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North Otago Times, 23 February 1912, Page 2

An observant -resident, who has kept a careful tally, says rain has fallen on 25 consecutive Thursdays in Oamaru, The Harbor Board meeting set down 'for Tuesday'next has been postponed to Saturday, 2nd March, owing to the important sale to be held at BurnsMe on Tuesday first, . At Biirnside market on Wednesday, Messrs Donald Reid and 00. sold for Messrs Bruce Christie and Co. (as agents), 6 cows at £6lsa to £5 10s.' . The Education Board on Wednesday confirmed the following local appointments as probationers: Elizabeth M'Culloch (Oamaru South), Elizabeth Mathieson (Oamaru Middle), Stewart Oibb (Duwtroon), Frank Tempero (Windsor). A juror called at the Christcburch Supreme Court recently asked to he excused on the ground that he was hard of hearing. "How hard of hearing are you?" asked his Honor. "Thank you," said the man and left tie Court. Hfl was excused. The Inspector of Factories . intimates that employers who have not sent in returns respecting any apprentices who have been engaged during the past 12 months are now liable to be proceeded against. This may be avoided by furnishing the necessary return at once. At the meeting of the Education Board yesterday, the resignations of Miss E. Christie as first assistant at Maheno, and Miss C, Weir as first assistant at Duntroon, were accepted. The appointments of Miss M. A. Woodhouse as sole teaoher at KiaOra and of Mrs "Vliestra as sole teacher at Whare-kuri were confirmed.

Napier is going in for a rather ambitious municipal undertaking. It it proposed to fill the public baths with 'fresh water in the winter time, and have it artificially frozen, so as to provide real ice-skating. The Mayor stated that it would cost about £2 a day to provide ice-tkat-ing, but it is believed that the expenditure would be more than recouped by the revenue.

During the no-confidence debate in the House, Mr Millar declared that he was not in the least worried about his own record, He could look back to 1891, when the country had been reduced to a lovely state by a Conservative Ministry. Mr Massey: You have a leading member of it there oil your left (indicating the Hon. T.-Mackenzie), and another on 'your right (indicating Sir James Carroll).—(Opposition laughter.)

Mr Charles Crump, a very old identity and highly respected resident of Palmerston, died yesterday ,at the age of 74 years. He had been resident in Palmerston for about 44 years, and for a long time derk to the Palmerston Road Board, subsequently, becoming clerk to the Wailiemq County Council from the establishment. of that body, and held the position for some '23 years. Another old resident of Palmerston, in the person of Mr James Service, also passed away yesterday.

Tiie Parliamentary correspondent of the Lyttelton Times says Mr Massey will probably haye a majority on the no-confidence motion, but not of four as stated by the Post. The members of the Labor Party held a conference, but 'then-was no possibility of their pulling together, and this means that Messrs Payne and Kindmarsh will vote with the Government, - and Messrs Veitch and Robertson against it, This would ■give Mr Massey a majority of two.

A man named Frederick John Jngle, who had been 'brought from Kurow and remanded for medical treatment, committed suicide in the lock-up yesterday at midday, Ingle had been put into a cell, and everything was taken from him but. the clothing he stood up in. On Constable Brown going to the cell a little before pne o'clock he found Ingle hanging dead, with his sweater twisted round his neck. is supposed to have been a draper, but for some time has followed the occupation of a rabbitter in the Kurow district, An inquest will be held this morniog.

A special trainload of about 700 excursionists arrived from Temuka yesterday about 11 a.m., bent on pleasure-seeking, Their pleasure, however, was to soire extent damped by the light rain, that fell during .part of tiie day; but the excursionists had come for the purpose of en-1 joying themselves, and sb about the | prosecution of games in the Public Gardens, which -had been placed at i their disposal by the Borough authorities, Various sports organißa-' tions in town, -had- undertaken to provido for the entertainment of a . section of the excursionists, and tennis, swimming, and cricket were indulged in. The . Temuka Brass Band accompanied the excursion. i

The following circular as to ihe obligations of members of the Territorial force's to' attend the forth- . coming annual training camps is be- j ■tog furnished to employers of labor i b'y Captain Hudson (officer in charge; of the group): "The annual camp of' the 10th Regiment (North Otagoj Rjfles) w}ll he he[d at the Show, Grounds, Oamaru, from 11th April | to 18th April,. Attendance at this; caii)p is gtrioily compulsory for all' members of the 10th Regiment, whp during that time will pet be available for any other work, No one will be excused from' this camp, unless it can be clearly shown that- his ,(pr their) absence at ono and the same I time from any • one establishment' will bring business to a standstill. In establishments where this is found to Ue the case it is proposed to take as many as can .possibly be spared for the camp of the iOth Regiment at the date stated,' the remainder to go into camp with another regiment at a date before or after, that of the • 10th Regiment. It is by cordial and, close co-operation ' of citizens and soldiers, employers and others, that - the greatest success can he attained. ■ Tli'g commanding officer, therefore,-

will be glad of their assistance, and isconvincefl that by: the public and military working together all cases ;of ■ hardship will be reduced to'i the ■vanishing.point. It is to-be hoped that any;'Buch cases will be immediately represented." .

In his explanatory remarks at the conclusion of Sir Joseph Ward's speech, Mr Massey explained that he had not said that if a section of members did not keep their pledges, he would force a dissolution. What h 3 did say was that if the Government won, which could only b« on account of certain members breaking their pledges, it would be impossible for it to carry on, 'but he did not ■believs that members would break their, pledges (Government interruptions). The man who broke his pledge was a disgrace to himself, a fliegrace to Parliament; and a disgrace to his constituency.' What he had said-was that the Government could not'be reta'nc'djn position by the casting vote of Mr Speaker. It was'the natural-desire of the Opposition Party to find its way on to the Treasury benches, but if they could not get there by honorable means, they would not go there at all. "If I can't go on to the Treasury benches," continued Mr Massey, "without offering money to the men who have made pledges," Mr Hanan objected that the Leader of the Opr position was making a speech. Mr Speaker ruled that Mr Massey could not debate the question.