FIELDS' SCHEME.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11596, 28 June 1905, Page 5

FIELDS' SCHEME.

-The' action of the Harbour Board in

point blank refusing: to consent to a trial ' of "Fields' Scheme./' will, we are sure, be regretted by every fair-minded person throughout the district. On the principal that "He who pays the piper calls the tune," the ratepayers were fully justified in asking the Board to adopt Fields' Scndme. The majority of the ratepayers are deeply concerned about the unsatisfactory state of ' our river, but they are not prepared to spend .£60,000, , if " the work can be done for 1£250. The ratepayers are mostly working men, who can't afford to loose an opportunity -of saviifg money. They want to "save" every time, and all the time, that's why they buy their clothing at '"The Economic" — all these -lines are money "Savers": — Strpner .Tweed Suits, Colonial manufacture. Sale Price 17s 6d, 18s 6d, 21s, 23s , 6d, 25s 6d and 27s 6d. „ Strong Tweed Trousers. Sale Price 4e 6d, 4s lid, and 5s lid per pair. « Saddle Tweed Trousers, , guaranteed. ' Sale Price r 6s lid, 7s 6d, Bs,'6d, and 9s 6d pet' pair. Men's Flannel Unders, "full size. Sale Price 2s 6d, 3s 6d and 3s lid,.' Men's strong' Shirts. Sale Price 2s 6d, 2s v lld,. 3s lid,, and 4s 6d. Men's Tweed and Serge Caps. Sale. Price 9d, Is, Is 3d. Is 6d<andls lid. Men's warm Woollen \Gloves: Sale Price 9d, Is and' Is 6d per "pair. t Men's strbnj* Wopllen^ox.,; , Sale, .Price, two'jpairs for ,Is/ 6a. r . Men's unshrinkable Cashmere Sox. Sale Price two pairs for Is 6d..Special Bargains in Men's • winter Underwear. , _ - Now's the time to buy. Visit the"Eponomic"- Sale to-day. I George and Kersley. -

The- annual meeting of the Wanganui Caledonian Society will be held in Foster's Hotel this evening- at 8 o'clock. We understand that the much debated question of which ground the annual gathering will be held on will be again brought up. A large attendance is expected.

According to a report read to the Borough Council last evening by the Town Clerk, it would appear that no less than 10 street lamps have been broken by vehicles during the past three years. In some instances the damage had been caused by sheer carelessness on the part of drivers, and while some had paid for the 'broken lamps, others had not.' It was decided to instruct all • the Council's _ workmen and officials to report such cases to the police in future, with a- view to proceedings' being taken' against offenders in this respect.

At the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint 71,853 ozs of fine gold were received for coinage during the month of May, 26,036 oz being the product of New South Wales, and 41,390 oz of Queensland, with lesser quantities from New Zealand and New Guinea. During- the first five moniha oi the year 349,865 oz wcTe received for coinage, of which 91,9970z were from New South Wales, 172,6760z from Queensland, and 74,4720z from New Zealand! The gross value of the five months' receipts, including" silver, was- £1,487,595. There were 1,120,000 sovereigns and '.£240,914 of gold bullion, issued, as well as ,£lß2l of silver coin, .£650 of bronze coin, and .£243/) of worn silver coin was withdrawn from circulation.

At the Borough Council meeting last evening a letter was read from the Public Health Department, asking that proceedings be taken against a local plumber in connection with the recent "wiped joint" case. The Town Clerk reported that on information supplied by the Department proceedings had been taken and the man fined. Cr Johns detailed the circumstances of the case, and expressed the opinion that the offending plumber had not been met fairly by the Health Inspector. Cr Bridge combatted this, and said that when the Inspector found the work was not properly done he left instructions that it should be attended to. He was subsequently in formed that the work had been properly finished, but on a, further examination it was found that this was not so, hence the institution of proceedings. After some discussion as to the advisability of endorsing the offender's license, it was decided that the Department's letter be received.

The growth of'the New Zealand woollen industry, and of the Wellington Woollen Company in particular, formed the subject for some comments on Tuesday evening by the president of the Wellington Industrial Association (Mr J. P. Luke), who congratulated the community on the possession of so important an industry, so capable of extension. - The colony liad 10 woollen mills, which employed 1693 hands, and paid .£112,000 annually in wages; the value of the material used or operated by these mills annually was .£l96,oßl,' the total value of produce, including repairs, £559,382. The figures for the iron trade showed that engineering was neck-and-neclc with woollens, comparing the number of hands, amount of wages, and value of work operated on. Speaking generally, and apart from the Wellington Woollen Company, the president said that as our woollens were protected up to 25 per cent, it was a pity they, did not get manufactured in this colony all the work they poBBibly could in preference to sending away for it. • •

A case of some interest to secretaries of cricket clubs- was heard *at the' Magistrate's yesterday when an action was brpught by H. I. Jones and Son against Arthur Geddes, (now oi Dunedin, but formerly secretary and treasurer of the defunct Christ Church Cricket Club), to recover the sum of £o 10s, the balance of an account for cricketing material supplied to defendant for the club. Mr Cohen appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Treadwell for defendant, whese evidence was taken at Dunedin. The evidence for the plaintiffs went to show that when defendant went to seer Mr Fred Jones about the material, the latter told him that he would hold the defendant personally responsible for the payment for the material supplied. Mr Jones said he had been advised by a cricketing authority that it would be impossible for a, cricket club to carry on with the small subscriptions which the members of the Christ Church Club were paying, hence his action in informing Geddes that he would hold him personally responsible* He warned Geddes against accepting the responsibility as the subscriptions were not sufficient to bear the burden, but he decided to do co, and w-as accordingly supplied with some material. Later on other members of the club's committee also procured material, which was put down to the club's account. The club became defunct in about 12 months' time, and though some <£10 had been paid off the account there was still the sum of <£5 10s owing. In his evidence at Dunedin the defendant had denied that he agreed to become personally liable, and also stated that he had submitted a balancesheet ta a meeting of the club held prior to disbanding. Evidence, was given by Messrs B. Delves and Dodgshun, two members of the committee of the defunct club, to the effect that they had no recollection of any such meeting being held or as to haying seen any balance-sheet. His Worship gave judgment for the, plaintiff for the amount claimed, remarking that he had no difficulty in coming to the decision. He said he entirely believed the evidence ?iven by Mr Jones. It was quite evident that Geddes' evidence was given somewhat carelessly, and that his recollection was very faulty about the facts. There was 3trong evidence that he undertook to-be-come personally responsible, that Tie knew this, and that it was only on this understanding- that he was supplied with the goods. Ifc seemed perfectly plain that he knew , he was liable. His memory was clearly faulty, too, in regard to the bal-ance-sheet.