SHIPWRECK RELIEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15064, 10 February 1911, Page 4

SHIPWRECK RELIEF.

The lost, which we report this morning with regret, of the schooner Jessie Niocol off the wind-swept, Macquaries—a misadventure unhappily attended by the sacrifice of three lives—gives point to the very reasonable appeal that is being made for the extension of a wider measure of assistance than is now being accorded to tho Shipwreck Relief Society. A member of the Society stated concisely and fairly a few days ago in a communication to us the special claims which this Society has upon the practical sympathy of residents of all parts of the Dominion. Tho Society's work is one in the furtherance of which the interests of all parts of the. Dominion are equally involved. It is one, therefore, which should be a. matter of general instead of merely local concern. This has unfortunately, however, not so far proved to be the case. At the meeting of the Society last week Mr Justice Williams, in the course of his remarks as president, drew attention to iact that, outside of Dunedin, the Society possessed very few members indeed, and yet the best reasons exist why it should have the support of .1 large number of private members throughout tho Dominion. The aims and purposes of the Society should be generally understood and appreciated by this time, but if they are nut it may be hoped that the Society's determination to circulate widely the report of the proceedings at its annual meeting, this including the president's exposition of its objects, will be fruitful in curing this defect. If the Society is to serve properly the function for which it was created it is necessary that it should be able to rely on an amount of support which will 'ensure it ample resources with which to meet, whenever it occurs, the unfortunate kind of emergency that arises from time tq time out of the disasters inseparable from marine traffic. The public is generous in its provision of financial assistance to the digressed in the case of serious shipwreck whenever an appeal is directly made to it, but it is an organisation ench as the Shipwreck Relief Society, existing for that very purpose, that is best nbio to lend tho aid of which tho promptitude b often the mo3t important factor. Moreover, it has to bo romembored that thero are numerous cases of minor disaster around our coasts of which the public hears little that mako a frequent call for action on tho Society's part. The Society is certainly entitled to receive much wider recognition and support than it doee from

one end of the Dominion to the other as the m<*t appropriate of channels for privata contributions that axe intended to alleviate the misfortunes of tho shipwrecked mariner. It represents organ-ir-cd philanthropy of a special character, and only when ite membership is more representative of the Dominion will it be truly and correctly styled tho Shipwreck Belief Society of Now Zealand.

Tho Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister of Kailways, yesterday definitely decided on tho itinerary of his tour of inspection through fclvo Lakes and'Ota-go Central, On Monday morning noxt ho will loavo Duncdin for Kingston and Qiioonstown, remaining at Uxs latter place over-night. On Tuesday morning ho will proceed by coach to Pembroke by way of Arrowtown, stopping at Pembroke until the noxt morning, when he continues his journey to Cromwell, calling at Ilawen Plat,. Luggatc, and Mount Pisa Station. Wednesday night will bo spent in Cromwell, whciro tho Hon. Mr Millar will be entertained at a social gathering. ,Ho will thoro also receive deputations, principally in regard to irrigation. On Thursday ho will proceed to Clyde, and there visit the Dunstan Horticultural Society's show. Alexandra will be visited on Friday, and in the evening Mr Millar will ba accorded a social function. On Saturday the Minister will, if tame- permits, pay a, visit to Nasohy on the return journey to Dnncdin, which ho will reach on Saturday evening. In tho following week Mr Millar will probably visit Balclutlra and Gore in conoetion with matters nfrecting the Railway Dopartmewt. Yesterday ho inspected the full length of tho ■Vfosffiel railway duplication works, the Burnsido Ironworks, and then tho Hillside Workshops. Mr Millar spends to-c'sy in inspecting the Otago Harbour works.

At Wednesday evening's meeting of tk-o City Council, the Public Works Committeo was granted permission to notify the Otago Education Board that tho council required for purpcs3S of road formation that portion of Bridgcman street now enclosed in tho lulasington schoolyard. Tikis will male© this particular roadway about half-a-chain wide, in which connection, Cr 'Wilson stated to a Daily Times reporter yesterday, it is worthy of note that negotiations were entered into somo time ago by tho council with the Railways Dcpartmet to curtail tho railway embankment near the Anderson's Bay road in order to give a further width to Bridgeman street on the railway side. This, however, would havo meant a cost of £1200 to the council, and negotiations ivero broken off. When opened through to Anderson's Buy road,. Bridgeman street, at its proposed width, will divert a considerable amount of traffic off King Edward street, via Cumberland stroot. The hope, was expressed by Cr Wilson that the time was hot far distant whion tho Kensington Soliool would be removed from, its present position. Bridgeman street could then bo ('xfonded through from King Edward stroot to Anderson's Bay road to its full width of 66ft.

A Press Association telegram from Gore states that Sir J. G. Ward has advised Mr Malcolm, ALP., that the Govcnuiiont lias decided to negotiate for the purcha.~o of Conical Hills Estato, tho property of Mr Watson Shennan, near Waipahi.

Tho Hon. Benjamin Harris, of Auckland, whose term of appointment to the Legislative Council expired on February 3, was (says a- Wellington message) re-appointed on that date.

Mr J. E Whito has secured tire contract from tho British Imperial Oil Company for the erection of a very solid biick storahous'} on the Anderson's Bay road, opposite tho Gasworks, and ha 3 now £om« doren bricklayers busy at work on tha building, which is to bo completed with all despatch. The walls are being built on >•> 6ft square concrete foundation, and it is estimated that tho store, wlicn completed, will hold 6ome 60,000 cases of kerceene, petrol, etc The British Imperial Oil Company is, as its name implies, a. purely British concern, and secures its oil from the island of Borneo. That this company intends to thoroughly exploit tho Now Zealand market is shown by the fact (hat it is securing promises in Auckland, Wellington, and Christehureh, in addition to the local building. Besides its particular biiand of kerosene, this oil company makes a speciality of the " Shell" spirit for motors and aeroplanes.

Tho Primoto hce now received tho consent of the bishops to the resignation of tho Bishop of Wellington (Dr Wallis), and will take immediate steps to summon* tho Synod of "Wellington for tho election of a successor.

Whilst a motor car containing a party of Dunedin gentlemen was travelling south through Fairfield on Wednesday a dog crossed in front of it, and in trying to avoid tJio animal tho car was upset. The four occupants and tho driver were thrown out, but, fortunately, all escaped without very serious injury, though Mr W. M'Kinloy sustained a rather severe shaking and a badly-injured shoulder.

An important point under tho licensing law was brought' before- Mr Justice Williams in tho Supremo Court yesterday. The question his Honor was asked to decide was this: Whon miust the seller of alcoholic liquor send to tho dork of tho court in a no-lioonse district intimation that liquor had been forwarded to that district? After hearing argument, his Honor held that the requisite notice should bo given simultaneously, or practically simultaneously, with tho salo ar.d delivery of tho liquor in order that when tho liquor arrived in a distriot the police might have the information which the act contemplated they should liave for the purpose of preventing sly grog-selling. Tills is tho first timo tho point has been raisod in tihe Dominion.

At last night's meeting of tho Hospital and Charitablo Aid Board Dr. S. PI. Jl'Bridc and Dr 11. C. Tait wore appointed senior house surgeons for the period ending March, 1912, and Dr Catharine Will and Dr R. W. Edgar junior houso surgeons for tte same period.

At the usual meeting of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children yesterday thero were present the Rev. Canon Curzon-Siggors (inthachair), Mesdamcs TV.. 11. Reynolds, Gordon, Fry, and Jackson, Dr Siodcbcrg, and Messrs J. M, Gallaway, D. Wright, F. G. Gumming, and the Rev. V. G. B. King. Apologies were received from Mcsdaracs Wiso, Withers, and Ewen. Beforo thta ordinary business was commenced Mr Wright moved a vote- of sympathy with the. secretary (Mrs Ansell) in her recent beroavement. This was duly carried in the customary manner. The secretary's report was j\jad and discussed, several cases mentioned thoroin being commented upon. Tho treasurer's report was also tabkd and several accounts passed {or payment.

The Girls' High School has this week had a record enrolment of 76 new pupils, making the attendance higher than last year's .record. Now pupils cannot bo received, exospt under exceptional circumstances, after Monday next. The total number of candidates from tho sohool presented at tho examinations towards flic end of lust year was 114, a.nd I lie total passes were 87. For tiro University scholarship examination tho passes were 100 per cent, of tho entries; for matriculation 78 per cent.; for tho civil service oxiunination 88 pov cent.; for tho continuation examination 69 per cent, and for tho Education Board scholarships 70 per cent. Miss Y. M. Whitoboad, one of tho pupils of tho school, wa'a tho first girl in the Dominion in tho Junior University and National Scholarship examination, and Miss N. Brown, anotW pupil, was second girl in tho Dominion in tho junior, oivil sorvieo examination, with tho result that she has already received an appointment,

Speaking at a mooting of the South Dune cdin Women's Christian Association yesterday afternoon, Mr G. I!. Nicholls said that amongst other inaccuracies in regard to prohibition which had boon already exposed, a certain Monsignor Fowler, from tho United States, had declared that Ka* sas City was half in Kansas, which is pr» hibition, and half in Missouri, which waa not prohibition, and that tho prohibition side of one street was largely <lovoted to gambling houses, while on tbu license side saloons largely predominated, so that when a man wanted to gamble he went to the prohibition side, and when he wanted to drirak ho went to thb lioense side. How far this revolting picture was correct could be judged, said Mr Nicholls, by information that had just come into his hands. Tho Mercantile Club of Kansas City, Kansas, was composed of energetic and prominent business men. It wny publishing , widely all over tho United States an advertisement in order to attract busineas and population to Kansas City. Tho signatures of those business men were attached to the advertisement, ond they evidently believed what they said, and wore prepared to 6i'pport it in thnir own 'homo oity. They also evidently bolioved that those facts, widely known, would help their city commercially. Tho main claims of tho advertisement are that Kansas City, Kansas, was tho only city of its eizo in Christendom that had no saloons, no gambling houses, and no brothels, and that it wus the only city of ite size that ranked among the first 15 manufacturing cities in the* Unifead States, They claimed that more money was invested in manufacturing establishments in Kansas City than in any other city of its size in tbo world, and fhofc its annual output was about 10Q;000,000dols. All those facts, Mr Nicholls continued, spoko woll for prohibition, and he, for one, and ho believed tho general publio also, preferred to balievo tho local body, which was equivalent to tho Chamber of Commerce in Nbw Zealand, to the irresponsible; statements of a witnoss like Monsignor Fowler.

It is interesting to note in these daja of small families that the prize given by Uμ fruiterers at their fourth annual picnic for tho lady with tho largos!; family on the picnic ground was won by a comparatively young-looking woman who, although having left somo at home, pio'dueed nine children, for inspsction by the judge. She was accompanied by her mother, husband, and two SMs-in-law and tliroo end they made a fine, healthy, and intolli-gcnt-lookiru group, which would be a credit to any v communifcy. Another interesting point was tho difficulty which tho judges had in coming to a decision as to which was thte heaviest ba>!>y under 12 months old. Two babies, a boy and a girl, drawing the samo weight dressed, hatl to be stripped and weighed without clothes. Tho boy (almost seven months old), proved- the winner, turning the scale at beating tho girl by 4oz.

A Wellington telegram reports that the appointment is gazetted of Mr John Lomas to bo Superintendent of Workers' Dwellings. Boards arc appointed in various districts consisting of the Superintendent, the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the district, and the local Inspector of Factories.

A fete held in the Christchurch Publio Gardens yesterday in aid of tiho Domain Board's funds, was vory largely attended (says a. Prcs3 Association telegram), and it is expected that the total receipts will" bo doss on £IOCO.

Tho proposed extension of Fox street, South Dunedin, has not bwsn overlooked by the City Council. A considerable amount of delay, Cr Wilson (chairman of tho Works Committee) stated to a Daily Times reporter yesterday, had been occasioned owing to one of tho property owners concerned residing in San Francisco, and his agent bcirij in England. No negotiations could bo proceeded with on this' account, but the council is now making an effort to purchase this property,' which will enable Fox street to bo extended through to Ca<--gill road.

Tho consideration of communications from the Dunodin A.A. Club took' up a large nmount o f time at .the meeting of the Diuwdin Centre last night. Ong request from the club was that they should bo supplied with a full report of the centre's meetings as early ae possiblo after •each meeting. It noed hardly be Eaid tint the members were unanimous in considering that such information was supplied with suffiewnt fulness by tho press, and that to comply with, the request would take up a groat deal too much of the secretary's time.. As lacit night's sitting lasted for throe hours, it was obvious that tho club's request was unreasonable. The Dunedin Club, also, in vigorous terms, objected to the appointment of Messrs A. R, Barclay and Ronwick as delegates from the centre to attend the club's meetings, and suggested thai;' in future delegates should bo sent that had some experience in athletics. Seeing that Mr Eenwick is an ox-professional runner as well as an experienced amateur, and that Mr Barclay had been a runner in his younger days, and had never lost his keen interest in amniotics of all kinds, the complaint was evidently mada without proper inquiry. A motion was oarriod taking exojptJon to tho club's criticism of tho appointments.

The defence steamer Lady Roberts yesterday brought up from Taiaioa Heads one of tho old muzzle-loading guns recently presented by the Defenos Department to the City Council. The gun was placed in tho Triangle, where it will bo permanently mounted. A case presenting a rather singular feature came before Mr H. Y. Widtiowson, S.M., in tho Magistrate's Court yesterday, but was adjourned to allow of the appcarnnco of the defendant, who had been injurcd in, a. motor car accident on tho provious evening. The action was brought by the Bootmakers' Union against tho Messrs M'Kinlay for employing a boy and failing to pay him the full wages. Mr Barclay (who appeared for tho prosecution) said the peculiar point about tho case was that the apprentice had received his wages, but ha contended that he had not been paid them by the Messrs M'Kinlay, but that this boy's father had contributed 5s a week to tta firm, Mr Adams said ho would admit thab tho boy was sometimes in the factory, but stated tha.t ho was at least 1740 hours away during tho last throe orrfour years when ho should have been there; neither did ho admit the facts as stated by Mr Barclay. Wo understand the reason tho father thus allegedly supplemented his son's wage was so that lie should remain in rhe employ of the Messrs M'Kinlay.

There was a brief sitting of tho City Police Court yesterday morning , , Mr H. Y. Wi<ldowson, S.M. presiding. Edward James Norton Taylor, a prohibited person, who had been remanded for medical treatment, was charged with drunkannoss and with procuring , liquor. His Worship ordered him to pay the medical exponses (£1 Is), or seven days' imprisonment, on the first chargo, and 20s, or seven days, on tiro second. A first, offender and Timothy Toomoy ivero each fined 10s for drunkenness, in default 24 hours' imprisonment.

An inadvertent, injustice was don© to a juvenile offendor who was ■ convicted and committed to tho Industrial Sohool on Tuesday for stealing a bicycle. It was stated in our report that the sum of £3 was also stolon. In fairness to tho lad, it should 1)0 stated that lie was not charged with tho thoft of money.

At tho Ophir Police Oouit yesterday Samuel Tniesdalo, a farmer at Matakanui", was committed for trial on three charges of sheep-stealing. Other charges against tho samo man a.re to ba heard to-day. Tho case was heard before justices, Chief-deteo-tivo Herbert conducting tho prosecution and Mr Hiralon the dofeneoi

Tenders aro invited by the Lands Department for the supply of 35 tons of fencing wire. Tho lectures this year in the School cf Engineering and Technical Science, Canterbury College, will h: 1 . begun on the 13th March. TJio wchool provides comploto courses for tho degree of bachelor of, or for the certificate o£ associate in, mechanical, civil, or electrical engineering, and alio provides instruction in the technical science of tho engineering and sillied trades, in applied electricity, and in surveying. Bambo, tho reliable corn erndicator, ia sold by Wilkinson and Son, pharmacists. They are also agents for all Mine. Rubinstein's Yalaze preparations.—Advt. Eastabrook, 71 Prir.ccs street, for watch repairs. Highly recommended.—Advt. A Cheap Line.—Knglish torchon lace, from 1 to 2 inches wide—usual price Is 6d to 2s 6d, sale price Is dozen.—At Mollisons sale.—Advt. A. E. J. Blnkelcy. dentist. Bank of Australasia, cornor of Bond ar.d Rattruj Btreets (next Telegraph Office). Telcphona .1659.—Advt. Inverairgill. Ist February.—Hill Climb: "Trusty" Triumphs, in those positions: Ist, 2nd, 3rd, private owners; Ist, 2nd, 3rd. open cla6s; also, fastest time of day. Call or write for catalogue,--Stedinan and Wilson, Cumberland street, Dunedin.—Advt. A very fine selection of gold and silvermountcd greenstone articles is to bo scon at tho establishment of G. and T. Young (Limited). Souvenirs of a visit to tho Dominion nro particularly neat and attractive, and tourists from acrwi tho wator should inspect this stock.—Advt. Irdigcstion should not bo trifled with! It is gonorally, in early stages, a danger warning. Alarming developments can bo prevented ana u cure effected by taking " Wahoo "—2s 6d j chemists and storekeepers.—Advt. Ladies with prematurely grey hair should use Heimlcy Burnet hair restorer. It restores colour and promotes growth. Sproscn, and leading chemists. Insist upon tho gorruino Hemsley Burnet hair restorer,—Advt. We mako tho best artificial teeth for less than any other in city. Uso only Ash's and White's, the best teeth procurable; • guarantee and see tkt you got it.—Jordan and Tittar, London Dental, Stock Exchange. Painless extraction; no after ofToots. —Advt. Wno is Pktkr Dick?—Tho meet reliable ■Watchmaker, Jeweller, and Optician, opposite Palace Hotel, Moray place, Dunedin. Charges strictly moderate.—Advt.