TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17285, 28 September 1916, Page 6

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Very successful Suudav school anniversary services were held at tho Sydenham Baptist Church on Sunday. Largo congregation* attended, tho preachers being the Revs H. Johnson. P. Knight and L. B. Busfield. Special hymns were auug by tho scholars, assisted by a largo orchestra, under the baton of Mr R. Jenkins.

Tho committee which recently conducted a benefit for Mrs Corbett and family mot on 'Tuesday evening, when it was reported that a sum of £ll4 8s lOd had been raised. Messrs F. D. Kesteven and M. Grimes were appointed trustees of the fund and empowered to deal with tho arnount received from the benefit and make such grants as were considered necessary.

At tho Qtaki Court yesterday, states a Press Association telegram, John M* Gregor and Charles Packer, described by Detective Andrews as racecourse parasites, wero sentenced' to three months’ and one month’s imprison-; ment respectively. Janies Stines, for using obscono language, was fined £5, in default one month, and George White., alias Williams, on a charge of gambling on a train, was fined £lO, in default two months’ imprisonment, i “That all single men in tho employ of the council without dependents be discharged,” was tho form of a motion submitted to the City Council last night by Councillor H. J. Otlcy. He said that •there were many returned soldiers walking about looking for jobs. Tho motion was not very cordially received, on the ground that most of tho single men would be found to bo unfit, and Councillor Otley therefore held it over for further information. At yesterday’s meeting of tho executive or the “Our Day” Red Cross appeal, Lieutenant-Colonel Cresswoll said lie would like the executive to plneo on record its appreciation of ’ the remarks made by Dean Rcgnnult on behalf of the appeal. This was the first occasion on which such remarks had been made, and he thought that Dean liegnault had set a fine example. It was decided that the chairman should \sond a letter of thanks to Dean Itegnauit.

Mr George Witty, M.P., has received the following letter from tho Minister of Agriculture, the Hon W. D. S. MacDonaldßeferring to tho deputation which waited on mo on September 1 in regard to the question of restricting tho importation of tomatoes from Rarotonga, I have the honour to inform you that after having gone carefully into the matter, 1 do not seo my way to take any restrictive action regarditig the introduction of this fruit from the Cook Islands, in view of the fact that these islands are an integral part of tho Dominion, and aro therefore entitled to full consideration.”

Discussing the position of the money market, the “Trade Review” mentions that the exports of Now Zealand continue to exhibit an increase and show n very big surplus over imports, although the latter are. increasing, also owing to enhanced prices. For the two years ended August 31, the aggregate excess of exports ovor imports was' twenty, and a half millions, says the “Renew,” and “.after allowing for payment of our outside obligations there is still some sixteen millions left, so after the raising of the loan thero should still be ample funds for all ordinary business requirements for some time to come. Our export season is about to start now and the prospects appear very favourable; the demand for all our staple products is still lceqn and orices appear likely to keep high. Practically the orily serious trouble is the question of sufficient shipping to take the produco away.”

An unusual application was heard yesterday at the Magistrate's Cow*, when Mr Thomas, on behalf of J. M. Gearschawski, of Marshland, asked Messrs J. Jameson, J.P., and T. B. Pike, J.P., to cancel the prohibition order that they had made against Gearschawski at a previous hearing on another charge, which had been dismissed. He submitted that no evidence had been led to show that an order was warranted. Tho chairman, Mr Jameson, in dismissing the application, said that in the previous case witnesses had stated that Gearschawski had been making noises like a mad bull, and even in Court ho did uot appear to be sober. Cases were constantly being read in the papers concerning Gearschawski’s doings, and the Bench had thtfught that the easiest way out of the difficulty was to issue a prohibition order, which might possibly keep him sooor. Inquiries in tho leading centres of industry in England indicate (says the “ New Zealand Railway Review ) that the operation .of tho Summer-Time Act is. among other results, Having the •effoct of increasing the output in shipyards and engineering works. On the North-East Coast some of the yards havo been ablo to arrange additional spells of daylight overtime, and in other establishments there has been an increase in output owing to the fact that there are in the aggregate a large number of extra hours when the work can be carried on without the aid of artificial light, and with ft lessened senso of fatigue. If statistics can be kept which will enable comparisons to be instituted between tho output of the present summer and the corresponding period of last year, it is believed that the comparison will be all to tho advantage of the present year. Additional evidence of the benefit of the Act from the industrial standpoint comes from the railways. It has been stated in tho official organ of tlio National Union of Railwaymen that the alteration of the clock has. been followed by an improvement in the working of long-distance night goods trains. It has been found that the extra hour of daylight has enabled the trains to be made up and loaded m less time, and there is a general feeling in railway circlos that the SummerTime Act should come into permanenx operation, as it would enable the work of railway goods yards to be conducted with greater rapidity and safety. a point which seems to appeal to the men who are on eight-hour shifts is that, whatever the turn of duty to which they are assigned, they either begin or finish work in daylight. Ibis may seem to be a small and unimportant matter, hut tho fact that it has caused comment among a largo body of workers reveals an unexpected direction in which putting working hours in advance of solar time has proved beneficial.

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Mr and Mrs 8. Johnston, of Redcliffs, have subscribed £25 to the Patriotic Fund.

The Baths Committee has been requested by the City, Council to consider tbo adoption of free tuition in swimming during stated hours at the tepid bath.

A Press Association telegram from Auokland states that the Coroner returned a verdict that tho fire at Waiuku on August 28 was wilfully caused, but there was no evidence to show by whom.

At a kitting of tho Juvenlio Court vesterday, before Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M., a," boy of fifteen, charged with carrying a pea rifle, was convicted and discharged, and tho weapon was confiscated.

In response to his appeal the Bishop of Christchurch begs to acknowledge the following additional subscriptions to the Hornchurch Hut FundK B- R- ss, Mrs H. B. Williams £l, C. h. BevanBrown 10s.

An Order-in-Council gazetted on Tuesday, prohibits the importation ot goods manufactured or produced in or exported from enemy _ territory, which includes all territory in military occupation of an enemy State. Tho Dunedin correspondent of tho “Lyttelton Times” states that thero was an exceptionally good consignment of fat pigs forward at the Burnsido market vesterdav from the Government Home for Mental Defectives atOtekaike, in fact as far as the biggest pig is concerned there has never m tho memory of the oldest railsitter been such a pig at a Burnside stock sales before; The consignment established a new record, the biggest pig (a fat sow) bringing tho remarkably high price of £9 11s. Its estimated weight is 6001 b.

The approaching festival of music was criticised by Councillor J. 0. Jameson last night as-a very inopportune diversion at such a serious epoch in the country’s affairs. He said that it was deplornblo to road of festivals in parallel columns with long casualty lists, and he hoped tho council was not going to lend its support to the movement. The Mavor replied that he saw no objection to the festival, as many festivals had been held to raiso money for patriotic purposes and tho present festival would givo any surplus tor the same object. t That Gormans should ho paid in their own coin with tho “ Hymn cu Hate wa6 a suggestion made by Mr W llford in tho course of a lecture at Wellington on Monday night. Tho German people failed to understand tbo psychology ol tho British. They decorated Lissauer; but the Tommies in the trenches learnt the “’lm of ’Ate,” and sang it with gusto. Tho “ Hymn of Hato ” should ho printed, and a copy placed in ovciy British office, warehouse, and shop, so that when tho German commercial travellcr camo again to woo he might remi on tho walls of the warehouse what Germany thought of tho people whose money he was trying to get.

A Dunedin fisherman, using a seine net, on Tuesday morning, landed an English turbot, states tho “Otago Daily Times.” Tho fisli is now on view in Mr Trainor’s shop m tho Arcade. It, is 13in long, llin wide, and 2in deep at its thickest part, and is tho first turbot to bo caught on tho Now Zealand coasts. Air U. M. Thomson states that it is now three years and a half since some 190 small English turbot were imported from England and placedm tho Portobello Fish Hatchery. Shortly after their arrival about six of them, which were not looking too well, were given their liberty in the harbour, and Mr Thomson considers it is ono of these that has now been caught. A little ovor two months ago a big proportion of the remaining fish were taken from the hatchery nnd. liberated about 6(‘ miles south from tho Heads. Several of these latter were up to 18in in lengm. jlr Thomson says tho .fishermen who catch any turbot should return them to the water. By doing so they would be giving them every chance to increase and actually improving their own prospects of securing hauls later on.

Mr R. J. Wilson; inspector of telegraphs, Porth, Western Australia, writing to relatives in Langdon’s Rond, Papanui, mentions tho visit of tlie Sixteenth New Zealand Reinforcements, and encloses a newspaper clipping whi.fi' states that the New Zealanders were to parade through Perth, but .that the arrangements wore subsequently cancelled. It seems that the men were asked to contribute Is each towards the cost of their transport from Fremantle and that tho men on one boat refused. Peoplo turned out in tho streets in anticipation of the parade, but were disappointed. A rumour that the parade was cancelled because they could not obtain free railway carriage was denied by the Premier (Mr F. Wilson). No application for such was made tb the State Government. In passing the Premier said that he would like to pay a tribute to tho excellent behaviour and general bearing of the New Zealanders. He had had an opportunity when in Albany to see New Zealand soldiers who were then in port, and their behaviour was exemplary’. Those remarks could apply’ generally to the Mvew Zealand men who had visited those parts.

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