Coffee often gives people headaches. This is caused by the large proportion of chicory that is in it. Have you tried Ridley’s fresh ground, at Is 4d. Opposite Olook Tower. 17, .

A cribboge match played on That** day evening at the Waltham Library* between, members of the Waltham alia Woolston Libraries, resulted in a wia for Waltham, the scores being 63 i* S 3.

It is expected that it will be close Off Christmas time before the Exhibition' authorities have disposed of all th« material in Hagley Park and settled the affairs of the recent International Exhibition.

A Press Association telegram estate® that, on his arrival at Adelaide, th* Premier, Sir Joseph Ward ; will trav«i overland to Sydney, catching the; M*» : heno for Wellington, and arriving then* on June 28.

Dr Alice Mcorhouse gave a short bill! interesting lecture last evening at th* School of Cookery on “ Digestion ” aaf the various ills attendant on bad ooofc* ery. On the conclusion of the le©» ture, which was listened to with de*y attention by a large number of ladiee. Mrs Gard’ner gave a demonstration ol invalid cookery of a most dainty kind. * At Waimato yesterday, G.' H. Pal* sons, town clerk, was brought beforS Major Keddell ; S.M., on several' infol* illations charging him with misappre* priation of moneys belonging to th* Borough Council and Domain Boards also of th© Gas Company, of which h* was secretary. The various amounts alleged by tho informations totalledl £238. Accused was remanded to Thura* day next, bail being allowed in hit surety of £250 aud four sureties of £6O each.

At the meeting of ratepayers of th* Central Ward, held last night, in coa* nection with the water supply there was a miserably small attendano*. His Worship the Mayor, in commenting upon this, said that he was extremely sorry that there were so few present. It seemed as if the ratepayers of t-ht city would not take an interest- ill their own welfare. To eee such * small sprinkling of ratepayers in sucl» a city, to discuss a proposal of sufik interest, was disgraceful.

The Elite Band (conductor, A. Daf» gan) will play the folio wing programmO on the Victoria Square Rotunda morrow afternoon, commencing at thre® o’clock;—March, “ Death or Glory ” (R. B. Hall); overture, “ The GoldeO Sceptre” (J. A. Greenwood) ; Bong, “ i Dreamed a Dream” (Edith Cooke)} march, “Distant Greeting” (A. Docring); selection, “Arcadia” (Kari Somers) ; song, “ Sing Me to Sleep " } overture, “The Silver Cress” (J. A. Greenwood): march, “ Independent!* 1 (R. B. Hill).

The annual meeting cf the Victoria House Mutual Aids Society and Library was hold on. Wednesday evening, Me J. Martin occupying the chair. A sati»> factory report was presente-d by tho retiring committee. The retirement of Mr J. Mitchell, the president for some eight years, was referred to in terms of general regret, and the secret-aiT was instructed to write to Sir Mitchell expressing the Society’s thanks and! good wishes. The following officer® were elected for the year:—Patron j Mf T. Coverdale; president, Mr J. Moody; vice-presidents, Messrs Gault and Gcodstein; treasurer, Mr F. BurtonConstable King had a great deal of trouble in the city yesterday afternoon in arresting a man for 'drunkenness. The man violently resisted arrest, anol while the constable was grappling with him he produced a beer bottle and! struck the officer on the side of th« head. The bottle broke, inflicting a severe wound, which necessitated attendance at the Hospital, where fifteen stitches were put in. Constable King is able to get about, but the man arrested, who has a bad record, is locked up, and will appear at the Magistrate’s Court this morning on charges of drunkenness and assault. Two other men were arrested for drunkenness b*« fore five o'clock yesterday. The weekly meeting of the East Malvern Literary and Debating Society was held in the Sheffield Road Board Office on Thursday, Mr Pole (president > in the chair. Mr T. W. Adams, _of Greendale, gave on© of his interesting talks on “Fruit Culture,” with practical illustrations of the different kinds of grafting, pruning and layering. There was only a small attendance, owing to the unfavourable weather, but those , who were present thoroughly enjoyed the address. ' Cu the motion of the Rev J. R. Clark.seconded by the Rev W. A. Kyd, a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr Adams. At the conclusion liglu refreshments were banded round by lady members.

Dr Alice Moorhouse, speaking at the School of Cookery last night, said that there are people who keep their digestive organa at work without intermis-j sion. “They take a cup of tea andsome bread and butter at 7.30 in the morning. Soon after they eat a hearty breakfast, - and at 10.30 drink a cup of morning tea and eat a slice of cake or some more bread and butter. Lunch at one follows- and it is no very light meal,' and is usually accompanied by more tea. Afternoon tea follows at four o’clock, and at six comes dinner, the ‘chief meal’ of the day, with a* cup of coffee half an hour afterwards. Before retiring a cup of cocoa is drunk for supper, with, perhaps, some cake, and then.” added the doctor with a smile, “if they awake hungry in the / night they nibble a few biscuits. Then they wonder why_ they suffer from dyspepsia and various forms of indigestion. It would be more wonderful if they did not!”

For years past (writes'a -correspondent of'the “Poet”) the Health Department and the civic authorities have devoted much attention to the supply of milk and meat in the o:.ty, but seem to have ignored the “ staff of life,” delivery of which often sadly needs soma kind" of supervision. Bread cannot be boiled, as can meat and milk, and. therefore the greater need, for cleanliness. The drivers cf bakers’ carts are usually accompanied by boys, who toss the loaves into a basket, and start off to deliver them, usually with. bh« baskets over their shoulder®, and the contents in clcse contact with more oa less clean coate. Occasionally the basket has no -bottom—the writer saw one with two or three wires stretched across, the. leaves becoming mudflT when the basket was deposited on the road; and frequently loaves are dropped into the gutter, when they are picked up, given a rub ou a sleeve, and returned to the basket or cart-, to be delivered to customers. These evils are aggravated in wet weather, and the writer' thinks it high time something was done to assure cleanliness in lian-Jr ling and delivery. Messrs Armstrong ondi Co., by making their Winter Sale thorough in_ ail departments, instead of a conservative, special-item affair, strike _ the right chord and please the public. 3 The recent experience of a Christchurch young lady is but another evidence of the power of “ "Wallace’s Cough Elixir ” to speedily cure coughs, colds and chest complaints. The young lady iu question is engaged in a commercial undertaking, and so bad had her cold become that she found it impossible to attend business. She has written to Messrs Wallace and Co. stating that after using “ Wallace’s Cough Elixir ” for one day she was able bo return to her office, and that withinthree days the cold which had,obtained such a grip had practically disappeared. Although the weather since has been very changeable and trying, no return of the trouble has been experienced. “Wallace’s Cough Elixir” acts by-re-moving the cause of all coughs and colds—the diseased mucous membrant —and in addition acts as a tonic U the chest, throat and lungs, making t return of the trouble extremely urs likely. All chemists will supply yojj with “Wallace’s Cough Elixir 1 ’ at h and 2s per bottle, and it is just as wel, to accept no substitute* *

The Council of Defence has decided to cancel all. parades on Sundays except church parades. The Durham Street 'Wesleyan Church Mission Band gave a concert at the Samaritan Home on Thursday night. The programme consisted of vocal eoloa and duets, violin and flute eclos and duets, (ind readings. . At Dunedin yesterday a young man named Thomas M’Kay was before the Court on a charge of biting on his sweetheart’s nose. Ho pleaded guilty, and was committed to the Supremo Court for sentence.

A quantity of sawn, short kahikatea timber has been washed ashore between Hokianga Heads and Alangonui Bluff. It is probably part of the cargo from which came the timber recently washed ashore further south, and possibly the deck cargo of some outwardbound vessel.

Yesterday a boy, aged nine and a half years, was taken before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., and the police asked for hie committal to an Industrial School on the ground that tho parents were ill indigent circumstances and unable to support the child. After hearing Borne evidence, the Magistrate dismissed the application. The committee of the Christchurch Physical Culture Society met on Wednesday evening. After discussing various business, it was decided that the lecture on “ Anatomy,” which was postponed last month on account of tho wot weather, should be given on Tuesday, June 25, and that Dr Hammersloy’s lecture on “Cremation” should be given on Tuesday, July 23. , Westport became excited last week over a walking match, man versus horse. Tho competitors were Mr A. Sharpe and Messrs Lennie and Robinson’s thoroughbred trotting horse Yellow Peril. The distance was five and a half miles, up the Duller Road, finishing at the Ferry. The horse (the “Westport Times ” reports) walked tho distance in one hour and five minutes, and won the novel event, beating Mr Sharpe with a bit to spare. A conference was held on Thursday at Dunedin between the representatives of the Waitaki, Waihemo and Waikouaiti County Councils and the Otago Motor Association, for the purpose of considering the by-laws framed to control motor traffic on the roads between Dunedin and Waitaki. It was unanimously decided that tho speed limit for motorcars and motor-bicycles, when being driven through the townships in the three counties', should bo restricted to ten miles per hour. Replying to a deputation from the Auckland Dentists’ Association, who urged the need for a dental institution at which poor people, especially poor children, could have their teeth attended to, the Hon G. Fowlds said lie believed that the time had arrived when something should bo done in this direction, especially when dentists hero and elsewhere were prepared to give their cervices gratuitously. As far as he oould ho would influence Hospital Boards to give the matter their attention. Bush lands nro being taken up in considerable areas in tho Ohakune district by sawmillcrs. A correspondent writing in the Taihape “Pest” states that some gentlemen from Lower Hntt were up last week looking at a block «if 3000 acres. They have secured this from the Natives for milling purposes, and they state that they never saw such fine bush before. This is the best forest, the correspondent believes, in New Zealand, and easy to get through, as there are ho supplejacks or lawyers in the undergrowth. ’ At a meeting of the Auckland City Council on Thursday night, tho Mayor presented the Humane Society’s medal to T. F. Tester, who behaved in a most courageous manner while attempting to save Mrs Driscoll from burning on October 24, 1905. Tester found Mrs Driscoll enveloped in flames, and wrapped her in a sack and tore her burning clothing off with his bare bands. Mrs Driscoll died later, but Tester’s' bravery in extinguishing the fire, while he himself was badly burned, no doubt saved the life of her husband, who was asleep, and much valuable property Tester had previously rescued a hoy who had fallen from a vessel in' port. . Tho Mayor of Auckland submitted to the City Council at its last meeting a ■tatement of the estimated receipts and expenditure for the current year, the receipts including" the water account, estimated at £67,595 14s lid, while the expenditure was estimated at £15,687 6s lid, leaving a prospective credit balance of £14,908 Bs. The indebtedness of the city on March 31 last year was £602,000. Loans Issued during the year made a gross indebtedness of £730,900, and a net indebtedness -;t £626,525. The estimates provide £40,000 fop streets, £2OOO for lighting and £SOOO for the improvement and maintenance of parks and reserves.

The conference of delegates from the Now Zealand Counties Association will open at Wellington on July 9. _ The chief business will be the discussion of tfce draft Local Government Bill, which has been in the hands of the various local bodice since last session. Other matters to comebcfor© the conference sre:—The establishment of superannuation funds for employees of. County Councils and Road Boards, the appointment of representatives of local authorities on Assessment Courts, tho cost of county valuation, the question of tho administration of charitable aid, the granting of subsidies on a graduated scale in proportion to rates levied, local bodies’ franchise, tho collection of rates on. Native lands, the spread of noxious weeds, regulation of heavy traffic, regulation and control of motor«ara, and the upkeep of main arterial foods:

It sounds amazing, but actually there will be no stonemasons, no carpenters, snd no bricklayers employed in the building of the vast block which is to jorm the General Post Oiiice extension Js London. Indeed, no skilled workmen, except the gangers and the foremen, will be necessary for the work. AH the rest will bo labourers. The explanation of this apparently miraculous undertaking is that the great buildings are to be erected on the Hennebique Ferro-Concrete system; they will be all steel and concrete. Under this novel Bystem, as described by the 'Westminster “Gazette,” the whole framework of the building may bo said to bo steel —somewhat on the principle and yet f-eatly differing in detail from the merican plan—encased in concrete, which it naturally strengthens and supports, but which, when the building {* finished, is quite invisible. A completed building has the appearance of being composed of Portland stone.

It is understood that Messrs H. Slafeon and Co. have disposed of Mr as. Booker’s dairy farm, situated at Bpringston, to Mr D. Rodgers, of Kgaire, in the Fernside District, at a Satisfactory price. 9146 High-grade drapery at deeply-cut •rices is the order of the day at Black, Beattie’s. W© have lines in every department that are showing extraordinary reduction©. They comprise Indies’ Jackets, 39s 6d for 12s 6d; silk blouses, BOs for IBs 6d; corsets, & lid for 4s 6d pair; calico, 5s 9d for 3s lid dozen; winsey, 2s lid for Is lid yard; ■wool ah awls, ICs lid for Ss lid each. Black, Beattio and Co., High Street. 1898 Just to hand, New Goods at a very low figure, gold and silver watches, mufi chains, necklets, curb bangles and Sll other classes of goods. K. Griesfcaber, Jeweller, 155, Colombo Street. X 3371

Dinner and Tea Sets.—Fletcher Bros, have just opened up a fine assortment, {;ood value, 26-piece dinner seta from 6s 9d. _Tea sets, 21-pieco, 7a 9d to 17s 6d, 40-piece from 255; w. and g. china pups and saucers 2s 9d and 2s lid, pink pelcite 3s 3d, 3s 9d ; earthenware Is lid, •U per half dozen.—Fletcher Bros., lower High Street, I

The Minister of Public Works has informed Mr H. G. Ell, M.H.R., that arrangements have been made to supply the workmen at Broken River with coal from tho Government mine there at Is per bag, the price to be increased to' Is 6d per bag when the coal already mined has been used. Mr Ell discovered recently that tho men were being charged 4s 6d per bag, and ho protested to tho Minister.

_ Speaking at the meeting in connection witli the high-pressure proposal at Sydenham last evening, a ratepayer stated that tho side channels iu many of the streets of Sydenham were in a “shocking” condition, and tho “ stench from them was abominable.” The reason of their condition was presumably the want of water to flush them. Councillor Allison promised to draw the attention of the Council to the matter. There was an attendance of about thirty ratepayers at a public meeting held in the Masonic Hall, Ashburton, on Thursday evening,- to consider the question of the exchange, of the Borough School site for a town reserve in Wills Street. On the proposition of Mr T. Hayes, chairman of the School Committee, tlio following motion was carried :—That in tho future interests of education in this town it is desirable that an oiler should bo made to the North Canterbury Education Board to exchange the Borough reserve in Wills Street, containing four and a half acres, for tho Educational Reserves now in use for school purposes.” A further motion that tho Mayor and the Council should be asked to take tho necessary steps for a poll of ratepayers on tho question was also agreed to.

At the Ashburton Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before Mr V. G. Day, S.M., William Ireland, for having procured liquor for a prohibited person, at Rakaia, was'fined £5, in default one month’s imprisonment. A case against Gideon Scott, jun., for having kept liquor for sale in the Ashburton no-license district, was adjourned till June 21, on the application of counsel for the defence. Alfred Welsh, charged with having forged the name of Charles Hardio to a Fifth standard certificate, and with having uttered the same to the General Manager of the New Zealand Railways, after evidence had beep taken, pleaded guilty, and was committed to- tho Supreme Court for sentence. Bail was allowed in the accused’s own recognizances of £SO. Daniel Brick sued William Wilson for* £2 9s Gd for sheep _ driving. Judgment was given for plaintiff for £l 14s Bd paid into Court. In a case of John Newman v. George Wonnaoott, claim 7s 6cl, judgment was given for plaintiff. In tho following cases judgment -was given for plaintiffs by default, with costs:—William John Hickey, claim £5 11s 6d; William Young v. William J. Shields. £l2 15e 2d; ffnd Bert Amos v. W. B. Cant, £4il9s 6d. The Fanners’ Co-Op. announce a clearance of remnants of Dross Materials, Silks and Biousings, and the news should create a pleasurable shopping event for hundreds of women. 9039 1 say, have you tried Red Arrow Cough Cure yet? It not only soothes the chest, but heals the lungs. It is within everybody’s reach-one shilling per bottle. Has cured thousands. 1988 Tho remainder of S. Smith and Son’s N.Z.I. Exhibition watches, clocks, jewels and plate will only bo open to offer until Monday morning, June 10th, at No. 5, Merten’s Buildings, under United Service Hotel. Lost opportunity to purchase below London prices; stock must all bo cleared; no reasonable offer refused. Wall and counter case also for Bale. . 8649 Lower High ; Street and Victoria Square wore centres of business yesterday, drapery buyers benefiting by T. Armstrong and Co.’s Winter Sale Slaughter. 2 Do I require Spectacles? This can only bo answered by having your eyes tested. Each eye should be tested separately. If you need spectacles, call on J. R. Proctor, 180, Might Street, Cfanstcnurch, who has tho largest ftock of Optical Goods and Artificial ivyes in the colony. Your eyes touted tree, and spectacles not supplied unless necessary 2808 *HOW TO CURE A COLD. Dr Cuthbert Hall specially recommends Gum Leaf Brand Eucalyptus as being scientifically prepared and thoroughly ozonised. Bottles, Gd and Is. 19 THE “‘ STAR.” Every mood, bo it one of despondency 1 or levity, of gravity or inquisitiveness, will be catered for in to-day’s i«moof the “ Star.” Whatever may be the reader’s temperament he cannot fail to be thrilled by the continuation of that exciting serial, “The "White Yawl,” nor will he be less satisfied with the short stories and sketches, “ Lord Lister,” “ Future of Soudan,” “El Mocho,” “ Daave,” “His Awful Scrape,” and many delightful articles on absorbing topics. The ladies’ page ie literally a budget of feminine gossip and advice with its “ Pages from tho Diary of a Debutante,” “ A Romance in Real Life,” “Woman and the Wits,” “Household Management,” “ The Best Way to Bring up a Child,” “ Stories of Great Diamonds,” “ Household Hints,” •“Woman’s World,” etc. “York for tho Week” will prove invaluable to tho perplexed gr.rdencr, while ,tbo column known as “The Week” will cause much wholesome amusement. In the eight o’clock edition, besides the latest cables, full accounts of the day’s sporting events will appear. WHAT CONSTITUTES ILLITERACY? Dr Jordan told a story at Sydney last week of a learned professor who expressed the greatest sympathy with Now Zealand because the people were not acquainted with the language of Homer. The professor had then proceeded to speak’of New Zealand ms a province of Australia, and so at once raised the question, “ What constitutes illiteracy?” “Usually,” said the doctor, “ a man’s friends settle that what particular ignorance he possesses is the worst!”

THE SOURCE OF CARNEGIE’S WEALTH. The secret of how Mr Carnegie amassed his enormous fortune was given to some extent a few nights age at the Sydney University by Dr Starr Jordan, who is a personal friend of the American millionaire. Mr Carnegie bad told him that the beginning of his wealth came when ho noticed that the other manufacturers of steel were employing master workmen who had no idea of chemistry nor of what lay behind the turning of a blast on or off. Carnegie removed some cl these merely master workmen from _ their positions at his works, and substituted eight or ten of , the best chemists in America and Scotland—young men educated iu the Universities of America, England, Scotland and Germany. By doing this he was .able to make his steel at a lower price, and of a better quality, besides saving what bad been waste products. It was this that had enabled him to, endow a trust with £2,000.000 to bo spent on education. Mr Carnegie’s great wish was to make the educational systems in America, Canada and Scotland as near ideal as possible. " I have,” said Dr Jordan, "tried to get him to extend the operations of his_ trust to Cambridge and some other institutions that would be improved if they had a little _ more money. The result, however, is in the future—if it is at all ”

PEKIN TO PARIS BY MOTOR. The automobile race from Pekin to Paris, organised by " Le Matin,” of Paris, will provide something now in the history of the motor-car. The

difficulties to bo encountered on the read are such as an automobile has never before been called upon to overcome. Whether they arc insuperable or not remains to bo seen, but, according to an English paper, the competitors are starting their hazardous journey in a happy and hopeful frame of mind. “Le Matin ” has collected a superfluity of details relating to the habits of the natives, descriptions of towns, and so forth, but very little information of real value to men setting out on a trip across a practically unknown continent. The fact that tho competitor#, of whom there will bo twenty-nine, propose to carry guns, swords piatols, and rifles proves that trouble not of a mechanical nature connected with the cars is anticipated. This sensational motor race will exact

a great deal of strength from oars and drivers alike. It will be a journey full of trouble, a travel marked by gigantic difficulties, in many places through a cad-looking country, a wilderness without tho slightest comfort. The smallest wear or tear may prove to bo irremediable tlirough the absence of proper materials, while a serious breakdown of vital parts of a, car will necessitate the desertion of the vehicle- in tho wilderness. It is just for these reasons that the race will be interesting. There can be nothing underhand in the competition, and no undeserved victory is possible. It will bo just a struggle between man and Nature. WINDOW DISPLAY TO-DAY. We are making a special window display of cycles, cycle accessories, tyres; also, motor accessories. The goods are all marked in plain figures, and the prices are certainly the lowest in the city for genuine well-known brands of goods. Cyclists should inspect our windows to-day as we are cutting prices, and now is the opportunity to buy a high-class English bicycle, the Beceton Humber at cost price. We are showing in the window bargains in second-hand bicycles, and are still prepared to sell a good second-hand bicycle with a deposit of £l. and payments of £1 per month. Adams, Ltd., late Adams Star Cycle Coy., 138 and 140, High Street, Christchurch. 1988