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North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13932, 14 July 1917, Page 4

[n the primary schools football competition continued on Thursday, . the Middle and South School teams met on T:i,l;aro Park, when Middle-scored a win liv ciyli! points to three. Mr F. AV. (ii:»lcy \v:i< Ibe retViw. ii

A jneeiing of all those interested in the Second Division League will be held at Kurow to-nijlit, Addresses will In 1 given iii the luill by member.* of the Oninriru braurh on the aims and objects of the league.

The annual meeting of St, Luke's branch of the St. Barnabas' Missionary Association was held in the guild room 011 Wednesday afternoon, the Yen. Archdeacon Eussell' presiding. Miss Has; j sell's report, and balance-sheet showed an increase in subscriptions to the Melanesian Mission over those of last year. Miss Hassell was re-elected lion, secretary and treasurer for the fourteenth time, and eulogistic remarks were made regarding her earnest and successful work, A large box of Christmas gifts for the missionaries and their scholars at Norfolk Island, contributed by several friends of the Melanesian Mission, is being despatched by Mrs 11. Edwards earlv next week.

At last night's meeting of the council of the Waitaki Acclimatisation Society ■matters relating- to- the recent sale of venison in aid of patriotic funds were discussed, when Mr Siimptor produced a letter from Mr John Eoyd, of Christchurch, in whose hands the sale of deer meat in Clmstclmreli was placed. Mr TJoyd wrote expressing regret at Hie failure of the venture, and stated that tlio venison wns placed in the hands of j(r Steele, an expert, who litid the meat conveyed straight to a cooler. Every endeavour lifld been mndii to find purchasers, but after selling a quantity worth £.l if was found to lie unsaleable,'! and was destroyed. If..was thought by jome of the eouneilmen that'a delay had occurred, or tlio' meat had been badly plnced in transit, ft wns decided that the extra accounts be paid, the whole Amounting to £ll 7s sd, As originally resolved, the proceeds wero equally divided between the Y.M.C.A, and the Salvation Army War Funds, the society- bearing the cost of all expenses, A hearty vote of thanks was, .passed to all the members who had helped so well in the undertaking, , .

The editor of/ the- "North Otapo Tillies '•* aOknowledgo.s .with tliinihs the following donations to the undermentioned fmuls: Mis' Beckingsale £1 Is (Dr Barnardo's Homes); and Mrs MacIntyre (Torridgc street) £2 2s (Salvation Ariny War Work).

A meeting of members of de Lautour's mandoline bund was hold on Thursday" night to reorganise the band. After 'ft little discussion it was decided to form a band to be called the Oamaru Mandoline Band, Miss W. Mitchell being appointed secretary and treasurer. Band practice will be held every week, ,

St, Paul's ,Ladies' Guild acknowledges with thanks the following donations: Mrs Emslie, ss; North Schoo Standard IV., 1 jacket, 1 singlet, 4 pairs bootees; Dorothy Vivian, baby jacket, hood, and bootees.. Returned work: Mrs Lindsay, 3 petticoats; Miss Grant, 1 oat,

The following itinerary for the Northem Medical Board for the Otago Military District has. been arranged: Dunedin, July 11th to the 23rd; Railfurly, 24th to the 26th; Alexander, 27th to the 28th, The board will journ;y to Dunedin ou the 29th to transact business,'and will visit Pahnerston on the 3dth, arriving in Oamaru on the 31st inst. If necessary the board will remain here till August 2nd,

v In the Government notice to reservists under the Military Service Act dealing with the classification of the Second Division appearing in to-day's issue, attention is called to an alteration in the conditions relating to illegitimate children of reservists. The clause now reads that the reservist should have married the mother of such illegitimate child prior to May Ist, 1915, instead of May Ist, 1917, as previously stated.

The lectures on ftrst aid to the injured were continued last evening, when the sixth of a series by Dr Orbell was given in the Ambulance Hall to. an attentive class. The rudimentary stage of the instruction has now passed, and the doctor was engaged during the evening in dealing with the aspects of the several kinds of fractures: simple, compound, complicated, comminuted, and greonstick, with all the attendant symptoms. The doctor hopes to complete the course in about four or. five more lectures, and any students who desire to enter for the examination should now make a point of enrollii.g.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. report having held a very successful sale yesterday on account of Mr W. .1, Dalgleisli, of North road, Oamaru, The sale comprised a complete contractor's plant and a harvesting outfit, witli four \lraught geldings and one harness-hack, Satisfactory prices were realised throughout, aiuV a feature of the sale was the auction of an aged horse donated to the Salvation Army Appeal Fund by the vendor, the fund ultimately benefiting by the sum of £4' ss. The pur; chasers were Mr AV. Gardiner, jun. (Papakaio) £2, Mr Alex. Morgan (Totara) £1 ;"s, and Mr J. MfKenzie £l.

A letter from the Audil.or ; General, read in the House of Representatives, disclosed the information that the war bonus paid to members of the Public Service last year, amounting to £380,184, waß not properly authorised by Parliament. The Minister of Finance, Sir Joseph Ward, explained that the payment of the war bonus had been provided for the Appropriation Act, 1916. Tlui point raised by the Auditor- General was that in the Estimates passed by Parliament the amount of the war bonus had been placed among permanent appropriations, The auditor held that the amount should have appeared in the body of the Estimates. The matter had been brought under the Minister's attention shortly before his departure for England, and he had then given an assurance that Parliament would be asked l» put the mailer right,

''Time after time we eax.-.i of ymiiig; men who hang mi year after year on their father's farm, gelling their board ami lodging and easional few shillings to spend, ju<t- waiting: for the old man to die, and then lie leaves them nothing," said Mr Justice Deuniston at the Christchuroh Supreme Court. "I don't think that the Court has ever attached any weight to their action, They stay on voluntarily, and if they choose to do so, then that is their own business " Mr Hunter submitted that there was a moral obligation on a testator to make adequate provision and maintenance for his wife and family, and quoted a well-known case of "Allardyce v, Allardyce" in support of his contention. "Oh, yes," remarked His Honour witli a smile, "Allardyce is a stone, weighted by the Privy Council, which is thrown at every Judge in such cases nowadays."

Dunedin merchants are, states the Otago Daily Times, beginning to get apprehensive as to the means of obtaining supplies of. the new seasou's Califoniian dried fruits, etc., which usually arrive in November, in time for the Christmas trade. Advices from San Franciso have just been received on the freight question, and .it is considered that, on account of the British Government having commandeered certain steamers, it will be necessary for the Union Steam Ship Company to go out in llie epen market and charter outside tonnage to carry on its freighting between San Francisco and Now Zealand. Owing to the scarify of freight spare and the excessive charge tliat will linve to he paid for outside steamers, the shipping company, it is believed will not be able to accept any freight at less than .lOilol per ton weight or measurement, ship's option, and in nil probability this rate will have to be increased. The ordinary rale between New Zealand ports lias also advanced. There is just tire possibility that later on a sailing vessel may have to be despatched to take out freight for New Zealnnd, but the shipping company will do all it can to charter sufficient bottoms of steamers to take care of the freight, San Francisco firms are now being instructed to use their own discretion in the shipjnent of orders and not to adhere strictly to given instructional

The ,judging of the comeptitions in connection with tliu Red Cress Market took |il;u;iv VL'slrrdny nl'toiiioon.' ' ■ld tlie'biaciiit competition there wer.tf twen-ty-three entries, the first 'prize falling to Miss E. Nicolls, second to Miss N, 51cDouall, and Ihird to' Mrs W. 11. Mimro, OtcSaike." Mrs J. Gibson, of Papakaio was successful in securing the prizo for the shortbread competition for which there were Ifu enivies. ' \

Following ilie offer' of the North Otago Jviigby Football Union to hold a scveii-a-side tounuiueiit in aid of the Red Cross Society, which offer has been accepted by the Red Cross Society, the meeting of the management committee o" the Rugby Sub-union,, hold last night, appointed a sub-committee to arrange the details, the committed to report at next meeting of the subunion, Mr V/E, Doran was appointed as selector of teams. The tournament will probably lie held during the early part of August.

' Speaking in Parliament 03 a recent "Wednesday, Mr Massey referred to tHe wonderful efficiency of the British Navy, which had been kept ready throughout the war to meet the enemy at any time. He hoped that some of the fine vesels added to the Navy during the war would be seen in New Zealand waters after peace was declared.' Referring to the great efforts that had been made to strengthen the uavv since the war began, he said that a new type of ship hail been built with great secrecy for very special work. They were built with such secrecy that they jvere called the "Hush ships," and he only hoped that they would prove as'effect tive as their builders and designers expected them to be. (Applause.)

Word was received in town on Thursday night that John Southgate a single man aged thirty-two years dropped dead late in the evening at Kakanui, Dr Hargreaves was immediately summoned, but on arrival could only proiiouuc-e life extinct. Deceased was engaged as a partner with his brother Robert as threshing mill owners at Kakanui, and had been subject to apoplectic fits W some time past which rendered him unlit for work and it was for this reason that his partner appealed for exemption from military service in the Appeal Court last Tuesdhy.' Ijqceased also had two brothers on active service one of whom is reported missing. An inquest will be held at Kakanui to-day at noon when Mr J. 11. Forrester J.P. will preside as Coroner,

The National Reserve have arranged to hold a miniature ride shooting handicap contest oii behalf of Red Cross funds. . The conditions will be th'roß shots, the best two of which will coimf for the prize. Post entries will be rereived a nominal entry fee bein^ plmrgcil. The first, shoot will take plnco on Tusedny next at the Drill Hall at 7.110 p.m., and the shooting will li<) continued on (lie Tuesday of the tw<i succeeding weeks, Reservists arc urged to take part as the object is a very worthy one t Even though not able to

attend on the opening night, a reservist wilL.Lic.'.still eligible to compete as only two shoots are required to count for the final score, If reservists make the three shoots the best two scons will be counted,

Cases of illness occurred recently among several families in North Dunodin, the symptoms being nausea and severe vomiting. Investigations by officers'of the Public Health Department and analysis by Mr G. M. Thomson, Government Analyst, proved that the illness were all caused by eating sago among which arsenic had got mixed in some way, Alt the families affected obtained the sago from the one grocer, who had bought a hundred Wright of it in the usual way from his wholesale merchant. Nearly a hundred keg- of the same arl irli* arrived here by I lie same steamer, but analysis proved thai the contents of only llie one keg referred to contained arsenic. The sago same from Singapore, The-arsenic probably, got inlu the ."ago accidentally on board ship.

The weekly meeting of the .North Otago liugbv Pub-union was hold last evening, the president, Mr G. A. Travis, being in the chair. There were also present: Messrs V. E t Doran, T. MeQiiin, T. Ileiron, T. Nightingale, G. Shcnvin, G. Atkinson, C F, Herbert, W. D. Bums, and M. F. Cooney, and E, Grave, secretary. The Waitaki High School complied with the Union's request and forwarded the names of their A and B teams. A sub-commit-tee consisting of Messrs Travis, Doran, and Burns was appointed to report to next meeting re the seven-a-side. tourney which is to be run in conjunction with the British Red Cross. Mr V, E, Doran was appointed selector of tho teams, The following were appointed a grounds committee for next Thursday: Messrs Nightingale, Doran and MeQuin. Messrs Bums and, Travis were appointed to arrange the draw for the second round'of the competition,

The R. S, Gray closed in a somewhat novel manner on Sunday night, an address in the Vivian Street Baptist Church, Wellington, in which he strong- . ly attacked the drink traflic, He concluded with a very warm invitation to any man or woman who believed the liquor could be defended to meet him in the schoolroom at the close of the service. "I do not want any man to - say," lie explained, "that the pulpit of this church was used as a coward's castle." To the considerable surprise of a few people who adjourned to the• hall, one man did appear to discuss the ' matter with l!r Gray (says the New 1 Zealand Times), lie declared himself : a believer in the absolute prohibition of , the manufacture of liquor, but he was opposed to the elx o'clock closing move, ment on the ground that it would work ' out unfairly as between the rich and,, the poor. The whole matter was in keen and friendly manner for half an hour or so by Mr Gray and others. :■