NEWS EPITOMISED

Southland Times, Issue 17244, 15 January 1913, Page 5

NEWS EPITOMISED

THIS MORNING’S ISSUE, Wellington Freezing Companies are preparing to close down. St. Helens Hospital Inquiry commenced tn Auckland. South African political situation is ■till interesting. Science Congress In Melbourne has •nded. Home Rule BUI has passed through the Committee stage. Mr Balfour has given notice of motion for Its rejection. The Unionists are still at variance on tariff reform. The blizzard at Home is causing much trouble, ami some loss of life. The Americans are going to retry the Idyllus case. An artistic crime was perpetrated by • swell cracksman In London. Labour notes by “Worker.” Wallacetown stock sale held yesterday, »nd recent prices maintained. An arrest has been made In connection with the Trotter murder. The opening of the new Pacific cable Was fittingly celebrated in Auckland yesterday. Another motor car railway crossing •ccident, In the north. The Mapourlka has lost her stokehold •rew, and Is laid up Indefinitely. A Tasmanian sexton makes some remarkable disclosures. Mr H. Cotterell. of Christchurch, ■peaks on the English money market.^ Double drowning fatality at New Brighton. Mexican Ambassador warns the United •tales that Intervention will be resented. Sporting notes by Sir Modred. Great naphtha fire in Russia.

The Home malls despatched from Invercargill on sth December, via Naples, arrived in London on 12th Inst, one day late.

The Hon. W. Fraser received a Rotorua deputation which urged the construction of the railway from Rotorua to Paengaroa to connect with the East Coast railway. The Minister realised the advantage of the line, but said that no money was available. Works now under construction must be completed before new ones were started.

The holding of the clearing sale of J4r I>. O'Brien's stock, etc., at his farm, Lftrne, by the Southland Farmers’ Cooperative has been altered from the 19th January to Friday, 31st Inst.

At the Police Court yesterday morning, a young Invercargill resident, named Edward F. Cockroft was remanded until January 22nd on a charge of stealing a bicycle. Ball In the sum of 180, or two sureties of £25 each, was allowed. The machine which was valued at 18 was the property of Thomas Kennard, and on January 7th accused became Illegally possessed of It. The police were apprised of the matter, and Cockroft, fearing that he was cornered came Into the Police Station yesterday morning and made a clean breast of the Whole affair.

The following are yesterday's reports Upon the condition of the various fishing Tlvers of Southland; —Clifden; Walau clear, weather windy. Otautau: Aparlma olear, weather fine but windy. Dlpton: River low and clear, very windy. Fairfax: Aparlma In good fishing order. Weather fine. Riverton: Pouroklno normal, weather windy.

The young man H. J. Richards, who Was arrested by Detective Cameron on board the s.s. Maunganul at Bluff on Monday evening, just prior to the ■(earner's departure for Australia, was Charged before Mr J. Crosby Smith, J.P., at the Police Court yesterday morning with forging a cheque for £5, on Messrs Oavalth and Logan, solicitors «f Martlnborough. Accused was remanded to appear at Martlnborough on January 22nd, and was sent north under escort by yesterday’s mid-day express from Invercargill.

The recommendations made by the Conference of medical men held In Wellington on the treatment of consumption, will be published shortly. The Minister (Hon. R. H. Rhodes) states that there will be no delay In giving effect to the. advice of the Conference. The methods adopted Include the establishment of publiv dispensaries- for combating disease. Mr Rhodes added that upon the announcement of the Friedman treatment he had cabled the High Commissioner asking for full information. If the treatment was as effective as had been reported a supply of vaccine would be secured without delay.

The special page devoted to the affairs ■Of the United Labour Party in the "New Zealand Times,” conducted by Mr Mills, the party’s organiser, has been ended. Mr Mills explained to a correspondent of the Lyttelton Times that the management of the New Zealand Times having been altered, the page was being discontinued, Ho would retain his work as organiser of the United Labour Party. In connection with which there are seventy branches. He believed that by the time of the Easter conference that number would he doubled. The party Is also publishing a weekly column In twentythree newspapers, and the work, added Mr Mills, was never in such good shape.

On enquiry yesterday it was ascertained that the sufferers by the motor accident at Grasmere on Monday night had made satisfactory progress. Yesterday afternoon Messrs Eddie and George Broad were well enough to be conveyed from the hopital to their home at Grasmere. Mr Erie Russell had also made satisfactory progress during the night; his injuries are one or two cuts, Including one of some severity on the Up and a number of severe bruises. Naturally he Is suffering from soreness, but it is anticipated that with rest and treatment he will be out and about in a few days. 3t transpired yesterday that Mr Russell was not thrown directly from the car ■upon the cattlestop, but that lie was precipitated against the footplate of the locomotive and fell thence upon the cattlestop. George Broad was also thrown against, the locomotive, his head striking the axlebox. Mr Walter Broad, who had the remarkable adventure with the signpost, was so little disturbed by his experience that ho attended a picture entertainment on the evening of the accident. The Bedford car was brought Into town yesterday morning, hut It has not yet been thoroughly examined.

If hot actually the oldest, at least one of the oldest inhabitants of London celebrated his 104 th birthday at the Tooting Home In November last. The career of David Jackson —that Is the veteran’s name has been an Interesting one. Born at Lynn Jn 1808, Jackson began work at eight, years of age, his first ■wages being earned as a scarecrow. Later ho was apprenticed to the merchant marine, obtained a captain’s certificate, and ultimately saved sufficient money to purchase his own vessel. But the ship was lost, and Jackson found himself practically destitute. He came to London In 1880, and for 23 years was engaged by a firm of window-blind manufacturers. He continued to do odd Jobs till within two days of his 9Dth birthday, when he was Induced to enter the Wandsworth Workhouse. Thence he was transferred to the ’footing Home. He has a very retentive memory, and can remember the peace being proclaimed after Waterloo. He also recollects the great rejoicings there were on Hint occasion, and says that "some of the women nearly went mad." When asked If he was comfortable in his now surroundings David cheerfully replied, "Happy as a bird,” and pointing to Mr Hickmott, the master of the borne, added "and lie Is the kindest man in the world.”

There is every prospect of a busy season for the present Vancouver mall service, and dally Inquiries are being made at the Auckland office of the Colon Steam Ship Company for berths by the steamers leaving Auckland months In advance (says the New Zealand Herald). The New Zealand bookings by the Makura, which sails from Auckland for ■way ports and Vancouver on Friday, January 17th, already total over 60 In the three classes. By the Zoalandla, sailIn* on the outward voyage on February 11th. some -10 passengers have booked, while over 60 first and second-class passengers have booked by the Marama, Bailing on March 14th. The Makura appears to be the favourite ship, as over gO first and second-class passengers have taken out tickets at various ports In New Zealand for the outward voyage from Auckland on April 11th.. The new 13,500-ton liner Niagara will sail from Auckland for Vancouver on May 9th, and already between 70 and 80 first and aecond-clasa passengers have booked passages by this vessel, e

The treasurer of the Bluff Sailor*' Rest desires to acknowledge receipt, with thanks, of donation of £1 from R. H. Brodrick, Esq.

From enquiries made yesterday at the Tourist Office It Is evident that the present season has been a very satisfactory one so far as the numbgr of visitors to Milford Sound, via the track, and to Lake Manapourl are concerned. It is Indeed stated that the number of visitors who have done the former trip is in excess of that attained at the same date In any previous year, and what is more It Is considered likely that the traffic on the track will be comparatively heavy for some time to come.

It was recently announced that New Zealand papers were being filed In the offices of the Australian Commonwealth Tourist Department for the convenience of New Zealanders visiting the various Australian cities, and It. Is now been ascertained that similar provision Is made for Australians on tour or resident In the Dominion. The Sydney Dally Telegraph Is filed In the local Tourist Office, and the file is available for perusal by visitors.

The opening of the godwlt season on January Ist has been the subject of some unfavourable comment of late. A well-known shootlst supplemented the fairly general contention that the birds are in very poor condition as yet when he was approached by a reporter yesterday. They are Indeed too poor. In his opinion, to be worth shooting. A pariy which went out on the first day of the season had been so disappointed with the condition of the birds they secured that they practically decided to do no more shooting until February. Even at the present time the birds remain poor, but a few weeks would make all the difference. At the same time he considered It a shame that the birds should be shot while they were In such poor condition. From general observations lie felt safe In saying that they were as numerous as they had been In previous years, and along the banks of the estuary they were, If anything, In greater numbers.

In an interview regarding the great Increase In the number of telephones used, the lion. It. H. Rhodes stated that Auckland City Exchange now operated 3811 connections, 1119 extensions, and 96 bureaux a total of 5055 telephones. There are now 38 exchanges In the Auckland district, and worked by them are 6861 connections, 1297 extensions, and 588 bureaux, a total of 7746 telephones in use. The increase In four years la equivalent to nearly 90 per cent. The Minister again referred to the installation of automatic systems. He remarked that simultaneously with the work of installing the new telephone system an arrangement will be made for placing lead cables underground as far as possible. There are too many cables strung overhead.

Carlyle's famous passage on war Is well known, but may be quoted again for the sake of Us wonderful expressiveness: “What, speaking In quite unofficial language, is the net-purport and upshot of war? To my own knowledge, for example. there dwell and toll. In the British village of Dumdrudge, usually some five hundred souls. From these, by certain 'Natural Enemies' of the French, there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men. . . . Amid much weeping and

swearing, they are selected; all dressed in red: and shipped away, at the public charges, some two thousand miles, or say only to the south of Spain; and fed there till wanted. And now to that same spot. In the south of Spain, are thirty similar French artisans, from a -French Dumdrudge, in like manner wending: till at length, after Infinite effort, the two parties come Into actual juxtaposition: and Thirty stands fronting Thirty, each with a gun In his hand. Straightway the word ‘Fire!’ Is given: and they blow the souls out of one another: and In place of sixty brisk, useful craftsmen, the world has sixty dead carcases, which It must bury, and anew shed tears for.”

Attention Is drawn to an advertisement of Banks’ Commercial College, Wellington, appearing in this Issue. This advertisement Is of particular importance to students, as It brings under their notice the method of tuition In law and In accountancy followed by Banks' Commercial College. This method consists in the establishment of a close relation and regular communication between Instructor and student. The teacher forwards lectures at short and defined Intervals to the student, who masters the lessons sent him and also answers accompanying test questions arising out of them. The answers are In their turn forwarded to the Instructor, who corrects them, adding comments and helpful suggestions where necessary, and at once remits them to the student. This method has been used by Banka’ Commercial College with remarkable success. It is anticipated that a Ittrge number of local students will take advantage of the opportunity now extended to them.

Invercargill has its gales from the west more frequently than from any other point of the compass. At times we get them In the nature of a gentle zephyr. Again they visit us in moderate force, but the third degree of westerly winds Is the most objectionable. It comes upon us like a miniature tornado and sweeps our main thoroughfares from stem to stern. There is no use in arguing with the westerly gale; to slink behind some permanent obstruction Is the wisest course. But there are times when we must face the inevitable. At that precise moment to have a good grip of New Zealand, below at least two hundred pounds of avoirdupois is a recommendation which cannot be underestimated. Invercargill was visited by a real live westerly yesterday, that assumed the proportions of a howling gale at Intermittent intervals. To look at locomotion from a plikeo of security brought raptures to the heart. Women came head-on to the gale at every street corner, and with hand to headgear, wobbled about almost as helplessly as a ship storm-bound on the seas. There would be a plunge to the left, a plunge to the right, a wavering step, and then they would attain the strictly perpendicular with great exertion. A slde-nr, gale in the straight gave temporary relief, but not until the weather-side of the thoroughfare was gained, were they for a single second at rest. It was hard work, and the countenances of many told this only too plainly. Men slanted and slewed at all angle J . doubled up. bent forward about 45 degrees. Rersptrlng and almost blinded with gravel and grit they eagerly sought shelter wherever it offered, said hard words a' limes about the seeming harshness of the climatic conditions In this portion of the planet, waited for a lull In the storm, and were off again.

The possibility of bringing two gallons of cold water to boiling point within 27 seconds will doubtless be received by some with Incredulity, yet it Is being dally performed at the Greymouth Hospital. Since the Installation of the steam boiler for driving the electric plant, th© authorities have been enabled to make several desirable Improvements about the wards, but one of the most useful is an ingenious contrivance designed by Mr Joseph Fletcher, the District Health Officer, whereby the old and costly method of heating water by gas has been done away with. The new arrangement consists of a copper receptacle capable of holding two gallons of water, fitted Into a slightly larger vessel. Into the intervening space steam Is forced till the pot soon presents the appearance of a boiling cauldron. During a recent visit of Inspection by the board members, « test of the heater was made, and general surprise was expressed at, the rapidity with which the water was brought to boiling point. One gentleman, per medium of a stop-watch, timed the operation and found that it occupied exactly 27 seconds. —Greymouth exchange.

Mr A. Moritzson. of Dunedin, has received a telegram from the Prime Minister sta»l"g that the Hon. W. Fraser, Mlniste' of Public Works, will be the Mlnistet to represent the Government with the party of North Island members and representative local gentlemen who intend to leave Dunedin on the 23rd Inst, on a visit to tho Otago Central district. The members of Parliament who have intimated their Intention of making tho trip are as follow: —Messrs K, F. Bollard (Raglan), .1. H. Bradney (Auckland West), ,T. S. Dickson (Parnell). •!. H. Cscott (Pahlatua), D. H. Guthrie (Oroua), A Harris (Waltcmata), j, B. Hlr.o (Stratford), I-’. W. Lang (Manakau), F. Mander (Marsclen), H. J. Okey (Taranaki). T. W. Rhodes (Thames i. G. R. Sykes (Masterton), C. A. Wilkinson (Egmont), C. K. Wilson (Taiimarunul), J. A. Voung (Waikato), and B. Scott (Otago Central). It Is expected lJt»* '.writ of tha northern members irf llli parity Will tftfOiJjJlW U»S> trip into acmih Uwd.

During shunting operations at Messrs Broad, Small and Co.’s elding at their Tyne street timber yard yesterday morning a horse, belonging to the firm was killed, and the spring dray to which the animal was attached had both shafts broken and met with further damage. Portion of a building was also staved In, a window was broken and two bicycles standing outside the premises were unable to withstand the Impact and crumbled up like hairpins. A shunting engine from the railway yards was engaged In connecting tip a line of wagons at the time, and when those in charge noticed the horse standing between a truck further east and the oncoming wagons, the brakes were applied. The engine halted all right, but It is undeistood, that owing to some of the trucks being uncoupled they continued on their course with the result that the horse was firmly wedged between two lots of buffers. Two of tbe trucks were derailed. and horse, cart, wagons, cycles, weather boards, and window panes all found their way Into the general mix-up tha' followed. The poor animal had all the worst of It.

The Otago Dally Times states that the Dunedin Expansion League has decided to hold what it hopes will P r ° ve to be a monster baby show during the month of February. The sum of £lO 3 will bo awarded In prizes to those Infants who excel in physical fitness and size* and whose general pretensions to beairty are considered by a committee of medical men and a vote of the public to he the greatest. On an afternoon to be fixed the show will be held In His Majesty's Theatre (which has been kindly lent by Messrs John Fuller ami Sons rent free), when all the competitors will be carefully judged by three judges who will nil be medical men. Each competitor will be photographed by a Klnematograph operator In order that the photographs of the competing Infants may be shown to the P ubll( r at an evening entertainment which will be arranged In connection with the show. On the occasion of the evening enteitalnment the films will b© thrown on the screen, each Infant having its number attached, voting papers will be handea to each member of the audience, and the three children getting the largest number of votes will be awarded further prizes. The age limit has been fixed at 15 months’ old on February 1, and babies over that age will not be eligible. For Sporting Coats, Knickers, Swimming Costumes, etc., Undrlll’s opposite Post Office, at “Red Hat" Sign. *

J. P. Johnson, Dentist, Hallensteln's Buildings, Dee and Esk Streets. Painless Extractions 2s, Extractions Is. ♦ Amongst the many bargains now being offered by THOMSON & BEATTIE must be mentioned a very special line of Cream All-wool Delaine Blouse pieces, embroidered Silk; these are sold In the ordinary way at 7/6, 9/6 and 12/6, but they are being cleared at 3/11, 4/11 and 5/11 each.

Keen buyers shop at The “Economic” Outfitters when buying clothing for their boys.

Another event of great interest takes place to-day in connection with one of the oldest established businesses of Invercargill. It has been decided to dispose of the whole of the immense DRAPE RV and FURNISHING Stocks held bv this well-known firm.. It may be said that the stocks are quite fresh and new season goods included make the opportunity one that Is raiely met with and in bringing this before the public’s notice Messrs PRICE & BULLEID do so with every confidence. You are advised to make an early visit, as this announcement Is being circulated throughout Southland and an enormous crowd Is expected to invade the noted big Tay street store. *

Much money Is to be made by patenting the right Ideas. The shrewd Inventor puts himself Into the hands of an expert. Messrs Baldwin fad Bay ward, whole Local Representative Is Mr J. F. Lillicrap (Hall, Stout and Lllllcrap), Esk street, are intimately familiar with all matters concerning patents. They are specialists! Expert knowledge In their case is backed by an elaborate system of reference.

When the blood becomes impure through excess Uric Acid, such troubles as Rheumatism, Gout. Sciatica, and Lumbago are sure to follow. RHEUMO Is the only remedy, that can be relied upon to remove the cause and purify the blood —REHUMO is a scientific and proved medicine prepared especially to deal with Uric Acid troubles. Get a bottle to-day —it will cure you. All chemists and stores 2/6 and 4/6. 43

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On Pago I. Lost—Horse. Wanted —Cook. Section for sale. For Kale —16 h.p. boiler. Wanted—Competent bookbinder. Houses to let in Gladstone, etc.— Scandrett and Sons. [•'or commercial stationery, etc.—M osnev Bros. Tenders are Invited for printing District electors List. Borough of Invercargill invite tenders for fencing. Applications are invited for position as tram conductor. On Page 3. Price and Bulleld's Disposal Kale commences to-day. Three great HH3 bargains—fcee Milson, eraser's advt. On Page 6. Fullers’ Pictures to-night at 8. Hayward's Pictures to-night at 8. Cricket at Rugby Park to-day. Borough of Invercargill Notice re half-holiday conference. Banks’ Commercial College, Wellington Notice re Law and Accountancy examinations. Notice re proposed Walmatuku River District. Bluff Harbour Board —Notice re election of member to represent payers of dues, etc. On Pago B. Win. Todd and Co.’s weekly furniture sale to-morrow.