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Southland Times, Issue 14633, 25 January 1911, Page 4

Citizens are reminded of the puhllo meeting called for this evening in the '['own Mall, when the mailer of giving me Prime Minister a farewell prior to ilia departure for Lmidon will he discussed. This is a mailer in which the will ul the public should be known before action is taken, as the whole-hearted co-operation of the people is an essential lo tic- teal success of the proposal, and the Mayor desires a large and represent;! li \ e attendance in order that evt ry phase of the question may he set forth. itnsiness people (.says the ‘T-yltelton Times".) complain of the delay in receiving leters from the North on Wednesdays and Fridays. The -Mararoa does not leave Wellington till alter S a.m., and the mail is not available in ClirisUhtirch till, the morning is well advanced. On Tuesday the AucklundJntnedin steamer leaves Wellington for the South, and on Thursday (he Sydr.eyIMelhourne steamer. For some reason the Post Office, makes no use of these steamers for mails, lint everything is left for the .Maruvuit, with the consequent inconvenience lo business-

Dr Findlay, referring to tne Webster claim, explained to a Christchurch reporter that Britain -and the United States had agreed to the appointment of an International Commission to consider this, and claims of a like nature, between the subjects of the two powers. The Commission will ait in Washington on a date to be fixed.

The malls for the United Kingdom, despatched from Invercargill on loth December, via Brindisi, arrived in London on the afternoon of 20th inst.—due date.

A poll at Westport gave a majority Of 243 in favour of the Borough Council borrowing £IO,OOO for the improvement of the water supply.

Our Waikawa correspondent writes: Representatives from Waikawa and Quarry Hills met at Tokonui on 21st to discuss railway extension matteis, and it was decided to ask the member for the district and other Southland members to pay a visit and inspect next proposed section from Tokonui to Quarry Hills and give addresses in the evening.

The matter of a theft at Brydone was Investigated bv Messrs W. B. Scandiett and G. Froggatt, J.P.’s, at the Invercargill Police Conn yesterday, when a man named Robert Alexander Hogg was charged with having stolen the sum of £4, the property of William Shirley. It appeared that Shirley and the accused were employed in turnip thinning at Brydone and shared a hut. The accused left Brydone on Monday and came into Invercargill, and after his departure Shirley discovered that £4 in money had been abstracted from his portmanteau. The accused, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to three weeks Imprisonment, and the sum of £1 Is 9d, which was found on him at the time of his arrest, was ordered to be returned to the prosecutor.

A meeting of those interested in the erection of public saleyards at Tokonui railway station was held in the schoolroom on Saturday, Mr T. Brown in the chair and Mr H. J. Hands acting ag secretary. A canvass of the surrounding districts having been made, it uas tound- that enough capital had not been subscribed, and a committee was formed to make enquiries as to the probable cost of yards, and make a thorough capvass of the surrounding districts and also approach the various •selling agents at Invercargill and Wyndham with the object of getting them to take up shares. —Own correspondent.

The R.M.S. Athenic. due at Welling■ton on Wednesday, has on board 151 assisted passengers, 68 nominated passengers (37 adults and 31 children), and SO adults and three children approved by the High Commissioner, besides tlie 60 boys brought out under Mr Sedgwick’s scheme. There are 49 domestics, 24 farm labourers, eight farmers, and 20 wives rejoining their husbands. The capital of the approved passengers ranges from £lO to £360.

Mr Henry, the oil expert, in an interview with a Taranaki Herald representative. said it is the good fortune of very few oil-producing centres to possess such splendid geographical advantages. A shipment of Taranaki oil will never cost the producers more than a fraction of the heavy expenses incurred in the movement of oil in many great foreign fields. In California. Trinidad, and Newfoundland numerous prosperous oil ports are baing brought into existence, but none possesses greater advantage than the port of New Plymouth. Hi declares that there is reason for optimism as to the development of the field and the influence on the trade of the town. The results secured up to the present are far from unsatisfactory, and the companies have done better than concerns operating in such places as Nigeria and Trinidad at the start. He acids that Mr Hoverton Redwood has a very keen appreciation of the possibilities of a large industry being established on this island.

Says a Melbourne cable: Mr Holman. Attorney-General for New South Wales, who has returned from New Zealand, is enthusiastic over his New Zealand tour. He found the Dominion a much more Important place than he had expected. He hopes as a result of a conference with Dr Findlay to establish reciprocity regarding defaulting husbands.

In the course of conversation with a •’Dominion” representative, Dir A. A. Isbel, of the United Wireless Company of America, expressed the opinion that the Government were wise In sending the chief electrician of the Telegraph Department tDlr Buckley) to America and England. ’•They are moving ahead In telephone matters all the time over there,” he said, "and from my experience in New Zealand you are not quite up to the minute. You do not have to ring at all for your number In the States. The action of lifting off the receiver notifies the exchange that a number is wanted, and it Is given right away, if disengaged—no waiting. This method is a good deal quicker and less troublesome than the ‘ring and waif system in Wellington and other New Zealand towns.” Telephone subscribers In Invercargill can afford to consider complacently the complaints of subscribers "in Wellington and other New Zealand towns.”

To the Wingatui racecourse now belongs a glory all its own, says the Dunedin "Star." A baby was there christened on Sunday—-a girl baby. Let it not he supposed that the parents were putting to the test some theory of the vaccination kind, and trying to Inoculate her with speed so that hereafter she may not become "fast." The explanation is simpler than that. One of the rooms at the course is by permission of the D.J.C. used by the Presbyterians for public worship, and the child's parents attend the services.

Mr J. H. Chapman, who died in Dunedin on Saturday evening from hemorrhage of the brain, had been headmaster of the Arthur Street school for 19 Fears. As a young man he was a keen footballer, was captain of the Union first fifteen, and represented Otago against Canterbury and against New South Wales in ISS2. lie was honorary secretary and treasurer of the Otago Itllgby Union from ISBC to ISS7, became treasurer in l.’jSs. and was vice-presi-dent in 1893.

Dr Findlay arrived at Christchurch from Wellington and went on to Dun-t-din yesterday. He told a reporter that the case of Inspector Gillies had been considered by the Cabinet, and it had been decided that the retirement must Stand. A Prisons Board would be appointed shortly, consisting of one lay member from each of the four centres, and three official members, including a Judge of the -Supreme Court. Tiie new police regulations have been drafted, and are now being reviewed by the Crown Law Officers. They will be submitted to the Police Inspectors in due course Promotion consentient on the retirement of high officers in tin? police force is unlikely to lie announced for a Xnonih or so.

Of all the men I have known, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was the farthest from a snob, though he valued recognition. and lilted the flattery of the fashionable fair when it came his way. He would not go out of bis way for it, but like all noble and brilliant men he loved the. minds of women, their wit, their agile cif, ernoss. their sensitive perception. their humorous appreciation. the saucy tilings they would say, and their pretry temerarious defiances. He had. of course, the keenest sense of what was truly dignified and truly undignified in people, but lie was not really Interested in what we call society affairs: they scarcely existed for him; though his hooks witness how lie abhorred tiie dreadful fools who, through some chance of birth or wealth, hold themselves different from other men Emerson, Longfellow, Lowell, Holmes —I knew them all; sagos, poets, s-eers, critics, humourists; they were like eacli other and like other literary men, but Clemens wa.s sole, incomparable. the Lincoln of our literature,—\V, L. Howells, in Harper's Monthly.

Notice is given in the last issue of til)- 'Gazette' that a bonus of £lo,ooo will be paid for the production of mineral oil as under: —(a) £2500 to be paid on proof being submitted that not less the.-. 250,000 gallons of marketable cruse oil has been won, (b) £2500 to be paid on proof being submitted that liless than 500,000 gallons of market£i' ; • crude oii has been won. (c) £27.00 to be paid on proof being submitted th a not less than 1.000.000 gallons of maikelabb: crude oil has been won. (d) The balance of £2s'iO to be paid to the person or company who first produces by his or its own lehning plant 500,U‘JO gallons of refined mineral oil. "Marketaide crude oil” shall contain not less than f- nor cent, of products (excluding v..,t r» which can I btained by dista aidm. "Refined mineral oil" may include benzine, potrediue, kerosene, or lubricating oils.

The Fire Brigade were called out at 10.50 last evening through the fire alarm at the corner of Yarrow and Diary streets being sounded, but their services were not required, the alarm proving a false one.

A very large number of tenders has been received by the Invercargill Town Council for the contracts in connection with the tramways. These were opened by the Tramways Committee on Monday evening and passed over to the Tramways Engineer for report. They include contracts for: —(1) Power-house plant, complete; (2) rails, fish-plates, points, crossings, etc; (3) car bodies: (4) electric ear equipment: (5) car trucks; (6) overhead material; (<) wires and cables; (A) steel poles; (9) tower waggon; (10) dog spikes; (11) street lighting plant. The engineer expects to have his report ready for a special meeting of the Tramways Committee just prior to the ordinary meeting of the Town Council to-morrow evening.

Comparative returns of births, deaths, and proportion of deaths to the 1000 of population in December, 1910, show the following results: —Invercargill (13.S0O), 46 births, 5 deaths, 0.56 proportion; Palmerston North (12.000), 51 births, o deaths, 0,42 projortion: Napier (10,iSS), 29 births, 16 deaths, 1.4S proportion; Wanganui (10,000 approx.). 32 births, 7 deaths, 0.70 proportion; Tlmaru (S300), 27 births. 5 deaths, 0.60 proportion: Nelson (8,800), 18 births, S deaths, 0.91 proportion.

The Southland Pigeon, Canary, and Cage Bird Club will hold its annual show in Ashley’s Hall on the 15th and 16th February. Arrangements are now in hand, and it is fully anticipated that when the time comes the Club will submit a creditable exhibition of pigeons, canaries, and cage birds, and one which will tend to increase the appreciation of the public generally of these birds.

The steady increase in the number of motor cars and taxi-cabs in Christchurch is slowly ousting the cab horse. The earnings of the cab have decreased by at least one-half since the advent of the motor. Now it is not an infrequent experience for a cabby to take under 5> in a clay and to stand during the entire morning without obtaining one fare.

An exchange says that fruit is phenominaily plentiful and cheap in Auckland at present. Peaches were sold as cheap as 48 for one shilling, bananas Id per lb, tomatoes, plums, and apples being also exceptionally cheap.

Amusing indeed Is a letter from Shanghai, which has just been received by the Labour Department. It is addressed “Australia, Wellington, New Zeal; nd. To the Labour Office.” It h.is the Shanghai stamp. The text of the letter is as follows: —‘‘Shanghai. December 16. To the Labour Office. Dear Sir, —I beg you to be so kindly and if It is possible to find some place for me. Mr business Is to be a grover, and I know mine work perfectly. I intended to go to New Zealand from Shanghai next month. I shall be very obliged to you of your trouble about it. I remain. yours respectfully, The writing is excellent. A Dargaville message states : —Alfred Walter Charles Laroche was brought before the Helensviile police court and charged with having committed three breeches of the Printers and Newspapers Registration Act, 1908, and was fined £lO and costs. His paper was unregistered and failed to carry an imprint. There was a general holiday at Wellington on Monday for the celebration of the city’s seventy-first anniversary. A regatta was held in the harbour as usual. Other attractions were races at Trentham and Foxton, a cricket match, bowling and harbour excursions. The weather was perfect.—Press Association.

Says a Wellington telegram: Press Association telegram sent from Wellington on Friday night regarding the Coronation the word “not” appears to have been omitted. What Sir Joseph Ward said was that it was not intended to send a contingent from New Zealand to the coronation.

Dir J. D. Henry, representing large financial interests at Home, and wellknown as a writer on matters concerning petroleum, has arrived at New Plymouth and will make that town his headquarters. Mr Henry will start his Investigations after the meetings of the congress of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers, which will be held at Auckland and Wailh next week, and over which Dr Bell will preside.—Press Association.

The Invercargill Tramways Committee spent a strenuous time for two and a a half hours on Dlonclay evening sorting out, opening, and Initialling the tenders of eleven tramways contracts. Some indication of the number of the tenders, and the magnitude of the work covered by the tenders, may be gleaned from the fact that the deposits of tenderers were contained in eighty-eight cheques (some of them covering several tenders), amounting to £15,931 16s 6cl. As each deposit is for five per cent, of the amount of tlie tender, the whoie of the tenders would aggregate in value £300,636 10s. The tabulating of the tenders in order of merit by the Tramways Engineer for a special meeting of the Committee is, therefore, somewhat of a heavy task.

The number of persons who suffered In train accidents in the United States during the three months ending -March 31, 1010. was 1,100 killed and 21,232 injured. This includes railway employees at work and passengers’. These figures are given in the November number of the "Locomotive Firemen’s Magazine,” Indlanopolls, which also contains a special article on the movements of trains.

The Edendale Dairy Factory at present lias an intake of COOO gallons of milk. The supply Is perceptibly receding daily, except when a warm ruin occurs, sending it up with a rush. The test, however, tells the tale, and the suppliers do not get a bigger cash result for the greater bulk. The opening of the auxiliary factory at Menzies Ferry lias obviated the necessity for night shifts, which were a common resort at tills time last year. Several of the very large' suppliers go to the Ferry factory. The effect is shown in the reduced number of hands employed at Edendale —nine tills year, its against fourteen last year.

The distribution of the sum of £3OOO, voted by Parliament to public libraries, will take place on 3rd February, and no claim will be entitled to consideration that shall not have been sent In due form ami received by the Secretary for Education, Wellington, on or before that date, A library to be entitled to a subsidy must be a free public library, and must have receipts for the year amounting to not less than £2. The whole of the subsidy must lie expended without delay in the purchase of books.

On the motion of Sir Maurice OMlorke the University Senate at Christchurch resolved: "That, In the opinion of the “ mate it is derogatory to the dignity and usefulness of the New Zeal,and UniVrsity that it should be debarred from granting a degree in divinity, and that a copy of this resolution bo forwarded to the Government witli a request that the law be amended next session so as to authorise the granting of such degrees.” The Chancellor described the motion as the thin end of the wedge to got religion into the schools. Professors MacMillan r.rown and Von Haasl also opposed the motion. Professors Sa'.rnond, Kastcrfield and Cameron supported it. The division was 12 to 8 for the motion.

Francis Slone wa.s charged at the Lumsden Police Court on Saturday last before Messrs G. F. Johnson, and John McFelridge, J.P.’s, with having assaulted Henry Adams, a railway cierk, on the railway premises at Lumsden on the 24th December, 1510, by striking, him on the face with his clenched list, causing his nose to bleed. ,-vccused pleaded guilty, but urged extenuating circumstances. Complainant stated that he was called from the post office to tiie railway premises on the date in question, by Mr Clarkson, who slated that Mr Stone wished to see him. On going out in response to tiie request, lie saw "m r Stone, who, without reason, immediately struck him on the nose, causing his nose'to bleed very badly. Witness did not retaliate, but lie called to other members of the stall, and they put accused cfut.side the door. Clarkson, Marlin, and Dawson gave corroborative evidence. Accused gave evidence on liis own behalf that he wa.s using the telephone on the day in question, when Adams spoke to him on the wire, using some very bail language. This annoyed him. Adams denied having used the language. Constable Barratt pointed out to the Justices the gravity of the offence, and said that if the accused had a grievance there were other means to get redress. The Bench agreed witli the police. They considered the charge proved, and as it wan a serious offence a substantial lino would be Indicted. Accusvd was fined 40s and costs, los. • O.O)

“We shall have something to say ver-' shortly in reference to electrical supplies,” said the Dlayor of Wellington recently, “and will be able to demonstrate to the public the possibility of cooking by electricity at a price previously unheard of. A stove has been manufactured locally at considerably less than half the cost of an imported stove manufactured in England. Tenders will be called immediately for the manufacture of a supply of stoves locally.”

Applications will be received at the Southland Office until 4 o’clock to-day (25th Jan.) for the sale or selection of section 264, block 7. Forest Hill Hundred—2oo acres second-class land, cash £100; half-yearly rent, 0.R.P., £2 10s; half-yearly rent renewal lease, £2. Other lands open for sale or selection, for which applications will be received until 4 o’clock on Wednesday, 22nd Feb., are:—Section ), block 41, Taringatura, 88 acres weighted with £4O improvements. cash £IBO, half-yearly rent O.R.P. £4 10s; sections 353, 354, block 16 (166 acres), and 356. 387. block 15 (240 acres), Forest Kill, second-class land, £l5O or £3 15s, and £IBO or £4los, casli or lease, respectively; sections 8 and 9, block 12, Invercargill Hundred, 107 acres firstclass land. £2OO cash, or £5 half-yearly rent O.K.P. Several pastoral runs, in Southland and Lake Counties., will be offered for licence by public auction at the Land Office, Invercargill, at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 28th February.

Thomson and Beattie’s Sale begins on Saturday first at 9 o'clock. The bare Intimation of the fact is now enough to fill the shop with buyers. The knowledge every lady has of the way in which all end of season goods have been sacrificed at the Lxhibition sales for years past makes her naturally anxious to secure a share of the present bargains.

WE NOTE that to-day is the commencement of Price and Bulleid’s great double value sale. Past experience of this enterprising firm’s go-ahead policy in clearin gout present season’s stocks (to make room tor incoming shipments) speaks for itself: and on this occasion apparently sacrifice of stocks which have been left over in consequence of the difficulties they have had to contend with in connection with their rebuilding scheme will make this event doubly interesting, and will be the first clearance organised in the new and spacious showroom erected at the rear of their Tay street premises, covering some 6000 feet. These showrooms have been decked out with some of the latest importations, together with some very important purchases made from Home and colonial manufacturers, and present a display hitherto unsurpassed in this, the most important town In Southland. Different readers are interested In different kinds of news Ladles are always interested in news of bargains in dresses or dress accessories. McGruer. Taylor and Co. are pleased to be able to suppliy a news Item that should be of interest to every lady reader of the Southland Times. It is regarding hats. McGruer, Taylor and Co. are disposing of the balance of their imported models and other magnificent hats at prices ranging from 7s 6d to 17s 6d. For further particulars kindly read our advertisement on page 4. SYNOPSIS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. On Page I. Wanted —Lady help. Wanted —A strong lad. L. Wills wants flaxcutters, etc. Fresh Fish to-day at Pasco Bros. W. B. Scandrett has 8-roomed house* for sale. Tenders Invited re estate of Thomas Dove. Wallace County—Tenders Invited for works. For newest in Tea Sets see Smith and Laing’s advt. On Page 2. Great Double Value Sale now on at Price and Bulleid’s. On Page 3. For motor and cycle accessories try P. H. Vickery. Preliminary notice of Thomson and Beattie’s Sale. A marvellous winteg ride on a “Triumph”—See Wilson, Fraser's advt. On Page 4. In memoriam—the late John K. Clark. Edgar Ritson, Ladles’ Tailor, inserts notice. Thomson’s aerated waters cure indigestion, etc, Herbert, Haynes & Co.’s Great Sale commences on 3rd February. On Page 6 Fuller’s Pictures to-night. Corporation Picnic at Ocean Beach to-day. Messrs Ears man & Co. insert removal notice. Hayward’s Pictures —New Programme to-night. Borough of Invercargill—Meeting re half-holiday. A. F. Bateman resumes teaching on Ist February. Henry Victor, clairvoyant demonstration to-night. Miss E. McNeil resumes teaching on 30th Inst. Use the Mote Extension Ladder—See advt. On Page 8— Wm. Todd & Co. —Sale of furniture, etc., to-morrow.