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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13210, 17 February 1905, Page 4

At a special mooting of the Tramways Committee of tlio City Council yesterday afternoon it was decided to at once start tramway construction from Maitiand street to th? Kensington Tlotel corner, and tlionco along Hillside road to Ogg's Corner. It was also decided to aceppt Mr J. J. Jones's tender (£622 Ifrs Pd) for the. widening of Porbiiry road, which will be proceeded with at once, tlio houses and fences having been shifted back. The/Land Commission will hold a meeting in Dunodin this morning to consider a number of formal matters. Last night Messrs M'Korrow (chairman), Mathcson, Awtoy, M'Lcnnan, M'Cardle, and Hall, members of the commission, arrived ia Dnnodin from the north, accompanied by Mr Loujthnan, secretary. The reporting ol the. evidence, which is certain to bo very voluminous, lias been entrusted to Messrs W. Berry and J. Gray, members of the New Zealand Hansard staff. To-day the members of tlio Scencry'Commtaion proceed to Milton and Akatore. Stirling will be visited to-morrow, and on Monday the commissioners proceed to Clinton and Tapanni, visiting Invcrcargill and the Lakes district before returning to Dimodiii. A fire occurred at Warrington on the 12th hist., whereby an unoccupied house, valued at £200, was totally destroyed. The building was insured for £150 in tlio Standard office. Tlio tiro is supposed to have boon caused by sparks from an open fireplace igniting sonio bags Jyilig- oh the floor near tlio fironlaos. At the eloso of the meeting of tlio Maori Hill Borough Council last evening the Mayor (Mr ,T. L. Passmorc) said there was a matter of considerable importanco to the district to which ho wished to draw the attention of councillors. Ho referred to tho question of tho establishment of a. school at Maori Hill. At tlio Education Board meeting oh Wednesday, when the matter was brought up for discussion, it was stated by the chairman that all the board's inspector were not favourable to tho establishment of the school, and that with the exception of the infant classes, which were overcrowded, there was ample room at tho Eaikorai School. In the course of remarking upon this subject the Mayor said thab ho considered the residents of Maori Hill were most unfairly treated. Ho could not possibly sen why the inspectors should wish to have nil the children packed together into ono school, and lie .thought, that it was nothing less than a scandalous shame that such a state of affairs should be allowed to continue. There were from 300 to 350 children of school age in the borough, and many of them were now attending the Kuikorai or the George Street School, to pro to eilhev of which necessitated a long walk for thorn. He thought that the residents of the district should make sonio move in Hie direction of holding a public meeting for tho purpose of impressing upon the board the absolute necessity of a school being established in Maori Hill. Several other members of the council having spoken vigorously upon tho mailer, it was evenlunily decided, on the motion of Or Filkiiigtoii, that it deputation consisting of. tho Mayor ahd three councillors wait upon the. Education Board at its next mooting to point out the urgent, necessity of having a school established in the borough at the earliest pissiblo opportunity. Our Gore correspondent wires that the charge qf theft of gold from M'Gcorge Bros.' dredge at Wniknka, totalling £100 in •value, preferred against a 1 young man named Choyne, is set down for hearing at Gore to-day, but will probably bo adjourned for a fortnight. Final arrangements have been mado in connection with tho laying of the foundation stone of the Mornington Post Office to-morrow afternoon. The local band has consented to attend. Tho Mayor of tlio borough (Mr J. P. Simon) will deliver an address on behalf of tlio municipality; Mr J. F. Arnold and Mr J. A. Millar, M.H.R's., will also speak; and the stono will be laid by the, Hon. Mr Hall-Jones, Minister of Public Works. At the close of this function, at the invitation of tho Mornington Council, the gnosis will adjourn to the new municipal buildings, whero refreshments will ho provided. Two young men named William Ferguson and Robert Drummond wcro detected by tho constable stationed at Outrain on Now Year's morning carrying away the front gate from the premises occupied by the manager of the Bank of Now Zealand: Tho constable promptly ran them down, and, after capturing thoin, made them replace the gate. On Wednesday tho two offenders vero brought before Mr H; Y. AViddowson, S.M., at Outram, and the first-named was lined 20s and 7s costs, and tho latter 10s and 73 costs. In spite of tho apparently inauspicious birth of tho Mornington Ratepayers and Householders' Association, its Executive Committee has evidently not boon idle. Tho rules to govern tho association and tho objects for which it was formed have nil been framed, and a general meeting of the association to confirm them is soon to bo called. Enrolments in the association are being made at every executive meeting, and tho promoters believe that tho association has the sympathy of a largo section of tho ratepayers and householders. A sitting of tho Old-age Pensions Court was held yesterday, when Mr H. Y. Widdowson grdnied 22 renewals of pension at £18, two at £17, and one at £16, one at £14, ono at £12, and ono at £11. •Mr G. Aldridgc, of Auckland, lectured at the Oddfellows' Hall, Stuart street, last evening, on "A Bird's-eye View of tho Book of Revelation." Thcro was a fair attendance of attentive listeners at the lecture, which closed a series of three addresses on biblical subjects. The speaker illustrated his subject with charts, and dealt with Revelation not as a prophetic exposition, but for the purpose of giving ah outlirio of its structure and worl;6.

At tlio meeting called bj- tho Political Labour Leaguo to-night tho Hon. J.-Bigg, M.L.0., will address the meeting on "Tho Political 'Labour Leaguo of Now Zealand: its Aires and Objects, and tho Necessity for ii," , : ' -

Mr Bert Roylo has issued a statement of ,1.0 receipts and expenditure connceted with . the Gertie Campion Fund. But for the somewhat unfortunate decision of tho committee that had eliargo of tho carnival ill Dunodin not to include the proceeds-in tho general fund, Dtmcdiii would have easily headed the list. As it is, Wellington is an easy first with £180 Es 3d. Dimedin's total is givon by Mr Hovlo as £34 7s 6d—namely, private subscriptions £9 15s, Daily Times subscription lists £24- 14s 6d. As a matter of fact there is a further sum of £26 lie to bo added to the Daily Times subscription list, bringing (ho total of the Daily Times lists up to £51 8s 6tl, and t'nc total Dunedin subscriptions (excluding tho proceeds of tho carnival) up to £61 Is 6(1. Tlio Christcliu'rch total is £93 IPs sil; Gistonie, £44 10s 9d; Wanganui, £15 15s 9d: New Plymouth', £11 lEs; Masterton, £23 15s 6d; Timaru, £27 12s; Invorcargill, £10 15s; Greymonth. £4; Oamaru, £5 6j Gd; sundry private subscriptions, £6 6s. This brings tlio total received by Mr Eoylc up to £471 18s 2d. There has been remitted to Miss Campion at various times a total of £220, and £72 15s 4d was paid for tho passages of Hiss Campion and her sister. The cost of remitting, cabling, etc., brings tho total expenditure up to £304 5s sd, leaving a credit balanoe of £167 12s 9d, to which lias to te added tils £26 14s on tlio Daily Times subscription list already referred to. Tlio 1 net receipts from tho theatrical carnival held in Dunedin, which is not. included jn the general fund, amount to £111 3s 7d. Of this sum £50 has already been forwarded to Miss Campion. A South Canterbury farmer who has just returned from a trip Homo has supplied tho Christchurch Press with some interesting facts as to tlio extraordinary priccs paid for new varieties of potatoes. At an auction of aliout 60 roots of tho famous "Pearl" potato, oiio root with 20 tubers realised £13 10s; another lot was sold at the rate of G72SO per ton. One British farmer expended 30s in " Diamond " seed, and sold 42 of tho roots for £30. For a quarter-aero of a very expensive breed £1000 was offered and refused. But tho most extravagant sum paid <vas £25 for a single potato! In tho course of conversation in Christchurch on Wednesday, Mr Petre, the architect of tlio Roman Catholic Cathedral, mentioned an historical fact that is not goncrally known in connection with Cantorjury, Lord Petre (Mr Pctre's grandfather), ;ftcr whom tho town of Wnnga-nui was first named l'etrc, was chairman of tho NewZealand Company. Ho was very desirous, when'the settlement of Otago by tho company was first mentioned, that it should lis a Catholic settlement. Captain Cargill, however, had sufficient! influence on tho council of tho company to get it made a Scotch settlement. Lord Pctro was somewhat hurt at the rejection of his proposal, and resigned the chairmanship of tho company. Subsequently, when the settlement of Canterbury was first in tho air, tlio ■company offered it to Lord Petro as a Catholic settlement. Ho referred tlio proposal to the Archbishop of Dublin, tho Roman Catholio Primato of Ireland, but ho could not see his way to fall "in with the proposal, and ultimately Mr Godley took the matter up. i Messrs Parle, Reynolds, and Co. will hold a sale of furniture at their rooni3 at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Messrs James Samson and Co. will hold a sale of furniture, ctc., at their rooms tomorrow afternoou. Owing to tho largo number of iiorscs to bo disposed of by Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. to-morrow their sale will commence at 10.30—an hour earlier than usual. Tenders arc invited for tlio work of painting the Ocean View Hotel. The Mutual Help Terminating Building Society will dispose of two loans at a meeting to be held on Friday, 21th inst. Applications arc invited for the position of sexton at the Eastern necropolis. Professor Bickerton's icctiire, under the auspices of the Dunedin Progressive Society, on Sunday evening rail be given ill the 1 Trades Ha!l, Jlorav place. I Mr James Geddes, late of the Criterion 1 Hotel, Alexandra, notifies per advertisement ( thnt ho lias taken, the Douglas Hotel, Dmi;din. s All claims against the barque Itata must be rendered by 110011 011 Monday next. Applications are invited for the jposition of nurse at the Waumte Hospital. 'i'lle annual meeting for the election of the Committee of Management of the Tech- 1 liical Classes. Association will he he'd on f Friday, 2!th inst. ( On r.nd after Monday next, (ho horse car tram service v.'ill cewf running between Jlaitland street and Cargill road. Nominations for the tilling of an extras ordinary vacancy in the Otago Heads lioad Board will clcse on Friday, 21th inst. A marine exclusion to Otago Heads will he made by the s.s. Corinna to-morrow afternoon, leaving Dunedin at 2.30, and casing at Port Chalmers en route. Tile proceeds will lie divotod io a fund for defraying the cost 1! sending the Port Chalmers Rowing Club's champion crcv. - to tho champion regatta, at 'Wellington. j Tenders are invited for the work of making r ( 13 uniforms for a pipe band at Waimate. .' The greatest, attraction in town just now is the great giving-away sale at Dallas and Watt's, GO and Gi! George street—Advt. At Mollisons' Sale make special inquiries to see the big lot of dress goods which arrived too late to be included in the sale catalogue; prico, Is and Is 3d per yard—Mollisons. (Ltd.).—Advt. Tourists 011 the look-out for some good green, stone souvenirs are invited to inspect tjie fine stock of Messrs 0-. and T. Young, jewellers, S3 Princes street. High-class goods; reasonable prices.—Advt. ] "II you don't, you oitgli; to know." Loasby's pWr.hoo is not a qusck medicine, but a sciertide remedy of superlative value for stomach and liver troubles.—Advt. SpeciaHy.—Ladies' Jiai'r dre??ec for weddings, . photos, etc.; also shampooing. maspageing. manicure, etc.—Hendy's Hairdressing Rooms, 0 104 Princes street-.—Adrt. «, Wno is PJSTEB Dick?— The most reliable Watchmaker and Jeweller, opposite Coffee Palace, Moray place, Dunedin. Charges strictly moderate.—Advt.