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Southland Times, Issue 17628, 17 April 1914, Page 5

, Owing to Ashley’s Hall being engaged to-night the meeting of Mr Duncan MoFhrlane’s supporters for the mayoralty *will be held to-morrow night, as is noti■fied in an advertisement qlscwhcre in this issue.

Forty-nine applications were received for the position of tramway conductor at the Town Council meeting last evening. On the motion of Crs McKay and iCarswell they were referred to the trainways committee, with instructions to re'duco them to fifteen.

The candidature of Mr S. McMillan for the mayoralty of South Invercargill was announced yesterday. At the Police Court yesterday morning "two first offenders appeared before the Magistrate, Mr Thos, Hutchison. S.M.. charged with drunkenness. The first, who was arrested on the railway station, was fined 10s, in default 4S hours’ imprisonment, and the other, who was arrested on the train between Thornbury and Waimatuku, was fined 2 n s. in default one week’s imprisonment.

Three tenders were received at the Town Council meeting last night for tho Tight of tuning the Municipality’s pianos, and , they were referred to the finance committee with power to act. The theatre confectionery rights were secured by K. Holloway at tls 4d per night, this being the highest of four tenders.

The concert to be given in Victoria Tlail this evening by Mr W. 1. Ferguson’s orchestra is bound to attract a

large audience. This combination of instrumentalist? has achieved a eonsidcrnbie reputation for its skilful and sympathetic interpretation of well-chosen music, and it can now be relied upon to provide an enjoyable concert. The supporting vocalists are nil favourite performers and to-night's pro cram me should be one of the most popular yet submitted by Mr Ferguson.

A Gazette notice proclaims the registration of the Remington laulge. No. 30. as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd f-'llows.

The Mayor stated at the Town Council meeting last night that he had received a communication front Colonel Watson asking that a civic welcome be accorded Sir lan Hamilton on the occasion of his arrival at Invercargill. t'r Lillicrap thought it was only fitting that auch a welcome be accorded Sir lan. and be moved that the committee which had formerly been appointed make the necessary arrangements. The motion was carried.

A number of civil cases were set down for hearing at the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, hut all hut one ot them were cither struck out or adjourned. in the case heard. Edwin Barlow v. Carl Carstensen (Half Moon Bayt. claim £l6 3s 3d. .infigment was given for plaintiff for the amount of claim, with 15? costs.

At last night's meeting of the Acclimatisation council the sub-committee appointed to visit Woodlands and report on the alleged pollution of the Waihopai presented a written report, after consideration of which it was decided to bring the matter before the health authorities. It was stated that the Borough Council should he particularly interested now that it proposed to encourage bath - ing at the Devil's Pool,' and would, no doubt, require assurance that the water was free from harmful impurities.

The value of the total exports from tS'evv Zealand for the current producing vpar. ending "Oth June, are likely to establish a most satisfactory record. About two months ago. the Prime Minister idle Rl. Hon. W. F. Massey) predicted that the amount would reach £ J5.000.000. When asked by an Auckland Herald reporter if this estimate was likely to be realised, Mr Massey said that there was every probability that the total named would be reached. The total value of last year’s exports "was £2.1.000.000, a record up till that "time. The substantial increase this year, despite tiie late strike and other difficulties. added Mr Massey, must be regarded as very satisfactory indeed.

The works committee recommended to the Town Council last evening that provided the Naturalists’Society find the birds and annitnals. the Council will erect a suitable enclosure in block throe of the Gardens, provision aJso to be mad© to erect a fernery in the Waihopai reserve, and the Society’s offer to stock the same be accepted. In connection with the same matter the engineer reported that to enclose the area of approximately half an acre 13J chains of fencing woud be required. The fence adjoining the railway line was to be a Cft close-boarded fence to form the back of the shelter sheds. The balance was to be wire netting and iron standards 6 ft high. The total estimated cost was one hundred and one pounds. Cr Lennie moved that the matter be referred back to the committee. He stated that the committee had no estimate before them when they considered the matter, and now that they had it. it was a little more than had been expected.—The motion Was carried.

On the day that Mr Harry Lauder arrived in Sydney .Mr John Tait told an interviewer that Invercargill had really suggested the idea of the visit to Australasia, When on a visit to Invercargill soon after the Municipal Theatre was built there Mr Tait was struck by Its hugeness, in comparison with the population of the town. So lie asked The caretaker whether it was not too big for Invercargill. "Oh. I dnnno.” was the cautious reply, but it won’t be too big when Harry Lauder comes." he added witli conviction. "Then and there." said Mr Tait, "I decided that if I could I would bring Harry Lauder to New Zealand. and here lie la."

Negotiations are in progress for the building of a steamship at Belfast which will eclipse in size and tonnage either the Vaterland on her sister ship now being bnilt in Germany. Lord Pirie and the Belfast Harbour Commissioners have arrived at an understanding regarding the dredging of Belfast Lough channel to a considerable depth, and at an early date the vessel, which is to he one of 60,000 tons, will bo under construction. The tonnages of the five largest existing liners, those of the Britannic and Vaterland being approximate. are as follow (tons gross): Hamburg-Amer. Vaterland, 58.000; Hamburg- Amer. Imperatrrr. 52.171; White Star Britannic, 50,000; Canard Aquitania, I ~000; White Star Olympic, 46,359.

The man with the hod seems to have passed into history, and indeed that once useful implement has long ago ceased to appear in connection with undertakings of any size. The. place of the hodman was first taken with derricks and lifts operated by horses and later came the oil engines, but the latest development so far as Invercargill is concerned is the utilisation of electric power for the carriage of bricks, concrete, etc., to the upper stories of buildings in course of construction. Messrs Fletcher Bros., contractors, who are building premises for .Messrs Lewis and Co., in Ksk street, and are erecting another building for Messrs McGruer, Taylor and Co. in Dee street, have Installed electric lifts in both buildings, and the work done by these useful appliances would require the services of a veritable army of-bod carriers were the old methods still in vogue. In Messrs McGruer, Taylor’s building there Is a lift driven by a five horse power motor, which is kept continually on the move, while a sir horse power motor drives the lift in Messrs Lewis and Co.’s premises. This is the first time electric power has been utilised for this purpose in Invercargill.

The Hibernian Band will give a concert In the theatre on Sunday evening In aid of the Mrs Hall fundy A first-class programme lias been arranged and will be advertised to-morrow. A man was arrested yesterday afternoon on a charge of being found drunk while in charge of a horse and trap, and will appear at the police court tills morning. At a. meeting of the committee of the Victoria Home on 9th inst., donations wore acknowledged from Mesdames McNatty, J. Hunter. McNeill, and Miss Bell: also a gift of cakes from the managers of the recent social at St. Paul’s. Money order and postal correspondence with the bouse of Cowrie, 1>64 Wendell street. Chicago. U.S.A.. and the Bank Kronfeld, Limited, Agram, Austria-Hun-gary. is. according to a Gazette notice of recent date, prohibited. Cr Ott moved the necessary resolution at last night’s meeting of the Town Council confirming the borough rates as proposed in a statement which had been placed before the Council at the, previous meeting. The motion was carried. The annual meeting of the Invercargill Debating Society was held In Allen's Hall last evening. Mr A. Glass presiding over a fairly good attendance of members. The following officers were elected: President. Mr C. S. Longuet, secretary, Mr W. Brandford: committee. Messrs .T. Simpson. S. M. Macalister, .1. U. Tlaigh, A. Lindsay. A. Glass, and W. V. Tally. it was decided to meet on alternate Fridays, and the drafting of the syllabus was left in the hands of the committee.

Section fifty-four, block twenty-four, Invercargill hundred, consisting of one hundred and forty-seven acres, will be open for selection at the Invercargill Lands Office on .Wednesday, May 27.

Cr O’Byrne asked at last night's meeting of the Town Council what steps tho finance committee were taking with regard to the placing of sufficient debentures to enable the work of erecting the baths authorised in the recent loan to he put in hand. Cr O’Byrne was remarking upon the fact that most of the modern cities had tepid baths, and was pointing out that the Council should do something when the adjournment was moved and carried. "We have records.” said the inspectors in the annual report to the Hawke’s Bay Kducation Board, "which prove that tho exploitation of child labour in dairying centres is still prevalent. Long hours of toil before and after school leave no space for the glamour of youth, and the future of the children is enormously prejudiced by robbing them of the educational advantages which, though provided at great cost to the Stale, they cannot avail themselves of owing to the lassitude that accompanies their hours in school.”

A new industry and one which gives promise of taking an important pla.ee in the district, is at present in course of development, the production of a species of leather used in the manufacture ot tobacco pouches, purses, hand-hafts, and similar poods, says the Hawke s Bay Herald. This leather is obtained from the rumens (first stomach) of sheep slaughtered at the freezing works. At present only the. preliminary processes are performed here, the material then being sent to England for refining methods. The results obtained, however, are stated to be so satisfactory that the erection of a complete plant in a locality between Napier and Hastings is contemplated. when tlie whole process will ho worked locally. With the large supply of raw material to he obtained from the presence of three freezing works quite close together, the development of this new industry will foim a link in the development of the district into a manufacturing centre.

The waterworks committee reported to the Town Council last evening that havnig perused the Town engineers report dated April 13 with reference to the water bore pumping plant, the committee is now awaiting a reply from Messrs Hathorn-Davey Co.. lw>eds. England. Cr I AlUcrap said that as the councillors knew the engineer, Mr flapcott. had visited the North Island and had seen a number of people who were versed in ilm pumps it was proposed to use in connection with the new bore. The Council would remember that Mr Stewart, the contractor, had recommended a larger pump, but Mr Clapcott did not agree with him and the class of pump the engineer now recommended was similar to the Ashley pump, but it was'more suitable where" sand was likely to have to be dealt with. What the engineer now recommended went to show that what he had recommended in the first place was the proper tiling. Cr Dunlop seconded and said that he imped that the committee would lose no time. The motion was carried.

A curious and amusing incident occurred on the Wanganui bowling green on Saturday week in a tournament match between rinks skipped by Rankin and Cohen. When twenty-one heads had been played, with the exception of Cohen’s last bowl, the latter had the game won without the necessity of playing his second bowl. Instead of delivering what in Dunedin they call a Paisley shot, or throwing has bowl away. Cohen shook hands with Rankin, wished him better luck next time, and told him what a good game it had been —the usual tiling on such occasions. Rankin’s third man. Tuck, however, called to Cohen to play his bowl. "Oh. all right," ho said.

••I’ll play it if you like. I’ll take out that bowl at the back” —a bowl lying wide and near the ditch —and thereupon drove at it. Unfortunately for him there was a short bowl on the green, and his drive struck this and it in turn struck the jack and burned the head, which, of course, had then 16 he played again. In the play-off Rankin scored and won the match by one point—-twenty-two to twenty-one-—to the chagrin of Cohen and h's rink.

At a meeting of the Town Council hist night Mr H. Kdginton reported as follows on the proposal to fence the roadline along the harbour foreshore. Otatara — This road is formed and ditches cut for about thirty chains. There is forty chains of ditches cut, but no road iias been formed, so that it looks its if this piece of formation was to he put through sometime. That would make seventy chains to fence, and from what I can see the road leads to no paddock or place. I.n fact it Just runs out. The fencing cost would be about eleven shillings per chain for 3 x totara stakes driven In and four barbed wires; if red pine stakes were used the cost would he nine shillings and sixpence per chain. Then there would bo twenty-five chains along the Otatara road to do. The fence there now is done. This would make a total of ninety-five chains of fencing which would cost about fifty 'pounds. Of course, it will have to be done some day before the place can be leased, and when the tide is kept back the leasing will be worth money that is. after some grass has been sown Then, doubtless, tills road will go further over towards the embankment This road divides Mr W. Curran's property and the harbour foreshore. One of the Knglish immigrants who arrived in Sydney by the Geeiong a few days ago—a Leicester man —speaking to a daily Telegraph representative, said that just now in Kngland Australia looms larger than any other British colony overseas. "The British.’’ he said, "arc tired of Canada: there is no room for them in the Unite-d States; they are not wanted in South Africa: and such good reports are coming tlirough from the Commonwealth that this is the place we arc now looking to. T am of the opinion that the immigration boom from Great Britain to Australia and New Zealand will go on for years."

Lead poisoning I'ormed the subject of much discussion at the Arbitration Court at Auckland on Wednesday during the hearing of a compensation ca.se. The popular fallacy that a large number of painters suffer from lead poisoning was exploded by the evidence of medical witnesses and a master painter. The medical testimony was to the effect that. while there were a few painters suffering from the disease, there was no doubt that many painters took up lead into their systems. If they were healthy, the effects were ■eliminated, but when in a low' state of health the risk of contracting the disease became greater. Painters who had contracted the disease were rarely advised to return to the trade. It was not safe unless a man washed his hands before every meal and kept his mouth shut while working—a feat which His Honour Mr Justice Stringer said they could hardly expect a man to accomplish. A master painter who employs many workers said he had only known of one previous case so far as his business was concerned, and that occurred about even years ago. For Chronic Chest Con.plaints. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. 1/6, 2/6. X

The Mayor announced at the meeting of the Town Council last night that in reply to a communication forwarded by him to the Prime Minister, he had received a communication Intimating that with regard to provision being made to allow territorials attending the camp at. Central Otago to vote, the Prime Minister would consult the Crown solicitors and would advise the Mayor later as to the result.

There is considerable activity among North Island farmers Ju6t now In connection wtlh the freezing of stock, and there seems to be every possibility of freezing works becoming established at Talltape, and also at Feilding, which has now developed into the most important stock centre on the West Coast. At Wanganui extensive additions are to bo made. Large new works are to be erected at Patea. and it is also stated that Messrs Borthwick’s works at Waitara arc to be enlarged in order to meet the big requirements. The farmers of North Taranaki arc co-operating to erect meat freezing works at or near Stafford, a very large and representative gathering of farmers having arrived at the decision recently that the se.ttlcrs go on with the establishment of a Taranaki meat freezing works. Considerable enthusiasm was shown, and all present were optimistic concerning the venture. One speaker said that fully half tho stock raised in Taranaki was taken to Wanganui, while another said that of one hundred thousand sheep dealt with by Messrs Borthwicks at Waitara last year two-thirds came from south of tho boundary line of the Hawera County. A very strong committee, with Mr McCiuggage as chairman, was set up to further the project and gather the necessary data as to the quantity of stock that would be available, and the support that would be depended upon. , New and distinctive styles In hats. 5s to 20s; just opened at Undrill's, “Red Hat” sign. opp. P. O. x

Thomson and Beattie, Ltd., are showing a very line range of men’s cold weather overcoats in Tweed and Rainproof. Tweeds in all colours and styles from :;9/f> to t>i>/-, and in the De.xte.r and Hurricane Coats—real weather defiers—from 17, V. to 11.7/'-. Sommerville’s Bronchitis and Asthma Cure is spoken very highly of by many people who have used it. This can be had direct from Mr R." Sommerville, chemist and eyesight specialist. Dee street. Invercargill, at 2/S per bottle. It is said to be tho very best preparation for distressing coughs, cold on the chest, bronchitis and asthma, or difficulty of breathing. .MOVE WITH THE TIMES,

lion't bo loft behind. Now ideas and now methods are continually being evolved. If you wish to prosper, see that uiii apply (hose. Customs work, for ilist a nee : [>on't waste time over this. Hand or send your documents to ns. We'll do the work for yon. savins yon time and trouble. Our service is useful to town and country traders alike. The N.Z. Express Co,, Ltd. x

So rapidly do they follow that one attraction treads on the heels of another. At Price and Bulleld’s to-day they are showing a few exceedingly fine Fur Sets, one in particular is a smart Black Wolf, the muff is a complete skin with head and a long scarf at !) )-i guineas. Another set is Real Badger of Blue Grey tint, also whole skin muff with head and handsome tie at 9Ms guineas. A magnificent set of rich Fitch Sable made of many picked and whole skins. Very large muff with heads and tails also exquisite shoulder wrap long ends. Bright skins with tpils at 35 guineas. Squirrel sets, large bag-shaped muffs with whole skins and tails and large throw over ties at 17 and IS guineas. x See Window Display of Special New Mufflers and 3s 6d Shirts. The Economic Outfitters, 60 Dee street. x

The approaching winter brings the usual opportunity to secure exceptional bargains in motor cycles and bicycles. We have a number of second-hand motor cycles to be cleared at extraordinary prices, nil of which have been thoroughly overhauled —new tyres, belts and any worn parts replaced with new material. We cannot offer better proof of the value than by announcing that every person buying one of these snips can bring it hack to us in the spring and we will guarantee to allow at least within five pounds of the original purchase price as part payment for a new motor. It would not be possible to make such an offer but for the fact that the secondhand motors wo are now offering are considerably less than the usual prices. In the wanted and for sale columns will be found brief particulars of some of the bargains we are offering. Wilson, FTasor. Ltd.. Cycle and Motor Traders, Dee street, Invercargill. x

During the last three years Michelin has by successive stages, lowered the prices of motor tyres by fifty per cent. These reductions are quite normal. They result partly from the drop lit the price of rubber, but more especially from the increased productions of the three enormous Michelin factories. Their huge Increase in production has meant a large decrease in manufacturing costs, and Michelin passes on a great part of this profit to motorists in the shape of lower prices. Other manufacturers who are not in the position to manufacture on such a large scale have been forced to lower their prices, but seek to cover their reductions by making various qualities. Please remember, Michelin car tyres are made in one quality only—the best —at the lowest price. P. H. Vickery, of Tay street, receives fresh stocks by every mail steamer, direct from the works. x A few years ago leggings wore wholly a feature of rural attire, but owing to the growth of motoring and other causes, leggings are now very generally worn, and the demand has a general source. To meet the demand the supply has grown enormously and the variety of styles and makes now available is surprising. Messrs Ritchie and Co., saddlers. Deo street, have a very heavy range, and as they arc large buyers their prices are comparatively low. When buying leggings you want something that win retain its shape and appearance. Ton will wear it longer; you will get more satisfaction from its use Don't fall to see Ritchie's stock before buying. i

SYNOPSIS NSW ADVERTISEMENTS. On Pago IIxrst —Dog. la> si—Bicycle. Wanted —Boy. Wanted —Generals. Wanted —Lady-help. Magazines at McNaughton’s. Bedroom sets at Wesncys' Sale. Ksscx’s Fruit Mart for tomatoes. SommervUlc's for toothache cure.. J. M. Mc-Naughton and Co. for new books, 3/6 edition. Hockey sticks and pads at sale prices at Wesncys’. Cod Liver Oil emulsion at Snmmcrvi lie's. Tenders invited for erection of conrthon«e at Wyndham. R. P. Meek has a real £IOO bargain gift in property. On Pago 2. Lamps for cycles, motor cycles and motor cars at T, W. Vickery, Ltd's, Dee street, opp. News Office. On 6 Fullers’ Pictures to-night at 8. Lyceum Pictures to-night at S. Lodge St. John meet to-night. Lodge Southern Cross meet to-night. Meeting re Gladstone Draught and Chess Club. Rough roads play havoc with motor cars —Consult, J. W. Lyons and Co. Hibernian Band give benefit concert in Theatre on Sunday night. D. McFarlane’s supporters meet on Saturday night instead of Friday. Dr T. Sooular Fleming commencing practice. Notice re licenses of carters, cabs, etc. Notice to shareholders of Southland Building Society. On Page 7. Kingsland’s for winter footwear. Price and Bullcid still showing latest styles. The woman makes the home with Tiger Tea. On Page B. * Clearing sale at Isla Bank. McKay Bros, sell travellers’ samples. Invercargill Stock Agents—Stock sale dates. Colin McDonald, Ltd., set! office furniture and fittings on Saturday. Wright. Stephenson and Co. bold sale of dredging material. g