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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13504, 30 January 1906, Page 4

Tjj'fi Kowninent Tourist Department lias received a copy of his Excellency's proclamation in connection with the International Exhibition, which opens in Clirisfclnirch on November 1 of this year anil closes on April 15, 1907. The proclamation is ill the form of nil elaborately illuminated certificate. In addition to having scenes descriptive of the main industries of the colony, likenesses are given o£ their Majesties tlio King and Queen. Lord l'lunkct. fho Eight Hon. Mr Seddon, Sir Joseph Ward, and Hip Mayors of New Zenland's -four chief centres. The least striking of all the scenes depicted is that of.the pi'ojic.sod Exhibition building, which, to judgo by its representation on the proclamation, is not going lo bo,of highly architectural design or;of imposing appearance'. Copies of Urn proclamation aro'being circulated throughout the World: . Scarlet fever is comparatively prevalent in Southland, despite the efforts mado by tlio health authorities for its suppression, Nine-' cases have been notified so far this month, four being froin Invercargill and five from country'.districts.' The cases arc nearly all confined to adulls. , Amongst the callers at tlio Governrhent' Tourist Agency yesterday wo re Mr A. Dftrrall' (of Sydney), Mr'A. M&eDiiirmid, and Mrs and Miss J[aQt)iarmidi- aiid Mrs .and Mis 3 Ferguson (of Adelaide). The third wool sale of the season wilt be hold in the Agricultural Hall Buildings on Tuesday, February 6, commencing at 9 a.m. Wool fdr intrusion in the catalogue should reach thfe stores iibt later than Thursday next. In the King Street Tabernacle last night Mr H. Mabnn delivered his lecture on leather Matthew to a large and appreeisulice audience. Tlio subject was capably handled by the lecturer, laughter and applause being frequent and hearty. Mr D. ftain was chairman, "and at intervals in I ho lecture musical items were given by Stokes's Mandolin Party, arid Miss Mahon, who sung " Killarncy" with much acceptance. i • A correspondent writing to a Wellington paper complaihs .very' bitterly that New Zealand meat producers are more extensively robbed than any other section of tho community. Inferior meats from Australia and Argentine nre sold at- Horn® as Now Zealand, whilo the product of this country is largley sold as English. He'goes on to say: "The meat industry is but little over 20 years old* yet numbers of London middliriten hayo made thomr,elves Wealthy,, sonic i becoming taillionaires, by handling our meats. It is quit© impossible to honestly make millions of inoney iit brokerage and other l(S\t'f»l charges in u year; therefoM, these fortunes, have been quickly made by tll£ following of illegitimate practices. A colonial gi'ower ships mutton to a firm at Home, which firni .soils Ihe consignment to itself or a dilmmy friend in tlio market, and then til# carcases arc> cut. into joints, iiild disposed of at Kiiglisii price?...-liy 'tin* nieahs a profit of 100 per dfefit.' is miido out of the far-away gr6wor of New Zealand mutton; and it is. * shame allow tho middle-

i men'to ruthlessly-rob .colonial shippers in [ this manner. At present it is quite itnposi siblo to prevent theso unscrupulous tfaders . doing as they please." , [. It will Joulitles9 bo of interest to lfiutista r in general to know (lmt tho Saturday boat j from tho Bluff to Stewart Island will be discontinued after February 10, and that I from that date thcrft will only bo A .jvbpkly 1 Wednesday service between the Island and ' the Bluff. . A booklet containing exhaustive and authoritative .information on tho subject . ' of tho employment of barmaids has been I published under the title " Women as Bar-, \ maids." Tho object of tho publication is 1) to impress tho desirability of the gradual II abolition of women from this occupation, i-j Tho '1901 census figures showed that tlioro ' » wove 27,707 barmaids in England .and Wales, of whom all but 1400 were un- ' married. The defence of this largo employment of women in a trnde from which the 6 it&go of most othei countries debars them s rests mainly on llieir superior attractions ij for' e&tomers as compared with barmen. - Tho figures relating to tho agesr of bart maids aro full ot significance. Tlicy show , that'barmaids are most numerous between - ! the ages of 20 and 25, but after 35 there' is . a big drop. Having readied that, age, the j barmaid, in the. euphemistic languago of a i trade organ, " must return to her friends, ! ' all hough the census figures showed that (hero were in 1901 three barmaids in Enfe!it lid and Wales over 75. What becomes • of (.hot barmaid when she passes the age . limit? In life answer lies the most'serious indict incut of 'the -profession, Suicido is abnormally frequent- among them, for, j owing to tho in-ejiidico against accepting them in other employments, (here is often no alternative before them but t;hc life of ,*ho streets. Still, many barmaids marry; ' and it seems that more of iliem marry men , above (heir own station than- other irorlc--1 iug girls, owing to tho opportunities they ; 'lave of making such men's acquaintance. I Sir Alfred Ha.vmsworlh, whoso early ; (raid, ifc is 1 said, eagerly desired) promotion . ti tho peerage is the result of the support : given to tlio Balfour Government in his , soieral London and provincial newspapers, would now be completely happy (writes a, London correspondent) but for dtio fact. He is without an heir. In all else ho lias 1 been marvellously favoured by fortiiiie. Less than 20 years agj he was junior subi editor on tho staff of an illustrated Lon- , don newspaper. Now, at tho age of 40, . ho is one of the wealthiest men in England. He told one of his friends .not long , ago' that ho had £2,000,000 awaiting in-* vestment. Tliero is no reason to doubt tho statement. His income from tho Daily 1 Mail alone has exceeded £100,000 a year 1 for several years, and at tho same time • ho has been in receipt of largo sums' from i other newspapers and magazines of tho . popular " tabloid " order. Money has been pouring into hi.< coffers in a steady stream for fifteen years, its volumo over increasing as new publications wore founded, or old ones tiouj/ht up and brightened in accordance with the Hannsworth prescription, Most journalists are inclined to speak well of liim, if only in recognition of his generosity to men who havo served him faithfully. When, about a year ago, a company was formed to acquire tho Daily "Mail ho made valuable gifts of shares out of his own holding to members of the literary staff. His editor and others, who ■ continue to serve the paper with keen zest, aro now comparatively rioh men. A remarkable'story of tho financial ambiflor. of ono of tho boys of .tho Chosen Uaco is told by a London weekly paper: — "Tho following is a copy of an essay written by the boy in question, who is 13 years old, and a pupil in cno of tho Jewish Board Schools of London:—'The yeai-3 of my school life arc nearly over,' and I - must prepare for my trade. 1 am going to bo a. tailor, which is a very good trade. My father is going to pay a premium, for me, so as I can learn how to out clothes, which is not a easy task. Theh I will open a shop of my own and I will let .customers havo things on weekly installments, which is a vory paying game, and if they do not pay I will put them in the County Coni'M Then I would try to obtain cloth from a big warehouso for credit, and then I would go bankrupt, anil open another big shop in the liamo of someone else, and then, do business again, and then I would take out a banking account, and I would pay my bilis by cheques. After a ! time, when I see business increasing, I would open another shop, and I would placo a large stock in it. I do not suppose this trade could bo bettered.'" Mr J. Butler Burke, M.A., lecturing he- , fore the Ponisen Society on 7th December last, said that lie did not, thillk his Axporiraonts with radium on golatino nicUia bore directly, at present, upon the problem of the origin of life. The knowledge " so far arrived at wa3 not likely to throw much light, upon tho question of spontaneous generation. Strictly speaking,' the fcxperiments with radium and. barium salts produced, not natural life,"but a kind of artificial life that was not really lifo at all. The cultures ho had obtained were only visiblo with a very 'high-power microscope. At first sight they looked like mere-air-bubbles, but in the course cf time tbey expanded or "grew." His theory was, not tllrtt tlicy were living things, but that they possibly' corresponded with .some simple form of lifo 'that existed in the remote past. Ho was firmly convinced that spontaneous generation did take placo in tho remote past, but there was really no evidence,. other than analogy, for spontaneous generation at the present day. Tho only thing a scientist could do was to attempt to fill in tho "gaps," and it seemed as though theso cultures represented early forms of life which, by tho law of. tho survival of the fittest j had bJsen crushed out by the life tvo saw around Us. We havo received £1 from "C. R. S." and 3s .from "G. B." for the Kaitangata, Relief Fund. For tTie Dr Barnardo Fund "AI. S." sendsuus£2,s s £2, "Sympathiser" 10s, and "Miner" 10s. s '"Miiier" also sends £1 for the Hospital Fund.. . ' Mr D. M. Speeding will hold 4- sale of . s 1 sundry goods at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow. Tenders are invited for the supply of clectrio light and power for the buildings an£ grounds of the New Zealand International Exhibition. Particulars regarding proposed alterations in the Miltoh-Balclutha and Catlin's Hivcr railway time-tnbles will bo found in this issue. Notice is given that the New Zealand office of Millar's West Australian Hardwoods Company is situated in TaranaUi street, Wellington. The first quarter at the Duncdin School of Art and Design will begin on Monday, . February 5. Mr JeSse Timson will resume teaching tousic oil Holiday, February 6. Studies liiil bo resumed at St. Dominic's College on Tuesday, February 6. Mr W. Gale will resume musical tuition on Monday, February 5. Meters Sidey ahd Collier announce their removal to offices in Crawford street. Applications are invited fot two vacancies for nurses in the Timam Hospital. Mr il. Mahoni who -mill leave for America • * early next month, will be tendered a farewell Bocial by the varioun local temperance organisations in tho Lower Choral Hall, to-morrow evening. '' The Kaitangata Horticultural Society's show has - been postponed until February 28 and March 1. -The G-rocers' Annual Picnic will be held at North Taieri to-morrow; .. " Messrs Donald Keid and Co, will Bell &. • shorthorn bull at Burnsid.e. to-mcirow. • Applications ere invited for the position of . ■principal of the Training College, Hobart. Messrs E. L. Macassey and Co', withhold » rale of suburban properly on Friday, February The bow'liiig tourhamefit has not been but off on account of Dallas and Watfa great giving-away sale,. as it will lnijt for another fortnight yet.—Advt. ItesSrs Myers, dentists, are bad: in their heW building, comer Odtagdri aiifl George street—Advt.. Touri?ts in search of memijnfoes art . recommended to _ inspect the nihgnificeul selection of better-class Greenstone Goods ai ' Messrk G. and T.\ Yourig '! ahowrooms, 83 < Princes street.—Advt,

A Job Purchase.—The goods representing the job purclmso made from the Kniapoi Woollen Company are now on view 111 our clothing departuient. _ Special bargains 111 boys' and men's clothing.—Mollisons (Ltd.)'.— AdVt. All the West designs in nair frames, pails, side combs, slftles, hair nets, etc., at Hemly's Hairdrcseing Rooms; inspection invited.— Advt. - ""Don't bollrer with quack remedies, Loasby's Wahoo is a scientific liurs for indigestion and all similar troubles.—Advt. Who is Pzteii Dick?— The most reliable Watchmaker and' Joffeller, opposite CoSse Palace, Moray place, Dunedin. Charge's strictly BioderJts.—A(ht.