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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13999, 4 September 1907, Page 4

Tho Inspecting Engineer of Mines (Mr Frank Reed) lias received notification of his additional appointment by his -Excellency, Iho Governor as an'inspector of mines over all tho coalfields in Now Zealand, which appointment will overcome, tho disabilities experienced by this officer by the omission in the Coal Mines Act of 1905: of any authority to the inspecting engineer to enter ami inspect a coal mine and to act in tho interests of human life employed therein. Mr Reed has made *■ special study of tho subject of accidents in mines, and is tho author of a treat™ on the subject, published by tho Government of Western Australia. During Mr Rood's tenure of office as Inspector of Mines,to the Government of AVestern Australia the statistics of tho Mines Department, of .{bat State. showed a reduction of 50. per cent. in.tie death Tafo from-accidents in mines; A special meeting'of the St. Kilch Borough Council was hold last evening to appoint a working inspector' for • the bordugh. Sir Robert S. Renfrew, at- present employed in tho ; Dunedin Drainage offices, \yaij jjjp.' candidjito. sclopt^J.

Tho large amount of good tlono In an unoaicntatioiis way by, the Sixpenny Clothing- dub nae once, again in ovidorieo at tho annual meeting yesterday. Tho club busiee itself iu relieving oases' of real disirofa in asouml and practical manner. In Duncdin, ; as elsewhere, there is a certain amount of poverty that is not proclaimed from tho housotops. Husbands desert their vfivoi ami familioa, . or, aro romovecl by death, and thoao dependent on them foi 1 bread become practically, destitute. Tho niombora of tlio club do hot content themeoiyes with visiting tho orphan anil widow in thoir affliction, but aiipply them witli clothing, coal, blankots, and the solace of kind words. Tho Sixpenny Clothing • Olub ii pbviouely ivorthy of tho wrongest aupport.. .'/•'.

Albani arrived by tho first express from InvorcargiU yesterday, and was welcomed by roprceontativM o{ local musical talont. llio famous einger spent' a \vcok at Invoreargjll, witli whioli sho \na dolightod, and. she Bi/cko in glowing terms of tho theatro and the enthusiasm of her audience. •Invcrcargfll eho ooiwidere a dietinetly musical town, ' ' ■, ; ■

; Tho following is a eummary of the ( bvreiness transacted bjr the' JDunedin OldPensions Court during: Ho month of August:—Ninety-five renewals were granted, ranging from £10 to £26; ono ronowal was refused ..because of excess. of income, Twelve ncy? : ckims wero established for amounte varying from £9 upwards, and 14 wero refused for tho following reasons :- Thrco uiidor age, four excess,of income, four oxeeMoTproperty, anU thrco for in--Bufnolont're3idcnc e :lntho colony. During (ho ' month''dne'. pension certificate waa Toviowod and cancelled owing to tho,peneioner'a drinking habits. All tho courts wore held beforo Mr H, Y, Widowson, S.'M.

■Sonic members of the Ratepayers' Association appear to think thcro is a difference, between keeping an eye' on tho movements of tho City Council and continually : railing at that J body. At. the mooting last night these gentlemen wore careful to instil this viow into tho minds of their hearers. . Tho success attending f-Jiese . efforts,may be gauged by the fact that when; a. spoakor concluded hie oration with "Why are wo always railing ,at tho councillors? , ' ho was greeted'■with a chorus of. ." Because they never do anything right. , ', ■. . V ...

The rival claims of jfrivato enterprise arid municipal trading threatened to cm-, bitter tho , debate <it the meeting of the' Ratepayers' , Association laet night. Somo spoakora considered that inuniupfil control wis. rank lioresy, othors thit it.did not go far enough, and one or two considered that it was such a; Kttlo 'thing that' it did not matter.' This .last viow especially; irritaiicd tho susceptibilities of ,v member, vho, casting , his gaze to tho coiling and extending , his palms, said 1 : "Such a little tiling? It started with Waipori; it is .continuing, in tho Oavorslmm gasworks; Mhoro is it going to elop? 1 '

Tho zymotic diseases reported to tho Health Office during tho past month totalled 44, of which 10 cases , originated in tho town and 34 in tho country. They were nwlo. up as follow:—Scarlet fever! 20; tuberculosis, 11; diphtheria, -7; bloodpbiuyning, 3; hydatids, ,3.

Aij a meeting of the oiecutive of tihe Otago Trades and Labour Council' last owning it was decided to authorise the Wellington Trades and Labour Council to represent ijio formor body in connection with tho proposed amendments to the Arbitration Act whim euoh como before the Labour Bi-1 Iβ.Committee of tho House.

Tho quarterly meeting of Hie. Caversham Liconsmg Cqmmitteo was held yesterday; H. Y. Widdowsoh (chairimin), Mcssre T. FiiJdie, F. O. Shacklock, J.- Wright, uid W. .T. Lovo. A transfer from Jamesi Stonhouso to Margaret Parker of. the: licence of tho Racecourse Hotel y.tiß gVftntcd, and a Bimilar translov' with roepeot to. llio Fitzroy. Hotel was granted to' Jamea Stenhbuse from James Gibbone. Thie wns all the bnsmoso.

'iliero Jβ a penalty for insanitary dairying, but no. reward, save the consciousness of doing right, for the farmer who beliovcs that cleanliness about the milking-shed is next to godliness' and acts accordingly. At ■ tho Conference of Stock Inspectors at Wellington last week tho question of assisting tuul oncouraging tho dairy farmer wae favourably discussed (says the Post). A '■• proposal was mado to reward tho farmer withfoortifioates and trophies if tlie conditions of 'jtiis place wore completely satisfactory.. Tho possession of auch certificate; 1 it was emphasised, .would bo an enormous trade advantage;-and the emulation of .other competing farmers would do much lowarde solving a serious problem— tho purity of the milk supply. Tho Wyndham Herald reports an occurrttneo which, if correctly described, it propra'ly terms'a modern miracle. Says our cot)tMnpprar>;,: " A remarkable oaso o£ temporary restoration of eight has been reported to /us on tho best of authority. Miss M'Rae ■(sister of Mt D. K. M'Rae, and the eldest of tho family), .whose ago is 81 .-yoan, ha? been blind for nearly nine years. Last week her eight camo.baok at 2 in the afternoon, and she could see till 10' o'clock at night. Sho firet saw hor finjer-naile,' then the fire, being able to distinguish the coal from tho wood fire, and to'toll tho different colours of drosses, eto. Oil Wednesday morning sho lapsed into hor former condition of total blindness. TJiis .glimpse of light after so many yeare must have been a joyoue experience, and dho.siidiicss is that it should have been of such brief duration."

"A long-felt want" was placed beforo the" RAtoipayore' Association last night by b. member, who roraarked that it would bo an o.xcollent thing if tho 'council pould bo riiovailed >ij>on to orect a verandah oiiteldo tho Post Offlco for the. shelter of citizens waiting for iihoir tram oars. Ho wae informed , thufc tho council had already decided, to move in the mattor. ■

Tho Sydney registrar in bankruptcy holds tho view that smoking a packot of cigarettes ench day willdestroy a man's, memory. Ho expressed it whon a bankrupt was before hiih for public oxaminatiou recently. Tho official, .assignee asked tho witness many questions, and although it wae obvious that tho man v.ue trying to recall certain incident?, ho was, as despairingly remarked, tho most hopoles6 caeo he had cvor, 6con.. "Do you smoko oigarettes?" tho official assignee qnoried. ."I do," said tho bankrupt.' "I thought 6o; how many?" asked tho official assignee "A packet a day,," replied bankrupt, "Your fingers aro irtainod arid your brain is clouded," commented, tho assignee. Tho bankrupt, ill at ease, jambed his hands in his pookets. "IJo wonder you can't remember," added tho registrar.

Messrs Payne and Eggloton, brokers for the Biirnsido* Hydraulic Lime and Cement Company, 'report that the- 15,000 ehares placed in their hands havo been ovorsubscribed, , Tho shares wore allotted last ©renin;:. 'IT» wliolo of tho macltinery is on tlto sito at Burnsido, and a start will bo made almost iromodiatoly io put the company into working order. The whole of • the application money on tho shares has been paid, and in some coses tho amount duo on allotment lwa beon received by tho company. This will be quito sijflicicjit to pay for tiio property, plant, oio., purchased from tho • Wellington awl Marlborough Cement Company.

'Xho Dunedin Football Club's anuusl ball tnhfcj placo on Friday evening, in the Victoria H. 11..

Wo are now buay oponiiig our'new spring poode: nevcHics in all departments.—MolliS(iii3 Ltd.—Advt. ■\\Tiy not have it modernised or lepsired? II li Euriiriiing what can be done with oldf?.ihionod or broken jewellery. Havo you any put away in a drawer and probably never «m<) no*? W« will he pleased to raolte sugRea'.ions »nd quote piices.-rQ. a»il T. Yo\rog, .53' Princes ?trMt.-A4r%

Influenza! The pre&snt epidemic may te host combated with " Lancar Influonai Cure. The rapMity with which it acts is/ simply netouncfiiigl Jfet a. quack, but .a scientific remedy. A few. doses cure. Prove it; 2a, all chemists.—A.dvt. . ! ' ■ ■ 1

For Children's Hading Cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Iβ 6d& 2s 6d, Who is i'rrau Dick?— The' most , reliable Watchmaker and Jeweller, oppotit/i Coflw i'&ltce, Mprajr piace, Dunedin. Ohatgef : Btricfly moderate.—Adrt.' .'