TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16507, 24 March 1914, Page 6

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The following auctioneers’ advertisements appear on page 11: —W, E. Simes and Co., Craddock, M’Crostie Co., New Zealand Fai'mers’ Co-opera-tive Association, Limited, 'and Charles Clark. '•

i ? The expiry date for all rates due to the Christchurch City Council is March 31, after* which a penalty of ten per cent will .be imposed.

The Timaru borough clerk reports that the receipts of the motor-’bus for 171 days amount to £736, from Caroline Bay tennis courts £33, from the bathing sheds '£sß4. At the annual meeting, of the Christchurch Beautifying Association, which will bo held in the Chamber of Commerce on Thursday evening, Mr Hurst Seager will give an illustrated lecture on town planning.

A temporary telephone bureau and telegraph office will bo opened at the Addington Show Grounds on Thursday and Friday next from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. for the convenience of the public attending the Bam and Ewe Fair. The Eastbourne Borough Council decided six months ago to purchase the Wellington Steam Ferry Company’s boats, In order that the trans-harbour community might be more efficiently served. It has made a profit of £IOOO on the half year’s operations. The exhibition of pictures at the Art Gallery was well, attended yesterday, the sales exceeding £3OO. During next week arrangements will be made for the public school children to visit the exhibition free of charge. The usual hours will be observed to-day. At Timaru on Saturday the local Defence Rifle Club championship, six ranges of from 300 to 1000yds, was won for the second year by A. Burford. His son, a lad of seventeen, got second place. Tliis is the lad’s first season. He had the best average, 60, over fifteen matches.

To-morrow night, in the Caledonian Society’s Rooms, Mr W. D. Lysnar, of Gisborne, will give an address on the “ Port of London versus Bristol Produce Trade.” The meeting, which will commence at 8 p.m., will be held under the auspices of the Canterbury Chamber of CommeVce, and Mr Lysnar will reply to statements made recently by Mr J. H. Estill, commercial superintendent of the Pert .of London, when in Christchurch.

A “suggestion-book” for the Auckland City Council officials is in fnture to be kept at the municipal offices at the Tow'n Hall. The proposal emanated from the Mayor (Mr C. .J. Parr), who mentioned that the suggestion for Ills Jermyn Street outlet scheme had been made to him. in tho first instance by the , city building inspector (Mr J. Maxwell),, though it had since been elaborated. In supporting t the proposal for thus- encouraging suggestions from officials of the Council calculated to benefit the city, Mr.A. J. Entrican expressed tho view that when the suggestions made proved useful the makers of them should be given some tangible recognition. It was agreed that each case of the sort should be dealt with on its merits.

In view of the widespread misapprehension which appears to exist in regard to the correct postage payable on newspapers addressed to tile. Australian Commonwealth and. the United States of America, the following is published for general information:—The rate of postage payable on newspapers printed and published in New Zealand addressed to the Commonw'ealtu of Australia is Id for each newspaper not exceeding 20oz, an extra charge of )d for each additional lOoz or fraction thereof is alsp payable. The following are the rates on newspapers addressed to--the United States of America: —For each newspaper Id for the first 4oz and )d for each additional 2oz or fraction thereof. These rates also apply generally to newspapers wdiich are not printed and published in New Zealand. The carelessness of some people is astounding, states _ the “ Picton Press.” A case in point occurred a few days, ago, when a lady travelling by steamer to Picton reported to the local police that a bag containing &20> worth of jewellery had been stolen. The lady, who was going on by train to Blenheim, said that she* had ieft valuables for a few- minutes on a deck chair, and had missed them on return. Constable Shaw made inquiries on the boat and, accompanied by the stewards, made a thorough search of the deck. Finally tho cabin occupied by the lady on the voyage across was visited, and the bag was found in the place she had’left it.<f Constable Shaw raced for the train and handed over the valuables ,to the owner within a quarter of an hour of the loss being reported. When the question of rates of commission for- land agents was brought up at the last meeting of the Napier Chamber of Commerce it looked as if there would be trouble betwen tw r o of the members. It. was pointed out that of the Hawke’s Bay towns, Napier charges w-ere the Hastings next lowest, and Dannevirko lower stiil. - One member who has recently retired from the land agency business, considered that the matter should receive attention in Napier first and the scale be reduced. He characterised some of the commissions charged as “ rank robbery.” Another member interjected. “ But you are not a land agent now,” and another member took strong exception to - such a term as “rank robbery.” If some land agents, had not done business for' practically nothing they would, he said, be in better financial positions than they were at present. The Chamber decided to endeavour to have a uniform commission rate for Hawke’s Bay. The Addington Burgesses’ Association met in the Oddfellows’ Hall on Thursday. The president, Mr H. Campbell, was in the chair, and there was a fair attendance. It was decided to forward to the City Council a resolution passed by the Association condemning .-*the Council’s action in proposing to erect a Town Hall on Victoria Square, there being several other sites suitable without filling up one of the beauty spots of the city. The secretary was instructed to write to the City Council pointing out that at present there was no gate by which a person with a perambulator or a go-cart could enter the Jcrrold Street Reserve, and asking to have one erected. It was decided to write to the Domain Board expressing appreciation of the good work being done by the Board in removing the old fence along the boundary of'the South Park, and erecting a new one, and also asking it to endeavour to carry the work on to Moorhotise Avenue.

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

In these days of hurry and bustle there are hardly two people in ton 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

A note was found yesterday in the vicinity of Drybusli Gully, near Cashmere, in which the writer stated that he was about tp blow his head off, adding information as to the whereabouts of Tiis body when he had committed the act. The police searched the neighbourhood, but found no trace of the man.

Harvest thanksgiving services were held on Sunday. at All Saints’ Church, Sumner. The vicar, the Rev M’Kenzie Gibson, officiated at all the services, and special psalms and hymns were sung. Hie church was tastefully decorated with wheat, oats, fruit and flowers. There were crowded congregations at the eleven o’clock and evening services.

• The prolonged spell of dry weather in Southland, states the Invercargill correspondent of the “Lyttelton Times,” is causing some inconvenience both in town and country. Suburban residents’ .whose water supply depends upon direot rainfall are carefully guarding against anything in the nature of a famine by conserving for cooking and drinking purposes the water remaining in their tanks.

The following programme will be played by the Woolston Brass Band in St Albans Dark this evening: —March, “Freedom’s Firl” (Rimmer); cornet solo, “ The* Lost Chord,” _ soloist,_ R. Barber (Sullivan); selection, “Viva” (Beethoven), (Hume); euphonium solo, “ Land of Hope and Glory,” soloist, C. Gallop (Elgar); cornet polka, “Titania,” soloist, P. Reeves (Rimmer); grand march, “St Vincent” (Hume); bass solo, “Cyclops,” soloist, R. Wilson (Rimmer); march, “ Emperator !> (Moorhouse).

The Invercargill correspondent of the “Lyttelton Times” telegraphs that the steamer Maunganni, which sailed from the Bluff for Melbourne yesterday, . took a pair of beautiful three-year-old fillies consigned to Mr Smith, a noted brewer of Clydesdales in New South Wales. This gentleman, who recently visited New Zealand in quest of good mares, inspected several studs in the North Island, but finally made his selection in Southland with Mr Walter Blackie, the well-known Branxholm breeder. These two fillies are fresh in the memory of ringside critics as they won in many parts of the South Island. • ■

The following incident is vouched for by a local auctioneer, says the “ Northern Advocate.” At a small settlement not very far from Whangarei church services are held in the dining-room of a settler’s house. On a recent occasion the clergyman was conducting service, and after announcing the i hymn he started to read the first verse. He got to the end of the first line, when the cockatoo, which had not been removed as was the usual custom, made his presence known by the remark, “What rot! Get ns a cup of tea.” Cocky was immediately removed and the service continued, but not with the solemnity which is usual. v ■

Some years ago an effort was made by Lyttelton residents engaged in business in Christchurch to have the 5.30 p.m. train to the port started fifteen minutes earlier, which us was pointed out at the time,-would obviate the unnecessary wait in the city. The proposal was declined by the railway authorities, but a few weeks ago the Lyttelton Borough Council moved in the matter. On the 5.30 p.m. train to Lyttelton yesterday five guards took a E’ ’ ‘ scite of the passengers as to what was best suited for their requirements, the times submitted beiiig 5.15 p.m., 5.20 p.m., 5.25 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. It is understood that there was a large majority in favour of 5.15 p.m. At a meeting of the East Christchurch branch of the Social Democratic Party held last evening in the Trades Hall the national president, Mr H. Hunter, submitted a report dealing with the active organising campaign of the Party. He stated that the various branches, would be requested at an early date to make arrangements for meetings when addressed would be given by Messrs Payue, Robertson, Webb and M’Combs, members of Parliament. A congress of the party would be held in Wellington in July and remits for consideratioh would be received up to May 31. It was stated that the Dunedin branch had resolved to nominate Mr H. Hunter as president for another term. \ .

A country motorist has contrived a rather simple 'but very -effective method of administering a deterrent to small boys who meddle with his car when it is standing unattended by the roadside, states the Southland “ Times.” Taking a piece of insulated electric wire about fo.ur feet in length lie strips an inch or two of the wire and affixes it to one of the leads from the magneto to the plugs: The other end of the wire is passed through the front of the hood ’and wound round one of the springs when not in use. When the car is left unattended with the engine running this wire is dropped to the ground so that the circuit „is completed, and anyone who touches any part of the metal work receives a sharp shock. , After one experience of the kind a small boy is generally chary about making another venture. The inconvenience and general upheaval incidental to moving may be almost entirely’ obviated by placing the work in the hands of J. M. Heywocd and Co., Ltd., whose plant is designed to deal with every' contingency. .1988

Gee profit from your ideas. If that idea of yours is worth anything, it’s worth patenting. Don’t let the other man use your idea and make the profit that should be yours, because vou have 1 not the protection of a patent. Consult Henry Hughes Ltd., Dominion Buildings, Cathedral Square, Christchurch. 67 " THE MODERN WAR. Interviewed in America, this is what Rudyard Kipling had to sav about war as it is sometimes pictured by fancy and war as ft actually is:—“l have seen very, very little fighting in India. I wrote mostly of what I had been told. But I did see war in South Africa. I said to myself before I went out, 1 I’ll see the dash and get the rattling inspiration of it. I’ll see charges, and thin red lines, and hear hoarse commands and stand silent and thrilled in that dread hush before the battle.’ But what a disillusion! The hush before the battle was like the quietness of surgeons and nurses before they go into the operating-room. Nobody galloped up on a lathered horse and rell unconscious after handing the general the long-waited despatch. The general himself bestrode no charger, but sat ill a comfortable camp-chair beside a neatly-spread tea-table. You heard a few tick-ticks and somebody handed him a slip—the substitute for the despatch—and lie read it and drank his tea and said, ‘ Um-m-m, good. Workin’ out just as I thought. Wire Binks to bring up that battery, etc. etc.’ ”

THE LATEST STUDEBAKER SENSATION.

The day before yesterday the selfstarter applied to the motor-car was an experiment and a fad. Yesterday it was a desirable luxury. To-day it is an indispensable necessity. It’s tlie same with electric lights. No car can now claim to bo in line with modern requirements which does not possess these two features. The only wonder is that wo have had to wait so long for the best motor-car builders to give us these things. Of course there are selfstarters and self-starters- Experience has proved that the electric self-starter is the safest, best and most reliable. The great Studebaker Corporation lias realised all these tilings, and in tlie 1914 "Twenty-five” Studebaker it has produced a car which in every item of its equipment comes into line with the

most exacting of modem requirements. The self-starter is electric, of course.' Furthermore it is fool-proof. The ignominious manual task or cranking-up is made obsolete. Everything is automatic. You touch a button and the engine starts. As soon as the selfstarter has done its work it. automatically drops out of gear. Pushaanother button and your electric lighting dynamo supplies current to your lamps. All the troubles that acetylene starting and lighting systems are heir to are abolished. And tne car, powerful, comfortable, handsome,, magnificently strong and durable, is built on the best English lines, down to the full floating rear axle. There is not a more modern, better equipped or more fav-ourably-known car in New Zealand today. Then look at- the price. ; Ihe Studebaker watchward is “ best value for the least money,” and this grand car sella in Christchurch at £345, abso- 1 lutely inclusive of every item of equip* ment. For those requiring a slightly bigger and more powerful car we nave the “Thirty-five” Studebaker, seating six, which, with self-starter ana electric lights sells at £396. Call and see these really up-to-date care, tRe finest products of the greatest Amerioan auto- , mobile manufacturers. Adamis, Ltd., agents for “ Studebaker ” care. Garage, Tuarn Street, Christchurch, nehr High Street establishment. 1988