TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXII, Issue 15524, 26 January 1911, Page 6

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Mr G. W. Andrews, of Hampstead, has been nominated for the vacant seat on the Ashburton Borough Council.

The Christian Convention conducted by the Ohristchurch Ministers' Association vas continued in Trinity Congregational Church yesterday. The series of addresses was on the work of the Holy Spirit, and the meetings were all well attended. Bt Erwin gavo an address at 3 p.m. on " The Individual Christian Experience" in connection with the Holy Spirit, and the Rev A. M'Bean spoke on the relation to the Church. At 7.30 p.m. the Rev R. Gobble referred to the relation of the Holy Spirit to the world, and the Rev J. Mackenzio gavo a strong address at 8 p.m. on the relation of the Holy Spirit to missions. The Convention will be continued to-day, when addresses will be given by the Rev C. H. Garland, the Rev C. B*. Gardiner and the Rev W. J. L. Closs. A closing address will be given by the Rev A. S. Wilson.

A meeting of the Christchurch Women's Christian Temperance Union was held yesterday, Mrs Lovell Smith presiding in the absence of Mrs Cole. Superintendents of departments of the Union's work for the year were elected as follows:—Evangelistic, Mrs Field; unfermented wine and Jubilee Home, Mrs Pedler; work among young people, Mesdames Blyth and H. Lovell Smith; scientific temperance, non-alcoholic medication and Temperance Sunday, Mrs Wicks; home meetings. Mrs Richardson; literature and purity, Mrs H. Lovell Smith; peaco and arbitration, Mrs Wise; educational meetings, Miss W. Lovell Smith; prison reform, Mrs J. H. Wilson; hygiene, Mrs S. Lovell Smith ; visiting committee, Mrs Field ; nftreotiM, Miss L. Smith; white ribbon agent, Mrs William:;. It was decided to hold the Frances AVillard Memorial Day on February 22. A discussion took place regarding the administration of assisted "immigration, especially with regard to those coming hi nominally as domestic servants, and the following resolution was carried:—" hat in view of the statements that h xvo been made regarding the character of some of the persons arriving in the dominion under fiovernment-assisted immigration, as well as the circumstances under which they obtain assisted passages, and the lack of adequate supervision during the journey,"this Union urges the Government to at once institute strict inquiries into the matter, with a view to ensuring that for the future assisted immigrants shall be of a bona-fide respectable, suitable and deserving class, and shall he, subjected to proper supervision during the passage."

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From and after February 1 an extra tram will leave for New Brighton nightly at 7.47, returning from New j Brighton at 8.19. ; Owing to the opening of a summer school for teachers now on vacation, j the Southbridge District High School j will not re-open until Monday, Febru- j ary G. j The Christcliurch Prison Gate Mis- | sion mot in the rooms of the Young j Men's Christian Association yesterday afternoon. Canon Coates presided. The visitors' reports were read, and questions of special interest to the mission were dealt with. At a meeting of the Itangiora Fire Brigade on Monday evening, Foreman A. Tyier was appointed delegate to the annual conference cf the Fire Brigades' Association, to be held in Hoki- I tika in March. For the first time since the institution cf the competitions the Rangiora Brigade will not be represented by a team. A Press Association telegram from Dargaville states that nine additional cases of typhoid have developed at the Maori settlements of Repia and Naumai since Saturday, fire at the former and four at the latter. Dr M'Gill visited the camps yesterday. The water at Repia is obtained from an arte.sian well and the supply appears to be quite pure. It is thought that the contagion is derived by kissing rather than from insanitation or impure water. At the Taranaki Education Board meeting on Tuesday night. Inspector Whetter reported that, wishing to see how Taranaki stood with regard to junior national scholarships, lie had made an analysis of those who had qualified for these scholarships in the dominion. He had based his calculations on the attendance returns of 1909, owing to the 1910 returns not yet being available. Taranaki had forty-five schools, with 5793 scholars. In the percentage of scholarships per 10CO, Taranaki headed the list with 7.7, Marlborough came next with 7. then Wellington with 6.9, Otago with. 6.4, Hawke's Bay with 5.6, Auckland with 5.4 and Westland with 5.4.

A boy named Murdoch Munro, of the Waipawa District High School, Hawke's Bay, has distiguished himself and his school in an unusual way. Four years ago he was in Standard 11., but was promoted to Standard ITI. before he passed Standard 11. After spending one term in Standard 111. he was promoted to Standard IV. At the end of the next term he was promoted to Standard V., thus passing through three standards in one year. The next year he spent in Standard VI., and gained a proficiency certificate. In 1909 he was a pupil in the Secondary Department, and in 1910, four years after he was in Standard 11., he passed both Junior Civil Service and Matriculation examinations. This ft considered a record for rapid progress. Munro is about fourteen years of age. Ensign and Mr 3 Vyle, who have been in command of the Rangiora Corps of the Salvation Army for some months, and who are about to leave for Balclutha-, were f arowelled •'at an entertainment held in the Army Hall on Tuesday evening. Brigadier Albiston presided. The programme consisted of songs by Mrs E. Trollope, Miss Horvell, Messrs C. W. Bell, D. W. L. Mehrtons and Ensign Hughson; duets by Mrs Ayers and Miss Lawrence and Messrs J. Doicctt and J. Whitehouse; quartets by Messrs Whitehouse, Doggetfc, Cross and Horton, and Mrs L. James, Miss Miles and Messrs O. Thwaitos and C. Ayers; a pianoforte duet by Misses Breach and James, and a selection by the Rangiora Brass Band, which also played outside the hall before the entertainment commenced. Fareiroll addresses were given by Ensign and Mrs Vylo, and the chairman, Mrs Albiston and Ensign Hughson also spoke. Captain It. Lamond, oi ; Balclutlia, will take charge of tho Rangiora Corps. Clause 13 of tho Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1910, came in for somo scathing criticism at a meeting of local master drapers at Dunedin. yesterday, states a Press Association telegram. It was stated that under clause 13 it was made compulsory that every shop should be registered by the occupier, with the Inspector of Factories, In tho name of one person as occupier, and excepting in the case of husband or wife any other person engaged in the business of the shop was doomed a shop assistant, the result being that in a case where a business was owned by partners one had to declare himself tne occupier while the other was deemed a shop assistant under the Act, and the employer so situated was required to get a permit to work outside prescribed hours in connection with _ his own business, and then only permitted to do so to a limited extent. He was also compelled to file the hours he worked and the wages he received in ia book to bo approved by the inspector. This clause was regarded by master drapers as a gross interference with the rights of employers and as an.extremely stupid provision. The meeting decided to petition the New Zealand Employers' Federation, through the Otago Association, to have the clause amended at the earliest opportunity.

A rather interesting point, involved in an action against the Union Steam Ship Uompany, v.'as disposed of at the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, when Sir M'Arthur, S.M., gav« his reserved judgment. Daniel Lynch, a, seaman formerly on the Kotuku, claimed £7 wages during November, 1910, and a further £2 for board ana lodging ashore from November 17 to 30 last. Lynch went on board his steamer on the evening of November 17, and there assaulted a shipmate, for which assault he was arrested. He spent that evening in the police cells, and the next morning pleaded guilty to the offence and was fined £2, with fourteen days' imprisonment as an alternative. He paid the fine, but was unable to join the ship, as she had left that morning. The Marine Superintendent refused, and still refused, to frant him a permit on the ground that e is still on the articles of the Kotuku. The Magistrate was of opinion that Section 88 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, was applicable to the case. There was a contract of service between the owners and the master of the Kotuku on the one part, and Seaman Lynch on the other. Arising out of their respective duties, or at any rate incidental to the relationship, the section gives the Court power to* rescind such contract upon such terms as the Court thinks just. Lynch, by his own action, rendered himself unable to carry out his contract, as there was no compulsion on the master to detain the steamer until such time as Lynch should bo discharged from custody. Having regard to all the circumstances, his "Worship thought it just that the contract between the company and Lynch should be rescinded, and that tlie company should pay Lynch his vnges up to November 17. As the company had always been ready and willing to do this, thers would be no costs. The shipping master will now be able to grant the seaman his discharge. Dinner Sets, 26 pieces, from 16s 9d to 355; 56 pieces, 39s 6d to £5. Tea Be*-, 21 pieces, from 7s 9d to 19s 6d; d 0 pieces, 22s 6d to £3 10s. W. and G. Cops and Saucers, 5s 9d dozen; cups only, 4s 6d dozen. Earthenware Cups and Saucers, from 3s 9d desen ; ri?.tos to match cheap, at Fletcher Bros.', Crockery Merchants. High Street. 1 On few subjects are there so many popular delusions as in regard to the eyesight, and the results are ofte: l 6crious. The defect which is by fai most general comes with advancing years. Although the sight may remain perfectly good for distance, yet the eye cannot accommodate itself to near objects, consequently glasses are needed. Consult John R. Procter, Oculists' Optician, 2CO, High Street, Christchurch. 1988

The Rangitata was the only Canterbury river reported to be discoloured yesterday morning.

The anniversary of the birth of Burns was celebrated in Ashburton last night under the auspices of the Ashburton Scottish Society. The manager of the Industrial School, Burnham, desires to acknowledge with thanks a march composed by Mr "Raymond Hope," for use of the band. The loop on the tramway line at Princes Street, Woolston, is being extended as far as Bamford Street, in order to offer more facilities for dealing with the trams there. The Town Clerk han - /ranged for Dr Bradshaw to give an organ recital in His Majesty's Theatre on the evening of February 3. Items will also be given by Mr W. Short, the King's Trumpeter. Yesterday afternoon the electric trams were running a quarter of an hour behind Post Office clock time, and tne discrepancy, which was, of course, the fault of the city clock, caused a great deal of worry and inconvenience. Three hundred tons of rails belonging to the Christcliurch. Tramway Board are on the Aotea, which has been wrecked near Cape Town. Some of the rails were intended for the Spreydon line, but the Board believes that it has sufficient in hand in Christcliurch to complete that line. The Woolston Band will play the following programme in Victoria Square rotunda this evening:—March, "Punchinello";, intermezzo, "The Rainbow," bv request (Wenrich); selection, "William Tell" (Rqsim); polka, "Cyclop" (Rimmer); intermezzo, "Rose Garland" selection, "Echoes of the Ocean' (Greenwood); waltz, "Casino Tanze " (Gange); march, "The North Star" (Rimmer).

The anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, was celebrated by the Caledonian Society last evening with a concert, followed by a dance. Mr John Connal, president of the Society, was chairman, and he was supported by Messrs D. Bates and J. Faith. During the evening Mi' D. Bates delivered a short address dealing with the life of the poet and his works. The address was very interesting, and Mr Bates was warmly applauded at its conclusion. Items *at the concert were contributed by Misses M'Gregor, Brucel, Mabel Edginton and Katie Tench, Mesdames Bates and Baxter, and Mr Charters. The Society's pipe band also played national music during the evening.

One of the difficulties experienced by Education Boards in the administration of their affairs was described by Mr C. A. C. Hardy at yesterday morning's meeting of tho North Canterbury Board or Education. Having been asked for information regarding a letter from the Department of Education, of which a precis was given in the report of the Building Committee, Mr Hardy, as chairman of the committee, replied that the officers of the Department could not give any information regarding the matter. The committee nad written frequently but it had received no satisfactory explanation of the position. Replies to the Board's lotters were often couched in such language that they helped it very little towards the end in view. Speaking of the position of incurable patients at the Christchurch Hospital yesterday, Mr W. W. Tanner, chairman of the Hospital Committee, said 1 that there could bo no thought of reducing tne charitable and hospital rate levied on local authorities. It was out of the question to practise economy at the institution with the sole object of keeping down the rate. The Hospital must be the first consideration, before everything else. It was true that the amount levied last year was large, but tho requirements were great, if anybody could devise a method by which a new ward for incurables could be erected with, the limited funds avnilablo this year, the Hospital Committee would be glad to have the information. When the estimates were considered this year the Board would have to consider that question and several others, which were pressing.

The Appointments Committee of tho North Canterbury Board of Education submitted to tho Board yesterday morning a summary of a report obtained from tho iuSDoetors on the auestion of the largo numbor of pupils in somo classes in tho Board's schools. The principal cases of over-pressure were attributed to one or more of the following causes: —(a) Increased attendance in cases where the average attendance is above that of the grade in which the school is classed, but where the inoreased attendance has not been maintained long enough to justify tho appointment of an additional teacher. Fortunately, in most cases of this description that have come under observation relief will be granted early in the current year, (b) Structural difficulties, owing to the nnsuitablo proportions of some of the rooms. From time to time marked improvements have been effected, but tho task of remodelling buildings to suit modern requirements is often beset with serious difficulties. (c) Loss of a teacher through falling average attendance, followed by an improved attendance. Ln cases where the organisation may Ve improved, the Board was recommended to communicate with the headteachers, in accordance with the notes made by the inspectors. The report was adopted. There is no one better Qualified to undertake the clearing of "your goods through H.M. Customs than J. M. Heywood and Company, Ltd., the oldest clearing house firm in the dominion. 1756.

Any institution which is supported by the Public must necessarily be for the good of that public, or it cannot possiblv last, and that is the secret of the almost phenomenal success of the "Wholesale Club. Once the public realised what it was going to moan to them to pay wholesale prices instead of retail prices for everything they needed, they joined the Club in hundreds. When they found from actual experience the tremendous economy of this wholesale shopping system, ihey were not slow to urge their friends to join, with the result that to-day the Wholesale Club stands as a huge money-sav-ing factor to thousands of people in and around Christchurch. Thus the success of the Club is assured, and .so long as it continues to save its members from 30 per cent to 50 per cent of their spending money, it will go on growing, becoming a bigger and bigger boon to the public. And the best of it is that anyone can join the Wholesale Club and save from one-third to a half their spending money by purchasing a membership" ticket either for 1 year at 10s or for 3 months at 3s. No liability whatever attaches to members and while the promoters are making the special trial membership offer covering 3 months at 3s it is a duty ycu owe to your purse to at least test out this economical system of shopping. You save the 3s on the first purchase, and you can easily reckon up what you save during the 3 months. If you live out of town vou can secure a quarterly trial ticket bv application to the Secretary. Orders bv mail are filled with the utmost care under the personal supervision of tho Manager. Note the address: The Wholesale Club Ltd., Worcester Street east, next Smith's Garage and behind the Cathedral. 1988 It's our duty to let you know of tne immense sale offerings that await you : at " The Pconle's Place for Value," and it's your duty to see that you save money. 'That's why we invite you to Graham, Wilson and Smellie's—come along now. 1988

The Rangiora School _ Committee last evening appointed Miss E. It. Cook to the position of pupil teacher, subject to the approval of the Education Board.

The Hon George Fowlds, Minister (A Education, has consented to addrcst the citizenship meeting arranged under the auspices of the approaching Methodist Conference, which will git in Christehurch nest month.

A meeting of representatives of local bodies held at Wellington yesterday to fix the day for the weekly half-holi-day for the current year decided in favour of Wednesday (tho same aa heretofore) by six votes to three.

The programme of the United Fire Brigades' Demonstration, which will ha held this year at Hokitika on March 4, 6 and 8. has been issued. Special transport facilities have been arranged from all parts of the dominion, and a very complete programme of entertainments has been drawn up.

The man reported yesterday to be missing from Wheatetone, in the Ashburton county, was found on Tuesday afternoon on the south side of the Ashburton River in a despondent state. He was evidently recovering from the effects of a drinking bout. Tho police report that he is now in a fairly normal state of mind. Application has been made to the North Canterbury Board of Education by the executive of the Domains Fete, to be held on February 9, that school children should be granted a halfholiday on the day of the fete. Tha Board decided at its meeting yesterdaj morning to follow its usual custom, and allow the school committees to decide whether their respective schooLi should be given a holiday.

Town planning formed a subject of discussion at the annual meeting of the Institute of Surveyors at Dunedin yesterday, and the following motion was agreed to: —" That this meeting recommends for favourable consideration of the Council of the Institute tha desirability of legislation in the matter of city building and town planning on the lines of the English Act." Mr 0.. W. Adams, editor of the " Surveyors' Journal," who brought forward the motion, said it was not necessary to go outside New Zealand for examples or the pernicious results of the system of allowing owners perfect liberty. Every city, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, contained instances of the evil wrought. Slums were being created and jerry building permitted. Drainage was not properly attended to, and after an owner had exercised his own will it was frequently impossibla to effect proper drainage. He submitted that New Zealand should establish a lead in this matter over the Australian centres. The Hons G. Fowlds and Dr Findlay had by their publio utterances given indications that they would support any scheme of efficient town planning.

In its report to yesterday morn» ing's meeting of the North Can. terbury Board of Education, the Buildings Committee referred to the new regulations proposed by the Department of Education ill connection with the allowances for incidental expenses of school committeesThe committee agreed that it was. advisable that committees should con. tjnue to attend to small repairs even if due to wear and tear; that the cost of all paper and other stationery used for school purposes should be included among the incidental expenses, ano also the salaries of caretakers, but thai the whole cost of water service shoulc not be charged to the fund, the Board'i present practice of sharing the expenditure with the committee being preferred. With these modifications the proposod regulations were approved. It was recognised that the minimum amount (5s 6d) stipulated by the Amendment Act would not be sufficient to enable committees to meet their expenses. Consideration of the question as to the exact amount that should be granted was allowed to stand over. Mr O. A. C. Hardy, the chairman of the committee, added that the regulations required that the payments for incidental expenses should not- be less than 5s 6d per head per annum on the average throughout the whole district. The effect of the new regulations was to transfer to the Board the responsibility of work which should be left to the individual committees. The Buildings Committee hoped to draft a scheme of such a nature thai the committees would, if possible, havs greater responsibilities, while the Board; would be merely an administrative body.

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REPRESENTATION IN AUSTRALIA, The question of the representation of the territories in the Federal Parliament is likely to be considered now that the capital area and the Northern Territory have been taken over. There is an idea among some of the Ministers that both the capital area ana the Northern Territory might be served by being temporarily attached for election purposes to the divisions to which they previously belonged, and that for the election of Senators the people of the Northern Territory might vote with those of South Australia, and the peoplq of the capital territory with those of New South Wales. The matter may be considered later, particularly with a view of seeing wnether there are any difficulties in the way. RAIN AT THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. "The average rainfall for the YassCanberra Federal territory is about that of Melbourne or London." This is stated officially by the Commonwealth Meteorologist, Mr H. A. Hunt, in a publication on the subject of the climate of the capital site issued last month. "No official records,' the pamphlet states, ''have been taken on the Cotter catchment area, but it is confidently estimated that the average rainfall there cannot be less than from forty to sixty inches per annum, because Kiandra, whioh is only a few miles distant, has an average of sixtyfour inches per annum, and is exposed to the same rain-bearing winds, and has the additional disadvantage of being some 500 ft to 1500 ft lower than many of the peaks which serve as condensing or precipitating agents for the Cotter River." He estimates the annual fall crv the city site at 21.10 in. COMMONWEALTH STAMPS. The Postmaster-General of Australia has decided to call for competitive designs for postage stamps for the Commonwealth, which will be received fram any part of the world until May SI. Tho design must contain characteristically Australian features, and it is understood that the King's head may bo included or excluded. Th« stamps are to measure ljin by Jin, and designs must not be more than four times larger. A photographic reproduction of the exact stamp size must accompany each design. Th» word ''Australia" and the stamp value (in figures or words) must appear. Prizes of £loo' and £SO are of* fered for the two designs first in merit in the opinion of a board to he appointed, and these will remain the property of the Postmaster-General. Unsuccessful designs will be returned to competitors. NATURE'S INSURGENT SON. Speaking at a gathering at Drummoyue, in New South Wales, Lord

Chelmsford said that if one principle had been set out more clearly than any Other at the deliberations of the recent Science Congress, it was that life, if it was to be called life at all or worth living, had to be lived on scientific lines and ordered by scientific methods. Man had been characterised as ''Nature's insurgent son" by one of the speakers at that conference. That was true enough. Nature practically wiped out the insurgent annual or plant. But man, with his power of intellect, had been able to flout Nature. For instance, men congregated and crowded together into cities—in spaces that •were never intended to be so crowded. But it was a cardinal fact that if man did flout Nature ho had to do something to compensate for and balance the evil. No self-respecting and keaithdesiring municipality could afford to neglect that demand for compensation.

"TIPPING" AT ROTORUA. Visitors to Rotorua, those from within the dominion and Australia in particular, says the " Rotorua Times," are very 6troug in their condemnation of the mercenary spirit that exists in this town. The causes of this mo3fc Undesirable trait are not far to seek; there is not the slightest doubt that it is directly traceable to the pernicious system of tipping. Unfortunately, wealthy \-isitors have not left their bad habits behind them, and probably 'without thought and quite as a matter Of course have introduced the custom into this country, and, still more unfortunately, into this town in particular. Not long since, this tipping was confined almost entirely to the Maoris, and, perhaps, here and there, to some of the attendants at the hotels ftnd boardinghouses recognition of tome special service rendered, and wa3 then only given by, and not always expected from, more or less wealthy tourists from abroad. From this the pernicious habit has spread, until to-day the place simply reeks with it.

A GONDOLA FROM OLYMPIA. Those of you who have been in Venice and have passed along the placid waterways of that silent city in a gondola, will remember how their iourneyrogs among the palaces of longforgotten Doges were fraught with a peace of soul and a sensation of luxury never before experienced. It's a far cry from Venice to the great motor exhibition at Olvmpia, but when you nave inspected that beautiful creation of the automobile-builder's art, the 86 h.-p. Silent Knight-Minerva, you will understand why we liken her to a gondola. When she was shown at Olympia a few weeks ago she created a sensation. She speaks the last word in motoring luxury. Her Knight-Min-erva engine runs silently. _ You must ride in the ear to appreciate how silently. Her torpedo body is a marvel of luxurious upholstering. Her sides and side-doors are high, and she's roomy enough to seat six. There are wind-shields to both front and back Beats—something immeasurably more efficient than any wind-shields you ever saw. Yet with all this comfort she's not heavy. Her weighbridge weight, all on, is 29cwt—weighbridge weight, understand, not advertising weight. As to power—well, it's more like fifty horse than the nominal 26 she's credited with. All motorists are cordially invited to call and look her over. They will then understand why the ladies and gentlemen of England are buying this car as fast as it can be manufactured. Adams, Ltd., Sole New Zealand Agents, High Street, Christchurch. 1983