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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12259, 9 June 1914, Page 4

The, following sketch of the life of Queen Athaliah will he of interest to .thoso who attend the Musical Society's 'concert at the Opera House this even-. irtfj:—-''Athaliah (2nd Kings; xi.-l) was the mother of Ahaziah. Ahab, king of Israel, ivas her father,.jind her mother :was the notorious Jezebel-' She mar- , ried Joram or Jehoram, king of Judah. T'be sacred biographer Rives her a most odious and revolting -character. She advised her own son in his wickedness; and after Jehu had slain him she resolved to destroy the children of her husband by his former wives, and then take the throne of Judah. Cut Jeho-" sheba, a half-sister of Ahaziah. secured | Joasb. one of the children and heirs, and secreted him and his. purse for six years. In the seventh year, everything being prepared for the purpose, Joash, the young prince, was brought out and placed on the throne. Attracted by the crowd of people who had assembled to witness thp ceremony, and unsuspicious of th«- cause. Athaliah hastened to the jemple. Whes the populace had assembled, and when she saw the young Idng on the throne, ftiid .heard the ghauts of the people, and found that rll her amljjtioiis designs were likely to be defeated, "she rent her clothes and crieJ out. 'Treason, Treason,' hoping probaMy to : rally a party jn favor of "her interest's. But she was too late. The priest commanded her To be removed | from the*temple, and she" was put to j death." . ', , -• An interesting point was decided in j a' case in'the "Wellington. Magistrate's Court the other' .day. A lodging-house-keener sued a- far"»j/er boarder for anaccount alleged to he dite,. and the boarder counter-claimed, araoag_ other details, for the value of a pair of boots j which, he stated, had disappeared'from J his room during his absence. His Wor-ship-rhiad that lodging-house-keeper is j not liable for the loss of goods that are brorfgfit-" into }>e? hptjse by a'boarder;' 1

A lodging-house-keeper is supposed to take the ordinary precautions to ensure the safety of goods that a prudent householder would take, but there the' responsibility ends.. Even if the boarder's goods are stolen by a servant in the house' the lodging-house- : keeper is not liable, unless the goods have been handed over to him for safe custody. Professor Prince, ol Canada, fisheries expert, and Mr Ayson, inspector of-, fisheries for "New Zealand, arrived in Teinuka by the first express From tho North on 'Friday. Mr Aspinall conducted, thorn to the back oF Mr ''Rooney's fellmongery, in the Tomukn and Opihi Rivers" where the_ stripping operations are ibeing carried out. There were some magnificent fish scaling up to 161b and 181b, and they were highly pleased with 'what they saw. I The party returned to Temuka. whore I they met Mr W. F. Evans, and 1 hacija. conversation on sea and inland fisheries. Professor Prince said that he had Visited a- number of rivers in the Dominion, and he considered that the Temuka and Opihi were two of the besttrout streams lie had seen, and compared very favorably with the best rivers of the world. "The visitors left on Saturday for" Christ-church, en route '■for the West Coast.

The Oamaru Railway Goods Shed is gazetted as the official place for the examination of goods that pass under the control of the customs before they are available for general trade purposes. ' .

The Prime Minister has advised the secretary of the Beekeepers' Association that the national conference wil! meet in Wellington*on the 17th.

The Oamaru Borough Council is gazetted the registering authority under the Motor Regulation Act, 1908, fur locally owned motor cars and cycles, the distinguishing letters being. OU., and the.numbers from 1 upwards.

Mr T. W. Kirk, of the Orchard Department, has written to the Oamaru Beekeepers' Association, stating that a class for colonial honey has been provided for by the British Dairy Farmers' Association, and that the show will. be held at Islington on the 20th to the 23rd October. Mr Kivk asked that those who intend forwarding exhibits should communicate with him without loss of time 1 in order that the High Commissioner- might be advised in ample time for the show.'

The question of the subdivision of the Omarama runs was discussed at the meeting of the Otago Land Board yesterday afternoon. It was decided to recommend to the Government that the freehold property and buildings be acquired and that the whole area, including two runs and freehold, be cut up into small grazing runs. This should prove acceptable to those who have been s advocating the close settlemeYit of Omarama, and to those also who have been . awaiting the Land Board's decision in the hone that an oportnnity would be given them of acquiring land. ' The rim comprises an area of ISO,OOO acres, At the monthly meeting of the Oamaru Beekeepers'. Association a. letter from the,secretary of the. Agricultural and Industrial Department was read conveying information with reference to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, to .be held at San Francisco. The letter stated that ex-

hibits. from New Zealand are to be placed in the main building, ranged side by side with othor / exhibits from all parts of the world, and that the New Zealand Government will under-

take, all railage charges in New Zealand and steamer freights to and from the Exposition, and if desired will sell the- goods to the best advantage. -Digging the holes for the. treeplant-

ing of Thames street was, started this morning from Ribble street to the Monument. Uflon the arrival of the trees, which are Huntingdon elm-., planting will be proceeded with. A total of 160 trees will be planted. The first . North Otago Territorial to prefer imprisonment 'to payment of the fine left to-day to undergo detention at Otago Heads. He was to have had a- comrade in isolation, but the second defaulter elected at the eleventh hour topay and stay. ■ The Waimate Knox Church town and

country congregations held a combined social in the Church Hall last evening. I The Rev. A. S. Morrison presided, and there was a very large attendance. An enjoyable musical programme was rendered, and refreshments provided by ! the ladies v:ere handed round. During the evening Mr M'Gowan, on behalf of the country members, reported that the proceeds of the recent harvest festival amounted to £124, of .which £IOO would be handed to the church treasurer. £2O had been used to purchase n. gig-and harness for the student assistant, and the balance of £4 carried forward. Speeches vrere given by Mr P. Grant (treasurer). Rev." A. S.'Morrison, and the Mayor (Mr J. Black), and it was agreed that the evening had been a great success

Attention is drawn to the sale of Mr A. Mollison's furniture, which will take place on the premises, Lpne street, on Thursday next at 1 o'clock. The furniture will be on view to-morrow afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock.

The Oamaru Auctioneers' Association will hold a skin sale on Friday, June 19th. Entries are now being received.

A meeting '.of the. Wnitaki High School Board of Governors was held this morning. Present: Messrs Sutherland (chairman), Brown. Mitchell, Frith, and Livingstone. The minutes of the last ordinary and a. sbecial meeting were read and adopted." Mr G. C. Israel was nominated ~.as the Board's representative on the University Council, and he wrote thajikingthe Board for its continued confidence. Mr H. C. Watson was appointed to supervise ground improvements at. the. Boys' School. The transfer of interest' in lease of section 2 of 30, block VI, was approved. After routine matters were dealt with and salaries and accounts amounting to £405 Ss Id were passed for payment the Board adjourned. One of the greatest if not the greatest, anti-recruiting agents in Great Britain (states a. writer • in "Blackwood's Magazine]') is the difficulty which the old soldier finds in obtaining employment on leaving the service. "Nothing* is more painful to,art officer," he, writes, "than to meet or hear of ex-Goldiers, who have .borne a good character whilst in the army, and are striving in vain, nevertheless, to obtain even humble and lim'enninerative posts; or. worse still, to come across exservice men whose general appearance tells but too plainly that they are going under in the hopeless struggle for daily bread. They manage these things better in Prance. It might be thought that where nearly all serve, the same- moral obligation would not rest upon the "Government to provide for the soldier whose service was over. Yet sve find over there in full working order a carefully-thought-out scheme, of which the .outline' is as follows : —Appointments open to ex-service men are divided into four classes, for the lowest of which no qualifying examination is required. No. 1 class includes, posts such as auditors, inspectors, instructors, higher police officials, etc. No. 2 embraces clerk, nccountnnts. draughtsmen, etc. No. 3 signifies lower appointments of a kind similar to No. 2, mid also mechanics, postmen, etc. No. '4 includes ■ hall porters, gatekeepers, posts in connection with barracks and canteens, caretakers of preserves, cemeteries, etc. For these, various employments non-commissioned officers and soldiers are eligible, some four years' colour sspviee being required. £ince the obligatory term of service is now three years, it may be said that every Frenchman rendering voluntary service has an acknowledged lien on the State for civj] employment. Not only does each Government Department reserve a legally fixed proportion of billets, counting in each of the above-named classes (never less than half, generally four-fifths of those available), for ex-service men, but a good many private concerns (railway companies, etc.) iiave agreed to <lo the same." . Lately, in vavious parts of the world, doctors have carried-out experiments with a view to developing the application of the curative powers of direct sunlight, states the London "Daily Telegraph." On the Continent many successes have been reported i'tom ]he exposuro of patients suffering from various forms of tuberculosis, to th<* direct rays of the sun, and the advocates of this form of treatment, •tech'nicily known as heliotherapy, say that it is sometimes possible to cure such a condition, even where .great destruction of a tissue has occurred. More recently an American, physician has been turning his attention to the effects of bright sunlight "on, superficial cancers. Experiment-'

ing with that form of malignant growth known as epitheliomata, this investigator states that he has found the foeussed rays" of the sun as efficacious as radium and Xrays. This new form of light treatment consists in focussing direct sunlight on the diseased part through an ordinary glass lens, each treatment lasting about ten minutes or a little longer. One important advantage of the method is that not a great number of sittings appears to be necessary. Certainly the results reported, and accepted as valid by responsible authorities., are most encouraging. This work will undoubtedly urge many other physicians to investigate the powers of heliotherapy in the treatment of certain surface cancers. The"P.lumag» Bill, which will forbid the importation of the feathers of wild birds into Great. Britain', -will give- an enormous fillip to the ostrich feather industry, which will be exempted, and which is one of the three most important industries of South Africa." Milliners agree that the ostrich plume is the most decorative of all feathers, and lends itself io. many styles of treatment. At present South Africa has a virtual monopoly of the ostrich feather. In no country do the breeders know more about the bird and its requirements, and the Government make every effort- to keep thecontrolof..the trade, for the export of ostriches or ostrich egg-s is strictly forbidden. At- the last census, .there were 746,736 ostriches in the Union of South Africa, and the value of the feathers produced in 1913 was £2,953,587. In the United States there are not more than 10.000 birds, and the annual value of the feathers is £42,000. In the Argentine there are 409,961 birds that ' might be called ostriches, but are Teally the indigenous American nandu, and 12,822 African birds. These produced £55,455 worth of feathers in 1912, and £43,077 in the first nine months of 1915. In Egypt and the Soudan the Plumage. Bill may do something to revive what appears, to be a dying industry. In the Soudan there are p'ossiblv 4000 birds, .much fewer than there used to be. In Australia there are 1900 ostriches which have keen bred from birds imported from South Africa. There is.no record of their annual feather value. In British Hast Africa there are about 2000 domesticated birds, and the. value of feathers exported is less than £IOOO per year. The British'fiast African Govern incut has an export duty of £IOO on every bird. .Perhaps all it wants is a slight overhaul and repaiting. If your vehicle is not ibadly cut of order, yet not as good as it should b(S, send it to Walter Uibb, Severn street. His work is a cheap, and effective insurance against >inr«iiablft vehicle*. "Camp" is the best of all pick-me-ups. Delicious, refreshing, invigorating No waste, no dregs with Camp CcTrrW. s A boon to farmers and not only a time-saver, but a money-saver, is GRAHAM'S Wire-coiler. It's surprising how compact and simple the idea indispensable. Write C. GRAHAM, Ngapara, for particulars. .■> Other Cigarettes end in smoke, but REGENTS "in downright enjoyment, while the Gift Tickets enable you to get a Gramophone, a Sewing Machino- 1 - Sixty other prsoents to choose from. A card' to Regent, Box 331, Wellington, will bring a Free Gift Catalogue. . 36