THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1897.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10902, 8 September 1897, Page 2

THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1897.

The- Minister for Eailways was inter - viewed on Monday by the Christchurcl - Chamber'of Commerce, and- met thei - requests and. suggestions for sundr; - items of railway reform in a manner a ! e disconcerting at the moment as it wa £ surprising. The chamber desired th - introduction of increased speed on th ■ d railways, reduced rates, and an exten » sion of lines, particularly the .Eas ly and "West Coast railway. The repl; - the chamber received was to the effec i' that if the railways belonged to M _! Cabmak he 'could spend .£200,000 o rt- their equipment to-morrow. "Th I department ■ was short of engine: _ trucks, and carriages, and £50,000 .wj required for trucks alone. This meai _ borrowing, as the necessary araoui «■' could not be paid out of revenue. . lls: the Canterbury members wanted l°2 borrow, well and'good. .- . H naoi ! engines, carriages, and trucks con. II not be found by next year the railwa; id; could not "do the work." , Somewh mb singularly, on the same day. S _ Eonayne, general manager o£ rai i- ways, having just- returned from % southern trip of inspection, .reported im- a press interviewer, at Wellington th - the men in the workshops at Addin fZ ton and Hillside were on full time,, ai iter the department hoped' to increase t d !? rolling stock so as to be able to cope ye __ satisfactorily with the large quantity grain which will be placed on t _ lines next season. Jf the Minister of correct, Mr Koim'Ni: Would appear oon be building rolling stock which th. 2d- is no money to pay for, and it . - Koxaxnb is correct the confession IS the* Chamber o£ Commerce of Mir ot terial impotence is baseless. Mr Lj JtAN Jhd Mr Ronayke can settle tl £. fbetween them ; what we are conceri no with is-the Ministerial allegation t. £200 000 is necessary to equip the r; ways' and that unless financial h comes-in the >ay of borrows »*!s' presumably—there is danger ol PIS. breakdown in the railway sysl MP- in so far as its adequacy to meet^ .IN- wants of the colony is concerned. - cc"df r c c " d conclusion is inevitable that the mo: ?ant, TOte d for the railways by Parhara olds, has not been spent on them or that '«!«• J department has egregiously tailed llg£' ' look ahead and provide for .the liive' 'creased activity presaged by an mcr( IcUb. 'in the prices of produce. _ lhe. po^' j 1-tailww Statement was given to

rase in July of last year, and the] a mister for Railways then estimated ; c revenue for the year at £1.200,000 | ™ .d the expenditure at £-762,000. i abs ad he further specifically said:—j £ At the present time the department; fete mainly concerned in providing addi- j Un )nal and more powerful locomotives, j (pr ore carriages and waggons to carry j |th« i the increasing business in an econo- | car ical manner. With expanding traffic . dei creased accommodation must be pro- joe ded, and ,this factor cannot be lost;'j ">• ght of whenever reductions in rates are , "contemplation. A large increase in the I ipital charges for goods sheds, sidings, m] ations, engines, carriages, and trucks ,- b leans more interest to pay and more to spenditure in upkeep. For the proyi- to on of additional rolling stock and ni lachinery during the current year 164,743- is required, and for increased wi ccommodation at stations £26,669— PJtotal of-; £91,412, for which Par- °J ament will be asked to provide.' 'hough he asked for £91,000 only ;60,00Q was allocated to him for pj dditions to open lines, and this sum n( ras .passed with some questions indica- ti Lye of great interest by members as to ki rhatitems of renewal were charged to ti apital cost and what .provided for out V if the annual parliamentary vote for « idditions to open lines, which item, by he way, has increased annually from^ 68042 in 1893-94 to £60,000 in a LS96-97. There was. also voted n ilraost without question a sum ;bt t - £40,000 for* permanent way, sleepers, t mi' rolling stock. Mr Cadjiax has t ;herefore no real reason to complain h ;hat he has not. been supplied with t noney to provide for expanding trade. * [t is" true' that the traffic for the year ended March 31, 1897, shows j a, large/increase,- but this ; increasevras not unexpected when the £ Minister delivered his Statement , in July of lS§6, when upwards of three j months of the year had expired. It s was known that large quantities _of grain had.been helcCback for a.rise, and>ifc might have been expected that f the r.educed'rates for chaft and lime and for .minerals would have caused greater activity. , The Minister .: is j seriously to blame for not knowing this, or, if he" knew it, for not; : disclosing it.-■ To tell the country : in. July- of 1896 that he wants £91,000 and now to say that another £200,000. is necessary is. singular, to say the'.leasfc. If this demand for a large suiA of money were mainly due to the increase in traffic, we take it that Mr Gaditas would have cheerfully assured the chamber that traffic had increased so much that he was now hopeful-that with t^.e return of prps■Derity; (arid here he lost a grand opportunity of "displaying his ratiocinative; ability by ascribing it to the SsKpcer Grbvernment) it,would be a good investment to increase the equipment. But on the contrary we find the Minister lugubriously complaining that there is no money on hand wherewith to build trucks to keep the lines going." !We think his attitude presages the ! imminent breakdown of the Sed- ! doniaV finance foreshadowed by the Aid, to- Public -Works Act of last., year; The Colonial Treasurer found ] then.that his finances would.not permit of more than £60,000 of/the £91,412 demanded by Mr Cabman: '■- being.; given. This \was a confession -of financial weakness when it is .re- | membered that Mr Gadha^ had then j actually under : construction rolling: j stock to cost £63,500, 'including 32 carriages, 255 waggons, four loco-, motives, and two brake vans, besides which he intended to replace 150 waggons sold to the West Australian Government" at a cost of £4000 more than the £12,000 received for the old waggons. No 'doubt some of the.juggling in connection with the Loan 'Act was intended" to enable: the Government, to make up the total Mr, ■Oxdua.-s originally asked for. Last year members in vain demanded explanations, when the Public Works Estimates were under consideration, as to what items were added to the capital cost of the railways, and what ' paid for out of. the vote for maintenance,.. It. is to be hoped that during "the coming session members will insist on this being made clear. Meantime, .we' can only conclude that ; Mr CAiifAs's remarks indicate that the [ financing of the past three years wil; < have to be covered up by a loan, ol which some portion, will be for openec railways owing to the process of starva- " tion, which, the Minister now practically _ ;admits, has been in operation in th< - matter of. necessary renewals ant a repairs. •■ ■ r . ' ■/ y At a sitting in Banco yesterday his Honor M g Justice Williams heard the argument of a rul nisi to quash a. conviction that was obtained a the instance of the Jockey Clab for tresHtssin: 6 on the rsceconrse. This was one of the case c brought for the purpose of stopping "tote [ ~ 'betting. The argument, which occupied th >t attention of the court a considerable length c y time, will be found reported eloswhere. ;* i The monthly meeting of the- Women r Christian Temper-ince Union was held yeste 'ri day, the president (Mr T. Dick) occupying tt ie- chair. The secretary reported having writts S, to Messrs Scobie Mackenzie, J. A.Millar, 1 US G., AlleD, James Allen, M.H.R's., and othe jt relative to the reformatory question, and repli i were read from the gentlemen named, who s ? f promised valuable help when the question cm oh for discussion in Parliament; and also in tl t0 matter of the desirability of women sitting i re charitable aid boards. After a good deal Id discussion, the following resolution was carri ys unanimously:—" That this meeting is of t at opinion, teat, a reformatory is sadly needed i ir our criminal children, and that the Goverome [1- be, asked to consider the question withe ■ % delay." It was decided to ask Miss Ststb; t ' to deliver a lecture cv " Home Nursing " ea: 1 next month. The claims of the " "Wh Ribbon," the paper belonging to the uni< Si were strongly urged, and all sympatbisi Qd friends were informed that.the columns wi h^ open to anyone to discuss in them questu ry relating to the good and welfare of won: of generally. Favourable reports having b. he received from Mrs Nimmo of the Mothi is Me.etiDg and from the Sailors' Ksst Gos t0 Temperance Committee, the meeticg was d ~,„ closed with prayer. > Mr Sir Walter Bailer was a passenger by to Flora to Fiji. He will (our Auckland corresp< .;- dent wires) spend a fortnight in visiting islandß of the Fiji Group in the inter-isl; )~~ ! steamer Maori, after which he will visit Toi " ! and other isliDds, returning again to Auckla iet*- i Sir Walter, after hi 3 two jears' legal eon' nat , with the Government, iv whica he ail- ', tiiumphautly defeated them on every is; elp i naturally f<els jubilant, and justifiably so, incr, '■ is in consequence ou pleasure beut On P a retarn to Auckland he will probably go ( tern tour to Europe, remaning for the Fre t v Exhibition, and then come back to New 5 ~, land—the land of his birth. ney The School Board of Dnnbar, Paunsylvan „> having of late experienced much difficult! v filling the vacancies causad by female teaci . getting married, has seriously discuised ' t0 matter, and after a lengthy deliberation pas in; the followiug resolution :—" Teachers must iase _ make love while employed by the School Bi last "of Duabar or during school hours, vi the penalty of dismissal."

meeting of the Ocean Beach Domain B^ard i Susan ;to have been held last night, butlapsed for perfon it of a quorum. Messrs Hancock and F.sher having ended, and Mr Begg sent an apology for nu Tsnc ence- ■■«!•* thediv Lt the monthly meeting of the Executive ot o{ Leit Dnnedin and District Christian Endeavour A w .ion, held on Monday, the Rev. D. Borne Abj esideat) being in the chair, it was moved by eoaal ., s Rev. F. Boteh»m (vice-presided), and o-nviri Tied unanimously-" That this executive Ze - alali sires to impress upon junior endeavour Tta :ieties the fact that it ia not desirable ■ them to invite delegates from; other junior jr e s jieties to attsnd their annual socials ; and lectio, mid suggest that junior societies should Qp Sa , ialg»mate with" the senior societies in the The itter of their socials." It is intended thus to £ viate the necessity for quite young people' _a c < be travelling about the.city and. suburbs VaUe: various meetings often at late hours of the aye „, •ht. ... V*fA There was (our London- correspondent Chu j, cites) the usual amount of ignorant and War.' Radioed testimony given before^ the House «J«« 1 Commons Meat Committee about New ilems -aland meat,. representatives of the British J^ .rmer declaring, of course, that it is ot dllctj ,ferior quality and unwholesome, and com- dram jtes unfairly with their own product. 16 did v^ ot appear, however, that these'-witnesses on the : eba\f of the British farmer had «y real scale nowledge of the matter at, all, or-had ever pub) tken the pains to verify their allegations. Mr beim irilliam Cooper, chairman, of the inert aud «-<M »fctle trades section of the Central Chamber of prog lommerce, held that the provisions of the be_g lent Marking Bill wera quita impracticable, has nd would do gre»t harm and injustice withput this ny good, while they certainly would be detn- "^ icntal to the British farmer.. He asserted The hat an army of inspectors, with, a life-long .tod raining and highest probity, would be required • %he o watch all shops and transactions. He calcu- e nte a'ed it would take 250 men"112 hours to mark Jc he carcases in one shipment. He that Wal 0 carcases of New Zealand-mutton were sent a ii s 0 Aberdeen for sale by auction,-and the pur-- J£ baser sent them to the London .Central Meat cugt Karket, where they were sold at' i Profit of 2s drai jer stone, from which it was evident that no gee me concerned realised that it was New Zealand k nntton," the remark merely being 'made by tae oft lalasraan tint the goods appeared rather wet Gcq md in bad condition. .- ■ > -. -^ ihe Victorian Commissioner of Taxes has Pal ; issued a circular to members of ithe Legislature mo. siting that he values the free' .railway pass which they hold at £5 per annum, to eich. mem- j ev , ber, apart from its use forparliarnentary pur- lie poses, aad therefora he: requites, the payment gQO of Is 8d each. One nserobar asked if the com- Ad mlssioner,' who received £255 allowancs per annum, was the same who received £1500 salary by special appropriation. Another complwneA that his railway pass was no use to him in coming from Carlton to Parliament, and ye* the commissioner will not let him deduct hiS expenses in reaching Parliament from, his-in-. £ come, whilst he charges .this excess on » pass he cannot use. A third told with great elation how in making up his schedule :he had valued' his railway pass at £10, ar.d paid tax on that , amount, and he wrote to Ihe commissioner y<] 'demanding a refund of Is Bdfor an over- m - valuation. He has not received the money, th A fourth member said that the commissioner had gratuitously insulted every member of Parliament, and moved th&t the allowance be L; reduced-Toy £155. This was scouted oh . all hands, and withdrswa, but not before the mover bad received a severe castigitioa from the Premier. ' • th When Mr George S. Titheradge; the popular bl actor, leaves Aus':ralia for England early nex^ at year (says the Melbourne Argu?) pnb of his re- W; gretg wiU be to part with his dafiodils. At the bj Royal Society's, Spring Show in the Town Hall he has staged 120 varieties; many of them never previously shown in Australia, and in granting' him a first-class certificate the judges declared _ 'the collestion to b 3 the most. complete yet ex- *> ! 'hibited in the Southern Hemisphere; Mr Tither!,adge>peut ma D y years in getting tbis collection 1 together, his fronds abroad hunting up rare | specimens in the most famous of the old-world - |. bulb gardens. As his home in future will be . I England, Sir Xitberadge ■is disposing of his \ famous bulbs in three separate collections. , • ■ In spite of the rough weather therei was a large attendance at the- City Hall last night when the ■ ; -Rev Mr O'Donnell gave his third address, his | subject being » The Prodigal .". The audi- « 4 oncehiing on the speaker's words for over an | hour, macifasting the deepest interest and feel- t 1 ing in the lessons he brought before them in c eloquent and forcible language.: The Hutton „ i orchestra performed several pieces of sacred ,1 music, aDd a large choir sapg a number of i: Sinkey's hymns. In the afternoon, when, the I 1 attendance was alio large.the speaker's eulject l was " Jom'q," which was dealt with in a very ( takiße style. Miss Sears sacg a solo. Atten;Uiou Ts drawn to the fact thai; the meetings 4 advertised for midday are now hsld at 3 o'clock ( '.in the afternoon. The Key. Mr O'Donnell's , [subject this afternoon is "Samadn." ( The Press reports a public trial: of. Gunning- . ton's puisator milking machine at the Agricul- : i ! tural College at Lincoln id -the-presence of . the chairman and several membirs Of the ■ I board, the director and students, and abouc , | '100 farmers and others. The trial was a great [ (success, and showed that the milker was quite . i capable of. doing all that is claimed for it. A L \ number of cows were milked, and it was the 1 i first time they bad been operated-upon with a " | machine,- but only three of them .were .legT ] roped. The machine was worked at some (sib--3 advantage owiDg to the large cumber of people 1!: crowding round, and the cows being milked out of their usual time. Many'of the cows had, also been in milk for several months past, thus :! making them somewhat harder to milk.-bui; the X | machine, notwithstanding these.drawbacks, I ! gave great satisfaction to the m&ny practical '"..' men who were present. The directors of the ■ i company have recaived intimation that letters 'f, '■ patent for Victoria and New South Wales have ! been granted. Mr Cunniugton is now io DunJiedin arranging for the introduction of the J machines here. ) Mr J. H. Morrison, manager of. the Mosgiel ! 5 Woollen Factory Company, has received the "" following letter from the Secretary of State for 16 the Colonies:-"40 Prince's Gardens, S.W.. nD July 22. Dear Sir,—l have received with great *' pleasure the communication, accompanying the rS; kind gift of a rag and two pairs of blankets of c* New Zealand manufacture. I appresiate very much the flattering terms in .which you make "c ! the presentation, and am delighted to accept ! these beautiful specimens of your productionm f ! The industry must bs well suited te the colony, ! where the raw material is so plentiful, and the 6d ' quality of the blankets and style of the rug leave .ne : nothing to be desired.-I am, yours very faithlor fully (signed), J. Chamberlain." lut Messrs Thomson and Co., Dunedin, have lm been notified by-cable tha^ they have been riv successful in obtaining at- the Queenaland i 4 Exhibition -a special first, gold medal for 3 n, cordials and liqueurs, a special first gold medal i D g ! for "Wairoogoa", mineral waters, and a ere spscial Urst gold medal for aerated waters. 3DB , The career of Mr George i?. K. Adams, B.A , >«n j who sailed for Melbourne on Sunday last in tbe stn ) Monowai, furnishes tn excellent illustration of srß' ! the value of the facilities for higher education Pc! ; that fortunately exist in Dunediu. On leaving nlj the Duuedm High School in 1893, Mr Adams ! came out first. in the whole colony in the the examination for junior university scholaron- ' fihips, » position he could not have reached the ) without keen competition, as the class, of which and I he was a member is the ablest that has ever Dga ! left the High School for the Otsgo' Univernd l aity, three other pupils in it-O'Shsa, Miller, test and Newlands— having also gained junio: has ' scholarships at a time when there were ffewei me i of' these scholarships than there are now, aD d 'Mr Adsms has had, a brilliant career at th< his Otago University, having won among ofchei )n a : honours the Debuting Society's tssay prize, thi . DC h ; prizß founded by the late Rev. Dr Stuart, th, iea- ! positiou of dux in the classes of mental science I French, aud senior aud advanced Br,glisb, aw the senior university scholarship in English ac< m?' : L'rerich. Mr Adaras i« on hi 3 way to London t rIU study under Mr Wren for the Indian civil set "™ i vice "examinations; and those that know hir ,6 best are confident that he will take a high plae i in the list of successful candidates, aard ' On Saturday evening next, at the City Hal a a cr the Albert Lucas Company will produce, for on i night only, the nautical drama, " Black-fye-

» and " A KaguUr Fls." There will bs no . j n»nce this tvening owing to the City Hall ■"- x been previonsly engaged. * : p« ers ate invited foe r«latnation work* ami _ Sion and wslliDg of portion of tbe Watei E hetiDK of the Dunedin Cycling Club will be E °^ z^arSWe of work in aid of the St Kudi Is school improvement fund will be opened was row evenUiz. - ■• . , xr,™ l^e Urs arc invited for the supply of New Gair id twine for the Postal departmcot. . live stock, furniture, aud effects to be sola ■H. S. Valentine at Kaw to-morrow will be rnPafteynoia*, and Co. will «ril a col■of books at their rioms on Friday.evemns. rize fancy poultry at the Provincial Yards 'New^alMid Loan and Mercantile Agency Pr any will sell hoggets and dairy cows at Bali°«rl«d n yd. n ee" will be given in the Lelth 1 » ? School Hall.on Friday evening in aid of ■hooi funds. The Diiuedin Burns Club choir mju< .sirtiuK. aud an enjoyable evening is antici- S*n ecture will be given in t)ieiO'pohb_Baptist. ° ; ,„ by Mr Osten on the' " .Franco-1 rusbian s Mr Osten served through tbe war, and can bifore «peaU from personal experience. A bliort Uo» amme of appropriate'vocaland inetrnmental the i Roirius Ihlmatic Societyare making every to en«nre success in the firat Dunedin pro- r oa of Palsrave Simpson's brilliant comedyT I?T?aVe!s Decree" Presh ««nery w being . •eel for the occasion, and the mechanists of the £» Theatre are biuily en S aged id VW*™* mounting of the drama, whicu will be on a no" hitherto attempted in amateorproduc- . in this city. Tne fnnds of the Dunedin Free ie Library, for which the entertainments are 1 promoted, should he materially.benehted by P Tdv"rtilin ß columns will be found the f o Ke| - city? and the present sterling musical worth to be programme U quite in keeping with all hn Vis emanated from the same source before, oro'ramme i« varied in character and appeals f "lovers of music, and 'as the prices of.aa^«- ° are moderate, a bumper hou*e should greet ne performers aud reward the promoter for hi« In. mTII'iSLOP, oldest established Watchmaker Gc Jeweller, 47f Prince, street. Good •*o«n«nt f tches, Clacks, and Jewellery. Spectacles suit ufovta^NoUce-Durmsthis month Carter Ai Co. are determined to work entirely,for then dl! ■omei"! They will sell quantities of useful . »ry? at actual cost price, and 4l s«r{>-, 1"s rl f a 0 n di 3 iany cases at half the cost V™*-.**** at"i ._ ourbar"iins.—CAUTEßAN»Co.-Advt. an ludly"Ste that the last six days are announced th he sale of the assigned drapery s, t,oc^^^.fj'Sy to id and Co. at Moluson and CO. S, 195 aud 197 STf^ V?-Tha — reliable B! * • and that their prices are the lowest, au ds imported direcc from manufacturers.-, tt vt- ''• ; ■ • ' P1