TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16606, 18 July 1914, Page 10

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The following auctioneers' advertise*, ments appear on page 19:—National Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., Messrs H. Matson and Co., Pyne and Co., 8,. S. M'Kenzio and Co., Tonks, Norton and Co.j Charles Clark and Harris Bros.

In this morning's " Lyttelton Times" appears the first of a series of weekly letters from London entitled "The World of Sport." Tho reviews are all written by men of repute and authority in the various branches of sport that are dealt with, and will provide readers in New Zealand with a valuable running commentary upon sporting activities in the Old Country , ¥ in America and in Europe. Weather permitting, the Ellesmero Brass Band will piny a programme of music at Osbourne Park, Doyleston, tomorrow afternoon, commencing at 2.30 p.m.

A large area of land is being taken up under the Hauraki pastoral leases, 6tates a Press Association telegram from Thames. Twenty thousand acres have already been applied for. The suggestion made by Mr F. Mander, M.P., that khaki uniforms for wear in the summer should be supplied to the police force in the north x is to be considered by the Department prior to the coming summer.

Tho Hon R- H. Rhodes has announced, states a Press •Association telegram from Wellington, that the Tourist Department has engaged the well-known Alpine guide Conrad Kain for the coming season in the Mount Cook district. A Press Association telegram from Dunedin -states that it is understood that there is not likely to bo any appeal against the judgment of the Supreme Court in the libel case Fairbairn v. the " Otago Daily Times." The Selwyn Nursing Division of tho St John Ambulance Association met on Tuesday, when twenty-one members were present. A medical lecture was given, and was followed by a number of questions. At the conclusion a vote of thanks was passed to the speaker. A Press Association tolegram from Thames states that tho mother of a lad named Martin has been awarded £l4O damages against Bennington, a motor-oyclist who collided with a carf in which the boy was riding, an acci dent which resulted in internal injuriet to Martin.

The weekly parade of the Christchurcli Men's Division of the St John Ambu. lance Brigade was held on Wednesday evening. ■ There was a good muster, -.sic duty reports were received, in which it was stated that four sports grounds cases had been attended to on the previous Saturday, and eleven cases of injury were recorded as having been attended to during the week. At a committee meeting of tho Canterbury Rowing Club held last evening. it was unanimously decided to proceed at once with rebuilding the club's racing sheds and making additions to the pleasure sheds in the way of adding a billiard room and a bicycle shed, and enlarging the ladies' waiting room. Donations to the fund at the present tim« amount to about £220, and the committee hopes that when all the returns are to hand this amount will be increased to £3OO.

Operations at the Terawhiti gold mines, near Wellington, will shortly be in full swing. The services of Mr L. O. Wilkinson, who pioneered lowgrade ore at "Big Hill," Stawell, New South Wales, have been secured, and work is to bo proceeded with immediately. Already at Terawhiti drives have been made and sites cleared for the erection of batteries and workmen a cottages. Tho site of the present mines is between the famous old Caledonian and Queen workings,, to which a rush was made many years ago. A Palmerston business man has just received what he regards as a curio, states the " Manawatu Standard." It is a memorandum from tho Official Assignee in Wellington, enclosing a penny stamp as the dividend in an estate in which the local resident is a creditor. Attached was a receipt and a stamped envelope in which to return the receipt. Thosending of the penny stamp cost the Official Assignee twopence—one penny for the envelope containing the remittance, and one penny to return the receipt. Another Palmerston creditor in the same estate received a dividend of 2d.

Tho following programme will be played by l>r Bradshaw, city organist, at tho organ recital to be given in His Majesty's Theatre at 8.30 p.m. to-mor-row :—Overture to tho oratorio " Atha. lia" (Handel); Barcarolle from tho Pianoforte Concerto No. 4 (Sir W. Sterndale Bennett); (a) Andante Cantabile, (b) Scherzo, (c) Allegro moderate from the Organ Symphony No. 4 (0. M. Widor); Priere et Berceuse (Prayer and Cradle Sons) (Guilmant); Andantino in B Flat Minor from the Pianoforte Sonata, Op. 12 (Sibelius); The King's Prayer and Grand Finale to the First Act of "Lohengrin" (Wagner); Scherzo in F (Op. 70, No. 8) (Hoffman); Impromptu No. 12, "Marzialo" (Henry Hiles).

Mr W.'fr Davidge, in his lecture on town-planning in Wellington, referred to Wellington's need for a new railway station. He showed views of German railway stations, decorated with gardens and trees. The railway, he said, is the gateway to the city, and as a German onco put it, the Germans try to impose upon the stranger. A picture of Frankfort station was a thing of beauty. " Now 'this," said Mr Davidge, " is the way Wellington tries to impose upon the strangor," and a picture of a Wellington railway station followed. A sholit of laughter arose from tho audience, for the chief feature of a ramshackle looking building was a big advertisement of a well-known brand of whisky!

Do you read the papers with case and comfort, especially at nyjht? If you aro a book-keeper, do your eyes ache when adding up long columns of figures? If so, you need spectacles. For eyestrain consult John R. Procter, Optician, High Street, Christchuroh, who will carefully examine your eyes and prescribo the correct glasses for you. 1988 Just a little " twist" and that vague "invention idea" of yours may win fortune and fame. Now we're Patent Agents, and our little booklet, " Ad* vice to luventors," is free to you* where shall we send it? It may juj£ "do the trick." Henry Hughes, Ltd., Dominion Buildings, Cathedral Square, Christchurch. XI Mrs Rolleston, Cathedral Square, makes a speciality of transformations to order. They are considered by numerous ladies in all parts of New Zealand equal to the best made in London. Prices from four to twelve guineas. 1898 A great saving in time, worry and expense will be effected by placing your Customs Clearing Work in the hands of J. M. Heywood and Co., Ltd. Importers may rely upon careful attention and prompt delivery. X2

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Yesterday Detectives Gibson and Ward arrested a man on a chargo ot having stolen the sum of £2 and a fountain pen from a bedroom in the Oxford Hotel. .

Mr L. M. Isitt. M.P. for Christchurch North, will meet the members of his committee, friends and supporters at Knox Church Schoolroom tonight at half-past seven.

Mr Dan Crawford, F.R.G.S., the famous missionary-explorer and author, will arrive in Christchurch this morning. He will bo tendered a civic reception at tho City Council Chambers •at 11 o'clock. Addresses will be given at the Choral Hall at eight o'clock each evening until Tuesday, and to-morrow afternoon a meeting for. men only will be held at three . o'clock in the same building. There will be no chargo for admission to tho meetings.

A message was received yesterday from the Mayor, Mr H. Holland, who was then at Wellington, stating that he had arranged with Messrs W. R. Dnvidge and C. C. Reade, the town planning experts, to be tho guests of the New Zoaland Club at its first luncheon to bo held at noon on Wednesday. The lunch will bo served promptly at one o'clock, and an adjournment made at 1.55, thus enabling business men to reach their offieos by .two o'clock. Applications for membership in the club should be addressed to Post Oflico Box 339, or members can be enrolled at the first luncheon.

All arrangements are well in hand for the open-air meeting in Victoria Square to-morrow afternoon to protest against the Religious Referendum Bill, which will come down for its second reading on- Tuesday next. Should tho weather prove wet, the meeting will be held in the Queen's Theatre, Hereford Street. The speakers will include several well-known Christchurch gentlemen. The Hon J. Barr will speak on behalf of the Labour Party. Tho Rev T. A. Williams, now dominion organiser for the National Schools Defence League, will arrive from Wellington this morning, and will give an address. The other official speaker will be Mr J. Canghley, M.A., the local president of the Defence League. Dr C. Chilton, professor of biology at' Canterbury College, will preside. At 6.45 o'clock last night, when an Edgeware Road-Cashmere Hills tramcar was entering the Square, an_ elderly lady got up while the car was still moving and made as if to alight. Tho conductor shouted a warning, but it was either unheard or disregarded, for the lady stepped off the car and fell heavily, striking tho back of her head. Passengers on the car who heard the conductor's shout of warning got somewhat of a shock, as for an instant it looked as though the wheels would pass over the woman's legs. An eye-witness stated, that the passenger had evidently caught 6ight of some lady friend for whom she was on the look-out, and promptly stepped off tho car. Her friend took her away, so that no information was available as to the injuries sustained. t

The executive of the Christchurch Debating Clubs' competitions met in the Y.M.C.A. rooms last night. The president, Mr F. L. Anderson, occupied the chair, and in his opening remarks stated that the competitions were meeting with considerable support from all the Christchurch clubs. The entries were coming in well, and the outlook was very bright. It was decided to write; to the Christchurch Musical and Literary . Competitions Association thanking it for the gift of a shield, and also to the Y.M.C.A. Board of Directors thanking it for the offer of the free use of the concert hall for the competitions. In reply to a question from the Y.M.C.A. Club, it was decided that no competitor should be allowed to enter for two clubs. St Paul's Club inquired whether the names of the members of the-teams must be on the entry forms. It was decided that the name's of the members of the teams must be sent in, but they would be subject to alteration with th© approval of the executive. It was resolved that subscription lists should be sent to the secretaries of the various clubs with the request that an endeavour should be made to collect funds for, prizes at the competitions. Steffano Webb makes a specialty of Wedding and Family photographs artistically grouped and excellently nnished, 252 High Street, Christchurch. Telephone 1989. XI Comfort in office, sitting-room or Bedroom —Odourless Oil Heaters of per. feet construction, from 18s 6d, rubv glass f rortts from 19s 6d. Hagtie, Bull and Pickering, opposite Ballantyne's. 1988

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Iron in comfort, which means get a Hot-point Siectrjc Iron. Running cost, one penny per hour, 20s each. Guarinteed ten years. Turnbull and Jones. 1818 THE POTATO CURE. Considerable interest is being taken in a report on the curative value in certain common conditions of raw potato juice, which recently appeared an the " Lancet," and which since then has been published in book form. The author of this report, who is a medical man practising in the South of London, has for some time utilised as "i remedy potato juice made by squeezing the raw vegetable in a powerful press as the basis for various preparations, notably liniments and plasters. \ This juice, to which the high-sounding technical name of " extractum solani liquidum" has been given, is said to contain large quantities of potash salts. It is claimed that the application of the preparations of raw potato have a rapidly curative action in various common ailments of the rheumatic kind, including lumbago, mild joint rheumatism and synovitis; the latter is the common condition of swelling and effusion (water) which occurs round Joints and ligaments that havo been braised or sprained. „ Remarkable reare reported in the cure of these conditions from the use of hot fomentations or poultices made with potato juice, as well as of cold plasters mado from the same substance. It is notable that amongst the successes recorded is included., a case that was treated at St George's Hospital under a well-known surgeon. In tins example the patient, who had been suffering from water on the knee for - some five weeks, was cured in less than a fortnight. For lumbago and rheumatism it is _ recommended that potato juico ointment should be rubbed well iii the painful parts, whilst the treatment may further bo aided by the special plasters. For severe bruises and sprains it is advised that the hot poultices referred to above should be first resorted to, when It may be expected that the pain will quickly be relieved, and the swelling go down. The treatment has also apparently some application in gout, although its chief advocate does not claim as a direct euro for this malndy. Tn gout it would anpoar that potato juice applied .in the right manner will quickly relieve pain and GV/ellirg, although It may not be able to relieve the general constitutional .symptoms. In the ■rtiole referred to seven cases of acute gout are recorded in which the remedy WM applied with success.

SCIENCE AT SEA. Interesting scientific experiments and researches are to ba made by a number of professors on their way to Australia to attend the meetings ot the British Association this summer, writes tho London ccnesoondent ot this journal. Starting in advanco of tho main party, about "seventv members wore, to leave Liverpool on Juno 22 by the Blue Funnel Line steamer'Ascanius. Jhese will have a week of biological and geological excursions and practical held work in Western Australia before the general meetings begi" in Adelaide on August 8. On the voyftgs out 1 roiessor Duilieid will carrv out experiments in connection with the investigation ot tho variation of the force of gravitation over the sea. The measurement ot the force of gravity on land is carried out by a swinging "pßmlulum, but thr cannot bo used at sea, because-of the motion of the ship. Professor Duffiold s investigations will be carried out by a method devised bv Professor Hecker, a well-known German scientist, which uses tho comparisons Iwtween the height of a column of mercury at one end ot a bent "tube with the pressure exerted by'a mass of gas contained in a bulb at thp other end of tho tube. The two essentials for tho success of theso experiments are an absolutely constant temperature and the prevention of any rise or fall of the mercury in the tubes due to the ship's movement. The latter, it is hoped, will be obtained by the special damping arrangements provided with the apparatus, and tho former should bo ensured by tho fact that the whole apparatus will be installed in a specially-built refrigerating chamber. It is hoped to test how gravity varies over the deep and shallow parts of the ocean, and if the observations are successful it should be possible to distinguish between rival theories put forward to account for tho conformation of the earth'3 surface. Professor Herdman is arranging to make an intensive study, of the Plankton, or minute floating lifo of tho sea through which the ship is passing. The constitution of the Plankton is of great importance in connection with sea fishery questions, and tho comparison of the tropical Plankton with that of temperate seas is of special interest. Samples will be caught continuously day and night by fine silk nets fitted on to sea-water taps to be specially provided on the steamer. THE MOTOR IN GERMANY. Germany is in tho throes of a motor renaissance. The new " boom" is to be attributed largely to tho invasion of the cheap American car. There aro, perhaps, not more than 2000 American cars in use in Germany at the present time, but at the rate at which they are pouring in it is estimated that there may soon be 5000 or 10,000. A sign of the times is tho new motor highway at Berlin, which is said to be tho last word in scientific motor road-building, and is to be opened for traffic on October 1. Six and a quarter miles, long, with parallel tarred macadam' roadways 26 feet wide, separated by grass plots of equal breadth, and with scientifically banked curves, this highway has cost £IOO,OOO to build, and will undoubtedly prove one of the finest speedways ever built. The road will be officially opened as a racecourse next year, when tho Imperial Automobile Club intends to invito the racers and manufacturers of the world to participate in an international speed contest. At Charlottenburg, not far from the Automobilstrasse, there is in process of construction a huge Automobile Palace, which, it is claimed, will be the first exhibition building in the world to be devoted exclusively to the motor industry. It will spread over 20,000 square yards of area, and be used for the first time for the coming International Automobile Salon. In spite of the growing popularity of the American, car, foreign motors are at present very rare in Germany, amounting to not more than 10 or 12 per cent or the entire number in use. The national dislike of foreign things probably has a good deal to do with this. The Kaiser, who is an inveterate motorist, drives only German cars, by way of example, but the Crown Prince—ever a rebel—has a Belgian "run-about" in his garage. WOOLLY ARISTOCRATS. Tho merino sheep penned at the Sydney sheep sales were a study in the social scale even of sheep, says the "Morning Herald." There is an aristocracy in sheep as in human society, and fashions occasionally change. A few years ago it was fashionable for merinoes to have body wrinkles; but that has gone out, and plain bodies with extensive neck-folds are now the rage. Theso idiosyncrasies only apply to merinoes; they never extended to the British breeds. In both classes, however, there are stud and flock sheep —the studs are tho aristocrats, and the flocks the plebeians. But even in the studs there are the "special" studs, which are of high degree, and not only sell,at very high figures—-such as 1500 gs —but command marked attention wherever they may be. In tho saleroom the flock sheep are penned up comfortably and attractively, with straw on the floor and hay in the hurdles;, but the studs, in 'addition, have a bowl of water and a bowl with chaff topped up with bran and oats. They are housed, and they are tended with the greatest care. They are not coddled, but drought conditions are unknown to them, also ordinary treatment of sheep on the railways. To bo a stud, or special stud, in sheep is, in fact, to enjoy privileges unknown to the woolly millions that have to take the pastures, the railways, the saleyards as they find them from time to time. , LINER AND ICEBERG. The Canadian Northern Railway steamship Royal Edward, which landed her passengers at Avonmouth on May 30, had a miraculous escape when sho collided with an iceberg during a fog near Cape Race, and experienced travellers who were on board emphatically declared that the ship was saved i from practically certain destruction, j with about a thousand passengers and crew, by tho wonderful presence of mind and brave seamanship of her"! commander, Captain Wotton. Mr j William Madgen, director of tho Brit-: ish Electric Traction Company, stated , that the Royal Edward left Montreal on Tuesday, May 19, and on Thursday morning passed tho Empress of Ireland, but could not see her on account of the smoke from the forest fires. The Empress of Ireland sent a message warning tho Royal Edward that icebergs were about. A fog came on, and \ on Friday—Captain Wotton being still on the bridge, whicjh he had not left since starting on Tuesday—a_ big iceberg suddenly loomed into view, only a couple of ship's lengths awny The vessel was going dead slow, and after reversing the engines the captain, to avoid being struck amidships, decided to take the iceberg end on. It was a terribly anxious moment, but to tho relief of all the ship rebounded from the iceberg and backed slowly away from danger, damaged only in her stem. Mr Madgen added that only the captain's prompt action prevented a most serious disaster." STORY OF A FORTUNE. Tho story of a fortune was fold in the Insolvency Court at Adelaide a few days ago before Commissioner Russell. Oscar Marcel Mayer, whose case was before the Court, claimed that ho was entitled to the sum of £58,000 from his mother's estate in South America, and added that he would come into it m November next. His solicitor, Mr n. S. Penny, remarked that a-little oyer I ton years ago insolvent waa left

£'2,000 by the will of his late mother, who lived in South America. Each of the children of the family were entitled to that amount. According to the law of the land, if the trustees saw that a bonenciary was unable to take care of his money, or was a spendthrift, they could apply to the Court for an order to hold the" sum bequeathed for a longer jwriod than that provided by tho will. Insolvent spent £14.000 of his share shortly after receiving it. and payment of tho balance of £58,000 was deferred for ton years. Mayer would bo thirtytwo years of ago in November, when the period expired. Tho case was adjourned, for a fortnight, to enable insolvent to make a journey to Sydney to obtain money duo to him there, and an order was made that £'6o remittance, also duo to Mayer, should be paid into Court, and £3O of it allowed him for expenses in trying to satisfy his creditors in full.

" PASSING IT ON TO THE PUBLIC."

That phrase "passing it on to. tho public" has acquired quite a sinister meaning in theso latter days, for it i generally associated with increased prices. "Wo have, however, a much more cheerful aspect of the question to present to our customers, for during our winter clearing sale of cycles mid sundries wc are passing on to them the big savings effected by us in purchasing in huge quantities for our dominionwido business. Our sale this year embraces every line handled by us in our bicycle department, and wo stock everything tho cyclist can require. We have reduced tho Royal Superbe Swift bicycle, tho highest grade of the world's best bicycle, from £2O to £ls. The Triumph bicycle, a product worthy of the great firm which manufactures it, has been reduced from £l7 to £l2 10s. The Star bicycle, which has upheld a magnificent reputation throughout New Zealand for a quarter of a century, has bean reduced from £l2 10s to £7 103 (Juvenile models reduced from £7 10s to £0 ss). Theso are not old stock, but the very newest, smartest and most up-to-date models. Tho equipment of roadsters includes free wheel, mudguards and two powerful rim brakes. In our sundries stock, which is exception a 11/' largo and varied, we have made drastic cuts in prices, the reduction in many cases being more than 50 per cent. This sale will continue until the end of the present month, and those who desire to save money on cycles or cycle accessories would bo well advised to do their shopping with us during that period. We make a specialty of our mail order department, and country clients can be assured of as painstaking attention to their requirements as if they were present in person. During the sale all accessories ordered by mail will be forwarded postage free*. Adams, Ltd., High Street, Christchurch. (R. M. Adams, Bicycle Department Representative.) 1953