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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17534, 28 January 1919, Page 4

Active preparations are being made at Tahuna Park for the A. and P. Society's Show, which will commence to-morrow. Arrangements have been made with the railway department for live stock to be taken out promptly on arrival in Dunedin. The sheep, cattle, and Clydesdale sections will be judged to-morrow, commencing at 10 a,m. The show ground is wonderfully dry considering the amount of rain that has recently fallen, and if the weather now clears a large attendance of the public may be expected.

Special classes in musketry, machinegunning, and physical development, and infantry instruction are at present being conducted at Trentham Camp. Officers and sergeant instructors of the permanent force are attending these. For some months ahead similar classes will be conducted for officers and non-commissioned officers attached to the Territorial Forces. Captain Purdoh has charge of the musketry department, Captain Henderson the machine-gun section, Captain Brooks the physical training department, and Captain Cheator the infantry instruction classes. As there appears to have been some misunderstanding in regard to the action of the Otago Acclimatisation Society in issuing fishing licenses to returned soldiers, the president (Mr G. W. M'lntosh) made the position clear at the meeting last evening. The society, he stated, issued free fishing licenses to returned invalided soldiers during the period of their convalescence, but this privilege was not extended to men once they had been granted their discharge. At the monthly meeting of the Mosgiel School Committee, held last evening, Mr A. 'Cameron presiding, it was decided to reopen the school on Monday next Reports were handed in as to the steps taken to disinfect the premises prior to opening. The action of Messrs Logan and Walsh in securing 96ft of hose for the school was approved. It was decided to approach the Borough Council in regard to having the footpath leading to the school gates in Church street gravelled. Though no motion was passed, a discussion took place condemning the action of the Educational Institute in connection with recently published remarks anent school committees.

A shearer resident in Mosgiel who has just returned from working in the country around Clark's Junction, informs us that there were heavy losses among- sheep as a result of the severe winter. Lambs are scarce. Ho noticed in a flock of 100 brought to him to shear that there were only about 20 lambs. At most of the sheds there is a shortage of a few bales as compared with tho quantities of last season's wool.

During the progress of the Second Grade cricket match between ' Overseas A and Christian Brothers on the Caledonian Ground on Saturday a mean theft occurred by which some six youths were relieved of a sum of money totalling well over 50s, one youth being a loser by nearly £1. The thieves entered the shed while the Overseas team was fielding, and went through the pockets of the players. In all cases, with the exception of one, tho thieves left 3d, evidently for car fare.

Oversea mails are now arriving in New Zealand in quantities which are taxing the resources of tho Postal Department very heavily. The Port Lyttelton brought over 12,000 parcels from Australia, and on top of that the Moana discharged what is said to be the biggest mail that one vessel has ever brought, consisting of 7517 bags. There was no space available in the Wellington Post Office for the parcel mail, and the Customs shed on the Queen's wharf had to bo taken for it. Another parcel mail arrived by the Suevic. As an evidence of tho efficiency of tho Wellington Postal workers it may bo said that the mail was unloaded in Wellington in of tho time it took to load it in San Francisco, where three days "wete spent oa the raadc.

At a sitting of the Magistrate's Court yesterday Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M., gave hie decision in. tho Port Chalmers licensing casa,_ in whioh John Douglas Warden was convicted of a cbargo of soiling liquor on Sunday, January 12 after the arrival of the troopship Tahiti. Tho Magistrate stated that tho ofFcnco was a moro serious one at tho present time than it would have been prior to the outbreak of war. Tho argument that the landlord would be prejudicially affected if hie license were endorsed would, if carried to its logical conclusion, means that perhaps not one license in five would be endorsed because the interests of some innocent party might be prejudiced. Pie was of the opinion in tho case under review that it was impossible for him to do otherwise than order the license to be endorsed. The license would bo fined £10, with costs (7s), a record of the conviction to bo endorsed on the license.

Mr Walter Dowio, of North-East Valley, has received from Sir Douglas Haig an autograph acknowledgment of the receipt of two pairs of socks, knitted by himself, which, after ho had completed the knitting of 200 pairs of socks for the troops, he forwarded in August last to the Field Marshal. In his letter to Mr Dowie, Sir Douglas Haig pays a high tribute to the New Zealand division. Writing on November 5, he says:—"Please accept my very best thanks for the two pairs of beautiful socks which you have so kindly sent me, and which have just arrived. lam greatly touched by your thinking of me at this time, and I appreciate your thought all the more as you come from the Kingdom of Fife. The New Zealand Division is a great credit to you all You must feel very proud of the splendid fellows you have sent to Europe to fight for all we hold most dear. lam personally very proud to have tho division fighting under my orders, and I can't tell you how my heart goes out to your grand fellows; they are suoh thorough men in every, way." The workers' dwellings erected under the auspices of the Labour Department total up to date 648. A statement issued by Mr F. W. Rowley (superintendent of workers' dwellings) gives, as under, the . number of such dwellings erected since 1911, together with the cost of the same:—l9ll-12, 59 dwellings, £22,701; 1912-13, 43, £46,899; 1913-14, 81, £42,024; 1914-15, 162, £68,737. The figures for the war period were: —191516, 82, £56,595; 1916-17, 66, £35,951; 191718, 21, £15,917; 1918-19 (to date), 8. The total number of workers'- -dwellings erected under tJie 1905 Act from 1908 to 1911 was 126. <&• Mr D. T. Gibson, Glenavy, 'will give a demonstration and ■practical talk on " Poultry and Management" at Mr A- M. Love's poultry farm, Green Island, on March 1. Another Bmashing Harley performance, Palmerston North, yesterday. Won N.Z. championship, third in 8 miles, first in 1\ miles, second 8-milo open; also fastest time. W. Stuart Wilson, Dunedin.—Advt. Lion Sewing Cotton.—2oo yards, black and white, numbers/ 24 to 60; 3s 6d dozen, post free anywhere.—Mollisons Ltd.—Advt. And no matter how dirty the clothes are "No Rubbing" works like magic 'in clearing out the dirt and germs; Is packet, sufficient for seven weekly family washings' Hunter and Etheridge (Ltd.).—Advt Like real good whisky? Then try Watson's No. 10. Lovely mellow flavour. , Advt. Electric Incandescent Lamps, Drawn Wire Metallic Filament, Philips Manufacture, 16] 25, 32, and 50 candle-power. Price,' 3a each. Special terms for quantity orders.— Turnbull and Jones (Ltd.), Electrio Engineers.—Advt. A. E. J. BlabeJey. dentist". Bank of Aubtralasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 1859.— Advt.

Eyestrain I—Consult Mr Peter G. Diok D.8.0.A., F.LO. (London), consulting and oculists' optician.—Peter 'Dick, jeweller, etc., 490 Moray place, Dunedin.—Advt.