NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 18, 26 February 1914, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

. The Bible School conducted by the « Eev. J. J. North Was; recommenced'at . the Oxford Terrace Baptist Schoolroom last night. There was a large attendance of probably 150 people. . t The annual meeting of the local branch of the Navy' League will be held in the rooms of the St. John Am - bulance Association at 8 o'clock next j Monday night. The river report states that both branches of the Waimalcariri and the Opihi are clear, is discoloured, and the Rangitata and the Waitaki are dirty. John Frederick Vogt was declared a bankrupt this m&rning by his Honour Mr Justice Denniston. The petitioning creditors, for whom Mr E. Harper appeared, were A. J. White and Co. A special meeting of the Tramway Employees' Union is to be held on Sunday next, to consider a letter just received from the Tramway Board. The letter states that the union's proposals, ' • if accepted, would involve the board in much extra expense, and that, consider'l ing the wide diversion between the union and "the board, it would be better to refer the matter to the Conciliation Council. . The union will take a ballot on the proposal. According to the • chairman of the board, the men's demands would cause an increased expenditure of £IB,OOO to £20,000 a year in wages. The Addington Band of Hope Society *■ held its first meeting of the new year in the schoolroom last Tuesday even- • ing. There was a large attendance and an enjoyable programme was given. Mr C. Atkinson gave several gramaphone records, and other items were contributed by Misses I. Wilson and H. Richards, and Messrs W. Fehsenfeld and A. Cade. Mr J. H. Jones gave an ■ address on the effects of alcohol on the • heart,v, and at the conclusion a vote of thanks was passed to Messrs Jones and Atkinson for the part they had taken r /in" supplying the programme. 7 The Sunday night municipal organ recitals by Dr Bra,dshaw will be resumed on Sunday next in His Majesty's " Theatre, the recital commencing at 8.30 p.m; . The first programme will be as .' - follows:—Grand Prelude in E flat major (St. Ann's) (J. S. Bach); Impromptu Elegiac in G minor (J. Kendnck . Poyne); Orchestral Prelude, "Ledernier Somneil de la tyierge" (The Last Sleep of the Virgin) -(Massenet) ;t - Introduction and Variations on a .C- Theme 'bysßeethoven, (Op. 45) (Gustav • Merkel) ; Lied, !' Still as the Night" j; •. (Bohm); Allegretto in E flat (Wolsten"^holme); Romance sans Paroles (Op. x 92) " (Lef ebure-Wely)'; Coronation March from the-. Opera '' Le Prophete'' r (ior*fijill orchestra), (Meyerbeer). j " Major-General Godley, Officer ComY^ : manding theJPorces, left for* Wellington ' last ni'ght, after a lohg tour of inspection of Cadets throughout Canterbury. He told a that fie was satisfied with what he had seen of the lads. The Kaiapoi Cadets -he had seen'at musketry'on the range, and they had acquitted, themselves well. At • --both Rangiora and Ashburtori there had ? v been good musters of smart and steady 1 companies. At Fairlie and Geraldine ■ the turnout had. been. good,, arid the V :rv Vor]sing<- quite.•in-order.•. He was glad to i say" tit at the farming of all .with 'the .303 Lee-Enfield was going ahead swiftly, • tand - soon there would _ be the! one arm ' ils'ed by all. When the : Cadets all had -rifles he had no-doubt that they would gratified, and would give reuewed interest arid vigour to' their work. . / The following programme will be plfiycrd by the Woolston Brass Band on

7v Victoria Square rotunda this evening, commencing at 8 o'clock:—March, • "Dreadnought'' (Rimmer); overture, "Les Trompetts de la Couronne" (Ord ■ Hume); trombone solo, ''.The Switchback" (Sutton), soloist, W. Lanham; fantasia, "Classic Gems" (Rimmer); valse, "Amoureuse" (Berger); cornet solo, "Until the Breaking of the Day" (arranged by Mullingar), soloist, P. court dance, "Queen Elizabeth" (Ord Hume); march, '' The Enchanter'' (White). -.J Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., delivered / reserved - decision in' the Magistrate *s Court to-day in the case Booth, Maedoriald and Co. (Mr Wilding) v. 1 ; 5 1 !dward 11. Jull (Mr Meares), in which £ll4 1/9 was claimed as purchase money of a milking machine bought by defendant. Judgment was given for £74 with costs for plaintiff. . A married man named F. Hadecke, ■who had been contract bridge building at-Oxford, was admitted to the hospital last evening suffering from concussion of, the brain, the result of one of the bridge stringers striking him. There was no change in his condition to-day. A goocl deal of misunderstanding, says the ".Dominion," prevails regarding an announcement made ;by the Public Service Commissioners ;on the Public Service Examination. That announcement has been interpreted to mean that girls are not to be allowed to'present themselves at what was ' called formerly the Junior Civil Service ' Examination. A similar: annphcement was made regarding the examination , last year, and, in some quarters, it was so interpreted. As the same rule is to apply to the examination for 1914, the chairman of the Education Board, when 7 referring to the matter at the meeting 0-.' of the board this week, stated'that he wished to make it clear that'the rule " had not the effect of shutting, out girls from the examination. All that the Commissioners meant to provide was that; girls should be excluded, from 'com- - -petition in that examination for admission to the Public Service. The ext \ «mination was> .however,. used :as a-: for purposes other than that v to the Civil Service, and

girls desiring to pass would be allowed to sit. At the same time they must understand that a pass would not entitle them to admission to the Public Service. Elaborate arrangements have been made for the biennial congress of the Oddfellows of New Zealand, which is to be held in Wanganui from May 1 to May 8. A daily round of social festivities has been arranged to alternate with the addresses and deliberations. On account of the continued adverse weather, little progress has been made with the erection of the new lighthouse on Karori Rock in v Cook Strait. The foundation has been completed, but it will be some time before the whole structure is built. An Australasian conference affecting the furniture 1 trade is to be held here at Easter, and delegates from the New Zealand Furniture Trade Employees' Federation and the Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia will be present. The conference arose out of a meeting held at Hobart recently, when the following resolutions Were carried: —"That the executive be empowered to open up communication with the executive of the New Zealand Federation, with a view of them joining the Federation." Another resolution was: "That the executive be instructed to take the necessary steps to bring about an amalgamation of all, unions connected with the woodworking industry." It was pointed out by Mr Hogg at the last meeting of the Wellington Education Board that public bodies should insure their buildings in the State Insurance Office. "I am aware," said Mr Hogg, "that many public bodies insure with private companies, but this is due to the system of commissions, or to put it plainly, the system of tipping, which the private insurance companies run for alt it is worth." In a few .weeks a new and important industry will be. started at Edendale, Southland. This is the manufacture of sugar of milk, a by-product of the • dairying industry. The cheese factories for years.wasted in butter enough to pay the wages of their staffs, and after the butter-fat . was extracted from the whey there . remained in Tesidum a valuable substance for which there is a world-wide demand. The idea of making use. of this .by-product was conceived. by two chemists, who are the promoters of the industry. The chief market will be „ for brewing and. for baby 's milk, and it is expected that the sugar will have a world-wide demand. English law is not always clear as crystal to the foreigners who dwell within our gates' (comments the 'Wellington ''Post"). A Pole named John Lepiriski was sued by Haigh arid Mellor, who obtained judgment .against him. According to the statement of Mr P. W. Jackson, who applied to Mr Riddell, S.M., for a rehearing, Lepinski thought he had done all that was necessary when he signed a blue paper indicating his willingness.to' the action. A rehearing was granted." - Reporting to the Wellington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to, Animals recently, Inspector Seed stated' that a .case of; ' cruelty to ducks had come under ,hiis . notice. Six ducks had been railetl in a kerosene. box. Ita. shocking-case of cruelty, as the Huclts liad come, all the way from Masterton. They had riot discovered the name of the consignor, but the consignee was a very humane-man, and regretted thait the ducks had been so packed . together. inspector Seed, thought that perhaps some .thoughtless boy, had put' the ducks in the box. The secretary stated that, he did not think such cases' frequently occurred, for the Railway Department' had acquainted the society iri the present instance.

After a visit to the Kermadec- Islands and northern bays, the Government training ship Amokura,has returned to Wellington.. . So far as is known at present, she will remain in Wellington for some time. ' By the Suffolk, due at Wellington about March 3, another batch of immigrant boys will .reach New Zealand from London. The boys are coming out under the New' Zealand Government scheme for bringing farming youths from the United Kingdom to the Dominion. The lads have been selected from a total of 500 applicants residing in various parts of the United Kingdom, and all of them have had farming experience. A plea for the use of native trees in street-planning was made by Mr W. Gliddon-Richardson at the Auckland Conference of Nurserymen. He thought it a pity that such trees as oaks and planes should be used for the purpose when there were so many beautiful native trees to be obtained. An objection was raised by a member on the ground that only deciduous trees were suitable for street beautifying, but another, membei- stated that puriri, hoheria, titoki, kowhai, puka, totara, and" karaka could all be used to advantage. Orchardists with pieces of waste land at their disposal are urged by Mr T. W. Kirk to plant them thickly with pinus insignus to provide timber for the future. Foresighted fruitgrowers in the Motueka district had done so in the .past, and some of them were now being offered £1 .per tree. He, spoke with personal experience of the value of pinus insignus timber for fruit cases, and declared it to be superior to white pine. A telegram was received in town today that an Argyll 15-30 horse-power car climbed the Otira Gorge to-day. The surface was covered with several inches of shingle, and was freely besprinkled with boulders.- The car was driven' by Mr Scott, who is wpll-known on the Brooklands track. He is accompanied by Mr Woodroffe (Auckland) and Mr G. W. Woods (Invercargill). To-morrow the remains of the late Gunner W. Harvey, who died at Nelson, will be interred at Lyttelton with military honours, the funeral leaving the barracks at 2 t).m.