TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16491, 5 March 1914, Page 6

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

To-night in the Phillipstown Schoolroom, Linwood, Mr G. W. Russell, M.P., will deliver a political address to his constituents.

The Dunedin correspondent of the “Lyttelton Times” states that there arc three fresh military staff appointments to ho made. Major Richardson and Major Gardner, of the Artillery branch, will return from England at the end of the year. The South Waimakariri River Board, like several other local bodies in Canterbury, derives a certain revenue from tho salo of cocksfoot. At a meeting of the Board yesterday, the overseer reported that this year’s crop totalled 3661 b, a decreaso of 2001 b on last year s crop.

Tho Dunedin correspondent of the “Lyttelton Times” telegraphs that the unveiling of the Scott memorial has been provisionally fixed for March 23. The Prime Minister has been asked to perform the ceremony. It has been suggested that it would he very appropriate were General lan Hamilton present at the unveiling,.

A sitting of the Assessment Court was to have been held at Lyttelton yesterday, but owing to the indisposition of Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., the Court'' was adjourned till a later date. At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Riccarton Borough Council the Town Clerk reported that during the months of September and January five building permits had been issued, of a total value of £I9OO. On Monday next, in the Kaiapoi Oddfellows’ Hall, Messrs G. W. Forbes and G. Witty will deliver political addresses, when they will reply to the Hon F. M. B. Fisher’s recent speech. The Mayor (Mr R. Wylie) will preside.

At 9.30 p.m. yesterday some person passing along St Asaph Street, near Colombo Street, saw a glare from Waddell’s foundry and, thinking that a fire had broken out, gave the alarm. The Brigade attended, only to find that its services were not needed. Tho "Timaru Post” Newspaper Company, Limited, has sold the business as a going concern to a proprietary company, which has entered into possession. It is understood, states a Press Association telegram from Timaru, that the old company will go into voluntary liquidation. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that Mrs W. R. Williams, who has made many publio gifts of much value, has presented £IOOO to the citizens’ fund to make up the £6OOO required as the balance of tho money needed to acquire the Day’s Bay bush as a park for the city.

Twenty-four defaulting Territorials, states a Press Association telegram from Oamaru, were fined sums ranging from £2 and costs down to 5s and costs by Mr Bartholomew, S.M., yesterday. All the cases were for failing to render personal service, and there was one additional charge of insubordination.

A Press Association telegram from New Plymouth states that the Taranaki Oil Wells rotary bore commenced to flow oil about nine yesterday morning. There was a tremendous gas pressure. The oil flow is inoreasmg hourly and the indications are verypromising. There is no sign of flooding by water.

A peculiar accident occurred on Tuesday evening to a boy nemedJohn Hunt. While gauging the petrol in a motorcycle his finger swelled and became stuck. After trying for a considerable time to release his finger, a doctor was procured, and with the united efforts of oil, acids and muscle, the finger was at la6t extracted.

Large crowds, states a Press Association telegram from Wellington, witnessed yesterday’s initiation of the Carnival Week, when a procession of gaily decorated motor and other vehicles went through the city to Newtown Park. Athletic events, dances, cadet and fire brigade displays filled up the afternoon and evening. Nearly fifty women have applied for admission to the new class being formed _for the purpose of teaching those desirous of learning how to manipulate the mechanical office appliances in the Civil Service. The women who went through the first class of the kind in New Zealand have all since been absorbed into the different departments.

Yesterday Mr J. H. Greenwood, representing , the Buffer Hospital Board, Mr J. Fletcher, the Grey Board, and Mr A. Clifton, the Westland Board, inspected the tuberculosis dispensary conducted by Dr J. C. Blackmore in Armagh Street, and had a conference with Dr Blackmore in regard to the methods followed, with a •view to carrying out liis suggestion that dispensaries should be established in hospital districts on the West Coast. . A ■; ! .

• A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday Harry Wynne Hartog was sent to gaol for two months on a charge of obtaining money from Samuel Gilmer of the Royal Oak Hotel, by a valueless cheque. The accused had posed as Dr Hartog, who was going to the Medical Congress at Auckland, but he never appeared there. The police declared that Hartog was well known, having Been twice convicted in Victoria.

Preparations for the Salvation Army Territorial Congress, to be held in Wellington from March 27 to April 2, are now complete, and everything points to most successful gatherings. It is expected that over three hundred officers and soldiers will be present, and that, as a result of the deliberations a great forward movement will be begun. In the way of maternity hospitals and institutions, the Army, has already some of the most up-to-date buildings in New Zealand, and the opening cf the William Booth Training College and the maternity hospital in Kensington Street will materially add to the architectural assets of Wellington.

A representative of a Boston paper-manufacturing firm has been on a visit to the dominion, inquiring into the question of obtaing supplies of the waste products of flax or hemp mills for paper-making purposes. He declares that stripperslips, provided they can bo supplied at a reasonable price, would make excellent material for paper-making. As there are. vast quantities of this residual product now lying rotting at many mills, writes Mr W. H. Ferris, Government Hemp Grader, it is to be regretted advantage cannot be taken of this method of utilisation presented. The American firm in question is already a large user of New Zealand tow iii its paper-making business.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, the High Commissioner states in reference to the prospects of a demand for New Zealand deer-skins:—“There is a considerable trade in deer-skins, both in Europe and America, for the production of leather useful in several connections. So far as the London market is concerned, the principal descriptions offered come from India and the prices for these vary, according to the weight and quality of the skins, from 9d to Is 2d per lb. New Zealand skins should meet a ready sale hero if carefully flayed and free from taint, and not seriously damaged by shot. Tho skins should be taken off, if possible, while tho animal is warm. They should he then well stretched and poisoned hv means of an arsenic or some similar wash; airl properly dried before shipment.” Special courses of, treatment for falling hair, premature greyness, dandruff, etc., from one guinea. The latest approved. methods and appliances used. Personal attention by appointment; hair work of every description. Mrs Rolleston, Cathedral Square. Telephone 373. 6

When other, razors fail you can be sure of satisfaction from the “ ABC ” special. They are still shaving thousands of smiling faces. The price remains at (3s 6d, and our full guarantee backs them every time.. Ashby, Bergh and Coy., Ltd., High Street. X2 It does not pay von to do your own Customs Work, and this fact is recognised by most importers, who find it saves time, money and worry to employ J. M. Hey wood and Co.. Limited, to do it for them. Let them put through your next shipment. IDSfi Housewives who have not yet tried the Howard Dustless Dusters'are missing something, good. These are another clover American production, and although they have been closely imitated, there is no other that is just the same. They gather the dust and hold it until washed out with hot water and soap. Tho agents, Ashby, Bergh and Coy., High Street, will be pleased to show you tho various styles.

The Bible School conducted by tb* Rev J. J. North was held last night, when the school hall of the Oxford T«> race Baptist Church was filled. The subject for the evening was “ Christ and Ritual,” from Matthew xv.

The Otago Art Gallery is about to receive, some welcome additions to it* waffs. The late Professor J. H. Scott has bequeathed as part of his art col* lection a particularly fine example of John Gully’s landscape painting i*Q water colours, and the late Judge Ward left to the Gallery four canvases front the brush of the late Van der Velden.

Tho following programme will bo, played by Derry’s Private Band on tho Victoria Square rotunda this even*. ing:—Overture, "Raymond” (Tho- . inas); ,valse, " Smiles and Kisws’*j (Ancliffe); three dances to “ Henry VIII.” (1) Morris Dance -(2) Shepherd’s Dance, (3) Torch Dance (German); selection, "The Merry Widow'* (Lehar); inarch, "Coronation Bells'* (Partridge); intermezzo, “Liebe-i straum (Vin Bl'en); overture, “ William Tell ” (Rossini); march, *' Wei- ■ lington ” ( Zehle). •••

At the meeting of the Lyttelton Harbour Board yesterday, the Harbour Improvement Committee recommended that the confidential report of the conference convened by the Prime Minister in regard to waterside labour should he received. Mr H. Friedlander said that it seemed strange that tho Board should receive an important report and do nothing. He would like to know what would be done in the matter. The chairman (Mr R. Moore) said that if another conference was held there would be an opportunity of further discussing the position. The re* i port was adopted. ; The Minister of Education informed the Dunedin correspondent of the “Lyttelton Times*' yesterday that he hoped to have the new Education Bill ready before Parliament met. Dis- ' cussing its probable provisions he said be did not think that it would be necessary to make much alteration in the existing relationship between Education Boards and school committees. Aa to salaries nothing had yet been decided by Cabinet. The Minister could not say -whether the Boards and interested people would get copies of the Bill before it came before the Education Committee, but he gave an assurance that all parties really interested would be given ample time in which to criticise the revised Bill as it came from the committee.

The following programme will be played by Dr Bradshaw, city organist, at the grand “ Handel-Widor ” organ recital, to be given in bis Majesty’s Theatre at 8.30 p.m. on Sunday;— Organ concerto in B-flat major, No. 2 (1) Introduction and Allegro, (2) Adagio, Allegro, ma non Presto (Handel); soprano solo from the ode on St Cecilia’s Day, “But Oh! What Art can Teach’’(Handel); serenade in G (1) Allegro Vivace, (2) Allegro Cantabile, (3) Toccata, from the organ symphony in F minor, No. 5 (Widor); (a) Musette for stringed instruments and flute, from a masque, (b) Minuet from the oratorio “Samson” (Handel); chorus from the “Messiah,” “And the Glory of the Lord” (Handel).

The exchange of visits between municipalities in the North Island has been successful in fhe past and has led to better understandings between looal authorities. Timaru has been to Christchurch and Christchurch has been to Timaru, and now the South Canterbury port has invited the Christchurch City Council to go to Timaru 6n March 1? by an excursion train and to return on the same day. The invitation was received yesterday by the Deputy-Mayor, Mr H. B. Sorensen, and he decided to accept it on behalf of the city. At the same time he suggested, when speaking to a reporter, that it would be a good 'idea if a similar exchange of visile were effected with Wellington. So far the City Council’s exchange of courtesies had been confined to the South Island, although the municipal officers from Wellington had been down to Christchurch. Wellington councillors would obtain a better idea of Christchurch, and the visits' would do a great deal towards creating a friendly feeling of co-operation between the South and the North Islands.

The London correspondent of the “Lyttelton Times” states that during the of Sir Herbert Llewellyn Smith, Permanent Secretary of the Board of Trade, by the Dominions Commission on January 22, upon the work of the Commercial Intelligence Branch of _ his department, the Hon J. R. Sinclair, the New Zealand representative, very closely questioned the witness as to the inaction of the Board of Trade _ in. regard to tho practice of certain lines of steamships carrying German goods to New Zealand at lower freights than British goods of the 6ame class. Sir Herbert Smith admitted that the question of these differential rates had been before the Board of Trade as long ago as .. 1909, and that nothing had been done, but explained that it was powerless without legislation. It was ad- . mitted, however, that no Bteps had been taken to acquire the necessary legislative powers. Mr Sinclair hinted that it might he possible for the New Zealand Legislature _to counteract the effect of the differential duties by imposing a stamp duty on the bill of lading for these preferenti-ally-treated goods equivalent to the amount of preference given by the shipping companies.

We understand from MV Stewart Robinson, boot importer, Cashel Street, that he intends reducing the prices of boots and Shoes, having entered into a compact with a boot manufacturer, at very advantageous terms. His idea is to hand over the goods practically from the maker to the consumer, thus doing away with all middlemen’s profit. His price cutting sale commences Friday, the 6th instant. Watch the papers for the new price list for boots and shoes. 3170 Your Own Invention.—That little contrivance of your own that you are using in the workroom or home—that you find such' a time saver in yom work—Call and tell us about it or write for “ Advice to Inventors,” free from Henry Hughes, Ltd., Dominion Buildings, Cathedral Square, Christchurch. 66

Victor Trumper uses nothing but the best; 293 runs against Canterbury were made with a Gunn and Moore Autograph Bat. This bat is now on view at Lewis and Anderson’s, 112, Cashel Street, who have full stocks of Gunn and Moore Autograph Bats. 138 In tlieso days of hurry and bustle there are hardly two people in ten without some ocular defect which requires remedying. It is of the utmost importance that all defects of vision should bo corrected by means of properly ground Lenses and adjusted Spectacles. Consult John R Proctor, Oculists’ Optician, 200, High Street, Christchurch. 1988 TEETOTALISM FOR LIFE. A Melbourne correspondent states that Leslie Edgar Gosney, aged twentyfour, who had pleaded guilty to two counts of embezzling funds of the Shire of Werribee,: while acting as collector, was brought up for sentence in the. general sessions a few days ago. It was stated that Gosney was prepared to make restitution out of money under his father’s estate. Judge Englosott said Gosney would be allowed : out on two sureties of £IOO each, to be of good behaviour for the rest of his life, to abstain from alcoholic liquors and gambling during his lifetime, and to repay to the shire the whole of the money (about £100) which he had embezzled, within two months. Judge Eagleson cautioned him that if ,ne drank a glass of beer he would be

brought up and sentenced to ten 'months’ imprisonment. THE REASON FOR TRIUMPH POPULARITY. Never; since -we entered the motorcycle business have we experienced such an % abnormally keen demand tor any one model .of motor-cycle as at present exists for the 1914 model, 4 h.p. 3-speed.. Triumph. Our sales each week since. the arrival of the first shipment of these new models have created fresh records for the depart- , meat, and there seems no immediate prospect of the demand slackening. The Triumph, ; of course, has always been the most popular motor-cycle on the New Zealand and British market, principally ° n the score of its magnificent reputation for reliability, durability and economy. The present exceptional demand is due to the fact that the Triumph Company has again produced exactly what motor-cyclists wanted. The growing use of side-cars has created a demand for an engine slightly more powerful than the standard 3i h.p., and possessing considerably more flexibility. These requirements are ideally filled by the 4 h.p. Triumph and the Sturmey-Archer 3-speed gear, 'the result being ■an all-round utility machine equally suitable for solo or side-car work, and capable < of being run at a very low cost for either purpose. We have still a few of these magnificent new Triumphs in. stock, but purchasers desiring immediate delivery should not dolay, as the present stock is not likely to fill requirements up till the arrival’of the next shipment. Adams, Ltd., Agents for Triumph Motor-cycles, High Street, Christchurch. (G. B. Brown, Motorcycle representative.) 19®°