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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13695, 11 September 1906, Page 4

The Premier (Sir 3.' 01. Ward)' informed tho ntiii-g.iinblinjf deputation w|iic!i wajled on him .yetluivtyy; 'that it was intended to bring down'- a' Postal Titll this session which Would qonfnin u clause )>rcventipg tho conveyance qf rohltcr relating to (jumbling through l tl|c postal- scrvieo,

Shortly 'after 10 o'clock' on Saturday night a fire broke out in a. shed belonging to.Mr Saunders, engineer, Nicholson street,. South Duneiiin. Thb ( shed, valued at ( £30, vmi totally destroyed, and the ineuraiico thereon was £10, in the New Zealand office. Tho, South Diinudm Fire,Brlgudo arrived on tho scene promptly; and by jts efforts provented tho fire from spreading to adjacent properly.' , •

The work of closing in the front portion of the City Corporation open stylo of tramcars is now in hand,' and it is expected tltat the work will be completed and the cars, so improved, available :for use in a fortnight's time. ■'~,.

The epidemic of measles which has prevailed over ilio post'few weeks among children attending the city and suburban schools is gradually abating,, and as there is no evidence of, fresh, outbreaks it should net be very long before the epidemic has died out. fho Georgo Street School ro--opened yesterday morning, as also did the Kensington School, but with still a number of pupils away in each instance. • Tiioro was a reassemble at the Forbury School yestorday morning, but as there were still over 170 absent it was deoided to eontinuo closed for a further wcekv The epidemic, as far as Musselburgh School is concerned, is on tho 'increase,* uii(] it was found yestorday morning that tho number absont was grantor than' in thol previous week. It was decided to close for another -* week. Tho Cavorshiim School will ro- ' open probably on ,'Monday novt. Tho small attendance at\ thn 'Union Street School yesterday morning justified a closing down for another week. Jlispoobr Gladstone, of tho Public Health Office, yesterday morning visited, some of th« schools tho pupils of which havo been affected with measles, in' order to onstiro < tho carrying out of precautions foi- a prevention of tho epidemic and to prevent imy possibility of a "contact" .attendingsohool; I ■

A man named Edward Noholty was arrested by Constable Edwards last 1 evening on a charge of stoaling a.''suit'of clothes, value i! 3, tho property of John Owens. The theft is alleged to havo occurred on July 30, and accused will ho called Upon to answer tho charge at this morning's sitting of the City Polico Court.

His Honor Mr Justice Cooper made tho following Supfcnio Court fixtures yn&tar, day':— \Vedncsdny, 12th inst., Bowler v. Walker; Thursday, 13th inst., Chamberkin v. Fenn, and the Presbyterian-Churph Board of Management y. tjje Commissioner of Taxes (in Banco). His 'Honor' snkl ho would bo leaving Diinodin on Thursday week by tho early train to hold a sitting of tho court in 'Cliristchurch lwforo hq! went to Now Plymouth. Hq might not'bo''able to bo back before tho sitting,of tl|o Court of Appeal, so he was anxious to'havo a clean sheet here bcfo'ro )io left...

The monthly mooting of the Athenfonm Committee was held last night, and attended by Messrs Whitson (in the Chair)', Angus! Hutchison, Hay, Salmond, Burton, Graham, Whcttcr, and Burnott/. It was reported that 175 vqlumcs had been added to tho library since last meeting; (hat » presentation of a copy of Perry and C'o.'s "Trade Directory of tho,'United Kingdom for 1906'" had been mado to tho institution; and thnt tho lad who was dotected taking a magazine from tho building recently was brought before tho Juvenile Court on tho 20th ult., when tho magistrate convioted and discharged him with » cautiop. Accounts amounting to £95-odd woro passed for payment, and- a quantity of nnitino business wa« transacted.

A very well-attcmlal 'mooting of fpnnors and station-owners was held in the Wailiemo School on Thursday evening to consider the niost siiilabli' (lain for unanimous pollfifil poisoning. Mr Hill, inspector t '. slook, in addressing the meeting, wished to conifrafulato the district on the way the rabbits had liccn destroyed. ' .'He. hoped, however, they would coritjihio |l|at work of destruction till the pest.,had been so reduced in numbers that the natural enemy would do tho rest., Mr IJllghes (agent) gave home interesting' details of tho manner in which bisulphido of- carbon was used. Wo have received from' Mr Donald, M'Qiiilkun, of Whavfl Flat, a spl.iiidiil bunch of knwhai (lowers pluckcil from trees in that, district. The present is, Mr M'Quilkan.informs us, the.bestTseason ho bus known for tlm,-kowhai liloom for several year*. Tlio'trcoj will loqk at their best for about-nfortnight from, now, and any person interested who can make tho opportunity to .visit , Wharo Vlat oannol fail to be charmed with tho glorious spectaclo offorod by theso lieaulifiil flowers. . Wo lmvo received from "N Z. 5s foil tho. Kjrby J'tmi ;>'

Tho usual monthly meeting of the committee of tho Victoria Jubilco Co|valoscent Fund was held in the Town >. Hall on » Friday last; present—Mcsdainos Theomin (in the chair), Colquhoun, Morrii. Phillips,' Israel, Bateliclor, O'Neill, Mai in, Johnston Brown, nnd Miss Huleiison. A number of. cases woro dealt, will and sent for rest and a chango of air j> tho Convalescent. Home at, Palmerstori, .The following .subscription was receive] :—-Mrs R, ' J Oliver (London), £1 Is. ! The Hamilton-Garmong iiiissiin; meetings on Sunday, both in tho Anyle Strccl , Chapel and in tho South Dulcdin Town

Hall at Might, were tne largostjwhicli have beep held during tho mission.! A feature of tho morning meeting was (id reception o't new members. The cliapel-.vfas full to

hear Mr .Mortimer's address lie tho evening, a at tho closo two dnio forward and confessed their faith. M- Hamilton's llieme in tho Town Hail wad'! Household Conversions.!' H c dealt will' tho three principal leases of thin .kind [nenlioucd in 'tho New Testament—Coriieliu'.Lydia, and th'o' Philipplan tailor. Mr Carni'oiig sang' "Is it nothing to you?" A; last nighl's. meeting, there was again a large -attend-' mice, and much earnestness ' iaa displayed. Th'o mission ; will lio eonlinnel; every oven-, ing until Sunday. On •I'ridor evening the ;inceting will he in the cbapd.

.' -Tho usual monthly mejt ( ing of Ihn ArrsH}r Sheet School.C'oininitec, held last 'evening; was attended byjJters William' • Scott,.-;J. Edgar, A. Slnitlprs,,. A. Sligo, 'R'. Forsylli, and J. Kemniu. The Head . Master reported as follnvs:--Average ,al tendance Jor past four •weeks :--Hovi|. ~, 270; girls, 211 ;—Jotal, 481. '-]Joys, 286; girls, 233;-Uial, 519.. A .circular whs received fron. tho Schools' ' '-Association. It was resolvcl'to guarantee £1 towards any loss susitinod by Hie N.Z.A.A.C. in holding a scWls'-. ihainpionphip; athletic meeting. > %o comntitlcc 'expressed, jtself. in' favour at. tho'attendante .of pupil teachers for two years at,a. , training college (six months of this being' .-probationary), and siibseqio'utly having two-years l practice in tendiing as pupil toaojicra. On ■ Ihn' qucsfph of hand- • writing, .tljo "committee; fav'iurjil n some--/what Sloping style. Mr'li' Wright, was. granted tho itijoof the school for'a, concert .v.onj'rijja)', October 5. Accounts amounting "lo _ £12' 10s 2d word - passed for payment. . Tlin.Ylsifi.ng Connnittee'-Mcisrs .7. Edgar . : an'd -J. 'Keinuitz-reporled having found everything in ,i most satisfactory, state. ■'Messrs Sfrullinrs and Sligo were'appointed .'. a Visiting Committee for |ho ensuing month..

' -M l ' 'Y: P.,-S. .Ncavc; cli'uirmon of directors nf tho New Zeiiland''K«rinors' Cooperative. Association, speaking ir'iih . tho '•; annual 'mealing- at Cliris»clinrcli-. ; :.'>rc-' marked:-"Wilb 'tho present price of ..grain- ut Hoin'e, the question of labour -vvonhi drive tho farmer lo grow less and :. less-grain, till at. last Iho people would 'grow nono for export, and only..enough to '.feed themselves, which was pretty ■ well, tJin htijlo of things in most pails of Now Zealand. That proportionately diminishing growth of grain was shown in''tho small . profit of the grain stores and storage*' this year, which only showed a profit of £To 17s lOrl. That- wasi partly ennsed by the . 'grpjn stores .in Lyllollon lying.almosti idle. ;;wero it not that people used them'a good deal now for-sending out larger country orders for bulky'goods. Tho ; .-tendency for grazing to oust grain=growing was shown by tho ever-increasing areas in green crops for Stock, which last year .totalled 646,283 acres, against.'a total area of corn crons of,890,101." . ';-. • ■

.Tho secrolary of tho Shipwreck Relief Society of Now Zealand' desires ns to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of*th« sum of £20 19s 6d, being. amount; sent to tho society by Mr W. Belcher, secretary of the Fodoratcd Seamen's Union. This amount has.been collected as the result of a canvas of tho various bpats trading to. Dunediu. -...

. Al tho meeting of lb Otago Institute 'to-night I)r Hoclteii will toad a conliiiiiation of his interesting contribution to the history of New Zealand nmt of the efforts of tho early missionaries. Ilis paper discusses tlio work of tlio Rev. Samuel M.irstlcn and the oarly mission to. this colony.

Spring P.1,0iv.-Our first exhibition „f new snrmg mid smnraor faehir.ns will bo made diirme tlio mnaining days of this week, when w6- shall have 0 n exhibition the latest lld Ad '" a " <1o P ar,n,en)j! -«ollisons,

Air Hondy respectfully notifies ]„', „„,„„. . oj, customers that his hairdressing room, . mil close daily at G p.m. from September 10 Open sharp at 8 a.m.-Adrt """.'»• As they do not intend 1 stocking brass and Nb» Eoqtl, ,„ fntflK, Messrs ft. nill T loung ara effermg gongs, flower-stand,, tattles' • <!tc, at big reductions off original prices in order to clear them as soon as SosribL-Advt -The subject of great attraction at present 1 w ',° W # " ew B,lmm " S«oih at Dallas It ..pays handsomely to use Burnsiftc bpecia. the wonderful potato manure: qusmIs Gd.-Keiiipthorne, Pros Se r; and Co. (I,id i in the Head and Tnfi, ™».' Woods Great Peppermint Cure, Is Cd and 2s Cd per Bottle—Advt Who n Petkr D, CK ?_TI, e fflosl H u Palace. .Moray pine.' Dunedin. Ohnrger *tncl!y moderate.-AdTt. ,