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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14440, 5 February 1909, Page 4

The Hon. T. Mackenzie, Minister of Industries ami Commerce, attended to a number of public duties in Duncdin yesterday, and received a deputation at the Lands Office v.-ilh regard to setting: apnrt Bathgate's bush in the Glen, Morningtou, as a scenic reserve. To-day Mr Mackenzie (irocoeds to Christclmvch, where several mutters await his attention. Ho will return to Duncdin early next, week, and it is probable that on Wednesday ho will pay a visit to the Taicri River.

Tho Arbitration Court wins asked lo decido a novel point yesterday. A 'two was called on in the morning, and (hen its bearing was postponed till tlio aftornoo'n. Jn tho meantime claimant iiled a plea of <liscontiliuance, and when the case came on in tiro afternoon there was no appearance of him. or his counsel. Counsel for respondent (Mr Solomon) contended that the ease, having been railed on before the plea, was tiled, was still within .(he court jurisdiction, and that, in formally dismissing tho application, the court held the power of awarding cosh against claimant. He a-i-giicd .that thi-s was tho proper course for the court to paretic, and pointed out that, if Micro was no precedent in the Arliitratiou Court, thero were numberless parallel cases in tho annals of the Srjpremo (.'mini. Tho court took Mr Solomoji'a view of the matter, and dismissed tlio application, with costs against claimant.

A meeting of the Ocean Beach Domain Board was held last evening, there being present—Messrs .1. n. Hancock (in the chair). G. Hodges, I. Green, and W. Burnett The treasurer's action in paying wages amounting to £120 was approved, and accounts amounting to £158 6s 7d were pns-ed for payment. A credit, balance of £184 12-s wa/s ropcrtod.

A telegram from Lyttelion states that the ferry train connecting the Maori with tho first express yesterday morning left tho lino just beforo entering tho tmuicl month, owing to lining been lot in on llto wrong line. A set of trap 'points was open, and tho engine ami four luggage waggons were derailed. Very littlo damage was done. The passenger* missed the 11 ret express.

Speaking ( 0 a deputation from Mornington yesterday, which urged Government expenditure on .tho acquirement of a piece of bush land known a? "Jiailignle's" bush for scenic purposes, the Hon. T. Mackenzie said there was a great cry throughout. New /salami for economy in Government expenditure, and lie was silled (he people were dotCTininod lo insist on having the.' cconomj ihey demanded. .'peaking in regard to the particular ietptest before him, ho cloariy indicated that, unless the local body nr resident* concerned were prepared to give stilsstantial financial assistance, the Government would not favourably view expenditure upon the small scenic reserve suggested. He suu.greled that, the local liorongh Council should consider the matter of assisting jn some way, and lie would meanwhile look over the spot referred to and consoler the request.

A Pre* Association telegram from Wellington states that a notion in last night's Gazette prohibits tho importation of concentrated fluid preparations of opium.

The-Arbitration Court yesterday heard a case in which slieepfarmcrs, whose runs extend into tin.' high country in Central Otago, will bo interested. When tho big smoivlall of last .Inly visited the mountainous districts referred 10, a man employed on a sheep station near Lauder was sent out snowraking-that is, searching for buried snoop. In the course of his day's work ho was fro,! bit ten, with the result, that- he bus suffered permanent, partial disablement. Naturally, he sought compensation, and was awtintcd £150 by the Magistrate's Court, hat. his laic employer refused to acknowledge his claim,, contending that frostbite could not. be in any way regarded as an accident, ami appealed .to tho Arbitration Court. This was tbo point the court was Killed upon to decide, and, after hearing the cireumnlaiices. .it reserved its decision. Such serious cases of frostbite afi this are not common, hut are not, by any means unknown.

Tbo Minister of Tourist and Health P.csorls (the Hon. T. Mackenzie), we are informed, btw taken prmi'ipt action in regard !o the. semi-permanent occupancy of Ihe Tlotttehuin tourists' hut by an elderly ttrlist and a young man companion. Observing a |iaragra.ph in our issue of the ?.6lh tilt, on the subject, the Minister, while at To A-na.it, placed himself in possession of the particulars, and immediately gave instructions to the tourist, agent, at Quconstoivn to pond all officer to the hut. to order the resident occupants to tpiit. The Minister received word yesterday dial his instructions had lioon curried out, and thai the hut was now vacated. Quiie a number of visitors and tourists to the Lake Harris caddie have recently made complaint of the prolonged stay of the two persons referred to at this much-frequented overnight sleeping and resting-place, and general satisfaction will bo expressed at the prompt Ministerial action taken. The Hon. Mr Maokoiraie, it is undcrsioc/l, has undsr consideration tho framing of regulations which will prevent, the misuse.of Untried;' hubs in tho matter above referred to.

At the Magistrate's Court .yesterday a case of some in'iportanco to t-r.itlor.-i ami storekeepers was lieard. The jilaintiff, ,1 storekeeper lit Anderson's Bay, in ),\ s evidence, alleged that lie supplied tlio defendant, a married woman, ivilh goods 011 the. ground that, slio ]«1 liirn to Iwliovo she had a e-opa-rale meomo of her own, and alow would be responsible. I'jifortunately for himself, the,plaintiff could not corroboi-. ate his evidence in any way, and the defendant, on being; put into the Iwc, denied t-ho allegations o( the plaintiff, and swore that she procured the goods as iigejit for her husband The magiainito found f or defendant.

At the City Police Court. yesterday morning a man named 'William Sailer pleaded '•Cuiliy' - to eommitt-iug a nuisance in Liverpool street on the previous night, by casting offensive matter upon the footpath. Sub-inspector Norwood stated (hut this was becoming a very prevalent offence in l ha neighbourhood 0 r the Post Office and the Stock Exchange, the police having received numerous complaints. Mr H. Y. i( fea%...S:M'ii4i„- i!(2J!!i!>t the.

offence was becoming for too common If there, was lnucli more of it. lip would not inflict a fiii!>. but would fond tho delinquents to gaol Accused would be fined 40s, in default, H days' imprisonment.

Mr H. Y. Widdowson presided at tlio City Police Court yesterday, when two tirsi. offenders for drunkenness wore- each fined ss. in default 2} hours' imprisonnieiit. William Bruce, for leaving a vehicle unattended, was lined 20s, and costs (7 S ).

Mr E. .1. Carey, sccrriary of the Wellington Cooks and Waiters' Union, and delegate to tho Wellington Trades and Labour Council, was present at last evening's meeting of the Ohigo Council, mid ir . wived a warm welcome. In tlio ( omso of a few remarks Mr Carey referred to i!io activity displayed by the local Trades Council, especially in connection with the organisation work dune, ivy Mr lUeon, secretary. The Otago Council, he said, had as many unions, affiliated to 't as the Wellington body, and he congratulated litem here on po-scs-dtig a hall of their own, foniuthins which the Wellington Council had yet to look forward to. Ho expressed pleasure at the Labour vote cast at the recent general election in Duuedin. and expressed the belief that it portended a change in parliamentary representation next election.

The Dunedin Free Fublio Library oontinues to be very largely availed of, and, which is toiler, iho-o who do frequent it arc, as a whole, a very respectable cla.-s of people. Sunday, when the building is open from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m., is tho busiest day in the week. A daily record, whirh is being maintained by the librarian (Mr W. B. Jl'Kwan), shows that on Monday Inst 379 people visit ml the institution, on Tuesday 387, and on Wednesday 401.

At the ordinary meeting of Iho Land Hoard ca Tuesday next the various matters submitted to the commissioners at Hawea, Cromwell, Oniukaii, a.ml Ranfurly during the past few days will he dealt with, and the question of the temporary withdrawal cf I lie runs affected, ponding further consideration, will rceeivo the attention of. the board. A report thereon will be sub-miltr-.l to the Uovernor in the usual way, In reference to Morvon Hilla and Kawarau runs, the 1,-onrd will not b:> in a position to ihal definitely with them until a further mceliiig arranged with a (omniiiltec to b 0 set up by residents in Iho locality is held on Thursday, lllh inst., when the wliolo question relative to these runs will to exhaustively gone into.

At the meeting or tho Ctago Trades Council last evening a copy of a motion was received from the Auckland Trades Council protesting against the appointment of Mr Giles as one of the Conciliation Comiiiksionors, with practically a request that tla motion should lx> endorsed. The local aouneil, however, decided to take no action in the matter.

The Arbitral ion Court yesterday dealt '.villi one sma.ll claim for coiriiiensal ion for an accident, air! an nnpral from a decision of Mr M'Knnis. S.M. This morning the court will continue its silting, and ivjll hear a numk-or of applications for enforcement, filed by the Inspector of Awards.

Anions; those who visited us last year to study uml inipiiro iulo our social conditionii was an American lecturer and journalist. He was very painstaking in bis investigations, visited each of the centres and spent some mouths in Wellington during the 6i;ting 0 f Parliament. He has since travelled ihratgh Aniridia and Japan, and is now in India. He purposes visiting tho Continent and England prior to returning to his homo in New York. Ho had seen something of India, and was not favourably impressed. Writing to the Hon. J. T. Paul, M.1..C1., from Burma, on December 22, he charaeteristic:iii.\ says: ''India, through which 1 have skimmed, and to which I am returning in a few days to attend tho Indian National Congress, is a sorry, rather shameful, spectacle. There k no mann.r of doubt about it, sh'' i.s a iniie!:-ahu?"d, mneh-misgoverned land, and troubles in plenty are in stow for the Knsjlish if ibey persist much longer ill denying to the pooplo of India the reforms an educated, iniluential, and growing niinoriiy are insisting upon with over louder and more threatening voice. But Hie KnghVh havo their eyes fixed on tho treasure chest and see net the writing on •lie wall, and choose lo believe it's all the ftilmination of a f PH - ; over educated Ik-ngaloc babus,' as f.hey phrase it. Meanlinw Parliament tmils a deaf ear or listens only to the interested ex-Anglo-Indians, who, in spile of years' Irving in India] cfren are ihe last to understand the Indian -and so you have maltoi's going from bad to worse, l.ombs going off at frequent intwals, an.l usually exploding tlin „.,.„„„ pewon. ;,ml altogether a slate of alfairs lo make a lover of liberty erv for retribulion upon Ihe. slupid, selfish, self-willed I'Aiiish heads that made this mess of things For loss by „ ( | ca , w - fm . ko . ] U]m out of America, bag aiul o||( , B upon a. limo-and incidentally helped thereI'V lo make you a self-governing colony - m\ something of ll, ? , im , fo ,. f „.;„• ' 1)e '"Junfr place ! m L?fore verv long or I miss my znex*.''

_ A swarm o[ Lees were Iho chief aclors m a little,drama-thai y,,,s played at Stony UnckllwMll,er«ia.v. Who,, the m \\ mm , Air Cave, was placing the mail in i!, e Stony Creel: mail box ho was a liltlo agi'alcl l„ find H, ; ,t a MVill .„, „f |. Mfl taken possession or 11,0 hox, ami seemed loath to leave their new residence. With a little careful manteuvi-iiis, however, the mail was placed in the I™, very much to 'he <lis g «sf of the lias, who showed their stinnjr disapproval by poiiiimmlly darting »•• the mailman, and he, thinking discretion the feller p;i,-t of valour, hurriedly threw the remainder of the mail into the box and wired. The shepherds had a somewhat exciting experience when they failed at tli:> box laler on for (he mail", being charged by U, c infuriated bees. The shepherd-, however (says the Dominion), were not to be denied, and, after the first .surprise, they e || !111?c ,| (,1,,-ir winged enemies, eventually gaining the situation ami carrying off part of the mail The remaining porlioi' was secured about an hour after. A Wellington lolcgram states that at a. meeting of the Tunics and Labour Council last, night a warm discussion took place on iha following motion:-"That owing •lo the continued number of men holding permanent positions in the Trade Councils of the. Dominion accepting positions with tlio (tovernnwnt. this council is of opinion that it is inimical to tho best interests of organised labour." 'flic motion was lost by 18 votes to 5, and a resolution was adapted congratulating a member of tlio council on his ap])oinfmcnt .to a position in tho Labour Department.

The following extract from an lfeex paper shown to the Sydney Morning Herald by Bishop Frodsham, of Xonii Queensland, seems to rebut the statement that undue inducements are held to prospective British emigrants. ]t is inserted by tho British Government office: — "Caftoda: It, is too late in tho year for emigrants to go to, Ca-imd? in search of work; they should wait, till the winter is over; in several places there has been a fin-plus of uiiKkillwl lulwurers and others. Australia: There is an Rxcclkvnf deniaiul for farm labourers, for men on sheep and canile stations, on orchards, and dairy farms, and for female servant. Now Zealand : There is a gocd demand for farmors. farm laltotirers, and female servants, and induced passages are granted to approved members of these clasps. There is no marked demand for unskilled labourers. Cape Colony: There is no opening for emigrants from this country. Natal: There is no demand for more labour in Natal, Transvaal: I'ro pects in t.ho Transvaal have slightly improved, hut much depression still cxijb:, juid. there, k.iio. opening, for morg

In tour. United Stales: Emigrants from tho United Kingdom should not go to :'■■■< United States in Iho hop? of finding work."

According to information .received on Perem-toi' 31 by tlio Canton correspondent of tlio Tung Wall Times in a cable from lVkim;, (treat Britain. France, (lermaiiy, Russia, and Jpqhui have decided to return k) China tho iudenuiii.v paid to those Powers in respect of tlio fio.wr outbreak. "In so doing," writes the correspondent, "they are following in ,!, c footsteps of America.- The Japanese, it is added, haw also decuWd |» witlninur ■:hoir troops, which have hoc. stationed at Ming sinco the I'oxcr rising.

A Sydney rcslauranl-kccpor gave a rather remarkable opinion before the Hotel Club and Kestanranl Employees' Hoard (savs Iho Sydney Telegraph) concerning the old' question of a living wage. Askr,l In- the ~.. pr«enta!.ive of the union what he ,'oiisidered to to a. living wage for working men ho replied: "£2or £?. lCs." The latter' sm '„ wa? sufficient to euab'o a working man to bring tip a family and live in comfort. "But." complained the union's represent;!five, " men in your employ are rereivinr less than that. How are they to live?'"" The answer of the employer was that Ida employees were not competent !o get more, anywhero else. It was following upon that answer that the restaurant-kecpor expressed the remarkable statement, that "unskilled workers we.ro not entitled to a living wage." Pressed as to whether a kitehcinnan or female employees .should be paid a living wage, ho declined to answer. Later, under tho questioning of the employer's representative on the board, the witness ta.'d that he did not know what lie meant; he was talking about his cook. Ho had got " boxed up."

Tho Rhodes Scholarship Board will meet at, Wellington on the 25th inst. to appoint tho New Zealand Rhodes scholar. Prof3«or (Ailray is tho local representative on Iho board, and the others arc his Excellency tho (lovornor, Sir Robert Slont, and the senior judge available, in tlio absence; of Judge Williams, also a monitor from each of the professorial toards. The local nominee is Hcotor Maclean, student in atta at the Oiago University.

The annual conference of Ihc Now Zealand Branch of the British Medical Association is to 1» hole! at, Napier on the 23rd mst. Dr Miliums will act as olio representative from Dunedin, and probably Dr Colquhoiin as a second. II l, ;ls been intimated that the question of business relations taweon tho Medical Association and friendly societies will receive very full consideration from Ibo point Q [ view of tho whole of New Zealand.

A meeting of tho executive of Mr OS. M. Thomson's. M.l'.. Ir.te committees was held last evening. The Chairman (Mr E. Rosevear) presided. It was decided to honour Mr Thomson by a public meeting on Tuesday. 16th inst., provided a suitaMo hall can Ixi arranged. It is Iwlicvcil tho Choral Society will assist in the musical portion of the mooting. '

Miss Alice Bary. L.A.8.. will commencethe leaching of harmony, theory, organ, and piano at Alexandra on" Feb-mlry 15. The well-known Wainiale Hotel is advertised for sale in cur columns bv Guinness mid BcCreu (Ltd.). Wahnaie. The pronrietnr (-Mr T. Twemcy) is retiring from business, and infends leaving shortlv for the Home Ceimtry. Mrs Onrge Maokenre. of Qiiocii=iowii who icccnf-y visilcd England, and lliorcai.cr Uanuibai's ltnmes in India, intends, w:;li her local workers, to hold a sain of work in Bin-din iu aid of Kamsbai's Homes in a few weeks' time. A. W. Martin, rupture specialist, will close his offices in .Stokes's Buildings, 3U Priiics street. Dmiedin. from Monday February 8 until litesdny, March o, „ m | , vi |] visi; Bnl '_ clutlia nth. 101b. and 11th February; fiore 121h to ISth. and Invei-cnrsill. Itltb' to oyji,' This week Mr Marl in wilfbe i„ attendance at. Ins rooms daily from in a ,„, j 0 ;o. 3 P.m.. lo .>: extra hours. Friday 7 lo !). Psturiny m a.m. to 1" neon.-AdVi. II is not alien you have an opportunity iko tins: .10 pieces splondid wasliiu* ..j„„_ luiiii.- m stripe and check efforts: wondorul value at Sid. Moliisons sale price S'd plr yard.-Mlvt. ' ' Tourists will mid a specially choice collee.ioii o: greenstone jowellerv at Messrs G and I young's s |, ow tomft & p street. J lie greenstones are all picked priiTs-Vlv' rai,rl!C< ' nt V ° ry r " soni>bl ° „J he . I*'' ~;! ,, H'cdifine for children! Sniiarilla Tablets." Cleanse Ik- blood and whole sys.oiu Prcduco beautiful clean skin, is box; ail eheinisls.-Advt. We rceominend for wnlcli. clock, and jewellery repairs A. J. Shaw, 1.1 Rattray rlrcot. Absolutely the best in Dunedin.Wno is Petku F.ick?-Tlic most rclinldo JValcliinalrer mm Jeweller, opposite Coffeo lalace, Moray place, Hnncdin. Charges strictly moderate.—Advt.