LOCAL & GENERAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3003, 4 October 1911, Page 37

LOCAL & GENERAL.

A memorandum recently issued from headquartero states that the trained soldiers of the Territorials and Senior Cadets, and all members of rifle clubs, will fire the musketry course as adopted by the Home authorities. "In field practices 20 round's per man will be issued, provided that not less than 20 men carry out the practice. Where no suitable ground is available," states the communication, " simple practices can be carried out on the local range. The free issue of ammunition for field practices will be granted on the application of the Officer Commanding the unit, and the staff officer to the Senior Cadets. For the present rifle clubs will not carry out field practices. With regard to musketry training for recruits 20 rounds is available for each recruit on the application of the Officer Commanding the unit, or the Staff "Officer for the Cadets, for instructional practices." In giving' evidence before the Mines Commission at Kaitangata on the 27th, Mr Green, Inspector of Mines, made an interesting reference to the condition of the air in the Kaitangata mime. The most dangerous of the gases, he said, was the white damp, which they had found present in small quantities from time to time. For the last two years he had used white mice for the purpose of testing the air ra those mines. He had been surprised, however, to find, that mice were already,.present in the mine, which showed that there could not be very much foul air present. If there were,' the mice could hot live there, for according to authorities mice would d:e in air in Which a man could work. It was evidient, he concluded, that some care must be, taken to ventilate-the mine and have the gases carried out. His Honor Mr Justice Williams on the 26th granted probate in the estates of the following deceased persons: —Mania Stewart Bauchop, Jane Blair, William Boyd, Hugh Calder, John Young, and George Roberts. Letters of administration were granted in re William Henry Gotterell. There was the surprisingly big yarding of 4690 sheep at Burnside on September 27, being the largest number penned for some considerable time past. Not only was the yarding an exceptionally lan-ge one, but it comprised a surprisingly large percentage of good quality sheep. At the opening of the sale the market presented a certain dullness, but it firmed perceptibly as the sale progressed, and at the close prices were quite equal to those ruling last week. Prime wethers made as high as 32s 6d per head, and prime ewes up to 24s 6d. Durang the opening part of the sale some of the lots were passed in, but were subsequently disposed of, and at the close of the day practically the whole of the yarding was cleared. There were 26 spring lambs penned, and they realised prices ranging from, 17s up to 25s per head. The Otago Harbour Board's engineer (Mr J. Blair Mason) reports as follows: — The alterations and extensions to the Portobello jetty are completed. Two piles have been driven between Cemetery PoGit and Pudding Island to mark the straight cut across the bank. A light has been fixed on the beacon opposite Russell's jetty. A start has been made to extend Hinkley's jetty. The piles have been driven, and the superstructure is now being gone on with. The plans for the Broad Bay jetty extension and) Smith's Bay jetty are completed. The timber required for beams and caps eannot be obtained in Dimedin, and it has been put on order, and delivery is expected in about four weeks. Mr Martin Kennedy, of Wellington, has published the financial results of the tour of the Home Rule delegates in New Zealand from. May to July last. The amount is made up by provincial contributions, as follower—Westland, Nelson, and Marlborough, £1398 7s 8d; Otago and Southland, £1702 15s 9d; Canterbury, £1849 7s 4d; Auckland, £2095 16s 9d; Wellington, £2759 4s Bd. The net amount is £9805 12s

2d. Tli© amount actually collected vvftf somewhat greater- its- sundry expenses wera incurred in payment; of bank premium, cost of remittance, and the cost of 72 meetings. Allowing for these, items, the amount subscribed must have come to fully £II,OOO. The South Canterbury Education Board experiences trouble through bees making their homes in the walls of the school buildings. At last week's meeting 1 (reports the Timaru Herald) the Claremont Committee asked for the services of a carpenter to remove some bees from the walls, as tlhey were causing great annoyance, one child having been severely stung. The secretary (Mr A. Bell) remarked that he bad recently visited a school where there were throe swarms, and at Orari South School there were three in the walls. The foreran was given power to act at Claremont. The business of taking out the bees will have to be dome in wet weather or after dark.

A movement is on foot among those connected with the work of the Otago University to present to Dr Black before the conclusion of the present term a fitting testimonial, or testimonials, of the esteem in which he is held by these who have beer associated with him. Dr Black i 3 severina

his connection with the University after, serving it for 40 years. The Goddess of the Night, to whose pale beauty poetis have sung praises, was given an awful character by Mr Clement L. Wragge in the course of his lecture Sydney on September 16 (says the Telegraph). The moon, he said, is fast crumbling to decay. Incessantly great pieces are breaking off the cliffs and moun-tain-tops and tumbling- to the arid plains. But not a sound is heard. A dead silence covers the scene, for there is- no atmosphere surrounding the decaying orb. For the same reason there is no vegetation, and, while the portion bathed. 1 in sunlight is for the time hotter than a furnace, the other half—night time—4s colder than the nose of a Polar bear—2sodeg. below zero, as a matter of calculation. In point ol fact, he could not conceive of a greater punishment to anybody than to consign him to the moon, if such were possible. And nothing is surer than that the earth will eventually be in the same predicament, and become exactly a® the moon is now. But she will still be fulfilling her part in the universe. Ether waves will be passing from her decaying and crumbling surface to light another planet created for-the purpose. . A Wellington message st-atzs that the New Zealand Competitions Society has received 1300 single en-tr'es for its opening competition this month. If the extra number of competitors in choirs, drill, and character sketches are counted, as in other localities, the number cornea up to 1703, which. is considered' a remarkably fine entry for the first year of the society. - ...

The number of persons who arrived in New Zealand 'during' last August was (saya a Wellington message) 2652, compared with 2498 for the corresponding period last year. The departures totalled 2531, compared with 2326 for the corresponding month of last year. -

The following notice appears in the Gazette of the 21st ult.: —"Every person -consigning goods for carriage upon a railway on behalf of two or more persons or firm shall -make a separate consignment note in respect' of tile goods of each of those persons or firms, and shall disclose on every sticih cosignment note' the person or firm on whose behalf he so consigns the said goods. Any person who commits a breach of this rby-law shall }ys> liable to a fine of £10." The necessity for the gazetting of the above notice has evidently been" brought about by the fact that some merchants have on cccasions followed the practice of combining when forwarding goods to the same person, and thereby obtaining concessions under the department's scale of freights. Those ladies who make it their pride to be right up with the fac-hion have this spring bad their millinery opportunities seriously curtailed as the result of the big maritime strikes in England, where the spring hata come from. Whole cargoes of the delectable goods, which should now be fluttering ■the fair purchasing public in the showrooms of the big drapery firms, are confined in the hatches of steamers which are yet weeks away from these shores. The blow is somewhat softened by the fact that some boata that carried the millinery harbingers of spring managed to evade the hold-up, and the drapery firms have been enabled, at great inconvenience, but with commendable enterprise, to satisfy the demands of the ladies. Those who follow the fashions may look forward to an end of season feast, when the belated creations do arrive. From a business point of view the matter means a considerable loss- to drapery firms, who all have to sacrifice the goods. Christmas goods,' which were ordered early, are similarly delayed, but they will arrive in plenty of time for the festive season.

A .movement emanating from the Waikffi.*<: Beekeepers' Association, is on foot (says the Hamilton Times) to endeavour to induce the Government to' assist in establishing an export trade for New Zealand honey by means of a London bottling and distributing depot, sotiKflvihat on the lines of that inaugurated l by the South Australian Government. The idea, so far as it has at present developed, is that the Government should establish a depot with a capable iman in charge, to receive, grade (unless found more convenient to do so in New Zealand), and to bottle and distribute honey. Th© scheme further suggests *hafc exporters should be charged only with the'j cost of jars and tho labour in filling,ment on sales to be made monthly, thus

giving early shippers the advantage of priority. By this system it is considered that the low cost of packages and the cheapness of labour will represent additional profits to the beekeeper, besides leaving him more time to attend to the primary business of production.

About 30 members of the Merchant Service Guild met on Sept. 28 (says a Wellington telegram) to consider tha recent Arbitration Court a.ward. The meeting considered the award unreasonable and unjust, and decided to make "a protest to the Minister of Labour. The shipowners stare, that the officers are receiving higher- wages than the men in similar vessels in any other part of_ the world. The owners say they will abide by the award. They point out that it is not likely that they would take unfair advantage of any phase of th«r award.

It is stated by the Lyttelton Times that 1 a carious position, has arisen in regard to • 'the insurance- on a house which was reI oently destroyed by fire. The policy in one § office expired en the day Of the fire, and '.-" a fresh policy, starting on the day of the - fire, had been taken out in another office. -The fire ccoarred at 2.30- p.m., and the I? first office states that its cover expired at noon, - while, the second office states that §its- cover did not commence till 4 p.m. |~- There is a difference of opinion at pre- = sent as to which office will bear tre les?, |". or whether either office will have to bear it, 1 but it is confidently stated that the. matter 1 will be amicably adjusted. The position is I said to be quite unique in Christohurch experience. The owner of the house was Inaturally under the impression that his 1 risk was securely covered,- and the period §1 during which there could be any possiblo H doubt was extremely brief. As luck would £\-ha.ve it, however, the fire occurred during ■ '.. that'brief period.

H The Committee of the Duned'n Jcckey [ Club, at a meeting on the 28th September 'decided to present to the Otago A. and f'p, Sooiety a 20-guinea cup for the Summer - Show Jor light horses, the cup to be won •J-; twice" in succession or three times in all m before becoming the property of the exhibitor. »

I The first term of the Milton- technical > classes is nearing completion in mahy of I the subjects taught. At a meeting 1 ;of the committee last week the chairman | stated that over £IOO had been received in S fees for the first course. Accounts amount--1 ing to about £3O were passed for payment:

The action of the sub-com-mittee in purchasing two additional typewriters was approves of, and it was decided to purchase two more machines, thus bringing the total number in lue to 10. It was re-olved that an account be opsned with the National Bank, and that the chairman and secretary bo empowered to sign cheques. Consequent on the inability to secure an instructor the course for veterinary science had to be abandoned, although 20 pupils were willing to join.

The Hon. R. M'Kenzie stated in tlhe

1-House on September 29 (says our corre--1 spondont} that th© vote for the different Schools of Mines this year would .be th© I same as last year. Two slot telephones for the use of the publio are to be provided in Duned-in. It I has been decided to place on© at the RailI way Station, and the other at th© entrance ' to the private letter box department of the Post Office. It is anticipated that the telephones will be installed at an early date.

While the Estimates for the Justice Department were under consideration in the House of Representatives on Sept. 29 (says our Wellington correspondent) Messrs G. M. Thomson and J. F. Arnold asked the Hon. J. A. Millar whaf the Government intended to do in reference to the Dunedin Gaol. Mr Arnold said it was absurd to have a large building on a valuable site in the centre of a city for the use simply of a few prisoners. The iemalo quarters were being taken away, there were very few male prisoners, and probably there would be fewer as time went on. In any case, the centre of a city was no place for such a gaol. Ho was satisfied that eventually the department would have to close it and substitute for it an ordinary police prison. Mr Millar stated that he could not yet say be done with the Dunedin Gaol, but it would be put to some use. They might make a police barracks of it. It would certainly not be allowed to stand idle.

The restricted goods service which was introduced by the Railway Department in May last is apparently giving entire satisfaction to all concerned. Evidence of this is afforded by the faot that since its introduction only a single complaint has been lodged with the department throughout the Otago section of railways, and it was merely an oversight that gave rise to it. It is understood that the new system has been responsible for a very considerable saving to the department.

A Press Association telegram from Rotorua states that a prisoner at the Waiotapu camp escaped at 5 o'clock on Thursday and remained undiscovered till tea time on Friday, when he turned up for a meal. There has been much talk in the parliamentary lobbies (says cur Wellington correspondent) over an incident that occurred in the newspaper room of the library. A well-known southern prohibitionist member was heard to say that another member had told a deliberate lie in the House on Thursday afternoon. This was too much for the member for Tuapeka, who dropped the paper he was reading and interposed with the remark that the member referred to had no right to use such an

expression there. The member for Tuapeka had the light of battle in his eye, and for a time the situation was tense. However, a brother prohibitionist from the Upper House took the member who had so offended against the canons of good taste and the etiquette of the room away, and nothing more serious happened. Subsequently a Ministerialist member apologised for the incident to Mr Scofct, stating that the offending member did not belong to the Government party.

The question of the length of practical underground experience required of mine managers in New Zealand was referred to by Professor Park in his evidence before th'j Mines Commission on Sept. 29. In response to Mr Frank Reed, inspector of mines, he said he thought four or five veal's was too long for a University student to spend in underground labour. ' The students had to spend some time in acquiring not only theoretical but practical knowledge. In some other countries they were required to work only two years underground. It would be only fair that New Zealand graduates should be given tome such concession. After all they would only be employed, not because they were university graduates, but because they were qualified. At a later stage the professor stated, in reply to Mr Cochrane, that he would expect the students to work four years underground to obtain a certificate under the Coal Mines Act, and three years for a metal mining certificate under the Mining Act.

The rapid expansion of the New Zealand Government telephone service is evidenced by the fact that the subscribers to the Dun-e-din telephone system now exoeed 3000. A special meeting of' the Otago Harbour Board was called for S?pt. 29 for the purpose of considering an exhaustive report submitted by the engineer (Mr Blair Mason) on the subject of the improvement of the ship ohannels and basins, and suggesting means that may be employed to provide a depth of water adequate for the reception of the larger vessels which will sooner or later be trading to the Dominion. The only members present were — Messrs Beloher (chairman), Wilkinson, Keenan, Dickson, and Campbell. As the number was not sufficient to form a quorum, the meeting was adjourned indefinitely. Mr Keenan took occasion to informally enter his protest against members who resided close at hand failing to attend when a meeting of the board was called, and thereby causing "needless loss of time and inconvenience to members who, like himself and Mr Dickson, resided at a long distance from the city. The circulating department of the Free Public Library has been open to the public for close on three months, and the number of people availing themselves of the facilities which it affords now exceeds 2500. A report submitted by the librarian (Mr W. B. M'Ewan) throws somo light on the sub. ject of the public taste for literature. He states that there is a large and increasing demand for the works of Joseph Hocking, Annie S. Swan, E. P. Oppenheim, Rosa Carey, and Gertrude Page, and it is found impossible to supply the public wants in respect of these authors. Of the standard 'works, those of Dickens and Thackeray are a long way the most popular, the demand made upon the stock of books by the former author being quite surprising. The librarian states that from personal observation and from reports he has received there is no great demand for recent fiction, but complaints are frequently made that books of popular authors always seem to be out. With -respect to class books, those relating to travel, history, and bio--graphy are most popular in the order named, and works in the fine and useful arts sections are being much appreciated. During the winter months the reference library has been extensively availed of, there being a marked increase in the number of students using the books. In regard to the juvenile department, it is reported that there is a marked increase in the demand for all classes of books as compared with last year. The establishing of the second metallic circuit between Dunedin and Balclutha was completed by the Telegraph Department on Friday. The increased facilities that will be provided by this second line will doubtless be very greatly appreciated by business people at both ends, more particularly on days when stock sales are being held locally and at Balclutha. The following overture was passed at the meeting of the Nelson Presbytery in Nelson on September 26: —"Whereas the Presbytery of Dunedin has named the new Training Institute for Women in Dunedin ' St. Margaret's Training College'; whereas the history of Queen Margaret of Scotland is medieval, fulsome, and legendary ; whereas one of the Popes has canonised her, and the Church of Rome recommends the adoration of her relics and hath appointed a festival day in. honour of the memory of one reckoned to have done good service in riveting the chains of Romanism more firmly on Scotland; whereas there is danger this Presbyterian Training College in Dunedin with its present designation may be confounded with an unreformed medieval institution or with a college also for women and having the same name in Christchurch whose teaching is far from being that of this General Assembly-, the Presbytery of Nelson humbly overtures the Assembly, to meet in Dunedin, to give to this much-needed Training College a name, or to direct the Presbytery of Dunedin to give it a name, which will not be open to these objections, which will not wantonly insult the conscientious convictions of loyal Presbyterians

who perceive that it is in Protestant countries to-day where Rome is taking the firmest hold, and which name will to some extent embody the true genius of Presbyterianism. The Presbytery also requests the Assembly, in view of the slighting of Protestant principles on every hand and in. many churches, to appoint a vigilance committee on Ritualism and Romanism as in tho United Free Church of Scotland, or to take such steps as in its wisdom it shall see fit." The Nelson Presbytery also agreed to act as a Vigilance Committee until tho Assembly should appoint one. The position of the flaxmilling industry in Otago and Southland at the present time is stated to be far from, satisfactory. At this time last year there were probably about 35 mills in operation. At present none are working. Everything is in readiness for an immediate start, but tho ruling price for hemp will allow no margin of profit, and until the price makes an appreciable jump there is not likely to be any move made by millowners. The price obtainable for the product on the London market at present is in the vicinity of £l7 per ton., and it is estimated that it will require to advance to the extent of another £2 per ton before the miliars make a move. There is any amount of flax available, and Ihe various mills arc all in readiness 'to make a start immediately the rise comes. One factor that operates heavily against the South Island flaxmill owner is the price demanded by the landowners by way of royalty. In this respect North Island millers have a distinct advantage, in that many of them own the land on which the flax is growing, and, not having to pay any royalties, are in the position of obtaining such a wide. margin of profit as to h» able to purchase and install the latest labour-saving devices in the way of machinery. Considerable conjecture has been aroused among those interested in the study of deep-sea fish over a catch of several fish of a strange species which was made about 40 miles off the Otago Heads on Thursday. Some of the fish, one of which turned the scale at 381 b, were on exhibition in the local fish shops on Friday, and occasioned a great deal of curiosity.' Dr Benham has pronounced the fish to be sea bream, better known as the warehou. lit appears, on the Wellington market in October. It lis very irregular in its visits to the coast. The trevalli on the Dunedin market is a closely allied species. In Taranaki the warehou is called - the "snagtail trevalli." It is rumoured that the miners of Waihi are anxious that restoration should be carried in the Ohinemuri district, and, with this end in view, are considering a scheme whereby, in the event of restoration, they are to have a direct interest, not only in the management, but in the profits of licensed houses. It is understood that if arrangements can be made with the owners of former licensed premises and with the wholesale dealers interested, it is the intention of the miners to take active and keen participation in the forthcoming local option poll. The rumour in question was mentioned to Mr Myers M.P., by the parliamentary correspondent of the Auckland Star, and the member for Auckland East, who is in a good position to speak with same authority on the point, confirmed tho report. "It has yet to be seen how such a system as that proposed in Waihi will work," Mr Myers said. "But," in view of the large population of the Ohinemuri district, it is to be presumed in the event of restoration being carried on these lines that the profits that accrue as a result of the miners' interest in the houses, will result in the augmentation of such funds as the sick and accident fund by large accretions from this source, and what is from the public point of view, 1 suppose, of greater importance," added Mr Myers, "it will probably be the forerunner of a desire on the part of the people to experiment with the question of municipal or State ownership of hotels. That Is undoubtedly the tendency of the present movement in Waihi."

During the past week 34 patients were admitted to the Hospital, and 38 were discharged. Three of the inmates, named Jean Paton, Thomas Channer, and Mary Duke, died during the week, and the total number of patients .remaining is 134, or three more than at the expiration of the previous week. The following are the traffic returns for the city tramways for the fortnight ended September 23, as compared with the corresponding period of last year: —Receipts, 1911, £2475 10? 6d; 1910, £2448 3s 9d. Mileage, 1911, 48,998 miles 52 chains; 1910, 44,119 miles 2 chains.

The, following are the vital statistics for the month of September, the figures for the corresponding month of last year being given in parentheses:—Births, 147 • (163) ; deaths, 79 (78); marriages, 59 (47). The. figures for the nine months of this year up to the end of September compared with those for the first nine months of last year are:—l9ll—Births, 1320; deaths, 641; marriages, 553; 1910—Births, 1310; deaths, 678; marriages, 474. The marriages for the first nine months of 1911 show an increase of 79 over last year's figures and constitute a record 1 for any similar period since the inception of the register. Mr George Vincent, of the Veterans' Home, and formerly of the Bengal Artillery, died at Auckland, last week from heart trouble, at the age of 81. Deceased was born at Oorfie Castle, Dorsetshire, in 1830. He enlisted' at the age of 25 years in the East India Company's service, joining the

Fourth Company in the Fourth Battalion, Bengal Artillery. Deceased was at Meerut when the mutiny broke out after the Sepoys there had revolted and fled to Delhi. Vincent marched to Delhi with his battery, a distance ■of 34- miles, and was continuously fighting around and in Delhi until its capture," At the fall of Delhi he was moved to the Himalayas with a mountain battery manned by the Bengal Artillery to crush out a flickering insurrection amongst the hill natives, and' afterwards with Colonel Hayes's column, associated with six other columns, marched into the King of Oude's territory to suppress the fugitive insurgents who had assembled from the neighbouring provinces. After peace was l-estored the Bengal military forees were disbanded, and Vinoent took his discharge, returning to England, whore he joined' the Royal Artillery until the completion of his service. He was awarded the mutiny medal, with the clasp of Delhi, and Imperial and old-age pensions. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1859, living at Cbarlestown, on the West Coast, where he remained at the gold diggings for 32 years. He- entered the Veterans' Home seven years ago. Our Wellington correspondent informs us that the Attorney-general intends to submit to the Cabinet this week, with a view to its introduction in the House of Representatives, a judiciary bill with the amendments necessary to bring it into agreement with the scheme w r hieh he outlined to the deputation from the Auckland Law Society last Tuesday. "If approved the bill will provide for a peripatetic court of appeal, sitting at Auckland and the other main centres of the Dominion.

According to a. Press Association telegram the Auckland Brickmakers' Association has notified the Builders' Association that in consequence of the increase of wages awarded to their employees by the Arbitration Court the price of bricks will be advanced 2s 6d per thousand from to-day, making the prioe £5 per thousand for all contracts let on or after this date.

A Press Association telegram from Timaru states that reports from the back country show that Thursday night's snowfall was heaviest on . that side of the ranges. From four to six inches fell on the Fairlie-Ashwick flat country, and only one inch at Burke's Pass, and less at Tekapb. A heavy .loss of laimbs is probable.. . ........ .

Newspapers in the United States have been giving prominence to an alleged cure for pneumonia which has, it is said, been tried in* various places with remarkable effect. The remedy is the following:— '' Get an inhalation apparatus of glass or, if you cannot procure one, saturate a bail of cotton, as large as a one-inch marble, with spirits of alcohol. Add three or four drops of chloroform to each ball, of cotton. Place it between the patient's teeth and let him inhale the fumes in deep," long breaths for 15 minutes. Rest 15 minutes or longer if needed', then inhale again for 15 minutes and continue the same operation for 24 times, and the result will be that the lungs will expand to their normal condition. In 24 hours the patient is out of danger and in 48 he is cured, although weak. Change cotton and alcohol often." The Palmerston Times states that the oontracting parties in a wedding which had been fixed to take place at 11 a.m. on Wednesday had . a rather unpleasant experience. The couple, accompanied by many friends, arrived from Macraes shortly before the hour fixed for the-ceremony, but unfortunately, owing to some technical regulation not having been complied -with, the local registrar was unable to issue a license. Telegrams to officials in Dunedin and Wellington followed, and eventually the necessary authority came to hand. The wedding was celebrated shortly before 5 o'clock, and after a hurried wedding breakfast the happy couple caught the evening train.

The Orepuki correspondent of the Southland Times reports that three men who left Tuatapere for Cromarty recently by the overland track have experienced a very rough time owing to their not being able to cross the Wairaurahiri. They found that the return wire of the cage was broken, and as the cage was on the opposite side of the river it was beyond their reach, and they had no other means of crossing. They slept a night in the bush, and were met by lineman Smith at the Big River. With Mr Smith's assistance the party succeeded in getting on the road to Cromarty, and it was hoped that they would reach there on Thursday night. The weather along the coast has been very rough and stormy, and exposure to its rigours would bo neither pleasant nor safe.

In the House recently Mr Pearce, M.P. for Patoa, referred to the rents of railway employees' cottages being raised when their wages were raised. To this the Prime Minister replied: "That's not correct. Its one of the usiial misrepresentations." One of the men lias now written up to the New Zealand Herald as follows:—"When the tablet system was established on the line south of Auckland the men were engaged at a given rate of pay, and in consideration of long h<mrs and occasional overtime were provided with cottages rent free. Just about three years ago, prior to the last election, the wages of these men were ostensibly raised to the amount of 19s 6d per month, but what else happened? Imme-

diately they were debited with 19s 6d per month as house rent, thus leaving them apparently with the same cash income ha before. But they actually now receive less cash,' because their contributions to the superannuation fund are taxed on the larger amount. Anyone wishing to verify the above statement for himself can do so by asking any tablet man at any of the flag stations. I quite agree with Sir Joseph Ward. It is one of the usual misrepresentations, but on whose side?"

- Mr D. Krintosh, maintenance inspecting engineer, New Zealand railways, and Mr Macandrew, district engineer, left Dunedin -for Otago Central on Monday morning on the commencement of t(hi3 annual inspection of lines on the Ofcago section of railways.

At Monday's meeting of the University Council Dr Newlands was appointed teaching assistant to Dr Barnett, professor of surgery at the University. The accounts of the Beverly trust for the year ended August 31, submitted at Monday's meeting of the University Council, stated that the net income for the year amounted to £BO7 7s 9d—an increase of £7B 6s od on the previous year. Of this income, £lO7 15s' had been capitalised, and £262 6s 7d paid over to the University, leaving a balance (which was now forwarded) of £437 6s 2d. The report stated that the total estimated capital of the trust at August 31, 1911, taking the properties at Government valuation, was £16,134 12s 7d.

His Honor Mr Justice "Williams has granted motions as follow in Chambers business: —Probate granted re John Roughan (Mir Lemon); letters of administration granted re John Shields (Mr G-rigor); letters of administration with will annexed granted re Samuel Baroinglham (Mr Cook); re William Sanders, a motion for remuneration to trustees (Mr Cook) referred to registrar; re George Thomson, a petition to pass accounts (Mr Webb) referred to registrar. His Honor will sit in the Supreme Court at 11 this morning to sentence three prisoners—Henry W. S. Patterson, for housebreaking and theft; Norman L. Findlay, four charges of false pretences ; and James Hughes, failing to keep proper books of account.