Untitled

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15822, 22 July 1913, Page 4

A Press Association message from Wellington states that the shareholders' representatives on the board of directors of the Bank of New Zealand (Messrs Martin Kennedy and William Watson) have forwarded to the Minister of Finance a letter submitting their views and opinions (already expressed) with respect to the proposals by the chairman relative to increasing the capital of the bank.

The Hon. J. Allen, Minister of Defence, stated to a Now Zealand Times representative on Friday night that he was not yet able to say when he would be in a position to make his promised announcement on the naval defence policy of the dominion. He wa6 awaiting a certain communication from the Home authorities which might arrive at any time, and until it came to hand he would not be able to disclose the intentions of the Government; in this respect.

The running of such steamers as the Wahinc and the Maori in the ferry service entails an enormous expense, running into thousands of pounds per month. The monthly coal bills of the two steamers tocii about £3000, and the wages bills are 'also a very big item. The Waliiuo carr'os a complement of nearly 120 men, made up as follows:—Master, three navigating < dicers, boatswain, 10 able seamen, two ordinary seamcn,and a boy, two pursers, a wireless operator, seven engineers, 34 grease.-s, Shemen, and trimmers, and 45 stewards. There are also four stewardesses.'"

An Auckland Press Association telegram states that the resignation of Dr Croesley as Anglican Bishop of Auckland has been accepted by the Primato, and steps can now be taken towards the election of his successor. A meeting of the Standing Committee will 'be held on Thursday evening, when the method of procedure to be adopted will be discussed. A sub-committee may pcssibly be appointed to report on the matter. If it should be deemed .necessary to call a special meeting of the Syiiod this frill probably be held immediately prior, to the ordinary meeting of Synod to be held early in October. Mr J. R. Triggs, Conciliation Commissioner, will open a. sitting of the council in Dunedin this morning. Nine disputes are to be heard by Mr Triggs during his present visit—the largest number over filed in one the dominion. This morning the butchers dispute will bo called on. On Wednesday the Commissioner will sit at Lawrence at 1 p.m., when tho sluicing miners will stato their demands. On Thursday, at 11,- Mr Triggs will sit again at Dunedin to hear the general labourers' dispute. Friday, at 10, is fixed for the builders"labourers. On Saturday, at 10, the quarry workers' demands will be presented., Monday, the 28th, qt 10.30. Is set apart for' the Otago elaughtermen. On Tuesday, the 29th, at 10, the dispute concerning the performing musicians of Oamaru and Southland will come up for hearing. Wednesday, tho 30th, at 10, is tho dato fixed for the bookbinders to appear. On Thursday, the 31st, at 10, the commissioner will give tion to tho licensed drainers. Whllo in Dunedin Mr Triggß will formally deal with the drapers' assistants' dispute without having tho parties before him, as an agreement was arrived at by the parties in oonferonoo,

The Maunganui arrived at Bluff at 3 p.m. yesterday, Her mail left Invercargill by the 4.20 p.m. train for Clinton and will reach Dunedin by the 10.30 a.m. 6onth train to-day. The mail will be delivered in thecity and suburbs by the 2 p.m. delivery. Tho Acting Secretary of the Dunedin Expansion League is in receipt of advice from tho district traffio rmnager of tho New Zealand Railways that in connection with the two excursions from Dunedin on July 26 and August 9 an excursion will be run from Queenstown to the head of Lako VVakatipu on Mondays, July 28 and August 11, leaving Queenstown at 8.30 leaving the head of the lake at 4.30 p.m., and Elfin Bay at 5 p.m. The excureions are at a very cheap rate and offer an opportunity of seeing tho magnificent scenery of the Cold Lakes region in its winter grandeur.

Arrangements aro being made with tha Government Photographic Department to take kinematograph films of at least one of the functions in commemoration of tha jubilee of the Otago Boys' High School, which was founded on August 3, 1863. Aa it 'm proposed to have a picture of the old school and of the present school as insets in one of tho films it should mako an intensely interesting record both historically and as showing the advancement of this part of tho dominion during tho last 50 years, and the High Commissioner, who ia a keen educationalist, will welcome it among v his illustrations of the dominion's progress. Our Oamaru correspondent advises that tho corfipany designed to acquire and transform the North Otago Times has been successfully floated. Mr T. K. Sidey, M.P., intends to ask the Government: (1) Whether it i 6 aware that, notwithstanding the provisions Of section 16 of " The Public Service Classification Act, 1907," and the corresponding section of the consolidating Act of 1908, which provide that persons temporarily appointed to the Public Service after November 25, 1907, and who are ineligible for permanent appointment, shall not be continuously cmployed for more than six months at any one time, there are a Dumber of persons who are appointed after that date, and though ineligible for permanent appointment, who have been since contin,iously employed, and havo now completed over five years' con. tinuous service, and have received annua] increments jof salary ond been in every respect, other than as regards superannuation, treated as permanent officers, and that it is now proposed to dispense with their sen-ices because of the statutory provisions before referred to ? (2) In view of the hardship to these officers, who aro married men and whose long continuous service is itself testimony . to the., satisfactory manner in which they havo discharged' their duties, and is such' that they might well be pardoned if it led them to expect permanent appointment, and in view also of the reassuring telegram recently sent by the Prima Minister to the Minister of Marine in relation to tho officers of tho Public Service, will the Government legislate, at as early a date as possible this session, to permit of those whose position and service is as above indicated being placed on the permanent list?

The Natural Resources Development Committee of the Dunedin Expansion League held ito monthly mooting yesterday afternoon. Mr E. E. Stark occupied the chair. A communication vas received from the Under-secretary of the Mines Department stating that the Minister had agreed to the request of the- league to give notice at aa early a date as possible of any alterations proposed to be mode in the Coal Mines and l Mining Acts. Other correspondence was dealt with, and the annual. report of tho committee submitted by the acting secretary was approved.

The George Street School Committee has decided to instal a hot-water heating, system in the school at an estimated cost of £600. Of this amount the Education Board will pay half. The committee is calling a meeting of householders for this week to devise ways and means of raising the school's quota of £300.

The Indrabarah is to leave Wellington for Port Chalmers at daylight this morning, and is due to arrive on Thursday.' She will go into dook on Friday.

Prominent among the advocates of better conditions for the backblocks at the Farmers' Union Conference have (says the Post) been the Auckland delegates, Major D. H. Lusk, of Te Kuiti, and Mr A. A. Ross, of Wairangi. On Thursday night they drew attention to the neglect of the backblocks schools by the Government and Education Boards, who were inclined to pay more attention to the larger town schools. Mr G. Anderson thought there should bo a system of minimum salaries for aided teachers, at present paid on capitation. A minimum wage of at least £1 a week should bo set. Mr T. MOS3 said that in some of the 6mall schools the men to whom they were entrusting their children were little better than labourers. They ought to ask the Government for an increase of the salaries of teachers so as to make the profession attractive to qualified young men. At present teachers were leaving the profession on the first opportunity. The reniit to call the attention of the Government and Education Boards to tho state of affairs was adopted. It is notified in the Gazette that the Hon, J. R. Sinclair, Mr J. F. Arnold, and Dr James Fitzgerald have been appointed members of the board for the purposes of " Tho Kaitangata Relief Fund Transfer Act, 1892." The English mail which was despatched from Dunedin via Brindisi on June 12 arrived in London on tho 19th inst.—ono day early. ■ • The Dunedin Coursing Club intended to hold a coursing meeting at Forbury Park on Friday and Saturday, but as the heavy rain experienced since Sunday has made tho condition o£ the Plumpton very bad, and as tho club wishes to avoid the likelihood of a prosecution, which it considers might possibly be instituted if the hares were run under circumstances which would be decidedly in favour of the dogs, a postponement has been decided on. Another meeting will be held on Friday night, when dates for tho meeting will probably be fixed. The Standing Committee of the Harbour Board held its monthly meeting yesterday afternoon. The application from the Dunedin and Suburban General Carriers and Coal Merchants' Industrial Union of Employers for the construction of a coal dump at the Rattray street wharf similar to the coal dump at tho Birch 6treet wharf was referred to tho engineer, he to draw up a .report as to the best spot in which to construct such a dump, when the request will be further considered. A sub-committee was set up to consider a letter from the secretary ol the Otago General Labourers' Union asking the board to make inquiry as to why a workman was removed from tho Leith deviation works to other works. An application from 11. C. Campbell that cases of motor cars per s.s. Otaki for transhipment under bond to Invercargill should go through by rail at transhipment rates was referred to the board for its favourable consideration. Tho secretary (Mr Blair Mason) submitted a memorandum with referenco to the purchase of dock punts from Miller Bros., Port Chalmers, and it was decided to refer tho matter to tho harbourmaster to submit an estimate of their cost. The request from tlio General Labourers' Union that tho men employed at Black Jack's Quarry on the 27th ult. who were knocked off at 10 a.m. consequent on an accident whereby two men were hurt, should be paid a full day's wage, was declined. Messrs Jc-hu Mill and Co. wrote accepting the offer 1 of the board to increase the present contract price of 9d per ton for tho receiving and delivery of cargo by lid per ton. The letter was received. The secretary submitted a memorandum covering certain proposals as to how the board should recoup itself for the increase to be paid to Messrs Mill, and this memorandum will come up again before tha full meeting of the board.

The revenue received from the two docks at Port Chalmers for Juno came to £397 lis Bd, as against £383 19b 4d for tho corresponding month last year. The expenditure for June this year totalled £930 2s 10d, while in June, 1912, tho expenses wero £800 10a 7d. From January 1 to June 30, 1913, the revenue from tho two docks reached tho sum of £4097 and the expenditure £5288 la lOd, while for tho corresponding gix months in 1912 the receipts were £3297 and the expenditure £5055.

Mr G. Hunter (Waipawa) has given notice of his intention to ask the Minister of Railways whether ho will consider the advisability of amending tho regulation which provides that railway employees in the second division who are absent on sick-leave for a period of within 14 days have- the time they are so incapacitated deducted from the term of their annual leave.

.. Messrs D. M. Mawson and N. Dodds, J.P.'s, adjudicated upon an assault case at the Port Chalmers Police Court yesterday, arming out of a fracas in the forecastle of tho steamer'Rakaia on .Friday night Edmund Gronsky, a fireman on the vessel, stated that on tho night in question he went into the forecastle and found the donkeyman, Daniel Poy, flourishing a pair of boxing gloves and inviting all hands to go ashore, where he proffered "to tako them on, one at a time." Foy's invitation was not accepted, and Gronsky in his evidence said he went peaceably to his bunk and sat down. Foy then took off tho gloves and asked complainant to stand up and fight it out, but on being refused Foy struck Gronsky. The latter also 6tated that accused kicked him in his ribs and bit his nose, which boro testimony to the nature of tho assault. Three witnesses having corroborated tho complainant's evidence, Foy pleaded not guilty. He declared that Gronsky was tho aggressor, and as he did not fight according to alleged British standards witness "just had to fight anyhow." In the " head bumping" that ensued Gronsky got tho worst of the encounter. The bench convicted Foy of assault and fined him £2, with costs (10s 6d), in default 14 .days' imprisonment. The fine was paid.

A timely and valuable suggestion was made by Cr Morgan at the meeting of the Port Chalmers Council last night in connection with the adoption of precautions against the possibility of infection by smallpox. After urging increased vigilance on the part of the borough employees in the matter of sanitation duties, Gr Morgan pointed out that the townspeople could assist very materially by burning as much as possible' of their household refuse. He said a surprisingly largo proportion of tho ordinary garbago that had to bo carted away from dwellings could easily be burnt in the kitchen fires in small quantities nt a time, and if that practice was more widely adopted the risk of infection by diseaso would be correspondingly decreased.

Tho much-vexed question of introducing a rating area in Otago to enable tho Harbour Board to extend its powers of raising money for the carrying out of works for the improvement of tho Port of Otago, and to increase and enhance the value of its securities, was discussed by the Standing Committee of the board yesterday. It was finally decided to hold over the proposal for sis months, and a sub-committee was set up io draw out a report detailing tho full particulars of the rating scheme, such report to be forwarded to the local bodie6 interested, so. that they may he placed in possession of evidenco which it is hoped may tend to help them to view the board's proposals with more favour than they do at present.

Speaking before the Farmers' Union Conference on Friday (says the Post), Dr Cockayne, Government Botanist, said he did not tflink there was much value to be gained by inspecting fields before cutting to secure the purity of grass and clover 6eeds. Probably not 1 per cent, of the grass and clover seeds sold in New Zealand could be classed as absolutely clean in not containing any extraneous eeeds at all. When samples were properly machine-dressed tho seed was purified very uniformly. Farmers' dressed seed contained more impurity than seed purified and purchased through a reliablo merchant. In cocksfoot the Ices in cleaning was over 20 per cent, and in ryegrass from 12 to 45 per cent. When a farmer bought ryegrass from his neighbour containing impurities, say of 18 per cent., would it not be better to have the seed machine-dressed before sowing? A few weed seeds wero exceedingly difficult to remove in cleaning owing to the similarity in size. Tho most notable examples were—Ox-eyed daisy in Timothy grass, ragwort also from Timothy, and Californian thistle in whito clover. European and American seeds were more likely to contain dangerous weeds than New Zealand dressed eeed—which was far more heavily machine-dressed. In New Zealand the pastures were mixed and machine-cleaning was neccsGary, but in Europe and America the pastures were fairly i niform, and machinedressing was not always carried out The efficiency of the machine-dressing was far moro important than anything else.

Mr Okey (Taranaki), who apparently believes in the principle of -universal pensions, asks that there be laid on the table of the House of Representatives a return giving an estimate of what would be tho cost of providing every man and woman in the dominion with a pension of £26 a year on attaining the age of .65 years.

Tho application from tho Union Steam Ship Company asking for a further reduction in the amount charged by tho board for salvaging the stranded Kowhai came before tho Standing Committee of the Harbour Board yesterday. The board, it will bo remembered, first of all asked a sum of £1500 for helping to bring tho tat off the beach at the Heads, but this was ultimately reduced to £500. It was this latter amount which the company asked to bo reduced. As, however, no question of rescinding its , motion to charge £500 had come beforo tho board the application had to bo held in abeyance in the meantime.

Mr Laurenson has given notice that ho intends to ask the Minister of Justice whether ho is aware that workers and others summoned as jurors to tho Supreme Court sittings are paid only 4s per day unless they arc drawn to sit on the juries; and 'whether, in view of the serious loss which this means to a man earning his living, he will 6ee the wisdom of having the above-named sum increased to a more reasonable amount.

A Press Association telegram states that the Napier branch of the Education Institute has resolved: " That this branch learns with.extreme dissatisfaction that the Minister of Education has declared his_ intention of not introducing legislation this session for increasing teachers' salaries and improving their conditions, in view of the everincreasing demands made- upon the teachere' efficiency. We are of opinion that the just demands of tho teachers have been ignored owing to tho moderate manner in which they have been urged."

A correspondent asked the Wellington Post "exactly where vaccino comes from, how it is obtained, and how it was discovered. Is the lymph or vaccino the ordinary lymph of the lymphatic glands of the body?" Tho vaccine used in New Zealand is made at tho Government Laboratory in Wellington (replied the Post) Only calves in tho very best of health are used. They are treated in tho way known to bacteriologists, inoculated on the surface of the body under the strictest conditions as to cleanliness and prevention of anything like contamination of any other matter, and tho lymph is drawn from tho places on Ihc calves, then treated and scaled in glass needle-like tubes, This lymph is not sent out until after the calf from 'which it has been taken haG been killed and a most rigid post mortem examination of the carcase has been mado at the Veterinary Laboratory at Wallaceville. On receipt of word Irorn there that the health of tho calf was perfectly sound the lymph is issued to vaccinates. If there is any doubt about tho health of the animal tho lymph is not issued' but is destroyed. ~

The following motion stands in tho name of Mr G. W. Russell on tho order paper of

the House of Representatives:-That there bo laid before the House a return giving tho names and locality where situated of all blocks purchased under tho Lands for Settlement Act between Juno 1, 1912, and June 1, 1913, showing as regards each block —(1) Tho area; (2)'tho price paid; (3) the land-tax valuation one year before purchase and at the date of purchase; (4) tho number of residential holdings into which each block is proposed to be or has been cut up; and (5) tho names of tho mortgagees of each Mock at the time of purchase and tho amounts of the' mortgages.

Mr Brown (Napier) desires that there be laid before the' House of Representatives a return showing all complaints dealt with by tho Labour Department in reference to breaches of awards or Acts from April 1,

1911, to March 31, 1913, setting forth—(l) The district; (2) the name, of the, magistrate or judgo who heard the case; (3) the name of tie prosecuting inspector; (4) the number of cases in which the inspector discovered tho breach upon his own inquiries; (5) the number of cases in which other persons made the complaint; (6) the number of oases in which complaint was made by trado unions; (7) tho number of- letters of warning sent; (8) the number of convictions; (9) the number of cases withdrawn; (10) the number of cases in which the inspector was nonsuited;.(ll) the number of cases dismissed; and (12) the total number of cases.

An excellent illustration of the ounning of tho average Chinese came to light at Masterton a few days ago, when Mr W. V. Hobbs, auctioneer, received a consignment of bankrupt stock. Among the epectators watching the removal of the goods from tho lorry to tho auction room there was an elderly Chinese. When the last case had been trucked inside ■ the Mongolian hastily followed tho auctioneer, and, pointing to a small-sized case, ho said, "How muchee?" "I 6ell him to-morrow," replied tho auctioneer. "No time to-moller," answered the Chinaman. "Me buy now," and he eventu-. ally secured the case for £16. Half an hour had elapsed when he made a reappearance, and so great was his emotional vocabulary that an interpreter was summoned. The outcome was ludicrous" It appears that the caso bore an inscription written in Chinese characters stating that the case contained a false bottom concealing £100 worth of opium, but on being opened up another label at the bottom of the caso read, "Better luck next time."

Tho " Trusty " Triumphs ' smashed tho mile record, and was Ist, 2nd, 3rd in tho Ten-nrilo Championship. Also captured 9 priz.s in one afternoon's race meeting held at Wagga (N.S.W.). Tho "no worry" machmo is a. star performer everywhere.— W. Stuart Wilson and Co., Bond street, Dunedin.—Advt.

H. Gunthorp, resident dentist. Balclutha. visits Milton, Kaitangata, and Owaka. phone 54.—Advt.

See the new stock of porcelain statues, pictures, and photo frames, lowest prices; make handsome presents.—Chiaroni's Gallery.—Advt.

Broadway's Mixture is most highly spoken of by sufferers from rheumatism and gout; it gives immediate relief. Obtainable from Wilkinson and Son, chemist 6, Princes street.—Advt

"The mind is often depressed, temper unoertain, sleep disturbed "—when you suffer from constipation. Indigestion, headaches, frequently piles, add to tho misery. Tako " Wahoo"; it cleanses, removes causes, and heals. A wonderful medicine I " Wahoo." 2s 6d bottle.—Advt.

Tho Big Sale.—The first week of our salo has been_ attended with phenomenal success. All previous records are broken. Be sure and get your share of the bargains offered. —Mollisons Limited.—Advt.

This season's jewellery for evening wear is very dainty. Intending purchasers should make a point of seeing it at once, and thus have the best choice.—G. and T. Young (Ltd.), 88 Princes street.

For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d, 2s 6d.—Advt.

A. E. J. Blakeley, dentist, Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 1859.— Advt.

Who is Peter Dick?— The most reliablo Watchmaker, Jeweller, and Certificated Consulting Optician, .490 Moray place (off Princes st.), Dunedin. Charges moderate. —Advt