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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14211, 12 May 1908, Page 4

It is hoped by the City Corporation that a satisfactory settlement will be brought about with the Railway Department for tho drainage from the. Municipal Abattoir at Bumside being taken through the new tunnel now being driven in connection with the duplication of tho Mosgiel railway lino. The drainage would be taken through on a gravitation basis, and tho cost of pumping thus avoided. If taken through the existing tunnel it would mean considerable extra expense for pumping. It is anticipated by the council that no obstacles nr difficulties will be placed in the way of the proposal by either the Railway Department or ' the Drainage Board, in the latter case in the matter of accepting the drainago. The Arbitration Court is evidently in for a' heavy time of it, as far as tho coalmining industry is concerned, at its next sittings in Dunedin, which will probably bo hold early in July. Apart from tho references that have been liled by the workers' unions, seven of the largest companies carrying on coal-mining operations in the province—namely, Kaitangata, Allandalc, Taratu, Bruce, free-man's, Jubilee, and Christie's are at. the present time busily engaged in preparing references for new awards. A deputation from the city bands last evening waited on the General Committee of the City Council in regard to the subsidy voted them some time ago by the council. When it was decided to make tho grants to tho bands (five in all) it. was done with certain, conditions, tho essence of which was that the bands, when playing on Sundays, should be under tho authority of the council, the opinion being held that if the council was, eo to speak, to pay the piper it was to call the tune. The bands were communicated with accordingly, but witli the exeoption of tho Caversham Band, which 6omo weeks ago mado application and was granted a sum of £10, none of tho bands had intimated to the council whethor of not they accepted thoso conditions, nor had they applied for tho grants. The council received no acknowledgment of its communication, and consequently considered that it was not under any obligation to tho bands. On tho other hand, tho bands wero tmdev the impression that the money granted applied to next and not this year, and accordingly did not apply for their quota. Last evening all misunderstandings wero explained away, and the General Committee decided to recommend that each of the bands be granted a sum of £10. The original amount set aside was £30 to each of five bands, but. as the bands only played for portion of the season it was decided to I reduce the amount to £10. The matter of the number of test matches to bo played between Now Zealand and the British .touring football team was informally discussed at last night's meeting of. tho Committee of Management of the Otago Rugby Football Union. A very general opinion was expressed that three tests should be played, instead of one, as at present arranged for, and that if necessary the notches against, tho North and South' Islands might very well he converted into test games, The question will bo finally decided at a meeting of the Now Zealand Rugby Union on Thursday night at Wellington, and the Otago delegates have been given a free hand l in the matter, tho coinmittee of the Otago Union being of opinion that, even if the three test matches can only be arranged by the wholo of them being played in Wellington, such a course would bo preferable to only one test, match taking place. Should this course be adopted Dunedin would lose one match, as the game South Island v. Britain baa been allotted to this centre. It was, however, pointed out that there was no necessity to play all tho matches in one place, and that it would bo a simple matter to add to each islaud team to m ako it representative of the Dominion, and play that mateh as a test match at tho time and place originally decided upon. The monthly meeting of the Athcnajum Committee, held last night, was attended by Messrs Whitison (in the chair), Joans, Marshall, Hay, MacGregor, Salmoml, James, and Burton. Apologies for nonattendance wero received from Messrs Hutohison, Graham, and Angus. It was reported that 173 volumes had been added to the library during tho month, making the total number of accessions since tho beginning of the year 517. Since last meeting 73 now members had joined the institution, and 38 old ones had terminated their subscriptions. Tho following presentations had been received:—The Municipal Handbook of New Zealand for 1907 and a book entitled "Which? Ye Shall Not Surely Die; or, Thou Shalt Surely Die." At All Saints' Schoolroom last evening the Very Rev. Dean Fitdiott delivered an instructive lecture upon Northern Spain. Tho lecturer exhibited upon the screen many photographs which he had himself taken, and gave a description of Spanish lifo and customs in a most interesting way. Tho lecture was given in aid of the fund to liquidate the debt upon All Saints' parsonage, and the hall was well filled. '

Tho following paragraph in a letter from tho head master of tho Naseby School to tlie Otago Rugby Football Union should appeal to schoolboy football enthusiasts:— " Should tho union know of a Dunedin school team anxious to travel, it might let. me know, as 'my boys are anxious to meet a good team from tho metropolitan schools. How would it do for the union to pay the travelling expenses of (ho champion Dunedin primary school to Nnseby at the end of tho season?" It h> hardly necessary to state that, whilst tho O.H.P.U. has every sympathy with tlio laudable ambition of the Naseby School players, it refrained from committing itself on the question of paying the expenses of a school team to tho country. In'the course of n tolling address to the Tuapeka electors at Lawrence last night, Dr Chappie made no secret of his opinion that New Zealand was not getting the right kind of immigrants from the Old Land. The class wanted out here, lie said, were farmers and farm hands of the sturdy agricultural class. Some time ago ho had mado it his business to ascertain the occupations of 1100 immigrants arriving at Wellington in iivo successive ships.- Ho found that only :., per cent, were agricul- ' tunsts, while tho other 90 per cent, were valets, clorks, factory hands, raspberry-pip makers, etc. He explained that in Eng- - land imitations of raspberries were mado of gelatine, and the holes made by the stalks were imitated by means of little bits of wood, known to the initiated as raspberry pips. ■ The idea of a man coming to Now Zealand for employment on tlio strength of being able to make raspberry pips was hailed by tho audienco with delight. In its last issue the Mataura Ensign celebrates its thirtieth birthday. It was founded by Mr Joseph Mackay, who 'was then proprietor of the Bruce Herald. x b was first a weekly, then bi-weekly, then triweekly, and finally a daily. In this and all other respect 6i 1 fairly r(.fl ec t s tj lo prosperity of tho rising town of Uorc. The recently-formed Y.M.C.A. GymnasticClub held the first of a series of wintor. evening athletic exercises in tho Dunedin Gymnastio Club's gymnasium, Crawford street, last evening. The exercises were carried out under the supervision of Mr A. G. Galloway, who acted as instructor, and included ladder, Roman rings, parallel bars, horizontal bar, spring board, and other exercises. Most of tho dozen members of the club who attended the exercises were, judging by their movements, novices, but under Mr Galloway's tuition last evening they mado satisfactory -'mprovainent • The proposal, or suggestion, that Chiaholm Park, which embraces » very largo area of tho sandhills in tho vicinity of Tahuna Park, should be converted into a, recreation ground, as a set-on' against tlio proposal to acquire Forbury Park, is not likely to reach .the stago of -ealisation The Town Olerk (Mr Richards), Mr Tannock, and some members of the council have been over tho ground, and the emphatic conclusion arrived at is , that the converting of the part into a'recreation,, ground isiquito out of tho question, as tho expenditure that would be entailed would be beyond all reason or justification. : . The proposed new city by-laws recently set up by tho Special Committee of tho' Oily Council .were partially considered by tho General Committee last evening. Tho proposal that cycling in Princes street, between Manse and Dowling streets, should bo prohibited is hardly likely to find a, permanent placo in the by-laws, as the committco has recommended that that portion be amended in tho direction of regulating the speed of cyclists on this particular part of Princes street to four miles an hour. Tho committco tyill again havo tho proposed i by-law before it at its next meeting, so that its final recommendations is respect thereof will not come before tho • council until the meeting after next. A quarrel between two Celestials occurred in Walker street, last evening. A * Chinaman named Chun Dim, who hails from' Queenstown, got into conflict with one of his own countrymen, and, it is alleged, struck him over the head with a saucepan. Ho was' arrested by Sergeant M'Keefroy, while the injured man had to receive medical attention. Chun Dun will appear at the Police Coiirt this morning, charged with assault and causing bodily harm. A Hawera telegram states that at a meet, ing of the Opposition party yesterday Mr Driver, of Wunganui, was chosen as the party candidate to contest the Patea scat. Speaking at Lawrence last night Dr Chappie proved himself a capable and fluent, speaker, with a knack of; bringing out points and hammering them home. Ho deprecated tho attitude of somo,people in sneering and tilting at tho Japanese, anti pointed out 'that there woro delicate fitter, national matters which the people of Australia were bound to observe. If the alien knocked for admission ho must be firmly refused. Sir Joseph Ward had recently given a graphic description of the disaster that might come from a Japanese invasion, but by getting men of tho right stamp into the country New Zealand would be amassing an army of natural defenders, who would be available when called on to fight for homo and country. At tho last ordinary monthly meeting of the Sooiety for the Promotion of the Health of Women and Children very encouraging reports too received in regard to the canvass that is being made in tho interests of the Karitane Home for Babies. The house-to-house collectors, of whom there are about 40, are meeting with much success and practical sympathy. The collection is to-day to be extended to Port Glialmew and district. A report, received from Sister Alice showed that everything was working smoothly at tho home. .There were. 10 babies under care and four probationary nurses at tho institution, of whom one was under training as a Plunket ■ nurse. The. annual meeting of the society is to be held on the 29th of this month, and it is expected that Dr Picket-ill, of tlio Otago University Dental School, will deliver an address. It has, we understand, been pretty plainly hinted to the City Council by Mr J. A. Gjlruth, Chief Government Veterinarian, that very extensive alterations will require to be effected to the Municipal Abattoir at Burnside in the very near future. Mr Gilruth considers the building in some respects as somewhat unsuitable, this, in one particular, referring to the underground cellar where, cleaning operations are carried on. He will be in Dunedin during winter show week, and will then confer with .somo members of the council and pay a, visit to the abattoir with them, with a view to something definite being done as suggested ' by him. Tho General Committee of the City Council has recommended that the tender of Mr R. Orr, for £229, be accepted for the carrying out of alterations and additions to the South Dunedin Town Hall, in tho way of antc-i'oons, conveniences, and ad«- '' quato drainage. • In connection with the reference that; has been filed by the Otago Coal Miners' Industrial Union of Workers against the various Green Island coal companies, steps have been taken by the employers to have the matter referred direct to the Arbitration Court. The case, therefore, will now not be heard by the Conciliation Board. Colonel Hume, head of the State Prisons Department, is at present in Dunedin on - his quarterly visit of inspection. At the Juvenile Court yesterday morning a boy of 13 was oharged wjth damaging some lead piping in Stuart street. The evidence showed that the piping was laid to a house i" course of erection, and the boy cut it with tlio intention of taking i awa y a part and selling it to a Chinaman. J Tho boy pleaded "Guilty," and as hia I father offered to make good the damage \ and also undertook to inflict necessary : chastisement tho young offendot was 1 cautioned and dbohajrgeo\

Railways, mining, millionaires, irrigation, and many other matters of great moment had been dealt with by Dr (Jhapplo last evening ami thou tho speaker catnu to a graceful but full atop. The chairman asked tho audionco if it had any questions to ask, and an air of expectation filled the Town Hall. In tho midst of a great hush someone aroso near the door and asked, " Aro you in favour of anything being done to help tho poor prospector':" Like a flash railways, taxes, and millionaires wero forgotten, and tho audience saw only tho lonely man toiling away in the gullies which shut him and his hardships from a rosy world. They waited anxiously, and when the candidate pronounced himself in favour of a regular sum being placed on ■tho Estimates for this purpose tho audience lot loose a tornado of applause, which showed that tho old days still lived. During the month aided April 30, 1388 head of cattle, 7150 shoep, 1070 lambs, i!A pigs, and 225 calves were slaughtcre-d at the Dunedin City Corporation Abattoir. Of the* the following wero condemned as unfit for human consumption:—s2 head of cattle, four sheep, three pigs, and six calves. In ycsterday'6 issuo wc stated that there wore eight Hospital Board patients (four females and four males) and five private patients (one female and four males) at, the Rock and Pillar Sanatorium. As a matter of fact there are 12 Hospital Board patients in tho institution, eight being males and four females. •Wo understand that somo very interesting correspondence lias taken place between tho Dunedin Oity and Suburban School Committees' Association and a Homo league having for its object tho patriotic exchange of tho Union Jack between places on different sides of the world hearing similar names, or places having somo connecting link, and that. Dunedin lias been chosen as the city with which Edinburgh would exchange greetings. The matter will lie ventilated at tho public meeting at the Town Hall this evening, railed by his Worship the Mayor for tho purpose of some observance of Empire Bay. It will ho recollected in this connection that although a. public holiday was not observed last year a very creditable tnrn-out of Cadets and others took place, and that tho ceremony could not fail to inculcate a feeling of loyalty among British subjects, old and young. An attractive, interesting, and instructive exhibit at tho forthcoming winter show of tho Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society will again be a display of Now Zealand's chief products, organised and shown by tho Agricultural Department. Last year's exhibit was very highly commented upon by farmers and others, and this year, wo aro informed by Mr Bruce (Chief Inspector of Stock for Otago), no effort is being &parcd to make it as representative as possible. The experimental stations throughout New Zealand are contributing of their best, and there is little ■doubt that tho department's exhibit, for which tho society has allotted a large area of space, will bo an admirable illustration of tho productivity of tho soil of the Dominion combined with science and tho judicious ir-c of artificial manures. . At the opening meeting of the Otago lnstituto for the Encouragement of Literature, Science, and Philosophy, which will be held this evening, Dr Hocken, the president for tho year, will deliver an address describing some of the more important results of a recent visit of investigation to the North Island. Certain observations bearing on the theory of a Caucasic origin of tho Maori race, some discoveries relating to the early missionaries, and sundry other matters having an historical interest, and importance will bo dealt with. This meeting 'is open to non-members who may be interested in the history of the Dominion.

It will be reassuring to (lie public in general to know, notwithstanding the report circulated last week regarding a pig cent to Dunedin from Clutha, that there is no Buck tiling in the Dominion as fever or measles amongst swine. It is eome lime since New Zealand was declared freo from swine fever, and a case of 60-called measles lias never been known in any part of New Zealand.

.Last week's Gazette contains an announcement of the cancellation of' 10 industrial unions. The list includes the following unions of employers:-Napier General Carriers, Timber and Ccal Merchants, Dunedin Furniture-makers, Hawke's Day Master Painters, Wairarapa and Manawalu Sawmillers. The six workers'- unions whoso registration is cancolled are as follow :-Lyttolton Seamen. Wellington Aeratcd-watoi- Workers and other Bottlers, Wan E anui Moat Works, Manawatu P.opo and. Twine Mills Employees (Foxlon), the Dannevirke branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Wellington Industrial Workers. Two other unions of workcrethc South Canterbury Tallow and ManureHands and General Labourers' .Union and tho North Canterbury Manure, Tallow Olco, and Freezing Works Labourers' Union-have applied for cancellation. Joseph Coddoi will ho brought before Mr Widdowson, S.M., to-morrow at Port Chalmers, 01 , remand on a charge of manslaughter in connection with, the collision between the steamer Lady Roberts and tho oil-launch Matakana, which occurred in A-t L "" er r,? arb ° Ur Un n°n Saturda y night, Apr. 18. The Crown Prosecutor (Mr 3. *. M. Fraser) will the prosecution, and eight witnesses in support of the chargo will be called. The secretary of the Trades and Labour Couno.l Mr H. Breen) has received intiinafaon from the Labour Department in reply to a communication from him 011 tho subject, that in future copies of all awards of tho Arbitration Court will bo forwarded to members of unions interested It was intimated- last week that such copies would be c Cllt to employers ; ntCrestedj > m] too Minister hu now given the „«»«„ authority to supply tho unionists abo Th .oY.M.C.A. building scheme in InvcrJKOO. Up to 10 p.m. of Saturday Jast £938 14s 6d. Heading the list of subsoriptwnsaro one sum of £200, three of £100 one of £60, three of £50, four of £25, two' ot fcZO, and three of £10. ■At a meeting of tho Arthur Street School Committee held last evenin- there were prewnt Mr John Koin„i tz (in thc chair) and Messrs 0. H. Pi,,el (secretary); A- jSligo (treasurer), F, Cameron, A Sruthers, J Edgar, W. Seoli, and M. MKonac. Mr Burt sent an apology for absence. The Head Master reported that the number on the roll was: Boys 267 girls 223; while the average attendance was: Boys 248 girfe 205. There va » slight amount of sickness during the month Lioutenant-coloiiel' Lovcday inspected tho Cadets during tho month. The School Committtees' Association wrote asking that delegates from this committlec bo appointed and their names forwarded as soon as possible, in preparation for the annual meeting in June. Mr Komnitz (chairman) Mr Pind (secretory), and Mr M, M'Kenzie wre appointed. The Visiting Committee (Messrs I'inel and M'Kenzie) reported everything |o bo satisfactory in respect to the classes, and that some small additions 1° Phuit and material were desirable; and ] t was decided that these should bo attended °- Messrs Sligc and Cameron were appointed a Visiting Committee for next inantli. Tj lc H 0il(1 Maste , <h ,, w Mimtinil ,° Proximilj- of Empire Day; and it was resolved that j„ (ho event of any general PUhllo demonstration this school would ta.;o part, and in default of such publio demonstration tho children should assemble <">< enlulc the (lag and sing the National Anthem. The Town Clerk wrote stating tnat the ropairs to the fence between tho school grounds and the Town Belt were being attended to. It was resolved to tho letter, witJi thanks. It was resolved that a sub-committeo intorVittrt; thc Head Master aud arrange- in

respoct to preliminary matters in connection with starting the movement for a bazaar and Halo of work for tho purr/osc of obtaining funds for additions to the selwol hall, which havo been determined on as being necessary to render tho ball more useful and satisfactory. A meeting of members of (ho Mutual Help Building Society was held last evening in the secretary's, office, Water street, Mr .lames Macfio (chairman of direetorn) presiding, for the purpose of disposing of two ballots of £500 each. Tho free loan fell to cluster No. 21—a member who resides in Port Chalmers—and the premium loan fell to a member holding four shares in cluster No. 247. Tho boring operations with the object of testing the extent and quality of our local sliale deposits liave (6ays tho Orepuki Advocate) boon continued during the past week. In the first bore put down bedrock was reached at n depth of 25ft, and it was decided to try in another part, about 30 chains to the south of tho shale works. Work at this bore, which is now down somo 40ft, bad to be suspended on Thursday owing to the inclement weather, so that there is really nothing yet of moment to record in connection with the operations. Light on tho operations of land agents was oast, by witnesses and counsel in a commission case heard before Dr M'Arthur, S.M., yesterday afternoon (says Friday's Evening Post). " Nineteon-twcntictho of land transactions in the Dombiion are fixed up by transfer from the vendor to the purchaser and a mortgage hack from the vendee to tho vendor " (or, in other words, from the buyer to tho seller) was Mr Campbell's declaration on the subject. The question of commission depended entirely on the question whether the relationship of buyer and seller had licen brought about by tho agents. Mr Morison, however, contended that'a land agent must do more than that to earn his commission. "'lt is not sufficient," said counsel, " for an agent to prove that lie in a sine qua non; he must prove that ho is the causa causans in negotiations and sales," to which might bo added hinc illao laerimffi," Mr Jules H. Tapper, of Olifdon Station, Southland, writes to the Orepuki Advocate on tho subject of I<ako "Hauroto," wheib has recently been explored. He says the name should be Hauroko; and continues: " My authority for same was tho late Mr John Hay, Crown Lands Commissioner, who, a few months heforo his death, corrected me for wrongly pronouncing tho name of the lake, saying that it was 'Hauroko,' not 'Hauroto.' As I write this a map of the Fiord district in front of inc, compiled and drawn by Mr W. DevcrcU in February, 19M, gives it as Lake Hauroko, which in English is equivalent to 'windy lake.' By drawing notice to this common mistake of wrongly spelling 'Hauroko' I believe your paper will have been the first in Now Zealand to have drawn attention to tho fact." According to the Western Star stoats and weasels arc yearly increasing, and tho I<ongwood ranges are now infested with this vermin. As a result native birds are becoming scarce, more especially tho Now Zealand robin, tomtit, and fantail. Quite recently one of the race men in the Longwood witnes-ed an unequal contest between a stoat and a pigeon. The latter was sunning itself on ono of the branches of a largo tree when the stoat fell from a higher branch on to its back. The pigeon attempted to fly away, but the stoat fastened its teeth into tho iieck of its victim, and both came to 'the ground, whore the pigeon was finally despatched. A stirring and serious adventure befell tho largo steamer Mimiro during her voyage from New York to Melbourne (says tho Argus}. When sho was three days out from Albany, where sho called for coal, her coal supply run out, owing, it is said, to tho inferior nature of the fuel got at Albany. With some hundreds of miles still to cover, the vessel was left almost without a "shot in her locker," and the situation was naturally viewed with considerable concern. The only expedient that, remained to meet the difficulty was to use whatever wooden or other suitable fittings wore available for fuel, and this was promptly adopted. A heavy boom, as large as aii ordinary tree, was cut no and cast into the hungry furnaces, together with other materials, but as the fires greedily consumed these almost as soon as they wore thrown in, it was evident that somo other means would have to be used to keep up the supply of steam. After consultation with the engineers, Captain Kemp determined to use kerosene, of which the vessel carried a large consignment as cargo, as an auxiliary fuel to fittings. When the oil and fittings were being burnt m tho furnace flames roared up the funnel, making it red Jiot and causing some of tho cabins in that part of the shin to become uncomfortably, if not intolerably, warm. All ,|J IO cases from which the kerosene was taken served to materially, augment tho fuel supply. A striking proof'of the severity of the ordeal to winch it bad been exposed was afforded by tho vessel's funnel, which was blistered and blackened from top to bottom. It had previously been painted a fairly bright yellow, but not a vestige of this colour was to be seen when she got to Melbourne. "The Arbitration Court: lis Birth, Life, and Final Struggle for Existence'' formed the titlo of an address by Mr Stovo Bowhwn at tj le Dunedin Progressive hoejoty on Sunday evening. Tho speaker dealt with the weak points of arbitration, and when asked by one of the audience what amendment of the act lie would advocate, stated that ho was in favour of I amending it out of existence." Tho Uairman announced that the platform next Sunday would bo occupied 'by Elder Uiristcnsen, whoso subject would bo "The *■»» of Adam " from the Mormon point of view. '

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