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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10587, 18 October 1910, Page 3

I~ Tho by-laws mado by the Oamaru Fire Board are published in accordance with the Fire Brigades Act, 1908,'' in the Gazette of October 13. At a meeting of tho Committeo of the Chamber of Gomnicrco yesterday afternoon thorc were present: Messrs A. G. Creagh, Monson, Frascr, Dawson, and C. AV. Cooke (secretary). Mr Vennell apologised for absence. The correspondence dealt with included a letter from tho General Commercial Ageiicy, New York, which, was, received, also a communication from the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce enclosing a copy of a,letter addressed to the PostiniiSterGeneral upon the question of ferred" cables, and asking that ' the Oamaru Chamber give its support to the views expressed therein; The Dunedin Chamber's letter' may be briefly summarised—(l) they urged upon tho Government tho necessity for the speedy laying of a British-owned Atlantic cable, so that questions regarding cable business between distant parts of the Empire should bo free from foreign control or influence, especially in view of tho fact that .the Pacific Cable Board's proposal to allow tho public a reduced tariff on message not of an urgent nature by means of the "deferred" cable system had' been blocked by tho American companies concerned in the transmission of the Pacific Board's messages across tho Atlantic; (2) that the tariff for deferred messages should, if at all possible, bo fixed at not more than Is per word and the guaranteed time of delivery limited to 24 hours from tho time of receipt from the sender.—After consideration of the matter the Oamaru Committeo decided to support .the Dunedin Chamber. In the Baptist Church last night Mr W. H. George, of Wellington, delivered a lecture on "A Trip Through India." Mr George held tho attention of a largo audience for the wholo of the evening, his remarks on the land and tho people being admirably illustrated by fino lantern slides from photographs taken by himself while on a, visit to India. Included in tho slides were scenos illustrative of the work of tho Now Zealand Baptist Missionary Society. This Society has a mission at North Tipperah, in Eastern Bengal, and employs one medical missionary and one ovangolist with their wives, also threo ladies and a band of 2S Bengali workers. At the conclusion of tho address tho lecturer was, on tho motion of tho Mayor (Mr It. Milligan), seconded by Mr Billing, accorded a hearty vote of thanks, and a similar compliment was paid to Mr C. Brown for the use of his lantern. Afterwards a branch of tho New Zea- i land Baptist Laymen's Missionary Union was formed, with Mr B. Billing as president and Mr G. S. Jones as secretary. Telephone subscribers of Oamaru who have much communication with country

bnroaux aro well acquainted with the buzzing and generally defective working on some of the circuits. Recently the Oamaru Chamber of Commerce drew the attention of the Telegraph Department to this matter, and at their meeting yesterday the following reply to their letter was received by the Committee from Mr J. K. Logan, Superintendent of Electric Lines:—"ln reference to your letter of the 21st August last to the- Chief Postmaster, Oamaru, respecting tho defective working of certain telephone circuits in the Oamaru district, I have the honor by direction to inform you that it has been decided to make the undermentioned wires metallic circuits in order to provide, an efficient service— Oamaru to Hampden Square, Kakanui, Duntroon, Ngapara, and Windsor. The work is in progress lor making tho wires of Oamaru telephone, 'exchange subscribers metallic in order to avoid induction." A meeting of the Oamaru Amateur Swimming Club was held last evening, i.'ioro being present—Messrs G. S. ■I01:5s (chair), N. Meldriun, Frank .loties, iiosio, 13. do Lambert, J. Grant, and A. J. Sandom (Hon. Secre-Liii-y). Ti')u minutes of the previous meeting Swro read andi confirmed, Messrs'F. MiJner and E. F. Artiistroi'" wrote thanking tho Commi-' electing them as rice-provider Club. Messrs G. b, J ones Sandom stated the resuli; " tation to the Borough was considered satisfnetc. decided to write to the ing them for their coil' members' tickets. It wa

the price of the ticket bo and 5s for juniors unc. ; which may he had from A '' Lambert, W. Strachan, anu . '.' or from members of the Coram. Intending members are asked to secU J 'o their tickets at once so that they may be able to go into training for the Qlub's opening carnival. A vote of thanks to the Chairman qlosed the meeting. Exports from the Port of Oamaru for the past fortnight of Octobor were small, the only lino of any eizo boinc 1315 sheepskins (12,6691b5) valued at £422.

The total deaths within the Borough during the month of Soptombor were six, which represented a, proportion, of 1.11 to the 1000 •of population for the month. Four boroughs out of seventeen gazetted had higher death rates than this, the boroughs being: New Plymouth, 1.48; Blenheim, 1.14; Hokitika, 1.20, Invercargill South, 1.70. About 2500 acres of the Serpentine; Valley, Wailiao Downs, Estate has been offere'd to tho Government. Sir W. J. Steward is interesting himself in the matter, but the price will, as usual, probably prove a barrier. • The Committee has gone through, tho Oamaru Harbor Loan Bill, and it is hoped, with the consent of the Council,' to get the third reading on Friday. The amendment which makes definite provision, for a sinking fund of not less than 10s per. cent, will be considered by. the House of Representatives probably on Friday, and the Bill passed. According to Inspector Seed, of.tho Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the colonial youth has. an inventive mind, and Is seldom at a loss in an emergency. . "I will give you an instance," . said the inspector to n Dominion representative. "On, Wednesday I was called out to Seatoun to see a valuable mastiff, which had a fishhook embedded in its lower jaw inside its mouth. 1 advised tho boys to get a 'vet.,' who would chloroform tho dog, and then extract the hook, but a 'vet.' was not available, so they tackled tho job themselves. Alter wrestling with the. animal, which was in great pain, they gave him a drink of milk, and made him as comfortable as possible for the night. The next morning live, of the lads set to again. Thoy got the animal's jaws apart, and cheeked thetri open. Then, as they held' him us still as possible, one of tho boys cut off the piece of tho hook that was projecting with a pair of pliers. After that was over they gave him a spell, then went at it again, and got out the whole of the hook. English boys would never •have done such a thing—they would have summoned assistance, perhaps, but it would never enter their lieads to do the thing themselves." Five Celestials who' appeared at the Christchurcli Magistrate's Court yester- ■ day in connection with a civil case, at times created considerable diversion by their behaviour. Two of them were interpreters, one acting for plaintiff and the other for defendant, and all the time the former was interpreting the evidence of one of the Chinese tho inter-

preter for the defence kept the cold eye of suspicion" on him, and occasionally took exception "to the manner in which he was carrying out his duties. At one stage of the proceedings, when matters were getting a little animated, the whole five Mongols attempted to speak in chorus, hut were quickly subdued. One of the interpreters suffered under the disadvantage of not being able to speak English as fluently as the other one, and his efforts to make himself clear in the Anglo-Saxon

tongue evoked the remark from the flench that if his Chinese was as indifferent as his English, it -must bo niightv bad. While one of tlio wit-

nesses was giving evidence the Chinese plaintiff, i suddenly rose from his scat 'arioV commenced to stride over to the Bteheh/±o - obtain possession of a map ■sia±;<hnd heen put in as evidence, but but firmly restrained by. hjs jjoJicitor, "who, laying a hand on his shoulder, demanded to know where ho was'-going. Tlie Chinaman looked abjectly...apologetic, then grinned blandly aijd-'subsided'once more on to his .seat. '. world has boon wont for many y<&rs to view with suspicion the stories narrated .by fishermen, but a new era lias-opened its pages with the general advent of the motor car. It was blowtown this morning, blowing hard, jso. though t; but it was a zephyr to wHatVwas experienced about i'almerstoh, where a motorist passing through from 'Duncdin had a 10 li.p. far held up on: a down grade by the resistance of the- nor.'wester. The fisherman is a puny neophyte to the motorist. * ' ; ,Tke Auckland correspondent of the Lyrttelton Times .states that the Jasciiiation of experimenting with "wireless' .Jias seized a number ot ■ young iroateur electricians in Auckland, one oiv-whom, Mr William J. Sexton, has with appliances of his own make, at: talned considerable success in receding inessages and also m tlie more dm> cult,feat of consigning impulses to ths> surrounding etlier. 11 r Sexton, being a-keen-enthusiast, has experimented in tlie. direction of improving the detect tors used, for picking up and demon..striting. the waves impelled from.,the sending wire, and at present he,.is.ejir gaged' with a simple detector wKLch does not appear to have been recorded) arid which, it seems, is very over short distances and is capame:.-'of being made very sensitive.., So far ;hf has. been handicapped by the lack "of-; an j outside assistance, but in a fewTiday? another enthusiast intends to ai small station some distance,, -pxfQ-j; Much useful investigation in .'.'wireless'i is barred bv the fact that thoVeiectio.ii 6i aerial masts and wires for.senduig: and of messages Li resfiidtecl bylaw. . . ''., ■'.■.'.;'; ■■'■:.: • When in need of a throat relief get Zvmole Trokcvs. They; are Improved form of medicatiohyfor;-ail irritated throat or a tighfc.coughv. w4 .trial-will conviuce you.»;;:^: ; J :S ;:^-€

Just as ever? man thinks ho is ji judge of music, so pietty well every inventor has a lingering idea that he cariVrun his own business in the matter. ofUihis'patents. Nc\or was a greater mistake. The wise inventor puts himself under the guidance of a skilled agent. Messrs Baldwin and Ray ward Wellington, are agents of repute. Ihcy sSe-tp the preparation of working drawings :and stand between the-m-Wntor and his nsks. Local agent li fepe'r, Thames street, Oamaru