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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10104, 23 March 1909, Page 2

The Oamaru Fire Board held its quarterly meeting in the secretary's rooms yesterday, there being-present Messrs H. "\lilligan (chairman), J. Bulleid, H. M. Roxby, J. Chalmer, J. B. Grave, and Dr M'Adam. Mr E. Piper, who was present after a prolonged illness, was congratulated on being so far recovered as to be able to again undertake his. duties. Superintendent Mainland furnished reports giving, details of the fires that have occurred during the month. A long report from Mr Hugo, Inspector of Fire Brigades, drawn up as the Tesult of observations made during a visit to Oamaru about a month ago, was read. This recommended, that in place of. the two firemen proposed, not less than three should sleep on the premises at the new. station. He also considered it advisable that a small reel station should be erected at- the north end of the town, which. could subdue outbreaks in their incipient stages. The report, as a whole, was submitted to. the Finance Committee to report.. Considerable ' correspondence was received regarding the cost of towers in.various places, and the-matter of providing, a itowerwas referred to a sub-committee..-with power to act-. Draft bylaws dealing particularly with the control, management, maintenance and limitations of fire brigades were considered at length, and were ultimately submitted to Dr M'Adam and the chairman' for report at next^meeting. The North School Committee held their usual monthly meeting in the school office last evening, there being present—Messrs , James-.'Mitchell '(chair), T. Jones, Rus- I batch, "W. James, Geo. S. Jones, R. .0. j Young, and. JNV Meldrum (hon.-sec). An apology, for absence was received from Mr A. Stock, he being out of town. Miss Jane Lindsay,, on behalf ; of the family of 'the late-headmaster, wrote thanking the committee for the sympathy and kindness, extended to themj arid.asked the committee to accept certain* maps, etc.,'hanging in the school, which had belonged to their late father. The offer was accepted with thanks. The acting headmaster reported

that tlie weekly attendance for Iho month \v,-i8 as follows: 349, 344.9, 354.9, 343.V ; average, 548.1. Accounts uitimiiiliiij? (o £3 15s 3d were passed for payment, il was decided to liolcl the next, mooting on tlir third .Monday in April, and the chairman and secretary wore appointed to drawup the itiimuil l'cpni'l. It was decided to defer tlie selection of hooks lor the school library until the new headmaster arrives. Messrs Young* and .lames were appoints! a visiting committee for the month.

The following will yilav for the Oamaru Cricket (Tub against the Waitaki High School on Thursday next :—l.cv. Kurtlctt, liortnn. Cabler, * Fatiiillou. llainbley. .Jones (2). Mitchell, Mowbray. Muldoon, and Ongley. There must bo some reason (says the Lvttclfon Times) why able-bodied men will not go out. into the country for work, and" the farmers may Mm! thai reason with very little searching. YVhal married mail, accustomed lo earning M)s :i. week in the oily, will lake a job, casual or permanent", al Iffls 6.1 a week and "found" under the conditions that rule on. the average farm. The wages are inadequate to coinnicii.o with: and then the conditions of life for farm laborer are sometimes painful. .squalid. There are many good , ::iplo,yors in the country, farmers who house their hands .well,'food them well, and give thetn opportunities for recreation, lint there are too nianv who expect their hands lo work from <lh\vii to dark, to sloe]) ill a. dirty barn and to pul up with (lie roughest of rood. If (ho conditions of labor in the country woro made ap proximately equal to tliose ruling in Ihe cities tlie "fanners would liml plenty of cajiable men seeking employment. The average farmer docs a haixl'vlay's work himself, and argues that what is good enough for him in the way of living and recreation should be good enough for (lie hired laborer.

At last, night's nieeting of the Artliur Street School Committee farewell was taken .d Mr 1!. .1. Barrett, who, having been first assistant at- the school _ for 17 years, has now accepted Hie pos'lion of licadniaster of the Oaiiiarii Korlli School. The Committee preseiite<l Mr llarrotl. with an ornamental, clock a.nd set of bronze statuettes. Wirthoriiioro, Mr Harrett was i'nrnishcd with a letter, signed by all the members, in which was set forth in the handsomest terms the Com iiiit.te.os recognition of his long and faithful service, and of hits absolute devotion to duty under all circninstances.—Ofago Daily Times. Mr V. 1!. J. Lcsina, J.l'., M.1,.A., Queensland, was a visitor to Oamarii today, ill' besina comes to New Zealand to'coiiduct an independent inquiry on behalf of several Queensland newspapers into the operation of no-license as an experiment in producing compulsory temperance. He is. at the same lime, in vestigating the conditions of labor, wages, prices, and rents, and particularly the latter, in relation to the Labor legislation of the Dominion. Mr Lcsina, talking to a representative of the Mail, said that great interest was felt right throughout Queensland as to the results of the various legislative experiments made here. As ill' Lesina's title indicates. ,he is a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, ill which he represents a mining and pastoral constituency, lie is secretary, also, of the Queensland Labor Federation. In answer to n question. Mr Lcsina said he doubted the wisdom of Xew Zealand operative, bricklayers going to Queensland, as he considered each country should endeavor to absorb its own unemployed. Xumbers of IXew Zealanders. he said, have gone to Queensland, and taken up land on the Darling Downs and in other parts, and they all express themselves satistiod at the treatment accorded them, and al the low price of bind. Those interested in education in North Otago will regret to learn that .Mr Tims, liegg is about to be removed from I lie district. At a special nieeting of Ihe Artliur street School Cmniniifce. Dunedin. held last evening, it was decided to appoint ilr Thomas liege to the position of lirst assistant in the ncliool. The vacancy occurred through the appointment of ill' H. .1. liarrctt lo Ihe position of headmaster at the Oamaiu Xoilh School. .Mr liegg served his pupil teacher course in the Norlh-Kust Valley School, ami, after leaving the Training College and the Otago University, was appointed iun ; or male assistant al Cavershaiu S, lu.ol. lie was afterwards appointed second as sislant at Cavershaiu. and was promoted to .lirst assistant at Oaiuaru North. At the present, time Mr liegg is headmaster at. Teaneraki School. Knlield. Mr He-.g always took a keen inleresl in the sp.,ri, of the children, his success being shown by Ihe performances of the hoys and girls ;u- the North School. As captain of'tlie School Cadets he has the distiuoliou of twice winning the South Island Challenge Shield, ilr liegg took a keen interest in the affairs of the Oamfmi .Atheua'um. having successfully held the positions of secretary and president, and lie is also one of the loading plavers in the Meadowbank Tennis Club. At Knliold Mr liegg intfUesLed himself in all the. local instil u lions, serving on the Hall. Library, and Athletic Committees, I hough his chief effort was in the establishment of ambulance classes in the district, a strong class being formed, of upwards of lil'ty members.

In accordance with a resolution of the Council, the Town Clerk has written to (he Minister for Lands drawing his attention to the unsatisfactory condition of the creek running through'Oaniaru betwecn the Severn street, and Thames street, bridges. The creek is overgrown with weeds and otherwise chocek up, and unless it is cleared its condition in time of lloo<l would he such that it would constitute a menace to property. A large number of dairymen attended at the Kakanui Atheiucum last night to discuss the proposed dairy regulations. Mr Wilson was voted to <Jie chair. The new proposals were thoroughly discussed, the meeting being unanimously of the opinion that while some of the clauses would be beneficial to the industry the cost necessary to fullil the obligations of the other clauses would bear heavily on dairymen. It was agreed, on the motion of Mr W. Minty, seconded by Mr James Robertson, that the meeting enter its protest against the. regulations. 'this was carried without discussion. In view of a meeting being held in Oamaru about the end of April no further action was taken. Messrs Oats and Lawrence" were appointed delegates to the central meeting. It was also proposed to ask the lion. T. Y.. Duncan to be present. In the Wear street Hall last evening Mr Hugh Paton addressed. ;i large gathering of deeply interested people. Taking for his theme "The Right Kind of Christian." he urged his hearers to greater earnestness in the life of faith, and a more resolute determination to serve Mini Who had called them out of darkness into I lis marvellous light. The address was earnest and powerful, and Mr Paton's method of conducting t'i'i service was simple and beautiful. This evening he will speak in the same place, when, it is confidently anticipated that the hall will be filled to the doors.

It is not to be assumed that Wellington is in the grip of poverty because there arc more vacant houses in the city and suburbs than there have been for several years, says the New Zealand Times. The northern journal adds that fact merely demonstrates that the ordinary person is at last unwilling to pay his landlord so large a proportion of his weekly earnings. Huge rents were created in the first place Ivy small speculators, who during an unprecedented demand for house-room built bouses on paper/and depended on the tenant to pay the cash necessary for the upkeep of the small speculator aforesaid. Some Wellington people are c-uite ready at any time' to assert that there is no room "for expansion, but this, of course, is not a fact, nor has it ever been. There is room for immense expansion- at Island Bay, at Miramar, at Seatoun, and .at all the, suburbs tapped by both railway roads leading out of Wellington. The financial failure of numerous small speculators who gambled with the excess rent paid by their tenants has in some degree, brought tenants to their bearings, and a return of sanity, after a period of wild' mania- is imminent. The unusual number of empty houses near the city and in" the suburlis is due solely to the fact'that many people who have sampled tbo joys of town-have again retired to the country, and the persons who have managed to pay the exorbitant rent of a house have become sane and are sharing a larger house with someone else. . Asked whether, in the course- of his extensive tours amongst the Maoris of tbo JSTorth Island, bo.had observed any beneficial result tfrom the largo and representative Maori Congress that was held in Wellington during last session, the Hon. A. T. Ngata informed a Poverty Bay Herald reporter that there was. unmistakable evidence of good work having been establishe'd. The- Maori women's temper-

anee inovem.'iil liad heeu taken strongly not-11l of Auckland, mnl ', v ' also ui.-ikillK pace on Ihe Wcsl (',,,„," » cally, the checking of drunken,,,,* ' mutter supervised by (he Mao, i' ..** As a. furthei' rosult'of ihe ~,„,,,,'"'"» Maori .'.idols from Ihe Kasl ('„,,' [l heen taken on at ihe Nlale t '/ »i Hainillou; the native schools in il, fi laud district had formed an , ■"< on similar lines to the 'IV .Aule'sh,',"' Association, known as Ihe Yum ' ,« L'ai'lv, -Northern Uranch ; and t|,„Y S sity Senate had made Maori a „„!,,"!*' mutri,illation examinal ion, a,el I', ' proved of Ihe establishment ~f „ ,''.' I'olynesi.' ivlh.ilogv. The ~,„,, !""» added, had undoubtedly brought ~"'I Mlcr understanding anion,; ,l„," "' "I" Hi'' land seltleinenl asped „, > five land (Hie sclllcincnl ~,„,„„„,, < there was now a disposition to •■ is11,.,."i- a; the quest,,,,, of Ihe sol llemeni „| "> Ihe sellh'menl of land lor fani,j, ,'" poses. Furthermore, il |,,.„| *$ brought Ihe younger Maoris In, r, „ | "" reeotniled the elders lo the 1ead,',.,;,," the young men in many purls „f t \.. : \ million. Quest ioned whelher i, „.' " ■■■'■'i'»•■••l'-'ii Hi''' k'ivss thisv,',;, l ; 1 ■ lon. Mr Xgata il was „„,' ' l; comll of Ihe expense. ' " { The host thing for nervous, pale v ,, girls is Stearns Wine, for il i w ) * their strength, renown mid onvi.lio,, blood, and sharpens (lie, appelii,. i a in.ilclih'wi tonic. ' '

A young man nearly lost his |j| ' Wanganni the other „„hl ,„ ~,,,,.,. I" drown a cat. He went down , Mi.' town wharf will, thoohj, „,; ing Ihe cat inlo Ihe .liver, anil in 11,,,,] he slopped over the edge and |,,|' with the cat in his arms, lie n,;,,,,. to gain (he propeller of the slcimor % tangi. which wis lying aloughid,, what!, lie shouted for help, lull hi,, , were unheard for about an h ■, ~ some men on Ihe T.'ivlni'ville M,lc'„f river heard Ihe idiouls and ( Ih,,|. I, ( could at lirsf see no one in (he ~j Vl ?,. (lj to the conclusion that someone \v„ s danger. Hurrying across the river, ' t | raised an alarm, and a search, aiil,',| Ihe cries of Ihe man, led lo then him hanging on lo Ihe llimilaiigi, was hauled on board, and was luu'iij he little (he «■„,«,' for his expei,,,,,, In wiial is almost a predict i ',.,,, cereal crop in lirilain next sense,,, ~ London Times of December 14 said' »|>' ports from different parls of Ihe mum', conlinue lo dilate iqion Ihe ahuiii-innl,,; lure of Hi,, season. Currcspondciils „(,: ages declare that they caunol iwall , autumn equal lo that'of the pivseiu R son for mildness and productivciionv ft, iners had alumdanl opportunity fur tut ing us extensive areas of w heal'/licus , t ca'lcli crops as they desired, and „, ,j work had been completed early last tnomthe plants arc now well above ground „, present a healthy and thriving app.':u, lw I'liere is scarcely a discordant notch, ||, eotumonls upon the winter nun an beans; and if Ihe mild weather oi,i,ti o „ much longer there will be a .king,,,, i wheat hcciiming whal is ternie.i wint,, proud, and in that event the tuin „f tj, year may witness a revival of the i|,,,|j ri ing practice of running the Hooks uvrrlt wheal plant. In regard bolli lo liel.l ,v«| and Ihe condition of (he winter .rink the present season contrasts | .1.-aMiuh with last year; and with the priei'a £ grain mainlainiiig a. fairly high ||, V( ; which is likely lo be continued 1 lii-itu K L out Ihe cereal year, arable tannine p, scuts a mure reassuring ooinplcxiin, tin it has for some time past." The sun and moon will cross I lie Hp lor in the course of a lew days, thi'timi 11, en, also, being at (lie nearest point l the earth in its course. Mr Slovens* F.IS.A.K.. regards Ibis lime, from noi till March as. as a. likely earthqiuik,. ], ri.nl, and in eonversalion with n Xn Zealand Herald representative on Satin day he remarked lll.'il Ihe earth's « i'uee had boon shaken up so inucli liy n cent disturbances that if was iiut'pi. sil.le to loicca.'l. Ihe next few wtl with anv ii'i'taiulv. liul- the time nut I ioned iniLtht possibly be a. period wht earth tremors would be more I'l'equi'iil. The Oiiving-itp-UuMiiewi Sale ,i| l'ei rose's is still in full swing. An I lie a draws near the bigger the baigiiins II people gel. Worn now till the ell.l , our t-ei'in in Oamarii we mean lo jjivn 1/ people some value that. I hey will mi, «»« forget about. Those who" havi 1 ml «/• ready visited our store should An in at on. e".'—l'enrose's Diaperv KidiihlihWul. Mr S. .1. Davys, Denlisl, will <A Hampden on Thursday. 2, r >tli instant, Mil may I"' consullcd al .\'ll.- Marsludl's Until.