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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17320, 21 May 1918, Page 4

A long list of reservists called up by ballot for military service will be publisued iTour issue of to-morrow. Tlie list will mainly ° membera of B das of tho ohiW Dlvlslt>n —married men with one child—who were not called up in the previous ballot 1 f ° r -, Ae election of a member of the City Council to fill too vacancy caused by tho resignation of Mr J. Ctooll will take place to-morrow. There are two candidates—Mr Isaao Green and Mr JC Ar buckle. As the election is that of a councillor 1 01 the whole of the city, the ward svstern having been abolished, all the municipal electors are qualified to vote Detective-sergeant Cameron yesterdav arrested a resent 0 f Sawyers' a charge of forging the name of J. Stephenson to a cheque for £26 5s lOd, and uttering tho chequo to Mary Sutherland. Acouscd will oe brought before tho court this morning. Gratifying evidence has been received bv the executive of the Red Cross Society that the work it is doing for the sick and con, valescent soldiers in England is mooting with corral appreciation. Last week's Emdish mail brought to hand a great number oi v- s^r. 0 / tllanks for caJies, sweets, and ¥.M.U.A. coupons that were sent forward as Christmas presents to the sick and woimued soldiers in tho Now Zealand hospitals and convalescent homes in England. I i r cx , prea3ed themselves as greatly delighted with these gifts, which arrived in ! excellent condition. The appointment of Sister Agnes MacMilr a^ m , a 1 tron °* new Convalescent Home Solders at Montecillo is announced, bister MacMillan, who was a member of tho Queen Alexandra Imperial Army Nursing Servico in England, served fotr a year in France on tho staff of the New Zealand hospital service, and she possesses • the distinction of having done Red Cross work in prance before any nurses loft these shores, one returned to New Zealand about a year ago, and at present is living at Milton. Dr Stanley Brown, medical superintendent of the Southland Hospital, writes to say that an extract from a report of his to tho Southland Hospital Board has been interpreted by some of the Dunedin medical men to mean that he was reflecting upon tho work done in the Dunedin laboratory. Ho wishes it made clear that nothing was further from his mind. His reason for quoting the figures was to prove that laboratory work in connection with diphtheria was coninterfered with by the delay in having to send swabs through the post to Dunr iin. The takings at the Red Cross shop on Saturday amounted to £143 lis 64

A Press Association telegram states that at a mooting of tho Christchurch City Council last night tho following motion was carried : —"That this council, while not desiring to hamper tho Government in a vigorous prosecution of tho war, is of opinion that tho present allowances to soldiers' wives and dependents aro in many cases quite inadequate, and urges the Government to deal with tho mattor promptly in order to allay tho present widespread dissatisfaction." Two more beds have boen endowed in the Rod Cross Convalescent Homo at Montocillo, tho donors of the requisite £100 being tho Scobie Mackenzie family, who now live in Wellington, and tho North Otago branch of tho society. Mr 11. Adiiin has given tho homo two chesterfields, and tho executive would now bo grateful for tho gift of a rollor-top desk.

In connection with the accident to Nurse Cochrane on Sunday night, tho driver of tho motor lorry which knocked her ovor states that lio stopped the lorry and oonveyed the injured woman to her residence. She was able to walk, though she said her leg was very sore. She told tho driver, ho asserts, that there was no need for him to do anything more, but he gave her his telophono number, should she or anyono eiso desire to oommunicato with him turther.

A meeting of shareholders in tho Dunedin Starr-Bowkett Building Society was heid last evening. Mr J. U. D. Dempster presided over a fair attendance. A sum of £500 in No. 2 group was balloted for, cluster No. 358, held by one shareholder, being drawn. In No 3 group £500 was also balloted for. Cluster No. 365, held by one shareholder, was drawn. The chairman mentioned that applications in No. 4 group were coming in satisfactorily.

At a meeting of the Otago branoh of the Amalgamated Society of Kailway Servants on Sunday the following resolutions were carried unanimously" (1) That tnis representative meeting of tho Otago branch heartily endorses the motion carried by our fellow workers of tho Timaru branch, A.S. R.S., and, further, that we demand an increase of pay of 2s per day, as our present wage is quite inadequate to meet the ever-increasing cost of living; and that we view with alarm the inaction of the Government in not protecting the workers, who are bearing moro than their share in the present conflict, from the exploitation that is ramThat this representative meeting of all grades of railwaymen desires to entor our emphatic protest against the harshness of the punishment inflicted on three working men in Christohurch. The fact that these men, who wero prominent in the Labour movement, were prosecuted, and the Mayor, who put the motion to the meeting, was not prosecuted, tends to shake our faith in British justico."

Siome discussion took place at the meeting of the council of the Chamber of Commerce last evening regarding the recently increased rail-way charges between Dunedin and Balciutha. (Mr Gow (the president) stated that tho information received from the Railway Department showed the actual position. It appeared that a number of years ago a flat rate was instituted between Dunedin and Balclutha because of competition by road, but recently it was decided to revert to tho former classified system of charges, which is the same as that in foroe in all other parts of the dominion. The result was that tho rate upon small parcels to Balolutha had considerably advanced. The chamber decided to allow the matter to drop.

The vexed question whether the business coming before tho St. Kilda Borough Council should be conducted in open council or by committees was finally disposed of last night by councillors unanimously deciding to revert to tho old system. It was generally conceded that dealing with municipal business openly would bo more satisfactory to tho ratepayers, and that tho reporters would exercise a wise discretion, as they always had done, as to what should bo published and what left out of their reports. The Mayor pointed out that the council would always have tho power of considering business in committee whenever it was thought desirable to do so.

The secretary of the New Zealand Educational Institute has received a letter from tho Hon. J. A. Hanan (Minister of Education), in reply to a request for information regarding tho tenure of scholarships at private schools. The Minister says that for many years, probably ever sinoe the passing of Ihe Education Act, 1877," scholarships have been hold at the two " endowed schools"— the Wanganui Collegiate Sohool and Christ's College—which, though endowed with funds originally granted by the Government, and accordingly occupying a different position from private schools as generally understood, aro not included in the list of secondary schools forming tho ninth schedule to Education Act. Tho first private school which was approved as a plaoe of tenure for a national scholarship was St. Mary's High School. This approval was given early in 1914 on the application of the Grey Education Board. National scholarships, the letter states, have been held at the following private schools:—Sacred Heart College, Auckland ; King's College, Auokland; Wanganui Convent High School; St. Patrick's College, Wellington; St. Mary's Convent, Greymouth ; Columba College, Dunedin; Christian Brothers' School, Dunedin. Out of a total of about 800 scholarships now held, 18 are held at private schools, and four at tho endowed schools named above.

At the Y.M.C.A. Rooms to-night the Rev. R. S. Gray will deliver a lecture calculated to be helpful in meeting popular difficulties. His subject will be " The Bedrock Foundation of Christianity, the Deity of Christ." This will be open to all men. Messrs Jones Bros. (Ltd.), Christchcrch, write to us as follows:—"The Indiana race with an eight-valve freak engine, which they do not supply to the public Th» Harley, on the other hand, is a four-valve engine, similar in all respects to the machine which we sell to the public W Stuart Wilson and Co., 2SO Princes'street,' Dunedin.—Adv't. Watson's No. 10 is a little dearer than most whiskies, but is worth the money — Advt. J ' Men's Ceylon shirts, 10s 6d quality for 5s lid (size 164 only), on sale to-day at Molusons May Bargain Fair.—Advt. The run is on " No Rubbing" La un dry Help and Golden Rule" Soap—Warded iJroe. and Co. will supply you.—Advt. For children's hacking cough at night Woods Great Peppermint Cure. l« fS 2s 6d.—Advt. Ladies, lighten the labour in your homes by using a "Hotpomt" Electric Pnrllf ! Grill , for all light cooking. Users state "As indispensable as an electric iron "i so inexpensive." Call and inspect —T»i-n Adit Jones (Ltd ' ) ' electric ™ A. E. J. Blakeley, dentist, Bank of Au* tralasia, corner of Bond and Rattrnv of f!rf" (next Telegraph Office). '£*- Eyestrain !—Consult Mr Peter O n.„i. D.8.0.A., F. 1.0. (London), consulting and [ocuhete optician. Peter Dick, 490 Moray place, Dunedin.— Advt.