The Sonthland Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1918. THE BOLSHEVIKS' LESSON.

Southland Times, Issue 17868, 19 January 1918, Page 4

The Sonthland Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Luceo Non Uro. SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1918. THE BOLSHEVIKS' LESSON.

This mornings telegram' contain a fairly full repot’ ol :h r - reply made i«y Baron vcci Kuhim.ann on belpdf of the Central Power- to Ih" Hols’,ii->' ; r,>:msfor the , talking ot referendum s m iV oecutsed pro- : Vinces io de id'’ r wh;p fp'g end fonn ; of governmen* tim p.'nolr of th,e-c territories I shall hve. ji wall i„. inracinlwn-ii that a ' disagrr-uneni on t.his point r'-.-ult e.! in t Inbreak up of th’ Conferee.ee a week ~r two ago The deh gates ~f tiw Central Power-. • d wiicni ihn 1.-adei-s are Boron, \on Kuhi | maim itlennany and Count Czerntn Ais ! tria-1 lungary ’ readily ngtcod i,, i hj” B.ilslie- : viks’ proposal that as regards the oertipieii Russian r-tovinees the principle of -elf deter Donation should apply, but when the Bus sum delegates su! umM ed that the only way to put the principle into practice wa- to allow th" people ol Courland. Lithuania. and the oilier provinces to vol" absolutely' [without outside influence or interference the [.delegates of the Centred Powers saifl : "No. These provinces already have a-sembhes i ’a ha hj are quite com [ -e!ent to decide i he quest i,,:;," Th" Bolshevik delegates irlurn ed hom.e and fulminated agam-i (lennan hypoetisy. while the Soviets' organ branded th" peace promises of the Central Powers a.s "an unconscionable h'a" Neither these iulmin at ions nor threat.- of light hav. how • ever, availed to alter the determination of 'he Central Powers. Non Kwhlnumn says coldly that what th" a; sembhe,- have done for Pudand and ihe Ukraine they can do for (Vnirlanr! and Lithuania. And he has t.he Bolsheviks in a dilemma, for they have recognised the independence of both Finland and the Ukraine, t.hough neither has taken a plebiscite, A number of the occupied provinces, while garrisoned by (lennan and Austrian troops, have declared their independence. anil von Kuhlmann quoins for the benefit of the Bolsheviks the division of the Supreme Court of the Ended States that the independence of the United States dated from t.he Declaration and not from the later “recognition’’ by Britain. The Kerman Foreign Minister clearly means that these provinces are independent of Russia now. and that wheelier the Bolsheviks recognise their independence or not is immaterial. Though von Kuhlmann declared that the Central Bowers had no intention of "incorporating" the occupied territ.i•rii’S it. is certain that any independence they might obtain while under Teutonic oceupat.ion would be an independence in name only and that they would really fall within the (.ermaii hegemony. In a word the Herman policy so far as Russia is concerned is a policy of thinly disguised annexation, and yet ton Kuhlmann has the hardihood to tell the Bolsheviks that no agreement between Russia and the Central Powers is jx>ssihlc unless they can see this matter from the German point of view. Von Kuhlmann also says that to discuss a general peace with Russia, is useless since Russia’s allies persist in fighting and that to withdraw the Ans tro-Germnn armies is impossible while a stab; of war continued. Tn effect, therefore. von Kuhtni ann’s reply was a direct rebuff. What von Kuhlmann said was;; “Your terms are no good to us. These are ours and if you don’t like them you can

leave them.” Germany has plainly intimated that she intends to have,her way in Rus-’in. and Russia is (xiwerless to prevent her from doing so. Lenin and Trotsky will now discover what their “democratised'’ army is worth in (ho face of an organised and disciplined enemy, and of how little avail wild whirling words are against a reso--1 lute sword. Germany would never have (hired to take this contemptuous tone to ; Russia if the Russian tinny was still in being j under officers who could lead it, hut, thanks jto the Bolsheviks, the Russian tinny has j crumbled and dissolved away, and there reI mains only a rabble. With von Ktihlmann's I ?(>ee:’h before us the words used by Mr Lloyd j George in his recent statement of Brit ain’s I war aims may be recalled. lie said;---j “No one who knows Prussia and her I designs upon Russia can for a moment. ; doubt her ultimate intention. Whatever ! phrases she may use *o delude Russia she ! dors not mean to surrender one of Russia’s fair provinces or cities now occupied by her forces. Under one name or another, and a name hardly matters, these provinces Mall henceforth be in reality part of the dominions of Prussia, ruled by the Prussian sword in (he interests of the Prussian autocracy. The remainder of the people of Russia will be partly enticed by specious phrases and partly bullied by the threat of continued war :;-gainsf an impotent army into a condition of complete economic and ultimately [Xilitical enslavement to German." j The Prime Minister's words are coming true. ! r— —— AUSTRALIA AND RECRUITING. The censure debate in the I-cdern! Parliament has not been very fully reported : in the cable; which have been sent across, ! but we gather that no one has !>een able ‘ to show the Government how, having been 1 denied authority to introduce compulsory j service, it can obtain the number of men j necessary to keep up the strength of Aus ' tralia’s five divisions. There r.re opponents of rops-rint ton both in the federal and in the Stat" Parliaments. These men led the campaign of opivorition to th" Government's pro(Kis:ds. and in a great many instances, while anathematising conscription in one breath, in the next they gave the assurance that there would be no slackening in Australia's war efforts. The Australian Government introdu-ed con.srription only because the vohmiaty system hid din Iti'ii down. Those who opposed eone.erip ni'!i did so eiiher mi th" ground that Ami Italic, had sent enough men. and need not. -■end more ih.cn those who ready wanted [to go, or that all th" men required could ibe obtained without compulsion. No one jin ;.nv position of responsibility is prepared to snv frog’ ’he platform that Australia's obligations in this war nre less than those of the other dominions. Australia cannot : stop sending turn while men are still going , from Canada and New Zealand, nor ecu ' Australia claim that her liability for men is less proportionately to po; e.dal.ion than that of this dominion or Canada. That being s’o it i- up to the opponents of coir i .-’cripi'on. who declared that Australia's rf ;forl-- would not be relaxed, to show th" I Government how the men are u> be no Gained. 'Hie censure debate was the op portunity of the Government's opponents in the Federal Parliament in prove clearly that the r-sori to compulsion was not necessary. They have not availed themselves of t.he np.portumly. No on" has yet ix'en able to show that there is any alternative method to eomp-Uisdon. or that the voluntary system ;« capable of producing belter results in Australia than in Britain. Canada and New Zealand, where ihe people are jus’ as adventurous and patriotic. The re.-pnn.=ibihty for maintaining the man supply from Australia now rest; heavily upon tb" shoulder* of ’horn who leu the anti-r;-I’seript ion eampaign. sii"h men for mstatiee as Mr Ryan, the Premier of Queensland. Mr Plan was nnr of those who de (dared that in no circumstances would the efforts of Australia be relaxed. How does h.c [-lofsose to give meaning to his words'.' What is he going to do personally to en sure Australia's fulfilment of her obligation ? In Nee, Zealand, where ail eligible single men. physically lit, have been called to the colours, and where married men are now being c idled up. the answers to these que-lioi), an- awaited with -om" interest. The labour market k particularly firm, in town, nil trades are busy. Away from the dust and heat of 'he streets, the harvest is coming near, and there is a good [ demand for men to handle the crops. The grass harvest is now mi and, wce.ther permitting. the mills shout'! be out sometime ! next week. There are enquiries for mill hands from owners who are getting their : {cams together. There is no demand tor sheerer.: now and not many agricultural teamsters - are wanted, but turnip thinning ; ealL loudly and men or stnmg lads Q n readily be placed at this work, which is j paying high wages. Men for road eon- : tract- on dravs or- in the pit- are wanted ! .again now, while general labourers ate also wanted for the country, i laxmills an’ again 1 in full .-wing and there i- an especial shortage of the more -killed workers scutchers | and cutters. j Pish supplies have hern fair this week, I hut the choice open to buyers today will ; be -ome\vhel limited, only lilue rod, groper, 1 soles and Irevtilli being on the market. Teviot |ieaches tint! apricots hold the [ floor of the fruit marset this week. Stip- ; plies of good quality fruit of these varie--1 lies- are heavy, and prt.es reasonable. Plum ' prices, too, are not high, and now the better sorts are coming in. Tomatoes arc com [ te.g to hand more frer'y and bananas arc j plentiful, though dear. The earlier Central Otago appl" s are on the market, and Ameri- i : ran supplies have taken a sudden drop in ; ; price in consequence. i [ "I could get work in town, but the wages j are not sufficient to live on," said the flax j cotter father of a small hoy who stood ; I charged with theft in the .Juvenile Court [ i yesterday. The hand of the Bth Regiment will give a programme of music at Pleasure Bay on Sunday afternoon. L7lh .January. This concert was postponed some lime ago on j account of adverse weather conditions. j An application from Messrs Searle and Co. ! for the letise of a strip of 2UU yards of the 1 show ground, between the western cattle [ stall and the back of Ihe grandstand, for the i manufacture of sheep fencing, was refused by yesterday’s meeting of the Southland A. and B. Association Directors. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, Mr (!. Gruirksluuik, S.M., presiding. Geo. S. Sjxiwart proceeded against Kenneth Thornhill on judgment summons for £3 17s (id. Debtor was ordered to pay 10s on February 18, and thereafter 10s monthly until paid off. In the judgment summons case of Vernon Smith v. \V. .1. Sclwikkl, debtor was ordered to pay the full amount (£2 4s,i by February 1, or spend seven days in gaol. Sixty per cent, of the meat supplied to our troops abroad is frozen meat from the Argentine, Australia, and New Zealand. The remainder is preserved meat of various kinds, t inner! pork and beans, and a onenvun’s dinner compact of ooz. meat, Mb potatoes and other vegetables, cooked and packed in a small tin. This may he eaten cold if necessary, or heated over the trench brazier when anything interferes with the service of the field kitchen.

At yesterday’s meeting of the Wallace County Council it was agreed that Wednesday he the day of the, week on which shops in the County shall close from 1 p.m. It was noted with pleasure at yesterday’s meeting of the Wallace County Council that only one ease of diphtheria had been reported in the County for last month. With the issue of Wednesday’s list the number of men called up under the Military Sen ire Act reached a total of approximately 02,««0. The first ballot was taken in November, 1010. The total number of Second Division men called up in Class A is 13,800. Operations at the Corporation quarry were resumed on the 9th insr. The number of men employed at- present is six. There is a difficulty at present in getting railway waggons owing to shipping at Bluff. The output since starting has been about 200 tons. Also the metal hoppers are full waiting for trucks. The conference of local body representatives for the fixing of the Invercargill halfholiday is to be held next week:. The Ineereargill Borough Council has appointed Mr Ott as its delegate and instructed him to vote lor Wednesday, An amendment in favour of the Saturday half-holiday, moved by Cr. Bain at last evening’s meeting, lapsed for want of a seconder. Last years Southland Winter Show resulted in a net loss of about £2OO. Conditions were bad then. liut they are worst* this year. Consequentdy the Association is none too keen on carrying on with a Winter show for 1018. The question was broached at yesterday's meeting of directors, hut was held over for a month, for silent reflection in the meantime. Of course the Association cannot well afford to lose another £2OO, or more, but it is Just questionable if a "no-show" policy would not also result in a heavy loss through decrease in membership. A correspondent of the Wellington Post at Rotorua states that owinp.it is believed, to the increase of railway fares, there were fewer visitors to the thermal district during the recent holidays than during the previous Christmas and New Year season. Rotorua township, he says, was only half full, and 1 radespeople who had been looking forward to a great influx of visitors were grumbling because their takings were not up to expectations. The writer adds that the curative properties of the waters appear In be as good as euer. and many l>eople from various parts of No*- Zealand have derived much benefit from a course of the hot baths. - Speaking of the Caversham Industrial School m the Juvenile Court at Invercargill yesterday, Mr K. A. Sureties (education Department’s Probation Officer I said t-hat most people had an altogether wrong idea of that, institution, (liris who were commit! -.1 there were not in for a hard life, they had a very good home then*, and, so long a- they were obedient and did what was right., they had a very good time gen erally. Oirls were kept in the school until they had a thorough domestic training, when they were posted out to specially selected home-. In this nay, most of the Caver.-ham girls grew tin into fine women.

I In the Juvenile Court yesterday, Mr (>. Cruirkshanks S.M., presiding, a girl of 14 pleaded "(iuihy" to a charge of theft of 1 cash. jewellery and wearing apparel, to a total value of £l2 odd, from the house of ■ a neighbour, which .he had entered by breaking a window. She had been convicted of a similar offence in 101.'). The family was one that had had a great deal of trouble, through illness, etc., and the ; probation ollieer (Mr F. A. Sureliesi was . of opinion that, the mother’s hands lining 1 -o full, fh'’ girl flit 1 not get suflieieut home control. She was committed to the Cavershani Industrial School, where the Slate ; will maintain her. as Iter people have suthj cient expense to bear aiteady. | A deal of confusion appears to exist re • garding the age at which a reservist is i exempted from being called on to serve i .abroad. From inquiries we learn (says the 1 Punedin Times l that if a reservist is 44 years of age at the lime he is called in the ballot, or at the time he comes up for medical examination, he is automatically classed as C2. It he is. say. Id years and i> months of age. ami is passed fu by the medical officer.', .and goes into camp, the i fact that he may reach 4 1 while he is in ; camp dives not release him from going to j the front. The authorities say that there ; must b" a dividing line, and that if a man i \ ou 54 years of age were to be 1 exempted they would simply be wasting ■ time m having h”n medically examined, provided with a uniform, trained, etc. The belief in -oine quarters that any man who 1 reaches the age of l(i while on aciive ,-eri vice is withdrawn and sent bark to New Zealand is entirely without foundation. j "They had been in l lie habit, of buying I pies there on Funday mornings," was a I statement made by counsel for one ot six '■ boys charged, in the Juvenile Court yester--1 day, with the theft of os, a quantity of | eiga,rette> and cakes in all valued at ill j from a (own pastrycook's. The charges j covered a senes ot (hells, bin the principal ! had been on a Sunday morning, when, acj cording to the boys' story, they had come j down to purchase pies, as was their Sun I day morning practice. No one was about ! the shop, though, when they entered it by a back way. so some of ihe would-be customers helped themselves . Two of ihe boys'. pl o aded "Not Cmlty." The others admit | ini their theft. The case of one of ihe hr.-( two, whose home surroundings were held to be ball, was adjourned sine die, the lad to be kept under the eye of Mr Me be an, the local probation oifii it. The eases ol the other live were adjourned for three months and they are meantime to be on light probation under Mr Sureties, the Education Department's officer. Four mischievous boys, three under seven j years of age. and the other just seven, did j damage to the extent of (TtO in an Auckland | monumental v.orkyard on a recent Sunday. | Th“ Auckland Star .-.tales that the eirrum- | stances gathered from a cross exam mat ion I of three of ilm boys concerned were that the I four boy.- went to play among the tombstones in the yard on Sunday. December 0, I and were seized by a spirit of mischief. One i youngster found t.hat hr eould lift a small j marble cross which was standing loosely on i a pedestal in the yard. lie lifted it and : dropped it- on the ground, and nnt.hing hapi petted. He trier! again, and this time one of the arms of the cross broke off. ’Flip I broken piece was thrown away, and the lads started on r,n orgy of mischief. They push- ; ed over a pile of marble slabs and pedestals, ;so chipping them that the value of the j s>ones, which would have to be rerut to : smaller sizes in order to cut nut the blent j isbes. was deteriorated by over £2O. The hoys found a pot of Nark paint, and painted a number of the marble tombstones with j this. Oil was found and poured into the letter-box of the office door and on tombstones, and three (.ins of benzine were holed ■with a jointed hammer, so that the benzine ran over the yard. Blackbirds .and thrushes tire admirable in poetry, but prosaic fruit-growers tire apt to take a different view to 'poets. When the "mavis sings his love-song in the mom" the gardener is apt to reflect that (he bird's happiness is in a large part due to a satisfaction derived from a sated appetite on fruit meant lor the grower's own use as dessert nr jam or sale for prolil, and he may be induced to think bitterly about the introduction of these gardenrobbers by well-meaning acclimatisation ] societies. This season in Wyndham -and | no doubt the experience will be general - , some gardens have been stripped of small j fruit, red currants in particular (reports J the Herald i. They do not allow the j hunches to come to ripeness, but seem to have an eye for colour or some other I means of testing palatable fruit. But they ! do not restrict themselves to currants. 1 Cherries they even prefer, and it is not I their fault if a single cherry is left for the grower. As they get through these fruits, gooseberries do not ronte amiss to them ; they penetrate the .skin and abstract the pulp. Blums are served in the same way. Apples are punctured in their ripest part, and picked as a fowl would do. Unless gardens are made bird-proof or the birds are destroyed, fruit cannot he grown, not alone to advantage, but some of it not at all. The small bird is a problem to the fruit-grower.

“How long are men kept in Cl camp before being transferred to the military camp?” asked Mr W. S. Moorhouse (chairman of the Third Wellington Military Service Board) of Captain Baldwin (military representative i on Tnesday. ’‘Sometimes they arc transferred afttt seven and a half weeks in camp.” "Ami sometimes,” suggested the chairman, ‘‘they are turned down after only three weeks in the camp?” Captain Baldwin: "Sometimes, perhaps, hut the statistics show that the camp lias been extraordinarily successful.” To the November issue of Production (London), the New Zealand Prime Minister cabled: —“We lielieve with other dominions in British trade for British people tmd self-supporting Empire independent of present, enemy countries. These principles can tmd will he given effect to if British citizens will only be true to themselves and true to each other. We have stood united in war; it is equally important that wc should stand by each other in peace, each doing his pari in the great social, industrial, and commercial organisation of Empire, the foundations of which are now being laid, and which must he built up strongly and securely, so that never again will British people he dependent on outside sources for many of their principal requirements. The future industrial and commercial policy of New Zealand will he directed in co-opera-tion with rest of Empire in giving effect to these principles.”

The haltered band instruments of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade returned from the western front are living exhibited in Wanganui (reports the Wanganui Herald). The instruments were struck by a shell, which burst in a tent in May last, and also killed three men anil wounded others. "The Rev. 11. L. Blamires, late Chaplainrapt ain of the Eore.es, was probably one of the last to hear the instruments played in France, for the night before they wore blown 1111 they were used at a rehearsal which he heard. They had been in use for only a short time, and the members of the hand were as near (he fighting line as circumstances permitted. The Germans, however, brought tip some long-range guns, and for two nights in succession subjected the New Zealand back lines to heavy fire, with the result above mentioned. Two Y.M.C.A. huts were also knocked flown during the bombardment. The battered and twisted instruments show the effects of high explosive. New regulations governing the grading of teachers have just been issued. They have, been framed chiefly with the object of causing the machinery to run more smoothly. Provision has been made for the grading of certain teachers not employed by education boards. They may now apply to the senior inspector of the district to l>e graded. There arc one or two provisions for allotting organising marks to assistant teachers. In the past full mark- for organising were given only to teachers who previously had charge of .schools. Another new regulation provides for teachers to be informed of the marks they are awarded under different headings. ! Previously they had been informed only of their aggregate marks. Under the new re.gu--1 Intions also provision is made for the enI forcement of findings of the Appeal Board on j the part of inspectors. Formerly teachers 1 had (he right of appeal, but, where il was ; decided there was no ground for an appeal | the mat ter was merely referred back to the ; inspector. Now the inspector must regrade | the teacher in such cases, i The statement made at tfie Military Ser- ) vice Board, sitting in Wellington, by Mr : Robinson, general manager of the State ; Fire Office, that producers cannot get in- ! suranee direct from private companies is I denied by the Auckland representatives of j leading insurance companies in Auckland. (One authority said fha ! private companies I were just a- able and v/dling to-day to ; meet the dent am! for insurance -s the/ wen* , before I fie State Office enme into business, i Companies were not refusing to insure pro- : dure. ()n the eonlrary, they were carrying ' large lines. As to the suggested limitation I of business, it was authoritatively stated that some little rime ago the freezing companies were desirous of making provision 1 for sufficient insurance cover to meet their I requirements during the busy season, and ! communicated with the private companies. The outcome was an arrangement whereby ! sufficient cover w:i.- obtained from companies, and, so far a- was known, that margin had not yet been exhausted. The : (Jet ails coukl not be given in Auckland, as the whole arrangement was worked in Wellington. The fart that some people have a tendency to break the Tomb Commandment in as far as it relates to neighbour's goods, ; htis necessitated a patrol at Kowhai Park, Wanganui, where the potato crop is ripe for digging Recently a gentleman well known in insurance circles informed his family that he and a male friend intended taking their turn on patrol that night (says j the Chrnniclei. After they had l>een on watch for some time they observed someone crouching among the potato plants in the reserve. The insurance representative i promptly set out with thoughts of capture : uppermost, and made a strategic detour ; along the esplanade. As lie crawled j through the fence the wire creaked, and I the crouching figure sprang up and ran. I Then followed a short and sharp clntse, land the delinquent, who carried a sugar j hag. was captured. The insurance reprejsentalive started to give the offender a | severe shaking when he was astonished to | find lie had captured his niece. Stic was I dressed in boy's clothes, and the whole 'thing wa.s a practical joke that had been [played for uncle's benefit, j A boy of nine years wits rbarged in the 1 Juvcnuile Court yesterday with the theft of 16s odd from a private house and with smoking cigarettes. He admitted the offences. Il appeared that his people had lately moved in from (he country and the boy hail become attached to rather a bad [ gang of town boys, a number of years older I than himself. He had purchased (he cigar--1 ettes from a shop, where a girl of 16 served : him. She will lie charged with supplying a i bov under 16. The case was adjourned for | three month-, the lad to be. in the mean ! time, on probation under the Education j Department's officer. A girl 01 If) was [ charged with the theft ot 10s and a pair of I child's stockings from a neighbouring I kitchen, where the hack door (tad been left I open in the temporary absence of the lady ]of the house. The child stoutly maintained j her innocence, hut she had been wearing stockings, identified os the stolen one.-, which her mother could not account for. I In regard to the IDs, the police had re ! reived an unsigned "confession'' enclosing ( a IDs note, from one who “could not let an in.rorent child suffer.” The [lolice held this | to have route from the child's parents, but | there was nothing very definite anywhere j and the ease was adjourned for a week, j The divorce case at Home of Captain (4cof--1 frey Brian O'Connell, of the Canadian army, for dissolution of marriage, belonged to a type that we do not often read about. In Bill, when O’Connell was only- 16 years old, he was married to 11 woman 32 years his senior. In 1910 O'Connell was living with a tutor at Folkestone. A fellow-student invited him to spend a short holiday with his mother. The woman, who had been divorced, suggested to the boy that, they should be married, pointing out that friends of hers had been married under similar circtnnstanres. and their union hud led to “unfathomable bliss." in January, 191 F the woman came to London and got a license, giving wrong age.- both for herself and the bridegroom. She also purchased a false moustache to make her husband have a more mature appearance. The couple were married at a registry office, and returned to Folkestone the same night. In the following year the boy told his father that he was married. Mrs O’Connell had substantial means, hut the boy's father did not rare that his son j should be dependent upon her, and sent the ! hoy to Canaria to learn a business. While there the son wrote to his wife suggesting that e should return. She did not answer , his: letters, but inserted a notice of her marriage to him m the newspajters. When the war broke out O’Connell came to England and joined the Canadia army. His wife asked him to return to her. He declined to do so. It was soon afterwards discovered that, she was living with an officer. Her offence having been fully proved to thq ngatisfaction of the court, Captain O’Connell was granted a decree nisL

Replying, on November 29, to a question in the House of Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the return made to the custodian, in accordance with the requirements of the Trading with the Enei my Proclamation of September 7, 1916, dis- | dosed the following total amounts invested by British subjects resident, in the United Kingdom in certain cnemv companies:— Works, £8333; Krupps (Ltd.), £2980; the North German-Lloyd Shipping Company, £31,172; the Hamburg-Ainerican Shipping Company, £49,244. Regulation* and conditions governing war bursaries are gazetted. It Ls set forth that a bursary may be awarded a young person of cither sex who is certified by the War Pensions Board to bo the dependent jnf a member of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force who has been killed through active military service, or who as the result of such service has suffered disablement the nature and extent of which in the opinion of the Board warrants the award of a bursary to the dependent, and—(a) Who is qualified to receive free education at technical classes other than the classes of a technical high school; or (b) Who is qualified to hold a free place at a secondary school, a district high school, or a technical high school; or (cl Who, being under the age of nineteen on the nearest first December, is qualified to receive (il a University bursary or (iii an educational bursary. Bursaries vary in value from £1 10s (section "a”: oi £lO (section “c”) with boarding allowances where considered necessary. Akaroa has the most perfect climate to be found. A holiday there will convince you. The seaside without the noisy breakers. Fares from Christchurch, 25/- return. Cotton Goods are going to be dear. Buy your blurts now at UNDRILL’S, Opp. Post Office. * Don’t worry about the Tea tax. At 2/per lb your grocer can supply you with ! the famous DESERT GOLD Family Blend Tea. It is a fuil-tlavoured Ceylon tea —i delicious, wholesome ,and economical.—f (Advt.f The Economic's Summer Bargain Sale starts Thursday, 17th. Call early and secure your requirements while the best Bargains arc on otter. —THE ECONOMIC Radies’ and Children's Outfitters, tiO Dee street. * Lovely Crystal Jellies, 5 for 1/-, Essence Rennet 1/9, Prunes Bd, Apricots 1/3, Peaches 1/3, Pears 1/4 per tin, 3 Essences 1/2. 3 cakes T. Soap 1/-, large Baking Powder 1/10, bull anus 9d, Raisins 7d, 7 Hudson’s 1/-, 6 Sand Soap X/-, Klean-it 10/ d, E. Candies Bd, Fry’s Cocoa 1/1, 12lb Sugar o/-, 70lb 16/6. Buy from Baxters. Small Profits Quick Returns. * A line of Pure Old Bleached Linen Huckaback Hand Towels at THOMSON <fc BEATTIE'S is specially suited for Professional Men's Offices and Surgeries. They are in three sizes: 14 x 22 men, at 1/9 and 1/10/ ;18x 24 inch, at 2, and 22 x3B inch at 3/3 each. * • WORTH 1/- PER DROP.” HIGH PRAISE FUR BAXTER’S, it seems natural to pass on "good news." This human m.-unci prompted one who had bench ted by Baxters nung Preserver to write us the following; "Baxter's is a sovereign remedy for coughs and colds, and lor all complaints of the breathing organs. I consider it worth 1/- a drop, its action is immediate and sure.” Get a big 1/10 bottle of this famous remedy 10-imy. Your chemist or grocer can supply you. i bince the opening day of the Colossal bummer bale at Mcs.-rs PRICE A: BULI.EID'b (LTD.), the Bargain tables have been very freely patronised and the various lines in each Department have evidently appealed to buyers as excellent business nas resulted. For To-day (Saturday) additional suppl’e- nave been added and right through the premise.- Bargains may be secured that vet ft result in a very substantial saving to buyers. The Showrooms (Millinery. Mantles and Underclothing • and the Dress, Fancy, Manchester and Clothing Departments arc "clearing up” for the season and quite a good array of "snip lines are in evidence. An early visit to the scene of operations is strongly recommended. Invercargill Ladies. Kindly persuade local Storekeepers to slock plenty "NO RUBBING” -Laun'lry Help. "GOLDEN RULE" Soap, "GOLDEN KcLE” Candles, “GOLDEN RULE” Writing Tablets, “THINKER” school Exorcise Books.— Royds Bros, and Kirk, Ltd., Wholesale Agents for "No PH BRING” and “GOLDEN RILE." I Big Values in our showroom this week while they la.-:. Worm Knickers: Ladies’ White Cotton Knickers, large size; bale price 2/11, 3.3. 3. 6. Colton Knickers in navy. saxe. grey and while, Direcloire and banned shapes; bale price 2/6, 2/11, 3/6, 3/11, 4,11, .7,11. Wool Kntckcr.-, light weight, in Direeioire and banded shapes, navy and grev : Sale price 4, 11. n/6, /,'(>, i/'ll, it il. Ho-ciaJe Knickers, grey. Dircclotre and banded -nape,-; Sale price 4, 3. 4/6, 4 11, 76. 7 11. Fleecy lined Knickers; j. r jcc 3 6, 4 'l. While Cotton Bodices., long and short -Iccvc.-: sale price 1, 11, 2/6, 2/ 11, 3 3, 3 6. 3 11. .Merino bodices, long and short .-Fetes; bah; price 3,3, 3/6, 3,11. 4/11. 6/3. bee window.- and all Departments for pil"s of tempting sale Bargam.- at il. A a- sMll'H'b. LTD.. Big Cash sale. Ta;> street. Phone 1162. * l 1 i j \Ve have landed a few of the latest model j countersoatt 4 4 h.p. B.S.A. Motor Cyclfta, I excellent for solo anil sidecar; economical j reliable British machines. Terms, etc. ig. W. WOODS AND CO., Dec street, j inve rearm 11.— 1 Advl.) I ! \ ciinline, refreshing, healthful drink that wiil help you resist me enervation of long, hoi summer da;.:-, is KOLA-NIP. It is a delicious. non aJcor.ohc compound made from the Kola Nut. 1 When you want a thirst-quencher on hot | days try a little KOLA-NIP. Refreshing, 1 invigorating, satisfying. A healthy, delicious cooling cordial. A t ablespoouful with aerated water makes a keen tonic beverage. SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, On Page I.— Wan t wi-- V a run an. Wanted Plumber. Wanted smart hoy. Wanted Qualified chemist. Wanted—'l hrc.-hingmill men. Want cd—-Competent general. Wanted--Two furnished room-. Wanted Tenoning machine, etc. Sheep and rattle farm for sale. Columba College opens on Feb. 12. Wanted tvpi-t for Municipal Offices. W anted- Manager for dairy factory. Notice 10 beekeepers. Notice rc strayed wether. Notice re electric lighting. Notice re schoolgirls' hostel. Try Sommer/die lor spectacles, etc. Emil for. side at the Arcade Supply. "The Barrier ' will be presented nest Sal unlay. Costumes, etc., made up. Apply at the Y.M.C.A. Buildings. Sunday School.-' picnic on January 23. .Lindsay and Co. want bacon pig.-. Tenders called for gravelling, etc. Tenders calk’d for erection of concrete shop. Cat ml and Thompson invite your custom. On page 8— Tuatapere stock sale on January 24. bale of cows at Tomahawk on Jan. 29,