THE Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1907.

Southland Times, Issue 10996, 27 July 1907, Page 2

THE Southland Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1907.

T(m Host ion of I lie travelling cxiiar-ri of members wa>) 1 1 i•>c*iv«.*<i ~r, ye.-dAi'day's nu.-'/t ing uf lho KM'iC.i (ion Hoard, and a} pc’ivViil f-'c*li:iv.os r\;»ivss**d that town members >l)uwj ij reo.-i i; some rcuiuneration for loss oi i.inu- \v = 11 ns country members who receive l <»s per meeting in addition to train anti hole! charges. It was decided to impure as to tho practice pursued liy oilier hoards. ATr Zdac.Glb*bon stating that all members of tlr» Clap,) no:*rd ved somr* remunerstion. In a loiter to iho tVwUinglon Kdiu-n----tion Hoard. Ur- chief health onicer said (Vic cf the prCai sources of infection la schools was dust on id'sks on to which children couple d or snoc/ed. It would make very greatly for a diminution of in fee ujons disease-; if Mint's wore don) away with and writing pads were substituted. The Hoard decided to obtain a*:i ns* ixuate of tlm cos; of supplying writing pads to schools. The influencv cT comfort hud correct si Ping altitude upon the studies and health of school children lias ‘brought Into being many types of improved swats hnd desks, and the matter came up again at yesterday's special meeting of the Education Hoard. The Inspectors suggest Ml that one room in each of the tv. c? largest, town schools should he equipped with dual desks, also tho headmaster's room in Cllndstone school. The work could be deferred till the summer vacation, as flcMr alterations woublj be neC't'sstiry.—lt was resolved to hold the matter over for three months, the architect to report as to the cost of giving effect to the recommendation and its effect upon space accommodations. The greater amount cf space taken up by the neic desks is one matter which retards their speedy adoption.

Tho Department of Education kas forwarder] to tho various Boards new rules governing the conveyance of school children resident, a long distance from school. The only alteration fs that 2s Cd a week will be granted towards the board ol any child, who,' through tho impracticability o.’ conveyance, has to line away from hot: e. At yesterday’s meeting of ihe Southland Board, Messrs Mac Gibbon and C'ouie strongly cent loaded that the conveyance allowance should be extended to children who. rode to school, in cases where vehicular Ihi (11c was impossible. .Vr Bowie mentioned ;m instance where three children n.vie to school because no trap could get within a mile and a hall of their “ionic, yet they were debarred from gelling the benefit of the allowance. it was resolved to represent to ihe Ministtv tho iasultiriencT of the regulations in this l respect.

'Hut "Human Hearts" Company, showing for tha .-cvuiil time in tho Theatre last night, again had a'crowded audience, i.i'mbrvs being refused admission. The performance is one of undoubted merit, hut it must he admitted that tho plicnuin nil -me of the company in Invcrc.ii'a'ill lias been in groat measure iiue ! 0 fin* fad that it is some lime since any n)in;'.niy has visited tho town offering enii'ii ilnineni which has suitnd the ( ■oMuhir taste. ’I he enthusiasm of IhQ mainline was not less marked than on ;he fust nielil, ami tho company have lilt!** lo complain of so fa'r as their ro(.vplitm in lnv©rcare-ni is concerned. '['lie combined howling clubs have rtociil d lo hold a rc-imioii social early n-xt month. The coiumilto consists of r-pros, nbit bus of Hi 1 three clubs who ere now hard at work an'miiying' Lho preliminary forn'w’itios. The meet ine; of l lie* Victoria Home (hwiiiniar/-.' of*: Thursday \\;-s well attendol. Tiic matron reported very favourablly on the conduct of the «*drls. and on the married impro vcincn i in disposition U'lld riiuu'iiy shown by some of them. Of Hove, who are iu service, the committee ye.t excellent aeeoiinls, ami one in tho Home promises u» become an efficient Iu ivilress. At the tv.ji.cst of the C'Hy t! issi ini ary it was .'Prided to admit a girl n( Hi years in moral danger. UonaI'on- t ,i c;isl-o!V elotiiiiig ami of food will be very t lumMully received at Hie Home.

An interest in,; Idler was brought before ilia Education Hoard yesterday, by the Jleiia’itmeiit. The chairman Of the Timani School Committee drew attention to (lie fact that for four or five tears that school had been immune from epidemics, and he uitrtlmteU this to their net hod of swepiog. Instead of merely •Uiis’.ing ihe ihisl ’ip into the air, t c > settle again on wails atul ledges, they ns ,1 snwilusi (I,uuiu'd with a solution of Utile's I>l [i. The was thus thcrouelily cleaned and disinfected at the same lime. Air Crosby Smith remarked that the idea wns an excellent one, and el his sm.gesl ion it was decided to have the Idler printed a util circulated amongst school committees. A branch of tile Civil Service Associate n has been formed in the Taranaki dialrivt■ A meeting attended liy about fifty farmers was held, in the Athenaeum at Winlop for the purpose of coming to a demote decision in the matter of builclinp; and equipping a now cheese factory there. 1 1 was finally decided to go on with tho work of election, which will lie commen■i d at once. His understood that the contractors hat.. 1 guaranteed to have tho factory completed within eight week.* from the signing of the contracts. A • Tiristclmrch message reports the fall .-i welcome rain. An Adelaide message states that tko Dunne Department Jlas received a report from (lie 1 ighlhouse-keeper nt Penguin Island. ITovoli Pay, that tho island is crumbling away through erosion by the sea. at ihe rale of four incites n month. Heavy landslips are occurring.

■Mary (liUjou failed to ftppour nt the I';]) Mil I’ulicc IDiirt yesterday to ans-L-r a charge ul having; made at ChristI’hmvh hj j'/iN.- declaration nvardlng; lb- 1 hiil’i of a child. d'ho case was udje-urn-.(l lili to-thiV, tile liispoctor of Police Myiv: i hal a warrant would uc issued i..r tin 1 a rrcsi id accused, who is now in I u\ c; caryill.

Ai a meeting of ill" Executive Comndtl (.' of tii,- UVdiie.-day 1 lalf-i1 o)iilay Assurin'km. .Mr .S. McC. McDonald presiding, ;:■ i l l mi ’I ImrMlay rweninir ai Allen's ill■ o ;i , s . tiu- srt’ivlury reported Um.t so :-t :• | •I’lirimis had been form u'dcd to Parliament con tabling 11027 sigimturos, and kirilu-r lisis a;, on hand which should I forwarded .shortly. Persons having lii -1 s are mpicst.-,! to return them to the a(a l.dT at once. A large mnnhor of reoltes to circulars to boroughs asking tor ih-.-ir ci'-openit ion \tere road and in only tv.o nr three instances were they nd\crre to til.. uki\eineiil. Letters were also read from Air J. A. Hamm and nt.-i'-r member.- of Parliament oxprosßil.;; llmir iV-iir, to assist the Association in retaining the present method lor fixing ihe Itm lf-ludiday , and tor allowing-owners of farlo.-ies Ihe option of closing on the minie day ns the shops and oil!res. It v-.as resol'i d lo urge our mouther to m(Jij 1 our lo iiurry up the desired legislation for the la'ter object, sa that it niity heroine law lu-fore the rush of the spring season sets in. Financial matters were deal I with and a very satisfactory ftnioai.i of subscriptions handed a.

Tho local ('oumiig Club has boon civfC.lv exercism! owing to the fact that Ihe Christchurch Club has fixed the date of their final meeting on the same days ns v. ere granted Ir.-_ tin* New Zealand Coursing Association for the Southland fixture. A strongly worded letter wan Sen I to head piarLers protesting against i lie duplication of dates. ■ The local club receiu-d telegram from, their delegate to the effect that ;v special meeting cf !he Association had unanimously resolved to notify the Canterbury Coursing Club that the officials, owners, a nd dogs " ill lie disqualified should they persist in clash ii i.- with Hie Southland fixture. IVont this it would seem, that tho Aesotiiion was not consulted about the dil'M. and ,is this is in contravention to tlv • rules Ihe got ■•ruing Body is justified In U'-ling as it lias done. The effect of ii;i- d.q i-rui imill’ioU wilt ,he that the local c!.ii* will now receive more entries lro,m fi iiii.irii cud Oamaru.

An important point, was raised at yest rdav’s uinci.in;; of Die Education Board, the In,ant inspector reporting - that the in.-iipfitrate at t.Jueenstcwn had ruled that 1.0 hail no jurisdiction over children alPnding private schools. The magistrate U 11.l that before children could attend a private, school thyv must have an oxi mption certificate, and once they had thqi .v; tiriciUe I Icy no longer came under the provisions of the Education Act. Members pointed out that if lids were so the law could be o - . aded bv a man applying for mi exemoti on certificate for his child, an ! then ho could rot ‘ho prosecuted it his child never attended a privai-’ school at nil. Sections ol the Act wore quoted to show Hint the control over private school children was not forfeited, audit was contended lliat (ho magistrate had n>rlcnje‘il certain provisions. In the meantime it was resolved to advise the mu nepers of pmoim schools that it is necessary for thorn to apply for general exemption certificate as per clause MU of the Act. At Die “Young Men's Own” to-morrow a Penmen tile discussion o'f Dr Hastings Young's paper on "Chill in Religion ’ a ;11 c .uliuued. As considerable interist cent n s in ih’is subject, which has already occupied two afternoons, a largo a I p'udnie e i s expected. The strangers’ lea will tie held as usual. ( air Parliamentary correspondent wires; i isO!) Die amount spent in clinritajidd aid in New Zealand was £93,070. It has now , gone up to £1103,272. The amounts spent hv different Boards last vear -.vote ; Auckland £17,001, Wellington £14,228, Ashburton and North"Canl„r;.„r; £1r,,3(>2, Otago United £15.393. Tire Federal Postmaster-General admitted in Die House Dial the teloph.mo 501viee was notoriously bad Aintrelia. The department had neither wire nor machines. This was the result cf the enormous demand for telephones. The lime was not far distant when every home would be able to have the telephone at oqo shilling per, week.

The contract i*t by the GqvarnßlMtk I for the construction of the Arthur'k Pw* J tunnel, on the Midland Railway, at a] cost of £600,1000 was strongly comment-1 ed upon by Auckland Chamber of Ociinmorco yesterday, the opinion, being generally expressed that the money could bi used in other ways, so os give bettoc returns. A resolution won carried urging the Auckland members to take united action to secure a fair and juslt allocation to Auckland province bf moneys for railways and other public works. and, further, to vigorously protest against the expenditure sanctioned on Arthur’s Pass tunnel. At the pol.ee court at Dunedin yesterday, Thomson, Jacobson, and Callaghan, three firemen on the Rippiugiham Or arise, were committed for trial on a charge of broaching eanjo from the hold while the vessel was ilying at the Victoria wharf. The Appeal Court lias reserved jwdgtnent in.' the Te A'kau block, Native land case, Police who raided Oldness premiss* at Palmerston North in search for opium wore assailed by Chinamen armed with billots of wood. The police arrested tw 0 men, and found opium, pipes, etc. Ths arrested men have been remanded. In Hie House Inst night Mr James Allen assorted that officers of the civil service who had passed competitive examinations wore being blocked ih promotion, owing to other officers being promoted who had passed no examination. Ho mentioned four instances where Clerk), of Court luidOaeen appointed—one a police const aide who had never pas sal any exaniinution. fer the civil service. The ,M;on. Mr McGowan said that the practice! of the Department had been to appoint policemen ns clerks of court in email places, ns it was not advisable to place cadots in such positions. These policemen made most excellent clerkts. He asserted that lie would not take the rei.ionsih’ility in places which, owing to scarcity of accommodation, made it necessary to utilise a hotel for lodging and added that none of the appointments combination, was fined £3 to-day flit* bf clerks who had passed the civil service examination. Sidney O’Neill, of the buckjumphlg comb nation, was fined £3 to-day for Iflacl (.'tiling the eye of .Sidney l.uella, the clown —terse message from Auckland, At Christchurch yesterday John Go rum was committed for trial tm a charge of theft of £3 7 8s 8d from a fellow lodger in a boardinghouse.

The usual price for re-enamelling and doing up bicycles runs from xia (d to 20s. 'Messrs G. W. Woods and Co.’s price this winter is 12s 6d only a big difference—ns an advertisement. Would any sane cyclist neglect to seho such an opportunity of practically getting u new bicycle (or 12s 6d ? AVc Cannot think so. If you should contract a cold, -get rid of it as (fhickiy as possible, for every cold weakens the lungs, lowers th'e vitality, and pip es the way tor more serious diseases. Chamberlain’s Cou,gh Remedy is u preparation that can id way* be depended upon, and not only cures the cold, but counteracts any tendency towards pneumonia. For sale by Macallster and Co., chemists. Those who are well posted ns to the best moans of relieving pain u'nd curing sores, wounds, or bruises, always use Chamberlain’s Pain Uulm. They insist there is nothing like it. For sale by Alncallster and Co., chemist.

SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Special anniversary services at S.A. Barracks tomorrow. , Sweeping reductions at Bentham’s removal sale. See the bargains at Weir and Go’s boot sale. Sale of furniture, Clyde street, cu Monday—Todd ami 00. „ , Clearing sale of stock, etc., Gropers Bush, on sth August—N.Z. Loan 00. Sale of D. Taylor’s stock, etc., Centre Bush, on Stb August -N.Z. Loan Oe. Sale of M, Colquhoun’s sloek, etc., Ureys Bush, on 6lh August—K.M. and A. 00. Wanted, manager tor Invercargill branch of Lutterworth Bros. , ~ ~ See Go’s winter excursions to South Sea v f {Sale for men now oh at Undrill’aThrone metal polish is the thing- for cleaning: day. Food for the hungry, fruit for the sick, at the Central. vLofat silver-mounted pipe-reward. I {Middle-aged widow wants position as housekeeper. £Lobt, small brown fur. , ; Solomon Solution for rheumatism—J. S. Baxter. , Particulars of Todd and Ce’s sale tO'day. For sale cheap, second-hand carU, gigs and buggies —Jluffadiue and Son. , . ... „ To let, 5 roomed brick house, Bon street-—W. i 3. Scmdrett. . . . .Particulars and ordei of McKay Bros’ sale to-day. For a cool smoke try Hartley's Boer tobacco, Wanted, to buy turnips in any quantity. Wanted to purchase, second-hand scales. Reward—Sic bill in this issue. A hint to wise buyers—See Simon’s prices. Pipe-repairing a specialty at Topp and Go's, Last week of the Economic sale. Tenders print and publish county balance sheet. Poultry show price money payable to-night. Wanted, girl for hotel pantry. . For shaving accessories try T. Hide. . For sale, 1U acres at Seaward Bush township— V. class of Ambulance Association meet on Tuesday. _ . , ~ , Colossal clearance at McGruer, Taylor and Cos.