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TheOtagoDaily Times.No. 15,253. OTAGO, DUNEDIN: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1911. NEW ZEALAND, PRICE ONE PENNY.,
•HIPPIHO.
p & 0. COMPAN Y.
PROPOSED TIME-TABLE. 19U-191g.__EStT Irfavc We
Meaii.w. roiii. ■iyiliiiiy.HALWA .. ~Tμ sept, ss vin. w Sept.CHINA
..
. va.fc Oct. 7 Oα. 1- Oct. HMACEDONIA
..lean Oct. 21 Oct. SI Oct. 20
MAIttIOKA lailK S:»r. J X.i>\ _j 'l°li_.JLCarryiiig-pifsTTnd- "Second Snloon Pas-
tenders for 1/ondon, via way ports.Following Steamers leave- Auckland in
1912-™.:MANTUA. .JANUARY 18.MORKA. PKHRUARY 15.MOLDAVIA, MARCH 14.-MONGOLIA. APRIL 11.
All twin-screw steamers and fitted withwireless telegraphy.Apply toDALGETY k CO. (LIMITED). Agents^
TNVERCARGILL SHIPPING COM-PANY (LIMITEDI
FOR INVERCARO.ILL.S.S. INVERCARGILL.—TUESDAY, 26th
September. Cargo received till 2 p.m.
on day of sailing.
mil 13 HUDDAKT-PARKEK I.INIiFAVOURITE PASSENGER STEAMERS
Will Sail (Circumstances PermittinslSYDNEY, via LYTTELTON. WELLINtV
TON. NAPIER. GISBORNE, andAUCKLAND.
Wirainem Tuesday, Sept, 2fi 3.30 DiinedmVictoria Tuesday, Oct. 10 3.30 Duncdin
SYDNEY, via LYTTELTON andWELLINGTON. '
Uliioeroa I Wudnea., Oct. 111-1.30 DuncdinMELBOURNE, via HLUFF and IIOBART.Ulimaros | Sunday, Sept. 211 3p.m.Duiicdin
Tickets availableby Union Co.'ssteamers,and vice vorsa, after Erst sUeo of travel.
■ N K.I LI, & CO. (LIMITKD).ESSAGERD2S MARITIMES.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
For MARSEILLES, via MELBOURNE,ADELAIDE, FREMANTLE, COLOM-BO, BOMBAY. ADEN, SUEZ, andPORT SAID.
' Sydney- I Mellwurue.lAuolnlUe.Stumer. | Noon | 'p m | I p'"
IHII. IM 1 ll''l.Nfra .
..Oct. 2 Orlobcr 5 Oct. 7
CalkiWIEX ... Oc. SO. Nov. 2 Nov. iYaßlu Nov V Nnv. 3'' I> J " 2
KAKEiS TO MARSEILLES: Single, £20to £75. TO LONDON, via PARIS, £21to £32 10s, including tablo wines.
For further particulars apply toNEILL & CO. (ivrn.),
7ja 13 Bond street.
NOR D DE UTSCIIER- LLOYD.Hoyal Mail Steamers sail ns under: —
For ENGLAND, end Continent, via Col-ombo and Sum— Mel-
Tone. Sydney, bnurnoS.S. Scharnhorst 8131 Oct. 7 Oct. 10S.S. Zietcn ... 8C66 Not. � Wot. 6S-S Bremen ... 11.570 Dec. 2 Dec. 4
Passengers booked through from NewZealand ports at special rnten. Fares, toLondon: Singlo tram £16 v> £70 8s; Re-turn. £29 to £103 &i.From SYDNEY JAPAN, via CHIN'A-
PRINZ WALDEMAR. September 23.ROUND THE WORLD Bookings over all
Routes on lowest terms. Inquiry invitedand full particulars supplied by
NEILL k CO. (LTD.). Agents.
■p AND O. BRANCH SERVICE' (Leto Lund ,* Bluo Anchor Line.)
£or DURBAN, CAPETOWN.&LONDON.Steamer Tom liotn'mler. , ! Ijtvin Svilnnv.
Ueclonic* .... Suou Sinioml* sept. S3
Xarniiip .. .. SOTS Millinitton October 31Wilcannh .. MM Hanson Dec. 12
'Twin screw.FARES: Dunedin to London. £17 to
£21; to Capetown or Durban. £14 14e to£18 183. Ono class only.
,
RETURN TICKETS available AberdeenLine. For all particulars apply to
MURRAY. ROBERTS. & CO. (LTD.),Duncdin. Wellington, nnd Napier.
rpiiii blue funnkl une.I ALFRED HOLT & CO.
THE FAST TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS.Carryinc First Saloon IY.fsenjjors Only.
TO LONDON, VIA SOUTH AFRICA.Will leavo. Svilnev n s follows:—Stwamer. Ton*. Cinnnnnrjer. Ssik
AXCIiISKS .. IU.UUO - Oct. 2iAENKAS .. .. 10,000 - lice. [)
ASCASWS.. ■■ 10.00(1- Jan. 20
Wireless Telegraphy. laundry.FARES, Duncdin to Londou: £43 to
£53 Single; £81 10s to £90 Return. FromSydney to Durban: £25 to £30 Single:£'42 10s to £51 Return.
For Illustrated Pamphlets and all par-ticulars apply—MURRAY. ROBERTS. & CO. (LTD.)..Dunedin, Wellington, and Napier.
urn s, plhTp line.REGULAR MONTHLY SAILINGS
.ToJAVA and SINGAPORE,
Under Contract with, the Government ofNew South Wales.
Tickets Interchangeable with thoK.P.M. Line.
For all information npply toWILLIAM E. REYNOLDS & CO..Agents, 15ju
PORTOBELLO RAILWAY FERRY.S.S. TAREWAI TIMETABLE.
Trains leave Duncdin—B.l6 a.m., 12.10,3.18, 5.15 p.m.
Saturdays only—B.l6 a.m.. 1.17, 4.4, 6.15p.m.
Tarewai leaves Port—9 a.m., 1.0, 4, 5.50p.m.
Saturdays on!y-9.0 a.m., 1.50. 4.45, 7.0p.m.
Tarewai Portobollo—7.4o, 31.0 a.m.,3.20, 4.45 p.m.
Saturdays 0n1y—7.40. II a.m.. 3.20. 6.30p,m.
On Public Holidays Ordinary Timp-tableSuspended. Return Tickets" (Rail nmlFtonmnr) failed (it Duncdin ami PclirliotP.iv Stations: First Class, 2?; Secondda'*, h cd. Available Ono .Mnnlli fromPi'o nf T**ue. lap
TraveT made "easy.COMBINATION TICKETS ISSUED
For Any Trip in New ZealandBy
RAfU COACH, AND STEAMERRAIL. COACTT, AND STEAMER,
With or Without Hntol Expenv>.,.UNUSED TICKETS REFUNDED ON.
Quotations Given far Any Trip Desired.
COOK'S TOURIST OFFICE,I.OWETMIIGH STREET.
]«aEW ZEALAND CARRYING CO
• CRUST jt- CRUST,DUN'KDIN.
(J. M. Heywood and Co., Ltd., Christ-church; Colonial Unrrrir.K Coniuany.Wellington; A B Wright and Sons.Auckland—in combination).
CARRIERS. CUSTOMS SHIPI'INC andEXPRESS .FORWARDING AGENTS.
Cartace Contractors throm-hont Now Zealand for their Rovil Hichnessea theDulto and Duch»s< of Cornwalland York.
FURNITURE Removod in Tom, ortry, or Packed by Experience! MenFor Removal by Road. Ifajl, nr §ea.This Class of Work n SpecialtyFurnituro Stored. Insurance Ltlectod.
No. 20 MANSE STREET.TolephonM: Office. 1072; 11. Crust
(privnte rcidenc). 1073
OTAGO DAILY TIMES AND WITNESSJOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT—
Job Printing of overy deecritlion dono withCespitch ud »t the Lotteet Current Eaton
(HIPPINQ.
j[T.\!ON STEA JI SHIP COMPANY 'KJ OF NEW ZEALAND (LIMITED).
Steamers will bo despatched as under(circumstances pcraiiltiiip;): —
LYTTELTON and WELLINGTON(I3col;iiig rassengers to all West Coast
Ports).Moatia Sent. 21) SDunodln .Mi-kviii Inau) Sept.:i :) Duacdtn ,Wainiiioo Wuilnetihy St.pt. 2/ —
NaT'Llu. UISIKJUNjZTJii'i AUUIO.AND-Mokoitt Kriiiuy hcjn, t: 3 l>um.<liniMoiiiiwai I'inliiv >ept. £i nJJuueuin
LVTTELTUN, WELLING-TON, and CUUK aTKAIT-
Moaim \\uluuiity nupv. -U i UiincdinW.irriiiioi) WcdiiL'SdAy Si.pt. -/ —
SVUxNlil', via, AUCKLAND-Tar.iwcr.il 'Juvsuay Uel. 4 :il)nnedinTniawcrut Tiiutuuy Ucl. 17 liUtniedltiiTransliipping to n.u. Maheno, at Airulond
& 'ilui'iaki(ts.) ,ninj.i)- Uct, l i.;iUu;iinJloaim .Suiiuay Uc . S :(l)iiiifdiQ
AAl'w.H ana IiIMJUKMi. vm UAMAIIU.TIMAKU. LVITELTON, WELLING- :TUN. i'roceeds to liisiUu Wliari at bothNapiur and Uisbonio
lUiigo only)—Kowhai Jiirly —
UiililUKiand IiKKI'iIUUTH ItrnasliiD-piiiK for llokitilta), via OAMAUU,TIMAUU, LVTTIiLTOiN, WJiLLLNU-TUX, and I'ICTUN
Muo uiilj)-Flor* Thins.'ay Stpt. SI 2l)unedin
Mun^VMuJ™.~iN¥l:lX 'UAMAHU. TIMAItU. LYTTELTON,WELLINGTON, and NELSON
(Cnrfjo only)—(.'nriiinn .Su..ilny .ippt.Sj SHunnHln .'
IJUVA. SAVU SAVU, and LEV UK A-Narua (t.s.s.) loaves Aucklniid AVcd. S»-pt 27'Mi.MiA. SAMOA, in.ll.Tofuti_(t.s.s.Mcavcs Auckland Tucs., OctJOI<AIiUIUNiiA7T<Tm;iCA7IinTTAHiTI
(Pnpect'))—Taluno Iqjvqs Auckland Tuce., 26
CAiNADA, ;\M VMC7\, LONDON, Ktc," !See Spocial Advertisements. !
Via SUVA. nONOLULU, and ', VANCOUVER, ,
(t.s.s.), from Sydney. Sept-m-ber25; fro.-n Auckland, September 29.Via PAPEETE and SAN FKANCtSCO '
Krom Welllnetou. Uw'l'ritco.Aorniißi ... Sept. g prt 12 .CARGO RECEIVED AT DUNEDIN-
i,"'-'- Till n»v. iMnr "ia Hu.m. Wednesdayt,nn TblirfdayTickets available for stop over or return 'ut Messrs lluddart. Porker, ond Co.'sctenmers.
Jj To TIIfS
Mmgmt Summer Isles ISEASON!
APRIL TO NOVEMBER (indusi™).
TONGA , SAMOA : FIJI ;By the Magnificent New Twin Soraw
Steamers--™,™A «345 ten*. ,ATDA 3<«ton«
SAILINGS irVERY 28 DATS from ',Auckland. Ronnd Tour, via tliceo Rroups.to Australia and back to Dunedio can bomade in from 30 days. i
FIJITSS. KAVUA (2830 tons) Sa.ij fromAuckland every 28 riayi to Suva, and baoicdirect
RAROTONGA , TAHITI ■TALUNE. niiikps Rofrular Tripi fromAuckland every 28 days. Tho San Frnn-
piwo mjil Mwimcrs also sail every 28 da™from WclliTiirton.For all particulars ro fnrcs, routos. time
tablpf. illustrated pampbloU, (free) eto •npply ' ]
UNION SS. COMPANT OF N.Z. (LTD.). ,. i
T " ,£ VA.NCOUVRTI IiOIJTF, \
Oajtadian-Austualtak I{otal Mail6.5. LIXB AXI)
CiIfADIAX-PACIFIC lUIMVAT.Throuch some of 'flic Greatest SCENIO •WONDERS of tho World to nil p, nrt9 o fCANADA. UNITED STATES BIMTIPHISLES, and CONTINENT OF EDiIOPR
ROUND-TnE-WOnLI) TOURS in eon-junction with nil the Cnpp, Siinz. China,and Japan Lines at Low«t Rates.
STEAMERS-WILL SAIL:- ;From From
Ancklnnn.ZKALANDIA
..Sept. 2!i "sTpl W 'MARAMA .. Ost 2:! Oct.' 27
MAKURA ... Nov. 20 Nov 24 'ZEALANDFA ... Doc. 18 Deo. 22
And at 28 days' interval thereafter.All Twin-screw Steamers, equipped withWireless Tclepraph.Pamphlets, Maps, and all informationfree-.
UNION S.S. CO. OK N.Z. (LTD.), 'Managing Acente.
—— • I
ROYAL MAIL SERVICE, 'TiA SAN FRANCISCO,
ToALL AMERICAN PORTS. BRITISH '
ISLES. AND CONTINENT.
Calling at RAROTONGA (Cook Grcupl midPAIM'.hTF, (Tahiti).Fm"i Wellington. |^'F,j,Pn
~
,AOIIANOI ... Sept. £2 (lot vMAITAI Oct 20 Nnv jiAOIUNOI ... N..V. 17 lire,' 7
Sailings at 28 dnys' interval.Sleainere equipped with Wireless
Telp^rnph.For particulars regarding passages and :(rci(,'l)ts iipplj
UNION' S.S. CO. of X.Z. (LIT).).
r)KIKNT TJN'KW 01' ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. 'llio following Knjiil Mail SteamshipsIwloiiKinir to tho ORIENT LINE will leavoSYDNEY and MELBOURNE us underlor LONDON' (Tilbury), via ADEMJDFFRBMAXTI.P, COr/lsmn Hrnrwliippinir'fwnil lndmn Ports). Sl'l'7, CANAL WPLKSCIIiRALTAui- I
Tnn«| KriimStonni'T'. Mi'lli.l ,\,],,\
''"
'. liinr'lirrrT'iTirr'OHONTES ... no2:VScpt.P,nOct -t'o,", V,OK.MU/. ... iMiiiiO-i. MO. t. ISO01" «nOUSOVA ..Jj2o3«Orr. '.'SXov. 1 X,,v ";;Fortiiislitlv thcroaftpr. All TvWn^cTen^SlKimnrs.
Fitted wit.li Wireless Telegraph.FARES, NEW ZEALAND TO LONDON-SALUON.-Si.igle, £57 (A to $*'.Return, £F5 18s to £132. I
RETURN TICKETS AVAILABLE TORTWO YEARS fltO.M DATE QV lifSU* 'THIRD CLASS.-£l3, £20, and £22'- iReturn, £32 to £39.Through Dookiiys to Now York in cor,- Ijunction with 1lie Cunar<l Line. jFirst and Second Class Posscnpers secure ifpocial ndvniiMßes by lwokiiij; through !
from New //-aland, lwinc provided withSaloon to Auslralia, which araincluded in tho nbivo farce.Passages ran be liookcd to or prepaid
from any of Iho nh/n-p ports.UNION STEAM SHU, CO. OF N.Z.
(LTD.), Agents in New Zealand.
WERwomniimd DAVID RODEIIT.SON,Signwritcr, Ilouso Pointer, Paper-
-1 hanger.—i-ornor Stuart and Cumborlnml, ttrnelJi. U?«rlrinen insurod. *>iu
SHIPPINQ.
milE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPINGA COMPANY'S LINE,To London, via Montevideo, TenerilTc, and
Plytrcuth.MOST MODERN PASSENGER
' STEAMERS,_„_IN THE SOU_TH_ia{N_HEMISrIIEI[E_
Steamer. 'i'nns.l i*r"ni | Till!!!—ItiMPKIU'C)
... Welliußton S'Mi". -IltoTonuA(3)
... laino — Oct.. 1«'lric«KlM»(2)
..I'Ht'iO — Nnv, If)
i!F.Mi:KnA(2)...
arm - I,ef| Ou
liniinMtO ... lenon - 'iin. n(2) Twin Screw. (3) Triplo Scrw.Fitted with Wireless TelcEraphy.
ACCOMMODATION IS NOT SUR-PASSED HY ANY OTHER LINEApply
10 nr)NTD STREET. DHN'EDIN.
SOUTHERN S.S. COMPANY (I-TD.).
S.S. KOTARE.For INYKRCARGILL. -
THURSDAY,21st September. Cargo till 10 a.m.sharp.
For RIVERTON.-THURSDAY. 21st Sep-tcmlw. Cargo till 10 a.m. sharp.
KEITH RAMSAY. Agnnt_J 111 U I ,] LIN 10
!§kmliM-} STEAM RHS.NEW ZEALAND TO AVONMOUTH
(BRISTOL).5t,...,,,»r T0,,. unmjnnmlrr.
-AIIUYLLStIIIIK* l-.UJiI U'.Vllirr.kMiiAritsiintK' iiii'nii \V. .I.l'as«ll»NPHSIIIIt!t ~,
.,„ f)|ll,'i .1. \Vnlhf«
I'KiiTiisinitK EOiln .1. TlwmpsonlitiTKsiimit Rfliiil 11. J. Whcatman
USUI I'. I'nrdorMmuvsiiiiu- Krflfl J.Howard
' Twin screw.Tn<\ nl)ove mapnificent Stenmcre, which
hove nil been specially built for the NewZenland trade, will bo despatched atrcsiilar intervals.
Steamers are fitted throughout with everymodern convenience and accommodation inprovided for Snloon and Steerage Passen-gers. Doctor and Stowardes? carried.
Pnps.lso Money: Saloon, 40 RuinoaH prrAdult; Steerage, £14 10s, £16 10s. and £1010s per ndiilt, from any New Zealand port.
For further information npply to thoManntrinij Owners.
TURNBULL, MARTIN, & CO.,1 Crawford street, Duncdin.
F. H. S.FEDERAL-HOOLDER-SHIItE LINE9(Under Contract with tho N«ir Ze&lsnd
Government).DIRECT RERVICF, TO WEST COAST
TJNITEIJ KINO DOM PORTS.SURREY
Will lie Desp-Itrhorl frnmBLUFF (finally), SEPTEMBER 21.For AVOiVJlOintl. MVEltl'flfUi iIAJJ-
CHESTER, nnd OLASOOW,Tnkinjr Wool, Shinn Oencrnl nnd Rctrlgo-ralcrl Cnrgo »t Lowest Current Ratei ofFreight, to bo followed br other Firat-dnea
Stcamorii at Reirulw Interreli.Excellent Accnmmodntlon for First and
Third Clnts Pnsscn?ors. Fitted throughoutwith Electric Lii;ht. Surgeon and SUnardcssC
SALOON.-£42 Sinplb, £66 Return.STKERAGB-JBI4 10s, £16 10s. £18 10i.
Sini-ln: £26 10s. £30 15s. £34 5» Return.For Freight »nd PMPaife epply to
TURNBULL, MARTIN, ft CO.»r to Dunwlin;N.Z. AFRICAJI S.S. CO. (LTD.), -
Wclliugton.Joist Manocinc Artmta.
rnr^fFEDERAL-HOULDER-SfffßK).
DIRECT STEAM SERVICE FROMGLASGOW. AVONMOUTFI,
SIANCHESTER. and LIVERPOOL.TO NEW ZEALAND.
Our Next Despatches will bo:—MORAVSHIRE 16th SeptemberDRAYTON GRANGE 14th October
Importers will do well to instruct theirEnglish Correspondents to ship direct fromtho nbovemcntionc<i Ports, in Ike. numerouscaws whero a snyinpr in charges enn hofldecUd. For particulars apply to the N.Z.& AFRICAN S.S. CO. (LTD.). 2 Fcnclnirchnvonuc, Londntr: or their Awnta at Rristol,Glasßow. Manchester and Liverpool; or to
TURNBULL. MARTIN. & CO..Dunedin. Agents.
ORIENT LINEKott and Luxurious 12,00C-ton St«amon.
AUSTRALIA-ENGLAND.THIRD CLASS FARKS FROM NEW
ZEALAND:THROUGH SINGLE, £18. £20, £22.RETURN, £32, £36, £39.
SPACIOUS PROMENADE DECKSBMOKEROOMS. LADIES' MUSICROOMS on SHELTER DECK.
TWO-BERTH iud FOUR-BERTHCABINS on UPPER and MAIN DECKS.
Large, wellventilatod DININU SALOONon MAIN DECK.
W.'ito for illustrated circular Riving fullparlicmnra.
UNION S.S. CO. OF N.Z. (LTD.),15ji Asontn.~%ftrE BEO TO INTIMATE thnt .Mr*' DAVID GAIN he* SEVERED HIS
CONNKC'I'IOX with l.!io TILRI'RY FOR-WARMING COMPANY (LIMITED), 11m!tlml the Dusincss will lxi carried on .13 usualat Cruwford street,
Telephone 2304. 20s
SITUATJOIIS WANTED.
CASH ADVEIITISKMKSTS -iniler Ihi3 hiiiiilln;,Fonrlrcn Words, SIXI'KSCE rev insertion;£is inscrlioiH, 2s CJ; over fourteen Wordsnml no! exceeding Tni'nty-dmr Wunls, la;His 'iiscrliDiis, h>. Doiiblo ratei clir.rgeiisnli'S* r:iFh paiil.
WANTKI) (hy Young Woman). I'LAI'K» 1 (-a a>sift.—Town. Tiinos Ollice.
WANTED (hy Youth), POSITION" iiicli'.'iiiiM's. -'-Ad(lro.-s W., Tinu-s Ollicc.
MEDICAL MAN (dircn«ngpd) for Imimwork.—Address Lancet. Times Ollice
Outer wnnts SITITA-i-i TION any oapat-ity; uh\\ store, lmndwork.—Driver, Times Hllico. 20s
WANTED (liy Nowly-married Couple).SITFATION in winery ■-Particu-
lars to llralth. TiiiM.-s 20s I\7S7ANTHI) |l«- Exrnn->r.ixy| Wailross).T» SITUATION at onw.-Aildres-;
1!. M,. Timvs OfTicf. |
BAI'ON-CI'RER and Smiill-joods lljiikl j(Icmivs POSITION; kiiowl.-<l w ofRiwery.— XJ _H.J_Tiim-sjollice. 19sVOUTII 118) Wishes to Jxiarn WOOL-I CLASSING. - Address EiK'rgv.ri-,Timi-s OiTico. lln;
R.ugli CARPIvNTERINC;.II ciiriM'l.s laid, odd johs; handy.—;!
Krodpvirlcjtrix't, li-s\TrANTKD (iiy (Oiniwtont gill), .SITKA-T 1 TION as CiKik-Gciicriil «r Ilou^m.iiil.
Adilrcv, Rolial'lo. B;ilcllitlj:i _P.(.1. l<j. si'. SITI'ATIDN n« llou-,-- j
11 1.-i'i'per (l).v (li)liip.'.licalj'(l j>or-oii). - jI 1,7S
GOOD PAINTER Wants WORK liv (ho<lay.-No 2 Walbnrton torraoo, '.Main
I road, near tlardv'ii- 19ai QTRI'ING BOY would like lo lx> Appreu"-
j O ik-i-il to 1.!i,. I'LUMUING.-Waitiii-,',i Tinies Ollicc. ifa |
EEKPWri'ABLK Young Married W<.ni.in I' (with 0110 child, 3) desires POSITIONas hoiisekrojXT, town or country.—Addresst; A., Rftflyn l\«t Od'ice.
'
20s
PAINTING and r.iiwrhanginir. - 'llio IStandard of Kxcdlenw lo lie had froi-.itho Wall Paper Show Rooms, opposi'oFirst Church; David Scott, proprietor. FrcocstimntoS. lau
OTAGO WITNESS.-Now Stories. A }uri>amount u! UcmJill' Mattvr. I'rico txl
SITUATION! VABAHT.
CASH AnVKIITIPKMEXTS under Ilils liradlno,Fourteen Words, PIXI'ESCK |wr Insertion;Hit Infcriloiu, is Gil; over Fourteen Words nn Ino ,, exceeding Twenty-lour Words, la; Pitiiurallciu. i>. Doubts ratw rfmsnl ""!<*»
cash paid. In replying to advertisementsc! Situations Viwant ' uppllcinU fliosiM sen!I'OriES o! Tuiiinonials, HOT Orijilo>"j. (
WANTED, ii HOY; apply «t mill.—A. '.Steven ami Co., Water <if I-" ,, ' ,11-,...General fSEUVANT.-T
H .Melville street, Diinedin. 19_3TX7AXTKU, 12LWIiI'KNTKRS. Freezing
v \ Works, Bulcluiha.-Apply Kw'i'lllLKIJ, 2 < r 3 Smut BOYS; highest
M waijc.-.—Apply (at once) Ropcworks,Suiiiii Dunedin. ___■ _
2^>(30s), Handy
» » .Man (accustomed U) slii-ep; 255).— ■Particulars Brow, 109 .Maitlanii street,
__
"OJANTIW, 2 BOYS, for printing fnc-' » tory, as machine feeders.—Universal
Company,' Ms_lligh_MrceL 20s
MISS SPAIN, Dominion Agency, Wants-Children's N'ur>.o iQueenstowii),
General or Middle-aged Womtin (Durnsido).
MISS SPAIN Wnnts-Pnrloiirmaids (17sfcd, 15s; town), Generals Girls (assist),
(Jooks (hot-Ms, country jJOs). 20s
MISS SPAIN Wniits—Housemaid (hotel,Central Otago). lioneral (20s; institu-
tion, cotiiilry), Ilomoiimid. 20s
WANTKU, Yowii? MAX for farm.—Apply (etatins experience and
wages ex|Hxted) Diligent, Times Oilice.
WANTED, (JENERAL; lfe week:easy place; two adults.—Address
Tho Manic, Wailamma. 20*
IS7"AXTKIJ, Smart LAD, to assist inH packing.—Apply ltitdiio's, 309 Moray
place.
WANTED, Yoiniß MAN, for penoialfarm work; must be good milker.—
Jlnrhoiir_
19-*
WAITED, First-class NURSE.-App'v(at oiia.') 18 Chamberlain street, Maori
lli]L___ _i9iTTSTANTED. Fin-t-clnM COAT HANDS,
T T al-o linprovons.—Miss Droome, Gooriwftreot. -___j'tWANTED, Experienced LINKER for
joining toes; highest waßOS.—ApplyHosedalc Factory, Invercaririll. 15s\
W"ANTED, \VINCinL\N and Black-smith, with driver's lieW.—Apply
Manager, Lower Nevis <lredp>, Nevis.WAN™), Experienced Siiifflo SIIKP-
-11 lIKUD.—Apply ManaserWilden Sta-tion, Heriot.
__
14sTI7ANTED, Intelligent LAD for counter
»» work and messages; nif;ht work.—Apply Mnnaper Ota),'o Daily Times. ]4s
mo TAILORESSES.-Wanted, TrotiscrI nnd Yost IIANDS.-T. and J. Tiioni-
fon, Tiinaru. 19s
WANTED, Shorlliancl-wrilor and General Clerk.—Apply
Wesley Turton, Quociistown. 19b
jpOMPOSITOR.-Wimtod (Immediately),VJ All-round Jobbing Newspaper COM-POSITOR. - Apply (with references)Manager, Spectator, CiiriiMchurch. 20s
MRS FIUSKR, 30 Stuart stroet-Cooks, Housemaids, parlourmaids,
Cook-Generals (town, country; £1), Nurse-jjirls. 2Cs
"RANTED (at once), 2 Smart, BOYS» ' tor factory; accustomed to labelling
jircftrwJ.—Wilson, Balk, and Co., Jettyhired. 20a
WANTED, CAXVASSEPi, for Adver-tising Dopnrtine.nl.; state a Re, oxperi-
once, nnd salary required.—Southland News,Inverearßill. lfis
WANTED, mi IMPROVER for thubaking trade for tlie country; one
that can mould preferred.—Apply Millers'Association. . 20sWANTED. LADY, assist with alfwnrk*
» and two children; small collage, coun-try; £1 weekly; references.—Temporary,Times Office. lUsTITANTED, Good Journeyman HAKKI!;YT steady, reliable; references required;
constant biilet.—Kirliy and Co., FalincrctoiiSouth. 19sjfiKNTiiiMi labour KxciiAxisKiV Arca'le. Wanls-Ploiiplimen, Yoiitb,Sliiieers, Xo/zleincn. Woman Cook, Koii.se-abut. 20?pLOUOHMAN. - Wanted, CompetentJL Ploughman, married or single; stntowaifw required.—G. J. Wreatliall, Geral-dine, Canterbury
SRUNE'S, 228 Princes Mrcet. Wants—(irooiii, Cowman Islalton), Plough- j
men. Married Couples, Shepherd (middle-au'ei! man). Cowboys, Kami Hands, Cow-men liHi-deniT.s. Milkers Youtli (learnliiiiflieryl. K"ii*c;i!ioiitA. 29sWANTED, SMART MAN,~vitii Whole-fale SollL-oods Expe.ricire, to ASSIST inSTOCK ROOM and do TOWN TRAVEL-LINO.
Addresi to DOX 74.2to Dunedin.
A C C 0 U N T A ~S~~T.We retjuiro a First-cla-s Certifieatod Ac-
countant, who can attend to .all eonvspon-and take chart,"- of oßice. A iiio.
enorsetiu man. not afraid of work, and wiil-in? to pu'h.
Apply (liv letter only)Till' C.UMI CYCI.E DEPOT,
19? Ignjit-oiffo Mrtvt, Diinefliii.
W" ANTE I),
Competent SHORTHAND REPORTER,i
For Permanent Position on the Staff of |
tho Otago Daily Times.
Appliraiions (nddrcsswl to tho Kditor) willbn roroivwl up to 21st September. hWAIKATO UIVKR JIOAHU NOTICE.CALLINO relit APPLICATIONS Kill!.!
POSITION OF I'KUMAXKXT K.Vtil-NKEIS.
AjiplicJilioiw will be rrccivnl by nn> uptill MIINDAY. the 2nd .lay of' Oclolvr,1911. for the Position of Permanent Qunli'-fwil Civil and Knifiucer |() (| lc .Waikato Hivor Board.
AH"iipplifatintiS] («latiii!r falary re<|uireilnnd enclc.fini; copies of testimonials, ('ld tohe to A. 0. (iUs. Esq.. Chair-
I man. Waikat.i Kin-r ll;ar<I. Morc;or. Auc!:-jp.nd, and marked " ICnirincer's Applica-tion" on back of envolojie.
AItTIH'R n. fiLAPS,Chairman. Waikalo River Hoard, Mercer
Mercer, 141li Sopt.-'niker 1911. Jgs
boUTH CANTKRIIUI'.Y ACCLIMATI-°
SATION SOCIETY.
P.ANfiICR.
APPLICATIONS are nvited for thoPosition of llanjjcr to the alwve Hociely.
Salary, £120 prr annum, with frw liou?e.Applications io bi) nddrcsHvl to the
Cliainnan. ciii- of t.he umlersisnul, on orMore 301 h INST.' Any inforniiiii'Mi rripiirril may bo olj-
tained from the undersigned.W. (i. ASI'IX.U.L.
Sx'rotarv.Temuk.l, Septomlh>r !). "les
EX A M S.A Good Memory i< essential. Tho
l'elinaii System makw iiciuiLsition uf knowpleasant, and lcoulieetioii at cxania.
certain Taught by post. Half an hourdaily for six weeks completes the course.Writo for freo booklet. Pelman Soluiol ofMemory, 51 York Chambers. Queen street,Melbourne.
F> plovers.—Mr Richard Allen, Kelvin(■lrri't, Inverc.irgil!, has been appointedSoio Agent for oncairemcnl of all labour re-quired :it the mills in Utajjo and South-land. No tc-es iKivnblo. 5s
AMUSEMENTS.
R U 11 N S HAL L.JIORAY riiACB.
' Ila.vwnrd's Picture Entorprwcs (Ltd.).HAYWARD'S I'UnUHKS. Urightost.HAYWAIin'S PICTURES. Best.
Tfl-iiirrl,t. at 8. To-niplit nt 8.ThoFUNKRAI.of MrT E. TAYLOR, MI, .
ThoßNKitALof MrT. K.TAYLOR. M P.Thin Picliiro dcmnnslrate's the fact tlir.t
!he D«»»«l Kn * a favourite of i'.ie lwolilo.TliK IMttIOKED ROAD.
Love of ii Slimmer Morn Drama,HEARTS AND I'LAGK Drain*Witch nf tho Evcrshidi's DraniiiROYAL PORCELAIN WORKS...lndustrinlTakinir n Red ComioTONTOLINI SlinoflNG ComioBill Get? his Wnsliim; done Comio
Admission: 6d. Is, Is 6:1.
BITUATICN3 VACANT.
A DULY - QUAI.IFIKD MEDICAL-A I'RAITITKINI'R AYiinlnd for thoW«t Il:i,r|y>ur I/wlro, J.A.0.D.. Ravens-lxiurno. Applicntions (marked) t<i Im> lo<lsetl■with or (uldro-swl to tlio IJidoreinntd onor before WKDNKSDAY, 27th.
DAYID LARNACII,Secretary
_Box 418. 20s(for (he Dunedin Ilorlicnl-n ttiral Society's Show, to Ik, hold mi
tho Aftfrnoi/iw mid Ivveniuw of tho 4;hand sth litldhor). an ORCHESTRA of notless t.lian Five Performere. Applications,f-tutiiiir terms, to lx> lodged with or i:<l-(lrc-iod to iho LT nd:'i-si''iiwl on or beforeFRIDAY, 29th.
DAVID LARNACII,JP.O. Box 418.
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_Scerctary__(PLOTII ING and Mercery.-Smart*J .lUNIOR Wantwl; slato rxperiencomid wages rpqtiired.—Junior, Times Ofliee.
MISCEtLAMEnIIS WAMTJ.
t:As 11 A|i\'Kl:nsKUHST.« under llil? hMcllnc.Fonrtcvn Wonl«, SIXI'EXCK r" Inßtrtion;Pit niSL-rlioiiß, 2> e<l; over Fourtifn WcrJsnn!net nccfditi;; 'J«intj-lour Wonln. If, Sitliiforltonp, 6s. Ikublo rates durgeJ iinlp.'.fciika iMi'l. >n»icuirnl6, ilocliiißJ, Show>.Tendfrj, nnJ Similar Announcements are NOTinn'rlc:! in tills column it clieap r.itw, bulmust tic pniil lor at ordinary fc;i!p.
YOU Want High-grade BEDDING;•«• lowest ]iiicos; l>est ticking; wool,
llock, finest kapok; then
CALL or write M-tckenzio, Great Centra)Furnishing Warehouse, Moray placo
(near Station) for prices. / 9ap
A GKNTS Wnnlcd for tlio Salo of well-il' known, highly-matured ScotchWIIISKIKS: terms libcral.-Apply D. A.lihiml nml (.'o. (Limilfil), k'ilh, Scollaml.\SrANTED to PURCHASE. 4 or 5-
* » roomed COTTAGE, Ilroii-J or Mncan-dro'.v's Hay, alxmt. <|uartcr-ucrc; ctatolowc-t iiricc—L'afh, Times OlTico.TSSrANTED-nusincss Men to send for"* fii'o "Trwitisp on Filing," (lefcrihing
tho fimple, ocoiioniicaJ. and effective Sto!-zoJibcrs svstoni of lilinsr corros|K>n<!oiic«'.Over 100 million files sold! N.Z. Rop.,J. Rodirer. 191g Cashel street, Christchnn'li.
WANTED, 7, 9-Toom«l HOUSE; cen-trinl; stat> lowest rent.—Prompt,
Times OlTice. 2_osIirANTED, Rent for a term HOUSE of
I » • 6 rcoms upwards; o.tcellont tenant.-Hojt_ll6. 19s■^irANTED to Buy, 4 12ft forms.-Stato•' price lo A. Park, Waikouaiti.
WANTED Piirehnr*. 1 or 2 SECTIONS,yuns-hine.—(,'arter and Co., Ex-
clu.iij;e Court. 19s
\3TANTED. Dredge TOP TUMBLER;T » squnrn of tumbler 17in, driving ond
of fhaft fiin; i-tato whero to bo soon.—J.Nolmui, Gloiioro. 18sWANTED, Dairymen ask for. "Cow
(.'leaii.-'ft"; n.Rents everywhere;hralthy• cows means jiioro milk, bijrtrerchc(|lli<.
.__10s
WANTED. Kind Motherly PersonADOPT Imby at birth.-Addrees
'I'helma, caro Southlaml Times, Invcixnr-«HL Us
WANTED to 11UY, FURNITURE andSundries; highest prico given.—
IJoildy. '03 King street. 15s
WANTED, i MILLIARD TARI.I-iT-rttato ex.itt fiizo. price, and particu-lars to ftox 50, Waikouaili. j.Ss
PIGEONS Wauled nt once.-Alex.Hiniiic and Co., 215 fioorjjo strtot.
DuiiAlin. Ifis
ITjiCZEMA CI'RED!-My Herbal Trcal-■fl-J men! positivoly Curce this ilietrcssiiißtrouble.--Thompson, hcrbnlist, Oamaru.
ANTED! Racon PlGsThiirhost ,-ricoiiivon.—Apply Irvine and StevsiiFon,Dimodin. lOja
WANTED KNOWN-Thomson and Co.,Moray place (opixjsilc First (.liureh
can Supply MONUMENTS nt cheap rates.WANTED, Puretasers llcadstoiicsTGravoRailiiifu to CALL at Thomson and(.'o.. Moray plnco (opposite First Church).
M" ONARCHof tho present and of tho future.Speixlv, complete, durable.
MONARCH■ inrs nro now copini from tlio Mon-arch, tiny tho original.
MONAIKIiimi todatc fo.ifurc.i then found onany two other Typewriter.! inajc
MONAHCIIiispil inorn tlinn any other niako inf)'tnrrliii and district.
MONARCH YlSlHLE'~P~ric7ir£26":c«5 per cent. Tho best is cheapestill Illii end.
MONARCHvon will eventually buy.—N Z'H. l'J: :.^'Ju-I'^ILL J!xevi -'
WANTED. ELEOTRfrPLATINoTofdWare Re-plated equal to new, atMorrison's Electro-plating Works, Morayplace.
WANTED-Spoons, Forks, CWts7ctc.,to RE-PLATE; (-unranlced equal to
best Ktiglisli iilate.-Jlorrison'.s Jlora7j
! TAMES BERNARD SHAW, M.I,'Ta"0 Mot:i|.liysician. Why -iiffor when youran call at 165 Moray plaro North and him)iiuarniilwil relief mid cnni, ]j,
! Tji " 'III.\IMEI/for""WpcldinT~a^riJj'i:JL o day Pro.'pnl.--: Watches, .lowellory,and Vases; W>st sohflion in town.—P.lliiiimel, the leading jeweller, 99 ami J35Georßc elrect. 12mMI?S LOGAN, T.V|)isrStock~Ex 2 hnnßeSpecifications. Circulors, etc. AsentImperial Standard (Visible 1 Ty|x;writflrTelcphonc_l26._ 6my
WEJiUY ur Kxclibiiro Furniture-nndSmidries of every description.—
O'Doniiell. JM Kim; street. 2jm
BA. SToiiRS (luto. Stokes). Kia-tcro (Jjclo Work). 1..1-PAIRS
PAIRS all clnssen cycle.y trial solicited.
BLAND'S Vi!?ttablo llai7~D7t)."""i'"W;(jiiaranleod harinlefs; n0 irreonien
fliiklm. -Solo neer.t, .Miss Clou(jh. 24i
Tef ATIUMUXIAL.-lie', our ~|]iiiarat«i$1 CATALOG UK j wo lead furnishinl;complete; lowest ii.'icpj; tiptop stvlo.-^Ma<".in<. Ottaffon. ' g,•jj MPKRIAL STANDARD Tylm?1 WiUTI.R. £121 C%; beautiful work;no icimirs.-- I.oi;:iii's Typewntur Akoiicj,..Siiicl; Kxfhaii'.'p. l)nml ftreet.ycT'KItI'XUOtJS "flairs.O imiiily Idniovod bv ELECTROLYSISMiss Buyer. 61 Stuart ttroet (opposito ift.Paul's). ITS
PIU'rCHAIUjTsiI CashBuyer Men's Allots and l^utt-utt
Uuihiiii;, Undurwcar, Duots, Trunks, i'ort-maiiteatix; nl:o l.tuhoV and Cliildrcml.oilolf Clothing. Sjkjl ca&h. Hint,' upTi4'|ih(i>ie 2576 or ivrito. loUUI'EKIi'LUUUij 11AIRS Pcrmanontiy
Removed by only suro way. Ecol?Treatment .1 siMei.illy.—Mi« Clough.
"JDALMISTRY. - Marvellous Readings,A Prospect.', Marriiißo, Destiny, lkisi-iicM, Evonts, etc.; send 9d stamps, birthdale.—Arimi, Arden street, North Mel-bourne, Victoria. • Is
I AMUSEMENTS.
THE Tf ING'S miIEATRE.Ji\. ' JLProps., John Fuller and Sons.
j FULLERS' VAUDE\ai,T,K COMPANY.■ l'verybody of our new RIULLIAM
Prognimme.AN "ALL-STAR" COMPANY,
i' AN AVALANCHE OV CLEVEUNESS......•,»..«.•�«»«••*•«"
: S' T *A* R* if *iiml *1* *F* V L* I *K.; S T A It It mill I. K s !' I h-
, j A regular "riot" apiiii last nierlit.i' ' STAJtR AND LESLIE.•■*i**ii*i *ii\\ *y> 111 * * i.'|i COLIN OAMI3UQN. Scotch' Tenor.i MABELLE. HOB LLOYD.
, Nellie Power, Jos. Mullaney, FrankMartin, Tlio Rhcdesburys, etc.
All Artists worth feeing.Prices: DC. nnd OS., ?«; Stalls, Is. Finn
i at Jiicobj's.
|' SHOV/S.
WAITAHUNA Horticultural Socicty.-'15ie Annual Show \yill bo
hold in Carmody's Hall, Waitalmna, onWednesday, 27th'September, 1911. Kntrirs
i on Aloiulav.-J. H. PATRICK. Secretary.
i ' RELIGIOUa.I
I QTAGO St'NJDAY SCHOOL UNION'.
i I A MKI-rriXR OF TEACHERS and nil] interested in Sunday School woric will bo|lield TO-NIOIIT (WEDNESDAY) in thoj Methodist Church Schoolroom, Bath street,
■ i Moinington, at. 7.45 o'clock. Addressest by Messrs Ralph Gibbio, 8.A., and O.>; I-'lemiiif; M'Donald. 20s
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLESOCIETY.
Tho lt<n\ A. TAYLOR. M.A., SecretaryJ of Hie alvivo Society, will Ih> in .Stuart
! Holl, Frederick street, on FRIDAY. 22ndt inst.. lit. 8 p.m. A CONFERENCE will Iμ' held. William Rrown, Jvvi., President o!
f tho Otaf-o liiblo Society, will lx? in thei chair. All Ministers of tJie Gospel and
Christian Workcrn in nil the Churches arc• invited to n-.eet. Mr Taylor and take Dart
; in the Conference.,' Mr Taylor will nl.: o Ad<lre;s a Meeiinß
of Yoiitur People in Knox Church Sunday: School on SABBATH, 24th inst.. at 2.30
' p.m., and pivo an Addr«"-s in St. Paul's1 Cathedral tho same livening.
' DAYID IiORRLE,20, i Secretary Ola-jo Bible Society.
i
LOST AND FOUND.
" CASH ADVEIITISKIIKNTS umlcr this ttndlngFourteen Word*, SIXPEKCK per insertion;£i.t itificrtions, % C<l; ever Fourteen U'orJi
) mill not Iwuuty-luur Wonls, la;Hlx icscrtloiu, 6j. Duublo rated chargedimlrfp cash paid.
r T OST (between Morningion wid St.' JL-1 Andrew's Church, Walker streoi),
SILVER IJKLT; reward.-llaffills. Z' liHiruo street; or 27 Ulon road. 2ft
LOST (between St. Andrew street nndMorniiigton), a Pair of (told-iimmcd
I PINCE-NEZ.—Reward return Slijo. BookI jtellers, Gcorgo street. 20a
I J OST, Light Bay HORSE, trace clipped;-β-j reward.—Corner Forbury crescent am:
j Richardson street, .St. Kilda. 2ft; T OST (Aupiist) Whito-nnd-rod COW,JU coming to profit—Re-ward eommuni-
- cato 1 Hanover street. 18s• hriirPloimdors, Groper--T Mullet. LiiiK, Trumpeter, Germit,
? Crayfish, Oysters, Kipjicrs, Bloat-ers.-. .Swcetinip. 2(h
1 TiIOUND-Tho war to Save Money. Buj• JL your next SUIT mado to measure! from Tho Don. 29jv7' — '
: PERSONAL.[•
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> ADVEItTISEMEXTS under tbu heading »r<lDScrtcil at tho following rates: Not euwtlim1 FonrtMQ Words, Is per inscrliou; orcr Koarj ti-eu but not exceeding Tncnty-lour Words
:>. Cash witli order,
H' KIRS WA N T~¥~s!—
As .Indicia! Factor on tho Estate ofi GEORGE BROWN, son of the lato Joseph■ Brown, Cabinetmaker in Mnburuli, andr.ephew of tJio late Goorgo Brown,
" Timber Merchant in Edinburgh, I Hereby) Intimate that I inn about to Distribute
Uio Mst.ite in my hands, nnd I desire thattho said (jcoiro Drown, if alive, or his
j representatives, or anyone who can Rivemo information roßnnliiifr him or them,
- will at once communicate with me. Goorgo; Brfown h supposed to havo conn to Aus-
tralia a i;reat ninny years apo, nnd it if' believed lie hud relatives in Australia ami' Tasmania.
CHARLES M. SMART. C.A..\ 26jy 65 Casllo street, Kdinburirh.', TO LET.' CASH AnVKHWnunXTS under tills hendlng0 Fourteen Wordi, SIXI't.M'JE pe- insertion;1 EU insertions, Ii Gd; ;ver fourteen Word:
ind not eicccdliiß Twenty-lour Words, Is;Six insertions, ha. l)oub!o rates chargedr unlcsn cash pnitl.
" TOLVERY FACTORY TO LEIFor a Term of Six Years,
With all iiocfwary Plant ami Power.Centrally situated in City.
i ApplyA. k D. MACPHERSON,
j Timber Jleivliants, Empire Buildings.1 mO LI'lT (Urowl Buy), the C'reseenl
A HOCSK; <J rooms"; bath (hot, coUIwater); euljery; Kardeii; stablo; fowl
j. hotiso; suiUiblo boarditiK-liome.—AppljPerpetual Tru.!4ccs. 20.-
j mo LET (or for Snlc), 7-rcomed HOUSE,X SO Queen street; thnroiiß-hly renovated;h. and <■.. sus.—Apply J. Allen", Stock Ex
rhatiKO Buildings \f,.
I rglO LET, 5 ROOMS; J-acre scotbn, -*- planted: irlasrJioii.-r. Kockyside; 11s
F. ami I,'. Martin. Octagon. 20:WAREHOUSE, Oniccs, "aml~Packing
, »» li'jiiin; trioniul lloor, Moray placej ion- rental.- Hok 263, P.O.'
20sPUKETERAKI.-To LET, 4-roomec
Furnished HOUSE; £1 n week.—Swx j View, Ivjiritano. ](~
' j mo LET, Furnished ROOM or ROOMS:, i «- ofiifral—Carter and Co., Kxchangi
• j C""j;i_. lft' i mo i.KT. 6 ami Broomed liol-SK: cvorj
j ; I conveiiienco; close train.', school.-'-' J Apply Thorn. Caver>h:im. lg,
j mO LET (St. Cluir), Sitting and Doublet 1. UEIUIOOM: use kitchen; suit couple! --Apply Lambert's. 19.
[ \ rp.O LKT (Cnversh::m), Groomed HOUSEj j «. cvi'ry convcnii-iicc--Apply M'Crack
. ,' ell'.- Slnro. Ciiverjliaii:. 19;
l! BUSINESS SECTION. ..ppn.-ite Seho.l,[i -II? Southland; £5 year: >tonv, blai>|;.• I fmilh. siny liiisimv.r.—K-prit, Times Office.
MODERN (iroomed HOUSE;new,evorvcotivonience; close tram. train;a • (,'avi'rjhiiiiij_lßs.—While, 95 Stuart street.
! ; (pENTRAI. OFFICES and SampleI ; \J Rooms, Bond, Crawford streets; low;'■ rent;.—Hooper, 52 L'rnwfnrd street.
, ' rp> LET, SHOP, I'rinco Albrt road;- JL suit any business.—Apply J. Austin
'■ 63 Oxford_ otrcpt. j^
' !mO IiKT, 5-roomnd HOUSE, Aruylc; 1 street, Mornin.nton; every conveni-
- . ineo.—Tlimiifon ami Co., Moray i>laoe.(. r|lO I.KT, 7-roomed HOUSE; lmthroon, I. (hot, nnd cold water), gas; bc,~t narli l/>ith street.—Moderate. Moray Place Posljj Ollic.-. 14;
JET or SELL, SHOP and 6 ROOMSJ all conveniences.—B Havclock street
1 Moriiiii;toii. n<\ mo LEASE, SHOP nnd OFFICEsTcenA trnl position. Doe street.—Amjlj/ Holmes. 48 I>ect street, Invercargill. '
OFFICES—Single Rooms nnd in Suitesreduced rent*.—White, Temple Court
;. 95 Stuart street. \^\.
h mO LET. I,arßo FLOOR SPACE, euitahliI- X for warchoujo, ehowrooia, or factory,& Apply A. Morituoa end Cα. 29c
AMUSEMENT!.
DUNEDIN COMPETITIONS SOCIETY(Incorporatisl).
TENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL.r —•• -
HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
, TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT'j At 8 o'clock.
Chairman. Dr ROBERTS,
\ Piano Solo—"La fc« aux Roses."Recitation—"The Maesacro of Glencoo."Sacred Solo (tenor)—" Waft Her Anßcls."Recitation—" Going A-mnyinß.'
K Soprano Solo—"A Request."Recitation.—Huinoratis (ladies).Vocal I)iiet~" Comrade to Arms."
i Comedietta—"Cupid in the Kitchen."
DAY SESSIONS._ Victoria Hall.—Morning Session: Recita-
Ijone, "Tho .Mnssauro of Glencoo" and"Goinp; A-ninyintr." Afternoon: Humorous
0 Recitations (ladies).,s H.M. Tlieatre.—Morning: Piano Solo... "La fpe aux Roses," .Soprano Solo, a ro-= quest-. Afternoon: Vocal Dnot, "Com-
rade, to Anns" iSccicli Sour).
'. Admission: Day Scwions 6d. Tonight,Dress Circle, 2s;" Downstairs, Is.
U 2£e Secrctarj^0 4 CORNET FOR BEGINNERS AT A11X MODERATE PRICE!
Jlany men have often thought of- laking up Cornet playing, but have,B changed their minds oii account of tho
hiuh price of a cood instrument.We nro now nhle to offer a Cornet
y ino-ft-, suit-ahlo for nt tho•t moderate price of £2 12s 6d. Thisd Cornet is of hich English njtch, with0 Rood sulfft.-iniial case, and will bo posted>' to any address for £2 12s 6d>1C ___
*CHAS. REGG & CO. (LIMITED).r t Headquarters for Musical Instruments.PRINCES STREET. _DUNEDIN.
1 TkAVID WISHART. C.II. AND D.T.,10 *J 3 GRANT STREET (off Hich street).
<s SPECIALIST IN SKIN DISEASES." Tho external treatment of Dis«ii6e9 of
the Skin whether with lotions or ointment*= or whatsoever else, is detnonsfrably ihallovr
in conception, wronß in theory, harmful inpractice, and thcroforo inadvisable"
- 'Phone 769.r, THKATIUCAL MANAGERSl< m and Others to know that tho Otaco'; Daily Timw undertakes the POSTING of« WOODCUTS (any iir.o), STREAMERS_
POSTERS, and every description cf Pr«t-ine in tho moat prominent positions in the
> City on shortest notice,g '3* EDUCATIONftL.
J ,i LILYANDRA COLLEGE 0¥ MUSICj.. Buildings, Octagon; hours, 10)3 to ?; Royal Icttors pt-tont. Rapid System;- Riianir.teed to tfach piano from perfect• nimic in 8 les.wns. Whoncvcr the world
fj" is startled witli some great new idea_ on.anatin.tr from the hiain of tome great>', man of senilis the ennsbrvative are ecopti-i- cal and tho (juidiiiincs amazed. Tho tele-is ]>Voi>e and wireless telegraphy were oncer hiugliprl at; they, art now simple facts ofj" everyday life. So it is with the Alexandra_ M"thod of Piano Phiyin-r. This new system)j i<j al-soiiitcly revolutionary. It is far
simpler Own tho old method. Any person[ T of iivr-raht, intelligence after an hour's cero-id ful attention-to tho directioiu will he ablo= to sit down to the piano and play from
music in both the trcblo and bass clefs. Noformer knowledge of imuic rcquirixl. Tha
~ Alexandra Mrithod cjihances tiho value of" your piano !x?oause it enables every member
,rs of the ffinily frort the oldest to thoS) youngest to derive pleasure fiom the in-
stiument by playing it. instead of merelyJ" lifteninir toothers wading painfully through• tlw old notation. I'rco demonstrations. daily. 19s
h T ANGER SCHOOL OF DRESSCUT-d JJ TING. Mrs A. G. KERR (Recis-i. tered Teacher) can sign railway eonco&siony tickets. 3 High ftrcet.
Olasfios Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m! Salur-(t dnvs cyropUn!.is F.vcninc Classes commence<l March 13.•o Material Cut <lnrinir First Lesson.i. Fee, 25s for 12 Lessons. Sinsrlo Ixtsron,ro Is 6fl. Paper Patterns Cut to Measure.Ie QTAMMT:RINC. Permanently CURED. No(l O failures. All le>wns private. .Cures
by letter n specialty. Reciting taught. Con-sultation frea.—Oswald Metcalfe, No. 13.Second Floor, Octagon Buildings, Octaeon,
a Duncdin. 16auAt* PASSES last threo years. Rev. T.
- **t) Russell/ M.A.. Desires PUPILS.s; Matriculation, other classes; corj] rwpondenco tuition.—Caro Mrs White, 479s; Gcorso street, Duncdin. 2SJ7
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IMPORTATION AND DOMINIONFINANCE
Bv 11. Diuscit.N'n one who lOiiJs tJic daily nopors tan
help lv>iti? struck liy tJio attention t-lint linsboon bestowed, during tiiopast few niotit.hs,upon tho iina-ticial iKKition of the Dominion,a n<l in particular upon tho quftition.whotlior or not \vc imported too 'much intho year whicli emlwl on .March 31 last.
At tho nioinimt. I havo before mo Mrpoaiioliamp's speech nt the unniial nicot-iiic of tho \hnk of N«sw Zealand, (ho to-
cent reiniirks of thechairman of the Cham-ber of Commerce at Duncdin. nnd Mr J. A-.loliiislone's ii(i|>or read lx>fore Hint Ikhlv,nlso a stil>-lradcr of the Ol«i(fo Daily Timesof AitgriLst 14, and 11. \V." Segar'sletter to t.ho Atieklaitd Star of Aiiriisl 24.
It cannot be denied that, an understand-inir of tho iTilatioiishins !>et\veoii importsand exports, and of tlieir fluctiinling <lif-forences ir.iret k> of value, because, ovenwhile n correct diagnosis may not enabiou<! to cope willi financial maladies, at le.v.t,we mny avoid dosing ourpplves withsix'cific.'i for iniaginan, ailments..
I am not, out to prove or disprove'fhostatistics or fipurps at!opt<><l by any otherperson. That wouM be a profil.los.,' task.
Aocopt.in.sr t.ho. ficiirw given by Mr Beau-champ in order to have a Kisis, I shallattempt to demonstrate that thcro are fac-tors olhor than those wo linvc soon mil)-lislvod, which iiiil,!*. lie taken into considort-tion in attomptii:<; in obtain a clear view
of the position.The. worcls in which Mr fienurhamn nr-
restwi nnbHc attention were uttered in hisrapntMly us head of nn institution who>-<>nimificatioiH pfnnente our national financiilexistence—Uio Bank of New Zealand. He
said:—It will bo noted that while exports for
1911 show an increase of only*
£29,818,imports havo increased by £2,611.245.Tli'? liptres indicate a disiiosition to over-importation, which if not oliccked orcounterbalances! by ii corrcsiwidiasjrrowth in our ex)«ris, may lea<l to strin-
Kent financial conditions in |,ho Dominionlater on. Tho iwsition sugerrsts to tliediscfrniii',' t.lie need for caution. It inout. of the amount realised for our ex-ports that wo |xiy for the iprads \je im-port, and also nrovide for the annual in-terest on iho publio inHrbte<lne!« of (lie
community to the foreipn money-lciiiler.The interest charge oil our debt is ttiti-inntol at. £3,500.000 per annum, and docsnot appear fxewivn. lii tiio four yearslo March 31, 1911. our imports werevnlmxl at £65,939.067. and thc amminlduo on interest during the same periodwas approximately £14.000.000. New Zo.i-
lihhl had, tjierefore, to find a sum of£79.939.067. Our exports for the periodtotalled £77,596.252-*) that we wore£2,342.815 short, of requirements.The abovo warning against importation
was <telivorod, I have no doubt, under asciiHP of responsibility, «> that ono may boconfident, that thu word? were duly con-sidered and UTii<rhed in the liiiht of factsluhl evidejice that are accessible to few|)cople bcsid(ti the speaker. It. is a ))ity,however, he did not take us more into hii
confidence, ami allow Us on what his con-clusions wero based.
lie proves that tho operations of fouryears past disclose a considorablo sOiortapo.Why, oao may a?k, do<v he fix on fouryears? Kitlior one-half Iho iioriod or llmdouble of it (i.e.. two years or ei|;ht yeartl )wv.iild have shown a surplus. On his ownlißtiivs we made a surplus lost ye;ir alonnof over £600.000 after paying for importsami intewt.. so on the surface there doesnot. «!>|N-;i,r any c.mso for despondency,men if we did imjvirt considerably morethan in the previous year, while Unit, largerimportation itscf nmy prove ii|X>n examina-
tion to 1)0 less unfavourable than at first,bltifh appear*.
Tiio staiist'ics qircted by Mr Bcntic3ianii>nn»:—
Yearended
March 31. l/cports. Imports.1908 £17.863,842 £17,466.4211909 16,767,818 16.313.7591910 21,467.387 14,773,8211911 21.497,205 17,385.066One is struck at once !>y Hie coiisiderahlo
slvKii'k'tgi! in iiniwrlatimifi for 1910, ami,U|K)ii reflcjclimi, this appears more note-worthy rftino.:i:l)or:ii(,r th*t iiliiMttivllv in-tonii.il tivuio duri«3r tho |>ori<xl had not Viecur:oro than cr.linarily <lull
Tin' (iii.wlion stt-fKestß itsf4f: W]i.-ro dlilwo jfot tlm Im nioct the <le-niaiuls of.suoh a. trade,?
A noKilblo and rather obvious expJnli.T-tion occurred lo m<:, aud 1 iras not sur-pritiNl when, urio.it in<|uin-, it was con-firmed l>y tho liiu-ds of si'vonil (liKtribuliiii, ,;lioiimv who* operations cover the wJicbof tin' Dominifoi. It is ihis: In mnscfiuonvoof the partial panic of 1959 niorulunte .-uultnul'TS had to carry nivr fairly larpifilwks, and naturally they nil <lown «>n-si(l(ir.ilily tiieir retpiiri'miMilj: fmin abroadduring tho j-car, l!)10 (i.e., yearondiif3 Maroh 31. 1910).
ThiM) Kl/iokn oarrinl nm. pliLi the s-mallor■wn'iniiJMtionß of 1910 itself, wero the onlyrw.iiirres avavhilJe in ux-> t the. t.-ado of lh«>y<-.ir. and the infel<iu<» :« not unfair ljt.-itnt the (i!n?o nf 1910, iitocloi iihipl Iμvp lxvn</)iisi<l«ra-bly <>nU<n inlo. In fart, tho cvi-donees F Invo l:ron Me to <i!'lisn f.hi«v I 'l.ls-i.t whore the.ro v.-as any diffornneo he- I 't«r«Ml t,ln> relative siww of at the eml 'of the ycYus 1909 and 1910 t,h<. tmidfwy i 1li.-i/l liocn tmranls rwhiction. njid that many 'reduction.* wore cr.iipidpr.ihle. 1
On Lhc whole it. nppo.iwth.it stocks crimr- Jally had been brought down to a l<™rr <Wei than usual.Assuming that wo started the now period
1911 wHth dnpleted ittoc.ks, w> irerf nutitlod 1lo imt-ort. and did hiipcTt snllirinrt not
r.ni'y f< r the rr>i|iiirwnrmlA of t!:i. \ci\r but 'It;i rf».|ori>. slnrks to norma] diuKTsiniis. ;■
If thc explanation Im u tnio ono- and I Ibelieve it ii—then surelj tilvs voluiuo of iai- I
Twrtjutiion for 1911 apptars .in a morolavourab'e ILjht,
Mr Beaiiohainp's fipirce nlso show tlbatfollowing the two lean years, 1908 aixl 1909,we havo experi«ncesrl two years of pros-perity.
A national profit nml loss necount for1910 and 1911 may he set out thus:-
Tu-o Years EndingMarch 31.1911.
£ £
Importations 32,153,887 Exports 42.9M.592Interest on
loans fortwo years 7,000.000
Balance ... 3,805,705
42,964,592 42.964.592A tm/iing profit or surplus of n-oaltji in
our favour of £3,805,705 u> apparent. Thatis to say, New Zealand, striking a biancowMi tlw rest of tho \»wJd. k eo muab■ hotter off.'
If the community were on the footingof a tnuler, and win, prudrait, it wouldimmediately apply part at least of thissnf|)liLs to repay borrowings-to-cover-lossosof; tho proviom two years, and might evenhavo iiii|)orU.vl (or expended) less, so asto lcavo a larger surplus for this purpose.But tho liminoo of a nation is necessarilyconducted on different linos from that of atrader, although idontical principles oflx>ok-keeping apply to both.
The New Zealand Govorumont policy hasnot yet reached tho length of repaying; itsaspirations, whether the nation' realisesprolit« or lofsea on its yearly operations, isto continue borrowing for development.
Soeing that borrowing was going on inLondon, it was not neoNeary to ship speciok> cover tho national losses of 1903and 1909.These_were set. oIFand adjusted through thofiiKMieial exohangca against tnnn moneys.In this way the losses, not lwing met outof income but out of loans or capital, bo-camo capitaliftti.
Through our policy of borrowing it isapparent that tlie losses of past yea.ru donot, iimnetliatoly concern us: we capitalisothem, and when subequentJy we makeprolite we are unable to ropny on any con-sidcrablo Kale, for oven if Governmentand local lxxlies, loans wero not fixed forlengthy periods, they still waJit mow moneyfor development.
Although the Government and local
E'"os aro not taking up their loans, it isiblo that private liabilities abroad havoreduced out of Uio recent surpluses.Mr Joluibtonc in his ablo pn.jx>r )ias shownus that this has been done in the past,but wo havo no moans of knowing whatamounts aro still outstandiiiß, nnd to whatextent, if any, we arc liejuidatiiig them.Practically speaking, w0 have had touse these surpluses as beet we oould in theinternal business of tho nation, and if tnemoney hn<l boon employed in legitimateindustrial or private development, enter-prises, so much Uio better for us. Unfor-tunately, tJiere dors not worn to bo anyinclination that way just at present, buf,on thu other haiiel. the resulting freedomof money, concurrently with tho difficultyof obtaimng shares, stoeks, or mortgagesfor investment at reasonable prices, issaid to l)o fostering hind speculation.
If wocannot use our surpluses for repav-ing loans, and if wo will not voJiture intolegitimate enterprises, then, porhai>s, cftwo evils im|x>rtJtion is no worse I himintensified speculation. 1 think it is ad-mitted tliiit during t;ho |w.st two vi-arstJM nation—in Rjiitc of its larger im'|x>rU>(or expense.-), has walL«e<| handsonio pro-lits. Let. us now nsk outwlvwi, *' Was theamount of extra ini|>orttion cf 1911 un-justifiable on other grounds?"
I have always understood that importa-tion is beneficial x> long as tho peopleof a country are ablo to aleorb the mor-olwndwo f<) introduced. That is lo say,whim a country liko this w prosperous illUio triitf sense of Hip word tiirough pro-duction and ex|K>rlat.ion, it is natural iijidprojKir to import sulliciput to cater for thoenlarged spending ]>owor and wants of t.i.oproplo, pronded our expenditure dees notdevolop into undue exl-ravaganci'.'
The difastroiw elircts (rf ini|>ortation arisewhen merchandise is not absorbed but ;ic-ciimiilate-f-wlkin it wmw |o represent somuch wealth withdrawn from currency, andlied up in on unromiinerativo and presentlymmalis.il.le form. I'Jijs dangw is ovident.lvliinloil nt by Mr Ikuiiuliainp \\\ wn j m . S }.«eiik*sof "stringent financial conditions in thofiituro," although. 1 fancy !io intends moreto imply anotlior danger from mlvorsotinanrial oxcliangcs, which I will wnsidorlater on.
Kven under abnormal con<litions, such usattended tin: Ainoriciiii m\h\#t\ of 1909, no-ciimulatioM of stocks is _ hardly likely toroach a roallv ;ionu> |x>int in a couutrylike Now iCealand, whoiv the impnrt. (r.idois so kirgvly in llio hand* of established\vmsk with nx|N'rii<ncL> of our nvlricteeimarkets.
There aro comparatively few merchantswho imixjrt to only ono warohouw in orderto cater for our whole jwpuliition of alittle over a million.
11l practice, owing to our lack of cetjtrali-sation, th« largo, hoiws imiwrt to severalcsliiblishmonUs or bruicli<\s mid each branchivtimalo.i its own requirements on thebasis of the relatively small population ofits surrounding dis-.triet. while warehouse-iron wi'.h but ono eal.'iblislunoiit commonly(xiiiliiw their o|KMatk)iis to ono or two pro-vincial districts.
In this way calculation is mado veryimiph more certain."
Tho lack of a largo distributing centre,100, probably save* New Zcjl.iml fnunIwiiig wlevtotl fis a market for speculative.<lii|»mom,s, whit'ii <mo nmlprstamls aro in-duo*! in other ivirts by a favourable rtateof tiio financial exchanges.
On tho other hand, however, a marginfor overlapping, tliuiigh not vory contsider-
ablo, <l<H\s exist in tho tomlciicy, w-ln;ninoiioy i< free, for every store- and shop-kw|»i!- to yield lo the importuniticii of tiioswarms of inilnnt auents, iind to ini|x)rtheavy lines on their own a<xiouiit, whilewnr<>liou«Miioii, in all trust and coiifidv.nee,aie laying in atoeks of ih<> samo chi*w ofwarcf, relying on tho practice of formeryears, when tho fteirkeopcr drew his eup-piifs from them.
Generally speaking, I think it Is fair tonH-iinip tliat williin rensonablv limits ui:did not imixirt in 1911 mom than was war-nmtejl by r.hc stntr» of internal tnido.
It i.; quilii another question nho.!.li«r ourimport.it ions and absorption of thojii implyext.rav.vtanos. We am quite wvustouted tohoarinp: from evnry writer on politicaloooi;o!iiy that "extravagance is the spiritof tho age." If that h<, so, wo can lianllypxprc-t to escape it, sinco wo liv<\ in \h?ape. but it glance through tho items ofini|xirtittion for t.hi> cnlondar years 1909 nml1910 discloses some inorcases in the latterjv.ir tli.it rsiii hardly br> c.itegoriwi as ox-iravaganccs. For inst.mco:—
1nornawin 1910.
linn and M<*l, etc £197 518Miifhira-ry _ 56)741Tools ami ini|ilejiient» 33,730SiiiiaT and tm 23,643imj s;icko 31,0.-i!l0U» „ .. 85,453
Tlicro arc .1 host of others, and if addedjgcther they would represent an imposingart of tho total increase, though it must0 remembered: that those figures do notover ex.iotly the same period as was duuit■ith by Mr Koaiwhiuitiv—i.o.. the year ond-iff March 31, 1911, tJio detailed figiircs for,iat_ period mil b?in<j readily obtainable.Aitor oil, what constitutes nn oxtrava-vvneo and vtWii a necessity id ft matter of
pinion, and forms .1 wMo Hold in ilsol'. It( inoro vital to confinn ourwlvea to the-iquiry. "Can wo alford our expenditurnn importation? Jl.ivo wo imported tooHioh?" And thnt, theoretically at least,1 nnsworod by tho substantial surplus onraiding account for tJio past two years,rhet.hor taken together or .separately.
Reporting again to Mr IJawchamp'srarninj, i venture, to affirm that baldcures of exportation nnd importation,I'jicthor they, appear favourable or nn-ivourablo for a psrticular year orenr.i wo not tho Kilo t«sfc ofrhcthor or not onr importations are war-anted unices and until every other con-irlcratJon thcoring on the question hasrst been tested and oliminntcd.Tho considerations I hnvo raised:—
(1) That our importe for 1911 wore notin olTect &o largo ne thoy appeared tobe, assuming that depleted stocks vrorobrought forward.
(2) That despite these importations thebalance of national trodo shows a con-siderable, eurplus in our favour.
(3) That in view of the f.ivouraWo re-ports of internal trade for 1911, we maypresume we hovo absorbed on adequatepart of our importations for that year.
(4) That a largo proportion of theimptort incrcves for 1911 consists ofwares other than luxuries.If Mr Boauchamp had made uso of tho
rorde quoted in tlio early port of thislapcr, in a private capacity, ho mightie expected to tuko tho question up again,ml possibly to dispose, oi tho above argu-wnts. Dndor the circumstance* bucliatisfaction is not to bo liopod for.Still it id fldvisablo that every member
if tho community should havo clear viowsn tho eubjeet, because wads of warningrom an authoritative quarter, unless un-liicstionaibly justified, aio apt to indticorant of tluit oonfidonco and continuity oftolicy in business which <iro essential totability.I want horo to erhnhasiso that my to-
narks refer rolely to tho year endingMarch 31st last. Since Mr Bcnuchampspoke, tho June qiiartorly statistics havek'on published, and show n, much loss re-assuring condition of affairs, but thnt, itia possible, may bo mcroly a sign thattho final top swing of the pendulum of im-portation has boon reached, and I shall bnvery sorry indeed, if wo find1, as tho yearprogresses. Mint our total imports are ex-eootlinir. the average of tho last two years;—in fact, to keep in sympathy with tho pros-pects for produce-, they should, if any-thing, bo lower.
But in considering tho qtiesiion of im-portation front a point of hi-rh financo,wo must not forget that the internaleconomy of our country has its claimsas well. A great part of our populationis dependent on im|>ortation and distribu-tion, and it is advantageous thot a certainvolume should1 cireiilato through thoseohanncls for the well-boinir of a sectionwhich rannot otherwise benefit by thoprosperity of ttio coiintrv.
The shop-keeper nnd tho merchant intheir respective sphores are tho first tofoot ami sufTcr from depression, nrnr thoInst to reap any advantage from improvedconditions, whiio the part they are calledupon to piny in tiding the email producerover Kid timos render it an economic neces-sity thnt thoy should have neriods forbuilding up resources against tho cycle oflean years.
For fi'iis reason «.lone it is surely wisethat within limits of our export?, less in-terest charges, the tendency to importshould not fre undiilv di'conrn^ed.
ThU question of importation was dealt'vith by Mr J. A. .Tohnrfone in a paper bo-fore tlio Itundin Chnmlwr of Oomrrorce imAiiffivt 10. which Vkis tho fiibject ofconsiderable di-wission. In ono passa.jo hpfays:—•
If, thercfo'c, we a re increasing thocredits existing iibrond i" hwnr of XewZealand by (ho oxport of public and pri-vate securities, a ris! in tho amount ofour imports relatively to our exports mtiynaturally be looked for, and need occa-sion us no :dann.
And again:—As it is in .imparts mainly that loan
mor.oys lx>como avnilnbl-:, it is easy to' understand and to view without concern
the increase in imports that has takenplace.
And again: —
So far I hcivo looked at tho movementsin securities only as ihey affect tho iin-mc.liate financial pceition. It is obvious,however, that there- is tho distant futureto consider too, for sooner or later oursecurities mature and must bo providedfor.I think tho above ccvors fairly tho sub-
etunoo of Mr Johtistone's remarks on thoquestion of importation, which he illuvtrates by tho suppesitious caso of a fannerwho in bad times spends next to nothing,but takes out of the land or "exportj"all ho can. later on, in good times, hoborrows money for the improvement of IIL3holding in every |»ssiblo way.
" His importe, in a word, "increnfo enor-mously, while his exports go down," bc-causo his energies aro spent in improve-ments, and he fends lr«e to market,
In llio farm illustration .Mr Johivstonospooks of improvements effected witJi bor-rowed money as "import*," while in 1115allusions to national finance he talks of tho"export of rociiriticV which in plainEnglish is borrowing. By the iibo of thcMexpressione—if I may kij- so—the ksuo hasbecome obscured. Would it not bo bettorto drop tlio oxpreffiion "export of securi-ties"'•
In ixxJity we export not "securities" butmerely promisee to jay. The "securities"consisting of our lands and industries .Hidnational assets, remain here. Of course,shares in companke are dilFercnt—tiliero \\vdisposo of |wrt ownership in our aa--ete.
It would lw clrarcr to boldly faco Ihoposition and speak of "borrowing."
Further, while it may be perfectly justifi-able within limits to lx>rrow money to de-velop nnd increase, the productiveness of afarm or of n (ountry, yet I think it is a\orv different thing to increase ournationalimports of morchandise (which correepontlto tho living expenses of a fanner) on thostrength of having boon ablo to raiso siloan. Mr .lohustono, I am sure, would lx>tlio last man to .-urvise his typical farmerto iiraotioo Aicli improvidence.
A nation like New Zealand does not :m----l»rt poods for development, uiileas wo ex-cept, a small ixircentaqe in the form ofmachinery, iron, stool, etc. Practically thewhole of our development takes the formof labour for lailwaye, roads, bridges, "uthoc genus omne," or of local purchases ofland for sulxlivision. or of loantt to fannetsor workers. Kor all of theso wo want notmo.rchandiffl but gold.
It is quite true that a. borrowing has tliosame benMirial effect on tho financial ex-changes as a.n extra importation, but iuaddition it oroates a liability wliicli in>i»tlx: met eventually, so that in the periodkdcasting up of acooiintx. whetherof a farmeror of a nation, Iran moneys should alwaysbo found rcprewmed by assets in tho Iwl-anco sheet, and not in squaring diffcrencvdin lirofit and loss noemmt.
Althoupjli I am incMtrcd to believe thntour importations of 1911 were justified, andejl'tficujrh I woirM like to lx> on tiw samoside as Mt .lobnstono, I find it difficult tofollow the reoMi ho a-ssigns for his state-ment tliat our wiportalbns trawl not causeaJmrm—i.e., bccsLUSo we havo Jwrrowod.
Kxoeirfiinif from tliis fuianoial cxcJiajigopoint of viw, 1 hold this to bo no jiistili-witiioir. 13orro«x<l money must bo keptstrictly apart from income (oxporM 011 tho0110 hand ami oxpciiditure (iiiipcrtp, plusHitftirst- diarjffs) on wlkv othnr hand, andif it. ia found n.t any tiinio that we have
mure titan we liaw earned, then thoutmost stiicturTs of our fmancdal monitorswill, I think, bo welooiittd.
'l'iie. id«il and only sound prifr.aipal isundoubtedly to rogulato our imiiorts Ijyrofwonce to our exports, aJid, if the latterfall, to practise economy and conwmo onlys> much in merchandise as tJie Iviliuioe war-rants.
If we must, borrow le.t us at lojst insiston receiviirp tho iimiciuit rcaKsc<l intactitnd in gold of permanent value, sotihat it and its iner>'a«> frwn judicious em-plovment may prcrti'de iw wvth Bound ateetsnnd bo avauuble when ti!m tiim> comes torrvloom MlO obl'gaiioiis w> have under-taken.
Tn do thifi would noorasitate tiliat spec.ioiiwlf should nhipwd to us as undersuoli ideal con<l:*ccne whore ironme. nml<«vpnn(litmrp (ipprOTtmiit-rly inJnuict, , thotraiu-ferftnre of loam* aurld not 1» donorhrough tho oirdina.ry trade cuokvngo olian- .nnls.
1 tihink that ov-civ the cost of such ship- 'jnont would not. be. too high a price toW- 'After a while if this \n»re done it would ; !
m> Icjiirw lw neei'snvrj, to boraow alirond. I !'IHIO procwvls of lams ooniiinj; to h.uid and I 'boiinjr raiont in tho country would provido | 'k> niurili enpitnj that tile Stnte ami locnl > ;Koverninc b?tV.n\ oould vairt\ nil Ihnir I<miijlordly, aid tihnrc wmiltl (Hiill b:j plojity left jIfor tho kijita to taiko and u.v> in supplying <IJIO Mfliils of l«;itMiiai« eif.'erpiwe. j iAll tlhbi it) n. iHircly U'tiiiiiflii dnnni I 1know, until we can alter luyran nature, (
but it doos no harm to 'havo a high stundird to Jivo itp to.It will l)o apparent that, when wo impori
too mudh, tho cmkb is in tho nature ooxbravniganoo—mwohAndiso wo oouid livewifilipiit. It oomns into tho country renre
eo nwoh inrmcr, but, being cmisiimcd, cKsappcars moro or less qiricklrand leovcß us in tho end with nothing Urfww for tho monoy. Even machinery hc<a Tray of wearing out or bcowning obrolctoi
So importing or spending foyond ouiwirningß on the- stromrtii omy of Iwrreimmonoy affects us in ono of two wajis—riz.,cither
(1) U'o bomrc, apwsficaJiy to rncot thiand so increase our capita
liaJntitJos wiihoui oorr&wiulitK; gnin,tliero boitrg no oowtrirriikwcwtf perrmncrrt sracte to roprwotrb tbjamount.
(2) From tho rcaJimtion of loans con-tracted foT other rntrpowe wo reocdve only part in apooio, wliioh is a permiinont (iinajiWo asset. Tlio Wanco i<editled frnamoial rorohtmg'ee, an<ienrncs out in the form of morobindiscwhidi goes into ooreunmtioff and dis-appmrs.Tho ultimata efftot imifit bo ae harmfii
ono way as tho other.Ho far I Invo not considered tilie effect
of over imrnrtatsarr on tho soricus questionof oxclvuiro.Theoretically, if a country spends more
than it exports tho baliinco has to !ro paid■ by snipping (specie.A contraction in currency by such
means is apt to havo disastrous" conse-quences.
But under present circumstajicw NowZealand need havo no anxietv on thatscore. Even if wo were ma.rk«lly extrava-gant, or our ■production fell away, the ox-changts could not easily Iβ turned againstus.
In every balance sheet of tho Rink olNew Zealand it will bo seen that theinstitution has large sums lying in Lon-don, which appear its
Money at call and short notioe,Govcrnmont rreuritics end other securities in London, bills recorvablo in London and in transit.
Tho figures for four years past read: —
Marcli 31.1908 „. „ ...£3,749,6731909 4,034,7371910 6,518,2051911 9,004,861
Tho tendency of this item to grow i:quito ovidojit, and although tlio bankollieials only are in a position to epealdefinitely, ono may fairly, suriuiso that th<amount represents in large part Governtiient and other loans raised abroadEven allowing against tlio £9,000,00(something for bills payable or drafts orLondon, a lingo sum must remain.
Now, so long as tho community of NowZealand, of which tho bank is an intograunit, lias sums liko tlio above lying irLondon, there is no risk of our havingto eencl currency out of tho countryrather tho reverse.
Whether it i 3 for our ultimate benefilthat tlio present position of exchange:fhould havo been attained through borrowing is another matter. It may bo wo anpaying too high a prico for even this boonThe temptation to ovor import is certainly increase;!, .but, in tho meantimewe havo a solid guarantee for tho stabilij;of our curroncy, and an influence that wilminimise tho immediate ovil effects oany over-tradisg in which wo may bo «
ill-advised as to indulge.In oponing I referred to tiw Otag(
Daily Tirnw sub-lea<ler of August 14, wi<Professor 11. \V. Segar's letter to th<Auckland Star of Aujrust 24,
The Otago Daily 'fimci, in an interesting consideration of Sir Johnstono'ipaper, quotes from Goschen's "FoTeigiExchanges," where tho offcot of tho "Export of Securities" is fully dealt with.
It is evident, hpwovor, that LoreGoschen was considering purely and sold;the eschango point cf viow, and I ventunto think if that eminent authority wenhandling Dominion finanoo to should nofind him using such an equivocal expression.
It is tho conolusion of tho Daily Timeleader that eausos mo concern: —
nut it is only tho difforenco botwocithe amount of tho borrowings in Englaiwond the amount payable in interest oitho publio rind pnvato indebtedness thacan go to increaso imports without cansjng any approhension, of tho danger oimportation.This, I tako it, is tantamount to sayini
that in any year \?hen we borrow to aiamount exceeding our annual intorespayment abroad wo may safely over importo the extent cf the difference, while inferontially tho amount of exports majbo balanced.by normal imports.
Let us apply Uiis theory to tho fnots ola particular year, 1911.NATIONAL PROFIT AND LOSS AC
COUNT, MARCH 31, 1911.Imports £17,385,066Interest pnyablo 3,500,000Balance ... 5,618,139
26,497,205Exports 21,497,205
Loan raised in London 5,000,000
26,497,205According to tho Times we would hav<
been justified in importing to the extcn(of £5,612,139 more, or a total of £22,997,205
My opinion has already been fully oxpressed on his point, and I have nothingto add excepting that I pray I may novoiIwvo anything at .stake with a country, ncompany, or an individual whoso finar.eeis conducted on the principle that bor-rowed money may lie treated 1 o.s income,and need not be kept apart for capital ox'ponditure.
Professor Segar occupies a newspapercolumn in combating Mr Be.iuclioJiip'estatistics, but apparently comes to a simi-lar conclusion ns the Otago Daily Times,viz.—that importation is tlio justifiable- out-come of borrowing. Ho goes furthor,however, in commenting upon bho oxcess ofour imports over export. l!, of specie:—
"If tho t-radiiiß classes wore ovor im-partiing, (merchandise) wo should hardlybo likely to bo having to tako cash tosuch an" extent in payment of obligationsto us."
Professor Segar hns evidently overlookedthe fnct that in New Zealand we havo nomint, and that, npart from balance of tradecurrency is n necessity. In 1910. out of <itotal import of specie of £303.360. no lessthan £298,630 came from the Mints ofAustralia.
Our trade wWi that country for the sameperiod, excluding specie, was:—
Imports £2,003,613Exports 1,991,875
Evidently tho balance of t-rado calledfor us to "seiwl them specie instead of re-driving it, but our need for curroncy wasstrong enough to operato oven against anunfavourable exchange, and presumablythe samo explanation would apply to thopast June quarter.
The foregoing does not pretend to boa comprehensive or exhaustive review oftlio problem of importation.
lliore are other considerationswhich coidd not bo dealt with in loss s|xicuthan a volume, soch as freights on ourimport.l', remittances for living or travel-ling expenses of Xew Zcnlumlers abroad,and1 Uk moneys spent in New Zealand byvisiting tourisis, which affcut tilie financialexchanges and our national balance, theeffect upon internal finance of importingloans in tin, form of specie, and so on,and further, it must bo admitted that theexpenditure of loan moneys may legiti-mately call for some increase of importa-tion over the normal, and that immigra-tion may have the »mo effect until suchtime as the new arrivals reach tho pro-ducing stasjo.
Tliis is intended merely as a sketch—undertaken in no spirit of criticism, hut-in tho hope that it will help keep theinquiry olive.
If othws will follow and thoroughlyexpose any fallacies of this paper theywill <k> good service to ninny who, liki-myself, aro jrenuinoly interest e<l ami(Feeply concerned.
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Elechrio Light in Erery Bedroorju
Hot Baths can be had at all boun Fiwof Charge to.Visitors and Boaidert.Moderate Chaises.
" Coturtry Vuitors are, reminded tbat iiWily in Town for the day thej can obtainft good Lunch from 12 till 2.
Firo Escapes throogbont tho Building-
Night and Day Porter*.. All Communications to
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fO A L A C E HOTEL,J MORAY PLAUE
(Opposite First Church).
PosfOffico Bui 196. 'Phone 1143
Good Accommodation for TraTeHiiuPnblio and for Permanent Boiwdors. TariCfrom 6e per day. First-claw Table. Situated within 2 minutes' walk of RailwniStation. Wharves, and Post Office Hoiand cold baths, clectrio liehtincr comploto.Fire escapee throughout the buildings.Day and Night Porters in attendance.
CCJDENTAL HOTEL, Manso streetDiinodin.-Mrs Robert Walker bcei
to intimate to her country friends and thetravelling' publio having tnken over theabovo Temperance Hotel and .Restaurantand trusts to have thoir generous si'troort.Special attention nivcn to PermanentBoarders. All homo comforts, at ModeratePrices. Dinner. 12 to 2. Tea: 5 to 7.
RAILWAY Private Hotel. Corner CastI*and St. Andrew streets.—Hand?
Railway Station. Every convenience forBoarders. Tariff, <s 6d daily: permanent,385.-JAMES HAIRD, Propnotor.
WANTED, Two Ladic3 SHARE largefurnished bedroom; view; tele.'
phono; uso kitchen.—Norma. Times Oflioo.
LADY (not business) offered comfortableHOME wiUi another, ewhango hall
board; references.—Companionship, Times.TjIURN'ISHED ROOM To LET; central;J- fireplace; uso conveniences; mode-rate terms.—Address 371 George etreetA-1 O GEORGE STREET.-Comfortabk
ACCOMMODATION for visitorsor permanent boarders; control. 20a
TJOARD-RESIDENCK wanted by Gon-jJ tleman, vicinity St. Glair; moderate;Etato terms. —Chshmorc, Timoe Office.
rpO LET, 2 Furnished or Unfurnishedi- 1100MS, north crd:—Reasonable,
Times Offico. 20s
FURNISHED HOUSE (Roslyn' 5 rooms)to LET; bathroom (hot, cold), gaa-
Refcronccs, Times Office. 20s
WANTED to LKT, Superior FurnifhedSinglo and Double BED-SITTING
ROOMS; hot and cold bath and all con-veniences; high street.—Address Select,Chief P«* Office. 20s
WANTED, Refined Old LADY asBoarder; comfortable home; no
others kept.—Quiet, P.0.. Roslyg. 20*
WANTED. Ono or Two GontlomenBOARDERS desiring good private
homo; nil modern conveniences; sunnyBituation, north end.—Quietness, TimesOffice. 2to
YACA V 2CY for Two GcntlomenBOARDERS; good tnb]e; oloso to
Post Office and Railway Station.—Cleanli-ness. Times. 20s
F' URNISIIED ROOMS to LET; torniHmoderate.—72a. Ddwlinj: street (samo
entrance as Girton College). 20s
PRIVATE BOARD-RESIDENCE. 43Stuart street; visitors or permanent;
3 minutes from Octagon. ' 20sT7TCRNISHED ROOMS To LET: withJO or without board.—Apply 50 DowlingEtTeet. ■ ■ 16sTTACANCIES for BOARDERS; good» beds, good table-Mrs M'Miillan, 41
Frederick street. 19sa FILLEUL STREET.-VACANCTES re--4r spcctable men; good tablo; washing;
conveniences; IBs. IPs
PRIVATE BOARD for young man;piano, bath.—t Cargill street (oorner
Filleul street). City. 19s
VACANCY for Two Boarden-Apply 7Cargill street. 16s
ftCCOMttODATtrjH AT HOLIDAY RESOnTS.
,nnHE TROOADERO.JL . First-class Private Hotel
MANCHESTER ST., CHRISTCHtTRCH.Ono Minute. Direct from Railway Station.
Tariff, 5s per day.I7d R. O. DAVID. Proprietor.
FOR SALE, Largo Summer RESI-DENCE, furnished, Bench street;
near bench and etation.—Murray, Wni-koiiaiti. lib
PUKETERAKI-Furnifihed ROOMS forsummer vistors to LET.—Apply. R.
Cawley. 20s
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TIJONEY TO LEND.
Havinc Rot rid of tho 64? per cent,octopus, I am now prepared to make.SMALL ADVANCES. Unpayable- tyWeekly or Monthly Instalments.
GEO. ESTHER,Colonial Mutual Buildings, Princes streot.JO ITTdT
The DUNEDIN BAVING3 BANK i>prepared to LEND MONEY on FreeholdBecorit; at Lowest Current Rat*!.
FHED. , SMITH.15m Manager.mRDST MONEY TO LEND on FroJ
holds at Current lUtoe.JOHN WILKINSON, Solicitor.
ZOJti , 26 Dowling street, Dnncdin.MONEY to LEND in Migt or notlfamounta, on Freehold Seourity.
MONDY * BTJIPHENB,Solicitors. 203 Priircoa tlntl.
rriRDST MONEY to LEND oo FreeholdJL Seonrity or Mnnicip&l Debenture*, siCurrent Rates.—The TrugMce, Exocutocisjtitd Agonoy Company of N.Z. (Ltd.), ooruer(Water street and Bond street
W. LAURENCE SIMPSON. Manager.0N E Y T~O LENDIn Any Sum.
MOORE, MOORE, & NICBOL,Solioitore,
Z3o Ei Lower Stuart utrwt.riIRUST Momy to Lend on Sim lion-X gage of Freehold Seouritiei.-ADAIISHKOS.. loliniton.
MONEY CLUB Lends any turn; poodinvestment and loan society.—Par-
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r PER CENT-Money to Lend on Frw.t> holds; easy payments. BillsdisoountedBryant. Octagon. j^
r lias thonglit the/ laiUtiifitz&goodasthtI {amine Wced-Wilne until
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nono but an Kn.jlifh jury could estimate*.—Lord Camdcji.
Tho I'JSerty of tho prep-!—it is as tlio airwe breathe—if we have it not, wo die.—Old Whoj political toast.In the preceding article, I pointed outHint ctoiieo 11 cf "The Law of LitalAmendment Act, 1910 "—a. olaiise insurtoJat tlw instance of the Attonioy-gojieral fortho avowed piuposc of Hireling the case of
Sir Joseph \Vard—was, for two reasons,highly objectionable:(1) It takes auaj- the rijfht of trial by
jury.(i; It inverts iho proper order of tlio
defence.I have draft hjUi the firstof thctt> points.
Xow for the. second. I/ct ua have another(food look ;ii the clause:
11. (1) The indictable offonco of pub-Jishdnjr a defamatory libel or of criminaldefamation within tho meaning of "TheCrimes Ad., 1908," sliull also be an offencopunishable on summary conviction beforea iiHgist.into by a fir*cf £100 or by im-prisonment for three months._ (2) In any such sumtnaiy proceedingsit shall bs a. gocd defence that tho de-famatory matter published by the defend-ant wns true, nml that the publicationhereof was for the public benefit; but not'vidcnoj nf tho truth of sncti matter shallbe admitted until nnd unless ths defend-ant piovos that, affiiimuv,' the uiattw sopublished to ho ttuo, iho publicationthereof was fer tho public bonofit.
(3). An information for tuiy offenco■punieliaWo en ainunary conviction underthis section shall 1M taken and heardlx«fore a ma.ristjate only; and no suchprosecution, iJinJ! lx> coiiinieji<vd wiihouttho order of a mag-isfcrato; and notice ofthe intention to for such an order■ shall he given lo the defendant, who slia'.lhavo an opportunity of Ixrlmr heard.
.Tlie point, to l>o noticed just ncnv is thatffcfi claiipo niakcfi it impossiWe for tho do-fendajit to nttonpt to provo the truth ofan aJkscd libel niitil and unlc™ ho lia-sprcTttl that, assiuiiing it lo bo true, it isfor tl:& pubi'c benelit. II is easily seentfet this is vejj- c!o«-Jy niin to t.Ho <!oc-trino of I/>rl Jla-nsfield and other eigh-teenth owrUiry jnd-gce tlrat falsehood wannot fsscfttu.l to the iruilt of a. libol, an<lthat its hnitih could not b? pleaded, or givenlit evidence* or even urged in mitigationof punishment.
PUNISHMENT FOR OPINIONS.This doctrine was strongly condemned byBurko, and tho.yj who wero'with him in tho
eighteenth century struggle for liberty ofthe prex;, and it hns sinco been whollyabandoned. It. was doubtless found thatjuries could not be prevented from consider-ing tho f|iiestion of truth—which, indeed,to ordinary people must seem the. most im-portant question, of aJI. Certainly, of Urntwo branches of defence set out in subsec-tion 2, this is in many' cases the only onewhich is capablo of proof. "Tublic 'bene-fit" is often a matter cf opinion. Supposethe defendant has (mblished defamatory(statements ooncernini,, n Minifter of thoCrown. Suppose thoso allegations are sograve that if the electors believed them andrealised their import they would turn himand his party out of office. Who will raythat "public benefit" in such a capo wouldnet K> a matter of opinion? Yet if fh<\defendant cannot induce the mnfiistrato toadopt his view of national welfare, ho must,bo iined or «o to raol. Tims n man miijhtbe. punished, not for publishing' a libel(for the question of lil>cl is not really de-termined if tho truth is not investigated),but simply for not holding the eamo politi-cal opinions as tho jna<jiEtrato. And solong as tli(> magistrates know that tho execu-tive has tho power to reward them or dis-miss them, it is needless to say in whatdirection, if any, they will be biased.
WORDS OF A &UEAT LAWYER.Now, it is sometimes necessary that tlio
decisions of a court of justice, especially inlibel actions, shall be founded in part uponopinions net to tho public interest. Accord-ingly, thero is in tho judicial system whichwo owo to the wisdom and experience ofour iuicestors one tribunal—and only ono—which is competent to decide ujion sueliopinions, 'iliat tribunal is the public itself,as Tcpresenlcd by a common jury—the veryautJiority which, as wo have already .wen,the prosecutor under clause. 11 is enabledto evade. Thus tliat branch of the defoncuwhich is made the first, and would prob-ably be tho only one, for the magistrate isa question which ho is totally unfitted todetermine; and this limitation of tlie magis-trate's jurisdiction is a part and parcel ofthe Eng'ifh constitution
Said Erskiiie, in his great speech on thorights of juries (Dean oi St. Asaph's motionfor retrial, 1734):
However sale we Jnight l>o or mightthuik ourselves, ;ho constitution never in-tended to invest judges with a discretionwhich cannot bo tried and measured bytho plain and palpable standard <ilaw. .
The jury can do what (as I observedbefore) your Jxmlships cannot do. . . .
If it knows that tho aubject of thopaper is the topic that agitaUg the coun-try aiound it—if ii kw danger inthat agitation, and have reason to thin!;that the publishe- must have intendedit, it says ho is guilty. If, on the otherhand, they consider the paper to be legaland enlightened in principle, likely topromote a spirit of activity and libertyin times when tho activity of such aspirit is essential to tho public safety,and has reason to bulievo it to bewritten and published in that spirit, itsayK as it ought to do, that the writeror the publisher is not guilty. Whereasjour Lordship's judgment upon the lan-guage of tiie record mus.l ever be in thopurn abstract; o|.«rating blindly und in-discriminately u|x>n all times, circum-stances, and intentions; making no dis-tinctions between the glorious attemptsof a Sidney or a Russell, Klrußglinifagainst the terrors of despotism underthe Stuarts, and thoto desperate adven-turers of the year '45, who libelled theperson and excited sedition against thomild and gracious government of ourlato excellent Sovereign King George 11.Ersbine also filial, ns truly as pic-
turc-stiuely, that l-ht judre must b:k uixiiiIho alloged lihclbus document as he trouidii]K>n a. nia'tMih'.'!-!pt dnj; out of tlio ruinsof HerciiliUKMim. Tno nperch from whichtlioje wilKitls are UikMi \ras om-ulatcd asa i>ainr>hfol, and wm- cvgrthmhuk( t.ljff strongestinfluericei in o-tablisirin!;, \i\ act of I'.irlia-merit, the eonstilnlioirU, th'jug'h lo.i'j-(k>:i:f<l, tight cf t.h;r jun- to decide tliowhole question of rriniiiral H'lh'l. lookingIxick in his old n«e, after ho had bwnI/ord Ciianwllcr, ami retired on pennon,Krskino said t.tiat lib siife-jlws o« this ques-tion rxprrw.il the law ns he still under-stood it
AN INSt'IiT TO TIIK PUBLIC.II follo«-B from the above ir.ocnt.rrrve.r-
t'hlo |ics'itii,ii that in taking: the (|iict;tioncf "piiblio benefit " from tho juiy, pivinjit to tJio niapistTaic, and makinj; i< t.hefirst and prr/bi.Wr liho cnly que:.tMii forhim to eripid'.T, I'aTluiTiirnt (uiKivr Minis-terjal <loraii3tiorr) has not oirly done atrrofis injiirtiw* \f> fnhirp ilnfondinis, butha-. a direct iirsjiil to the public.Jurymen aro the deputies and agents ofevery man. wciiitui, nnd child in the com-muTiiity. To sh"it Arm out of their pr»i)nrjirr:ff:!i('rion is to destroy cue of the mostv.v'raMo of popular rj^Wp.
If tho Icmrk-ncy of (})i« jnemurn is not,y«l siifliciontly clear, a. questron from lilaok-i<ollo iray nsike it' so, TheI grMt lepilnml conrtitnlicnal o!aKsie. a-ftoT nioiikiißof tlio [impriory of trial by jury in oin!a«jt.ion», pmK'cwL ,::—
! Hut it hold-* much rtronpe-r in r.rimimJO]«s sxioo, in times of difllmlty nmldaii(!or. more is lo ho appriJiundrd fromfchfl violriroo ajid paittinlity of judges ap-[wintfld l>y tlio Crc-wn, in miitfl betweentho Kih; untl lilio suhji-cl, liron in dis-ni(t«e betivc«iiono individual amlcnotlio"l
to fettle the boundaries of private pro-perty. Our law has, Cherciore, v.iVv.-l.vpkrwl Ibis sl.ronj ami twofold barrierof u presentment and trial by jury be-tween fclio lijlx'rt-ies of l.ho people andHie pnnropratiive of the Orowu Withoutthis barrier, justices of oyer and tor-miincr Mined In' tin. (.'rowii'might, as inFranco or in Turkey, imprison, despatch,or cxilo any man tlin.t was obnoxious tojrevermp.Nil., by nn instant declarationthat Mich was th"ir will ami pleasure.Ho that the liberties of HngJaml oiiniiotbut Kiiluisfc so JoHjj as (Jija ixilladiniiiiVMiiairw snorwl awl inviolate, net onlvfrom all enen attacks, which none willlx> so hardy as to nnko, but ako freinall seort-1! maehiiftitions tvhinh may rapand undermine it (Blickatonc's Coni-nientariw, Vol. IV.)Thr> Ward Government, as wo have (-colli
has had the hardihood to make, just, suchiu open attack as Ulackstono thought ini-possible. The great jurist, with all hissagacity, could not forrsoo that such atyrannv as now nile.s Now Zealand cculdover arise in a l?ritijli community.
ANOTHER SUPPRESSION ACT.Heforo passing on to sneak of another
objectionable clause cf tlio Ixiw of JiibelAmendment Act, 1910, I want lo drawattention to an enactment of six yearsago which iias a strong resemblance to thoclause we liavo iiist boon ducussing.
On October 19, 1905, the Hon. ,7.M'Ciowan, Minister of Justice in (lie Rcddoti(iorcrmncnt. moved tho second roading oftho Criminal (Axlo Amendment Bill. No. 2.Tliis measure was short, simple—andabominable. Its operative, clause wne asfollows:—
All the provisroiiß of tho Criminal CodeAmendment Act. 1901 (relating to de-famatory libel), shall hereafter extendwild apply io words s;>okcn.Mr M'Uowan explained quito correctly
(Hansard, Vol 135, i>. 867) that under thoJUitfflisli law and our law as it then Mood,spokcji slander could not lie made the sub-ject of a criminal prosecution. Tho in-jured person had only a civil remedy; thoaccused, if convicted. couMonly be lined.The bill would inoko slander a criminaloffence, fo that anyone found guilty ofspeaking worcfe which, if printed and pub-lished wcuH k> a libel, cotdd lx> pent togaol. Tho reason given for this remark-able, departure from established principlewas that a "man of straw " might slandera juiblio. man> and. being unable to pay afine, would bo immune from all punishment,although be might 1« in the pay of comowcaltliy person whost identity was con-oealcd.THE LATE MR TAYLOR AND SIR
JOSEPH WARD.Tlio bill was ;i great surprise to members,
but its true inwardness wnspeonapparent:Mr Taylor (Christohurch City): This is
nn extraordinary bill to bring down. Whydid not the Minister give it ite propertitle, and cidl jt, " The Mciklo and BraundSuppression Rill"?
An Hon. Member: And Taylor.Mr Taylor: Yes, "and Taylor j" nnd
51a.-Key, nnd any otJior man in the Do-minion who dares to say a word abouttho Administration.The lato Mr Taylor's explanation of tho
bill".vim confirmed by no less an authoritythan Sir Joseph Ward. Referring to a meet-ing nddriftttd to Mr Braund, lie said that
ho had already told certain proplc that-,if Jie could, under the criminal law, getat him, ho would do so, as sure ns hismime was Joseph Ward, and he went on tosay (in the House) that, but for tho posi-tion of the law at that tinioi ho wouldalready Ikivo done, so.
Here, then, was a wis? liko that of Sec-tion 11 of the Libel Act of last yoar. ThoBlack punishment clause had its precedentin the Braund Suppression Bill.
.....TUB BILL AS PASSED.
Tho bill, wiu fought in the llouso for 30horns, and was finally remodelled and passedin tlie following form:—
Every perron who, without legal jus-tification or excuse, speaks any wordswhich are, likely to injure tho reputationof any other perron by exposing suchList-mentioned iierscji to hatred, ridicule,cr contempt- or to injure him in his pro-fession or trade, is jjuilty of "criminaldefamation," which is hereby dcclamlto bo an offenco.
Provided that the Fneakins; of puchWards flmll not constitute or bo deemedto constittio nn nffrnic?, unless .•'ixjkeuwithin the hearing of not le.>« than 20persons at n meeting to which the publicare invited to attend or have noews.This was called a "compromise," and in
so far as it confines the now crime to publicmeetings, and' deprives Uie oavosdroppnraand of the tempting opportunitythat would otherwise have brim M fullyopen to them, it, is lew.objectionable thantho original proposition. Tho bill, asMr M'Gowan introduced it, would linvemade even- afternoon tra party a danger-ous occupation. In another re*p,.'ot. thechange, was for the worse, for it -.vipedout the distinction bctwwu crime andcivil injury.
TO CONVICT THE INNOCENT.That <h?tir.ction exists in the law of libel,and the bill, as introduced, would have in-tended it to spoken slander. A libel may
be. iiccidontat-due, say, to a misprint",or a mistaken cpolling of a imnii,,or the innocent iirccptanro of fahe in-formation—and in such cases the law willnot treat it ns a crime, though, if nib-etantial injury is proved, damages willbe Awarded. All I have said above ontrials for iibo] applies to (lie criminalride. Sir James Mackintosh -am,, in insmagnificent <k-fci!c<> of lVliior (1803):
Tho ossenco of the prime of lifcol coitsi.cte in the malignant' mind which tlioi publication proves, or from which i!.Hows. A jury must lie ronyinml UToroit finds a man giiilty of libel that his.intention was to libel, not to stile factswhich Ik» believed to be true, or reason-ings which ho thought just.lint tho P.raiind iSuppression Act wipes
out that -distinction. The only questionleft is whether the words used lire " likelyto injure" the reputation of t):? pm.ecii-tor. Tho Rn?nlcer may have intciulnl no-thing bill the public piiod. lie may havespoke in the he.it of the moment, rarriedaway by tho excitement of Ihu audienw;he may not have known the full siifiii-ficance of what he said: he may have kenmisunderstood by the witnessed. No mat-'tor. If the jury (for juries are not shutout by this act) think the words given in
I evidence were "likoly to injure," theyiinijt I'iik! him suilty. Proof of actual in",jury, it soi'ins, noctl not he attempted.TJio nowiswl may Ikivc had only themost innocent inU-nliotis ;in<l lio may notI have caiiK'd any npprwiiihlc hurl to' any-body, lint if his words were " likely toinjure" ho must bo convicted. Thatf-Tpmal provinco of n jury—lho intontionthat underlies flic deed-it is just, what tliojury is forhidden to enter um>n.The dcfnico of "fair coiiinn-nt " is ox-ehufetl. This was noiutcil out, and in theUpiKvr the lion. .Mr \V\«» (who putup ;v lonely and splendid light against, thebill) sons-lit so to amend it us to allowof that dofence. Ho failed. The bill bo-
camo law, ami is now rmhrdded in theCrimes Act, Consolidated Statutes, 1908.It is waitinif Uiero until the. fort of peoplefor whose lx>nolit it wns brought into ex-istence are. reckless enough to make meof it.
"THE SPiniT OF LAWS."Tlio principle which this legislation vio-
.airs is deeply based upon jurisprudenceand human nature. Montesquieu fays:
The laws do not take limn them topunish any other ihan overt" -Mis. . . .Words /stjokon) do not coiu-ljtuU-. an overtnet; thoy remain only in idea. Whenconsidered by tliomselvrs, they have gener-ally i;<i ::lcteiminate ,si(,'ni'li(tition; forthis depends on thn torn , in which theyare uttered. If. often happens that inrepealing the samo words they have nottho samo meaning! this depends on theirconnection with other thinjs. and some-times more is eipiulicd by silence than byany expression wlinU'vor." Sinco there canlx> nothing ?o equivocal ami ambiguousas .ill this, how is it ]xwsiblo to convertit into "a crime of hi?h treason? Wher-ever this law is established there is a:iend not only of lilx-rty, but even of itsvery shadow.—(" Spirit of laws," Hook12, chap. xi. 12.)dontcfqmrn, I ndmii was ofndei- taking tlie special form of treason.
But lias not. Sir Joseph Ward described hisfinancial critics as traitors?
THE FINAL COURT.Anil wlieii ono considers tin's Ward slan-
der law as an interference with the riclit ofpublic meeting—which it is,—ollo sees that,so fur as any worthy purixise is concerned,it is wholly unnecessary. A public meet-ing, I need hardly state, consists of otherpeople Inside-; the s]*>uki<r. Their numbershows what I lie citizens think of him. Theircheers or hisses show whether they approveoi' disapprove of what he suys. As he liastlio rigiit of f|K'X'h, tliev liavo tho right ofinterruption. Tlie person criticised or hisfriends can make their sentiments knownthorn and then, or, if tlicy fo prefer, at alater mooting. In fact, jiiiblic arca sort of informal trial ami testing of moiland things in the great. Court, of PublicOpinion. The judgment- of that court isall that mutters. Nobody cares for thonpurinjrs r.f a "man of riraw," Justicein that most ancient ami authoritative (Oiirtmay l.e lonic delayed, but it comes at Inst.Into thai court, whicli is always sit tin;;,and where public opinion is both judge andjury, the true public man, whether as ac-cuser or ticctiKvl, should gladly go. Tyrantsnnd their tempters in all ftudicdto avoid it. Tint, from its jurisdiction cvonthey cannot in the end escape.
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DUNEDIN COMPETITIONSTENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL.
The committee of the Duncdin Compeli-tiora Society has every reason to bo plcaaxlwith Uio inauguration of its tetnh attnuaJfestival in Hie Majesty's Tlicatre and.Vic-tcria JlnJl yestorday.
The ixiidioioni scopo of tJio sooiety s use-fulness has been widened this year by thoaddition of several now ami attractiveito:ns to tho K.vllabns, and ob a result thegranxl total of c«:irirs amounts to 1169,■which constitutes a. record. The competi-tions arc (vfiwiliVJy Iho people's own in-stiitution and Uiis factmi3ina<b abmukintlynnnilait by the crowvli tliat wero presentpi the three sessions yestorday, <lesiiitoinolement wcatlier conditiors. It was sin-gularly meet that or.<? of tho elocutionarytests ihiuld bt> (iray's and tho goodwork tint tho society i« (bir>S in providingopportunities for tJ:e of Inloritwas b.irno home to everyone present bytho rocit<il of tlio linos:—
Full many a ge:n, of purest ray. serene,Tho dark Lnfuthom'd «ivcs of ocran l>car;
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AiJil waste its sweekmss on tbe desert air.Owing to the. late arrival of tho Mooxa
at t!i<-' Jtlnir on tho provioiu day tlic juilgeein music and elocution (Profcs.'or .1. Ivca(Ukj Mr \V. L. Paine) wero unablo to starttheir adjtxlitatiaiM at the advertised time,'but boyoiy.l a s/ight alteration in thoarrsjigemwits no hilch >waa caused by tliedeiay.
Aripemicd is a list of the awards alreadymade.: —
LITERATURE.ESSAY (AsnatcuTs), "What Nation is
I.iWy to Im> Supreme in tho Pacific?"Judge: Mr .1. -Hutchison.
Mr \X. M. Nilanvl (Dunedin) 13'SSAY {••»), for Children Attending
Primary Scliools ('' My Pa,\t>uritaBook "I, Mia> E. C'nlverwell.
MnM«r Hugh Anderssn (St. Joseph'sSdioo!, Milton)
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3-SSAY (b), for Children Attendingfrcliools . (" British Ex-
|Jorors ").
Miss (icrtb ivorr (Hope Street, Dunedin) 1ORIGINAL POEM (Amateurs), "A New
Zrabnd Lake." Judge: Mr D. W. M.liurn.
IT, G. Gilbert (Knew College)... ... 1
ORIGINAL STORY (Amateurs). Judge:• M. .MacdonoM.
Guy X. .Morri.i... ■... 1
The whole cf the almve prize composi-tions aro printed iir t.'ie official iprograiinno.RECUTATION (Indy or gcnllrman, ama-
tcHiit). (a) "The three liishers"(Charles Kingslty). |b) "Elegy writtenin a country churchyard" (l>ray).
Judge: Mr \V. L. Paine.Owing to the largo number of entries the
preliminary recitals occupied the judge"sattention all tho morning and for n greatpart of the afternoon. The recalls wereMi«s K. Nikcl (Duncdin), Mr \\. Crawford(Ditncctiii), and Miss Eiliel Churchill (Dun-cdin). (Jtlier eonnxjtitors were Miss L. E.TVieey, Mks Myro Simpson, Mr C. Groves,Mks M. A. (Jlaistcr. Mr .7. V. Hutton. Miss0. M. Jolly. Miss F. M'Donald. Mr G. W.Cirrington, Miss E. M. Peak, Mb K.Nikel. Mr C. (iillcspic Druinmond. Mr W.CrawfArd. Miss Alice Austin. Mr J. J. All-pre.'s, Mifs May Bain, Mr James Christie,Miss P>. Howie SluaTt. Misij Gertrude Wit-,»o. Mr U: B.xlgD, Sli'ss Sisrid Lydors. MrW. J. Miilroonm,. Jlif.-; Mαred la Brcniian;
Cropp, Mrs \V. 11. I'rinsley.PIANO SOLO. 13 years and under 15
years. "Polish dance " (Clcriinn).Judge: Professor J. Ivee.
Tl:o three reaills ill this event were MissHilda Ball;, Master Alfred (leddes, andIllias Kathleen Levi. In announcing thorecalls the adjudicator slated that MissGrncc Uagley (87 points) and Miss LindaCable (87 jwints) were deserving of honour-able mention. Amongst the other compe-titors were Miss Dorothy Xamnann (79points). Miss Lilian foster (59 points). MissV-'ctorii Halk (78 |y>inti). Mo?ter lan Nicol-sou (85 ]>ointf). Mailer D. Robertson (59)>oints). and Mia Winifred Harris (77points).PIANO SOLO {professional or amatours).
■' Fantasia and fugue" in C (Mozart).Judge: J. Ives.
Missw L. 11. Druton, 11. Elliot, and J.Jones were the only competitors, and thejudge selected the whole three to play fortin- evening performance.JECITATION (Rciitloinan amateurs), 15
and under 21 years. "Horatius,"l'.-ime.At the conclusion of the recitals MrVaine slated that he was disap|>ointcd that
only four joirng nie'i hail undertaken tore.-ite this very fine .'election of Mncaulay,ami h. , was further disiippointed with tliorendering of the piece He was quite satis-fied that the young ladies would have givena far better result. Tlio r«yl!s were MessrsA. 11. Thompson and William Churchill.On prcienl form, iiowovfr, he could notaward a first pii.-e, and he trusted that thorecalls would jr.ako themselves together andgivo a better rendering at night. Othercompetitors were Messrs Rcekio and Mid-dlixlifnii.COXTIiALTO SOLO (Amateurs). "Tho
Enchantress" (Halton). Judge, Profes-wir J. Ives.
Tlii- recalls were Miss Ethel Pridliam, L.Jau.es. and Mrs W. ]~ Harrison. Theother com|K'titoM wero Mi«se.s Eva Hugh-son, L. F. May, and (.'. Browne.
In jiving his ..decision Professor IvestUited that it gave him great pleasure to booiici! more pre.-Tiit at the Duncdin Competi-tions. In setting out tho music, he slidho remembered tho high standard of theperformance; \n witnessed last year, nndlit! thought that foine of the nuinhers setdown for adjudication tin,- year would befound a little more exacting than last year.Among other?, the contralto solo was ofrather aji exacting order. 'Hie song wasby an Englishman. Tho Professor addedthat there was a habit of pooh-poohing thework of English composers, but it. was a goodfong—CFj-iCcially for competition work,—becauso it gavo opportunity of showing offa good contralto voice to two sides of thesinger's nature. These two fides ought tobo in every singer-viz.. the dramntic andthe tender. Many of the competitors ex-hibited :i weakness to force the voice inor-ler to give dramatic ciTrcl. Mistakesalso in pronunciation were numerous.SACKED SOLO. "Waft her angel*"without recitative (Handel). Judge:Professor J. Ives.
Tho recalls were Messrs V. Rir«.]|, DLyons, and E. Drake. Mwsrs W. J. Cearand I?. Soutt Pollock were the other coin-potitors.
EVEXIXI! SKSSION.Chairman: The Mayor (Mr .W. Burnett)
There was a μ-itkeil hou.se at HisMajesty;; Theatre, when his Worship thoMayor formally opened tho comiH'titionsSir Burnett said: "It. gives me the greatestJile.isure to open the tenth annual com|>cti-tio'is of the City of Duncdin. I take it nsu compliment that the committee has askedJus to <!o this, for, as is well known, 1 didnot see eye to eye with them when thovfirst started these competitions. I had aiilika that the endearing modesty whichis thecharming characteristic of yoiith would beimpaired, but that idea has been changed,Hid I am convinced tlioy have the ophite'rtfed. The proof of this is shown bv thenumerous attendances that they draw/Eachyear tin: attendance:, and the' entries keepon increasing. Many a young man whowmmeuced with these competitions 10 yearsago ha., derived incalculable benefit fromthem. He may not liave 'discovered' aDavkl C-arrid; or a Mrs Siddons, or yet aSirn.s Hwvcs or a Mcllwi, but we have lindmany young men that have found i|iiii!iticsnnd talents that, if cultivated, would brinethem into the front rank in -.vluitcverbranch of art they pursued. I onlv trustthat thfye eoni|>etilions will routimie in ushigh a class as at prevnt. Duuedin hasled Ilic way in competitions, and as imita-tion ]'-• the sincererf form of flatten , , theinirent todav should l>o ple.usexl with'itselfAlthough wo may nol l>o the top dog thatAuckland says it is still, so far as comiieti-tions jre concerned, we are the top dognml Auckland has had to follow the leadwe have given."
The following awards wero given: —
PIANO SOLO,"Fantasia nnd Fugue."
Miss L. H. Unilon llnvrrtnrgill), 88marks 1Miss 11. Elliot iDuiicdin). 35 marks .. 2Miss J. .lows (Diinedin), 73 marks ... 3In giving hi* decision Profcrsor Ivessakl: •'[ am that tJic first public
award has t<> h> trivoii by mo on a sub-ject well worthy of those important com-petitions, for a preludu or fnnlasia andfugiio holds liighost innl> amoii'jst iniistc.iltx)iu|x-fiition«. It is a work that upjwnlsd> tlin iiitollectual more than to tho enio-ti'iiad. ono'of il« nliief uharacteristics beingdignity of thought and dignil; of trent-innnL Yon will know that H;ioh was thefallu-r of thn (iigiio. that ho olovated it to(.ho hi|;!tost mnli in uumoniniont. and wolt.iT«t iMV~o an nwcajH-r- f>! Mozrurt l>rirn;injfInto piitr hb rinh tain of mclodv andruliling It b> tlila iflnmwhai tnrious formjf mrniniilxm. A» Jim have lir,toio<! to ityou ham ovin ikik tho two thoughts havei»on bl/imiod, I muet ooniplimont each of
tho young ladies cm her manner of treat-'n,pnt of the work. U. h not one to lietreated in a trivial rainner, anil (hey linvoonly differed in de-grnx-s of tK>ri<iusucsp. Thoiirst yomisf liiily (Miss llrulon) perhaps unvogreater breadth and 10-s emotional treat-ment. tlin.ii cither of tlio other two. Wedon't quito look for emotional troatmont ontho part of a lecturer t-rxxiking to us on ascientific subject, ami k> J must compli-ment her for having got a little nearer totlio right treatment than either of tJio othertwo. Tho other two were handicapped a.lit Ho by lapses of memory. All threo pos-sessed good technique, pood touches, andgood ideas of part-playing.KECITATtON.' ,, Hora««s. ,,
Mr A. 11. Thompson (Dundin), 60marks 2Mr l'uyne, in jrivinar his award, said: "I
.'Lin rather disappointed witfi (ho renderingof 'Horalius,' ami I would rrx-ommemfthe youn? men to 4udv tin work u littlonioro, ami thoy will icalieo Hint llio (flec-tion presents many inoro opixirtunitics thanthey liuvo presented us this, evening.Should tlio young men see mo in tlio morn-ins 1 will help them bettor in private tlio.liby any remarks 1 may make, in public,under tho circumstances, 1 ran only awardsecond prize."I'IAN'O I)UKT (professionals or amateurs).
"Military ovorjure" op. 24 (Muudols-whti). Judge: Profcswr J. Ivcs.
Miss Annie Glass (Cavorsliam) and-Mr lladdon Barr (Duncclin), 88 marks 1Miss Jeannie Wright (I'airlio) and MrWilliam l'ishwick (Tiniaru), 85 marks 2Tho oilier competitors were Misses ElsieJlacdoiigall and Jessie Jones, 84 marks.In announcing his decision, tho adjudi-cator .said it was rather a difficult number
which had not. boon written for a duet. Itw-is a military overture, and made ratheran effective number. Tho winning couplebegan weakly, hut later on they warmedwhen they got to the allegro, 'and theygained marks the further and further theywent, and gavo n splendid finish. The threecompeting couples all exhibited goodtechnique, good expression, and good touch.CONTRALTO SOLO. "The Enchantress."Miss L. Jamw (105 York place, 85 marks 1Miss Ethel Pridliam (Princes Mrcet 81mark? 2
Mrs \V. L. IlarrLson (lJalchitlia). 76marks, was the other recall. Each membercame in for great applimc from the audi-ence. In announcing his verdict, ProfessorIvi's said: "Wo don't often meet with ntrue contralto, and I inn not quito sureHint we have met with a true contralto to-night. The general diarm of that voice isbnadth and quality. The three voices youhave heard except in one chm; are ratherlucking in breadth of tone. Tho lirst ladyto sing (Miss Pridliam) tried to make up forth*f by forcing her voice-ami making quantityand m forced herself out of tune. Tliofecoml lady (o sing- (Miss ,hmtt) has :ibetter ring, nnd more like what we wouldexpect. With regard to the other lady(Mrs Harrison), her chief weakness was lackof voice. I must, compliment her on herknowledge of the requirement* of the song.•She had not n.uite th? voice to give thointerpretation which hor natural niusica.|temperament taught h«r was right, and Ishould recommend her to ilevote her studiesto elow songs, ;o a-s to develop her voice.
PIANO SOLO.-" POLISH DANCE."Miss Kathleen I.cvi (Diiiidin), 96 marks 1Mm Hilda Balk (Maori Ilill), 91 marks 2n ft
oi!icr rcca " was •M,,it " r Alfroildcdtles. Dunctlin, 89 innrks. Professor Ivessaid: "We lihve here n iiieco flint is bestphyc-3 ivlion it. is not played in time. Thethree example.! of nlnvinor given were acredit to thcee who had tho supervision oftheir training.HECITATION.-(a) "The Three I'ishers";(b) "Elegy written in a counLrvchurch-yard."Miss Ethel Churchill (Dunctlin), £0 marks 1MusX Nikel (Dutftliii), 76 marks ... 2The other recall was Mr W. Crawford, wliowas given 70 marks.DRAWING. ROOM ENTERTAINMENT.Tho evening's performances were,broughtto a condition by a short entertainmentgiven by several members of the Orphnn'sClub. Owing to the rules of the competi-tions, which prevent professionals fromtaking pirl. in this irom. the entertainmentot tho Orphan's Club was not what tlioclub had originally intended. Tho perform-ance was in the nature of a smoke concerta: a mutual friend's place (Mr Halk bcintthf host). Among tin, many pleasant itemscontributed were "Jolly Jenkin" and"Tober Mory." by Mr Rawlimon; "I'vegot n Motter," by Mr Guy Munio; ' \Perfect Day," by Mr G. I',. Brisbane. MrS. 11. O.d:orn gavo two recitations, "Hispipe" and "Jacob Straus." Mr Osbnrnalso gave a lightning sketch. Mr Haggittpresided at thy pinno.
THE MOTOR CASE.A MAZE OF LIGHTS.
The case in which .Mr Horbert <Fulton (ill- llanlon) is suing Messrs Mait- iland and Butter* and tliu Dunodin Drainage ,Board (Mr Scantlcbiiry) for damages on nc- <count cf injury to his motor car, was con-tinued before Mr \V. 11. 11a--:>!<!en vester-day morning, when tlio first witness /or tho ]defence was calltxl. This was Luke Jmld, icaictaker cf. the Kensington School, who <stated thai at 9,50 on the niffhl, cf the acci- ;dent he noticed two lights at the town end, itwo aloii'' the ham track, and t.wo at the .end farthest from town. Two other wil- |n.wes, Mrs Nano Hawkins and Mrs Mary IDriver, also gave evidence as to Feeing the ilimits. They itosm J oyer to the scene im- <mediately after the accident, and the lights iwere still burning at 1.30. <
Allxsrt ftiitlers, drainage contractor, istntel that he and Mr Moitlar.d undertook ithis drain on a contract from the Drainage 'Board. When work was limbed on the(lay of the accident he, in companv withone of his men, barricaded tfw whole'trenchnnd sot lights about, it. There were stillthree 'lights to be put in position when lieleft, and he was limbic to say whetherthey were placed or not. Cross-examined bvMr Ihnlon, he said the lamps were kept illflio corner ol tlio Oval during ilie 'day.The first light next the trnm line was onnn iron standard, which he himself liel|M'dto drive in. Everything wasknocked awaywhen he returned in the morning, but hocould not be positive whether the standarditself was standing or not. The cycling(■rack was not closed to traffic, and no partor the barricade rested on the fne. Tliatend of the barricade-was on a liarrel. andthere was a light on it. Hp thought itdesirable there should be a light in be-tween, and if it were established that therewas not, lie would sav the obstruction wasnor properly lighted. He tilled nine lampsaltogether, and saw six placed in positionbefore he left. Tli'iv of three were at thebay end, one was 30ft. towards town on thespot), and of tin; other two. one w;is on (In*standard nt the tram track, and the otheron the barrel near th'.> feme,
John C'onrie Hawkins, cabinet maker,said he went over to the scene of theaccident shortly after it h«p|>cnrd. He rawtwo lights nt fhe head of the trench, oneon the standard, and the other on n wheel-barrow. which was ivsido down within 12ftof the standard There w.-s a barricaderunning through the ring of the standardand resting on the barrow. The light ontlio standard was 3ft from tlio odgeof th"(lilcli. He went down to the nr. whichwas 20ft within the barricade. While l.hevwere mining it the chain broke ami it fell,with the result that the back was nearlywrrnchod off.—To Mr llanlon: The kirn-cade ran straight arms the irad to thefence. Tile car went tliroiiL'li between (lielights at the ditch head, and the piece oftimber was smashed. Yes. lie was theroto give his version of the thing.
Stephen Borcham. a la-botirer, said Imwas employed on the job on the date inoiiestion, A lifht was hung on the sla;i-dud ilea 1* the train line, another placed<in a bucket in the wheelbarrow, nnd an-other on the liarrel lv\dde the evele track.The burrow was not up-ide down, amithough the lamp on the bwkct rested onthe timber on the barricade, it was allright, in the morning. The lurricade arrowfrom the slerolard to the borrow w* a4 bv 4 piece of bluegtiiu. about 12ft long.All tho lijfhts were visible on tiirninir onl,of Princes street. When ho returned inthe morning the la inn on th? standard badits tflass broken and the wires bent. Buttersput up onlv three liirhts, and left, himthree more to plate. II« lt.l another, andthat made seven altogether on the wholejoli.
His Worship i'diniiiNl lliet lie had noihsire -to I*' addrecsod on th>-> facts jn;(then, lie wh'ied � r'vitiin "f the Dr.-iin-ti"e Board to b: 1 dctinxl, iu'd it was eventu-allv stated as fo'lnws:—Mr S'canllebiirv.who annears fc th.? defendants, says hedoes not contend the board is exone-art"d from Ihbilitv l-v rcavm of the work*'being excciled bv an independent con-tractor, am? that if negligent on the p'irtof fiio'i contractor is nrovetl, there i.s lia-bility on tlie nart of the beard if contribu-to-- negligence is not. nrowl.
The ease was adjourned till Fridiv, whencoun<"l will address tho court on the factsof the evidence.
ThrntrWil mnnHror.*. irrnj«ljnir to :iwriter iu Mnij.'mim. ii»-n i)m lawlprogressive of mortal*. AlihoiHi they liveIn an of nnd aoi-oplanr-.llvv fieem to lie (onlent to travel to theirdecisions by way of tho tlagc coach,
DUNEDIN BOWLING CKNTREKLFXTION OF XKW ZEALAND
UUUNtU.A special meeting of rtlic Duucdiii Centra
was Iheld last evening at Sweeting* for thopurpose of nnminatinz incmlrMS for el.-c----tion to the New Zealand Howling Council,deciding on the representation (ifclubs on (ho ecnlro, and al.-o ontin, dispmil of the centre's sniilfmull and banner. Mr C. H. .Smith occu-pied the chair, and the delegates prcKMitwore:—Mcssre A. t\ Armstrong, and 0.Halk (Halmuceweii), A. V. Drown and A.I ,'. Ilrowno (Catalonian), J. S. 1). Ileiupsterand 1,, . V. Evans (Ciivcrclmm). Win. lloacand P. Walker (Dmiedin), It. W. Mann
JohnLindsay ami W. T. Pmellie((iroon Island), J. C. St.'plwms (Knitima),11. M. Marlon mxl W. C. Allimtt (Kai-
korai), A. T. nlytho (Morniiißlonl. .1.Abbott and W. Ik-gif (X.E. Valley), J. 11.Glover (Otago), W. Xicolson (Roslyn), and•I. A. M Kimion (Taicri).
TXK XKW rOUNTII..Tlio following nominal ions for councilwero received:—.!. Allen ('l'aioril, .1. ■).Marlon- iSt. Kildni, Win. M'Dmiald ((irronIsland). C. .1. Payne (Kaitnna), .1. C. t'liort(Duncdin), J. 0. Stephens (Kaituna), JohnTaylor (Mwulowbank),
On a ballot bi-ing taken tko six first-named geiillemon wiiro dccloro<l olccto<t astho nominees of th:> Dun-ediu Ceiitro.
SXtJFK lIOWI, .\XI) lUX.NKII.Tho Oiiairiuan finid the conditions under
wjiich they held the snuff mull hud l;.?;'iislightly altered on ccc;:si<ui.->, with the con-sent of tho (lonori—Messrs Hatlrav andSon,—and ho twk it that any furtherchanges v.'liich might l>? ma:k> in the con-ditions of hokb'ng it would al?o require tobo approved by thorn. Tho motion whichJ:o would move had l)cen drawn up by theexecutive, which, howuver, hud not lweiiunanimous on th? qupstion. It rea<l; —
" That the three clul\< which have each awin to their orwlil play olil for the piia-os-sion of tJie Rtiuff mull, and that the bannerbe held by tho club winning the most intor-cliib inaldios during cacii «w«>n."-MrLindsay ercomlod.
Mr D<sj[g mov<y| ,ik an anicmlmcnl—"That the cliain|)ionsliip banner bs heldby Uio club winning '.ho greatost nuinherof matches during the vear, ai:d that thelending dub jind the runner-up in thwogames play off for the honour of holding theKJiufT mull for the ensuing year only,"—Mr (ilovcr i-coomld pro forina. Only twovoted for the amyufmer.t, whioli was do-dared lost.
Mr llou'g then moved ,us a furtheramendment-"That the eiiutf mull bstrcital as a challi-ngf! trophy. Kaituna to(x> Icokc.i on as tho holder, tlio conditionsin reeanl to tho number of clinll('ii' nTS dur-me the year and tho detail* in connectiontherewith to l>3 left in tho hands of Ihoe.wiitivvV
Mr Allimtt feoomlctl and on being putia tho meeting the amciulmcnt. was car-nfrd, and 1.-ocame flic substantive motion.
It was then AccUM in regairl to thobanner that it \x held by the club winningthe mcfct intorclub iiKitcliro during thoyew.
nEPHKSENTATIOX OF CLUBS OX THECESTKK,
'file Chairman stated that tho executiveJiad decided to bring forward tho followingmction a.- r?K!irJ5 repwentatipn of clubson the csntro:-"That tho clubs, in elect-ing thoir d-'ligales. have the fame ropiv-(cntation i us is laid d:)wn in the iiilc.i ofthe assDcialinn, sub clangs 5, clause 13—viz.,(Vieh ellll> hnvinir under 40 nwmbors tohave ou> <!.->lcrii*o. each club Jmviirj -10 to80 momhors two delegnt«, find each cl'ibover 80 iiionibei's. 3 delegate."The motion wai agreed to' without dis-cussion.
ALTEDATIOX OV ISIM.HS.
i ■ Sl^I,hl'I '-i moved a.s a. worn,mendation-"That the cxci-utive lx> ie-quested to prepare the iKMwrary alterationof the nils-, and alfo to revise the oxi?l----my niloi and bring down such other re-commendations to a future meoliii" of (We-gates as it may think lit."-Mr"Xico!.sonseconded, and the motion was agreed to.
(JfESTIOX OF AHAI.IJAMATION-.;lho Chairman said before- tho meetingconcluded he would like to bring fwwiircl•'li! mailer of amalgamation of the .\ nv/calami Rowling Af.-ociation. the NpiiliernAreociatimi, and the Auckland Bowliii"Ass:x::at.ioii. As members wero invnr-> atonforoiire on <!:e iiu;<=lion had lxw. heldat Ciinstchnrch. when (he principle oformiiig a Xow Z?! >laiKl IWliinr ,\s.-ocia-tioni for Iho whole of Xew ZeaLind wasconlinnod Certain proposals had Irciibrought forward, and these proposals Ird
since Ijcen referml to tih,> centres. .Therena-J b;cn no oxplwsatioiif-nono at all -and tip,- had simply to pick ,„. „„,- in-fonnatcHi hoy could 0!l tlm i|ii«ti»n whereand how they could, lie Ihoii-ht the rami-l cil. was the |,ro|>or body |o' di«cu.;> thisinallcr fir.<<, ami find out a? miicli as pos-fible as t:> the and disadvan-tage of amalgamiition.After a gelled dk-nssion, it was«'<lkl, on 111? motion of Mr Ptenhin tocall a meet ins of deloiraire to discuss' tli"pro|>:w(vl amalgamation, and that membfrsof the council I m< requested to attend f>explain th« pro>:o.si's.rnEsn.\TATiox to »n 11. f.m. MKiirnn.Mr .M«'rc?r the retiring iceretary of 4he
r?i ,""' Bowliiy A>v»ci:it.ion. and nlsoof the Diinedin Conlre, was entertained atsupper by Iho nwnil.-.-is ~f (J,,, assneiafonand til? centre. SivA dunnir the miiw ofthe evening prrwiifd witli" a cold wat"Ji■.nntiibly in-oriby|. for Mrs' .Morc?r, ar.-f agold-moiint.d fountain pen, al rso inscrilv»lfor Inn:.- f. The prcfenfiti,:.] was ina.de |, vMr (. J. Payne wl--, .. X-Vo jn a vpr j.oillog.stic strain c.f Mr Mnx-cr's r |m,liti lsasa .--erritiiry and a man. and fow-.n.!oth?i- gentlemen also lwre flattering testi-mony to t i<! worth of the B u"st of theevening. ' 'omU. songs, etc.; I:ol| o<l co-wards a. most enjoyable function.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.WHO IS THE MODERATE?Sill,-A writer in your t-uluinns
him-olf ami Soihi" says that it.lioiivy <lrinl;iir,' bout is f;ir :iioie* iiijuri.ir.-.than two moiilhs' stwuly drinking. Thai.sUitisiioni, Sir. is one of the di.<>?i)lioiispracticed on t!u> individual by t!i.> poison-oll'j drug, .alc-ohol. It h;i* rcpwitollv comi.uiidw notice l,h:it these iM<)dcni.li> drinkor.',t.heso c-jns.iint tinplen, in tv.o or thri-e.vi'jir. Iheimelvrj |hi> victims ofjilioiiolio disc-:i.<" and ins'iiiily. .An iii.vt;ini.- (i<xmii-i to mind of ,-i tnnn who. duriuc aJottil cption fight. Imastcd of hw iiMMh-i-.i.lion end his right of liberty; three year*later, at lh<> next poll, he d:;| not haw a.wi!<—ho was in So.ulili Mental ll:>spihl,l>fing kept there at the rajionw of |!n.mtfpn.vor>. JUs lilieny to drink then com-|>elleil the community to ccntrilxito to hislipket>|).
Tim !i(|iior traflic cosl.s \ew ZealandHire.. Hin«i us iiiucli for it.s evil etffcl.s ,-ui-i received in revenue from the halliu.It do".s not |viy. Then, bcs:<les, Ihcre irethe misery nml sullering in the h.,ir.e :mdUrn lc« of life in i"n,. <<i.,i::iunitv.Aficin, ■•Wlii,ky*nd f-'oiiV'is in'.-nrroot inhis statement. It: llorsle.v and Sturg:-'s Uvl;"Alcohol and tlm Iliimitii Hcdy," cmlx.'dy-ing the consolidated opinion "of lurdiviJ«-:eii.'-o to-day, in the chanter "DiM'.b.'sof tho Liver," we find: "[lipases of the.liver occur more fre<iii..|itly .is the rosult.of I lie freipicnt. takinir of siniill d(.vts <if••:!«ihol (though iKupi- r.achiiig the sl.uvof iiitoxiration) ilnin as the result of indulging more froelv but at intervals." Thusif '-oines about that publiciiiis and connm-r----<-iil travellers head the li.-::. of divitbs fromliver di'easns
Tho lat<> .Sir Andrew Clarke, physicianto Queen Victoria, says: "More than'tinfourths of the divirder. in wli.it we ( .il|' fashionable I if.-' .•μ-ikj. from lhi> use" (markthat word!) "of ataihol." Ilr .1. M. Whvt-r.ill the Edinburgh Medical Joiinwl c,\x-:"Liver <!'ison!ei-.; are unlmblv in all »-;i--v*
prejudicially inlliioiired I,t .-.Ulmlic bev,-r----aiiivi. Alcohol in mo Icrate i|inntilics ir-ritates the kidneys. Mid in all 1.1i.-*ir dirri-is
•it. should b« «-iilili.-!d."In vimv of lii(' i-slahli.'.licd nunlical f:r-lthai the moderate u.<i.- of alwhol i- injtidoiN
to the human ln>:ly the lici.|i,-iyl :J-> ,-fthe drug cannot bi> longer justified bv l!u>needs of ni('<leniie drinliers. .Moili'ni'odrinking !•■•• i" ita'lf injurious lo l.l;e com-niiiniiv. Kiirthi-r, it produces drunl;-i.i'Kalways has done so, and nlwav> will. Therefor.\ true common h<usp say< that the li-
.C("li«tl tril ,. l of |i(|t!i)i- being an injury to thecnnnnuiiily. ii ought not limner to be <-m-timhyl for tJie s:ik.- of ill., v.vlf.m- nf all. -
I am, etc, 'Tl.KAit axd Sdiikh.',"MR LEE AND THE SAME OLD SOTRY.
Slli,-lii your isuie of Ihe lf«h in«l. Mr,f. J. Ham.-.-iv i.i agaiii to the fore, IlihliiiK.critiirisiiigthelii/ivM'tion in the peiv.noi Mr I.iM-, the HpiKisilioti uiudidat:! foi-Oatnarii. "no would almort l it Ink. from tin-way Mr I .1. KaiMsiy is <,mtimi:J|y <i-fem|.ing ill!" present Itove.rniiient, thai he v.-.ssits pawl agent, It is really iMwiiiinjr m«)i!'i-tonous. Mr Haui'av is one of ihos? whoi.-innot se»- ,-Miy faults in the- Wanl Govern-ment, and thinks everylii-dv eta lobn lik(> him. Mr l.oe is an able ma,n .n:d||'" isMii« of the Hainani ciiite-it. can wifi-lv1,, le.ft in tin- h.'it.ik nf ||~. Daiuaru r! /•
t..n;. If I .-tin li.»l t;i-i-iitly nii>t:.|i,.|i, |1,,.Oaimirii e'«-liir>. in common with ttu; rlh.-ritlectors all over the Dominion, will jhowlIV thiiil- votes 11.-vl tlul. ilirv :■■;■
sick and tired of llm prcikint, udmiiiiMM.ilion, Probably by that timo lit- Hauisuy
J will lil.'d lli.il, lii< viewy utv very fur frwnkins s-linrcil !iy jmiv <m:i">loimlil.t iminher<if i!u' ciifinrs. - I jim.
i JtiXKinxiri:.Du.'irtlin, Si'|]lciiiliiT 19.
PRESEBYTERIANCHURCHENDOWMENTS.I i-'n:. —When v.v Pud the t-Vrf:y of tho| I'lvfli.vl'"m: (Iciioir.iii.iti.iM, -lejiirdlos-i 'if
; .•«iitimP!it, c;ij:er to .ndd to lh<v'r funds, M-! iinjr ll:oir_ Mtrplit: i-iniiv)'.'- of hallowed' memory !sic) to variety shows. ;Uvl v.h"n!wo considrr Ihe l it'!: cil'lowtin;! church enjoys tlw envy nt ot!:<r-r do-I nominations, I !•»> i|iiiii|ii>ii n:ilur:iily aristv,
i whether sl.v is tint I; in-,' liio l«-s! n.-v of herj t'stat.:'. liii|ti!rv ;'<khi leads to a wtfiitivo
• answer. 'l.ho licard created to administerjit is oU'ete. I(s constitution is wronß and
i undemiv.'ratio. and it.s .-'dniiiiiteration isI i»itlior in Uio Le<l of t.lie church; nor of tlm community. Its (ircemlin;!!; arclof tiie .Stnr-chamlier <1 -soriplion. ;iml it| owns nt;|uinsiljilily to none. Doubtless t!ui! early fallicr.i ini.vinl well by their cliurclijilt its ull;h:>iij?h *thp ostensible
. j reae.jn |f.von—viz.. tlml the clerjj.v wereunfit to manage their business affairs, im<l
• would_ f<|iian<lor their estate, is' far froijiilattcriiij?. and. 1 think, unjust to i.hetu.The clercy wore even deprived of theright t.i a voice in tins election of thoinoinlvsrs u'lio constitute the lx>:inl—it isfolf-eloHive,—ard lire uawerless to ctiVct re-form if ::reessary. One of the shrewdest,of their nutnber—now departed—hold slroni?views tJi.nl, reform in tome direction wasnwwary. and expivK-ed the opinion that1 I lip clergy should nuptial to tlto (lovornnipiit
j | fur a:i net. pnaliling t-iioni )..» soil, on IheETouikJs |hat I have herein mentioned.1 Tliero is no doubt that. tl:o church wouldivqi (Treat financial Ix-nofit by the fin-
' vernment's taking over a larpje part- of thisi proporlv at valuation. The purchase moneyinvest', d in 4 j;er cent, liovonniicnt bowls
1 would, in «ome cns?x_ treble the prerentincome. riiurcli extension lair.?uisli?s;1 poor di-triels entail yroat hardship on thosewko Iklvo the eare of tiheni; the cierjrv enn-r iimo to lo;? for tlio money that- shouldaccrue from t.heir estate. Win ? For lack
' of a man anion:,' them with moral eourasresufficient, to tackle thin question. It nrslit.
" bo full c.f prickles and stiii;,'. The " fut,in:lli, ' members of the board even, or theirfriend.;. may Ix> enjoying some ad van taicsin a business way nt the church's expense.It midil. brill)? a hnriH's nest, alxnit liis
pal's; fo the old way is t.lie easier, andthose of Hi? cbrxy who could move in thematter enjoy their own luxurious comfortand lull their conscience to sleep with t.l:oassurance that it is nnl t.huir buciiiws, whiletheir poorer brethren in the back-blocks
and church extension may fond for ihem-solvcp.Tile late Mr f-!<x:clc.:i was courntreouscntMtnh !o Ink;; over l!u> nannuomonl, ofthe university endowments, for tl:; reasons
I have von li?rem, and it wr.iild bo ato many ill llw fcrvicp ofHie cliurcli 1
if the (!.ivornm;nt wore ■to iu andotfect the reform over which an imlolent.floij?y has «> lonj piocrefitinattvl.—l am,c!<'., l'noi! I'llKSirytKlllAN.
Dunedin, Sep'einlxi' 18.THE LAST DUNEDIN NORTH ELEC-
TION.Sm, —I fear it is nlwtiys the unexpected'
li.Mt happu:s, «ik| a: election. times osptjci-a Ik, and this one now appioaohinif teemsto 1..' jiioving no I'xci'Mtioii to thi! rule.
J wish, here a.ii(l now, 10 iflii'jiatiiluio MrA. K. I'orday oil tin- position ,!m lias takenii]) .since he wa.s defeated at I lie lust clcs-tinii, a:nl ii very often Impnpiis that ailiinni.'cliaic defeat. will tuni into a sulise-
i <pien! vic.ioiy, ami I feel sure that, ill tJieuso <sf .Mr liarclav lhi.s will ultimately hoproved. No only lliat; it will have afar incro important influence, and thatwill Ix' on wir national politic as a whole,as (Ir.-clo-injj |':o litter badness of |xirtyp::litit-s (as ihe jranic is played today) asa sohtlion of our inhuman system wherebythe few are allowe:!' (o have 100 much andIhe Kiny (tinnoi to oat, Thisi< fit* problem tlwt all (iovormucnta willultimately have (<■» furr, whWher Uu-y like itor (Kit; and iliov will 1.0 fonvd to showtlu'ir l);i:id whHhei* in favour of Mich u sys-tem or apinst >iu!i u sy.Mcrn. 1 wouldliki? this olocfion t-> ta> fought, out. on tliosotwo linn of atlion «t!oiu\ and I think llicicwould le ample sconi; for an enthusiasticdisplay of evidci:t on l>ot') si<le.-\ ■S'.'f-i hit,however, thai I,lis is not likely |o happen,lot- us look hack three years nyoand analysethe position ii then was. *At that timethere was a parly in existence called thePolitical Labour I,eai;ae. We van twoo.mdidalcs for Parliament against the pre-'l'lit Adinitii'lration, of which Mr Hiirfhivwa* a supporter, namely—Mr .1, W. Munr";.•gainst the Hon. .!. A. Miliar, and 1 MrH. H. l)r.ii:r!'is au'ainsl Mr 'I'. K. Siiley.\\ e invited these men to come and joinour parly, kit. none of •them miepted, al-tliniijh tCiroc of them attended and [ravetheir reasons for not ;«>inin;:. so there wa<txiMiinu left Int t*> opof-e tin;.), and wodM. Sine:l ih"ii Mr Barclay's action andwhat he tell'; it; in |.his morning's paperproves, 1 ihink. th::; we were on the ri"l:ttrack then, althouuh iin.-urces-iful. Theonly different*; between Mr J. \Y. Mnnronow; and t.'ien is this: Since then Ihe oldPolitical I<ihour League lias heeii dvcentlvIfiirieil. and he has joined ihe Dunedinbranch of the Socialist party: afterwardshcinir elected presidlitil rf the Dunedinbranch. ThU pjirty drcklcd to run onecandiible. and he wos chosen as tln> party's111:111. amf seein'r tint In- opposed Ihe Hon.
.T. A. Millar last election, if. was thoughtdrsirajile Ilia' who voled for him atthat tiino hd a claim on him ajrain. Hencethe nrr-enl- |><-silio:i. In couclti-ion fwould lli'L'e nil lhn"> w.V> have the interest.?•if th" toilers a!, he.arl Jn sink nil lid(inferences and por-nrali'ties anil work asone soli'! organisation for this election.—J ill'l. S<il.llMl!lTr.
"DIEU ET MON DROIT."_ Sin,--" (iik.l (iiid my ltiu'hl "
in XorninnKivmh is I lie motto on the lioyul Arms ofUritmn, llu> prru<l"-t nut ion in I,ho world.Here ill Xew Zealand we are (lie oil'-shoots and <i\-s<.r'rulautrt of tlm iicop'.e whoi:d-.ip;eil this powerful epitome of Iho twoe-.sentials of civilised life. Stiall wo thenallow omrolves to ho deprived of u pitthtwhich touches ik perhaps more c.lo-elv thanthan otlicr. I,'ie ri-rhi to partake of thatform of liipiid lefrc.-limenl 'which expeii-once l::u proved to lie |>i',| Miitivl to ourrelative ooiiftitiilit>>:s'/ To t.lif mixlorate
I drinking mini niic] woman their plus's ofwholesome I'K'r. u'cnerons wine, or (-tinni-I liitinir spirits: to the lcet;ilal>r, hi< or lierI lifi, leinoiiiide, or iold wnler, All (lieI talk alxiul the n~<r of alcoholic liquors he-it'if injurious, shortening life, filling tliehospitals .'ind jjaols, is mi much waste oflne:it,!i. • Tim appeal is to the physicalnatiiri-; mid if ;i man feels lvnelited : liv hiscustomary (jliiws.—;ls who does not'?—hewill not lie iiilluenced liy the dicta ofany temperance column, whose a-wrtionsare proved to lie at. hull In- the experienceof the <i.;rt?s. (iii<l l iy the vast sums of moneyexpended upon what thev ilcory. Thesecretary of the No-licen.-e party, in replvto your M r lireve. cays thai,ill the event of l)oiniiii:iii prohibition <<>m-inir in, I'ie whole amount <if the "<?rinkliill." over three millions a year, would
:he .siyetl to the ciinnlrv, VcL'cluriaii:; tellU-, iviili «,s rnr.il .a show of r"a>m, thattill' <■:'tin<.» of meat is injurious, and theproviding of IWi food undeniably causesI a certain iimoiint of pain and cruelty tothe animal world: so. if |.h>> nmlo of liv-inn they .-idvorite into ucneral vopno,the meat hill would lie ;vivcd to the
country. This statement can lie used wit.lireference to many arct.'iei- article of con-sumption l:e.-idW< alcohol. Ilowrver. therea-e so many aMe letters, ii'ticles. nolic";of pamphlets, el".. nti>v>;iriii!r in vourcolumns iust now on thi- anti-prohibitionsi'hl that t:> labour the niliiect woultl be
redundant. I write niTelv to brimr intoprominence at tV pre;v>nl in::<lure the up-]>l i;vi l'iliiv of Ihi' irrand moltn ctebhi'oiiciTen the I'ovil \r"-- of Kmjlanl, "fled:ii"l inv Kiirhl !" I ,vn, el:'.,
Sept. -11l !•••»!• 10. IIiMTON.NO-LICENSE MEANS GOOD BUSINESS.Sin.—l was in n mini in ;i lam;
Wiiv of with l>ni!<l<v>. ('(<•. (Vun-inci.tintr on tlic ctn-cr of III)-I siiil: "Tlic tradi' stinpivmiiM Ih> ininrovi'il-t.'wiV ;i ir.Ttaint.y."Iln npliivl: "I <hn't know wliothiM' il istlic risiilt <>f m license or not., Imt outInvcriairsfill iriidc i< si>!i<nilid. In fan,nl»:nit. tin' lx"|. wo li;ivi\ I nm, etc,,
Wll.l.lAM Kixo.AK.'iirl Mioel, .'•'until I'unitlin.
BREACH OF AWARD.(Per PiiERS Absocutiox.l
WKLUNCJTON, .September 10.The 1 nspeclor of Award,; (Mr 11. A.
I lt,i||a.nd) priiceeded aqniust Win, \\'ilsmi,I i-rinlraclor. nf Ilintnui titreet, in theI Magistrate's Court, before'l)r M'Arthur.
S.M.. to-day fur breaches of Ihe Welli'lii;-ton Imildiui; trades' award. It wasalleged in the inforniatioiis that Wilsonemphiyed a labourer and paid him £1per week instead of Is ]\i\ per hour, asreipiircd by the award: also, thai hefailed t,:i pay wiijje,-; weekly. Defendant,win. .lid n-'.t :ipi.e:ii-. km iniik-te.l inpenalties aliiniiiiliii;;' to £?..
Wni.l-'r.S SCHNAPPS is suitable nlikufor men and woi.ieii, and is iti every senseiK-uelieial.
LAKE MONOWAI.
IX SEAHCII Ol' I'MOTOfiHAI'IIS iIN" .MIDWINTER.
liy I'.. lU.'onkv.The chain of hikes which extends well
along the west, coast of tinl South Islandof i>c\v Zealand oilers an inexhaustibleMipply of luod to the photographer. Thisknowledge, along with the laet that nophotograph of Lake Munowa: had ap-peared in any illustrated paper, deter-mined cut party of two *.o .start out onthe 19t.1i of June fiom tlie l.illtjurn Valleyfor the purpose of securing somethingIresii in the photographic line for theChristmas Annual ot the Otago Witness.Lokj Monowai, in the south-west of thelirfrd country, in the. third of the chainof laker; ntarting from I'oteriteri in thosouth.
Learing the homestead of Mr Monat'sWoodlands Lstate, where we had spentthe previous night, our road led u.s alongthe l>anl;« of the Waiau River, the lirstthree miies la'ing open country, and tlieulive miles through bush, ina.nly hirch,with a. sprinkling of pines and* totara.'i Ill's road leads to .Ma*.its Grigor ;mdGardner's hiiinnysidc KsUite, whore Ave in-tended branching off to the lake. A trackhalf a chain wide has been cut throughthis |ioTtion of tho forest, which woiddhe good travelling but for the amount otpig-rooting all along the line; and, judg-ing from the quantity of fresh upheavals,the pigs must be in fair .numbers, but asthey are very keen of scent and hearing,the majority scampered off before wearrived on the scenc. However, we weref(.rttmal-L* in sighting seven or eight dur-ing our journey through, and we alsodisturbed a number of wild bush sheep!i-s we neart-d Lhe Sunnysido end of thetrack, ami wore surprised to find amongthem a little lamb about two days old.We wero afterwards told that this wasby no mams an early one, others havingamxjared «& early as the beginning ofMay. About half-way along the bushtrack a magnificent view can be obtainedof tho Waiau running through a. deep,wowk'il gorge, hut as the light was any-thing but good, wo were unable to securea photo.
We reached Sunnysido about noon, and,being armed with a letter of introductionfrom Mr Clrigor (one of the partners),wo had a good welcome from the manager,Mr M'C'oll, who advised us lo camp thenight, as the lake wsis some nine or 10mile.'! further on. iStiimyside Station,which is situated on the south-west sideof the Waiau, is well named, for it in-deed lies on the "sunny side of theway." From the homestead a grand pano-ramic view opens out of the Waiau Hiver,winding it,s way like a silver snal'e everonward to the ocean, backed by the Taki-tinu) Mountains, with Blackmmint to the'left of them, looking particularly line enthis occasion, as a heavy coating of snowIwd previously fallen on the mountain-lo)i3. On tlic morrow IWcdncvday, 21st),Mr .M'foll very I;inill_v packed our swags'as far as the Monowai Hiver, about sixmiles on. our journey, and within threeand a-hall niilr.s of Lake Monowai. Thiswas a greal bom, as our swag.; were byno means light ones. for besides blankets,tent, and camera we were provisioned forfour or live days, making in al! about
401b each. iThe Monowai Diver, the outlet of Lake
Monowai, has a fall of 200ft between thelake and its confluence with the Waiau.the last mile having a fall of 150ft. Thismay be called the doodlcss river, an it hasnever been known to be in llood, and wewere told that it never varies a foe.t fromthe driest summer known to the wettestwinter. Indeed, we ourselves noticedthat after two days and nights' soliddownpour it did not rise more than oneor two inches, and the clearness ami fresh-ness of it* waters were not in the slightestdisturbed. The lake, which is some 12or 14 mile* in length, with numerous in-lets. drains an unnwiisc area of country,which would lead one to conclude thatthere must lie some unknown outlet totak:> away the surplus waters caused by'melting snow and heavy rains,
The rimainder of our journey lookabout two hours, and wc reached the en-trance about 3 o'clock, just in time toe.-eape a wetting, as rain had begun lofall, necessitating n"r camping, instead olpushing on to the lake, as we bad. in-tended. Till; was the afternoon of 'Wed-nesday, and we were unable to leave theramp until Friday morning, as the rainkept pelting st-ea.lily down until well oninto the morning of that day. Our stayhere was not of the pleasantcst, as wewere compiled to use wet manuka scrubfor a mattress, treating it. as cue doe.ithe proverbial bottle of medicine, for ifhad "to be well shaken before taken."There is a boat at this point—about aipiarter of a mile from the lake proper,—which is Ike properly of Messrs uritrorand Gardner, who kindly gave us the"life of it. for our trip. Hp,trance is gainedbv the rver. which is here narrow anddeep, and winds its way through whitepine hiii-li fronted with iminons? quanti-ties of flax and cabbage trees, making inall
a riuriTY PirrriiOn entering the lake the view that opensup on a clear day is grand in the ex-treme. It is a' very paradise of emerald,purpb, and azure, girt round with ruggedsnow-capped mountain nionstors, standingside by side, clear and crisp, against thesky, with dee]), worded gorges between,barred with Icel gleams of silver lightacross black gulfs of shade. This is thetmprereicn we received from this pointthree (lavs later when the day was glori-ously one, but Friday, the day we firstfiltered, was showery, with heavy hanksof fog hanging round the mountain-tops,in consequence of which we were onlyahie to secure one pliolo, taking advalngeof a short break iu the mist to do so.This made tlw third pliolo since startingon our journey, a period of live days,as up to th;-n luck had not l-een with us.
That night we camped on a warm,sandy point about three miles up the lake,where we had an unlimited supply of drymanuka for our lires. This place provedso comfortable that we decided to makelhe camp a permanent one. This is trulyNature's resting-place, "far from the busyhaunts of men." cut olf from the outsideworld by mountain range and deep prime-val forest, where the little feathered song-sters vie with one another in tendingforth their songs of praise until :iightput n a stop lo their chattering andclamouring, when the littlo inorepeke owitakes up tho running—tho sole guardianof the otherwise silent night. The iittlofellow with the insatiable appetite forpoll; persists in his demands for "morepolk" until daybreak, which brings re-newed activity on the part- of tho otheroccupants of the eternal forest, who againextend their throats to the uttermost, inglad carols to the morn, chattering andninging of wind and wave and life andlo\ e.
Saturday morning broke line withoutrain but with heavy banks of fog hang-ing round just enough to interfere withonr work. We set our camera in posi-tion about o'clock in the morning, whenthe mists had cleared from a portion ofth" mountains, but before we were '-eadvto snap they had again descended andhung round with persistent obstinacvuntil about 2 iu the aftornoon. so that weweie actually live hours waiting [mi- nn£
pliolo. I'lrtin that- time on, however, wewer? more fortunate, securing a largenumber of interesting photos of flic lakeand its surroundings as far up as ourlimited time would permit us to go, Dur-ing the spring and summer months thehills and mountains around are richlyclothed with silver tussock and nativegrasses, and il here strikes or.o as strangethat, where Nature has been so prodigal :of her gifts in this respect there shouldb 1 no animal life indigenous to the coun-try to pait.i!;< of her bouuteoiisness. Wefound traies ol wild cattle and deer alongthe shores. Tim deer Inve made theirway from Mnnapoiiii on the'on* hand andon'the other irom the slinrcr, of Lake jILmroto. where they were liberated some. >
11 or 12 years previously. These wild Ininiuttin ranges will prove a veritableasylum for the herds of wild deer whichare now roaming this portion of 111" coun-try. They cannot liv any means l>.! .'ailedthe huntsman's ideal, and the deerstalkerwho traverses them will deserve all hegels, as the chimera are all in f.-u'onr ofthe hunted. Other points of interestwhich Time, the autocrat of all things,
wiiuM not permit us to viril im TlioDevil's I'niieli Howl, a small lake on lln.
i tup of one- cf t.l:<' mountains (a iake with-I out a watershed, .r.'d yet with a constanti [.(ream of waler (lowing from it), and thoIti'ccn Lake, about two miles in length,situat'?d among the Siuinypido bills some600 or 700 feet above the level of LakeMonowai. We ;jot- dcKcriptions of thesetwo spiit,? which so niado our mouthswater that we have decided to visit- themduring tlw comini; spring when theineltfd snow would allow us to do eo.
i \\\> left the lake on the afternoon ofSunday, after having done fairly well intilt; photographic line consideiing tlio con-dition of the weather. We i"ached•Sunnysxlo thnl night witb appetites keenaw ra/i-jrs after a long walk through thewintry air, nnd did amplo justice to amoai prepared by tho commissariat yllicev.Mrs Collins. Lake, Monowai, like Lakellnuroto, .-ilthough out of the beatenpath of the regular tourist, is easy ofnccc-M, and wo may say of both in thelanguage of Hums:
Ainang tlmai n' yo tak" yo'ro p'.aco,Twin beauties of tlio southern kkea.
Tho following day, after snapping a fewpoint? nf intiMi'sl" jit- Smmyskle, includingthe homesto.nl. we ntarte<l on our returnjourney to Woodlands, where we againspent tho night, and on the morrow continned our homeward march with theafisifilancc of Mr Mouat, who generouslyprovided us with horses and kindly ac-companied us as far ;us his boundary,"leav-ing us some three or four, miles from ourhonve, which we reached in duo conrae,well saliflfiod with our trip.
SCIENCE NOTES.—Vacuum Cleaning for Mines, -
Tlio vacuum-cleaning of coal mines isn now idea for preventiiif risk from <h*l.to which e.\plosions are often ibie. Anelectrical linn has dovked a t-pecinl mine-ckaner, whicji includes a jet of comprawo*!air for raising the dust from every crevice,wilh a bell-mouthed suction lube Ix-himltho air-nozzle, and n sepnrntor or liltorthat retniiw the dust sucked in, and i»r-niits the air lo escape. A fanglo electricmotor drives both the Miction fan with-drawing the dust nnd I ho small pressurefan that produces the jet.—Popular ScienceSifting:;.
-Ibiit. by Hip Stin.-Tho lowerinir Washington monument.
Kilid rs it is. cannot rreist the heat of tliosun. poured on its southern side on a mid-summer'.-, day, without a slight bendiit;:of the shaft, which is rendered|XMc"plibie by means of a copper wire171ft long, hanging in the oeutrp of the
etruciuio, and carrying a |iluinmet sue|v.mulwl in a vessel of water. At noon insummer th? ancx of th" inoiiuiiicjit, 550ftnlxivc tho ground, is shifted, by expansionof the stone, a few huudredths of an inchtoward the north. Ilijih winds causu per-(Oplible motions of Ilio plummol, .iiul inftill weather delicilo vibrations of tho crustof tho earth, otherwise uuperccived. areivgislorotl bv il.
—A Curious Hybrid.—Heut«r's correspondent in Canon, Crete.
write:—"A poi>on of my acquaintuncohas just secured p:is-c¥fioii of a curiousanimal. Sonic months ago k> lost 'lis cat,a female. While walking in the '.wintryll:o other ilny he-, ramo nero* ;, hare ac-'.'omixtniod liy his cat, who was carryingin Ixm, iiKiuth a charming liltlo kittenlevrret. which she laid at his foot, andwhich be tool; home with him. The animalhas the head and paws of a cat, but allllin rest of the body is bare, not only inform, but in the quality nnd colour ofthe fur. The mixture of the father andmother in its walks and Ica'w is meet re-markable. Tho animal also possesses acbnracter of its own. In its canacitv ofhare it prefers the garden (o indcor life,but its cat nature brings it regularly toth<> dinini; room at n»il tim?, when itexpresses by a soft purring its pleasure atIwiuj; fed and caressed.".
—Paintings and Drawings of thoStone Age-
On Iho norlluTii slope of the Pyrenees.France, are three caves which wore i:fcilby nrclii-iloric man in the Stono Age asdwelling!!. They have a special inl/>rostowr '.ovcriil like caves recently discovi red,liM-aiiw oi the |>ain(iii(;s an<l ifrawinip thatcover llk> w'alls, ratifjing in w'zo from bisor soven incliM to as many feet. Timvariety nf subjects U rather limited, nndnniong them the bison and liorse- prc(i->mi-!!ale. A scarcity of human bkrncßfe?would ensjgest. a siipciftitioils fen-r jf self-portraiture. an<l Iho-e that- have bivn fou::dare real caricatures, childish in <xin>!ptio!ii'lirl execution. In tbLs respect theytrasl with the, in many im'.ipcosexcellent pictures of nnimalii, of which thohorse and bison lire excellent ex.nnpire.One of the caves is rich in hunuiii hniids,made by holdimr the hand otitfpre.vlapu'nstthe wall and iwir.tins around it. Out ofW4 hands, only eight represent tho righthand, which is conclusive proof that leanwas right-handed sis far back as the .StoneAge.
—New World in Creation.—Tho planet Jupiler, wliote volume is 1279
tiiiiiv! that of the earth, is now profoundlyex'jitint; foreign astronomers. M. Cilaco-bini, of the I'aric Observatory, who hasmade a special study cf Jupiter, rus do-scribed a rod sjx.it which possesses a rela-tive fixity, but within the last, year themobility has increased in great proportionand it,? longitude by alwiit That isall that we ran say scientifically. It ierenllv li:e formation of a new continent?Can wo draw this deduction frol,, 'hisphenomena r> difficult, to teiz'.'V It is/|X)s--mlilc, but who can ,«ay so wilh certainty?M. Camille Flammarion, however, ex-
himself with far greater confidencein this matter: "We arc assisting .it thecreation of a world; under our dazzledeyes a new world is being created n theinfinity, and in Jupiter wo hail ths worldof the future."
—Wonder-grass.—Tho African wonder-grass (I'nnicuin spec-
labile) has proved or,e ot the best or Ihegrasses introduced to Western. Aus,,.-alia.It- lius furoei'drd in almost every pacewhore it has been tried, both in lrv andmoist situations, and the introdiictirn ofIhi.j griUß for stiick-owiicrs is worth severallimes over all the money that lin* Ivenspent for grass r iv<ls and cxl^rimenlMit,'wilh grasw's dtirini; the last few v.mis. AtIho llatliiirtfl Kxix>riniculd Kiirin'this grasshas proved a vigorous grower, is unil'ectt.lby frosts, and «=hee-p like it well. Atseveral of t.h« Western Australian espefi-inental farms it lias given the most nroinis-in? results; in fad, it seems to eland thedry weather Iwtler than any grass tint v.ehave yet had growing, It" appiviw lo beiloiiiß eipiallv well in sandy and clayeyland, and also in dry place's. Thic- gr.-.s?ftrowv lmwt. luxuriantly, .-uul aa iVii' afthe upright growth, it fends out lonirlateral stems, wliich form fre.'.h rojs atthe nodule* an<l cause the «r:u« lo spwadMiiiekly. Kiiriners in the western ilistrictslxiuld give it a trial, us it is a spie'Hiildi\auc!il-re«islinj,' grays, nnd would e'l.il-lollk'in lo double ar.d treble the stock carrying ca|iaeilv of their holdings.—N.S.W.Agricultural Gazelle.
—Purest Waler r'ound in Fruit -
One of the greatest advantages of liuitis lhat, il <ilfeis us pure water for which 'wo do not tired a. filter, to the ani'wnt of50 per cent, in berries and 92 per cent, inwater-melons. Oranges and lemons nonot. only valuable by reason of t.hcir potashsalt*, but. es'tfeially ■ for their citric- icid.A case of i.-;iraly.-is of the entire riglit sideis reported where tho juice of oriiuus,adoptixl as a ivgular diet, with cl'.e'kenbnilh. appeared to perform wonders. Asan aid of diction—a rrally nialoriiil aid -
Ihe pineapple stands alone iimmig the fruit,lit; vcyi'toblo pL'|isin neiilralises—<ir. per-liaps rather digests-alhitininotM stilt-^irrjcsin the stomach. Fresh pincaimle or, :l»tler still. Ihe fresh juice of one~|,l,.ivdin direct conlact wilh ei!i;i\ or irelatiue, 'or milk, will prove _ this, fnct conclusively 'by producing a bitlor-lasting <lish. In I
.ciiHvs of catarrhal ailments of Ihe throat, Iand in -its downward connection, the uli- '.nientitry canal or Iraet, piiuvipple cannnlhi) (ivor-i'stimntisl, iiud it acts with Miunlforco in malaj'ial iilfections. As for Ihe ;dale and the banana, they coiita-in siilli- \cii>nt nutriment lo nistaiii'life. The salts 'and organic acids in the apple tend to .improve tho quality of (J:e Ijloui],
-The Slm'nie of Katin ,,'.-In soni> primitive trilies, eating is re-
irar<kv.l as i-iiinel.hiii:: lo be ashamed of. iKarl von der Sleiner, the celebrated ox- !: ploicr. was looked ujvin iu- a verv ill-hrcd j!
pvi'Min by the natives of r?«mth 'American j ikircsl.s Invaiitc he at'., in the prc.scr.ee of I 'others. The original groiuid of the shame- \ii'Mii'iated wilh eating is a fear of evil ItpiriK The feeling of .shame is not in- IN:rn in mankind, and it a-'fumes very dif- '
: ft'i'onl. forms in dilfcront reiy'oiis. A rom- IJ nant of tin , superstitious Icar connected Ij with the act of tiiking food apnears in II the ejaculation, "Prosit I" which, in C!cr- <many, is religiously uttered bv tbo com- Ipnnions of n man who is iibout lo take a j :drink. This I-ilin verbal form, t.hojjeneral j IniOiinisiLT of which i.< "inav it bo bone- i 'ficinl." ■ is now umlprstoofl' fimnlv as the .oxprcK-.ion of a wish lhat the drink will ]agrco wilh tlm drinker's constitution, but <il. originally eonnoteil the h"^ , thai th<> Idrink bad not been ItcwiU'lusl, Tho divi- ]sion of labour bstweon niun and wontoii (
brought iilxiiit a reparation nt, meals. TheJ&kiiiMM huvo separate dishes for Ih? twosexes, and u man would ly deeply .i:.!uimo-.it<i rat with women. It u iw&i'bln that tliodecoration of plnt<u ami cups v,\it, designedlo icrvi! as a <ouiitor charm, as -,vell asnn ornament. When tJv> four of demonshad p:ix-ed, the cusloni of eating in privatewhich tluit fear inspired was nimctiuKßmaintained by forco of habit, h> thatI'alir.g in public came to lw regarded as a.shameful breach of Rood manners.
LITERARY NOTES.—The publishing firms of CJoorgo Allenand fjons and Swan Hnniioiischoin and Go.(Lid.) have been amalgamated, and thecombined businessee will in future oo car-
ried on by « now company, iimlcr tliotitlo of (,corffo Allen and Co. (Ltd.)
— 1hero is a mass 'of material at handsays the Daily News, for writing the hio-gra])hy of the Into Sir Charles Uilko, andtlio various dwrio-, nnd papers in the pas-session of tho family arc lo bo edited byIns literary executor. .Miss (iortrudo Tuck-wcll.
--"Tlio Locust and (|lO Ladybird" is tin,ttllo of n new novel, by a well-known Aus-tralian doctor, shortly u> l>c published byMessrs .Siimpsoii Low and Co. It containstho description of a 700-mile motor touralone the; oust coast of Australia
— niiriiiff th,. recent "Centenary" talkalK.it lliMboray. /ml Itacberj, amongothers, regretted that Amelia had boeiimade so feeble a person in "Vanity Fair."llushas led Mr J Parker Smith to sendto Iho riniM a Jiithorto unpublisliod letterof Thackeray's to his friend, Robert Hell,a .contributor to Eraser's Magazine, dealingwith tho Amelia question. Tho nov*tsays:- If I |ln( | matic Amo|ift fl hcrordor of woman the™ would have beenno vanity in Dobbin's fallinK ! n love withher whereas tho nnprcfeion nt present isthat he is a fool for his pains, that ho hasmarried a silly liitlo tiling amJi ;„ fact.has found out his error rather a sweet andlender one, however, "quia iniiltuin lima-«t I want lo leave ovoryliody dissatisfiedami unhappy at the end of the storv-weought all to bo with our own nnd nil otherstones-ProfKfoi- J. flcplnini Millar is ono ofthe most. sncisivo Scottish critics of tho day.A ilwiplo of t.lm late W. ]■]. Henley. Jicas on various occasions 2iven offence, toho more perforv.d of his countrymen. It««e ho who. ni a oaustie article, coined thenow fan,,!,ar phrase "Kailyard Sc.iool."In his address on Francis .Mrov, n t tho
opening of. tho ' Vclt enami pronum-iaUon he went, on to speakof tho language of the educated ckJiinScotland at the prowl dnv. Tho hailtlimge lie saw may> forgivon him by hi,fellow-countrymen in respect of hh Millmore severe oritirbn of Kn.ylieh pro.iiin-CI ?A .'•
~lho llM»E«nous accent cf IV- O \with Its hideous corruption and nerve™-,,"
0 vowe ronmls, fare Professor Hepburn.Millar, has couriered London nnd theif. V°!'" lics awl s«l"l««l Oxforrfchi-c----and iorkshire. It is, he declares, insinu.-iV
ing Hsolt into tho everydav speech of tl»<upper el.iraes, whc« vowel sounds lorn!more and more to become sophisticatedand dipthong.il.\i7"i A
TRiant' s Youth ", '* a s,ot l'vAlfred Tenn.uon, a grandson of the fomoiiYroot whoso name he tear?. Tlio D- ;lvMail says:—"His h|. vl o betrays hmi "«svery very young, but. he hO , ~Tjttoi, (lbright original book if grent promise He
( escribes the unhappy youth of .lim M-tc-itenaW, whoß huge, diinny bedy bringshim nothing but trouble in his native vil-lage of rueh.l.l. Tho children icor at himat whool, and when at last Jlo turns atbay ho pete a reputation for fororitv whichho cannot live down. £vervtJiine 'in f-ctgoes wrong with him, and he loathes "histreat body and wishes ho were as 'itheraddies. But ho » doslinod to oome intoIns own j| laEt, and when wo leavo himi ,?. oa
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rmnff monpy and Tamo M Mae-donald, the Hepldi uiant, in Mandevi!!o'#weat sliow. The story alternates Ivtweenhumour and pathos, and makes very cerce-able reading. Hut Mr Tennyson F.hofld bewarned auaiwl a too exuberant style Hislittle philcsophic disertations are cleverand nnm?in.!r. but they make tho construc-tion of his book ratlwr lajrwl. Sliil heis a writer with ideas j:id a pleasanthuman touch, an,l thin (lift story of hisleaves a very good , impression."
— Xovels, .f.iys a writer in Iho Academymipht cjinvenipnlly bo divided into twogreat elasses-novcl3 of character andnovels of action. Tho perfect novel would,wo might suppose, bo a perfect blend ofthese two elassrs, Oharnctcr would bo con-vineinply delineated without tho novel'sbecoming purely psvehplnffical, and with-out robbing it of that vitality of actionoften so Mdly laekinj in tho novel ofcharacter. Perhaps it, is too much to cxptetthat lih ideal will ever lx> completelyfioliievcd. lwarirjr in mirwl the frailty ofcur morality, but there weins lo bo a dis-tinct move in this direction. Anyhow, inreal lifo action and oharacter are indubit-ably intertwined, even ae lifo ami moralsarc ono in the great coiiuilex- of humanexistence. When our novelists can (rraepthis jnore fully they may bo able to workout their artistic and ethical salvation. Woshould then be srvired the drenry puppetsof the novel with a purpose on the onehand and the ehadowy personalities of thepsychological novel on tho othor. Th<>moral is always unmistakable ia real lifefor him who has tho oyo to see it, Itwould seem that the artistic temperamentu often blind to this particular aspect oflife. Thin, indeed, seems to be the snareof. tho ono who pursues after beauty mlartistic oongruity. Any true presentationof life bv oi:e of balanced artistic tempera-ment will point its own moral with suffi-cient clearness.
—An article in tho Aupust Treasury, bytho Rev. Malcolm Peart-, M.A. (summarisedin lilio Westminster (Jauotte), points outthat the pun is ono of the commonest formsof humour in the Kast. ''The Old Testanieiit writers, especially the propliets aroImo Orientals in this fespoct. for they ufothis ornament, of six-eeh mc<t effectively."' Amos, tho dowrt prophet, (.lie. first of thewriting prophets, uses puns more euccessfully than .•my of th? propheff. Unfcrtiinately, in our translations |.hp play ofwords is lost to us, and we fail to we thedclieato shade cf meaning, or the mocking,or scornful irony, of iniuiy a phrase. Amost notable pun of this" prophet is thatof tho vision of summer fruit, 'And he raid.Amos, what sees! ihou!' 'And I (-aid abnshct of summer fruil.' TII9II said theliord unto me, Tho end is eomo Wion un-people Isrnol.' (Amos viii, 2.) In thisverw the translation fails to brir.T out thoplay upon the words 'summer iruit' and'end,' consequently the |»int is lost to usTho Hebrew word for 'summer fruit' iskaitz. and the word for 'ond' kotz. Thoparable is made fur more impressive bythe pun, nnd much more lialilo lo stickin people's memori:*. Just road, tho verso,Milr-tit.itinjj the original words. 'And hosaid, \\hat west thouf' And I said, "Abasket of kaiU." Then said tho Lord untome. Tho kels is eomo upon my w*h>!<\Israel —and wo at once how sightand sound must have combined to nrrestIno attention and impress the mind of thounthinking Israelite. The bcautv jf thispunriitis parable lies in the fact that (asPusey fays], 'tho symlwl and tho wordexpirssin;,' it coincide.'"
—In a.'volume entitled "Tho Philosophrof Don" Mr (i. V. Ahlmil- satirises a goodmany people, particularly two pot-eurs,whom he disiruisre as "Sh'av" and "Chcetnuton." Mr Hoai:ergcs Slav, an Irishman,a vegetarian, and an ecoentric. is thussummed up:—"A turbulent humourist., anintellectual Anarchist, an ogo jimninc ofthe first magnitude—a man who consicloiwltho centrifugal caprice of the individllaiI ho Mipioine tret of virtus and tho quest ofhis own good a sufficient excuse for makingolh'.>r |>oop!o nncomfort,iblc~a lmiqiinanomaly of whom no counterfeit can ovenbo .iltemptcd with n fj)a<low or hop? of.success. Wliore did Sliuv derive his rincu-lar perver.Mty from? \Vne it ~„ i n herontor an inl:oritod infirmity? Most pcoplo do-clare tlini it wck an outcome of his Irislibirth, lint I, who knew him better thanmust people, could never accept that ex-planation. Tor if fjhav was Irish for Eng-land, ha was also too Knglish for Ireland.Ho was an nlion in (his, nn outcast fromJohn Hull's other island, an undesirable inImth. Ho was, as otic might say, a manof no country, no creed, no nge." Ho wasjust t?hav—a nxwndif nomad, or •>. nonvidiomonad a unit, of discontent, unattached,unlabeled, nnnpprmatcd, and unprofit-able, disparting itself in a pocial vacuum,ii naiißlilv phiisl. noisily wandering in alladiv Oi its own creation, and there|:uivuing in :i rwtl(vj, erratic.Mtperiw faeliion a cult that, iscensidered higher thaai any culture.Hγ. was immensely jiop.dar in lVckhamlive, and I have no doubt ho would havobivn equally papular at Westminster.-Thero all his peculiar |x>wcrs might havefound a congenial lichl for fruition: hi*liijlitnin;,' rapidity of thought, his unhesi-tating readiness in repartee, }m superbcommand of invectivo. his bittorm?Ea, histruculence, his colossal confidence in him-self, real or apparent, nnd his total con-tempt fo>- evervlxuly clto—all tlieA; giftswould prolviblv havo sti:o«l him in eomlMoid, provi.l!-,!. of conrjp, ho remained inperpotual nppKiitioji. His fatal inischoicoof a field of activity rohlrd ICimlish poli-tics «:f mi oiitcrt.-iininif ll;»iir<> and endowedlOiiglish letters of an irritating rolcciffinOh, tho pity aiul Lho lallios of it!"
PERSONAL NOTES., , —Lord Jiislico Vatican Williams eomo
| timo api) delivered himself of the opinion, that the modorn Englishman las lost his. senaa of word values. Tho statement, for, instance, said his lordship, that a man ia
liar does not vow war tho weight it(, did formerly, when an Englishman, if, called liar, would knock tho ofTendintr
j>«rs<iji down. His lordship at tho timo waanot speaking from tho Bonoh. and hoallowed liirrurolf to add tliat ho was afraidthis liabit whs dj-ini; out.
— Admiral Sir ArtJiur Mooro occasionallypzrmita himself what m.iv bo called "tho
! soft answer that stimulates wrath." On. one occasion, during cun-practia, at a float-j m.tr target, oi:o of tlio guns inado rather. a. bad ini&j. lho officer in chore© wrou3 summonnl to tho admiral's speakine-tuboDown floated tlio gentle inquiry in SirArthurs most suavo tones: "My'dear sir
. do yon think tlio Lords of the AdmiraltyI supply you with live shell for the solo pur-
. | low of shooting mackerel?" The officerhad his revenue, however, for t.!:o next
. shot. from tlio ho was in cliarco ofblocked tho Lirxet. to pieces and stopped„ practico for tho rest of IJ» day!
— TJio Kin;t, by selecting the battleshipf Hindustan as thnt on board which Mid-s shipinan lho l'rinoo of Wales is to bciinj. his ''blue-water" term of naval training,hao placed the l'rinoo under tho earc of
. a captain v; ly), as an old friend and ship-, mate, is very well known nerconallv to his
J Majesty, Captain 11. 11. Campbell. M.V.0.,. A.D.C. Tho Hindustan is one of tho bipr
I battleships of tlio pro-Dreadnought croup,r a vessel of tho Kins Hdward VII typo.Sho belongs to the Atlantic Fleet,, whosoI cruising ground is between Gibraltar andJ Dover. A.s at present arranged, towardsr Ihn end of tjie year the officers and men
cf tb? Hindustan are to turn over into onot of. the now Dreadnoughts, then to bo toadys for commissioning, and tho Prinoo willthus join tho Homo Fleet.n —Sir I'khvard Grey, tlio Foroien Seoro-J tary. who has had such an aiixioua timo
in connection with tlvn- Morocco affair, oncoI drew an alluring picture of tlio old oro, which lie covets in a speech replyine to a
* least proposed by Mr Churchill. "It is atiny of unlimite<l leisure that wo shall
t spsml with old friends in a. library. Thcro•r ; a garden outside tlio library, and of
| course a suitable river—not flQwinff too fast' nor at tho samo tiino flowing too slow., which is a worso fnulL That will be t.lio
happiest time of a!!. I, in tte days,, shall have no thought of politics except
to read the re|wl of tho brilliant speecheswhich Mr Cliureliill will still ba makinjr
. in the House of Commons." Sir EdwardGrey is not vet 50.
" _ —Mr Thonias Alva Edison, tho famous* inventor, sailed for Europe on tho 2ndAfor the first holiday ho has over
J taken in his life. Ho assured several press-men that ho was perfectly well, and thathe w.ii only taking a holiday because of
' Mrs Edison's insistence. I'erronally ho■aid thnt he expected to have two weeks'n worry, for holidays to him could only boregarded or worrv. It would bo a newexijcrienos, he raid, atthqagh ho expected
| to find it ve.rv boring. Discussing his;; work, Mr Edison declared tlrnt ho had at
j hv*t .pcrfeckd an invention for the nrrscn-latioit of talking moving pictures. It wa3.cf Course, a combi(ration of rjnamophono
I- and bioscope, but tliis invention was by no* moans oumlieiNoine and was simplicity
1 Ho declined to jfivo any moro do-s tails, and in conclusion assured the inter-' viewers, who asked whether ho did not? find his work tryinjr at his a»o. that ho
had never been so well in his life, and Faws uo reason why ho should not livo to 150.—Of pensions enjoyod by peers at tho
J present time, a list of which lias recentlybeen furnished by tho Chancellor of tho Ex--1 chequer. in atiswer to Mr Kellawa.v, only
; I.ord Xclfon's £50M is in the nature of! a perpetual pension. Lord Hardince's
£3000, ajid the £2000 pensions of Lord' Gouph arid Loixl Napier of Jlaijdala, will
terminate with tho lifo of tho present" holders. Tlio nensionß conferred oil tho
' first ViECount Hanlinge (Governor-Generalof India from 1844 to 1848) and on the
1 first Viscount Couch (tlio victor of Sobraon] and Goojerat) wore limited to thcmso'.vce
| and their two immediate suoeessors to thetitles. Tlio pension confcrrwt on .10 con-
| queror of Abvsr.inia, on the other hand,v.-as for hirnwlf and his next snrvivintrmalo heir only, wlio is 'the nresent I>rrrd
' Napier of Magdala. At least ono peeresshas been in enjoyment of a pension. That.
' in the Dowager I/adv Mayo, tho mother ofI the present carl; whose pension of £1000
]>er annum was conferred 39 yoars ago,' aflor tlio asjafsination of her husband, tho
Governor-General of India, in tho Anda-. man IslaiuN.
— Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, who hasi just celebrated his birthday,'[ lias many claims to distinction. Ho was '
t one .of the ltiost brilliant surgeons of his. day, with a Tecord of countless operations
f successfully |ssrformed; ho has bcon famous. for his work in the department of re-( search; and he lias played a nrominent. part in public affairs. He will, howovcr,. always be lxist remoml>erod probably bv[ reason of his investigations into tlio causo, of leprosy, in pursuit of whiclvtask ho has. paid visits to all parts of tho'iiorld. Sir
J Jonathan's views on tlio subject will bo. known to most. As a result of prolonged| rc«earcl>cs, ho was led to the conclusion
; tliat this horrible disease invariably has for, its .ultimate cause tho eating of dceayc<l, fish, although it may at times ho oommuni-
J eated by contagion. Tho thcoJT has, ofj. course, bcon opi>os?d by some, and it is
f also at variance with tlio conclusion arrived, at by the important Commission on
j Leprosy in Indij which investigated thoillicition some years npo. Sir Jonathan,however, contends that tho cvidor.eo infavour of it is incontrovertible.
j —There appears to bo no' limit to soien-! titic furiosity, especially in Gwmany. A
eeientist of Leipsic, wisliing to ascertain* whether fish are warmer than tho water
they livo in, stuck a noodle connectcd with* a "thermo-electric circuit into a living fish
in an aquarium. Tha needle formed onoelement of the circuit, while tho other ele-
-1 ment was immersed in tho samo water thatcontained tho Csh. Tho latter was not
, seriously in iured by the necd'.e, and quicklyt became indifferent to it. Thon. as tho fish
swam about, carrying tho lieodlo, the in-genious savant cloied the circuit and keptwatch on tho galvanometer. It showed nodi'flcction whatever: from which ho con-
| eluded that the fish and tho water werot prccfecly equal in temperature, for had, either been warmer than tho other a our-. rent would have boon generated in tho
J circuit.[ — A uvll-educated person seldom uses
more than about 2000 or 4000 words in; actual conversation. Accurate thinkers and
, close roaMinere, ivlw select with prcat. nicety the words that, exactly fit their
: nienninp, oniploy a much larger stock, andeloquent speakers may risa to a command
J of IO.COO. ShakespMre. who displayed aj greater variety of expression than probably
, any other writer in anv larwniaeo, pro-, dueed all liis plays with about 15.0CC words.
> MiltonV works are built ur> with fOOO, and; the' Old Testament Fays; all that it has to
, fav with 5612 different, words. Many un-i educated permns Ret through lifo with ai vocabulary limited to 300 words.
I —In tho ancient cathedral of Genoa svaso of immenso value has been preservedfor 600 years. It. is cut from a binjrlo
I emerald. Its principal diameter is ?2Jin,ami its height sjin. It is kept under seve-ral locks, t.!ie Keys of whieh aro iii different
■ hands, and it is rarely exhibited in public.> and only by an order of t.lw Senate. When
[ exhibited it is suspended round tho neck' of a priest by a cord, and no one :#
I allowed to touch it but him. A decreoi passed iu 1476 forbids anyone coins too
I near tho precious relic- A Genoese anti-; nuarian wroto a bonk to demonstrate that' thus vase is one cf tho eifts which was
i made to Solomon by tho Queen of Slieba.' — gaeoiiin, a prclty littio of 300
' inhabitants, situated near Soireons, tho' Roman Suessiones, on tho Aisnc, in France,
' whore Ciovi« defea(<xl lho Romans in 4861 .t.n., is about to hold an interesting fete.
Tho' village has a Tenown for it-? health,and six couples are to celebrate theirgolden wedding Theso are tho happyfolk who are to be feted:—M. Blondeau,ixirn in 1833. married in 1857 Mile. Leroy,
1 who is two years vounpor tlvui_ lior hus--1 liand: M. I/eveque. born in 1835, married[ f-epteml>er 20. IBS'. Mile. five
1 years his junior; M. Mnlhcrmc. Iwrn in1833, marrird at the ai?o of. 21 Mile, Blique.one war hw renior: M. Brebant. liorain P3B. married to Mile, Valee, two yearsvouncer than himself; M. Rlinuo, born inIW9, married on nttaining his majority.Mile. Yallorland, who was born a year
after her husband: and M. Memart, Inrnin 1P36, married 26, IC6I. to MlltvDulxiis, who is now 73 yea« of ,-\i!e.
— Tlio wonderful power of bono struc-ture has been tested sciontifioally to showhow hollow bono bears strain. A verysmall bone, only ono squaw millimetro(.0155 square inch) in diameter, will hold331b in suspension without breaking, whilea picco of the best oak of tho samo thick-ness will hold up only 221b. Tho l»no is.therefore, half as strong as tlio solidoak. Nature is economical in t.ho weightgiven to bono*, makin? them hollow andat tho Mine time making them strongerthan if they wcro solid ami much heavior.This principle lin-s been recofrniscd inmrotviiiics, ns enpincArs iwo hollow stooltubes inaU-v) of solid, nieot wftt
4 OTAGO DAILY TIMES. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1911.
DUNEDIN PRESBYTERYAN EXTRA MEETING.
An extra meeting of thu Dunedin Pres-bytery was lieltl yesterday afternoon todeal with items of business held over from(lie ordinary meeting of n fortnight ago.'I'ko Moderator, the Nov. Spence, pre-sided, and there were some- 30 memberspresent.
THE MAORI HILL CHAM P..Tho Rev. D. Borrie, moderator of the !
Maori Hill char B e, said lie was very glatl |to k> uhlo to come from Maori Hill re-jporting that they were asking uiiuiiimuusly ithat the Presbytery should sustain theircall to tho Uov. 11. 11. Barton, of Lime- jstotio l'lnins. Tho'usual formalities hiul jbeen carried out and the congregation was ,heartily unanimous.
Mr 1, . li. Clark stated that the roll hadbeen purged and that, out of 137 name.'available on the membership roll the railhad been signed by 123 members unci 19adherents. Every oflicc-bcnrcr, every Sab-bath school teacher, and, he believed,every member of tho choir and Dibloclasses, had signed the call.
Mr Belt assured the Presbytery thai thocongregation was practically unanimous.Mr Barton would have tho faithful sup-port of the office-bearers and organisationsof tho church.
The Hot. J. Chisholin moved, that thecall he sustained and forwarded to thoSouthland Presbytery with the necessarydocuments.—Carned.
Tho Moderator of tho charge and MessrsCraig and Clark wcro appointed to prose-cute tho call.
ASSEMBLY REMITS.A number of rctnita from the General
Assembly of 1910 wcro dealt with. Thofirst of these concerned tho transfer ofmembers from one congregation to anotherand means by which lapsing of member-ship might be avoided. The remit sug-gested—(l) That Presbyteries bo instructedto nssign boundaries to all 'ho chargeswithin thflir bounds so that ministers mightbo responsible for all visitation withintheir own parishes; (2) that provision tmmade for sending notico to the congrega-tion with which tho moving member islikely to connect himself; (3) that. Prcs-bytcrial visitation committees make in-quiries, on tho subject of lapsing.
Tho Clerk of Presbytery, tJio Rev. A.M. Finlayson, moved that the Presbyteryapprovo of theso overtures. Ho thoughtthey would to some extent prevent lapsing.
The Rev. A. VY. Kimmont referred to asystem in the Old Country by which tlierowas a, sort of clearing-house, in the largotowns, and a committee for the purpose
' of keeping an oyo on church memberscoming to a new district until they hadconnected themselves with some congrega-tion, lip proposed that a recommendationestablishing sucli a committee bo added tothe motion.
Tho Rev. D. Dutton remarked that thomatter was not so simple as it looked. Thodifficulty was that many people who wentout to tho suburbs desired to retain theirconnection with city churches. Often, al-though these peojilo had practically ceasedto attend tho city church, the suburbanminister was debarred from visiting thembecause of this formal connection. iloknew tliero was a great deal of lapsinggoing on. Ho used to get notes from DrStuart saying "So and k> has gone to yourdistrict but wants to retain his connectionwith_ Knox Church. Would you mindlooking after him?" "All very well,"commented Mr Dutton, "for mo l<> ho thoshepherd and somebody clso to shear theflock!"—(Laughter.)
The Rov. J. Chisholm said his experi-ence, had boon much the same as Mr Dot-ton's. Presbyterians ought to recogni'othat tho church in the district in whichthey resided had some claim on them.
The overtures were approved witJi thoaddition of a clauso recommending theappointment of a Strangers' Committee ineach of tho largo conlres.
Tho Clork thon brought forward a remitdealing with tho question of ministerialtenure. Tho principal alteration proposedto tho present regulations was one to pro-vent any minister from accepting a callbefore he had been five years :n his chargoexcept with the special permission of hisPresbytery. Tho Clork explained that themoving of any amendment was equivalentto rejecting the remit
The Rev. W. Scorgio moved, that thoterm be redured from fivo years to Uireoyears. Ho detailed circumstances in whichit would bo unfair and unwise to requiroa young minister to remain fivo years inone charge.
Tho lUv. \V, Gray Dixon fccondod thomotion on similar grounds.
The Rev. A. W. Kinmont moved, thatthe remit be adoptod. Tho Presbyteries,
ho said, wero all composed of some menwho would deal in the most sympatheticand friendly way witJi any ease where atransfer was desirable before the specifiedtimo had elapsed. Ho considered thatunderthe proposed regulations it would bo pos-sible to hear candidates one at a time.
The Clerk seconded Mr Kininont'smotion.
The Rev. J. Chisholm then raised thopoint that tlio Presbytery was debarredfrom dealing with tho matter at this stage,as it \!O3 required to give srnsions an op-portunity of expressing their opinion. Thathad not yet been donn.
After considerable discussion the Modera-tor upheld tliis objection, nnd ruled thatthe sessions must first have the matter putbefore them.
Tho third remit from tlio Assembly dealtwith the Saturday half-holiday question.Tho Assembly had received mi anneal forits support from a universal half-holidayorganisation, ami the appeal was sent oilto Presbyteries and sessions-
Mr Hcndcron said tho matter was finiteout of their jurisdiction, and moved Hint,tho Presbytery paai on to the next busi-ness.
The. Rev. R, Fainnaid seconded.The Rev. A. W. Kinmont referred to theconditions at Homo, whore- many shop assis-
tant!) wcro keot at woric till li o'clock onSaturday night. lie thought the.ro was areligious side to this question, and that fJiuPresbytery should take it into considera-tion. Inquiries sroukl bo made by tlioAssembly as to whether there was anamount of late Saturday niplit work such,as to interfere wrfli tho proper observanceof the lord's Day.
Tho Rev. J. Chisholm said that there wasmuch hardship in country township Boththere and in tho large centres peoplo
iieomed tohave thohabitof walking and talk-ing about tho> streets (hiring tho Saturdayovening, and tlien making their purchasesthevery last thing. Ho was sure that manyin tbo shops could not get home till iivery lato hour, lie thought they mightrecommend that an effort bo made toshorten tho honre of work on Saturday.
The Rov. J. Aftkon raid that the Presby-icrv could hardly go to the Assembly witha suggestion of that kind mado on the spurof the moment. He had a feeling- that thePresbytery was not doing its duty by thesol omits from tho A.wmbly. The uiiiyemil.Saturday iraJf-liolidny would result in nniiinlicr of (•■jiofKissistnnts going oft" to thecountry. His experience was that people■"■ho wanted to go to churob did go, amithose who did not want to go to churohdid not. go.
The Rev. R. Kairnuid said that nearlyall the slwps closed at 6 p.m. or nt 9 p.m.Mr Houston said thnt nearly every shoo-
man could get ->ff tho premisw by 9,30p.m. If Saturday afternoon was a genera!holiday l:r> considered there would bo apoorer att.enda.nco at. the churchc*.
The Rov. II E. Dayies wit! Uw* univer-sal Saturday half-holiday facilitated btisi-r.css, but it did not Mt> the attendance atthe churches. The Wednesday half-holidaywas sometimes given as a reaion why ineildid not ffo to lie wpck-iripht sen-ice.
Tlio motion to proceed to tho next busi-lit-HS was carried Iry a laTge majority.
GENERALThe Rova. J. J. Giirney, J. Invin. W
Gray Dixon, R. E. Davies, and J. Aitkeiiwere n-ppointod a committee on the Keens,in? of fttud'tits.
The application of Mr S. IJarbinson war.remitted to tho Assembly, with a recom-mendation that the Pnvibytfiry lx> author-ial to fake Mr Ilarbinson on trinl forlicense.
Tlie Rov. A. Cameron reported on be-half of tlie committee <H up to rxaminothe nlnns ami specifications of the pro-posed addition to tlio Norlli-Eiut Valley(,'huroh and Sunday school. The plans were ■ Iall right nnd satisfactory, but the commit- Iton (ksired to mako the stigevstion that Uia ■tower should be raiwtl a 'little. On his ■motion, it wns dwidoH to approve rf (lie I iplans, with this siicorosLion. ami l/> rctim- | <mend the .grant in accordance with regula- j •tinn?. i i
The plans for a manw at. Piinikamii wcro ;approvod, with virions suggestion.*, nod a Igrant recommended. <
Rq,ro<v>nt:ilivps of Iho Vallev 1congregation t.hankcd tJio Prmbyierv for ! titi pronnpt.ne* in dealing wit.li tVi'r ••pfiiiesl. '
It, was liecided to r«it:r«l sewions to 1furnish brfom Oclol>er 1 returns .■.licwins; ; t>ihe hymn-book at pnvont in n-v>, the onn ' ;rrcommendpd by the choir lralor, and the |oib favoured by fJie. sevsinn. i
Ai ovprtiire rooommeixlintr the ap|ninf,- *metrt of an Awembly committee to dr:il <
\\\\h aoplifation.' from mirrors imil 'nrobnrioners from fhjirolips <in the wn? npn-.wr.-l 'if. fTho Rov. R, E. DavMi et«f«l that ho h,-i#! '
pppn thiS !rv?i?m working very •w',Lsfarir>rilv fjn S
On tJio motion of tlio Rev. J, Chisholni,a committee, consisting: of llio clc-rlc andRevs, H. it ,\[. .Sutherland and J. Ivil-patrick, was sot ut» lo consider ivnd report.«n _ tlhe ■ reflations tJio consti-tution of missions of home mission (stations.
Questions from tlic Assembly on the mat-ter of ,Snbbafh observance were referredto the Rev. A. Why to, .'i.s convener of thePresbytery's Sabbath Ob*}trance Commit-tee.
Questions on the ?tato of religion werereferred tu tlie clerk to submit answers to1 next, mceliinr of Presbytery.J A mpirst from tho l*rcsbvtcrin.n Sabbath
' Schools' Association that iKime.sof prizo-win-licrs ill tiv-} Sabbjlh schools' oxuminalion,lioM lust July, ho withhold from publica-tion till tin; in November, wastmattUßuiisly dediiuyj. The Revs. Why to,l'airmaid, Todd, and others I'.oinled out thatif. would Iw unkind ami unjuft to the chil-•lres lo keen them in suspense so lons asto tin; results of the examination.
It. wt>M dcci<le-:l that- t.lic I'resliytorv plionldI entertain Professor 11 on tlie occa-
sion of liis leaving IJie Dominion. Arrange-mwitK were left, in the hands of tho Rev.W. tirny Dixon ns convenor of the PublicFunctions Committer.
CONCILIATION COUNCIL.MERCHANT SERVICE GUILD
DISI'UTE.Tho Loaning of the industrial disputo lx*-
tiwn the Merchant Sorvico Guild of Atifi-traeam (Now Ztniaml scction) Ituflist.riiilAssociation of Workers uird .tho UnionStrain Ship Company, the MaorilandSteamship Colony, tlio Blackball andWo.Upfcii;, Goal C-.sn pattits, and t.ho llntl-cfarl-ilirkor Oonviany, wliioh had lieon nd-jowrad from Woliiwyton, was continuedye-sionlay in the Supreme Court Buildings,Duiio<liii.
Mr I'. Holly (Conciliation Commissioner)presided, and tlio aakttojn for l.h« com-jw.iucs wcto: Jkesrs D. A. AikoJi and W,G. Smith, ami [or l.lio guild Captains A.D. Clump and D. J. Wal.scn.
The depute is in regard to hours oflabour ,n:d rates of t.ho statementof a'nims by tho guild beuif; as follows:—
Tlx.- irtiiMiimn rav.-s of wages inquiredto be pxid ocr enhjufor month to mastersof vrosiib rofe'istoivd iit or trading in NowZca&uidfihnll lx> bared upon the gross regis-tered tonnage of the vessels, as follows :—
Class A (Masters): Passenger vessels: 1000teas and uiKinr, £30; ICOI tons to 2000tons, £55; 2001 to 3000 tons, £40; 3001 to4000 tons. £45; 4000 tons to 7000 tons, £50;ryvor 7000 toss, £55. Ulna 11 (Masters):Cargo vessels—looo torn and tinder, £28;1001 to 2000 tons, £30; 2001 to 3000 tons,£32; 3001 to 4000 tons, £36; over 4000Hons, £40; jnarfors in ootniiKMid of tnne-tiible cargo steamors £2 :>?r month extra.
2. In ct:ch year crvcry master fha.ll Ivjctniitlcd to leavo of ata-once on full sevtpcy, for a. oontmuous period o{ 28 days,second and siibsoquoit holidays to beginas from 12 mrtiths siitcvi the pervious onelMoa.ni© due. 'l'he kave of al>s< 3ico tolwgin-and end at the master's homo port:provided that if a .master l>e dismifwdtho service at the time wihcn leavo is dueho_sln.ll rewii.yo pavilionI in lien UiDroof.
3. At all fames (except during leave ofatair.ec) when. his iir;a!s aro net providedfir Ititti ow Imrd t.ho ship, a inustw hlijill
reocive ,i viduallmj aJlawnncc of IQs perday.
4. Wihon a martor is transferred from oneship or trade to another he shall, as atprci'Mnt, receive free transit for las family,uid elwcl.s to til© pcft at which lie desiresto rwido, duo noiW l»itp fivcji to thomarino superintendent liiat lie iniicwls toohrape.
5. Whrrn a. Maimer runs nil. excursion ona public holiday, n. master fha'i be ontitlodto an extra day's pay.
6. Nothing Inirein containedshall Ije takento alter tlito prentice which now obtainsin regard to payment of wapes and'nlikiw-anco when standing: by or on transfer, orin re.jard to fJio aifowtuiec for petty ex-panses.
7. Notwithstanding anything containedin the agreement with fclio master, wJicn aimrlct Ims snnoil three nwnUtfi on anyship or skips of t.lio employer, the servicesliall Ixi t'luiin.iljle only by a niontJi'siwtiicc on cither sido.
8. Preference slmil k> Riven to momborsof fcho truiltl.
Mas A (Qflioors)Paisengw vcfsols:1000 tors and imdor—Chief £18, sewndiIS, third £12; 1001 tons to 2000 tons—Cliief £19, sccoml £15, tlrird £13; 2001 tonsto 3000 tons—Chief £20, sewnd £16, third£13, fourth £11; 3001 tons to 4000 tons—Chief £20, second £17, third £14. fourth£11; 4001 lons to 7000 tons—Chief £21,second £18, third £15, fourth £11; over7000 tons—Chief £21, ewoml £18. third£15, fourth ill.
Clafs H (Oificors):—Cari;o vciivels: IOCOtons and under—ChbJ £18, stcoud £14,third £12; 1001 tons to 2000 fons—Chief£18, .word £15, t.ltiid £12; 2001 tor.s t.:>3000 t/ons—Chief £18, scicnd £15, tliird£12; 3001 tons to 40G0 tons—Cliiof £19,•wond £16, third £13; ovor 4000 tons—Ciiirf £20, spcoikl £17, third £14; al!oflieers liolmv tho rating of tJrird, £11 jv.tmonth.
2. In (violi year every ofTieer shall bewititlwl tc leave of alwnco on full payfor a continuous period of 14 diy.«, seoond
and sisl».t|ucnt ho'Jdcivs lo beyin as from12 monrtJ® sinco the pwioiiß one bccamo
<lue. Tho leave of absenoo bIkuTI bee in anrlend at the c(liner's liomo port; providedthat if an officer be dismissed wiien leave
is (hie. ho shail rccuivo paynioirt in l»uthereof.
3. livery officer pliall 1* entitled to boalwDOt from ls's \'cewel at his homo portfrom the expiration of oin> hour after (Jioslirn Iwfi kin saWy mocrrd or IkmUkkluntil two hours lx\forc her dniiartnire.
4. E«iept as provided ill olaiuse 3, everyodioor slvall l» liable for duty at any time,but not for a periotl exceeding in eachday eijhl hours.
5. TJin home port, of each officcr sluJ!lie stated in tilio a rtieles wlien tdio oilicer
thorn, but it may bo altered by theofiioorr by ;v writtflii not.ioc to tlic employerof not lcfT, Uiaji otre cahimlaT montJi..
6. If an oilicer L-c rc<iuired to <fo dutyin wntravonl.ion of o!ai>f«> 3 and 4 liefhall be entitled to overtime iviynnoit attho rato of 2s 6(1 por liour.
7. At nil timet, (o\(«)t dnring leave ofalienee) whtm meals am not provided fortlicm on board sliip, ollicors shall recaivoa victtinllirK allowance of 5.; ]ier day.
8. &ui(? us olatLso. 4 iii masters' «ohedu!o.9. Wlioir a runs an on
a pttblio holiday, overtimo rates shall 1:0paid.
10. When an officer is orderc:! to rcnfliinon Ixr.vrd tlie ship at a time when tinderordir.tiry eironnislanres lie wwild be frr>e,it slsall coum h'our for hour as portion ofhis eight haijrs' d;iy, otherHiKe lie h!killIk> paid ovortime.
11. Same applieatJon as clause 7 inmasters' sehedultv
12. Proferoncv; shall b? yivon to memlvrsof the guild.
The of the misters woro eon-sidered first, and the whole of the e'ausoswore pore thtciirfi. Hie tnrti'.'s aw iwv;.w>::tdd<M-]W to w3ril extent tliev c:i:i nicotcaoh ot.ber, and tlio court will reafsembloat 10.30 this lr.oriiifl'.'. when pnror re.« willbo lvwrted.
AWARD AT WELLINGTON.(PKB llXITt!! I'nc-- .
WELLINGTON, Septemkr 19.Tilw airtud of tiie Aibitiatrjn Court in
I lie Mo,-chaJit Service C!ui!d diqiuto hasiaf:i tiled with the clerk of awards (Mrl-it.stace Stocker). A number of the de-irnukls were cbjested to, and tho runployors
i%U'l>!nittcd counter pro['.oia.L c.. The cuurtdv«d«l that tho minimuni rato of wa«c*i tobe paid to certificated c(lice rs on ;<caJiier.->comiiif? within the axipo of the awiuilnha.ll lx> £15 per uA-n<l:ir month for lirst Io!!ieer> and £i2 fov siojiul oflkcr. ; . 'J'li? jtnvard applie<l oiu'y to skvum-js, tlw (fm.-s |
of which is t:o| than 100 tonsand rot move tlwn 603 t:i:i,;. Tlx- jjnilda'kc/l for £18 for clriof ollrers, £14 for thom'coixl, and £12 for t.!:e' third ofliix-r ofrfiips «f 1000 isrc&s ri(titter andunder, but the cciiployers oiTcrcd onsteamers from 241 to i-GO tuns £11 to £15for the firet ofiicvr on .nstsMag'w baits an<l£13 to £14 on Louts, f,:r *v:>:idodieiiß £10 to £12 oil [WKrt-iprer :,l(vuilers i 'at;d £10 to £11 on brat.-. Kxeept, jin t«K«ial cJrwKiistances Hit.b!T.he sa'et.y of a. staaim r a:i odicer ,-i.all not;l>e kept at. w-.wls ctxv:.iniiously for m.m> than 112 hours without an in-'u-vaJ for rc.rt <;f'at kust four h'.urs. Wiicn an officer is jin his Iroiuo jr>rt las work in coirnection iwith dboliai'iriii!; and kading sh'.ilJ j:<;arranired and limited as to yive him tsmiK'h timo otT as is r< t.'.-onaF>!t possible,and h;- slball not l» rKptircd to sil]hrvise ithe work of ei-anin? or jviitvling or anysimi'tir work in such porrl. after I '1? montlis coiiiitfuous te.rvico, i-lrail be en- | .tiljwl to 14 days' holiday, to 1* taken at!'timo convenient to tlw> employer. Suc.li !liolida.j-s irsiy 1.0 allowed to aie':i.:nn!ale by ' iagreement, but not l e.jr.r.d thiw year.-. If ' Ian oilicer is riirohaTffitf for any c.iMse, dUior ;than mifeondnel. lie .<i!:a.!l receive payment ; iin lieu of liolidav in nionortion "|<> time'of sen-ice from liis li st helirlav or date ' !
of hip enrawinwl. When'*v,>r'an odiccr'-Ims lo elniMlp his l'ome port in wnsi>-quf>n<v «f transfer from or.<- service or !rhip of shipowner to i'iiothor, I.e. shall lyn j ii:Unwed, on giviiu; iYvu«-.nal»V> notice, free I 'first-class passage for hip family and effects iir- aii\ vessel of an caju- tlai goos to or '
tow.irds his destiirarion. KmiJoyors shallnot discriminate against ir.ombcrs of theunion, nnd shall not in eng-nyenKiiit or dis-missal of officers do anything directly oriiiclinectly for iJio i)ur|»so of injuring' Uiounion. Dio victualling allowanco of 4s perday is provided for when nie.tla aro notRivoii ( on baml. Tho si;tii as-ked for wasss. Tho award comes ir.to forco on ZndOctober, 1911, and oontinuw for two years.
THE TRUE STORY OF THELAST DUNEDIN ELECTION ANDTHE TWO RICHMONDS.; . TO TUE EDIIOU.
oil!,—As Mr Millar ha.* i-!io.-*}ii to jjivoL for j.-iiblicvition tuo suuemonu annexed hore-
■ to, aim iLs tan-v n;aj by spreadI Uixouyjwut thu COIO.IJ-, i wolild ask yo'J
to Dc'iiiut me to reply to his lemurts.i 1 dooply mifiot uwi iliu Uon. Mr Millar■ luis sum Uio villus uiat iio has said'. It
• will oblijju me to say Uiat 1 wouldmuch rouicr not liave aiid. 13ut, of course,i 1 cannot loavo nwttow a.s tincy stand, and1 must prove Unit Mr .Millar juts mado in-wmv-t htulomi'isis. To Ivgin with, Mr-UHUI- cays Uuit " after the second meet-ing cf his csunpaiyn in 1903 ho knew ox-lu-.ily where he .stoo<l to tar as Urn WardGovernment w«s conccrnod." 1 regretexceedingly to have to say that bins state-ment is absolutely false—l will not use a■ (Jiorlcr ward—and 1 regrot. inoro deeply
■ still that Mr Millar should descend to suy1 such a thing. Further, he says:
J "He (nwxining myself) was tilmii told very
J jilainly that thu Government ne.il.herI -.vank'd him nor his scn-iee,>." I nnmt, mi-
• fortunately, usu oxae-tly tl» same languagej as to tJm .statement. Again, ho says:1 "After he (ni)xJf) dinmvered this ho be-
• j S'-in to (|iialify his seeches. Ues|i«-nlcelforts wore uiudo to get the (iovornmentlabel for him." Also alsolutoly false.Again he says: "On Ilio very eve of thoelection Mr Jlarclay tried to induce mo togo on to U«> i/iatforni, but 1 refused onthat occasion." Now, this last is a verysiniplo matter. After tho liist election,as 1 haw .'aid before, tho position was thattlie Govornniont, right or wrong, Itad tobuck mo or lose tho Feat. Nntnr.Jly, Ididn't want to kwo its so I nsked 1 Mr Mil-lar to come along and toke a seat on theplatform. Also vctj- ca.turall,v Mr Millarexplained tJiat ho lad promused Mr Allena hand at, Port Chalmers; thinking homvdrd it niort , than 1 did. I entirelyagreed with that, and instead of Mr Mil-lar coming himself to my meeting ho gave(lie famous note I have told1 you of. Andthere's the whole Mory.
But now Mr Millar dares me! With aniig-hiy shout he chnllcngee me. Ho d;vjesuio Io produce a telegram from hiniwilf tome of congratulation! Heavens alive!What would he want to send a telegram toa man that's liviiit* in the tmvn along withhim at ti'io time? I think ho'll look a.mighty sick ({oliath when 1 point out tohim the 'blunder he has made. Surely theMinister can roiidv.d. a (ontrovcrsy with-out making hiinsnlf ridiculous! And yet,euricvnslv enoiiirh. 1 have a lelegram fromMr Millar of mi exceeding infercislinjnature, jmnt from Wellington Airing elec-tion time, that I would dearly love to pub-lish, but, nlan! it is mnrkrd' by Ihe foalof eonfidonee. If t!i>> lion. Mr Millnrwill take thai .-ml off it shall be publishedat tho earliest fiosiililo moment.
So far for the denials. Now for theaffirmatives.
I swi-nr, that I never nt any timefrom any ix'rsmi whatovor received anysign, token, mcswige. hint or intintationto (.lie effect, or wim in any way whateverinformed', Hint I wns in any way distaste-ful to (lie Government, until aftor tho firstelivtinn. On the contrary, I had everymark of tlie confidence of Win Cabinetalmost that it could pive. Now, for in-stance :
(1) ?)r>os Mr Millar deny that I attendedby invitation even . Government caucushold (hirinir the sewion, including thn pri-vate mee-tin,-: (al?o by invitation) nt thePremier's house just prior to our leavingWollinilon?
(2) \Yill Mr Minor deny that certoindocuments sent only to members of tliepartv worn sent Io mo?
(3) Will l;o (fenv that, thp Mlpgrnms ofwhich I ir\\(> copies wore sent by thefendore and roceive<f by me?
November 17, 1903.A. R. Barclay, Esq., Duncdin.
Have enjoyed Uio plaisure of veryw.irni electoral contest. I am hopingthat tbo result of the contest in yonrdistrict will be that Parliament will havoIho benefit of ynur senicw for anotherthree years.—llonsitT M'N*An.
November 18, 1008.A. R. liarclay, E?q., Dunedin.
Congratulalioat on yerforday's resultand lx".«t wifJics for linnl victory.—G. W.I'oWLDS.A. 11. Barclay. Esq., Dunedin.
Wfci'n yo\i every success at fecondballot.—W. Hall-Jones.1 have several moro, but tlie mbovo aro
probably fiiillicieiit for the purpose. Bythe by, there were snmo moro published inyc-ur *pa|w not long ago in n tii-tlo sparwe had fen.
Now, consider. Hero's a man (myself)wlio nun banned by tlie Uovcrmnoiit andto!<l to 3" aUnit !ii-i business; ac-oordinp toMr Millar, "the Government wnntwlneither hint nor his services " (1 iruoss they'dbo mighty glad to git them to-day, andtint they curso the day they gave me the"cold shoulder"; yet. inarvellotM to relate,a member of this self-same Governmenttelegraphs to the out«ist on or More llwvery day of election that ho hojxs "Par-liamont will have tJio benefit-of }X>ur ser-vice;; for another thrw vc-us"! Amazing!Oti:<>r members oi the Cabinet, too, apjiesirto ho iiltorly iinnc(|iiaintc<l with the out-ca;.lii:?. They jeiid tJio outeaxt uinner their"wnßrnfuliitions on yHcrday's ro.siilt, andbest wishes for final vietorj- "! And." Wish you overy succiyk at «c<x)i»l ballot " !
Truly it must bt> n Gillwrtian liibinet tliatlir>l ex'.oiiimuniciit* a tuemlwr <if IliuHouse and then overwhelms him with tele-!!_r:ims most heartily wishing him suecw-s. inhis election! Who could Iwlievo suchui.Ut Not to mention tho «>ml-inn to me of the secret documents! I can-not, imagine how it entered into Mr Millar'shead to try to palm on" f .tich unutterablerubbWi on the peopb. He is now in the|Ki:;ilion of a cockchafer pinin-d to the walland can only excito tlie smiles of the on-lookers.
And now let me do a little defying, fdefy .Mr 'Millar to biinjr forward onecredible witness to say tliul any of tliostatements uiiw'.e by me are untrue—letalone �wear it,—whereas 1 have alsmlutoly(lisprove<l iilmost overy word he uttered—ccrtainlv all the vitol words iFinally, and in conclusion, f want to say °that never in my life have 1 had in private 'or in public any dilferer.ee or quarrel with ! 'iho Premier or _ Mr Millar or any i;ltlic'mber of tin; Cabiuel. or oven any privnto !im-nibur. ' °
I would fain hop- that Mr Millar, when nhe conns to coibiidi-r (niiotlv. and lots Ms !mind ?o back tojlir* evcnt.s of three years •'ago, 'nay rocognise that he h:is been liitsty, "ilia! hi'. niiMiMiry is not quite stroni' or a<-' fcurate on thn innttor, and thai, ho has, ,doubtlrc; unwittingly, mado some rnther ,iniporUiiit inift.-vkcs 1 truet so. 1 certainly '|wish Io avoid furlhor ui;cii.-sioii. but, <!f \course, if one i<, forced to dit-close more one
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cannot help oues<'lf.1 have (iftcii wonder«l why the Govern-
m.Mi, ileviilopctl a desire to shunt me, and I !.think 1 have discovered the real lac-illus ,:flint cauwd Ihe whole mischief in an event itliat took place in the House a few nights ' rbt-furo tlie I:M stwiio,, ~f |ast I'aHiaiiie.nt i ;,owed, On Hint niyhl there was » 1-iU.V!.,royiil over Iho Arbitration Act. Tho !'ri>- itni'T «nd Mr Millar were on our- side. I !
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"iis ~|| the other. I w-jr.trd anieiidnifliits !
rii;:df; they wutild >-<it ,-ii'rce. S-i wo fought j (long, wo struggled- at. livst. T slruggleil, j «linnl. Sometimes I wan a Jit-t-lf. hiit'icno- «rally I lost. Ktill. I pluirc'Cxl doggedly on,and held on to my 50 amendments to the nfilter end. My two opponents were very ciwild that nielli. I am afraid their dignity [ hWiu considiTibly rulflwl. 1 fvnr (.hat fron'i n(hat moment Ihry rtrtilved to shunt me if hthiiv could. Rut. never a si;,'ii of the cliango lidid Ihcy give to me. ' ~
It was a riisw of two bit; men irving to ircrush ii siirili one. For (lie per- Vby the ux< of l.ho dtxviition and ti
tr'-'cliirv llii'.v won. but we s'tall pro who tiin th.-? lo:ij nin "ill fure Ui. l>~-t.—l nin, '<■'<• • A. K. ll.mici.av. j cr
Diiiiodin. Foptii'inlw 19. *
Tlio Minister of Itailwiiys. o;i lii< at (on-*'
linn boing fidlod by oin; of our staff to the ,
li'tler from Mr IViirlav in Iho Ol.isjo Daily ',Times of Monday, taid it. wn» an ingenious V,aiiempt l<. .-late n half truth. Mi Millar 'ldrcl.-iies that Mr Ihrchiy. after th- si-coml ynn.-ctiiijr of bis {■amiKiign in 190S, knnv ;,
I'XiiXflly -.vlierc ho st<sM ..-, faras (ho War.) .(ioverument wne concerned. He was then Jln!<l v.-r.- plicin'y tliiit Iho (ioviTiinu'iit '
tii-it.h.ir waiil<'d him nor bis aervirm. Aft,-rll • O-Mivrii-i'd ll'is he lx>g:in Io qiinlifvsperehc;. Drsiwrate efforts were mnde to•--y-tir" the Cnvurnn-.i'ivt lab-l feir him. and itv.cll-ki'd'Mi rombfr nf his (T.mniittpo ir-ivr> -
Mr MiH.-vi v.:i pMcp in tho 1-orx- of p<Tiiriii3that irwilt. Inii a I! pffdrti in thnt I'iri'ction TWith Illl.i'Wfflll. On tho \ory eve nf tho Siflrci;<ni Mr Barclay himrolf tried to induce i-lthe. Minister to co oa »!io public Dletform ii
an<l cndnrs" his candidature, but. Mr Millarabsolutely refilled on tlint, ccciision, and pre-ferred lo go into Port Cliulmcrs and give ahelping linml lo the, late Mr K. G. Allen.There aii! facts which will bo duly uiereedduring the. forthcoming contest if Mr JJar-cluy is ho solicitous that Jim truth shall pro-vail. Mr Millar said in conclusion: "Ican only spiak for myself, l>tit 1 dare Mrliuroluy to produce from anions his sheafof Ulcgrams any wire signed 'Millar' wish-ing him success during the 1908 campaign."It was ijnitc oliviouH tlmt us a Duiiixlin rn-preventative ho (Mr Millar) individuallypreforrod to see, Mr Barclay triumph overan Oppositionist, but that ma iroroly anexpression of individual opinion.—KvoningStar, September 18.
RACING MEN'S DISPUTE.JI'DHMENT DEFERRED.
Thn letting case in which Charles Clarke.,of Aktigicl, .sued his jockey and tiniiner JohnM'Uombo for tho silmi of £lfi 7s 10d againanno Wor« Mr ]|. Y. Wkldowson, 8.M.,in (.ho Magiftralo'e Court yesterday morn-ing. It. will be remembered tha-i when thocase was before the. court a fortnight, agothe claim wa.s confoswd, but that M'Combcentered a counter-claim for £77 11s, theb.ili.nce of certain moneys ullcgul lo huvobeen put on the. machine at tlio Oamariimeeting by tho plaintilt on account of tho.defendant. Mr I ,ay .ipitoarod for Clarkeami Mr Payne for M'Co!iiU\ Clarke, undercross-examination, admitted thai lie wasaware tlmt M'Coiiilm had l>ooll disqualifiedbefore K> took him into his employ. Theaccount produced frhowini; a balance of £818s (kI due U> tho defendant w;:.s quit* cor-iwl. Ho had al*i tillered M'Combe £30to fettle, but tliat was onlv t«> enable wit-ne* to ijet away to Australia, and was con-ditional 011 M'Coiiilm paying tho dilicreiiwbetween the £8 IB* 6d and that, lie abso-lutely refused to pul ;i.ny money on Otakehoon the second day. 110 did not put a £5note 011 him, nor oven a shilling, and didnot tell anyone he put it on as a bonus.lie admitted being mixed up with racingfor tho last 20 years, but had only a nod-dins acquaintance with sporting men. Theywere not friends-. II is Worship borcii|>oiiicmarked that it would perhaps l>o better locall them auiua.imaii<vs. To Mr Payne:'J'l:cy wanted him to refer (lie dispute totho arbitral ion of siHirtiiiur -non. but ho de-clined, a.s he knew tlmt a trap wbk laid forhim. Mi Payno cfl:cd if it was not truethat Peter Miller had a claim aga.ii.ist him,and that tlie.-a inca wanted to refer thodispute to him. Witness said thov did wantto refer it to him, but lie would" not. lieowed IIμ; man nothing, lie was net in-debted to any bookinakor for a single shil-ling, and would deny that Pollock had acuitni upon Hni, or that ho i 1u<l any dis-pute with him. Ho knew (.'-arson, !>tit itw;u; not trn«» that (.'arson had any claimiii>oll him for Money wilno-s wih to lwvoplaced on the totali:-utor (or him. Witnessliad had ninny riders training for him, andcould not fay how many had tried to pleasolihii. The lis( of riders read by Mr l'nyliewore scattered at intervals ovei tho wholo20 years 110 had kept lioiscts. lie liad partedwith several on account of unfair riding,.'Hid had brought tlioso eusos before thostewards in Uie ordinary way. Ono or twowore uusati-ifaclory at their work, and inoilier twos tJiey kid 10 leave him KraiiMjhe had no hor.w to train, lie never toldMr While that ho had £7 ICte 011 Otakehofor M'Combo. He only had £10 on OlakehoIhe lirst day, £5 for" himself ami £5 forM'Combe. lie. had £10 on Otakeho thnfecond day and £10 on the favourite. Hishorse heat, the f.ivo;irilo, but he had 110-thiru' on for M'C.'oinlv., . After counsel had
addressed the court, his Worship adjournedthe case till tlu afternoon, when he hcaidMr Hay on tlie legal aspect. Counsel main-tained that money lost <>r won in a boilingtransaction was (cintcd money, and notrecoverable by action tit law. His Wor-ship reserved his decision.
OTAGO CRICKET ASSOCIA-TION.
n ANNUAL MEETING.Ip
. Tli? annual meeting of t.ho CricketAstoeiation was hold in (Ji<* Empire lluild-
-10 ings la-it oyciiinß, Mr .1. .1. Clark, presi-dent. occupitvl the chair. In predentin!; thoannual rop>rt and balanoo lilioot, ho saidtJiat it was very gratifying to lin<l how
'? (he batting had improved in the numberK of centuries ;coped, and how well thoselr wore distributed anions Mip senior elevens,o It. was particularly gratifying to find their
old friend Mr Austin with (our centuriesto his credit during t.he season, ami hothought lio was voiciiJtr tho foolinss ofall prcfXNit, when lie hoped he would re-
Ik lain 11is form and do battle for thorn ill• the I'lunkot Shield match at Christinas.They should not let this oerasion oars with-
out, expressing Choir gratification and pleasuro thai the Opoho Clult had managed to
l' L'ct to t.ho tot) of the tree and ivji thoshield after its year's gallant struggle
u No club lwd a monopoly of tho fliicld.y but. it was worldly its way round alln I Inl clul*-. lie hoped t.liat ojicli clul) wouldr so improve in same as to gel. its turnin .holding the shield. During last season[) a most important stop liad' taken place
ill tlio advance of country cricket. I'nder0 tho guidance of Mr Wilson a team visitedtho tioldlields, and they had also sant a
( | team to (Xunara to try to rffuKcitato conn-(| try cricket. Afo wyenrs ,ago tho majorityu of t.lie towns had strong and vigorous, teams, and chilis visiting from tho city•' wero always stin> of Rettins a. jjaino;twt now, unfortunately, thew? teams had'boon allowed to la|ise. Tho association
should try to get these plaoii to take t.hopauw up nynin, because if tJioy would doso in earnest tliey would produco play<rs
,r capable of doing ureal. credit to the l>ro-r" Vina1. Shaking of the nia.Ker of Wcdnes-r day cricket, lie said that, if it continued" lo improve during tlie coming season, it' soon l>o on a level with tho Satur-• day game, and until tho time camo when I•t one universal half-lioliday obtained, theye sliould do nil in their |iower to advance 1•- tho sister aviation, Thanks wciv duo jn lo the Lnipiros' Association, and he 11 thought they .-Jiould do their rcrv utmost !1- to help Uio.ni l>v ircttinir old players toi- k'ivo an occvisioiwl Saturday now and then 1s to relievo members of that body ami soe asm* cricket. Referring to the matter of jo irrouml.s, ho raid that tho real drawbackto the game was Uic want of these. They '
• might as well try to play bowls on the 'pulilto stroctj as crickcl on somo of tho 1F grounds that wvro availublo. They all re- 'C. cognised tlw very great work done In- in- {0 o.ividmil clul* in improving their groundst in the past, but tho want, of the brct ]y conditions made it impces.ble to breed_ tlv* host cricketers. Such grounds were* 1nc-ciUxl not only for cricket, but. for sport fy of all kinds. With reference lo military„ tra:iuiu;, tliey were being continually toldI, I that it would lx> the death of cricket and 1
. jak> winter sports. Mr Wilson and'him- 'a I |!£.' lla<l lla" Jl "onforonw with tho '
, ofiicer ixHMiiandinjr this district, the result ', of which was shortly this: that all between 1s | tho of 17 and 21 would luivo lo put :s| in on- Saturday a month an<| one iiiKht 1in each fortnight at drill. The dates would '
[ all l>e fixcsl Ix'forehand, and t.hoy wouhlknow the |rarlicular times inoi.tlis lxjforo-• hand, that Ixith t.!in clubs and the
. players t.heinsolvi's would know wlwn tlicywould not l>e available for inalehcs. liedid not. tliini; the military autSwrrities 'would throw miv oli.taclcs iii tho way of 'their transferrin;; their ;«rviix\s from that 1
" particular drill niijlit to another, eo lonjf '' as it was not made a practice. So far from *
"■ tli? swem interfering with the rame. ho 'j Ihoiißnl. it. would distinctly improve it liv sI. reason of tho dL-viplin.' anil physical train'- 01 j ins provided, which should make the *'
1 i players very elFcctivc in the licld,' I Tho report and balance siicet, wlu'ch 111 j fhowed a cr.tlit of over £74, w;is adoptni.
Ati from i.lu* ICaikorui Cricket (1I Club lo li:< rrtvivwl int.-) the association ''
i ; was unanimously ajrrd to. and Mr Amlor-• ton returned thanks on behalf of tho elul». 1A dhcussion was held on th.» (l
> mailer of the Wofxlliaujrh Kcsorve, which 0' | ended in the following motion to the lie- n' i serves Cominitld*. Ivin;; carried ltnani- hi j moiislv:—"That this iiHvtins rcuml a '
: | hearty vote of thanks for the services that. 11• j have l.wn rendered by the Citizens' ('tun- I 1uiittcM towards |:!:e nf Ii '.'rounds, and it.', endeavoui-s lo sccuro t-b.>■ AVoodhaush Heserve, ;uk| th.it this nsHix-ia- '
I | I ion ( awrnrcs it of its hearty co-opera- r li | tiun." 'i A Ihcarty vot:* of thanks was also ac- ncoriled to tho t'mpiivn' .\s;ociatio:i for Hie ert'rviiv.s rendered liv I to the uuuie. I'
A social m<ylin:; will be held shortly »
to eonsithr a revision of rules. t<followinc olliee liearers ivi're clcelcdf"r the ensuiii',' seafon: — I'n-dde.nt Mr J. ,1. 'iClark: vice presidents, M«--srs .1. and hE. (!. Wilson: n-eretary and te\isurer, Mr llE. f!. Wilson: e:>mmitlce—Messrs A. IIMartin. A. l!<t;ticanx T. T. Ritchie, A nfl.iy. W. Kilu'our, A. Nelson, ,1. 11.-iiu. and t'(!. A. Wyeherley: auditoiv, Messrs 0. t!. clAustin and l!. (winter.
ACCIDENTS.Inquiries madn at I'orl Chalmers yester-day showed (hat tlm four men who were in-
jured by the benzino explosion 011 Mondaywere nil urogTessinjr favourably. Tho in-juries, though jui.ittft.il, are. not very sortoue.Mr M. ColtJo, who was in cliargo of tbomen at the time, states Hhat they wero allthrown oil' their feet by the force of the ex-plosion. None of the p,irty had any ideatliat there ".vn»i any btnzine looso in theslcaiucr's Uilpcs. othenviso it would liavobeen remeved without the aid of a light.Mr Cott'ln h of opinion Hint if tlio men hudboon nenrer tho sourco of supply theywould have fared much worse. An unfor-tunate feature of Hie cxploHon was tho factHint it. disiblod Mr Cottle, who had juytresumed work at the dock after a 10 weeks'enforced idleness, tho result of an accidenton tlio steamer Petone.
A Ixiy named David Craicr, 1A years ofuse, rcocived arovero slinking through beingthrown from a cart at Port Cklmers 011Mbmlay nftornoon. The horre took friphtat a passing train near Mussel Bay, and tihob:>y w<!.s thrown out on to the road. Howas imoonscious when picked up. and wasroniovcd to tlio Cottage Hospital- AfterIwinp nilemlctl k>, ho scon recovered, midwas ablo to waJk to his home.
LECTURE ON COAL.Last, nielli Professor Wators of (Jio OtapoSchool of Mines, uavo a 'ecluro before tho
mimlier of tho Technological brunch ofthe Oloro Institutflon "Coal: Its Classifica-tion and Analysis." Mr E. E- Stark tookthe chair
Profi-wor Waters Iwgan his address bypointing out that the annual consumptionof coal in tiho world of h\c years hadreached 1750 million tons. Tliis'enormous(luantity was chiefly used in tho great in-dustrial countries of Grent Britain, UnitodStal<\«, and (iermany. Sir William Ramsayhad rwtMitly told the scientific world thattho known simply of coal would probablybo cxhaiistttl in 175 years, and ho did notknow what the world would do when thosede|Kwit« wero worked out. ProfcaiorWaters thought that the prospect need not,trouble them much, for ho fell sure, lliattho uf.o of oil and hydro-eloctjic means forpcMicrat.iiig power irould economic t!io useof trie, known eonl de|»sil.s, and that otheroc.a.lfie!<ls would also bo opraic<l up, Hofurther thought. Ilmt beforo the period ofexliaiis+ion arrived some, other source ofenergy would b<> difcoverml. Thej- knowthai tlw sun was the eoutco of all ejierfry,and no doubt before k>ng foine means wouldl>9 found Urr deriving encrgy direct fromIho sun. >roanw-hile, it would r*> well ifnil indiistrinl countries used the coal nowa-; their command to tlio best advantage.After |x>:ntinfr out tliat tho use of eonl h.n/1lwn known since oarly in the t.hirleemlicentury, fho professor explnined the clnssi-lic.ntion of coal into anthracite, bituminous,and lignite, with li,ualilios liolwewi thethroe, liicro wore, ho said, two systems of
the compositions of eonl, theproximate and the ultimate. These systwiwwere demonslmted by means of cxiwiblcsfronted over 41ns burners, and the relativecnniinsition of the various coals in mois-ture, ash, fixed carbon, nnd liydro-cnrlxinwas clearly explninc<l. The calorific vaJuoof coal—its most important part—wns de-tailed, showing the relation between hent.iiid \TOrk in n ton of coal, the lipnitoooals Iveing aixiitt half Uie vajue of bitu-miuious coal. After conducting experi-ments to awoi-tain the calorific value ofsamples of coal, on explanation .was givena.s to the means of making the !>ost use- oftho knowledge gained in'connection withimirjno ejiirines and staani plants. In con-clusion, tho professor referred to the ex-periments that had been j,'oiii!; on at St.Louis to dctemiifo the ly«t iiso to which in-ferior coals could bo put, and to ascertainthe relative cost nor horse-power of energytrcncratftl by ocnl nnd by producer gns.
Those experiments wore still goiiifj on, 11 n<lis America the uro of gas engines wasrapidly incrrasinpf. Ho thought tho Govern-ment, through tlio Mining Department,should take steps to nscertain what useacould bo mnde of the inferior coal in theDominion, which wns Ix'ing at prefent tiswlnf, t,h" ralo of 100 lons per day in tironr:i!.'lil>our!'Ood cA Diinotlin.
Mr Stfl.rk Ihoujrht tiio novcrnment shoulddelrn-mine the relatives value, of New Zea-land coal, nnd let tho public know. Thatknowledge was us necessary rs tlio preven-tion of the snlc of adulterated foods. Theymight mnnajro to live without artificiallight, but they must have beat.
Aftor answering several qnesfione. ahearty vote of lJuinks was passed to Pro-fe«T»r Waters, on Iho motion of tho choir-man.
"PARENTHOOD IN MAN."LECTURE BY PROFESSOR BENIIAM.
Under tlio auspices of tho Eugcnics Mi-ration Society i'roftssor Bunliani deliveredksl in iSinitJi'fi llnll, llanovcr street,lui illustrated louturo on the subject of•" l'aienteood in Man.' Dr Will presided,ami thcro was wi audience of about ahundred, (Jio majority of whom were ladies.Proft'-'.-or Benham began by outliningtho essential features of parenthood as theymay be .studied ill tho lower minimis, andshowed that in ho higher animals the factswore essentially tho same. With the aidcf lantern pieturrs and diagrams he ex-plained tJio process of tho fertilisation amidevelopment of the egg. Abounding nour-ishment and liealtJi were of tlio greatest
for tlio prospective mother,but tlio 10115 association of the embryo withthe |Kiient had led to certain erroneousideas jus to wlmt could l/o inherited 1. Hadsurroundings of tlio parent certainly hadtheir effect 011 the evulopiiigchild, but thatwits not heredity; it. was eiiviroiunent. Itw;ui only by germ cclls that. anything couldU- inherited in t-lio true sense of the word.The complexities found in mammals con-cealed the simple facts cf heredity. Hoproceeded to refer to the study of familyhistories and as throwing lighton the question of wliat characters werehereditary niv.l what wore not. It hnd beenshown thai menial characters were inheritedin the anno kind of way nnd to the sameextent as physical clia.rncters. Gallon inhis work 011 Hereditary Genius had doa.llvr.ry fully with tlhis mutter, and ho arguedthat ability was u family affair, and not nmatter of environment. The lecturer pro-ceeded to quote many sinking and in-f-truetive fuels in t.fie family history ofIJie ju<l'-40.s of England, and iii tlio familieso( Sir Francis Ikiron, Rolx<rt Jlovlo, JamesGregory, Charles Darwin, and otheis, fromwhich »t seemed clear that, genius, that wn.igood mental chanteter, was inherited. Whatit was thaiwas transmitted, however, whetherMors involving quality or structure of thonervous system, or factors involving the ■products of fjMjcitio secretions by othertissues, or by Ixith together, \ra-s at presentur.'inown. Certain characters IxJiaved asmiit.s in tlih make-up of an individual, andAl>l>> Mendel had im-nstipatctl Un> laws 0fir.lierit.iiUK> in the ease of sweet peas andformulated the law aftoeiatcd with hismuni.'. It. was difficult to ,-av to what ■extent Meiidelism was applimble' to liuiiuitt-it.y, lwt there were a few pedigrees t.)iatappeared to vindicate that Minn characters ;thd follow tho Meiidelian laws. The l'r;i-
made use of several diagrams intouching on the peculiarly interesting ques-tions cf (lie hereditary t.ransniicsion of eye-colour, of abnormalities such as short fin-ger* and night, blindness, of colour blind- !i:css, and of stature. The law of regrcs- jsioii. the towlencv to approach the mean 1or average of the stock, told heavily against ' .the full hereditary transmission" of any igift. Dealing with honxlit.v and environ- <liieiit. the leeetiirer .said it was dirticult lo IgnL~p the fact, that self-improvement or 'other chances wrought in our bodies bv |contact. will: the world' around would not 1lie transmitted as siioJi to our offspring. ,This |Kiiiil .was illustrated 1 fmin the examples jof muscular development. of tho arm, and .of vaccination, the elFeols of which are jnot transmissible. The closing part of the flecture dealt witii eugenics and heredity.Dr Benham oxp!aiue<l i»intodly what ouge- 1nics was not. and stated that its essential :princi|i|e wu: that it looked lo the future.It had lieeti d'efined by (lalton as "The 'rtudy of the under focLi.l control 1that may imiirove o~ impair tho rap;„jqualities cf future generations phyyoajlv !r:nd jneutallv. Although MetKlolism hadnot tiren applied to humanity to any creatextent., yet sufficient lwd l*oii done to show 'that man could control his inheritance far '!mnre efTivtivcly than one (bred at ono time [to stmrose.. 1
At the close of the lecture, which com- |■naiukd llf elr.sest, attention for ovw anhour and a-lialf Mr A. H. Orinling voire-'Ihe gratitude of these presejit to PrnfowrHen-ham. .-I.lxl expressed tlw j,.might, sec his ivpy lo re<leliver next winterh!"e, <»f h'eturos ho had jttsl ro„. r
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.PROHIBITION IN MAINE: THE SLY
GROG-SELLERS' VICTORY.Sir,—Your articlo in Saturday's issiio
commenting ii(!Qti tho narrow majority bywhich the defoit of tho Prohibition partyhas lxsai averted in Uio Stato of Mainoshould give pauso to thoso urdent butunthinking who listem so credulouslyto tho fairy tales of tiio proliibit ionorators. Momo, aftor 60 yeans of pro-hibitory law, can on'}- keep the dclusivolaw on the Statute Jlook by tlm unholy—
*Vlwritt*>n unripokim—alUanoc ofprohibitionist and sly grog-seller. For ithas been ]>ointed out time anil again thattile luosl ardent supporters of prohibitionm Mamo are tho sly grog-sellers and theirmends. And that this is so is proved bythe fact that <1tiring- onu September fittingof tho Supremo Court in Portland, Maine,no fewor than 260 sly grog-sellers wcroindicted, anil tno suno year tho ar.vsts fordrunkenness for tho whole State worn 23.0per thousand of the population. Vet inNow /('aland, undar part liconaj andpart prohibition, tho arrests aru less thanhalf, or 11.0 per thousand; while liejorowo ha<l a single district under prohibitionthe arrests were less than 7.0 per 'housandof the population.
■Stato aftor Stats in America is aban-doning prohibition, for there, as ncrc inNew Zealand, with evory addition to theurea under prohibition, drunkenness andthe consumption of liquor havo sluiwn ;imurkod incre.vo. ][c.v profitable* tho tridoof tho sly (jrog-seller and illicit manufac-turer aro is snown by (lit ardent waythey 00-oporate with tile prohibitionistto keep this glaring hrpoorisv and cor-rupter of ©very manly virtue (i.e.,nonesty, sobriety, and self-control) on theStatute Rooks of "rain-ruled and nim-riridon Maino"! Shall wo he deludedinto t.ho sanio mistake by the emotionaland exaggerated statements of stipendiaryagitators who aro horo to-day and gonoto-morrow? Jf right and reason prevail,assuredly wo shall not. Every sl.ateme.ntas to tho mfluonoj of liio sly-grog traderand tho excessive drunkenness in Maineand othor prohibition States can bo foundin Rowntreo and frhcnvoll's "Tcniperanco
, Problem," whilst the record of tho in-creased consumption of liquor ur NowZealand with its increase of drunkennesscan bo found in tho official returns for thoDominion.—1 am, etc.. Klkctoii.
THE FAILURE OF NO-LICENSE.Sir,—"Dusincss Man" in his Inst letter(wks mo to di.scuM ixi "plain, oold fuels"
tho qiKVition of no-licomc. In my previousletter I gave him throo "plain, obkl fads "
for discussion, but, strange to say, heevades them a lionet her.If lie clioo.ws to discuss them I shall boonly too pleased to dbcuss any jvoints no
cares to bring up.In conclusion, ho asks mo to explain tho7000 first offenders o:»nvictc<l for drunken-
ness in the Dominion. Th-y do net needexplanation: tho Injures are there. I askliim to explain this: How many firstoffenders are there in no-license areas whonever o&inc before tho ccnrt ? llow manyme.ro Iwys bcoome members of "kegparties" and cpnfirmed dnmkards? Canho compute that?—l am. e<c.,
Whisky and Soda.Sutton, S'.'ptanber 18,
MR MILLAR'S CANDIDATURE..Sin,—lii your loport 01" lion. J. A.Millar's comtniltco meeting I notice that
the candidate intimated amidst much ap'-plaitso that this would not be tho lastoccasion on which ho would be found eon-
Dunklin West, ami that his serviceswould be at tho disposal of the country r.slong as he could bo of utility to the people.Now, u tJiis a sincere statement, or is itanother cxainplo of .Ministerial "electionbounce "? Throo years ago Mr Millar an-nounced his intention of retiring intoprivate life in about live years to enjoy awell-earnixl rest, Again and again, at ban-quets, etc., he has rotated tile statementwith tho necessary modifications of tu:io.Now, when the fooling in the electoratecnu.vy him fomo anxiety ho tells a dif-ferent story. Why
A further explanation is also required ofthe lion, gentleman's picsent attitude ontho liquor question. A hack number ofHansard shows that Mr Millar and a fel-low M.P. stood nlono in their dceiro tot.iko from tho people tho right to veto forno-liccn/se. Pressed in tho Garrison Hallfor an oxplanaticn, Mr Millar expressedhimself as in favour of .1 Dominion, in-stead of a local r.ption, vote. PurlLaniontInst .cession provided for a dominion vote.Is Mr Millar still committal to tako fromthe olcctors their existing right of veto onlocal hotel If not, we have an-other instance of iiis facility in performingpolitical gymnastics. But-, if ottanvipe, itis well to warn electors that, they are beingJskcd to return a man who will take thefirst opportunity of destroying 0110 of tlvoircherished privileges.—l am, etc.,
Dusedis West.Dunedii:, 18.
THE PAYMENT TO ADAMS BROS.,ETC.
Sir,—As is usual, those who supjiort thetoniiimianco of tlio tifjuor trafiic iro notdoing tliifi by defending that indoleufiiblohuaiiit'ss, but ato their bast, by in-sinuation ami every other means nt theircommand, to attack jio-liccitto advocatespereoiKiUv, ar/1 so district iit.oat.on trcm(Jio rights and wionjjs of tlio question,"liquor traffis or no Itquo; tiattic.' 1 Thus"Cum Graj» Saljs" i.ot o-nlr mukii utterlyiiiigroiiiidoil insinuations against Mr Adams,but assorts tlnni I mid things that would Iwas hateful to mo as to ac.y otlio.r doc-ontmail. 1 never said, and never Itiiited,that tho Govommwvt of tJio day ouifJit tolejiskite for tho domiirant party in thomeantime. I do riot think so. 1 think it wasii frhntrt.lv critno for tJ:o Gorermiiont of NowZealand to legalise tho «iio of tho ]xiisoualcohol as <1. beverage, oven when thorowas 110 public stntfincjit nt nil in favourof prohibition. Public fwitiment docs notmake a thin',; right or wionj,', Slavery wasjust M wroii'i Itoforo public sentiment wasjonsod it as it was aftenrards.Tlio iu=ofuiuc*a» of tho referendum an<lpublic SDiitiinoiit ochkl; in making progresspracticable for woik-kmed and time-serv-is»j politicians who know what ie riyJit, butdo not do that rig-ht, njid itr helping en-forcement of law. .Mr A:'an:s was notemployed by (-lie Govoi.iiny.-nt bccause howas n prohibitionist. Ik* was wnploycJbioatiflo lie is a. grout authority—jierliapstho groatet in Now Zealand—on- licvnfiingJaw, and Ind lo do itf'at the GcvwjTiionttold him, whelihor lie liked it or not. Muchof tho bill lie drafted ho did not like. MrSkoiWt was allowed to pori.'ae the draftbill in onbr to pivven! t*:o browery peopleblocking tho measure bccause Mr Adamsliappened also to bo a partisan. The No-
license piTty (Eid not as'<—- o fa-cs I kicnv—that Mr Adams b> onvtajed, th?.m,r li wuhatlgood rc;uon. in the faulty drafting of otherbilk, to wish for stioh a thing. I supposetho regular |nw-draftiiw staff were too busy
j on other inhttors to do tJws. but thai isfor the Govonnmnit to cxpjudn. TOs bill,v.-hic-Ji is, in nM its .machinery olaufes tlioono -Mr Adams drafted, has so far been atniinmh of pwil drafting, sa nutcJi so t-liiitnot a sitttj'o law case lias arisen out of thoabolition of lectors or of the bottle liceni>cs.Thy liquor pcoplo could not drive a toaohnjid four through Mr Adams's drafting,tuul it is tliifi—i:ot the payment of tho£ltS~thai makes Ihem so angry.
Your other eorrofpondent, " Tho WholoMair." insist* on no-licence advocates andliqi:or-fo'l>rs I>o;Tjg- compared as to theirmotives and clraraeter. 110 says that "to
.gel a publican's licence to-day n personmust 1m wdl-nicrh perfect, but io standon a platform at a strict <xny r and nbmehim shows a want, of it (moral character)."This Is truly delightful. Tho prohibi-tionists must, of nrccßMty, ho iin.v>lfish andwork froin purity of motive. Xo other ispossible. Kven supposing there were "pick-ings" poinc while the campaign was inprogress—which I deny—we are all work-ing to fin-s'i the emmiirm, a.-d l.htis stepthe "pickings." Tlie liquor peode, on (hoother Iniikl, aro hawl to eontinuotho trade, and the '' niok-inffs" for thnnselvffi! I): d our leadingbrewers make more fclian .',%!) every irinewf>'; s list .war? It would bo' crafc;fcoli.«hnrv!r. hr us to olaim \ntcs Mi niivother rrouml tltin the ilrovitnble evils ofthe trade ami the success of iifi-licei;=« in.r-r'vvKiß ttof-'e r.vi's, rttrtj w,. jwv p !vv«rdone so. If licensees were, practiixillv,.nioirilly when th-'v init theirliviw, what l:tiß dete^'orrt.r il them s->that lh"ro were 2.% nrcsecutions opains ltho 1?00 of t.lfMn Inrt venr? Tlt'.; Vi s»df:'.'| for lh> niiorally perf'd. it theliquor?—l am. ot<'., Couuos* ?f.ssk.
FREE PASSES ON THE TRAMWAYS.Sin, —o;ui you inform mo wliotJior City
n-nincrJ nmpV>n'/>5 anil l-li"O.M'j>i;iLlors onjovIho of tniv<-7iii,<j f:rr | n , 1TO"|from Utoir suhiriyiii lwitlo.mvs on our cor-pcrnlion Irnnnwiys, ami w.IKW }, o|(|
ixifccs or merely "winl; " at th» cvuhiclor?-I urn, oto., WnxDEniNn.
[ l'Vfl IM.WS urn issiity] to oily councillorsnjvl to tlx* hptufs of tfio corporation (iopart-tti'-it. Wo N*Vfrv<* Ui'Tt o'licr corpora--1 inn rwp'nws do, nr. n imlt-or of foot,travel froo on fiho tnunntivs. hill (.his jrr.no*t.!or> in (Jkvt o«a> is not ofliciaUv sniic-•Lfoihocl.—Ed. Q.D.T.L
THE PROHIBITIONISTS' RULEOFRESPONSIBILITY.
Slit,—Let mo say to " 'Nulf Said" thattliere is not "'inilF said" wlum ho im-plies that I pcl out. to defend alaiholit)
i liquor .drinking. I don't defend it. I'm• willing oven to admit that, it in a tin. Hut.: who is the aimer? 1 uhh! to think it wasj t-ho drinker: but i inftrrod from remarks ,; of loading prohibitionists that they ton- ,
' sidored the publican was tho sii.ner, and Ii that, therefore, it wim jiu=t to punish liimby tdkingaway his chosen means of making> a living. Now, "'Nutf Said," on Ix'hiilt
. of tJio whole Prohibition piiriy, declare.;' that '" die peoplo who liccnso tlio publicumt to sell" are responsible for tho mischief
[ created All riiflitj thou, "I/et that willedi jade (the public) v.-inco. My withers arer umvrunif." The people who tolerate green-r procers are responsiblo for that cttouitibyrr indite,tion.! Bitt lam surprised to'find that. "'N'u.'F
j Raid ' speaks slightingly of tcni|>onirY i'i-f digestion. Why, temporary indigestion is) tho forerunner of chroniu indigestion, and
i chrome indigestion helps to produce ino>t| of ho (liV«i S(-s which afflict Immanity.
, May I remind "'NIIIF Slid" that chronic> indigestion brought on the nilmont wliiciti resulted in the lamented death, not lonsj sigo, of one of oflr best an<l brightest nro-
I'ibitionbis? Medical testimony is nbsn-. li-.tcly unanimous in \vit:nossin<* to the evi-s
i tliat. prooeed from indigestion, not only; physical evils, but moral ami intellectual
j decrepitude, for upon digestion dependsi nutrition, and nn ill-nourished brain cm-i not, work well, or resist the inroads of. disease.
; But, Upton Sinclair and others lwvot shown how to combat this curse of civilis.i-. lion. Drugs and medicines have proved
, useless. Total abstinence is Hie only euro.; l* ast from food as prohibitionists fast from
. liquor, ami you pet the tnio remedy. I| than 100 yearn jiyi» teetotallers were re-
I t.lie majority as a set- of crankyLong tasters are passim? through3 u similar phase of pn.hlio opinion. Hut
soiiio <lnv provision morchante inav couio.t wider local option ati<l have to shut upr chop for n faftinß week tit tho dictation, of too falters and their flatterers. A coin-I imituty that cannot bo trusted to dritii;3 in rea.sonohlo moderation eannct be trusted. to eit in reasonable moderation. Drunke.'i-P lio-rs and indigestion proceed from the tar.ios flaw in tinman nature, and the ivime remedyo w "'' 'or both. Remove the drink andyou prevent drunkenness. Withhold tho
food and you prevent indigestion. Thoperiodical State fas- _Li connnp, ,ir,d willmako for tho imliftinc of humanity.—l
, am, etc., Ax Ixxockxt Abroad.EARLY HISTORY.e SIR, —III last Saturday's it-sue I read your
correspondent's remarks concorning "Maori"3 Brown's book. At the time to which tho0 book refors 1 was serving in the New /on-jnnd Armed Constabulary, and my memory0 is clear as to tho fcnit.li or otherwise o! some
. of those facts mentioned bv your corres--1 ixmdont. The story of Richard Burke is[. pure fiction. Kimball Bent was alive ninnyI years after tho Hnu-Hnu robolliun. Non doubt Cowan's book will show that. They cricket tile is pure fiction. 'Did statementabout the Auckland alfair is quite true. The.'i News oflicc was surrounded and roped bythe men-of-war, and would have been pulledto nieecs, bin (lie owner iravo way ami
issued a humble apology. Then' comesNgntipa: Colonel Whitniore (afterwardsNew Zealand's only general) was in com-,maud of the. Armed Constabulary, Major
. lVipal.i in command of the loyal Ngatiporua.I The Mnoris who wore captured received'• short shrift. Colonel Wliitnioro's orderlyt acting as chiof executioner. Brown's state-- inent is correct. With regard to Te Kootis and tho despatch ritlora, I can hardly be-s liovo what Brown eays. I was stationed at
Taupo at. time, vot I did not hear ofit. Captain N'ortlicroft. of Auckland, couldgiro a good account of tn.uiy stirring epi-sodes iJiat took place at that time—l am,otc„ N. Z. A. C.
lloslyn, September 19.
MILK FOR THE POOR.Sin, —An article in your columns under
" the heading "Tiio White Soourgo" wouldlorre anyono who lies a, knowledge, w>-(-cciully a knowledge as a sufferer, of that
' plague to <lb something to alloviat-o it.! Wo, tho consilium of niflk, liare no say in
' to tho quality or prico cf that prcclous• article. My proposals to improve tlio ono
} aJitl lessen tho other uro as follows:—J Fiist.—Kach municipality diould have the
j rii;lit. Riven by t Ik> Stato, of a monopoly1 of distribution. Then, by its servants, milk
• could bo delivered from door to door, event as tho p-.stman docs the letters, of whioh• distribution tho State holds the monopoly,
i Secondly.—The municipality should liavoi the ritfht of purclmsc of all milk for dis-
• trilwtion at the prico given by tho; bultor ;ind chers? fnotorics—that is io cay,t the dairymen should deliver the milk att specified receiving stations in the samo way
-• as they do at presont. Of oourfc. the' value of tho fkini milk would bo added.
Thirdly.—At distributing statiora themilk could l:o tested, pnsleurircd if neces-sary, and divided according to o:xler, ouchquantity being put into n vowel of themeasure ordorcd.
Tho whole dilTicultv in the plan proposedis the question of cost, and of probable It**
: to present distributors. I have said that' tho muiriciV.dity should have the right, of> purchase at tho very profitable rate given- by tho creameries. But it might advance
f on tlmt At orient it pays a dairyman toj supplv Duncain Hosjiitsl at 7Jd a" gallon.I At t-'fU prioe the municipality could <lis-
, tribute at lOd, giving a margin of 33 1-3> per cnt. for expenses.
1 am porfrctJy sure that, most dairy fa;mors, would irbdlv delixcr at railway stations
! for 6:1 a .cm I lon. Their average price all; tho year round for l':M -r fat doe- not
amount io mo e ,lh-n 4d ;al|-.n for mill:—i mind, it is mill; I :m doling witli-and tho
, skint milk is not worth a penny a gallon,i During I hi' controversy on the part of'tho
. Ttiibour party a <kwl \m made of. the prion <;f butter fat. per lb; but what
amount of mill: was neoexs-arv to yield thatround of butter fat".A stronig company having almost a mono-
poly. and gaining day by day grrctor cm- .niaml over a city's supply, will stronglyobjcct to these proposals, and will perhapsshow that, it crivcs ns much as 8(1 a gallonfor ccrlaiii milk for distribution. It may:yet. it will not show that even* dairyman'ssurplus mill: goes into, one oot at W a
' gallon.The profit to tho present distributin.-"-dairymen would bo: (11 Certain cash: i£l
immense tune and labour saved for worl.il!"the farm; 131 Jess horse work. ai'<! coi*soquontly less liorso feocl; a„d (4) chillilabour in distribution nlxilished. Th? profitto ihe consumer \rould be purer and cheapermilk. —1 am, etc.,
q , , Mom Milk, Tlease. iSeptember 18 (THE CONSUMPTIVE SANATORIUM.Sni,-I Wis von- pleased (o read the two 1litters tint rppraml m TO „,. TOl U!mis <|ur . -j
ins the last. two or tkoe w;eks reg»rtfcis 5t.te state of affairs nt tho Pliarant Vollev ISanatorium. Now, I ironi,| Jf|jo ( 0 Ina |.-, (pubjc sonic of the coiiditions under which cthe patents up thrre are treated. Til the |fcototo fo "Ex-Patient's" Jotter of tin t30lu August, tta o!min«u« was £aid to ']
liti.ve rtatid that there had net been any <eonij&unts for ulwut fix months. Why, {>11 (,the 26tii August ho viated the sanatorium .with othois, and pot. ormmlaints from all ..tho pat.ien.ts aJx>ut the way in which Hiev ]wore fed. The patients are sick of com'- 1l>!a:n. : ir;, ns it is only a \rarte of wordson t.hnr ivirt, for ths'iis* to otr just the »snmo ns before. Day after rfa-v thopatients'dishes go back wiiih the meat untouchedon them. 0
Tilpre is a rule to the effect that 110 cat-abits must- Ik* tak-.Mi into th« institution bvpatients or tlwir frirruit-, yet if thst rule pwere s-trtici-ly adhered to raticnts wuu!d I.fire ven- badly, as fcr some time kick Kijiiv artiiolcs of diet, such 13s sccr.es, choice, '1biscuits, rake, jam, Inicy, : nuw, etc., liave (Ialj bern su;?>lied by _i\Viei:t.s or their SJVictid,;. There is jam Ix'loinrinij to tho in- tlstiUit'ion, but it is pluen jam, mid it is \«
only aMowed cut the table at tea time, a;feno time ajro one [xitient rot a 10!b tin d'of honey sent him, ii-nd after a couple ofdays it disappeared, but later on it wisfound tlmt it had been used by personsother tl-cin those for whom it was'inlotided. "
Si'vemJ ntSents have hml | fl Imve tho 0tr.catonnni thra 11 ™h m.ikinj o-?:n;-«!acnte tothe hoard ohv.ll tJi-o fond, nud the."remainderof them are afraid to op_:i mouthsnow. II that is the way an institution 1:1"Ord's own country" is t>r;oj maniped. Ith.ink it is time it was ttr.tjor new manage-ment ltStC!*etW.
The members of the Ixia.rd on their visitst.-> U:e Mtutoruim tn-fce more interest in the•formation of tJie b;nvling- jrreen tint isbi'-iiu -trade therc» Umn in the fcod. Now,for wSrrrtr-.- n~r> is the lou-jinß green to l>ewhen finished? In the men's silling .roomtih-.-re its a hil'ivml tnlv'e, and. as the state of um-st of the pi4:<vn4«' health does not permitof it
;only two or thnr.j of them arc a limed a
In 11'ivv lytfa-ds. Now. how ui;it;y wall bo oal'.ow*vl to r.kiv K->»+=? The inxlioal officerhimself told pome of the patieifts ihnt bowlswould lo t«o much for fJioni. It wouldalmost svem ns tfiouph one reason why theboard wanted In purch;w a motor mr u';mthat- must of its kvvivhens are. Inwlers. !
think one re.-uson \vh\- the mr was wonted <
was to take pilots oit in it. If |,heImaid is so anxious to send pa t'Vntrs outfor n;oto.v drives why not send them inthe hired mr in wlrioh Ihe mv.iube-s of theboard po up to t.lie snnatoriixm iur-trad of SCalwaj-s cnUinc it at the staff's discccal. a
Hoping tho publio will wako up and ro-member it is their monoy fclint. is beingspent itt Uio Pleasant Valley fronatorium.—1 am, c-tc., Tubkrcula Bacilli.THE RESULTS OF PROHIBITION.Sin,-Some of your readers may bo in-terested to learn a few of tlio rc6ullß now
npiMirent in the United StaUs of thoexperiments in prohibition in prOßTcssthere. Iho Harvard Professor of Peyclwlogy(Hugo Alimstorlv.irir M.D., Ph.D., Lilt-D.,LL.O.), Ivas recently published & most in-tcrcating volume of essays entitled "Prob-lems of Today, from tho point of view ofo 'Psychologist.' M I havo just road anablo review of that work appearing in «vrecent number of tin? Iximfon Bookman.Tho reviver says:—"Tho immorality ofInn prohibition movement—irrunaral in it-soif and still more in ito ofFocts—is boldlyand exhaustively .handled in two papere,whero • Professor Miuisterburg vindicatestemperate indulgence in nkohol ns a agnand essential, and a privilege of high and-healthy civilisation; which protest I, wiiouse no stimulants, warmly ondorso. Thnspread of certain gravo moral evils in thoprohibition States inust have icachcd mostof 11s in whisprs. I will only cmoto.'without, note or comment our own author'ssolemn warjning. 'I speak,' Jie says, 'as aOsydiotberapist whoso expcrienco covcratho wholo country, wbon I say. that thospreading of coeainism and morphinism, ofsexual perversion and ruinous habits,nmonpfthe abstainers is alarming.'" Thoreview itself is anonymous, but tho Book-man is produced1 by tho well-known firmof religious publishers, Messrs Hodctor andSto<ughton, whose leadine director is thoRev, Dr Robertson Nicoll.
Such a warning, cominp from suoh_ .1source, must stirclv havo duo weight with'all amongst us who aon roach this voxedquestion with an or>;n mind. lam rcrin-fully aware that it is hopeless to oipectto convert tho extremists on either side,but- with men of sane viowfj and some ex-perience of the world, (ho opinions ofsuoh experts as Professor Mtinsterburg and'our own venorable Professor SaUnondshould cut-weigh the chorus of partisanfanatics in favour of prohibition.—l am,etc., Student. .
Dunedin, September 16.
TWO QUERIES ANSWERED.Sin,—Your correspondent against "Mys-
teries;" wants to know two tilings—why Ivoted for tlio secor.d ballot, and whatbecamc of tho missing votes in NorthDunctlin at tho last general election.
Now, I am petting a littlo tired of thissccond ballot, ami I am going to explaintlio matter onco mora My otlitudo oiithe matter was simple. I recognised thatit seemed wrong that a representativeholding a scat, should! only represent a thirdor fourth of the people in any constituoncyowing to ;i number of candidates standingin 0110 interest, while only ono oarididatowiy standing in tho other. Wo havo aninstance, in the Hawko's Bay seat. SirWilliam Hussoll wns first, but tho otherfour, wlw nrc Ministerialists, have a great'
:nany more votes between thcra than ho haa.Obviously it would seem wrong that he •should tako his seat ns representing tho|xjliticol views of the people of the dis-trict. Tlio object of tho Socond BallotDill, of cc/iir.-f>, was to remedy thu sfatoof things, to secure, if possible, that thomen returned reprc.vntcd tho majority oftho people. I said if tho Govornimeht could.not think of anything better, I was will-ing to give the kill a ctlianoe, but I did notthink it would work out successfully.Really I became a mcrlvr to show thotruth of inv own prophecies. It is. mostcurious to read now what I taid about thohill at the time and to sco how fcruait wns. With your permission I will re-produce an extract from ono of myspeeches. It is evor so.
As to tho mis?ing votes, I really fear Ican givo 110 information. The only pir- •'sons I can suggest as being ablo to say'anything on the matter arc tho returningofficer—renowned for liis carofullness and ■his knowledge of doctoral law—or MrHugh Mitchell. Mr Thomson's secretory,who presumably looked after his man and :raw that his vote wero all right. I ,believe Mr Mitchell is nn accountant, but ■'thi't time his La la nee did not come out -
right—l 7 votes cluitnctT. for which, how-:ever, ho could not produce the vouchersI :
Queer accounting truly!—l am. etc.,A. R. Barclay.
(Extract referred to.)The figures which the hon. member
for Franklin quoted to-day awi not un-familiar to in, .and wo admit their •
importance and significance. They aronot pleasing figures to look at, and thoyshow that tho eocond ballot does notwork in every caso satisfactorily andwell. The fact Unit threo million votesreturning 98 candidates can bo turned rinto three million votes returning only 14is a bad and utterly unsatisfactory state of ..
affairs, ar.d means tliofailure of tho systemto attain the result aimed at. . . I didnot speak on the second reading of thobill, nor at any stago during its paasngothrough lommittoo, and 1 I mav say atonce that. Ido not lovo this bill. Ido ,not regard it with ntfcction, and I am -
afraid b!:at in its results it will not bo .
£o $ucci'&»ftil as I would 1 liko it to be,as tho I'rimo Minister thinks it wiU be,or as many of ns liopo it will be; butnevertheless I am_ willing to givo tlio sys-I torn a fair trial in face of tho admitted 'anomalies that exist, and to which I havealready attempted to point! out. ButI wns largely reconciled to this bill bythe insertion of tho 500 clauso in it, andI want that clause retained, and I boliovo -that a great number of other membersof tllio House also desiro that clause tobo retained. Ido trust, therefore, thatthe hon. gentlemen who are appointed to 'draw up reasons why wc should disagree •with another place with regard to thoamendments will lay stress" upon thatolauso. and will endeavour to seciiro thatthatclauso, whioh has been raked by this "■House, s'kill he retained in this bill. If •'
that be done, I for ono, am willing to 'give this systfcm a chanoe, ot all events, ;;
I Ix'liovo mjYolf tJmt tlio Hon. Mr ■M'Nah's Absolute Majority Bill, or somaother till which would secure a nrncticblmajorityby an election which would bo overin one day, would bo infinitely bettor, be-catifc I fear the influences and intrigueswhich experience shows will tako placoin regard to the second ballot.
AUCKLAND NOTES.iFboii Our Ow.v Correstondest.)
AUCKLAND, September 19.The new Technical College building in
WeJlcsley street Bust, whioh has been underconstruction Miico May, 1909, is now withinmeasurable distance of completion, and itis expected tlint il. will \x out of th/biildors' hands by the end of Iho ycari'I ho building i.< 170ft long, 68ft deep, ana9Cft high. .»6 originally planned, tho ool-logo-waa to haw consisted of five. storeys, 'but owing to Lite lack of funds only.thredcan bo hui!t at tho lircecnt thno. Althouclithe contract is for only iJireo doors, thoc< Hereto uied amounts to about 54,000 ft.Tin's is strengthened by over 2CO mike of.■•tccl wire weighing tons and 15 milesof sUsl bus weighing 78 tons. In tho 145pile* <lriven are W2B ninning feet. Thogirders would extend more than 4000 ran- .nirg feot, nn-.l the joists up to 10,000ft. Tho(itnbor mod in w.sing and moulding would,iii 12iii l.y lm suiierficial measurement, ox- ,teml ovct 50 miles. Tho uvea of tho glass ■used will l>3 moro than 10,000 squaro feet, .
or about a quarter of an ucre.A NEW THEATRE. )
A syndicate is being formed for the par. '■
po« of building a largo theatre in GreyLynn, near the junction of Poiisoiiby andKaiangalinpe roans, on the eito \vli«x> tho :Tivoii Thcatro now sttvnds. Tho present[lieatix ,, whicli was formerly well known asSt. Ueorge's Hall, will bo demolished, an<l ■tlif; new ttrurtiire will practically cotot thoivholi , of u section of land having a front- ■nge to the; Great North rend of 64ft by a :Jepth of 200ft.
A COWARDLY ASSAULT.A cowardly and brutal naault was com.
tnitted uwn a young woman at Iho oornotA Symoiids and ICnst strocte on Saturdayjvaiing by a man who, it is slated, aspired .In be her lover. It is alleged that for .
uiiuiy months |wst tJ» man lad been pes-tering the woman with proposals of mar-,-inse, and had fccen continuajly folloivinjior about l>y tram and train, oral had orenjano as far :is lo follow her to Hamilton>n one Kwiiwsi. 'Hie woman wont about ;n constant [far of her wouM-bo lover, forio was evidently i.ot olio of tho sort that ';"
votild take '" N<i" for an .-uiwrer.i Matters ft is stat«l reached a climax on Satunkiy'veiling. Tho woman was quietly walkinft .;.
ilcng Kast street with her young niece, .vlien she was accosted by tho nxin. It is ,
iHegi'd tfcithooiKomciro uiadohispi-opoKiJsif inarrbge. ami she firmly informed htm ,'■■hal sJn, would not marry him. ThisutiiKtl to infuriate tho man, who struck ; ,ho woman on tho noso and on tho fore- ,
load. The woman fell to the irround man ;:.
imtin.icious wmlition. By uiis tinio a ~,
iirj!«» t-vowil Imd pathortHl, mhl tho man ~|L«vp|R-ari'd from sight. It is possible thai ;.
t a later duto I'olioo Court piwoocb'ngs . ;iwy lx* a StX]iicl to tho assaults
OTAGO DAILY TIMES. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1911. 5
For children's harking r.injjli atWoods' Client l'oppnrmint Cure; Is 6dZs 6(L
\Yhi> a tronrli in Oio cvimp at ■[-ThWfnrd _(N"«.i f'>!!v) last moiitli I lie I'V.trtli „|NilFollw (Torriuiriid l''nr<v) found n human nli-l vli'toii ivit.li ft fpfliirli'.-ad wiilicddcd in llh> ,||ribs.
1'
PiVl'iro Jwlcs for (lip Ixnmfif n f tnwllm >'11-p kojrl in fhp Pari-, Polirp Pt.it'ons it I'rr-oii'-ntlv woura lh.it forcirr.ora |«» (:Jii nfr- -vhieli ilicv nv« inmlilp to dooribp. Invalid.f nnfamilinritv n-itli (ho French liuiennqv nIV prluro liooln contain rcpr-scnl.itrinß nif various .irlicl-p, nud tho inquirer lias tinly to turn tho leaves anrl point mil the t.rnt.i'iriM which most rtt*ml>io tli« nr..- j•crt.y he Ims lost |
A re-invigorating oordinl, WOLFE'SCHNAPrS. Tho boverago that holoi-. ;puro Bpirii ;
SHIPPING.PIIASKS 0? THE 1(005.
SEITESIDKtI.first qairtw _ 1 5.51a.m. IFull moon ._ „ 9 3.M a.m. ,;Last quarter _
„. 16 5.21 a.m.Xcw moon
.„ „ „. 23 2.7 a.m.first quarter „
... _50 10.33 p.m. '
THE SUM jRises to-day 6.5; fcls 5.55.
TflE WKATIIKH.September 19.—S a.m.: Wind E.S.E.; squnllr. i
Noon: Wind E.&E.', Equally. 6 p.m.: Wiml :L.5.8., squally.
8 a.m. Noon. 6 p.m.promoter _„„...2X70 5!U5 59. iS ]pcrmomctfT ... .13 45 4.1 '
mail wateu.Fcptcrabcr 50— a.m. p.m.
At Taiaron Haifa „. ... ... ... (U0 1.0At Tort Chalmers 1.50 1.48At Duncdin 1.50 i'.lli I
WKATiiKR nni-niiTs.(Per United Piiess asmciatios.)
WEM.IXfiTON, SeptcmttfT 15.Tho following nro the reports ol the weather at
I p.m.:—Wind. liar. Thor. Wcathor.iiussdl ... W.,/rcah K1.51 CO OrerMJl
Itinnkan 11. W.S.W.,Ir •«).« 40 Cloud;lioeklnnd ...
W.S.W., Ir 5H.45 » ItiiiuTjurios* ...
W., light 21U5 67 FairEast Cope ...
.".K., Iγ .Kl.+l J4 StoweryGisborno ...
S.W., Ir ::U7 »:> OvcrcnptKapler ... S.W., Iγ :'!U:i tt Overcast.Wellington ... S., If I'XJS IS OvcrcaftCastlcpoint... !\\V., br '."i.M j<; ShoweryNew Plymouth f.K., Ir L'lU'J 0:1 fineTVunganai ...
f?.K., gnlc i':uo 6.1 OvrrcitiCape Farewell N.K., light U1.60 57 OvercastCape Foulwind .S.W., Ir iii.s9 5: FairWestport ...
S.E., Ir L'». 53 SS OverranCapo Campbell .<., giflo '.Wβ ■!-■> OvercastKulkoum ... S.:>.w\, gale S'.IH -11 IbiitiNuggets ...
S.E., Ir 2!i.Bii i:\ Cloud/Bluß K.W., Ir yi.W .Vi HazyStephens 15.... S.K., light •.".Uβ 50 OvirWtiteroa Light tUi.. galu LUS'J 43 Kuiii
WIIATHKK KOIIKCAST.,Tlio following Iβ the Ilcv. H. C. Uatcs's sum-
mary and forecast:—" Soullmtlj , winds, strong to« gale, hive prevailed In most parts i>l tin: country.Murfi r:iin has lalleu in many j>:irls ol tnuDominion, with Fnow on tlio higher leu-lf in thusouth. The "turomi'lfr has > iseu everywhere,us]iceiiilly in thu uoutkeru districts, l'rwnt in-dilations nre (or a rising b.ironifttr evirynhiiv,with southerly asul soutli-u.isti-rly (winds, ttiuiigto u gale, generally. Cold and showery wimllut |will projial'ly .continue, cijitcially oil llic easterncoasts ol both island*.
ARRIVALS.Moana, s.s., 3915 lons, llurris, from Mel-
boiirno, via Hobart and the JJluff. UnionStwuii Ship Company, agents. Passengers:Mies Searles, Mosdamcs It. llosk,, ltsaacs,11. C. Uodden, Messrs \V. 'riioinpson, 11.Wick. R. llosic, Isaacs, 11. C. Godden, I'.Cookc, 11. Northey; ruul 13 in lliu eteeraye.
Inveroargili, s,s,, 224 lows Uillien, fromInvercargi'il. lnvercargiil Shipping Com-pany, agents.
DEPARTURES.Surrey, fi.s., 5993 tons. Uron, for Sydney,
via tho JSlulf. Turnbull, Martin, and Co.,
"llauroto, s.s., 1338 ton?, M'Lcati, forAuckland, via East Coast, ports. Uniont-team Ship Company, agents. Passongcrs:For Lyltelton-Jliss Jiowie, Mrs Stnplcton,Messrs Hulincr, (.'hecsctnan, 6w!>!eton, Cap-tains Hsnsom, Jlor.vo. For Wcllington—Jliss iWic. For Napier—Miss M'Donald,For Gishorne—Mr J. K. Donald; an<l fivein t!io stecrago.
L'tikaki, s.s.. IW4 tons, Ttito, for WestCoast ports. Union Steam Ship Company,agents.
EXPECTED ARRIVALS.From Melbourne—Wirrimoo, Soptem-
bcr 26.Front Sydney (via Auckland).—n immera,
September 24.From Sydney (via Wellington).—L'li-
maroa, September 23.From Auckland.—Tarawera September
21PROJECTED DEPARTURES.,
For Sydney.—Wimmora, September 25.For Sydney (via Wellington).—Moana.
Stptembe'r 20.For Melbourno.-Ulimaroa, ScpttmberFor Auckland.—Tarawera, September 22.
OVERSEA VESSEI-8 TO ARRIVE.IT AUCKLAND.
Australia, (ship), left Mnrseiilos March 31.Cape Oorso, left Montreal July 30, and St.Vinoent August 14; due Auckland Octo-l»r 8. Tonioann, left New York July17; arrived Melbourno September 7;duo Auckland Septomber 27. Boveric,duo from Sun Francisco September30. Kent, left Liverpool July 29; duo Auck-land September 28. Kia Ora. left Lon-don August 6. Rnknia, to Icavo MontrealAugust 15. Indrabarali, loft London Jult25; left Sydney September 16;duo Auckland September 20. Denof Airlie, to leavo New York Sep-tember 10. Trifcls, left Now York August1; duo October H6. Cranlcy, left New
York Au?>ist 27. Lord Lonsdalc, left Now"York July 26. Grantloy Hall, arrived Auck-land Autist 24. Whakatane, left MontrealAugust 22: duo Auckland October 26,Tokomaru, to ieavo Montreal September15; duo November 19. iCunnra, to leaveMontreal October 15: fluo Dwaralxr 19.Ayrehire. left Liverpool September 2; duoNovember 15. Panares, to leave LondonSeptember 20; duo November 12. Kent,left Liverpool July 29; left Capotown.August 26; due September 23. Niwaru,lc-tt London Septoinl«r 4. llenrik Ibson.left Portland September 3; duo October 6.Walkuro, from Nciv York, due September23. Ncrchana, left Liverpool September6.
AT ■WEI.I.TSKTOJT.
Waiwcra. left London Juno 3; arrivedAuckland August 8. Rimutaka, left Lon-don July 8; arrived Auckland Aiipust 30.Turakina, loft. London &H>trml>or 14; dueWellington October 28. Aieicnjo leaves LondonSeptember 14. lonie. left London September9. Whakatane. left Montreal Atiirtist 23.Indralema, left AuckLind August 27. Re-miiera, to leave. London September 30; duoNovember 13. Runtime. io leave 1/indonOctober 28; duo December 11. Niwaru. duenlxiut November 12. Neroluma, left Liver-pool Sentanlwr 13. Turakinn, left LondonSpptamlie.r 14. Allienie, loft London Sep-tember 17.
AT TIOKPni!J.Dalhanna. to leave Nnw York. Matnnrn.
to leave Seychelles. Walknre. left NewYork July 1; duo alout Orlol>er7. AMoriaJiilr 7. Corso, left Montreal July 30and St. Vincent Atiqnst W. Kniknura,left London An?nst 9; due Diincdin Sep.kmber 30. Tomoann lefl Nrw YorkJuly 17; arrive/] Melbourne Pei>|pnil>or
7. TriWs. left New York Auinist I. Wbak.rlanoleftMonlrf.il Auijiist.22. Ken! loft Liver-pool July 29: due about October 16. Nor-folk-, to leave Liverpool SotitomW 4. Avr-fliire, left Liverpool September 2; duo about
November 15. Pakohn. leaves London Sep-tember 19. Tokomaru, leaves Canada Sep-tember 15. Cranley, left New York August27. TonsariTO, to leave London October 4;duo November 25 Kaikotira, left ColomboSeptomlx;r 4; duo nbo'it Soplombefol.Pakeba, to leavo London S'onte>nber 19.Nereliana. duo from about No-vember 10.
OUTWARD HOUND.Wakanui, left .Inly 28, for Svdnoy:
left Adelaide Aupist 22. C'oriiilhic, left.Wellinjrton August 10 for London; leftMontevideo August 29. S>iswx, left Dim-edin Aupurt 17 for Sydncv. Nnimshire,left Auckland August 1!) for Avonmoiith.Mamari. loft Port Chalmers Aug»i.«t 23.■Runliine. left Wcllintjtoii August 24, nnijMontevideo Sejileniber 12. Aniwa, leftWellincton September 7 for Txjndon. Kai-para, left for I/ondon July 30, at Durbanfioptcmtjcr 11.
PRO.IKOTF.n DEPARTORES.FKOU WEtXIXOTOS.
Rnapolni, Soplraiber 21. Surrey, Sop-tciiil>er 23. Rotoru.-., Oetolwr 19.
FEOSI nt-CFF.Indratema, September 25.
SniPPIN'G TELEGRAMS.AUCKLAND, Scplomlwr 19.—Sailed:
Wimmera, for the fouUi. Pawi'nßcrs forDuiicdin: Mi.«a Rose, Mewlamn.'i IJonso.m;uul child, JFLennan, Tullocli and infant,■\VitlifTP, MeK!n* Witliens. Drnsoin,' Sp«?r.«.M'lxnnaii. Alilebaran (Ixirque), for Syd-ney.
WELLINGTON, Soptomber ]9.-Snilr4:Mokcia (8 p.m.) for L.vlU'llon. P:u«s"n-Kora: Miwra Abbott, Wilfon and niiiiti',Iloiuv, Pyne, Hmven, Cooper and twochildren, SLstnra of Mpitv. Movlamo.? I'arn-cK Ilcitnn Rlkmlos find maid, Lewards,Jloflß, Cooper nnd child, Pyiio, Lady Bowen,Inspector Kii>ly, Ifov. Sponcrr, Hi;v. Tay-lor, M(vbts Dtinran. Cox, Abbott, Rarrj,,Kehher, Murr.l;i«on, Hall, Ilntton RJmdfy,Hall, Coopor, Pyno and Sir Charles liowen.
LY'ITELTON, F?npli>ml>or 19.-Arrived:Npitoro, from OmytnouUi, via Oatnnnt;Mnraroa (4 p.m.), after fx<c|rtiopnllv ptormypii/wee of 20 liotirs. from Wclliuulon. —Sailed: Kapiti. for Wol|i!ip;U>n. Wnnißiniii,aro, Paloa; Mnori (8.30 p.m.) forton. wilJi 160 t»iS9"ngera.
NKWCARTLE, Sepfnnibor 19.—PailtxliK»!lsui7i>la. for N<w Zpiil.nnd.
SYDNEY. September 10.-Arrlvd-Mooi'aki (11.30 a.m.) from Wellington,
THE DIRECT STEAMERS.WELLINGTON, Seplftinbw 19-Arrived t
]lot/«-iia (1 p.(iL), from lionilon. via llobart.Tiifl Oorinlhlc, whioli left Wellington on
'AugiHt 10. orrived at PlyinouUi on Mon-day" morning.
SCHNAPPS ach directly amipleasantly. Jtjgs bladdgr fw*|
Tho Pnkaki sailed last evening for WestCoast ports.
The Invoreargill arrived last owning fromInvureargill.
Mr Jitine-j Dnl/.iel, late chief ofticer ofthe Tiiliapuia, has been npj>ointiHl to asimilar position on tlie Kurow.
Tho Koromiko is livulitii; a cargo of coalat Newcastle lor Fiji.
Tito W.iitiuito canto out of dock yesterday,.".nil wiils from i'ort Clmlmers tonlay lorhut "irip to Itxiil for Jloiulon.
Tho Surrey linislied loadJiii; Ilomcwnrdcargo ut I'orl Cimliiicrs Yi'.stoiikiy, amisailed in the tifternoori for lilull.
Tin., Kiimitukti, new ;it Weilingion, willpiob.ibl.v ixiino to I'ort Chalmers shortly tolay up tor ;t week or two.
Mr T. l.'aiiicitiu, tliinl ollioer of tlwAparima, caiuu Jisliore yesterday to sit for
hi.s mates ticket.The Ptikiki sailed ychierday for Wast
(.Viusl iK>rt.i, via C'uniaiu.Jlie Wothora arrtvcl at Auckland on
Moiuliiy will: a cargo of sugar liom Fiji.Slio iviun:s to Fiji on Ssitunluy for anotliorcargo ol itijiir.
Mr T. lloit, of Foildinir, shipped 54 horsesby tho Moeraki, winch li'tt \Volliiiytoil oni'riiluy lust foi' Sydney.
it Is icportcd thai Captain Ix>wis, latochief offiivr of the Kiu (Ira, has ken ap-iwmuxl inaMor of thu Tokomaru in plawot Cni'.tam Kolly, wtio ln:t> transferreil totho kuiiKi.Ki. Captain Morton, ot the lattervessel, is to tnku ttinniMiid ol tJie .Maniari.
The oil-hidiMi stiviti'or UnikiiiT, from K«wYork, continued her voyage tiom Albany ojtTui'Silav ol l.".ft «cek. J'hq v»!«.cl'8 liratNew /.ivalaiui jamL is Auckland, ami Wcl-linyton, Lyltcttoii, and Diinudm will fol-low, eliottld iirrivc here utxmt October7.
Mr Jaintfl Dal/.iel, who was for twinej«ns fixond oiigmeer on the Ma|rcurik«i,and aftorwatds '.'liief on the Takapuna, hasbeen ap[iointi<l to I lie chargo of tJie engine-tojin oi tho Ivtiro'.v. Air Ji. R. L'nrk, as-sistant purser on the Maori, has translerm!u> tlw .(lofiaki in a similar capacity. .MrK. I rood siyned on the Mokuia an .wsi3taiitpurser on TnnrMl.iy. Mr .Mauder, whoiu liesuwciil'.'d, has g(iit> on lliu Mai.uka.
Mr A. li. 'i'hoinjMcii, purser of thoAorangi. lias ln'Mi [;iant«l holiday leave,and Ins nlaw will bo lilted by Mr J. (J. M.Scott, lato iiuvMir of the Ixongana.
Tiw Tiiimii is duo al Port Clialmere to-iiionow to load frozen jiuvit and generalproduce, and b to loavo again on Fridaytor Auckland.
This trip the Kaikoura. ih coming fiomI/otidon, via Townsvillc and R'xikhampton,uiliere siiu will land immigrants l»foi>.« com-iiitr. ilirwt to Port Clialmers. She is duoIvre alxiut the end of this month, and alsoiiiis 'for HlulF and Lytti'lton.
Alter iKint? laid up at Duncslin for a-couple IJie smart little auxiliaryschooner lluunni went into oi>mmis.-ion yes-terday, but bad weather provented her fromtaiiintr for Waikawu lo loud timber fov)>tinedin. I-a(er on she will bo engaged »ithe Ka.ip.irn. timber trade.
The \\ han».ip<-' '« '''to at Ilobiirt on Satur-day from M'jubmy. She is expected atBluff on tlio 28tli 'met., anil ift duo at Dun-uditi on Otlober 2 AlMr <lischa.rgin|r herosii? prowiilj lo Auckland.
Tiie lml! of the Auckland HarbourHoard's ?Oton llffitiiii; crauo was i-ucx-cts-fully hunchwl from lite new Qui'cn strct-twlmif .)ti Tuesday morning of last week.Th" launch was dfected with tlie aid oftho tujr 'to Awliina. The crano will not boryiul) for us*! for some tinip, as the inter-nal litlings, engines, boilers, and liftingw>;ir have yet to be installed. llu> hull oftlu> osani' lias lxcii constructed by tlio engi-
neering firm of Messrs J. 11. Adams and
Tho wrgo steamer Strariipirry, 4398 tons,Captain Neill. -siiitotl from I'uget Sf/und onSeptember 5 for Wellington direct. Shewill dischnrtjo part cargo of Oregon pine atthat port, "n'l ,vi " »,rwcwl to Melbournowitii ivmaimfcr. Tito vessel is dm at «el-linirton alxmt tho end of the month.
C-unai.. J. It. *rinf!--r, v.ho has latelyhe< n in n.minand of t!>e Aparima, left thatMstM aw! will take tin; Moaiiaas far as Lytielton. On arrival thero howill tniiisfor'to tlie command of the ferrystcami-d Maori, now undergoing overhaul,mid rclicics Uapliin B. M. Aldwelrwlulethe latter «on holiday leave. Cuptoin Aid-well t«ok temporary command of IJie Mara-ro;i when the Maori went into dock lastSaturdiy.
Tlio Moana arrived at Dvntdm at 1 p.m.yesterday from Melbourne, via Hobart andjilutl. sj.o loft Melbourne at 3 p.m. ontho 13lli inst. and Hobart at 2 p.m. on tho15th, and arrived at Muff, at 4 p.m. onMonday. Sli<) sailed from tho latter i>ort
ut 11 p.m. the Mino day, and arrived r.9nboiv. Tho Moana had a good trip toHol>art. but after leaving; that \x>ri she hadn iotithflrly galo and rough to moilenvtosoaa to DliifT. thence squally weather alongllic coast. Tlte Moana sails at 2 p.m. to-d.iy for Sydney, via Lyltelton.
oMUTINOUS CHINESE.
Captain C!. J. I'erks, of tho steamerSkeinw, of the Clydi> Shipping Comiany.d'lasgow, tiiLK ropfirlfd a (.otisational storyof mutiny on thi! high to the Merchantiri'ivicc ilbifd at Livcr|>ool. While tho ves-sel was on its way to Adelaide the Chincfccif.v of 26 mutinied, attacked tho third en-gineer, and threatenod to kill the first ctigi-nrer, while the coal was so wilfully vrastwlthat the captain decided to put in at Mauri-tius, E2& miles away. From that momentthe engineers deemed it mieafo lo enter thostokehold, and decided, for urutuul protec-tion, to keep two incii always on watch.Captain Porks was four days without, sleep,hoinj? afraid that the Chinese might fire the
consisting of 42.000 cases of naphthaand benzine. Whon Mauritius was reachedthe Chinese wore put ashore, and native-engaged in their place. Un searching Mi-nimi's i|tiiiiicrs. concealed weapons of v;t.-!
oils kinds were found, including a revolverand 50 cartridge;.
NOTICKS TO MAHINKRS.Tho followitij; notices to mariners ap-
|>?ar in luit week's llazelte:--, N.vi'iEn ll.Miuoun.
Morfc- Signalling.—Hie Napier HarbourBoard has notified that on and after Mon-day, October 9, 1911, the Mor»*> system olnight signalling will bn installed at PortAhtiriri. and night-signal cominuniuitionswill bo made with vessels from the lOastcrnPier.
I'aiiia. Iteef Buoy.—The board has alsonotilirtl t.h.it on the Mine date the colourof tho Pnnitt Iteef buoy will be changedfrom while to bind;. Charts, etc.. afFecttxl:Admiralty Cliarl.s Xos. 2513 and 2528; NewZealand Pilot, eighth edition, 1908, chapteriv, jKigu 132.
IIOKUXCA IIAR.The harlx!iirmtisfer at Ilokianga roport?
ih:it llii! shallow Kpit to lhr> soutli of mainclianni'l is working to the northward.Sctirdings by local steamers at thelatter end o? August and early in Septem-ber show that the roiith channel has com-inenced to close up again, and the norllichainii'l is deepening and o|>oiiing out a<tlie main channel similar to last year. Tinlatr:t. soundings show 17ft L.W.S.i with flagsblF bearing E. by i N. ami only 13'lL.W.S. alnntr the line of bearing of flag-ftair K. by X. J X. where in July (bis lineshowed iTfl.
Charts, et?.. affected: Admiralty Chart'Xos. 2525 unci 1091a; Npw Zealand Pilot,eight!) edition, 1903, chapter viii, ]xigo 201,
Koxtox IlAiiiinuii.Signals—The l'oxloii Harliour Board
has notified that on and after Monday,September 18. in addition to the gcnurnlIriilmur signals for fill New Zealand ports,local signals will 1k« shown, full particular'of which are published in tho (!a7.ette.
WntRLKSs Tkleghapiiv.Special (inzetti 1 Nolico.—Transmission ol
reports in regard lo derelicts and wealhnconditions nin us follow:—Sprcial nrningeiiient.s have been nude by tho Postmasterirenernl fivr iMiismission, on and after Jiilj1. 1911. of radic-tcls M-.vwn shijis fiUmwith 'wireless telegraphy flppnnitiis amiBritish coast stations, in n'gard to 11kj>os!tioii of d-.'rplicts dnngrmu.o io naviea-tion. and weather and tnctcorologiwri'txirt'.
COMMERCIALJ hVUi\l'<Y WIIKAT MARKKT.1 i Press Association—By Telegrnph—Copyright
SYDNEY, September 19.1 Wheat has dropped M. Parcels are dull
at 2s 7d.
f OLEARINIt SALE.• Tho Now Zealand l,oan and Mercantile*
J A.xi'iicy Co. (Ltd.) ro|)ort.s loving held ahighly satisfactory cloarimj sale on, account
, of Mr Charles Sli/ind, nt Ilillend. on Fri-day last, llicrn \ms an exceptionally large
" number of buyers [>rr«otil from all parts ofOtago. Tlie following aro wtno of tlwprices realised:—Niiiety-tliroc two to eisrlit-r Urith stud ewes, to ljgs; 52 titud cwo hog-
. get.'!, at Up; 45 stud ram hoggcKs to \fai-.367 two, four, and fiix-tooth ewes, to 19*3d; 91 eight-tooth ewes, at 16s 6d; 109 full-mouth owes at. 10s; 190 hoggets (mixotl
' pnxtMs), at 15s; 666 <nvo lioßgols, to 12s lid;7?. wethers, nt 18s Id; ICO two, four and
. sixlooth ewes, at 20s6d; 21 rams, to ligs;* ?.\ cows sold at up to £6 7s 6d; three stoers
at £3 19s, two bulls to £6 10?, calves to £17s 6d. Six draught marcs Isroiight. up to£45, fix drauffht g-eldinpi up to £36 10s,
' two draught colts lo £29 10s, six harnesshorses to £18 10s. three |»nips to £11.
POST OFFICE NOTICES."
t Mails closo nt tlio Chief Post Office,- Dunedin. as undor:—
For Wellington and Northern Ports,r overland, Monday. Wcdnesdav, and Friday,6.30 a.m. j Tuesday, ThursJay, Saturday,
« 10.30 a.m.•; For Palmers ton, Oamaru, Waimate,s Temuka, Timaru, Aslibnrton, Chriftchurch,i- overland, daily at 6.50 n.m. (lato leliors'• C.P.O. 7.40 a.m., mail van 8 a.m.), and at>' 10.30 a.m. (lato letters C.P.O. 10.45 a.m.,r puard's van 11.15 n.m.).' For GroymoutJi. Hokitika. nnd Rccfton,e Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 10.30
a.m.0 For Jnvercargill and intermediate otTioea.
> daily at 7.30 a.m. (lato letters C.P.O. 8a.m., on mail van at 8.25 a.m.), and at3.45 p.m. (late letters C.P.O. 4 p.m., guard's
• van 4.25 p.m.).1 For Oamaru, Timara, and intermediate)' offices, daily at 2.30 p.m. (lato lettors on
guard's van 5.18 p.m.).i For Cromwell. Clvde. Ranfurlv, nnd in-, termediato office?, daily at 6.30 n.m. (lato
• letters on guard's van 7.45 a.m.).0 Late-fen letters must boar Id in addition
;i to the ordinary postage. Registered lettermails closo ono hour and newspaper mails
1 30 minutes earlier than ordinary letter,• mails,- THIS DAY (WEDNESDAY), SEPT. 20.
1 For I.yttelon and Cliristelmrcli, porr Moana, ut 1 p.m.
1 DIRIiCT SERVICEFor United Kingdom and Continent of
; Europe, etc., via Montevideo and Trr.o----' riffo (duo in London Novcmlter 2), )x>r' North Kxpr«B, nt 6.30 a.in. Correspond-> enco for t.lio United Kingdom must ho
specially addressed "l'or Kuapehu." Paredf mail closes 7 p.m. on Tuesday, 19th.; THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER. 21.
SAN FRANCISCO SERVICE,f For United Kingdom 'duo in London
j October 23), United States of America.. Canada, West Indies. Central America,r and West Coast of Ronlh America (via San
f Francisco), also Uarotongn, Tahiti. Pen-. rliyn, Marquesas, Nine, and Mnngaia
1 Islands, via Wellington. per North Express,at 10 a.m. Money orders issued till 4 p.m.on tho 20th inst., and registered articles
! nccoplwl till 9 a.m. on tlio 21et. Latoletters may bo posted at C.L'.O. till 10.30and on guard's van till 11.15 a.m.
FEDERAL SERVICE.For Australian Stales, Lord Howe, Nor-
folk, and New Hebrides Islands (via Wel-lington), Continent of Europe, Ceylon,India, Japan, China, Straits Settlements,Mauritius, South Africa, MediterraneanPorts, etc., per North Express, at 10 a.m.
. Correspondence for JJnitcd Kingdom (dueI/on<lon October 27) must bo specially ad-
J drca-ed " via Sue?.."W. ST. G. Docglab,
Chief Postmaster,t '-U ~
MARRIAGES.iYLI'ERS—ROSE.—On September 12. 1911,
at St. Mary's Church, .Mcrivnlc, Christ-church, by tho Venerable Archdeaconllossett, Oscar Thorwnid Jolinn j\ljxjrs,sail of tlifl Into Thorwald Alpcis. ofCopenhagen, Denmark, »o Natalie May.second daughter of ilio Into Ilcnry ltose,of Duncditi.
RKID—I'ATTOX.—On September 12 atSt. Michurl's Cliurcli, Awlerson'A Hay,bv tlio Ibv. Fynos-C'linton. William,oldest foil of Willi,'iin Reid, W.ikatipuFlour Mill, Arrowtown, to Louisa,youngest daughter of William l'atton,ISayliold, Ar.dcrfon'ij Buy, Dunediii.
DKATHS.RAUCHOI'.—OiI September 10, 1911, at
Port Chalmers, Maria. Stewart, wifo (■!the late Robert Hauchop. of Port Chal-mers; aged 68 years.--I'rivr.io intornicnt.
ItOHIXSOX.—On Tuesday, September 19,1911, at 75 Melbourne street. Kout.li Dun-cdin, Anne, beloved wifo of John CharlesRobinson: .it;ed 63 years.
ROQUirAItOLD. —On September 12, atWtiipukuraii, Annie Winifred, Movedwifo of Alexander SJiajid lioqiiharold,1 lat uma.
SOUXIiSS.—On .September 18, 1911, nt hisresidence, Tiverton street, I'ulinerstoiiSouth, Jame.s, ;he beloved husband ofJoan Souncss; iiffcd 16 years.--Deeplymourned.
IN MEMORIAM.KITTO. —In loving romombrnneo of my
dearly Moved wife, nnd our dearmother, lietsy Ann Manuel Kitto, whodeparted from this lifo oil ilio 2(Hli dayof September, 1910.
Dcnr is the grave where our loved ono islaid;
Dear is Ilio memory, which never shallfado;
Sweet is tlic liopn that again wo shall meetKneeling toßetlicr nt Josus's feet.—Inserted by her sorrowing husband and
family.
TO-DAY'S EVENTS.
SALES BY AUCTION.D. .M. Si>«l(liii2, ill Rooms, at 2 o'clock.—
Warehouse samples,Alex. Harris and Co., at- Rooms, at 2o'clock.—Furniture, fishing tackle, etc.
MEETINGS.Art. Gallery Nail.—Hums' Club.No. 12, OcKition. —Dunixliii Starr-Bmrkett
Society.Committee ltcoms Mornington.—Mr C- E.
St-atli;L'ii's latlv Hii;i|>ortcrs.Princn Alfred Institute. — Jfr A. R.
Harclny's supporters-Jlcthodist Church Schoolroom, Morningfon.
--Sunday School Union,Protestant. Alliance Hall, Greou Island.—
In ro fnrminjr band.Fins Swamp.—Ai!<lr\« by Mr E. I*. Lee.
AMUSEMENTS.His llnjcfify'fi Theatre. - Competitions
Society's festival.I'iincos* theatre.— Fullers' Pictures.Uurns Hall.—l layward's Pictures,Tlio King's Theatre.—Vaudeville.Garrimn Ilnll.—Orchestral Society's Con-
cert.Karly Settlers' Hall.—Ancient Order of
Forresters' Reunion.Trinity .Motliodis-, Hull, Moray Place,—
Lecture by tlio Rev. I'. W. Viiirdoiisli.Council ChamIters, -Maori Hill.—Football
L'iub Haw-ir-
NOTICE TO CORRESPODENT."Ono of ilio fjUiwnrils. I '—Unl(sK otherwiseprovided for, a draw.
THE OTAGODAILYTIMESWEDNESDAY,SEPTEMBER20,1911.FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVEBANKS.
Tmk proposal contaim'd in t.]io Budgetfor the provision of facilities whereby tlwformation of formers' co-operative hanksirtay l)e brought, alxrot is irot, sufficientlytangible to iulmit of its l>cing at presentintelligently discufwd. Upon paper it isan attractive proposal, The prindple thatsettlors of mode.st resources, or associa-tions coni]w«vl of witUom of modest. re-BOiircM, should bo enabled to sccure fundstliat arc not readily olitninubk* by Micinunder existing circmiistancra for appli-cation to productive pur|!Ofc;i its onewhich, tmbjeel to t;ho creation of adefpiHto
should mndily «mmiajid ap-proval. Tlw nlranco of information withreject to (Ic-ljiiU of tJio wlifcliitf fk'il SirJoseph Ward proposes for ncccpluiuw inNow Zealand iviulcia it Impossible, luiw-oveir, yvl to nay wliotJwir tlu; lifeguardsoonteniplaiod by him arc nil that will Iwnecessary, lliietly, tlio pro|>osal is thatfwir-eis' associations will be iiicor|»)rat(id
and cinjioHsax'd to borrow inojivy fur pur-
prees of loan to their membars on michsecurity !is they think lit for productivepurposes, but repayment of the money eoborrowed will U? guaranteed under whatUio Primo Ministor calls "proper condi-tions " by the State. Each member ofUio association will, wo are. told, "."sub-ject to proper safeguards and. conditions,"be liable for the default of any one oftheir number. Under thin plan the PrimeMinister hopes that n farmcie' associationwill be put in a- position In borrow moneyfor lending to its momlwrs, at reasonable)
rates of interest, from ordinary banks or*if not, then from other sources. In otherwords, wo take it, all the- members ofan association ore to become jointly andseverally liablo for the repayment of theloans obtained respectively by each ofthem. "Such a scheme," w<! aro in-formed nn tho Budget, "provides for anexpert test of tho moral risk involved intho personal knowledgo the lending
associations will lwvo of the borrower, andFor a watchfulness secured by .1 keen senseof collective responsibility of tho capacityof tile borrower to turn tli3 loan to profit-able account." The lirat and meat obviouscomment that is suggested by this pro-posal is that at the. present time there isnothing to prevent a number of farmers,or a number of persons in any other walkin life, from becoming jointly andseverally liable to a bank for the repay-ment of a loan granted to .any personwliom solvency and integrity they a.reprepared to guarantee, and there isnothing to prevent a bnnk from lendingin such circumstances so long .as thesecurity which is offered is satisfactoryto it. The Budget proposal is, however,to supplement the joint and severalguarantee of tho individuals by a Siatoguarantee, but the terms upon which thiswill be available have not yet been indi-cated. Upon the nature of the terms oftho Stato guarantee a good deal mayhinge. In Germany, whence the. Govern-ment has drawn the inspiration for thoproposal, tlfc Stato does not, we think,directly associate itself with the opera-lions of tho associations in that countrywhich serve as the model for Sir JosephWard's scheme. It is clear that tho
: spread of the co-operative bank move-ment in that country, and in other partsof Continental liurop? or. well, has beenf-normous; it has developed in Germanyinto tho existence of savings banks; andapparently its success Ins ken very con-siderable. That does not necessarily im-ply, of course, that the system would beequally successful on British soil, hut itis inloKfltJna to know that Hie Itniffeiscnsystem of loan banks—that which, intro-duced in Germany in 1847-8, has lx>enmost extensively adopted there—has beenapplied with gratiiying results in Ireland."Kaitfcisen held, and our experience inIreland has fully confirmed his opinion,"Sir Horace Plunkett writes in " Ireland inthe New Century " in his explanation olthe working of the Agricultural banks, orcredit associations, which have beenorganised there, " that in the poorestcommunities there is a perfectly safobasis of security in tho honesty and in.,dustry of its memlvors." But whilo SirHorace Plunkett baars testimony to thogreat advantages that have flowed in Ire-land from the existence of three creditassociations, ho observes that " this formof association for credit purposes, owingto its peculiar constitution, applies onlyto a grade of the community whoso mem-bers all live on nbout tho same scale, andthat a fairly low one." This seems acurious statement to make, but the ex-planation of it is furnished in tho remarkthat "it is obvious that unlimited lia-bility would lose, its efficacy in develop-ing lh© sense of responsibility if somemember of the association were so sub-slmitial Out its creditors would makethem primarily responsible in the eventof failure." The essential difference be-tween th-3 credit associations in Irelandand also, if we are not mistaken, in Ger-many and the farmers' co-operative hanke,of which the Government proposes to aidtho eslftblislunont in New Zealand, con-sists in the absence in tho case ofthe former of tho Stato guaranteethat is contemplated hore. Tlioro isan element of weakness os well asoao of strength in the proposal thatthe repayment of loans in tho Dominionsliall be guaranteed by tho .Stale. Onwhich side the balance lies cannot well bedetermined until the details of the schemearc laid before tho public.
THE DEATH OF M. STOLYPIN.Tiik death of the Russian Prime Ministerfrom tho wounds inllictcd by the hand ofit cowardly assassin is a sad and cruelevent for 1113 comiLrv. M. Stolypin wasa strong, indomitable man of tho tvjwthat Russia needed. ]fis serene courageand uns! taken judgment, it was recentlyslid with apiranent justice, guided Russiathronyh tlio formidablo crisis of tho pasttliroe years, and his death is to horegarded in no light other than that ofa severe blow to tho canso of orderedconstitutional government in the nation.The Spectator, the outlook of which isgenerally marked by sanity and sagactous-iiiss, recently wrote of him in terms tliatmay usefully ho reproduced hv as at 111ismelancholy juncture: "We must remem-ber that M. Klolypin, whatever his faults,is a great Russian patriot, 110 is notplaying for hw own ends, nor is ho faintedby mora i»rson<il ambition. That he likenprer, that, ho docs not easily brookopposition, and that his methods arodangerous may all Iw tn:o; but that can-not alter the fact tliut what he is tryingto do is to steer tho. ship of Statethrough 41 stormy sea, strewn alike withthe rocks of revolution and of reaction.His aim, for which he is ready to sacri-fice himself Ixidy awl soul, is to main-tain in Russia constitutional nnd liberalinstitutions, out of which may slowly andstep by fitep be develops! true self-government. ... lie more than anyother man in Russia, has been instru-mental in laying the foundations of freegovernment, foundations upon which, infuture, may be reared u great and noblestructure. Iki holds that it. his functionand his duty to protect tJioso foundationsfrom destruction, on tlio one hand bythese wlio hate liberal institution.'-, alto-gether— the reactionaries of the Court amiburo.nicra.tie parlies,—and on tho otherhand by Ihoso well-moaning persor.e who,b?foro the foundations aro set and solidi-fied, would pile upon Utoni a structurelioavior than tlrcv can Irear." It. was hisgreat advantage that iu addressing him-self to the accomplishment of a taskWere which any but a dnwitlefK soulmight readily Lm quailed ho pos-wwscd Urn confidence of tlio CV.ar."My |)olicy," M. Slolvpln Is reportedto have said on oia occasion, "isIho policy of my Sovereign." Ajkltlio fuel that. h« was able to securetlui co-opmlion of Iho Ciar In his olTorLito prote-.i tho fomulations of true consl.i-tntioiuil govornmo.nl from those whoussail«l theiu a t-nxiuvuLvie, fortaa? u*
his favour. Whether he can Ik> replacedmay he doubtful, but in any ease it is tolie fenred that the immediate cllfcct of hisdeath will bo to plunge llufsia into oneof thoce disastrous crises that gravely iretard tJic politiicnl progress of a country.
RECREATION GROUNDS.Uni.ess the experienco of a fortnight agobo ropoated, and tho matter be shelvedowing to tho press of other business,Uio City Council will this evening lx>called upon to consider tho question ofwhether or not its refusal to function tliaproposal to oonvort portion of the Wood-haugh Reserve into a sports groundcan reasonably l» imstaincd. Tl\parguments on both rides of tho ques-tion have already been proily fully pre-sented, There is no doubt as to thestrength of tho view advanced by theopponents of tho proposal that any schemeinvolving a serious sycvilke of tho nativebush which adorns corlain reservce ofthe tily stands condemned on very sub-stantial grounds. On the other hand,t!ie public has not been enlightened—asfully at least as we trust members of theCouncil have been by this time—as to theprecise extent to which the conversion ofportion of tho Woodlwugh Reserve into aplaying area would necessitate such a,
sacritico, though it' certainly seems pro-bable that in such an event the characterof the reserve would bo considerablyaltered. In any case, if the Council, afterhearing the ease both for and against theproposition, is still in doubt, it cannot gowrong in resolving upon taking tho wholoquestion into nuro tnaturo consideration.Tho agitation mid controversy associatedwith this proposal have achieved at leastone good purpose in producing a growingrecognition of tile inadequacy of the play-ing grounds in Dunedin. The Citizens'C-ommitteo which has interested itself inthe movement to pocure a recreationground on tlva Woodhaugh Reserve hasalready tho satisfaction of lwving madeit apparent that additional provision ofthis kind in required. When it decided
! against tho proposal with reaped to thei Woodhaugh Reserve last month the Re-
serves Committee of the City Council did! so on the secondary ground that " con-
i <v.d enable areM are available and arc now• being laid out in the North End and
| various parts of the, city to meet t.ho. needs of sports bodies." This seems to. present an aspect of tho question that. will merit further discussion. If a satis-
; factory equivalent can b: found for thei portion of t.ho Woodhungh Reserve that
. is coveted by tho sports bodies, then pro-i suinably tho problem will l>c solved in ai way that will suit all parties. The, pressure that haa ken exerted on the
I Council should have already improved it• with tho desirability of exhausting tJie, possibilities of finding an alternative for
| portion of the Wccdhaugh Reserve as af ground for football, hockcy, and other
i games. It is certainly most desirablet that tho requirements of tho North i'.iul
j in the matter of playing areas should be. provided for as well as those of ther southern end of tho city. At presenta there is no doubt whatever as to which
. of the two has tho stronger claims fort coii.i'dcnitioii in such a direction.
THE PROGRESS OF AVIATION.Advances an the art of aviation continue
j to bo won, as it is intpossible to leadi the r.cws of the day without observing,
at. an increasing rather than ,1 diminish-. ing co-it in human life. Since the begin-
ning of tho present month the cable-grams have recorded no fewer than thir-teon fatal accidents to aviators—almost atthe rate of 011 c per day,—the latest vie-tims being Canjmcl and, Xcuport, theformer crushed to death in a fall whiletrying tho new British War Ofiieo aero-
j plane, and tho Utter fatally injuredwhile participating in army nwncruvrcfl
at Vcrdmi. Tho other fatalities liavoI occuncd at a variety of places—three in
Germany, five in Franco, two in America,I mid one in England,—and the detailsG have been in some instances of a shock-
ing description. A recent cable messagefrom Paris stated that of eighty-four
k aviators killed during flights in the lasta tlirco years more tlinn thirty were French--1 men and hvelvo of them French ofliccrs.5 Tlie record of fatal accidents to aviatorsf has, however, been much heavier than
these figures would indicate, and thefatalities liavo not been limited tothe airmen themselves. Whilo such adeath-roll makes parry reading, the confi-r dence of experts that the enthusiasm with
f which tho difficulties and dangers of aerial'1 navigation arc now being attacked wills ultimately have a triumphant success far0 beyond that fo fir attained Appears to be« both unabated and increasing. The nowy achievements of the aviator, indeed, liavo1 almost ceased •to ustoiiiisli the world,t Whilo tiho ever-growing record of acci--0 dents indicates that tho risk rim by the'f aviator, owing to his dependence upon'1 mechanism which, while wonderfully de-
• ve'.opcd and effcctivo, not per-s feet in the senso that it cannot
ordinarily go wrong, is still far from1 eliminated or even very greatly re-s duced, it is aiso partly attributable to
- tho great incvwifD in tho number ofi, those in almost every part of the worldt who lmvc taken up Uio art- of living,:I and probably also to the greater daringa of the wicoees-iiispired aeronaut of to-day.k The brighter sidy of the picture shows thoo undoubted progress of aviation. Recent- events that lnve attracted widespread'{ attention liavo lwcn tho experiment of ane aerial post between London and Windsor,h and the succcss of tho aviators who tooki. part in the recent Herman militaryi- manoeuvres ami acquitted themselves soi- well as to earn the personal congrntu-il lat.ions of tho Kaiser.
. It is advised that (he Fao route is inter-milled between llagdul and Bassorah.
Tlio mail <I<\srKitch«l from Dunotlin viallriiulisi on tlio 10th of August iirrivod in]joih!ou on tlio afternoon of jJjo 16lh inst.
A sea-l aliout, 9ft. in length was washedup on the Occ.ui Hoach opposite ForlmryPark early yestnrday aftemocn. Thoanimal, which lnul apparently boon knockedalwut a ffodl devil, did not appear to lx!in exaotly tnc pink of condition, and aftergoing out to sea a-t about 4 o'olook wmswashed ashoro again Iwtwceu 5 and 6. Thoday boinir extrnmely cold ;uid wintry lliovisitor did not havo llio saino nttonlion]inid to him its is usually tlio when om<of his six-cios comes oaliorxi 011 Uw l».\uli.
Tho llotanie Citinloiu ar« Ivgiiininir topreeeiit a vory liriglit iippwiranro with lli:>coming into full lilcvitn of the spiinjr llow.'is,inori) ivspcoially tho daffodils andOno of tho basl. displays along tin*back of oiio (if tho >hniblwy (cirracw. bi'ini:nriunged moordiiig to Ihe lioyal llorlicultural Soiiifly's list, bt-giiiiiin<; with t.liolnim|K't and omliiig with tho douMcllowe.ring spwiw. 11. uxleiids from tlio Kiujtstreet ojil.r-.ux.'o to Iho Valley cnt.ramv, iiiulin luwtlwr weok or 10 days will lw at itsVaztt
An effort is nlxmt to bo inado to fonnin Duncdin a brancli of the New ZealandMoral and Physical Health Society, anorganisation which, established in Wcllinp;-toil, consists of women only, originally 13,lr.it now iiboiit 103, women. Tho membersof the society Imvc taken seriously tiiostatements and fitatistics that leaked outin last year's discussion, and havo bandedtliomwlvos together in tho endeavour to<lo .something to niako lifo easier and saferfor llio youn? pcoplo of both sexes, whoyear by year leave tho shelter of their child,hood's homo to enter u|»n commercial orindustrial lifo with it? pitfalls and tempta-tions. Very quietly and unobtrusively (faysthe Evening Post) those women kivo beenworking during tho past 12 months; per-haps they have dono liUlc nioro than girdon their armour, and csay to provo it asyot; nevertheless Jhero seems to bo a livingperm worth nurturing nnd encouraging intiro efiforts 'Jicy havo nlrer.dy made. Asmall lending library of purity literature,for the use of imwmiU and young pcoplo,hae l)ecn collected and organised, and isnow in working order. Lcelures have besngiven by women to women, explaining Uionature and urgency of tho problem beforeour Legislature. Addresses havo boongiven to women, especially to mothers onsubjects deigned to bo helpful to them inteaching their children some difficult les-soiw, and explaining to them somo difficultquestions, in view, of tho growth and de-velopment into boys und girls, and theninto young men and women, which over-takes them so quickly, often boforo thoirmothers are awaro of it. Motherly talksto young people are another lino of activitywhich it is hoped to follow out as oppor-tunity grows und widens. Tiio society wel-comes to its memlttrfliip miy women whosympathise with its objects and are willingtocarry them out, bo it in ever ro quietly
and homely a way. It demands no entrancefee or yearly subscription, hoping thatmembers and friends who have money tospare will supply its needs, and believingit can bettor afford to lose money than tolose earnest worker* who might bo unableto afford a money payment, and bo tiicrcfy
I kept from joining it.Under the will of thslato Mrs Elizabeth
Matthews. wlx> died recently at Mornington,t-lio Git)' Corporation has becomo possessedof a magnificent collection vl nativo Alpinoplants. Tho collection has been willed totho city on tlio conditions that, as far asixissible, it will bo kept together in a 6uit-ablo rock garden, and that it shall bocalled the Henry Matthews oollcction. Thoplants were yesterday removed to tholiotanic Gardens, where they aro to bolocated, and will Iμ kept in tlio nurseryuntil a special rookery shall bo built fortheir recaption on n lino in continuationwith tho present rockery; They will boadded to tho present nativo section, whichis composed largely of plants which havoboon donated by Mra Malthows in thopast. There are- 150 different varieties,including veronicas, celmesias, ourisias, andpinelins.
A Tinra.ru message states that tho Hos-pital Board decided yesterday to ask theInspector-general to introduce legislationto cnablo tho Goronunent or boards to pro-vide for tho segregation of female dogouc!rate; whoso illegitimate children become aburden on beards' funds.
Tho City Firo Brigade was called outto u falsa alarm from tho Phoenix Com-pnny in Maclaggan street at 8.25 a.m. yce-terday.
A new Ecnool at Benhar was formallyopened on Friday, the speakers being thoHow W. Blown and Messrs P. M'Skimming,W. Harvey, U. Boyd, and P. M'Kinlay(who, as member of tlio Education Board)declared tho school open). Wicn tho neces-sity for a school at Benhar was recognisedby tho board about three years ago, thopublic hall was converted into tlio school-house, and a lady teacher appointed. Thohall did not meet tne requirements, owing,
to the number of pupils almost doubling,and tho school was erected. Tho speakerson Friday were all in an optimistic mood,and hoped that,the timo would soon comowhen tho pipe Village would havo reasonto ask for additions to its school.
There aro now 334 students receiving in-struction in technical subjects in SouthOtago, In Milton tlto pupils number 180,Balcliitha 80, Lawronco 40, Owaka 23, Wai-worn 25, Clinton 20, Stirling 16. As a resultcf the visit of Messrs Richardson andFleming to Tapanut last Friday a forwardmovement is to bo mado there in the matterof technical education.
As a result of the increased number ofsubscribers to tho Halclutha Telephone;Ex-change the- hours at that office havo beenextended to 12 hours—from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.A second metallic circuit to Dunedin isnearly completed, and this will cnablo con-nections to bo mado with tho city withgreater facilities than before.
Tlio proposal to convert portion of thoWootlliaugh Reserve into a playing area forfootball, cricket, an<l other snorts lias lodto tho appearance in this week's issuo ofthe Otago Witneiis, published to-day, of aseries of charming viewsconveying an excel-lent idea of the manner in which thisbeautiful wild gardon would bo affected ifthe proposal is givea effect to. Those- notfnmiliar with a locality which extortsadmiration from all visitors should maker. point of studying tlio pictures. Amongthe other illustrations is a panoramic viewof tho shipping at tho Dunedin wharves, asnapshot of tho yacht racing at Cowos andsoiiio views depicting a revival in quartsmining near Cromwell.
Mr Malcolm arrived on Saturday oven-ing on a short visit to his liomo in Bal-clutha. Just before leaving Wellington Tie-was allowed to see tlio engineer's reporton tho Clydovale-lklcltitha road. Tho re-)x>rt states that formation, metalling, andfencing would cost ovor £12,000, and thatbridges would cost another £3000 or £4000,ranking n total of £16,000, without countingeompcnsalicn for land to bo takon, whichwas estimated at nearly £4000, making a,
grand total of £20,000. Wo (Clutha Leader)think those interested would bo satisfiedwith a much less expensive road than this,and would not expect to have it motallwlto begin with. The road would be usedalmost entirely for stock ami light vehicletraffic, to which a. metalled road would notbe a necessity. Mr Malcolm is to mentiontheso facts to the Minister.
A group meeting of teachersof tho Otr-goSunday School Union will bo herd in tlioMethodist Church Schoolrosm, Bath street,Morningtcn, to-night at 7.45 o'clock. MrRalph Gobble, D.A., will introdueo Uwsubject of tho new graded Ionoii?, Mid giroan address <l£wlinjr with the great advan-t.atfo of Uk> now systom. Mr C. MorningM'DonnUl will give a WnokNxml lessonilliijstratiiiii tho imwt v.ihio to lv dorirodfrom Midi a iiKMls-'d of Maoinnp. All
oft, invited to lv proeont a* bothsubjects »iv of vita! i»<otv*t to all whohavo tlio work of tiv> ,w>ms at Wrt.
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Our ,\!«>\.\««lrs i\irriv|onde.nt telegraplethat (hero is «-\vry i>ims|h«H of a recordiipriivl o.ivp ll>i* !mw- •■« ••Iμ '■>«<» '"
tl\.> Jifrt.ru-t- are heavily laden wil.li blossom.I'lovi.liii.k- no Inle invii otvur, orcliartlistswill ronp a gol<lo:« Iwn-osU Tho poachyield al*> to bo iica\?.
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Tim Friends of the !;it.> JAMKS(and Family) aro respectfully in-
vited to attend his Funeral, which willIniyo Ills !ato Residence, Tiverton street,Palnierston, TO-DAY (WEDNESDAY),September 20, tit. 2.30 p.m., for tho l'al-mpreton Omeleiy.'______
I'OIiLOCK, Undertaker.
M. U" "C~°~ °"
Tho Members of I lie above Lodge m oraiueslod to attend tho Funeral of ilieirlate Brother, JAMKS SOUXKBS, which willleave hi.! kte Kroidoncu, Tiverton street,l'nlmerston South, THIS DAY (WF.DXKS-DAYI, September 20, 1911. at ?..30 p.m.,for t!w> l'almorslon (Vum'tery.
W. I'ITTAWAY, Secretary.
Following upon an interchange of flapsbetween Hothesay School (West JIarbour)nnd llolhesay Sonool, ScotUnxl, tho WestHarbour School Committee ami Mr ThomasRoss collected ,i Forira of virws of tile dis-trict and beauty epots, and tlic.o liavo beenmountwl in aii album. Tlio nlluiin has l-.oenhandsomely decorated by Mr l>. Ilawcridgc,and tliis pleasant souvenir is to lw for-warded next week to liothosay School,Scotland.
Tlicro is ono tJiing in connection withold-age pensions worthy cf note (coinmontstho Napier Tolcfrraph). It constitutes n.
social problem which should receive the mcf-tcareful consideration by our politicians andpublic men, ajid as a fact is somewhat.Ftartlintr. The total population cf theItominion is 1,013,203. Of this numbernearly throo-fiftbs are in the North Island.This portion of New Zealand lacks lint47,194 of tho nunibor necessary to give ita full three-fifths of the total population*'Yet here is tho distribution of the old-apepensioners of Now Zealand:—North Island,2313; South Island, 4534;-oxwss in SouthIsland, 1721. It seems clear that in thisfact thorp is something calling for explana-tion. Of conrs?. in ;i priicrnl way the popu-lation of die South Island must include ;i
largsr proportion of ng, ]>eop!o tluin decstho North Island, but the difference is fogreat as to take on the form of a puzzle,So far as tho birth-rate. go«s, it may beregarded as proportionally about tflo samoin lx)lh island', lint this means a con-tinued exodus from tho South Island of itsyoung people, if ono is to judg, -?, as swnsnooossvry, that the enormous preponderanceof pensioners in the Scutb Island provesa pomoivlmt similar preponderance of agedpeople, generally. <
A Epecial meeting of the Wes-t HarbourBorough Council was hold on Tuesdaylu'ght, when the pirns for tho CoronationHall to bo erected n(. St. I/conards wcrosubmitted and approved. Tenders for thohall aro to be called forthwith, and it isobjected that it will be finished by tiloend of Dcoonibor. It was also decided toat onco expend £400 of the loan of £1000recently secured for tlio formation of foot-paths at Si. Leonards and Burkoc, thoformation to lw made from Ihu latter ilulionto opposite Mr Peterson's residence in St.Leonards. Tho sido streets will be gonoon with ne soon ,is the mnin footjxith i<!finislvod. Tho Mayor (Mr 11. E. Moller)
reported that all arrangements in connec-tion with a water supply to tlio boroughta<i boon comnleied, and tenders for thof.'ipai, etc., will be called in a day or two.Tho Mayer further reported that tlio sumof £50 had been received as part of thisyear's Governmont grant. It was decidedin expend this amount in repairing thoJinin road from Black Jack's Point to
.Minn's corner.
Dr Edgar has been' recommended forappointment as sonior hotifc surgeon at theUuncdin Hospital, at a salary of £200 perninmn. Tho Hospital Committee further((•commends that a student Ih> apjiointcdteting house surgeon at. a salary of £100
h*t aunurni
A somowh.it remarkable caso of amysterious disappearance wns related toa Sydney Evening News reporter by nJlr Sara, who had travelled from UndulliiCreek, in Western Queensland, to Sydney,in soarch of his brother, William Rujjcrt.The miming young man, it appears, leftWellington (Xew Zealand) at tho end ofJuly by the Manuka, and arrived at Sydneyen route lo join his brother in Queenslandon August 1. Ho had been a long time inWellington Hospital suffering from spinalmeningitis, from which ho had recovered,although still weak as un after-elfcct. Ithas bean ascertained that during tho voyagefrom Wellington Sara suffered severelyftom sea sickness, and rarely left his cabin.He appears to havo left the wharf withthree taxes of luggage, which wore sub-sequently found by tho watchman lying ontho footpath near the wharf gates. Twomoro boxes were found on board tho ship,properly addressed, and containing thoyoung man's luggage. Nothing has beenfound to indicate bis movements since land-ing at Sydney. Tlio fact of his luggageboing dropped on tho foctiath dispels anyidea of robbery or foul play, and it is rathersupposed to bo a case of sudden lo* ofmemory.
Tlio Hospital Committee of tho Hospitaland.Charitable Aid Board recommends that,in consideration of tho receipt of tlio sum of£30 per annum ono member of tlio MarinoEngineers' Institute bo admitted to thoDunedin Hospital freo of charge, not morothan one member to bo in tJic institution atthe same. time.
Somo time ago it was decided by MessrsJohn Fuller and Sons to erect on the siteof His Majesty's Theatre, Wellington, anow building which could bo iuwl citliojfor Uic pnriKiso.iof vauo'ovillo and dramaor for the popular picture entertainment.The theatre was to bo a handfonic f-inglocircle one, hut, keenly alive to recent de-velopments in the ihentrical world iitid inkeeping with their well-known progressivepolicy, the Messrs Fuller have now decidedon a very considerable extension of theoriginal idea with regard to the newtheatre. The plans for tlio first design,which were, prepared by Mr 11. E. White,of Dunedin, have, in conformity with thodecision to construct a much larger theatre,boon completely recast !)y Mr Whito, nmlwill shortly bo submitted to the Welling-ton City Council for approval. The newdesign differs very largely from its pre-decessor. Tho £ta(,'o is mado much deeper,and instead of ono oirclo them are now two.The accommodation is increased to a maxi-mum seating capacity.of 2300, which willwake the theatre, when finished, the largestin New Zealand. To achieve all this iia.sIxjcn a (ax on t'no :kill of the architect.Mr White has resorted to an injurioussystem of steel construction of his owndwign throuffliotit. J'raclically speakingthe wholo building h riveted together in acomposito steel frames, so that all help tosustain Use strain.; and thrusts and weights,and no |xvrt is unduly proved. In thoplans amplo provision is nuulo for clonk-looms for each part of lh« houte. Thereai« two sols opening off the promenade tothe drefscirclo and tlio family circle; stallsr.r.d urchcst'ral stalls have separate provisionin this<lircctioiu There arc no fewer than12 private boxes in throo tiers. The seatingcipacity of the stalls is abut 940; of thedress circle 100. and cf the family circleover 900. The building will take about eightmonths to complete, as thoro is a larcoamount of initial excavation required.Adjacent to the theatre.Messrs Fuller areorectijiß their hendipiarler.-; offices andstores for the picture business. The wholo |v.crk lias been designed by Mr White, andwill lx> carried out luy.'er liis direction.
The Rov. A. Taylor. M.A..tJio secretaryto thn Hrilifli and Foreign Hibl,. Srciety,will bo in ])iinedin on Uiu 22nd inst... andis announced to attend a conference at theStuart Stnst Hall. Mr William Urown.lircaidcnt of iho Otapo Biblo .Society, willoccupy the cliair. and in consideration ofiho great work of the society which MrTaylor represents it k anticipated that thorlmrclics gencndly will bB strongly repro-H:ntod at tho mretinj;.
A Ilokitib me.«ago stalos that a Druids'ledge was forme<l last, night, when over 40iiicmlwj were initiated. Thn Grand Secre-tary of the order, .Mr J. M, (; n,,,j, of Wel-lington, nssut«l by irraiiliei-s of tln> Grey-mouth Lodge, con'duclw! t|.<>After Uio eeretr.ony t.ho visiting l)rui<ls,nlx>iit 70 in nuuslxv. vara viiu-rtainol bv
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AUSTRALASIAN MEDICALCONGRESS
DOCTORS AND LODGES.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.SYDNEY, September 19.
The CongTosa Committee appointed atthe hist congiTfs presented a report onthe effects of the resolution then adoptedthat no doctor should pass for admissiononto it friendly society, lodge, or club atcontract rates of remuneration e.ny person■wlio-c income exceeded £i a week. Itwas plated that Now Mouth Wales wiethe only Stale that had taken definitesteps to enforce this resolution. The out-come had boon that wage-limit clauseswere introduced in agreements betweendorters and their lodges, and already £00practitioners had Ixmefiled. Victoria ■ wastaking initial stops to enforce tho reso-lution, but Woslralin. New Zealand, Tas-mania, and South Australia had donenothing. The committee strongly urgedthe profession to make a determined standto enforce the -wage-limit clauses through-out Australasia.
CAUSE OF HUMANITY.Lord DennMii referred to the doctors as
public servants, and eulogised theirgratuitous work and sclf-sierilioe in tlwcattse of humanity.
GRATUITOUS WORK.Tho public failed to realise tho value
of the gratuitous work done in the hos-pital. That in Sydney's two largesthospitals in the- way of freo bpemtionswas valued at £400,CC0 per annum, andthey performed altogether in gratuitouswork in Sydney close on £1,000'.0C0.
DISKASMS OK HUMANITY.Tho president dealt exhaustively with
man's acquired immunity from certaindiseases through constant contact, andinstanced tho native races' susceptibilityto consumption as compared with thewhile, who had experienced the diseasefor many generation?. Alcohol was morestringent than tuberculosis, but wns sus-ceptible of being wooded out, and thepreparation of the race was left in alarge measure to those in whom tho crav-ing had no hold. Tims alcohol was notthe cause of racial degeneration. AH theevidence showed tho opposite, Naturewould eliminate drunkenness.
liegarding eugenics, with our limitedknowledge, we wore not justified in takingthe responsibility. It would bo belterto let Nature manage in her own wav.
SURGICAL PRACTICE,Dr Pocklcy declared that the increasing
scope and complexities of n-.edicino wereeuch that a lengthened course of etudvof three or five years was allogotlicr in-sufficient. With tho exception of someportions of the brain oml the spinal cord,no parts of the body were sacred from thesurgeon's knife. Pscudo-scieutjfic writersmade exaggerated claims for the useful-ness of radio activity, but practically allthe therapeutic effects of radium can bojot from the liontyen rays. R.-ulium
emanations will not cure/real cancer. Itsearly removal by t!k> 6urgoon was thoonly optional dreatiflent.
WHITE AUSTRALIA.Referring to a wJiiU Australia, Dr
Pockley dcc-.laie<l that the whites couldnever permanently and continuouslysupply tho troop:;. They must citherallow tin* country to remain unproductiveor use coloured labour.
(Received .Sept. 20, at 0.35 a.m.)The congress discussed a number of
interesting pajxn-s. •
It was resolve,! Mint the rates of paylo surgeons on tlio Australian navy sug-gested in Admiral Hendersons report whstotally inadequate.])r Iliiin. of Melbourne, introduced the
subject "Venereal Uiscaws and the llcstMethcds of Preventing Them," and con-tended that ttero should l>3 compulsorynotification. Vice should be dealt withBolely .is a matter of law nnd order. Headvocated undertaking a campaign of pub-licity ami eradication.
Several ppenta advomlttl cmtiptikorynotification, and legislation to get rid ofquacks.
SCULLING.
R. ARNST AND HARRY.Prc.%l Afsocialion-By Telcgraph-CopjiighJ.
SYDNEY, September 19.(Received Sept. 19, at 8.10 p.m.)
Aiiwt. has returned from a visit to thecountry. He slaies that, the otfer to givea r.tdlce of £ICO and £250 expenses tomeet, linrry on t.ho Thames is jio yood toJiim. He wants £7£U cxpmvs, and anolkt to rairo his stake. England does not,|>m»<ml much inducement-. 'Jliore is nodiiliciilty of rai.siutr Uio slako here, buthe has not made up his mind w |wllier howill meet. Hairy en iho Thames if chal-lenged or invite him to row en the J'nrra-mnttn. If Harry i«! wiilintr tn mm }wwill offer him £150 oxpen.<vs. ]io lliinltstint Fog we]I lmift have boon crackedright up to lot Harry lioat hijii so e.iiily.
AUSTRALIAN FOOT-BALLERS
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BECEPTIOX L\ ENGLAND.
Press A-isociation—By Telegraph—Copyright.LOXDON, Septemlier 18.
Tlio Australian footballers held a pre-liminary practice at Fulhain. Tho immare ;ill in good condition,
Mr liarton Smith, on lHialf of MrJoynton Smith, of Sydney, Imuquclcd thofoollwllors. Mr Coglilan (Agent-generalfor Now South W'aku), Captain Collins(rcprerentuiß the Commonwealth), MrUurgera (the Channel swimmer), MrCooko (prositlcnti of the Northern League),and Mr l'Jalt (secretary of Uio NorlhcmUnion) were present. Mr Harton Smith]>ropos»d "Siiccca to tlic Team." MrCoglilan, in supporting tho motion, saidthat Australia could have no liner adver-tisMicnl than Ihosa stalwarts. Mr Ford(ciijitain of the Kangaroos) thanked MrJoyiito!! Smil-h for entcrl.iining them, andsaid it vras largely due to him that thoNorlhe.rn league gamo M-ns now domi-nant in Ilujrliy in Australia. He wasconlidont that tho tonm would maintainthe best Australia.:! Rugby conditions.
NATIONAL INSURANCEBILL
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' PROTESTS.
Press Associnlioii-Dy Telcgrnnh—Copj-right.LONDON, September 18.
Tlip cxcsulivo of Uμ Manchester Unityof Oddfellows has issiwd a strong mani-festo (igninst tlio National Insurance Billawl Mr Lloyd George's amendmentsthereto. It stales that Uio bill must berceirto:! at. all ccats, or it will mean along stride towards tho destruction offriendly sociotics.
THE RUSSIAN OUTRAGE1 DEATH OF M. STOI.YI'IN.n
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t Press Aasoanlicui—By Tclcgrnpli—Copyright.
3 LONDON', September 18.M. Slolypin is dead.
* KIEFF UNDER ARMS.
0 A MASSAGRITFEARED.fl ST. PETERSRURO. September 18.'' The Czar has left Kioff for Tcheniigoff.'- The «trce.t« of Kicll are lwiug patrolled" day and niphl, the uutlioritics fearing a[ J pogrom (a general massacre).
THE STATESMAN'S END.LONDON, September 19.
(lieroived Sept. 19, at 11 p.m.)'J'he newspapers eulogise M. Stolypin.s ST. PCTERSDUIX), September" 19.r Towards the end M. Slolypin suUercd3 urwndurahlc jwin. Sovcrai times ho
ejaculated that death was creeping on.There was a brief improvement when the
j bullet wns extracted. Then his heart,. which was affected last year, yielded lo
L the strain of internal hemorrhage.5 The Czar returned to Kioff, and paid1 throe visits to M. Stolvpin prior to his
oath.A hundred and fifty were arrested,
mostly Rogroffs acquaintances, includinglawyers and clerks.
MISSING MANLOST NEARLY A YEAR.
I'rcsa Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.LONDON. Septemlwr 18,
Tho police are searching for a mannamed Henderson, a dentist of Ruther-glcn (Victoria), who disappeared from histendon hotel in October, 1910. A man
resembling him stnyed at .Soutball earlyin the year, and left for Tunbridge Wellnin April last.
CHILIAN EARTHQUAKE
Pros 3 Association-By Tclcgraph-Copnight, SANTIAOO ])K CHILE, Sept. 18.
The strongest earthquake shock einco1876 w-.ifi .oxpcrierutxl. It raided somedamage, in tho nitrate district, and therailway eerviws are suspended.
DESPERATE MADMANWOUNDING AND SUICIDE.
Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright.PARIS, September 18.
The detectives at Marseilles Piinoiimleda hou.«o where a maniac named Socomanhad barricaded himself, after wounding 'scraal people. Tho detectives brokeopt'-n tJie door, and Soconian tired, wound-ing two of them, and then committedsuicide.
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
THE SYRACUSE MEWING. '
Press Assosialion-By Telegraph-Copyright.NKW YORK, September 18.
Raring at the Syracwc meeting, ;uiaiiioiiiobil" plunged from the track when rgoing al high s|«c(l, nml killed 11 per- ;sons, including several women. <
Tl:« tra'.-k had been made wot to fciy ithe dust for I'iwidcnt Taft's ride, which jlook place previous to the opening of theraces. .Many others were injured.
'Hie r:ice procw.k'd.
TOLL OP THE SEA.
STEAMER FOUNDERED.Press Association—By Telcprapli—Copjrijjhl.
LONDON, SepU'inhcr 18.(Received Slept. 19, at. 10.10 p.m.)
The steamer I'cllivc.r has either foun-dered or sunk in a Millitiion in t,lie (lulfof llotlvnia. All liave pjrifhed. A boatcontaining three dead bodies has ken 'picked up. They arc believed to lx; pintof the crow. ,
S\I)NEY, flapfenilK'r 19.(Hwivetl Sept,. 20. at. 0.35 a.m.)
Serious anxiety is entertained fur I,ho„
sUanvsr Rosed ale, which is three days'owrdiie from Namlniaa. Meamers areswrehinjr for Uie ercw of 18 and about jnine passengers aboard. j
INDUSTRIAL UNREST
RAILWAY COMMISSION.Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright
■ LONDON, September 18.Ileforo the Railway Commission, Lori
0. Claud Hamilton testified that the majority,n of t.lio Great F-astern Railway Company':
men drsircrl to deal direct with their envl r plovers. Tlio recognition of trade union.'10 would lend U> chac3. It would Iks disas~| trous commercially, and enable tho organ1S
i?cd few to tyrannise over the unorganj r i.iP<l majority.lr SOUTH IRELAND STRIKE.), Tlio. strilco in the Sout.h-west of Ireland•ji lias become wrious. Dublin, Liuiorick,,h Ennis, and Tippernry nro isolated. Thelr strikers burned tho house of a 6ignalm.uiid who was remaining at work at Thurles,r- and two revolver shots wore fired at the•d signalman, who had a narrow escape,lr The strike has extended to Q.ureiißtown,id disorganising tlio Ameriran mail air vice,
HOPELESS SLI'M-DWhiiLEKS.'• Addressing (lie National lirotlicrhood atls tho Albert Hall, Mr Masterniau I Under-!l Secretary for tlio Homo Ollice) declared
that the recent uprising of unskilled labourwas due to tho feeling of hope that wasentering tho hearts of tho slum-fhvcllcvs.When society learned I,hat tlio curlers,wiio had resumed work, were satisfiedto toil for 12 hours a day for 27s a week,and that the girl mothers of Bcrniondsevwere living in a new world localise theyhad gained an extra shilling weekly, lwt-lmught the lesson that ho'J been given
t. -nhont tlio need of setting our house inorder was worth the. tumult of the strike.
LONDON', September 19.V (Received Sept. 19, at 11 p.m.)'■ I/;rd Claud Hamilton continued by say-" ing that failure of «cnnc.iiintiou towardsR tlio determination of the Railwayman'se Society would make it a failure." Thea arbitrator should l>e a High Court judge,'f a person of lower standing not being
acceptable. The railway companies haveadvocate! heavy fines or imprisonmentfor award-breaker;'. Any scheme the com-mission might devise would not satisfy theunions. They were not created for thepnrposo of being satisfied, and saw noreason for satisfying difllurbcrfl of publiconlor.
'• REYOLUTI ONAR.Y SPANISH STRIKE.MADRID, September 18.
There is a general revolution:!rv strikeat Valencia, and martial law has beenproclaimed. TroojM have occupied thetown.
Riots nro reportc<l from Saragofsa.Sevml pcrcons havo been killed and
• injured.1 he oflicial Anarchist Syndicalist Com-
-1 mittce at. Barcelona lias organised ageneral strike. They have arranged todynamite Llw telegraphs, telephones, andrailways,
Gangs of men armed with knivre nmlrevolvers attempted to intimidate thonewspapers.
I Iho leading members of tho commiltco! liavc l>een arrosted.
DIvARTII OF WORKMEN.! SYDNEY, September 19.
' Tho dearth of workmen continues in the1 building trade. Suburban contractors areoffering 16s a day for bricklayers.
, WHEELERS' TROUBLE.1ho president of the Colliery Employees'
Federation ricclnrcs that they will rather; slop tho industry than submit to the
Wages Hoard. The federation is en-deavouring to settle the wheelers' trouble,and trying hard to prevent a generalstoppage.
A SECRETARY SENTENCED.D;xon, socTctary of the Lithgow iron-
workers, was sentenced to two months'imprisonment wit.li hard labour on achargo of aiding persons in the takingl*irt of a strike at Sydney.
PREFERENCE TO UNIONISTS.MELBOURNE, September 19.
A Trades Hall deputation waited onMr lasher and discussed tlio question ofpreference to unionists, Mr Fisher stateddefinitely _ that tho Government's policy-was lo give preference to unionists, andthat thc.v would stand or fall bv that. Itwould apply even to clerks who'were fleck-ing temporary employment with thoGovernment.
CLYDE STRIKES.LONDON, September 19.
(Rcccived Sept. 19, at 10.10 p.m.)A thousand holdera-on struck on tho
Clyde, defying the executives. There amidling a thousand riveters.
IRISH RAILWAY STRIKE.Practically all grades on the Great
Southern-Western lines in Ireland havesLruclc. The goods t.ratlic is chaotic. Thotrouble is not, acute in (he C.'ixxit Northernand Midland lines. Various regimentshave Ikcii ordered to Dublin. The shorostall of tho Lowlon-North-Western Com-pany has engaged Dublin quav andstruck. Enormous quantities of perish-flblea are imperillod.
PROTIOST AGAINST UNIONS,A mooting of non-unionist railwaymen
at Widnes has resolved to form a soeietvof free workero. The protestedagainst tlio tyranny of tradp unions.
STRIKERS FIXED.SYDNEY. September 19.
(Rwived Sept. 19, at 10.10 p.m.)Judge Heydon, in the Industrial Court,besides awarding D:xon imprisonment,
imposed fines ranging from u guinea totwo guineas, with 10s 6d costs, with thealternative of seven to ]/) days' imprison-ment. upon large numbers'of Litlu-owstrikers. °
RAILWAY SERVANTS' UXION.LONDON. September 19.
Fox. werotary of the Railwuv Driversand Firemen's Association, has fwmuliitd ,a scheme for the Munition of rnilwav !workers' unions. If aeceptcd, the non-unionists will bj notified that tliev must-join within tlio preserilicd time. ' '
MELBOURNE BUILDING TROUBLE.MELBOURNE, September 15.
(Received Sept. 20. at 1.50 a.m.)The trouble ovnr the builders' labourers' <
demand for higher pay has reached acrisis. All who are employed on thelargo jobs have c.nsed work.' i
BOXING.
JOHNSON' V. W'KLLS. II'UIU.IC IXDIG.VATIOX.
Press Association—Uv Tplp^ranli—Copyright. CLONDON, S'oplemlcr 18.
(Hmivttl Snpl. 19, :1 (, 10.10 p.m.)'J'ho Tillies says thai the caso against
t.ho Wells figlili jfi sironj; solely onsporting (jroundfi, ami far isinnigcp <:nbroad (fivmiuifi. The public interest isaroused by mans of (.hp cinomntoj-niph.Millions are attracted by a morbid mi-H-holesomenoss of a stj-iigglp between ablack and a while man. 'J'ho communityconsiders tlio figlit. wight, to bo stopprd." J
GERMANY AND FRANCE
Pten Aisnciation—Hf Teiejrapb—CopxTi|*hl
1( i TARTS, September 19.(Received Sept, 19, at 11 p.m.)
The Tcinps says it is the imprcssioixl that, the reply is the causa for fro.-l
French cminter-proj.'Oßak, and addiHint by provoking public irritatioi(fsrmnny is incurring gravo rwpon.'ibilitiofi. lk>r persistence in equivocatioimight lo;ul to something worse tluulinniicinl ruin at Hcrlin and remove tinprwibility of an agreement between extorticmato (Jcrmany ami nngry France.
N.S. WALES POLITICS.
I EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright>! KYDXIOY, September 19.
(Received Sept. 19, at 8.10 p.m.)A\i extraordinary scene of disordci
',_ occurred ill the Ijcgislatiw Atsembly,r j Mr Storey called tho I'lemier's rJtcntioiir to .Mr Speaker Willis, when addressing ,1s meeting of his constituents, calling thej' meiulxiTs of the Oppoiition a bnml ol,' nilllacs. He asked him to ascorlain. il
( j the stnlomcnl 'were made, and, if so, tc. protect tho honour of members. They Si»akur ruled tlin question out of onlei'y on the gronml that he could not take'0 cognisance of what appeared in the prc«s.n 'llie Oppositionists persisted in the bill.n lioth tho Sjicaker and llio Premier, clined to nnswer. Mr Cohen rose and
repeated the query. The Speaker rc[>cat-odly cautioned Mr Cohen, and eventuallyordered tho Sergeant to remove Mrg Cohen. The Oppositioniste aiirroundwl Mi
j Cohen and refuse,! to allow him to retire,0 nnd resisting the Sergeant and the mes-, sengore who came. The resistance wes
1 tinpiwdentod. Ami<P uproar by severaljj Slirastcrs, tho Speaker vacated the chairt and left the Chamber. Tho Opposition-
ists mounted tho dais and Hung the' Spe.aker'9 papore after him.a FURTHER DISGRACEFUL SCENES.} (Revived Sept. 19, at 10.10 p.m.)c The Assembly adjournod for half an
b.our. On the House reassembling theSpeaker when rcyidinj,' tho StandingOrders was interrupted by Mr Wood.
, The .Speaker ordered tho Scrscant nndJ mesfeiigcre to remove Mr Wood, who
, reaiskd. Several Oppsitionifils assistedin preventing hia ejectment, llnriiKj thonieleo Ixwks and papers wore hurled
j towards the Sjicakcr. Snddenly three orfour i*>liec appeared on tho foe'ne. Aftera violent struggle they removed Mr Wood.In .quick iMicce&ioii the Speaker ordered1 the YomovaT of Mr Cohen. Mr Fitzpatrick,
! Mr Price, Mr Perry, Mr Moxham. andMr Levy. Mr Perry made a rush to the
. table and enized the water bottle. Thopolice hustled him out, and (he otherswent quietly. There was intense excite-ment while i.lw\ ejections \rerc proceeding.
(Received Sept. 20, at 0.35 a.m.)After the expulsions the Assemblysettled down to business, and the proceed-
ings were peaceful.(Received Sept. 20, at 1.50 a.m.)
i While the scenes in tho Assembly worein progress the crowdod galleries clappedand cheei-ed vociforouely.
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Prea Asso:iation-By Telegraph-Copyright.■SYDNEY', September 19.
(Reeived Sept. 20, at 1.10 a.m.)Tn the golf professional match of 36
holes the competition was won by Camp--1>?1I with a score of 154,
In the inter-State match New SouthWales defeated Victoria by ono game.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19.(Pep. Unitkd Purrs Association.)
.| t 'i'lio Ifoiiflo mot at 2.30 p.m.(1 6 RACING COMMISSION,an Sir J. ti. WAIJD informed tho Houso
? j. tli.it lie had been in communication withjn the Racing Commission with the yiew tom
its silting again to rcconsidcr the quc,s-I lion of country clubs'permits. The com-
mission was agreeable to sit again, andthe necessary work attendant thereto wasnow being done.REPRESENTATION COMMISSION.Replying to a question from Mr A. L.
Hcrdman concerning the Representa-tion Commission, the PRIME MIN-ISTER stated tlmt maps would be readyon Friday, and the report would bobrought down as soon ns available.
,t PRECEDENCE OF GOVERNMENTBUSINESS.
Sir J. G. WARD moved that afterWednesday, 20th met., Government busi-
er ness lake precedence on Wednesday,v. Speaking to the motion, lie said it tendedm to expedite the business of the session,a Wednesdays in the past had, in a sense,l 0 been wasted as far as good work was con-„f eorncd. Tlio Government liad some im-
pnrtant bills to bring down. The Con-, fiolidatcd Estimator and tho Public Works0 Estimates had to be considered. There10 was a great amount of work to be done
- r between this and the first and second:o weeks in November, when all mcm-s. bors wanted to be away to their con-1. stituonta.c- Tho motion was carried,id " FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
The debate on the Budget was con-ly tinned by Mr MYERS, who said theIr state of affairs exhibited by the Budget
[r was a very happy one. The humanitarianj proposals of it would appeal to tho conn-s. try generally. He congratulated tho Mill-s ister of Finance on the financial condi-
tion of the country. The buoyancy ofthe revenue and the general activity of
Ir trado were mattm for congratulation.1_ Dealing with taxation, he said the thing10 to be considered was the burden of taxa-
tion placed upon the shoulders of thosebust able to War it. Taxation had in-creased from £3 18s 9d in 1909 to £4 6s10.-1 in 1910, and £5 Br, 7d in 1911. Tho
" increases were on land tax, income lax,lc and death duties, and therefore fell upong those best able to bear them. lie was1. convinced that all were living within theird income. A great deal had been saido about frenzied finance, and he consideredj that before talk of that description was0 hurled broadcast throughout tho country( | those responsible for it should substanti-
ate their assertions with statistics. Hohad no hesitation in saying that if he
!r wore not convinced that'the policy pur-'• sued by the Government was a proper<1 and honcf.t one, he would immediately
walk to the other side of the lloase. He(1 applauded the extension■ of pensions toe widows, anil congratulated the country0 on the efficiency of the head of the mili->fi tary, and upon having a compulsory mili-, tary training syitcm in going order. He
urged upon the necessity for expediencyin the setting up of a commission to con-sider the great question of the cost of
V living, and he sincerely hoped the com-- mission would arhievc the desired result.
He commended the Minister of Agricul-ture on the activity displayed by him ine the conduct of his department, also for
,| tho energy with which lie had gone intothe matter of testing pumice and gumlands. Dealing with Native lands, hethought tho settlement of these landsshould be ■proceeded with with greateractivity. The Natives should also beartheir c-ha.re of the rost of the public worksfrom which they derived a good deal ofbenefit.
Sir W. STEWARD said the speech ofthe Leader of the Opposition was prac-tically an approval of the Budget, and
, ho endeavoured to show that what was3 good in it emanated from his side of tho
• House. He himself thought the Budgetwas an excellent one, and would commend
1 itself to the country. With Tcgard to thoso-called vote-catching, all the good pro-posals mi!6t catch votes. The Budget wasa record of prosperity such as had neverbeen submitted in any other part of theEmpire. It was a highly valuable docu-ment. It aimed for advancement of thopeople and the amelioration of our socialand political conditions. Amongst theproposals for tho future was tho ono torevise tho railway fares and to reduce
; long-distance fares by a farthing a mile.. This would cost £60,000, and he t dis-
agreed with the proposition. It wouldhave been better to have reduced short-
j distance fares, thus benefiting more. people. If the department wanted to
1 spend £60,003 it fhonld have been in the1 direction of the erection of loading sheds
in the country districts, and the makingof sidings. Ho advocated cheap market
i tickets for farmers, and the reduction offreights on fruit, especially that of re-turned empties. Ho would like to drawthe attention of the Postmaster-general toone matter in particular—that of cheap-ening country telephone communication.The greatest possible credit was due toSir J. G. Ward for his administration ofpostal mattorn, and hit? name wouldalways be connected with the great re-forms which had been brought about inthe service. He applauded the extensionof the pension scheme, especially thosoprovisionsaffectingwidows. He regrettedthere was no reference to the landquestion in the Budget. The Governmentproposed to increase the graduated landtax on estates over £100,000. If he hadhis way the amonnt would be reduced to£50.000, or oven £20,000. He would likethe Government to say there would be nomore Crown land sold in New Zealand.Though he had not always been of thisopinion, he held it now. A disruptivetax should be a tax that would disrupt, iIn other words, it should be so highthat it Would not pay to hold land in ilarge quantities. Reform was, lie con- Ieluded, necessary in the manner of the 1election of members of both Houses of iParliament, also in tho administration of ithe Public Works Department, I
Mr J. P. IjUKE said ho got up more Iparticularly to say a good word for Mr iFowlds than anything else. Mr Fowlds ;had done more L'ood work than any mem- 'her in the direction of education, and he Ideplored the absence of a.nv reference ;to this vital matter in tho Budget-. Our icountry schools, he contended, had a £higher average of attendance than any fother British colony. This in face of tho 1statement* of cciw-fpanMng. The pri- iniary school system in vogue here was as Jgood as any in the world. He hoped tho (Government would do all in its power 1in connection with higher education. Re- (ferring to tho Budget, ho thought it set vforth fully tho financial position of the 1Dominion, also tho policy to be pursued rby the Government. In'connection with |Native land settlement, lie regretted that vtho Government had not dono more in Ithe direction of acquiring these surplus Ilands. The money received from the Go- cvermnent should lie set aside to meet the tifuture requirements of the Natives. The afarmers co-operative bank proposal was t
•a good one, and he would, if the matterwere put in good shape, support it. Hesupported the pursuance of the experi- limental work now carried on by the Agri- ncultural Department. Dealing' with in- tdustrial matters, ho advocated the <lc- hvelopment of tho iron oro of the Do- tlminion. There were immense deposits of gore in the country, which were valuable fnational assets, and would provide pri- iimary and secondary industries of great tivain?. The hydro-electrical scheme would, hlie wa« convinced, do a great deal for Cthe Dominion. ii
The. Hoirce adjourned. , tlTho House resumed at 7.30 p.m.The debate was continued by .Mr BOL- |>
LAItD, who said that land matters in tho «
Dominion were in a verv unsatisfactory t;condition. Ho knew otl no countrv ill bitho world where tho leasehold system' had lcbeen successful. Even in Ireland they Precognised that they must, have tho free"-hold. The occupation of land was themost important industry in tho country, d:It overshadowed all others. It was the olduty of the Government to settle people ''Ion the land, and educate them how towork it. They should bo taught tho hiscience and practice of agriculture. What- whad the Government done for farmers in °j
this direction? Nothing, b<
Sir J. CJ. WAlin : Nonsense. Yoidon't know what is going on.
Mr ROLLARI): All right. I'll ahovyou. In Europe, the United Kingdomami elsewhere there are plenty of agricultural colleges to teach tho people thscience of agriculture, anil if this countrwns going to compete with those placeitinm-t be up-to-date in its methodsScience, he faicl, was ecrythingSeparalors and refrigerators had donmore to advance this country than airother factor. He was certain'that mono;would he available for the purpose. The;had so far never been asked for any. ]{'advocated the extension of the workershomes system to benefit the small wag<innn.
.Mr ISITT congratulated the Ministron receiving tho testimony of an Opuusition member. He wtw in the lino of industry. The Government was in a. happjcoiidition so far a« tho Opposition wa"concerned. The Government had beeiaccused again and again of rashness an;rash expenditure, and yet every Oppnaition member wanted money fpent on colleges and experimental farms, etc., Howcould tho Government meet those demandfi and"yet escape the reproach of tinOpposition. He mentioned the statememmade by Mr Massey that drapers mad*ICO per cent, profit. Me could say thaithe profit was from 7 t0.9 pur cent, nelprofit on the turnover. Only with rcgartto the Riiggestion that drapers had ;monopoly, lie asked if there ever was sue!
monopolyas farmers' co-operative nesociatioiw* Ho wanted to say a word iiconnection -with military training. Th<Government had made two very grav<mistakes which, if not wouliseriouoly imperil the echeme and embarra?s the Government. There must be tconscience clause, even at the risk of theclause being abused. He asked the Government to introduce a clause to enablethe conscicntioiifl objector to do otheiwork than training. Boml-making, gorsscutting, anything—they were quite yt'illing to-do it. He knew that in Christ-church there were 6000 people combinedto oppose tho system. The second mis-take was pushing the ultimatum on peopleinstead of going slowly. They seized ona boy at 14. and never let him go untilho wns 25. The age should be reduced tc21. It could bo extended if necessary.There wae one other subject he wantedto mention. That was the continualcharges against the Government of malad-ministration, corruption, bribery, andpolitical graft. It wns disgraceful thatchamcfnl people outsido tho House put aliteral construction on the allegations. Hebelieved the Administration was a cleanone, ami tho Cabinet Ministers had beengrossly libelled. There was no corrup-tion, no maladministration, no bribery,and no political graft. "If there was,why had not the Opposition exposed it?What was his Majesty's Opposition doingthat it should allow 'this state of affairsto exist!" Thero was absolutely nothingin the charges.
Sir J. G. WAIiD, in reply, said thatevcryono who had qmken on the Budgethad supported all the measures fore-casted there. Ho had noticed that rightthrough tho past 20 �years the Oppositionhad endeavoured to cast reflections on thofinancial position of New Zealand. TheOpposition had repeatedly decried theloans—had done it for years. Some ofits utterances even found their way intothe Investors' Guide in London, statingthat there was a possibility of some ofthe loans not being renewed or converted.Was that done to help the country? Whowere at the back of these people? Largelanded proprietors who would reiriove thetax from largo estates -and put it on tosomeone else. Opposition members hadgone through the country saying that toomuch money was being'spent. Now theyall wanted railways and colleges. MrAllen had been gnilty of gross misrepre-sentation in connection with tho Treasurybills. He had stated that the Treasurerhad £1,488,000. Why had he not re-deemed bills if the amount had been paidoff, as Mr Allen suggested ? Theyshouldnot have paid then, way at all. The£700,000 worth of Treasury billewas theoutcome of early difficulties of his prede-cessora in office, and was portion of {hepermanent debt of the country. Memberson tho Opposition benches had beenpuzzlinL' with figures and juggling witht helaw. The Public Revenue Act insistedon tho course- he had taken. Membersof the Opposition had been going roundthe country saying that the finance of thocountry wan in a weak condition and taxa-tion was being increased. For what pur-pose was this dono? To try and get onthe Treasury benches, and 'in their des-perate endeavour to attain this they wereseriously damaging thecountry and itspeople. With regard to the deductions ofsinking funds from the public debt men-tioned by Mr Allen, lie had kept strictlyto the law in tho matter. Had he movedin the direction stated by Mr Allen hocould luive been charged with having re-duced public indebtedness when he oughtnot to have done so. Had ho deductedtho sinking funds it would have shownthe debt of the country as much less thanit actually was. With regard to thealleged discrepancy of four millions, hepointed out that the table quoted by MrAllen dealt with borrowed money, ami bor-
rowed money only, not revenue* Mr Allenwae quite wrong, and he now thoughthe knew be was quite wrong. There wasnot a misUko in the Budget. A schoolboy could work the figures out and findthem correct. Another miestatement wasin connection with telephones and tele-graphs. "Does the country pay intereston these works?" Why, 'the Post andTelegraph Department had produced asum over and above its expenses for anumber of years. With regard to publicbuildings, in reply to criticism on thematter, he instanced the enormousamounts which tho Government wouldhave to pay in rents if they did not owntheir own buildings, and in" the matter ofinsurance premiums, very large sumswould be absorbed yearly if buildingswere insured. The Government couldafford to loee £9000 by fire every secondyear, and then 6ave" money. He wascriticised for not showing lighthouses andharbour works as interest-bearing. Hadhe followed this course it would haveshown a better etnle of affairs in thecountry. With regard to bans, he men-tioned that on the evo of the flotation ofthe last loan the Black pnnvuhlet wascirculated in financial houses in London,and through influential houses at Home.This was done to injure the countrythrough him. No other country had doneas well as New Zealand since the fivemillion loan was 'floated. It had beensaid the Hank of New Zealand had beenasked to finance portion of the loan. Thebank had taken £100,000 worth, andwithin a few weoks had sold out at aprofit, It had been suggested that theGovernment leaned on the bank for alargo portion of the loan. • It did notdo anything of the sort. In connectionwith the State issue of notes, in 1894 heprepared a measure for the issue of Statenotes, but it was then considered inex-pedient to pursue the matter. Now itwas proposed to have a gold security be-hind tlia i&suc of the notes, whieli thebunks were to buy. Sir J. G. Ward con-cluded by congratulating Mr Isitt on hisfir.'t speech. He would prove a capable,able, and fc;irlc« man on either side oftho House.
GENERAL.. Mr MASSKY held that a sum shouldbo placed on the Supplementary Esti-matre lor Mrs Claude. He was of opinionthat had Mr Claude not acted as he didhe would be alive to-day. Dealing withthe first item on the Estimates, he wasgoing to move a reduction in the vote,for the. Lcßislative Council by £5, as anindication that the Council should be elec-tive. He mentioned that the Gnvj-rnmenf.had not appointed one member to theCouncil who was not of its way of think-ing. Me moved an amendment to reduce[he amount as mentioned.
Mr HKRRIKS said an alteration in tJinprevailing system was seccwary. He was.'onvinccd that if a. non-party'vote wereakon on the matter the Council woaldno made elective. This reform was boundo come. The people would not stand.thenrweiit system for long.Sir Joseph WARD said there might bft
loiupthing in the suggestion. He did notlispiile it. 110 traued the constitution>f the Council back to the time- it was•hanged and the seven years' system |i.dopted. The liallance Government had Ileeu forced to adopt this system, us it.V36 impossible to carry on under the then ,ixisling system. There iiad been mem- i>ers sent by the Liberal party to tho i
3u I Council who held views contrary to thoviews of those who sent them there. Ho
iw did not say reform was not desirable, andn, advocated the adoption of.the South Afri-ri- can aystem if a change were to be made.bo If Mr Massey's suggestion wero followedry they should abolish the Upper Housocs altogether, as it would bo elected on thos. same franchise as the Lower House,g. Mr MASSEV said the Opposition re-:ie presented the minority, and the minorityiy should be represented in the Council.:y There had not been one Opposition mem-?y ber sent to the Council for £0 years. Hole iwposed the abolition of the* Council.«' There must bo a revising Chamber. Tho;c Council should bo more important than
the House. Ho did not favour thory seven years' term in the Council. Hoii- would rather have tho life system,n- Mr M'LAREN combated "the suggea-iy tion that tho Upper Hmi-se should beK more important than the Lower House.mi ihe idea,was not democratic,id Messrs LANG and ANDERSON enp-II- ported the proportional representationil- system in the Council,w Mr WILFORD said if it wero possiblee- to wipe out the Council altogether hoie would Vote for it. Representatives of thoit people .should be sufficient for legislativele pumom The country could be run veryit well with one House*and less members,et Mr M'LABEX advocated tho abolitionA of the Council rather than mako it elec-a tive.'h he Hon. Mr BUDDO said they needed> some more democratic proposal than whatn had been put before them.io The Hon. Mr MILLAR said he alwaysre voted against tho proposition, and lie in-d tended to vote against it now. The Houser was now asked to niter the constitutiona of the Upper House without having any-ie thing definite before it. An electiveJ- Upper House would be a duplication ofle representative machinery. The matter;r should be referred to the country.:- Mr HUXTON moved to report pro--- grcfis.t- Thi6 was carried on the voices, and th"d House adjotiriied at 1.35 a.m.3- '
GENERAL CABLE NEWS.I'ro3s Association—By Tclegmpli— Copyright.
LONDON", September 18.Madame Kitity Conly, of .Melbourne;
sang with success at tho .Sunday Leagueconcerts at the Queen's Hall. -
The Sunderland Co-operative Society,which has 14,0C0 members, lias suspendedpayment owing to tho withdrawal of£24,000. Tho directors state that thesociety is solvent.
PERTH, September 19.Labour is contesting all Beats in the
Assembly excepting one.SYDiNbY, September 19.
A goods train ran on to a dwid end atHulli. iSeverid trucks wero telescoped, butnobody was injured.
MELBOURNE, September 19.Two men, Birch and l'arker, when re-
pairing a gunmctal puinp plunger, pouredmolten metal on it, ami it exploded.Parker was killed and Hire.li Hriwtsly in-jured. A youth also wns slightly injiircd,
The State Government hiifi granted£6000 to tihe Mawson Antarctic r.xpedi-tion.
PARIS, September 18.Tlk>. French magistrate who is investi-
gating the theft of the " fiiocomla " pic-turn believes it to be the work of an inter-national gang.
OTTAWA, September 19.(Received Sept. 19, at 11 p.m.)
It is reported from Edmonton that ex-plorers in the Rocky Mountains have dis-covered a new peak higher than MountHoluon. Several enormous glaciers havealso been found.
WASHINGTON, (September 19.(Received Sept. 19, at 11 p.m.)
Reports have been received allegingthat Commander attached to theJnpanfec legation, is map-making alongthe Alaska coast- harbours. An inquiryIns been ordered.
BERLIN. September 19.(Received Sept. 19, at 11 p.m.)
Tho director of tho Aulwrg DiscountBank has disap|«ircd. His defalcationsare £50,000.
Y-TLPARAISO, September 19.Twenty fatalities have occurred in anearthquake to nogielcfi of Arica at- 'J'acjta.
PEKhVn, September 19.The British Consul «t Cliing-tii is re-
porting that the foreigners axe all welland unmolested.
VIENNA, September 19.The position is qiuler. Six thousand
troops are on patrol at Oltokring.MADRID, September 19.
Crowds are parading nt Valencia andcommitting excesses. In frequent conflictswith the troops shots (iro exchanged.
THE DEFENCE SYSTEM.REMARKS JIY GENERAL GODLEY.
(Per Usitki) IVkss Association-.)WELLINGTON, September 19.
General Uodley, in nil address on de-fence inatlors today, said drill would1)0 hold in the evening, and the paradewwild mean thai a man would have toirivo up half a, dozen holidays in (lie year.The only tiling that would present "anvdillii'iilty would he the week's camp. Thatwould lie arranged for a convenient.time,and that was where employers could emnoin with their help. The general saidI here was an extraordinary amount ofmisunderfitn.nding over this matter, but.combined training was a cine qua non.Unless comrades were trained togethercompulsory training would lis a farce. '
THE DEFENCE FORCES.il
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TWO grave MISTAKES.j} THE RIGHTS OF THE QUAKERS. '
j (From Our Ows Correspondent.)|t WELLINGTON, September 19.a Attention was called to two importante aspects of the new defence achemo by Mrn Isitt (Christehurch Nortli), speaking inn the Budget debato this evening, Mr~ Isitt said that lie honestly believed that:>
in launching its territorial training scheme?)
the Government had made two grave mis-» takes, which, if ;iot rectified, will seriously-„ imperil the success of the whole scheme,■s and considerably embarrass the Govern-g ment. In any territorial scheme that wasto continue permanently iir Now Zealand,1 there must be a conscience clause, even!t at the risk of that clause being abused... It was not a ligjit matter for any man,t to force the religious convictions of ann other, however sure ho might be thato those convictions might bo absurd. Hos loathed the lunacy of war, but so longo as tho world remained armed to the teethf New Zealand must have some scheme ofo defence. There must be consideration fora the men whoso convictions prevented them[ from taking up arms. Their character en-;. titled them to it. Tho Quakers were thoo very salt of the earth, part and parcel ofe the two aristocracies of the world, thee aristocracy of brains arid character, men0 and women of broad reading, deep cul--1 turo, and philosophical thought. They0 had the faculty of making money, butv they made it in a clean fashion, and in-r stead of wasting their wealth for their• own pleasure, they poured it back againv into the laps of the people. Thexo werer some 6CO Quakers in New Zealand, and• he warned the Government against tho1 danger of outraging tho rights of these1 peoplo. Already in Chri3tchurch theroa were 7000 people who had enrolled theire names in opposition to tlm territorial• scheme, and the same thing was beingb done in Auckland.' It would,, bo as measure of shame if tho community ofi the Quakers was subject to any persecu-.J tion. They did not want to shirk work,
i for they would cheerfully perform anys substituted duties. The patriotism of the '1 Quakers in New Zealand was not open to3 doubt, for it hud been proved timo and
■ again, and he suggested that provision' should bo made to enable them to dc-
-1 vote the amount of timo given by tho /
' Territorials to training to road-making,3 gorso-grubhin;;, or city beautifying. Suck' work for the State would bo dono readily' by the Quakers, and it would quickly dis-' close the skulkers, whose religious con :r . victions would evaporate when they found' that they could not escape their responsU ■5 bilities. The second mistake was in push-' ing the ultimatum upon tho peoplo in-'
. stead of proceeding gradually. The Go-vernment had jumped from a starved,snubbed, Volunteer system to one inJ which a boy was seized when he reached
; the age of 14, and was not released until; ho reached the age of 25 years. Short
as the session .would be, he hoped thattime would be found to discuss the ques-
. tion of territorial training, that a con-.' science clause woold bo inserted in tho
', act, and that provision would be madoto reduce tho age of exemption from train-
. ing from 25 years to 21 years. Even if itwas found necessary later on to extendthe term, he urged that the Government
' should take tho people into its confidencein this" connection, and explain that thescheme was in its experimental stago.
BARQUENTINE IN DANGER.(Pun United Press Association-.)
WANGANUI, September 19.The Danish barquentine Cnrra, 30 days
oat from Newcastle to Wanganui, coalladen, was last evening left by the crewat anchorage in the roadstead "about fourmiles from Wanganui. The bar wassighted on Saturday, and an attempt wasmade to tow her in by the steamer Gertieyesterday afternoon, but it failed owingto the tow-rope breaking five times. Aheavy wind came on, and the crewdctoned it advisable to leavo the vesselat the anchorage, and came to town bythe Gertie. They had a rough timo whoiileaving the barquentine in one of her
boats, and Jiefore being token aboard theGertie. The crew intend boarding her
again when the weather moderates. Thereis nu danger so long a? the anchors hold.
OTAGO DAILY TIMES. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1911. 7
GEE, HUT YOU XKED !T.An American gentleman, in |.] lc c|Mr .
acterifilic language of his country, blewinto Duneilin just- to see the Srotcli ritvof the Smith. Well, he found Ihis ritvjust iis everybody finds it just now—i.e.mighty cold; consequence was next morn-i»K 0, »" American visitor had an awfulcold nnd chilblains mighty bad. He Rtillhis Iho cold as far as v.-c know, hutthe chilblains soon shifted when ho ap-plkxl RKI) CROSS OINTMENT to (hem.lleiiee liih remark, " (iec, but you needit." AH olu'inids and Mores, Is fid,
Tim Kiiiß Edward Mnmnrlnl i.i t/> (aknHi;' form of n slut;ii) «t the I'iix-adillv <'nd(»f did I'.mad Walk in tlio (liven Park. AiiMJiioriiil is 3-'iO Lo 1)0 {iravi<l«d in Iho East
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A DOMINION NURSE ADVISES 0TUSSICUHA.
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lncst. r-xcol ont for all di,®,** 0f t.ho throat,°host. nml lungs. [ ronsidor if an in-valuable remedy, winch ?k,uld alwaus boat hand whom t,horo is n f.unilv. as a' dosoifiken in timo is invaluable." If you wishto avoid consumption and datiKCTouii lullstroubio don't iwwlwt voiir «>SI.
Thoro havn Iki>:i no i>iarn'a-;o.i c ;l |,|.bifl; (('unilii'rlnml! llhiirnh for 12 iw.ntii.s,which i» without prccnlcub in ilic. history ofIho ('lim cli, tJiu invert's of V.llidl (fO bad; I
CIGARETTES
As Smoked in London.
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In bows, 10 for 9d.t(
Makers: Ardath Tobnoco Co., London. t
Zvmolo Trokoyn nro popular becauro 'they nro pknsant in Insto; thoy loosen 'tight, dry oonghs ind strengthen llio >thoal, (
The principles of conservation of waterand its distribution by means of irriga-tion would bring untold benefits to thou-sands in this district. Indeed, to con-serve any commodity for the purpose ofdistributing it to the community confeislonclits that arc measured by ths valueand tho demand there is for it. Therelias Udcii going on in this city /or somotime pst a conservation of all kindsof embroidery and embroidered works.Several large deals Imvo lately como off,"and have hcon taken up by Penrose's, inCiecrge street, Duncdin. Pm'cliascs ofombroidery and embroidered . goodsamounting to over £1000 havo beensecured. No draper would invest hismoivcy iii siush large parcels of em-broidered goods. Ordinary sales do notwarrant it, unless prices are offered 60low that, caution can be brushed on ono<;i(k\ Then buying is quickly followedbv rapid soiling. A new demand springsup. Penrose's offer their special pur-chases of embroidered goods for sale to-nmrrmv and following days. Quotationsof [iritw cannot Ik> given in Uiis column,but further information can be obtainedfrom our printed catalogue, which wo will-j-.end on application to any desiring it;(jr. better still, an inspection of the exhibi-tion of these sale lines in our windowswill make you a buyer. Tlioro isn't awoman that will «e our window displaysbill will want to pras3ess tome of the om-broidery \rorks.—Advt.
Moro t him 100,000 roses wore used intho decoration nf tho Roval Orxira. CoventGarden, for tho gala performance.For rheumatism, Uiokaehe, faccaohe, car-«rl», neuralgia, and other musculaj painsnothing can equal WITCH'S OIL (rcsifrtered).
THE BUDGET.
A SUDDEN COLLAPSE.SIR JOSEPH WARD IN REPLY.
tIISOII ODR OwTf CoP.IIEsrONDENT.)WELLINGTON, September 19.
Tho Financial Debate collapscd suddenlythis evening. After a speech from Mrlsitt, no ono el?o seemed ready to makeii speech, ami, snortly aftor 9 o'clock SirJoseph Ward was on his feet. Commenc-ing Ills reply, and inking a secretary to gethis not«> from the Cabinet Room, hei-aid Ui.it the Opposition had jiointod tominor errors in tho Budyvt, but hadully agreed with the proposals containedin it, Tho chief clfort of tho Oppositionfor the hist 20 years h:ul boon to cast dis-credit upon tho "financial position. It.s niein-bers tried to .show Uiattihc lato Mr Pallancewas wrong in his conversion transac-tions. Tlicy liad said tliat tho surplusesv.ero only paper surpluses, and they had
Sound fault with tlio flotation of every loan,.'hoy had complained of l.lio want of in-
t>rmai.ion about loans, and when they hadml to abandon t.lvat. they lio<l fall-on Ijaok
ujxjn criticism of tJio live million loan.The Opposition had gone from end \oend o! tho country saying tint the Go-vernment mix Iwrrmrinj* too much money.On top of Ihat. ono of tho first memberswho caiiio to liim upon liis ret-uriS to askfor a largo sum of money for his districtwas tho Op|Kisition WJiip. The Leaderof the Opposition had said last year thatho did not liolicve it was possible to raiseenough money to carry out the proposalsoutlined in the Financial Statement, hutthat if tho people of this country did notput tiio brake on it would' be a goodthin; for tho country if the moneylendersdid.
Mr Massov: "Why don t you quoto thev.'hole of tiho paragraph?''
Tho Prime" Minister continued Insobservations regarding comments made up-on Ills financial administration. Jhe mem-ber for Bruce had ljcen guilty of gross mis-representation in regard to the Treasurybills. Jn his desire l« misrepresent thelion, member had deliljoriitoly ignored asum of £83,000 which was in the hands ofGovernment officers for purpose?,mid beyond tho control of the 'I rciisurpf.
If the l'.on. inemlrer were given his way ho•would wreck thocountry. The total amountof Treasury bills which would bo legallyissued in ono vear against revenue was£1,000,000. If the £700,000 had t>een paid,os the member for Hruee ii'ul suggested itshould .have iit-en paid, the Governmentcould not havo paid its way in the monthof April at all. The £700,000 of TrcSsurvbills tJiat had been carried on from vearto veai- were the outcomo of the prede-cessors of tho Liberal Government, and hadbecomo a |«rt of the permanent debtThe member for Wellington North hadfpoken iii ignor.inco of the £700.000. IfTreasury liilU had existed on March 31last the Government would havo had toissue £1,100,000 of Treasury bills before it.got tho revenue in April at all. Thelaw said that Treasury bills must be tailedto an amount not, exceeding £1,000.000 inanticipation of revenue. If the £700,000of Treasury bills hn<l not been paid off in-stead of £400.000 being issued in the Junequarter, the fufl amount required bv lawwould have had to lie mi<xl for that quar-ter alone. If tho £700,000 had l?ecn paidoil from the pennane.nt debt why lia;l theOpposition waited until the pro.'ont junc-ture to lav this charge in reference toTreasury bills. They had gor.o roundthe country attempting to make out thatIhe five million loan was a failure, andthat taxation had inorcascd, though it hadnot. It was endeavouring to (leeryand discredit and damage the credit oftho neople 'apart from the country it*e!f.•Touching upon his statement on page 6 oftho Budget, in reference to borrowedmoney, tin? lion, member for Bruce hadaccused him of being four millions out inreference to railways. Tlie fact was l.liutlie was dealing with borrowed money, andnot 'with s-.uns tir.it had b:cn transferredfrom revenue. A Fourth .Standard school-lwy would not havo made tho mistakemade by the member for Hrucc. In accus-ing liiiii of lieing in error on this point,tho member for Bruce was wrong, and ho(the Prime Minister) believed that he know-that he was wring in tiVis and a numberof other items. The. member for BriicoJiad taken the amount transferred from re-venue. ignoring the fr»t that iKurowcdmoney only was being dealt with in agrossly unfair way. Tho member forJSruce'had confiifwl e.n amount advanced toJocal public Ixxlice with the amount dc-«]ucto<l for telegraph, and he was onlyabout three millions out in the statement.Ho had shown in a ceneral way that thofault-finding criticism of the Oppositionwas not lionio out by factis. Knormousefforts Irad been, made io slw.v that the in?crease iii railway revenue was not duo toprosperous trade in this country, and thelion, gentleman had detcended into theabyss of pessimism, and had laboured toshow that the increase was derived from44 additional miles of railway and increasedratfi. Was not this hair-xnlilfing. As iopublic buildings, lie was surely entitled toray that ihev were earning what wouldjiave been paid in rents if the country hadnot owned the buildings. Then a memberhad asked what the position was when thebuildings were burred. He had ignoredthe fact that for years a emu that flighthave been paid in feuiranco premium.; hadbeen saved. If lie had cand to show immi-gration, and liarlwui's, and lighthouse,i asinterest-bearing items of borrowing. hecould hive shown another thrro millions asinterci?t-lx>aring. The hon. memier had ae-cusvsl him of damaging the e.'jdit of thecountry. The charge rested upon ono ortwo flight variations in decimals, two ofthem in lik favour, anil one in favour offlu, member for Bruce. The onlv honor-able gentleman in tho llotr-e wlio had eversuggested the p:*sihiliiy of this counti vrepudiating its liabilities was the hon, mem-ber for Hrucc. If he had not used (lieword "repudiated" he had used a termthat was quite similar.
Mr M:is r/\v: It was quite different.What nl»ut the five million* Iran'.' con-
tinued tho Prime Minister.Mr llerricn: Wo havo not heard any-
Mini; almt it vel._The Prime Minister: Except misrepre-
sentations by the }ion. memljer. He oon-(jratuliited tho lion, inemlier on beingttopixd at llokitika, because apparently Iwhad said a little too imich iibsut burrow-ing. The Opposition momlxTs and theirloader had been talking limitol borrowing.;uut bccaure lie 1k- '1 1/orrowing imiong
the general West Co.i.-t icoplc the memierfor Tauianga was wilt. home. Such talkwas not approve.! by t'ae '.•a.-vui:d'-a>> of theOpposition! Tile liuii. gontleman complainediliat ho had not got ths whole of Ihe ne-tails of the loan. (At this there was alittlo Opposition laughter, to which thePrime Minister responded with a somewhatsurprising outburst—Oh. ho! ho. ho!) Thelion, gentlemen have not got. the informa-tion. lie continued, because we have noti;ot it. Ik' proceed:d to quote fcom tel. 1-grauis which had pa.-t.;:l belweeji him-elf<iiid the High Comniis inn'.r. lk> ti 'em-plusto tho High Commissioner on July 22:"When may 1 expect details of ecst of rais-ing loan of £5,000,0(X)'r What > has Iwndone to bring loan moneys up tofull amount authorised':" The replyto thin was: " !n answer to your telegram,,1 illy 2?.,' loan auoiint can be clo-od a-(■coll as further stork aiir.uuting to £142 0C(has Ix-on disposed of, but a; present nimarket. I'p to prese:.', lean irwipi-£4.973.755, ex]>ensis £110.408, net retun£9[' 6s. Sales of stock w!ie:i efTictcd enonly vary this net. return slightly. Prolyj-Yi to sell above stwl: as soon as 9?Jobtainable, which would i:e: %l |kt eeiitDo you concur:" As there was no immedia',o urgency for the money, he was ins-inicted io hold for a better price, and kfar no further olfer had come to handIt would he s.-en. therefore. Hint untieceounts were finally closed and forwardsio the Dominion, it was iiu]'o;sib!e, to gindetails allotting how expenses wt-re inn!'up Now, he ask<*l. what a.l»ut tin "ltoHo!":
Mr Ma?s\v: What date was tint?The Prime .lulv 22.Mr Massev: Two months ago?The Prime Minister: He has ken to!<
to advise n.t s oil as lie has sold it, amas soon as !w lias jot ilie infoni.ation Iswill feml it us.
In further reference lo injuring iho erediof th" country, he mentioned that, on liteve of the floating of Hp last loan HiBiwk pamphlet li"..c circulatd amoiigjthe linanein! !k)U;os i nl/ondon. *
Mr Mnsir>y ('e.oil.v): \\hut Inve we tdo with it?
Sir Joseph W.'i r<!: I am not snyii:.j :cI am savin'.' ivlial io a fact.. They worciroulak-d in iiun<lreds and were given t)><M)p!e thrmighout Knglaud. I am not arensing tho lion, gi'ii: leman of iiroulatinth.'iu. 'I'hat was duuo bv t<ime ])eop!e tinjure t!i : -■ eoutnrv throii'.'h me. It. is al"foiiiM'lv incontestable evidence. What v.ait. i!on» for? No other country, ho addeeluid done as well as New Zealand had donsineo the raising of the five million loai:yi-t a short time ago a suspicion had beee.re.it'-.'. in Now Zealand that the Bank <
New ZoalaJid hail fin.-nie>.fl a largo portioof that. linn. The Han!; of New Zealanbud tr!;en only £>100.000 of it as an iivestment iii the man! way. ami wilJiinfmv wenkfi t'lw Ivii'l; ha.d rol<l at it profit tinvrst/m in tho Old Country. 'Hio Dominiodid not Km upon tho Link for anythimIn regard to tlie Stafn nolo iaiiie, an ai
toinut iiiitl boil nuido to oonvoy tho iii
prossion that ho had done snmething now(hat he objected to Mr Hogg doing. Horeferred to an interview Mr Hogg !iudpiven at Wanganui. in which ho advocatedu paper currency by tin tinvcrnment topay for public works. Six months after-wards ho lud declared in favour of tJie(.'Anadian .system, but not at the time oftlm Waujjamii interview. Ho (Sir JosephWard) had given ins) ruction in 1894 to pro- vpart a bill almost identical with tho pre- ~sent proiosal, but it wns considered mi- "
cwiwliln and he could not get the consent, 1of s. majority of his colleagues to it. What, l>ho now proposal wa-= Io havo a pold w- iiciiritv liehind \\x> noies to 1» Leued to tlIllr> hii.lt ,
PARLIAMENTARY NEWS.* ir
NOTES FROM THE PRESS «
GALLERY. b(From Our Own Correspondent.) p
WELLINGTON, September 19. nI'POOMMMKS ANU PROGRESS. Z
Eighteen bilk were promised by the "
liowrnor's Speech, wild which the f'ession '.was opened, and legislation will be re- ;.•limed to «ive effect to at Jcast 14 of thopropcsils enibodifcl in the Budget. Of the «
l»rogramine eiibiniUed. at llw opening of ~
the scfsion, mwt of the items wcro of a .*
ininor character. Twelve of the bills havo -ibwr. introihiced, and the itnwining six,which iiiivo not y«t been circulated, com- \I'li-'o a bill to iimeud the .Native Lwd t.Act ol two sessions a Wages Pro-tection Dill, hills to amend the Hirtlis andDeaths Kejitstratioii Act, the JlaiTiai;eAct, and I lie Loans to Local Hodice Act, |,and, of course, the Lo«,l Coveinmeiu aHill. Uf tlio dozen, the Town-planning j^
, Hill has been dropped, and the Land and ](Income Aa-cKsment Hill, a lengthy and „important nicastir..' wliich was not men- vin tlio (luvcrnor's will nnl 6be jirccwdwj with thm session. Tho fol- 01 lowiiif; bills introduced by tho Govcrmiieiit j,
: have r.a.«ed through the House, and havo t,been «:iit on to the Cnuncil:—MaiUil De- ffectives, Patents, Designs, and 'iYadc v
, Mnrks, Friendly Societies Amondmertt. ],. Wan-ramii School Site, Ihitl Railway and n"■ Koad Improvement, Stone Quarriesi Amendment, and Kaikoura Hospital Site.
Several of the bills promised by the Gover- t' iior's Speech have iieen read a first time, j' but arc not yet circulated. s
• PRIVATE JIK.MBRR.T HILLS. vThe Iloiiso decided today that Govern-
: ment busuicss shall for the rest (if the c' fL'}.<ion tike precedence on Wednesdays.
J This means thai ihc chances for private s,t meniMis' bills hae. gone. Mr Jennings's "'(taming Amendment Hill may come up ni again, because of a promise given by the n■ Prime Minister. Mr llcnlnuiu's I'ublic ''
■ ServiceReform Bill, Sir William Steward's .vI 1-jlcctivc Kxwu'.ive Hill and MaTriagc j 1j Amendment Hill, and Mr Sidcy's MeanTime Hill have all Ixwn hilled by tJic vote- III of the House. Mr Fisher's Sunday Labour
: Hill lias gone to the Lilwar Bille'Connnit- 1. t:e, whence it may i«tuin during the end '.
I of the sewion riisli. There still remain on ■• the Order Paper the Land Agent* Hill (>ir '
• Witty), Clnistchurch Domain Amendment '.> Hili (Mr Davey), legislative Amendment '
f Bill Xo. 2 (Sir W. Steward). Land Act '_jI Amendment Bill (Mr Newmnn), Natioml JSick and Accident Insurance Bill (Si.- A. (|
. Guinnc-s). Land Act Amvndm.iit Bill No. nf 2 (Sir W. Stcwnrdj, Legislature Amend- r.. liMut Hill (Mr Fisher). Municipal Cor- !I puratiens Anienslment Hill (Mr Dnvey), ,
1 Univewal Saturday HnIf-holiday liill (Mr \I Laureuson), Datie.-: on Foml Abolition Hill
1 (Mr Hogg), Hereditary Title? Prevention |I P.iil (Mr Xownwn), Shearers' Aceomar.oda- tI lion Amendment liill (Mr M'Larenl, and (Proportional Representation Bill (Mr
J Fowlds). There are 13 on this little list, {.- and the number for once is significant, j!
, They «« already counted with the slain. g] m\i ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES,
r The Prime Minister staled this after-> noon that the final rc|K>rle of the two• Representation Commission? will bo de--1 livered to the Governor on Friday. They (
1 must be accompanied by maps, and hepromised that copies of' both documents
' would be available to members as soon ae. possible. The Lcjrislature Act lirovides
that tho reports shall be published by> (lovernor's proclamation in the Gar.eUe, .a and within 10 days of their receipt com-s jiiunicated to the P.oiisc of Reprcscnta- j
» lAC 6' RAILWAYMEN'S WAGES. [! Mr Pearce montioned to-day the ,
i mises of increased wages for railway em- [i ployees. as outlined in tho Budget, and r1 gave notice to ask whether, in the event ,
> of such increases being granted, the rente t' of cottages occupied by employees and ,
J owned by the department, would be ~li'.iicd, as' was done on the last occasion ~
[ oi the kind. Sir Joseph Ward: "That's ,j nut cci'S-ct. It's one of the usual misre- ]
t i ri.'Stnhtions." |I I THE PROFITS OF DRAPERS. i
The profile of the drapery trade were 1s the subject of a bright l.ittle passage in >? ' the House this evening. Mr lsitt stated 1. that Mr Massey had said drapers made i, 100 per cent, profit on their goods. He tr did not know whether the Leader of the 1f Opposition would adhoTe to that state- 1f nienl. Mr Hardy: "I do. and I am a 1
• draper."—(Laughter.) Mr lsitt said the 'r member for Selwyn must ho the exception '• that proved the rule. Most of the drajwrs !'' of the country made an average net profit 1J of 6to 12 per cent, on their turnover. The Imoral was that big drapery firms were ■
not such fit subjects for taxation as big <i- landowners. I
FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE BANKS. !In his speech on the Budget this after- (
~ noon, Sir William Steward said that the ,i. Budget proposal in regard to farmers' co- ,g operative banks was very similar to one :o which had been advanced years ago by '■ thu late Mr Kirkbridc, who was a mem- ,r her of the Opposition parly.;; LONG-DISTANCE "FARES. ,Jr Sir William Steward does not agree that ik long-distance railway fares should be re- ie ducod. He says the £60,000 of revenue<• thus conceded would be better applied in■' reducing fares over short distances and :" in such a way a-s to enable settlers to'? travel cheaply to and from their markets.]n Any margin still available might he usedi. in providing loading yards and sidings,il which were ne.oded by settlers in many.•• ])laec.i. Freight rates also might be re-lf dueed on certain classes of produce. As ' number of anomalous charges which im-': |i()sed a handicap on fruit-growers should"* be reduced.
ZINGARI-RICHMOND FOOT-BALL CLUB.
30 *
i» Tl'.s nur.iunl smoke coi:o(rt- and soobl'■ i-fitlrriiif of tlie iiinfaii-R:f.lmrci:<l Kcot-■n {all Kub uus held in the. O:ldfe lows' Hall,in SttH.rt ffcrcert, Inst eveiuing. Ti.en> \ras a»• very full attendance of mratlKirs, und them i&.ir was occupied by Mr H. C. Proctor.['• The Ohaiima,!!, in' a few l-.ricf opening"■ tC'iiirb\ oxtcided, on h'.'ha'f of tJie Zin-ii- rjiri-Uichmoijd (.'Nib. a hourly welcome, to!■■> ali present, including friends fnmi otherd. clubs. They said tb.y bsd wtiwiNicrd a111 ve.rj- Micxx-.sful s:a.?:ji. Tic V'v fit Grade-'I team eair.e out second in the competitiony ,fo: I l l> l.ii.n.-:OT, 11/; fewrd Gade train!'') or.iT>'"d tWr.l portion in the IM. and j°- tin' Iv.ird Orade team had topped tjioir
.-.)n; e'.it.rn. Tho juaor learns had notbei :i sue.*?- 5!!!!.
In projKeing tlm !«ast of t:'uo 0.R.F.U..t . Mr H. Abbott- said that in Jiis opinion the'-. union did twl tultt, suflicient intoreet in:!l1 tho junior Iwms. yr'tikh. \\? thought, pro-ll<? vxied better rxh:!.iit-:ori- cf tlio enmo than i. tho <.-.nir;r playes. a--'l s!-oiiH be wi- \»' .•ouvaucd. Fe <ci\M tl» iujiio of Mr .1.r -OiTo:in w:t.!i tS- tojit-t.
,In iTo'yi- t, Mr l)i:-rr.in sr'd tint tJioiwh
'st .<r- ().R.l'.Lr . VT-. r-'i-.sx ,.?' dby (.".m.. t<., .'.::' r.T'li- ,- a lurd brly, rvi'-v n. •■••b->r trirxl :
ti do h'l- !>■:'!, n.-d. iirlTi'i.h'tnnd'm;, thilo
?!;■*■ ■•■"-•'.rlin-.-s liil in t>cir duty |it waA n'wo.vs t.''<v.r r \y\ -a-»>ti,r t:: fair. !
jn TT-.<> toast if "The ZipTir'-RirJinmml:10 flub" w-,v! prop-fwl lr\- Mr G. NV-lr.-fl, who~„ :n.'liil7o:l in mnifl Ho paid I'(,', h> lho(ii?ht th<vr mnmb-rs should t-nin <,1-,. .m-"n\ Tt wns ro uso poim; nn tho finld E_H n'.V-s l.'vj Wrole 15 properly tr.ii.v:!. j,',| ! Ho mvnt'Mtf] th.-> team on tlio,,„', i r^^-'f- , il nHairftfl. 'P'.ip tc.is*. was re-lt]i spnpd-d to !r; Mr .1. P.nir.-n.v.<>i', OtT.fr toast/: Wr>'i"-d d'Vr." over-of .inf tt^,,,:—"Th" .-V-'^'it.'-'On."o,i "1 rhc TM-d Rrade Tmni " "Old Tmiiots."n<l "The Oliib Cosrh." aH "The V-'Ritnrs."in- A I'rrrt'iy mvl very rnjnjnblp pto-
a [rra.mino nf fnn.T« \«« tJien Pih.iiit.ted,to .if-ms ronderod bv t'm fo'l-wi.n^:—on .Mew* .1. A. AHni,'. .'. C-tv. ,\.
I-.-. T/w. T. P(a~>-> ft'vrn-iri'n. .' Evre.at- Il', rirkin. "lid P. \ViV :'inif«. Mr lluggittHm- mode nn cflicLcal noroiiiiwiiitt.
WANTED A LAND FOLICY."
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A GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERSPEAKS HIS MINI).
(Fhom Ouk Own Cotinr.si'QNDr.NT.)
WELLINGTON, September 19.In his speech on the ISmlget to-day Sir
Win. Steward expressed regret that theBudget did not contain a land policy.It could not reasonably have been ex-pected that a Land Hill should have beenintroduced this session, but he ihoughtlliat the Budget might have contained a |Jear statement :ls to the land policy ofthe Government. What was a candidatelo say if he wore asked on the platformivhat the policy of the Government wnsin regard to the land ? " 1 don't think,"said Sir Win. Steward, " that he wouldbe able to say, 1 woidd like them tocome down with a clear-cut, definitepolicy. I should like them to say, 'Nomore Crown lands shall be sold in NewZealand.'" lie continued that lie wnsat one time inclined to agree to thealienation or land held under the 999years' lease. For any unearned incrementin theso lands that had over belonged totlio people had disappeared. He hadfinally come to the conclusion that theselands should bo retained so long as theyremained under their present tenure.They were safeguarded against reaggre-gati'un. The Government had announcedthat in threo years' time the graduatedtax on estate valued at £100,000 ormore would bo increased.
Mr l'oole : It is not nearly enough.Sir Win. Steward said that if lie had
his way he would make the graduated taxa real "thing, and not a sham. He wouldbring it down to estates of £25,000, orless. A disruptive tax should lie takenon the lines he had suggested. Therewould be plenty of freehold, and tliosooner the land was broken up by meanßof tho graduated tax, the better it wouldbe for the Dominion of New Zealand. Asto the Land for Settlements Act, ho con-fessed to an uneasy feeling tluit the Go-vernment was dropping this act and re-lying altogether upon the Land Settle-ment Financo Act.
Mr Poole: Prices are prohibitive.Sir Wm. Steward said that under the
Land Settlement Finance Act 18 associa-tions had been formed, having a member-ship of 107 people. The land taken upwas valued at £59,277.
The Hon. D. Buddo: That is all high-class land.
Sir Wm. Steward sa.id that the landsettled under the Land for SettlementsAct. last year had an area of 14,599 acres,
and was purchased for £158.796. Mostof this had been taken delivery of andsatisfactorily settled. He agreed that itwas not wise to buy land at high prices,but he did say that the Government hailhad fair and reasonable offers, which hadnot bwn accepted, and should have been.The trouble was the same as it was inall Government dealings. It could notdeal as promptly as a private individual.In that part of the country from whichhe came there was any amount of landavailable. Hundreds and thousands ofpeople were ready and willing to take itup. The Government must find the land,and the way to do it was to break upthe large estates. Personally he woulddo away with the ordinary land tax alto-gether. The income tax also should belevied upon a sliding scale, and incomederived by personal exertion should notbe taxed more than one-half ns heavilyas income otherwise derived. Seme effortshould also be made to adjust the Customstaxation so as to equalise the burdenbearing on different members of the com-munity, or at all events to reduce tho dis-parity. The Assessment Hill would pro-bably be withdrawn, otherwise he wouldhave endeavoured to get such a provisionas he had indicated inserted.
A SPEECH BY MR ISITT.CONDEMNS THE OPPOSITION AND
SUPPORTS THE GOVERNMENT.(FnoM Oun Own C'onnE?roNDENT.)
WELLINGTON, September 19.Mr Isitt spoke in the Budget debate
to-night. He comnienccd liis remarks bystating tliui during the three weeks hehad been in the House he had licard tiieGovernment attacked in no measuredterms for their rashness in spendingmoney. The Opposition had chargedthem • with being rash to a degree, amireckless in their expenditure, and vetduring this debute there hud been scarcelyone member of the Opposition who hadnot reproached them for not spendingmoney in this direction or that. Howcould' the Government meet these de-mands and esea.no criticisms? He hadheard since he became a member of theHouse a great deal of insinuation andinnuendo, and many vague charges ofbribery, corruption, and political graftagainst those who were in power. He be-lieved mist of the Opposition did notrealise how seriously such remarks weretaken in the country. People outside theHouse thought- such language referred tohuge monetary bribes and most repre-hensible pract-icoK on the pari of .Ministersto maintain their positions. There wasnot a shadow of truth in rnich an alle-gation. nor an iota ot evidence for it. Hebelieved the Administration was pureandfree from corruption and bribery, malad-ministration,,and political graft. If suchthings did exist why were they not ex-posed ? Why wa« not definite evidencesubmitted. A few months ago the PrimeMinister offered the Leader of the Oppo-sition and some of his friends some Coro-nation triflo. They said, "No thankyou." They said it with great dignity,and titty went uu knots in public estima-tion. but why did thev not now blareand bellow and shed (lands of tears.—(L-uighter.) Why did thev not ex-pose the great wrongs they hintedat instead of trying to force suchchildish charges home? There hadbeen only this constant innuendo. Howanted to put a proposition to the Oppo-sition quarter, the member for Bruce, themember for Wellington Central, and thoothers. Wily had they during these weeksloaded their guiie to the muzzle to shootmosquitoes if there were elephantsabout?—(Laughter.) The measure of the Go-vernment's corruption, maladministration,and the Government's bribery was inexact proportion to the feebleness, theineptitude, and the political ineptitude ofthe Opposition.—(Laughter.) Von couldnot get away irom that if lhe.se thingsexisted. Wliy did the Opposition not ex-pose them? If they had nothing behindtheir constant cry of insinuation andabuse but these'vague suggestions, wouldit not he better for them to maintaintheir peace and assist in pushing on thebusiness of the country, instead of tryingto shake the confidence of the electoratesin their political allegiance? "1 knowjust why you hitch the Opposition wag-gon to the terminological inexactitude,"he said. "It is because your Oppositionwaggonis absolutelyempty."—(Op<*:isit ionlaughter and cries of "No.") liecharged the member for Marsden withhaving stated that the Opposition werenow taking up the policy of the advancedparty, siieli as single tax and Kreetrade.—(Mr Marnier: "No."I Mr Isitt said MrMander had slated that the Opoositionwere the true followers of Cobden,liright, and Gladstone.—(An Hon. Mem-ber : "There is no single tax there.") Mrlsilt : I say Cobden was a single taxer.Helerring again to the Opposition, lie said
I they had been for 20 long years in the! wilderness, and (axing their brains andI racking their very souls for some policy: to give them a chance of reaching the
coveted goal. Th:»y had condemned that: poor opponent of his down in Christ-
church to try to swim to the top,of thr' poll oil a platform so meagre that it! would not support a sack grasshopper.—
' (Laughter.) Their platform had bfen, absolute, piffle, and all they had to say
1 was "Turn these men out and put us in.and see what we will do." Mr Isitt or
! nr liming his seat wa.s Iwidlv applaudedI |,v ihe Government supporters.I ' .
THE EAST COAST RAILWAY
WORK TO PROCK.KI) ON THESOUTHERN SECTION.
THE I'RIMK MINISTER AND THEDOMINION.
(From Otm Own Coiihespondext.)WELLINGTON, September 19.
A deputation from the East CoastRail-way Lengnns and several chambers ofcommerce wailed upon tlio Prime Miu-
| istiT today to urge the prosecution of tliefoist Coast railway ;it the Napier andGisborne ends of the eoiithern section.They siiggcstwl that £80,000 should beplaced on the Estimates for that sectionof the work.
Sir .hvsi'pli Ward, in His reply, madean attack on the Dominion newspaper inreference to a leading article publishedin this morning's issue regarding theSydney Morning Herald's criticism of theNew Zealand iiudgot. which criticism theDominion endeavoured to show was basedmoon inaccurate information. Sir JosephWard said he thought he liad made itquite clear Inst year that the Governmentintended to commence the railway fromthe Napier end thai year, and he did notquite know what the depul-ation wasabout. The Government always kept its
• promises in matters of this kind. Hwasgratifying to know that the railway wasso much desired. If they looked it! the.view.-; expressed by the Opposition organpublished in Wellington that morning,they might come to the conclusion thatthe" Government slumld hesitnte aboutmaking any railways at all. Statementswere for ever being made in the moatdamaging way, and with the intention ofdamaging the Government and the coun-try. The aim apparently was to preventthe Government, going on with publicworks at all. For instance, when the Go-vernment undertook the completion of theNorth Island .Main Trunk railway he pro-vided, as Treasurer, an amount that hadnever been provided before—iiiunely,£■100,000 a year. Now they had an ideacreated for political purposes that thecountry was going to the dogs. State-ments wore published deliberately withthe idea of destroying the financial sta-bility of the country, and so enablinganother party to come into power. Theyhad the same thing from Opposition mem-bers practically every wpek of tho ses-sion, and at practically every sitting dayin Parliament. Meantime the Govern-ment was exerting itself to provide worksthat were reproductive and imposed noburden on the taxpayers. It was regret-liiblfi that such statements as he hadalluded to should be published in a re-
. sponsible paner, which wan supposed tobe voicing the views of tho Oppieilimi inthis country. The paper was circulatedbroadcast. To his own knowledge it wasdistributed in financial circles in f/ondon.The (Jovernmcnl was subjected from timeto time to the vilest abuse and most con-temptible taetire in connection with publicundertakings that it was carrying on.To his mind it was about time that thopublic knew of the methods that werebeing adopted by the political opponentsof the Government lie could find no-thing in any other country of the worldlo approach it. These Jonahs who werecrying "stinking fifih" damaged the(•wintry and all who inhabited it. TheGcveri'imont would pursue its policy inface of this opposition apinet providingthe people with facilities. It wouldprovide the railway for which the depu-tation ha<l asked. Tn this country peoplenot only required public works, but insome rases it was a matter ot life aimdeath to them to have works carried out,yet this wretched system went on of prac-tically undermining the country for poli-tical 'purposes. The Government intendedto provide the public works necessary forthis country, and to carry them on vigo-rously, but'he thought that it was abouttime'that some of tlie people behind thosowho expressed the views to which he hadreferred should recognise tho damage thatwas being doi'c to New Zealand. He wasnot going to uiscuss the question of thetwo islands. The Government wouldcontinue to <lo what was fair to bothislands. They could not respond to any-thing like the total demand that wasbeing made upon this country. He wouldundertake to say that between railways,public works, raids, and bridges, theCabinet had applications for 12 millionsof money before* it to discriminate be-tween, and probably it had two andii-dtiarter millions of money to do thevhulc thing with. The applications inI hand probably represented a good dealmore than 12 millions. The Governmentwas placed every year in the position ofhaving to limit'the amount of expendi-tiire for public works. It carried outworks without taxpayers having to bearincreased burdens, yet, reading commentsmade in this country, people outside thecountry would come to the conclusionthat
' we we're going to the dogs. As a matterof fact New Zealand was in n stronger
[ position financially than any of the Aus-! tralian States, and if theyc railways and
1 roads were, not wanted, representations' would not be eo persistently made by
[ people in different portions of New Zea--1 land. He repeated that the attempts of' the Opposition had damaged New Zc.v
[ land, though intended to damage the' members of tho Government. The aullio--1 ration for this railway had been passed,
and it would be gone on with. This was' not going to interfere with the work from
the Gisborne end. He recognised tlialthere were two portions of the country to
! be opened up and developed. The workwould be pushed on from year to year ae
'. rapidly as funds would permit. The Go-' vernm'ont did not object to the criticism' of'tho Opposition, or to being written
i against, but lie did object lo the methods' that were being adopted. The fact was
ignored that works were cairied out with-i (nit involving additional taxation. Re-
cognising what- was going on, lie had foil1 it his duty to make thie .statement.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.3s (Pen United Press Association.)t WELLINGTON, September 19.
• Five houses at llataitai were destroyed■ by fire to-night. Two were unoccupied,• aiid tin! others were occupied by Patrick" O'Kane, .1. Godfrey, and Gilbert Hall.e Three of the houses were owned by Birdf Bros. A hurricane was blowing at the' time of the fire, which originated in8 o'Kane's house. 'Hie whole of the five" houses were burnt to the ground. The in-' surances were not available to-night.■ ■ ■
PERSONAL.
s Sir Jo.-.huii Willinms attained his seventy-!. fourtJi birthday y.>--loixl.iy
An Auckland toleirriun advwes that Mrii .1. A. Qiiinn. solirii'jr, <linl sumowlwi sud-
diHily yi».tcnlay inoriiiliu'. ll« had beon11 ..lilToriiig from'heart trouble,n Missn; HolK>rt Chisholir, .1. C. Thomson,
e ,1. C. ami W. 11. Smyth (of L;uvIi ivnco) were piis-eiigors lor t.ho north ye?
e tcnlay. wliiiber they have gono us dole[| I gat<n lo tho annual nieoi.ing of tho Xi-h
//■Aland Ktniiloynrs , Kinlwatioii. Mr (i.SimrMJn. wlki Wii.s noiiiinuUxl as a doler lr !i,4v of 'ho OtJigo I'liiiployoiN , Af«ciaiion.
11 wai pn>vcnted by lii.i btisinew (MigaKoin'-Mil;'• from going.
...
'■ Mr W. Dixon Ikls bci-n apimntod sii|wnn-r U'tidont of the Industrial s.alf of th<p. ('■■lcnial Mutual Life Assurance Society foid ■ (!Mpo.i,» 1 A l'almor.iion North telograni i-c|X)rls tin,| j death yifterdjy of Mr Gideon .1.-miiwoii~ ' a pioiu'vr in Uie Manuwatu district, in li.;:• i i-iiHily-eighth year. 110 arrival in tlio dis, i tricl'in 1877 from Shetland, and rniiln! '. u Aawa|)iiui till :J«: tiim? of liis donth.'• : By tlio <Uith of Mrs M. S. B:meh'i|i< 1 on M tiy night I'ori Chalmivs lest cmit of its oldo.M and mwl highly respected rrei- : il'inta. Born nt LinlitliKow. Sr'oilJaiid, ii■n I 1C43, Mrs RvirJiop ;LiTivc<l at Port Cha!v j ir.or.H by t-V.o s-hip .Inra in 1661. and ?i:
\ i yoar.: laVr fhe was married lo Mr Ilalio.h.iiIT J I (whom sho 3in'iv«l for (wcrrl years). Mr] liauchnp was 0110 of tho fir=t momnors o
th-, Pnrt. C'halmpM Presbyterian Clmr.-.!in:nl took a verj- .wtivo intwpi.t in clnrclwork to thf! lii't. Sho was a lady of n-idi
I views, ;vrd lior lovo of literature roßiilkvin iv ringularly wcll-infr.med mind and i
t? high sonso of duh, to her follows. Mr; s iiaiichop is survived by: Mr Robert Ban|( rhnp. or Port. OhaJmAts; Colonel Arthn'' ltanrhnp. 0.M.5., who a at pro-vml a"' Staff Oollepo, Onmlorlpy; Mr D. K. ]V\nllr nho)), who is n studcsii at fnntoibury f>l-'i- 1e,,;!,, fJliriftfhiiTfh; nnd Ijirrpc.'anpliloni, l»iit. I of whom lire rwideiit in Tiiiglund and mif>- I in Porl ( !li.alini'r». Tho liUo Dr Batichoi
' wns tlie oldest son,
THE WEATHER.* ,
A WINTRY SNAP. jIVxral woiit-hcr vonditkHis Ikivo been, ex-■
ccodingly. wintry miico Sunday, cold winds !from lim fouth-wvsl. with intermittent ifihowf-rs of rain and hail prevailing. Yes-t-orcl-ay morning tiho hills surroundting thocity lx<ro a slight oovpring of snow. I-flstvveiljxsf tlnvo woro no widicatiuce of areturn of lino w-tMllior.
lIKAVY FLOODS IN NELSON.DA-MAGE TO ROADS AND BRIDGES.
li'xs Unitid Pmss Association.)
NELSON, i-cpUMiibor 19.,Twee (k)s' oi!iuio:t ooowiuouii heavy raincaused lKxxicd riicrs, an«i some uVuugtimis done u> ]>ortions iin tire low lyin-g dis-tricts In j\\j.m>ii uho sliO3tii w_ro jjuiii-dated for a tin.o, ajid tome irauiliolcs inthe- drainaigu works wore buist. 'i'no riverJim also dono same daimu£i< to Uio rccontwork of tho lkxuitifying Society at Col-Ijnguoad. At iitoiy l'omt tbo red lisrlitbcacoir was carried iwvay. Tho Nelson 4.30tram ynstordiy h.is unable to proceedsuitcy beyond Tapawcu, owing to waili-o»Ls on tilio lint>. lWcngo:s booked forfurther stations woro found i'jdgings forthe night. It \v~js im>>rc-hab!o that iJiitiuncrnkfr's train woidd gci tejvmd Tuixi-»m The Wairoa mid Wnii'.i Uivers areovrir thoir Imiiks, and coimmin-xatjon bo-tiwvpn Brkflvt'.vntor oi:<l Wuiiiini West iscut oil" temporarily. At \Yakeficld Ihwois 3ft of water, a.rj:l Burns's bre-we-ry andUio twwfia oourt wore, swamped. Tho ap-iprrachn; to Pretty Uriels were undermined,and ooinnniniaiition with Belfrrove nud tJ>oilliiiu raid k Iwing ail off. Tlo coaohfrom No!«m la Bleirlseiin had to turn Iwck■at -'IViuinarina owing to flood-. Tlie rainIms now ceased, hut n cold snap lias set fa,■with snow on tho hills.
At MotiK&a Iho flood is withm Sin ofHi<> " o!d mail flood "of 34 yeare ai?o. Thowater through the \Vhabmva pro-Icctivc works, and pjured into Uio (mvii.»ing 6»it dooi> in High tlnxb. Jlairyliouscfi in H:o low-lyin? part-s were hiuii-(luted. Tho ffcod rraohed" its height at 4a.m. t«-(!(iy, Ixttt- a Ikv.a-j- fall o( snow ontho ranges mwl t.ho .«itu<ition. 'Hie oropasustair.ril damage, atv.l sheep woredrowned. At Ngatinutc the pier of thepew Hippwisioik bridge was tlirown out ofits porpemfcnilar. and at Ixiwor Moutwot.lio approach to the new bridge was washednnvay. The Nelson ocxioli is being got overbv takiiig out tho horra.
WELLINGTON. September 19.A owJonic po.ijtrp pofscd ca.stwaid hist
evening. ,im{ a cold atxl Ixiistcroiw southorlyfollowed, with hrsivy rain in many placesand snow on the hish country. TheMjiilliprly (lint mmlo last, night full of noisohad at miifday iliod down romewhat, butthere is a big fca irnning in the hiirlwiirand poiiiiding at I ho foiithorn satcs. Hiiin,t'H>. lias <lesi<tcil. ami noon, so far as Wel-lington is concerned, saw conditions cloud;and cold, but fine.
TIMARfJ, Sorrlembcr 19.A cold fKMithtrly gale onntanuee. Tlicro
worn oniy ;i few skiwers to-day, but it i>raininic r-jain to-nwHst, Heavy pro is ontho coast. Fairlie reports that the snowdis-ippc-iicd from tho Half, but remains ontho hills.
.SHIPPING DELAYED.(Per Unitkd Pjiess Association.)
WELLINGTON, September 19.A strong southerly gale continued at
11.30 to-night. The .Mokoia, which leftat 8 p.m. for the south, had only gotabout eight miles from (he Heads. Theliulralema and the Tarawcra, which leftNapier on Monday afternoon for Welling-ton, have not put in an appearance.
RAIN AND SNOW Df MARLBOROUGH.BLEMIKIM, Sk-ptombOT 19.
Yesterday's lieavy r.iins were sucwxledby a hcaN'j' fall of finow la.st night in theUiek oouaitrj", tJiiK hflp.'iig to avert a flood.TJio taml round about is iijun-dtilicd by ffoo<l waioi-s from tho Wainiulilivcr, und tho coach to Netam h;ul toreturn to BJer.'lMin tliifi morning, as tliewater was tco dcop to jjet through. TheOinaka oi«l Taylor llivws are not llooded.
BOISTIiROUS WEATHER IN CANTER-IiUItY.
LOSS OF LAiIBS FEARED.
THE .MARAROA IN A GALE.
OIIRISTCIHJROII, September 19.A boisterous touoli mu iuldod to tJio
weather to-day. TJio rain, on Sunduy andHut of llonAiy w,w a cojnjxira(jvi'ly wa-rin
one, but to-day the wind whl> from tho«om.li-mst, ami tlioro «tis a ixM:citralin,i'oil ill in the atmosphere; Monday afternoonwas not lix> but it was rcservwlfor to-da.y to hrins llic storm to its cul-minating point. • The cold at times ivas in-tense, and tho wind brought along Jieavydn-wnpours of lain, a''tori.latii:g w.Ui sleet.In the middfe of ilio day there soeiwd tolx> a proepcc-l of an improvcniwit, but anti-oijiatioirs were disap|>ointcdi tlve afternoon'boing. if anythiiiß, more stormy than theinorninfr.
It is now jjenoM'lly hoiwl that the.rowill soon bo a return to c!«ir skies. InCanterbury the grcund h-as burn thoroujrhlyRoakcd, and fine, \rarm weatfcw would givelihe gruss and oroi« a. splondid start. Tliorois soino approhoiTsion about Lwiibing,rsproiaUv in t'ho txu-k crMtntrj'. bat it is notexpected that the loss will k< extra-onlinarih- ticnvy. If Mi.? rain is fotlowcxlby lieavy frosts crclwixlist.s will probablysuffer, as many fruit ln:w arc just now inthe full beauty of blofram.
The wrttther lit. Lyltiilton last ni(?ht wasvery wihl iuid l-oieterous. A hard Rxitherlywas blowing, with freoucnt fierce squallsof rain and sleet, and tJici-u was a heavy,choppy sea ninnimr in tho harbour. Thewcntlier was bitterly cold, ami tl;cro wa-sa lieavy fall of snow on Mount Herbertand other ixvilw on Ranks' Peninsula. Thorain will do an imnmnso amount cf poodon tho Peninsula ami roimd Lyttolton Har-bour, wiicre the liiil s!o|>es had become veryparched und the grass wus being burnt,but the cold will probably cause mortnlityanion!, , ••1,0 yoimtf lamlis.
It wns a wild niirlit aloiip the coast, 'llicba.nl soiitborlv fralo b.nl raised a sra.and the weather was thick and dirty, with6(|>ialls of rain and sleet. Only one pt«inie.r,tho Miiraroa, w.m dit<> from (Jin north. :ukl(■lv> iw<l a very rougli oa.-Ki;je. I/oavingWollinßton at 8 o'clock last night, she raninto the pule iiiini'.'dialsly aftor clearing tJiftHeads. The Mararoa enroiiiiered liiph cmsand had a very dirty across CVxikStrait and down to Ivnikoitra.. Tho stretchof 88 milcfi from Wollinuton to Kaikouraoccupied 12 hours' stccuninir ngainst thogalo and ft». The passed Kni-koura lVnLisiilji at 8.15 a.m. today, andreaolii'd LyttMton lato tins afternoon, aft.vran exceptionally \ku\ pnfKaje. The Rale-,which has bi'on c.no of the worst experi-enced this year, sliowc<l of moderat-ing this afternoon.
REPORTS FROM OTHER CENTRES.OAMAItU, 19.
After tho Iwavy rain the weather ishiUorly wl<l ln<lay. Sleet and slight, snowslKiwors have fallen on tlio lower levels.
(From Odr Own ConncsrosDENTs.)GERALDINE.'Sisptcmlx-r 18.
Tho rainfall hero Tor 24 houtsended 9 a. in. on September 18 was 53|x)inta, Tlicro was a N.W. wind and raindiiriiip tho afternoon of the 17th, clinnßinpto S.W. at night. The wraJ.hor continuescold.
UrNTROON, Pi>pt<Mii!)er 19.'Ilio rainfall at. Duntrcon for I.lm> 24 hours
ended 18 ;um. on thn 18th inet. wn.? 25 poinfc.and for the 24 hour.-; o:ul«l G 0.:.i. to-day62 points.
OTEKAIKE. Peptoint. r 18.Tlx» raiirfall rvjfisturi'd for tho 24 hours
ended 9 ;uin. on the IStli wils U |»inl-s.'liien) wiir, col<l rain ln-t night, and snowis lying very low down on tJu> hills. Thew«at]u>r on Mciidav was dull and drizzling.
TOTARA ESTATE. S»|>temlx?r 19.Tho rainfall iv-ristcrod hor.> for 24 hour
Vci-v heavy win. with ivild S.W. wind. splin last, night, and this morning snow lie;very low down on tho Kakanui Mountain,:,Tho wc.it hf>" is still slimvury.
MIDDLEMARCII. 'Sk>pl«mbpr 19.Yeftorday aftprnoo'.i cold Hiownrs b'olc(
over tho plain, and on th" sunimnding hill-snow fell. During the 21 hours up to £u'clook thk morning 25 pointe of rain wen:icirist<'rc<l.
RAXKL'RLY, .«eptomlx-r 19.Tlk> rainfall for Uio 24 lic.iirs ond<\l 9 a.in
to-day wii.s 20 |>oiiitF. Tin, wwlher is nowvery 'cold, with a fresh fall of snow on iJkmountains.
TAPANUt. RoptombcT 19.Tim'rainfall KvH.<-t'Mwl hoiv for 24 hour;
(inde<l 9 a.yn. on Tueaiay, 19tli fcptomlier,\\M 79 iviijils.
ALEXANDRA, fcptambor 19.a Quito a change- canw over tho wcnthoirs yoetordny. whott a cold southerly windii- accompanied by rain shrtwors. set in. Thi. lur mominp tho hills aro rrtxr\t^<,u, with a lliioi; o-xiting of snow, nnd them i<.ii- no sign of it clearing. To-day is very coldI and it appears lo by snowing on tho moiinu> tinns.ii... IMTX'LI'TIIA. 19.>;> A wry aild si'iip set. in on iS.ihirday, oni
»as oontitiuod iluoo. Yoeicrday inorninf
! thnro wns a thin coating of snow on thoj hill?, and throughout, tho day tho.ro woro
I iniertnittwit showers of rain, hail, and! sloel. 'Hie ool<l wciithcr will bo snvitre on! tho young lainlw, and for that reason a fall
j of snow, which appears imminent, wouldi not lx) eo welcomo as a month ago.
GORE, September 19.Tho rainfall hero for 24 hours
endrd tho 13th was 4 |xjints. Tlioro hasbot'ii a slight fall of showers of snowcontinuing, with bright sunshine in between.Tho weather is clearing up. Tho meajitoniperuturo for 24 hours was 38dcg.
WAIMAHAk'A, ifcptriiiljor 19.Rough weather wns i>x[x;rionecd to<lay,
and 55 |x>ints of rain fell.DIPTON. 18.
Tho rainfall lioro for 24 hourselided 9.30 a.m. on Monday, 18th inst.,was 14 points.
WOODLANDS, Foptembor 19.Tho rainfall registered hero for 24 liours
ended 7 a.m. on tlie 19th was 25 points. Avery cold «)iit!i wind prevails to-day. Atotal of 115 points of roin has fallen hereduring l.lio Inst nine days.
HUSHEY PAHK. Septomlwr 19.Tho rainfall icgistoroj here for 24 hours
ended 9 a.m. on the 19th was 53 |Kiints.Heavy showers during tJic day woro fol-lowed by a wild nicht. At 7.30 a.m. to-daythe ground was. vthUc with hail, and halfan hour later snow was falling fnr tho firstlimo this vcar.
' KYEHURN, fepkmber 19.Yosteirlay was very cold and raw, with
showers at intorv.jK. but steady 'rain setin toward? ovenin,:, turning to snow, whichlasted pretty woll all night. At time ofwriting (7 a.m. Tiwsdav! it is very cold andstormy, and tl» hills reive a good coat ofsnow on them.
THE GENERAL ELECTION.(Peh Unitkd Press Association'.)
OAMARU, September 19.Mr George Livingstone, a member of
the Otaf;o Land Board, announces his can-didature for Wait.iki scat as a Govern-ment supporter.
(From Oon Own Corhespondent.)
OAMARU, Soptcmber 19.It was staled to-day on fairly reliable
authority that tho commissioners had de-cided to'nlter the boundary of the Oamaruelectorate by extending it a few miles tothe north aiid taking off a portion cf thefar south. The Hon. T. V. Duncan, aftervisiting Palmerston, met his local sup-porters to-day, but deferred making anyannouncement, as his intentions until afterhis return to Wellington. Ho goes northto-morrow. It is thought probable, thathe will again stand for Oamaru.
Tin Riiller Miner undorstamb that. MrR. Semple will Iy> a candidate for Bullcr.
Mr 11. D. Bedford propofcs to deal, inhis lecture at the (iarr.son Hall to-momnvnisht. with "tho ultimate (!c,velo<-iinent ofthe |iersonal r<«ourc«3 o( the i<V)p!o and thoultimate development of the natural re-souroci; of tho country."
Our Alexandra correspondent tokftraphsas follows:- "Politics am now engagingat-tention local!;, and a movement is on footto petition tho Hon. T. Mackenzie to stilldfor OUgo Central in t.lvo event of Tnierinot restored. In ull probability amectimt will Ik, held .hero lo consider thniv:lvisability of imkimr Hu> co-o)>oration ofoilier parts of tlio electorate in the requestto Mr Mnckonzie. It is reported here that
, cAfo'T parts ot tho ploctorato havo alreadyBtarted a movement in that direction."
DOMINION DAY.ARRANGEMENTS IN WELLINGTON.
(Psn Usvrrn I'nssß Aiwrcvnos.lWELLINGTON, September 19.
Arrangements in connection with thecelebration in Wellington of DominionDay (next Monday) are officially an-nounced. At 11 a.m. the public schoolchildren will assemble at their variousschools and salute the flag, after whichthey will be dismissed for the remainderof tho day. A great demonstration willbo made in the afternoon at NewtownPark by Senior and Junior Cadets, whoaro expected to assemble about 15C0strong. Tho Governor and Primo Minis-ter will be present. In tho evening acitizens' reception and concert will boheld in tho Town Hall. Tho Mayor isto preside, and the Governor and PrimeMinister aro to give addressee.
BOILERMAKERS AND SHIP-BUILDERS' DISPUTE.
I a; (Per United Phess Association'.)• WELLINGTON, September 19.
Tho award of the Arbitration Court in) .the boilermakers and iron shipbuilders'• dispute has been filed. So far as it relates• to the ironmasters, it is based on the re-' commendation of the Conciliation Council,
which the mnfitere agreed to accept. The• hours are fixed at 48 per week, and wages
at Is 4Jid nsr hour for first-ciass boiler-, makers and Is 3d for second-class. Thej Kamc wagefl are paid by the Union Com-
pany. Mr M'Ciillough' does not concurt with it and the special provisions relat-• ing to the exemption of the. Union Com--1 pany. There, are also exemptions forY biiil'ders a.nd other employers who are1 engaged in the iron industry, but who do
not come within the ecopc 'of the award.
WELLINGTON PUBLICWORKS.
\ WORKMEN NOW IDLE.
. (Pkb Uxitep Pniss Association.)
y WELLINGTON, September 19.The completion of the drainage andy water works at I'etone and the Welling-
ton suburban tiramaijo extensions lms0 thrown a considerable number of pickI, and shovel men nut of employment, Ihey. put their position beforp. tho Mayor (Mrj T. M. Wilford) this morning, pointingoutJ that genuine taeee <if hardship existed,
ii As the result of communications with theft Prime Minister and the Minister ofs Public Works, Mr Wilford hne been in-k formed that arrangements have beenh made for 50 men to be put on theStrut--11 ford-Oiifiiirue railway construction. So" far as lite city works are concerned tho|j Mayor, with the council's co-operation,'~ will pu.ih on with the WainuiomaUi main, duplication, the Bell slrcot reservoir, andi'. the Charlotte street tramways deviation.i- ____________
A WOMAN MISSING.(PEn UXITKD PBKS3 ASSOCIATION.)
*■ BLENHEIM, September 19.Mrs Septimtis Kyes, of Rai tails Ac-
commodation House, disappeared fromher home at 6 o'clock morning,and hue not since been seen. She had not
■s been in good health lately, and it is3 feared that she may have got into the" river. Search parties were out yesterday,K but found no trac« of her.
DECLINE AND FALLy THE FATE OF THE LIBERAL
PARTY.
i. (From Ot'R Own Correspondent.)w WELLINGTON, September 19.'r ° A note of warning was sounded bytho
"Father of the House" this afternoonrs {or tin- benefit of Sir Joseph Ward mid
liis party. Speaking in the debate on.1 tlio Budget, Sir William Steward (Wai-«. taki) said that tho liudyct, though good
in itself. did not ijo far enough. Very| shortly the Liberal party would have t«
Kubmi't clearly-defined proposals of re-form, or other people would tako overt-lio reins of control. Various electoralw reforms were urgently required, us werealso pablic works reform, carrying with
n. it a large measure of devolution, whichw | would transfer to large bodies in largo10 .•U'r.'Ls control of public works. The Housb
1 would then bo cleared of the roads andi bridges trouble, lie did not say thatall Government members would eomor ' buck, but he believed that their pro-gramme was siilliricntly popular to bring
nr thorn lx»ck with a majority that would(| enable them to hold the Government fori, another three years. Rut unless they in-xj troduced necessary reforms tho tidewouldis sweep over them, and there would be nnd, (Mid for the time being of the once greatn - Liberal'party.
THE IRON INDUSTRY.
DEPUTATION TO THE PlilMEMINISTER. <j
INCREASED TARIFF WANTED. [
(From Our Own Correspondent.) 'WELLINGTON, September 19. i
A deputation representing- practically (the whole iron industry of the Dominion |waited upon the Prime Minister to-night (to ask that, it should be given increased (lurid protection. The Hon. K. M'Kcnzie .was present, ,
.Mr D. M'Laren, M.P.. in introducing )the deputation, atatod that it included (representatives of both workers and em-ployers. The position of the iron in- ,dustry was regarded us serious. Shops |that years ago employed 300 hands were ,now employing only IZO, and foreign ;goods in great quantities were dumpedupon New Zealand wharves. An unfor- ,lunate feature was that boys were being <trained at technical schools and in engi- .nccring schools for whom no employmentwas to be found. ,
"
,Mr 1). G. Sullivan, president of the (
Canterbury Trades and Labour Council, •stated thai the Trades Councils' Federa- (tion and its affiliated unions were unani-mous in asking tha Government to im-pose a per ccnt. tariff on importedironwork. Ample evidence was available (to show that any amount of stuff wasbeing dumped into this country at a pricethat would scarcely cover the cost. of pro-duction. As showing how the. local in-dustry had fallen away, Mr Sullivan 'mentioned thai in 1901 Messrs Anderson, 'of Cliristchurch, paid £22,083, lastly ingeneral engineering work. In 1910 thesame firm paid £11,367 in wages, and 1practically half that amount was spentin tho production of gas and oil engines.During the period for which the presentGovernment had been in office ironwork 1to the value of about £1,000,000 per an-num had been imported. It was con-sidered that if the protective duty wereimposed the working of the factories up 1to Iho full measure of their capacitywould enable thorn to produce much morecheaply than at present.
Mr J. B. Laurenson (Christchnrch)stated that a list of articles which couldlie made in the Dominion had been pre-pared, ami it was upon these that a dutyof 33J per cent, was suggested. It wasnot proposed that the duty shonld applyto all imported machinery. Tho engineer-ing shops of tho Dominion were wellequipped, and tho drmp in engineeringwasnot to be explained by any absence ofefficiency. Mr Latirenson mentioned thatof 13 stundenls tiaincd at the School ofEngineering in Canterbury, only one wasin regular employment. One ho had him-self employed practically at labonrer'swages, and the others had gone to foreigncountries. This was a very serious posi-tion.
Messrs Sullivan and Young represented40,000 votes, which showed that great in-terr.st was taken in this matter.
Mr J. Voting raid that, he believed thatthose interested in the iron industrywould consent to the establishment of ahoard to control the tariff. The manwho bought the goods might thus bo pro-tected. Organised labour, which was50.000 strong, was wholly united in thismatter, and demanding protection so thatthe industry might not be annihilated.
M.r B. llobeKson (Wellington) de-clared that tho engineering industry ofNew Zealand was going to collapse unlessthe Government took it In hand and didsomething for it. Wo should keep ourown work for our own men. Alreadylocal firms werealmost restricted to smailrepair work. Last time he had addressedthe Prime Minister the latter had pro-mised to do something for the industry,and they desired that the promise shouldbe made good.
Mr 11. G. Ell, M.P., said he had nodoubt that all the members present werein favour of increasing the protection ofthe engineering industry, but tho troublewas that strong opposition would bo en-countered in the Houso from representa-tives of the farming interest.
Sir J. G. Ward, in repyling, said hofully recognised tho importance of thematter raised by the deputation, and thegreat value to different sections of thoDominion of the engineering industry.He | recognised the benefit, too, of keep-ing the industrial world its actively em-ployed as possible. In dealing with* tariffmatters in this country they had to recog-nise that conditions of a very materialdifference existed in different parts ofNew Zealand. Speaking frankly, hothought there was no hopo of getting thotarift adjusted that session. It was impos-sible to put through a single item andleuvo it at that. Tito moment one itemwa« adjusted every other it-em was opouto attack. Thousands of communicationseamc : n from all parts of the countrydemanding tariff cliangts, and it was amatter' ut extreme dilliculty to separatelegitimate demands from illegitimate. ]ftariff revision were attempted tills sessionit would keep Parliament occupied untilApril or May of next year. Eight or 10week* would havo to be spent upou thetariff alone. He hojxxl they would realisethat this was practically impotable. Hav-ing said this, lie wanted to 6tate that hewas quite prepared to assist this industryin any way in his power and to piotcot itin various directions. Tosuibly the prob-lem in hand was broader at tiie base thanthe members of tlio deputation realised,much as they were interested. It wasvery desirable that wo should have ourown raw material produced in our owncountry in order to compete successfullywith foreign products. tivon an adjust-ment of the tariff might not enable a localindustry to compete successfully with
1 tlio.se of countries nlicro tho rate of wageswas very much lower titan here. Itwould bo better to prouuee lccally the rawmaterial required for carrying on the
' great secondary industries of this couutry.lie proposed this session to make provision
! for the development of the iron industry.Ho hoped to have legislation put throughthissession which uculd Icava two courscsopen to tho Government. They liad inhand at that moment an offer to estab-lish the iron industry in this country. To
' do this half a million of money would borequired. The Government considered
1 that the term of years asked for waslonger than it was prepared to hand overan important industry of tho kind toanybody. Possibly as much as £600,000would he lequired More very long to dowhat was nccessary. The Governmentwould ask Parliament to leave a doublecourse open to it. It should havo thopower either to let the industry lie car-
• rieil out by private people for a limitedporiod of yejirs, .villi a provision for ulti-
, mate acquisition by tho Government or to, nationalise the industry ami provide its
i own works Tho Government was asked! to do all sorts of things tint could not
be put into operation in a month or intwo or throe months. He was favourableto nationalisation of tho ironworks, andhe was open to consider whether the Go-vernment could do it as the interests ofthe country required, w whether it couldbe done more quickly by tho Governmentstanding aside for 10 or 15 veal's and ac-quiring it at the end of that period.
Mr Voting: What about the Midlandrailway ?
The Prime Minister said that many) | people in New Zealand were complaining
i i of the increased indebtedness of tiie coun-l tty. Ho did not know which to attempt,
i Further loan operations, judging by tho- expressions used by some |>eople, sincerely
1 or otherwise, would kill a few of tl*m.■' Wluit the Government would ask Parlia-' limit to do was to give it power to take• I one or other of the course* ho had indi-r cated in a limited time. The industry, in
I conjunction with the great natural sourcesJ of wnlor-|HVA'er now in tho possession of
1 the Government, would place it in thei strongest position of any country in the3 world as a manufacturing country before
<* very long; A commission would lie set up' to "inquire into tho increasing ccst of liv-
l inrr in this country. He would be quito» prepared to have that commission inquire• into the causes of the troubles in connec--5 tion with the iron industry and other in-
-1 dustriis in this country in order that thef information might he laid het'oro l'arlia-' ment during next session. No doubt' dumping was ona cause of trouble, and
1 lie considered that it could bo overcomo1 by a tariff framed on ocicntific principle.
It was certainly undcsixablo that ladstrained in Jur technical schools and schools
t of engineering should lto compelled to goabroad. Tho question of retaininj aa
many as possible was worth inquiring into,but a number would always go abroad.Distant fields wero groen. Ho li.id staledupon tlie last occasion when an iron tradedeputation waited upon him that he wislit»ito know what it wanted.. Ho onlynmv luid this information in practicalform.
Mr Fisher expressed an apprehensiontliat while the doctors were diagnosing the .case the patient might die. In view ofIho critical state of the engineering in-dustry, he would suggest that the leadersof both jxurtias in the Houso might arrivoat an agreement on behalf of their rc-spectivo foJowinge to amend the tarifftliis Mwsion in reference to tliat industryonly. I
Tho Prime Minister said he would bevery glad to do anything in his power,but ho was quite certain that tho Housewould not consent to act as su«i>c6t«d bvMr Fisher.
The Hon. l<. M'Kenzie and Mr lill re-marked that the town v. country ques-tion wouicl be instantly raised if th"o tariffamendment suggested were attempted.
Mr M'Laren remarked that the Govern-ment was lending a considerable amountof money to local liodios in this country.These bodies wcro in tho habit of buyingengineering articles outeide the country,even when th* margin of difference wassmall.
Tlie Prime Minister replied that if theGovernment once started passing Lvwb ofa coercive character, we might say good-bye to our freedom.'Mr M'Laren «aid he had not suggested
coercion, but Lhero.was such a thing asinducement.
Mr Robertson said he could see thatthey were not going to get anything thatsession. The Prime .Minister was likolyto bo "hack again." When he came bock,would he be preprod to give thorn a re-vision of tho tariff? He wanted a straight-out answer to that.
Die Prime Minister said bo vras pre-pared to put a straight-out revision oftbo Uirifi un the table'of the Houeo next,session. " And," he added, "I am comingback all right."
The deputation thanked the PnmeMinister, and -withdrew.
SUPREME COURT SITTINGS.(Per United Press Association'.)
GREYMOUTH, September 19.A libel action, A. C. Russell (Mayor) v.
the Grey River Argus Co. (Ltd.) washeard at the Supreme Court to-day.Plaintiff claimed £1000 damages. Thcrowero four counts, and the jury returneda verdict in favour of defendant on twocounts, and for plaintiff with one shillingdamages in one count, and for £10damages in the other count, in the caseEllison v. the Dispatch Foundry, claimfor £1000 damages for the death of p>in-tiff's son by accident while cmployed\withthe defendant company, Mr Egan, on be-half of the plaintiff, agreed on £400damages. Judgment was entered for thaiamount accordingly.
SPORTING.RACING TRIBUNAL SITS AGAIN.
FOR THE SAKE OF COUNTRY CLUBS.
ffaou Ocr Okm Oo&assfOHbnn.)WELLINGTON, September 19.
The cDnwni£aon- appointed _ under thoGaming A«.t of lost sceioa will be recon-stituted and reconsider it« recommendationsrogtarduig, Uw nltocotioii: of lotoiisator per-mits. The Prime Minister stated this after-noon tiat fche chauvnoii-of tho commission,(Sir Gcargo Clifford) had replied to hiscanrauniicQi&Ri t3»t fiho numbers werewilling to a*embjo again* Tho nccesßaiyiirraugonwnte wero betng medo to enaUotihe connrrisaon to meet and iako evidence,on t-ho points to vrhkh h« rofwrcd vheaho Miggwsted tk'B ooiireo to tlio Houeo. SwJoscrfi Wa»d reiterated las promise that.\nhon fcha report of t}» oominiseion ww ro-ooived an cpportiwiity isotild bo given_ tot}» Fouso to consiypr fuHher the GanunyAmendment BUI promoted Mr Joinings.
ROAD RACE.
WARKAMBOOL TO MELBOURNE.Proaa Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.
MELBOURNE, September 19.The Ihanrfloape far tho Warnembool-Mol-
bournc Road Kaco inc3«dc the follonvitigNow Zt*laMd«Bß:-ScraUh, O'Shcu ond A..B. L. Smith; 2imin, Biroh; smin, S. T.WiTAune; Bmin, Huoun and B. Martin;lOniin, Forrj- undToior; lZnrin, DonoghuoMid Probblc; 16nrin. WafrfJo; 34min, BaJoh-mnn. TJioro aro 410 entries'. Acceptancesdose on the 30tJi Inet, and tlio race faicapheo on October 14.
SWIMMING.Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright.
LONDON, .September 19.(Received September 19, at 10.50 p.m.)
Hardwick won tho 220yds championshipat Sheffield in 2mb 25 l-ssca
I Tho following will represent the Homo. p'lijcrs against flio Cb.'wial p'.aycre at
tJio Gardens to aftornpon:—Williams,Olark, BaJ:w, Bouto-.tr, Miltoiv,Sajidoraon, Switft, Storer, CJurpboJl, Paiw-
' son:; emcrgwerjr, CttUhroH.This aifbcrnoDn' tho St. Androw Harriots
' .wiH, woollier p«!HMb(ing, hoA'e a day's out-' ii« at JlKajidnow's Bay ae guests of tho
1 c©mmit>:c. /
AMUSEMENTS.PRINCESS THEATRE.
| There was a very good attendance at thol'rinocss Thoatro last night, whoa the raw
' fojics of films was submitted for the1 second time. Thoro are nomo excellent
' dramatic studies, notably "Hie Feud "and' "Two Fathore." Probably tho most populars film on tho list is "The Leading Lady,"
a moro than usually arousing comedy.I Other good films are "In tho Load of tho
Fcllalis " (scenic), "Bill Gets His WashingDone" (oomic), and a very interesting in-
-1 stalment of tho Patho Gazctto. Tho pictures> wiH bo shown for tho last timo this oven--1 ing-> HAYWARD'S PICTURES.> Tho "star" attraction in tho programmoI being exhibited this week at tho Burns
i Hall is tlio lengthy film illustratingjcaacs• ut the funeral of tho lato Mr T. E. Taylor.
, In addition to boitvg a well-cxrouted pieoo) lof work, it lias tlio crcat advantage of
dealing with on ovont closo at hand and of' local interest. The programmo is strong' in dramatic pictures, several of which pro-' R.nt stirring Indian stories and talcs of
1 the American otvil war. Soiuo of the• couiio tilms aro very effoctivo and pksas-
I ingly original. An inslruotivo industrial■ film illustrates a /visit to tho Royal Porce-i lain Works l at Worcester. Tbo profframino,
j -which was much enjoyed last night, will[ bo presented again this evening.
THE KING'S THEATRE.Tho new programmo of vaudeville items
[ at tho King's Thoatro was keenly onjoyedby another largo audience last evening.
I From tho pretty opening cborus to tlio last' item tho entertainment goes w*h a lino
1 swing, and sparkles with witty pattor,t bright songs, and graceful danoos. Starr- and licflie a«) two particularly vorsaiulu
porfornwrs, whoso "turn" is vastly enter-i taining. The parody ot a weno from
" Unclo Tom'a Cabin" again .proved verydiverting, as also did thoannsing patter of
1 tlio Ilhodreburj*. Mr tWin Cameron s> tenor eolos continuo a souroo of delight,■ while tho clcver dancing and_ skipping of
• .Mabello is also much npprccatea Tho> other members of tho company and two
biograph films furnish the remainder of thoitems on tho bill, which will bo repeated
. tiiis evening." M\ORI HILL FOOTBALL CLUB'S
BAZAAR.1 The want of a eatisfactorv i<soroai£on areas in Maori Hill has been foit for some tiniof past, and tho lcca.l Football Club, with a3 v jcl v to raising funds for tlio further ini-o provernont cf "Tho Clear," is to hold aft bazaar to-night and to-morrow night in tbo) Council Cliantbors, Maori Hill. Tit) resi-
dents havo helped materially in ti» way ofsupplying coads for sale, and doublkeaparent*) and tho younger folk will aid in0 making tlio bazaar n sucocas. Tho olTort
' now bang mado by the chib should appeal" to jKvrentej as tho olrildron of tho borotigh■! us well as tlio Football Club, will havo tlio- use of t3io ground. It is intended, shouldt sufficient funds bo raised, to erect a pavi--1 lion on "Tho Clear."
8 OTAGO DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1911.
HAVF. YOU A PARCKI,.Vnu want dolivrrotl in town or out of itTlion brimr it t/> us. Wo iind'.'rtalcp ivdelivery, no matbtr whoro it is tn bo font.With ofiics and ngoncirs throughout, NovZealand and rr-li:il>lo acrmiU abroad, on[wiro! systftiii is iilxml as rnliuMe anil otlk'ifint m; it i* potsihln for it. to Ins To.st itYou'll find it us eoononiioal us it in anouralo.—N.Z. Kiprcw Co. (Ltd.).
|( | j— Tlic lii({lic«l (row have tho most
lf , noiiilod loavca.
3 "
Two thrones of solid silver, wnbfilliiW5 with tho most delicate and cunning work cf* Indian craftsmanship, aro to bo conatruoi<vl5 ai tho Caioutta Mint for tl» uso of trM) Kiftc and Queou at tho Delhi Durbtr.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.An ordinary iiioelinif of Ilio eoimiiilleo
of I lie Ditiicdin Clumber of Commercewas iicM yesterdaj afternoon, there beingpresent .Uiwrs (i. R. UiUhie (in the chair),J. Limlon, ];. MacPhor-oii, A. S. Putorson,ti.. \V. Uiteon, and Crosby Morris. Apolo-sics wore received from Messrs .1. A. Joint-stone nr.d .1. \V. Ronton.
A considerable amount, of correspond-<ncn was received from other chainbors andfrom members of Parliament, with referencefo Hi? Sale of Poisons Hill and the SeedsSale Control Hill, in boih CBses showingttiat the reprivsntations of tho chamberwore likely to result in amendments beingmade in those measures in (he direction*defiled.
A report wns received from Messrs Hen-ion and London willi reference to the de-clarntion forms required /or preferentialtariff pimicsos to tln> effect that the Minis-tor had decided that, either the Australianor the New Zealand form would be ac-cepted in New Zealand. This decision wnsnoted witli satisfaction, as complaints hadImii received Dial considerable oonftisionexietod in the minds of exporters betweentno two forms.
A letter was received from the Welling-ton Llwmbor asking for support in iu re-quest that an ameniliiient of the Industriallonciliatmii and Arbitration Act should bemade h provide for notice l>ein ff -riven bvadrertisranent. or ollierwisp of anv applica-ticn for registration of any indusirijiljwso-ciwon or union, and an opportunity for em-ployers or employees to oppofo suoli rcris-tration.- t was resolved to express sym-pathy with the resolution of the Wellin^onOhnmlH-r, and Jo tho use of thoname of tho Dunediu Cliumlx>r in supportof any action it nn?ht. feiJto in tho matlern,.
rc" r<^: iw(i from tltp Chair-man of (.he Taupo Totara Timber Companyf "'f-' °" , f tail* of fho proposal., toOich tho Ilotoriu Ch.mber of Commercehad taken excepfioiL-HceeivedM.vsiv Cohort, ,T;ii n i,lsOn w F S|.h. -MSShor t, and John Anifus wejc eISmembers of tho chamber.
MINING.At a mcrlinj; of shareholder,* in Ilio '•Sailor's Demi Company, livid yrstprd-.iviKorniiiK, it- was decided, in view of tjio
h<k\\\. (if 1li(> rivor timl tin; iniproltalrilitvof it ttKiiin iradiini: a favourable level, tosuspend operations for ilk< rwoii.
In lii.s report, for l| 1(. past. HC el< themaster nf the ONipi dredge stoles tJiiif lietlrnrk a iiatrh-flf worked ground, ;iil(l flii.«addrtl to til-:' fuot that ;i riw took place inthe river, .-oiiiewLit interfered with tholeUn-it.
Tl:<« wvreUiry <if the .Wikomai HydraulicShiioin- Company n-jxirts that Nos'. 1 und2 elevators were fully employed iast >vco!<.Np. 2 I'.a-i reached IwHoiu; walor is plenli-ful. It. was cspedod that work at Xo. 3would kve li(v>n commencod yiv-toi-diiy.
Tb> K.'irniimii dredge had' a j-cod nin(liiiini: ilir post woi'lc. Hi,, timo workedIh-iii!,' 130 h(mr>. The pi<»s|«i|.. rantimiedfair, ami tln< IxiUoni kepi nlwut tho ramoas _ when Inst reported. 'n!( . ,|op ,.|, ,m ,j
rf tli" fa«v were aim iinchanp'vl,Tho drcdue wa< uorkinu' will.The master of the M\>leiv Flat divip'Olimits Iliiil the .IrclL'e is iiniv workim; lo-wanli lluj hill on ilip .-(iinli sidi>. The face
silmmil. two rhaitw «i(!p, and the wa;,li«liio!i i.s very hanl. lies on a red sind..xitKim. A ij'dtiil dwil of .solid «roi:iid «•««Iμhi; .met wilh
Thy naM'.-r of the Cm,! Chanw <lreilg(., =
iniiior date rVptcmlier lb, iv>|W |sthat pK.sjK-ci.s worn !fo.xl <ip t<, |.hp limo -
the river r.tJo. when he was tosii?|)Piid niK-ratioiis as tlu> ladder mi, iloh-ito its full depth. He state* lli :; | ||~. riverre(piiri\- to lie aI. |«| S | ,-,i ||,<> 4ft 6in markh.'lore siicte.-.sfid (liMliintt ciperalioin ra)lln> ((imin:iir<'d on this i.Krc of deoi. I'loiiniiIt is jiroivilil,, thai, i| the ,-iver ri><-.» tl- Gilreil-e v.iil tiikc:i ftirtlifr up ami open- °tiors d.nrtrd ii' Iho lv.nl; ;;orli>-ii of (h>i-1.-i.im, .is h1,,.|, the rivor was voiy low the 'divil!foni.is|j'i- 10.-.'l; Ilie o|>j\-irlimity i:> ii|u..iaway a gixid in my houldy-;. am] rwlisthere.
DLXKDIN STOCK KXCII.WCK. j,l!ii-.ine;fl was i|iii/-; on ilie Duncilin Stork v,K\rli:mi;e y.->i.T,l.-i.v, W.iihi liraiul .Inn,- f(!ii ./hi* linim,' alxjii! t.h? oi:!y wcip n> iiltrael. -,j any attention. Kleclrie.i raswl a few pence 1Irnin tJie previous day's iirirw, and
»it!i a ImyiT at 3s 3d and a seller at 'U. \\lti>o .iiiil Shines won- on ollor al. £1 17s. ,t,hal llnv> w«s no l<'ll/-r hnver than one lit -\1)1 14s, ai;d Snilnr's IWimN'wor,. warned al i,4- 6d, uitlMv.it. avail In ili,. mininu' divi- i...sioii Imyw of Itl:i.-lcn.i!,-:- Mines advanee.l ito .01 0... S.I. hill i;o f-..|l n- eaM.e foruard.Wailii, _ a.|ipiar 1,, U, iairvly subji <t. h>lluctuttUoiis just now, and wero (iuottd
yesterday at £3 9s (buyer) and £3 !ts C;l' (-'>'!!or). Two parcels of Waihi Oram! Junc-
tions were ;o!d (or forward delivery ;it £1Ps 6d, ami another fait; was reported at the |rame ligure, market closing with a ;
,n further feller at £1 fls C'i! and n buyer al£1 f).; Id. In ilm investment slock ccetiou '
S. j lliriv. were buyers of WJiil<xnnls> and Tomb 1! |rlures at £ti 12s, and of Wright, Stcphen-."on, flikl Co. shares at £5, but tl:o .'itarkct
I did not cint.-.in :■ .seller of either.Waihi Uinr.d Junction, £1 !b 6d
(two p;u\x>ls, forward delivery).Sale icl.—Waihi Grand Junction,
£1 Us 6d.The following art? yesterday's latc-:t quo-
— !at'ior»s, subject lt> Iho usual brokerage:—DniinaiNo Stocks. ,3 - Electric—P.nvers 3? 3d. rollers 4s.
Golden Bed—Sellers 14s. ,™ Hartley and Rilev - Sellers lis. |
Island lllmk -.Sellers ss.No Town Creek—Buyers 5s fvl. <Ri*> and Shino—-Buyers £1 14s, rollers £1 i
175. • iil Sailor'# Bcnd-liuyer.i 4s 6il. i'• Minisu Stocks. Itt- Jilackwater Mincs-Biivors £1 Cs 3d. l•I t'oiifolidatoil CiolflliclrU—KtfllctK £1. Js- Knramii Caledonian—Huyers Is. iNew Sylvia—Miners Is til (50), fellers Is ;d 8.1(530). ]
Pjixoii—Unycr.s Is 7d. Fellers Is lOd. I, Wnilangi— llnyers 2s sd. tj Tidwnan (,'onsolidaled—Buyers £2 9s. 1Waihi--Buyers £3 !)s. sellers £3 9s 9d. <
. Waihi Extended—lluvers Is Bd, sellers Is tl[ lUd. . e'• Waihi C'rjuid Junction—Buyers £1 9s Id, rsellers £1 9s Oct.i- \\aiotaJii—Buyers 3s Id, pollers 3s 4d. iJ Investment Stocks. s
National Kanll— Sellers £6 & 6d. Kn Bank of New Zealand—Sellers £12 ss. ?0 IVnrion.il liisuraneo—Sollors £1 18.i Gd. ■'Union Steam Shin Company—Sellers £2 b
1; 3d. bMosjfiel Woollen Factory--Buyers £3 lis. ''Now Zealand ilru;,' Company (£2)—Buyers =
£2 ICs yd. nNow /-.Tiland Paper Mil's-Sellers £1 Is t
3d. tlWellington Woollen Manufacturing Com- s
panv (preference)—Scllerfi £3. tlDonnelly's Hope and Twine (now issue)—
Buyers £I,ls 9d, 5Wliilconibn nud Tombs—Buyers £6 12s. flWrivjht, Stephenson (preference)—Buyers fl
£5. '"
a i
AUCKLAND STOCK KXCIIANGE. jf,(Per United Press Association.) j
AUCKLAND, Septembcr 19.The following business was done fit tlio ti
3,15 p.m- oal'l to-day :-Ne\v Sylvia, Is 9d;Waiotahh 3s 2d; Jlauraki Reefs (con.), Is K' 4d. Is sd; Waihi Extended, lti 9d; Moana- 'I
tainri 7dj Waihi Grand Junction, £1 9s 7d;New Zealand River Plate, 40s: Northern1 Coal, lis bd. ill
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. {"'Prcs« Association—U T Tclccrnph-Copjrieht
( |,LONDON, Septernbor 18. trWaihi—Buyers £3 6s 9d. filers £3 lis 3d. ol
inNOTES FROM ALEXANDRA. ta(Fiiuu Ouit Own Cohrgsfokdrxt.) ;i f
ALEXANDRA. September 19.The recent rise in the river has put astop to gorge dredging, and it seems prob- ....
able that the sonsou lias now closed.The Good Chance dredgn is moving up to j„
summer ground, and some accessary repairs jnwill Ik> elFected beforo dredging is re- | ,suniod.
1 The crown wheel for the 1911 dredge is . v]expected to leave Dunedin on Tlmrrelaynoxt, and on arrival at the claim it iviil ; Hbi- imme<liatelv nlnced in position.
t|(The Manidk'rikia is the only gorge dredge ( uworking. She is ojierating on shidow(.round.
Som« reitairs to llie ladder and other gear K jare lx-ing carried out on the Molyheux W(llvdratdie dredge. jjcFile Karanmii dredge is working steadily, o|lwith satisfactory results. ' 0 [Both dredges owned by Lanes Limited diiare working, and are said to bo winning
good returns. The No, 2 is reported to be (0on rich wash. . i.
NATIVE PLANTS AND THEWOODHAUGH RESERVE.
a j TO TltF. KDITOII.
vi I ~c>"''—tntil alwut 70 yeors ago (ho scenei\\ 1 01 the neighbourhood of wh;it is now Dllediii was in its virgin stato. Tlic Maoecling lviriics iitct-pted tho weuJlli of veg
talion, tho almost tropical niulorgrxiv.t!ami tho iilmy ferns us a matter of cour."Ao mlliix of plant tilivrui lid an yd. tal;<
plate, ami the bianco was held evenly Itin: pla:;t<; i!wl h-.id been evolved (o*6lltheir ]Mrl;C'iih'.r wniixmiiient. The iiiuhof tho tui and tnako-n.ako was heard cevery Mile, in Ih<; bij; trees tho flocks <pnikocla .<(icuiuud and whilin tho iisuf-hy ground at tho water's edgand aioni,' (Jic flat Ur- kiwi and the swani|hen lived tlirir (|uiot lives.
But with the advent of the nottlcrschange camo over tlio scone. "Tlio pricto pay for progress is beauty swept away.Itatrcd in ii hardier climate, having wuvivcfl in a much liercer .'hniggle for liftthe imniigranls worj bound to win. '11lißilives—man, bird, and plant—seemed thold fioir own for a wliilo, but tin- hardinvadm from overseas, better vursod in tharU ol warfare, .-x-on ovorounu oppositionNow, in tho plats) of the, Maori wo limthe. pakeha, and to mo thero is nothinimore pathetic than tho spectacle of thHon. Mi- Ngatn ixwring into tho future amdeclaring thai (Jiore, is now no place fot'ho .M.i/jii as ,1 nation, but that they inttfieventually bo abeoiU'd by tho d<imin;uirace.
Hew many native birds can be wen durin.g Iho course of a walk joiind rfio cutskirt« of Dunedin' In tilw place of thigcntlo imtives w<> havo tlio impcrtinensjxirrow, the chattering s-tarljng. tho thieviiiK blackbird, and thii thrtisii. Go to Ihixvt index—the collecting box of the schooljoy,—and foi one native- egg you will limhundreds of thoso cf cur iwiUwred immi
grant.s. The naiivj birds cannot live neaiinhabited places. All tliat we can do foithem is to mako reserves, and i=oe thaitliey are not molested. Otherwise they inusisurely go along tiio road of the 1110a antthe Xolornis inanlolli.
•lust as die European lias supplanted flu.Maori and the ex-jtic. biid tho native, fc(he lativo llora has Iwcii involved in jistruggle with the ilants introduced, directlvand indirectlv, by tho settlors. Tho nativegrasps cannot connate with introduwlgraces. Much of t;ho bush i'M to b*clcciod in order thai houses might be built.
1 rial couid not bo helped.A few years ago 1 could find .any quan-
tity of little native orchids on "a bankshaded by a few native trtw. A strollin;;hchoolboy on holiday bent jiut a match toth'j undergrowth one dry summer, and thegrowth of years went u;> ii) smoke in asmany minute.'. The orchids deprived of(he kluulu by virliio of which Ihey txisted,went thi, way that the kauri m going.Kilmy turns are hard to liml on tho TtrwnBelt nowadays, and fur She same, (reasontheir yo:ifithcis and protectors, tho leafytree*', havo Ik-cii cut down or burnt. Thoelder trees on the Town Jlclt wore becom-ing tho dominant trees until they werotaken in hand by Mr Tannoek 11 fen- yea.raago The gorsi! and broom, glorious thniii;htlioy ;ire when in llowcr, are now aifol*ing hclsl in check.
Much of tho iiin.v swm irrele-vant to the mailer under dif-cufsiMi, but itis i:ot so. I have triiil to slioiv that all rlwindigenous life is. when compared with theimportations, frail and weak, and unkvs wolend a symnalhetic hand must go. To thisend a scheme was evolved some time agowhereby tho Woodhnugli Krsirvo was to be,inntle n .-anctuary for native plants. Itis eminently suitable as far as the situa-tion ia concerned, and the present bushwhieli is perhaps not in itself much to
boast about) utilised as a. bias to workujwii. Owing to the scarcity of hard cash,whicJi is .not j.-oculiar to public bodies, tliowork has not been pushed on as ex|»edi-tioiisly as we would like. But the laying-out of a recreation ground in the centreof this ar(-:i would be the death-knell ofthat reserve as a sanctuary for nativeplants. As evidence, of this, 1 would liketo draw your nlter.iion to tho shrubsplanted on t.he Town Belt in the proximityof tho Mornington Football Ground. Tilsreoik! can pci! half a down plants of Soncciorotiiiiilifolia broken almcfit out of all re-cognition. The- olearias hardy 113 they are,itavo alw suffered: likewise iho veronica?.And the signifiennt point is that llw nativeshave sulfcred while the exotiw havo haidlybocii daimged What would haii]>an thereis likely to Imppcn ut Woodhaiigh, and forthat rciison I would like to see tho reservout Woodhaiigh kept intact.
No one lovi'3 the green Gelds and theopen air better than I do. I admire. Hie,wisdom of the early settler* in settingapart thefo reserves, but unless wo canoiler thi! native plants a belying hand theymust follow thi> .Maoris and the, birds ovoVthe Hciiiga.—l am,, etc.,
F. WAITE.
Sin,—As tho discussion on the Wood-liaiigh Hi'servt) is to Iw renewed at Wed-nesday's meeting of tho City Council, willyou allow 1110 some space on tho subject?
_ Dunedin is credited with occupying ahigh position in the Dominion in educa-tional matters. Now, if we are to havea botanical garden and arboretum whichwill furnish the student with specimens ofevery trei, which enn bo grown in ourclimate, and this should bo our aim, asforestry is going to bo one of our mostimportant industries, then Ilic present, par-den is far too small. As concentration isimportant, not only the Woodhaugh Re-serve, but also the intermediate, groundwill be required. Such an arrangementneed not interfere with a part of thoformer being devoted to native bush, whichcould be made (0 form Ihe indigenous sec-tion of Ihe whole collection.
At (lie Garrison Hall meeting referencewas made to the hardship of young menbeing asked to climb a bit of 'lull beforehaving (heir cricket practise. Is that liota strong argument in favour of leavingthe lower levels to the elder men, thewomen and little children, who might findthe climbing a real difficulty?
At the same meeting one speaker stronglyurged the advisability of making a chmiisweep of the undergrowth on the licit. Ionly refer to this as the opinion seems tolie held by others as well, and has beenurged from time to time. This might bedescribed as "deforestation viewed as amoral agent." Carried out in practice, wocould have no masses of shrubbery bywhich many of our slopes could be madeglorious, for fear of aifordiiig cover forthe lurking prowler. It niipht even bo con-sidered necessary to cut down trees whenthey iitlnincd a certain girth. An arrowfrom behind a tree trunk is said to havebrought the last ride of William Rufusto a halt. Sir, the instrument by whichthe safety of our women and girls' can bobest secured is not the axe, but. tho cat —
1 nm, etc, AllKSlir.Dunedin, September 19.
OTAGO DAILY TIMES. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1911, 9TEND Ens.
mEXDERS will lie received till N'oo1 SATUKDAV, 23: d ?cptonilf.>r, I
GORSE CUTTING near CaMir-yarH.*.—C«ditions to Iμ scon ;it Out nil Labour I-change, Aicadr,, Dunedi:i.
___ 1jJOItOUGII OF WIST lIAIUiOU'TKNDKIiS will l«n received un till 6 p.i
on TUESDAY. 3rd October, for llSUPPLY and DKLIVERY nf 160 YARIW,UIOTONK MKTAL. Tenders to Imarked " Tender for metal," and addressto the Town Clerk.
It. DEWAR. Town Clork.not.litf.Hr. September 19, 1011. _2
A SSIGNED ESTATE" «T.J ~PATEI""■ SON. Cabinetmaker, Mc^-icl.
TENDERS will bo received till Noon c21st INST, for ahevo BUSINESS.
Stook lifts nnd full particulars at Pnt-oson Slid Dan- (Ltd.), Vogel street, Dunediito whom Tenders may be addressed.
A. J. BUTTERI'TELD,J. BARK, '
103 Trustees.TDOROUGH OF WKST HARHOUT
TENDERS aro invited up till 6 p.m. oTUESDAY, 3rd October, for the KREITION of a PUBLIC lIAIX at SiLeonards.
Plans and specifications may l>? soon atho Office of the Borough Council. Rot Iksay; or nt -Mcssw Stailnm and Company's Ofiio>, 26 Don-ling street, IJuiiedin
Tenders must bo addressed to tho TowiClerk, Rothcsay, and marked "Tendor foHall."
The 10-.rcst or any tender not neoessaril;accepted.
R. DEWAR.Town Clerk.Dimodin. September 19, 1911. 20GALE OF A DREIXJK BY TENDERTenders are invited for tlie TURCHASIof the Star Gold Drcdping Syndicate ,:
Dredge, ns it now lies at Waikaka. Tinpontoon? are of kauri and blucguin. amthere are 12 li.p. Marshal! engine, 20 h.pRuston, Proctor boiler, CuHon's frictioiwinches, 4ft buckets, and electric lifrht inspallation. Tho drcdzo is complete and irthorough workinc order.
All information obtainable from R. S.White. Mailknd.Tenders G'LOSF, with t.ho Undersigned onSEPTEMBER 25. 1911.Highest or any tender not necessarily
accepted.DAVID FALCONER.Secretary Star Syndicate. Merino Downs.
HARBOUR TioARD".TENDERS.
TXer dp.r5 aro i,lvitc<l for HARBOUR IM-PROVLMENTS at the Port of Wairoa,H.twkc's Bay, New Zealand.Plana and specifications may be soon ntthe Harbour Board Office, Dunedin, NewZealand.Tenders to CLOSE at the Harbour BoardMice, \\airoa. Ilinvkc's liny, New ZealandNoon, the 30th day of NOVEMBER,Any further information may l>o obtainednt the Office of the Eiicincnr (".Mr Leslie IIKcynods), 163 Tho Terrace, Wellington,i\ew Zealand.'
J. 0. SCOTT.s .Secretary.mEXDERS FOR SHARES
InTHE ESTATE OF THE LATE DAVID
LIMOND MURDOCH.
The Trustees in tho aboro Estate irvitoTenders for the PURCHASE of tho follow-ing Shares in tho undermentioned Co m.panics:—
No, ofNow Zealand Loan and Mereautilo
""^
Agency Company (Limited)... jfjo
"«tport Coal Company g^Timaru Gus Company 5gTimaru Gas Company 5gNational Insurance Company ofNew Zealand (Limited)...
."„... ;gq
Auckland Gas Company (Limited)... 2950Auckland Gas Company (Limited)!" 590New Zealand Insurance Company(Limited) cien
N.Z. and R.P. Land MortgaE o /'
Company (Limited) 2954Union Oil and Soap Company(Limited) _'New Zealand Portland Cement
Company (Limited)...
...Ni'v: Zealand Portland CementCompany (Limited) gjChrisfchnreh Gas Company (Limited) ID.'.Wellington P.as Company (Limited) 87Wellington C.as Company (Limited) 290Gas Company (Limited) J26Bank of Now Zealand 29
Particulars and conditions of tender maybo obtained from tho Gordon and GotchAdvertising Agency, Duucdin, or
BUDDLE. BUTTON, k CO.,Solicitors to the. Trustees,
29au 6 Wyndhamstrcot. Auckland.
QATLINS-WA IMAHAKA RAILWAY.ERECTION TWO PLATELAYERS ,
COTTAGES.TENDERS will bo received at this Officeuntil Noon of MONDAY. 2nd Oclobo'-,1911, for Erection Two Platelayers' Cot-
tages at Pnkctiro and Paiatowai respec-tively, on almve Rnihvav. Plans etc may-be e eon at tliis Office, Public Works OfficePukel.ro, and nt Post Ofliro. Balclni.ha.'Ino lowest or any tcmlcr i:ot necessarilyaccepted.
F. W. FURKERT.r> ti- «• 1 «m District Engineer.Public Works Office,
Dur.cdin. l< th September, 1911. 16S
SAGAR'S celebrated English Wood~-work-intr Machinery; catalogues, quota-tions.—Sole agent. Henry F. .Moss, timbermerchant. 95 Stuart street 31 nu
POt» BALE.CASH AnVEnTISEUESTS under this koaJinjFonrtecn Words, SIXI'KSCB per Insertion;Six insertions, 2i G<i; cTer Fourteen Wonlgand not exceeding Twonty-'our Words, Is;Kis insertions, ss. Douhlo ralcj clmrcrJ
|]||l(.;ii c:ish paid.
T>OTARY PUMPlSngyc);«', ,ri? e- ml 5: £25.-Appl.y Klein-
■p»K SALE. Moves. J ]J- i ::?])lian(v.* «,], viowr at ,1, Callandor's, ]
WATCIIMAKKirs IifSIMvSS f,,"r1 /
SAI;l ' : ,/l l!--lllli 'l "μ-niiii.'.-IWlk-ll- Ili^_Mvim_A.__Bi!iiv..r_an(U., ,,., |)un«|i,,. :
7K A(:|{lW LIvASKHUI.I) (ront !It) head stock, implements; ™in- Iand Co.
I ovi'LY 6 liooii^n^^TT^nT.r-ni
C nV; ; f-i:cr',' ; «'" ,,n . v ■'""■""; "iilv£100.-Isalt<.rsby, ft. ri,.|. • 20s |TKNi U?wn ,lA, »'-IT TRAP.sT'"l)e«t. I 'A brands; m«\ m \vv . w<d (ino 1I'!!.! ..["Jj!^il:Z Ai'il'oS -'i. 31
_: W.iiUm. [\f'iOl.\ isplrndirl inMriimeiit. loud T[llir'.
Maud mid Miimo: oml £7—will aiV( .,, toffor.-AddrOvi .Music, Times '( s're-
__
20s JUOK SALK. 16-20 li.^B^fe'llniorVAß-•». . first-ciass order; <nra,. r leavinir l)o----imn|oii.-Ap|»ly Win. D.uic.s, .\O. 15'.Stock
Dunedin. ; 19., IPUK SAU:. rr k '".'-I" v,,|> :,1 " 1 ,s,a,r- I)J1 - |,r <'«-i'- *Injultir llaiiiuiorlofs (Crwuor); owners kn-111K D.-Jimnion.-Apply \\m. JJavii-s, 15.Stock hwilwiißo ltiiild!n;?i. 19,
imOR SALK, 3000 dry Kani:.|,i POSTS-- (A Apiily Sjuthti,t,f! Timber Co. (Lid.i. ]■Invenairglll. jg. (
bIiOAD BAY.- H()O.MS-JJ .'V.iry wivcnwii.-,.; ] jktc; oulv£ ,370.-»nnorsli>\Jl.jwliii ;; slr,.r.(. 19,
WUlt SALK, Fruit RUN: "north end';X Kcod busi/icsi.— l'iirliculjUK fr<un I "
Fruit, Times Office. ]f, s P
GMOI' and 4 r�-> situated North End; £430.-Carl«r, kC'o:iri. lgs ( |,
•fYvTrY_
WRM (110 frc-hoWTls H■iJ leasehold). Iloiise, Oiitlmjldin-.'?; |
JJItJR SALE, Cai,ba(,'c, Caiditloiver '-
•' I'LANTS.~Tiirner's Nursery, .Maple "BJlill. Norma lib"-' 'Viirutr'*, lloiiti, Jstrefli. 10s ' B
FOn SALE,
■on. XfODKIIX 6-roomesl lIOUSK. contra!l.tr •»'■*• also 5-rooii:ed IKH.'SK, scullery, etc.-on- 26_Korlli street. ' 1C'joj XpUll SALIi noardiiip-lioiise I3IJSI.NKSS——
•*- central; low rental: £ood connetlioiJR. IlealUi, Times Office. 16nl| pOR._ SALE.the NKSS; good stand; strady business
•» T AND for SAI.K. 10s foot, M>a frontapes;d JLJ jplondid view.—Address l*iml, Kari
t-ino. is2& QKiS. Dost-cart. Lonp-sliaflerj, riiaelons
nl», Rncinir Sulkies Station Wat;• lv Roiif.—Dawes. Cumberland street. 12:
£7 WILL 13UY Dall-lrairi'nK -
\V:hTu« SEWJNG MACIIINK; Ret eata
on isgiic.-w. Melville, <0 Gtorpe street.UOR SALE, Ciar'Juor Gas and Oil
-11- Enßincs, from J to 20 horse-poweror- nominal.
FOR SALK—Centrifugal. aUoPumps, Knfjines, lioilors, Hydraulio
Machinery. Jacks. Pulleys, Blocks, etc.
MANN'S Green Bone and VegetableUiitlers nnd Enterprise Grit Mills.-■- K._B..jJKXNiaTOX & CO., Stuart str^t.
J?n\\ SAF.K. Mr J. L'.'Mt'iiiinch'e PRO0!)
-» PKRTY. Henley, Allotment 14, Urn(•. ley E:tate, acri-.s, 5-roomcd House, byre,;, orcimrd.—Partienlars Roid and Bundle
ft'l'i'itor.A. i(,sat 1 M ARsHAIZ AND CO?Sic- I ~'A FAMOUS STE,\M ENGINES AND»• TIIRESIII.MJ MACHINERY.
Oier 425 Prizes ReceivedOver 140,000 Enjjincs. etc, Supplied.
IS STOCK:. _ Sinplo Cylinder Portable Enginc-a.1J Double Cjlimler Portnble Iv'-ince.
Single Cylinder Traction Ei.^.iscs.Coiii|Miind Tru.-tion jCiiriiics.
. Veitical Enifinea and JJoikii._°. s Verticil Boilers,i> Threshing Machine!.
Oil Tractor.IK Orders (or Threshinp Machinery for eea-,-s fon 1911-12 now heii( B hooked, Earlyi 0 applieaticn rciiueeted.i,| A LARGE STOCK OF FITTINGS,p. ENGINES. JIOILKIiS. AND,n MACHINES KEPT.P- F. R. MANNING,in WaJicr Street, Duncdin.■■ 9JJCO 1&:t!- Telepl-oncs. Houso 2585.
n JAMES SAMSON k CO.'Sy 23 DOWLINU STREET, DUNKDIN.
c'JiY andTuuuruanPROI'ERTI' LIST.
£580.[.
ST. CLAIR.-Xeu- and Up-to-date 5-roomed HOtjdK. replete with every modern
' convenience j electric light throughout, bot. and cold water, bath, wash-basin, tilo
• heartb, handfome mantelpiccce, artisticpiiwers .iml Iriozei, mirror-How, wardrobes,
, built-in bookcase; aood uoHtion, and handy* to beach. 2534
£675., ST. Cl.Alß.—Stylish KiiSIDKNCE of 5rooms; largo oriel window, return veiiin-■ dah, wide hall, enamel bath (hot and eold
'■ shower, wnsh-bMii), latest papers, steelceilingf, electr.c light, wiishlimifo !cop|«fmid tubs), drained to regulatioini. A bar-fc'3"l' 2535
] £725.MUSSELMURUH. - Elegantly - finished
RESIDENCE of a rooms; oriel window,bath (hot and cold water, wash-basinand conveniences), pis (inverted burr.ers),reception room, etylisli papers and friezes,pantry, purees, cupboards, etc.; very linosection; sUblo, trapshed, etc.; drained to
, regulations. 2725£850.
NORTH END (Close to George, street.).—llandsonio 6-roomed RESIDENCE; lar"eoriel window, massivo ceilings of strikingdesigns, superior mantelpieces, tho w.-.|r.|«pers and friezes iiro very dainty, gasthroughout (latest pendantß), largo b;ith-room (hot and cold water), wafhliouse (cop-per and tubs). Tta Ilouso is w situatedthat it gets every ray of sunshine andcommand* un extriioiJinuiy viow of thoCity and harbour. If you want a reallywell-appointed home, eafl and see us aboutthis one, us we. have every confidence inrecommending it 447
£450.KENSINGTON'.-Within Id section:Modem HOUSE. 0 rooms, good amienr-ance, with conveniences, includinc bath,washbaein, hot and cold water, pantry,jvashhouse, copper and tubs; drained io1J.13. regulations. Cards fo view on arnli-
cation. . 2*90£350.
N.E. VALLEY (Six Minutes' Walk fromGardens).—l<lllo KiU'EHOLU SECTIONand HOUSE of 4 largo rooms and scullery, <wnshlwusp (cop|>er and tubs). Thie is reallya ven- cheap properly, and must bo Fold. '£20 deposit, and the bnlanco as rent; a ■real good clinneo for working man. Hurry I4'48 ;
£725.ST. CLAIK.-Suiwrior 5-rooincd DWEL- I
LING; bathroom (hot .tnd cold water)steel ceilings, electric light throughout, ;bookcases, cupboard*;, washhoiiso (copijerand tubs), and every' labour-saving con- 'vcn:cnce; good section; lies beautifullyto the sun, and te within thrre minutes, twalk of tho beach. Terms to suit. 2525 5
£375.chanco for buikler or speculator. 636
£900.CITY (On rife, convenient Boys' Hich '
School)-Superior RESIDENCE, 7 rooms, -with modern conveniences, kth, h. aud eshower, ffae, wardrobes, art pnnom, Jview; latest drainaßO. Curds to view and -further particulars on application.. i.(jl (
£470. !X.E. VALLEY-Nuiigalow RICSIDE.NXE :
* rooms and .scullery, with every conve:ii- 1once, ineludinc bath, hot and cold wr.ter. Jmirror-door wardrobes, art paiwrs and 1fric7<a, tilo grates and hearths, iat«t, mar:-telpieces, waslihome, copper and tubsTerms, emsll deposit, lialanco as renL 433 d
£450. (
N.E. VALLEY (live minutes from Gar-dens)— Splendid HOME of 4 larße rooms \wardrobes iiled hearths and Krates, bath. ,|hot and cod water, scullery, pantry; gar- „don, iibphalt paths, etc. 437
£425.X.E. VALLEY (Convenient to Gardens)- -
Up-to-date 4-rooiiied DWELLING wilh 1seullery, pantry, Uithinoin, hot water hiuh *
ceilings, firepliico in each room, built-incupboards, ivarurobos. and bookcase; wash-houso (copper and tubs), largo conservato-vfino garden; sunny spot. 434'£480.
ST. KlTiUA.—l'nictically now DWELL-ING of 5 rooms, with latest conveniences_
:i.'.!udiiiff lnth. hot and cold water service", r,ii'.arblc wash basin, wardrobes, cunboards' jai:d Inlxjursavin/,' conveniences. Tliiu pro'.I»rty is well worth immediate inspection
2218£600. ,
fS!' : >™: I'-nillifullybuitl nun- 1galow nWJJ.I.IXG of 6 rooms, with thovery atost of conveniences. Sntnll de|>ositwill ltii accepted, nnil llm Iwlanco enn i>larranged on ea.<-y terms, repayable- us arent. m,mo.washhouse, lowlriin, mid every convenience , "*
large section. k.£595.nrvPi? lr'DA r ,?i" rP,r ",r SrO(W-«l REST-DlAOh gas, bath, hot and cold 5!,08 .(. rfiteel ceihiiL's, steel dadoes, mirror w-ird'robe?, wnshhoiise, worksluiu, Howur an .jvegetable garden. Section, 40 x 100. 2<:iO
SECTIONS. SECTIONS.Wo have fever.il KIUST-CLASS Uriin- r BING ALI.imiKNT.S for afe I
CLAIIi, ST. KILDA, and MUSSEL-Jil'l'Gll. Fiirlhor particulars on .lu.lica- \|itlOli.JAMK> RAMFDX ,«j CO olI'ltfH'Kl'TY SALESMEN
AUCTIONKEDS. AND VALUATOItS. nl
23 DOWLING STHEET, DWNEPIN.'"
•*■* '. iiii
POULTtIY AND POULTRY ACCESSORIES «»■
QETTIXGB Orpingtons (llutr, JUnck). ',"LeglKiriih (\vlut<!, Hrown), S. W.vjin- ~"
ilottce, Minorcas; ss; KUarantood.-Ccxon «•,,
ft. Clair. jjjOLACK Spanish f;Of:KEiIELS~7mI "''
*> I'lM.-LETS. ?-ls oaeii.-Appl.v IWMv o,li■i-<.ll. and Gill, poultry cxpvrls. ]5S
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lnler-lwA-ing Poultry ""itiiiifs Vy Dijinn's Gril nnd Jiwnediw.-AJoi-. .!<•!
uiiiniu An/l Co.. DuneJiu. ;-& -je
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QOAOHES AMO DUSSCB.
COACH Leaws Sandymount TuosdiTlmrs;!ay.<, Saturdays. 8.30; ,",J;istreet, 3 p.m.; iietuil faros.—D. Arnott.
CP Ap" ijilm l-oimmi-iDAILY nt 8.15 a.m. for Uhikvreturniiifr from Dunodin (Manso street)3 p.m. Fare, Is wich way.o
l'««cls. LucßftjtP. etc. receivedStables until C.iiO p.m.D. 1). MCmtISOX, Proprietor,
C'rnat nnd Cnist|»_StablM. Stafford stnDBICIITON. KUBi'~liusir~AiJ TAIEIU iIOUTH.-Coach io«Green Island 8.15 a.m. Mondays. Wed;
days, and Fridays; Ilehirninc Ta!Mouth at 2 p.m., Jvuri Bush 2.30 p.Brighton 3.43 p.m., «nd Greon Island £p.m. Picnic pnrtiee, possenßera. nnd rocALEX. SMITH. Proprietor. Eairfield.
ROYAL MAIL LINE UP COACH(COBU & CO).
Tho aboTo Lino of Coaohos leavo Lnrence on arrival of Express Train fr<Dunedin for Beaumont. Miller's Flat, 0Roxburgh daily. For Alexandra, on Tudays. Thursdays, and Saturdays (lioxbnrovcrniclit). Itoxtinrffh-Alexnndra-MondaW«lne?day«. nnd Fridays. 930 a.m. Qneetown-Cromwoll-ilondaTs. WedneFdnys. nFriday j. 9.30 a.m. Queenstown LnWnnata iti\ Crown Rnngel-TuesdaTß nreinrnintf Mo'ndaT3 and Thudays, durinc Summer Mciths.
Via Otairn Central Linn. Ckdo aCromwell-Daily on arrival of train freDunedin. Cromwell, Hawea. I'embroktTuesdays Thunrtnw. and Snturdaja.a.m.; returnine follomnj days.Agents in Dunedin, Now 'Zealand Epres? Company._ Pulll particulars from Thoirns Cook aiSon, Dunedin: nnd from
H. CRAIG & CO. (LIMITED),Head Oflice: l'cel street, Lawrence.l-lrfi||« m< \o. 1.
LATE AOVEnTISEMENTS.
"OOVD Gold Modal English PIANOJ-* hishi'st grade: inspection invited.Martnw', sole agents.ATEW Sill I'M lOTS of
man PIANOS, nt prices iind terrlo suit.—Mart ins', Octueoii.Cottago PIAXC<*™O bright, tone; Inst a lifetiiliv
ea'b or term?.—Martins', Uctagon.PUSII-CAUTS, all styles nnd~Rradc»- from 1& t« £3 K.s 6d.-At MurtmsOctagon.
099 lCs—Lovely tono Kimlish PIAXd3i&A easv tonus; Orßan. £7 10s; i6d_ \veoklj' ; nicejone.—Martins', Octagon■jITAItTIXS", Odaßon. have Latest. <
everylhitifr \n Fiirniliito and Fllnishings; new shipments. .Martins', Uct:Ron.T IN'OLHUM.S and FIoorCOVEIUNGS-LJ Hooms Covered from 15s: sec 01latrH designs nnd qualities.—At MAIiTINS' Octagon. 1(
pORT WIALAIEnfTr!i\?LORTxit"r—VV-»• have Hcopeneil this departmentorder ymir siiiiiiner suit now.—J. Watson."^JOTIC'E.—Urgent Medicines suppliej-N during nisht, etc.; Qualified ChemistnUet'd "t Baglcy's lioith Dispensary.TEWELLEUY licduccd 25 to 50 per centW Splendid selection. Inspection invited
C'otirtejy to all.TKWELLERY-aockTthat can "bo~dcW pended upon. Larce assortment; al
guaranteed. Inspection invited.TEWELLEUY Mado to Order. Expcr" workmanship. Prices niodorato.-THOMSON, 343 Gcor<;o street (opposiUKiiox Cliurch). Hax
>AIRVME\' roquirtnir good CAUTS-■-' Wα feiiioncti material, and workmai:sliip.-isinrr's New Fnetorv, Cuiiit-crlnii.Jtieet.
"jl/fOTOH CAR Owners.-ITave your Car-L'A lienovatcd; experts in each dqmrliiienl, r,re eniploycd.-Sciirr's, Cumberlam>'"-'«*■ ]b¥ANTED. Violinist to Try my Sped
ally solectwl VIOLIN STKINGS.-Il''"iH. violin_ma.kcr._3ss t.'oorßi; street.TTP-TO-DATE "T'ho'l^^phTc"~~GOODJv- 1 now arrived; including Ensign FilmsCameras, rtc\ALL Iwst known \ brand of Flates,
■*■*■ Papeiv. Mounts always in 6tock. Int<'n<ling puslnmors kindlv call
OH- write lo GILL. Fmlerick Hreel,TelcphoKo 11'I4. Agent for Harrington,New Zealand (Limited). 16;
milE SIKH , for CoiiifortabhTlJONNETJ•"- ut lowest prices.—Jli«a Clifford
(ieorgo street. 15JMILLS k CO., moat Up-10-Dnto DRYCLEANERS and Dyers, 236 GeorR oBtreef, Dunedin (next Pattillo's). 30a.i
GEORGE CAMI'iiELL,(opposite Kiiiß stieet).-Bindin K.Killing, Printing, Account Books. Thone2J20. ■_ 21JT
BISKOKK THE HONKVMOON" l-.o Sinsiirianv lo Invi) the Woddim; Origin
taken in PATTILLO'S Iwautifiil Xo lvStudio. ,
Tiiir7L\[^Tnb 7 i;oT^\liw:i:rTnDunedin wit,h two Studio* con-stantly in o|ionilion Ls PA'ITJIiLO, theHrida.l Photographer." AN ENiAHGEMENT" oTIhT
-<->■ Group is a picture of rare valii"!PATTILLO'S Prices im Itonsonxiljlc. IfjnTXUCHESSK CHESTS.' 37s 6d7"iar7ebevel mirror; Saddlobiiß Suite. £7lJ3_;_Cliester(ioldf. £6 I5»; Kapok Hcds, fullQl'fcE, 27s 6d -Al Walts',U 227 Gtorno Mreet; and 341 Princesstrrot South. 6;
f.T A R T T A fj~o7DUN'EIMN.
WINE, SPIRIT, TEA. and GENERALMERCHANTS. 20jy
Chi:ai' kUKNiTuiii:" an'o injitxisYi-INGS FOR THE PEOPLE
D. M. FEA & CO.Aro (rivirijt up Fiiruituro Uraneh offlu-ir Riisiness. All morals in Mock im!.-t.he cleared liefuro tho «u ( | o f m;m(|, j),lr .rliasors o:in secure GREAT
D. M. FEA k CO.; '■'
Doniiinon t!lnml>!>w, 148 Rattray st.root.THAT lIAUKINt7"c"OUG"II"7\T
NIGHT TAKETONKING'S LINSEED EMULSION.
From All Choniisls and Stores.
K 6d, 2s ML 4s 6d. lOnnynusi money for ilsivKniEvr"I ASLIN * HEDFOUD.Solicitore,
N.Z. Express Co. liuilding,Bond street 5n
jIF YOU WANT7"TO CI'RE~YOURa COUGH TAKETONKING'S LINSEED EMULSION.
From All Chemists and Stores.
Is 6,1. 2*6cl._fc6d. jgflll
STILL LKAIJING. "
JMySpcrial Li,,c of Ono DozenLabinnl Photographs, with 12 x 10riatinn-Malt-Hroniido Enlargement.for 15s w still tho best value rrivenby any firm mi Hip Dominion Seosiieciiiiciis at. Studio, and nrovotruth of (Ins statement.-W Rl'roste Photo Studio, 1H Gcoicostreet. Dtinndin. 2 8ju
pnvTiATiNiiTHT^T^^^-;,Mih'ly in Ilip Dnininion hy J [,•
I'IUTON &■ CO. 15 Ma,,, , llwli j,,,,,]lin. Thk Marhine has ;-:tti>iio<i Mi,. |;W1 ~,|
rit" Hwi- il is ll:n only i1B,| rlIInpIl(
1 present mi itio market rapablo of K; v.11; 11 true r'piv.-.liKiion of tho hum;,,,
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n<l instruuMital To bring tliil'iislrum.-ii! within the readi of all nurwins10 Proprietors havu drtidctl to jell onMy terms, ar.il for further parlk-uL-impply at l.lw OH'hv.s, 15 Mans,, | )m|l .lin ;
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' 19,■Yl'AliO DAILY TIMES n ,,d WITN|.<S•' J Ml I'ltl.NTlXli l.Kl'Aimltvr^i.l.'l'r;-,lmj: of cvrry discriptinu d<;,,, v/ithand ui ti« Iv«cut Curreut li&Ua,
LATE ADVERTISEMrriTS.
'*■?*< REASON'S; mw ta NOVELTIES
Arc now being showUμ inNlin, Ali L DEPA I! T ?.I KN T fW at OUR IMPUTATION
hat OUR BECOMMENJIATION'.
J)UTJIJR UROS. (LTD.),DRAPERS,
\ND GEORfSEJSTHKKT, DUNEDIN.•avei
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bios- QU.VSIIAIJIIS AND UMBRELLASniori J,m ( Jnet arrived \ov.- Season's Sunsliaiio '.Jovcn5.20 '" a " l ' 1<! I,;itcfit Colours atid Designs.,ods CALL ANITINSPECT.
Country Customers, fend your Parasolami iKstal notes for 4e. <Ik 6d,"5s Ckl 6s 6d7s C(!. Ss 6(1, 9s 6<|. or ]& 6d. stating whatI (.wiifii or colour you pnjfe/, and we will
lE.S - •"'' P o*'- 1!-'* l«iil. lo anv address. Satis-laotion guaranteed.A largo mill varied slock of Ladies' and
.aw- 1,0n,s Umbrellas, suitable for presentation,rom ,U.nl" IIR •<> 4ft ,- N" mo engraved freo.and ,IJ||?!* al'° i» tip-ton lino, sprewlly wlected
'UM. handle*. Qualify juaranlecd.
l»J-\ Sill; and S.lk Ninons to ohoese from.nnd !'CS °nl 3S Cl<l ' Gp " ts f'°'" 5s 6A,nke KOTE.-Whcn Re-covering, your Im-nnj i>reiia is thoroughly overhauled nnd larncdura- °"t cqua ' to no,v -
If you want a good serviceable Umbrellaand ™l "ntl inspcot our stock. None but (horom w-st frames used. Wo mako all wo Bell.t»-- Indies, from 55 f>ld Llenlß, from 6s y
lIA3SORS C.KOUNP AND SET, Is.acd Post your 10-dny. Post paid, Is id.
'■ SCISSORS (WOUND AND SET,Throe pairs Is.
XOTK ADDRESS:
WM. HENDERSON(Late 11. Lethaby),
,~ 75 PIUXCKB STREET•ms (Nearly opposite Slcivnrt Damson's).
- mo thave"ileus; "business" raO; A AND TOURISTS.wi MOTOR CYCLE SEASON._
Follow up your inquiries in tlio districts|cs by motor cyclist travellers. Clients -t.pro-,/ fialo |*rsr>nal attention. Personal -nler-
' views induce most business. You also get_ to know tho other follow who is wanting0: 1Ins you would never know if you staved2s at homo. Get where (ho fighting is first<n. Progressive firms are already in the lists'and find this police riclit. Von must I™01 the lino. ~
'"'• SI'KCIAT, SHIPMENT AIUUVIN'f) ovta- DOUGLAS UUHT-WJ-K HT MOTOR~
CYCLES. 2J h.p.. two speed, frw encjno_ Absc.lutoly the last word m light-weu-hf,,'mr lixport advice, from Knjrland says this evelo]{. is 111 groat, demand, and exceedingly nonti-16j lar- i"o record of reliability trials U~ worth penifiiift. Call and seo the Cjcloi>e Price, £62 10s.it; SPECIAL SHIPMENT ARRIVING (IP
, O\UJ.b. ihis maehme embodied every~,
improvement in motor cycle construction.3U Il)o engine is Hudson-Jan (freo). Will hko_
any gradient without difficulty This nodel, t has been eiipnlicd to die Dmicdin City~1 Corporation. Price. £65' A SPECIAL SHIPMENT ARRIVPffI
- OPNKW HUDfiK-WIimYORTH MOTORlo- CYCLES Riippliw the deinnnd for heavierili (rrado machine. This is a 3J h.p sinclocylinder. fr«>rt oiißino. lVlal C n ßine' starter.Ihe vibrations me rpflurwl to n miniiimp;._
and road shocks are nbsolved in the enriuijforks. For \mir\na or liusinew this will nott0 fail. It i« the perfected Drodiiction of foro-'l, most c.vHo cnßinoore. In 11111tcri.il, cr.ift,',«_ and desicn: in ciwd tests niv! reliability,'in . it hns no superior Price, £63 30s.... Just diVeharirrd Hie "Arawn," nn Over-"" ln»l .Motel 46. This iS a? 0 |~p, \\Z- snnler cat. for medial men, bmiiwss menirs ami travollere. It. h built witli torpixlorl- body, nnd is r.icy and crivceful in appear-ml mice. Tlwj «l. of unkedp is remai-kabiv6s small, and tl-« fanlities which it offer.-, toT (he classes referred to are innumerable. It!'• will cost doclnrß less than liorre a.nd traphire, and enable business men and travol-jrs to cover more trrmind in lew time limnlg bv nny othereonvevmiv, nnd leave themwith more lei'iim whilo doins more biisi-
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lie's. Price. R7157 AVIMPENNY BROS.,n- PUBIIER P.ARAGE.
Manor and Bond sl.recls, Dincdin.
['• PATENT AGENTS.
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pA F; * s0 n.I J? (I Ofr,co- 213 r "nc" street South..'• J lie Oldest Kstablislied He Siftered Patent)S Agents in Ota-o. Handbook on Patentsy anid full inforiiialien Freo. ]j]«ft M' OAV EY.L. A, PATENTS (all countries).U> Models, Drawings, Etc., Made.« _!, i STIIKET.- "V'iro jßhted„
-*•-"■ (Directors, \V. K. Iliighos nndp T. T. Hunter).1V RhGISTKHKD PATENT AGENTS,latents and Trade Marks Obtained inAll Countries.n . Dunedin Oflico:'• A.M P UUILDINtJS. PIUXCBS STREET.T. H. THOMPSON, Local Mnnagor.
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Write for Pamphlet.Ro b""k'"ii"'t _w~a le sHEUISTKBED PATENT
? T AGENT.0 Imperial Buildings, 3 Dowlinp ftrcoti .
7 And at Ksk street. Inyprcargill.It ' ''" -^^—■.
;( SHAREtfROKEnB.
10 STOCK fc SHARE BROKERS,STOCK EXCIIANCE IIUILDINIiSDUNEWN.■; Invcstiiiciit Stocks a Specialty.
• Also,Australian, I'lisnunian. mid Auckland
Miniiiß Shares.Ilnlnnce Sheds ami Particulars Filed.
One of (ho most n<tonishinK iwtnnccs ofwhat genius and «£„ accoZlishwhen of Ihe most. v a |,,a|,lo 7ho1 '*' ,IIS 1" «-| wn about t.w0 vearaol«l. from j.mlli'ox, but he umnaVdoinako■ himself of the French f,iti,and Groek loii s iirs and to acquire a d,^,')or miiflieniiiliw. Ho kno«- l>,•l-o to,- taste, and »,,!) ovo" plantwuhin 20 miles of !,is homo. He co,iIJarp,io with nstoriishinff aemacj- on '.he con!anCoul ""*'*'« »»h'ro of %I,'t
. OOAL NOTICES.
KAITANGATA COAL
KAITANGATA COAL.-An,plo upplies to hand, n eplendM quality, h« abright, shiny appearance; lights quickly, and is thereby easily dbtinguuhedfrom any other coal in tho markot.
Sold by all Coal Merchants, who can now promptly supply ordcrs fer thisFAVOURITE HOUSEHOLD COAL.
COUNTRY ORDIvRS FOR TRUCK LOADS PROMPTLY SDPPUKD. '
A<ldro« : niOPRIETOIIS KAITAKGATA CX)Af, 107 Hiff h street. Dunedin. j
PnOPEIITIES FOR SALE ftND TO LET.
/'V- x ■ \ which ie Incorn> ,O\Clorernlnß Director: \/ \J; / Dlrccl"r 0, C
SX±l±Ll IOI'NG'S LAND AGENCV. ~E nBKBTuTOOMO. "AUOTIONRRR.% VALUATORS, AND PINANOIBRS \
FAItMKRS , AGENTS AND FREE DEKD3 AGENTS.Ag.;nt.< throughout New Zealnml and Australia.
VKAK I)UXKI)IX.-TO I.I'ASK. acr« in°
,-. '", i S f"T : ' ! virlP(l ','"" 7 P"' 1*10, ' 1"- W|, 'l watered; 6-roomrcl lloii=o "
!i-sla l«l hyic and loft. 4-sta.i:.:d staUo; mile and n-lialf from stalir;, half-mile fromeliool; H'til '.w \<\ lumiin and ralin. I'riw for Roodwill and mill; run, £100 K1 tTJ> J AUHKS, i,i.irgs 7 mile.-i from Diinedin; ni;w 6-romncd lloiiwi an'l all necosI-v t siirv oiiliiinldiiißs. FuJI particulars on application. Priw £1650 -
I|ATAU>'A --TO MCASK 411 ACI ICS; 20 „«•«, li.ht l»i«h. 60 ams p|o,,.ffhH-?1 near.y x!! hdnno land plou-hable: 6 mile* from flatii.ii; hut, 4-stnllod eta io Mo«:.|ied. ' TytUITII ()TA«iO.-758 ACUKS; 376 acres in (trass, 162 acre* in diont, 50 acro.i.1 oats; 4-nmnnl llou.e. 10st.-Ulod stibk 2 Iron hnxw, Mallei cowl vrn W~
arn. liiiiß-y n.m?r. slioarinic slilhl. fheepyard and dip, 7, rivA Sf'rico £11 !'Bll ACHK. I'l'l.l, I'AUTK't'I.AIJSATOKKK'i: 'NO SALK. NO CIIAItOK.
Uont forget! Wn aio thn nvdusivo AgcnU for tho CIFRKB DJiWS AGFNCY.
J_ PROPERTIES FOR SALE AND TO LET.
m: ALE X. HARRIS & CO.,oriire-ih, AUCTIONEERS, VALUATORS. AND ESTATE AGENTS,
cfjj 221 I'MNOBS STREET. DUNEDIN.nittHio ' "■■—
oilof 20 MiLES FRoyi DUNEDIN.—44 ACRES, with Modern 6roomod Residence,\g l Habits, shcdj ' cowbyro, 2 largo tanks, with stock, carts, liorscs, cows, pigs,lp . fowls, ami implements; fruit and vegetable garden; good fences; all in good order.
Owner wishing Jo leave district.a ,
ice■■-" ]_(JOO ACRES - LEASE; 30 miles from Dunedin; first-olass sheep run; 1200JJ" sheep, horses, etc.
to -JUMARU.-BOARDING-nouSE, 15 rooms; centre of town; rent £117S ; 16 stead,' ;) le boarders; furniturent valuation. '<
ltd < Mnif pURAKAXUL-CORNER SECTION, fronting bay. £20. Jho ■*• ■
°t WAITATI.-FOUR ROOMS and Ecullery; furnished; freehold section- close tont station. £125. '
it- rj.EOKOE STREET-VALUABLE CITY LEASE, with new Brick SHOP and™ *" DWELLINGS; return 7ipercent.net.■v-
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id (Q ATLTN' S RIVER tPaPatowai)-- FIRST-Cr'ASS BOARDING-HOUSE BUSINESS. -
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L' £475~ST-. CLAIR: TWO ACBES 1 ROOD 18 POLES . *»h a-womed DWEIr, LING, etc. itt
id ' ■'■ ■(Beach strcel)-Nico 4-roomed COTTAGE, with 3 QUARTER.
!„ ACRB SECTIONS; close to station and beach.a .
• QUARTER-ACRE SECTIONS, close to Lake. £25 each.X!'•
• SIBVWIiIGHT, HA.GGITT, & CO. (LTD)j- AUCTIONEERS, FARM SALESMEN. HOTEL BROKERS, PROPERTY AGENT*k AND BHARKBROICERS. U a*»K«T&« EMPIRE BUILDINGS. PRINCES STREET, DUNEDIN.'s 200 ACVf' '" ? vaMm }fi crock n"! ni?f thronprh; 50 acres of Terr rich flat*VV . Mane© downs: 14 acres turnip land ready for oate 10 acres nrcnaiwi
400 AC,KRS -' Miit?" <lis ! rict; i° P" d(locks : ® acr« oats, 45 acre, readv for« £2ln «n' fill!"3 ' ba,a
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nCC <!" = ,vh «* Oats Ctal, to pSonj \• E Wl! iT "^P ,8 Heosc. «heep dip, woolshM. stable. baraTaSd;■ l^^^i^o,^, ' ta* toB,,"T *^^ rrit*:£l4
270 AC ■ Wo«dllan<fa. in 6 pacHccire; all ni«-, flat country; 39 acres dun,! - ™i«,i»i i i .
-.CrW y?U 1K Rrass
-.10P "?"« P,0 "" ,1,* 1 out °< Ioa ! splendidly
" ottrtsW, v CtOn'a °"d *,ho?L -
51,1 nn acrc " m cash required.
0 5000 A -CRB?- FIIKEHOLD -,!» »''«"> P»*locks ; 200 acrc3 been cultivated, balances ""vw in nativo pesos: well watered by running streams and springs: handy to0 mi my ami P.O. ami school: ALL NEW BUILDINGS; 5-roomcd Dulling, sracWt of cnttle. Tlie.cheapest thinS <n tho market: Price only £2 an acre; ternnii BSB A
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PAFJ P ract! cally all lcvc| . lend; subdivided into ■!i »uu 10 paddocks; watered by running strcame and springs; EO acres river flatb 50 acres new btmj, SO non» wheat (well up). 160 acres in oats 80 acres old"_n_ili „
loughcd for , 1,! r,1i,M iT1 rapo; , us,mll
-v wrri« 120°««; fi, llouso (bathroom, verandah, washhocse, tubs, etc.); 7-etall stable barn traDshed '•
» p.B.tjc, fowlhousc; sheep. T?rds for 1500 sheep; niw younE plLtetkS^ariSlfl• ccond draught of lambs wcro sold from tho property at 16s 7d each, and thef eluded °T_Vn_f l " °S *** *' PriCe, £U lOe an *CK, Crops in
' 170 A/PaLE-S' L,l m- ,? AMAnu i Kni 7« »n wra; »H ploughable; 23 ocres wheat
- J.«" (looking well), 18 acres oats; carries 400 owes, besides eattlo and horses-> new 8-roonied House; stable, byre. etc.; situated within 2 miles of Oamani Poet
UHice, school and creamery on tho farm. Prieo, £1700, crops included; terms.J IR.500 AC^ES> S \?-S, ,™nt *?° a TfWi sis years to run, and rcnewablo; 6OOQ . .Xtiwuu sheep; all buildings, four miles from railway elation. £8000 as a "Rome concern. '■
; (J45 ACRES L.1.P., GnBEKFIBTOs rout 5s 4_<l; 10 paddoeke; ncrer failing-.»Vn j _ .s frm?8 Ind1nd orock,,! ,c "(r,C51(!00 B, "*Pi m«!d house and veronal 7-
• 100 A ?ORES- 'I'ATKRI; subdivided into 6 paddocks; pennnnent creek rnns throiieh;
, J.UV 18 acres oats, 62 acres younc craes, 2 acres whnat, balanco grass; splendidiicff 7-roomed House out £700) bathroom (hot and cold water); broomed Hou»
, (lot); stable, barn, implement shed, etc.: 16 .wvs, 3 drauzht horsw, implements, etc.j lricc £31 an acre, as going concern; £800 down. This is a cheap Propertv, and is ', freo from Canadians; school, post office, telephone, and church aro alon"«We 'creamerv1 one-mile; no dramago rates. °
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• OO_| ACR ES: 0.1i.V., at 103 en scro (rent £7 7s a year), OWAKA DISTRICT;• half-mio from school and post office, one miio from fadorv; good fencesf 'plenty water; two-third, cleared and grassed; 5-roomcd House, Gyro (with loft) 'stable, chalfhouse, fowlhouses, pigperv. £3 nn ncro; £400 down
• cartebed, ok.; 30 ncres ploughed 50 acre, scrubby, balanoo in old pasturo; two milufroil-creamory and school. Prico £6 an aorc: £100 down ' vif»uiiiiu»
1 AC^ES LEASEHOLD, 9 years to run: rent 2s 3d; 1 mile from rail~ar <ta-, ii . ' 313 i,C;rc3 fl.at; STom "P t0 60 b,,sllc!s *l«-t to aero; all wwk Iforward; balucp tussock; plenty o water: 8-roomcd House, Jarjro stable, dwarinffehed, barn, yards etc.: 1000 sl.cep (130 mth-n. balance owes), 4 dbngfct nmres Ihacks, 1 foal, la head muod cottlo, fowls, pig,, implements, dray, spring-oirt, •furniture in house, harness, etc. As a Roinir concern. £2600. Bijht to purchase •2050 ml®i\ °TrUi Di i!ri Cf' l 'KoM .d ' D«llin ff «nd necessary farm building-'••/vV.IW nearly nil ploughable; carrying capacity, 1850 ehoop. £3 10s anQ4O ACRES FREEHOLD and 2300 ACRRS L.1.P.; rent £70 .
,"r dl kZ lO*U mk; mnr T-ropmod House, woolshod. 2 sets sheop yards, etc :railway and school, l'nco. ineluding 1500 sheep (1000 cwcb). £«Sb: £2000 rash4-00 ACrRE!' s "bclivi. tlctl
I jn'o « PwMooke; pood frnen (nettius boundary)- pientv •4UU of water; carrier 1000 sheep all year; 90 ncres ploughed; 45 aern nwSb-alM
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BOOK NOTICES."Handbuch dcr Kogionalen Geologic,
New Zealand and Adjacent Islands."By P. M.A., D.Sc., etc.Heidelberg: 1911.This work, by Dγ l>. Marshall, Pro-
fessor of Geology at Otago University,forms one of a series of. monographs byeminent specialists dealing with thegeology of various regions of the world..Although tho series its published in Ger-niaiiy, and under German editorship, manyof tho volumes are printed in English,andwill thus be readily accessible to thosenot conversant with tho German language—an advantage which will be appreciatedby New Zealandcrs, who will thus be ableto form a proper opinion of tho interest-ing problems which are- presented to themin ,, thic publication. It appears to us thatthe editors arc singularly fortunate inbeing able to secure for their volume, onNew Zealand and its outlying islands anauthor who from training and experienceis so admirably fitted for the taskalignedhim, with the result that wo have anotable addition to New Zealand geolo-gical literature and a masterly andscholarly summary of all that lias beendone here in the way of geological in-vestigation since the d'aye of Hochstetter.Tho facU are. presented in a. clear andconcise manner, and with such admirable,fairness to those who differ from theauthor's own opinion that the work mustbecome a standard ono for all, even thosein distant parts of the world, who wishto know the facts and theories connectedwith the geological problems of this coun-try. . In view of the great interest whichis displayed by European and Americangeologists in matters pertaining to NewZealand, an authoritative pronouncementwill be especially welcome.
In order to make the series of whichthis is a. part as uniform as po.vibloauthors were instructed to arrange theirmatter on a certain fixed plan, an arrange-ment which no doubt has advantages, butwhich at times results in repetition andin a cramped method of treatment. Thoauthor of this number hao to some extentbeen affected by this restriction, but thogeneral-result ieso successful that the de-lects of the system aie hardly to benoticed, in accordauco with this arrange-ment the subject is dealt with under theheads of morphology, or general structure,stratigraphy and lithoiugy, geologicalhistory, mountain struciure/and economicgeology, these divisions being more or lesscomplete in themselves.
A special feature of the part dealingwith stratigraphy is the radical depar-ture from tho usual method of classifyingthe geological systems of tho country andthe grouping together of what has beenusually divided. This arrangement nodoubt tends to simplification, and will bewelcomed by the student who is takinggeology as a subject'for examination, butit will be strongly 'opposed by thosopeoplo who attempt to placo each NewZealand set of beds in a ticketed Euro-pean compartment whether it fits exactlyor not. The conclusion arrived at bythe author is certainly revolutionary, butit- has been eomo to after a carefid con-sideration of tho published opinions ofgeologists of etandingj taken in conjunc-tion with tho author's own wide experi-ence in tho field. It will no doubt forma solid foundation on which to build amore detailed superstructure, but it alroserves to exemplify the fact that muchadvantage would accrue to New Zealandgeology if the slate were wiped clean in6ome particulars and investigation com-menced again from the very beginning, theclassification of our fosil plants and thedescription of our fossil fauna being casesin point. With regard to our strati-graphicalsequence, the author is evidentlyconscious of the fact that in many careswe must work out our own salvation,geologically speaking, by the painful andslow process of detailed and minute workin many localities before making widegeneralisations.
There are two points which may bementioned as specially interestingtopeoplein Otago. The first of these is the assign-ing of the schist area of the province tothe Mesozoic age. It has usually beenput back at the very dawn of geologicalhistory, whereas the dato yiven wouldmake it comparatively recent. This clas-sification may he quito correct, but it willnot be accepted without hesitation asgospel truth.
The stcond point of interest is the re-ported discovery in the lignites of CentralOtago and Gore of the fruits of Hakea, ashrub not indigenous in this country, butintroduced from Australia, and now anunmitigated pest on some parts of theAuckland "gum-lands." The identifica-tion of tho fruits as belonging to Hakea isprobably incorrect, and if so, they nodoubt oelong to a Podocarous closelyallied to that of Fiji, a relationship whichsuggests just as interesting problems ofplant distribution and laud connection asif they were Australian in their affinitiesand origin. Other interesting questionsmight be mentioned, but they cannot bedealt with adequately in a Kho"rt review.
Considering that the book has been pro-duced in Germany aud that Maori n.-uncsarc- a stumbling block to non-residents inthis country, the typographical mistakesaro surprie-ngly few. It i s excellentlygot up, well illustrated with maps andsections, the majority of which have beenmade by the author as the result of per-sonal observation; it is supplied with acopious bibliography, and issued in handyform, so that it should bo widely used,especially by university students, as astandard work on Xew Zealand ceolocv.We can heartily congratulate the" authoron the general result of his cfforle, andwe feel confident that few volumes of theseries will be more interesting or morewidely Tead than that on JS Tcw Zealand." The Gilded Chair." JJy Melville Davis-
son Post. London and New York •D. Applcton and Co. .Melbourne-:'Georße Robertson and Co. (Cloth 3s6d, illustrated.)
t Tliis is a quaint and delightfully orie-inal story to which the title andfrontispiece give no hint. An undentlegend of Brittany, however, supplies theclue :—" Under the still waters of anocean pool are the ruins of ancientmasonry barely vi?i!.!e. The peasantsnay that tlus is a fuumerged city. ThoKing of it was old and wck'od. andGod sent a saint to say that he woulddestroy the city. And tho King re-plied, 'Am not I, whom you can eee,greater than God. whom you' cannot sec!'and he was tenfold more' wicked. AndGod wearied of his insolence. And onenight the saint appeared before the Kin<rand said, ' God's wrath approaches.' Andhe took the Kings daughter by the handand went to the highest tower of thepalace. And a stranger who had enteredthe city rose up and followed thorn notbecause he feared God, but because- holovrd the Kins, * daughter. And sud-denly fJie sea entered and filled the cilv.And tho saint and the King's daughterescaped, walking on the water." Thisquaint medieval story is translated bythe author into twins of tho twentiethcentury. The wicked Mur is an Ameri-can millionaire, who, having purchased avast estate on the sea-board of Oregon,builds there a marvellous palace withgreat pleasure grounds for the delectationof himself and his friends, and importsa -liost of Japanese servanlsand artisansto work it and the different industries oftho estate, and to give him tho slavishdeference which he cannot obtain fromfree white men. In his arrogance, hepays:—" The human will is the onepower in tjio univerne, so far as wo canfind out, that is able to direct the mov-ing of oventi- ,. Nothing else can makethe most trivial thinir happen or oeafin happen. . . . Not all Ithe godsthat man lias over worshipped can makethings happen to-morrow, lint I can makothem happen. Therefore I nmagodnbovothem. And how shall a god who Ispi eater than these gods give over thedominion of events into ithw hands?. . . Tho fearful may obey all tho
doilies they like, but as for meI iveaT no god's collar." And heraurathis man, like every other despot, cravedhis " crildd chair," sign of authority mademanifest, '' ho soueht cover in the depthsof tho wilderness for the staginp of hissovereignty." Thus the principalcharacter of tho drama ie provided, andthe minor parts an well, and not tonslavishly, ndaptod. Tho "king'f daiidli-ter" is in this case hut m'croj '' the saintof God " is u line old mounta-iuocr, luA-
ing tho duties of a 6mall farmer anditinerant preacher, who refuscß tofail himself "servant" except inhis prayers. and accents everyword of the Bible as of direct inspirationto be literally accepted ;md obeyed,yet is, withal, gentle, fearless, and strong,an ideal prophet. '' The Stranger "isan English nobleman, who finds in Caro-lino CbUdcrs the embodiment of all hisitlcaJs, the one woman to whom his soulhas been kcit from the foundation of theworld. Ho working out of the storyis worthy ot its inception—it is a charm-ing blend of old-time romance and moderncommon-petii-e. The soiling, partly in
: Scotland, at the Obaji Gathering, andjKirtly in Oregon, [.fives tho opportunityfor some exquisite word-piotnrfts whichwill lt>np remain in tilio mind of theimaginative reader, while each character
, is at once qn individual and a type, care-fully wrought out in every detail suchas might have boon found in the morn-ing of the world and is yet not out ofplace in Uie twentieth century. Truolove is seen in youth, maturity, age :—
"The alkiring, mysterious, fairy women ofwhom tho fablo in every tongue folk."The strong men able to ovcrcomo allphysical difficulties; the wicked King;tho saint and tho phnphet—aro they notalways with us?—immortal types of thegreat world-mystery which every genera-tion provides, thinly disguised and curi-ously blended, with .silient features vis-ible'only to ]»cts and dreamers beneaththe common mask, wliich civilisation im-poses on nil tho men and women of thepresent age, fo that to one who U mien-lightened'thcyappear "all alike." Thovariety is infinite, but the great types arcfew, and archaic in their simplicity. Tothe true artist tho Vieion is given andthrough him others are enabled to eoc.
"How To Understand Sculpture." ByMargaret Thomas. London: G. Belland Sons (Ltd,).This is a book written by an artist,
as an endeavour to explain the techni-calities of a beautiful and little under-stood art, So, as the authoress herselfpoints out, it ie to bo judged accord-ingly, and not from a purely literarystandpoint. She commences by pointingout and bemoaning the neglect to whichsculpture- is condemned, and hopes bythis and other means to try and remedythis state of affairs. Want"of knowledge,is the. root of evil, and if people canonly be taught to study its principles,history, and technique, she thinks theywill not be slow to take an interest inthis noble art. The book begins with abrief survey of sculpture from theearliest, twice down to the present day,illustrated by examples of EgyptianamiAssyrian work. Among them photo-graphs of a granite statue of Ramases11 and of an Assyrian lion, both in aperfect state of preservation, show towhat a pitch tho art had attained evenat that early age. The work showsalsohow sculpture developed into the Greek(sixth century n.c.), and then Romanstyles; how it fell before the onslaughtof the Goths. Those put an end toclacsic art, indeed, but in its place roseup a new and powerful etylc, charac-terised by . feelings of roughness andstrength,' that lasted with varyingphases till 1383, which date saw thebirth of Donatcllo, and with him sculp-ture sprang to life once more. Thevolume gives a description of modellingin clay, and plaster casting; and thewhole process, to the finished cast, isexplained in a most lucid manner. Thenwe get an idea of carving in marble andcasting in bronze, with a history ofthct-earts, showing that Assyrian bronzes wereproduced as far back as the 24th centuryB.C. The writer then gives her ideason sentiment and etyle, condemning theattempts at intricacy, and urging thatsimplicity should be the marked char-acteristic of sculpture A chapter onGreek sculpture is very interesting, illus-trations of several well-known Vennses
and other celebrities bding given. Thenfollows a long and exhaustive accountof tho Renaissance, or revival of art andliterature, which began towards theclose of tho 13th century in Italy. Theilliistra.tions in this section show thocharming delaaey and originality of theItalian sculpture-of thie period; led by JDonatclto and followed by many otherwell-known men, includng the cele-brated Michel Angclo—architect, artist,and sculptor, who indeed reached theculminting point of Italian art. Especi-ally dainty and unequalled in its execu-tion is the small group entitled "ThoJudgment of Solomon," by Barloineon>loll, carved high up on the top of acapital in the Palace of the Doges atVenice. British (sculpture next claimsattention, and wo are given a long listof names and , dates, commencing withThos. Hanks, born 1735, down to ourown times. The only illustration givenin this eection of the book is that of adecorative nude female figure, by AlfredStevens. Several illustrations ofFrench. German, Flemish, and Spanishsculpture follow, and finally a most use-ful account and critique of the sculpturein the British .Museum, which lastshould be especially interesting to thegeneral public, who are far more likelyto have a chance of visiting this collec-tion than of travelling on the Continent.A brief summary of the leading charac-teristics of the (lilfercnt .schoole con-cludes a most instructive book, wellworth tho time spent in perusing it. Theprint is large and good, and the illustra-tions aro perfect. To anyone contem-plating a journeyto "the Old Country"can this book bo especially recom-mended, .if. it will enable a far moreintelligent interest to be taken in allforms of sculpture, and generally in allporsnns with any leanings towards artin any form will it create a longing tobo able to visit tho marvellous workswhich are hero described and illus-trated."Horses of the Hills." By Marie K. J.
Pitt. .Melbourne: Thomas C. Lothian.(cloth, gilt, 3s 6d.)There are passion and pathos and a real
poetic flavour about theso "songs of awilding Australian harp," which will earnfor the writer an assured place amid thatband of Australian poets who aro sobravely leading the van of our colonialliterature. The name-poem is a spiritedand inspiring lilt of the "white sea stal-lions " and their kindred "of tho snows,"sweeping over tho hilJs when tho winteris past and calling to their comrades,"Come home, white steeds, come home."Like most Australians, .Mrs Pitt loves andunderstands horses, and perhaps touchesher highest point in the lino verses"Ishmacl " and "Tho Rebel," in whichthe free, untamed, unriddon "horse of thebills " is the theme. But it is the .sym-pathetic touch of the warm human heartwhich flames up at the thought of wrongor injustice wrought on those that can-not speak for themselves which will pro-bably be the most widely appreciated. In"The Destroyers" she voices a strongprotest against those women-
white-handed, Foft mid fair,Who kneel at the shrino of fashion, theirwatchword "Never spare "—
Who send their messengers from " thoPoles to the burnt Equator." to tear from" the shuddering brute creation" the"glories" they would wear. Not lessscathing are the lines on " The Heathenof To-day," who send forth tho " Jiin-gornauts of Trade " to feed the "nllaivof Black Competition while, the people':,veins run dry." In "The Keening " tinauthor voices suffering of yet anotheickws:—
Wo a-TO (ho womcji and children,Of tho men that mined for gold.
Hoary wo am with sorrow,Heavy as heart can hold;
Galled aro wo with injustice,Sick to the soul of lors -
lluFba-nds, and tons, and brothers,Slain for tho yellow dros;.
Tho? minod liko gnomos on tho " faco?,"They choked in Uio "fr-vtour " fumoe,
Am! your dividends paved tho pathwaysThat led to their early tombs.
With Death in the sleepless nipht-.^hiftsThey diced for tlio priio yo drew:
And tho D<Tvil loaded the piw?- -But tho stakes wwo hold by you.
Wo aro tho woirmn nivl cliiMrvn.Of th" mon yo mowed liko wheat:
Somo of us Hlavcs for a pittance—friine. of us walk- th« rtn-et.
Bodies and foiiLh vo hnvn srourpvl us,Yo hnvo winnowed us flesh from Ixiim:
But, by th*> (!od yo liavo l!<iu)e<l,\Vo will conw os'mu to our own.
Almost all .Mrs Pitt's verse* ar« a longway above mediocrity and doserve a placeon, oiw ia. memories,
I "Lilies." By A. Grove. " Apples and) Pears." By George liimynrd, Ijomlnn
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'" Marcus Stratford's Charge." By Evelyn ,
1 Everett Green. London: "Leisure Hour 'Library." (paper, 6d.)To the chargo of Marcus Stratford is' !
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LONDON, August 11,.London lias been faced this week with
llic prospect of a food famine ;:s tlie re-sult, "of the great strike which affectedthu dockers, poitcr.s. lightermen, barge-men, carmen, coalmen, awl stevedores.Fortunately, at the la.si moment, tliesituation lias somewhat cleared. Earlyin the week tho dockers' demand*; wereconceded, lint t.hc men agreed not In ro-f.nme work until the grievances of tho jnther workmen were disposed of. 'Tho :coalmen had their demands satisfied on !Wednesday, and the earnien came to jterms ea.rly tliis morning. This brokethe back of the industrial unrest.
The situation during the week has beenmost serious. Police and strikers have !come in conflict, and passenger traflic hasbeen affected. In order to husband thesupply of petrol the motor omnibus com-panies withdrew every third 'bus fromtho .slrccle. Altogether over 100,000workers are affected, and so desperate {was the outlook yesterday that great pie- |parations were made for flooding the citywith military this morning.
In the course of the night, however, theConciliation Committees performed goodwork, and, with the carmen satisfied, thestrike hits lost its terror*. Some time ,must necessarily elap?e before the workat the dock resumes its normal flow.
All the ships bringing supplies fromNew Zealand and ahron-d were- held upin the Thames ami nnablc to dischargetheir cargoes. The frozen produce in.!the refrigerating chambers will remaingood, hut thousands of tons of generalproduce lay rotting at the wharves and iother centre,l!.
STARTLING INCREASES.Wholesale prices are very much higher
than they were a week ago. The priceof hindquarters, New Zealand beef, per.•-•tone of 811), liae risen from 2s 2(1 to be-tween 3s 6d and <Ih, and foreqwartersfrom Is bd t-a 2s 6d. New Zealand mut- jton has advanced per stone of 81b from2s '8d to 3s 2d, and lamb from 3s 6d to4s 4d. A prominent salesman snyn he has122,000 carcases of New Zealand mutton
and lamb lying at the docks awaiting dc- ]livery. It is generally agreed that when 'tho strike comes to an end and the meatnow detained at the docks is liberatedthere will be a glut on the market, andthe produce will have to be sold at a con- \siderable loss. !
There is no doubt that the meat im- :port trade is suffering most severely. Themanager of one of the large Americanfirms predicts a big beef famine, andsays:—" We arc getting absolutely no-thing through cither from Liverpool orfrom London. We have got at thismoment 87.000 quarters of beef tied up \in the docks, which we cannot get at.The wholesale price has already gone up i2(1 a lb. Of course, when all this, andthe meat in similar quantities belongingto other firms, is released, there will bea tremondo.is ' slump' in prices."
Tho head of a South American beef"•lortiug firm expressed similar opinions.
"We have got 50,000 quarters of beeflipid up," ho said. "We have tried todivert some of our ships to Southamptonto unload their cargoes there, but wefailcil to gel the meat out any more suc-cessfully than in London. The prices, ofcourse,' have gone up about 50 per cent.,or, to put it differently, they would beup if there was any meat to sell. Thatis to say, if we got some beef out inmoderate quantities the price would boabout 50 per cent, advance on last
THE PROVISION TRADE.The London hrmsewife has already felt
the effects of the strike, and butter,cheese, eggs, and bacon have increased inprice. General provision dealers see con-siderable losses before them. A largedealer explained :—" Wo have got shipsill the river now with provisions whichwo can't get off—Swedish bacon, NewZealand cheese, Australian ham andbacon. The question of deterioration ofthe held-iip food lias to be taken intoaccount. Frozen meat and butter in re-frigerators are all right for a time, lvutwhen the coal gives out the refrigeratorswill stop refrigerating and the stores willnot keep. Danish butter, which is notin refrigerators, is in a different position.They are trying to gel ice to put on it.and are continually flooding the deckswith water to temper tho heat of thesun on them."
Another big dealer expressed theopinion that the provision trade is likelyto be paralysed. "La.-t Friday was mar-ket day." he says, "and usually ourhusi-ness oil that day totals £<1000"to £5000.As a matter of fact, we sold £25 worth,and that was casks of butler which wehappened to have in. Prior to that wesold dozens of boxes which we have notbeen able to deliver. We have a shipat the docks now with 1100 boxes of but-ter and 1500 boxes of cheese on board,and the}- are- not being touched. Theywill keep good, of course, because of therefrigerating machinery. The strike has
Miglit \\R just at the wrong time. Thehot weather makes the keeping of largestocks impossible, and everyone hae beengoing on from hand to mouth."
No business is being done in Tooleystreet, where all day long the police arestruggling with Hie strikers who refuse toallow loaded vans to leave the ware-houses. There is practically no stock ofeggs in London. They arc all on boardtlie steamers, and the price has risen from(is to 9s per hundred, lioth butter andcheeso have risen in price.COVENT GAJIDEX AND BILLINGS-
GATE.Only a few vanloads of fruit reached
Onvent Garden yesterday. They camefrom Jkickhiycrs' Arms Station. 01(1
Kent road, and were escorted by police.Upwards of 100.000 packages of perish-ablo fruit produce from Italy and Francelie unable to be moved at Ulackfriars,Bricklayers' Arms, and Gravel lane sta-tions. The French grower, for whomthe Covcnt Garden merchant acts, willbe a big loser from the delay and damage.The consignments are mostly appies,pears, plums, greengages, and tomatoes.
Messrs Emanucl have a ship lying inthe river which has a cargo of COOO I'ali-fornian fruit, and another which has24,000 Tasmaniaii apples wailing to beunloaded. Unless some means are foundto save the fruit, it will be jam long be-fore it gels into the hands of the Lou-dim merchants.
ISillingsgale market is in despair. Theporters and cannen have struck. Thefruit cannot bo taken away, and the los.swill be immense. Serious disturbanceshave occurred at Rmillilield market. Thestrikers attacked railway waggons bring-ing meat into the market, and wild
lies were witnessed.NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE.
Last night the New Zealand ShippingCompany's Turakina was to go into dockwith a large consignment of frozen meal,
on hoard, and the same enmpn.ny's Papa-roa is due to dock to-morrow withanother big shipment. The owners ar-ranged for the vessels lo take on boardplenty of cnal at Tenoriffe in case the mi-loiidiii" fihmild be delayed by the striken,All the passengers from (he Turakina andtheir luggage were landed at Plymouth;those bound for London continued theirjourney by train.
Canterbury mutton has touched its topprice duriiij; the famine. There is plentyof frozen beef available, but the publicis not keenly anxious for meat in suchweather.
The China, which goes out to-morrownnd takes a large number of New Zμ-landers, will embark her passengers atPlyinoutb, and so avoid possible, tronbloin the Thames.
NATURE STUDY AND THESCHOOL-GARDEN
CO-OPERATION OF HOME ANDSCHOOL.
J!y Education Siudent.Assuming tho aim of education lo be
thi! m:ikiiig of character, we arc at once ]face, to face with the problem—co-opera- !tion of parent and teacher. If either of ]the.-e responsible parlies neglect thcolJier, ithe r*.ult is a hiatus in the externa! iu-
I lluiiiiccti for the chiid's growth and de-velopment.; the greater (lie disparity be-iv.-ecn these, two factors the more fatal to
I organic continuity of education. Tho■ problem is; "What can be done andI how can it be done to bring the schoolsi into closer relation with the home andI neighbourhood life, instead of having the
school a place where the child comes,solely to learn certain lessons V If the
' teacher omit this point of view, his workmay be logical, it cannot bo psycholo-gical ; it may be right for him, it cannotbe right for the child. Now, if school-ing is to be not merely an intellectualemotion, but also a vital part of thechild's life, both the logical and tho
j i>sychological aspects must have dueI weight. To put it another way : Theolder, densely-populated, and conservative-European countries have been slow tothrow on" the yoke of scholasticism, of thea-cademic system upon which the curri-cula of the elementary schools were based
land to which they led; theirsystems aremore or less logically a connected whole,and are drawn up intentionally as a pre-paration for higher academic studies, flidnewer and buoyant colonies, especially
, America, have breathed a more liberal' spirit into iheir programmes of work en-deavouring to weave the school work into
: the web of the child's life. The formergives logical, the latter psychological, con-tinuity. While there is "much yet to bodone in reconciling these two poinUs otview, and in developing a system thatwill be a happy mean, an ideal curricu-lum, there is no recent reform whichholds out so bright .1 hope of solving theproblem as does Nature-study.J liefoio coming down to details, we mustremind ourselves of some commonplacefacts. A home without a garden is nohome. The relation of a child to thohome garden is commonly a painful one.
J This is due mainly to lack of ownership' and responsibility' of spontaneous andcreative interest. The remedy issmple.With regard to noxious weeds and insectseach must do his part, and all must co-
| operate for the common good. Thus doI these, great forces of nature enforce the: brotherhood of man. Here also comes in
the utilising of the good forces in natureto overcome the evil-the ladybird to ex-terminate the gum-tree scale. But we arcconfronted with a dilliculty : not one ina hundred of us is aware even of thepresence, not to mention the names, ol
', the insects,and fungi that are doing mastj hiirin in our own backyards, and'we are.
: just as profoundly ignorant and unawareof our benefactors. These- common pro-cesses going on about us are part andparcel of our lives and of oar children'slives, and form the most normal basis forlifelong interestand intimacywith Nature.Can we afford to neglect in our system ofeducation the necessary foundation olcommon knowledge of these forces inNature? This work carried out at theschool, the garden will become the heartof vitalising influences and interests thatradiate into Nature in every direction.The problem of keeping children inter-ested and healthfully employed at homocomes with accentuated dilliculty lo cityparents. The factor of prime importanceto remember is individual ownership andresponsibility on the part of the child.The passion* for ownership is as universal-as hunger, and is a necessary forerunnerto unselfishness and altruism. It is nor-mal to the child, and by its exercise anddevelopment he learns in tho only realway to appreciate the property rights ofothers. Another important factor is thenecessity for effort on the part of thechild—no effort, no worth. Begin by giv-ing to thi! child at threo or four yearssome little plot he e;in call his own, lethim lorm his own plane and select thethings he wishes to grow, giving him thonecessary guidance and information.Later, as ability increases, give him moreground with, say, one or two fruit trees.If this lie not possible, he should at leasthave a tew plants in boxes or (lower-pots,such plants as arc common, rich in foli-age and blossoms, and thrive easily. Athird important point is to begin young.To children who arc not yet spoiled andwhose tastes and appetites arc not yetdepraved, this simple work is a continu-ous and never-failing sourco of happinessand joy.
In making a beginning with a schoolgarden, it its wise to adapt the work tolocal conditions and needs. Parents willalways l>o ready to help by hints and in-formation in tliis respect, eo that no onecan plead ignorance or want of experi-ence as an excuse for not taking up thework. Varieties that will flower or fruiteither before mid-December or after theIst of February should be selected for thoschool garden, the children being en-couraged to grow summer flowering andIriiiting plants in their home gardens.
Children's pels should find a place forthe benelil of the younger children. Thesemay l>c represented by one or more ofthe" following :—Dog, cat, rabbit, guinea-pig, pigeon, canary, chicken, frog or fish,lizard, silkworm. Some, of theso art
necessary for Nature-study in Uio kinder-garten ;
With regard lo plant Nature-study whatwe should aim at in the early stages Iβ
developing the love that comes byhabitual doiuq with success and pleasure.—in the later etafies cultivating thought-fulness and power to reason, leading un-consciously to scientific experiment. Foryounger classes dwarf-nasturtium, ralli-opsis", agoratum, candytuft, gaillardia,(lianlhufi are all suitable, easy of culture,and a.ve favourites with the children,especially the first two. To rear a plantheel, the effort to do things well is apractical lesson, the relation of which tosuccess in life fow children fail lo appre-ciate adequately. They feel a mastery ofthe real forces of Nature. An importantside issue of this work may be tho beauti-fying of roadsides with as great'a varietyof wild flowers as possible. After Uii'shas been put into practice a short time, arule not to pluck any roadside flowers canbe inculcated. Leave them lo passers-bytoenjoy and gather only hucli flownrs a'sare superabundant. .Some of the pupilsin the higher classes may be appointedrangers lo report any wanton destructionand vandalism. This has a striking effecton the pupils themselves. Lists of usefuland of noxious plants in the neighbour-hood can be drawn up gradually from in-formation brought by pupils.
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For thehigher classes the very breath of life tothe children is research, original investi-gation. Kvery dilliculty is a question, andfrequently a direct, question to teacheror parent. This is just where a young
teacher feels timid. It is also an idealeducational opportunity. To the timidinexperienced teacher I would say, "('<>
ahead, your seeming loss is tho child'sgain." A wise parent, too, can here be usgood a teacher as the schoolmaster. Thereis no harm in pleading ignorance. 11 isseldom the right course to give a directspecific unewer. (.let into the child'smind; see hU point of view; then bysiig-
I gextion or by other questions lead him loI answer his own question. If ignorant,J search with him for the solution. Your•nethuil of search will be an education tolinn. "livery question is a prize, a liv-ing, bursting bud." The teacher oiparent who understands Clio child mindand its working will best develop it. Toanswer directly is to stuff the memoryfaster (nan the power to think and thewill to do are developed; the mind im-mediately becomes passive and tends lobecome 'fmlolont. The delay in findingthe answer is tho more educative, tholonger it is if interest remain active. Agood spirit is fostered by calling forvolunteers to try to solve the difliculty.This furnishes opportunity for individualinitiative and resource.
In the higher classes, too, should not hoomitted the culfivation of fruit and foresttrees. Tho school garden should be acentre o" iniormation and practice- for theschool district as regards the best vari-eties oi plants tosult local conditions, anda.s to the suitabilty of newly-introducedplants. Here parent and teacher canagain work hand in hand, the parentgiving the teacher the benefit of his ex-perience, the teacher in return giving re-sult* of experiments, ami both workingtogether to solve local problems. Whileeach will gain individuality, both will beworking for their young charges. Graft-ing, budding, pruning, and—in the dis-trict high schools, plant-breeding—are ofespecial value in not taking up much timeand in affording the very best educationalopportunities. With regard to forestryoar present problem is, "How are we todevelop an enduring interest, love, andappreciation of trees, and especially ofnative bush, that shall make impossiblethe injury and abuse so common?' . Thereis only one best way. The children them-selves must grow, plant, tend, and ownliie trees. The greater the dilliculty in-volved in these operations, th« morejealously will the mature product beguarded. For ornament, shade, and'shelter of home, sclioolhouso, and road-side there is ample scope for many yearsto come. The points for tho teacher toknow are : methods of saving and ger-minating the seeds, the kind of trees de-sirablo and suitablo locally, the seedbedand. methods of planting, and lastly thoafter-treatment and care. Nut treesshould be allotted a gonermi6 space.These form a more immediate selfish ap-.peal through the child's "centro of in-terest" to his heart and- mind; theacholic and altruistic appeal in orna-mental and limber, trees is a more gradualand later-maturing development. Here,again, parents can give invaluable assist-amto to the teacher and the wholecountryside will indirectly benefit.
The honey Iwc as a type of insect andas representing beneficial insects offersopportunities for Nature-study and forscience a.s yet- little dreamed of. In tholower classes attention will be given tobees in the field; the higher classes willadd the care and management of beee athome; while the district high schoolscould well add the scientific aspect—thobee as a type of insect. "Lining " beesis important as leading to discoveringwhich bees work on the red clover, andhenco which have the longest tongues andarc best lo breed from. Mounting anobservation hive in the schoolroom is asimple matter, anda first swarm will buyits own home the first season. It isonly of late years that the value- of beesfor pollination of clover and fruit trees
has been realised. From this point alonoit handsomely pays the farmer andorchardist to' encourage this aspect ofnature-study.
With birdsa start can be made by plac-ing boxes on poles, trees, sheds, etc., forstarlings, each box belonging to someparticular pupil. This can also be en-couraged at home. With two or Uireoyears of this over a wide district 1 ven-ture to say there would bo a markeddiminution of the grass-grub ravages.Also, a small poultry run is of first-classeducational importance, The develop-ment and education of the chick is ofvalue from the kindergarten to the post-graduate course. More practical iesues,such as special purpose breeding and selec-tlori, came into the course for higherstandards and for district high schools.The analogy with other stock on thotarm—breeding, feeding, cleanliness,selec-tion—naturally leads to the hygiene ofthe home and to personal hygiene. Whenthe rural branches of our technical schooledevelop special courses in horticulture,apiculture, poultry farming, and so on,according to the needs of the district,there should be a substantial basis ofaccumulated data on which the super-structure of the science and art of theseindustries can be built. Without somesuch preparation in elementary schoolsas is here outlined, adequate treatmentas technical studies of rural subjectswould be impossible.
Professor J. .Macmillan Drown, in".Modern education," says:—" The Statohaving unsettled the home by its assump-tion of educational functions must re-organiso its This may be done by bring-ing teachers and Tinrents ofteucr to-gether " (p. 9). The State can do agreater work than that. Instead of thismere physical adjustment, it can ni'ako amore permanent, vital, and spiritual ad-justment by sending out teachers whowill take a wide generous view of theirwork, who are specially trained for ruralfciiimls. and who are prepared to makethemselves heart and soul an organicpart of the district. Then will parentsami teachers, realising tho fundamentalidentity of their duties and responsi-bilities towards the children, co-operate tomake the daily life (he means of an edu-cation essentially psychological, at thesame time equipping the pupil with abody of interests and practice as willprevent that swarming into cities notedin so many countries to-day."The daily round, Hie common task,Will furnish all we need to ask."
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THE BRUCE COUNTY COUNCILTO THE EDITOR.
Sir,—Sccintj that Iho county olrction iscoining off shortly, I think that, it v.x>n!d hoa goodplan if the ircombrrs for tJit: county,cspivially tlio chairman, would call a inst-ill;' of liio ratepayers .m<l giro an nreonntof tlioir stewardship. Just after tho Scott.Hid Hrown [wrio.l the chairman wound upan olomionl ppoMh hv payin" ho doulit'idif n»ylx;dy in tlio county would liavo donobettor. Now, Sir. ] think that I ain voic-ing the «ontimi>i>ta of tlio ratepayers uho.i1 siy th<it. I donbt'ifanyone could have <|oneworie.-I am, etc., " llatkpaykii.
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N.Z. PRODUCE IN LONDON.STRIKE WEEK IN LONDON.
SALES CURTAILED.(From Ocr Own C'onßEsroNnn.sT.)
J,O.\nC)N, August 11.Nc<yi!cs3 to say, the strikes in the docksand allied iiwlustrios —which means irraoli-cdiy ilio whole commerce of Ixnidon—havohail a serious a'fcrt on Uu> iiio;itn:.irl;ct. Notquite so serious :«• might \v siippofcd.cause in any ca.'c tJ>o Rivat hnil of Ihc'iastImv wwks Ims ciirtailrd the roiiwiiiiptionof meat. Tho oxjxjrt and inijwri tr;»ie ofboth London and Liverpool \v;us [uirsilvwdNot only was it imiwasililo to chaw'anvsupplies from the. vwsols in port, but many*i \.Vs> fomivwiios found it impossible to.tana rteiiK-ty oi nittit fron: tneir stores inIx)n(!on. 'IVro is a v.ist aooumulation offrown meat ou hoard vessels in tho Thamesand Mersey, and jciiw iipprchonsion is feltlest tho supply of coal for tlv refrigeratorsshould give out beforo tho strike is settled.
Prices of meat naturally show some re-niarkablo .idvunooe, but this is entirely arti-ficial owing to the small quantity of moatthat can bo released for consumption. Quo-tations sre. therefore of no value.SEW ZEALAND JIITrOX.
Tho arrivals of New Zealand mutton intho port for tho week nniountcd to 51,C00carcases, but no,n?, of course, found ih-livery. Rusincss is too rcftricted to n-quircreport and selier3 who aro in a, jxisition todclirer aro asking prices which arc onlyjustified by the, rxigencke of retailers.Wethers of all descriptions havo lvon sold jat 3{<l jo S<l per 11). ajid ewes at 3d to 4d.Australians, in smaller supply, fetclwl apenny and a fraction lower. The arrivalsof South American mutton during tho two•weeks have amounted to 159.C00 cirrasos,and fiuch joles as have been effected wereat prices below 4d.
rnozES limb.Thero was an improveinent in tho inquiry
for lanib beforo tho strike bkamo serious,and as only 11,900 carcases have been addedto tlw slock there was a considerable ap-preciation of prices, and any lambs that theholders were fortunate enough to get de-livered brought up to 5Jd iw lamb. ThoIonly drawback is that pales cannot at prv-'sent bo effected ivithout a guarantee ofdelivery, therefore lnmbs are practically at<i standstill. ' Nominal quotations to-dayare:—Canterbury (under 361b), sid; under181b, b'id; '2 ta"solb grade, <S?d. SoutJilandlambs aro worth from id to id loss.
IIKEF.Tbo arrivals during the fortnight amount,
to 5000 quarters from Australia, 2000 fromNow Zealand, and 100,000 from (he RiverPlate. Exceptionally liich prices havo ruledfor frozen—fores from 3Jd to ?3<l and hinds3Jtl lo sid. Tho chillrxl beef to handamounts to 100.0CO quarters, and prices worea shade belter until tbo Ktriko closed downtho market. There aro very few holdersin a position to sell.
DAIBY PBODUCE.Tho samo conditions apply to tho dairy
produce market. Few sollors can guaranteedelivery, and practically nothing is doing.All landings havo been suspended, andprices are nominally 2s to 4s higher. ThoDanish official quotation has been raised by\ kroner, tho highest price for tho second■week in August since 1881, except in thopanio of 19D3. The export from Siberiauis[ week was only 18.ES0 casks, as against52,000 the week before, and tiho tropicalweather is hardening tlic Continci&l mar-ket; generally.
Canadian cheeso is firm, and prices aromaintained. JCdw Zealand is in small com-
, jxtss, tho soasan being practically over.CHAIN.
Tho British grain crop is coming in invery fine condition, and thoro is conse-quently little demand for New Zealandwheat, which stands nominally at 34s to 35sper 4951b for ehortberry and 35s to 56s forlonßborry.
Good qualities of New Zealand oats aroscarce, and is a steady market.
TALLOW.Australasian tallow has been quiet during
the last fortnight, and prices daclined 6<lfor ediblo sorts and lowest grades, butthere is now more inquiry for ediblo owingto tho short supply of butter and jomo im-provement in prices may ho looked for.
MAGISTRATE'S COURT.Tuesday, SErTEUBEis 19.
(Before Mr li. Y. Widdowson, S.M.)Judgment was delivered in tho following
undefended cases:—Johnston, Soik, avid Co.(Air ijcantlebiiry) v. Itobert Charles Sinclairdo Courey (Napier), claim i' 3, balance dueior looks wld and delivered, with cost*(i3s); the New Zealand Coal and Oil Com-pany, Limited (.Mr D. Ramsay) v. l'crcyYoung (Kiikapuaka), cluim £2 13s 10d, forcoal supplied, with costs (10s); Jolmstou,Sons, and Co. (Mr Soantlebury) v. JosephJames Mooro (Wellington), claim £3 10s 0(1,balaiito due for 13ib:o told and delivered,witli coots (14s); William Spillane (Mr D.Cooke) v. W. C. NicJiolls (Wellington),claim £1 17s 6d, for hiro of horsv, ■AitJicosts (ss); W. C. Gray v. Henry CharlesStewart (Gore), claim £6, amount of promis-sory note, wilh cosU (IPs 6s).
Artliur White v. William Smith Dryden.—Claim £7 10s, for preparing plans, .vpeci-Gcations, jmd cstimaks.—Mr J. Macliicgor
appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Hay iortho defendant.—Mr MncGicgor explainedthat tho agreement waa iiiat the plaintiff, abuilding contractor, should prepare plansand specifications and be allowed to carryout tho work. Tin's he was not allowed todo, and ho now sued to recover the cost ofpreparing the plans and specifications. Thodofenon was tliat tho plaintiff agreed to pre-paro the plans aiid sj>rcificntions freo ofcharge on condition that the defendantbought from him a section of land for £100,for which otherwise he would pay only£95.—ICyidence to this effect was given bytho plaintifF and his wifo, ami judgmentiwas entered for the defendant for tlio'dioloeum, with costs (21?).
CITY POLICE COURT.
Tuesday, September 19.(More Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M.)
Drunkenness.—A female first ollcntior wasfined 10;, in default 2J hours' imprisonment,and diaries l'rico, -,vlio liad been once pre-viously convicted within the past sixmonths, was fined 20s, in default 5 days'imprisonment.
An Indecent Act.—Benjamin Wise wascharged with committing n grossly indecent -
not in Princes street.—On the applicationof Mr Ewing, who appeared on Ix'half ofMr Jrwin, the c,ife was adjourned till Fri-day, hail being allowed.
Breach of Prohibition Order.—ArchibaldSmith was charged with procuring liquordtiriiiEf the currency of a prohibition order.—Accused explained that ho had not pro-cured the liquor, but ww merely carryingit for someone else.—Evidence we given byConstable Peterson to the effect tiint be hidarrested the accused in King street- when hewas carrying a tattle, of beer in a kit-Mr Cumming stated thai, the man wassomewhat mentally weak, and evidentlysome persoas had taken advantage of thatfact and sent him to procure licpior.—Smith was convicted and ordered to conicup for sentence when called upon.
Obscene Language.—James Gregory wascharged with using ol>=ceiie language in apublic place—namely, the open bar of theTerminus Hotel, and with refusing to quit Itho hotel wlwn ordered to do so by a ser- |vant of tho licensee.—James Sheriff, bar-man in the hotel, gave evidence to the effect 'that accused was noisy in the bar, demand- Iing liquor which be stated he had left in Ihis glafK. He refused to leave the premiseswhen asked to do so, and used olrcenolanguage.—Marv Sweeney, daughter of thelicensee, gave evidence as to the language.—Accused said he was employe] on the s.s.Surrey, and on Monday morning lie washaving a glnai of lieer in the TerminusHotel about an hour before his l*xit sailed.He had occasion to leave the bar for amoment, and when he came baik he four.d• hat r. third of a gln.fi of beer which hobad left on the counter was gone. He. jappealed to the birman in a quiet manner 1for the beer whirl) was left, but he wasrefused, and Mil to leave (lie hotel. Hehad not used ol*cene laiiguae.—Constable }i i i*i 'l'""' "Tested the accused, whohad bad a drink, but -.vas sol>er to all in- gtents and ]Mir|iose>.--The Magistrate said <tnat, the evidence piovrd the charge ofo.Mfein and that really coveredthe oilier charge. He would deal lenientlywith the man. taking into consideration)ih stntrment a.s to leaving the b?er in the jf'f' " f would give him a chance to jret I
''' J. 1,15 -"filed flout the (i r" , J,li rsdny - "" l>o. convictedand fined 20s, in default wven days' imfpriiomnciit.
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, Fancy Patterns at prices ranging from 25/- to stone-set patterns at £10. To-day we show the neat and serviceable plain Curb
If you aro ]\UN DOWN Pattern. They are made in the most |>erfect manner, the locks are providedWilson's PamOUS Malt Extract w' l'' a stro "S sna P> aU(I a' so a sa*cty c'la ' n '9 atttlcuei l for extra protection, so
that it is al most impossible to lose them in wear. Each Bracelet bears the
RESTORE VIM AND VIGOUR.*M M"k Sf",n P~ an abso,alc K u;m"tce as to I™^-
rRICE, Small, 1/6. Large, 2/6. PRICES:
Rheumatism! mX nfflffl Wk iscl'oS '£6 If« . Those agonist™ JN|£ lIIF No. H3, one size narrower1 ing pains will I Sj|fi |Y MM) 9 d. Gold ■£2 IS/-Ibe quickly and ISSsL w /Hl' lSct, Qold '£5
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£5. Cash tor Pocket Money. |by -aild -bye Tβ" Pnco 2 pTton. paid on
Simply eat Cailler's delicious Chocolate | tIHH VOU bIHUDCr "" ° * "P' Iand lave the Wrappers. 1 14 * I F °R POTATOES' 1400 PRIZES m ALL |
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1' Kempthorne, Prosser & Co.'s N.Z. Drug Co., Ltd. iSsulHrfclllVSr B BlUra 'uL Agricultural Chemists, Dunedin. ™
VVBevWeeer I BWie iiib ■■-n^it is popularly supposed that For all Information Bim^ii^consumption is inherited. This relating, to Jfa JkiL Ja tialJM i& J)3his an error. Consumptive ten. APP ]y BALDWIN 6s RAYWARD (the Leadingdencies are inherited, but the Patent AffentS °f N 'Z '>' Joel's Buildings, Crawfopd
Street, Dunedin.disease itself cannot be. Con- CONSULTATION FREE,
lung tissues. These tissues will, P. G. DICK, O.D.if weak, break down under the Spectacles Accurately Made from Ocu«attacks. People with weak lungs lists ' Prescriptions. Fees Moderate.
nothing that will do this so .PH Direct importer of Watches, Clocks,effectually as Special Value In Eojerement and Dress Rings. and Jewellery.
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LANE'S EMULSION. Dll convinco yon that ourPrice 2/6 and 4/6. Prices are Right.
imfamraobettose it's good" g> f BURT Ltd75 w *■ ' WWJIXJ > iUIU., STUART STREET, DUNEDIN.
At Astonishingly Low Prices n 1We have been very fortunate in securing at a very small figure above actual cost tho
whole of Messrs. Templeton & Co.'s Samples of Noxt Season's Axminstcr Carpet Squares. IThis Glasgow firm is recognised as the world's foremost Axminstcr Carpet Manufacturers, iand in their samples we arc able to offer an exceptional opportunity of securing tho jHighest Quality Carpet Squares in styles which, in a few months, will be all the vogue, |and at prices which will surprise you. |
These squares may be had in sizes and qualities to suit the most Luxurious glooms ,and those of unpretentious character. I
CASEMENT CLOTHS. M% the S.S. Orari we received a big shipment of all the Newest and most Novel | ;
Patterns in Casement Cloths in White, Ivory, Cream, Biscuit, Greens, and Browns. i
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! coats, Leather Shells for Motoring, Youth's Rugby (3 garments) Suits, JuvenileJ; 'Louis," "Tyrol," "Hampton," and "Graham" Suits, Boy's Single Breasted andI Double Breasted Overcoats, etc., etc.j Every Garment represents the definite fashion which will be the vogue for nextI winter, and what is more important to customers, a great saving in cost isj I made, should any of these samples be the size, you require.
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The Famous BrandofW.D.&H.O. Wills, -Jsy~\s Hf (CtH^N/^ , a name tnat °' e" before the tearld for nearly 200
' .w^XCm 1 "&$?" f yean ,n connection with the manufacture of Tobacto. ""\
k Hearhe's Bronchitis Cure Iff HERE VF RThose who have taken this medicine are amazed at its splendid 1/1/ i-il\healing power. Sufferers from Bronchitis, Cough, Croup, Asthma If/0, ' ' IHoarseness, Difficulty of Breathing, Pain or Soreness in the cheft,' " ' LiOnnOlSSdirS gathef
: experience delightful and rapid relief, and to those who are subjectto Colds on the Chest it is invaluable, as it effects a complete cure. frxrr^fl»-Q *' UI It is most comforting in allaying Irritation in the Throat and giving lOgCinCl, W nCrCVCI
( Strength to the Voice, and it neither allows a Cough or Asthma tobecome chronic nor Consumption to develop. Consumption is not roiirfow AY\A GnnA facfo; known where "Coughs" have, on their first appearance, been VAJUUCby dUU gOOQ laSieproperly treated with this medicine. No house should be without «i »11 r 1it, as taken at the beginning, a dose or two is generally sufficient, DfPVai Vfill flTlfl -—■and a complete cure is certain. r IV/TUII » jvu u IUIU
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HUSVIBERS GIVE LASTING SATISFACTION. U "There's no sweeter Tobago comes\Jr n ?fwl. from Virginia, and no better brand than
the , Three Castles. ,!'THIRTY. 1911 MODELS f~ -Th«cke «y -. «The ""N
3i numbers, Nortons, and In PACKETS and FLAT TINS of 10.i Kin£ Dick Motor Cycles.The World's Pick. during August h R °UND ™S °f 50,
COOKE, HOWLISON & CO., LD., mty al , m ~^M mmPrinces Street & King Street, DUNEDIN. » eo
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gls ep 81l *f J™ The Famous Daisy Baking PowderMountings. $$[ Finishes. l 8 tllo owder y°u should always nse for making wen.These are the Prettiest ever shown in our City.' risen Scones - Cake3» etc-
Just the tiling to brighten up now Spring cleaning is on.A CALL AT OUR NEW ROOMS WILL MORE THAN INTFRPST
Now " there,
aa7 thing more than to have your pastry orYOU
munß innnißitutsi cakes turn out a failure, or even only fairly good ?
Why make experiments with other preparations when forPIIY II f! ill /? SUP© (lie sma" sum of SixP ence
-vou can from an y Grocer inuHB hiBlvUH (X town or country a tin of the Best and Purest Baking
limited, Powder it is possible to get ?
¥OGEL STI » DUNEDIN, DAISY BAKING POWDER is prepared by Expert, from-lie"••"•"" " ■'■
,~. I'iircst Ingredients mostly derived from grapes and other fruits. Iβalways the sarae ' aud s°od-
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OMNIUM GATHERUM.It has been xoported that two-un schools
aro flourishing in certain districts in thoManawfttu.
Water Glass ior Egg Preserving; 1-rgotins (id, at Wators's Pharmacy....The editor of tho Pastoralists , Review,Melbourne, receive*! a cable last weekfrom London announcing: that that publica-tion has l)fcn awnrded the Diploino D'llon-neur at the Roubiiix Exhibition.
For chronio chest complaints. WoodsGreat Peppermint Cure; Is 6d, 2j 6d....
During tho past six weeks 30 buildingpermits have been issued in tho boroucfiof Hamilton, tho estimated valuo of thovarious buildings being £17,327.
Scott's Catarrh Curo, a never failingremedy for this complaint; 2s 6d bottle.—17 Princes street....
TJio membership of tho AmalgamatedMerchants Assistants' Union now consistsof between 300 and 400 wnrohouso amisloro employees. It includes storcmon,but not drivois or clerk. l?.
Mineral alkali's in cheap soaps causemany skin troubles. M'Clinton's barillasoap is only soap free from chomicals.
B|vo farming .«eoms to be flourishing in thoWaikato. A correspondent states that alocal apiary exceeds 1000 colonies, extendedover many mite of country, mid a motorctir is used by the proprietors for tho pur-poso of travelling from ono station to theother.
Electrical wiring and contracting of nilkinds by Tho National Elec. nnd Ene. Co.(Ud.). Estimates free.—Chambcrs's Build-inns. Stuart street....
Flounder, a delectable <Csh which findsfavour with most people, is remarkablyscarce on tho Wellington market, wjicroit is now selling at about 8d a pound. Afew years ayi tho fish could ibe procuredfor 2Jd the pound. Times liavo changed.Obesity curable: no dieting or medieino:I/ouisenbad Bath Salts.—At Watera' Phar-macy....
A Grcymoulh resident lias olTerod towoflor £5 that he can curo cancor. lietau>. deposited tho money at tho Star officencrtMiipamcd, by a olwllongo to that effect.S-hould his £5 1» covered, ho muiraiitcv.'sto produce a patient suffering from cancerand curo him.
Hiro motor cars from Wimpenny Bros.Premier (Jarajre.—Telepliono 1246....
Judging by t!:o a mount of buildinggoing on in Napior at the present moment,the residents Jiavo full confidence in thefuture. Aj«.rt from dwelling houses, whicharo springing up in all directions, it isostimatid that over £52,000 is being ex-peiidxr on the constriction of ware-houses, theatres, shops, etc.
(iinuinc Marmola Curn for Stoutness.—Obtainable Fcott's Pharmacy, 17 Prince?strei't, Diinedin....
Part of tho Mnheno district got a biggershare of th'o rainfall last week tlian anyothor port of tho county. Heavy blackclouds irethcrccf over ifto plnce, nnd twothun<lercla[KS preceded a tropicul downpour,hi a short timo the paddocks were underwalw. Tim rainfall was not of Jong-duration, but it was extremely heavy whileit Iffitod.
Mazda lamps ufo one-third the current ofordinary lamps and have long life.—Soldonly by Tho National Klcc. and Eng, Co.(Ltd.). Chambors's Building. Tel. 2103.,..As indicating tiie sympathy prevailing forPawolka up at Aria, in which district thopolice have been scouring of lato in searchof tlio fugitive, the residents of the town-ship and settlers of the adjacent districts,when asked by the police the road toMnnjjaroa, replied that they didn't know,althouch they knew it aa well as tho roadto their own farms.
MarshallV Nmrorv Hair Lotion is abso-lutely the best for cleaning children's heads;Iβ, at Marshall's Pharmacy....
"1 enn never miko bend or tail ofthem; they take an expert," cuiri DrM'.Vrthur, S.M.. at Wellington on Thurs-day, referring to accounts. lie wont onto siiv that during the week ho hud hadlo solve a debt dispute " I took the twoamounts ami divided by two. and suh-stracted from pamethinc eke," lie Raid: thatwas hw proces.l of solution.
Krank It. Mafcclcy. surgeon dentist, 174Princes street South lover Kilroj andSutherland's). Telephone 1483....
Disaster has nttendrd a shipment ofrnlllo by tho si tamer Gertie from Foxtonto Wroymoutli, Out nf 40 head put onboard, 17 died .ind were thrown overboard.The stoomer put into N'elron and landedthe remaining 23 bond, but three more oftho isniinals were found (o .he in siioh nsi.ito that tliey too hn<l to bo destroyed.
Itcdiirn your woiclit hv hnthinsr lionincn-bad Hall' Snlt.i.-Onlv nt Waters' Pharmaev
A SM-leoixmli, about nine foot long andin emdlnirt condition, took up its quartersin (i paddock, iiw tfio Kree*im; Coni|Kiny'sWork* at Wokn last Wodiwdiiy (says theNfilfon Colonist), 'and wns an object, ofmuch Interest to a nuinW r\f residents.Tim ftiilmnl L) n s'atev prey colour, fleetivlwith white on tho sldo, nnd o white IxJlv.It hecnnin rather native when too clavlviippraiehed, but Has olJinnviflo docileenough.
Waterloo Ifolfll. Cavcrshnm, fnmons for.Inmlemn's, Dewar's extra special ondrauuht, nnd other brands of whiskies.Old lirntoir brand? and port wino forinvaliJs.-W. Crossan..-
Hamilton is against the formation ofslum areas. The tutting up of boroughsections into exclusively small allotment*u'ii.s called attention to at tho last meetingof the Hamilton Borough Council, and ucommittee was set up to fix a minimumarea on which to erect a dwelling, with aview to nievout tho cranipinjf of house3and tho consequent creation of slums.
Bourbon coffee is a blond of tlio mostfully developed two-seeded cherries of thocollet, tree. A customer onco inndo forUoiirbon is not lightly removed...
The steamship companies stato that theNew Zealand export'tr.ule, evon for thistune of the year, j3 particularly slack.Daring tho last month 1:0 cargo steamersleft tlit* Dominion (or London direct. Onlytwo mail steamers sulrd for Lon( jon dur-ing August, and one for AvonniotiUi. Thocommodity which Iμ Itch noticeably shortis beef. Owing to tv.e low prices of* wlicnt:n Kuropc compared with t.ho Now Zea-land market shippers do not feel satisfied inexporting. An improvement in conditionswill set in about the end of October, whent.ho cheese and butter season will com-mence, nud wool will bo offering in No-vember. ,Waters' Tcroxido Croatn, for rough skin,freckles, etc, Iβ 6d, nt Waters' Plmnnaiy...!" 1 am a g-re.it advocate for the us<> otsalt when stcrinp hay for winter use." ex-
plained a Iliwitiui farmer to a Palmer-ston Standard reporter. "I don't 6tackmy hay, but store it in a shed, aixl witheach lxul I distribute some 10!b or 151bof eoareo salt, and it would astonish youto sea how the cows relish it. They don'tleave a blndo of thohay behind. My cows alsohavo access to rock salt in their paddocks,and I can testify to its valuo as regardstheir hoallJi and condittcn. Perhaps youmnv have seen cans ciiewing bones. Well,I Iwliovo that is to get something similar tofait. 1 have ha<l to make tunic of mycows drop a bono they have been chewingfor an hour or so, aiid which they wouldswallow if they could. I mako it a rulonever io leave any borxw lying about wherefcho cows cm got them."
•Linoleums, hearthrugs, and carpetsquares are- well assorted in tho shipmentof new goods opened up by A. F. Choynoand Co., and tho election of window cur-tains iiid blinds are well worthy of in-spection from all thoso contemplating housorenovating for tho spring....
Uaoler Parker, who was savagely attackedby a prisoner at diatonic on 'liiiirsday last,has had some thrilling experiences in con-nection with gaol work. On one occasion,when ho was a wurder at the J-vltcltoiiPrison, the prisoners mutinied. They al-most strangled tho chief warder. Mr Par-ker was then attacked, but he succeededin overcoming his assailants. On anotheroccasion, at the same plnoe, one notoriousprisoner get out of his cell in the middloof the night, and was attempting to let thoother prisoners om. and escape. Mr Parkerheard the noisn ciul Lolol tlicm up in acorner with a revolver, and signalled forassistance, thus fnisfcratiug Krious trouble.
Mosgiol not only can lioast of its famouswoollen industries, its municipal arrange-ments, and ita adjacent itirm lands, but itlms a Drm of general drapers and out-fitters that offer goods at prices advan-tageous to the people. Visit Clirietio andCo.'s spring display on Tuesday, deptcrn-ber 12, and following days, who aro notedfor their high-class coous at moderaterates...."I qm afraid your farmers in the North
Island, or n gcod many of than at anyrate," said a South Island visitor to aMn.nawn.tu Standard representative in thocourse of a casual conversation, "aro notas naich attached to their district as wo intho south are. I see clearing sales o[ etockalmost every day in tho newspapers, tho■owner having fold his farm. I hear of agreat many Taranaki farmers who haresold out and gone lo Waikato or tho KingCountry. The Southland farmers often goup north in search of suitablo farpis, ormore suitable farms, than those which tlieyalready have. But in nearly every oasbthey como back, more than convinced thatthere is no dktrict like Southland after all,and tho most of themnlso acknowledge thatfarming- in Southland is superior to thatiu any other district which they had visited.In tho North Island there- "is too muchswapping of farirts for other farms or fortown properties. I don't care lo see muchof that kind of business."
Patents that Pay.-Patonts (or smallarticles usually par better than these forgreat schemes. Such simplo things airubber heels, barbed wire, poinis of ecrew?,hairpins, rubber tips to pencils, collar studs,simplo toys, havo landed tho patentee)enormous fortunes.a Messrs Baldwin andRayward, Joel's Buildings, Crawford street,Diincdiii, can giro you round advico onnnv matters pertaining to patents....
Sooii after the Tyser linor Tomoana,which arrived last week at Melbourne, hadleft St. Vincent, in the North AtlantioOccau, and while slio was yet within aboutthrco miles of the island, on exciting inoi-dent occurred on board. Ono of thoislanders-a coloured man—w'no had slowedaway, was found by tho chief steward andbrought before Captain 5. W. Hayter.Iteiiig unable to speaJc English, tho islandercould, of course, give no reason for stowingaway, and Captain Hayter was abinit to"e'.ow down" and send the man ashore ina boat, when the latter suddenly jumpedoverlxKird nnd disappeared. It was juetgrowing dirk at the lime, and as thoTomoana was steaming at full speed, allefforts to pick up traces of tho nsin provedfutile. The natives of St. Vincent aro 6aidto Iw great swimmers, and Captain Haytorbelieves that it was with the full intentionof swimming ashore that the intrepid stow-away leapt into the fea. Ho was a youngman, apparently nbout 26 yeare of ago.
Wo have this day opened two caass con-taining 553 first-clnsi American corsets,boned with ruitlcss steels and real whale-bone, sizo 19in to 30in. price 2s lid to 14s6d, ami although we do not carry o BampJoof every style of corset made in America,yot wo do carry sufficient to properly Gtcvory lady who visits our showroom. Callearly, and tho young lady will adriso thomodel that will just suit your figure.—T,Rofs, ISO Princes street... '
A peculiar caiv oamo before tho CrownIjiiikls lkanl at Auckland last week. ABav of Plenty settler, a Crown leaeoholdcr,had found that tho only means of accessto his property was by a stream runningthrough liis neighbour's land, which wasalso leased from tho Crown. Ho was per-mitted lo uso tho stream during the firstfivo years of his torm, but when tho periodiia<l lapsed during which tho Crown badtho powor to acquire land for reading pur-poses through land leasod by it, a rentalof £15 per annum wns demanded by hisnoiphbour (or the u«? of tho stream. Thenlater on h« was informed that ho couldonly oontinne to use the stream if ho pur-chased 170 acres of his neighbour's propertyfor £2000, the. actual value being about £1per acre. lie then appealed to the Landhoard, which decided to recommend thoMinister, in accordance with tlio Land Act,to take a stock track up tho river bod oftho stream, thus giving the settler accessto his section.
Gentlemen's superior well-madoand beau-tifully finished boots for spring and earlysummer wear at the City Boot Palace. Thofollowing nro a few lines of gentlemen'ssmart spring boots that we havo now instock. These are nil EnglUb-mado boots ofan oxccllont finish and style:—Tho Steers-man, a black glaea golosh balmoral. calflined, swing toe, fioodycar Welted (ineJium).Price 21s. " The Waukoozic, light box calf,black, fair stitched sole, medium tee; price19s 6d. The Guildhall, a lan glace, leatherlined, medium welt and medium too; pricn22s 6d. The Guildhall, a ton willow calfDerby, lonthor Jinrtl. round toe, n!id widowelt; price Ess. City Boot Palace, Gcorgostreet, G. M. Piwy. manager...
EXPERIENCE TEACHES that nothingis so efficient for ensuring personal cleanli-ness and the health and beauty of theikin as PEAKS' SOAP. This is incontcst-ably proved by tho experience) of 120 yearsand tho testimony of six generations ofcclobrntcvl be.iti»i»s.
—It is estimated that in England onewoman in eix oarns her own living
'• Killer's Up-to-date " seed potatoes civothe best return. A Klb bas ccsU Is atNiiiimo nnd Ulair's.-Advt.-A .Munich mechanic has invented a
contrivance which can bo fixed to publiofire alarms ro that whoever smashes thoglass is caught by tho arm and held fustuntil tho arrival o'f tho fire brigade.
A MOTHER'S PRAISE.Tl-ero is no better medieiiio mado for
children tl"1,1 Chamberlain's Coughiionicdy. Mrs Grcig, of Rowntree street,Halinai'n, Sydney, in the following letter,tolls other mothem about it:—"My twochildren I'nvo derived groat benefit" fromtaking Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.They both julTer'd from colds, but Cham-berlain's C'oujrh lionicdy nfTordcd them in-stant relief, nnd by tho timo two bottleswere taken a euro was cfX(ct«l. I w.nthoroughly recommend Chamberlain'sCough Kemctly to_ mothers vhoso childrenRulfer from any kind of cc-u;'is or coldt."Sold everywhere
12 OTAGO DAILY TIME?, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1911
Pxinted for tho Otsgo Daily Times ar.dWitness Newspapers Oompan;' (Limitcil'by Jauks Alexan'dkii AlAirnEws, 'oiMornington, nrintor, and publidiwl byMaonos W. Joiinsus, o[ 53 Ann streetUoslyn, publisher, nt tho RegisteredOJfico of the Compjinv, llowlinc, Rish,end ftreets, Dunedin, nnWEDiVKSDAY, U» 20th tlay ofW IQU.
8/UEs BY AUCTION.THURSDAY, 21st SEPTEMBER,
At 2 o'clock sharp.
MONSTER SALE DY AUCTION.
PARLOUR, DINING, AND BEDROOMFURNITURE,
SINGER SEWING MACHINE,TANK'S FIREPROOF SAFE.
JAMES SAMSON * CO.havo \xxn favoured with instructions
to soil liy auction, lit tlwir Rooms, Doivl-ing street. New (.Jid Second-hand llohm,-
hold Furniture of every dp.xriplion, includ-ing—
Tupqatry and plu«h suite, Walnut pisnetto,
fiuino stool, Brussels mid tajvjtry caipeis,ancy dhaire ami tallies, dining table ami
cover, Vienna and wicker duirs, saddlebagooiicli, easy chair in saddlebags, mirror-back sideboard, chiffonier, heavy linoleums,nwssivo dining room suito m .'nddlebatrs,hanging lamp., walnut overmantel, pictures,ornaments, superior mirror-back lwll stand,runner, hall and lace c-iirUiiiis, bedroomfurnituro oC every description, iron andwood boils, spring, uiro, and fl<x?k mat-tresses, inlaid durhiwo pair, marble andtilo wnslis-tands. mirror-door wr.nirob;, , rodpjno juito ',3 pieces), cot, wire shakedown.*,kitchen and eookin;: utensils, wringer, wiv-ing machines, tnbl'.'S, chair?, ladder barrow,bicycles, too!/;, etc., etc. 20s
SATURDAY, 30th SEPTEMBER,At half-past 12.
COMPULSORY SALEOf
Mr G. H. S. MARTIN'S FREEHOLDFARM.
Township of Kelvin Grow, N.K. Valley.BY AUCTION.
AT ROOMS, DOWLING STREET,
JAMES SAMSON & CO.have boon instructed to hold a foiced
mIo of the following Freehold Farm:All that Freehold Land boin? Sections
13 and 15, Rlcck X, North Ilar-bour and Blucskin Districts, con-taining 42 acres, with new Dwell-ing, cow byro, and outb-.uldinirsthereon; nil well fenced and sub-divided, with a nover-failinc sprint:of water.
Tho Property has a largo frontage to'Walts road, right up to the road lendingto Pine Hill, which makes it verv suitablefor subdividing. A few acres in the frontof tho homestead arc very suitable forcutting up into splendid building allot-ments, having n Rrndu.il slopo and easyBcocfs; gete plenty of sunshine and com-mands lovely viow; no distance from £hoMain road and tram.
N.B.—This is one of the finest DairyFarms to be had anywhere around Dun-cdin. snd it also offers a rare chance tospeculator?, as without doubt w-ithin thonext few years the whole of this blockwill be cut up into huilding allotments,and command good prices.
Further particulars fromTHE AUCTIONEERS;
OrREID & BUNDLE,
16s Solicitors' THIS DAY,
WEDNESDAY, 20th SEPTEMBER,At 2 o'clock.
LONDON WAREHOUSE SAMPLES.
To Private Families and Dealers.
DM. '.SPUDDING• is instructed to sell by miction, at
Ids Rooms. This Day (Wednesday) at 2o'clock:
Extensivo Assortment of Warehouse.Samples, eonsislinc of:
Bronze centrepieces and figures, floworcperpics thermometers, inkstand?.field glassos. dinner and dessertknives, carver-, trinket fets, brtis'i-ware, accordions, pictures, jiir-diniorcs. purses, crystal, o.p. tea andcoffee Fcrviecs, taapots, luv. cans,cruets, cakes, silver-mounted fish-eators and fruite. cases of cutlery,and general fancy goods.
Without._reserve. '9sthursl)at".anFfriday,28th and 29th SEPTKMBEK,
Each day at 11 o'clock.On tho Prenii-cs of I.ochhcad (Ltd.), Hope.
street. '-
UjKler Instructions from Rrcoivcrs forDebenture Holders.
Important to Mnmifocturorn.Tho Wholo of tho Valuable
MACHINERY. PLANT, nnd MATERIAL,As used in Lochhead's Well-known Factory.
DM. SPUDDING• is instructed by the Receivers to
eell by auction, at the Factory, Hope 6trc!t,on Thursday and Friday, 28th and 29thSeptember, at 11 o'clock each day,
15-h.p. gas engine; 10-li.p. gas engine,7J-h.p_. clcctrio motor, shearing and cor-mgatinjj machine, planishing machiin,simper and band saw, 20in planing machine,(hearing machine, saw bench, planishinghammer, 7-h.p. fan, drilling machine, amiother machines, about 10 tons bar steel andbtak iron, nulicy.s etc.. etc., manufacturedand unfinished go-carts and prams, 500bundles tyrinp, 800 bundles nHi and wn-nett, 200 pieces leal her cloth. SO pieces sifoonand tapestry, cotton and silk gimps, pramquilts, pram handles, cycle crip?, pram cap-:,pram turnery,'go-cart sluifU, hoods, wheels,chair backs, seats, 100 sheets veneering,prajn ami go-cart axles, Ixxlics, and acces-sories of all sorts, 3 Wcrthciin sewing ma-chines, bamboo, cane, 100 bundles rattan,largo marquee (39 x 40), bolts, nuls. 5 balesflock, SOO Vis S springs, and everythingnecessary for carrying on an extensive pramand go-cart factory.
Without reserve. lflsFKIDAY. 22nd
At 2.3G o'clock,
30 HAI.F-PHESTS U.O.P. TEA.On Account of thofo Concerned.
DM. SPEDDIN'R• is instructed to s?ll the alxiyc ;h
his Rooms on Friday, at 2.30 o'clock.FRIDAY, 22nd SEPTEMBER, 1911,
At 12 Noon.CLEARING SALE AT NORTH-EAST
VALLEY.
mHE OTAGO FARMERS' CO-OPERA--1 TIVE ASSOCIATION OF XKWZEALAND (LTD.) hav« received instriw-t.ions from Mr P. Houman, Victoria Dairy,North-Eaft Valley, to sell by auction, zsabove,
Tho whole of hi 3 stock, implements, ot<;,comprising:
16 Cons in profit14 Cows clone to profit
1 Bull3 draught Fillie , , 2yrs (o 4yrs2 spring-cart Roldin^ji1 harness Mare-
-2 farm drays, 1 milk cart, 6 eeifi hnr-nrffl, 1 double buggy. 1 singlobuggy, 1 chflffciiltor, 1 roller, liar-rows, blacksmith's forgo and iools,milk cans, and :<umlrire.
Luncheon provided.L. MACLEAN,
19a A lictioiwor.THURSDAY, 21st SEPTEMBER"!
At Owaka Yards.
f> yenrlinp Steore and Iloifcre?.O y<«rliiix Steers and Heifers10 head mixul Cattle6 dairy CowsK Heifers, closo to profit3 fat Cattle6 young Pigs.
Also,On account Mr (1. N. F. FinlatenHis FREEHOLD FARM of 250 nerre.boW Swition 1. Block I, Wood
lands, Patlins District situated ontlio eolith sido of tlie Catlin's J/ike,nn» mill) from tho JUtamii PostOfliwi ami sohool, Theio is a fac-tory wiLliin half a milo. Sorentvncrrs am in BMsaj the romaliulcris light bush, with a quantity ofmino i>ro|)3 on It. Tlio Property k\rtll walored, niid lies wall to tlmEun. Thcio is a hut and a oowdiodon Uio placo, which Iβ all ring-fonoed,
Terms and conditions at ealo,
DOMALD REID k 00.. (LIMITED),AucUonccra.
X~4GO UAILV TIMES AND WITNESSJOl} PfUKTIHG DEPitt'i'MKNT.-!
Job Printing of every deectiplion done witkPuë'<4t t><£ rt Out*»\ iJ»t«i,
SALES BY AUCTIOM.
WEDNESDAY, 27th SEPTEMBER,At 2.30 o'clcck.
At Upstairs Rooms, Jlanso street.On Acomint of Henry Isaacs, Esq.
choice; collection ofselected oil and water
COLOURS,By Britii), Conlini'iital, and Local Artists,
1 lncludin!»\ Many very XoUd Co!ourist»i.
Mr Isaacs for years luis been a collectorof Works of Art, as an iiiMwtion of tJioextiniplos haiii;ini; on tho walls will show.
'.aUiloirtics now biiing prepared, and willJ be ready hliorlly.
PARK, REYNOLDS (LIMITED)t iiro instructed bv Henry Isams, R»\.,
to ."oil by miction' his largo and valuable■ c< *l '<" I°f Piutures, .is atove.
; MONDAY, 2ith SEPTEMBER,I At 12 o'clock.
j At Rcoms, Maiiio Klrcvt. v
; SUPERIOR RESIDENCE, ROSLYN.
PARK, REYNOLDS (LIMITED)are instructed to olFer, as above, on
account oi tlie Owr.cr, wlwj has left Dun-cdin,
Splendid Ann street l'Vechold, containing30.0 [Kilei (inoro or lew), with sutetantiiillicsidenoa of 7 rooms therojii (No. 4i) Annf-yrot), with verandah, 3 bay windows, bath-room (h, and cj. Tl.ij is a med-rrniio« well to Iho .sun, is niwly shcltewd, andtho garden is ;i s.'ireially good one. 20a
MONDAY, 25th SEPTEMBER,At 12 o'clock.
At Rooms, Mansv street,
In tho Assigned Estate of D Hethunc.
PARK. REYNOLDS (LIMITED)aro instructed to olfer as nlxivc,
SWAN STREET, SWAN STREET,Allotments 45 and -44, hiving 4nft of
frontage, with 2 -.voodeu Stables thereon.These buildings, beskt-s being tuil-üblo (orstablinu, u-ro eminently suitablo for abuilder or conhwunr: and, furthermore,tlw ijoction, lieing h'tivcwi (icorgo ar.<lKin;; streets, is well f'ttod for residential
, purpeses. Investors and speculators arostrongly rccojnmcnded k> inspect, a* tlwtruMtces drstro to wind u;i tho estate.
MONDAY, 25th SEPTEMBER,At 12 o'clock.
At Rooms, Mausa street.In tho Estaio of tho Into T. EDWIN
DICK.
FULL QUARTER-ACRE. ROYALTEUKACK.
COMFORTABLE BROOMED HOUSE,Closo to Pitt street—feces tho North.
PARK. _ REYNOLDS (LIMITED!aro instimo'ed by tho Administratrix
of tho Estate of tho lato T. Edwin Dickto cell by auction:
Section 22, Block 24, Dimedin, con-taining qinrter-acre, nnd having afrontage of 56ft to Royal terrace,together with
HOUSE No. 53,Containing large dining and drawingrcoms, nico hnll, kitchen, four largo andono fmall bedroom, bathroom (hot amicold water), tcullery, walhous:, etc., etc.
This is a very convenient anda lovely section, fncitifr the sun, aJid wostrongly recommend inspection
For further particulars applyMessrs VVEBU i ALLAN.
Solicitors for the Executrix;Or14s THE AUCTIONEERS.
THURSDAY, 21st SEPTEMBER,At 1 o'clock.
On Prcmiscfi, "(ininsborough," 636 Georgestreet (near Dundas street).
Instructed by F. R. Manning, Esq.(Who has disposed of his Property).SUPERIOR MODERN HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE.EBONISED UPRIGHT BRAND PIANO(John Drinsmond and Sons),
HICH AXMINSTER AND BRUSSELSCARPETS,
HEAVY OAK AND 15UFFALOLK\TIIUU
FINING ROOM SUITE.ITALIAN J'OTTKKY FHiURE ANDPKDKSTAL.pHAWIXB ROOAI.-Carved walnut
minor o\ormantel, --oliil brass kerb dogs |and brasses, hand-worked Pre screen, linnd-!fnino china ornament.*, brk'-n-brnc. WAL-!NUT AND SILK TAPESTRY OCCA-SIONAL SUITE, majolica (lower bowI*,1*, Iwalnut occasional table.?, lace curtains, in-[laid rojev.ood and wnlnut occasional chnirs, ;inlaid walnut enrd table. handsomeCAItYKD WALNUT MIRROR-BACK!BRIC-A-BRAC CABINET, china wallplacqiie?,
DINING ROOM. - Axininsler nigs,honcy.suckle mirror overmnnlel, beatenbrass coal vase, upholstered wicker chnirs,heavy kauri extending dining tabV.'CARVRD WALNUT MIRROR-BACKSIDEBOARD, e.p. ware, and crystal din-ner and lea services, walnut music cabinet,b^r
CARUVED WALNUT ESCRITOIRE
BREAKFAST ROOM and HALL.-Mahogany chif. sidelxMrd, pair china vaeolamps, kauri chif. brokcura, wicker and !fc-Idinjr chairs, horsi-hair c-li.iir.«. JjipanoM- !screen, Bnixels stair carpet, barometer, in-:laid linoleum, r.p. mirror-bnejj hal! stand :and two chairs, inlnul walnut 100 table, •knuri and tapestrr mite. IHE»ROOMS.-Slcel fender?, Axminsternip. walnut shnvin? stand. HAN'DSOMBMAHOGANY TOILET AND DRESSINGPAIRS. Scotch mid toilet chests, brass-mounted bedstead?, maltrpssrs. hlanket.sInrjn knuri linen press. MASSIVE HFI)'PfNE DOUBLE JHRROR-DnOR WARD-ROBE, inlaid linoleum, Austrian chairs,double and sinelo china toilet sets towelSkDßomS ,OGANY MIRRO«'DOOH
KITCHEN AND OUTSIDK.-Tables,chairs, coir mat. drnssnr. china and crystal,orookerv. prrfervinp pans, jam jars. SET 5 !DISH COVERS, clock, knife cleiner, safe, iKiuci'paiH nnd utensils, cullcrv. enrpetisweppf-r. steps, wrinfjer. 3-roller SIAXOLE, Iwheelnarrow. I:R. hoie, pnrdon tools, lawn IinoiviT, croquet timlxr, and sundries.PARK, REYNOLDS (LIMITED)■» am inslnicled by F. R. Manning,h-fi. to tell bv aiict.'nn. as above.On view This (Wo<lnesd.-j Afternoonand Morning of Salo. i
,1110 s,art, at ] O'CLOCK with!KITCIIKN and OUTSIDE. DrawingRoom at 2 o'clock. jg, s
At 2.30 oclcck.At Rooms, Maiift? street.
Tko Proncrty in the Estate of the lateITon. Jas. Maeandroiv.COLINSWOOD TOWNSHir,
macandrew bay.
seaside residence sites.easy access.
delightful situation,warm, bright. cheerful.
park. Reynolds (limited)a,TO inrinictml to foil bv auction:
SUMMER RESORT SECTIONS.Plan* now beinpr procured, and will l:eready for i<*iio shortly,Properly in tliia lor/ility is
more and more fought aftor by reason of Itho delightful situation and the facility fortravel bv tl» splendid rtcainera now inWllllllisioil.
TERMS.£5 DEPOSIT £5,
Balanco Iry half-yearly |Wiv;-ente cxlend-ing over four years. 5 per cent,
SATURDAY, 23rd SEITKMBKHAt 12.M o'clcck.
At Premlsas, lliciinrdson sL'oct (i;!ono toYintoria whnr/j,To Biilldcre ni:d WVcli-ciidflra,CLEARING BALK Oμ UUILDINfI
MATERIAL, TIMBER, OALVAMSEDIRON, 1)00118, WTN'lXnVrf, Ete.
ALEX, HARRIS k 00.1% nru InstruoUid to Fell as aluivn,iloot'ng iron, window.'. ki>:W.(-, 3 s 8, ■' s
8, rough lining. I. and g. lining, flooring,bricks, wcallwrboards, Jiwrs, bluegjin fenc-ing, eto., do.
Without rcffsrvn.AH flw timbw is coniid an<| in fir.sl.ciaßsNoU-SATURDAY, 12.30 o'clock, oppo-
site Victoria wliarL 2Qs
3ALCS OY AUCTION.
THIS DAY,WEDNESDAY'. 20th SEPTEMBER,
At 2 o'clock.At ltooins-, Princes street,
householiTfurniture.dining suite in morocco.
IMPROVED SINfiKR MACHINE,2 SMALL FIIIEPROOF SAFES,
WALNUT PIANOFORTE, ICANARY BREEDING CAGES.
ALEX. HARRIS k CO.are instructed to sell, cs above,
Mirroi'-K'K'k sideboard, rattan and wicker1 cliiiirs, 4-fdld screen, suite in KKldlolwgf-',chilToiiicr, coal vns*., , t<«isional
i tablfa, couch (in tapestry), linoleum, Aus-trian chairs ajid rockers, leather chairs,double i;on brans-niountcd bc<lst«ad, wireand (lock mattresses, full-Scotch clientdifiivcrc, duclicss* chest, sets ware, wireshakedowns, 12 single mattresses aJid pil-
' lows, kitchen dresom and tables, cplonialsofa, go-j-art, gardun ho-:e, mirror-hnckniiintcluiece, cornet and rase, 3ft Zwilaiidiarailjo.
Also, in a Dccoofcd E«t«te,4 .superior fishing itxis, reels, waders, fly
books, tiickb, 13 iiuin-boots. ?.feTUESDAY, 26th SEPTEMBER,
At 2 o'clock.At Premises, No. SI Bay View roaJ,
South Dimedin.CHOICE FREEHOLD PROPERTY.
' Modern 4-rcomcd Dwelling, with every con-venience.
FREEHOLD SECTION,Witli Largo Stables,
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.WALNUT PIANO (Begir and Co.),
HORSE?, DRAGS, BUGGY, HAR-NESS, Etc.
Ah EX. HARRIS & CO.have received fiom Mr
11. Johnston (who is leaving Duneoin) totoll as above:
1. Freehold Section, frontin.i Bay Yirv1 rcod. with a new and modern 4-roomodDweliing. scullery, bathroom, hot and coldwale. \ki!.li!iou», nil well built on concreiofourylations; closo to car line.
2. Froohold Section, fronting Arneystreet, with large stables (4 stalls, 3 loose-boxts, loft), etc.
Also,HOUSEHOLD FURNITUUK. romprisins—
Upright walnut piano Illegg and Co., al-most low), carpet fouare, foi:d;rs andbrasses, clocks, superior muslin curtains,rattan chairs, bamboo tables, easy chairs,occasional table, picture, Austrian chairs,lir.olenms. double brass-mounted bcdstea<ls,wire and ka;iok M.iltres.%3, duchesfo pair,diichosse che-ils, tile-back wnslHtamls, toilet-ware, child'fi cot, wire streti-licr, re<l pinehall stand, loutlw conch, colonial sofas,tabled, crockery and crystal, kitchen furni-ture, utensils.LIVERY STABLE PLANT, co:nprising-
-4 lwr;es, single bugK.v, new drag (in first-dit== order), scooml-lrand drag, watrgonetto,lonp-shafter, single, double, and 4-lwiso hi}r-lies, saddles and bridles, troltinar livx, dip-pinpr niachiiio. ulienlbarmw. Iwr.eh, vyce.blcck and faikle, tool?, nigs, ladders, nowho«>j etc., etc. 2^~' CLINTON SALE.THURSDAY, 21st SEPTEMBER, 1911.
DALGETY &. COMPANY (LIMITED)will sell:
400 Ewe Hoggets off tussock2SO Huggi'U (mixed sexes) on* tufeock100 Ewe lionets65 Wether Hoggets. 20sFRIDAY, 22nd SEPTEMBER, 1911.
At Corporation Yards. BaJclutlm.
D ALGETY & CO. (LIMITED)havo received inttriiclions from Mr
W. J. Scott (Mutaura) to sell, as nlxive,60 two mid lhree-.TOw-o!<l Itullccks25 dry two nnd three-year-old Heifers
150 Yrarlings. 19sFKIDAY, 22nd
At 11 o'clock.
At Corporation Yards, Balclutha.FREEHOLD FARM AT RATANUI.
CATLIN'S RIVER.
D ALGETY * CO (LIMITED)are instructed by Mrs J, Glass,
Catlin's River. Ralanui," to sell by v.iclion,on Friday, 22nd September, at Balclutha,
Her Freehold Farm, comprising:lfO Acres, subdivided into six paddocks;
well watered: 20 acres bush, balance jrra-ss.
Buildings: Six-roomed Hoiifo, 20-stall«(lj cowbyre. chaffhouso, and water wheel ono
! mile and a-holf distant from Rattnui andi creamery; ono mile from echool.
I Mrs Glass hae decided to give up farm-I im,', and to edret nn immediato salo is! prepared to sell at a very reasonable price.I *
CLINTON STOCK SALE.
THURSDAY, 21st SEPTEMBER.
THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN ANDMERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY
i [LIMITED) will offer r.s above:450 I,:wo 110-,'iiet.s100 Wether Hoggets
310 halfbred Wethers. 20.5"""SALE OF BIIAEMOKE ESTATE.
HUNTEUVILLE.Owing to Iho death of the iatt
! Mr H. S. HcdfieW.TflE XKW ZEALAND LOAN AND
MEIICANTILE AGENCY COMPANYI (LIMITED) hare received iustruciions to
i submit at miction, on account of the Execu-tors, tho well-known
BRAEMORE ESTATE.On
TUESDAY, 10th OCTOBER, 1911.At 3 p.m.
At the Wellington Offices of tho CompanyComprising 346 C noros freehold (Land
Transfer Titk-l. with slock andplant at valuation.
Tho property is weli equipped with allJ nccesfaiv buildincs and plant.
I Homcstcnd nine miles from IlimtcrvillcI Railway Stalion. on banks of Turakina
; River., Average carrvinc enpacity 5500 sheen,
! JOO head of cattle. This is 'capable of be-ins increased.
I For fiirlhcr pi'rtirnlars npnlv toTHE NKW ZEALAND LOAN ANDMERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY
(LIMITED). 2^,PROPERTIES FOR SALE AND TO LET.
|w. & t. iIITeTdTLAND AND ESTATE AfiENTS,
167 RATTRAY STREET.
FOR SALE.539. THREE KIKST-CLASS FARMS, inbest part of Sotilhland:No. 1: MABEL BUSH, 440 acrns: 50
acre.i in peat, tho balance rich rivorflat: closo to school, store, ar.d toll, -phone; rinc fenced; no buildings; £4per aero
No. 2: WOODSTOCK SUBDIVISION.Mnbcl, 142 iicres rich cropping land; 5inilos from Woodlands; clo<e to whoolnnd telephone; good roads; DO acresgrass, ',0 nc.res ploughed, 8 ncres b>.i?h;in rix [inddnclcs; 2-roomrd House;plenty of water; £9 5s n.'i- arre.
No 3: SECTION 21, WOODSTOCKSUBDIVISION. MABEL, 214 ucn>:irich wins-it nnd pntnlo In.-irl. 140 nevesoiiltiva-jed, biilnnoo eler.rnl ensystnmpo.li in four |Mn!dorks: 2rooni-!lHou.-:e; 'ot:r miles from Waxlhmls;£10 per aero,
Terms: One-third eii.sli, balanco 5 nor cent,five vwirs.
585. ROTHESAY: SECTIONS 8, 9, nnd10. B!«'k 111, threo 1-jirri! Srctions,£150 for the lot. Alm). Hidaclava Sec
I lions 27 nnd 23, £sfl fr,r the two.588. QUEEN'S DRIVE. MUSSF.L-
nrUGII. Six-roomi'd IlflUSa Imth-room, ivßiililiou.se, nlit.. clcctrir Hchl.hot, and cold wnlnr, nl! iMiivcnieiicf!:;£GOO.
TO LET.590, CASTLE STREET. - 7-ronimul
HOUSEi w.ishhonso, hirgo sTlioni 15i IMA^r'AfiOAN, BTREF.T.-CmTACE. 4 |
rooms, L'ond coiidilioni lfti. Also ?, I681. MANOh VX,,\r.K. - Puhilnnti.il B- i
roomed HOUSE i i-vory iii'idcrn (nn- Ivvnihiiru; relit fP.O nor annum.563. 6-ronincd HOf?K. IUTPSF.r.r,
RTREET, nuivly rennvatodi bathroom,hot and cold water; drained; 15s.
W .t T. 11. REID,FINANCIAL & INSt'RANCR AGENTS,
Sub-ngonl Royal Insurniißi* Company,167 HArritAY RTItERT, DUNKUIN.
n\EK FARMERS' PAPER.-The Aktlo-j!-JL tnnil Pcpertnunt of tho Otapo \Vitn»i>s
Is ickiiodejgi'ii to bo unc<)UHll(><l byof uij other Weekly in tho Dominion,
_ PROPERTIES FOR SALE AND TO LET.
P K T E R BOY D,,nc ~
, LAND AND ESTATE AGENT,185 PRINCES STREET (Opposite Messrs Jolm Edmond'e). DUNEDIN.
20 AC.!!ES FREEHOLD feood locality), with G-roomcd Tloiiso and eovcral coinmo-, ~
uious slipds; vinery, etc. The land is partly river lint, tlio balance low ridecAn idoiW little (lnirv-nouUry farm, and really very chenp al £425.Os ACRES, UMAKAU; no buildings; quite closb to railway station; good rivor flat" toil; an ideal pliicc to plant a good orolinnl,
411 •■M'HES.. MATAI'KA: School CommißMnncr'* lease. 4 years to run at Is'nor•*-J-i- acre; full valuation for improvements at end of lease; 4-stalled stable, cow-«lirrt. trapaliiyl, and Iml j divided into 8 nnddocks, well wnloicd and sheltered ; willcarry about, one fhm> to acre. Trice £305.190 Aa\ VS- ''"HAKANUI; 1J miles from «lniry factory, 1 mile from fchool find.L/WU railway station; fl.roomod elono House. Irani. 16-slnllcd liyro 4-«bllcd etable,niirscry. implement died, etc. This Property is -.veil watered, anil altogether a veryhandy dairy farm. Price £7 2a 6d nor acre; easy terms.QAA ACHES LEASEHOLD (five year* to run at 10s r.or acre; 4-roomed House,sti'We and cowbyro: half-mile from dairy factory, school, otc. Goodwill,iuUU,
3,54- AC?. ES Ti.T.P.; 3J miles from Malaurnj no buildings; rent 1j 6d per aero;t>l.; X. W ||| carry .-no sheep to aero; -oodwill £150; ca-ih required £50.IVK ACHES, OLHTIIA, aliout lj miles from railway station, .school, fnctory, church,°« otc; good new 5-roomcd House; laruc cowlnre, shod, etc., nil new, 'Hie Pro-perly is lirstchiM dairying or wheat-crowi::;; land'; all very easily worked and prac-trally level. Slroncly recommended. £18 per aero; easy terms can be arranged.
E. L. MACASSEY &. CO.,GENERAL AUCTIONEERS, VALUATORS, AND PROPERTY SALESMEN,
99 LOWER HIGH STREET (Next Sarffood'a).
DDXEDIN.
■J A ACRES LEASE (6 years): rout 153 weekly; handy to factory, ra.il. school.juml town; well watered; all ploiißhablo and lJio boet of land, boinc noted
for tho productiveness of iU sail; just Iho plnco for MARKET GARDENING: nins9 DAIRY COWS: row! Dwelling, byre, and outbuildings. Tliis ie an ideal Propertyfor ono wishing to invest a limital amount, ns the returns aro very liberal, and aroopen for invcsliiralion. Only about £50 required to nuke a start.
-J9A ACRES LEASEHOLD war Dunedin; rent, £1 per acre; 7 years; right of*■ purchase; very conveniently sittntod; abundantly watcrctl ;uid woil sub-
divided; pxcollciit soil, which grows splendid grain, roots, and (rrass. This is a.firjt-class Dairy Farm, and the milk van bo sold at tho byro for double factory ratesSubstantia! 5-rcomed House, with all conveniences; lnit, 20-etall byre, elablo, etc.;all in excellent order. Tliis is tho best barpaJu that hns como into tlio market fora eotwidorablo time. About £120 will got you started in thu desirable, and pro-fitable Farm.
Qf? ACRES FREEHOLD, rouUi; close rail, school, and creamery by good road;all plonghable ; well watered, and a very sunny spot; grand place for POUL-
TRY FARMING; gcod Hoiieo. etc. Prieo (including 200 laying pullets), £450.Tonus.
KAfl ACRES FREEHOLD; mostly ploughablo; lying to fcho sun and wellwatered; trrowe splendid wheat, oate, root crops, ami grass; very handy to
Fchcol, poet oflioe, creamery, etc., by gocd road; carries over 500 cwos, besides drytJirep and cropping. For sheep, cropping, or dairying this Farm would bo hardto heal. Thoro is a Rood House and full range of outbuildings. Price (including alargo area in crop), only £10 per aero. Good tonus.
We advise early inspection by anyono in search of a. Good Farm at a reasonableprice.
jo γ-i n kR f d & son s,JOHN REID, HENRY WILLIAM REID, CHARLES RUSSELL SMITH, F.I.A.N.Z.AUCTIONEERS, LAND SALESMEN. REAL ESTATE A FINANCIAL AGENTS,Valuators, surveyors, money, -miake, ,t land brokers, arbitra-
tors. AUDITORS, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.
'Phono 190. LIVERPOOL & UOND STREETS (Next Star Office). 'Phono 190.
� BARGAIN IN REAL ESTATE IN MORNINGTON.Id CAR. kl CAR.
Substantial 5-rnomed HOUSE with bay windows, portico, concroto piles: bath; high-pressure boiler: wardroU*: scnllmr: wai-Jihouse (copper, luls) largo section,ftlyjut, 45 x 150ft t double froiilaKo; fiiin and view. A chance for a (food homo ivta low price. £425. £425. (1558)
CITY (on Rife).—Henutiful BUILDING SITES; sunshino and view; 66ft and 62ftfronta-io?. ' ' (15531
EGLINTON.—FamiIy RESIDKNCK. containing 7 good rooms, a bays, verandah,tiled grates and hearths, wurdrooes, gas, h. and c. water, pantry, eto. Fino lar\;osection, with about 75 feet frontage. A splendid homo. Cheap and Prieo£650. ' " (1366)
ST. CJLAllt—Very Choice 5-roomed BUNGALOW; fibrous ceilings, porcelain onnmelbulli, Iwsin, hot and cold water, electric light, mirror-door wardrok,, bookcase, artwall papro. frieze?, wtishhnuso. etc.; sortiai 40ft x 183ft; handy to car?; cet.iplenty of sun; a superior, well-built hotisu. £725. (1328)
£585.—ST. KILDA 13 Wncks from car line): .Vow S-roomed HOUSE, built of well-seasoned timber throughout; large oriel window, verandah (with concrete floor),concrete mid Milestone piles, 5 fibroin? plaster ceilings, gas, mirror-door ward-rolio, Itookejw. cupboards, bath mid basin, hot water service to bath, sliowor.and sink, pantry, fciillery, wnshhouse, etc.; asphalt paths. An cxtra<;hoico nro-party, and ran be purchased on reasonable deposit. (1502)
£930.-MUSSELBURf:iI RISE: Superior BUNGALOW, with 7 roomr, 2 verandahs,(Mfeincnt windows, tiled roof, electric linhr. rorcclain riiainnllcd bath, h. and c.water, fiteel ceilings, handi-onio carvedmnntplpieecs, linen and clothes presses, twopantries, bookcase, oupboards; foMing doors between dining and breakf.i6t rooms;summer house, trellis work; full i-acre; splendid garden; sunny ixraition. (15H)
£1000--»KU.KKXnWKS: Superior Wnll-built 7-roomed DWELLING, in splendidorder, beautifully apiwinted; everything right up-to-<lnte, includinu latest sinitarydrainspc; section contains J-acre, laid out in shrubbery, flowers, fruit, etc.;niiArmiiiß view, sholtured, sunny. (1370)
£950.—ST. CLAFR: Beautiful New Groomd -VILLA, clioico design; fibrous nlastercciiiiißS, exiwiisivo crates and mantelpiece?, electric lijhl, porcelain enamel bath,hot water service, mirror-door wardrobes, pantry, cupboards, etc,; section 43ft x180ft; asphalt paths, etc. This is an extra clioico home, well built. PERFECT INKVEIIY DETAIL. (1495)
KighlTOomed FURNISHED RESIDENCK. Hiirh street; lovely view.Scvca-roomcd FUR-XISHKD 13IUCK ÜBSIDENCK, Grorße street (corner).
JOHN HEID & KONB,AUCTIONEERS AND LAND SALESMEN.
B A T T 1C 11 S B Y & CO.,LAND SALESMEN, REAL ESTATE. nPfMNRSS, AND FINANCIAL AGENTi
SIIAREBROKERS.40 DOWLING STREET. DUNEDIN.
SHEEP RUNS.KfrA ACRES SMALL fiRAZINI! RUN; rent £21 per annum: 20 years lease, ro-OO\> newable; 200 acres sown down in prass, balance tussock; subdivided, andmost boundvirv nrlled: well watered: never fnili with tnrnin crop. Stook: 430 owes,6 horses. I'ull fot implements. Carries 700 ewes nml 20 head catlln all year round(with turnips), Hut, v.oolsheil, sheopynrd?; six miles rail, two miles school. PRICEAS A GOINfiTONnKRN, £2?.70 ; terms.I! (if) ACRES SMALL GRAZING RUN and PERPETUAL LEASE; 15 rears'.LJ.UI/ lo.i.se. renewable; rent about £47 pprnriium; in three blocks; well fenced;CW'd tuy.'ork. and about half has been surface sown. Stuck: 650 ewe* and 150 ewohoKKets. Men's lint and sheepyards. Situated eiprht. miles from rail. To be sold withtown Residence of 5J acres freehold, β-ronmod House, hucev shed, stables, etc. Closorail and school. PRICE FOR ALL AS GOING CONCERN. £3000; termF.Ok)A ACRES. LEASE-IN.PF.KPETUITY. at chean rental (2a 9d)j 100 aerce re-""'" cently sown down in crass, 140 acres fnwn down in crop, 100 acres beintfploiiclmd for turnip?: carries 1000 ewe.t. Stock: 650 shoep. 9 horses, 3 bead cnttle.Full new implements. HuildinßS. House, stable.?, sheepyards, etc. PRICE AS AGOING CONCERN. £2700; terms.TJO ACRES, MILTOX; 4-nximod Tlonv; three miles from rail; suitable BRricul-XrkO tural and d.iirvinfr. PRICE. £5 per acre; £250 down.Aft ACRES, L.I.P. (rent £30 10b) :25 acres dewns. 20 acres flat, irrain-Rrowine and
dairying; hns vieldod 110 bushels onts nnd 45 bushels wheat per acre; cood 5-roomed l!oi<e, stable, cowbyre, impleinents, tjhocl: pood orchard; 2i miles from rail.PRICE. £650; tonus.Qα ACRES, DAIRY FARM (rent £1); no Roodwill; carries 30 cows: House, hut,Co" rnivhvro; Inlf-milo from rail and s^liool.190 ACRES FRKEIIIILD, PURAKANUI; dnirv land; snlwlivided; well fenced;■*-i,\J nne mile from school, 1J miles factory; 8-roomed House. ]sstalled bvre. 4-ftnllrd stable. Infl. chaflhouv!. Crop: 16 acres oat.v 3 acre* pntaloes. Carries 18 to20 cow?. I'HICI ,' (inelttdini; ill cronsl. /17 2s 6d per acre: easv terms.ni ACRES, NKAIt WAJTATI, with frontace to Main roid; suitable subdivision,'• «oasidp resilience. PRICE, £250: terms.CITY.-Very Superior Sinjrlo-stornv Bronmrtl Brick BUNftAT/OW, tiled roof: nico
irardon ; one of the most, modern and stvlisli homes in Durwdin. Terms; £2500CITY (Riw, Oommnndinir View).-Stylish 7-roonied RESIDENCE (brick), tiled roof,
baleony. Tonus: £1250._ir»-t AAA-ST. CLAIR: 'IVolve-roomod RESIDENCE; h. and c, etc.; fncro<l'vJE."»'"v* piviund: fino orchard. Terms.i?OKA-ST. CLAIR: Styleh 6-ronmr<l REPIDENCR, Bunpalow desipn; fibrous&./OU foilim... ol.ttrii- liuht. rlr. Terms._Or;QA--ST. KILDA: Slrlish S-roomed RESIIUWCE: oriel window, fibroiiA coilc&ifOW ir.!.N. electrio licht: irooil tmns.i« JQA-Mi:SSKLIII'Itf!II: Now 4-rromH BUNGALOW; wnllerr. pantry, built-
in w;iriliolx.-.i, etc., tilotl hearths and frralrs, newer-drained. Deposit.Hliinoe m ri'iil.BUNGALOWS.- -Sntierior 5 and 6 rooms in Mii«selhurKh, Miif.selbiirgh Rise St
Kilda. St. Cla.ir, clc."DJUPI.\ESSES.--C«untry Stores, Grocery, Bakery, Tlolela. Boarxlinß-houses, Fruit** iiii-l ("iinfeclioiiory. oto.
.<uitablu for buildcm nn<! speoulntorn.
AT nXCK. for CASH HUYKRS-H) Superior S or 6 rooms, vicinity<v Iliirinl. row. (2) Superior 5 or b rooms, near Hicji School. (31 Superior bI or 6 nxiiiis, (Vty. (few minutes of City). (1) Superior 5 or 6 rooms, North
End. (5) Fifty Section*, in St.. Kilda, Miisselburgh. or St. Clair.k JI.XE3. T |-]R prcoPL.E'B AGKNCY, Woor m..\ aluator, ' MortcrniriMI'-iianciul Aw CAROILL ROAD, SOUTH DUNKDIN. Arranired
REOPENS SATURDAY NIGHT, 7 to 8.30, FOR INQUIRY.RENTS COLLECTED AND ESTATES MANAGED,
fi-e p-A-CAVERSHAMs NeM- 3 ROOMS, scnUery, convoniencos; larjre sectionrtv.J.H'" MllSt. RO.ftii Ir_SOUTII DUNKDIN: Sound 5 ROOMS, fculWy. nlwls. M™i sanlUrv3--fi4O dmiiiaf... wx,hl,ouS -, Slinclilo-k rnnKe. fowllimiso and n.ns. larPo (rnnicri1C puliv, ot fivchold.*»OA-HOUTII KM)i Men Krcchold IHJILniNC! ALLOTMKNT, l<iKolh«r with3*«>U ehr-d.i»1On SW'WS A NICE KRERHOIiD ALLOTMENT In ono of tho beit stroots&JL-3U in Diinwlin South.X.»fXfbFi"ST- C1 '4 lll! ?<,mul Tlp-I«ilut-j DWELLING (5 rooms), just finishedi3J»)i/ti overyiliinir of thu l;iut; full | aero allotment. Terms. Finest Propertyal itoi prici! in the rubiirl).
(f AC-KES, ANDERSON'S BAY. Suit .l,! 0 for subdivision, or would mako admirable•/ poultry farm or marknt ganloii. I,;irir» frontacj. £100 per aero.
TO LET. TO LET. TO LET.KOUTII DUNEDIK: 7 Rooms and oorivenienws, 17s 6:1. CAVER-SIIAMt Two
now 5 Rooms and ronvcnicßi-c, Us; modnrr. 5 Rooms, on rise, 16s. MORNINGTONiNeat 4 Rooms, 8s: 5 llooms. 12a. SOUTH DUN'KDIN: 3 Rooms, 6s 6d; 6 Boonie, lfe,
BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMCNTS
THE ACME OF COMFORT.'
UiNUEHWEAIt FOK ATIILIiTIO YOUKG MEN.
ioung mon generally want sometliing lighband cool in Umlcr-gitrmcnte for tlio warmweather. Wo have just tho thing you willappreciate. It is made from
THE FAMOUS "AEItTEX"Cellular Cloth, and is to be had in KNHEDRAWERS and SHIRTS with half sleeves.
SHIRTS - 3/6 AND 4/6.. . KNEE DRAWERS 3/9 AND 4/G.
MOWN, EWING & CO., LTD.,DUNEDIN.
PROPEnTIES FOR SALE AND TO LET
Telephone 3036. JJ M'C 0L T Telephone 3036.Private Residence 2845. 1J" >v - al uw u U Private Rcsidouco 2855.LAND. ESTATE. AND FINANCIAL AGENT,
TEMPLE COURT, 95 STUART STREET, DUNEDIN.If you want n homo of your own consult me. Plans and specifications prepared.
I can build you a hoiiso of any dosicn, first-class timber and workmanship guaranteed,on very easy terms. Small deposit, balance cs rent.i»qqA-GLENROY: Four-roomod HOUSE, only 3 years up, with bathroom.d*UtJ\j built-in tuta and copper, ivido hall, sicel ccilinjri; (rardcu, etc.; nwrca.r; a barjpiiiu1?97K—KAIKORAI: Four-roomed HOUSE; scullery, built-in tubs and copper;9i/v t O section o-ncre, nicely laid out.f?9QK—KAIKORAI: Fivo-roomcd HOUSE; bathroom, scullery, built-in tubs anddidn/VO coijper: cowshed; Barden; i-aore, 2 frontages.OJtrK-ST. CLAIR: 2j ACRIiS, with 2-rpamcd House, stable, etc.
Xnirg-MUSSELBURGII: Splendid BUILDING SITE. 52 x 132O-lAAA-ST. CLAIR: Soven ROOMS, all conveniences; 3-acro Section; bestt^i-UVU, view; in St. Clair.X?fIQA~Town side ROSI.TN: Bathroom, scullery, washhouso, all conveniencceJ*\3O\J Splendid position.O-inwr-ROSLYN: Six-roomed Brick and Plastered HOUSE; gas. h. and aiMXAI I O water, drained to sewer; lovoly view over City; £-acro Section; goodpardon, niwlv kid outMORNINGTON Near Carl.-Gcxx! BUILDING Sri'E. on whicli owner is pro-
twed to bui d up-todato S-roomcd house; £465 Urn lot.
ROSLYN LAND AND ESTATE AGENCY.' Telephone 1376. |A. WASHER 4 CO.) Telephone 1376.
Opposite Roslyn Post Office.
OKAA WILL PURCHASR A 5-ROOMED HOUSE with every convenience, well&O\>V (tituatwl. CAN BK PURCHASED ON TERMS.OWNER LEAVING.-Fronling Tram Lino, TOWN SIDE OF ROSLYN: An Up-lo-dnt.l PLASTERED 8-ROOMED RESIDENCE, with every modern oonveni-once; UNSURPASSED VIEW: LARGE SECTION. BEAUTIFULLY LAID OUTTliis really ideal Residence WILL BF, SOLD AT A LOW PRICEANDERSON'S CRESCENT.-Up-toiJato Almost New 7-ROOMED HOUSE: hot
and cold wato, pas, larfjo rooms, bav windows, tiled gratce, nsphalt piths;FUIX 1-ACRE SECTION. FINE GARDEN; clow Irani, d stince of townTHIS CHARMING PROPERTY OAN BE VIEWED O:\ APPLICATION TO USANDERSON'S C'RESCENT.-UP-TO-DATE RESIDENCE OF 7 ROOMS £650-'A bot and cold water, ALL MODERN CONVENIENCES; IN FIRST-CMSSORDER; [rantiim Main rod: SUNNY POSITION.I»7AA-*IX-ROO,\IED RESIDENCE on tho hill; CHARMING POSITION-Srmr» 0
FEra t^ 1™ KLKCTRIC "GUT. and all modern conveniences. PAR-IKiUuAKo rKOAI US.WE HAVE ALSO A 6-ROOMED HOUSE ON TOP OF HILT. *ith fino viev;hot and cold water, etc. TO BE SOLD AT £625: JHRGAINnno LET.-Four Rooms. 7s. 12s; Five Rooms, Bs, 11s, 13« 6d, 16s 25s- Si.t RoomsA 10s. 12s 6d, 16s, 22s 6d; Poven Rooms, 16s, 20s, 22s 6d, 255; EKht Roome!
CO^ESbEW0 FUIWISIIED IIOUSKS' *>J**-' *™
PROFITABLE HAWKB'S BAY FARMX FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
A beautifully situated Proporty of 145acres, overlooking the bay, and part suit-able for subdivision; about 42 ucrcj inbarley and oats.
Stock: About 100 cattlo and horses. 350fihco|). Divided into fivo paddocks, Twoarte.sians. Now 7-roomed House, with eon-\enionccs. V
Owner will sell on reasonable terms, orexchange for general store. Equity about£1000. Get particulars.
. N.Z. BUSINESS EXCHANGE,;87 Manchester street, Christohiirch.
JOHN HERCUS & CO.,LAND, ESTATE, INSURANCE, AND
GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS,5 and 6 EXCHANGE COURT,
96 PRINCES STREET.
FOR SALE.FOR SAIE.-SubetJtitially-built 6-roomcd
HOUSE, with stable, Clork street,North-East Valley: £750.FOR SALK.-800 ACRES, subdividcil into
12 paddocks; lic3 well to sun, northerlyaspect; 120 acres ploughed for oala andturnips, balance in pasture. Prico £2lfa 6d per rxre.
FOR SALE.-2560 ACRES; good House,stable, etc.; well fonced; pcrmojientwater; £5 5s pn: acre.
FOR SALE.-5400, carrying 3000 cwm and1000 dry sheep; £00 acres under cultiva-tion; p-ows wheat, oata, turnips, rape,Bras), etc.; fenoes sheep-proof; perma-ntnl water; 10-roonied luodern Ilouse,shearing shed, etc., etc. £2 17s 6d peraue.
FOR SALE.-Stvon-roomcd HOUSE and7j acios land; near town; £625.
Six-roomed HOUSE, charming viow. hotwater, elcctrio licht, conservatory;£675.
TO LET.Six-roomed HOUSE, Duko street; 17e.Fivorooniod HOUSE, Anderson's Bay
rocd; 17s 6d.
MEOIOrtU
J\VL J. COLLIS BROWNE'SCHLORODYNE.
Chlorodyne. Everybottle of this well-known Remedy forCOUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA,
BRONCHITIS, DIARRIKEA. Eto.,Bears on tho Stamp tho Namo of the
Inventor,Dγ J. COLLIS
Tho Illustrated London News, September28, 1895, .aya:-
"If I were askod which singlo niedicinoI ehouUl prefer to take abroad with mo aslikely to 'm most generally useful, to thoexclusion of all other.i. I should say Chloro-dyne. I never travel without it. and itsgeneral applicability to tho relief of aRrcat number of simple ailments forms itsbest recommendations." Sap
HINDRANCES TO HEALTHsuch as dyspepsia, biliousness lobs of appe-tite, torpid liver, constipation, nnd otherevidencrß of (i durntißement of tho organsof digestion and secretion, may bo ciisily
nnd successfullyREMOVED
hy moan* .of the fnr-famed family medicinelieecliem'< Pills. For thrco poncrations thisniedicino has been holninq peonli! to pet ridof all fortn of dlßestivo and alliod disordersand, today, it ii< ddcnowlcdijcd to be thefirrt of nil'thu remeilirs of its kind. WhntIt lins donn for others it nmv reanonably
bi> expected to do [or you, Thnt reriirronttouoh of indigestion, livnr or kidney troublewhich U prevnntinc yon from njijoyinu
uniform good health iliay bo removedRY TAKINB
B E E C HAM'SP I L L S.
Femnlcs f-sppclally will flnil that Botoham'ePills will restore free and replnr rondi-lions, and brlnij about that phvulral (jraoonnd Iwmity whlcli only como tliroiißli per
foot health and regularity,Sold In boxes, labelled | prlw, IOJd (36pills). Is Ij<| 156pills), and 2s V<\ (161 pills).
In July, 02 yean ago, tho flrst. I/ondonomnibus, or '"diillilwcr," was run,
Never hesitate about piyinp: Chamber-I ill's Courli Reinody to children. It con-l;iins no narcotic of niiv diaoription, nnd
can bo klvoii with Aβ a quickeuro for oonglifi and colds to which chil-dren aro fiitsctptiblo it is unsurpassed, Sold
- .mo.tvwluira.
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