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North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13984, 21 November 1917, Page 4

i. ■;' -r ~ .- , )( The names of the Second Divmon y for the whole of Now Zealand are being Y published in book form by the Govern < i'q "meat. So far the two volume} (up to ,_ the letter 31) have been is3ito;]. 8- The member of the Board of Trade ™ were engaged on Friday making an in 10 vesication, concerning the price of gas p. in Wellington. They will submit a roc. port on-this subject to the Government to Portly. ._ . - i--3 oouthlanders intend-to take Mmi '," tage of Sir Joseph '.Ward's \"it to ltl Invcrcargill this week to urge the reinW statement of the through express daily 8- from Invercargill, to Lyttelton, The a-'- deletion of'the through trains has oceaof sioned.much:/inconVenienceto business 1S interests, as wel| as to the travelling ■„ public. " , .•'"" '"' ; The names drawn in the next ballot JS will be gazetted on December 4. The ig names 6f..5000 Second Division men will ft- be drawn, leaving about 5200 in Class ie A, also about 1000 men, accretions to - f ] the First Division. There will be no ,]j ballot in December, am! the balance of Class A will be called up ch bloc in the r -, second week in January. n '■ ■ ■ . It was announcciV recently that Lord !( '. Hhondda, had appointed the following 1)1 gentlemen with British food control: til Mr Sydney Young, the manager of the et Briiish and Argentine Meat Co., Ltd.; er 3lr Robert P. Frnser, of -ilessri Parker IC |V nnd Frnser, Liverpool, London, and „ s Sydney; and Mr Francis T. Boys, late *' of Christchurch, pd now London man- . ager of the New Zealand Refrigerating 13 Company, Mr Boys has been appointed ' s Meat Director. V- . . ■ tn Mr P. Holly, who was Conciliation )]) Commissioner in Wellington before he (g joined the .Board of Trade, ling gone ),, to Christehnreli to take over the work* (n of the late Mr J. It. Triggs, Conciliation Commissioner for the South Island, ," who died suddenly a few days ago, Mr - (l Rally's first tasks will be to deal with l J' two or. three unfinished disputes in Invcrcargill and Dnnediii, which Mr , Triggs had on hand at the time of his death. )P A strong cast wiiid on Sunday, had Ihe w effect of ihrowing down the singe wall , of His Majesty's Thcaire, Cliristchiirch, which was last Sunday, week destroyed by fire. The wall, which comprises the •" whole eastern end of the building, is n Ml verv high one, was blown into the inSO lerinr of tlio ruins of the theatre, lenv--1- ing the side walls still standing, bn, i ie in a very precarious condition, It is • evident that the remaining • masonry ', | will havo to be demolished, or another ', strong wind will do some damage to Hie ,1- 'surrounding buildings. Had Sunday's r( ' j wind been from another quarter, i'- is k! , probable that a building just near the 111 ; rear of the theatre would hav been if ' de'Eticyed. |i- | Olive oil is one of ihc articles that j.. have been seriously affected in price , owing 1 to the war;.in fact, were it not ,„ Ilia I aniiplips can be poll from South 1C . \ Australia, rates would have gone much •'higher, because it is obvious- that Palestine as a source is no, to be thought !11' of at the present time. One importer ol in Auckland states that a recent comr- nninicfttion received by him was to the i e J effect that South Australian-olive-oil le only could now be supplied; nnd'it was in 4-gallon fins at 22s per gallon, sub;. ject to market fluctuations, and it was ]C quite possible it might, ere long, reach "• 28s to 30s. Pre-war prices,for olive oil rc were: Italian, ]os Gd to 12s Gd; and 11- Palestine., las to Us Gd per gallon, lc landed cost Auckland, n!CI Printers and publishers in Australia a j iinvc been hnrd< hit by the increasing j._ cost of paper. ~Kceenf]y a further ,' advance of 1110. to £ls per ton was reported, Avit-h thel prospect of very little '' being availabhyonly. at famine prices, H ' during the next twelve montlm, Bell' yoml thar time no one can speak, As (1 an indication of the stress in the news--11 paper world (saya an exchange) we if may state newspapers thai have ceased f r publication since the outbreak of the |( | war. They are an follow:-. 01 in Yiej loria, -IS in New South Wales, 17 in [ Queensland, 1(1 in West Australia, and two in South Australia. This gives a 11 total of HIS publications which have y closed dowii owing to the high price )t of paper. '(] d Mr Henry Ford makes it, quite clear is that whatever wore his views in the , e past he is now convinced that the war ( „ must go on until militarism is ', crushed. thinks no great harnf was-done by America's delay in bo- . ginning her preparations, as war. Ll ' material quickly passes out of dale, p "We are making," he said to a New I'- York Times interviewer, "200,000 airSi plane cylinders of steel for the Govern;o n;ent to be delivered at the rate of ie I'JOO a day. V.'c have jiint developed a j., way of making a. cylinder of solid steel jj... cheaply. We would produce 5000 or 10,000 a day if called upon. A great ■ : (many of the men who work on these j 1 cylinders are of German birth, and '" they are just as keen for stamping out 11 mililarisiii as any nf v.s. We all want g, the war stopped, and the way to slop ft It is to let the world know that this ijj country is in it for all it in worth." tS ' ', P The sequel to a marriage airanged in jl Auckland recently by meaiis of a matii- , monial ndvcvllsemeiit was the appearance .of iho parlies at the Magistrate's ' Court last week, the wife having np's plied for an order of.separation and H iiiaintenance against her.husband, Mr il Moody, who appeared for the husband, •- Miid that the latter's first wife had died s and left him wilh four young children. , As-a, way out of ( lip diflk-nlfy he liad advertised for .another mate, and as : a -rosnlt- married the • complainant, a ° »eneial muse, who had,a chill of hei own The parties weie absohltclv in p Tinpa'ibe in tempeiamont, and the re I- -ult nas a .most unhappy sfa eof affair S The magHnte, Mr II C Cntten, nftei I. hearing evidence, tald that the hns if band mn*t fust suppoit h's fom chil " lien, and as the nun's wage? were ■ small he coubl not °ee h s waj o n.akc , nn oidei of maintenance, lie suggested ' that the proceedings should be diopped 1 and, the paities should live apart and r maintain themselves, n3 thoy did borj fore they met. After a eonfeience it g wfls announced ikat the parties had dek cided to adopt the suggestion.

' 'A'ftJMld infant, the child oi a single girl* not yet si?t)Qjf»;e,ars7of age, died »a,t;Tttkaputra < V A London cable nfossngo.st'atcVthat" « the New Zealanders nt the front hsafty published n brilliant book of huffloTHSrr sketches and campaign life. ' < )>' ' X The Otago Military Medical Board will nt in Palmeiston on the 29th, nnd > n Onmaru on the 30th inSts. On De< ami at Alexandra on the sth. The 'ecretarj of the Hprth Otago Golf Club is advised that •■ompchtion for the "Anzae Cup" is to be plaved this week end bit the 1 local links of Ilia clubs .located In Otago and Southland. The rJroceed3 of the match are devoted to the Wounded SoMcn' Club, Local players who purposo Com* peting are requested to arrange their own partners The link 3 are still play able, and it is hoped that members will participate in the competition and so v a- ist a worthy object. The Auckland Harbour Board loan of £150,000 at s|rpcr cent, has'heen all' . . taken up, statos'tlie'Star. Speaking re : . , garding this loan, the chairman (MrH; D. Heather) remarked that it had.Jieen .' raised as a cost of underl percent.,' which was very satisfactory. Subscrib- : ' en applied from all over the Dominion, about half of the whole amount, being ■ laken up in Auckland. The raising of , - this sum enables the.board to pay off the loan of £150,000 which is about fall- /-..: ; ng due and for which no provision was made in the shape of a sinking fund to ■ 'pay it off at due date,. V A. feature of this loan is that the proportion taken «p by small'subscribers totalled £109,100.' The whole of that amount was sub-- ' ; scribed for in sums under ■'ftrentyTJje-. : Dentures'. •' ';' : ' ': o. A Mr 6. A. Lamb, secretary of the' 1 South Island Dairy Association, sent a telegram to the Prime Minister last 1 week advising him that the cheese and butter producers were anxious to know ; when definite arrangements regarding the mutter of financing against butter and cheese awaiting shipment could be man?cd. On, Saturday Mr Lamb re- . ceived The following reply:-—"Owing to 1 (hc'delav which has occilrred.in Lon--1 don in furnishing me with definite in- : formation as to the final purchase of butter nnd cheese, and in order , tn allav as far as practicable, the in--1 convenience arising therefrom to' producers, I have arranged for advances to be made by the Government to file- • tories to enable them to meet their obi liyafions to injlk suppliers this month. Tf factories require nn advance for this purpose, forward immediately to Dei partment of Imperial Government Supplies, Wellingtbn„through the local produce grader, a debit note in duplicate, supported by store warrants, at the . rate of £3 (per box for butter and £5 per crate : for cheese, but it must be dis- ; tinctly understood' that the advance is not to apply to cheese or butter for ■ which store warrants have already been . , issued."