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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15608, 11 November 1912, Page 5

A Prrss Ateooiation telegram states that his Excellency Lord Islington nrnved at (Jhristchuroh from Wellington on Saturday morning, 110 attended tho races at llic<oarton, nnd at night ho was tendorcd «• civic farowcJl, and was proscnted with an addrrta on behalf of tho O.ty Council and tho United Labour party. Ho will como to Dunedin to-day. On Saturday a youth, 14 years of age, asked tho propriotor of lilio Brighton drag, Mr M'Keown, (or a rido to Brighton, as ho wished to obtain a. swag lie hail left thero. On tho return, journey four passengers alighted at Caversh.un, ami when tho driver solicited their fares ho was told that they had bcon oollectcd by tho boy inside. Thinking it was all right, ho drovo on to Man so street. Tho remaining passenger, wiio then alighted, also stated that her faro had been paid to tho lad, who had apparently assured tho passengers that ho wiw authorised to collect tho payments. But by this timo the boy had disappeared, carrying with him about 9s belonging to tho coach [iropriiitor. 'Ilho police were busy yesterday, and during tlio day Constable Dark arrested tlio l»y, who, it appears, is wanted also for an allege<l theft at Green Ifjaud, For tho jicust day or two lie has lioen staying at South Dunedin. 110 was taken to tho Central Police Station, and will appear beforo tlio court this morning ohargeil with obtaining money under falso protencefi. Colonel M'Ara, commanding the 4th Regiment of Territorial*, iliad tho misfortune on Sjitimlay afternoon to meet with an aocidejit which prevented his attenilanoo at tho manmuvres. Whilo proceeding along Prinocs street, near tilie Post Ollice, at-tlio hivul of tho liattaiion, lus horse, for »mo re<ison, look fright, and sot oil at a furious gallop down Princes street South, Tlio colonel ondeavouroi to turn his horse's head up into Walker street, but whilo crossing the [»o.t Way of wooden blocks whioli spans tho foot of tlio street tho horse slipped and oamo down with him, dislomting his slkoiildrr and severely briiiaing his head and hip. Colonol M'Ara was conveyed to a (Jiemist's Bliop nea-r by, where first-aid was rendered. Ho was then taken home, ami l)r Stephenson attended to his injuries. As a rcMih. of tho aooident Colonel M'Ara will proUibly bo :nivipacit.ited for a week or 10 days. There wa* a brief Ml ting of the City Police Court on Saiurday morning, Mr 11. Y. Widdowiion, S.M., presiding. A lir:-t ofTender was fined 5.<, in default 24 liours' imprlsoumcnt on a charge of ilrunkenn«>s. Tho Magistrate granted tho application for a prohibition order made by Mr Malcolm Stovenson on behalf of ono of his workmen, a good man, whom he wished to keep sober. William Ilavard was lined 5s on each of two informations charging with failing to send hus child to tho Moray Place School. Alfred Tail pleaded "Not guilty" on being charged with a similar oUcuce. Ho admitted that his son, 10J years old, had boon aJisent from tho Kensington School 120 times this year, and had not pawed any Mamlard, but he producod a doctor's ccrtilieato that tho boy ■was in ill-health. In-speotor Ryan gave evidence that lie had seen the boy mulling aliout the streets in wet weather. The magistrate slid that the doctor's eert.ilicato 'lid not exempt tJio child. The parent should have seen th 3 school authorities, 'iho oaso would bo adjourned for a week lo ens bio tho doctor's evidenoe to lw obtained. The head master's ovidence might also be procured. In it/i customary report (or mtlmiission to the (.:ty (otineil on night, llio Water Committee states that an application from the Otago University Council fnr a reduction m tJie oliargo for water snpi>lied to tho University, from the preFont rate of Is 6d jvr 1000 gallons, has lieen declined. 'Hie mmmittee points out that the University is exempt from all other rates, and that the existing systom of ehargini: was adoptnl last year at tJio nvjuest of the University Council as a eoncession from iJie previous method of rating. 'Ihe (Kitients receiving attention in the llocpiUd at the end of last week tuitul>ered 169, which is less by live than the number at the end of the previous week, During the week 43 patinnts were admitted. and 45 were discharged. There were three deaths during the week, the names of diveistHl heiug Eleanor Pearson, Annie licid, and CJiarlw Herbert Gedder-

Three hundred eonlito cartridges were found in a rubbish tin when the dust cart wiw making its rounds at l'artiell en 'lVmrsdny (says our Auckland corrcspondent). It is imp<vfcil>!c |o predict what the result would hive Iven hail the explosives remained unnoticed and been deposited at the destructor. Stniy cartridges have Iven found on previous ocmsiotis, hut never before in Auckland lias suoh colossal earclo*now as tJiat displayed in this in^tniioc Inxm dtjvovonvL

The Hanover Street linpiist (. Enroll was crowded l.vt evening when tho lir.-t luptisiiwll servioo in tlio new ItuiUlitic ww co:itluotni to tho Rev. \V. Uav. Prior !o iJio otaorv.uuv of the ordinances Mr liny preached [miii Romans vi, 3 and 4. and at the elofe of the sermon sune very iiuprrauTO wordi wore addressed to the 10 persons who wore ailerwards immersed in tho baptismal i>xi!. The choir suiii; the To Demn. and S|>co ; aJ pi«vos appropriate to tiie ocaision. It wu.-i thought that tho f.|woial serviow in connection with the opening were concluded, but the L'hituvo wuik icxl with t3ic chtiroJi aro arranging to have a special evening of their own. They have aJroady boon very generous, but as an orprwsion of their appreejaron of the kindness sliown to tliein by tho church they invito nil to a tea ami social gatherin? tonight, commencing at 6.30. An intonating programme will lw rendered in tho church after tea by tho Chinoso and loichcrs wad frioaik

Tho roturns in connection witlj iho working of the municipal abattoir show that during the mouth of October 944 cattle, 5990 sheep, 259 lambs, 379 pigs, and 166 calves wtro slaughtered at tlio abattoir, and of theso 22 o:ttle, six sheep, threo pigs, and six oilvcs wero condemned as unlit for food, and the oaroases sent to tlio mannro works.

At tho St. Clair Congregational Church yesterday Mr D. Cooke officiated at the onjan at tho evening service, at the rono'twnii of which ho gave a short recital, comprising the following polos:—'"Triumphal March" (llcirecke), " Ziogunerwoiscn ' (S;i r.i.'.Lti), "Prelude and l''uguo" (MaiUv),

"Revcrio" f\'ien*tciiip6), and " ihrclie Kanfaro" (Aschor),

There was a. fair attendance of men at tho strangers' too held at tho Young Men's .Christian Association yesterdiy afternoon. As ttfuii week is to bo observed through all the Young Moil's Christian Associations of tho world as a week of prayer, Mr Hughes (general secretary), gave a short address, tracing the growth of the week of intercession from small beginnings until it has grown t/i suolt an extent that it belts tho world, Mr Hughes also ppoko of other organisations which were wielding a groat |iower for good among all classes of tin) community, all of which lied sprung from small beginnings, some of them having lteen started by one roan. Mr Hughes then spoko of tho meetings of the week of iret«nocssion to bo hold in tho local wnation, urging tlio men, if unable to attend tho meetings at tlio building, to reniemtier the intercessory subjects in their private devotions.

'Die trafiio returns for the city trnimvnys for tlio fortnight ended Novoinlier 2, 1912, as compared with tho corresponding period for last year, wero as follow:—Receipts • 1912, £2747 18s 3d; 1911, £2559 ss. Mik-age--1912, 48,440 miles 32 chains; 1911, 49,127 miles 60 chains.

Our AnckWl correspondent reports that boarding-housekeepers mid hotel proprietors in Auckland, with keen foresight, arc alroady |>roparing for next year's exhibition, ami it is proknb'o that several very extensive additions to buildings will bo made in order to copo with the rush of visitors which tho exhibition is sure to bring to the city. Already plans are in preparation for adding 20 rooms to a largo Ixxirding-houso in Albert streot, whilo another in Symonds street is miking arrangements for tlio addition of 32 rooms. Various hotels in tho city will also ho renovated and added to for the exhibition

An appeal to tho Supremo Court lias been lilcd liy .Mr .IcJin Kwing against tlio decision of iJie Warden (Mr lhselden) in tho former's application for protection of it water-race, heard Inst week at St. lfcitihiuia. Tho protection <vnt asked whilst inquiries, estimates, and stirveyn were made with a new In converting a. mining right into olio for irrigation jnirposes

Tho Nativo ahiufs throughout New Zenland havo been circularised with a letter bearing an announcement as follows:—It has been decided by a committee to erect a memorial to Captain Cook. The proposed monument will l>o nn imposing structure to Im erected on a hillock at Motulntra. This is an island at Arapawa, Poverty Bay, and tho monument will be seen by ships passing to and from the groat ocean Kaukawa. Why that spot has been selected is on account of it being the first station of Captain Cook's fleet on reaching theso islands from England. Therefore, the tribes mid liapus throughout Iho North and South Islands aro prayerfully asked tlint they will recogniso the imiwrtaneo of the memento in respect of thus groat man, and to send along do.ialions. The sum of £1000 is required, Chiefs nrc asked for sul>stantial contributions.

The precincts of the Garrison Hail were tho sceno of exceptional activity on Saturday afternoon, when ihe 4th Regiment, the B Battery, tho Field Ambulance, the Machine Gun Section, and Apudrons A and I) of the sth Mounted Regiment, went on parade. A large number of tho general public were interested spectators of the assembly and departure of tho Territorial!*. The 11 Battery were the first to move olf, leaving the Garrison Hall at 2.30 p.m. for Taliuna. Park for a week-end encampment. Thero were about 50 members of the No. 2 Fi'.'ld Ambulance on parade. Under Captain Ritchio, they proceeded to Woodhaugh A alley, where route marching and practical field work wns carried out. A collecting station was establislied and firstaid rendered to tho casualties brought m for examination. A return to town wns made about. 6 p.m. A nnd D Squadrons of the sth Regiment, Otago .Mounted Killes, Uiklvt Captain Black, proceeded to l/«ok Out Point, where A Squadron took to the hills, and I) Squadron, under Lieutenant ttlinger, went through Green Lsliind. the two squadrons meeting again on (lie hills overlooking the Green Inland beach. This outing Mas taken mainly to givo tJio reemits an opportunity to become familiar with skirmishing and outpost work, Much good work was done during the afternoon, ami tho squadrons reached Jiome alwut 6 I 1"! '^ n ' * Battalion of the 4tli Regiment, comprising eight companies, with a tot.ll of about- 400 men, loft the Garrison llnll about 2.30 p.m., nnd were played out to Mr Sidey's property at Caver.sham by the 4th Itegimental Itand, which turned out in strong force. The companies were exeicisvd under th? oonrpany and non-oommis-nioned officers in open order drill and comjxiny drill until 5.30 p.m. when n [lause of half an hour was mado for tea. Afterwards more company drill was c.irrird out. and a routo march made through St. Clair, homo being reached about 8.30 p.m. The immnMivrcß woro carried out under rather disagreeable c.in'iinisUuiees, M,m v of Ihe men were out in Uul weather for the first, time, but their general bearing wns particularly good, and they entered with spirit into the work on liand. Owing t» an accident Colonel M'Ara \vm> mtable to lx> |>re.sent, ami Captain Moller was m charge of the battalion until Look Out Point was miched, when Captain Mi,can took over the command, 'llio outing lasted six hours, from 2.30 p.m. till 6.30 p.m.. ami will consequently count as two half-day parados. The 4lli Regiment has now belli three out of I lie 1.-i half-day parades preseriM by the Defence reputations.

"There is no Milliliter or winter at Honolulu- wo have the climate in |] w world." said Dr W. T. Hrigham j,, t |„, cotirs,- of an interview wr|, Auckland Star representative. "When anyone in Horn,, lulu tliiiiks of taking a trip, ho has to st(>p to consider whether n is summer or winter i" 'lif plac<> lie contemplates visiting, The ti'iii|H'rnturo seldo/n varies more than 20 decrees—from 63 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit, -Imt slill we haw our cold places. There are mountains 14,000 ft in hoiyiit oovcied in perpetual snow. It i.; a long and arduous jounvy to iliein, and the natives do not like gouip, not. only tuvjuisc it i s colli, l, n t because it is where they Mime Hint their

' akuas' (g\>|j) dwell, fur umleniMth a vmoor of civilisition lliey still have a healthy regard for their ancient religion and SltpeMitions, just as many of u< believe it is unlucky to have thirteen at table."

lho " kegger" is. as a general ru'e, a person who commands very little respect in tJirt coniiminiiy and he is little wii»ht after ejiept bv those wlm wish to ingratia to thcmsolvM with him for a |> ur . Iki.so quite intent (nays tho Southland Times). Realising their responsibility to maintain the regulations ihe tramway ofliri.it have come to regard the keggers " as irksome passengers, and, while they do not apparently so wit of il.pj'r way to deter Ihrrn in uny of tJieir movements, they have a wholesome regard for any circumstance which deprives this primitive worshipper of Ilacchiie of his right of i«.*ago on tho ears. " Wo just escaped another lot on this trip," said an oflici.il tho other evening. " They couldn't get tho keg out in time," he explained, went

on to state that cars on a certain section had earriod quite a number of parties during the afternoon and early evening. Oim party, lio paid, had two kegs in a sack, and they pirollerwl payment for only one, and it was only after an argument that they could bo made to pay for the second. In tlm end they became so engrossed in the dispute that they lost their tickets, and had. on tl.c entry of the inspector, to pay their fares again, ro that altogether their excursion was expensive.

To-morrow evening tho new building erected for the Young Men's Christian Association will be officially opened by his Kxcelleney tho Governor. The building is a model ot completeness, and has almost every imaginable facility for carrying out tho purposes of tho Y.M.C.A. Supporting his kxcellenev at the opening function there will be his Worship the .Mayor, representatives of the trusters, the lmard of directors, and the Council of Churches—nil of whom will give short addresses. The Rev. Canon Curzon-Siggvrs will offer tlio dedicatory prayer. An offering wilt be taken up in aid of the completion of the furnishing ol tho building.

Brooklands-Douglas motor cycle makes new records—lso miles in 21.r Wmin: 159 miles in three hours.—\V. Stuart \Yil=on and Co., Dunedin.—Advt. Just received direct from Belfast ono enso "weaver's damages" in pure linen tablecloths. The defects aro very slight, and do not materially afTect tho wcarinc: qualities. Prices—l4t 6d to 37s 6d cach. •Mollisons Limited.—Advt. Isn't it very strange how pcopln will neglect Mimn'er rou'rhs end colds until theso frequently develop into distressing maladies? "lienjamin Gum " quickly relieves andsoon removes all coughs and oolds. Prioc. Is 6d; chemists and storekeepers.—Advt, H. fiuntborp. resident dentist, Balcluthi, visits Milton. Kaitangata, and fhvaka, Telephono 51-Advt. Tho howling season is again here. If you havo not selected your bowls vet make a point of seeing G. and T. Young's (Ltd.) stock Their lengthy experience in tho handling of bowls should be of advantage to protective purchasers.—Advt. "Dolly" Feeders aro the most approved fording lxrttlcn—so little trouble, and so olennjy; Is each.—Wilkinson and Son, chemists. Nurses rcoommend them.—Advt. Moro Rudgo Results.—At Portmarnock. August 29, 3} h.p Rudgo won two out of threo races. Rudgc, Ist and 3rd in tho Four-mile Scratch. At Dewsbury the 3i Rudgo won Rat Cup and gold medal.— W'mpcnny Bros. (Limited). Moray placo.— Advt. We recommend for watch, clock, and jewellery repairs A. J. Shaw, 13 Rattray streot Absolutely tho best in Dunedin.— Advt What I You aro not getting satisfaction with your watch and jowellerv repairs? Try tho practical peoplo-Williamsoti'fi. Princes street.—Advt A. K, J. Blnkelev, dentist, Bank of Australasia. corner of Bond and Ruttray streets (next Telegraph Office) Telcpliono 1859.— Who is Peter Dick?—' The most relinblo Wfttchmnkor, Jewellor, and Certificated Consulting Optician, 490 Moray place (oUPrincce St.), Dunedin. Charges moderate.—Advt.