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National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page10486985 •ij>tCUL ADVERTISEMENT* THE maIIy herald -,s, "4"- '% V ^ it AUSTRALIAN LABOR PAPER. IRSECOND ANNIVERSARY IN MARCH NEXT. \ \ •' Fete.; ^ the txhlbWon Buildings. j fe'ii" ;«-jgk^.rA;*•'•*, rofthe Workers In Um State] ISA,:*:'- ^'jto bB lntwwted. ":.yf. S • '. | ; AW EABLT ST*RT ^^^9r|G^4'C001>'iFlfl(SH. REPRESENT! NC EVERY I »n -south Z ^C!AL ATTRACTIOK«l FOR . I! J^'^^VTE&Y '4MCHT^/-?J£; 4^-; \ •«'* V/ ">« :• ..W"K-; %CH .v!tHE:-Oftll.Y HER*LtO" " pB.THE DETAILS AS the " Hp WOMEN WORKERS win be asked to'asslst In providing: .ttejsjalle for their respective elec -? ' * V" * '' '•'"1 p. :p''' >- >;/. ' ^ <•-5j ipbo)e «f ttt xirangMnents will toe i •; *" THATYOUR COMMITTEE IS JPPilEP/withi'ARTICULARB. .. w ; T» civ r*''£&. '" . : ; •'; '. - • \ .•'•• „ _J]^eP«jSuRtaI to,d9«om0thlng pim^^-ltop^iUM] Commit-; |finfl^*-w^ of"T»ie Hirid." """> vona ofthablggest ;of tha kind ever achieved ^Sythetabor Party in thls State. ,5.;v^7 ! *• ,; Jf"* 1 *-t *VV''' '1 •• .: ,| mx&'bfr ;--v: iso as to' ^%«tenfeftttBnded :RY WORKER {MALE OR FE iiAI.^ «MtT« E ESTATE £AN DO ^MAkETHECELEBRATIONOF IE DAILY HERALD'8" SECOND "BIRTHDAY even more; successful ....''onM»i. |1fc luiti achfb#ed during the first year existence. •'. STARTAT.OjNCE TH YOUR mind'MADE UP TO ASSIST. I?srs '& M» rerrSji f j/ „ Ittlpnal. Infonnation wfll :;be' "gt^ori1 effcwt will be those who are anxious Sf^lrtlp^tft^paily Herald", to cele |f^i?iir?ito lt6 Se<9ohd Birthday by the & f *lohk»r Fete. E 4. THOMAS. •«&?. : . * Manager. 'J 4- i SSK- 5-V |rf : v:.--—— Port Adelaide Branch. CEWTRAL CHAMBERS,. 4! UPSOK . STREET, PORT ADELAIDE. ENTERTAINMENTS. THit-ftHTRT-. EOTiiiL. J£F WIFE'S MOTHER. iftgivm Jost aught Qie WoodB-Williazn son company drew a very large audi&sce to the Iheatre UoyaU and. the cfoutvie bilL the one-act play, Tie Open Door, and. the faxcical oomedy, Ity, Wife's Mo ther, was very fnlly. appreciated- That double bill trill'be presented for Hie last time to-night, anil all in need of that best of tonics, a hearty augh, should see the comedy. To-day toe boxplans open at Marshall*;' for the company's first change of pro gramme—the presentation of the roman tic drama. Tte Garden of ties, to .which full reference is made- elsewhere in this issue. $ A. mafcnee {afternoon) perform ance will be given on Monday—New a.Ycr'B Day. WEST'S PICTUEES. West'iE Olymjiia Pictures maintain: iheir position in Adelaide, and ever increasing crowds assemble nightly to see the films displayed /there..-V' This week's trasiness lias been phenomenal, and the excellence of the programme ia heartily recognised by hundreds of patrons si. each enteitainmeDt. The principal atfractiohlB " axeA "^Woman's Way. which iffluetraies how a true woman paid ihe penalty of a mistake; A Christ^ mas Carol, an EjUson adaptation of Dicker^' beautiful ;J£tory; Lost > in. fhe "Jifnfefa, -^cte«; and gBie ^nmeiliogv;^rarifvi, Byrthe A.B., Company^. The. Remaining V>ppor tnmtiefi Of seeing.' fliis programme axe: this afternoon ..at the .matinee »ajKtL. to night." On Monday xhe .complete -weekly change of pictures will be submitted in clutlirig Cursed Gold,, another lengthy; drama which is eure 4o find favor with the Adelaide public. BIMPTPia TTTF.ATRK This afternoon the usual matinee will be held, apd to-night the current pro gramme which has been drawing crowded houses during the" week will be screened for the last time. The principal feature. of a most enjoyable series .is tost.inthe Jungle^ a drama^f a positively' thrilling in its realism. The^ sto^y enaeted in'the heart of the jungle portrays ho w a .^roung girl, driven. from home, becomes lost in the jungle. She is there attacked by. a leopard, defends herself. ijitiL a knife„ eventually killing .the animal, and is re stored to her home by. a' pet elephant./ The pictures of 'the Delhi Durbar are also on the programme, aadarea moet won derful reproduction of the many historic incidents connected with the most ^gor geous pageant of modem 1 times, v Ofeer prominent features are Jimmie'e Hob, a. splendid comedy; The sSheriff, a staring western drama; The .Unveiling, -drama; The Mother of {he Ranch, western dra ma; That Winsome Winnie Smile, eo medy;Nick Winter's v Dream; ahd <!on tageous Diseases. A special holiday ma tinee'is-to- be'held, on Monday after noon.' •' ' :. ' * 4 ; WONDiEtoGBlAPH PICHTKB PAVILION A. stranger 'waJJdiig along North ter race any evening would wonder what was the msiferif he .aid. not iiappea to know thai ijhe large crowds were mak ing- their 1 Wfcjy.w-, to the#. WondergTaph :0pea-air Xfiehuxi^Ravilion, opposite the Jbffijbifcogj. , Altfiougi the pav>lion. seats -2000 -people,. tha 0man agement htfv6 "been. coittpellfed "to1 Tefase adnjission to isai-: dreds every evening daring the past week, proving that' the open-air vember taimnsni is what/the pfeanie 'want dar ing the »uflimei monfh s. To-night >11 be the*>lBBt ttai© that the .present?pro pamine ,'iaaw£i\anion Monday^ sight the firei heat of llie gentlemen'. beauty be screened for tfee 'list time, lie 'iiiclvre of the Delhi. .Djirbaris a'trdfcting ? goocl deal bf' at tention, soa- .1^ w^jl ^vaeen: for three nunc nights t.nly.. Erlriet. are now being.received t^r a liab.^e" beauty com petition; ;and % large sum will be. dis tributed In prizes- There wilt "be a oom plete change of programme on Mon-Jav. night:: Seats may be booked at D'uhst and Biven's. . SEMAEHOE3B .-WOK DEEGEAiPH. :<*: p:... > "-i , IjarBe audi^atea. fiave teen the lula. at- 1Ja«ipoi»Dlai*oaBd. pertty. Woadeigraph' 3?ictur«drome .lafc 4W /Sw-taphore' during =tt6jWst-weet,aodite>prrpTainme.li?s; met with ..the approfral of' everyone. Uiere^willbe ay conpteie change this' evening,' and ;SgmetMng speciaXis .'pro mised. JTi^day will, be >th.e last oppor tunity for receiving tries 'lor the chil dren's,; beauty' competition, which .is bptoto'^ehililrea fr-tWeeu the age .'-'f; three'and eight feirs. j dB ~y(l ^ 1 De ViBiflra,,, the 'illusionist gave an other performance -last 'night in the Town Hall. , He .'Ss dedidetEyplever as "a mar giciao, and his ieatsaredone go cleverly slid cpenly as'lo thoroughly mystify la© onlookers, jand they are' placed 'before -the audLeruce in Buch a majLner as to toe'mucu eirjoyed.1 TheDevil'c Archery, The WiST pjg. IMnftyljieiBirth Of Vfcnus, Thelilight to PairadiBs, and Besuixection of Thfemes are am a Tiing ^rfoiroaiic'eE, and fuUyjus iafy lifce Jdain of De Yilliers' to be abe %riWeriiig ,'iiJiiaioiiiBt. The .Kelsos, who me described Its mtmarete.xtf motion, xie^ lighted/the audience wit?i their clever perloSmaace. Mi. W? JiJ.' Bjohan "was -well received for ius immorpne'eong and trick banjo playing, while' Miss ' Millie Baker, established heraeH as a favorite in. several, dancing nnnilbeTs. Mr. Joe Kelso and. *$£r. Ctiarles~Hyait aa-useti ^reaimerriment-as^jerrotjaniJ comedian. Another entertaining piogiamiiie.. will )>« given to-night. .IjaCE KING'S. Big audiences Kave patronised this popular house, where Iiordy3 sdogs and". a etrong programme bold the boards. Those who, have not yet seen these clever dags otiieS; ?n .jfh.eir liwt WeeE,^m nife Jttx fthei^etE^'ol Ste£^y5Tayiorv a clever comedienne, 'ditecVfrbm'jJew York. Tom Ijee and Leonard Nelson will feature iiew OTngs. Jules Garrison and company .will pjeE^nt^hei ireprodUctions^of the worW's to^ $T strong and "attractive' programme! Special an nouncement mil be made in the papers cHXlib reappearance at the Adelaide Oval of '"the King's Continentals. PAVILION PICTURES A large and appreciative audience at tended :ttie :above last cljtat, had a fine programmemas given: Jbe itar film, -an thdian; pietpie drama, < me of Nature's Gentlemen, was well -eceirsd. A ept cially revised; programme :]1 oe .'houm to-night, and a complete" chsnge will be mode on Monday night. '' HENI35Y BEACH CONCERTS. Concerts by the Tramways Band; will be resumod on Wednesday next <a± Hen ley Beach. The following programme will be Tendered March, 'Pomp and Cir cumstance (Klgar); overture. 'Bohemian Girl (Balfe); concert and tronrbone_ duet, Echoes of CastiJle; walte, Choristers; grand1 selection, I*» Prophefce; march, Punchinello; euphonium solo, Village [Blacksmith fantasia, -Mikado; moroeau, A Turkish P-a-trol and fantasia, Song Echoes. $his latter item introducing Thy Sentinel am -I, True Till Death, The King's Champion, and other songs. OZOffTE PICTURES. The Ozone Picture Company attracted iarpe audiences in the Port Town Ball on Thursday and Jf^iday evenings, when capital programmes "were submitted. The Power of Xi>ve> a powerful drama 2800 f4. in length, was screened. This fine film is toy the Kcrndisk Company, the produc ers of A Victim of -liie Mormons. Others that were screened -were Loet in the Jungle. A Bad Man's Christmas Gift .The Motor Boats' Bace for th« Champion ship of Greai Britain, and numerous 0ther subjects. Another oompkie change of programme ^akSs piaoe oo Monday 36Tfc. | Tio^don's largest chandelier ^ one isi lie AThamhra. Music Hall. It is £«ied 5»4ik BP decuric Jst^or, «ach rF 500 car«£fc» AUSTRALIAN DRAMA THE LATEST CONTRIBUTION. GRANT HEEVEY'S A SPORTSMAN AND A MAN. ADAM LINDSAY GORDON THE HERO." By Way Verfey Penn. To attempt to achieve chronological ac curacy in listing "Australian drama" pro ductions, i.e., plays in. which the mise en scene has been essentially Australian, it is necessary to hark "right hack to It's Never 'loo Xate to Mend (Charles Reade's), of the many Australian pro ductions of which perhaps the William Anderson Company's -Dampier version was the :best. by Walter Cooper, with its sawtnill sensation, dates back fully 30 Jears. produced as it was", by Jimmy Raioford and later by Charlie Taylor and Elofee Juno. Hiss Dora ilas tyn (at present in Adelaide with "the Wooas-VVilliamsons) gave. the colonial public the four-act drama 'Ransom in the early nineties. It was founded on the story 01 Mrs. Keighiley's famous ride from Balhurst to the bushrangers' camp, in tbe ranges to save iter busband. liad don Chambers, the'Australiaii-borli play wright, will) b££ been such a success.at. home, introduced plenty of his hcirce country: color into "the drama Captain Swift atiout "tids period, and for that rea son hift play is here referred, to. Alfred Dampier gav^ us ibe first stage version pf Marcus Clarke's For the Term of "Hie Natural Life at the old Royal Standard Theatre in CasQereagh etreet, Sydney. Edmund Duggan alone wrote The Eure ka Stockade ,which saw its premier pro duction in. the Adelaide .^Theatre E->yal in the nineties, and was later re-written and staged in *he eastern. States by Wil liam AnderscA as Under the Southern' Cross. Of Gtwrge DarreH's xlramatic ptn work The Sunny South was the greatest Bnccess, -while Transported for I/>fe, the eettingof which was mostly Ausiraliin, was little less thril 1 ing." -Bland Holt's Australian fclays included The _Gri*at Drought, in which a-great hush 'fire .and trained crows picking, dead sheep wtre. realistic stage-.craft; .^triumphs, iclrevtjl. George Dairell .dramatised and. stated; Nat" Gould's The .Double Event; arid another of, the, prolific :.Nat*£ turf tale taradiddles which. was dramatised to profitable result was Running It "OB," staged' by tile Haxry Craig Company Eolf BoldrewocKTe Robbery Under Aims wae staged iby Alfred Dampier. Am brose - Pratt'e Thunderbolt .was put, on by William Anderson. (Mr. Lawrence Dunbar, now in Adelaide, being thfe -original esjponsak <of the title role). Joe Smith's The Bush woman was another Andersdniaii jprpduetidn^ a!pA Jthe liush tfing was jointly" fathered by William Lincoln -and "Adam. Pierre," 'which- was the nom de' plume of Alfred Dampier, whose company produced tfoe, piece. Gamedian. Bert; e Bailey and Edmund Duggan collaborated in .'producing The Squatter's : Daughter,'asid the sariie Jtwo pxoEeasionals were subsequently respon sible for The' Man, From Outback, both dramas ' being played by the. Anderson Company. The Kelly Gang, one of ihe'. many plays founded oil the bushranging exploits -of the "notorious -Jfed" Kelly and Trio gang, was the work of "Amold Den bam,"; a pen-name concealing the. iden tily of the ^lidest" son of Professor Bonl ger, at on©' time professor of languages at the Adelaide University. '-There have; been fa,. -dozen .or more KellyGatig "dra mas. .Coming down, to' most recent pro ductions, Temple i Harrison's Melbourne Cup play The '• Winning Ticket, ranks mentanously in. the jeategory of melo drama,- .while Randolph Bedford's -The; Lady..'.of the- Pluck-Up re<»nilyprovea a. rank failure. Bedford'fe White Aus-' tralfe,: a dramatic forecast of theinva sion of tfa^'-Camrnonwealth r4iy ,the Japa-^ ne6e, proved no financial Buccsess for;its' producer, -William'. Anderson, who -Spared no expense in. "mounting it. The "cerv latest Australian drama, on the eve-of production, is reported from the pen -of a well-inown .verse and prose writer, <5rant. Hervey, of Casterton. This dramatic bEaitliutf has been entitled V Sportsman.and a Man. which designation is applied to" the "principal character in the play, none other than.£h£ famous Australian, poet, Adam lindsay Gordon. Subsidiary to that hero of the new drama there are some 20 or- mote .characters, eachposcesBinghisor her .own' marked colonial characteristics.-. The play will be r iliustxaied in ac£on -by Jsongs and verses from Grant Tjervey3!! p^n,1 and the following headings /will serve to pro vide a synopsiSof the melodramatic. ac tion:— ,i Act I-—The Master of i Mouni Gambler. Scene 1, Forpet-ine-liote; sOene 2, In Sam myLevy's jjair; soene 3, The Sorrows of' £mooge; scene 4, The .Spider, and the Ely. Asjt^Ji-^-Kiobard fiedstayne Turns Up Scene-1, The Tempted and the' Tn»; soene :2, A Scotrndrfel in Scarlet; scene 3. When Worth Meets Waste Act HI.—It was All a. Mistake:' 5cene 1, Adam and Eve scene 2. -Slim Jim Draws H:s Screw; .scene 3, The Bangs .of the Serpe'nt; scene 4, Modesty and the Man; soene 5, Modesty and the Money Changer •' Act IV —liife is Mostly Froth and Bub-; ble Scene 1, Rebecca..Bemembers Vi4e chapel; eoene 2, D-—"Your Blessings X •Want Your Cash; scene 3. A Madman's Deed"; scene 4, Give Me a, ManLike Gor don; scene 5, Plain Tajk from Tommy Grass; scene 6, In the Smoke of the Pis tol.- Act V*—The "BtCe of life '-"Soene..!, The Duty of the Press; scene % Mrs. Jiff Telle Mbcfcerv What She Thinks of Him; soene 3. At the Bar of Judgment; scene 4, A Sportsman and: a Man. The Craig JJrkmalic; Companj, at spre sent "touring the eouth-eastern and 'bor der district kreas of tbif State, have been given the drama to produce before Easter next, conditionally upon the rights for the- Melbourne • and Sydney .metropolitan performances of it being reserve^. for Sir. William Anderson, who le in-treaty .for the production of the -play, upon -an elab orate scale. The drama win be possess ed of especial interest for all South Aus tralians •.-- ATHLETICS. * - <TTift=R.Fl "GUOB. > OOMHEMORmON- DAT jMEETING. The C3are Athletic -Club freli! Its anmipj sports meeting on the oral on Jhni«»day after* soon. 2fce. weaker was ideal for both rumen tad spectators, cf which Ihere 'were a great number. *.\ Officiate:—Jtidg^, .Messrs. R. Hi,' Tilbroolc, ML Kimber, T. P. Gilfen, F. Phillips, W. Nees, P. M. mily; ^barter," ;F. McCarthy; (timekeeper, T. Clarke; master of track, W. Pointm^: lap boot®*, E. Havers; bugler, F. Pryptr, oodxir -and number 6tearards» F. Bowlev fend E. Victorsen; gsnerr.1 committee, Mann. X>. Henzie, G. 7. Balls, H. Bbwley, C- O. Scott, M. Kimber, C. Waveer, J. Benogo, and X). McGrath; boo. secretaries, T. W. Lee aad p. T. Brewer. Resnifcs:— IWai. Sfti3cee.—I. Davey, J. Miller ' Boys' Sheffield Handicap.—-33. Kelly, J. Ab» Salter, W. Bnlock, W. Graham. Clare Sheffield Handicap.—Fiiat. Komid.—Fii*t He%fc—J. Morgan. Second Heat—B. C. BJeech-. more Third Heat—C-. Warast Fporth Heat —L. P. Sandery. Fifth Heat—Ji- F. Cooper. Sixth "Heat—I. "Darey. Seventh Heat—H. Carey; Second Rooiid.—Fi^t Hrqt—J. Harpm,; C. !War neut. Second Heat—H. Carey, I. Davey. Third Heat—F. Lecey, E. Hill. Fourth Heat —E. H. Thompson. A. fiethnne. Final—H. Oarey, R. Hill, J. Morgan, £. M. Thompson. Clara Sheffield Hordl^a.—First Round—First Heat—S. P. Snirwan, F. Nrwuun. Soeond Heat —J". Miller, H. F. Cooper. Third Heat—H. Newman, E. HilL Fourth Heat—A. J. Ley, H. Hnraphrys. Second Hound.—First Heat^ H. NcwKsan. B.* HUL Seoond- Heat—J. Miller, H F. Oooper. Final—J. Miller, R. HEU, H. Newman, *W. E. Cooj>er. Oue-miJe Bike Race.—First Tlour-d-—FSrst Heat—A. C. Waldie, A- H. Selanders. Second Heat—H. Hautop, B. Goddard. Tbird Hear— H. J. Giiggt H. Loader. Final—A. C. "Wal die, H. Hautop, B. Goddard, H. Loader. 440 V-irds Flat Race.—L. "Whitfo-d, C. War cest, V. R. Ferae. Halfmile Bifce Race.—First Round—J. R. Davev. K. C. Waldie First Heat,—-W. H_ Grig?, A. BIcAithur. Second Heat—H. Hautoj), p. Borcwski. Final—H. Hauiop, P. Botovski, J. Davey, -W. E. Grigg. Th»oc-mue Sara kill E»ac^—A. C. Waldio, S. Grivell High Jump.—3. Miller, Feme (tied), 5 ft 8' inT Cl2i.*a Wbeel Bacc.—First —A. C. WaWie, A. H. Selandars*, S. GrlreJl. Second Heatr— H. J. Grigg, H. Loader, H.^ Hantop. Third Hfealb—B. Garrol, L. McArtho^, J. Hsokey. Filial—S. GrivcQ, B. Oatrcfl, L. IfcArthxxr. j ^GMMintCIAL MEN.—Tour ^Tinting 1b mm.1t : **-»' » Special Feature at "The Daily Herald** ; GrwattiX afcrwM> A«WaId*, a©c PERSONAL. Mr. iS 4 .T Jacobs returned to Adelaide by the Melbourne express on Friday morning. Mrs. Helen Barton, of Glasgow, who lias been lecturing in. Australasia under the auspices of the W.C.T.U., is return ing to Glasgow by the R.iM.6. Osterley, which left the Outer Harbor yesterday.. Dr. Pennefather, formerly professor of law in the University of Adelaide, who has been residing in England for some yeans has been on a short visit to "Ade laide, "but promises to make a longer etay on his return from New Zealand. Our .Melbourne correspondent wired last night that shortly after the new ye&r Senator Pearce, of Western Australia, -the Minister of Defence, will leave Melbourne for South Australia, and after staying there for a week or so will return to Melbourne in connection, with depart mental necessaries; Sometime in Feb ruary Senator Pearce will go westwards for a holiday. / Mr. 3. N. Jonas, who last year was ap pointed accountant to- the Broken Ttill City Council as successor to Sir. MasSer Boss, has been appointed town clerk at a salary of £508 a year. Mr. .Tonae wae previously accountant to the. firm of Messrs. Kidman Brothers^ butchers, of Broken Hill, and has achieved consider able. success as 'a sprint runner. Of late years lie has not "Taken part, in athletic competitions. Mr. Le H. Bech, who has been acting town clerk, has been appoint ed aeputy town cleTk at £260 per annum. On. Tjiday, December 22. the plate layers, fipikers, fishers up, and others,-of Gawler, presented Mr. Scott with a hand some tnavallirig bag previous to his' <;o pArfaire to tne. -Oodnadatta.- district. Speeches -were made by the men. refer ring to the -qualities of Mt. Scott as ,t. ganger. Even the nippers spoke tip, and said they hoped he would not he Jong away; Mr. Scott feelingly respond ed, and thanked the men for their TteluaWe' presentation.' Mi. Scott had Had sim ifar preKen.ba.Sons before, but he admitted this one took Mm 3>y sur prise. I'"''.' Mr. D. McLaren, the only Labor mem ber of the last New Zealand Parliament, and who w&e unsuccessful in his candi dature for the Wellington East seat at the -recent election, has -received: several hundred telegrams from people alKover thie country depressing sympathy- and goodwill towards him arid regret'that he did. not win the seat. Mr." McLaren ex presses his sincere thanks to the -great body of well-wisheiB who have sent these messages, arid assures'one and all that as opportunity offers he will be glad- to fight'again for the same principles. Some.distinguished- churchmen are ex pected fo visit the Commonwealth during. 1913.; In-tiie -eaiiy part of that year the BigHt-Rev. C..F. D'Arcy, DJD., Bishop of Bowii, Ireland, and the Bev. Canon Simp1' soiri, M.A., of Stl" Paul's Cathedral, Lon don, are expected. Dr. D'Arcy is known sb an eminent writer and speaker on evi dential' subjects. HiB book on Christian ity Tand the Supernatural, in the series entitled the Anglican Church Handbooks, is known as one Of the best of that series. Canon Simpson is'oneof the ablest prea chers "in Great Britain. Mrs. 3". J. Taggart, of Hindrasish, died trader ead .circumstances on Thursday. In company with' her husband, who-car dies on' business as & bakfer at "Bindmarsh, she leift in the steamer.. Kooringa oh Thursday morning to visit a. daughter act Sbansbury. Just before the veBsel left on the Tetum trip Mrs Taggart wke fakeh suddenly ill, and died, in-& fefw aniaates. The ..deceased lady was greaily respected -at 'TTrrtdtnarsh, ami had a 'large circle of friends. She /was 56 years of age, amtii had resided at Hindmarsh for 25 years-' Mrs. Ticgart left a htisband, eev6h chil dren, &na a number of grandchildren. ' On Thursday evening a faireweJl -so cial-was tendered Bather Maelnerhey i In. the coiivent -school, Brompton, <pliof?tc> his departure for Ireland.' Mr. J. Sav age presided and Spoke *of the goodwork the departing priest had done ait Hind marsh during Iks term as priest in charge- On behalf of the churqh mem bers he presented-the guest with an ad dress in book forpi, a silver watch, and a purse of gold. Messrs. T. MaoDennat, Uonegan, and B. Savage also spoke, fa ther Maelnerney acknowledged the pre sentations, and thanked his friends for their kindness' to him. There was a large Attendance, and. musical items'were given. Father Candler, who' succeeds Father Maolnerney,' was present. Father Mpdnerney left forlretand by Friday^ mail/boat'. At the request of the council, for the diocese «T -North .Queensland, 'Bishop Frodsham will leave for England at an early date. The, object of his, visit will be to; select a head for the bnsh' bro therhood established in the north. It' is also considered likely that the" bishop, while in England, will assist in the se lection of a number of clergymen requir ed, in the diocese' of Melbourne in con nection with the scheme of church '.•ex tension. work propounded by Archbishop Clarke fit the last "meeting, of synod. There are fully 20 curates wanted for new and undermanned parishes, and. only about^eight are obtainable in Australia. Drl Frodsham c&pects to return from England about the middle of- August. Probably for the' first time' in the' hie tory of the New Zealand Parliament the: newly elected 'House contains' • a -father, and soil. Mr. R. F. Bollard, "the mem ber 'for the new constituehcyof Baglan," is the son of Mr. John Bollard, member for'Eden, whose physifaal resemblance to the late' Mr. Seddon gave rise on several occasions during the lifetime -of the; lat ter; to amusing misunderstandings and mistakes. Heredity is also' seen in the' reappearance in the list of members of the name of Bell. Mr. W. H; D. Bell, the" "colt" of the reform party- in Wel lington, .is k the son of Mr. H. D. Bell, K.C_, formerly one' of the; members for Wellington City, and grandson of the late Sir F. Dillon Bell, who was a member of three of the early Ministries, and subse quently Agent-General for a number of years. Mr. Bell is the first to take his place in Parliament- as the successor of his father and grandfather. Of that popular staside sweetmeat! Ijnown as "rock " go tons* "were'.sold at Southend during the --summer' months. The laiiy Herald. ADDRESS: 117GBENFELLST ADELAIDE: SUBSCRIPTION. Delivered. £13 0; 0 13 0 0 6 6 £19 0 0 18 G 0 8 0 AoCoonta an Business Oamnranica' tions must be addressed *"Dhe Manager." All Literary Matter. Correspondence, Repeats, and General News Matter most be addressed "The Editor." TO ASSURE ATTENTION, BUSINESS and LITERARY MATTES MUST b« forwarded in Separate Envelope!. INTER-STATE AGENTS. MELBOURNE. Messrs. Gordon & Goteh. Queen etreat. Messrs. Walker & Welford, Queen street Beater's Telegram Company. Messes. Richardson & Go. SYDNEY. Mr. J. H. Jenkins. 32 Adams- Chambers. George street. Renter's Telegram Company. fetaecn. Gordon One yeax ... Six months XblOe wwintKq . Posted. One year Sa months Three months ... .. . SOIL BACTERIOLOGY. GHOtJND REPLETE WITH LTFE. THE OOXTEOL OF BACTERIA. WHAT SCTEXCE IS REVEALIXG tJniil ocnnp&raiively recent years {he soil wa.f looted upon as. dead, while the plant growing upon it was alivethe soil passive while the -plant was active; the soil surrendering' wtoat tihe plant Appropriated; the eoil indifferent as to whether ite fertilising elements were washed through it into inaccessible depths, or rocked op by the toois of corn or turnips, grass, or foca^e crops. All these ideas (says a writer in the English "Agricultural Gazette'*) have been profoundly modified- by the discovery that the eoQ is replete with life, And that, so fax from being' passive, it is full of extraordinary activi-' ty. It, in fact, is babbling with energy,! and if it, or the smallest particle of it, oouid be placed under a microscope, or photographed on a cinematograph film, it would be «een' tobe the theatre of voracious fedeing, of endles transformation, and of fierce ebruggles between' warring izibps, reap king sometimes in the de-j rtruction of iertilting matter, eoxnetimos in its] construction or formation, and «*ao of -bitter internecine strife among straggling battalions of' hostile .organisms. The top klx inches or the cultivated ^oil is she principal xone in which this newly discovered life exists. ^his was absolutely unknown a lew years ago. It belongs to .oar new knowledge, and suggests tbe idea of a new world to conquer,' and is destined to revolutionise our ideas as to fertility. The meet stupendous facts are the vast numbers the infinitesimal size the rapidity of the development and the' enormous effects of this underground "flora" ma it is. now called—albeit including minute forma of dis-. tinefcly animal type. They are all properly in cluded under the general name of micro-organ isms and I^ofessor E. J. Busseil (Rotbamsted Experiment Station) informs ub that of bacteria alone {<rod~1ike vegetable organisms). there axe from 112,000,000 to 280,000,000 in each ounce of soil. Tbe active forma are all competing lor' food, And jwe can imagine that .tbe struggle for exiifcence is very, severe. "It. would, how ever, -be a mistake to suppose that they are all there expressly {or} the purpose of plant food for oor benefit On the contrary,! they are'living. their own li\cs. Some -of- them are useful to us, others are not. Same actually destroy ~<plant food, while others are injurious to the useful food-making organisms. Indeed, the top six inches of «oil might almost be called a separate world, and if & main could project. himself into it and see what was going on, .be would have socfa a tale to tell as would pat* to shakne our moet imaginative writers of itetion." The vast population comprised in one" acre of: bacteria alone, exclusive of of&er'.mmnte organisms, is absolutely inconoefr thle,. and would be .approximately arrived at by finHitig the'TCmber of ounces in '600 tons of soil, and ii($iltip5ying the product by' from U2 to 28b millions. Ten ounces of soil contains as inany bacteria alone as the entire, human population of the earth. We aire learning that thxs'vut asmy may be -disciplined, controlled, n™* yoked to the chariot. of agricultural progress- .Every .one .knows what is joeasit by a sterilised, coil. It -can .be produced by. a degree of beat sufficient to destroy aU germs. Sterilisation' may be total, or partial,, •and. may also be brought about by various antiseptics, well as by tropical sun best. The subjecl 3s full of details and conjj>lica< iaons,' but the main point of interest' to the farm car is that efcerilisstion at/first reduces the fertility of a qdII, simply becaaee a large' pro portion. of- tbe living' organisms „are thereby destroyed.' After a few' 'days, however, the suasavors recover from. tbe. shock, and "most .?of the epoces rexhaic. unaffected,_ and begin to "de velop and multiply. "By treatment, which is -fast being /worked into "a system, tbd 'proportion of beneficent ozgaanams may 1»e increased, While the detrimental does' bte vastly diminished. Tbe effect' is .the destruction of1 those organisms •which- po$ upon, -and destroy the. bene,cent- -bac teria the. cudb .general principle as *he phagocytes .or white'oprpuscles of the blood de vour thoae^giannsof disease' which idvade the. human "hbdy. •-• Thus the eoQ becomes.richer ^in beneficent' bacteria, which' are hbw free to -<le* velop like ® population- freed from enemies. "'Taar-antagonistic ocganisma *ppear*to bevpio-i Jiogcai-;.,. 'dffsny of them fe&l .on-bacteria or €ur Twnd-the paaticlee of organic,matter, and thus; keep off bacteria :and as they tee -a. thousand tfntei the 'elze of- bacteria they Evidently pas-1 *e»v injurtpas proyrtlesw" It is. the wrm of Dr. Bussed -and his fefUow-wocciera to free the soQ fsom injurious organisms, and to starau late the development of the benefioent o£:ea, and this is quite possible. It as more, for it is comparatively simple when once the na-: tore, and the .habits of the.soil. flora and pio-j tozoSc life are understood. The result cf ex-; penmesifc "5s that' bmy pai^i sterilisation to1 be followod by a .period of rest the amount -of ammonia, in the has'bsen inoreas ed .frotn-C.5 to «3 JB oarts jin a million parts: of sc^L rt le olso i^m^-kable that not only is' the titrogeronsplant. food increased, but! there Is a ^onsideiable increase in available' phosptete^ and potteh; showing that bacterial action' eS&Gte' the zninensl as well te the nitre-1 genous." plant 'food in the soil, and, in.'.fact, enriches .ft is & remarkable ! and ^-unexpected irtanme®. ... ' * Hiere many* krnds of bacteria, .some b^ng d.e-nitrttylng or eDgageiat in the liberation of iree nitrogen. ^£rom nitrogi^ons matter, whilo some t 4we. nitzifyirg, -or psrodociDg nitrate®, ni trabtmosas oooverting .ammonia into ' nitrous' add and nitrites; and .others, nitrobacteria, chteging nitrites Mo nitrates. The fcnitrifying; ,bacteria only thrive in tbe preaaice or oxygen,' and hence' their development la tanee&fd' byj cultivation and- eacposure of the soil to the air.! Tbese ttra also nltrogen-fixiag tacteria which inhabit, &od in ,faot ar«c the cause of, those watiy excreBoehoes on the roots of l^umixious blanui discovered by Helfriegal in 1886. Bac teria' are" the agents by which the decomposi tion .of. vegetable matter an the wil is eSerted. ajid'r^iich ocervert the nittogoioo* material zr.to Gnunonla or- resolve it.into five nitrogen; others! convert; azoznonta into. nitrites, and ultimately 4ntoAnitcfltes,i'as shove .mentioned. These facts cfcnnpt -but be enormous, iinportance'.to a^ri tadturiste. v ^Had the nuoro-organSecns in _the eoolV.Sjeien 'beyond cocdiral. and merely to .'be accepted as a sdentific- && Kr> cause 'for wonder like »the tadis- of -Astronomy,, there ..would** bave been.leas, reason -.to Jwave t6ucbed.\upon tbem here. It has, ^however, now -rbeen, shown by Di«. Ruseeil and Darbisbfa^, and other investi* gbtoi*,. Ibat, these -.impute orgaiiians may be -cobtrblI«4, muRhjlied,'" destroyed, '• taansported, aiid culw^ited, Chereiiy^ opening up new vistas for research -and. new methods for enriching toils server ^jef^rei^cirerunt A-l. It is .many years; since nitragin and other cultivation of bact^ia were introduced for "seeding" land—in some oases, with remarkable success, but in others without effect. The difference between' those expesrlmozitB «md ~nore recent invertte^tiens appear* to be that we know more now than yro did then of the clasafi6n> tjon, hiahits, and constitution of bacterid- We e3so;k&otr that the micro-organisms is the soil do not all come tzoder tbis ce^potion^ but ccmpriae ooxany organifims iaiying in 'size .tad nature. A ipianecopsc protozoic organiem one thousand times. larger than the bacteria .'which it -preys upon mupt be like a lion firaong mice, and we *haT yet «ee the work' on, daemato grajjhic •sarena,' pnr9»ng, -devouring, 's^id propa^ ffating. .It is only natural thiat the laager pro (ozsa rf annual ratare cab be more easily de stroyed by fceot otr aitfiseotics tb&n the much emailer vegetative batleria, and their still mi nuter spares. How far large areas -of soil can be nested by antiseptics1 or other agents so as-to bring "ibout an increase of nitrifying bac teria nwy be stall doubtful, but our knowledge has arrived at a stage in which fresh develop ments m5*y be experted. Jtotbamsted is the centre from which new light has emanated in the pbat, but for many years the experimental work oonducted Ihere was coiefly concemsd with the action of fertilisers on crops* and -tbe effect of foods upon the development Esd' weight of. t*nirn*\* We, hosTO^er, now are witnesing an entity .new departure, inaugurated by War jnngton under Si.- J- B. I*awes and. Six Heniiy Gilbfert, but now pushing forward to fruit'on un«!p? the direction Mr. A. D. Hall, Dr_ E. J1 Russell, I>r. DartHshire, and other members of £be «ble etitfL CHRISTMAS IS ™ COUNTRY. POINT JteLEAY, December 27. Christmas was c^i&brated at Point BIc Leay in. the usual way. On. Sunday spe cial singing was Tendered by the native choir at the services. The mission <shapel was filled in the evening when a carol service was given. The platform was prettily decorated, and the native women being dressed in white the effect woe good. Hiss Dorothy Bedmaa acted as organist. The usual Christmas tree was given to the people at the wool ehed on Monday. About 250 were pre Geni, and everyone received suitable gifts according to their age ot require menis. The men were given pipes, to bacco, fishing lines,' and cups and sau-i cers. In the evening a concert was given, by the natives. The overture was played by the Hisses Bedman and Ban. kine; songs,, recitations, &c., were Weil rendered by Mieses Redman, Williams, and Bankine, Messrs. Wilson <2), Carter, Varcoe, and Dunn, and Master Hollo Williams. Two action songs were well sung by p number of little girls who were trained by Miss Bedman. This week the natives, are leaving civilisation for their holiday and soon the station will be almost deserted. Every day by bullock waggons, boats, or drays families are leaving for th^ Cotxrong or the river, where they pitch their tents and retumn to their wild, free life—hunting, fishing, and shooting*—"which they thoroughly THE VEND OASE —»— APPEAL AGAINST JUDGMENT. TEST CASE ENTERED. SYDNEY, Oeoemba An tajvpeal has been lodged against the deca Ktm of Mr. UuvtUe Isaacs in tbe vend caie de livered iast Friday* He imposed fines amount ing to £13,000 an 40 defendants, and also or dered ifcein to pay the Crown's costs of the proceedings, estimated to amount to £30,000. An appaal has now been lodged by WiQ&m bo mas Applctou. It goes to the root of the Judgment, and will no \doubt be treated as a test ease governing the oases of the 29 other defendants. The appeal was lodged by JlessrF. MacNarnara and Smith, Sydney, agents for .Messes. Hallespn, Stewart, StaweH, &nd Nanii vcU, of Melbourne. lie grounds set out are as tol36w_:— 1- Ti£*t- upon the whole of the evidence £his aeEeadaiit. was etiti£led to Jadgment fai respect of each 4ind ill of the m&tterfl alleged agnauft hint in tbe amended statement of e^im. 2. That the judgment of the learned judge was erroneous, both as' regfcrds the conclusions of fact arriyed .at qad.. as regards the law applicable to those facts'." 3. Thai evidence wiis wrongly admitted against this deoonent, and, or alternatively, was wrongfully treated <ie «eraidence against this defendant by the learoe»I judge af-cf-r iUrtdmittar.ee 4. That the ooJy case made on the plead ings; one* upon tbe cas ear opened &ad oon 'ducted by. counsel frr the -Crown. was in re spect of some ftHeged agreement, or combine turn, ir conspiracy of t-bo colliery, proprietor Defendants rior «*ne of- tbexn) and the ship ping defendants .(or some of them) jointly, whereas any alleged wroneful Acts and alleged detriment to ""the public,found .by' tbff learned judge, if proved at alL, are not the result or consequence of any such' joint act, but' arise from the.-"ccsii-vend" agreement, tite validity and propriety of which ware not'.cbaTei^M in these proeedinga, and with which* this defendant and .otber chipping defendant*- bad nnthing iq do. 5. That thete.'te no evidence of any "'joint" intent nt this defeniteni end of any "colliery proprietor** defendants to do toy oi the al Ieged acts to the detriment of the auVic set 6. That «tbe» evidence- fails to establish any found by the learned judge. 6. That .tbe cyi^cnca falls .to st&bUsh amy intent to restrain trade or commerce to the decrimentot the public' by-this 'defendant ox any othar defendant •. 7. T^iat tbe evidence fails to establish any intent to control, to the detriment of'thA pab lie,- the supply or. price of any service, mcT cbandise, or commodity by this defendant or any .other defendants. "' & Thai tbe learned jtyige was wrong in law in holding that. this defendant :was,- upon evidenoe, guilty of any offence against section 9 if Act No. 9 nf 1906. 9. Tbarfc ihe evidence failed to establish tbe sight of the plaintiffs to an injunction. » 10. Tbaifc <=«ctians 4 ^nd 7 of the Aot. No. .9 of 1906 have beoa-imnliedly" repealed by the provisions ->f the Amending--Acte No. "5 of 1908 and No. 26 of 1909, and No. 29 erf 1310, '.eo thafc 43iis defendant end «th«r defendants were entitled to judgment in this action, ory alienist-*ely, were entitled to judgment An respect of 4he claim to an injunction. THE HOLIDAYS I!f THE COUNTRY. PENOLA. On Friday evening a cr.triDiuy ci ctil dren staged the Christmas pantomime Snow White in the Penola lawiS'ite, in aid of -Church, of England -funds, und at was weTi. carried out, under the diieebon of Mis. S; T.' IiOngman and-:M'.b6 .T?-. O'Connell- '''The Joljo^ng was liie. cast an3- characters ^noyr \V mtej Mits ,ltita Edwards; the Prince, Miss Gertie."fisl naves; lie Queen, Miss Belle Ct'fford; Carl the Huntsman, Master Ealph Arfiutis, Sliee Doris fila-si:; Max.- ^.Master J&ck Pollock;; Hans, Milter Sam Fde.r teu>w; -dwarfs, and forest. children.,- A. dance foEowed the t>erformahce. -.Miss O'Connell supplied the muBic, and Tit./ T: "Wells acte3-as Hl.C'.- ^ &STRALIAN **£*¥ " —— FLEET ON THE STOCKS EIGHTEEN VESSELS. Erogrss reports, which hare been' *6oeived through the High' Ctommisflkmfer' (Sir .Gei^e Rdd), .indicate that the faflctfag .of- the'Cwn-. moQwetitb biatelesbip-cruiser -;AjiBta^iia and' the' protected cruisers (eebond ctase) -Melbourne >rd "Sydney,'.in ~3ritiahVyaida is 'proceeding ^satie iacfcorily, and lit is expected Jthai. delivery "will lie made -within contract datqs.r V- When 'these* Teasels are .«nnpfet&a ind^tb© .local :<»nstriictiain of a.^iiixd eeoonil-claSs -criile«r'/j(to; *De calieri Brisbane) raid ikree' .more destroyers ,^*0. be called Derwent, Torirens, «nd 8\fan), baa been carried '<rat,~ the first fymTrrmTrrnltih .natt&l tsut will be en' juOTripliahed- ihifig^ *• It -is eo <je eig3i©d «j5 *o' form 4iiel JotmhaJion for a.rAvy On d sraoh laxger. «calb''nnder the jier:der«cin proposals. The Royal; AnsttaUmn. jiafFyi in its fet stage, wiU consist of 18 rreBsda,; ^hicU appear in- tiie officiaj -lifttaB fcHo-yE-'— •AUSTRALIA, 19,200 tons, turbine. engine "bulld , .tng by.Joha Browntand Of*, ;{^ydebiini>-tfef Ifrery .<dete,. September. 30,' .1812. ^J ^pLBOtrS^TE, pjxstected cruiser, ®ec6n<r rc3a«, S600 tone, turbine engines, building "by t3am mell/ laird,- «nd -Ob., feirkenibead; ^delivety ' diie, August 17, 1S12. * ",•-•'• i SYDNEY, protected cruiser, second class, 56QQ tons, turbine 'engines, building* -b^.--Jjoiodon and Glasgow Uajgineeaing ,tod "fihrpbofldang Company limited, <Jla6gow; delivery .date,. VAiagusfc 24, 1332. "?"'* ( BRISBANE,' protected croieer, second :-cIaisj'tiir bine engines, to "be built atf New :. South Wales Government I>ockyard, ^Sydney.'..•« ,. PARRAMATTA,torpedo-boat destroyer, YOOtOas; ifetiteieaot: and comrzapdcr, PeatW.. YARRA, torpedo-boat 'deetnoyC<r, 700 tone; Itea tenant, "aaid commander, T. W.: Biddleofcnsxbe. WARItEGO, i torpedo-boa^ destroyer," ,I£00 tons; •building at New -'South- WaJes GovenanEn* •« Dockyards; delivery now due. -DERWENTr torpedo-boat destroyer, -.700 tons,, to) be built at New South .Wales {krvenuaerft' Ddc&ranle. \ *; TORBENS,' torpedo-boat destroyer, 709<on«,'to' bo built, at'New, South "Wales Government, Dockyards. : .• i SWAN,. torpedo-boat destroyer., -700 <ons,rio.b© built at l^ew Sottth- Wales,- government •- -BWskyardc. PBOTECTOB, crnifeer, 920'. tone, parol reserve training ship; t oommaufier, A. C. Dum. GATUNT)AH.. -gunboat, 360 -tons;" Ueutenaad. «3id commander, W. H.. F. 'WaffTeri. PALUMA, gunboat, 360 ton*,' in res^ve at Wil liamstown. COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN. torpedo-bOat,. 75 tons, in reserve at WiUiamstown. '/ CttIM>ERS, torpedo-boat, -47 tons," in i ewci at Wtiliain^own. ~A.Es, No. 1 submarine, building by Tickers; Son. and'Haxim, Barrow; deuvery date, De»: ccmber 7, 1912.1' » A_E., No. 2 submarine, building by. Tickers, Son, and Maxim,. Bartow; delivery date; January 18, 1913. t TINGIEI, -training chip; conutnaitder, Cbaa "Lft P. •JLewin. I NATAll COLLEGE. PREPARATIONS AT GEEGONG. Preparations are beljig made for the estate liahjoerrt of itoe Royal Naval College of Ausr fcralia In .-temporary premises at Geslocgv "where Osborne house has "been leased from the Gee 2ong Harbor Trnrt lor the' purpose. The wofks ofScers of the Home Afiaixs Department,' auder the direction of the 4i^^^>gcneral (Colonel Owen), are engaged in "drawing plfn« for .the alteration asd extension ' of the "bnildings td meet the purposes of * naval oollege. On elderable addition^" :.wiU .be neceaaary to accom modate the full compl-emeni of cadets at the college, which most of necessity remain at Gee long for same years, pending the completion of extensive worka. at St. George's Basin, Jer vis Bay, to render it- possible. -to establish the tiaval oofiege at that spot. The plans also in clude provision for the erection of more com plete accommodation, which would equip the Geelong property for permanent occupation either as .a college for cadets" cxr for some .o^er purpose of naval construction. Why Should YOU ADVERTISE In "The Daily Herald ?w BECAUSE IX PATS TO DO SO. WHY? BECAUSE IT IS THE PAPER THAT WOMEN HEAD. Bead what a "big storekeeper says in an exchange:— "The women do the buying. It's the WIFE that runs the home. Ifs the paper that goes into the home that brings results, because that is the paper thai the wile reads. Labor papers are the home papers, and that is why I advertise in them. I would Tattler have one adver tisement in & Labor paper of 20,000 circu lation than advertisements in two anti Labor papers of 40~-^u." COUPLE PARTED How a wife was alleged to have givtn her husband the slip while cm a visit from Lincolnshire to the White City, in London, was told before Mr. Justice Bargravc D>:ane, in the Di vorce Court. —' The petitioner," Mr. George Horner, a .fishdealer, of Louth Links, charged his wife with misconduct with the co respondent, Walter Freeman. Mrs. Horner cross-charged her husband with misconduct and cruelty. All the par ties denied the charges. Petitioner was married in April, 1899. After a, time, according to peti tioner, .Mrs... Horntr commenced to stay'oiit late at night, was txtrayagant and drank more than was good for her. In (go4 tiiey.~removed fromGrimbsyto Louth-" Early "in 1908 petitioner met his wife and Freeman together, and he" insi$ted"on her going home at once. In October, 1908, the wife said she wanted to go to the White City, rwith their servant. / Mr. Horner went down to the station; and,; finding the: co respondent was ..going to. London,1 lie went with theja*. On arriving at the White City- Mrs.1 Horner- and .the co respondent gave Mr.,Horner.the slip, and ht' did not s^e them'again until the evening. One da.y in August, 1909, Mr. Horner told his wifeKie was going-to Grims— by. aiid found Vs-wi^e avdior-respon dent together.* 'He gave correspondent a thrashing,; and police court proceed ings followed. In September; 1909. there, "was a "deed of separation, Mrs. Honier -taliirig- one of "Mr. Homer" s two shops.. •• The co-respondent,-it was al lied, "had", been seen" "at the" shoji a good deal. One ..night Mr. Homer, with an ex-police' %ergeant, went- .to Mrs. .Horner's shop, and,. getting a ladder,, opened a" window, pulled' the curtain; aside, and- saw his wife and Freeman together! v ." Mrs- Horner' s_ c3.se was' thather hus band was a jealous and bmtal ;_malx.. He. had,'.- it Was alleged, assarted Jiei frequently, and teen .quilty. of.mis conduct-with, a-senrant." i: ". - Mts.Ho-rfter. giving evidence,- denied the .charge against her, .and the hear ing was axfjourned. FONDLED LAP-DOGS* : v-: ••5MABT SET'*, JTOMEN. WHO SHIEE THE Puilti <TF ^HJTHBK !. HOC®.; .... besnog pnblio^ nwrs^B in. relation to race deg^eracy' wasv the "ifuwtaon d^cossed '»t a .oanferenoe of 't^isHras' ^dr&rs' 3ielcL at the Jerusalem ^Chambers,-' WertmiuisterA"bbey («Bys "Reynolds"- of November -426). ; j The,«peafcess tnclttded each'. diverse' personalHSeE as Sir Victor Horsley, f Mr. John Marray, Lady WiHougfcby De Broke, tbe Bishop of UandaH, the Rev. F. B. Meyer, and Dr. Saleeb?. The Bean of West minster welcomed the conference, •' and the Bishop of Darhaxn presided. Dealing _with the ,c^re of.motherhood and .the feeble-totnded, Sir .Victor Horeley spoke of tbe divers© problems gresez&d by ihewomen'of tte "smart «efc," ;wbo cbexi6hed a. lap- ^dog iaiijier than. a b&byi ieiT^obe _eiid.-of theebcUil scale, and the wotnen ^: theelWie'. who- faybrfil.poin fully caijy ^p^tpeir life la the 1 .ike iiijjt Vc&, of women was^incHi^^eT ^3. $j£" Wcfecprj £he .Sec ond dam Jy ^vi^i^teent.' ^^he ose&tioiL. o? ope.^. -.b$* ^net only Tjy~ jfche ,-woit ^,-pf irkfoam 'aixf^ltiie jqidang .,<£ 1-xeetnctibos an .iqfc abolition of the . ca«toan of taldttg^ alobfcoj.. ?4.\-*' , £1 wl 'Stfeeby ca3dWe ".were .in imrri'tivat national; _d*n|fer i; if 'we.«Fer',Iet 50 principle that; every 1ife/%re.«scred'2z<om the^ftegihiilng, whatever- its .«m ffiigtot be. He<*mimende<i jufcteimTEy -of |T.it«fwy> BiB, aod* ^advocate maiernfty benefits .;far; the%mamrf^JHji the ^jjtmarriedi if ojnly; on- ilie gronad* of the innocent life which ywald otJia wise* fee "affeoteSt: "A* tEe-aWDe^-time^^h&- «r«ed tliat it «tMb)d %e- ^oanble lid -arrange tio&the latter eboold be primarily liable, otherwise tbe real reojueniol thematernity benefiiwwopld /be the mimflxried father. ; The Rev. F. B. Meyer made a passionate ap peal for the wbolesomen-ess of pubHc entertain mentq, coupled with aeulbgy of tbe improving tae±£ -of the public. "Recreation and amMt tnegt ore absolutely necessary lor -a people cof fering from tbe overstrain of life." said; "but -they ha\^ a powerful influence upon na tional and. ..public character, and. -when vthe frtraih ;i«.>e£axe<3*,fcna' wie* ungird «in*eK^ "to a cood. -time. -vse fcte ;mtw&7-tnDraopen li/yiHe «olictta$ifci. of €w51^hap rwbon weare t.gli eiiaouB ly-feiii?ajped:'''• As^ioOT- ac-^Jjere W^oro.Jbomor an4 toimScry, t«5^n jlj$, is mim>cry ^-the^Esr son.-jas rl.;^fiavs'at a tmtsic'haJl iJie -tfffiW"d4y— ^lat^it6r)^we .caniiot object. Directly '.there ^n the. ge«fca« or in ®4je ebng1, "or Sm the; dataoe, that eppe^a -"to the «e* -in-: etmct,'^tben' T «ay In. tiie -came of Go9 abdr of ihe^atttra, that'must be. eliminatodL^* 33m: *adience smiled -*bcs Hr. Meyer tinoed :-—**! haw fonnd out to .my cost of tha£; people resent to the oH«rmost my «elf oonsfeitubed.ieeTHjoriliip. From .this Wroe -my eym/ ywfiles wil3; be ve«y nraoh more with mana K«fcB;. aBd aiSora and'aotnaasee than, heretofore;' I Swant td -'flrid. eoiije way' ^1 >be -syin pa*hy: of tb^ chardi and ttiose wlio -'oare^ Tot 1$te morals oi '-^>e -^>eople- inay to allied with 'tbe mfttt&ffera.'. who tare' been ioo /nrucfa Jeft'-fo wozk bob tbeir own ^oblenis after .-thdr own., lights.'.' EUROPEAN CAPITAL Ftonlehed-'for.frttrtctfre enterpriBMin ail Bab «UstU;lioes.!Vi4>osMt^-:'; .< Bailroads, Tractions, Water ^i>werB,-"iAis?ftt!onsr ral, and Industrial. Bjfurf. ^lfebezfore, and Stock Isgueg .Umfoi writ; Propetties^jmrchased lor European exploitetiui «ad idra^entb FishncUl 'Undertaking® iO*f -all mita handled. » Miscellaneous oammiBEjpos ,aad order* ot all characters accepted for rtxecd&in is- an^ J3oro pe*n «onritry. •.! t -*•' *v" X/ ^' Correspon dence enclosing foil detsilfl at ll**t writing invited. / t\ ; r The INTERNATIONAL Banker^ Alliance" 48 Mark' Lanej'^ Undon'Engiiiid. "... -., «266s:265 WEATHER MAP. Id the ahoWmav the isoWs or fines of eanal faromfettle- wuigun «e the values being indicated by the figures eiven at tbe «id ofeaeh line. DirectioB / . Jr ef the wind is e^own by arrows flvine with the*ind:—laeht to'moderat? ,i > ; fresh to strong 2> ^ ^> 'V:fedeg^" ^* J*-; heevy *^*.'/;» Z> y > ; O. represents calm. Ite e-tate of tBe »*a is •ho'K* by the 8. (smooth), M. (moderate), B. (roneW, V. B. (very remsb). SUaaine Synopsis. &c>uth Australia.—CLoody and sultary in extreme inorth and west: >cIotidy also parts of coast ap-d sout-h-easL; mostly clear cleeu-bere^ southeriy winds along coastline, otherwise east to n<ytb chiefly. Light to moderate ram recorded north from River 'Kat-herine. * Western Au&iralia.—OeaT at a few ©cantered places, but mostly cloady to jflooroy and sultry throughout -ramble winds, chiefly norfcb-wesfc to south-west. Light to niofierate roan record ed in the tropics, and li^ht at pieces over the coldfields aad eoutih coast maximum,, La Grange- 190 points. ( ffew Sooth Wales —Cloudy to mloag and south ooasi. clear elsewhere; bary aodsnl tiy •*in part's; southeast to newt-h-cast wiflw Only rain, 5 points at Wollongonff Yjo&onn.—Cloudy to duJl aJon£ otherwise clear or scattered clouds: cabm «od ligii*- v&riaMe winds. Ko ntfo rcoorded. Tasmania,—Fine througrioy?. ck'iidj": variable windf. TKrT.h-cssteiy. Very ligfii rain r^-orij^d on '-V caa*t, and at Spring FORECAST (ISSUED AT 9 P.J1.).—UX&ETT!.r.I- AKI> 3CI.IRT, WITH SOME SCATTERED TECNDERSTOBMS. SOuTiT.JSA&T WINDS CHIEFLY. BREVITIES Prance possesses 19 lady barristers. < • i Rhubarb was first cultivated in Eng- land in 1820 at Deptford. TbeTength of iheTayBridgt IsKMHl.2 :' it., and consists of 85 spans.-. Britisli imports from Japan have in- .. creaeea eightfold in 30 years. One of the Yarmouth herring drifters has made £600 in thrfee-nights. Nova Scotia sends away over 1,000,000 barrels, of appies .durijog the season. 1, Hops grown'-S^ England this year fall, j-; below the average quantity, but'total" 1 328,000 cwt. Under the eupervision~of the London Metropolitan police force there are 447,626'acres. « ;p ft1S. William Carter, a farm laborer, haB completed 60 years' service on "Viiduct Parmj-vAldhamj.Esses. •. ii&eejpt& Organs were, known before the tfiiseof, ': Christ, and were used in religions bet- vices early iti-the Christian era. *«s --3^»rfirifiBh^iti^tie?ifflB!Bfc.ichuaeB be-^T j tween tbe fitraits of,Gibr^ta£i;W^!the*; Straits of Dower. t» , A Dreadnought battleship in course." of construction keppsr3ooo operalwes - in stealdy employi&enf: "' '.Chinieee workh&^fefe.— in: the' world. : 'Sri. theijf- 'naffve land a ptfiihy^ianiouSf ..for >:*^aaJ!Sof^®C,3waM, work "is; enough tA asiiiEfy^fiieaii. * .-. Canada's Second 'CaiBinijejicbnsietE ot «-. Senators tsfco are over 30 jrearsl<&»ge. and wJio each, "have .property. worth at,.: least £800. V ,: rvV:/' / .' • * V -V' Exoeptin^ the late iring Edwaad.'/ihe j.:'. pr^se&t Prince of -Wales^if deir.otf.-Hie: mother' during "nearly -SOffiy^arsi.-.g,'; •' •;!!,' i^olverhainpton''-(E^laSiV fwandfrers .' were recently fined .five ^mneas'.'by; the league committee" for arriving late .at a., football match. r. .j -Wills of living persons m ay ;be deposit- : ed. at SQmerBet .Hous6,.bnt3a"n,cs:iodged •will onjy be given up ,to ;the, t<BStatort per eonally.-j : According to the records of n the New York Supreme -Court; 40 3»er: cent; ofaH-' divorces in the United "States'are the re-; suit of elopt^ente V If the glass-panes in the Crystal r Palace-were--placed--"'end to-^end they, would exttnd to a dis£anos ,Vof ^ '212,, miles." A- r .-Ul'. A new electric lamp"wif£xflament'-s^ closely wound as {o resemble /a gas ,' mantle', has been tried successfully; In 7 French lighthouses." r : ••• ... A farmhouse at Chalons-sur-Marne, Franos, was savtd from destruction by geese who gave: the/flarai .^en-&e i broke out in She tarn: The fortune teller 4s idWa$f pij&entv r-„ at-(Chinese wedding?, and:rif'-ihevfor;; tunes are-not satisfactory-'either ^party may d>2clart ±he- eng^fpeme&t jsff. - It is staled, as .the result Of a^cruiatle;^-. conducted-by the Bedemptionist Fathers- in the diocese -of Achonry, Connaught, 35 per .cent, of the.Reople~.have.\taken vtheV temperance pledge." "c -r:'--- "'7.-1 JMotor licenoes :.dnr?ng. t&i- TflMEr-j-hasB- bcrenitaieiL'OUt inriingland ' vate caia, for ,33il99 and^mf&C; buses ^including all-public car£i:-and.M? /: 4&6S7 •anotoT'-'fcydies.!^ •'•-•^5. jr The lanjgest" '.'biidge crosses the Yellow Sea, near SaTigang, - :. China. Its J^ngtSr; is .owec 'iJiree,.aiilas, • ?. and it- iB. ^uppprted: by vtja^.'iundwi arches. : Clyde -shiphjifldere' laumdied '53 vessels i "of- 58,000 tons gross . duiing Octtfeei^;, ; bringing the output for. the yearj-jsb^Sar -- ' to almost half a million -ion%- ". that hafi only been exceeded in two 'pre- : vious years—1907 aad 1906; The Supreme Court of .the United^ "r ; States decided that ' moving : baaed; jon -the. .scenes x>f ' S^r "bbok may constitute iniringement rf.ii»f„ ; copyright on Jhej book' on. the -tefeecefid,"; r. rij^it to dramatise. The .Emperor Wilfiam, in addition 'io his'many-aided. ^as -jnpnar£&$&•(] statesmilhi: soldier, -ari ;cri±icj a1g^c4iltur- * iaty andr.philosopheri -js' a kpen; Imsiness JV J man, aha his Cadinen .'porcelain ( does a iarge "trade-in the.finje^-yhina szul s"; earthenware .woifc. "" A remarkable' banner made hy a";retir4^ ' ' naval ofBcer, Captain WiUmm BlakeMy.j ," may be seen at the offioe of the AKOBtth" General for Biitisli' Columbia, Salititutrv^: Hotxse. ^Some I2jfeet square,vtheLi. 1b j covered ,^wxt3i ViPPfcibtic: there being: sbme. 2500 lettersI'in.^ will be- "hung, -in ;the* GoVemment''J ing, 'Victoria. (B.C.)." " lSTOCK AND ^SHARE^OBa^^l';.1-', ,: « EJEJP STREEX. 23 BARRACK sf^ET# *ERTftr:' S' ^.sL^siaai:•,/ WHERE YOU SHOfllD;';\i; 1 shop. 1 - •', ; o-.-- •', V r".v' •'••:'"* :..-.. ...- country Unionists, and Labor should remembar Firms. advertising in "The f lf ; r. v Otliy'limM" anil surfihase trcun tlitm. .. .
