TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 16358, 30 September 1913, Page 6

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

With a view to assisting the move- \ ment for the destruction of flies" fie '> city inspectors have been instructed torj see that regulation dust bins are usedi throughout the city.

The City Council is preparing a by- j law to give effect to the resolution of ■ tho Council that milk shall not be sup- i plied within th© oity except from cowsthat have passed the tuberculin test. Permission has been given by the j City Council for the erection of bicycle i stands in the angle formed by High i and Tuam Streets and in front of the ' High Street post office, and also in Cathedral Square in front of Wood-: ward's tobacconist shop, and 25ft from the corner of Colombo Street.

Some carriers frequenting the fruit markets in Lichfield Street are in tha habit of backing their carts into the side channel, thus creating, an obstruc- . tion to traffic. They haveTieen warned ] repeatedly and the traific inspector has . now been instructed to take proceed-. ings with a view to putting a stop to the practice.

Twenty applications have been received by the City Council for the use of the cricket grounds daring the coming season, but it has only been able to provide for eighteen. An application was received for a ground in the Addington .Reserve, but the Reserves Committee could not see its way to grant any club the exolusive use or the ground.

Not long ago a motion was carried by the City Council that all meat should be conveyed from the abattoir in covered vans. The matter is now receiving the careful consideration of the Abattoir Committee, and inquiries are being made as to the kind of waggon which is used in Australia. The committee is also obtaining advice as to the powers of the Council, and will report as soon as it is in possession of full information.

An athletic evening for men was held at Mr F. A. Hornibrook's physical culture instituto last evening. A jaried and interesting programme of athletio and other items was presented, including boxing exhibitions by Messrs J. Penrose and N. Vernall, wrestling byMessrs D. Tweedio. G. Yeoman T. M'Clelland, J. Dawson. 0. Sandelin and J. Sloan, and athletio items by Messrs A. Sipthorpe and J. Harding.

The Rev H. S. Leach, who is leaving All Saints' Church, Sumner, to take charge of the Anglican parish of Syden-ham-Cashmere Hills, preached a farewell sermon on Sunday evening to a crowded congregation. Last evening Mr and Mrs Leach were farewelled by tho parishioners at a large_ gathering in the schoolroom. The social was arranged by the ladies of the parish, assisted by the Vesfay Committee. Mr E; G. Wood, churchwarden, briefly addressed the gathering, after which a musical programme was carried out. Mr Leach will leave on Wednesday to undertake his new duties. .The Sumner charge will be served by visiting clergy during the interval, pending the arrival of the new incumbent.

At the Choral Hall last night, under the auspices of the Young Women's Christian Association, Mrs T. S. Gladding gave an illustrated lecture on "Girls of Other Countries.!' Mr Brownell, general secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, presided. In introducing Mrs Gladding 'to the audience, Mr Brownell referred to the work of the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations in America, and the assistance they had been able to give to so many young people. . Mrs Gladding stated that it was the dawning.of a new day for girls in all lands. . While girls were in some ways moro protected than they ever were before, they were also mors free, and had "more opportunities for development of tho right kind, and the Young Women's Christian Assooiation had done much to bring this about. A large number of lantern slides were shown depicting some of the institutions of higher learning where girls worked and studied together, and many other views that had reference to the training of girls. At the conclusion, a hearty vote of thanks was passed to the lecturer, on tho motion of the chairman. During the evening songs were contributed by Miss S. Murray and Sir Cocks, and quartettes by Misses M. Saundera and M. Stringer and Messrs Cocks and Hanna.

A new line of Suchard's Chocolate is now obtainable from all confectioners, called " Milka-Nut." It is th« celebrated " Milka" Chocolate, con* taining Hazel nut, and being packed in the dainty Napolitan form, at 3d, 6d and Is, should become very popular.

Jt docs not pay you to do your own Customs Work and this fact is recognised by mosQ importers who find it , eaves time, money and worry, toem-j ploy J. M. Heywood and Co., Limited, j to do it for them. Lot them puW through your next shipment. 'MH3B 1

i Yesterday the Mayor received £5 from • " J.It.H." and 10s from " J.M.P." for the fund to help the destitute woman who i 3 suffering from paralysis. A witness in the Magistrate's Court yesterday might not have been Hibernian, but he ought to have been. " Who drove the dray?" asked Mr Alpers. " The driver," responded tho ■vitness, without considering tho matter for a moment. It was decided at a meeting of the Woolston Borough Council last evening that the Postmaster-General should be written to, asking him to allow letters posted in the borough to local residents to be stamped without having to go to the chief post office, with a view to ' saving time. ,Tho Invercargill correspondent of tho '<■ Lyttelton Times" states that a quar-ter-acre section at tho junction of Deo Street and North Road, four hundred yards from the Invercargill Post Office, has changed hands at a price which : runs; into four figures, or a third more •'. than was paid for it eight months ago. 1 The Woolston Borough Council at its meeting last night decided, on the motion of the / Mayor (Mr J. J. Graham), to ask the Prime Minister to place £l5O on the Supplementary Estimates in aid of tho Woolston Domain. ' It was also decided to ask the Minister of Defence to support tho proposal in view of the fact that the Domain was

: used by the military authorities. i Specimens of handiwork in tho primary schools aro being collected by : the Education Board for tho Auckland Exhibition. They will be sent to the Chief Inspector for a preliminary selection, and a local committee at Auckland will make the final selection. Tho work will include the ordinary product of the preparatory classes, and model drawing, arithmetical accounts, and so on, in ■ the higher standards.

; At last night's meeting of the Wool- ! ston Borcragn Council the secretary of the local lames' hockey club wrote ao--1 cepting the Council's challenge for a return match, and suggesting that tho councillors should! play in skirts. Councillor Hart moved that the challenge . to play in skirts should be accepted. Another councillor moved an amendment to the effect that the Council should handicap itself in some other way. On a vote being taken, the motion was carried by a substantial majority.

The Christchurch Tramway Board has erected a railway time-table case in the shelter in the Square, and in it the departure times of trains on the {-principal lines aro set out very disI tinctly,. and arrangements are made for their alteration. Two panels.have been reserved for special notices regarding excursion trains which are run by the Railway Department. This has been done owing to the largo number of inquiries made to tramway officials respecting train- departures, which indicates that it will prove to be a conI siderable convenience to the public. I A Press Association message from PalmerstOn North states that James White, a boy, for failure to render per- ! sonal and failure to take the oath of allegiance as prescribed by the Defence Act, was before the Court yesterday. George White, his father, said that the boy was acting under his instructions. The Magistrate decided that the father should be punished and not the boy. The information was then laid against the parent, who pleaded guilty and wae fined 20s and costs. He elected' to "take it out," the default .fixed being seven days' imprisonment. A • bundle of asparagus reached the fields' experiment division of tho Agricultural Department yesterday morning, as an evidence of what may be grown on sand areas. The speci- ' mens came- from the land of Mr A. Florence, Racecourse Road, New Brighton, where comprehensive experiments are being carried out this year. Mr. A. Macpherson, Director of Field Experiments, has been urging the utilisation of these sand areas, and he says that good crops can be grown ! without any cultivation. Lucerne, especially, does very well on the sand. IHe states that last year, on sandy ground at Te Oranga, a crop of five 'tons of potatoes to the acre was dug, 'although, owing to the peculiarity of the season, roots were small all over Canterbury. '•

Experiments in imported whoat, oats and parley are being carried out by | the Fields Division of the Agricultural I Department with a view to ascertainj ing the most suitable varieties for the South Island in the matter of soil, cli--1 matic conditions ana environment. On the farm of Mr R. D. Petrie, Middle I Liuooln Road, nine varietios of wheat been sown; on the farm of Mr Alexander Gunn, Racecourse Hill, . twelve imported varieties of oats have been sown, together with the Ruakura resistant oat; and on the farm of Holiey Bros., Leeston, ten new varieties of barley have been sown. All the crops are alongside a roadway, and will bo ticketed, so as to be of value to farmers. It will be necessary for the first year, and even for two years, to sow these before distribution to farmers to acclimatise the seed and ensure its perfect purity. Speaking at tho Globe Theatre at Auckland on Sunday evening, says the correspondent of the "Lytteiton Times," Mr P. O. Webb, M.P., devoted some attention to the tactics adopted by the Reform Party at the recent Grey by-election, and took the opportunity of denying current rumours as to 'side issues raised in the contest. He declared that the Massey party had promised a " square deal "to the workjmg class, but instead they had received | the round deal on the head. As an in- ' stance, he referred to the Arbitration Bill, which he described as an outrageous proposal, and calculated to affect the workers detrimentally. The Massey party had promised a reduction in the cost of living, restriction of tborrowing and a remission in the Customs taxation. The cost of living would never -be reduced by the Conservatives. Tho Liberal Government had been outdone in borrowing, and there had been no remission of duties. He urged the necessity of taxing the unimproved values of ilarge estates in a way that would give Vthe public the values they had created. jHe advocated publio ownorship of industries and proportional representaI'tion, and made a 6trong appeal to workers to support the claims of the United Federation of Labour and the Social Democratic Party. The booksujssued from the various de-

partmente of the Public Library during ;the month of August were as follows: —Fiction 6085, non-fiction 1110 total volumes 6195. In the Reference 'Library 1894 volumes were consulted. jThese figures, are a great improvement those of the previous month. The 'new books added to the departments during August numbered about 150 I-volumes of all classes. Those 'persons interested in aviation will \ find a . good selection of up-to-date literature dealing with this subject. In view of the interest that • will be taken in the aeroplane arriving in New Zealand shortly, ■;works by the. following authors I are available for homo reading:— I Aero Club of America, " Navigating ithe Air," 1907: Alphonse Berget, "Conquest of the Air," 1911; ,1. M. Bacon, " Dominion of the Air," 1902: A. Beau;mont, "My Three Big Flights," 1912; jG. Ourtias and A. Post, "Aviation iBook" 1913; R. P. Hearne, "Aerial Warfare," 1909; R. Kennedy, " Flying Machines," 1909; A. Sautos-Dumont, "My Airships," 1904; C. C. Turner, " Aerial Navigation of To-day," 1910, "Romance of Aeronautics, 1912; "Valentine and Tomlinson, " Travels in Space," 1902; Grahame-White and H. Harper, " The Aeroplane, Past. Present and Future." 1911; Grahame-White, '*' The Aeroplane in War/'-1912; " Avi-.

At a meeting of the Timaru Harbour Board on Friday, it was stated that tho Board loan of £IOO,OOO at 5 per cent had boon over-subscribed by a fourth without a penny being spent oh advertising. The danger of the wrecked barque Okta (at present hard and fast on Polham Rock at the Bluff) ultimately interfering, with the navigable portion of the channel hns resulted in an unexpected development. The Blulf Harbour Board has given tho owners and insurance companies notice to have tho wreck removed within fourteen days.

Rome excitement was caused at Gisborno tho other evening by a motor car laden with passengers and luggage for an outgoing steamer catching fire. The car was speeding along with a trail of fire behind it. and it was not until the attention of tho driver had been drawn to the occurrence that it was pulled up. The passengers, who wero somewhat alarmed, alighted. Fortunatelv help was at hand to suppress the flames, but some of the luggage was damaged. A Wellington motor cyclist recently ran down an old man and escaped hurriedly. He did not remain long onough on the scene of tho accident to seo the injured man carried into an office near by; lie rode away without leaving name or address. However the number of his bicycle was noticed by the motdrman of a tramcar which was passing at the time, and this handy piece of observation played its part in a matter which has been the subject of litigation, which resulted in the injured man being awarded £4O damages against the cyclist.

The latest addition to the scientific apparatus of the Gore High School (says the " Mfttaura Ensign ") is an astronomical telescope which has been purchased for the school by the Board #f Governors. This is a first-rate instrument of its class (three-inch refractor) and was, in fact, the best procurable in Australia. The terrestrial eyepiece has a magnification of - fifty dinmeters, and tho astronomical eyepieces ninety and 140 respectively. Under favourable atmospheric conditions the instrument shows plainly Saturn's rings and the eclipses and transits of Jupiter's satellites. A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that a gift of £9OOO has been made by Mr A. M. Myers, M.P., to the city for the purchase of land between Queen Street and Grey Street, in the heart of the city, for a public park. The gift was accepted by the Auckland City Council last night, and the action of the Mayor in acquiring nearly eight acres with the money was approved. It was decided that the new domain should bo called "Myers Park." The special meeting of the Council which accepted the gift was enthusiastic about the project, cheers being given for Mr Myers. Two men, who, it is said, wore in a state of_ intoxioation, had a difference, of opinion on the Gloucester Street Bridge at mid-day yesterday, and the argument was settled, by one of thent knocking the other down. Ho fell on the back of his head and remained unconscious for a minute or so. A doctor who was passing examined him, and »sked where he had been struck. The aggressor replied that that was his business. The man recovered consciousness eventually, and the pair of them went away together amicably. It was stated that they were brothers. The police had been telephoned for, but arrived after the disputants had left the scene.

The need for men for the army is making itself felt so seriously that the Army Council is adopting new«methods of advertising for recruits. The dearth (says a cablegram in -the Sydney " Sun ") is attributed largely to the j pcactice of soldiers wearing mufti while on furlough. Seldom are they to bo seen in uniform in the cities. Birmingham, for instance, was'always regardeS as a good •recruiting'centre, but of late it has lost its good name in this respect. Recruiting is at low ebb in the Midlands generallv, and the Army Council has therefore. deto pay soldiers on furlough to Birmingham Is a day to walk for three hours in their uniforms in such localities as the recruiting staff may desire. When the army manoeuvres, twenty-six towns and villages;.in the Midlands will be invaded by * various regiments which will carry out recruiting marches ■, to Derby,.. Notts and Northampton. ■> ■ An old letter-book found among the Magistrate's Court records at Auckland which are now being transferred to tho new court buildings shows that the police were not without their grievances, oven in the earliest days of Auckland. A letter forwarded to the Colonial Secretarv in 1842 by an official, who signs himself " F.M.," complains that the wage of 3s 6d a day allowed to the " four privates" forming the rank and _filo of the police forco in Auckland is insufficient, as it is equal to about half what "the idlest and most dissolute labourer" can easily earn. A little later on, it appears, a new _ set of regulations is proposed, depriving the constable of his "pickings " in the shape of a percentage on fines inflicted. This brines forth a second letter from "F.M./' who, while deprecating, on principle, the payment of informers, protests that on 3s 6d a day without the "pickings" it will be practically impossible to get even reasonablyhouest men to onlist as constables. How the matter was settled does not appeal-, says the " Star," but probably " Robert's" wago was in-* creased to meet the prevailing high cost of living, which is much used as an argument in his advocate's letters of protest.

At the annual meeting of the Amuri Agricultural and Pastoral Association, held at Waiau on Saturday afternoon, the chairman, Mr K. Pettigrew, said that he had invited Mr D. D. Macfarlane to bo present and address the meeting on several topics of great interest to the farming community. At a mooting held at Rangiora which he had attended, the proposed Chamber of Agriculture was discussed, and lio had asked Mr Macfarlane to outline tho proposal to the members of the Amuri Association. Mr Macfarlane first spoke of the groat value of the bi-annual conferences which had been held over a period of twenty years. He had attended tho one held in Wellington not long ago, when twenty-two Associations were represented. The Minister of Agriculture, the Hon W. F. Massey, in addressing tho conference, had referred to the proposed Board of Agriculture, which, he said, would consist of twelve members, four of whom would be appointed by the Government and eight elected by the Agricultural and lastoral Associations and Farmers' i° n |> conference of Agricultural Pf, lastoral Associations would bo hold probably in Christchurch at show timo, to elect a representative on tho board. Tho Board was being formed i 7r° ho Minister of much of his Wo lri ri Mas sey had many important portfolios, and felt that he could not give the timo to this particular department that its importance warranted. At tho present time the department was being; run by the permanent officers, an<T that was not a good thing, It was not right that tho policy of tho department should be left to its head! IZST+'v"*,* 0 Ir M «s"ey had decided upon this Board. It wou j c i re lieve the a deal of work, and responsibility. It would lay down the uS ? followed - and should' do

As most people are aware, Aneroid* and .Barometers are designed and arranged to show the changes of atmospheric pressure that occur. The most discriminating prospective purchasers of an instrument cannot fail to find in the immense and varied stock carried by John R. Proctor, Consulting Optician, 200, High Street, Christchurch, one to meet theit requirements. 1988

Tho Dunedin "Star" is appealing, telegraphs the correspondent of tho "Lyttclton Times'' for shilling subscriptions to enable £IOO to be'cabled to Dublin on Wednesday for the relief of the starving mothers and children of that city.

At the Canterbury Art Society's exhibition of arts and crafts last evening, Mr Sparrow, of the Photographic Society, gave an interesting demonstration of toning gaslight prints. 'lonight working demonstrations ;Ot basket-making, china painting, loadlight making, leather-work and gaslight toning will bo given. The exhibition will clow on Thursday night. The Dunedin correspondent of the "Lyttclton Times" telegraphs that tho Presbyterian churches at West Taieri, Maungatua and Outram having heard addresses on Sunday from the Rev R. Wood endorsing the platform of tho Bible in State Schools League, adopted resolutions, in favour of a referendum on tho question, 'with tho view of strengthening our educational system and saving it from the anti-nationalism of an and secularism and from the denominationahsm ot tho foes of national education." "You will get into a row," was the remark that greeted Councillor A. M. Loasbv last night when he rose to move that after November 1 no hatpin should l>e worn in the city without an adequate protector "to prevent the safety of the public being imperilled. He said that recently he hnd seen the result of two accidents, ono in which a. man had had his eye torn, and another in which a girl had her cheekbone torn by a hatpin "in the pictures." He remarked that he had never worn a hatpin, and Councillor W. H. Cooper raised a hearty laugh by interjecting that it would be a difficult thing for Councillor Loasby to attempt it. Eventually the matter was referred to the By-laws Committee. Attention having been drawn'to the nuisance caused by motor-ears and mo-tor-cycles running in tho city without a. muffler or silencer as provided for in Clause 12 of the Christchurch city bylaw, No. .'3. the motor inspector has been instructed to instituto iproceedings against offenders. "Is our motor inspector to spv on the drivers of taxicabs?" asked Councillor H. Hunter when tho matter was before tho Council last evening, "or is he supposed to get out into the street and regulate the traffic where everybody can seo him?" Councillor H. B. Sorensen, amid a chorus of "Hear, hears," replied that tho Council had a very valuable officer who had been instructed to see that the bv-laws wero carried out, and it was to bo hoped that he would bo successful in catching a few taxidrivers and other law-breakers. The Reserves Committeo of the City Council has como to an arrangement with the Gas Company over tho matter of trees in the East Belt killed by leakages from the gas mains. The Company has decided to take up the main in Fitzgerald Avenue and relay it in the footpath on tho east side, and to move'the main in Bcaley Avenue close to the side channel. It is anticipated that these measures will effectively prevent any further injury to the trees. It is understood that the necessary mains have already been cabled for and that the work will be commenced as soon as they arrive. There was some argument at the City Council's meeting last night when the committee's report was considered, as it was urged that tho now; location of the mains might interfere "with the site of electric mains, but eventually the report was adopted. A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that a proposed training school for hospital nurses formed tho subject of a special report which was presented by the chairman of the Medical Committee (Dr J. C. Pabst) yesterday to tho Hospital Committee. The report set forth a course of instruction for the, newly instituted fourth year of training, and dealt with the question of reorganisation. Tho committee recommended that permanent lecturers in various; subjects should bo appointed;, that these should bo selected from tho past and present visiting staff, that the lecturer and another appointed by the Board should act as examiners in each subject, that nurses for accredited private hospitals should be allowed to attend on payment of fees, that arrangements should be made whereby, for prescribed fees, nurses possessing recognised general medical and surgical certificates, might enter the hospital, attend special fourth-year groups, sit for examinations, and, if successful receive the Board's special certificate. Three cases at the Auckland Police Court yesterday, says a Press Association telegram, had to do with the epidemic cases at Orakei and the precautions taken bv the Health Department to prevent tho disease spreading. A Native named Tame Tauna was chargod that on August 27, being the occupier of a house in the Orakei health district in which Takatai Tohana was found sick of an infectious disease, he had neglected to infrom tho authorities. The Stipendiary Magistrate said that undoubtedly other Maoris had been clever over tho matter, but according to the evidence the defendant bad given some sort of notice the day after he was left in charge of the house. His Worship could not do more than convict him and order him to pay the costs. James M. Golvinj resident of Orakei, admitted that on September 2 he entered tho Orakei Native village when it was infected with smallpox. Inspector M'Grath said that Galvin lived close to the village and well knew it was isolated, but he deliberately rode through it. Galvin was fined £2 and 19s costs. Edward Simkins, who happened to bo residing within the precincts of the Orakei settlement when the, quarantine proclamation doscended on it, was fined £2 7s for a breach of the quarantine, regulations. Madame Prendergast has removed to rooms in Dominion Buildings, Cathedral Square. Opening on Thursday, September 25th. 792 X A FINE POINT IN GOLF. A new point in golf obtruded itself on the Dannovirke links tho other day. It concerned two ladies. One, having finished her game, proceeded across the links to participate in afternoon ten. As she walked she bent hor head in meditative mood counting her score. Sho crossed tho lino of another lady, who pulled a shot and send tho ball on a mission to cover thirty yards. Tho lady who was walking, felt something strike her head. The lady who had hit looked alarmed. A laugh followed, and the lady who had been hit shook her head to shake the ball out of her hat. Nothing was dislodged, and sho looked on tho ground. The ball was not there. She put her hand to her headgear to search there, and—found the ball stuck on her hatpin I The question is could the striker insist on "playing it out " from that position? "THE MAD AND THE BAD." Mr T. H. Steadman, Mayor of Whangarei, who has just returned from a visit to America, in an interview, referred to Califoria, stating that ho thought tho racial problom was going to bo ono of their keen social problems in tho near future. "What strikes you very much," he said, "is tho comparativa lack of children, or of any provision for tho amusement of chil- : dren. People livo in apartments and J there is comparatively little homo life 1 such as we know it in this country. One man said to me: 'Twenty per cent of the women in this country are mad: CO per cent aro bad, and tho rest are real women and devoto themselves to their homes.' Everything (Mr Steadman went on to remark) tends to the living of tho fast life. People rush about in tho search for ' pleasure. There are 1.96,000 registered motor vehicles in tho Stato of California alone." CLEARING SALE~OF SECOND-HAND MOTOR-CARS.

Within a very few days Adams, Ltd., fcvill have to accommodate in their

garage an exceptionally large shipment of new motor-cars, and it has become imperatively necessary to effect an absolute clearance of all second-hand cars on hand. The prices of tho cars to be disposed of have been reduced considerably below tho usual level to assist a quick disposal, and each car is guaranteed by us to bo in good running order. The first car is a handsome 15-2/3 h.p. Silent Knight Daimler, used by Mr F. N. AdamS as a private car. The Daimler is without question tho finest of English cars, mid this ono is exceptionally silent and luxuriously equipped. It is finished in putty colour, and is complete with every imaginable "extra." The prico is, £450, pretty low for a nearly-new car that cost £702. Then there is a nice littlo 10 h.p. Reo, completely equipped with screen, hood and lamps, and fitted with a magneto to obviate accumulator troubles. This littlo car has a lot of useful work left in it, and is offered for £75. Another littlo car which is exceptionally good valuo for tho money is the 8-12 h.p. Clement-Bayard (French Talbot), a fourcylinder car of good quality and substantial construction. Complete with lamps, hood, screen, etc., tho price is £l5O. Early application should bo made by anyone interested in any of tho above offers, as tho cars will not remain long unsold. We have aho an 8-12 Clement-Bayard two-seater, nearly new, recently the property of Mr Neil Gilchrist, of Oamnru, one of tho most experienced motorists in New Zealand. Mr Gilchrist bought a large Minerva car, and had no further use for the Clement-Bayard. It is complete with lamps, screen and hood, and would admirably suit a commercial traveller. It is a most economical car. A set of tyres costing £l7 10s will carry it 8000 to 10,000 miles, and a gallon of lubricating oil will last about the same distance. Tho price is £295. Adams, Ltd., Motor and Cycle Importers, Garage, Tuam Street, near High Street establishment. 1988