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North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 8 September 1917, Page 4

In (he ladies' hockey tourney (says a Wellington messnge) Canterbury had an easy win over Waicarapa by eight goals to one. Mn'nawatn defeated Wellington iu a fast, exciting game by four to two.

At Duneilin laet night, the Oamarti South School Drum and Fife Band won the B grade competition, playing the "New Colonial" march of the Fourth Regimcut, The points awarded were: Oiimaru-South School 157, Green Island 154.

A very successful practice of the choir for the united evangelistic mission, which opens in Hay ward's Picture Theatre on Sunday night, the 16th insf., was held in Sh Luke's Hall last, night. There was a good attendance, and a number of new vhymns and choruses were sung, those present, entering very heartily into ijlie mission music. The Yen, Archdeacon Russell was present, and offered prayer prior to the commencement of practice, and also spoke some encouraging words to those present at the conclusion.' Next week the choir will join in the monthly United:,intercessory service, which jviil be held at St. Paul's piiurch on Wednesday evening.. A part of the service will be specially given up to the singing of the mission hymns.

| lii (lie Legislative Council yesterjday, the Revocation of NaturaJisa-tior | Bill .and tlic River Boards Aiiiomlnicnl Bill were received from the House ol Representatives, and the first-named Bill was put through all Us stages, without amendment 'lie /River Boards Amendment Bill was also read a. third time, after minor amendments had been made in Committee. The debate on the second reading of the Finance Bill was taken, Tlie Leader (Sir Francis Bell) pointed out that the Bill could not be amended by die Council, An adjournment was made at 5.5 p.m. until ti.U p.m., and on resuming in the evening, Sir Francis Bell explained the provisions of the Finance Bill, which, after a debate,passed its third reading, The Council adjourned at 9,0 p.m.

An interesting story .of hopes for the future ijyere unfolded before the Land Board in Auckland last week. Two men appeared in support of their application for a rather large farm .After hearing all particulars, the Commissioner summed up the position. "The practical farmer is a brass-foun-der by trade," he saiijL "Jle has been on his grandfather's farm in the north, uul on a pig farm in the Waikato, He is a practical farmer who will assist the clerk. It is pleasant to hear such t decision, Well, ] wish you luck." The clerk had been a clerk all his life, jut confessed lo a hankering after farm ife. lie hud .spent several holidays on 'arms, and- had a fair idea of its worltng. He was- relying on being rejected or military gervico, and by the time his wrltior, a man with three children, wa> •ailed up lie- would be able to run the 'arm hinitolf.

A meeting of the North Otago, Labour League was held last night)' at which there was a good a: tendance. Amongst the correspondence received >vas a letter from Mr E. P. Lei!, M.P., 'II reply to the league's letter asking Mr Leo to use his best services in the direction of impressing the Government to do something practical in the liresiion of reducing the cost of living. 'MI Lcc replied that the matter would I iavc his best attention, He stated his desire to meet the members of the cague in Oamaru at the earliest .possible moment, in order to fully discuss ;hc matter with them,' Referring particularly to the ljieat question, Mr Lee '-'aid the stocks held in store in New Zealand were the property of the Imperial Government, but that supplies cpuld bo bought from 'the works at fixed prices, He understood that the Borough Colincil was also dealing with the same question. Mr Lee said tie would • endeavour to get the Board' of Trade to visit Oamaru at an early date, ami he urgcij the league to be -prepared to submit to the board when it visited Oamaru definite proposals for reducing the cost of living.

' The SoVcnih 'Day Adveivtjs], Church, na, fi: (1 e ati on, ■ opp to the'bearing of, arms,'is nOf neglect' ing inutile war,' At a general conference of thc| Church held in July .last at Loma Linda, ,-itwas decided to send a base hospital to France, j At - a cost of 40,000' to 75,000 dollars (£BOOO to £15,000), It .is',intended to,| send twcniy-fiiill'" doctors; and fifty nurse's, and seventy-ilvfi orderlies and other assistants. ' - : '.|

Tho Postniaster ; General announces that lie'is prepared to permit, tins of condensed milk to be forwarded to sollieVs at the front at the rate of postage for, parcels of one pound, - luuiiclx, -id. lie'is willing to dojliis until the weight of these tins can be reduced 'to one pound gross, but before .lie can. do so lie must consult flie 'British Post Oflice, It may, however, be found necessary to exclude semi-liquid matter like condensed niillt from the post, unless it is packed in stronger rcciiptacies than the tins it is usually put in.

The niouthly social ..promote/, .jy the Victoria League Red Cross gocievy on bojiiilf of the Oaniiuu'Returned Soldiersj Association was hold at the Soldiers' Club room 'on Thursday evening, and proved as enjoyable as its predecessors. The greater part of the evening was occupied witli progressive euchre and five hundred. After supper Mrs John leaser and Mr Baldwin sang several songs, which were greatly appreciated. Thanks arc due to Mr Oakden for the use of the piano, and to Mr Ciias. Bee for providing refresh- 1 IUCIItS.

The hospital' ship on which Chaplain P. T. Read served made, • during his service on board, three trips to the Mediterranean for sick and wounded soldiers. She also made twelve trips across the English Channel. The vessel s had cots for 550 eases, but on one occasion she took 6n board in less than five hourj 1,030 sick ami woumlod soldier. 1 , Trips were also made to the Near East and the South of Frant-e, Chaplain Head sails in a few weeks, and the proceeds of his lecture on .Mondny night in Harvard's Tlvalre will be devoted to aid the sick and wounded who will- lie carried on '.lie boat from the war zone,

In the House of Representatives oij Wednesday, Mr E. P. Lee asked why the old people should be forced lo get rid of their savings bv buying an annuity, and handing their homes to the Public Trusiee before they were allowed lo draw the pension; The demand was unreasonable and cruel, People who had saved two or three hundred pounds should not be forced lo pay their own pensions, in effect, and dissipate the money that they,might,, require in time of illne-s or misfortune, The majority of the members of the Houscwere strongly of opinion that the old people should have more generous treatment. If the House were divided tfn the subject there would be iro doubt about the result. Sir Joseph Ward said he could onlv repeat that he would get the fullest information and submit it to the Government. His sympathies were with the old people, and'vhe would be as glad as any other .member of thc : llousc'.'if thc'cflnccUiiik asked could be made. ' **"

The weekly meeting of the management. committee of Hie North Otago Rugby Football Sub-Union last night was attended by Messrs C. F, Herbert (vice-president, in the- chair), G. Atkinson, 0, Shenvin, V. K Koran, T. MeQuin, T. Herron, M. F. Cconey, T. Nightingale, W. Turvey, W. J). Burns, G. A, Travis, and E, Grave, secretary. The Old Boys' protested tigninst the Atli.'shc Club on the ground, tha, 1 (lie latter club had played I?. McKiiinon, who was over the age limit, Jt was decided to forward a copy of the letter to the Athletic Club, with a request for an explanation. A communication was received from Mr James' Hiinbiirg intimating that lie was trying to arrange for a visit of a Dunedin team on the 20th of September, The Waimate | players wrote asking that .Mr V, K, Doran be appointed referee for the game, Waimate' v, Norih Otago juniors, to be played at Waimate on" Thursday. .Messrs McQuin, Herbert, and Travis Here appointed to make all arrangements for conveying the players to Waimate. .Mr C. F. Herbert was selected to act as manager of the team. The secretary was ins;ruutcd to write a letter of thanks to the North and South School Bands, ai;.l to'the Tout!: ReV'uent Band for their services at till; lOui'uev. v It was also decided to., send i donation ,o each band. The protect against the Excelsior Club by the Athletic Club was held over pending further inquiries.

home interesting remarks were made it a social gathering of the Hailway Jflicci's Institute fit JJuncilin on Tucs* lay evening by Mr J. Young (, iros i. lent), respecting the relations of the hulilii e to tlie management ef the

Department, In past,years, he said, there had been a feeling in come i;uarers IhaMhe laalitiife- was to a certain cxteutamagonistic to the management, but lie thought the feeling had now entirely disappeared— (Applause). The management now realise;! that- the Institute was not out to secure anything unreasonable, and as long as it had reasonable men to .control its affairs the individual members need have no fear, and could be confident that these relations would go on improving.. As an example of what he was refer-\ r.ng to lie had that day received a telegram from the General Managcrisking him to convey to the officers amf to the railwaymen ■ generally the fact, that the maiiagcmont appreciated very much indeed th« loyalty and good work of the members of the service in these trying times, having to wotk, as they did, under the disabilities occasioned by the war. He thought they all appreciated very highly the fact: that the General Manager recognised that in these days railwaymen • were working under adverse conditions, and were doing extra work, and good work. It was a good tiling for them that the public shhonld know that the management appreciated the service* they were ides nig.

■, Alfe proppsala of Hhe 'Dispute • nUtfaVrespecting Yates; of pay' lorn orjc lngi;COi{li"WithV,a "grab,"? whith.' iycfi sUbhiitted': to. a referendum of tlft" tftis workers, belonging jto, the AVorkers''. Union, have been 1 accepted Thp voting "was:- ll(j for acceptance and 9!) against., *. >■ The. new: relations for the contra of the wharves at.iVhich overseas vessels berth were put into operation Wellington ou Monday; At present'tfe regulations only apply to the Glasgow and King's Wharves/ but should-over-seas vessels have occasion to bortlrat any of the other wharves of the; poi't the regulations avill automatically apply to .such wharves. Captain Jlall-Thoiiip-son lias beert'appointed the ■officer to carry out the regulations, •.

A severe gale accompanied by extra-' ordinarily high tides, was experienced at Stewart Island on Saturday aiid Sunday, the damage to the amount, of £4OO being done to I lie seawall and roads along the shore (says the Southland Times). Two launches were driven ashore at Horseshoe- Bay, one belonging to, Pasco brothers being .smashed up. Two-spans of the approach to the wharf at -'Horseshoe Bay wfcrc washed, away. Ilio tide was the highestlfii&Wil to the oldest inhabitant. '' /'

An:up-to-date:method of discharging crude oil, which has been put into operation for probably the first time iu New Zealand, has b'cen adopted in connection with the unloading'e? v . a vessel, at Duiiedin. The oil ' Vought in bulk. A pipe was laiiMMer tho wharf ami the street, ami the uiyfoimp ed through this pipe from the tanks in the yard;- of the consignees. The total quantity is understood to lie about 10,000 gallons.

Mr'C. E. Piper, who is serving;; witll the Motor Patrol Service, writing to his parent in Petone, states: "I had ii fairly narrow escape recently, but fortunately for me, it "resulted in nothing worse than a ducking. The after patrol tank of our lanndi had been taken out for repairs. This tank held about' 370 gallons, and was made of oneeighth inch plate and riveted. I had been showing the engineer of a trawler this tank, ami we had just walked away from it and were standing on the edge of the dock, when it seemed as if someone had pushed us both into the water. It triinspircd that one of the dock workmen had careleslv applied a blow-pipe lamp, and the, tank of course exploded and was wrecked. Both this man, and his mate wore blpwn jnto the water, ; and both were seriously injured."

The Phmket Nurse's report l'or Aug : list is as follows: Cases attended sineo i lunket work started, 69-1; new cases for the month, 23; visitors to the ofI fico, adults 61), babies 50; visits paid t to homes by Plunket Nurse, town 13G, country Si); letters written, 7; mothers | taught to make humanised nlilk, 8. Country visits have been paid to the following: Kewborough, Maheno,"Kakanni, Herbert, Alma, Waianakarua, Hampden, Cormacks,' Enfield, Weslon, Lome, Duntroon, Otekaike, St radians Siding, Kurow, and- Hakataraniea. -A meeting was' held in P&lmerstomon the 9th August, when i; was to form a sub-branch of the Royal New . for the Health of j WoinhiTiVrnV Children, and employ the Oamaru\l'binket Nlirse, the nur.se to visit Palhierston twice in the month, -The committee acknowledges with I hanks the generous donations of £lO from the Kurow sub-branch and £2 10s from Mrs G. Mitchell-, ami clothings for Lady French's appeal from s'diool children (per Miss Woodhonso).

A young man who was engaged'rolling wheat ineitr Pleasant Point last week, 'was taken from his work and lodged in Tiniarti gaol by two military police, m ho had been given instructions to do this (says the Christchureh Press). The young mail's father had applied to the Second Canterbury Militan Appeal Board to allow his son time to help-him get the crop in, and the board granted leave till September 17. J lie ) oimg man had a telegram from ilr Binliop, chairman of the board, in his possession, stating that leave had been given him till September 17, and though he showed'this to the policemen they said they simply had to carry out instruction. On Friday morning the father went to' the Defence Olfice in Timaru to try to secure the release of ''is s <>» from gaol. The Defence' Office got into communication with Christchiii'idi by telephone, with the result that the young fellow was released, The tatliei feels very keenly the indignity that has been put upon him in thus taking his ;;on to gacl. lie' i s a wan well up in years, can only do light work, and the son in question was the only . one he had on the farm.

The exji(MioiH-e;; ol' some of the Military fcerv.ce Hoards, [i.tfticulariy those. ".ylio.-;> dunes take theiiu into the i»unIry, are extremely interesting Jjjpqe part'u-uiar regard. That is, the/manner .11 which individual capfieity counts in lie..management of farms. One member of the board stated in the course of •onversation that it was very puzzling to know exactly how much work a man .'a the land could do, There had been occasion where men, pleading for exemption for this or that person, had informed the board how very ilifllcult it was for hi:n to manage a couple of sihall | fyrms, whilst perhaps the next day another man would testify that he found it ao hardship to manage three or four arger farms of a similar character in the same district. In dairying districts / 'he milking was the chief trouble—'work which had to be done day in apd nit, night and morning. Owing to . the -ontlicting nature of the evidence)., it '' was almost impossible to judge what a 1 • "fair day's milk" was for an indivi.lual, Wh'ilst Jiearing evidence, mainly on question, in Taranaki , ecently, (lie board was staggered by the evidence, of an old lady, who want'd sir weeks.' exemption for her son. She was sixty live years of ago, and- ' "?t she testified without.any evidence. ■f hoastfuincss that she milked by hand hiriy-live cow.h,.t (lay, night and morn- ■ ing, and said that she did not feel the 'x:!; any too much for her. As against • that, the board had heard big able* bodied men talk, df the hardship in having to milk a much'less number of-eows."'