THE Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING Luceo Non Uro. TUESDAY, 19th FEBRUARY, 1907.

Southland Times, Issue 10967, 19 February 1907, Page 2

THE Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING Luceo Non Uro. TUESDAY, 19th FEBRUARY, 1907.

Another UGoz nugget has been found at Poseidon rush.

The train connecting with the Mheraki yesterdlay was crowded with passengers. Most of them spent the time inspecting the gardens and doing the other show places of the town, such as the watertower. As far as can be ascertained at present the hulk of them hud booked through passages, and proceeded to Lyttelton last night. Most tourists prefer to go straight to the Exhibition first, and to visit other places afterwards. There has not been so great a rush oi tourists to Queenstown this season ns there has been in previous seasons, the shortage being duo to the Exhibition overshadowing ail other attractions.

The local Carters and Coal Merchants’ Association held a meeting lust evening to make arrangements for the annual picnic, which is to be hold on Gth March at some spot yet to be selected. The affair will bo in the hands of a strong committee, and the outing is sure to bo most enjoyable.

With reference to the letter signed Typhoid ’’ in Saturday's issue, asserting that the Health Department some months ago insisted on certain repairs being effected to a boarding-house, we

are officially informed that at no time has the department, ordered any improvements at the place in question.

An Auckland message stales that the French warship Catinut is due ail that port on 25th iust. At the Westport Harbour Board's meeting yesterday, says a telegram, strong exception was taken id the slatement in Mr Mclntosh's prize essay iu the Mines liecord that the output of coal was greatly hindered by had, bars at Grcymouth and Westport. The secretary said that during the past year ithe bar at Westport was unworkable on only eight days. It was further pointed out that vessels were continually waiting at Westport owing to shortage of coal supply.

In the Divorce Court at Christchurch yesterday decrees were granted in the cases of Molyneaux v. Molyneaux and another (husband’s petition on the ground of adultery) ; Murphy v. Murphy (wife's petition on the ground of habitual drunkenness, cruelty and failure to support) ; Anderson, v. Anderson (wife s petition on the ground of desertion) ; Proctor v. Proctor (wife’s petition on the ground of habitual drunkenness and failure to support) ; Leith v. Loith (wife's petition oil the ground of adultery) ;■ Dube v. Duke (husband's petition oa the ground of adultery).

We are i'n receipt of a communication from the cc-inmandor of the training ship Amobura, asking that publicity should bo given to certain of the conditions of the service. The first selection of bttya will take place about the end of the present month- Those who are selected will have their passages granted to enable them to proceed to headquarters, the Government defraying the cost. If any should prove unsuitable in any respect. thjcy will have their passages paid to their first" place of departure. Boys travelling on holiday leave have their faros paid by the Government. Boys when going on leave arc supplied with sufficient clothing to carry them along during that period. The system under which the clothing for the lads W made enables every boy to be fitted in a satisfactory manner, and it is said that thie uniforms which will be provided will leave nothing to be desired on the score of material and workmanship.

Replying to d deputation iroin the j Wellington Chamber of Commerce, which j u£gfd the need for the erection of d-; larger and more suitable rallwdy statioA ■ at IVolliugton, the Acting-Premlel* duiu that the station platiorni at present w»| (jig cuoU'gh, but the time "'as neat at hand when a better building would have to be provided. lie hoped that before the end of next year some of them woultj accompany him. to Auckland ilvdr iho | Main Trunk line, and that development might load to changes which weald affect the whole situation. Ho could not see ids way to discontinue the running of trains to Te Aro. It may be added that the Te Aro railway, which rans along the foreshore from the main station to To A ref (not far from the 'centre of the city) is an unsatisfactory lino

hat has never justified its existence),

a iiioc'ting of the Hospital Trust was held last night, there being present : Messrs J. ,E. Watson (chairman), C. S. Long-net, H, Cooper, J. Stead, .T. McQueen and I. W. Raymond. Accounts to the amount of LSCO Is 10(1 wore

passed *Jor payment. A letter was recei\etl from an cx-patient acknowledging the treatment received while in the institution. Miss M, E. Hutchins’s resignation was received with regret, and a resolution was passed acknowledging hot services as sister. Nurse prior was promoted to 1111 the vacancy. Miss R. F. Prior was appointed to the position of probationer. Dr MacGiiijbOn was appointed locum tenons tor throe weeks during the absence ot Dr Hoftdry on holiday iiavlh

Al the W.C.T.U. Conference at Christchurch yesterday, a motion was adopted allirmiug the right ot the people to rule by a hare majority in connection with all forms of liquor license. A largelyattended public meeting was hold in the evening, when Mr Page (Christchurch) read a paper upon " Women as citizens.’ Resolutions were passed : (1) affirming the economic independence of married women ; (2) calling the attention ot the women of N.Z. to the importance of electing women ito the school committees at the forthcoming elections ; (3) protestagainst the disabilities under which women labour in civil and political life.

A Sydney cable says that there Is no sign ot the Ventura yet, A London cable states that at R'igby loot-ball England scored a goal ; Ireland,

A strong smell ot gas in the workroom above Mr A. Baker’s tailoring establishment in Dee street induced Mr Sam Levy, a journeyman who was about to put in some overtime, to investigate. He proceeded In the orthodox fashion by applying a match to a convenient gas iet, and was rewarded with rather exciting results. The particulr jet was defective, and with a preliminary ”peof” a small column of flame started to lick the roof. Mr Levy picked up a bucket of water, which happened to be lying handy, and discharged the contents at i.he flaring light. Naturally the gas refused to go out, and Mr Levy, bethought himself of the meter-room, which, as it happened, was locked up. After hut ling himself against it several times, he managed to burst it open, and a turn of the handle robbed the assembled crowd of n possible sensation. The only damage done was caused by the contents of the bucket, and even this "'as very slight. The services of the fire brigade, which had been requisitioned by a passerby who saw tlie first outburst from the street, were not required,-

U will be rehlembered, in connection with the Calliope dock accident, that no evidence was available at tbo inquest as to the identity of one of the victims. Since that time, however, further enquiry has been made, with the result that identity has been established. The Tuapeks Times reports that on Wednesday last Mr A. Clark, postmaster, received the distressing J intimation through the Public Trust Office that his son, Mr Rupert F. B. Clark, was one of the victims. But for the fact that this department was making a claim for a lew shillings for balance of funeral expenses, Mr (.’lark Mould have been loft in total ignorance, of U je untimely death of his son.

Thu behaviour of some occupants of back benches at Mias Marie Nardle’s concert on Saturday night calls for comment. In the curly part of the evening tlie most objectionahlo tiling about them was the odour of whisky that they gave off. When they had made use of the interval, however, they came back talkative and disturbed perfftrmers and audience most irritatingly. A policeman got rid of them eventually. The talkative "drunk ” is a nuisance at any time. I" a theatre, he is beyond sufferance. A fire at Galway Downs, Longreach, destroyed GOOD acres of grass.

In summing up the evidence in the charge (at Wellington) against Sydney George Ingram, charged with having aided and allotted Purvis in the frauds he perpetrated against the Wellington, Benevolent Trustees, Mr Justice Cooper said that the Te Aro House Company management had allowed Purvis 25 per cent, discount on all goods purchased, privately by him, simply because he was the secretary of an institution from which To Aro House Co. has a contract to supply goods. It was a- most improper thing, and deserved an expression of the strongest disapproval. The jury added a. rider to their verdict endorsing His Honour’s remarks.

The Public Works Department, has. says a Wellington message, accepted a tender for Slovens, Creek viaduct on the Midland railway. The terms of the contract provide for completion within twenty months. The name of the successful tenderer and the amount are not yet announced.

The mystery connected with the disappearance of Willie Rutland, a Lome Farm boy, was solved by tho discovery of the youngster himself. It appears that ho has a nervous dread of water, and some of his companions, working on his fears, threatened to duck him wiheu he went out with them gathering mushrooms. To avoid them ho concealed himself on top of a cupboard in the storeroom, and remained undiscovered until Sunday evening, when the ringing of an electric boll in the room revealed his whereabouts. When removed he was in a state of nervous collapse, indicating that he had suffered a considerable amount of mental pain. Stops will no doubt bo taken to caution the thoughtless boys who frightened him, as such cases very often load to serious trouble.

Auckland City Council has received the following tenders for the instalment ol electric lighting plant : Siemens Bros, (Sydney) £l-1,739, Dick Kerr and Co., £13,0-10; Turnbull and Jones, £14,159 ; J. C, Craig, £IO,BIO 10s ; A. and T. Burt, £II.OOO 15s ; Stewart and Feua, £14,882. The Australian General' Electric Co. submitted alternative tenders from the Sydney branch, ranging, from £12,2718 to £13,220. and from the Wellington branch, ranging from £13,319 to 111,130. The, matter has been deferred for report by Messrs Bush and Goodwin, engineers.

The January number of .the Winhsor Magazine maintains the usual standard oi quality. The fine art section contains thirteen, beautiful reproductions of the work of Edwin Douglas, an artist whose talent is mostly expended in painting animal studies. An interesting article describes the "conduct of the French Foreign Office and Anthony Fiala relates the adventures of the later part of the Arctic expedition led by him. The photographs reproduced as illustrations to the latter article are very fine representations of difficulties to be encountered in Arctic explorations. There are twentyseven cartoons Ipf celebrated personages connected with the conduct of public schools and the Universities. In lighter vein »re complete stories by Eden Philpotts, H. A. Vachell, Xan Maclarcn, Arnold Bennett. Frances Rivers, and Lloyd Osborne, and Max Pemberton contributes a large instnlmeet of his new romance " The Lodestar.”

[ The hort of Bluff presented a busy j j appearance yesterday. B'otiv intercolonial j steamers had a large number of pwjßdn-1 gers and mosjl, dt tflhm visited invcfcar-j gill, the 10.15 * a.m, resembling an. ox- j cursiou train, Owiing, t<i the absorption of the labour element in the fishing and oyaterlng Industry thirty men bad id be imported Irom Invercargill to assist, tn working the sieamlir# and Even then there wds not enough to give the despatch which was desired, Dr. Cockayne allowed his enthusiasm about Stewart Island to bo known fully to a Lyttelton Times reporter on Saturday. “I siy unhesitatingly,” ho said, in the course of an, interview, "that island is far and away the most important watering place in this colony, and that it has a greiit future before it, 'flic scenery is of the grdtidciit Bharactet, fatßrsOil's Inlet pierces the island right to its centre, and the scenery of the south-western arm is exquisite beyond , description, equalling that of Dusky Sound. Virgin forests clothe the hills to the water’s edge. A winding river enters the inlet. In its dark waters there may bo seen reflections of the lotvcly shrubberies that guard each side, and these reflections are not second even to those famous one* on Lake Mahinapua.”

The 4l»t week of the Lincoln College pgg-laying competition ended on February 15th says a Christchurch message. To dote the total tor tile 100 pent* is ■19,392, and, for the week, 995. The loading totals- are : M. Blanch i Silver WyandDttes) 948 ; J. Ashtoui (Silver VVyoUdlltteS); 805 ; J. Jackitiaife (Silver Wyandottos) 777.

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