TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17859, 3 August 1918, Page 8

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The Minister of Defence has been advised that the Thirty-eighth Reinforcements have arrived at their destination.

Advice has been received that the Thirty-eighth Reinforcement has arrived at its destination. The auction advertisement of Charles Clark will be found on page 13.

The following additional cases have been set down for trial at the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court on Monday :—-Peter Joseph Hanlcy, alleged breaking, entering and theft; George Evans, alleged theft. The Land Board concluded its August sitting yesterday, the remainder of the business, concerning rents, being taken in committee. The next sitting of the board will be commencod on September 5. During the past fortnight the following reservists residing-in the No.'J J (North Canterbury) area wvw u:;:::d as fit for service:—Class A—H. I''. Barker, P. C. Bennett, N. Herrick, J. C. Duthio and G. W. Tyson. Class CI—W. A. Wallis. At tho Durham Street Methodist Church to-morrow evening a patriotic service, attended by the Mayor and councillors of Christchurch, will bo held. The Rev Percy Knight will be the preacher and will speak on tho subject, "Tho Wild Beast from the Sea." Miss Millioent Jennings will sing "O for the Wings of a Dove" (Mendelssohn) and "Entreat Me Not to Leave Thee" (Gounod).

The question of the appointment of a representative of the North Auckland Maoris to tho Legislative Council has been discussed at a meeting of members of the Ngapuhi tribe who are now in oamp at Narrow Neck. A resolution favouring the appointment of Mr A. Rupene, of Hokianga, was carried unanimously. Mr Rupene, who is a discharged returned soldier, served in Franco as a member of the Maori contingent. . ' The Canterbury Drivers' Union has written to the Minister" of Railways complaining of tho mud and litter close to tho doorways of the A B and C sheds at the railway yards. The rubbish, it is stated, is blown about in summer, and is extremely unpleasant in winter, and when any cleaning up is done .the rubbish is scraped into heaps against the sides of the sheds and left there to breed infection. In view of the prevalence of infectious diseases in ""Christchurch. the union urges the Minister to protect public health as far as possible in the matter. At a recent meeting of the Technical College Board of Governors, Mr H. ,J. Marriner ga,ve notice to movo at next That the director prepare a list of children of enemy aliens attending the college." However, at last night's meeting Mr Marriner said that lie had gone through the college rolls with the director, and he was satisfied that thero were very few children of enemy aliens, attending the college, and that everything in this direction was quite satisfactory. He therefore asked leave to withdraw his notice of motion. This was agreed to. An interesting sidelight on the labour market, and an illustration of the effectiveness of advertising in the " Lyttelton Times," arose out of the insertion of a small advertisement in tlm journal the other day'. The advertiser, a country tradesman, wanted a driver for his delivery cart, and he offered a weekly wage of £3. The applications were to be addressed to this office, As a. result, no • fewer than thirty-eight letters from applicants havo been forwarded to the advertiser. Apparently labour, as far as driving is concerned, is not particularly scarce. The advertiser will not be ablo to complain of the response which his advertisement brought him. To-morrow night's concert, the sixth of the series organised by Mis BurnesLoughuan in aid of the Christmas Parcels Fund, will he held in the Theatre Royal instead of Everybody's Theatre Derry's Band, of fifty performers, will give an attractive programme, and two notable items will be a glockenspiel solo, "Butterfly," by Mr E. Sheldon, and a piccolo solo, " Thro' the Air," by Mr A. Hutton. Mrs F. C. Cother, the well-known soprano, will sing "Ave Maria" (Mascheroni), with violin obbligato by Mr R. L. Clarke, and "Joy of the Morning" (Wane). Mr Frank Charles, a well-known Australian bass singer, will sing " Song of Thanksgiving" (Allitsen), and "Jerusalem" (Parker). There will be a silver coin collection.

The Master Plumbers' Federation recently considered the matter of setting an easier examination for plumbers who have returned from the front,, disabled, than the present one required by the Plumbers' Board. The matter was sympathetically considered at a meeting of the Plumbers' and Gasfitters' Union, held at the Trades Hall on Thursday night, and a resolution was passed to the effect that the members were in favour of provision being made by the Plumbers' Board for allowing returned disabled soldier plumbers to undertake work without having to undergo the present examination, the permission to work to cover a period of twelve months. Members were of opinion that the work of inspectors would safeguard the public and tho interests of the union. At Jerusalem an old Irishman, an American citizen, kept the British and Foreign Bible Society's depot open until after the society's agents were compelled to leave, and he met the British troops entering Jerusalem in December last, and presented the officer in charge with a beautifully bound Bible, He made one request—that the Bible Society should purchase an important vacant site for its depot in Jerusalem. This the society at its annual meeting in London recently decided to do. At the same meeting Dr Ritson recorded a record income for the year of £299.230, with au emergency fund of £37,839. During the year seven fresh languages were added to the 511 in which the society already issues the Scriptures. Since the war began forty million volumes have been sent out, far exceeding any previous output. The presidency of the society at Home has been accepted by the Duke of Connaught. In Christchurch Bishop Julius is president, Mr G. M. Pottinger secretaiy, Mr J. A. U. Tapper (Bank of New Zealand) treasurer, and Mr C. A. O'gilvio chairman of the executive. The Rev A. T. Thompson, until recently in charge of St Andrew's Church, has taken up the position of New Zealand organiser.

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The Medical Board sitting at Ashburton have examined the Defence staffs at Timaru and Ashburton during the present tour. The only man found fit for service was Lieutenant H. D. Raphal, of Timaru. tho remainder being classed C2. Lieutenant Raphal will proceed on active service at an early date.

■ At the Magistrate's Court at Greymouth yesterday three men, named M'Killop', M'Donald and White, who attempted to leave the Dominion by an overseas steamer, and who were arrested as military deserters, were fined £2O each, M'Donald being fined an additional £5 for giving a false name. Another man, who was .also a nested, is now in hospital and was unable to appear.

Speaking at the meeting of the Domains Board yesterday on the proposed dispersal of the animals in the acclimatisation gardens in the Domain, Mr E. F. Stead said it would be necessary to got rid of the squirrels. Tt would never do to liberate them. They were pretty little things, but were prolific .and might become a menace. As an in'•'nnr»' h this respect he stated that I'm.-- '.-••'bibies had originally got away \ i ihr W-nimnte hills and to-day it was estimated that their progeny ran into probably ton thousand. Yesterday an axle of a. truck loaded with coal attached to the midday train to Rangiora broke when tho train wa§ about three chains north of the Flaxton station. The engine-driver pulled up the- train before any further damage was done. The .accident caused considerable delay to the traffic, the truck having to bo unloaded. Some of the passengers walked to Rangiora and others were conveyed in motor-cars. The passengers waiting at Rangiora to proceed to Ohristchwrch were taken in motor-cars, and an engine from Kaiapoi took part of the tram back to Christchurch. The other part of tho train did not arrive at Rangiora before 4 p.m.

The pilots of the British Royal Air Service havo been well named the "Eyes of the Army," and it is admitted that the Allied airmen will, when sufficiently reinforced in numbers, become the" great deciding factor in the war. To win the war, therefore, aviators and more aviators are wanted. The Canterbury Aviation Company's School at Sockbu'rn, Christchurch, is tho. tjrqnt recruiting ground for pilots, and has in little over a year taught 120 pupils to fly. Additional machines' have arrived, and more pupils are required for the school. Young men who desire to serve 'their country as airmen are requested to communicate with the secretary, Mr C. W. Hervcy, whose advertisement appears in this issue.

The monthly meeting of the Christchurch Domains Board was held yesterday, the chairman (Mr H. J. Beswick) presiding. Mr H. F. Skey. of the Observatory, wrote stating that his department had offered to pay £lO a vear for the upkeep of the observatory plot The offer was accepted with thanks. The chairman reported that the bank book showed a credit balance of £724. Mr J. Young (curator), in his report, stated that work durintr the month had been considerably checked owing to the adverse weather. Border work and rose-nruning had been done chiefly. The levelling of the potato area was well in hand. The work had been retarded by th P enormous blocks of concrete, stones, bricks and debris which had been buried after the close of the International Exhibition in 1907. A collection of very fine orchids had been received from the superintendent of the Mental Hospital. A vote of thanks was accorded to the superintendent for his gift. A circular letter from the Gisborne Borough Council was read at the meeting of the Ashburton County Council yesterday, asking the co-operation of the council in requesting the Government te intern all enemy alien subjects. The chairman (Mr J. Cairns) said he knew of some very worthy German settlers whom he would be sorry to see interned. Mr O. Reid said he was of opinion that the Government was not doing its duty in the matter. There were some Germans he knew that he would-not trust vpi\v far. Germans should not be asked to fight for the Allies, as it was not natural to expect any German by birth to fight against his relatives. On the motion of Mr Reid, seconded by Mr H. M'Guinness, it was iosolved, that the Government be asked to be'more careful in respect to the internment of aliens.

At the meeting, of the Ashburton County Council yesterday Mr C. Reid brought up the question of the treatment the late Bombardier J. W. H. Watson had received while he was a patient at the H-anmer Hospital and while being sent from Hanmer to the Christchurch Hospital, in which institution he died on Monday last If the facts were as stated something should bo done to demand a public and aii independent inquiry into the treatment which it was alleged had been meted out to the young soldier. He (Mr Reid) would undertake to see that the case was correctly stated. He moved that, the council should take steps to demand a public, not a departmental, inquiry. The motion was seconded by Mr W. T. Lill. The chainnan (Mr J. Cairns) remarked that he was in entire accord with Mr Reid that a public inquiry should be made into the immediate cause of tho soldier's death. It was understood that the soldier should never have been sent to Hanmer, as ho could not have had better treatment than he was getting at his parents' home and as an outpatient at the Ashburton Hospital. The motion was carried unanimously.

A few months after the war broke out a lady residing in Christchurch received an appeal from Miss Lidwell, a member of the London Military Hospital Board, for woollen underclothing for soldiers in hospital and at the front. The appeal was passed on to ■the warehouse staff of 'the Kaiapoi Woollen Company, which opened a subscription list and sent by the return vessel six parcels of woollen underclothing, worth £2O. It was decided later that the gifts should be in socks only, and these have been sent at regular intervals ever since. The company's different factories also contribute to the fund. The gifts always are acknowledged by the recipients, and letters have been received from men in nearly all ranks, from a battalion commander to privates. Altogether, about 3500 pairs of socks havo been sent, ■in addition to woollen underclothing Every quarterly contribution contains a fair • percentage of mufflers. Tho parcels are augmented occasionally by gifts from outside sympathisers. Since the American armies have entered the war Miss Lidwell distributes the socks to any soldiers of the Allies in hospital, or at the front. Several letters received in Christchurch. are from French soldiers. Akaroa's fashionable seaside resort provides golf .links and all outdoor games, best and least expensive accommodation in the Dominion. Fares, return, Christchurch 255. XI

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Robert W. Borland, railway clerk, 238, Oxford Terrace, Ohristchurch, whoso name appeared in the latest ballot list, is stated to have volunteered for service some time ago, and to have been in camp.

At the Magistrate's Court at Invercargill yesterday Maurice Ralph, manager of the " Peg o' My Heart'' Company, was fined £3 and 7s costs on a charge of exhibiting on a programme an advertisement for TattersalT's consultation. Defendant said the programmes were supplied free to the company by a Sydney printing: firm and he had not seen them till Thursday. The Magistrate .said the offence was a serious one in this country, the maximum fine being £SO. His Honor Mr Justice Stringer, sitting in Chambers yesterday, granted probates of the wills of the following deceased persons:—Thomas Kain (Mr Ross), Elizabeth Chapman (Mr M'Connal), Elizabeth Marriott (Mr Malley), "William GarrowM'lntosh (Mr Papprill), Henry Smith (Mr Meares), Archibald M'Aulay (Mr Flesher), George "William Horsley (Mr Ouhingham), Michael Keane (Mr Cassidy), Christopher O'Neill (Mr Cassidy), Charles Jacob Ott (Mr Hamilton), Thomas Collins Cooke (Mr Cassidy), David M'Clelland (Mr Beswick). Hokitika—Andrew dimming (Mr Lewis) and Thomas Orr (Mr Lewis). Letters of administration were granted in "the following estates:—Robert Brydon (Mr Ross), sureties dispensed with; William David Owers (Mr Helmore), one surety dispensed with; Maria Louisa Philpott (Mr Malley), sureties dispensed with; Maria Comer (Mir Meares), sureties dispensed with; James Joseph Bfrown (Mr Malony); Ellen Elizabeth Huston (Mr Upham), usual conditions as to sureties. In Hubert Abbott, of Westport (Mr Wilson), a motion for grant of administration de bonis non, the order asked for was granted and sureties dispensed with. • '' Foresight is the weapon of the wise." Proverb. That's why wise mothers keep 2s bottle of Baxter's Lung Preserver on handy shelf. Quickly dispels all trouble, and protects against return. Splenlid vitaliser. Blood purifier. 2 STUDEBAKER TAKES MAIL TO LAKE COLERIDGE THROUGH TWO FEET OF SNOW. Mr W. W. Leeming, Royal Mad contractor for the Glentunnel-Lake Coleridge route, uses on this service a Studebaker 4-cylinder van, which in 28 months on. the run has covered over 20,000 miles. On July 12, during the period when Lake Coleridge was cut off from communication by snow, this car made the journey from Glentunnel with seven passengers and their luggage and the mails, driving its way at some points through two feet of snow, and being the first motor van to make the trip. Notwithstanding the extraordinarily heavy going, the petrol consumption was surprisingly low. The trip was a fine tribute to the ability of the driver, Mr F. Thompson, the car having no tyre chains fitted. The above facts are taken from a letter written to Messrs Adams, Ltd., one of many similar communications ' from Studebaker owners whose cars gave splendid service in the recent heavy snow. 1988