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North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13981, 17 November 1917, Page 4

An inquest was hold beforo Mr J. P. Grant, J.P., and a jury yesterday morning into the circumstances causing tho death of Daphne Deem, agod four and a-hnlf years, who died suddenly at her parents' residence in Usk street on 'Thursday. After hoaring the evidence of Hr Tfnrgrcavcs and tilt' child's. jnor* llieiyn verdict was returiied in accordance with the medical evidence,, that death hud been due to heart failure,

The followinu pupils were successful at the musical examination, held at the Dominican Convent, Tesclicmnker's, on Thursday, October 15th, by Mr Schilsky, Trinity College, London:—Higher local: Nancy Spiers 76. Senior grade: Eileen Brccn 81, honours; Elsie Gallagher 77. Intermediate: Kathleen Corcoran 'B7, honours. Junior:. Rita Brown 01," honours; Gladys Stott 84, honours; Dorothy Walslic 70. Preparatory:' Bessie Gallien 80, honours. First step: Alma Woods So, Nora Ushenvood 78.

,Thp bazaar in St. Joseph's Hall was continued last night, when there was a good attendance of the public, who appeared in a good buying mood, so things went merrily. The hall will be open this afternoon and evening, when, ns usual, concerts will be provided to sup-, plement the other forms of entertainment. To-night will see the close of the function, and a good attendance is anticipated.

. The Tenth Regiment Band provided their first iiiuii3eip.il concert of the season in the Gardens last night. Many people availed tlicmselve» of the opportunity of enjoying a fine evening, enhanced by good music, the band having every opportunity of realising that their efforts were appreciated, The programme which'constituted the evening's entertainment appeared in our columns on Wednesday,

. A garden party will be held this afternoon nt'Totnrn Hoiise, The fnne Hon will be run under the auspices of Ihc.Totara Girls' Auxiliary, and promires to be n great success. Many ladies of the Red Cross Society and kindred bodies were busy making the lln'ul arrangements last night, The nwceds will be.divided between the lied Cro?s and the Girls' Auxiliary, bo it only remains for the public to. make the result oommensurato ,with the good object! A drag will leave the Post. Office nt.l.'Js p.m.; . .

The secretary of the North Otngo Agricultural and- Pastoral Association has received a communication from the Rlamp' ilepnrtment regarding the amusements lax, which Is payable on all ticket.! of fidinifjioii'.from one shilling upwards either paid at the entrance gates or for admission to side-shows, of which the society is also responsible, .A special meeting of the committee is called for this afternoon at three o'click to consider the matter, and all members who can conveniently attend arc urged to do so,

In the Supreme Court, Dunedin, on Thursday, Lyla Constance Brydcn claimed £3Ol, for injuries received through -being knocked down by a car driven by defendant's (Mrs Crawford Burt) daughter, who is sixtoeu year's of ago, The, statement of claim Jet out that the car was nogligontly and 'unskilfully, driven, and-that by reason of the injuries received plaintiff waattnable to follow her. occupation lor eight weeks, The defence wa's.a general denial.- After the jury had bee /sworn, negotiations were opened, 1 and' tho case' was settled out of,court, it being under: stood■ that plaintiff accepted £220.-The mother of the!plaintiff claimed; '£2oo from' the samo' defendant for irijurios sustained; when; her., daughter \was,. in^: iuwl,'".Tliis '''ease; was also* settled-out J of court,; a payment,' it. is 'understood^of. '£7o ,V X'>.;:' '■'■: ■';. ■{■ :.'.■: ; -

It is '(saystan exchange) that- all tho hotel? in tho ptagO district Imvojbcon put back nrons e*< ee.pl the Horiot Hotel/ The' Wainngton Estate, for rainy jcms orciipioil as n stud farm by the into Sn Gcorgo McLean, lus become the piopcitj of a faimc'r, Mr luglis, lie lta\ing purchased it fiom the tins tecs. i A tablet in niemoiy tho kite Ma C. II Jtii'lididson (lato chief mspectoi ot sihooN ju Otngo) is to be pknod in the itlditni ui.l of the Dimedun Tiaiwn t r |UUe h 'o It uill be unveiled by the clmrmiit of the Otaco Educitioiißo-ud ,(JIrP T. llcinmg) onlhe"bicakiip" j day of the college I Come ninths ngo the militai) medical I boiLI f(i «omr- unknown ici on, I dropped out the CI classification, and ill men put in the "(.'" diss vioic li s t id as CM Tht (I dvificatioii ut non nustaN. Ob\ioih!> tlieie ait 1 men ticketed aa C2 who should be in the CI list, Experts have been'set to work to go through the ml sovt out such cases as 'presumably belong properly to CI. Such men are to be re-examined by a .board, appointed' for."that purpose. to travel through tho Dominion; sitting at the'four centres. This board will be in Dtinedin aWit the 29th hist, to the 4th December..

'At the meeting of tho' qtago Education' Board applications for improvements were agreed to as follows:—Kin Ora:- -Erection of new fence botween school and glebe, and repairs to o her fences anil outhonsos, cost £2olos. The letting of the school residence at flnmp<len (luring 'the Christmas vacation was approved of, the appointment of Mrs Cormack- as second assistant at Mnheno was -eonfii'mod, The maiter of enlarging the Elderslic School was urged by Mr Livingstone, and it was dcide. 1 . that the question be dealt with at next rig-a-lar meeting of the'board,

During the hen ring of the big beiting casc'at Wellington this week the Chief Justice -(Sir Robert 'Stout) has apparent]}' learned about racing much that has; saddened him, A Utile revelation of the ways of some owners was made, by one of the accused (McWilliams) in the witness-box. "The horse was the best in the paddock if he was on the job," said Me Williams. The expression "on the job" required tion. "Some horses dig their toes in," volunteered Mr T. M. Wilford, helpfully. "Jt is .very sad," commonicd His Honour, "Hint there should be a sport in this Dominion wli'-di is connected with fraud."

Mr ,Wilford was on .Wednesday explaining to the Supreme Court certain considerations in the backing of horses. The Chief Justice observed that Mr Wilford had better not address -him. "I may know more' about it than you think," said his Honour. "I trust your Honour does," replied Mr Wilford. His Honour became reminiscent, The Just time he had been at a raeo meeting was in 18S8, when, he accompanied the Governor of Victbria to one. "That -jvould be in the days of tho bookmakers—no totalisators. I am talking of totalisator days," remarked counsel,

Tho Dunedin Star says thahtho' draft of recruits flint left that city this week was roliiccd by orders from Wellington. A number of the .men who had bcoir -ordered ■ fo' parage !M erroj| : tele* grains' from the Dii'octbr.of licCriYitiii'ft; notifying (hem that their . leave had. been extended ;o January. The pick-' in;;.of Hip mnii In pHhls ovtrn leave seemed to- 1 have ' been done on no system, for enure who had been lunging on for some time were kept back, whilst ii'cn only just called were amongst those who had to go on, iliose including rpvernl ninpU'uu-ynr.r-nld youths. Pri'jilinalily tho choice was determined by. ballot,'

The Mayor of Christeluirch, speaking to a reporter on the Canterbury Hall fire, said that the insurance money would, he thought, certainly lie earmarked for the purchase of another organ for the city at some subsequent date. The money In the meantime would lie invested, and would bring In about £2OO per annum, which would lio added to.,the capital for the snme purpose. The orgnn cost soniotliing over pOOO (o land, but. no duly was paid on it, as it was bought by the (lovrninent, It would probably be at least five years before the city would be in a position to properly house another organ, and by-that time the capital at its disposal would be about £,IOOO, so there would be ample money to provide an organ at. least as good, and probably bqtterthqn, the one which had been destroyed, even though duty and the cost of installation had to be paid bj the council.

Two youths gf seventeen years wero charged at the Dunedin Police -Court on Saturday with wilfully disturbing a band entertainment hold nt the Botank Gardens on a recent, Sunday. They pleaded guilty. The lads, stated Matliiecon, had indulged in the foolish practice of annoying the bandsmen while playing, by means of mirrors, which were'used to.reflect the . e nn's rays on the instruments, and thp affected the vision of the, musicians./ The concert, in consequence, was temporarily brought to a standstill. These

annoyances, said the sub-inspector, had been going on for sonic time, but it cmild not be definitely stated that tho defendants were responsible for the mischief on nil occasions. Dis Worslilp, In imposing fines of 20s, with costs 7s, oWrvod that the lads should shown.higHer standard of Intelligence —theirs to n practice that might bo expected.of a silly boy or girl of tender years, This foolish piny would have to be discontinued—it did not entitle djfendapts to any consideration.

Auckland k experiencing an acufe scarcity, qf domp'stic .servants, the women preferring employment in offices and factories. \i \& also stated that many girls arc now in receipt of soldiers' pay, this placing them beyond the actual need of work for the timo being, Many domestic seryanta usually come to the Dominion from Australia for the summer months, says the Auckland Herald, but for' Well-known reasons this migration has not taken place this year to the same extent as f prmprly, Conditions in hotols, rostanrants, ai\d the larger boardinghousos are now" regulated by an influsMql award, and it is nsßortod. that it great many domes-, tics profor to. work In those ojtnblisli-' rnents, where tho hotirs of work are fixed, they, have their'evenings free, rather than' in prlva.'e house?, vvhere definite hours'of work,nre not' laid down,- although the'work Ihelf may bo less exacting ftid; ihe conditionsgenerally ;wages are being offereid, tliero ar'a : yttf; jnnny; yiacai|t: ; positions dpnigsHcy servants : in private" families^; :' : <- ■. ■■■ - ~iW-. ■'. ■ "'".'.;.•"ii-'. a.v'"....'v- ':' : -;iy-\ '..'!:■' /<'i.-j:'■'.•":','.

If' 1l uot gen<sra% known.. thdt ! . t Boa,rd, pqwohs ,t 'ilreV ioboiAotivtt Jif' its Jfinil built; Now Zealand, it lins Ixjon in eanjs use,'ami js ndw in need o{ repair, 'D cubing tin? nmttor at tho last mceti pf the bo.tid, a member Paid/UjjlUgi. •'should be plated in the mo^gs^f .7/ i The uioual pioccdtiru IK ft llltg aild lilijicntfiijr lonili/' 11 nil tof tin Jibtifo Dcptt mi i.t mi' wituitftl «t tin' Mttmp the Fun VuiKlniid Anhfory Seiv lioad ,i Vii(hl,iiid,»n Tmwli*, wit Vi L ( i iittm, hU, Mijipmtcl t ippi.l »l ." inn s I' Bi hop. t'lerk in t Mip-lra'i » Com I Thf appellant li time Whus on senile, and it w 'lU.ihci miphisi-ulHiaiihoJcmovol' I Mi B l"i|M\ould ciil.ul undue hwJsli 1 o i (li« Jii','l (iife'e (ouit start, wii mii 'ln 'l\ l c\cicU haidiiapped In 11 l ih if 0 i Liny of the jclciks li rnm. i nin (he wi'r The tippe.il w uljoi'ii' 1 inc. die

The thirtMulli.-pupil' of the Cantl b«vy Aviation Company.has^tnkeu-1 pilot's certificate; the -.distinction- goii to It. A. .Grant, .of Fairlie, who • n passed .by,. Colonel Chaffey on Wed?' day morning. He. Hew- very .well,; a: showed good, judgment, and Ms lfttiditi were good, although the;' rather, windy and"the bright sunafti meant' a loss of buoyancy. The fa that Grant was the thirteenth';"c!andicl£ to fly occasioned'no superstitious foi boilings, since he profes&il id rega thirteen as his lucky number,'flhd.w .anxious to be examined on Tuesday, t thirteenth, day of the month.- ;Ti other pupils, E. 0. Adains nnd.lt; Laurenson, will fly'for their certificat in the course of a day or two,,: The fire nine pupils undergoing training a thirty-three waiting. . vv-. So far few 1 complaints liflvF'.be heard in Hawke's Bay'about th.o smi bird nuisance, iwhich lin&..causeil a. go deal of trouble in prJHfp's' seasc (states the Napier Telegraph); It. rather early yet to judge how far tl district wiil be affected, the pest bei probably at its worst during the.fr season or in the harvest-time, but far the district is reported io be faji free cf the small-bird nuisance, In t Nelson district the same cannot be sa field crops having in some cases be practically ruined and great ' (lama done in.some orchards. One orchard who was expecting to gaiher - seve hundred cases of greengages has'b the whole of his prospective crop,' bii having stripped the fruit 'buds from t trees. ••

The buildings which for so long ha been the homo of the Auckland Univ .sily College be sold for remoi early in the coming year,, their derm tion being necessary in connection w the eastern outlet scheme. Tho wc of the University College wlirj n< year be carried on in the old Grnmn School Buildings in'Symonds Stre The present university buildings Wi formerly the New Zealand Parliarri tnry Buildings, 'and it was there tl the first session of the flr9t Pafliarm under the present constitution n opened in May, 1854, The historic forest attaching to the structure v be marked by a civic function on Thu day next, when a recoptiou will given in the buildings by the Mai and Mrs flunson, Invitations have br issued to a large number of ejtize Afternoon tea will be served by t ■Ruivrrfity students, }

I The New Plymouth Rorougli Coun J lias ileciiloil In grant permission : tlic voolliijj of buildings witji siting] subject to the council's approval in on ease. In a report, the borough oiigini conceded that iron was almost uw taiuablc at a reasonable price, Ti were also scarce. Bituminous coverii ami shingles loomed up largely, and his opinion there was little in.favo of either. The chief objection shingle was the liability to fire thron sparks. The circumstances under wlii builders laboured were abnormal, a it did not seem at all likely that t price of iron would bo reduced to reasonable ligure for a long time, was, therefore, a question of whoth building operations wore to be delay or whether builders should'go back the older form of ■■fooling for a timo Jen-1. Quite recently a borough h decided to allow shingles to be usi and he suggested (hat I lie counsel iva! (he bylaw under certain conditions,

: The Department of Munitions a Supplies has dealt with 3440 applk (ions to date for penults fdr priority riiipment of goods to New Zealand an approximate value of £1,390,000. T Minister in charge, the Hon. Arthur '. Myers stated last week that of- the applications 3105 had been certified' H 5 were under consideration, From s vice.?, which the Minister had recent received horn (lie United Kingdom a from Australia, he was apprehensl of the difficulties In securingisJods;l inn increased, provided. thatjtlnir cc iKtions continued to prevail. Fortuna' ly representations which had been'ma by him on behalf of the New Zeala; Government to the Ministry!-of Mui ■tion .in the United Kingdom,. throii] the High Commissioner,,had,ln the Hi jority of cases produced satisfacte results. Since America had declared w on Germany, the United States autho ties had set up a system.under■whi the Minister anticipated .they wou in future request him, is Minister Charge of Munitions and Supplies hei to comment tin or cdr.tify ...to..ordc from New Zealand, At.tho, momei however, no particlars-wete availal in refiavd'to tills matter, but.lnform tion had been, cabled for, and was t peeled at an'carly date,'., JH|