SECOND EDITION - Papers Past

The SunVOL. 11., NO. 312 CHRISTCHURCH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915. ONE PENNY.

SECOND EDITION

BIRTHS.CAMPBELL.—On February 1. 1915, at Mrs

L. J. King's Nursing Homo, 90 "SalisburyStreet, the wife of Peter Ferguson Camp-bell—a daughter.

HANDLEY.—On February 5, 1915, at 16 St.Asaph Street West, Christclrarch, the wifeof \V. G. N. Handley—a daughter.

"WIGGINS.—On February 5, at ColensoStreet, Sumner, the w'iie of H. L. Wig-ginsT—a son.

MARRIAGES.iTONES—C'HINNEFvY.—On January 20, 1915,

at the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church, bythe Rev. Ford Carlisle, William RogerJones, third son of the late John Jones, ofWales, England, to Gertrude May, youngestdaughter of the late George Ohinnery,Christchurch. Home papers please copy.

&UNNICLES—COOPER.—On January 1, atSt. Matthew's Church, St. Albans, by theRev. P, B. Haggitt, assisted by the Rev. E.H. Shore. John Holmes Runnicles. Christ:

/ church, to Mabel Amy, third daughter of. J. P. Cooper, Christchurch.PTOCKER--HARRISON.—On January 28,

1915,= at St. Saviour's Clrarch, Sydenham, bythe Rev. P. J. Cocks, assisted , by

' the Rev. H. S. Leach, Thomas Stocker, ofNetley, England, to Elsie, eldest' daughterof Mrs Harrison, Sydenham, and of thelate "W. "W. Harrison, Christchurch.

DEATHS.JBOWRON.—On February 5, 1915, at 108

Hawford Road, Opawa, George, belovedhusband of S. M.' Bowron; in his 78th

: year. ''.','.;. . ,-.

February 4, 1915, at her. 'daughter's residence, .335'Stanmore Road,."Richmond, Annie Phillips, dearly beloved;

■fwAhpt of Mrs G. P. Anthony; aged 86•■* 'years. .Her end was peace.3|br SE—Qn February 5, 1915, at 23 Albert

Street, himroodf * Henry Charles Rose.Suddenly. '■' v

W. H. PRICE & SON,BRASS and BRONZE CASTINGS

MOTOR AND MARINE ENGINEERINGGEAR CUTTING, MILLING, Etc.

REPAIR WELDING by ACETONE PROCESSBRASS, COPPER and ALUMINUM

RODS, TUBE. SHEETS, and INGOT.Propellers, Shafting, Gland Boxes, etc

Motor . Car Accessories and Mascots.STEAM and WATER FITTINGS.

Seo our SHOW Windows, -.

34-36 MANCHESTER & ALLEN 3TS.

FUNERAL FURNISHEBS.

J,_UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALM&RS.

Town Office: 104 CABHEL STREET.'Phone 812. P.O. Box 52*.

HERBERT LANGFORD, > JOHN* RHIND,19 London St. 106 Montreal St.

'Phone 689. 'Phone 1603.

SHIPPING.NION STEAM SHIP COMPANY

' OF NEW ZEALAND, LTD.

•Steamers will be dispatched as under'y (Circumstances permitting) :

} . Cargo atWELLINGTON— Train. Railway.

, p.mi a.m.Pateena—Mon.; Feb. 8 .. 7.23 12.30 'Wahine—Tues. and Thurs .. 7.28 12.80Wahine—Saturdays ... .. 7.23 10.30

NAPIER, GISBORNE. and AUCKLANDMonowai—-This Day, Sat. . . 10.30

HOBART and MELBOURNE, viaWELLINGTON—

Paloona—Sat.,' Feb. 13. .. 4.0 AM) ,

SYDNEY jk fiOBART. via WELLINGTON—Manuka— i*b..ll •• 4.0 9.0

NEW' PLYMOUTH, WESTPOBT, and GREY-'• v x . ■ MOUTH—

Flora—Wed., Feb, 10... .

"'■'_- DUNEDIN—Ta*iwera—Sat., Feb. 13 .. 12.10 9.0

Kelson and new Plymouth, viaWELLINGTON—

Corinna—Mon., Feb. 15. .:.,

SUVA (Fiji), TONGA. SAMOAAtua—-February 8, from Auckland.

SAN FRANCISCO, via RAROTONGA andTAHITI—

Moana—-March 3, from Wellington.' ,

CANADA, AMERICA, LONDON. Etc., ViaSuva, Honolulu, and Vancouver—

Makurtf—Feb. 18, from Sydney.Makura—Feb. 23, from Auckland.

1 COMPANY, LIMITED.JTHE LARGEST PASSENGER STEAMERS

IN THE NEW ZEALAND TRADE.ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS for LONDON

(landing passengers at Southampton), withSuperior Accommodation for all Claaes 61,Passengers, calling at Monte Video, Teneriffe,and Southampton. ALL TWIN-SCREWSTEAMERS, fitted with C.0.2 PATENT I'IREEXTINGUISHER.

Steamer. I Tons. | From. j *Date. IDELPHIC 8,273 Wellington Jan.CORINTHIO . 12,231 Wellington Feb.TAINUI 9,927 Wellington | Mar.10N1C....... 12,232 Wellington | AprilARAWA 10,000 Wellington | May

■ *Circumstftnces permitting./.LL STEAMERS FITTED WITH WIRE-

LESS TELEGRAPHY.DALGETY & CO., LIMITED,NATIONAL MORTGAGE & AGENCY

k 152 CO., LTD., Joint Agents.

'HE ~NEW ZEALAND SHIPPINGCOMPANY S LINE.

P"0 SOUTHAMPTON (to land Passengers)and LONDON, via Monte Video

L and Teneriffe.j MOST MODERN PASSENGER

| STEAMERSIN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.

Steamer] | Tons, j From. | To 6ail.�BEMUERA (2) ..1 12,500 j 1 Feb. 11�RUAHINE (2)... 12,000 Mar. 11'ROTORUA(3).. .] 12,500 | | Apr. 8RUAPEHU (2) ..| 10,000 | | April*TURAKINA(2)..| 10,900 | I May 6JTONGARIRO (2). | 10,000 j | Juno 3

*Calls at Rio de Janeiro.(2) Twin screw. (3) Triple screw.

ACCOMMODATION IS NOT SURPASSED• BY ANY OTHER LINE.

Fitted with Wireless Telegraphy.154 HEREFORD ST., CHCH.

THE CANTERBURY STEAM SHIP-PING COMPANY, LIMITED.

Ko Cargo to be sent to Railway till advised.STEAMERS will be dispatched as under

(circunlstances' permitting) :DUNEDIN—

S.S. STORM—TUESDAY, oth mat.~ "pICTON and WANGANui

(Taking Cargo for Blenheim)-S.S. STORM—THURSDAY, 11th inst.

WELLINGTON and WANGANUIXTaking Cargo for Foxton and Blenheim)-S.S. BREEZE—SATURDAY, lath inst.

PUBLIC NOTICES.v NYONE in need'of TEMPORARY LOAN,

£5 upwards, upon Household Furni-ture (without removal), call at

L. W. BALKIND'S*I2S . i- 629 Colombo Street.

SHIPPING.

"I N S E Y & CO., LTD.CHRISTCHURCH AND LYTTELTON.

SHIPPING, CUSTOMS. INSURANCE, ANDGENERAL AGENTS.

~

LINK.Favourite Passenger Steamers will Sail as

under (circumstances permitting):—DUNEDIN. .. •

Victoria —Sat., Feb. 6—1.25 p.m. train.Westralia Wed., Feb. 10 1.25 p.m. cram.

___________

Victoria—Wod., Feb. 10—5.20 p.m. train."Westralia Sat., Feb. 13 10.20 p.m. train.

NAPIER, GISBORNE, AUCKLAND,SYDNEY.

*Vicfcoria—Wed., Feb. 10—5.20 p.m. train.Westralia Sat., Feb. 13 10.20 p.m. train

*Conne"cts with Riverina at Auckland.All steamers fitted with wireless. Tickets

available for stop-over or return by UnionLine, or vice versa.

• WKINSEY. & CO., LTD., Agents,' Hereford Street, Christchurch.

MOTOB SERVIO3.

AIKOURA MOTOR CO., LTD.

DAILY TIME-TABLE(Weather and other circumstances permitting)

PARNASSUS to KAIKOURA, at 2.15 p.m.And .•'■■;.■■..

KAIKOURA to PARNASSUS, at 9.15 a.m.

FARES: '

20/- Single and 35/- Return. \

For Reserved Seats, etc., apply to

J. O. JAMESON,152 HEREFORD ST., CHRISTCHURCH.

Telephone 1406. .303

WANTED.ANTED TO PURCHASE, for Spot Cash.

»» a number of GOOD SECOND-HANDMOTOR CYCLES, also Side Cars and PushCycles. LAWRENCE'S..295 158 High Street.

!. A. B U R R E L L,*-*"• THE PEOPLE'S PHOTOGRAPHER,

11 VICTORIA SQUARE.Wedding Groups and Enlargements

a Specialty.HCHARDSON & STOKES Deliver Coal

and Firewood to any district. 'Phone.. 344 Cashei Street. .270

WANTED, Ladies to Inspect tlte MILLIN-ERY at Nicholson and Co.'s Bargain

Sale, now on. 50 Trimmed Hats at 2/11 and3/11, usual price 17/6 and 23/6; 25 ModelHats at s 7/11 and 9/11, usual price 35/-and 49/6. _

>HITU TAILORS are busy—Why! Theyare pleasing the public, the prices are

right, the fit perfect—That's why wo arebusyj 459 Colombo St., Sydenham.

of Motor Cycles: TheV James, '£B7 10/-; car equipment Pitcher.

Bros., 630 Colombo St. Catalogue. . 4480

J~~ Albans Stores.f -AH Groceries and Provisions at lown

Prices.' Orders called for wad goods delivereddaily in any suburb. 'Phone 1280, .291

CT A N T.ED.

MOTORISTS, let us quote for Re-paiatnigyour Car, Motor Cycle Tank, or Side Car.Satisfaction guaranteed, and you will findpur prices reasonable. Also, we have anumber of Second-hand Motor Cycles forSale. Terjns arranged if desired.

B. G. WEBBER & CO.,287 ST. ASAPH ST. (Next Travis, Saddler).~

CTANTED Known—Prime Quality Meat at* » lowest possible, prices. Sutton Forest

Butchery, 121 Lower High Street. 7028

TATTERS ALL'S Novices' Snooker Tour-nament—lst prize £3 10/-, 2nd 15/-,

3rd 10/-, 4th 5/-. ' 6995

CARPETS, Carpets—So foolish to bay tillf you have seen Oak Hall stock. __asy

term.. -294

WfE are the Cheapest Shop in Chriat-'» ». church for - New Bedding and .Uphol-stering. Hoddinotf s, 131 Armagh St. 7004

' E. BARRETT, Registered Plumber,•' Gas and Water Fitter, New Brighton.

6967'""�AVE 25 per cent, by purchasing at

MeFedrie's -Boot Sale, 283 Colombo St.,Sydenham. ■• 6983

ADAME VERARONEY, Clairvoyant,Psychometrist,' Magnetic Healer, 199

Barbadoes St. (corner Tuam St.K Ladieaonly.

CILEGG, draper, Armagh St. —Navy and' Black Serge Walking Skirts, two-piece,

6/6 and 8/6.__________

INDIGESTION impairs health and robs youof vitality. Our Dyspepsia Cure is a

sure friend. Barnett and Co., chemists.

COME and see Taitersall's Grand BilliardsParlour in "Cash-el St. (next Tattersall's

Hotel). Eight tables._

• 6995

WHETHER it's Wiltons, whether its Ax-minsters, whether its Brussels, just you

let Oak Hall quote. ____*

WANTED Known—~Cure for Sleeplessnessand Shattered Nerves. E. W. Hall,

herbalist, Armagh Street.

CARPETS, Carpets—Give utT a chance to

prove that we have the finest and cheap-est, in the city at Oak Hall. _._._.:.__

~~l'UiUviiliSl—O- E. Otley has, the Latest> Moist Air Drying Ki *n for seasoning

timber. -}■%*(SI.EGG, draper, Armagh St.—Special show

-

; of Ladies' Underwear; best value everoffered.

7»OR Indigestion, our sure and reliable- Remedy is a positive cure; 2/6 per bot-

tle. Barnett and Co., Cathedral Square.

CA LAWSON, Sumner Carrier. Goods• carefully removed. Cbristchurch ad-

dress: J. Pegley, 125 Manchester Street.•Phono 2883. . 1211

"ARCHITECTS, remember O. E. Otley sped--*■ alises in the Latest Designs of Figured

I Rimu Doors._

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"<EE the Carpets at Oak Hali. You will getsatisfaction and save pounds. Easy

terms. -294i"ILT_GG, draper, Armagh St.—Black SateenCILEGG, drap

. J and Crepe

PROMPT Quotation for all BuildingMaterial and Joinery Work. O. E.

Otley, 381 Madras Street N. 128

YtfTE c .j.n sell you the best Furniture at an

VV astound'tngly low figure. We manufac-ture at Oak_Hall._ Terms. .294

"\rOU can afford to l»uy Oak Hall Furniture,J- manufactured on the premises; cheap-

est in the terms. _.294VERYONE knows that Wilton Carpets are

the best in the world. A magnificentstock at_Oak Hall. Terms. .204

REMEMBER, I am pleased to quote for* Special Joinery Work. 0. E. Otley,

1Timber Merchant. •128

SITUATIONS VACANT.1 A R V FIRE' P. O A K D.

WANTED, a MOTORMAN and CUSTO-DIAN for the TIMARU FIRE STATION.Full particulars as to the duties to be seenat the office of the Secretary,-Tiiuaru.

Applications to be in by WEDNESDAY,February 10.

H. H. FRASER.Secretary.

P.O. Box 57, Timaru. 6250

f ANTED, Married Couple for Shirley GolfLi nks; man to work on the li nks, woman

to cater at the club hou.se. Apply Secretary,Christchurch Golf Club. 7038

ANTED, Motor Mechanic; must be good? T turner. Apply K. England, 18 Bedford

Row. 7036

/ANTED, Good General; references neces-■ ■ eary. Apply (evenings) Mrs Croxton,

10 Cashel Street. 7033ANTED, Young Girl as mother's help,

� T look after children. Address 120 Inni.s»«o,l_ 7031

rANTED, Young Girl; light house .vork;sleep at home; wages 10/-. "Lux,"

Sun Office. *

. _7003ANTED, Few Smart, Respectable Girls.

Apply (early) Dainties, Ltd., LichfieldStreet. 6_9^"mEEPFARMERS' LABOUR EXCHANGE.

Wanted (at once) —Married CouplesPloughmen and Farm Hands, several Men»nd Boys (to milk and generally useful),Cowmen-Gardeners, Shepherd, Female Cookfor Chathams, experienced Rabbiter, StationCook, Cook for mill. Sheepfarmers' LabourExchange, 155 Hereford St., Christchurch. .35

WANTED.ANTED TO BUY,

GENT'S BICYCLE,In good order; must be fitted with three-speed

gear. Apply (at once) toPRIVATEER,

6945 Sun Office.

WANTED, to purchase 6ft Danks Windmill.Price and particulars to Chapman,

Fisher Street, New Brighton. 0969

WANTED, any kind of Sewing by reliableneedlewoman. "Dressmaker," G.P.0.,

Lyttelton J__

JOO9HOMING PlGEON—Wanted, owner for

Pigeon, following marks, N./..D. 12-13.110. Apply Fancier, Sun Office. 6957

mftY a game at Tattersall's New Billiards-*■ Parlour; satisfaction guaranteed; civil-ity combined with cleanliness. 6995

W""ANTED—Your old Go-cart, iu part pay-ment for better one. Peck's Go-cart

-Exchange, Lower/ High Street. 6060

ESPECTABLE * Man wants GardeningWork; 7/- per day. C. M., Sun Office.

LOYAL BENEVOLENT LODGE will meeton Tuesday next. Chas. Foster. rS96<l

T. ALBANS Exchange; five rooms, electriclight,. Id cars; equity £250, accept good

section. Box 216, Christchurch.Sell, Hand and 2 Push Carta,

�» 40-gallon Boiler. Hodge, I Kiigli St.7001

R3 F.-has Vacancies.' 621 Gloucester Street,

Linwood. , 6839=_ "RS BARTON, Clairvoyante, has removed

L to 356 Cashel Street, first house overBelt.

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C965

OWIMMING Classes. Terms on' applica-' tion. George E. Billson, Swimming In-

structor, Municipal Baths. 6082

TOU go to Oak Hall before finally deciding-■ about your Furniture. , They are manu-

facturers. Easy terms. .294:RS HUNT, Specialist, Magnetic Mas-

seuse, Medical Clairvoyante, and Payehometrist, 181 Victoria Square (near Co-lombo Street Bridge). 6932

ATTEIiSALL'S Billiards Parlour, CasiielSt., is commencing Grand Snooker

Tournament; £25 prizes. Also another fornovices; four cash prizes. Watch for ad-vertisements. 6995

ATRONISE Charlie Hoddinott's FurnitureWarehouse for Cheapest Furniture. You

cannot do better. 131 Armagh St. 7004;

J_ pjMM & g_oal and Firewood Mer-

• chants, 280 Papanui Road, St. Albans.Orders promptly delivered. 'Phone 2499. ;

171011 Your Medicine, ring us on the tele-phone, 654 or 3702. We send for and

deliver. Barnett and Co., Cathedral Sq.

I~>ILLIARDS! Billiards! Roll up, sports,* to Tattersall's, Cashel St.; 8 tables 8;

no waiting,. 6995

AXMINSTER Seamless Squares—Just yousee Oak Hall stock before deciding. Easy

terms. I_ __.'____- 29*

CLEGG, draper, Armagh St.—Special Linoof Muslin Embroidered Peter Pans, ju3t

landed, 7£d.ANTED—Ladies to avoid operations- by

»» using Dr Coonley's Orange Lily. Fullparticulars from E. W. Hall, herbalist, Ar-magh Street.

RS ROSS'S PILLS, obtainable fromBurge & Co., 364 Barbadoes Street,

care Kiver chemist, or leading chemists. 6733

O MIDDLEMEN connected with Oak HallI Furniture. AU our own manufacture.

Easy terms. _ ' _•-?*

IAVE 25 per cent, by purchasing at+5 McFedrie's Boot Sale, 263 Colombo St..Sydenham. •____!. 69

_

3

\BSOLCTELY the Cheapest Furniture in_\- the city at Oak Hall, the manufacturers.Easy terms. •^9*

H. DUUOSIi! has for Sale a large quan-• tity of New and Second-hand Furni-

ture, Pianos, Sewing Machines, etc. Colomboand Peterborough Sts. 6981!

I" IATTERSALL'S NuV Billiards Parlour.■ Casiiel St. (next Tattersall's Hotel).

Finest room in New Zealand. 0995

WANTED, Ladies to know that I have alarge assortment of Table Covers; tra- j

vellers' samples. Call and see them. RedHouse. _

rG3_

o !\\TANTED to ( for ulients), Rubber- ■»v tyred Oigs and Governess Cars; bringthem along. Jones and Son, carriage builders,Sydenham.

WANTEID Sell (second-hand), 4 Iron-tyredGigs and 2 Lovely Rubber-tyred Gigs,

cheap. Jones and Son, carriage builders,Sydenham.

WANTED Sell, Governess Car, 3 Box Carts,and 3 Light Spring Dr.ys, cheap.

Jone3 and Son,

W'~ANTED Sell. 4-cylinder Motor Car (Fordengine), with hood and seats to carry

4- cheap, £4B. Jones and Sou, Sydenham.

Sell, 2 lee Cream Carts, com-W plt-te with churns; cash or terms. Joues,carriage Guilders, Sydenham.

W*ANTED Sell, Rustic Dog-cart and MotorCycle, cheap, at once. Jones and, Son,

Uarrw_e builders, Colombo v St., Sydenham.

rtJBLIC NOTICES.

rUK KAIAPOf WOOLLEN MANUFAC-TURING CO., LTD.

Paid-up capital . . . • £200,000Reserve fund and un-

divided profits . . . . 52,000

NKW ISSUE OF SHARES.

An inereaso of capital having been author-ised, the Directors of the Company have de-cided to offer a limited number of FivePound "Ordinary" Shares for public sub-scription.

Applications may he made direct to theCompany's .Offices, Manchester Street, Christ-clutreh, where-all information as to conditionsof issue, etc., can he obtained. Applicationswill also he received through any registeredqjharebroker.

11. A'COURT.6:241 Secretary.

r> A It T N E It S H I P N O T I C E.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that thePartnership heretofore subsisting betweenJAMES ALEXANDER ROBB and SETHRUSSELL "WHALE, carrying on business nsJewellers at Christchureh, in premises at thecorner of High Street and Hereford Street,under the name style or firm of "The CrownJewellery Company'' ajul also at Number 209High Street under the name style or firm of"Whale and Robb," has been DISSOLVEDas from, the Thirty-first day of December.1914. '• JAMES ALEXANDER ROBB willcon tin** to carry on Business in the first-named premises, and will continue trading

name style or firm of "The CrownJewellery Company." * G243

DOMAINS, BOARD.

SPORTS GROUNDS.

/ All Applications from Clubs for Footballand Hockey Grounds in the North and SouthHaglcy Parks must be made to the under-signed in writing, accompanied by the amount,of the requisite Licence Fee, not later thanMONDAY. MARCH 15. The Fees are:—Football Grounds, £5 ; Hockey Grounds(men's), .£3, and Hockey Grounds (ladies'),'3O/-.

W. F. HILSON,Secretary.

P.O. Box 483, Christchureh. 1.231

W A R D EL L ' S.

C. & B. SUNDRIES.

Chutney—Bombay, per hot. , . 1/- 1/4 2/6Bengal Club "

.. i/- 1/9 3/3Indian Mango "

. . 1/- 1/9 3/3Terhoot . . .. .. 1/3 2/-

PicMa*—Lge hots, C. & B ;, per hot .. 1/9Sweet Pickle, per jar . . x. ; 1/(5Capt Whites, per hot .. 1/6 2/2

Truffles . . 4/CPate de Fois Gras, per tin.. .. ">/■ 6/3P. & C. Sardines, per tin ..

.. 1/0 2/-Spanish Olives, per hot 1/- 1/9Mincemeat, per tin .. .... .. 1/2Pariaienne Essence, per hot .. .. .. 1/2Florence Cream, per hot .... . . 10dTotted Meats, per jar 9d 1/4Anchovies in Oil, par hot 1/2

NEW SEASON'S. FIGS.

Finest, (Quality Dessert Fig*, per lbGlove Boxes, each . . ....

Best Quality. Cooking,-per lb..Good Quality Cooking, per lb. : ~

W A.B i7e*L I,;\S.

OR C H E S T R A I.11 C II E S T It A L

SOCI E T YSOCIETY

SUNDAY CONCERT, COLOSSEUM, 8.30 p.m.Graitd Programme.

LATE TRAIN LYTTELTON LINE. 6254

TAILORING MY PROFESSION.■ To every Patron I offer the Highest Skill

obtainable in the Science of CLOTHES-MA KING. Tailoring is my Profession, andI w.-.n to maintain my reputation by givingof my best in every particular.

A. ANDEBTON & CO.,LADIES' AND GENTS' TAILORS,

20 VICTORIA ST., CHRISTCHURCIL» .344

WANTED.

WANTED, Position as Sewing Maid; biteof Ballantyne's. Apply Urj

/ANTED Purchase, Well-bred AustralianTerrier Dog Pup. Box 958. Post Office,

Christchureh._

7011

WANTED, Old Brass Orntfineuts, PianoSconces Oxidised,. Re-lacquered, at low-

est rates. City Plating Works, Colombo St.

WANTED Known—T. J. Whitmore fur-nishes your Lou3e complete, oak or

kauri; call and see him. 624 Colombo Street.

17011 Choice Dessert—Grapes, Peaches,Pears, Apricots, Nectarines, Cherries, and

all Jam Fruits at moderate prices, at J.Nicoll'a, corner Victoria and Montreal Sis.'Phone 2260.' Orders promptly delivered. 6972

FIRST Mortgage Debenture Land Co., .worth£100; .owner will sell £95. Ronald S.

Badger, 187 Manchester St., Christchurch.

TO Boarding-house keepers: Well-payiu;■ House, 12 permanents, good cjisual trade,

£350. Badger, 187 Manchester Street. 7012

WANTED Known—That you can have yourFurniture Re-covered and inttde new in

saddlebags, velvet, or moquette. T; - Whit-more, 624 Colombo Street. F6390

MRS ROSS'S Pills, obtainable from Burgeand Co., 364 Barbadoes St., care Kivcr,

chemist, or leading chemists. 7000

CILEGG, -draper, Armagh St.—White Pique; and Spotted Muslin Blouses, 5/(5; latest

EXPERIENCED LADIES' and GENTS'TAILOR and CUTTER requires POSI-

TION in that capacity. Can bring connec-tion. American system of manufacturing.

CUTTER, Sun Office.

WANTED Sell—Sideboards, rimu, £4 15/-upwards; Largo Shield Mirror Side-

board, £6 15/-. Red House. F6390

WANTED—Sufferers from Rupture, beforepurchasing obsolete trusses, call and

inspect Captain Colling's Rupture Cure; E.W. 11*11, herbalist, Armagh Street.

rrTATTHRSALI/S is the. largest and best-*- equipped Billiards Parlour in Christ-csurch. Come and see. 6995"ITfANTED sell, 7 Trice Saddlebags, velvet** green, £B. Whitmore, 624 Colombo

Street. 6890/"ILEGG, draper, Armagh St. —Waitresses'

Aprons, best quality. 3 shapes, 2/3 and

Y_

OUR Medicine! We have not increasedprices, and we dispense from purest drugs

only. Barnett and Co., the Chemists. .242

WANTED Sell, Sideboards from £3 up-wards—from Whitmore, Red House.

j Wardrobes £4 1/- upwards. 624 Colombo St.T> I L E S C'"V ~R ~~E D

, Send 3/6 for a Certain Cure for anycase of Piles. Post Free.

McKINNEY, CHEMIST,.. LINWOOD.

AMUSEMENTS.Book Seats at Tho Bristol or at the

Theatre (telephone 81i0).

TTS MAJESTY'S THEATKE.L HAYWARD'S PICTURES.

To-day is the -Final Opportunity-of seeingMALCOLM WILLIAMS in

THE BRUTE THE BRUTETHE BRUTE THE BRUTETHE BRUTE THE BRUTE

Winter Logging, in tho Maine.. MARY PICKFORD in

THE SCHOOL TEACHER AND THE WAIF.MabeL Normand in HELLO. MABEL!

" SCARBOROUGHGermans Bombard HARTLEPOOL

WHITBYPathe War Gazette."' Nieuport Under Fire.

J/- and 6d. Reserves 1/6.TTTI3 MAJESTY'S THUATKE.

*- MONDAYMONDAY

And all Next Week.ANOTHER

SUPERB CINEMAMASTERPIECE.

Notable and. Momentous.CHARLES DICKENS'SCHARLES DICKENS'S ImmortalCHARLES DICKENS'S FantasyCHARLES DICKENS'S

THE CHIMESTrotty Veck THE CHIMESRichard . THE CHIMESAlderman Chute THE CHIMESWill Fern THE CHIMES

THE CHIMESBy the .same English Company which

recently produced. DAVID COPPERFIELDi

1 In addition,THE LATEST WAR TOPICALS

And a Grand Supporting Programme.1/- and 6d. Reserves 1/6. ,

TO-DAY TO-NIGHT..LOBE THEATRE.

The Final Presentation ofBLACK RODERICK THE POACHER

HER FAVOURITE PASTlME—Keystone.PATHE GAZETTE—War News.

Spanish Morocco. Leap For Life. ■Polidor and the Lions. 6d and ad.

q'Td EN II AM PICTt UEE S.-* Last Night of the Sensational Drama,

WARFARE IN THE SKIESAnd Powerful Supporting Pictures.

Prices 6d and 1/-. Reserves at Holcroft's.

Trotty VeckRichardAlderman ChuteWill Fern

IYTTF.LTON R E S I D E N T SJ Y TTELTON RES ID EN T S

DON'T MISSGRAND CONCERT.

' ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY..SUNDAY, SUNDAY. SUNDAY.

COLOSSEUM, 8.30 p.tn.Wo have arranged a SPECIAL LATE

TRAIN for your convenience.ERNEST JAMIESON.

""54 Secretary.-

PUBLIC NOTICES. '

"HE UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA,- >v , LIMITED.

Established 1837.

Capital authorised and issued,. . £6,000,000

Paid'-up capital .-..'' ~' \ .v" .. £2,000,000Reserve fund .. 1,960,000Reserve liability of proprietors 4,000,000

Together .. £7,960,000

A DIVIDEND of £1 5/- per Share and aBONUS of 10/- per Share, together equalto 14 per cent, per annum, having beenDECLARED at a Meeting of Proprietors heldin London on February 1, 1915, same areNOW PAYABLE to Shareholders on theColonial Registers at December 31, 1914;

R. A. HOLMES,621"5 Inspector.

3 DM N'E R BORO UG II COUNCIL.

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby, given that TENPER CENTUM will be added 'to nil RATESremaining UNPAID on Monday, MARCH 1,1915.

C. T. MIDDLETON,Town Clerk.

Sumner. February 4, 1915. 6231

T>APARUA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ALLRATES OUTSTANDING on MARCH, 1 Nextwill bo SUED FOR, with 10 Per Cent, -vdded.

By order of the Council.GEO. MAGINNES3,

6240 County Clerk.

INK AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

Tho Bottlers and Exporters of a. well-known Scotch Whisky, which already has alarge sale in the Now Zealand market, re-quires a DIRECT REPRESENTATIVE forthe Provincial District of Canterbury. Everyhelp in the shape of advertising will be givento an energetic .representative. Applicationsin the first instance to ADVERTISINGMANAGER, Gordon and Gotch AdvertisingAgency, Auckland. . . C251

I> HILL FISHEE & SON,]•*• LICENSED SHAREBROKERS, . . j184 HEREFORD ST., CIIRISTCHURCH.

INVESTMENT SHARES A SPECIALTY. .1Communications invited re Investments for j

Small or Large Sums. •Investment Shares can be supplied at |

Latest Quotations. .41 j

ItfEWBTJBGH, BEST/ & CO.

W. S. Newburgh, Wm. E. Best,

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, jAUDITORS AND SHAREBROKERS, j

DOMINION BUILDINGS, CATHEDRAL SQ., !CIIRISTCHURCH. ) .29

p G. & J. H. AITK EN,LICENSED SHAREBROKERS.

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AU Classes of Stock 3 and Shares Bought orSold. ]

Latest Quotations Supplied.108 HEREFORD ST., CIIRISTCHURCH.

Telephone 2265. .54

'ONEY LENT PRIVATELY AND INSTRICTEST CONFIDENCE

UPON APPROVED NOTE OF HAND.Also upon Household Furniture, Pianos(without removal), also upon Horses, Cattle,Motor Cars, Farm Implements, etc. Repay-able by Easy Small Weekly Instalments.

L. W. B A L K I N D,029 COLOMBO ST. .125

T>RITISH CROWN ASSURANCE'-> CORPORATION.LIVE, ENERGETIC AGENTS WANTED

In Ohristchurch and several CountryDistricts. Commission only.

ApplyAETHUB L. GRAY & CO.,

CHIEF AGENTS,213 MANCHESETR STREET.

HHE SUN WANT ADVERTISEMENTS*•' wili bring the help or bnsinesa desired.

j Two lines '(l2 words), sixpence; six ineer-j tions for 2/6.

AMUSEMENTS.rp V E R Y BO D ••*-J "Tlie Show that Sets the Standard."

CATHEDRAL SQUARE (opposite VestOffice).

CONTINUOUS riCTUBES.12 Noon to 10.80 p.m.

COMMENCING' MONDAY, AT NOONA Delightful Romantic Story Portraying:

Scenes of Social Life and Exposing theEvils of American Political Graft.

Vitagrapli's Splendid Sensation:SHADOWS OF THE PAST

. SHADOWS Of THE . PASTIu the sunshine of their prosperity the

Brandon's shadow of the past reared up itshydra head.and tried to cause disaster to anoble couple.Kevstone's Comedies again to the front—

HARD CIDERA Most Laughable Absurdity, in which the

theft of non-alcoholic beverages playsan important part.

GAUMONT WAR GRAPHIC.OH, YOU KIDS!

PHYSICAL CULTURE.ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA

Afternoon and Evening.EVERYBODY'S PRICES:

Adults, 6d. Children, 3d.

{ E ROYAL.CHRISTCHURCH.

Direction Edgar Warwick,

TO-NIGHT I TO-NIGHTI TO-NIGHT!SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6,And the Following Nights

THE COURT CARDSTHE COURT -CARDSAND , THEIR JOKER.

SECOND PROGRAMMEANOTHER HUGE SUCCESS..

The Charming Little Musical Comedy,POWDER AND PATCHES.

The Sweetest Musical Comedy ever Staged.And the Delightfully Funny Comedy,

THE BURLESQUE DRAMA.The Latest in Costume Comedy Companies.

SONGS, ENSEMBLES, SCENAS..! BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES.

Box Plan at The Bristol.Day Sales at Miss Kobler's and the Toy

Cave.Box Plan from 1 p.m. at the Toy Cave.PRICES:' 3/-, 2/-, and 1/-.

ORCHESTRAL SOCIETYR CUES T R A L SO CI E T.Y

SUNDAY CONCERT, COLOSSEUM, 8.30 p.m.Grand Programme.

LATE TRAIN LYTTELTON LINE. 6254

EDUCATION BOARD NOTICES.IHE EDUCATION BOARD OF THE DIS-

TRICT OF NORTH CANTERBURY.

NEW SCHOOL, BECKENHAM.

Parents and Guardians - resident in theBeckenham-Fisherton and surrounding locali-ties are hereby notified that the BECKEN-HAM SCHOOL will OPEN on MONDAY,February 8. ' ) ■6243 H. C. LANE, Secretary.

fHE -EDUCATION /BOARQ : ,01V' THE: DISTINCT '^îß^l'^^SMiî

Tho Board invites SEPARATE APPLICA-TIONS, accompanied .by Testimonials, for thefollowing APPOINTMENTS, to' be sent in,addressed to tho Secretary of the Board, notlater than 4 p.m. on THURSDAY, February18. Applications received later than the ad-vertised time cannot be considered:—,

Kaikoura Town D.H.S. Headmaster.Salary £2OO-£250, and £3O. . i "

'

Fendalton.—Assistant Master. Salary£l5O-£180;

Phillipstown (Christchurch East).—Assist-ant Mistress. Salary £l5O £IBD.

Cooper's Creek.—Master. Salary £l4O-- ' •"■.••■'■:

Elmwood„ —Assistant Master. Salary £l2O--

Fendalton.—Assistant Mistress. Salary£l2O-£l4O.

Fyvie.—Mistress. Sole charge. Salary£llO-£l4O. Rent £2O.

Kisselton.—Master. Sole charge. Salary£llO-£l4O. Rent. £2O.

Teddington.—Mistress. Sole 'charge. Salary£llO-£l4O.

Woodstock.—Mistress. Sole charge. Salary. £llO-£l4O. Rent £2O.

Sydenham.—Assistant Mistress. Salary£llO-£l2O.

Woodend. Assistant Mistress. Salary£llO-£l2O. ■*'

NOTE. —Forms of application can be ob-tained at the Board's Office.

H. C. LANE, Secretary.Christchurch, February 5, 1915. 6249

BOARD AND RESIDENCE.offered gentleman in

-* private house. "EurOka," Hackthornelid.,' Cashmere Hills. J8997

InZsH ED Double and Single Bcdroo:use of conveniences; Victoria Square.

Apply SI, Sun Office. ■ ■■ 700 CLADY wants Bed-sitting room week ends.

XlO, Sun Office. 7039

WANTED Known—Comfortable Board andResidence at Elnishrook, 446. Cashel

Street. Conveniences and telephone. 6841

PUBLIC NOTICES.

W. BOUEDOT,MANCHESTER ST., corner Bedford Row

(Opposite Clock Tower).

* S a Craftsman of years' experience, Old- Jewellery Ren odelled in the latest de-

MANUFACTURE all descriptions ofBrooches, Rings, Bracelets, Pendants, Ear-;s at cost price.

[EDALS and Cups in gold or silver,Tobacco Boxes, Cigar Cases, etc.

X>RING your Old Jewellery and Silverwareand get it repaired and ,made like new

by me at workshop prices.

KEPAIIis" AND~ WORK CALLED FORAND DELIVERED.

buy Furniture straight from the manu--*-• facturer when you buy from Oak Hall.

Terms. .294

OABEETT'S II O TEL(Opposite Bank of New Zealand),

WELLINGTON.

First-class Acoommod'ation. Electric Lift.TARIFF: r .

8/- per day, £2 5/- per week.

ELECTRIC LIGHT. NIGHT PORTER..333

Send 12 Penny Stamps for an AbsoluteCure to

McKINNEY, CHEMIST, LINWOOD.

• will bring tlie Help or.business desired.Two lines (12 words), sixpence; six inser-tions for 2/6,

'OUR CHARACTER AND VIM.

Your c/iaracter h actuajiy portrayed onyour hands. A particular/ and Beat persondelights in delicalo.and. refined hands. Ev'wjrlady, no matter how heajvy her domestic,duties are, can haVe- beautiful, ntti?ftjctjvaihands by washing thenv in warn water'*!*'which a' little VIM" has tjson" added. :' 'removes all stains and roughness, and mak«i"the 6kin velvety!

All Chemists and Storekeepers.Wholesale from

COTTON BROS., LTD., 212 MADRAS ST-■ CHRISTCHUUCH. • .148—5;

AMUSEMENTS.p-H'E A T E E JJ'OIAU

Direction: J. C. WILLIAMSON, Ltd.

An announcement that5 will be read wit*.infinite pleasure by every Playgoer

in the* community.A .Season'of "Genuine" Comic Opera.

15 Nights" Vith.* Gilbert- and Sullivan,Commencing f

.MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15.

.MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15.

...7. .C. Williamson, Ltd.,Have juuch .pleasure, in presenting their ,

Incomparable LondonGILBERT AND SULLIVAN

Comic Opera Company. - s \.•150 ARTISTS, 150 .

IncludingCharles Waleun

(Comedian).Albert Kavanagft

(Comedian, ofFirst Appearance "Chocolate Soldier"

G. Villiers Arnold fame). . ;

(Baritone)! Edward McKeowaFirst Appearance - . (TenbrJ. •■'.■ ■;

Frank Wilson First. Appearance •

(Baritone). Edward Wynne(Tenor)..

Pearl Ladd(Soprano).

First AppearanceEthel MorrisonEthel Maginnity

(Contralto).

Katie May '

(Comedienne).First Appe,arancer

Maud Miles(Con Iralio). :Lilian Fox.

AndGladys ' MoncriefT

(Soprano).In the following Most'Popular Works of Ui#

Famous Collaborators:—MONDAY, FEBRUARY.' 15MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15 '

_ (Three Nights. 0n1y,),:THE GONDOLIERS •

THE GONDOLIERS'.'■/' .

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY."FEB. .18 and 19 .

" (Two Nights' Only):THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD

JTHE YEOMEN. OF THE GUARDSATURDAY, FEB. 20(Three Nights Only):

lOLANTHElOLANTHE

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24(Three' Nights Only):

THE MIKADOTHE MIKADO

SATURDAY AND MONDAY,FEB. 27 and MARCH 1:

11.M.5. PINAFORE*H.M.S. PINAFORE' :>

TUESDAY AND WEDNEBDAY,MARCH 2 and 3:

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE'* THE PIRATES-OF PEJMSANCE

Plans for the Season will be opoa'ed atMilner and Thompson Vs on FRIDAY, Febru-ary 12, at 9 a.m. A-queue will'be formedfrom 8 a.m. •

5

RCHES T R A LRCHES T R A L

SOCIETYSOGIETT

SUNDAY CONCERT, COLOSSEUM, 8.30 pj«U? Grand'Programme.

LATE; TRAIN LYTTELTON. WNE.

PUBLIC NOTICES. .. „j

rpiiG' BRISTOL I'IANO CO./' liTlfr^To propeily interpret the works of ihm

inspired composers the first essential iaA GOOD PIANO '

A GOOD PIANO •-

Public attention is now directed to th«oldest and most popular make of British.Pianos-r- .

THE BROADWOODTHE BROADWOODTHE BROADWOODTHE BROADWOODTHE BROADWOOD ...

No other, piano can equal the Broadwoodfor. its refined character of tone,' or .thWquality and excellence of its touch.

UNEQUALLEDUNEQUALLED

i Call at the Bristol and ask our assistants todemonstrate the new-"Broadwoods" for yoa^

THE BRISTOL ' PIANO CO;; LTD., •;.,

CATHEDRAL SQUARE,CHRISTCHURCH.

'■ . ' ' R. A. HORNE,Manager.

ENT I S T C O W P E R.436 COLOMBO STREET,

SYDENHAM '■>.(South'bf Railway Station)^

Personal Attention. Satisfaction Guaranteed.'Phono 2105. (Opposite Club Hotel.)

,* H. D A.V.I E & S O-N,"

LICENSED SURVEYORS.

DOMINION BUILDINGS, CATHEDRAL $Q*(Next to Lift). ■..'•■

-,.■■•■ . .211

rtULTU BE OP THE HAIB.:

What better gift can a woman desire than.Beautiful HabM' Yet, after all, its beautyvto a great extent is purely a matter of.cultivation. If every woman would only makaa practice of gently massaging the scalp afew moments and then apply Dr Wilsoa'*Regenerator, it is safe to say that an abundantgrowth would be assured and grey hair*would disappear like magic. Give it a trial.You will be delighted with the effect.

Dr Wilson's Regenerator is procurable in.Chrislclmrch from .

j. r. Mckenzie,Fancy Goods Depot, ;

HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH.Price: 3/6 bottle, post free.

OCKSFOOT AND RYEGRASS WANTED.\J

WE ARE BUYERS of large or smalt linesof Farmers' Cocksfoot, Ryegrass, andClovers, good prices, this season.

Post samples, or call—WRIGHT, STEPHENSON & CO., LTD., :

Office: 198 Cashel Street.Stores next Green's Bacon Factory,

Adtlington. 6821.

T ONDON DENTAL

G. C. Z. HARRIS DENTIST.

242 HIGH STREET, '\

CHRISTCHURCH.

To have been first certainly proves Antiquity.To have become first-—Ah! this proves Merit*

f\ A K H A L L,The Furniture House for Original Design*

.sand Conscientious Craftsmanship.

Linoleums, Art Furnishings, Carpets.

A Certain Cure, Post Free 2/-.

McKINNEY, CHEMIST, LINWOOD,.

ON THE LANDOVER-ALL PRICES.

FOR LAMB AND MUTTON.The following over-all prices -will

torobably rule among the export buyerspt fat lambs and fat sheep during thecoining week:—

LAMB.Prime, under 421b .. .. .. »• 6^( JSecond;- quality. .. »■•:.. •» •• 6-4 aOver-weights •• •* "i'°-

MUTTON.■Wethers, prime,' up to 641b .. .. 4JdOverweight and second quality .« 4dEwes, up to 721b ;. . ... : ••

- MOver-weights . . ■_■

•• • • J>i<*

FORTHCOMING SHOWS.MARCH.

17.18—ASHBURTON A. and P. Associa-tion's Annual Show at Ashburton. J.W. Christian, secretary.

,19—KAIfyOURA A. and P. Association'sAnnual Show at Kaikoura. A. W, 0.Renner, secretary.

23l_AMURI A! and P. Association's 'AnnualShow at Waiau.

25—-OXFORD A. and P. Association's AnnualShow at Oxford. !

A. and P. Asso-ciation's Show at Temuka.

30—HAWARDEN A. and P. Association'sAnnual Show at Hawarden. 0; W. Fox,secretary.

APRIL.B-iCHEVIOT A. and'P. Association's Annual

■Show, at Cheviot,; T, Gee, secretary;«—MKTHV.EN A. and P. Association's An-

nual §how at Methven. J.•'• F." Stone,secretary.

JUNE.22-25—NATIONAL Dairy Show at Palmers-

, ton North.

THE WOOL SALE.

A SMALL OFFERING.

The fourth wool sale of the season isto be held on Monday. Some G702l>alcs are catalogued, considerably lessthan for the corresponding sale lastseason, but the offerings at prior salesthis year have been very much heavierthan" was the case last year. The•rdcr of sale and catalogues are as fol-low:

• Bale*.JHationaT Mortgage & Agency Co., Ltd. 809B. M»tson and Co. 701T&evr Zealand Loan and Mercantile

Agency Co., /Ltd. ~. ,-t . .-.-,.. 391

Dalgety and Co., "Ltd. 1220Flriedlander Bros., Ltd 190New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative'

Association, Ltd. .. ......1588

Pyne and Co. .. -•• '743

6702

STOCK SALES.FOE NEXT WEEK.

Monday—Fourth wool sale; Cust; clearingsale account T. Bowlker.

Tuesday—Sockburn; skins, Kangiora; LittleRiver; Ashburton; clearing sale accountJ. Kennedy, Southbridge.

Wednesday—Addington.Thursday—Christchurc.lv skin sale; Hawar-

den; Methven.Friday—Culverden; Davfield; Leeston.Saturday—Tattersall's horse sale; various

" ;land sales. •: ■>•

COUNTY COUNCILS.PAPARUA.

All the members were present at thelast meeting of the council, Mr .TamesLeslie.in-the chair. The assistant elec-trical engineer wrote forwarding planof the proposed route of the transmis-sion line for current toTempleton andto the prison site at Yaldhurst.

. Messrs Geo. Harper, Son and Pascoewrote-with reference to the dedicationof a small strip of land on the Darficldrailway . route near the Sandy Knollsstation.- It was decided to accept -dedi-cation on. condition that the councilwill be put to no-expense in the matter.

The question of cycle road racing onSundays on tlie roads of the countywas referred to the police.

It"was. decided to erect any sign-postssupplied" by the Automobile; Associa- ]tion>"*'.■■■■"'"■'*'' -'':.'■ '■■■■■ ■ ; *' v;';.v';• ■ ■■ ■■:■• :;.v>-1

The Undersecretary" of Public Words'wioteivstating that Mr Short, had bee;*;appointed to hold an enquiry in con-n'ccti'Oh- with: the , upkeep of; the jfti'tkroads. :■'■.'. . . . ; ■ ';

The clerk reported that the sum of.£i] Hl4; :'*£/'lftya.s still outstandiiigin"rates, ■water charges, and rents, and it wasdecided to advertise that all rates out-standing on March 1 next will be suedfor. •■'■■-'. • -

The caretaker reported that consider-able "difficulty was experienced in keep-ing up a supply of water at the heaU-works during the month.

It< was reported that a numb.er of jpersons were still tampering with the jraces, and it was. decided, to. endeavour jto get a conviction against the personso tampering.

Tenders were opened for the leaseof the reserve at Broadfield, and thatof Mr Win; Lugg was accepted subjectto his signing the necessary conditions. |

KOWAI. IMessrs McLean (chairman), Nicholls,

Rowe, and Mathers were present at themonthly meeting of the Kowai CountyCouncil. It was decided to comply withthe ranger's request, and to lake stepsto obtain his successor, he to act asboth stock and dog ranger. GeorgeFranks was unanimously appointedpoundkeeper at Leithfield. The Broom-

, field Cottage water supply was consid-

ered insufficient, and the chairman, andCr Nicholls undertook to interview theowners of Mount Brown Estate witha view to getting a connection withthe Mount Brown supply. It beingfound inconvenient to take delivery oftho heads and eggs of small birds at allhours, the council decided to only pur-chase from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays andSaturdays, and to take delivery at theoffice during that time. Mr J. P. Burnswrote requesting permission to opena drain on the Lower Ashley Koad. Thesurveyor to inspect and report. TheAutomobile Association wrote regardingthe erection of sign-posts throughoutthe county. It was resolved to erectthem if provided by the association.Councillors resolved to pay a visit ofinspection to the Bam Paddocks Roadextension during the month. Thecouncil then held a special meeting,

■when, on the motion of Cr Nicholls,; seconded by Cr Mathers, it was decided! to recommend Thursday as the day forI holding the statutory' half-holiday, ashitherto. It was ' resolved that theNorth Eoad culvert be renewed with afcrro-eoncrete top, and,that the mater-ials be obtained; for the renewal, of Mc-Lean's bridge, Marshman's Road':* Thechairman gave notice that ho wouldmove at' the next meeting the' advis-ability of purchasing a road-roller.

OXFORD.At the monthly meeting of the Ox-

ford County Council there were present:Messrs IX ilawke (chairman), A Baxter,11. Campbell, J. Cook, and J. Wells. Itwas resolved to put a small bolster inthe river Eyre opposite the Ram Pad-dock Road, View Hill; to pipe thestorm water fords on the Ashley GorgeRoad; to fill in holes on WharfdaleRoad; to dispose of firewood (treesblown down by the late gale); that theregistration fees for dogs shall be 2/6for sheep or cattle dogs, and 10/-, forall others, and that all dogs shall beregistered by March, 0.1, or double feescharged. The ranger'reported cases ofherding stock on the roads, and wasinstructed to take, proceedings accord-ing to notice previously given.. It,, wasagreed to rescind a resolution carriedat the September meeting regarding pro-tection of the (Burnt Hill Ford; Noticeof motion was given for the next meet-ing to rescind a resolution carried inMay, 1914, to constitute a third ridingin the county. Applications from two.Christchurch firms for hawkers' licenseswere granted. The Canterbury Auto-mobile Association offered to -supplysign posts if the council would erectthem.. It was decided to comply. Thestock inspector asked for names andaddresses of owners of threshing plantsin the county, which were given. Theclerk was instructed to remind thoseowners of traction engines who had notrenewed their licenses to do so. A cir-cular was received from the Board ofAgriculture asking if the council wasin favour of enforcing the NoxiousWeeds Act. (a) in the whole district, or.(b) in any .part of the district. To beinformed that the council thought tlieAct should be enforced in the whole ofthe district. It was resolved to holda special meeting on the 17th inst. re-specting the management of water-races. The rate collector wr as in-structed to demand 10 per cent, penaltyon all overdue rates, and to sue if neces-sary.

NORTHERN FRUIT-GROWING.

CROPS AND PROSPECTS.

Mr Archer, secretary of the NewZealand Fruitgrowers' Federation, hasreturned from a tour of the Northernfruitgrowing districts of the SouthIsland. Mr

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Archer motored fromChristchurch through to Blenheim, andthen on to the fruitgrowing districtsof Nelson and Motueka. The Fruit-growers' Federation is practically anew organisation, which aims at widen-ing the markets the New Zealand fruit-grower can utilise. The quantity offruit grown in the Dominion is grow-ing annually, and it is becoming moreand more apparent^that an outlet mustbe found sooner or later for some of thesurplus. At the instigation of the Fed-eration the Government some time agosent Mr G. L. Tacon as a Commissionerto investigate the South American pos-sibilities. More of this class of workwill have to be done, and Mr Archerand his associates aim at making theFruitgrowers' Federation to the fruit-grower what the National Dairy Asso-''ciation is to the dairyman. The Na-tional Dairy Association is a combina-tion of dairying concerns formed forthe purpose of fostering the dairyingindustry and guarding and superintend-ing the marketing of dairy produce. TheNational Dairy Association has prob-ably done more for dairying than anyother organisation, except the Depart-ment of Agri culture. It is•on theselines that-the fruitgrowers wish tomodel their organisation. Mr Archerfound among many of the small orchard-

to leave the wojrk .••o£, iexploiting new markets, arranging"shipping facilities, „etc, which thjsf as-sociation seeks, to do, to the largegrdweiy losing sight of theif the large men -export a fair quantity,*;it leaves the local "market clear toshem,.and camiot- fail to have a beneficial'effect upon prices obtainable in the Do-minion. Therefore, it behoves all grow-ers, whether large or small, to unite andstrengthen the organisation which islikely to strengthen his prices. In allfruitgrowing districts there has been avery large increase in area this pastthree years, and, with the increasedarea coming into bearing within thenext few years, the necessity of secur-ing a permanent outlet for apples andpears, and in fact some of the surplusstone fruits that the Dominion will havein the near future, is at once apparent/The Government, which has done a greatdeal for the industry, in the past,three,years, has voted £2OO on a £ for £

basis to assist the federation in thework it is doing.

Mr Tacon,~in his report to the Go-mentions that our apples.,

were recently bringing 6d to 9d each, and!as high as 5/- pec lb,/|n Southso that it is up to the New Zealandgfowr er 4 to see that he receives a littlemore of the price paid by the eon-

| sumer.Speaking of the fruit crop, Mr Archer

said that in all the Nelson districts itwas highly satisfactory, much abovethe average, from a quality standpoint.The outstanding necessity of the in-dustry was better means of distribu-tion. Many growers had this yearnetted excellent prices, while otherswere less fortunate, and received verypoor returns, indeed. The crop of rasp-berries, in Nelson this year was splen-did, never better. In Marlborough theorchardists had not- secured good re-turns, on account of the drought,though there were a few who had over-come the effect of the dry weather toa great extent. Notably among themwas Mr J.. Donald, of Havelock Subur-ban, who worked his orchard upon anintensive system, and made it quite anobject lesson in w\at may be producedoff a small area by careful cultivation.Mr Archer referred to the very largearea lately put down in Marlborough,and expressed confidence in the futureof the industry in that province. , Inthe lower portion of the province, to-wards Ward and Seddon, the dry wea-ther had been riiost destructive, andhad tried the trees severely. AroundKaikoura much good fruit is nowgrown. Many places in the Cheviotdistrict are eminently suited to theorchardist, and the "earliness" of thedistrict should make the growth ofearly fruit and vegetables a profitableone for the smaller settlers.

Discussing the roads from a motor-ist's point of view, Mr Archer mar-velled at great improvement, bothto the roads and the erection of bridges,iu the past couple of years. The bridg-ing of the Hapuka is very nearly com-pleted, and that over the Kowhai shouldnot take more than three weeks. Thoughthe Conway' has never afforded bettertravelling, it is a pleasure to knowthat a contract has been let for thebridging of the stream. The road overthe Hundalce has been vastly improved.

WEANING THE FOAL.There are two practical reasons why

the foal should be weaned. One is, befcause the mare is required for farmwork, and the other because she hasbeen put to the horse, and the drain onthe system of suckling the foal as wellas building- up the foetus is too great.The usual time to wean the foal is atfrom four to six .months, and in a seasonlike this when there has been but littlenatural pasture for the mare the earlierthe weaning is carried out the better.There will be but little trouble in do-ing this, if the custom of careful breed-ers is followed in giving the foal grainfood as sooji as he will eat it. In ordin-ary seasons, the foal is left to thenatural grass, which this year is notavailable. To commence with, a hamUful of bran oroaptjueal, with which alittle brown sugar is mixed, will encour~age the foal to eat grain. Then a mix-ture of equal parts bran and oatmealby measure, makes a good food for asucking colt. If constipated, a littleoilmeal may be adde'd to the aboveration. When a foal has been fed inthis way, lie-can-be weaned with verylittle stoppage of growth, if plenty offood and fresh water is provided. Whenweaning, it is better to leave the foalfor : a few days in the stall and takethe mare completely away. The udderof the latter requires attention; andwhen it is so full as to cause distress,part of the milk should'be drawn away;but she should not be milked dry. Somebreeders touch the teats with vinegarto hasten drying off. Tn rearing thefoal, good feeding, with ground oats,bran, and nice bright hay, will be re-paid. There is every likelihood of agreat demand for horses in the nearfuture.

NOTES OF INTEREST.

PIG FEEDING.

The Central Experiment Farm, Ottawa,has carried out a series of pig-feeding ex-periments, and the conclusions arrived atinclude the following points:—It will notpay to cook feed (grain and meals) forswine if economy of production is aloneconsidered.. More food is required to pro-duce lib of grain after the live-weight ex-ceeds 1001b, and the most economical timeto slaughter swine is when they weigh1751b to 2001b. The average dressedweight of swine is about 76 per cent, ofthe fasted weight./ Skim-milk is a valu-able addition to a grain ration where hardflesh is desired, and 7001b skim-milkequals 1001b mixed grain, unless the milkis used in undue proportion. The greatestgains from a given amount of grain aremade when the grain is ground and soakedfor 24 hours. Mixed grains are 'moreeconomical than grains fed pure.

COLOUR IN APPLES.A bulletin issued by the Pennsylvania

i Experiment Station contains some resultsof tests concerning the effect of fertilisersin the colour of apples. Various dress-ings were applied to the trees in orderto ascertain their respective effects upongrowth of wood and yield and colour offruit. "Farmyard manure and nitrogenousartificial manure, alone or in combination,notably increased growth and yield, butreduced colour. The latter is attributed'to "delayed maturity and a diminishedlight supply to the fruit, due to an in-crease in the density of the foliage." Itis added that experiments proved thatexposure to sunlight after picking. in-creased redness by over 35 per cent., whilesome of the same lot of fruit stored indarkness showed practically no deepeningof colour. The conclusion is that matur-ity in sunlight on the trees is undoubted-ly the great influence affecting redness invtlie fruit. Phosphates, whilst increasingthe yield, did not affect decisively eithergrowth or ftOlouiv,' Potash was not tried.alone, an<l in combination it showeddoubtful effect *m growth, yield, rand;colour alike, the.results in two sets of

i experiments being contraflictory.ARGENTINA'S PROGRESS?

The total area of Argentina is variouslyestimated, but it is generally acknow-ledged to be about 730,000,000 acres, ofwhich at least one-half is supposed to beproductive. In 1912 there were approxi-mately 57,000,000 acres under cultivation,and consequently there must still be--308,000,000 acres of available agricultural jland. Of this available area some75 000,000 acres are said to be adaptableto wheat cultivation. The means of inter-communication have been so rapidly mul-tiplied that, with railways everywhereopening tip the new rich districts ; of theinterior, it is not difficult to forecast thefurther growth of pastoral resources andagricultural expansion. Argentina (statesConsul-General H. G. Mackie, in anofficial report), already occupies the firstplaca among the world'»linseed-producing

I countries; and' has more tbaaôWias;* pired ttf that as a shipper o±maize. In the total number of sheep sheoccupies the second place in the world,and is now taking up a prominent positionas a universal purveyor of meat. In 19JWover 8,800,000 tons of cereals, 342,900.tons of chilled and frozen beef, aaad718,000 carcases of frozen mutton, leftArgentina, representing a .value of£93,280,000, of which the United King-dom, Argentina's best customer, took noless than £32,250,000, or 34:7 per cent

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IMPROVING TKS; SOIL.;

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A thorough preparation of the soil isone of the ehief factors: in successfulmanagement of the soil. Boils that arebadly run down by continual croppingmay be restored by the use of fertilisers;but the cause of small returns is not al-ways due to a lack of fertility. Manyconditions may prevail which preventthe plant attaining a healthy develop-ment. Better conditions, obtained bydrainage,, liming, etc., may be necessarybefore the plant can avail itself of fur-ther additions -of plant food. The moreperfect the condition of the soil is madethe better"%ill plants be able tQ attainthe highest development.. There will,then, be a greater conversion of foodinto crops. Our soils are the medium inwhich we esm at pleasure convert pot-ash, phosphoric acid, nitrogen intocrops; therefore, is it not advisable- tokeep the medium in the highest state ofefficiency? Feed your crops as you feedyour animals, not merely to appeasehunger, but that the highest returnsmay be obtained. Give them a rich,palatable, well-balanced ration thatthey will readily take, and be, in conse-quence, invigorated and developed.

SCOTTISH PREMIUMS.Draught-horse breeding in Scotland,

fostered by Government co-operation, iscarried on through the medium of theagricultural societies, and in 1913 therewere forty such, with a membership of1561 small landholders. Mares ownedby these are served by the stallions towhich the Government premiums areawarded, on condition that one-half theservice and foal fees are paid by theGovernment ..up to a total limit of £210/:. The landholder must be a mem-ber of one of.the societies, paying anannual subscription up to a limit of10/-. The continuance of the scheme isguaranteed by the grant of £4OOO fromthe Development Fund for 1914. Theacting societies are most numerous inOrkney, Avhere there are eight, and inAberdeen and Caithness, where thereare six each.

THE ROUBAIX WOOL.Stories from correspondents in Prance

state that the Germans secured£15,000,000 worth of wool when theytook Roubaix. This would be abouttwice the amount of the wool clip of theDominion for a year. The total im-ports of wool by France in a yearamount to £27,000,000, so we were askedto believe that considerably more thanhalf of it was lying idle in one townat one time.. The amount might havebeen an error for 15,000,0001b, but evenso it. is very difficult to believe that atown threatened with invasion wouldleave even that quantity of an article soparticularly wanted by the enemy.£15,000,000 worth of wool would beenough to provide warm clothing forconsiderably more than all the troops ofGermany. The mills at Roubaix, Lille,and Tourcoing, in Northern France, asoMaid-, to .have Decaleft untouched by theGermans, and very little serious damagelias been done to the towns indicated.Oiie French journal suggests that suchconsideration is due to representationsmade by -the United States, but themore probable explanation is .that- theGermans are pecuniarily interested inthe properties mentioned.

POULTRY PESTS. !

The tick-parasite is only a wee, smallthing—it.-, can hide in the hallow of astraw, or the crack in a bit of wood—

but one hungry, healthy ti<-k can putout of action in a very little whileevery bird in the yard in which it hastaken up its residence, and. if they arenew to the bite, most of tlje birds willdie 1 of tlie fever, and diarrhoea, causedby the inoculation.

Then, again, the little red mitesr=

those which are so small that hundredsof them together look like a pinch ofred sand—do a lot of mischief. Theycome out at night, suck blood from- thebirds, and then retire for a. twenty-four hours' snooze. They are verysmall, but their work tells when thou-sands of them are at- it' every'night.Their effect is seen in the combs andfaces of the birds that are paler thanthey should.be, and in the dry, harshfeathers, that lack the bloom that thethoroughly fit bird should exhibit.; These little red fellows are foundround about the perches, and a touchwith a feather dipped in kerosene willoust them,at once. Why not go overthe perches once a week with a, potof kerosene arid a brush. Kerosene isthe best all-round vermin killer in thepoultry yard, and not only does itdestroy, but so long as the odour hangsto the woodwork all poultry pests willkeep clear of it. '

APPLYING MAGNESIA.

ROTHAMSTED EOTERIMENTS.•

Is it desirable to apply magnesia ar-tificially to the soil in addition to dress-ings of the ordinary chemical fertilis-ers? "This is aproblem whiefi appears

the present time" attracting;some attention. :.

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For information on this question wemay turn to Rothamsted for • guidance.The Rothamsted sails are, considered aissoil, of a very fair average type, neitherricher nor poorer than the majority ofBritish'soils. An analysis of the soil ofa field, there, unntanured: for 50 |earsjwas found to contain 0,36 pen i?eiitiof magnesia, calculated to be 9&001bper acre. -..,..■■•..'■■; "'•; ' ; .- '•■^■ :; 'v^

TJiiflt-ia sufficient lo svMes forseries of years. The director of s£s&.*

! amg£ed statedtg' * Fertilisers, aresigKed to supply; deficiencies in the sqih,and for all: practical ar€K#obe regarded as

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containing sof nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash,either singly .or together, mayalso* contain magnesia, lime,,, or sulphu-ric acid, but these) though equally meces-

: sary, are-not counted, since the -un-aided soil inay be trusted to furnishthe crop. With them." ' ~

If any crop required separate appli-cations ofrmaghesia, it Would be pota-toes; but as it is iiow- usual to Appfy:potash salts in' liberal quantities*; Torthis crop, the occasion t<s give magnesiain a separate"form- is becausepotash salts contain a considerable peiscentage of that', constituent—kainit,sulphate of potash, and muriate of pot-ash, all contain a considerable percent-age of magnesia. Especially'is this sowith kainit, which contains 10 to 15per cent, of magnesia, as shown by thefollowing full analysis of this salt:—

Sulphate of potassium 25.16Sulphate of magnesium 12.42Chloride of magnesium 8.16Sulphate of lime .. 1.36 .

Chloride of sodium .. 43.14Insoluble matter .. 1.52Moisture .. .. .. 8.24

100.00

FEED VALUE OF TURNIPS.

SUPERPHOSPHATE v. SLACK

I The latest bulletin.of the Aberdeen

| and North of Scotland College of Agri-jture. reports the result of some experi-ments carried on in connection with thecollege Mr Bruce, of Tnsehf|eld, totest the relative effect, as manure's, tosuperphosphates and basic slag on thefeeding-value of turnips. In many, ifnot most, of the experiments which havehitherto been made with these manures,the results have been measured merelyby the increase in the weight of theicrop, though there have boon experi-ments in the feeding of sheep. But inthe Aberdeen experiments cuttle havebeen employed, and another point ofdifferentiation from previous tests isthat equal money values, not equalweights, of the two manures wore npplied to thd experimental plots,

There is a widespread opinion thatslag-manured turnips uw mil of H\H*hgood feeding as tnoso ninuuvod withother fertilisers. It has heo»t Mfttedthat they cause scorning mul that «nlnials fed on them do not thrive well.The Aberdeen experiments do \\K\\ *-oufirm that view. hi no cum> duviujj i\wsyears did any of the entile fod withslag-manured turnips scour or r>shU«Uany digestive or other trouble- \\A\W\scould be ascribed to the food, and \\\t>increases in weight of the two Kits wovepractically equal. In the first your i\\r>animals fed with the slag turnips mndoan average increase of-Sib more Uu*uthose fed with the superphosphate \\\ynips, while in the second-year'those fedwith the superphosphate- tiirniptf madethe greater average increase l>v I UK

With the exception of certain n.vidental hurts which were met with bysome of the slag-.tiirnip-fod cattle, andwhich seti them/back somewhat, ail theanimals in both sets fed well and throve.There were no notable differences in thequality-of the turnips as shown by

and although iu regard to theweight of the crop, the yield of thoslag/manured area was in the second]

year much greater- than that from thesuperphosphate area, that is not reliedupon as modifying or contradicting thegeneral result of manywhich, is that, for equal quantities. ofphosphate, superphosphate produces, "onthe average a somewhat heavier efop ,thaftybasic slag, but that "tor equalvalues, of phosphate they."produce ap-proximately equal crops. - The "general *

couc|ttsion .drawn from titertbtperimento '

ito the,report is that turnips grown twit|tbasic slag are of quite aa:good feeding-quality as those manured with, super*phosphate.-V '/Agricultural. ,Gafcette, J ' ~

STORING FRUIT.; The importance of^proyjding-,a* low,-even temperature and a free cireula*t'ion-' of -air- in "fruit '-rooms- and xfthturplaces used as fruit sfor.es. is, says'theiLondon "Field," now generally-jaecog-jjiised. For preserving fruit during a *

;long sea voyage refrigerating methods 'are adopted, and when due attention is

' given to the nature and requirements ofthe fruit these methods are as a rulesuccessful. Experiments on the respira-tion of fruits in connection withtheir < ■cold storage have lately, been conducted .

at the Cornell University, tT.SJL, byMr G. R. Hill. It has long been knownthat during the ripening process fruits -

evolve a considerable amount of- heat.'An organism -ca» only.be considered to-be living so long as it is setting freeenergy in the form of heat. It is"forthis reason that a free circulation of -

air is essential in fruit stores, and thatthe fruit is placed in single layers onopen shelves. This regular supply offresh air is also necessary in the re-frigerating chamber. The cars used in '

America for the transport of peachesare fitted with ice bunkers and con-trivances for maintaining, a. low tern-,

with a free circulation of air\among the fruits; yet whole car loads -

of fruits are occasionally spoilt*througK' 1.-

the failure of this cooling and air-feed- .ing apparatus. Commenting on this, thefcew "Bulletin* ' says:-?

■ "It must be remembered that activerespiration means an appreciable evolu-tion of heat by the respiring tissues.Hence, in the case of large masses offruit, if this heat is not rapidly con-ducted away, the temperature of thefruit (and of the air adjoining it) willrise/whereby the respiration will-be.fur- ■.

ther increased, and so on. Such heatingat l compound interest' will be liable tooccur locally, whenever aeration is in-sufficient, and may continue till theliocal'temperature is considerably higher.,than.the general air temperature,.in the.,refrigerating chamber, and may leadto the loss of portions of the fruitlShould the temperature in the coldstorage chamber be allowed to rise untilrespiration is very active, it may befound that the refrigerating apparatuswill be unable to reduce the tempera-ture of the fruit again, and this hasbeen experienced, e.g., in the shipmentsof bananas. The fruit then ripens,rapidly and spoils,f

SULPHUR AS A FERTILISER.A Californian lucerne-grower describe* j

how lie hit upon a plan fby'ibcrieasing the-yield.' -He states thrft his,luc«rne had been:giving unsatisfactory yields for' several\years, and, as an experiment, he fertilised-two plots with flowers of sulphur; onewith iron phosphate, one with suporphofc-jphate, two with ground phosphate rock,, jwhile check plots receiving no fertiliser,were left between each of the others. • ■;

The plot receiving the ground phos--'phate rock gave no increase in yield over"!thfe unfertilised plots, bat the plotsing flowers of sulphur, iron sulphate, andsuperphosphate had double"tile yield of-"the unfertilised plots, and'the lucerne bad 1 -

also a better aud more thrifty stand.. The-,fact that the plot treated with phosphateroek gave no increased yield, and that the iyield of those treated with;flowers of ?ul- +

phur, eoutaining only the ofewent of sul-|phuri equalled tho** Wit«d with iron sul- :

phate aud superphosphate, containing wil-phur and other elements, indicated thattho sulphur was t.;o dement responsible-for the increase \n <m<ni eft**.

The experiment, it is explained, grew,out of the favt that the soil seemed totdnw uo lnersw« in --yield with the'useiof pt>t?tfsh, Vltwgvtt, Jiroo, Or rock phos-iph»U\ mol a> the two fertilisers producing'

eeutttittod sulphur, it was eon-iUuUhl that s*«lphnr had boen under-valuedawd the toM* \vo>v then decided on. The\uvvwi weuomtoal Amu in which to pur*vh»*<\ it i* stMed, Is the crude powdered*ulphuV\ whw-h tva* two cent*.\w pou'ud.

mtmgamtm'.

THE SUN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, - 1915.2

It is said that womeu arc not permit-ted to be photographed in China.

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CASHEL STREETIt is proposed by the "Russian Ministry

of Finance to impose a temporary war taxof two roubles fifty copecks u pood onimported cotton..

1Do drink

VANHOOTER'S

COCOA?.-.If not, why*not ?

?*\K'h '■a fivwK mature as a whiteis peldow seen, bvrt it is stated*

\\\M\ awon* Ihe fonuwon herd of these--on\<i;vaUv ilin#y «"o\oMod birds, several;;snmv •\vhMv> have been sceni;nvonUy in various j>avtf» of the comity, jipn.va the Aphbttaton- "Guardian. M Onel!was vevomly netk-ejd near the Alford.j

ftoad-. *Thet*c albino birds are*]usuaUv the pariah?* of sparrow society,].and pivYrt lo be treated as something*:above ov something ■belojw the v ordin—'•avy genns; Whichever way it5 is, they ;are abnosv. universally shunned by the£rest, and live a lonely, secluded exist- ;|enee. The one referred to, however,*•was on good terms with his brow ifel- -Jlows, and was eating a heartj me»lr, !among them when boou. i

LEESTON:A LANDOF PLENTY

IT was old John Matson, the founderof the present firm of Matson and Co.,who was responsible for giving Leeston

the distinctive title of ' ' The Land ofPigs and Peas." That was in the earlydays, but the farmers of Leeston do notsee anything in the designation evennow to get resentful about. They stillgrow pigs, and pea's, and plenty ofboth, and make good profit on them, forthe peas feed the pigs, and the pigs fillthe purse, so everyone is satisfied, ex-cept, presumably, the pigs.

~ But Leeston has other farming activi-ties besides growing large quantities of

prime bacon—it is, first and foremost, aprime dairying centre, and, next, a mostproductive granary, where oats, wheat,and barley are grown in plenty. It wasnot so in '/the old: days," which datemore thaifhalf a century back, for thenLeeston was a corner in the big funswhich shared the plains of Canterbury.Old settlers tell of the time when peoplewere few, and sheep were plenty,when all ,the population of the districtconsisted of the runholders or theirmanagers, and the station hands—andthat was in a time when a sheep did notrepresent muttpn, but only so manypounds t>f wooV and tallow. Yet thfc bigrunholdeir's made nioney eyen in thjed»ya before the freezer, when the «mlyvalue of a dead-sheep was the value ofso many pounds of tallow and wool.Then, as the oldest inhabitants will tellyou, a prime .leg;, of mutton could bebought for a - shilling, while the rest ofthe sheep went to the boiling-downworks. '/; -■' ' ;-.'

A The Early Absentees.The first pastoralists of Leeston came

- with the '' first four ships,'' or perhapsit would be.'inore true to say that their

; agents did, for the most of the land inLeeston and round about was bought atthe regulation price of * £2 per acre(fixedby the NewZealand Company), bysome of the biggest land-owners of Eng-land—there was a time when the broadacres of the county were the property ofsuch men as Lord Lyttelton and theDuke of Manchester, people bearing his-toric names. Of course, .Canterbury, wasthen the land of the younger son, andthe younger son spent his patrimonywell, for a time. Some even prospered

and left prosperous families, but for themost part the big estates were parcelledout later amongst smaller people, moreindustrious, who made big farms ofwhat had previously been insignificantcorners of vast runs. In the "olddays" the landlords were absentees,and it is a reminder of Canterbury'spast to remember that the principalagents acting on behalf of the absenteeswere the old firms of Harman and Ste-vens, and Garrick and Cowlishaw, solici-tors. The big land-owners let theiracres to occupiers on a purchasingclause, and, through their agents, per-mitted the lesser men to take up blocksof land for ■- a period averaging abouteight years, at prices ranging from £7to £i4. The small farmer (though,judged from, modern standpoints, theacreages would not entitle him to becalled a small farmer) began to makethe land productive, even though therewere no such institutions as freezingworks then, and dairy factories were not jthought of. They gradually acquiredthe freehold of their farms, despite lowprices, and they'"made good." Theirsons inherit them fivefold.

In the Beginning.It is 51 years ago since the first few

farmers of Leeston met together andelected each other as members of aRoad Board, Leeston's first governingbody. That was in 1864, and all thatthe district then possessed in the wayof improvements were a few sod fencesand a few whares, also built of sods forthe most part.

. About this time theProvincial Government commenced cut-ting up the larger runs for closer settle-ment, and the, prosperity of the dis-trict really commenced. Grazing wasstill the main industry, of course, but

gradually dairying developed, thoughits full development has been made incomparatively recent years. It isonly during the last 15 or 16 years thatthe cow has begun to oust thesheep from these broad pasture lands. Inthe early days of the district Leeston (if

one may be permitted to make a"bull") Jiardly existed—Southbridgewas then the centre of trade, and allthe '' big men' ' of the district had theirresidence and their business places atSouthbridge. They were the only menable to give employment, and so, natur-aly, that was where the population gravi-tated, and where all the money was spent.

That was before the railways came tomake greater distribution andlarger centralisation, and every,district centre was then neces-sarily self-contained. . The revolutionin transport effected by the railway hasmeant the decline of many a comparative-ly important township to a position ofcomparative unimportance, and the riseof others. The advent of the railway tothe district some 27 years ago made a

great difference to the importance ofLeeston —in fact, it made Leeston) for,being the centre of the Ellesmere County,it was natural that trade; which is so"dependent on transport facilities, shouldbe diverted to a centre which providedthe better facilities and the shortest dis-tance from the market. Leeston has neverlooked back since then—it is now one of[the foremost market towns in Canterbury,and its fortnightly stock sales areamongst the most important in the prov-ince. It is anjndication of the great' in-crease in the productivity and prosperityof the place that the land which was or-iginally sold for £2 per acre should nowsell at from £4O to £55 per acre. i

Difficulties and Discouragement.The original owner of Leeston was a

man named Smith, an absentee landlordfor the greater part of his life, and itwas he who gave the place its name, call-ing it after his birthplace, a village inSomersetshire. The population then couldbe counted on one's lingers. Now thedistrict has a population of about 6000and the area controlled by the countycouncil is something like 150)000 acres,the most of it fertile farms. The popula-tion of the town proper is nearly 1000.Yet Leeston, fruitful as it is, has not keptall its sons; had it done so its populationwould have been double what it now is.The cheap Crown lands in the North Is-laud lured away many a substantialfarmer, seeking to better bis circum-stances by taking up the rough land inthe Xorth and getting his just returnafter breaking it in with axe and plough,and many a farmer's son has left thehome farm in Leeston to make fortunewith the hard labour required to turnthe uncleared lands of the North intowheat-fields. And all this progress madein the district has not been accomplishedwithout difficulties and discouragement.It has already been told how, little morethan a quarter of a century ago, the rail-ways caused a speeding-up in the growthof the place, yet it stopped the develop-ment of the town; for, with the largermarkets so easily accessible, the town wasnot likely to grow to any greater import-ance than a centre for the shipping ofimmediate requirements. But, of course,as the population of the district increases,.so must the town increase in .size as acountry centre. The early settlers hadtheir trials with lumbering waggons labor-iously toiling over bad roads, their only

means of getting the produce to marketand their necessities from market. If therailway has robbed the town of some ofits prospective glory, it has at least com-pensated by quadrupling the farmers'returns.

Watering the Plains.One of the great difficulties and dangers

the early ,settlers had to contend againstwas the Eakaia River, which, being snow-fed, was liable to swift "and destructivefloods. In the "seventies" a good dealof damage was done by the river, andmany good farmers left the district inconsequence, but the trouble was overcomegradually by the building of embankmentsand an alteration to the Eakaia bridge,which had to some extent acted as a dam,but a great deal of public money had to

be spent before any adequate protectionwas made. Despite the embankmentserected by the comity, the danger of floodswas not done away with until at last theGovernment of the day was prevailed onto add a quarter of a mile to the southernend of the Rakaia bridge, giving anincreased waterway; since this wasdone the river has had a tendency torun to the southern side) and floodsare now exceptional. There was an-other and even more serious retard-

ment to the development of Leestondistrict, and that was not a surplus ofwater, but a shortage. There was atime when the plains, with their rich,heavy soil were almost valueless, be-cause there was no water. For yearswater was very difficult to obtain, andyet, deep under the surface, there wereinexhaustible wells. The time camewhen someone sank a well, and thenthe County began making provisionsfor the farmer and sank wells andconstructed a big system of water nices

for the purpose of carrying the waterwherever it was needed. There isplenty of artesian water in the dis-trict—it is easily procurable within fourmiles of Lake Hllesmere, but deeperwells on the higher lands give a plenti-ful yield. There are now extensivelines of arterial races crossing thecountry, from which extend the far-mers ' branch races, and the once -dry

plains produce as fine root and cerealcrops as one may find anywhere inthese islands. The water races andwells and the upkeep are provided forby a special rate. The ordinary rateof the county brings in a revenue of£6OOO, on a total rateable value of£2,500,000. After the usual expensesof management, the works that demandmost of this revenue are roads andbridges, and the district now has somefine traffic routes serving all parts. Butold inhabitants tell of the time, lessthan fifty years ago, when it was al-most impossible to travel over suchroads as then existed—they were solittered up with logs and deep withmud.

Some Notable Stud Breeders."The Land of Pigs and Peas" is

not only noted for its Berkshire-Tam-worth baconers—there are around aboutLeeston breeders of horses, sheep, andcattle who are known wherever enthu-siastic breeders gather, for the excel-lence of their stock. , The district hasa reputation for its English and BorderLeicester sheep; it is noted for itsShorthorn cattle, and amongst the best-known breeders of this type of animalin the county are Mr William Nixon,Mr John Cunningham (who is chair-man of the Elle3mere County Council),Mr Arthur Chamberlain, and Mr W. B.Cunningham, president of the EllesmereAgricultural and Pastoral Association.The names of Messrs J. and "W. J.Bogue, O. Kennie, and W/Gilbert; areknown in connection with the breedingof particularly sound Clydesdale draughthorses. It indicates how far Leestonhas developed into a dairying countywhen the fact is stated that there areno fewer than nine dairy factories inthe district. Dairying has to a largeextent reduced the output of that veryprofitable side-line, pigs. Before thecow was cultivated, the farmers used:to sow down a few acres in peas orsimilar fodder,. and then, when thecrops were bearing, "just turn the, pigsin and let them do the harvesting them-selves," as one old resident put it. Itwas that same old farmer who said thathe knew of one small place where thatprofitable side-line had returned theowner £6OO in one year. The fertilityof the district in jthe growing of graincan be judged by the fact that duringthe harvesting work of the last coupleof weeks barley lias yielded up to 70bushels per acre. I

The Township.Leeston's business activity is proved

by the firms who >find it worth whileto have their representatives stationedthere, A*Jl the. principal stock-brokingfirms are, represented, aird the princi-pal agenMes supplying farmers; re-quirements. Thejr: were stationed inSouthbridge before^ Leeston developedas the district centre, and 'they movednorth with the banks. Thereoriginally two bahlcs in thethe Uni<m Bank and the Bank of JjewZealand—but the'Union Bank, althoughit was doing good business, withdrewits branch, and so there remains onlytlie Bank of New Zealand to do thefinancial work. But it prospers greatly,and the handsome little building ofb*ick is one of the most modern in Jthe town. Of course the New ZealandTanners' Co-operative Association hasits branch in the town. There is, noneed to stress the flourishing conditionof the district—the annual show of theEllesmere A. and P. Association, whichis held just before the MetropolitanShow, so that prize-winners may send

their stock down to the bigger event,gives a good idea of the quality of thedistrict's stock, and the fortnightlysales give a very good idoa of itsquantity. Lately there has been anagitation in the township for a seces-sion from'.the County Council and theformation of a Town District, but sofar nothing has been clone, ami thetownship seems to be efficiently con-ducted by the council, even though ithas the whole of the district to ad-minister besides.

S&ooting and Fishing.It is only proper that this account of

Leeston'a.activities, its trade, and itsgrowth, should conclude with some men-tion of its sp6rting activities, for thereis plenty of sport provided. Everyenthusiastic fisherman of Canterbury(and there are a goodly number inEllesmere County) knows that th9

Rakaia is a useful fishing stream, butit is the mouth of the river particularlythat entices them, for here there aresea fish as well as river fish to becaught. So, at the mouth of the rivera fishing village of some size ■has grownup, and here the fishers come for > theirweek-ends, inhabiting their own whares,and enjoying the relief that a smallspell of the primitive life gives to theincurably civilised. There are plentyof Christehurch sportsmen who go downto the Rakaia on holidays, but theyalso go to the mouth of the Selwyn, jwhich is about ten miles from Leeston.

There are about a hundred privately-owned huts at th 9 mouth of the Sel-wyn, and it is quite as popular in thesummer... months as the Rakaia. Thenthere is Lake Eliesmere—that cansurely be reckoned.one of the assets,of the districtf s There are few placesin Canterbury which provide such op-portunities for the sliootist as thisbroad stretch of water and reedsv

Other Sports.But this is sport as distinguished

from games, and Leeston has never.de-'nied itself the recreation of games.Some years ago the late Mr WalterSpring, the. original proprietor of the

Leeston Hotel, laid out a fine sportsground adjacent to the hotel, a well-appointed place with bowling greenand an asphalt cycle track. That wasat a time when cycle racing was a verypopular sport, and crack riders mademoney at the game. The cycle trackhas in these later years somewhat falleninto desuetude, but the pine-shelteredgrounds remain a favourite place forbig picnic gatherings from the city,and the bowling green is in constantuse by the members of the LeestonBowling Club. The Bowling Club, how-ever, is now fitting up a place of its'own. The club, which includes tennisand croquet clubs, has a total member-ship of about 80, and these membershave guaranteed the money for thepurchase of an acre of ground which ;is now being laid down with grasslawns for the bowlers and cro-quet players and with asphaltlawns for tenuis. There is a golf club,too, which has its links in the publicrecreation grounds situated about half-way between Leeston aud Southbridgc.These grounds, by the way, though onlypartially developed, are another of the:district's valuable assets. They com-

prise 175 acres, and are controlled bya board. There is a racecourse on tuogrounds too, but this also has fallenupon slender days, for there are boraces held there now. Then there isthe swimming baths, a Coronationmemorial this, built of concrete and fedby artesian water, very cold. But toone who has spent a midsummer dayamongst the babel of the saleyards, thobaths must seem one of the most invit-ing institutions of the place. It iswell fitted, having a shower and dress*ing sheds, and, of course, there is aswimming club in connection with it,a club of 48 members.

Leeston has its relaxations as wellas its strenuous work, but Nature as-sists both, and the district prospers sonow that there is every reason for be-lieving that it will prosper with acceler-ated energy in the future. Althoughthe foundation can, in a broad sense,'be said to have been laid over halfa century ago, yet the real beginningof its progress dates not more than -.

twenly years back.

MB JOHN CUNNINGHAM,Chairman of the EUesmere County Council.

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In Season—The "Court Cards."February 15 to March s—Gilbert and Sul-

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The Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Com-pany, which has made such big successwith its revivals in Australia • and inthe North Island, opens at. the TheatreRoyal, Christchurch, on Monday even-ing, February 35, and will play a sea-son of 16 nights. The operas to bestaged are "The Gondoliers, "The Yeo-men of the Guard," "lolanthe," "The

' Mikado," " 11.M.5. Pinafore," and.'' "The Pirates of Penzance."

Sydney Manncring, of the "Court€ards," is well travelled even for atouring actor—he has been in everyBritish possession in the world withthe exception of Canada and, possibly,British Guiana and the Cook Islands.He 1 is going to "do" Canada in thispresent tour anyway.

Speaking of the "Court Cards" re-minds me that Maude Fane deservesspecial mention for being one of thebrightest spots in Ihe company. She

'i "was good, as a girl when she appearedhere about (five years ago with the"Scarlet Troubadours," but she hasimproved out of sight since then, andher vivacity of style and her undeniablehumour are a delight. Miss Fane, bythe way, is no Miss Pane, havingmarried Edgar Warwick, the joker of

v the pack, in Hong Kong nearly .twoyears ago.

Dion Titherage, who, sqme years ago,gave a very fine piecje of acting in

v *'Tbe Flag Lieutenant," playing withhis father, George Titherage, is nowplaying in melodrama in New York.

That brilliant little Australian dan-'seuse, Maggie Dickenson, who has ap-peared here with several J.C.W. com-panies of different sorts, is adding tolicr laurels with the dancing she doesin the "Cinderella" panto., now beingproduced in Melbourne. She made herfirst hit in her first appearance, whichWas as a member of the Tin-can Bandip. the Clarke-Meynell production of"The Fatal Wedding.'* She was asmall child then, and that is not sovery long:ago. She is now Mrs CharlesWcnman, wife of the producer of thepantomime.

Another Australian melodrama isthreatened. The Bev. Charles Taylor,who was unaccountably awarded firstpriae in' a novel-writing competitionorganised by Hoddcr and Stonghton, thepublishers, is dramatising that prize-winner, which is ealled '' The Outlaw.''

, That veteran actor, Charles Taylor, ofthe Taylor-Oarrington Company, is sup-plying the stagecraft.

The J.C.W. press agent has not for-gotten to spread the glad news thatall the male members of the J. G. Wil-liamson, Ltd., company at present inJohannesburg, joined the TransvaalCivilian Corps, formed with the objectof town and home defence.

Warwick Major, the Williamson ofIndia, notifies the ''Theatre,"per cable, that Grace Palptta and E.d-

---y ward ; Noble, are making a. big hit withtheir sketches at the vaudeville theatres*

Some, successful melodramas areseized for burlesque purposes almost assoon as they are born, says the ' 'Bulle-

- tin." *'Drink," for instance, was* elaborately parodied at one Londoni-theatre whilst it was, first booming at

..• another. 'W. G. Anson, the" brilliantcomedian who is still dear to middle-

~agied 'Australians, was the dipsomaniacin the "Drink '/ absurdity, and theoriginal Fred Leslie, then a very youngman, .playing the singing villain. "Sil-ver King'* was feebly, burlesqued as"Silver Guilt," and the Brough-Bouci-cault Co. brought it to Australia. MrsBrough took the part" of the Spider. But"EastLynne" escaped travesty formany years. Only lately has Mrs Henry"Wood's mawkish story been comprehen-sively ridiculed; a four-act "skit" wasworked into a revue at the Ambassad-ors* Theatre (London), and the littleJapanese actress, Hanako, appeared asLady Isabel, the dreary penitent whoreturns to the dear old home in blue

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goggtes and drops tears on poor LittleWillie. To think that themost wept-ovcr heroine of British melodramashould have lived to be sport for a Jap.lady in a Cockney playhouse!

Charles Waldron, the actor, who ap-peared locally in "The Squaw Man"and "The Virginian," was" jit latestplaying the name part in the* New Yorkproduction of "Daddy Long-Legs."

"Bought and Paid For" (savs the*' Sunday Times'') is proving' the big-gest success in Melbourne that tie Wil-liamson management has handle.l since"Within the Law," and Miss MurielStarv has scored a big hit in" the pro-duction.A weli-known American-picture Jinn

is responsible for the statement thatthe King of the Belgians has ougaged--50 or more expert moving pic- tare photo-graphers to take as many views aspossible of the devastation done in Bel-gium, and following the close of thewar t_hc pictures arc to be exhibited allover Ihe world for the benefit of theBelgian people. All moneys accruingfrom the sale or exhibition of themovies are to be distributed to the in-habitants of the different villages thathave suffered most.

Still another "Costume Comedv Com-pany" is preparing to spring on theNew Zealand, public when it isn't look-ing. The company is '«The Royal Strol-lers," and it is at present appearing inAdelaide under the conimayd of J. andN. Tait. Said that they were calledupon to give a 'scommand" perform-ance before Royalty in England lastJuly. If they are anywhere near thestandard of the "Court Cards" theywill be good.

Ceorge Willoughby has been laid uuin a Sydney hospital for a couple oVmonths, but is now convalescent.

Madame Mclba had made up her mindto stay in Australia while the warJasted, but she has now changed itowing to "business reasons," and willleave Melbourne for England on Mar<-h17.

To help the Belgium Relief Fund,in Melbourne, Barry Lupino has blos-somed out as a window-dresser. Thewhole of a large window of the LondonStores was taken up by Mr Lupino'sdisplay, which attracted thousands ofpeople; and provided plenty of humour.

The comedian's efforts to "dress" thewindow were similar to his method ofpapering the ceiling in "The FortyThieves" pantomime. While heworked in the window, ladies of the"Cinderella" Pantomime Company col-lected in the crowd, and a .substantialsum was realised.

George Majeroni, who will be remem-bered by playgoers who can recall theKnight-Ferrar Company and its produc-tion of "Under the Red Robe," andwhose last visit here was with a com-pany playing "The Second Mrs Tan-qucray," is now playing for, the"movies." He has been figuring asTigeilinus in a picture version of "TheSign of the Cross."

The Bletsoes (Albert and Maud), whoappeared here under the Fuller-Bren-nan management some nine monthsago with their "Crimson Rambler"Costume Comedy Company, have beenin America for some time past, and arenow returning to Sydney. They areengaged to appear at

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the SydneyNational Ampitheatre, and will prob-ably appear in New Zealand again lateron.

Thus a "Bulletin" poverty-pointer:—What agonies the ape trainer has toendure in the sacred cause of Art! Arecent Sydney court case revealed justa litle of the pathos of his life. Thedefendant was the owner and trainer ofCasey, the educated chimpanzee, whichescaped from its devoted owner's yardand cuffed the police sergeant who triedto arrest it. The owner, though he hadhimself lost an eye in a preliminaryscrimmage, tearfully implored the ser-geant not to shoot the gibbering thing,adding that it had slept in his bed formonths, and was worth £3OOO. Histerror could only be equalled by that ofa violinist who saw a Gerhog about tomurder his precious Stradl

O. P. Heggiej round here a few yearsback with Hawtrcy's company in "AMessage from Mars," is playing UriahHeep in a version of "David Copper-field" produced: in New York. In the"Message" Hoggie played the Mes-senger.

According to a "Bulletin" scribe,Ella Young, who played "Bunty" inGraham Moffatt's Scots comedy, isto marry a young New Zealand squat-ter, Geoffrey Elkington, in a fewmonths' time. Miss Young, who is thedaughter of an Edinburgh lawyer, hasnot been on the stage for more than ayear.

The Piuk Dandies, one of EdwardBranscombe's numerous companies, ofcourse, is at present appearing atjManly, Sydney. In the company areMisses Bita and Lily Fitzgerald andOlive Brooks, Messrs George Edwards,Robert Agnew, Marshall Lawrence,Joseph Brennan, Ford Waltham, andPhillip Hardman. AH of them haveappeared in New Zealand centres onone or more occasions.

The "Babes in the Wood" panto-mime, which George Willoughby, Ltd.,are sending to the Dominion atEaster, is staged in a most lavish man-ner, and is said to constitute a recordfor stagecraft in the Dominion. Onehundred highly trained choristers, andforty dancers grace the chorus andballet respectively, and, in all, some 350persons will be engaged in producingthis pantomime. The principals andspecialty performers have been chosenso that the panto, will reeeive publicityunder the most- favourable auspices.That clever comedienne, Miss DjjisyJerome, will be seen as Maid Marian."Miss Dorothy Harris will star as BobinHood, the principal boy, and Mr DanThomas will be accorded full oppor-tunities for his skill as a pan-tomime dame. No fewer than 42new songs and choruses will be fea-tured in the course of the production.The scenery, by John S. Hann, and themusic (conducted by Mr Wynne-Jones)will be further gems of the pantomime.

*' Norbell" in the "Bulletin'': Everyitinerant dramatic company has theold play originally named "CurrentCash." It has done yeoman or dead-beat service in Australia for many yearsand is sure to be working overtime now.The seeno of the prologue is laid in awarlike British encampment in Afghan-istan, but it has the virtue of beingeasily shifted from Peking to Lady-smith, or Timbuctoo, or the ModderEiver. -With the scene the title ischanged.;: I kave met the dear oldfriend as "In the Banks," "Shoulderto Shoulder," "With the Colours,»'"The Bugle Call," "With Plying Col-ours," "Undei- Fire," "The Clash ofArms," "Called to Arras," "Held bythe Enemy," "Tommy Atkins," "ForKing and Country," Death or Glory,"' fFor the Flag," "The Heart of aHero," and so on. I encountered theold warrior up on the Northern Riversa few weeks ago, disguised as "A Sol-dier and a Man," and the dead cer-tainty is that lie will blow in againwith the battle scene shifted to Bel-gium, and nominating himself, "TheBlutwurst War Lord."

"Have you ever had 'the bird'?-' "was the question Barry '. Lupino wasasked the other day. The "bird," or.as it is referred to in the professionsometimes, the "Order of the Aviary,"is conferred on artists when they a'reguyed by the audience, who expresstheir opinion by unpleasant noises, fra-grant eggs or vegetables, or other meansof expressing their dissatisfaction ordispleasure. "It was years ago at amining town in the north of England,"said Mr Lupino,"that I received thatunpleasant distinction. This town isnotorious for its audiences, and someof England's most famous artists havereceived short shrift from them. GeorgeRobey and I were in the same bill. Hewent on first. The rough spirits infront gave him two minutes, and thenbade him "get 'off," only in not sucjipolfte terms. I lasted about the sameperiod. They simply wouldn't have us.Our turn was too clean for them. We gotour revenge. We both went on to thestage together, and impolitely but for,cibly expressed our opinion of thepeople in front. They rushed the stageto drag us off, but we got out the backway and caught the next train. The'bird' and I, I am glad to say, havebeen utter strangers ever since.'"

THE TRAGEDY OF THE OLDQUARRY.

A SHORT STORY.

[Copyright. ]TBy Douglas Alexander.]

The girl looked down from her windowhigh up in the large dilapidated housewere so many families dwelt, on to thesurging crowd that passed up and downthe lighted streets. The myriad wheelsof the vast industrial city were silent; itsworkshops empty and closed.

It was the sixth week of the greatstrike, and in the haggard eyes of the men

and the wan faces of the women couldbe read the imprint of hunger—the fixed,strained expression of those who are star-ing at the grim spectre of starvation.

Rose Hardy was heart and soul withthe people, whose cause she had made herown. From early childhood she had beenfed on altruistic doctrines by a fatherwho had devoted his own life to the advo-cacy of lost causes—a dreamer of Utop-ian dreams, in whose eyes there was everone grand vision of an altered and re-generated world.

There was a warm flush now upon thegirl's face, and her soft red lips wereparted, as she sat there watching. Atvarious points the crowd had gathered inconcentrated numbers round certain fig-ures, who, from the height of extempor-ised platforms, harangued their noisy andinflamed audience, throwing out heatedwords, that were like sparks kindlingstraw; professional agitators,, whose busi-ness it was, to stir up strife. But fromall suclfmen as these Rose and her fatherkept themselves aloof.

Until within the last few days theoperators had hooped against hope thatwith the return, five weeks ago, of youngMr Stranmore, the chief owner, to hisnative city, from which he had been ab-sent since boyhood, their terms would begranted to them, and the strike thus end-ed. But to their bitter disappointmenthe had shut himself up as a recluse, andhad curtly refused to interview the numer-ous deputations which had waited on himat the Hall.

Bose Hardy had come down to thisgreat industrial country to take her placethere as a factory hand like all otherworkers, regarding herself as no betterthan the poorest amongst them, not know-ing that she was beautiful beyond all com-mon standards of beauty, making nocount of. the advantages which educationhad given to her.

She rose to her feet at last, and passedwith swift free movements down therickety staircase, and out amongst thecrowd—all clearing a path for the well-known figure, whose face flashed encour-agement and sympathy into theirs—andwelcome eries greeted her, for .the girl wasloved by men and women.

She paused suddenly as a hand touchedher arm. By her side was a rough figure—a man of Herculean build and slouchingfigure, whose savage, inflamed eyes look-ed into hers with a strange, hungry lightin them.''I want ter 'ave a talk wi' .you, Rose,''

he said. ''Come out of this. There'ssomethin' I've got ter tell you—somethin'as won't keep."''But I'm trying to find my father,''

the girl objected.An ugly frown darkened his features.'' Happen it's yer father you 're lookin'

for, happen it's someone else,'' he re-turned. "You needn't fear lass; it ain'tlove words I've got to say. Them's overatween you and I, since you 've said menay.''

The girl had coloured at his first words,but, stifling -her annoyance, she preparedto follow him, and in a few moments theyhad reached a deserted street, where shestopped him with a quick gesture.

"Now, what you have to say to mesay at once," she said firmly.

"I've made up my mind to see Stran-more,'' he replied, huskily, and in tonesof suppressed excitement. "Yes. I'mset upon seein' him, if I- 'ave ter forcemy way into his 'ouse. I know 1 'is habitspretty well, and already I've caught aglimpse of 'im, if no more; and 'appenI 'll come upon him when he takes 'isevenin' walk; and then, when him andme meet, there'll be a score to settle be-tween us two—a heavy reckon in', lass."

He broke off abruptly with a quick,mirthless laugh, and the girl moved awayfrom him, shivering a little, with a fearthat was strange to her. Then she turnedtowards him again.

•' Hush!'' she exclaimed. <' What pri-vate quarrel have you with Mr Stranmore,that you should hate him so?"

He looked at her in silence, with acunning, secretive light in his furtiveinflamed eyes; then his lips closedfirmly upon one another, and when hespoke some moments later his wordsheld but vague reference to her ques-tion.

"I'm goin' ter see Stranmore and"ave it out wi' him, face ter fa'ce, manter man," he said with savage fury."He 'as the power ter end all thismisery if he liked to use it. I'm oneof them as started the strike, and I'mgoin' ter go through with it, right tothe £nd."

He brought one clenched hand downinto the open palm of the other, togive emphasis to his speech. The firewas smouldering here, not burning inbright, clear flames—most dangerousbecause most still.

Rose glanced at him with some alarm.She knew quite well that such an in-trusion upon Mr Stranmore would dogreat harm, for it was certain to beresented and punished by this owner,whose heart seemed already hardenedinto adamant, since even the cries ofhungry children failed to move him.

"Surely it will be an unwise step,"she said gravely.

But once more Michael Orange broke'.nto that wild, rough laughter, and then

commenced a tirade against the tyrannyof owners and capitalists—foolish, ig-norant, arguments, uttered in emptybombastic phrase. However, it was in-terrupted by the unexpected appear-ance of a third person, and a cheeryvoice called out:

"Now," what's all this nonsenseyou're spouting, Michael?"

Neither of them had heard the ap-proaching step, but as the new-comer'svoice fell upon Michael's ear the scowlupon his face deepened froml ill-temperinto venom at the jesting words. ButRose was plainly relieved at the other'spresence; also the soft colour had deep-ened in her cheeks, and her frank eyeswere turned aside a little nervously.

The man who had come upon themwas a worker like- themselves, a toilerat the great hive that was now sostrangely silent. But his features werefrank and pleasant, and he faced theworld with a fearless bearing that con-trasted, to the other's disadvantage,with Michael's slouching, loosely-madefigure.

Michael muttered something 'underhis breath, and, trembling in the throesof a passion which- all but masteredself-control, he shuffled slowly away,like a clumsy giant, leaving these twoalone with great reluctance. -But therewas a meeting of some of the most des-perate strikers taking place that night,at' which he was bound to be present,and already he was late.

"I'm afraid he's a terrible dema-gogue," said Gordon Leigh with a care-less laugh, as the lumbering form ofMichael vanished. *

"Don't call him that if you mean itas a disparaging term,'' said the girlsoftly, ''for it is the name they givemy father.

"Ah, but your father is one apartfrom such creatures as Michael Grange,who has not one definite idea as tothe real wants of those he claims tolead. But let's be selfish, Eose, andtalk only of ourselves. Darling, Ishall go to your father in a few days,and tell him that I love you and wantyou." What will he say, I wonder?Fancy one month ago—one little month—and you and I were strangers, un-known to each other. We have keptour secret well. I don't believe a soulguesses, except, perhaps, Michael."

The girl gaxed up at him withtroubled eyes; her face was pale, herlips trembled.

"Sometimes—and to-night especially—I fear Michael,'' she said in low,earnest tones. "He terrifies me becausehe hates you so much, Gordon. Whatif ■he Should seek one day to injureyou?"

She clung to him for a moment witha frightened touch.

'' I can take care of, myself, rose ofmy heart,'' he said. "Have no fear,dearest. Michael hates me because heis jealous; but your love will'be as atalisman to me, shielding me from -allharm,''

A face she loved looked at Eose withan unaccustomed severity upon it thefollowing night as she entered their sit-ting room and found her father await-ing her.

"What is wrong?" she asked in ananxious voice.

He did not speak at once, but point-ed to a photograph printed in an illus-trated paper which he held in his hand.She glanced down at it with eyes thatquickly changed from interest towonder.

"What does it mean?" she askedslowly.

"It means this," replied Hardy, inlew, vehement tones. "It means thatthe man who has been masquerad-ing ass one or ourselves—a felloe-workman—'s th«; man who has beenthe bitter enemy of the operators eversince his return to England. The manphotographed here has his name printedbeneath—John Str-anmorej but we knowhim as Gordon Leigh. Ah, Eose, it isthe man for whom you care. I haveread your heart, child, all along; andas for this pretended Gordon Leigh, Ilike him well myself, the villain. Butnow that you know who he really is,shall you care for him still? Answerme, Rose, for by your answer dependswhether you and I part to-night forever. You give up your lover, or you saygood-bye to your father. It is for youto choose."

She put up her hand with an appeal-ing gesture.

"Father, what can I say—what canI think? You must give me time. Mythoughts are all confused. I feel likeone not properly wakened—still lost indreams, ''

The old man's eyes flashed in im-patient anger.

"No, Rose, the time is now. Youare not a girl to hesitate; you knowyour own mind; you are accustomed todecide a question quickly. Now, .whichis to be? I "

He stopped suddenly, calling out tohis 'daughter. But Rose had vanished—

slipping out into the night once more.She was still amazed and bewildered

by the sight of that photograph, andthe truth which it revealed to her. Butthe need for some instant action hadcome to her. She could not stay therea moment longer. How could sheanswer the question which her father'simpatient temper had demanded shouldbe answered at once? She must think.

In the first place it was necessary; forher to see'Gordon Leigh—or JohnStranmore, as she knew him now to be.Surely there would be an explanationwhich he would have to offer her to: ac-count for this apparently inexplicableduplicity. Faith was no more to bekilled in a moment than love. - Shewould go at once to the hall, though itwas past tea, and beg to sec Mr Stran-more. nis living presence, and no pic-tured presentment, must satisfy her oflils deceit. It was so terribly hard to

believe anything like this of him aboveall men.

There was a short cut Jeading to thehall, which went past a disused stonequarry, along a path that was somewhatdangerous. But she was too excited toheed that, and a full moon shone down,giving light to her footsteps.

She hurried along in almost breath-les haste, her mind a maze of confusedthought, strange emotions stirringwithin her breast.

She had already left the outskirts ofthe town, and was speeding across awaste and desolate spot. Before her thehuge quarry, which showed gaping wide,a seeming disruption of nature. A path-way ran round it, protected by a rail-ing—a frail barrier at best, and brokenin several.places.

She picked her steps with quite un-conscious care, for her thoughts wereall centred upon this bitter ending toher dream of love, and the world wasblotted out.

Yet something roused her stiddenly,and she came back to knowledge ofthings around her; raising her eyes, shepaused and gazed across at the oppositeside of the old quarry, her eyes caughtby some swaying object which movednearer each moment towards the preci-pice.. A sensation of terror tingled everynerve in her body, and set it quivering.Then she felt herself grow rigid, each-limb changing into ice, as if the passinghand of death had for a moment restedupon her.

Low, broken cries came to her there,carried by the still night air; humancries, and the moving' blot of blackagainst the background of silver sky-resolved itself into the figures of twomen.

The , paralysing numbness departedfrom Rose's limbs as suddenly as ithad fallen on them, and she moved on-ward, as if impelled by an unseen forcestronger than any power of her own toresist it. She realised that these twomen, locked together, were held in. adeath struggle, fighting for life, the lustof murder burning in the heart of each;and she knew tfiat she was helpless,that any one would have been helpless,and with an instinct of shrinking fearshe was about to cover her eyes toshut out that frightful spectacle—thattragedy of two men, that doublemurder, which must, if she witnessed it,remain for over printed upon hermemory—when something about themstrangely, terribly familiar, made herpause.

Then, instead of blinding her eyes,she gazed forward, and a dreadful cryof extreme anguish broke from her lips—a woman's cry of despair.'* The moonlight was as bright as day,,

and shining down upon them, as theirfaces were both uplifted for one mo-ment, revealed to her that one of thesetwo men was the man she loved, and :the other—Michael Grange.

Her heart felt choking in her throat;such awful, overwhelming and sickeningsensations of terror and helplessness asthrilled her in those moments.she hadnever realised as being possible for anyone to experience.

With eyes that were held with a dead-ly fascination she watched the struggle,her heart throbbing in suffocating beats.A few more seconds of breathless agony,and the two figures, nearing the hideousmouth that seemed to open wider as ifto receive them, crashed across the frailrailing, and fell headlong into darkdepths which, like an impalpable sea ofair, closed over them, holding them forever in an embrace of death.

She dragged herself home, but howshe never knew. It seemed endlessmilesr—a road that was eternal. Peopledrew back from her as from a phantomthat had risen from the grave—her openeyes had no speculation in them—theywere like the eyes of a living corpse.

She had seen the man she loved hurledto his death, and it was as if she hadgazed on the head of Medusa and hadchanged into stone.

Yet her brain was burning as if liquidfire instead of blood was flowingthrough its veins, and at the same timea deadly chill seemed to freeze her heart—ice and fire mingling together.

She recollected reaching home, to bereceived into her father's forgivingarms; she recollected his face of wonder,and she heard, as if it was the voice ofsome other person than' herself, tellinghim what had happened; then darknesscame to her—complete, unbroken dark-ness, and she felt herself slipping awayinto some land of merciful peace andforgetfulness.

She came back at last from a worldthat was a pleasant world, for it wasfilled with visions which had given backto her one whom, even in delirium, sheknew was lost to her.

Yet that one face was the most con-stant of all the faces which peepedthrough the heavy cloud in which mindand memory were groping. And atlast, one day, the girl knew that she wasnot wandering any more; that this wasno delusion, neither a shadow nor aghost, but the man himself—Gordon. Insome miraculous way he had been saved.A smile of exquisite delight came intoher face—a smile that was reflected bythose anxious cj'es watching her.

"You did not die?" she whispered.He shook his head."You must not talk—you are too

weak. But listen, dear heart. The manyou saw fall over into the old quarrywas my cousin, John Stranmore, themaster of the Hall. I changed :myname for one less hated; and hoped, byworking as a 'hand' myself, to examineinto the men's demands; and realisingthat they were perfectly just, I did mybest to persuade my cousin to yield. Bu'nothing I could say would move him.

"There was always an extraordinarylikeness between us two; and seeing mycousin, Michael Grange, ignorant as was j,

everyone else here of the relationshipbetween us, believed that it was I. Bysome fatal.ehance they met accidentallynear the old quarry. Heated wordsmust have passed between them, andMichael, still .supposing-that it was I-whom he hated, must have attackedJohn, and thus commenced that ter-rible fight which your own wild wordshave told us you witnessed.''

"What has become of them!"Her faint voice asked the question,

but Gordon hesitated a moment beforereplying.

"They are both dead," he said, atlast, ih hushed tones. "They werefound, Eose, still gripped in that lastembrace. Yes. My cousin's hard |heart is at rest for ever; and, dearest,"he bent his heal down, "thestrike is over, the men are at work once .more, the city is glad, and prosperous jagain, and when you are well, there are 'people waiting to call you their queen; :for my cousin's great possessions have ]

fallen to me, and this heritage shall be akingdom for you and me to share.. Yes,a kingdom of love. And whateverwrongs have been done in 1113' cousin'sname, it shall be for us to right them."

FEATHERED FANCY(By "GRIT.")

Owing to the high prices of feeumgshiil's, and to the fact that such pricesarc not likely to decline iu the nearfuture, it behoves the poultry keeper tothink seriously how his fowls can be noeconomically fed as to produce eggs at aprofit. Not only are grains and otherfoods up in price, but vegetable food isalso sure to go up in price. Fowls inconfinement must have vegetable food,if they are to keep in health and pro-duce eggs, and as the supply of gardenvegetation in the form of cabbageleaves, etc., will not always last, some-thing must be found to take its place

A good vegetable food forfowls during the autumn and wintermonths is dried clover. A truss ofclover finely cut up by a chaffcutterwill make about two Backs of cloverchaff, and this boiled and added to themash meals—one part of the former totwo of the latter—will be found a ser-viceable food to maintain health. Cloveris rich in medicinal properties, and, inaddition, contains the elements neces-sary for the formation of eggs. Thefowls eat it with avidity, and it is oneof the most economical foods for addingbulk to the mash.

Turkeys should be given frequemchanges of diet.

With wheat at its high figure fanciershave to look out for other substitutes.Oats and white peas will make a goodselection. Maize can also be recom-mended, but it is only suitable when theweather is cold. It is essentially awinter grain, being heating anding, and for hens that are running incomparative liberty it may be given insmall quantities during cold weather,though fowls in small runs do not needso much and should not have, more thanone part maize with' six parts of othergrain, such as oats. It is well to re-member, also, the,, value of meat as anegg producer, and with regard to thevarious -ingredients of the daily food,there is nothing better in the way ofsoft foodstuff than scalded biscuit mealdried off with sharps and other meals.

Skim milk is splendid for fowls todrink, and materially assists the eggreturn.

Mr W. T. Green, the secretary of theEgg Farmers' Association, has been incommunication with the manager of theGovernment Experimental Station atMomahaki, with reference to the valueof soya bean as a suitable feed forpoultry, and has received the followingreply:' —'' We have been experimentingwith soya bean on a small scale forseveral years, and consider that thecrop may be grown with advantage forboth forage and seed production. Somevarieties, such as Hollybrook Early, aremore suited to seed production, andmature earlier than the forage varieties.There is no reason why soya beanshould not be profitably grown in Can-terbury. Several farms are tryingthem on a small scale this season, andwe would be pleased to supply smallquantities of seed to those wishing to.experiment.'■*

The layers that have givena good re-turn during the present year, and it isyour intention.to keep, shouldbe mark-ed, for in moulting one is. likely -to over-look the right bird.~ A few days ago I bad a look at theMihorc®B of Mr Geo. Collier, at his resi-dence in. liiehfieid: Street. He has somevery fair bifds he speaks of themas exceptionally good layers. At thepresent he has some 60doz. eggs in thepreserver. The cock bird, some twoyears old, is inclined to be white fit theface, and the comb, thoughwellset, hasa joined serration, and his tail is in-clined to be squirrel. He is not quiteso leggy asvthe birds we are in the habitof seeing on our showbenehes. Thehens are a very fair lot, and, matedwith a good bird, the selection shouldproduce some good specimens. Mr Col-lier gives his birds every attention,though he might be slightly hamperedfor room. Still, he makes use of allavailable space to advantage. Hishouses and appliances are exceptionallyclean and well kept.

The Egg Farmers' Association willmeet at the rooms of the Poultry Club

(By ftBIT.)on Tuesday evening, and the UnitedPigeon Fanciers' Club on Thursday.

Take care that laying gullets are notchecked.

Do not neglect to put down an amplesupply of grit for fattening turkeys.

At the meeting of the ChristchurchPoultry, Pigeon, and Canary Club onMonday evening the question of food-stuffs will be discussed. The club hasrequested the specialists clubs aboutChristchureh to be present, and as thematter at the present is one of greatimportance no doubt there will be arepresentative meeting of all sectionsof the fancy.

Eecently we have heard a lot aboutmaize as a food for poultry. I iiaveheard it said -that maize is altogetheran unsuitable food for fowls, and shouldtherefore never play a part in thedietary. The beginner in poultry keep-ing gets the idea put into his. head atthe outset that if maize is used theresult will be bad health in the fowlsand few or no, eggs; consequently avaluable grain is erased from the billof fare.— This is certainly a mistake, forif fowls are to lay in cold weather, notonly must a certain amount of oil,such as maize contains, be provided forthe construction of eggs, but also togenerate bodily heat in the bird. Thebad repute that maize bears is trace-able to its abuse rather than, to itsright use. If not fed too freely, but inconjunction with other grain foods, itforms, in cold weather,, a most valuableasset in the fowls'.dietary. In summertime, however, it should not fee, fedunless a setlled spell of cold weathersets in, and not <ven then to birds keptin confined runs.

With grains at such a high figure,poor quality stuff that sellers would inthe. past have been ashamed tD-offer,has-been brought forward. Some of it '

is so poor that you have to look at ittwice to know what it is: The,best wayto test this is to sprout it. Sproutedgrain is an excellent substitute • forother green food. It is- a bulky pro-duct, and might with advantage bemore extensively used for the feedingof fowls. Oats, wheat, or barley, mixedwith soil, placed in shallow boxes, keptin a moist condition and in a warmplace, will sprout readily, and. when ' .grown to a length of two inches willfurnish" the fowls with & nutritions "andsucculent vegetable food, which will begreedily eaten, and which will show itsgood effects in an increased.egg supply.Sprouted grain contains stimulatingproperties- highly beneficial to the egg- -.

producing organs. Of barley, wheat,lor oats, the latter is undoubtedly the , -.

best for sprouting, but-either may-'be'used for the sake of economy, and with ..'.beneficial results. Brewers'grains have, "-

been employed to add bulk to the [mashes by many poultry keepers, andwhere such are within easy reaeh theymay be used with advantage. Brewers'grains may-form a fourth part of tilemash, but should be used whilst fresh.If allowed to. ferment-and. become sourthey will cause bowel troubles:.'... .«.

Mr Dockerty, the Bluff canary fan-cier, recently passed ihfOughV Christ-fchurch. In speaking to \& local fancierhe stated his'intention/of giving up thecanards and going in. for poultry, -,

Black Leghorns, I.believe,

A Fendalton friend". tells me, of- a -

little incident that occurred/last week. *

A stray magpie wandered into the yard,and the lad of the house sought to cap- ..-

:

ture it. -He found "Maggie** equal to ,*£

Ithe occasion, and, in addition to peckingithe lad, severely enquired: "What are

<"

It is pretty generally-agreed that, 80far as egg production is'concerned, • theamount of profit realisable pet head de-pends upon the number of birds kjept.The reason is that up to a certain; ex-tent household scraps go a long way toreduce the cost of'feeding, "but beyond

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: trthat Hmjt there arises.the necessity to - i,use purchased food, *For, instance, a >•

beginner commences with'-half a dozen . J

hens, and by careful management and * '<

the use of scraps he may reap a profit of10/- per head. Encouraged by thi»< re*suit, he doubles his stock, but the stockno longer shows such a high profit, per .*jhead, because the household scraps. ~ihave to be divided among a larger Jnumber of birds, and more food has to Jbe bought. In this way the small poul- -|try keeper often allpws ambition -to ' goverride discretion, for whether it pays \jfbetter in the long ruri to keep a dozen ghens that give a profit of 6/- per head ;■§than half a dozen giving 10/- per head \*|depends entirely upon the space avail-able* Taking all things into consider-'- -

ltation, sueh as housing, the risk of'dis- ~\|ease, waste of food, .etc., the average. ;»

poultry keeper will do better to keep afew good hens and manage them well.iAs economic production is the basis of 'fsuccessful poultry keeping, the flock ;.;

that can be kept most cheaply is bound ~ito be the most profitable.. - 'j *7

THE SUN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915.4

Tarring and feathering was once alegal punishment for theft, it is saidto be found in the statutes of both Eng-land and France about the time of theCrusades.

TnE Sun want advertisements willbring the help or business desired. Twolines (12 words), sixpence; six inser-tions for 2/6.

PERFECTIONCOOPERAGE

1_ N. SARGENT-Tuam and Durham

CHRISTCHURCHWE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF VATS, CASKS AND KEGSBOUND OR OVAL TUBSKAURI SET-IN TUBSBREWERS' OASES AND KEGSBAKERS' FERMENT TUBSWINE AND SPIRIT KEGSOAK PALM TUBSBREWERS' LIQUOR VATSCHURNS & WASHING MACHINESCORDIAL KEGS & WOODEN PAILSDECK BUCKETS & BUOYS FOR

BOATS.

BARRELS.—We make the followingsizes:—2, 3, 5, 10, 18, 27, 36, 54.,and 108 gallons, in English orBaltic Oak.

EXPORT KEGS.—We make 281b:.sGlb, 1121b. and 2cwt Casks. ,

VINEGAR GENERATOR.—We arethe Sole Makers of Sargent's Vine-gar Generator. j

All Barrels are bent with fire healonly, and are made throughout withhand labour by expert coopers.

SARGEIMTS MANUFACTURE THE BESTPRICES SENT ON APPLICATION. Correspondence Invited.

J. B. MERRETT'SPOULTRY SALES

Wednesdays& Saturdays

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«' THE FANCIER* S' * CHEMIST,LINWOOD. ; .30*

THEAmateur GardenerSEASONABLE HINTS.

Where garden ground has been pre-pared and cultivated, as advised inthese notes, a plentiful supply of vege-tables should have been maintained upto ,the present, but the continued'drought, if extended much longer, willimake it increasingly difficult to keep upthe supply during autumn, and it willrequire much more care in keepinggrowing crops in a growingand free from fungoid and insect ene-mies. Surface stirring and hoeingamongst and about all growing cropswhenever the soil and the weather issuitable for this essential practice,should be continued. It is not, even in.the first instance, so much for the de-struction of weeds, insects, and their..larvto, which will be kept very much incheck if this is thoroughly and welldone, but it is for the due maintenanceof a well pulverised tilth and a healthyand sweet condition of the soil. Heavyapplications of manure, and deep culti-vation without a thorough aeration ofthe soil, by means of continued surfacecultivation, is of very little use and isalmost a waste of good labour andmaterial. After hoeing or scarifying,do not rake down, the surface, but leaveopen and loose. If raked down smooth'the. first rain will run the surface soiltogether cheeking the rain from pene-trating, and baking together close assoon as the weather dries it again.Keep the ground always propped under;a system of rotation, so that the rootcrops that require a larger amount ofaoil cultivation shall, be followed bygreen crops. Spent crops should. beCleared from the ground as soon as theirusefulness if< past, and if the 'ground isnot required for planting another cropfor a time, it should be forked over anda green crop, such as mustard, sown, fordigging in as green manure later.Should the ground ''require moTe work-ing and enrichment, manure accordingto requirements should be wheeled onand the ground double dug, mixing therougher and less decayed portion ofthe manure with the bottom spit, keep-ing the shorter and better-rotted near-er the surface.

Kitchen Garden.It is particularly difficult to avoid

repetition," more especially at this sea-son of the year, when it is quite unlike-ly that the same conditions, or the samenecessities, occur generally in all gar-dens in respect to planting or seed sow-ing. During spring and early summer,if a week or .so is lost it is not such an

BY "AOTEA'important matter, as it only means alittle delay, but at this season a fewdays may mean the total failure ofthe crop, by reason of the fact that thegrowing season has passed before ithas come to a sufficient maturity. Let-tuce, turnips, and salad plants shouldbe sown little and often, and groundshould bo prepared for sowing the firsttwo, in larger quantities to stand thewinter, toward the end of the month.Spinach should be sown, too, and it iswell to make a sowing of both varie-ties, the round and the prickly, as thelatter will last in usable condition long-er. Ground should be prepared forwinter sowing, but as a rule spinachsown on ground from which onions havebeen taken is good practice, as a firmsoil is necessary, and forking over thesurface after a dusting of a good fertil-iser is sufficient cultivation. Carrotsand onions may be sown in small quan-tities for pulling while young, a largersowing to stand the winter for springuse can" be made later, for which groundshould be prepared now or as soon asavailable. Ground that maintains agood tilth should be chosen and no freshmanure should be added, as it wouldonly come to grief during frosty wea-ther.

Cabbages planted now and growth en-couraged should make useful plants forwinter Gutting, if they can be kept freefrom aphis and the larva; of the cab-bage motli. Broccoli may still beplanted, but it should be done withoutdelay, or the return will be either nilor very small. In earthing up celerythe soil, previous to the final earthing,should not be put higher than the .topof the heart, leaves. The negleet of thisis largely the reason why earthing upcelery checks growth; the young heartleaves, the vital part of the plant, haveto force their way up in the darkthrough a constricted space, caused bythe pressure of a mass of soil, with no ,means of obtaining the chlorophyllnecessary for healthy growth until theybreak through into the light. Sea kaleshould have all the small lateral crownscut off, so as to concentrate the strengthinto a few leading crowns.

Trait Garden.Raspberry canes, from which the j

fruit has been gathered, should be catout at. once, and tho young canesthinned out, leaving a sufficient of thestrongest for next season's fruiting.These should be tied up loosely so as topermit of the canes ripening.' It isgood practice, to take away the oldirtulthing, should ;one have been given,and replace with fresh manure. Wherethe bud weevil is troublesome, a weeklj-

spraying with carbolic soap wash ortar water is said to be a good preven-tive. It would also be well to dig theold nmlch deeply into a spare piece ofground, or to burn it, as it will mostprobably be infested with weevil eggsor larvae. Peaches and apricots onespaliers or walls should be gone over,and all superfluous shoots removed orcut back. Fruit trees that are carryingcrops of fruit should not be allowed to

! suffer from want of water, if it is at all'possible to give the tree a good soakingat the roots. It is very rarely thatfruit trees, except when bearing a fullcroup of fruit, require watering.

, To lengthen out the season of earlypears it is good practice to pick someof the most forward of the fruit whilestill quite hard. Early pears, like Wil-liams's Bon Chretien, have a very shortseason, and any means that tend tolengthen it are welcome.

The Flower Borders.There is always something to do in

the flower borders, and at this seasonthe principal work is to keep thingstidy and growing. Many herbaceoxisplants are past, and when the stems havelost their usefulness in building up thecrowns for future -growth, they shouldbe cut down and cleared away. An-nual and biennial plants should be re-moved as they go out*of flower, and theground prepared to receive the plantsthat are growing in reserve beds. Car-nations should have the layering ofshoots completed without delay. Togive a longer continuity of flower, seedpods and spikes should be removed atan early stage. Watering, to be of use,must be thorough. A good soaking oncea week is very much better than adribble every day. Hoeing, too, to beof any use, must be also thorough, loos-ening the ground to the depth of threeinches, and keeping it loose. Positionswhere it is intended to plant- daffodilsshould be prepared a little time beforeplanting, as it is well to dig the grounddeep, enriching the lower part of thesoil with a dusting of bone dust, orsome basic slag. Anything in the wayof a nitrogenous manure should beavoided. Well rotted cow manure in adry condition is very suitable for thepurpose. Further remarks orr the' sub-ject of daffodil planting and the choiceof varieties will be made next week.

BANDSMEN'S COLUMNIt is a pity those who were respon-

sible for sending in the reports of theSumner Gala a fortnight back did notremember the bands and the way thebandsmen assisted on that occasion. Atsuch times bands are practically indis-pensable. Yet they never as much asreceived thanks or recognition for theirhard work and the inconvenience thata number of them were put to in orderto render assistance. The bands thatassisted were the Sumner, 7 LytteltonMarine, and the Christchurch Pipe,which gave their services free.That they received no thanks, nor evenmention of their assistance, was mostunfair, and some of the bandsmen arefeeling very much hurt at beingslighted.

The Sumner Band has a grievanceagainst the Town Clerk at present.Some time ago the Mayor gave thebandsmen the use of a room in theCouncil Chambers for at least one nighta week, and, so the bandsmen say, therewas no difficulty while the previousTown Clerk was in office, but they saythat the present clerk allows this roomto be let for other purposes on theevening when the band meets for prac-tice, and does so without notifying themembers. Some of the bandsmen whohave to travel considerable distances arefeeling very sore about it.

In my notes of last Saturday thereappeared an error regarding the Ipswichcontest. The final results as given read:"Maryborough Navals (conductor E.McLeod) and Ipswich Band (P. Code),"This should have read: "MaryboroughNavals (P. Code) and IpSwich Band (P.McLeod). The contest held at Sydneylast week was judged by Mr PereyCode, there being A, B, Sind C grades.The result of the C grade is as follows:Leichardt District, "Verdi/' (con-

dactor T. Goodall), 87 points . . 1Western Suburbs, "Ennifia" (F.

Bowles), <BS points . . 2Darlinghurst Concert, "Lurline"

(C. Skinner),- B'A points- AThere were eight bands in this grade,

following in order of merit:—WestonBand 82 points, Eastern Suburbs 81,Manly Junior 81, Enmor and NewtonCitizens 78, and Miller's Point 75. Allthe bands played their, own choice, andeach chose a different piece. The resultof the A and B grades were not to handat the time of writing.

A very pleasant little function tookplace last Sunday morniug. at the BandRoom of the Christchurch Professionals,when the veteran conductor, Mr T.Tankard, was presented with a cornetby the members of the band in recog-nition of his long service in this cityas a cornettist and conductor. LastSunday was the sixtieth anniversary ofhis birthday.

Mr J. Swindle, a ClrristchuTch jew-eller, has presented Derry's PrivateBand with eight silver stars, to be givento members who have attended not lessthan 80 per cent, of all rehearsals, en-gagements,, and parades for the year.The members who have qualified for theyear 1914 are:—Jt Sirett 91, J. W. Smith31, H. Hutton 80, R. Kirk 79, S. Stew-art 75, W. Dickenson 74, A. Bristowe 74,and If. Savage 7'ii. A hearty vote ofthanks was* accorded the donor, andthe band has decided to continue theserewards as- a means of encouragemento its members. The possible atten<l-

auu-es for the year were 92.WOOLSTON BAND.

On Sunday night last at the Colos-seum the Woolston Band gave a concertbefore a large .and enthusiastic audi-ence. The band was in good form. Theopening piece was a selection fromMeyerbeer's "Dinorali." The first fewbar's were a little unsteady, but soon im-proved, and a good ensemble followed.The cornet solo ■'and; accompanimentswere very pleasing, and the soprano got■n some good work after "A," but thecroups in cadenza were not quite clear.

The cornet from "B" was neat, andthe band work generally was good,, thetrill and cadenza being, much betterthan previously. The trombone andconstituents parts went along smoothly,und the soloist appealed sympatheti-cally. The ensemble was good in bal-ance, and blend, though the semi-figurefrom "E" was hardly fluent enough,and the unity might have been better.From "F" the playing was clear andbright, but the seeond and third cornetsand some of the horns were not in tune;this was most apparent in the euphon-ium solo, though this performer playedhis well. The cadenza at the endwas omitted. "Rubies in Heap" wasrather load, but the movement wascommendable. "In the Chapel" wasa piece in which the trombone stood out.magnificently, but the accompanimentswere too quiet, much more life andpulsation being needed to make themeffective. This- criticism applies especi-ally to the beginning and the latterpart of the movement. In ''The OldMan'' some of the baritones did notplay, and faulty intonation here*andthere was noticed in the altos. Theallegro agitato was very good indeed, andthe "Shadow Dance" was effectivelyrendered. Mr F. J. Hanna, in his song,"Up from Somerset," showed goodvoice, but one hardly strong enough tofill the large hall; his interpretation,however, was good, as was his facialexpression. Bandsman W. Lanham gavean excellent rendering of Gounod's"Lend Me Yoiir Aid," in which the

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band also did good work. Ouly a trom-bonist, or one who understands the diffi-culties of the instrument, can fully ap-preciate the difficulties of this solo.The serenade, "In this Hour," was notplayed in true sympathy and precision,and showed some faulty intonation.The difficulty of correct" attack, pre-cision, and release of dotted notes canonly be overcome Joy every man beingable fully to understand how to cor-rectly treat them, and then by thought-fully practising until the.whole bandcan reproduce them as one man. Therepeat was better, and a good swellwas made on last chord. The solo,"Distant Voices," was artisticallyplayed by Mr P. Reeves, who deservesspecial praise for his fine quality oftone and expression. He was well sup-ported by the band.

The tone poem, "Labour and Love,"concluded the programme. The openingof this was' excellent, and all went wellup to the allegro, which was hardlyfacile enough, though generally good.The basses were very good from figure Gon, and the interlude was wellhandled. The solo for the euphonium wasgiven with good taste. The soprano wasalso very effective, and the "Dramna-tico" was excellent, while the trombonerecitative made the scena a complete suc-cess. The cornet soloist excelled- himselfin the next movement, and the sopranoand euphonium work was most interesting.A slight hitch was Noticeable in the entryof horn to solo, and there were some in-distinct notes, but it was not for long.

The band is to be congratulated on itsvery fine performance, and the enter-tainment (which is the first of its kindpermitted by the council) is one whicheveryone will wish to have continued.

LYTTELTON marines.Lyttelton Marines gave a municipal

concert at Sydenham on Wednesday, Feb-ruary" 3. The original programme had tobe amended, and the waltz, "MollyGreen,'' the musical comedy piece, ''InDahomey,'' and the trombone solo, ''TheVillage Blacksmith," were replaced by"Scenta," "Echoes of Ki Harney," and"A Perfect Bay"' respectively. Quite anumber of people expressed regret thatthe trombone soloist, Mr Harold Oakes,did not appear. The band was without

\ the assistance of Mr E. Sullivan, but MrH. Fox ably filled the vacancy, thoughthe absence of Mr Sullivan necessitated

: the cornet duet being omitted from thei programme.

The ''Northumbrian March'' was given' merit, but was not always bal-

, anced and vi» tune, and the tone was. light."In Coonland'' showed a good opening:

■ both in attack and precision, but the ac-companiments to the cornet solo werefaulty. The soloist showed good tone and

' style, but the euphonium was a little flatin the solo, though his 6ther qualities gee-

i erally were good. In the waltz,"Scenta," a very fair opening was made,the euphonium in the first subject beingpleasant and smooth. The cornets werefaulty in technique, and the aceompani-

. ments were not in tune —«ome did well,but others did not, and the final chordwas very nntuncfuli-' In the "Killarney"selection there was a good attack at thestart, but the technique in the first melody

j was not good, and the clarionets were\ sharp. The cornet solo was most pleasingin all respects, but was not supported bythe band. The band phrased ''The Min-strel Boy" wrongly, and the release ofchords was pooT. The 6-8 movementOf the comet was good, but the euphoniumwas not up to him in point of style. Thephrasing again suffered somewhat, thecadenza should be more fluent. The alle-gro was fair. "Believe, Me, If All ThoseEndearing Young Charms" was nicelyinterpreted by cornet, though, the 6-Sfollowing was not uniform. "A PerfectDay,'' the solo played by Mr H. Fox, wasby far the best I have ever heard Mr Foxplay, his tone and style, phrasing, expres-sion, temperament, and interpretationdid not compare favourably with him,and the final chord was entirely un-balanced, several of the instrumentsceasing to sustain the notes.

The "Bonizetti" selection was a fairgeneral performanee; in places the tonalqualities were coarse, and the bass werequite indistinct in their triplet passages;the solo by the trombone was toostraight to be impressive, and thecomet solo was the only really

| good piece of work. In "Moonlight,"the* bass was very fair, but the cornets

,were not in tune in response—the floridsequences could have been more fluent andsteady, though on the whole this perform-ance was commendable. The ''RimutakaMarch" was generally good, except inthe intonation in the unisons, and thatthe soprano in the trumpet passages wassharp in the upper notes.

DERBY'S BAND.Kerry's Band was at Victoria Square

on Thursday night, and gave a good pro-gramme before a large audience. Theopening. march went with a good swing,in which each section had equal honours.It was- well executed. The "Medley"opened up well, but the horns were out oftune in response; the vivace was bright*but the reeds in the low registers werewanting in blend in the valse. "Rnstic-ana" was very fair. The excerpt from''Carmen'' was not very well done eitherby cornets or altos. The cornet solo,"When Other Lips" was thin in tone.The "Soldiers' Chorus" lacked dignity;the cornet was good in the solo whichfollowed. The reeds in "The TurkishPatrol" were most pleasing, and the en-semble following was also good; the trip-lets, however, were stodgy just after the

interlude, though the reeds and altoswere very effective. The portion of the''Miserere'' showed niee tone in the cor-net, but rather thin and lacking in var-iety. "William Tell" was very fair."Bill Bailey" requires more ginger.The portion of the third act of "Lohen-grin" was not sufficiently dignified; themedley is eertainly an interestingHttffifter,but the corffieeting finka need more atten-tion. In "The 1 waltz tr the b«rm<wies inintroduction were obtfenred, otherwise Ihe<performance was very gëd. flue firstfigure had a nice, freestyle and was wellplayed, but the clarionets in &e secondsubject lacked rfrytfcym, and til* metriealaccent was very faulty. These were thechief faults in this item, '** <*&&

ties being; good. '*' the €&frition, 'r taken ias a bell solo, was an Itrteresting:item andgave much to admire, btit the fatea? werenot in trne tonal sympatlry with ike bellsat times, "The Chocolate Soldier" wasa good general pwritiremstme, in Which thereeds generally did fine work, though thebrasses were at times faulty in their in-tonation and. The '«Reverie''•was at it© best where each section seemedto be quite at home and made an excel-lent whole* The programme was ofexcellent qtfality. ' r


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BLACKLISTING THE CAT.That cats are the worst of frauds and

do mankind more harm than good is oneof the latest edicts of science. Theuprightly kittens and staid old tabbycats which for ages thelmman race hasj-anked among its best friends have allbeen placed on the black-list alongwith the horses which the automobilehas displaced'and the dogs which NewYork City's Health Commissioner de-clarer unfit for civilised communities.

According to the Biological Survey,the bureau of the Department of Agri-culture, which has been investigatingthe claims of all sorts of animals to ourconsideration, the cat has been toleratedaltogether too long. We have been de-ceived into thinking that it is a veryuseful creature when, as a matter offact, it is doing all that any animaleould, and more than most animals do,to destroy-our 1 health, wealth, and hap-piness.

The cat's case has been decided onlyafter the most careful deliberation. Ar-guments for and against the creaturehave been heard, but after weighingthem all the court of seience' gives thecat the most unsparing condemnationany animal has yet received.

One of the strongest counts againstpussy is its unpardonable cowardice. Itmasquerades as the protector of thehousehold from mice and rats. Thetruth is that not one cat in a hundredhas the courage to attack a rat. Whererats are at all numerous they are quiteas likely to run the cats out of the houseas is the opposite thing to happen.

Mice are so inoffensive that theymight be attacked with impunity wereit not for the overpowering lazinesswhich make's the cat usually disinclinedto give them battle. Dr A. K. Fisher,one of the Government's authorities oncats, recently caught twelve mice underthe bed in which he slept, despite thefact that there were four cats in thehousehold.

Cats might'possibly be forgiven fornot ridding pur homes of rats and mice,but there is nothing to excuse theirslaughter of chickens and young birds,of whose flesh they are inordinatelyfond. Larks, robins, and all the otherlittle feathered creatures which add so

much to the beauty of our city parksand country lanes would be far moreplentiful if they were not being con-stantly slaughtered by the treacherouscat. Cats are too cowardly and lazyto attack rats and mice, but they findkeen delight in preying on harmlessbirds which are too small and weak toescape from their claws.

But the American Government's mainreason for declaring war on our felinepets is that* they carry disease to thechildren and others that handle them.Even the most aristocratic cat enjoysroaming through all sorts of unsanitaryplaces, and its fur makes an ideal lodg-ing place for the' germs of diphtheria,Bmallpox, tuberculosis, and other thingswhich it may pick up there. Ring-worm is one of the lesser diseases whoseprevalence is attributed to our havingso many cats.

The fact that you can get hydro-phobia from a cat's bite and that itsscratch often causes blood poisoning-gives science an additional reason forplacing pussy on the blacklist.

If we must have cats, science urgesthat they be kept in outhouses andnever allowed to have the run of ourhomes. Before children and others areallowed to handle cats their germ-ladencoats of fur should be carefully cleansedand treated with some powerful anti-septic. But even when the cat's possi-bilities for spreading disease have beenreduced to a minimum it is still a farless safe and satisfactory household petthan even the despised skunk would be.

THE VICTORIA LEAGUE AND ITS WORK

THE Victoria League, which spreadsin a vast network of branches-wherever the flag of England

flies, is particularly active just atpresent in helping and upholdingthe Empire in the hour of herstress and strain. This is somethingwhich really goes without saying, forthe organisation is, first and last, aleague of loyalty, for those of Britishblood all the world over, without refer-ence to social statues, or class, or creed.

It is a non-party association, and itsobjects are to encourage and developrelations of closer sympathy betweenfellow-Britons- at Home and overseas,to spread the knowledge of the differ-ent parts of the Empire, to organisemutual hospitality, and to secure a wel-come for British subjects throughoutthe Dominions and at Home. Thepatrons of the league as a whole aretheir Majesties the King and Queen;their Excellencies" the Governor andLady Liverpool occupy a similar posi-tion with* regard to the Canterburybranch.

The league is of particular interestto women, because it was founded bywomen, and for a time was composedonly of members of that sex. As itgrew older, however, it realised that

ising, her tact, her enthusiasm, and herwinning charm of manner soon madefor her many friends, and the excellentstart which she gave the League hasbeen maintained ever since. (The birthof the -Canterbury branch, it should bestated, was coincident with Miss Tal-bot's visit, or rather a consequence ofit.) Mrs Carey Hill, who has a veryhigh appreciation of the London sec-retary, told me that whenever a re-quest of any kind is received from MissTalbot, there is an instant responseon the part of members. This is part-ly because of the cordial feelings thatare entertained towards the lady, andpartly because, knowing the excellenceof her judgment, they are quite satis-fied that she wqujd never ask for any-thing unless it were really necessary.

Taking up the Burden of War.

the league for November contains alengthy list of gifts to the Motherlandfrom lier overseas children; gifts from

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Since the outbreak" of war, the Vic-toria League has done much beyondmaintaining the work for which itstands. Our own branch here has donea deal of valuable work in a quiet andunostentatious manner to relieve dis-tress in England, and also to help thatimportant branch of war organisation,the Red Cross. It sent by theEuahine a large case of newclothes for the poor in theLye, a nail-making town nearHagley Park, in England, eachoutfit being labelled, "Fromthe Victoria League of Can-terbury, New Zealand (nearHagley Park) to a child nearHagley Park, in England."Miss Talbot acknowledgedwith much pleasure the gift,and said that it had given thegreatest pleasure to the reci-pients. Miss Talbot's uncle,Lord Cobham, owns HagleyPark, and Lady Cobhani alsowrote to say that the gift wasmost acceptable, and greatlyappreciated.

Mrs Cyrus Williams, a,member of the league, organ-ised a large body of workersto make Eed Cross and hos-pital requirements for the sol-diers, and in a month over 500garments were finished anddispatched to London, to besent to hospitals most in needof them. Last week a furtherlarge consignment of garmentswere sent to London by the league, forthe same purpose.

the work which it set out to do couldbe more effectively performed if it wereshared by men, and to-day the leaguecontains members of both sexes, al-though the feminine element predomi-nates. The London secretary is a woman(Miss Talbot), and the honorary secre-tary for the Canterbury League is awoman (Mrs Carey Hill).

A Representative Organisation.The Victoria League is such an im-

mense organisation that it has everyfacility for obtaining information onall subjects of Empire interest. Thecommittee is thoroughly representative,every shade of opinion and every politi-cal party being expressed.

One great feature of its work is tomake British subjects feel at home,wherever they are. There are Settlers'Welcome Committees, particularly inWellington and Auckland, and every-one, especially those bringing introduc-tions from the Victoria League in Eng-land, are given friendly advice and awelcome when they arrive in the Do-minion. The league here is most anx-ious to show its sense of good-fellow-ship and kindliness to strangers. An-other feature is the personal corres-pondence between children at home hereand at Home.

There is a special branch for chil-dren's work, and the official organ of

For the Sake of Auld Lang Syne.The branch here take a special inter-

est in Miss Talbot for the sake of auldlang syne. She links up Canterburywith London by virtue of being thegrand-daughter of the first Lord Lyt-telton, one of the founders of the prov-ince. It is from him, of course, thatthe name of the port is taken, and Hag-ley Park is named after his estate inEngland. When Miss Talbot visitedChristchurch in the course of a propa-ganda tour five years ago, the peoplewere prepared to take her to theirhearts, just-for old associations' sake,but-they soon learned to give her af-fectionate admiration on her ownmerits. Her splendid talent for organ-

LINKING UP THE OUTPOSTS OF EMPIREchildren at Home are not wanting,either. A glory of love and devotionshines through the record> and it givesone a thrill to read of what the chil-dren have been doing "to help" sincethe war began. Few people could readthe letters in childish handwriting with-out feeling inexpressibly touched. Inone elementary girls' school (in Eng-land) of, perhaps, 150 or 200, in a poorneighbourhood, there is a record of £6contributed and some 150 garmentsmade by the children. The sacrificesmade to contribute ' such a gift canprobably never be understood by ourNew Zealand children, who neverglimpse poverty as it is known inthe older countries of the world. Stillour children here have done their sharetowards sending gifts Home, and manyan article has been made by them toswell the league's quota.

Not a "Society Show."One of the objects on which the

league lays stress is an endeavour towin support from the working classes.To quote from Miss Talbot's own re-marks: "Directly work of this kindbecomes in any sense a society show,'

it becomes entirely useless,and I, for. one, will have no-thing to do with.it." .Theleague here has admitted allgrades of society from vice-regality to domestic servants.

The Canterbury branch ofthe league has Mrs Elworthyas president, and Mesdames A.E. G. Ehodes and Julius asvice-presidents. The honorarytreasurer is Mr A. ;E. Gt.Ehodes, and Mrs Carey Hillis the honorary secretary. Thecommittee consists of the fol-x

lowing:—Mesdames H. D. Ac-land, Appleby, . W. Bean,Blunt, Chilton, Cunnington,Cross, J. D. Hall, Stevenson,Stringer, Waymouth, Kilpat-

.. rMk, Wankiyn, Newell, Pyne,Frank Cowlishaw, Misses Bul-len, Gibson, and Thurston.There is also an HonoraryCommittee consisting of gen-tlemen, including the Et. Rev.Churchill Julius, the Et. EevJoseph Grimes, D.D., his Wor-ship the Mayor of Christ-church, and Sir Ch'as. Bowen,M.L.C.

What the League is Asking For.Just at present the .league in London

is asking for, gifts of kit. bags filledwith small comforts for the woundedsoldiers at the base hospital. Thesebags are strongly made of a strip ofunbleached linen or calico 18in wide and36in long. The bag is divided into twosmall compartments, one larger thanthe other, to keep the contents tidilypacked. Inside is a shirt, a pair ofsocks, two handkerchiefs, a towel, asponge bag containing rubber sponge,cake of soap, tooth-brush, tooth-powder,and a box of cigarettes. The bags thatthe local league are sending have ''TheVictoria League, Canterbury," workedon them, and in some cases the donor'sname is also written or worked.

The London secretary also states thatlarge quantities of knitted garments arewanted, such as cholera belts (properlyshaped), knitted scarves, back and chestprotectors (a special pattern), softwoollen socks and heel-less bed-socks.Undyed wool should be used as far aspossible.

Anyone who is interested in the workof the league will at all times find thesecretary (whose address is 84 Papa-nui Road) willing to give informationas to what'it is doing, and the sphereof its usefulness. It is just about tocomplete the fifth year of its existence,as far as this community is concerned,and one does not think that there aremany who would like to dispute thefact that it has, at least, fully justifiedits establishment here.

The illustrations on this page givethe pictures of five ladies who occupyprominent positions in connection withthe League. Her Excellency LadyLiverpool shares with the Governor theposition of patron, and is naturallykeenly interested in its 'Work, aims, andobjects. -

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Mrs Elworthy, of Papanui, is' thepresident of the League, and has itswork and welfare very much at heart.Mrs Elworthy makes a splendid presi-dent, and the League works verysmoothly under her leadership.

The same may be said of it duringthe term of Mrs A. E. G. Ehodes aspresident; in fact, the league has beenvery happy in the ladies who occupy,and have occupied, the most prominentplaces in its personnel. Mrs Ehodes is

now vice-president, and fulfils her partin its working with grace, dignity,and capability. She, too, has donemuch to help on its successful career.

Mrs Julius, as wife of the Bishop ofChristchurch, has many claims on hertime and sympathies, but notwithstand-ing the fact, she finds time to be a vice-president of the League, and to fulfilher duties in that connection ably andwell.

To Mrs Carey Hill, the honorary sec-retary, too nvuch praise cannot be given—except for the fact that to be praisedfor the work she has done because sheloves it would seriously annoy her.Nevertheless, it is only cold fact tostate that the lady in question hasreally performed an enormous- amountof work in connection with the league,and every member of the organisationwill readily admit that it could not havebeen better done. It Avas in Mrs CareyHill's house that the first meeting toconsider the project of forming a branchof the league was held. Mrs Carey Hillis the ideal secretary.

S.I.R.

MRS JULIUS,Vice-President of the League.

MRS A. E. G. RHODES,Vice-President (and formerly President) of

the League.

HER EXCELLENCY THE COUNTESS OFLIVERPOOL,

Who shares with the Governor the positionof Patron of the League.

MRS CAREY HILL,'The Honorary Secretary of the League, i

MRS BLWOBTHY,President of the Canterbury Branch of the

Victoria League.

TWO DISHES AN IDEALDINNER?

The Faris gourmets assert that theinflux of Americans and English whodemand five or six courses at a meal hasin recent years been changing the char-acter of the restaurants that werefamous for one or two special dishes.In the old days the boulevardier wentto the Cafe Anglais, the Tour d' Argentor the Maison Doree for the one dishthat was the specialty of each cafe.One excelled in fish, another in roast,a third in fowl.

When Joseph Galtier suggested in the''Temps'' that an association be formedof those who would devote themselvesto two dishes at a meal, the "Two-DishLeague" was born. The motto of theleague, whose work has, of course, beeninterrupted by the war, is: l "Twodishes, two wines, eight friends."

"The two dishes served at our din-ners will be chefs d'oeuvre," said oneof the league's announcements, "won-jders of the art of cooking known onlyto our country and worthy of true dis-ciples of Lucullus and of Brillat Sa-varin; our two wines w 7ill be the rightwines in the right place, and handledin the proper manner. We hope there-by to bring about the renaissance ofthis great national art."

Mine. Daniel Leseur, the Frenchwriter, says if she had her way everybanquet or plain dinner, official or pri-vate, would be a two-dish affair. Henri

Duvevnois, a well-known critic, notestwo illustrious authors in support ofthe two-dish scheme, Montaigne andTheophile Gautier. Maurice Kostand,son of the author of ''Cyrano de Ber-gerac,'' submits a menu of his own, andwould like to see the dinner extendedto three dishes and a few more friends.

WHAT YOU CAN DO WITHKEROSENE OIL.

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Very few housewives realise how manythings' kerosene can accomplish betterthan anything else. A bottle or can of itshould be kept on hand in every house, forits uses are numerous.

A few drops in the water when wash-ing windows or mirrors will add a beauti-ful polish. For cleaning porcelain tubsand washbasins it is invaluable, as it re-

moves the high-water marks and otherstains at the first rub. It should be ap-plied with a woollen cloth and then thebasin or tub should be washed out withsoap and water.

For painted and varnished woodworkkerosene has no equal as a cleanser; alsofor painted walls. It should be appliedwith clean cloths, which should be changedwhen soiled. It removes all stains frompainted surfaces.

White wicker furniture may be beauti-| fully cleaned with kerosene.! If there are any ants in the house, a ;! cloth saturated with kerosene should be j

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hung near their frequenting places, and Iit will drive them away at once.

Eeal black lace can be cleaned at homewith great success by the followingmethod: Boil a black kid glove in a

quart of water until one-third of thequart has boiled away. Take out theglove, squeeze and throw it away. Whenthe water is sufficiently cool for the handsto endure it, shake the lace in it up anddown a dozen times.

Shake it out and squeeze in an old cloth,but do not wring. It must be still damp andall pulled into shape, with the mesh andthe edges straight, when it is laid on theironing board. It is best to begin pull-ing the lace straight when it is still quitewet.

Put a clean piece of tissue paper overit and iron on the right side; then pressit hard on the wrong side to bring outthe pattern. Hank it in the sun to dry.

"OLD KING COLE" REALLYLIVED.

"Old King Cole," who was so fondof "his pipe, bowl, and fiddlers three,"is believed to have really existed in theflesh in the third century A.D., accord-ing to a British legend. His daughter,Helena, a very beautiful creature, mar-ried Constantinus Chlorus, a Komangeneral, and the "merry old soul" of"Mother Goose" annals thus became

'the grandfather of Constantine thei Great.

SHOES WITH ALUMINIUMSOLES.

One of the newest and perhaps oddestuses for aluminium is in making thesoles of shoes for use by workmen em-ployed in wet and damp places. Thealuminium-soled shoe lasts much longerthan an ordinary shoe, and is said tobe impervious to dampness.

MUSIC FOR NERVES.According to an American paper a

Danish nerve specialist is securing goodresults in the treatment of convalescentpatients by placing them on top of.apiano, which is then played upon, sothat they may be benefited by the vi-brations.

TO CLEAN A PIANO CASE

Wipe a small portion at a time witha fine sponge wet in tepid water and alittle Castile soap. Dry with a moisten-ed chamois cloth which lias been wrunguntil it is almost dry. When this hasbeen done, apply some reliable pianopolish with a soft flannel cloth.

KNITTING GOOD FORNERVES.

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One of the few good results of theEuropean war has been to make thou-sands of men, women, and childrenlearn to knit. There is nothing betterf-or nerves that are unstrung and needtoning up, physicians say, than knitting.For many years every man in the Brit-ish Army, from the men in the ranks tothe commanding generals, has beentaught to knit, and now, thanks to thedemand for warm socks and mufflersfor the soldiers at the front, the prac-tice is spreading to all walks of life.

The monotony of plying the needlesini and out of the tiny loops is ex-

tremely soothing to tired brains andnerves. The effect is similar to thatproduced by counting sheep, which isrecommended by many as a method ofinducing sleep.

Once the art of knitting is masteredyou can pursue it without giving yourplying fingers either thought or sight.In' the London parks these days you cansee hundreds of convalescent soldiers,their fingers busy with knitting, whiletheir eyes are occupied in watchingwhat is going on around them.

INTELLIGENT CARE FORYOUR HANDS.

If a child were placed in your care,.you being made responsible for its-physical welfare, you would give muchattention to its food, its rests, and its-baths, would you "not? That is. whatyou should do for the hands, writesMadame Lina Cavalieri in the ''NewYork Herald."

The hardworking mechanic, the daylabourer of any sort, because of his;constant outgo of energy, requiresplenty of nourishing food. The bands,are the day labourers, the chief toilers,,of the body, yet whoever thinks ofsystematically giving them food? There<is so much wear and tear of the tissues-of the hands that they should be fedat least as often as is the high-pricedbrindle bull terrier of yours that doesnothing for his keep. .

•Each day cold cream should'b'e rubbedwell into the hands, or they should be'soaked in olive oil. I recommend thatolive oil which is purchased in largequantities in cans. To each ounce ofthe olive oil I advise you to add at.least three drops of benzoin to whiten,the hands. Olive oil, if-used alone, hasa tendency to make the skin yellow.But it is so excellent a skin nutrientthat with the benzoin or a few drops,of lemon juice to counteract its darken-ing tendency, I urge its use. That is,unless you have a tried and true coldcream that perfectly agrees with your»skin. This soaking in olive oil has thevalue of being, a speedier remedy forstarved, shrivelled-looking hands. Purecocoanut-oil has a similar value, being,like olive oil, of such consistency thatit is quickly absorbed by the pores.

I have in mind several pairs of verywell kept hands that subsist for-nutri-ment upon glycerine. The owner of •

the hands must determine whether gly-icerine is a good friend of those hands.On some skins it is an irritant. Soften-ed by an equal quantity of rose water?

it is not likely to have such effect. Orif the texture of the such -

constitution that glycerine does not irri-tate it, the rose water may be omitted

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and the same quantity of peroxide beadded. Thus will"the hands be '

ed at the same time they are fed.This mixture has furnished infeals Jror-'

many hungry hands: ' '- ' '

Mutton tallow, 6oz;Pulverised camphor, Aoz.

Bathing the hands is important. Butthe manner of bathing them is quite"as important. Most personß think it %

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is enough to thrust the hands into hotwater, rub them with any kind ofssoarprand, drawing them forth crimson anddripping, dry them on any kind 1 oftowel.

Hands thus slighted will grow redand shrivelled and prematurely aged.

I recommend, instead, whenever pos-sible, washing .the hands in. warm milk.This will at once soften, feed, andwhiten them.

This mixture will perform the sameservice if it is not convenient ,for youto use the milk. *

Glycerine, loz.Lemon juice, loz. .

Spirits of camphor; loz.Of hand bleachers there are many,

but I know none more*. efficacious than ■■

this, which can be prepared at home ■:

and.kept in a jar for use-wtaeii needed.Melt one cake of white castile soap,- •

and into the soap:jelly that resultsstir the juice of one lemon and thesame quantity of eau-de cologne.

Tepid water with this whitener and ■the aid of a soft hand brush should be-. *■

equal to the task of cleansing : handsordinarily soiled-

For exceptional cases I keep a jar •

of cornmeal on my toilet table, using <

it, instead of soap when the hands arestained, with the milk that I preferto water for the hands. Oatmeal issofter and, for that reason, pleasanter.

We spoke of rest for the hands. Ifyou give your hands intelligent care !

you will not allow them to be uselessas in the ease of the French marchion-ess, who never turned a door-knob lestthe exercise should stretch and coarsenher hands, but neither should they do-unnecessary work, as, for instance, thetwitching, pulling, and pinching, doneby the restless hands of the nervous. \

They should be controlled. \

It is important that the hands be jprepared-for their night's rest. First Jby such a thorough cleansing in tepidwater, that no trace of the day's dustremains. Secondly, by the meal of cold -,

cream well rubbed in or the oil bath.Then by being clad for the night either '

in rubber gloves at least four sizes too ;

large, so that there will be a free cir- ;culation of the air, or in large cottongloves.

There is a prejudice against rubber ';

gloves, which I do not share. It has ]

been claimed even in prints represent-ing the medical profession that the fre-quent wearing of rubber gloves at nightcauses the hands to become prematurelyaged. One of these prints recommendslarge cotton gloves instead. I hold nobrief for the rubber gloves, but I doknow from long experience that theuse of sufficiently large rubber gloveshas kept my hands in condition that .meets my own approval and has been ~

the occasion of agreeable compliments.


I In the fiords on the Norway coast thej clearness of the water is wonderful. Ob-j jects the size of a shilling may be seenat a depth of 25 to :J0 fathoms.

The marriage-rate in Great Britain,which has been steadily declining in re-cent years, is again on the increase.

THE SOCIAL ROUNDMigs F. Kyle, of Greymouth, is visit-

ing, Wellington.: Mrs Harrison Jones (Dunedin) is

visiting Nelson.Mr and Mrs K. H. Mawley (Master-

ton) are visiting Timaru.Mrs T. Cottman (Wellington) is at

present in Christehurch.Mrs Sutton (Napier) is the guest of

Mrs W. Dl Stewart, Riccarton.Miss N. Reeves (Christehurch) is

the guest of Mrs Barton, Featherston.Miss Henderson and Miss L. Hender-

son (Invercargili) are visiting MrsCyril Ward.

Mr and Mrs Abbott and Miss Rich-ards, of Auckland, are staying at theUnited Service.

Miss E. Bull has returned to Christ-ehurch from Hastings, where she was_the guest of Mr and Mrs J. E. Hall.

Recent visitors at Warner's includeMr and Mrs T. C. Robinson (Spots-wood), Miss Phillips ("The Point"),amd Mr and Mrs N. Matthews (Feather-ston).

Mrs M. Appleton (Wellington) andher daughter,

,Miss Mabel Appleton,

left by the Maitai on Thursday eveningon a holiday visit to America and Eng-land. They return to New Zealand inDecember.

Nurse Laura James, daughter of DrJames, of Wellington, is an acting-sisterat Rouen-. Other Wellington Hospital-trained nurses, Sisters Lind and Hitch-cock, are at Rouen, nursing under theFrench flag.; Miss Berry is.matron ofa> large military hospital at Preston.

,Miss Isobel J. Macdonald, M.A., adaughter of the late Profdssor Macdon-ald, Ormond Theological College,who has been appointed:principal of theAuckland Presbyterian College forYouing Ladies, arrived in New Zealandthis week. Miss Macdonald formerlyheld the position of Benior mistress inthe Presbyterian Ladies' College, Mel-bourne.

The Bey. S. Griffith, accompanied; byhis wife and daughter, arrived in Auck-land; by the Biverina in the early partof the week. Mr Griffith, who was for-merly Methodist minister at Addington>has spent nearly a year in> a tour ofEngland. He will remain for a few>weeks in' Auckland before leaving forChristehurch to attend the New Zea-land Methodist Conference.

"The Bookman" devotes a page anda-half to the work of Miss Edith Howes,the popular New Zealand writer ofchildren's stories. In a. very com-plimentary, article the writer, Mr A.R. Grinling (Btmedin), says: "Thetime will come when English and> Ameri-can parents in search. of the' best* booksto; give to their- children, will discoverEdith; Howes., She is well worth dis-covering, for she believes in the partthat women are called upon to play inthiaworld, and she is doing her bestto- show the way*

Mrs W. F. Massey has. received aready response to her appeal, for bookstowards a camp library, at Trentham,reports the -'New Zealand Times. "Al 1

ready a large box-full has been sjenfrouti but more will, of course* be wel-come, so, now is the time, for everyoneto, search their bookshelves}, and cup-boards for magazines apd novels, etc.The Boy .Scouts; have- once more beenjustifying their existence* and twohave been helping Mrs ; Massey withthe work, by, collecting, parcels, label-ling the books, and? packing- them, un-

der her personal supervision. Eachbook before being packed is stamped"Expeditionary Force, Camp Library,Trentham," ,

All, the small girls. in American; pro-vincial schools are receiving instruc-tions now •in knitting, instead of theusual lessons in. cross-stitching and em-broidery. In some places, where thesupply of knitting-needles hag givenout, ribs from old umbrellas have beencut out and sharpened on the villagegrindstone, and quite satisfactoryneedles produced, and so the work goeson.

In the French capital, and throughoutall France, families are, busy- makingwhat is called le paquet desoldat. Thispackage, which is always sent to thefront anonymously, contains a woollenshirt, a woollen, sweater, woollen socks,a towel, soap, and cigarettes; and in aconspicuous placets labelled "Grandetame," "Petite taille," "taillemoyenne," to correspond with the sol-diers' uniforms, which are also made inthree sjzea—large, small, and medium.

The Women 'a Emergency Corps hasaccepted, an interesting contract for100,000 tinder-lighters, and are turn-ing oitt and delivering 300 a day.These lighters are a great boon to themen in the trenches, for -wet matchesare useless, and it is. practically im-possible to keep them dry. The mak-ing of the tinder-lighters is keepingin employment many women who havelost their work through the war. TheW.E.C. appealed recently for helptowards their fine 1 w6rk from thewomen of the overseas Dominions. TheBank of New South Wales is receiv-ing contributions on behalf of thecorps.

The Women's Hall, at Bow, in theEast End of London—Miss SylviaPankhurst's and her supporters' head-quarters—has now been organised as a

centre for administering relief, to thepoor of that very poor, district. Atpresent the authorities are cateringspecially for babies, who are in dangerof dying, off by hundreds, as theirmothers can't afford milk for them. Anurse is in attendance every day/ andthe suffragists are canvassing for milk,eggs, and barley for their guests. Theyhope, in the near future, to open otherdepots in other districts : where distress

very much in evidence.The services of the South African

Ambulance Unit, which was got to-gether by funds collected in SouthAfrica, have been gratefully acceptedby the French Government (says a

London paper). The officers will re-ceive corresponding rank in the FrenchArmy to that which they possess inSouth Africa. The French Govern-ment has expressed . its gratificationat the offer of the South Africans,especially in view of- the inclusion inthe unit of trained nurses and surgicalspecialists, and has placed at the dis-posal of the unit a hospital on theRiviera, for which place the unit willleave before the end of the year.

A MILITARY WEDDING.This at St. Saviour'a Church,

Sydenham, a pretty wedding* of. militaryinterest was celebrated. The bride wasMiss.Heleni Margaret Richardson, daugh-ter of Colonel Richardson, "Albury/'bf Cashmere Hills,, and' the bridegroomJMajor Richard* William Pinwill, of the

Own Liverpool Regiment, only sonjof Gaptain S. C. Pinwill, Royal IrishtPusiliers, of Trebane, Trobus,, Cornwall.,I The bride, who was given away; by-her[father, wore a picturesque and charming,wedding gown of white ninon over whitefeatin, fully trained; and-with a suggestionOf empire cut in the slightly raised waist- jline, Instead'ofe the orthodox- wreath and |veil, she wore a.n extremely pretty white jpicture hat, the dropping,brim bpiug en"

circled, with a long white ostrich plume! IA tiuy posy of rosebuds gave the fashion-jable touch, of; pink which all modern!brides are the note being re-jpeated* in the bouquet j which was. of pink |and white blooms. Her only bridesmaid, jMiss Eileen. Westenra, wa3 jn rose crepe jde chine, and sip&ft black hat with.a.pinkiwing> 'and bouquet', of • pink flowers* The ]-(bridegroom-, was attended by- Captain S.A. Robinson, of the Imperial Staff, asbestman. The-Rev, H:. Leach, performed, theceremony.

; After the wedding, the bridal party andguests adjourned to, the residence of thebride's parents, where a. reeepTtion in honour of- the event washeld, and, where Majpr Pinwill. andhis bride received the congratulationsof their friends. Mrs Richardson, receivedthe. guests in a dove-coloured gown, andhat;, to match. Amongst- the guests wereMjcS;Elwprthy, ma black gown, black hat,and: black feather, boa; Miss. Elwprthy,who was ; also in black, with applique ofecru guipure yeiled in ninpn, leghorn hatwith, white roses; Mr- and Mrs, G. E.Rhpdes, Colonel and Mt» Anderspn, Cap?tain and Mts McGee, Colonel and MrsChaffey, Captain and Mrs Atwell, Mrand Mrs Collins, Mr Corbett, Mrs L,Evans and her. son, Misses Williams, Way,Mone, Hay, Mrs and; Miss Westenra,Rev. H. and Mrs, Leach, and Mr D. LeCren.

Major Pinwill and his bride left by thesecond express for the South, where thehoneymoon will be spent. Later on theywill go to Wellington, where they willremain until Major Pinwill leaves NewZealand in charge of the Third Reinforce-ments. Mrs Pinwill will then return toChristchurch and remain with her parents

until matters are: sufficiently settled- to

enable her to rejoin'her husband*; The bridegroom's gift to the bride- wasja cheque, and) the bride's to bridegroomtook the form of a signet ring. The; gift

bridesmaid took the form of apretty pair of gold and coral earrings.

THINGS WORTH KNOWING ABOUTSALADS.

in one. form or another havebeen eaten,by mankind from the days-of the ancients. Even, the bitter herbsof the Feast-, of Passover, were a formof- salad, while both Greeks: and: Ro-mans are known to have used lettuceand other such green vegetables,, as,stimulants to the appetite.

But despite the. fact that salads.havebeen in use during these many cen-turies, their true value is not yet- fullyappreciated, nor the numerous combina-tions to. which they lend.themselves.

Lettuce is the foundation for. mpstsalads, and, while very well adapted,for this purpose, it is by no means anecessity.

If lettuce- is, to, be used; &t once, theleaves should be dropped' into a panof ice-water, which will quickly makethem crisp. If it isr to, be.kepj forany length, of time, -wrapi it. in: a soft-cloth, and* place it near the ice. It willin this way keep fresh, for severaldays.

Celery or water cress may be usedsuccessfully as substitutes for lettuce.

A summer salad is fetter served witha French dressing of oil and vinegaror lemon juice, together with season-ings, than with mayonnaise, which istoo heavy and. heating.

Boiled dressings and cream dressingsare popular, especially with those whodo not care for the taste, of oil.

MAKING SUNSHINE TO ORDER.

I There is a division: of opinion amongaa to tKes possibilities; of conf

trolling the weather; says an. Americanpapier, but many of them support theclaims made by/ Si Z'. Dfe 1 Ferranti, an

electricaii engineer, that thefar distant when it', will"-be

[considered. no more -wonderful to controlithe. weather than we think it now to'control rain: after-it'has: fallen*.jßy electrical means<it may.'b© pos*jsible to disperse clouds which do notallow.the-sunshine-to>comets>.the earth,amjbto.set up.an electrical:defence along,the sea> coasts-whieh would' causei themoisture, in. the; clouds to fall in theform of rain and'so-prevent these cloudsdrifting over the country. In a similarway, rain, when required couldbe obtained.I Opponents .of' this-theory have pointedtaut that it might be possible to controlIthe. weather in a small- degree locally,jbut that it would'be impossible to do solover large tracts-of' land. But Mr DejPerranti. thinks otherwise.I: It has. long- been that the

of Mars—if there are any—-jhave found out how. to store up| theSummer heat for winter, use. The wholeSJaim of science is to increase man's.power over Nature, and to dp this ways;must be devisedr of- utilising energieswhich now go to waste. The heat fromthe sun, for instance, comes to us wi»>i-out cost and in unlimited measure. Itis estimated a linei* at sea receivesenough energy from the eun to drive its.engines.'• Twice every day the attraction of thesun and the, moon, combined with the ro r

tation of the earth on its axis,, causes anupswelling. of the, waters, of the sea topass round, the earth. The energy heregoing to waste, is almost calcula-tion.

CHILDREN WITH LESSONS.

SCHOOIJiCOM ARRANGEMENTSAT HOME,

Among, the various changes inwoman's daily programme due to/ thewar is a< greater, freedom fromisocial en-

gagements) greaternumber of lateafternoons and evenings spent at home.This circumstance, coupled:with thefactthat school terminal examinations arequickly approaching* may lead* manywomen to tak%an interest in their? chil-dren 'a '' home/lessona.' '

: One way in which all mothers, can.help is by saving their children theneedless running to and fro implied bytheir having no special room* for home'lessoniik If: it be quite impossible for;them to have a, little room of their own,see that they are at any rate providedwith a good "school cupboard rf and;

shelves' ; in a cQpv,enientf.place».I Here can foe-stored,boqks, pens, rulers,'ink, drawing gymnasium'shoes, and such oddments,■j The room in. which, the. children work,(must he properly, lighted; The dangerJin these days, is not oflinsufficient iight'l)ut of an unduly brightflight which Sends back a most tiringand: injurious glare, from printed-pages,iand glossy,,whj|e, stationery. and-jprecious young, eyes need the pr;6tectôn, J!of ■ a light of sufficient power shadedjwith darkrgreen silk, and* one lightought to have a pulley arrangement so,'that it may be, lowered for occasional,drawing, map-making, pr other Impty■close work. The correct way. for.'theworker to. receive, the light is, of'course,from over the left shoulder.

A Suitable Desk.A workmanlike, desk for a, child; is one

with a surface large enpugh to hold an■exercise book and a text-book, whenboth are open. There should be asmall rim to prevent the. books fromSlipping off, and the slant which the Sur-face of the desk takes should be aboutlOdeg to 20deg. The use of a flat deskor of a table is to be deprecated, asboth induce roundj shoulders and, eye-Strain.

"When two or three children are work-ing in one room it may be obligatory toiseat them at a table covered with adark-green or dull-coloured serge cloth,with stout cardboard desks upon it. Asthese are collapsible they are veryhandy possessions.

A book-rest is,very useful for support-ing a text-book while notes are beingmade in an exercise book. Cushionsmust supplement chairs which are notsufficiently, high for small people's use,while footstools niust be withinreach ofdangling legs—for legs that danglealso quickly tire.. It is quite possible at times to giveappreciable assistance, both inpractical'

help and moral sjipporty, in a subjectconcerning': which one remeftnbers nextto nothing;

"Oh! this Latin!:" lachrymoseyoung person«attthe mentalirritation1' ancU—alas!' sometimes—ex-haustion.

"I'm afraid. I've forgotten a greatdeal of Latin,/' saysl the mother, "butI can help you with* the dictionarywords: and-1 may* remembfer therules. .Let seer! * and* atter*of-fact tone and the offer of'eveameagre help gives.: aimoral; support thatimmediately,- has its-, effect? on the dis-tressed little person.

Dictionary, is-a- usefttl aid* and* agreat time-economiser'to pupils of allages. The* pupil; takes the; b;ppk. atwhich he is, working: ajid; thinjy, under-lines the words with whichhe is not. familiar. Thsn> thehelper makes a* lisfeoff the words andsupplies the meanings, from* her. ownknowledge and the help- of* the. diction-iary, while-the pupil : does.other lessons.

A Child's Dictionary.It is not advisable tCK dP:. this* work

systematically, or* the child!wijl aaissithat excellent practice in the use off adictionary which is absolutely essential.jMoreover,it is false kindness to shield a :ichild habitually, from, unavoidable hackwork and? drudgery. It gives, him awrpng perspective . of' life and; work.Never tell; a child the. meaning, ofr a./jtword if he can infer, it- either from his-{knowledge of English or of th§ lan-guage he is studying.

All children, and more especially;young ones, ought to. be provided; with.]a good English dictionary and taugh/tfco. u§e ife. 80, not givq him a, ponderous '.jtome from family libraryj" 'ltg, si;se.jand bbpkish appearance dismay, tfoe.•child. On, the other "hand, do. suprply a "pocket" or a "hand/' dictioji- ;«ary—which are usually an abridgedi 1

cor>yv of an adidt's. .dictionary, &W*him a dictionary; specially, compiled fb*him—a, child^s-îctiojaary,, in factoIf a child or a young studentrtaiawsaa

unduly lengthy time-over his home*pre-paration, ascertain ttie<- cause. It iswell to remember that the time spentwith lesson-book* i» fronts of him ia*notalways devoted; to-lessons; There-i|r«invariably; periods more-.or less protract-ed according to temgeramept) givett>t©fits of abstraction and miudrwft^WHigi

Should, a mother or grown-up, sitterineuleate the habit of working, kpeofcrat the? lessons until theyare finißbediEgiehas.earned her-reward*

The habit of concentration, is ooe> ofthe most valuable- allies- tile- child* canpossess throughout'life.

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of whiehvwas laid by the King i% lfflfc,has been fitted witk over 200 beds.aftAcalled- the Lady Hardinge ipt

of the lady, who passed ajwajfiiecently, and who did; suchiworlj; in.ber the w,Q|Re%;of India, as wife oftho Viceroy. 2$lias, been, entirely equipped by, thj%|Hindu, Mohammedan, and Parsee ssWr*ing. circles, and now awaits the copingjoftfhe, wounded from, the Eastand; Persian Gulf expeditionary fAxeagE.A society; has been, formecF in, Bombaywhich, embraces all. creeds' and <!<s%,munijties in the Presidency, which, sißc%August,, has made, no f,ewer than eigh£or nine thousand garments, which havebeen dispatched- to the British, ajwttIndian troops.


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PHASES OF THE MOON.

FEBRUARY.Day. Hour.

T ;ist rioter . . 7 4.41 p.m.New moon . . 14 4.1 p.m.First quarter . . 22 2.28 p.m.

MOON.Moon rises to-day 9.46 p.m., sets 11.41 a.m.

to-morrow.

TIDE.To-day. A.50 a.m., 9.16 p.m.To-morrow, 0.42 a.m., 10.10 p.m.

SUN.Si:u rose to-day 5.11 a.m.. sets 7.17 p.m.

ARRIVED.FTCTDAY, FEBRUARY 5.

TTTMTTANOI, s.s. (5.15 p.m.), 323 tons,Dsi'.y. tfoni Chatham Islands. Passengers:Mesdniors Thompson, He.t.si and child, Ririmi,Rtoiie. Messrs Grenell (3), Thompson, Heta(2). l J i-l<i Kami, Pir.i, Furby, Greenfield, and"Wendelborn.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6.NGAKUTA (12.10 a.m.), 1230 tons, Muir,

from Wellington. .

CYGNET (1.50 a.m.), 124 tons, Murray,from Akoroa.

WAHINE (6.45 a.m.), 4435 tons, Aldwell,from Wellington. Passengers: 225 saloonand 172 steerage.

WAIMANA (8.25 a.m.), 7900 tons, Holmes,from Dunedin.

RAKANOA (10.15 a.m.), 2246 tons, Rux-ton, from Gisborne.

MONOWAI (8.20 a.m.), 3433 tons, Carson,from Dunedin. Passengers: Misses Peachley,Lindsay, Mesdnmes Stranger, Quinn, Read,Watsoii, Coffin, Messrs Williamson, Franks,Spalding. Owen. Stranger, Quinn, Boots,Cooper, Gurney, Read, Mitchell, Langford,Coffin. '

Victoria (10.45 a.m.). 2969 tons, Croft,from Auckland, via Gisborne, Napier, andWellington. Passengers: Misses Pipe, Bean,Garehon, Tabart; Mesdames Fox and child,Finn, Maynard, Fowker and child, Jakes;Messrs Butcher, Fox, Rankin, Smith, Isaac,Pdwker," Murphy, Cotterill, Reid, Doleman,'Williams.

SAILED.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5.WOOTTON (4.15 p.m.), 150 tons, Larsen,

lor Kaikoura.KAIKOURA (5.10 p.m.), 6998 tons, Mc-

Kellar, for Bluff. .

PATEENA (8.15 p.m.), 1212 tons, Came-ron, for Wellington. Passengers: MissesNorrie, Dixon, Larkins, Jack, Batchelor,Jamieson, Terry, Julius, Moss, Briggs, Suche,Anderson, Rennie, Maunder, Buddie, Farrell,Smith, Clark, Pasley, Stead, Andersen, Man-goo, Mesdames Newman, Petrie, Mclntyre,Abeso, Jeffries, Collins, Stephens, Field, Den-ton, Donald, Dawe, Crammand, Sutherland,Jordan, Harris, Duff, Westland, Anderson,Paape,. Ferguson, Wright, Dr Griffen, MessrsLuttreil, Donald, Field (2), Denton, Dawe,Paape, Newman, Barnes, Norwood, Moss,liittlejohn, Marshall, Blakeley, Finch, Buddie,Francis, Anderson, Latter, Cocker, Wilson,Lear dot, Cashel, Cooper, Barnwell, McLennan,Gruar, Tetheridge; Ewing, McGregor," Tythe-ridge, Manson, .Jones, Badger, Lethaby, Fre-deric, Dempster, Pierson, Kinvig, Butler, Bat-son, Watson, Hammond, and 50 steerage.-PETONE (11,15 p.m.), 708 tons, Cowan,

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"1 Wahine, s.s., No. 2 wharf, east side.Himitangi b.s., No. 3 wharf, east side.Victoria, s;s., No. 3 wharf, west side.Monowai, s.s., No. 2 wharf, west side.Opouri, s.s., No. 4 wharf, east Bide.Kowhai, s.s., No. 4 wharf, west side.Ngakuta, s.s., No. 6 wharf, east side.Waimana, s.s., No. 7 wharf, west side.

.;' Corinthi'c, s:s., No. 7 wharf, west side.Rakanoa, s.s., skeleton wharf.

VESSELS SAILING TO-DAY.

Rakanoa, Greymouh, Alexander, Picton.

VESSELS. EXPECTED AT LYTTELTON.Vessel. From. Approx. date.

Kurow Timaru Feb. 7Wariaka ' Napier Feb. 7Canoptis ' Westport Feb. 7Pateena Wellington Feb. 7Cygnet Kaikoura Feb. 8Wahine Wellington Feb. 9Pateena Wellington Feb. 10Westralia Wellington Feb. 10Victoria Dunedin Feb. 10Flora . Timaru Feb. 10Wahine • Wellington Feb. 11Manuka Wellington Feb. 11Cygnet ' Kaikoura Feb. 11Wakatu Kaikoura Feb. 11Pateena Wellington Feb. 12Paloona Dunedin Feb. 13Wahine Wellington Feb. 13Westralia Dunedin Feb. 13Tarawera Wellington Feb. 13Cygnet Akaroa Feb. 13Pateena Wellington Feb. 14Corinna Timaru Feb. 14Wakatu kaikoura Feb. 15

VESSELS TO SAIL PROM LYTTELTON.Vessel. For. Approx. date

Cygnet Kaikoura Feb. 7Kurow Westport Feb. 8Waimana Bluff Feb. 8Pateena Wellington Feb. 8Cygnet Kaikoura Feb. 8Waimana Timaru Feb. 9Cygnet Kaikoura Feb. 9Wahine " 5 Wellington Feb. 9Breeze ; ' Wellington' Feb. 9

, Flora Wellington . Feb. 10\ Pateena Wellington Fjsb. 10*

• Westralia Dunedin Feb., 10Victoria Wellington F£b. 10Cygnet Kaikoura F£b. 10Wahine Wellington Feb. 11Manuka Wellington Feb. 11Pateena Wellington Feb. 12Cygnet Akaroa F6b - *?

Paloona Wellington Feb. 13Wahine Wellington F^b - 13Westralia Wellington Feb - 13Tarawera Dunedin Feb. 13Cygnet Akaroa . Feb. 15Corinna Wellington Fob. 15Pateena Wellington Feb. 15

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VESSELS DUE AT LYTTELTON.Steamer. From Left. Due.

Physa Singapore Dee. 19 Feb. 11Ruahine London Jan. 10 Mch. 4Makarini London To load

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OVERSEA.

By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.SYDNEY, February 5.

Arrived—Joan Craig, from New Zealand.Sailed—Manuka (1.30 p.m.), for Welling-

ton.NEWCASTLE, February 5.

Arrived—Wairuna, from Lyttelton.MELBOURNE, February 5.

Sailed—Louisa Craig, for Auckland.(Received February 6, 10.10 a.m.)

BUNBURY, February 0.Sailed:—Kwinana, for New Zealand.

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Bailed—Moeraki (5.50 p.m.), for Sydney.

DUNEDIN, February 5.Sailed—Kurow (6 p.m.), for Timaru and

Lyttelton.

NOTES.

Word was received by the Customs Depart-ment, yesterday that the Government stea-mer Hinemoa is to leave Wellington on Mon-day next on her tour of the southern light-housos, visiting Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff,West Coast bays and sounds, and Greymouth.

The number of vessels being fixed to loadin New Zealand for Tome shows no sign ofdecreasing. Another steamer to take theberth is the Trafalgar, which is due at PortChalmers shortly from Australia, and willload under the Shaw-Saill flag.

Homeward bound from Wellington theQueen Margaret made a call at Monte Videoand continued her voyage on Tuesday last.The vessel left Wellington on January 9.

To continue discharge of her cargo of caseoil from Singapore the Physa was to haveleft Napier yesterday for Wellington.

En route from London to Auckland, Wel-lington, and Lyttelton, the B.M. Rotoruamade a call at Teneriffe and continued hervoyage on Tuesday last. For some timepast the steamers in the mail service haveomitted the call at Teneriffe.

A West Coast exchange states that whenthe Mapourika was at Westport on Fridayof last week by some mischance a portholeon the lower deck was left open, and aftercoal had been taken aboard the vessel listed.A good deal of water, entered the vessel, butthe trouble was quickly discovered andremedied.

We have to acknowledge receipt of asouvenir of the thirty-first voyage of theR.M.S. Corinthic in the way of a tastefullyprinted little booklet, in which are set fortha record of the voyage and the chief events,such as the visit of Neptune, while crossingthe Line, Christmas and New Year celebra-tions, concerts, etc. There is also a tabicshowing the number of miles covered eachday from the time of leaving London onDecember 12, until January 20. The tableshows that the longest distance eovejred inone daily run was 325 miles on December 21.The booklet was on sale on board the vesselfor the price of sixpence, and the proceedswere donated to the Lyttelton Seamen's In-stitute.

The Wanaka left Napier last night forLyttelton with a load of sheep.

The, Rakanoa will leave Lyttelton to-nightfor Westport. *

The Wakatu will arrive at Lyttelton to-night from Kaikoura and Wellington, andprobably go on the slip for cleaning on Mon-day. .;. '

"

The Rakanoa arrived this morning fromGisborne with sheep, but instead of return-ing to the North Island.port, as was origi-nally intended, she proceeds to Greymouthto-night.

Advice has been received that the Scaleschartered steamer Cape Ortegal, which leftAuckland on December 15 for London directwith a large cargo of wool from New Zealandports, including Lyttelton, arrived at Londonon Thursday last, and was thus in time tocatch the February wool sales.

The Hinemoa will leave Wellington at 2o'clock on Tuesday.

METEOROLOGICAL.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER.

Meteorological observations taken at theMagnetic Observatory, Christchurch, at 9.30a.m. to-day:—

Barometer, 29.676, falling.Maximum temperature during preceding

24 hours, 62.0. .

Minimum temperature during preceding 24hours, 42.8.

Air temperature at 9.30 a.m., 62.0.Humidity per cent., 66.Maximum temperature in sun during pre-

ceding 24 hours, 114.Minimum thermometer on grass during pre-

ceding 24 hours, 35.1.Wind, N.E. light.Cloud (0-10), 5.Rainfall during previous 24 hours, nil.

Readings at Noon.Barometer, 29.664, falling rapidly.Air temperature, 60."3.Cloud (0-10), 7.Wind, N.E. moderate.

WEATHER EEFOBTS.(From observations taken at 9 a.m.)Station. Wind. Bar. Ther. Wthr.

?ape MariaV.D. SE 1 b 29.93 65 BRussell .. SWI b 29.90 65 BKaipara Sig.Stn S1 b 29.92 62 GManukau Heads s br 29.92 59 CAuckland .. NW 1 b 29.92 65 CEast Cape .. Nf b 29.79 65 CGisborne .. W1 b 29.70 60 BNapier

.. Calm 29.77 62 BCape Palliser.. El b A 29.77 67 ZCapeEgmont.. WSW 1 b 29.83 59 CWanganui .. Wf b 29.79 61 BCWellington .. N br 29.76 63 BCZCape Campbell NW 1 b 29.65 58 BFarewell Spit W1 b 29.61 62 CWestport .. Sib 29.82 57 OGreymouth . . E1 b 29.84 62 OBealey .. W1 b 29.87 55 BChristchurch .. Calm 29.87 61 BCTimaru .. E1 b 29.83 61 BOamaru '..'' NE 1 b 29.73 60 ODunedin .. SW 1 b > 29.71 57 OQueeristowh' ~ Calm 29.69 57 BONuggets

.. Calm 29.76 56 OBluff .. WSW 1 b 29.76 54 BC

Wind:—l, light; br, breeze; f b, freshbreeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole orheavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity.

Weather.—B, blue sky, be the atmosphereclear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D,drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, darkweather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O,overcast; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R,rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder;U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy.

MAIL NOTICES.Mails close at Christchurch Post Officii as

under: —THIS AFTERNOON.

Latefee. Train

Northern ports, per p.m.Wahine 6.0 C.30 7.23

Tonga, Samoa, Fiji,United States, Canada,West Indies, UnitedKingdom, and Con-tinent, via 'Frisco,per Wahine, to connectwith Maheno and »

Ventura 6.0 6.30 7.23Australian States, South

Africa, etc., perWahine* to connectwith Maheno . .

.. 6.0 6.30 7.23

Chatham Islands, perWahine, to connect

'with Himitangi .. 6.0 6.30 7.23Northern ports, per p.m.

Monowai 7.20 7.35 9.15MONDAY.

Dunedin and South .. 7.0 a.m.11.0 11.15 11.55

OTHER MAILS.There will be a daily mail service to and

from the West Coast up to February 27.

MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, ETC.TO-DAY.

Theatre Royal—The Court Cards. -

Cathedral Square—Everybody's ContinuousPictures.

His Majesty's—Hayward's Pictures, 8.High Street—Globe Pictures (continuous).Sydenham—Co-op. Pictures, 8.

TO-MORROW.Colosseum—Orchestral Society's Concert.

The Sun

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915.

THE INVASION OF EGYPT.

The attack on the Suez Canal hascommenced, and it is destined to fail.It must fail because of the very pre-paredness of the British militaryauthorities, who, however much theymay have been hampered by well-in-tentioned pacifists in England, were lefta free hand in the safeguarding of thevital channels of British trade. Singa-pore, Suez, Malta, Gibraltar—these essen-tial points have always been kept readyand practically impregnable. Englandhas too big an interest in the Canal, andhas been in Egypt too long not to haveforeseen possibilities and taken everystrategical advantage. The chief dif-ficulty that England has tp consider is arising of the Egyptian Nationalists insupport of the Turks, and to overaweany such attempt there is an army of occu-pation in Egypt consisting of New Zea-landers, Australians, English Territor-ials and Regulars, and Soudanese, whocare little for the aspirations of themodern Egyptians. There are lines ofrailway running from Port Said to thesouth of Egypt, extending into the Sou-dan, and by these lines the mobilisationof thousands of troops at short notice ismade possible. Post Said is guarded,the 100 miles of the Canal is guarded,and England commands the IndianOcean and the entrance to the PersianGulf. What hope has Turkey, weakenedby her recent disastrous struggle withthe. Balkan States and Greece, toachieve the conquest of Egypt? Theholy war that Germany hoped to raise,the Jehad that would call every Moslemin India, in Africa, in the Malay penin-sula, to fight against the guardian ofthe world's gateways, has failed miser-ably. Even though Turkey has herthousands in Asia Minor, and eventhough they are equipped with Germanmoney and arms, it will avail her noth-ing in the end. Turkey was intriguedinto the war without being prepared forwar, and though she has been preparingever since the beginning of November,when Enver Bey betrayed his country,we know that England, too, has beenpreparing. Egypt is now a well-fedcountry, a granary, watered, railed, andarmed. The British troops are on thespot, but the Turkish army must marchhundreds of miles across waterlessdeserts with only slow camel transports.Yet it is never wise to despise one'senemy—ever since Turkey was drawninto the conflict armies have been en-rolled. Turkish armies from Europe,army corps from Mosul and Damascus,bodies of Bedouin Arabs, have been pre-paring and marching south. The Ger-mans have dispatched mines to be laidin the Gulf of Akaba, and they, have en-deavoured to raise the Syrians. Theserious attack on the. Canal is yet tocome, but it is certain that the Britishtroops have long since seized the chiefstrategical points for their artillery.The officers in command in Egypt areall men who have had long experience inEgyptian campaigns—they are not like-ly to leave things to chance. Besidesthe colonial and Indian troops, thereare in Egypt battalions of such Britishregulars as the Devons, the Wore esters,the Northumberlands, and the GordonHighlanders, and there are other regu-lars to be called on from the Mediter-

I ranean stations. Another point of de-fence not to be overlooked is that thereis nothing to prevent French and Brit-ish warships entering the Canal andkeeping back the invaders, while Brit-ish ships from the Pacific keepguard on the Red Sea and the PersianGulf. This brush in which our NewZealanders were concerned could have

j been but a comparatively small affair,

but when the larger attack develops theadvantages are very much on the side ofthe British forces.

Two cheerful cable messages yesterday,apart from the news of the New Zea-landers on the Suez Canal, were the sink-ing of a German auxiliary cruiser offPatagonia by H.M.A.S. Australia—an-other dainty tit-bit for the Commonwealthgame bag—and Lord Sydenham's reviewof the six months of the war. Lord Syd-enham is one of the first authorities onmodern fortifications, and cau be trustedto know what he is talking about. Hesums up the result of the six months'operations in half-a-dozen words: ''Ger-many, though still unconquercd, isbeaten.'' The confident note in the sur-vey is impressively reassuring, coming asit does from an analytical observer whomust be granted an intimate knowledgedenied to those outside the Allies GeneralStaffs and the War Office. Lord Syd-enham declares that the German offensivehas been effectually ended, and here itmay pertinently be pointed out, with allrespect for such an authority, that aclever, forceful ring-fighter, after hisattacks have been thoroughly beaten downby his more vigorous opponent, may con-ceivably (in boxing parlance) earn adraw by reason of his skilful defensivetactics. However, accepting the expert'sdeclaration as accurate, the vicious Ger-man onslaughts may be likened to thesnapping of the wolf, at bay and desper-ate. If this comparatively satisfactorycondition obtains at this stage, we canhope for a vast improvement when, duringthe coming Spring,'Britain's second mil-lion fighting men, well equipped and withadequate artillery supports, are flung intothe western battle-line. Recent reportsfrom this front have been of such anature as to dispel the optimism inducedby earlier smooth predictions, but LordSydenham's assurance that the existingposition does not represent a deadlock iscomforting.

Yesterday, in the correspondencecolumns of The Sun, a citizen whotakes a keen interest in the welfare ofChristchurch and the West Coast, hint-ed his disappointment at the inabilityof the Minister of Public Works to giveany idea as to • when tha Otira tunnelwould be completed and the long-await-ed and important link between this cityand the Coast joined up. This corres-pondent asked for the use of ourcolumns to stir up the minds of the localbodies with regard to the Midland rail-way, and we cordially agree with himthat there is need for an agitation onthis matter. At the same time, it mustbe pointed out that if the Minister can-,not provide the information sought, itwould be useless applying elsewhere.Christchurch wants that railway trackthrough the Alps badly. Christchurchalso needs it. Once the West Coast islinked up with the East Coast, themajor proportion of the trade nowtransported to the North Island by themarine service will be diverted throughthis city to Lyttelton. That will be astate of affairs as good for Christchurchas for the West Coast, with all its min- jing possibilities, its timber industry,and miles of dairying land, unexcelledin the Dominion. The Coast is- wait-ing to be tapped of its latent wealth,and until the Midland railway is com-pleted, there can be no sensible pro-gress in settlement, mining, or anythingelse. The true and belated developmentof the West Coast demands the com-pletion of the line as a work of ur-gency, but, as things are, we are afraidthat will not help matters much. Asfor the local members pushing alongan agitation for more expedition, ourcorrespondent must, in this, prepare him-self for disappointment. Most of ourpoliticians are generally too busy"pushing (metaphorically and collo-quially speaking) their own barrows."to trouble about the Midland railway.No doubt these members will be verymuch on hand when the tunnel is pierc-ed, and the occasion is duly celebrated.

One of Kipling's whole-hearted free-spoken "Tommies," his eyes on Man-dalay, asked:Put me somewhere East of Suez, where

the best is like the worst,Where there>ain?t no Ten Command-

ments, and a man can raise athirst. ..."

It is "somewhere East of Suez"(or thereabouts) where our goodNew Zealanders are to-day, inter-posing a brave line and soundsteel between the Canal and the Turkishadventurers. Already our lads havebeen "blooded":—a small matter oftwo casualties, so far as we know, butstill a guarantee that they have begunthe serious business of war, and againsta redoubtable enemy, notwithstandingthe opinion of a returning Otago officerthat the Turkish Army is not takenseriously. The New Zealanders haveimportant responsibilities allotted them,and we must be prepared to hear ofmore material losses in their ranks whenthe invasion develops in real earnest.However it be, the Dominion may restassured that its honour is safe in thekeeping of its representatives in Egypt.Under fire for the first time, they haveborne themselves bravely enough tomerit a warm tribute from an Imperialofficer of long experience and highstanding. For untried men, this sen-sation of facing German-led and Ger-man-trained troops, armed probablywith Krupp artillery and machine-guns,is an exacting test, and it is good toknow that the New Zealanders haveemerged so creditably from the ordeal.None can doubt but that they will con-tinue to do as well, or better, whenthe battle is fairly joined, and, undercover of the batteries, they are sentin with the bayonet.

ONE YEAR OLD.

THE SUN'S FIRST ANNIVERSARY.

WINNING ITS WAY.

A year ago to-day, The Sun made itsappearance in Christchurch. For manyyears previously the Newspaper Trustheld undisputed sway, and the adventof this journal was the first challengeto a monopoly that had grown fat andarrogant with prosperity.

Needless to say, the establishment ofThe Sun was resented by the Trust,which has been spending its energiesever since in a futile effort to regainthe newspaper field to itself.

With one or two exceptions, such asthe Christchurch Gas Company, everybusiness concern of any magnitude inthis city has been compelled to facelegitimate competition in its own lineof business. Competition is the lifeof trade. A healthy rivalry stimulatesenterprise and reacts favourably on thebusinesses concerned and the communityin general, and newspapers are. no ex-ception to the rule.LOOKING BACKWARDS.

The public should hardly require tobe reminded of the kind of eveningpapers issued by the Newspaper Trustabout 18 months ago. These papersconsisted of a single sheet (except onSaturdays) containing four pages ofmatter, two :of were usuallylifted from the morning papers, withouteven, the being altered.- Thepractice of "filling-' up" its eveningpapers with morning paper pabulumis still followed,by the Trust, but thepublic now get fresh headings, inlarger type, for which one hopes theyare grateful.

A change speedily came over thescene with the issue of The Sun. Thispaper gives its readers more news andreading matter for their penny thanany other evening paper proprietary inNew Zealand.

It was really the pioneer in dailynewspaper illustration, because althoughthe Trust made feeble efforts toillustrate, before The Sun waspublished, and still spends a largeamount of money on what are supposedto be illustrations, it remained for TheSun to set a standard in printing thatis admittedly unequalled in Australasia.WINNING A PUBLIC.

Prom its first issue The Sun caughton with the public. Its circulation andadvertising business have grown stead-ily, and in both departments it is with-out a rival amongst evening papers inthe South Island from the Waitaki toCook Strait. It has accomplished thisin one short year, in the face of strenu-ous and unscrupulous opposition, andhas proved that it has come to stay.

Many new and distinctive featureshave been introduced to local journal-ism by The Sun. It is the only paperin the British Empire (with the possibleexception of one or two Canadian jour-nals) to transplant bodily to its pages,illustrated articles that have helped tomake the reputation of the New York''Herald.'' This great American paper,which has been a household wordthroughout, the Englishrspeaking worldever since its enterprising proprietorsent H. M. Stanley to Africa to findLivingstone, was one of the first in thefield with what is known in journalismas Sunday Magazine matter. The let-terpress and illustrations for these feat-ures are prepared with great care andat enormous expenes. The proprietorsof The Sun made an arrangement bywhich they obtained the exclusive rightto reproduce a number of these featurepages in The Sun, antl our readers havehad the benefit of them during the pastyear.OTHEE FEATURES.

In the domain of sport it is also aease of The Sun first and the rest no-where. The Sun's sporting and ath-letic, writers are experts, and their bi-weekly reviews of spoi't and outdoorgames have made the paper the leadingSporting Daily in the Dominion.

During the last session of ParliamentThe Sun was the recipient of many flat-tering to the fulness and ex-cellence ,of its parliamentary reports,which attracted attention in other cen-tres of the Dominion. When the gen-eral election followed The Sun gavefuller and more impartial reports of poli-tical meetings than any other Christchurchnewspaper, and candidates of all shadesof political opinion cheerfully acknow-ledged the fair treatment they had re-ceived at the hands of The Sun re-porters. Local affairs have been treatedwith the same liberality in the matterof space, and The Sun's reports ofmeetings of municipal and other publicbodies are recognised to 1be of the fullestand most reliable description.

Another department which has assist-ed to win The Sun a reputation forbrightness and originality is it women'spage, which generally contains an illus-trated article of topical interest, suchas will be found on page 6 of this issue.Many public institutions have been il-lustrated and described in this depart-ment of the paper, and copies of TheSun containing these articles have al-ways been in great request for sendingabroad.THE FUTURE,

As far as the future is concerned,The Sun has' every reason to regard itwith confidence. Some of the technicalimperfections in connection with theproduction of the earlier numbers of thepaper have been corrected, and thewhole business has been organised onthoroughly modern lines. No otherevening paper can compare with its de-livery by runners in every part of thecity and suburbs, New Brighton, Sum-ner, Cashmere Hills, Lyttelton, and thecountry tOAvnships, and The Sun findsits way by this means into thousandsof homes every night. It is popularwith all classes in the community, andevery week sees many new subscribersadded to its list.

The proprietors are grateful to thepublic for the way they have supportedthe paper, and every effort will be madeduring the second year to increase itsinterest and usefulness.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

"Christchurchian."—Hardly worth troublingabout.

"An Unsuperior Person who Enlisted."—You make out no case at all. Your sneerat the Citizens' Defence Force is as un-deserved as it is childish.

DEFENCE FORCE UNIFORMS.To the Editor of SHE SUN.

Sir, —A correspondent signing himself''St. Albans No. 4'' ventures to criticisein rather offensive terms the scheme forproviding uniforms for the Citizens' De-fence Corps. He says the corps "wilibe an empty show for a few weeks ormonths." It seems to me that a memberwith as little faith in the future of thecorps had better get out at once. Thoseof us who are putting real work into themovement feel that the time has comewhen uniforjns are a necessity. The out-fit suggested by the committee is smart,serviceable and cheap, and I feel sure thatthe proposal will be carried by a largemajority on Wednesday. We have theright men at the head of the movement,and Ave can confidently rely on their judg-ment in this as well as other matters.The Citizens' Defence Corps has come tostay, in spite of a few fainthearts suchas your St. Albans correspondent.—l am,etc.,

STAND FAST.

WHY NOT A BADGE?To the Editor of THE SUN.

Sir,—After parade oil Wednesday even-ing it was suggested that the C.D.C.should have uniforms, consisting of hat,shirt, belt, and trousers, at a cost to eachindividual member of 20/6, certainly in-expensive. I was very pleased that the

| final decision was left till next Wednes-day, in order to allow each platoon toconsider the matter. Pei-sonally, I failto see the necessity for a uniform at all;I think the adoption of a badge similarto the one worn by the English D.efenceForces, viz., red band with "Cr.E;/'would meet the requirements. There aremany calls upon one's purse jusl; now, andthere will doubtless be many, more lateron, in the face of which it seems folly toincur needless expense. If every man canafford a pound, which I doubt, it maysurely be put to a better use than buyinguniforms. lam afraid if the propositionis carried it will not only thin our presentranks, but deter others from joining.—I am, etc.,

February 5. NAT WOODS.

A WASTEFUL PROPOSAL.To the Editor of THE SUN.

Sir,—I am entirely in accord with thesentiments of "St. Albans No. 4,"whose letter anent the above appearedin The Sun of the sth inst. At thisjuncture it certainly seems a hair-brained idea to expend £BOO to £IOOOon "uniforms when the amount would bebetter spent on rifles, andrange gear.. If, when, the Citizens De-fence Corps passes in its marble, itleaves a decently equipped rifle rangebehind it, it will have done something.For my own part, if the time arrivesto get into uniform again, there are theTerritorials and the reinforcements.—lam, etc.,'

ST. ALBANS IV. (2).St. Albans,

February 6, 1915. .

RECRUITING-IN CANTERBURY.To the Editor of THE SUN.

Sir,—l notice in to-night's Sun an

interview with a Christchurch gentle-man who takes an" interest m defencematters, in which he complains thatfault cannot be found with the youngmen of Canterbury for not enlisting in

greater numbers because they do nothave the same incentive to offer them-selves as me.n in the North Island have.He advocates that camps should be es-tablistied in the four centres, and the

men from the various districts keptthere until a week or two 1 fore theysail. This is, of course, impossible, andwould defeat the whole scheme oftraining. It is necessary that beforethe reinforcements leave the Dominionevery man should be put through alengthy aud arduous period of training,and he must be trained with thein which he will eventually1 serve. Then,again, the expense of establishing thesecamps would be absolutely prohibitiveand there would not be. enough drillinstructors to go round. Already thereis . a shortage, and the Government isasking for applications from ex,-Armysergeants for appointment to the in-structional staff. Huts are being builtat Trentham to accommodate large num-bers of troops for several years—shouldthe war last so long—and the- recruitsalso have there the advantage of one ofthe best natural training grounds in theDominion, and also of New Zealand'smost completely equipped rifle range.Further, at Trentham there will also beestablished the military, base hospital.The Trentham site is an ideal one, andis owned by the Governm" it. No simi-lar site could be obtained in the neigh-bourhood of any of the other cities ex-cept at considerable expense. The slow-ness of recruiting in Canterbury is notdue to any lack of incentive. If suchwere needed, surely, sir, it has beenprovided in the series of articles recent-ly appearing in The Sun. The youngmen of Canterbury do not realise theirduty, and it rests with the citizens of ;Christchurch to see that they arebrought to a sense of their responsibil-ity. Your article last night showedthat 50 per cent, of the men in thestrength of the Fr-st Regiment do noteven take the trouble to attend theirweekly parades. If they are so un-patriotic as to neglect this simple duty,the establishment of a hundred campswould not draw them to the Colours.—lam, etc.,

SHAKE 'EM UP.

GOVERNMENT BORROWING FORPRIVATE BENEFIT.

To the Editor ot THE SUN.Sir,—Mr Hiley, the general manager of

the New Zealand Railways, in his report,pages 13 and 14, says, referring to theproposed new railway from Auckland toWestfield:—

"The new railway will open out' anentirely new suburban area for Auckland,bringing Orakei, Panmure, and the desir-able country in this neighbourhood withina few minutes by train of the businesscentre of the city. It is to be regrettedthat the Department cannot claim somecompensation from the landowners in theshape of a betterment rate, to assist inmeeting the expense of building the rail-way. "

Mr Hiley refers to the landowners of''Orakei, Panmure, and the desirablecountry in this neighbourhood," but whynot also the owners in ''the business cen-tre of the city," and, to a degree, theowners of land all over New Zealand?It is certainly "to be regretted" thatthis Dominion is not ruled by a Parlia-ment which will see that a just and equit-able "compensation from the land-owners" (not merely of Orakei and Pan-mure) is forthcoming. Why should theworkers of New Zealand borrow some

hundreds of thousands sterling to buildthis railway which will inevitably shovelat least pouud for pound into the pockets*of a few private individuals? What iswrong with the Single Tax, or at any ratea substantial instalment of the same?The Single Taxer holds the key to th»situation, and is the only one who does,;—I am, etc.,

C. H. NIGHTINGALE.Christchurch, February 5.

SHIPPING AND SEAMEN ACT.To the Editor of THE SUN.

Sir,—lt was with mixed feelings thatI read the effusion above the nom deplume of "Cerberus," which appeared inyour previous evening's edition. Evident-ly your correspondent was in a sarcastic;vein when referring to Mr W. T. Young.I am sure the general secretary of theSeamen's Union will appreciate his re-marks at their true value. What a task"Cerberus" sets the so-called "SquareDeal'' Government when he asks them todissect the Merchant Shipping Act fromAto Z! Does ''Cerberus'' know that theabove Act is a mighty weighty tome, com-prising some 700 clauses? Abler menthan "Cerberus" have, spent much timeand brains over the said Act, and yet attimes are befogged. It is sheer nonsenseto say that the law is all on the side ofthe seamen. Before I close, I will give"Cerberus" one instance to think about:If a seaman absents himself from a vesselfor a day without permission, he hastwo days' pay deducted. Can he nameany 'longshore men's- union that wouldtolerate such conditions? I think not.Peruse the Merchant Shipping Act,"Cerberus," and you will find numerousinstances such as the above.—l am, etc.,

EDWARD WARGRAVE.February 5. .

THAT "SQUARE DEAL."To the Editor of THE SUN".Sir,—As one of your subscribers, I feelI must answer "Cerberus' " letter re theabove Act; I don't know whether he isaware that the "Square Deal" Govern-ment did give us a "square deal" in 1913when the strike was- on. They revokedcertain Acts, so that anybody could workon the ships, when in normal times youhad to have your papers to say that youwere capable of taking a situation, whe-ther on deck as A.B. or below as a fire-

r2LaD" om" correspondent said a lot aboutthe suffering public, but if the UnionSteam fehip Company thought anythingabout the public they should have put theengineer objected to ashore and let theMaori go 011 to Wellington, and then themen could have settled their grievancethei e. There as a .big difference betweenthe officers and engineers and the otheremployees; the officers and engineers cando what they like, .and nothing is said.But let the other employees do the sameas the officers, and all the liberty theyget is 24 hours' nGtice to leave.—l am.etc.,NOT CEBgERUS.

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

THE SPIRIT OF HUNGARY.Hungary cannot be acquitted of nrg-

nig Austria on, by the mouth of herPrime Minister, in the desperate courseson which she so deliberately embarked.'But conviction of sin is iot necessarily -

coincident with willingness td bear chas-tisement, especially if dt be unsharedby partners in guilt. whichis showing itself in Bohemia and : Hun-gary can make out quite a substantialcase for itself. It will not be easilyexorcised at the best;-a few moreAustro-German failures and it'will notbe possible to exorcise it at all,—"Daily News andAMERICA KNOWS. <

After all, Americans are* not foohvThey have read-the story of Louvain,of Termonde,. of Dinant,. arid of manyanother Belgian town -.3 village. Theyknow the history of the "scrap ofpaper" which guaranx-ed the neutral-ity of Belgium, and hey know howGermany makes war *»nd precisely whatGerman "kultur" and civilisation are-worth. "We in this country are anxious ■'that they should knr~- all the facts andthat they should be rHowed to formtheir own judgment upon them.—' <DaihrNews. ,, ■. , . ;

A MISCALCULATION. :

The Germans have allualong ' woe-fully miscalculated ihe temper oftheir enemies, but they; 'never madea bigger mistake than 'when theysought to shake our determination bya wanton bombardment of Seaside re-sorts.—London "Evening News."STEADY AND BEADY.

As a matter of fact, we are a peoplehard to be moved by enthusiasm, harder"still- to be moved by fear, a little too con-fident of our luck, a little too ready toundervalue opponents,. has beenproved in France and Flankers—capableof fighting, when once we begin, with thestubbornness of the Teuton and the dashof the Latin.—■"Express;*"THE DISTORTION OF WAB. :

- To make war palatable weT have to con-tend that the people with;.whom we wereliving in completest amity yesterday, to-day wear horns and are possessed of everyattribute of the Evil One'; 1 The passionwhich we have to work ourselves up to iiiorder to reach the pitch when we cheer-fully sacrifice our dearest clouds the judg-ment and makes us view everythingthrough spectacles utterly' distorting.—New York '* Evening Post.' *•"'

THE' INCUBUS OF HATE.Hatred is a disturbing'•' and distorting

emotion and better out of the way whenthere is serious work to be done. It neverleads to anything that lasts, and as apractical people we look upon it as rathera hindrance than otherwise. We do notneed its stimulus to endure and to resistwith every ounce of strength and resolu-tion we possess.—" Daily Mail."ONE MISCALCULATION, ..

Among the many miscalculations ofwhich German diplomacy has beenguilty, none was ; more absurd or restedupon more slender evidence than thatwhich was concerned with the loyalty ofthe Empire as a whole. —London ''Even-ing News."WAR AND HUMANITY. !

Because virile people usually have beenwarriors it does not follow that warinak-ing made them virile. Unquestionably,the necessity of fighting has developed innations the warrior virtues, courage, de-termination, ejonquest of pain, fidelity,,patience, unity, obedience. But so alsodoes the necessity of living. ,so far asmost of the human race is concerned.—Chicago "Tribune."TEE DACIA CASE.

The Dacia would simply be carryingon under the American flag the sametrade for the benefit of Germany thatshe was carrying on- before the warunder the German flag. No doubt theBritish Government would in any caseindemnify neutral shippers for any lossthey might incur through the seizure ofthe cargo, but it is certain that it woulduse every available right to prevent thecargo from reaching Germany.—"Aus-tralasian."

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The quantities of kauri gum beingshipped weekly from the Northern Wai-roa, it is estimated, do not exceed thi-eetons, whereas prior to the 'war thirtytons were so handled. The averageweekly quantity dug approximates eighttons, but s,owing to the depressed stateof the market, country buyers are (saysthe Auckland ''Herald'') chary of pur-chasing more than is necessary to liqui-date the indebtedness of diggers forfood supplies. At the same time, theregular diggers, amongst whom aresome 300 Croatians, do not appear over-anxious to sell, and are storing theirgum on the fields, being satisfied thatat the cessation of the war all grades ofthe material will command higher ratesthan those which have ruled hitherto.

SWEPT BACK

By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.

V FIGHTING NEW ZEALANDERS.

THE TWO CASUALTIES.

NELSON MAN DANGEROUSLYWOUNDED.

Press Association.

iLAWRENCE, February 5.

The Minister of Defence has receiv-ed the following message from theAssistant-Adjutant of the Expedition-ary Force: —

"The following are the casualties:TWELFTH (NELSON) COMPANY.

. "Sergeant A. J. Williams, slightly.wounded in the shoulder.

, ;!;i VPrivate W. A, Ham, dangerously' -''wouiidied in the neek."

' Williams's parents live in London,and Hani's people belong to Motueka,Nelson.

The Hon. James Allen has sent amessage to the latter's parents, in-forming them of the nature of thecasualty to their son.

THE BATTLE DESCRIBED.

ATTACK BEGINS AT 3 A.M.

SPLENDID PROWESS OFBRITISHERS.

By Cable.—Press Association.—CopyrightCAIRO, February 5.

An official announcement sums up thefighting thus:—"The invasion of Egypthas taken the form of Turkish prisonersbeing brought to Cairo."

The statement goes on. to say thatthe forces engaged were truly Imperial,and the conduct of the troops excellent.

•Other accounts state that Turkish in-fantry attacked Toussoun at three inthe inorningj during a sandstorm, andmade a resolute attempt to cross theCanal, covered by heavy Maxim fire. Abombardment of Toussoun and Sera-peum followed at daybreak.

The Turks were prodigal in their ex-penditure of ammunition, but theirshooting was very bad.

'Fighting continued until half-pastthree, when the advance of British in-fantty from Serapeum compelled theTurks to fly, leaving many dead in thedesert below the sandhills east of theCanal.

The warship Hardinge was twice hitfcy shells, and had ten wounded.

The British wounded included a fewof the Egyptian field artillery, nearSerapeum, who behaved with splendidcourage.

Twelve thousand Turks took part inthe attack.

v TURKS ENTRENCHED.

FIGHTING AT 800 YARDS.

OUTPOST AFFAIR AT EL KANTARA

CAIRO, February 5.Two thousand Turks were discovered

entrenched at the Ismailia ferry, eighthundred yards in front of the Britishline, and kept up an intermittent fire.

The Turks attacked the British out-

THE ADVANCE ON EGYPT |

HOW THE TURKS WERE ROUTEDAT SUEZ

BRITAIN'S THREE MILLIONS

GERMANY THREATENS DESTRUCTION OF SHIPPINGA

PROHIBITION OF EXPORT OF WOOL TO AMERICA CAUSESCONSTERNATION

To-day's cables contain further interesting descriptions of the fight-

ing in the vicinity of the Suez Canal, in which the New Zealand infantryparticipated.

The German Admiralty has issued a warning that all hostile mer-- chant ships in British waters after February 18, will be destroyed,

regardless of passengers or crews.A Japanese cruiser has been totally wrecked on the Mexican coast.The British Army Estimates provide for three million men, ex-

clusive of those serving in India.Further information is to hand of the narrow escape of the hospital

ship Asturias, which was attacked by a German submarine.Further fighting has been taking place in the east, the Russians, by a

series of brilliant bayonet charges, overwhelming the enemy, who, how- .

ever, has been putting up a most stubborn resistance.Consternation has been caused amongst wool buyers at the total pro-

hibition of the export of wool from the Commonwealth to the UnitedStates, a step which was taken on the advice of the Imperial authorities.

posts at Kantara early in the morning,and were quickly driven off, losingtwenty-nine killed, twenty-five wound-ed, and thirty-six prisoners. -

A British officer and twenty-eight In-dians were killed or wounded.

Turkish prisoners were marchedthrough the streets of Cairo, roped to-gether. Some of the deserters belongedto a body of irregulars forcibly impress-,ed from Bedouins, in Southern Pales-tine, by Muntaz Pasha, Enver Pasha'sformer "'aide-de-camp, who was im-prisoned for murdering a brother officerat Salonica. Muntaz escaped and be-came a highwayman in Palestine, andis now leader of the Turkish advanceguard.

MELBOURNE, February 5.General Maxwell has cabled to Sena-

tor Pearee:—"Australian Engineerswere employed in the defence of theCanal, under fire, and comported them-selves as you would wish."

BRITISH CAPTURES.

GUNS, AMMUNITION, ANDPRISONERS.

TURKS' TOTAL CASUALTIES.

(Received February 6, 8.45 a.m.)CAIRO, February 5.

The British captured three machineguns and ninety camels laden withstores and ammunition; also six hun-dred prisoners.

The Turks abandoned four hundreddead.

Their casualties are estimated tohave been 2400.

ONE RESULT ~OF THE BRUSH.

RECRUITING BOOM EXPECTED.

AUSTRALIA'S EFFOKT NOT ENDED

(Received February 6, 10 a.m.)SYDNEY, February 6.

The Hon. G. F. Pearce anticipatesthat the Australasians' brush with theTurks in Egypt will result in a noble re-vival of recruiting. He points out thatwith the departure of the April contin-gent, the Expeditionary Force, includ-ing those in the Pacific, will reach atotal of sixty thousand.

The new contingent has not markedthe limit of Australia's effort.

NO EGYPTIAN SEASON.

LIFE IN CAIRO.

AUSTRALASIANS' BEHAVIOURADMIRABLE.

"Times" and "Sydney Sun" Services.(Received February b', 8 a.m.)

LONDON, February 5.A Cairo report says there will be no

Egyptian season this year. Therewill be few tourists, and no richAmericans, no processions, dances,or race meetings. Most of thehotels are closed; yet the city isanimated enough. There was a timewhen tho <r non-coms" and men, especi-ally the colonials, gathered in the twoprincipal hotels and stayed till allhours, but latterly there have been re-strictions. The conduct of the Britishand Australasians has been admirable.One wonders why no British tea rooms

have been opened, if only for the bene-fit of the Australasians, who are teadrinkers par excellence.

A BARBAROUS THREAT.

DESTRUCTION OF BRITISH SHIPS.

NO REGARD FOR PASSENGERS ORCREWS.

AMSTERDAM, February 5.The German Admiralty warns neu-

trals that after the 18th every hostilemerchant ship on British seas and inthe Channel will be destroyed, regard-less of the danger to crew and passen-gers.

The German Admiralty further warns

neutrals not to entrust passengers,crews, or goods to- British vessels, andthat neutral ships will incur dangerowing to Britain's misuse of neutralflags. As stated in the order of Janu-ary 31, accidents in naval warfarecannot always be avoided. Trafficaround the Shetlands, in the east partof the North Sea, and in a strip atleast thirty knots wide along the coastof Holland, will not be endangered.

LONDON, February 5."The Times," in a leader, says that,

in order to attain her ends Germanyhas not hesitated to violate every lawof God and man. She has been guiltyof a calculated and organised barbar-ism in which the history of many cen-turies does not afford a complete paral-lel. Her war methods have broughtmisery to millions, but have not broughtdecisive success. The prospect of irre-trievable failure stares Gennany in theface. Consciousness of ultimate im-potence has led her rulers to fomentamong the people-*hatred of England,whom they blame for the collapse oftheir plans. Germany exaggerates ourpower as the real cause of the failureof her plans.

Prime Minister says that the recentGerman decree makes it evident thatall grain- and flour passes under thecontrol of the Government. If the Wil-lielmina is intercepted she will thereforebe submitted to a Prize Court in orderthat the new situation may be examin-ed. The owners of the Wilhelmina willbe indemnified for any delay, and ship-pers of cargo compensated.

It is untrue, says Mr Asquith, thatBritain is seizing other consignments.No decision has been reached, but theapparent itnention of Germany to sinkto port or providing for the accommo-dation of the crews, or making provi-sion against the loss of civil life, andthe attempt to torpedo a hospital ship,have seriously raised the question whe-ther Britain should retaliate against

German trade, taking care, not to in-[ flict loss on neutral ships which havesailed before warning has been given.

A captain writes: "Resistance ofmerchantmen to submarines is nonsense.We sighted U2l on Sunday, and thanksto the engineers speeding us up we man-aged to evade the raider. We longedfor a 7in gun. The submarine wouldhave disappeared for ever."

PERTINENT QUERIES.

SHALL BRITAIN STAND BY?

"Times'' and "Sydney Sun" Services.

(Received February 6, 8 a.m.)LONDON, February 5.

"The Times," in a leader on the Wil-helmina's shipment of foodstuffs, asks:—"How and when the German Govern-ment proclaimed a monopoly of food-stuffs f Can civilian foodstuffs be dis-tinguished from military, and are Ger-many's enemies to stand by while she issupplying her armed forces from neutralports?"

SHOULD BRITAIN RETALIATE.GERMANY'S GRAIN AND FLOUR

STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER.

LONDON, February 5.The Foreign Minister announces that

the Prime Minister is in receipt of theGerman Admiralty's statement. The

TO STARVE ENGLAND.

GERMANY'S REVENGE.

"WE ARE NOT GOING TO DIE OFFAMINE."

(Received February 6, 8.45 a.m.)COPENHAGEN, February 5.

Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, on beinginterviewed, said that Germany woulduse every opportunity to starve Eng-land, in revenge for her starving of

German\\ Neutrals need not protest;they must take the consequences. "Weare not going to die of famine, " headded.

OPINION IN AUSTRALIA.

MORE GERMAN BLUSTER.

CONFIDENCE IN BRITAIN.

(Received February 6, 9.10 a.m.)SYDNEY, February 6.

Shipping circles regard the Germanthreat to attack unarmed merchantmenwith equanimity. The general opinionis that this is another instance of Ger-man bluster, and that the British Navyis quite capable of protecting the mer-

OUTRAGE IN CANADA.

THE CULPEIT'S CONFESSION.

"GERMANY PAID FOR THE JOB."

(Received February 6, 8.30 a.m.)VANCOUVER, February 5.

Van Home, the German who was ar-

rested for attempting to dynamite theSaint Croix River bridge, informed thepolice that all the arrangements had beenmade by Germany, who paid for the job.

The object of the crime was to stopBritish supplies passing over the bridge.

SENSATION IN SYDNEY.

AMERICAN WOOL SUPPLIES, CUTOFF.

INSTRUCTIONS FROM SECRETARYOF STATE.

chant service. This sort of thing isalways expected, and the wonder is thatwe have had so little of it. Vessels arefilling as usual.

The General Manager of the OrientLine thinks that the Germans areable of any action after the attack on*the hospital ship Asturias. Possiblythe war rates will be raised, but it isinconceivable, in view of other Germanthreats, that the public are going tobe intimidated;

Colonel Burns, of Burns, Philp, andCo., says i-1-"Surely the greatest seaPower in the world is capable of un-dertaking everything necessary for thesafety of vessels in the Channel. Thethreat is a kind of desperate appeal totry and frighten people from followingtheir usual business.

(Received February 6, 9.10 a.m.)SYDNEY, February 6. *

The stoppage of export of merinowools to America has- caused some con-sternation. The American free buyinghas been one of the v boom factors inthe recent sales.

Prior to his departure for Melbourneyesterday evening, a deputation of woolbuyers obtained the Hon. F. G. Tudor'spromise that the matter would be fur-ther considered at a Cabinet meetingon Monday. The issue of the proclama-tion, he said, was unavoidable, but ifit were possible to amend it, it doubt-less would be done.

It transpires that the order was issuedas the result of a dispatch from theSecretary of State for the Colonies.

The Right Hon. Andrew Fisher statedthat there was good and sufficientreason for the step, but all it was ad-visable to say at present was that theaction had been taken in the publicinterest.

As the export of crossbred wool tothe United States has previously beenprohibited, the new order means thatno worol will be allowed to be shippedthere. *

The sailing of the steamer Lord Erne,with 10,754 bales, which had beencleared for Boston, has been stopped.

RUSSIAN POSITIONS SWEPT.

GERMANS' POISONOUS SHELLS.

A BRILLIANT RECOVERY.

(Received February 6, 12.15 p.m.)FETROGRAD, February 5.

The Germans for two days and nightsswept the Russian positions at Borzi-mow with six hundred massed guns.

Many of the shells emptied out suffo-cating gases, covering the trenches witha poisonous pall, but the Russians splen-didly dug themselves in, and afterwardscharged with fifty quickfirers with irre-sistible impetuosity, capturing fourteenguns.

RUSSIA'S IMMENSE SACRIFICE.SENSE OF QUIET CONFIDENCE.

WHAT THE WAR WILL DO FOEHER.HOSPITAL SHIP AND TORPEDO.

, LUCKY ESCAPE OF ASTURIAS.

AN OFFICER'S PROMPTITUDE.

(Received February 6, 8.30 a.m.)LONDON, February 5.

The hospital ship Asturias has arrivedat Southampton.

Members of the crew state that a catas-trophe was prevented owing to the alert-ness and promptitude of the officer onthe bridge.

Seeing the white track of a torpedo hebrought the vessel round in a short half-circle, and the projectile passed harm-lessly astern.

(Received February 6, 8 a.m.)LONDON, February 5.

A correspondent of the Russian head-quarters points out two outstandingthings, viz., the immensity of the sacri-fice asked for and cheerfully made byRussia, and her sense of quiet .confi-dence in the ultimate result. It mustnot. be forgotten that Russia had todeal with practically all the forces ofAustria and Turkey, as well as theever-increasing proportion of forcesfrom Germany, but she is going steadilythrough with her work. One of thegreatest things the war is doing is inthe revelation to Europe of the simple

goodness of the Russian peasant Aralthe qualities' of the Russian peopfeflThey are going to take their propylplace among the best factors in £uUg<PEuropean civilisation. 7*

THIRTY THOUSAND GERMANS,;TO BELIEVE HUNGARIANS. I

TWO HUNDRED THOUSANDCRACOW.

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(Received February 6, 8.43 a,m.) j&ROME, February 5 t J

Thirty thousand Germans areing to relieve the Hungarian force atrjlKorosmezo, which the RussiasufSlthreaten to envelop. "hi

Of the Germans operating in Central*!Poland two hundred thousandbeen ordered to Cracow, and to raiofllthe siege of Przeinysl. JfRUSSIAN BAYONET CHARGE£k|

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GREAT SUCCESSES ACHIEVED. JGERMANS CLAIM BIG

(Received February 6, 8.45 A.m.) .3PETROGRAD, February &,^

A communique states:— '-isThe Russians, by bayonet charges &%M

Borzimow, captured two lines "oÔftrenches. They are progressing in tKe/JlCarpathians, and captured two thousan4^,|prisoners and ten mitrailleuses neaijjUszen. They withdrew from the Folilc» v 'Mholki and Beskid Passes to previousry^prepared positions, owing to the enemyri>i|superior numbers.'. The enemy's ftt^-ltempts to advance in the WyszkO^t^Pass have been repelled with heavy^llosses. " _*""3J

•AMSTERDAM, February 5. v|A communique from Berlin states:—*•%

"Strong Russian attacks on positionaleastward of Borzimow were J|We captured four guns, 26 officers, aaa v*|

6000 men." ■',:.'■■ • '*l

KAISER AND KING. /JA VIOLENT QUARREL.

WILHELM SMASHES A MIRROBi^S"■(Received February 6, 8.45-a.xn.) '"?%q|

PARIS, February 5.'M"he Matin'? states that the Kaiser ~ffrecently, when at Charleville,

quarrelled with the King of Saxony,broke hie mirror. The King ofbecame furious, and suddenly departed*^

THE WAR IN AFRICA, j|GERMANS EVACUATE iLNGOLA*-":!

MANY NATIVE RISINGS, /jjj(Received February 6, 8.45 a.m.) -X>|

LISBON, February 5i jThe Germans have evacuated Angola;^

There have, been many native risingfe, Hand several Europeans have been S

THREE MILLION MEN. ;

BRITISH ARMY ESTIMATES,.

'&- -3

COMMISSIONS FOR RANK AND 4FILE. .

.; I(Received February 6, * 8.45 a.m.) _,Vs

LONDON, February 5.The Army Estimates provide for three M

million men, home and colonialexclusive of those serving in India. *|

Commissions have been granted to J4165 men from the ranks since August* *-;-!

TRAVELLERS ILL-TREATED. ITOURIST TRAFFIC STOPPED. "|

LADY SUFFERS GREAT INDIGNITY |

"Times" and "Sydney Sun" Services.(Received February 6, 8 a.m.) *" -

LONDON, February 5. MCopenhagen reports state that travel* '*!

lers who have returned from Germany '.«

loudly complain of ill-treatment by the "Mpolice. All tourist communication has Mbeen stopped. A lady who had not Mbeen provided with a new passport wite.;

arrested. She was undressed, and the '^

Loudon Scottish at musketry drill in Westminster Hall,

BASRA AND THE BAGHDAD RAILWAY.

CUT THIS OUT.

GOOD COUGH MIXTUEE RECIPE^jSAVES ABOUT 10/-. '.;,-<Jj

Everybody knows that family edremedies contain water and sweetenijas well as medicinal ingredients. Bygetting the pure ingredients alone and '

mixing with water and sweetening lithome you obtain a pint for. 2/- instead,of a small bottle that no'time: •'

From your chemist or grocer obtainone bottle of Hean's Essence—

Essence is the undiluted medicinal in-"gradients. Take home and/mix withuwater and sweetening as explained on.;the label. There is »o boiling dr.straining or fuss of any kind.

This will make a pint of better cough.mixture than you can buy ready made,and cave 10/- to 12/-. It will last'along time, and never spoils. »

It takes hold of a cough—-that meansbusiness straightway. It gives $Lsoothing, comforting, warming ' feeling.'all the way down. It is good for soro:

throats, and promptly relievestickle that worries so much. A feijdrops to a child, or'a spoonful to anadult, gives wonderful relief in croupswhooping cough, asthma, bronchitis,etc. There is no poison or harniffct*drug of any kind in the mixture, an<},-as it gives about eight eighteenpennybottles for the price of one, the aboverecipe has become wonderfully popular* i

Hean's Essence is now procurablefrom chemists and stores, 2/- a bottjffior post free, on receipt of price, fraN*.Hean, chemist, Wanganui Note ho'Wf';my name is spelt—H-E-A-N;—foujg '

letters only.


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A. M. LOASBY,(With W. F. McArthur), the Only Pre-,scribing Chemists, 679 Colombo Street,

Christchurch.

You will find it will do your cold good.One dose of Baxter's Lung Preservereases a cough or cold in the head; takea few more doses and get rid of it alto-gether. For all chest troubles Bax-ter's Lung Preserver is a quick, sure,safe remedy; ask anybody who has usedit. For 1/10 you can buy a big bottlefrom any storekeeper or chemist. .192

% ''police discovered innocent letters hidden|[. ia her garments, and she was sent away£?v la the custody of military guards.|r - -___

| IN BRITAIN.j£.; _____

t KING AND LORD KITCHENER.

|; CLOTHING THE ARMY.

S' "Times" and "Sydney Sun" Services.

f" (Received February 6, 8 a.m.)jfc- LONDON, February 5.

The King has placed York House atLord Kitchener's disposal.

£■, Twelve thousand Yorkshire looms areI", making khaki, and fifty thousandJ, tailors are making uniforms, while twot.I hundred factories are making army;f boots.£ The Red Cross Society acknowledgesL" • the Nelson ladies- gift of £4OO for thefr purchase of a motor ambulance.

L-iTALIANS OOING~TO GERMANY.

js.. WORK AT HIGH WAGES.

| - WARNING TO THE EMIGRANTS.

P' 1 (Received February 6, 8.30 a.m.)£*,. liONDON, February 5.?-/-' . Venice reports state that Italian peas-%• '■ fcnte are going to Germany to take upS ; farm and factory work at unusually highf. wages.k, , The papers warn the people against ac-I;. cepting engagements in Germany, owing|- to the uncertainty of Italy's foreignImpolicy.I muNc thT «»»_

t' AUSTRIANB EVACUATE TARNOW.

V AN ADMISSION OF DEFEAT.

I AMSTERDAM, February 5.f*~ An Austrian official statement says:-fy ' "We evacuated Tarnow (50 milesr. east of Cracow) owing to the Russian!? bombardment. .

;,,''A decisive battle is proceeding iu

fc> tho Dufcla region, where we are feelinigp_-4Btrbng Russian pressure- in the direc-fc-ition of Bukeba and the neighbouring

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. Tarmow-is a town of about 40,000 in-t-}- -Itabitanta, in Galieia, on the Dunajac, 135£\ tattle* west of Lemberg, and about 40W males, tost ©£ Cracow. The principal edi-\iSces are the cathedral,, containing several

and the old town hall. The[#-i«*iißtriea include milling, and the manu-

of agricultural implements, glass,jf&.*ka»euyt etc. The town ia the seat of a||"£C-(tholia bishop. About two-thirds of the|!'> ,pop_lati'on» are Pbles, and the remainderW~ -Jews.

< THE UNHAPPY AUSTRIAN'S.i£ast despairing efforts.

i obeying' their prussian

i masters.

LONDON, February 5.Petrograd advices, say that the last

,ti despairing efforts of the unhappy* trians to, obey their Prussian masters and!

v fmsh back the Russians in the Carpathians. H liave been, more unsuccessful, than their1

, earlier attempts. The Austrians are not:.numerous enough, and not provided with,

' i sufficient artillery f&r the difficult task;•-• of advancing in the mountains in the:- * <}epth' of" winter- against a- foe prepared;

} and anxious to meet them. Fighting isp,;-j>fcotly progressing on an 80-mile front,t "j from* the Erokla Pass to the Syshkow Pass.

anxiety is ftow« felt about Warsaw.

JAPANESE CRUISER WRECKED.

' BREAKING UP ON MEXICANf . COAST.i *

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| > FATE OF CREW UNKNOWN.%■-NEW YORK, February 5..

|]* The Japanese cruiser Asama is break-

?,.lng up On the Mexican coast, neart Point S. Bartolome. The fate of the'- F crew of five hundred is unknown.} *' The Asama particupated in the Rus-

-. so-Japanese War.t

« * * *

( - The Asama was an old armoured cruisery of 9885 tons displacement, built at theV' 1' Elswick yards by Sir W. G. Armstrong,• 'Whitworth, & Co., in 1898-99. She mqunt-r •* ed four 8-inch guns, 14 6-inch guns, 12I ' 12-pounders, and eight, Shet v also had five, torpedo tubes (four aub-| "merged). The Asama was one of '&&-

'f -* sural Togo's fleet in the Russo-Japanesewar, and participated in the action which

in the defeat of the Russian fleet~ ''outside of Port Arthur. She also tookC * part in the great battle of the Straits of,-,

» I'ushima on May 27, 1905, With other: ' --• armoured cruisers she was sent to harry$ 4'the Russians after their line was broken./: -f She was struck by three shots on the|-- raiterline aft, and had her steering gear£ '"Ssßhaged. In consequence of leaks she']' *«"had to leave the firing line.I i ' Point St. Bartolome is on the western'j ■ eide of the peninsula of Lower California.J ,1 '

|l IN THE COMMONWEALTH.I" ' APPEAIi TO FARMERS.

GERMAN SHIPS COMING ON.

S* j< (Received February 6, 10.10 a.m.); SYE>NEY, February 6.? As wheat sowing ends in February,/ the Hon. A. G. Carmichael has finally

appealed to farmers to sow as much ast possible, to help the Empire.

} Sir T. A. Coghlan, New South WalesAgent-General, has cabled that Germanships detained in Cape Town are to be

!,, dispatched to Australia without delay. || The "Daily Telegraph" Newspaper j

has declared a dividend ofpe* ceint., and added £IO,OOO to the/

t;.. .reserve fund. The net profits for the§ i year decreased by nearly £BO,OQO, chief-k|> }j as. a result of the war, -

||' February 6.

view, of the improved .outlook in

gfL'gftfctyfMßPftmines have rostore.d 10 perof the 20 per cnt. reduction in

SHELLS THICK AND FAST.

SCENE OF HORRIBLE CONFUSION.

CARNAGE ON THE BLUCHER.

LONDON, February 5.Wounded men rescued from the

Bluchcr, describing the effects of gun-fire, state that the British ships openedfire at a range of fifteen kilometres (tenmiles). Some of the shells fell into thesea, raising vast columns of water. Witha strange fascination, the men watchedthe deadly water-spouts creeping near-er. Then the shells fell thick arid fastfront the sky with a horrible droninghum. The Bluchcr's electric plant wassoon destroyed, and the ship was indarkness, causing horrible confusion be-low. The shells plunged through thedecks, boring their way to the stoke-hold, and aS the bunkers were halfempty, they burnt merrily. Later onthe trajectory of the shells flattened,and they tore holes in the Blueher'ssides. The shells, reaching the engine-rooms, licked up the oil, and spread itaround in blue and green flames. Themen were huddled together in the darkcompartments, where the shells foundthem.

The terrific air pressure from the ex-plosion of the shells In te confined space,left the deepest impression On the sur-

vivors. The air seemed to roar throughevery opening, bending the iron doorslike tinplates, breaking off fixtures, con-verting them into missiles,'and whirlingthe men round like dead leaves untilthey were battered to death against theiron walls. In the main engine-roomsand the compartments where high-speedengines for driving the forced-draughtfans were, men were flung to horribledeaths in the midst of the machinery*

As the broadsides struck the Blueher&he rocked like a cradle. Finally, thebell which was used to ring for churchparade was tolled, and the survivorscrept up to the decks, some throughshot -hoi s. They sang the 4< W»teh on!the Rhine," and permission was giverito leave the ship.

The British fire had now ceased, anddestroyers were ready to rescue them.

The Blueher turned wearily over,, anddisappeared.

CHASE FOR FIVE HOURS.

AUSTRALIA SINKS A LINER.

CARGO WORTH £250,000/

LONDON, February 5.An. officer in the Australia, in a- let-

ter,, states that-they-, sighted a steameron the Brazilian coast on January 6,. ata distance of twelve miles. They chasedher for five hours,, and she surrendered,and the crew of ninety-nine were takenoff. Two twelve-inch shells were firedat the superstructure,, and two four-inchshells were placed below the water-line.The steamer sank in twenty-five min-utes; the cargo was worth a quarterof a million.

THE REINFORCEMENTS.MEN STILX WANTED.

For some reason or other,it seems im-possible for the Canterbury district tomake up its quota of Field Engineers forthe Fifth Reinforcements. Outof 57/menrequired only* seven? have been obtained,and no applications for enrolment arecoming in. The position is becoming seri-ous, as the men are required immediately.It was hoped' that the Canterbury quotafor the Army Service Corps would; go for-ward. tp.Trentham to-night, but they willnot be sent until February 15. The re-cruiting officers have been on the look-out for some time for a wheelwright, afarrier, a and a saddler, but so: far,they have.been, unsuccessful. Surely thereshould be in Christehurch one man in eachof these trades willing to do his share forthe Empire.

A good; deajL of confusion (says theWellington "Post") appears to. existin the public mind, as to the namingor numbering of -the variousreinforcement drafts being dis-patched at regular intervals forservice with the Main New ZealandExpeditionary Force: The following ex-planation will therefore be welcomed:What are called the "Ist Reinforce-ments" left with the Main Force on

Egypt, This was done, in . accordancewith the procedure laid, down in theBritish Field Service Regulations, whichprovide that certain units shall mobi-lise with a proportion of personnel, inexcess of their own establishments, theexcess being known as ''Ist Reinforce-nients.'' The Ist Reinforcements werecalculated $t 10 per cent, of the rankand file of the unit, and when the MainForce goes to the front will be left atthe base ready to fill up the fresh gapswhen they occur. The force which leftWellington on December 12 last, andwhose arrival in Egypt has just beenreported, was thus the "2nd Reinforce-ments." The whole of the "3rd" and"4th Reinforcements," together withthe officers and n.c.o.'s for the "sth Re-inforcements," are now in camp atTrentham. Each will be dispatched atregular intervals, enabling the MainForce to be kept up to full strength.This system will continue in operationright throughout the war, one batch ofreinforcements going into camp fortraining as an earlier contingent fin-ishes its course.

WAR EXPENSES.Press Association.LAWRENCE, February 5.

The Hon. James Allen, Minister ofFinance and Defence, stated to-day thatthe position of the War Expenses Ac-count at January 31 was as follows:

RECEIPTS.Treasury bills .. .. .... £1,700,000Contributions, etc. ... ... .. 197,449

Total . . .£1,897,449EXPENDITURE.

Up to January 31 the expenditureamounted to £903,424, leaving a balance atJanuary 31 of £994,025. The balance, saidthe Minister, was represented by—Cash. .. .. £313,529Advances outstanding in the• Dominion 373,078Advances outstanding in London.. 400,817

These Treasury bills were now paidoff by the loan which had. been raisedwith the Imperial loan at a rate whichcost New Zealand a trifle under £4 percent, per annum. A further £300,000was available out of the War loan.

THE WAR FUNDS.LATEST SUBSCRIPTIONS.

BRITAIN AND BELGIUM FUND

At a" meeting tff the executive com-mittees, field yesterday, it was fesoTvedto remit through? hi* Excellency theGovernor a further sum tff £SOOO.

Mr Cyril J. Ward (of Kinsey andCo., Ltd.), Acting-Consul for Belgiumat ChTrstchurch, has- received: the fol-lowing-donations for remittance to the'Belgian authorities:—

THE HARVEST FESTIVAL.

A good deal of progress has alreadybeen made in the arrangements .forholding a monster harvest festival inaid of the Belgium Fund. The ShowGrounds* have been, secured for Satur-day, March 20, and. the several com-mittees have elected their chairmen andmade other, preliminary arrangements.The county councils throughout NorthCanterbury have been andseveral favourable and enthusiastic re-plies have been received. An effort isbeing made to have competitive ox-'hibits from, the different counties, andit is already being heartily taken upby Ainuri and Cheviot. '

The Produce Committee has receivedoffers of all kinds of farm produce, andconsignment tickets will shortly be is-sued to country committees to, enabledonors to forward their goods with aminimum amount of trouble. TheFlower Committee has received severalpromises, and many amateur and pro-fessional gardeners are already pottingplants for the big fair.

The following articles haye been pro-mised to the Gift Auction Committeeto date:—Gold watch, from F. Pratt;gold watch, Mrs F. Pratt; diamond ring,Mrs H. Cross; pair Japanese curtains,C. J. Sloman; pendant, Mrs R. Allen;blue and gold Doulton bowl and pedes-tal, .1. Jamieson; violin, C. M. Parker.

■ The committee will be pleased to re-ceive the following articles, which maybe left at Mr Charles Clark's office,Hereford Street—.Jewellery, china, pic-tures, furniture, ornaments, bric-a-brac,plate and silver, glass, cutlery, books,musical instruments, clocks, watches,and so-on.

Besides produce, refreshments, icecream, sweets, variety, fruit, vegetable,flower and tobacco stalls, all kinds ofside-shows and novelties will be intro-duced and a programme of ring eventsis in the hands of a very energeticsports committee. As it is intendedto make the day the biggest of itskind ever held in Christchurch, thecommittee will make an endeavour tohave excursions and late trains runthroughout Canterbury.

The following committees will meetin the Art Gallery:—Monday, Gift Auc-tion, 10.P.0 a.m.; Flower, 11.30 a.m..Tuesday, Refreshments, 11 a.m.; Ground2.45 p.m. -

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PATRIOTIC FUND.

Subscriptions for two weeks endedFebruary 5, 1915, are as follow:

COMMERCIAL.TO-DAY'S POULTRY MARKET.

Messrs J. B. Mcrrctt and Co. reporta large entry of poultry to-day. Priceswere well up to last yeai4, and in henseven better. Table chickens realised5/6 to 8/9, ducks <\/- to 6/10, pullets3/(> to S/6, hens 2/- to 4/7, geese 5/-to 8/-, all per pair. A pen of hobs soldon account of Mrs lingers, Belfast, te-al ised £1 (5/- for the Belgium Fund.One generous Canterbury farmer hasdonated £l5O for the purchase of poul-try for the wounded soldiers in theLondon hospitals. llhis gift is beingsupplemented by many dther poultry-men, and it is expected to send severalthousands of birds for the wounded.

TIIE EGG MARKEt.

Owing to large shipping orders theegg market has firmed up, and Canter-bury J3gg Circle first grades are realis-ing" I/O, and seconds .1/4 to 1/5, goodstores 1/4.

THE SHARE MARKET.This Week lias experienced a good de-

mand fdi' all investment stocks, and thebusiness repdftdd shows a fair increase'.All classes df banks, insurance, shipping,gas'/ and cdal shares are in firm demand.Several sales df these stocks have re-sulted ifi increased prices, with a ten-dency to a further rise. A good busi-ness has bden recorded in the largerThames mining stocks, and prices in alllines show it fair increase.

Banks.—Bank of New Zealand: Inthe fully-paid section sale's were madeat £l6 S/6, £l6 Si/-, and £l6 10/-. Ndsales of the partly-paid issue have beenrecorded this week. Prices of this Stdekshow a\ tendency to remain stationaryfor ft time. National Banks: Sales havebeen made at £5 §/-. Sellers are nowNoting £5 10/: . "Union Banks: Nd sale'sWere recorded this Week. Sellers quote£54 10'/- ex dividend. Bank of NewSduth Wales: A sale' at £4l 5/- wasreported. Australasia: Buyers have in-creased to 1 £ll6, but no business hasresulted.'

Gas.—Buyers of Ch'ristclmrch Gasquote'£7 5/- ex dividerid, witho'irb selleVsfquotin-g» This stock is very firm, atfdit appears as if buyers will have toincrease prices to effect Business.

Buyers of Wellington Gas are quoting£l6 5/-, without sellers. Sales 1 of Napiei'Gas, £9 paid, were recorded at £l4 10/-,and 1 £l6 is offered for the £lO paid issue.

InsiWanee''.—The only reported sales inthis section were two lines of New Zea-land Insurance at £6 3/- and £6 3/6. The'following, are the latest quotations:—National, buyers £2 9/6 j Standard, buy-ers* £1 15/-; New Zealand, buyers £6 1/6;'South British:, buyers £4 10/-.! Shipping.-—Buyers of New ZealandShipping Ordinary shares are quoting£l4 10/-, and £lo* is offered for the pre-ference issue.

Several sales of Union Steam ShiplOrdinary have been reported at prices'ranging from 23/- to 23/3. The prefer-ence issue was sold at 20/9 and 20/10.Buyers of the former issue are quoting23/-, with sellers at 23/3. Buyers of thepreference issue quote 20/9, with sellersat 20/10.

Goal.—Westport Coal shares are instrong-demand; Several sales were madeat 31/3, and latest quotations show buy-era 31/9; sellers 34/-.

Westport-Stoektons have been in gooddemand' and several sales haAT e been re-corded* at 4/7 and 4/8.

Taupiri quotations record, buyers 15/9,sellers 17/-. ,

Meats.—As anticipated in. our lastweek's report the splenddi balance-sheetof the Christchurch Meat Company result-ed in an advance in. the price of theirshares. The £lO paid: issue increasedfrom £l6 10/- to £l6 15/-, without sellers,quoting. There is no doubt these shareswill show further increases.

Buyers of Canterbury Frozen Meatpreference shares are still quoting £5without sellers. ,

Breweries.—No, quotations have beenrecorded this week, buyers evidently con-sidering it useless to_ quote. A sale ofCrowns 'at £2 2/-, ex-dividend, was re-potted.

Miscellaneous.—W/hitcombe & Tombssold at £~> 15/-, adn River Plates, at £2.

Buyers of Mason, Strutters offer 21/6,Farmers' (Jo-operatives 43/6, New Zea-land Drugs 44/6, without sellers quoting.

There are sellers of Canterbury Farm-ers' Preference at £5, and Golden BayCements at 18/9.

Mining.—Waihi: Sales during the pre-vious week were recorded at 40/- to 40/6.This week prices have advanced to 40/9and 41/-, with closing quotations showingbuyers 41/-, sellers 41/9. The WaihiCompany has declared a dividend of 1/-per share, payable an March 1, which re-presents a distribution of £24,797.

Talisman: Prices advanced this weekfrom 27/6 to 28/0. Sales were recordedat 28/-, 28/», and 28/6, with closingquotations: buyers 28/6, sellers 29/-.

Grand Junction: Sales last week wererecorded at 24/- and 24/.'i, and this weekprices have increased to 24/9, Sales werereported at 24/8 and 24/9.

TUE COMMERCIAL BANK OFAUSTRALIA, LTD.

The Commercial Bank of Australia,Limited, whose balance-sheet for the sixmonths ended December SI last is tohand, shows a net profit earned for thatperiod of £65,120, which, added to theamount carried forward from the prev-ious half year, £9875, inakes a total of£74,996. Of this £20,000 has bceu ap-propriated to rc-instatement of capital,£SOOO in reduction of bank premises,dividend on preference shares at 4 percent, vper annum absorbs £42,347, thebalance, £7649, being carried forward to.next half year.

Movements of figures for the pasttwelve months are as under:—Coin, bullion,money at calland short noticein London, Go-vernment and December 81,other stocks, re- 1914. 1913. Decrease.mittances ininittances in £ £

transit, etc.... 3,100,805 3,568,468 461,063Increase.

Advances .. 5,211,954 4,973,755 238,179Increase.

Bank premises 431,190 423,Q55 8,135Increase-

Deposits .. 6,623,230 6,600,966 22,264Net actual Increase,

capital 1,452,346 1,401,50,8 50,843

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.WELLINGTON, 6.

Sule reported: Manning and Co. £6.

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE.DUNEDIN, February 6.

Sale: AVailii £2 1/3.

A GREAT CARNIVAL.HELPING THE BELGIANS.

Never before has there been held inChristchurch a sports carnival of suchsize and variety as that which willoccupy Lancaster Park on February 27.So numerous are the attractions in-cluded in the programme, and so variedare they, that it is indeed difficult topick out the oiie that will appeal mostto the public. But in these stirring daysthose that have a military flavour willcertainly be among the most interest-ing. The sectional marching competi-tion fdt members of the ChristchurchCitizens' Defence Corps should providean interesting spectacle. Thou therewill also be held, in connection with thecarnival, a route marching competitionopen to Coast 'Defence* Artillery andEngineer units. In the athletic portionof the programme are included a num-ber of events for Territorial!*, Cadets,and Boy Stiduts, besides events Open toalt amateurs and some secdndary andprimary school champidnshifts and nov-elty athletic events.

But athletics forth Only one of sev-eral sections in the programme. theCanterbury Caleddiiian Sdciety has ar-ranged several dancing and piping com-petitions. Tliere will be a tug-df-war,some exhibition bouts of boxing andjiu-jitsu, displays of fencing (sabre andfoil) and other" contests of a naturesdldoih seen in Canterbury. A particu-larly pretty display will be given by atleast 150 school children, under the di-rection of Miss Mehzies and Mr W. S.Wauchope. These children Will givecostume dances on the green Sward,and will also take part in a battle offlowers. And there are many dtherthings on the programme.

The carnival is being promoted by theCanterbury Centre of the Amateur Ath-'letic Association, assisted by practicallyevery branch Of sporting organisation'sin the city. Its object is to assist in asmaterial a.fashion as possible the fundfor the" relief of the Belgians, whosegallant aid to the Allies in the earlyweeks of the war has brdught updri thecountry the most miserable' of faies./the cause appeals to' all, and equallytEe programme of this carnival is beingdesigned to appeal id all, so tfrat theResponse that will be rtiade by the publicon that day may be expected to be aiecdrd for the city. A very special fea-ture which is bound to be a' successbecause of its utility as a memento willbe a fine carnival mrmber?

eoutainingcartodws by lea'ding Cfel9tcTi"uf6K car-toonists, and topical humorous contri-butions by well-known writers.The programme of the differentevents has been : widely circulated, airdhas attracted a great deal of attention.Already the secretary of the carnival,Mr H! B. Gould, df the Commercial Tra-vellers' Club, has received many entriesand very many others are promised.

DISASTROUS FIRE.

OPUNAKE TOWN DAMAGED.Press Association.

HAWERA, February 6.About 10 o'clock on Friday night a

disastrous fire broke out at the OpunakeHotel, resulting in the total destructionof the hotel, a cottage, the stables, Jud-son's coachbuilding factory, and Aitken's:smithy. A Maori gave the alarm to the'proprietor of the hotel; and willing as-sistance was soon at hand. A bucketbrigade was formed, but it was quicklyseen that it was impossible to save thehotel block. The volunteer brigade's ef-forts were concentrated, on saving the ad-joining building. The heat of the firebroke the windows of a garage to thewest of the fire area, and more than onee :the walls of that building caught fire.They were, however, extinguished, andthe garage, was saved. ■ On the other sideof the main street the buildings were forsome considerable time in danger, but theefforts of many willing workers were suc-cessful in preventing the fire spreading.Fortunately only a light breeze was blow-ing, or the damage would have beengrea,tpr. The supposed cause, of the firewas a defective chimney. The insurancesavailable are: —Opunake, Hotel, £IBOO, inthe Guardian office; stables, £3OO, in theNew Zealand office; Judson's, £IOO, andAitken's, £40 7 both, in the Royal Com-pany. The fire made a big hole ii\. thebusiness area of the town.

RIFLE SHOOTING.WOEKING MEN'S CLUB.

The members of the Chrisfcchurch WorkingMen's Club Defence Rifle Club fired their No.7 competition for the club championship atlledcliffs. The weather was fine, but therewas a dull light, with a tricky north-east wind.The conditions were seven shots at 800, 900,and 1000 yards, but owing to a 'camp beingpitched across the range the club had to fireat 200, 500, and 600 yards. J. Kerney wastop for the day, with 9,6, including five pointshandicap. P. Jack was top scorer off therifle with 9'J.. Following are the highestscores:—

TARANAKI MEETING.

Press Association.NEW PLYMOUTH, February 5.

At the Kifle Association meeting the grandaggregate was won by Rifleman Hunt (Wel-lington Suburbs), 316, with Rifleman Roots(Patea), 315,-as runner-up. The long-range

aggregate was won by Rifleman Roots. Theteams' match was won by Olmra, WellingtonSuburbs being second. The Stratford match(900yds and 1000yds) was won by Roots 61,and Loveday (Ohura) 60, was second. TheNew Plymouth match (BQoyds and 1000yds)was won by Rifleman Huut (Suburbs) 64.

THE MAYORALTY.

MR HOLLAND WILL STAND.

RESULT OF A REQUISITION".The Mayor (Mr IT. Holland) lias de-

cided to contest the Mayoralty at thecoining election.

This decision was conveyed by theMayor in writing to-day to Mr A. D. Has-sall, who acted on behalf of a meeting ofMr Holland's supporters held last even-ing. In the letter Mr Holland saidl:—

As promised, I now desire to giveyou my decision in regard to theMayoralty. I have examined thenames attached to the requisition youpresented to me last evening, askingme to become a candidate for theMayoralty next April.

After carefully considering the re-quest and the signatures attached,representing a large section of thecommunity, I have decided to accedeto the request and become a candi-date for the Mayoralty.

Again thanking you for the honourconferred on me, and relying On youractive assistance.—H. Holland.Mr Hassall, on behalf of the requisi-

tionists, expressed pleasure that theMayor had seen fit to accede to the re-quest. "We feel confident," he said,"that your past services to the city dur-ing your four years on the council havecommanded the respect Of the citizens,and. we feel certain that you will get sucha body of support from all sections ofthe community that you will be again re-turned as Mayor.''

PETITION PRESENTED.At a gathering of his supporters in

the Y.M.C.A. last evening, Mr Hollandwas presented with a petition, bearing2000 signatures, praying him to againOffer himself as a candidate for theMayoralty;

Mr A. D. Hassall presided, and therewas an attendance of about a dozenladies and gentlemen.

THE PETITION.The petition bore the following' ad-

dress:—' ;

We, the undersigned electors ofChristchuren, having followed yourcareer as Mayor for the past threeyears under exceptional circum-stances, . feel that it is the generalwish of the citizens of Christchurchthat you allow yourself to be nomin-ated for a further term as Mayor.

i We trust that the signatures to■ this requisition will be sufficient in-

ducement for you to comply with ourrequest.

NOT POLITICAL.In presenting the requisition the

chairman said a number of ladies* and! gentlemen who had served on past com-mittees of Mr Holland's had felt thathe should again stand for the' Mayor-iaTfcyy and theyhad therefore determined1to- prepare and circulate the requisition.They considered that as a body of elec-tors they had a perfect right to pre-sent a requisition- to any gentlemanwhom' they considered worthy of fillingthe position. He quite admitted thecapable work by Crs Sorensen, Cooper,and Otley, but the choice of those re-sponsible' for the petition fell on MrHolland. The matter was not a- poli-tical one in any sense. No systematiccanvass had been made, and : the" -2000isignatures were obtained without sys-tematic work. Had they worked, sys-;tematically he was sure they could have]got at least 5000 or 6000 signatures. -All'lshades of political opinion were repre-1sented among the signatures on the 1petition.' j

HAD <' MADE GOOD.''Mr G. H. '■ Gilby expressed himself asi

entirely in sympathy with the purpose;of the movement originated by those-who, were anxious that Mr Holland!should again be a candidate for the.Mayoralty. The work that Mr Holland:had performed had been enough to test,a man.'a capacity thoroughly, andr he,had "made good." He praised the.work that Mrs Holland had done aSjMayoress, and; said that, inMr Holland the city wouid be doing an1

honour not only to him, b)it to itself,.- Several other speakers also urged Mr'Holland to accept nomination.

CROWNING CONFIDENCE*In his reply, Mr Holland expressed

appreciation of the sentiments utteredby the speakers, both as regardedhimself, and especially as regarded MrsHolland. The citizens of Christchurchand the newspapers had always beenmost generous to him, extolling his vir-.tues and overlooking his defects. Hewished to acknowledge the generousway in which they had treated him.After nearly four years of service Onthe City Council, nearly three of themas Mayor, it was the crowning expres-sion of confidence in him to, beed with a petition bearing 2000 signa-tures. If he did not feel proud at the.honour they wished to confer- upon himhe would hardly be human. He knewthat, large as the requisition was, it didnot merely represent the number of signa-tures that could have been obtained. Anumber, of people had communicated withhim by telephone and had asked him,where the petition was in order that theymight sign it, and he had told them thatif they were to offer him a million pounds,he could not tell them. Others had told,him that though they had u°t> signed thepetition they would support him if he,!stood.

NO SECRET.1 ' I have not made any secret of the

fact," continued Mr Holland, "that itwas my intention to retire at the end ofmy present term. In consequence of thatstatement, my friend and colleague, MrSorensen, has announced himself as acandidate for the Mayoralty. I want tosay that Mr Sorensen has acted quitefairly and honourably in all his dealings,;and 1 regret that his nationality shouldhave entered into discussion in the streets.I am in a position to know that there isnot a more loyal British subject in theDominion than Mr Sorensen, and I havenot had a more loyal helper than he hasbeen. I trust that whatever the result,the pleasant relations between Mr Soren-sen and myself will long continue." Incase he should be misunderstood, said MrHolland, he would like to say that thereason he had not invited the gatheringto take place at the Council Chamberswas that the business of the meeting wasnot exactly public business, and so he hadpreferred that it should be held else-where.

THE RESPONSIBILITIES.'' Having had experience of the duties

of Mayor of a city like this," he contin-ued, "I know something of the responsi-bilities, and if I seem to hesitate at all,i hope you will not think I am ungrate-ful. The opposite is fhe fact. I oncebefore had a' reqqisifciqn. signed by 2QQpeople, and J thought that was a verylarge requisition, and sufficient for me tostand for the Mayoralty.' But this que,signed by 2000, should be sufficient—J giusure, it would, be for anyone e]s<3. I feel,-"however? that as the responsibiliity, is §o.

great, you will not think me ungrateful jfI ask you to let me have till to-morrow tothink it over. I think, if you will give me

till 12.30 o'clock to-morrow, I can giveyou a'definite reply. lam prepared eitherto make a statement to the reporters orto anyone you like to send, or I will giveyou my decision in writing. I want tosay how very highly I esteem the honouryou seek t<* confer upon me. It is thehighest honour the citizens can confer onanyone, arid I value it at its full worth."

It was decided that Mr Holland givehis deeisidn in writing ai I§.3(J o'clockto-day.

A CORRECTION.Mr Holland said he wished to correct a

statement that had Appeared in one ofthe newspapers. It #as said jEfiAt MrSorensefi had stood down for him lastyear. That was not correct. He hadactually offered to stand down himselflast year, if Mr Sorensen thought fit tocontest the position, but the latter de-clined. The position was, therefore, ex-actly the Opposite to what had beenstated.

PERSONAL.Lieut.-ColOhel Frederick, df l)unedinr

ileft foir the north last---evening* -

; Mr H. G. Russell, of Melbourne, ar-rived in town this morning, arid is stay-ing at the Clarendon Hotel.

Mr J. S. BicksOny MP,, left for Wel-lington Jast evening. .';.-,:

Colonel C. J; CoOp'ery Comma'H'flfer ofthe Coast Defence. Forcea, went northby the ferry steamer last night.

Mr Fred Sladen returned to 6hriJ9t*church by the first express frb*a thesouth yesterday.

Messrs F. W. Boweri J.A. Peebles (Oamaru), Norman Heath,and H. Cadness (Auckland), are- stayingat the United Service Hotel.

Messrs A. S. Paterson (DunedinO 1 avniE. W. Boyd (Greymouth) arrived in-.town this'morning. They are ; staying;at Coker's Hotel.

The Rev. L. B. Busfield, of Bradford;England, arrived fromterday. He will be Reaching at theSydenham Baptist Church during this-month.

Captain C. L. Hawkins;, formerly ad-jutant of the 3rd- (Auckland)' InfaWfery :;

Regiment, who was invalided homo from*Egypt, is in Chfistchurch. He 'fc nail-ing good progress' towards refeoveryi

Constables H. D. Lloyd and' H.who 1have-been doing temporary: d€ty atLyttelton for 'the past few ntttnthsjfiiwie.received notice of their permanenttransfer to the port.

I Visitors to Christeliureh staying; atWarner"'ls" Hotel include- Messrs W. Alt-chison (Dunedinft; J. -JEw: mivmm(U\SJL), ©: M. Sutherland. (TimSMgJ'.N. Powell (London), H. B.Boy& (Mel-bourne), L G. Rothschild; R. E: H?erô>rand A. ,MacAdam (Wellington)', *&*■%Nager '(Tasmania), «T. N. Gilflllon

and F. St. V. Morony {S#&--ney).. ';[';: '. '\.'7;:

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Mr F. W. Hughes, of the Jarrah Tim-ber Co.'s staff, who is leaving' to" jbi*fthe New Zealand Expeditionary Forces,was the recipient* oft-a> hanfl,spmft;c»#e o*pipes from the members of the staff.Mr West, the manager, in making thepresentajipni expr.eßseJ; in littlespeech, the staff's appreciation of: MrHughes's action, and their best wishesfor his future welfare.

A Press rtelegam from"Wellington states, that yesterday MrHenry Ojfcterson, C.M.G., who resignedfropi the ppaitioji jpjfClerk of theof Representatives, was presented 'wma idm J?rejj£e*>on behalf' of, *jhe, Biembpra b£ th£,£MMt']&ti,ve staff. Ot%spa 30^^,Parliamentary, staff m'lMQt, He. yssproposes to take up his. residence i4South. ~.;■.,:.;: v ',,-•-■, ■'.-.

The members b# the staff-'"6s the,burtoß branch of the lew. ZealagsFarmers' Co-operative.Ltd.',' and several friends met aVthe;Commercial Hotel on Thursday evening,to bid farewell to Mr F. J. Holley*' wjtolias been, transferred to,Mr HoJljey, who, has acted, asmanager of the Ashburton branch; dur-ing the last two years; has been pro-moted to the. position of general man-ager of the whole of the associationsgrain business. The guest was present-ed by the manager (Mr T. Ji Hunter)with a case of silver-mounted pipes.Several speeches were, made, and; themanager and staff took the opportunityto welcome Mr W. Mackenzie, whosslsucceed Mr Holley at Ashburton.

At th;e Durham Street South Metho-dist Church on Thursday, February'4,the choir and officials of the church niejtto bid good-bye to, Mr W- "B[. Cocker,who has been as associate tohis. Honour Sir Robert Stout. Mr'$. J.Robson occupied* the and present-ed Mr Cocker, with a suit ease, suitablyinscribed. Mr K- T. Ba,iley, o.n behalfo£ the' choir, spoke of the good workdone by Mr Cocker. Mr Stevens 'andMr Hitchings also spoke of the excellent;services rendered to the Church, andSunday School by Mr Cocker, who suit-ably responded. During the eveningmusical items were contributed byMisses JD. Cragg, G- Lomas, and .MrCragg, and. the gathering broke up withthe' singing of ''Auld Lang Syne'.' andcheers for the guJst of the evening. ~

SOMEBODY'S CHILD.

CALL IT JOHN.

. The baby boy, judged to. be six sflaefc*old> who was found in the hjollpw tiee/on.the river bank at pn;Thir«|ay,was 'exhibited 'in the •Magistrate's Courtthis morning before Mr T. A.B; BaHey,S.M,/ as being a child having no meansof subsistence. : ,i

One of the main problems was to .givethe little mortal a Christian name.

Perhaps Moses would be appropriate,suggested the Chief Detective, whose mSjidwas' evidently wandering towards thestory of another: baby who was found, bya iiver:. :'"'''Oh, call it John,'' decreed Mr

Bailey., .<' After me," exclaimed ' the delighted

constable, whq had found the cnild"That's my name."

Sq "it'came tft jjaSs that Jdhn was com-mitted to the Home to "bQbrought up in the Ghulfch of Englandreligion.


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Previously acknowledged 4(5,721 0a.O

E. A. Bland, Methven (saleof one sheep) 4 1") 6

Proceeds Woodend Sports,per Mr T). G. Shelton. . ;>2 0 0

Employees Skelton, Fros-tiek, IGth donation o o o

.1 0 0Miss Lucy Cowan and

2 <> 00 10 0

W. B. Dixoti (further do-0 10 0

Per Mr G. Arnold Col-0 5 6

Prize money St. Peter'sSunday School, Spring-field, per Miss S. Popple 2 0 0

Proceeds art union .. 1126 12 0.Taeij and Willie Poiihsfdrd 0 6 6F. B. Militon 5 5 0Per Mr A. E. Judd, Hatt-

rtler Springs, 6cl monthlydonation— C. BraCkett10/-, E. Collins 10/-,J. Peters 5/-, A. E. Judd

1 15 0N.Z. Farmers' Co-dp. As-

sociation staff—contribu-tion for December arid

40 0 02 0 0

Suppliers CO. Dairy Co 9 10 0Public Patriotic Picnic at

Waiktiku Beach, per Mr35 d 0

Coheert and dance atSpringfield in aid of Brit-ain -and Belgium Fund,per Mr F. A, Atkinson 94 0 0

Concert at Daffield, per Mr'H-. Valentine .... 21 d 0

1 d 0Jaities Hay (further ddita-

fd 0 0H. G. Martin, per Mr D.

10 0 dEdith J£mieson 1 1 0Sale dfpoultry, acedtttft df

Mrs ttomrs, Belfast, pre*Mr" J\ B. Merrett i 6 0

W.O.T.U.. of 'Gxi&T&i pro-ceeds from* refreshmentbooth stt Oxford sports 2# 0 0

Mrs C. IX Morris .. .« 6 io a0' 5 0

Total , £*&lll 16 2

Previously acknowledged.. 4313 16a.4

0 10 0Per N.Z. Farmers' Co-op.

Association, Ilawardcii,proceeds of concert given-by the N.Z. Farmers' Co1-

op. Asso. Ghoral and Or-chestral Society, also saleof Union Jack and do-

1*0* 0 0Scottish Society of New

Zealand, amount of "Pir-lie Pig" collection at the''Burns Nicht" function*January 25 per Jus,Calder, secretary) 4 9 9

Concert in aid of BelgiumRelief Fund given ByLinwood' children assist-ed by friends (per MrsJ, R. Brunt, secretary).Methodist school wasgiven rent free 13 10 4

Total received and- remit -

5

City Council Waterworks em-ployees, 19th contribution 0 12 0

Lyttelton staff Shaw, Savill,and Albion Co., 4th cont. 3 12 6

Miss Muller\s Rakaia con-cert, pe* Mr Lawrence

8 0 0Loyal Benevolent Lodge,

M.U.I.O.O.F 2 2 01 0 Q

City Council Waterworksemployees, 20th contri-

0 12 0Hospital and Charitable Aid

Board 's staff, J anuary17 5 9

Teachers N.C. Education IHs-trict, 3rd contribution .. 50 Q 3

*' Lyttelton Timea'' Co.,

royalty onZealand''

''Pirihoua''

< < Soils of NewIS

0 0

Total to date .. £17.006 0 0

200 500 600Hp. yds. yds. yds. Tl

J. Kerney 5 33 30 28 96P. Jack .. scr 32 32 29 93F. Butler . 10 26 31 26 93Oakes . 10 27 30 25 92Perrott . . . . 22 29 21 20 92H. Harris 4 30 26 31 9111. Piper . scr 25 32 31 88C. Braddell . 9 29 24 25 87Puyton . 13 24 . 22 26 85Thompson . 14 25 22 23 84Williamson 4 27 30 22 83Gray . 12 26 23 20 81Attvvood . 15 24 23 19 81Havdon . 12 22 22 23 79

"The delivery of mail matter to the;officers and men of the New ZealandExpeditionary Force is going to be avery difficult matter, and involve a lotqf disappointment unless senders ad-dress articles with the greatest exacti-tude," says the Wellington Chief Post-master (Mr A. P. Dryen) in a letter tothe "Evening Post." Mr Dryden goeson to say that, with a view to assisting|;he public, the Department is issuing aprinted list of specimen addresses, acopy of which will be exhlib.ted at everypost office in the Dominion.

Mr John Redmond claims that thereare 130,000 or 140,000 Irishmen servingwith the Colours.

I D El S E A S I D El

GLORIOUS SEASIDE.You want a holiday this year, but per-

haps you don't want to spend mu<#i money.Thm _.t. i . • »__ _.. »«_-

NEW BRIGHTON CAPE? *

During the Winter a Special Nursery forChildren has been built.

TARIFF:Only £2 2/- per wecfc.

M. McOALLUM, (Proprietress.

NEWS IN BRIEF.

7he telegraph office -reports all riverss ar to-day.The Christcliurch Technical College

Day School will re-open on Mondaynext. . .

Applications for football and hockeygrounds in the North and South Parksshould be made to the secretary of theDomains Board not later than March 15.

The committee of the ChristcliurchMusical Society held a meeting yesterday,at which it 'was decided to reconstructtheworking of the society. It is intendedto devote special attention to choral workof the highest standard. Mr C. H.Schwartz was appointed secretary andlibrarian.

A late train will leave Christcliurchfor Lyttelton at 10.15 p.m., after theOrchestral Concert to-morrow evening.The Tramway Board has decided thatin future no late cars will be run afterthe orchestral concerts on Sunday even-ings, the last cars to all lines leavingat time-table time.

The Coal-mines Amendment Act of1914 made provision, under section 4,for the appointment by the Public Ser-vice Commissioner of an InspectingEngineer of Coal-mines, who will also,by virtue of his rank, be the ChiefInspector of Coal-mines. The Public

Commissioner is now takingsteps to have such an official appointed.

At the Durham Street MethodistChurch on Sunday, the preacher at bothservices will be the Rev. P. W. Fair-clough, F.R.A.S., the well-known lec-turer and author on astronomical mat-ters. Mr Fairclough's evening subjectwill be, "The Allies' Task at the Bar

of Mankind," an answer to the vol-cano of hate and accusation now inaction.

Dr Ivan Wilson, formerly medicalsuperintendent at the Napier Hospital,ias been since August 10 in the No. 2Central Hospital at Havre. He is nowon active service with the 3rd divisionof the Field Ambulance. Writing to afriend in Napier, Dr Wilson lays stresson the arduous times they are goingthrough, stating that on one occasionhe had only three hours' sleep in threedays.

The Mayor and City Councillors havebeen invited by the Linwood Citizens'Association to officially open the bandrotunda in Linwood Park on February16 when a municipal band concert willbe'held there. The association decidedto send ajetter to the council congratu-lating the City Council on the able andsatisfactory manner in which it hadcarried out the building of the rotunda.

Dr Arnold Izard, who has returnedto New Zealand from Tonga, is fullyconvinced that Tonga should be annexedby New Zealand, and he complainsthat, though a British Protectorate, itdid nothing'to help Great Britain in thepresent crisis. - Niue, he says, offeredmen and money. He declares that thegovernment is cumbersome. There areonly 20,000 people in the group, and yetthere are a Parliament (just reducedfrom 80 to 21 members), Privy Council,and a Cabinet. The islands are wonder-fully fertile, but the natives are toolazy to cultivate their land. If NewZealand established a strong Govern-ment on the islands, in conjunction withSamoa, they could be made a very pay-able concern.

A company has been formed in Auck-•land to mill the valuable timber in the

; Otanewainuku forest, between Tau-ranga and Eotorua, says the Welling-ton "Post." Mr Hossack, who hasbeen connected with the sawmilling in-dustry in New Zealand for half a cen-

,tury, will act as local manager.. Two'.mills are to be built—one in the Otane-wainuku bush and the other in Tau-ranga. These mills will be connectedby a tramway, about fifteen miles long,•The-mill in the town is to be made themain one, as it will be handy to deepwater and will permit of the loading ofvessels at very low cost. It is estimat-ed that the Otanewainuku forest con-tains about 252,000,000 feet of riinu,mangeao, and mixed timbers.

In the course of his duties, the TruantOfficer of the Wellington Education

' poard has discovered in his visits toschools that some parents have not ob-served a recent change in the law inrelation to attendance of the children atschool. Whether possessed of a pro-ficiency certificate or not, the child mustdow attend until he attains the age ofthirteen years, and no child is entitledby reason of possession of a competencycertificate of the Sixth Standard toleave school under the age of fourteenyears. The Truant Officer has alreadyhad occasion to draw the attention of anumber of parents to the requirementmentioned above, and has intimated tothem that any child withdrawn for■work must be returned to school forth-with.

. At the last meeting of the City andSuburban Burgesses' Association amember introduced a discussion on theLake Coleridge electrical scheme. Thegeneral opinion was. that there was aninclination to increase the charges men-tioned as the absolute limit when thecouncil launched the scheme. A reso-lution was carried to the effect that theassociation would be glad to learn thatthe City Council would at an early dateredeem the promise made that the re-duced unit charges previously determinedon should not be exceeded. In connec-tion with the coming municipal electionsit was resolved that the associationshould urge the City Council to promotelegislation to permit municipalities toerect public markets for the compulsorysale of certain articles of a perishablenature. A further resolution was thatthe association urge burgesses to for-ward to the City Council before Febru-ary 15, either a fresh address or a newclaim for registration where there hadbeen exchange of address withinGreater Christchureh.

Sports Groups: We send an operatoranywhere to make a first-class sportsgroup. Rates reasonable. SteffanoWebb, Photographer, Petersen's Build-ings, High Street. Telephone 1989

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TO MOTORISTS.

We beg to draw the attention ofltfotor Cyclists to the fact that JonesBros., Ltd., 122 Manchester Street, areuelling at greatly reduced prices severalmakes of Motors on behalf of theirclients who are leaving with the rein-forcements now in training at Trent-bam, Wellington.

No reasonable offer refused.

Inspection invited.Trials arranged.

Sole Agents for King Dick and SingeiMotor Cycles.

JONES BEOS., LTD.

The indications are for westerly mod-erate to strong winds prevailing andfreshening. Mild and hazy conditionsand weather appears likely to be cloudyand unsettled at times. The barometerhas a falling tendency.

At the Lyttelton Magistrate's Courtthis morning, before Mr L. W. Anderson,J.P., John Tissaman, charged with usingobscene language in Norwich Quay, lastevening, was fined £o, in default onemonth's hard labour

Owing to pressure of work, Mr W.H. Morton, Wellington City Engineer,has declined an invitation to advise theGisborne Borough Council as to the bestmeans of augmenting its water supply.The council has decided to ask Mr H.H. Metcalfe, C.E., of Auckland, whatfee he will ask for a report on a waterscheme.

H. Baker, a married man, residing atPage's Road, and employed as alabourer, was pulling down a house atthe corner of Holly and Papanui Eoadsthis morning, when a portion of the wallfell on him. He was admitted to thehospital, where it was ascertained thathe had hurt his back and received in-ternal injuries.

The subject of the University Tour-nament Debate, to be held at Aucklandon April 3, is "Should the principle ofan elective executive be substituted forthe system of party government atpresent obtaining in New Zealand?"Canterbury and Wellington Colleges willtake the affirmative, and Otago andAuckland the negative.—Press Associa-tion.

An interesting patriotic calendar, is-sued in 1909, and giving pictures of thevarious types of ships then comprisingthe British Navy, has just been revived,it having been discovered that the daysof the months in 1909 correspond to thedates of the months of 1915. H.M.S.Dreadnought is shown as the latestthing in naval architecture, H.M.S.Hibernia is shown as representative ofsecond-class battleships, and H.M.S.Drake as representative of first-classarmoured cruisers. Sir John Fisherhad not then resigned the post of FirstLord of the Admiralty, a position he hassince resumed on the resignation ofPrince Louis of Battenburg.

Henry Charles Eose, aged 62, whoresided at 23 Albert Street, Linwood,alone, was found dead in his bed yester-day morning, Deceased, who was apainter, was visited by his son on theprevious evening. He complained ofindigestion, but said he would be atwork as usual in the morning. Hisgrandson slept at the house that night,and when he found that Eose was notup in the morning, he called his motherto the place>~ At an inquest held lastevening, the coroner, after hearing theevidence of Dr A. J. Orchard (whoheld a post mortem examination) re-turned a verdict that deceased diedfrom heart disease.

About 7.20 o'clock last evening, amotor cyclist, named William JamesFort, who resides at 138 Antigua Street,collided with an Opawa tram as it wascrossing Moorhouse Avenue. Fort wastravelling at a rapid speed along theavenue from the direction of the rail-way station, and came into collisionwith the tram before he had time toavoid it or pull up. The man and hismachine struck the car head on, thedamage to the former being somewhatminimised by his coming into contactwith the wooden side of the car and notthe ironwork. He recovered conscious-ness as the ambulance arrived on thescene a few minutes after the accident,and Fort was taken to the hospital. Onenquiry at the hospital this morning, itwas elicited th/tt Fort had not been ser-iously injured. He was bruised ratherbadly on one leg, and about the faceand head, but considering the nature ofthe accident he had been extremely for-tunate.

SUDDEN DEATH.

An elderly ■ man named Armigerdropped dead at Culverden to-dayupon the arrival of the train fromChristchureh.

The deceased is connected with Armi-ger 's Dye Works in C'ashel Street.

AT TRENTHAM CAMP.

The Wellington "Evening Post"gives the following information regard-ing appointments and transfers amongstthe officers and men at Tienthamcamp: —

Lieutenant O. Opie, R.N.Z.A., willperform the duties of machine-gun in-structor to the Samoan Relief Force"from Saturday, February 6.

Major G. Beattie, N.Z.F.A., has ar-rived in camp. He has assumed com-mand of the artillery as from Febru-ary 3.

Captain McEaghlan has been takenon the strength for two weeks fromFebruary 3 as instructor in bayonetfighting.

The following transfers, are to bemade: —From "B" Squadron 3rd Rein-forcements, Lieut. E. Beamish, to "D"Squadron 3rd Reinforcements, with tem-porary rank of captain; from "D"Squadron 3rd Eeinforcements, Lieut. A.V. Wayte, to "B" Squadron 3rd Rein-forcements; from "A" Squadron 3rdReinforcements. Private A. T. Rich-mond, to "D" Squadron 4th Reinforce-ments; from "D" Squadron 3rd Rein-forcements, Private T. Hardwood, to"A" Squadron 4th Reinforcements;from "A" Squadron 4th Reinforce-jments, Farrier C. V. Mcßeth, to "A"Squadron 3rd Reinforcements; from"A" Squadron 4th Reinforcements,Farrier C. W. Fisher, to "A" Squadron3rd Reinforcements.

The ' following temporary appoint-ments have been approved by the CampCommandant (Lieut.-Colonel H. R. Pot-ter):—"D" Squadron 3rd Reinforce-ments, to be corporals: Privates J. A.Naylor, E. T. Harrison, and W. Mc-Donald. '' D'' Company 4th Reinforce-

! ments, to be lance-corporals: Privatesi F. Girvan and C. Lewis.

SWIMMING.LINWOOD CLUB.

The committee of the LinwoodAmateur Swimming Club has decided tospend £5 in material to erect seatingaccommodation around the bath. Ithas decided to hold a 75yds race- onFebruary 12, and a 100yds race onFebruary 19, the latter being for a goldmedal to be presented by Mr W. Seed.

A 50yds breast stroke race last even-ing resulted:—First heat, H. Le Page(Usee) 1, K. G. Butters (lsee)2; R. T.Coulter (2sec), and S. Smith (7sec) alsostarted. Second heat, D. Stevenson(9 sec) 1, G. Chrystall (2sec) 2; L. Coul-ter (scr), T. Keighley (15sec) also start-ed. Third heat, H. R. Matthews (6sec)1, H. J. Bowlker (7sec) 2; D. Coulter(3sec) and J. Wilson (Usee) also start-ed. Final—D. Stevenson (9see)l, G.Chrystall (Ssec) 2. A good finish; time44isec.

LATEST WAR NEWS.THE GERMAN BLOCKADE

GRAVEST DEVELOPMENTHITHERTO.

OPINION IN AMERICA.

NEUTRALS' COMBINED PROTEST.

By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.

(Received February 6, 2.30 p.m.)WASHINGTON, February 5.

The German blockade announcementJs officially regarded as being thegravest development of the war hitherto

Neutrals are approaching the UnitedStates with the object of making a com-bined protest.

JURY DISAGREES.

ALLEGED SHEEP-STEALING."■ Press Association.

TIMARU, February 6.The hearing of the charges of sheep-

stealing against Robert Guthrie con-cluded in the Supreme Court to-day,having occupied four days.

After four hours' retirement, the juryannounced a disagreement, and a re-trialwas ordered, the date to be fixed with-in a fortnight.

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.(Before Mr T. A. B. Bailey,-S.M.)

DEUNKS.Mary Feeley, 51 years of age, admitted

having been drunk in Madras Street, asecond offence. She said she had justcompleted a term of three months' im-prisonment on Thursday, and asked fora chance.

She was convicted and discharged.Wm. Howe, for having been drunk in

Manchester Street while in charge of ahorse and cart, was fined 10/-, in default48 hours' imprisonment.

DON'T "CHEW."Herbert David Jamieson, set down on

the charge-sheet as being 21 years of age,was charged with being disorderly whiledrunk in Gloucester Street.

Clerk of Court: How do your plead?Herbert David (still chewing): Guilty.•'Don't chew in the box.' '—Oh! I beg

your pardon.How old are you?—Twenty-three.Senior Sergeant: He was acting the

hoodlum and wanted to fight anyone andeveryone.

The Magistrate: 10/- or 48 hours.Herbert David: Thank you. Will you

give time to pay it, please—till nextThursday?

Magistrate: No.. HELPLESSLY DEUNK.

Peter. Benston, who had been on re-mand for having been helplessly drunk inAntigua Street, was ordered to pay 17/6medical.expenses, in default seven days'imprisonment.

IDLE AND DISORDERLY.Florence Weston (Mr Beattie) was

charged with importuning in St. AsaphStreet, and with being an idle and disor-derly person, having insufficient lawfulmeans of support.

Mr Beattie, after police evidence hadbeen taken, submitted that the woman,who was 43 years of age, had not beenbefore the Court for the past 15 years.Her brother was now willing to give hera home.

She was convicted and ordered to comeup for sentence when called upon.

LANDS FOR SETTLEMENT.

AREAS TO BE OPENED.

Press Association,

WELLINGTON, February 6.Mr Massey stated that next month

the Government is offering 4482 acresof drained swamp land, worth £51,000,in the Hauraki Plains district; and isalso opening, on February 22, 11,555acres of dry land, worth £27,355, in theneighbourhood of the Plains. As soonas possible the Government is going onwith the drainage of the Waihi Swamp.The machinery has been delayed by thewar, but it will be shipped from Londonduring the next week or two. The totalarea to be drained is ten or twelvethousand acres.

SWIFT SILVER CUP.

SECOND BOAD RACE.

The following are the handicaps for thesecond race of the series for the Swift SilverCup, to be held on Wednesday night at 6.15,starting at Sockburn. Course: Sockburn toRolleston:—

Scratch—(1) A. George.lmin. —(2) A. Games.2min.— (3) S. Forrester, (4) B. Oliver.3min.—(s) S. Cox, (6) W. Pauls, (7) H.

Davey.4min. — (8) V. Whall, (9) S. Mathews,

(10) H. Barring, (11) A. Vizer, (12) L.White, (13) J. Williams, (14) L. Haynes,(15) L. Clarkson.

smin(16) Zimmerman, (17) Kemp-thorne, (18) L. Brown, (19) Hirst, (20) H.H. Faulkner, (21) E. Dunick, (22) W.Dunick, (23) E. Sutherland, (24) S. Gil-lespie.

6min.—(25) Foley, (26) J. Peters, (27)Roper, (28) B. Skidder, (29) H. King, (30)L. Gerard, (31) I. Sheehan, (32) E. Mar-shall, (35) L. Barwell, (34) E. Barwell, (35)E. Brunt, (36) S. Gerard.

7min.—(37) P. Drought, (38) Stephenson,(39) E. Fuller, (40) T. Stanley, (41) O.Claridge, (42) Thackwell

Bmin. (43) Tregance, (44) W. Newton,(45) J. Partridge, (46) J. Cave, (47) Mc-Grath.

9min.— (48) L. Hopkins, (49) A. Cumber-patch, (50) W. Fuller, (51) Perham, (52) C.Barber.

12min.— (53) J. Bradley, (54) S. Vining,| (55) W. Pctrie, (56) Fulford, (57) Alston.

RACING AND TROTTING.RACING FIXTURES.

February 10 and 11—Taranaki J.O. Autumn.February 17 and 18—Woodville District J.O.

Autumn.February 17, 18, and 20—Dunedin J.O.

Autumn.February 19 and 20—South Auckland J.O.

Annual.ACCEPTANCES.

February 11—Woodville District J.C. Autumn.February 12—South Auckland J.C. Annual.February 12—Dunedin J.O. Autumn.

TROTTING FIXTURES.February 10—Nelson T.C. Annual.February 13—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. Summer.February 24 and 27—Otahuhu T.C. Summer,

mer.ACCEPTANCES.

February 9—N.Z. Metropolitan T.O. SummerFebruary 12—Otahuhu T.C. Summer.

TURF TOPICS.While doing a gallop at Wanganui a

few mornings ago Seaplane broke ashoulder.

F. Tilley's stable will be representedin the Wanganui Cup by Rinaldo, whocost his present owner, Mr Wiri Tokena,600gs. Judging by his form at Egmont,the Charlemagne horse should run a goodrace, for he is on the improve.

Sea Pink is under orders for Sydney,and will probably take his departure earlynext month. This accounts for the SeatonDelaval horse not being engaged in theWanganui Cup.

An Auckland quartet in Goldsize, Bed-ford, Toreadorpand Loyal Arch are re-garded as certain starters at the Taranakimeeting, which starts on Wednesday next.

The well-known Masterton sportsman,Mr M. C. .O'Connell, recently purchasedthe Australian-bred Two Lights, by Graf-ton.

A trio of veteran New Zealanders, inSir Artegal, Kopane, and Hunakaha, arestill battling along in Australia, with in-different success. The two former aremaking their efforts in Sydney and thelatter in Melbourne.

The steeplechaser Nedra, who hasbeen off the scene for the past eighteenmonths, has been put into work againby J. Gravestock at Clareville. Shewill carry the colours of Mr C. F. Val-lance at the winter meetings.

M. McDonald has joined the Poriruatraining establishment as first horse-man, and such a capable rider shouldbe an acquisition to the stable.

Undecided is being given light tasksat Trentham, prior to being put intohard work again. He will probably befound carrying Mr W. Smart's coloursat some of the Easter meetings.

The Hawke's Bay sportsman, Mr W.G, Stead, is negotiating for the pur-chase of four fillies from the Englishowner and breeder, Mr J. B. Joel. Twoof them are by Sundridge, and shouldthe deal eventuate, the batch will bemated with high-class sires prior totheir departure for the Dominion. ,

Merry Eoe is under orders for theTaranaki meeting, where she will beridden by C. Browne in the First Tara-naki Stakes.

The following judgment was givenlast evening by the Appeal Judges of jthe New Zealand Racing Conference:—|"In the matter of the appeal by A. F. |Eoberts, owner of the horse Quirinns;against the decision of the Dunedin Dis-trict Committee in upholding the. ap-peals lodged by 'Y. J. Mor.elle,' ownerof the mare Pretty Jane, and W. Rob-inson, jockey, against the decision ofthe Tapanui Racing Club in placing thehorse Quirinus first (under Part 31,Rule 15) in the Glenkennich Hack Han-dicap, run on November 19, 1914, andsuspending W. Robinson jockey, forthree months. Judgment: We decidethat this case be referred back theJudicial Committee of the Tap'anuiRacing Club, as the Judicial Committeeof that club was not properly consti-tuted, and the enquiry was improperlyconducted. We order the deposit tobe returned to the appellant. Judges:Hugo Friedlander E. R. Guinness, F.H. Pyne. ''

One of the yearling lots that Mr G. P.Donnelly will send up for sale at Otatarain March is a full-brother to Gold Foil.

All the local trotting tracks are in fifst-rate order just at present, and a largenumber of horses are being worked inview of next Saturday's meeting.

R. Allan intends putting Don Caesar,who has benefited greatly by his twomonths' spell, into work again shortly.Red Mac, another of Allan's charges, israpidly getting into form again.

The handicaps declared for the SummerMeeting of the New Zealand and Metro-politan' Trotting Club have been well re-ceived by owners, and there seems everyprospect of good fields for the fixture.Acceptances close with Mr Rattray onTuesday next.

In England, as in Australia, there ismoney in proprietary racing. Last year'stransactions of the Birmingham Race-course Company, Ltd., resulted in a profitof £3533 3/9.

A writer in the London "Sportsman"says it has been his custom for manyyears to publish at the close of each flat-racing season the engagements which havebeen entered into by owners with jockeysfor the forthcoming season, but this yearthings are different. The situation islike this: The owners, practically with-out exception, have said to their jockeys,in effect, "lam well. satisfied with yourriding, and I hope you will ride for meagain next year, but you will understandit is impossible to sign any definite con-tract." From this it would appear thatthe days of big retaining fees in Englandare at a end for some time to come.

On the much-vexed question as to thelowest weight carried by Kitchener, theone-time crack lightweight rider of Eng-land, the following letter, written byKitchener in 1864 will be interesting: —

''The lowest weight I ever rode in anypublic race was at Ascoj, in the year 1840,when I rode a filly by Nonsense, carrying3st. 71b., but bodily weight was 2st. lib.;therefore the rest of the weight was madeup with a heavy saddle and cloths."

TEMPLAR.

STRANDED SHIP REFLOATED.Press Association.

AUCKLAND, February 6.The Italian ship Eurasia, which was

reported to be ashore on the Thamesmud flats yesterday, was floated off lastnight. She was towed to AucklandHarbour this morning, apparently un-damaged.

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LATE COMMERCIAL.POULTRY MARKET.

A. B. Sands and Co. report a goodentry at their yards to-day, when anypoultry fit for killing was selling verywell, prime table chicken being in greatdemand, also prime ducklings. Fathens were also selling much betterthan last week. Following were theprices realised: —Prime table chicken,4/4 to 8/10 per pair; hens, 2/4 to 4/1;ducks, 3/6 to 7/6; turkeys (gobblers),21/- to 24/-.

CANTERBURY JOCKEYCLUB.

THE SUMMER MEETING.

The weather conditions prevailingfor the Canterbury Jockey Club's Sum-mer Meeting left nothing to be desired.A light easterly wind was not strongenough to cause any inconvenience,while the heavy sward on the racingtrack reduced the dust nuisance to aminimum. There was not a large at-tendance at starting time, but it improv-ed as the afternoon wore on, eventuallyreaching the standard of previous years.The fact of so many horses having dualengagements led to a rather free use ofthe scratching pen, but taken all roundthe fields were of average size, and theracing was full of interest. His Excel-lency the Governor and suite arrivedjust before the first race came on for de-cision. Details are:—TRIAL STAKES, of 140 boys. Seven fur-

longs.1 C. Machell's b g Meltchikoff, by Men-

schikoff—Melton, ' 3yrs, 7.11 (W.McDonald) . . . . 1

5 Mrs R. T. Neale's Derby Day, 8.12(Donovan) . . . . - 2

2 R. Lohgley's Twelfth Night, 8.5 (W.Scobie) 3

Also started: 10 Lady Grafton 7.11 51ballowance (Lodge), 9 Bandy 8.2 car. 8.11(McSweeney), 3 Camulus 8.0 (L. Wilson),11 Este 7.11 car. 8.2 (Beale), 4 Me^/ 7.11(F. Woods), 7 Skene Dhu 7.11 (Mtv.iuskey),6 Panama 7.11 (Anderson), 12 Skirl 7.11(Campbell), 7 Resemblance 7.11 (A. Wilson).

From a good send off Meltchikoff took com-mand at the end of a furlong, and he showedthe way all round the far turn from EsteSkirl and Panama, with Medley, who hadbeen slow to begin, last. The favouritewas first into the straight, and with headsin line for home Terby Day was in secondplace, Twelfth Night and Camulus headingthe others. Easily holding his position tothe finish Meltchikoff won comfortably bytwo lengths from Derby Day, who was alength in front of Twelfth Night. Close upcame Camulus, Skene Dim, and Medley.Time, lmin 28 2-ssec.HORNBY WELTER HANDICAP, of 150 sovs.

One mile.1 Sir Geo. Clifford's b g Snapdragon,

by Charlemagne—Cora Lynn, 3yrs,9.3 (P. E. Jones) - . . 1

2 M. Hobbs's br m Peg, 9.13 (Campbell) 23 H. Whitney's b g Mount Victoria, 9.13

(W. Bell) • 3Also started: 9 Teviotdale 9.4 (Wormald),

6 Troon 8.12 (F. Woods), 7 Gnome 8.11(Beale), 4 Glenowl 8.10 (Berry), 5 Cortes8.5 (Donovan), 8 Mumura 8.0 (N. Wilson).

Troon got left at the post, but the othersgot away in good line. Once into their posi-tions Mount Victoria was showing the way toGlenowl, after whom came Peg and Cortes onterms. There was little change in the orderas they raced past the six-furlong post, buta little further on the field closed up. Turn-ing into the straight Glenowl and Peg closedon the leader, and Snapdragon made a for-ward move. Half-way down the runningSnapdragon put in her claim, and, having theleader's measure at the distance, w.on easilyby three lengths from Peg, who was twolengths in front of Mount Victoria. Thenext to finish were Glenowl and Teviotdale.Time, Imin 42 l-sscc.MIDDLE PARK PLATE, of 500 spvs. Six

furlongs.2 Sir Geo. Clifford's b c Adjutant, by

Martian—Discipline, 2yrs, 6.11 (H.Young) . . ..' •

• 11 G. D. Greenwood's b f Nones, by Mar-

tian—Lovelorn, 2yrs, 7.4 (Clark). . 23 G. L. Stead's b c Dinner Gong, by

Boniform—Curfew Bell, 8.1 (Berry) 34 A. Boyle's b c Fabrikoff, 3yrs, 8.9 (J.

Beale) .... .... • • • • •• 02 Sir Geo. .Clifford's br f Holiday, 2yrs,

7.4 (W. Bell) • • • •

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6 H. Friedlander's b c Ardenvh'or, 2yrs,6.11 (Lloyd) 0

5 C. G. Dalgety's b ..g Snub, 2yrs, 6.0(Musson) 0

The field moved off in good line, butHoliday and Ardenvhor were slow to getinto their strides. Fabrikoff quickly estab-lished a useful lead from Adjutant andNones, with Dinner Gong at the head of theothers. The order remained practically un-changed as the course proper was entered,but a lit.tle further on Adjutant and .Nonesclosed on the leader. At the distance Fabri-

koff was beaten, and Nones and Adjutantraced on. terms. In a punishing finish,Adjutant outstayed the favourite, and wona good race by half a length. Two lengthsfurther back came Dinner Gong, followed byFabrikoff and Snub. Ardenvhor was the lastto finish. Time, lmin 14 l-ssec.

Winners of recent contests for the MiddlePark Plate are:—Year. Owner. Winner. Time.1900 G. G. Stead Screw Gun 1.20 1-5

(by Hotchkiss)1901 G. G. Stead Menschikoff 1.14

(by Stepniak)1902 G. G. Stead Cruciform 1.17

(by St. Leger)1903 J. Monk Achilles 1.14 4-5

(by Medallion)1904 G. G. Stead - Machine Gun 1.15

(by Hotchkiss)1905 Sir G. Clifford Stronghold 1114 2-5 '

(bv Clanranald)1906 G. G. Stead Ibolt 1.173-5

(bv Multiform)1907 Sir G.Clifford

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Glenculloch 1.15 3-5(bv Clanranald)

1908 Sir G. Clifford Fleetfoot 1.15(by Clanranald)

1909 Sii G. Clifford "Sharpshooter 1.14 4-5(bv Clanranald)

1910 Sii G. Clifford Mad. Madcap 1.13 4-5(by Clanranald)

1911 Sir G. Clifford Antagonist 1.15(by Soult)

1912 Sir G. Clifford Autumnus 1.14 3-5(by Treadmill)

1913 G. D. Greenwood Emperador 1.13(by Charlemagne II)

1914 G. L. Stead . Sauci 1.14(by. Charlemagne II.)

1915 Sir G. Clifford Adjutant 1.14 1-5(by Martian)

MIDSUMMER HANDICAP, of 400 sovs. Onemile and a-half.

Specialform 9.0 . 1United Service- 8.10 2Don Francisco 8.3 .

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. . 3Scratched: Peg. Time, 2min 36sec.

NOTES ON RACING.

Backers started well by making Melt-chikoff a strong order for the TrialStakes. The favourite soon rush-ed to the front, and fromthis out had matters all his ownway. Derby Day ran a splendid racein getting second place, for he was wellback in the early stages, while Medley,who finished fifth, was at one stage ac-tually acting as whipper-in.

Derby Day is a half-brother to thewell-known trotter, Electrocute.

The Chokebore-trained filly, Snap-dragon, was made a staunch favouritefor the Hornby Welter, and she cer-tainly looked the pick of the bunch.After lying nearly last for most of thejourney, she put in a great run onceheads were turned for home, whichlanded her an easy winner. Troon gotleft at the start, and struggled alongin a rearward position all through. Pegran a fair race, as did Mount AT ictoria,who made most of the running.

A serviceable field of seven went outto contest the old-established MiddlePark Plate, and they were a well-condi-tioned lot. Nones looked in rare fettle,and no fault could be found with theorder in which the Chokebore pair, Holi-day and Adjutant, were turned out.Fabrikoff looked short of a gallop, -whileArdenvhor was not nearly ready.Backers pinned thier faith to Nones,who was a much better favouritethan the Chokebore pair, Holiday andAdjutant. Fabrikoff made the pacesolid till a furlong from the post,where he compounded. Then Adju-tant and Nones fought out a splendid

finish, and the former, staying betterthan the favourite, -won a good race by-half .1 length. Dinner Gong was put-ting in good work at the finish, but noth-ing had a chance with the leading pair.

GISBORNE RACING CLUB.

Press Association.GISBORNE, February 6.

The second day of the Gisborne .RacingClub's Summer Meeting is being held io-day.Results:—SPRING HURDLES, of 120 sovs. One mile

and three-quarters.- Bravest 10.10 - • • 1

Ambergris 9.4 • 2Chatmos 11.9 3

Also started: Multiano. Won by severallengths. Time, 3min 21jsec.

MAIDEN SCURRY, of 100 sovs. Fivefurlongs.

King of Athol 8.6 1Te Araroa 7.9 2Potentiality 8.5 3

Scratched: Toki. Won by half a length.Time, lmin 2 l-ssec.

THE DUNEDIN ELECTION

MR STATHAM'S MAJORITY.

INCREASED BY OFFICIAL COUNT.

Press Association.DUNEDIN, February 6.

The official count increases MrStatham 's majority to 23, the figuresbeing:—

Statham .. .... 3847

Munro .. ...... 3824 ;

The counting of the absentee votes, adozen of which have still to come in,is now proceeding.

STATHAM ELECTED.

With twelve absent votes to come,the figures now are:—

Statham ..

'.. ..• 4027Munro' .. .....

.. ~ 3924Majority for Statham 103

THE RUGBY SEASON.

CURTAILED PROGRAMMEPROBABLE.

Now that the end of the cricket seasonis in sight, football matters-are "beginningto be discussed. Next month -the variousprovincial Rugby Unions in New Zealandwill hold their annual meetings, and thepolicy to be followed durin gthe comingseason will then be discussed. Already,however, there are decided indicationsthat the season will be an exceedinglyquiet one. For one thing, a very largeproportion of the number of players is tobe found in the ranks of the Expedition-ary Forces and in the reinforcements.Also, it is very likely that the unions willdecide that 'no representative' matchesshould be played this year. ;

Questioned on the subject by a Sunrepresentative this morning, Mr G. H.Mason, president of the CanterburyRugby Unionj said he did not think thatany representative matches should beplayed this season. He was in acebrdwith the New South Wales Union*s ideathat only a limited number -pf ' clubmatches should be played and the OtherSaturdays in the football season devotedto giving footballers military training.One certainly did not feel very keen aboutplaying representative matches at such atime. However, if Mr H. Harris, presi-dent of the Otago Rugby Union, had beencorrectly informed that the AucklandRugby Union would not send a team ontour this year, the representative pro-gramme would be curtailed considerably,for Auckland's was the most importantinterprovincial tour scheduled for thisyear. Canterbury and Otago had bothtoured in the South Island last year, andWellington had gone to Auckland andTaranaki. Unless his memory was atfault, Canterbury's only touring engage-ments this year were with Otago and'Southland.

"Personally," continued Mr Mason,''I don't think we ought to play verymuch football this year. We should notdo anything, that is likely to interferewith recruiting* or the military trainingof those men who are constrained to re-main at home. I think there are stillsome football players withoutties and who should volunteer for thefront. It is difficult, however, to esti-mate their number. Certainly a largenumber of players joined the main Ex-peditionary Force, but they were mostlyfrom two or three clubs. Of course,many others might have joined the re-inforcements, but we do not know theirnumber yet. We certainly do not want*to provide football for men who can goto the frent—but won't. On the otherhand, we don't want to penalise thosemen whose ties prevent them from vol-unteering. I am quite prepared to ad-vocate the playing of a certain numberof games to keep the men who are left"fit," and to avoid their having no-thing to do on Saturday afternoons.These are my personal views, and arenot official. But as soon as possibleafter the college vacations are over,and all the members of the CanterburyRugby Union's Managing* Committeeare available, I intend to call a meetingof the committee so that the question;may be discussed and something placedbefore the annual meeting of delegatesto the union."

LATE SHIPPING.OVERSEA.

(Received February 6, 12.50 p.m.)By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.

SYDNEY, February 6. !

Arrived—Riverinn (8 a.m.), for New Zea-land.

MELBOURNE, February 6.Arrived—Vision, from Westport.

An arrival at Lyttelton this morning wasthe Shaw-Savill liner Waimana, from Dun-edin. The- vessel leaves on Tuesday forTimaru, to continue her loading.

The Anchor Line's Alexander is due atLyttelton late this afternoon from Picton,with a load of sheep, and returns to theSounds for a further load.

Having completed her charter to the A. &

A. Line, the Skipton Castle left Melbourneon Wednesday last for Dunedin, where sheis due on Tuesday. The -vessel has beenengaged by Mr G. H. Scales to load wool forHome, and after shipping at Dunedin andWellington will come on to Lyttelton aboutFebruary 16, making this her final port.Timaru has now been omitted from the pro-gramme.

MORE DANGEROUS THANEVER.

VERSATILITY OF THE GERMANS: J; • '„ ■■•• ji

[The following story was written byBeach Thomas, war correspondent of tben-.-cLondon "Daily Mail," and is taken fronu Kfithe Xlhicago "Tribune."]

NORTH OF FRANCE. |We all know the Germans have beem -!

long preparing for war—at any rater Jfor 30 years. They made theirpreparations with excess of theory,to the end of a short, sharp campaigns 4

These intentions have to some extent- *

gone by the board, but the mark of thercampaign at the moment is not so muchi"%the partial failure of the past aims'anfts-tideas of the Germans as their amazing iversatility in meeting and acknowledge 4ing conditions that had not beenticipated. '•■■{

It seems to me quite beyond question? Athat the German staff is facing with- <le- -jliberate determination a long war, for" Iwhich new methods and forces mustprepared. . 'j

We know that special instruments; are- %being continually invented and manu— '.ffactured, from the new celluloidfor the motor drivers to the special*drainage spades for trenches or thesjl"cleaning essences'' for the men. - \J|

In spite of doctrinairewho have sent thousands to theirwith quite useless generosity, the Ger«'l|mans give proof daily of that ready ver~\~lsatility which has proved a prime "cause* %of their success in commerce. ' - ~£j

Breaking Shackles of Theory. |A few months ago infantry were

garded as slave squadrons, as a con-*lcrete filling for trenches, as food fqrV-iicannon. To-day many of the GermaniMinfantry have broken the shackles o£*l|generations of theory. They still*f|chiefly rely, as well they may, on the*J|number of their machine guns, butnumber of German sharpshootersvery large. -

..-," $&

Individual men shoot with asskill and courage as they spy 1. They usa&3the weather and the incidental features;!!of the country with fineThey have fought well in open drdefSJjIndeed, the great war machine, aamong scientific destructors, is content,!!to learn from events and from th*&|enemy, not least; from the British. Tb&Mtheorists vanish. s . -ill

Prepared for Long War. ;>JISo much must be said, not insire of commending the enemy, bat fo>c|l

the sake of a clear view of the sitagftjltion. Germany has sufficientdence in her resources to face . th«j||prospect of a long war, andcan only be abbreviated by t •nmteh-SJIing German arrangements with.'*.jatft3|least - equal preparations in'- .and in material, and by acquiring aaV-fllarge a confidence in the prospect' of mmcontinued war. '

' "~'J%mWe have a new sort of enemy to fighi3—an enemy that has learned, its 'ownl£||weaknesses arid its enemy'sand now no longer banks pn theout blow. The German who hide's Eiini|nself in the boughs of a scrub oaK ah«|picks off a careless Tommy in a trericll§|500 yards off is not the same, sort 'oWmenemy as did the go:osestep tHrougJiilBrussels in August. He has learned. . n :M

New Military Art. "'..

,'sThe difficulty of any prophecy as to-»'|

the length of the war in any quarter-of*1France or Belgium lies in the fact that'lla new military art is being daily- , per- Mfected by all those engaged; an*!'thev|most adaptable will best succeed. *J

In this war everyone is a learnerr:*"Jand the Germans are certainly' not tW-1most backward learners. It had"been proved how far trenches conlrV'beV. J|;eome—may I say residential? Horw-far-'pthey could be made artillery proof,: and ''Mhow far impregnable by wire entangle-" Jments. A domestic point which no imili—fjtary authority had considered is hoyrSlong they can remain sanitaryj. M

Many of the trenches will jstriUe X-Mguest as almost charming. Whea' thero-;ffis plenty of straw and the stove—

are always four to each Belgian•—burns freely, and the enemy's artil-'ilery is remote, and savoury soup- ia'-Mbeing distributed, the trench seenmyou an almost Arcadian home, even m*|ifrost.. "" ', *-"j|

Doesn't Improve -with Age. --MBut the worst of a trench—

from all questions of attack arid ~de-<||fence—is that the longer you live ii<-I|jit,the worse it becomes. The Germanflrs-lhave certainly retreated in somebecause they had made their, own '-Mtrenches untenable;' they wereselves their own fever and pain." - --i'li

One might imagine a state of war ia-fJiwhich victory went not to the&t cleverest, but to the cleanest. ~*rmHitherto the Germans have certainly "J|suffered most in their fight against in-sanitation of many sorts. The statethe wounded and prisoners proves it, '/%

But the Germans are people who**!learn. They have built and are build- i%irig trenches as fine and sanitary and as- *|jwell regulated as-, their wonderful! %municipal flats. At some centres tfyey'jlnow possess underground barracks, ,al;-vlmost cities, which are perfectly pro.olvflagainst bombs, and, as far as may,against fevers that accompany dirtl-x, -~"Hlit the British trenches there is nowH?!almost a standardised system of "back :j|offices, "* which are progressive. The- '%kitchens are the most perfect architec-tural feat of the .whole establishment,-and are joined to the trenches by bomb-- |jproof corridors. "

: qjI would emphasise this not to suggest- --«

any great British superiority, but to im- '%

press the fact that this excellence must- labe maintained. • *j

A handy stove, a good digging t001,..J|a waterproof boot, a washing essencei-vl!may have as crucial an influence on thiso,*|or that part of the campaign as a new-.mortar or cycle gun or canalThe energy thrown by the German na; 1|tion into details of this sort, and other -JMmuch minuter details, has become very vjapparent in the last few weeks.

Let us make the competition hot J|even in trifles. . j*j

THE SUN", SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915. 11

Farmers in North Otago are fortunatethis year that blight has not yet appear-ed among the potato crops. Even indistricts where last year the Irish blightruined entire paddocks there is not sofar the slightest sign of the scourge. Itis doubtful, even if a warm and moistautumn be experienced, that crops willlose materially from blight this year, astate of affairs due, no doubt, to theearly prevalence of drying winds:

Sixty thousand of the 120,000 mem-bers of the Durham Miners' Associationare serving with the Colours.

Last year no fewer than 1584 derelictships were discovered, most of them inthe North Atlantic.

A third of the Montenegrin armyhave fallen on the battlefield, but thespirit of the nation is undaunted.

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THE HERVEIST PHILOSOPHY.

ITS OPPONENT, AUGUST BEBEI*.

"German Socialists have boasted that a

third,, or even a lialf, of the army, be-long to their party. What kind ofSocialists are these who march—notlike sheep, but like whipped and herdedhyenas—against their unoffending andoutnumbered Belgian fellow workers,spreading rapine and desolation throughthat brave little kingdom, committingcrimes that would have shamed Napo-leon and Philip II.? Upon what kindof moral and political food have theseGerman Socialists been reared by theirparty teachers? God save the restA ofthe Socialist world from more of suchnourishment.''

The author of the above scathing in-dictment is Professor Ilerron, a brilliantAmerican Socialist writer. It is ex-tracted from an article in the "Clar-ion" of November 27, 1914. The article,which I will summarise in next Tues-

'■(lay's issue of The Sun, deals vfcith aSubject that i» giving violent exercise tothe-minds of those writers and speakerswho express the thought of the inter-

nationalist Socialist movement —the fail-ure"of the German Social Democracy tooppose and prevent the great war that isdesolating the earth.

Peace Sentiment.As/the reader probably .knows, inter-

national fraternity and peace, resolvingultimately into the United States of

.'Europe, is the ideal of the Socialistmovement.

It is-well expressed in the Tines:—When the drum shall beat no lons'T,

And the battle flag'be furled,lii the Parliament of Man,

The Federation of the World.So strong is the peace sentiment, so

. keen their interest in its developmentthat never a Socialist Congress of inter-national status may pass without thesubject coming forward for discussion.These discussions have nothing to dowith the desirability of the ideal. Onthat subject there is perfect unanimity.The eternal question is the possibility

; and method of its realisation, and thedivision of opinions thereon is sharp andirreconcilable. There are two maindivisions of thought, and here, as inthe domain of social tactics, they may-be roughly divided as reformists and re-volutionaries. The latter are interna-tionally known by the name of "ller-vcists," after their leader, GustavoHerve. Here is their philosophy asformulated by Ilerve himself:—

-'' The proletarians haTe no country.The differences which exist between thepresent countries arc all superficial dif-ferences.

"The Capitalist regime is the same inall countries—as it cannot work with-out a minimum of political liberties, allcountries which live under a Capitalistsystem enjoy elementary liberties, whichcannot be denied any longer to theproletariat. Even in Kussia, the auto-cratic regime is to-day beaten to death.

"The proletarians who give theirlives for the present countries aredupes, stupid brutes.

"Even when this country is victor-ious, it is they who pay the cost of vic-tory through increased taxes. ."The only war which is not a decep-

tion is that at the end of which, if theyare victors, proletarians may hope by

'-'the expropriation of the Capitalistclass to put their hands on the socialwealth accumulated by human geniusfor generations past.

"There is only one Mar which is. worthy of intelligent men, it is civil

war, social revolution.''r .-+ Aii Interesting Personality.

Herve is a native of Brest, in Brit-• tany,Where he was born in 1871. He

": is therefore 44 years of age. He was:'•■■ the son of poor parents, and on leaving• school became an usher at an institu-tion corresponding to the 'English Gram-i, inar School. Continuing his studies in

,: ,spare time he attained his B.A. degree• at the age of eighteen. At twenty years

of age he obtained a position as Pro-fessor of History, but being dismissed

■ '. because "'of his revolutionary opinions,he returned to his position of usher.

' Later on he obtained his M.A. degreeand also a professorship. Afterwards hebecame a Socialist organiser, trampingfrom village to village, sleeping in. thehomes of the peasants, inspiring themwith Socialist and revolutionary opin-ions. During this time he developed hisnow widely-known "anti-patriot"philosophy, which he has preached un-ceasingly' on the platform and i/i his

"""""p.iper, "La Guerre Sociale." lie quali-fied himself for the bar, was admittedas a lawyer, practised for a while, andfinally expelled, because of various sen-

' tene.es of imprisonment imposed upon• him because of his anti-militarist propa-

ganda. He has been denounced, not-' only by the orthodox Press and polifci-. Cians of France, but also by the Socialist

t*ress and the Socialist leaders, but con-;'• .tinues on his way, careless of all oppo-'^Wion,y**- ~~Wte£~ •section- apposed to If ervff m the">iiKi.*i ,iLjM ,o:iu.l movement, and which is# . ■ ■■

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by t'ixv the .stronger, both in numbersand talent, are patriots as well as In-ternational Socialists, and regard theirduty to their various countries, as beingno less demanding than their duty tocoimnon humanity. At the Internation-al Socialist Congress, held at Stuttgartin 1907, Herve, who was present as oneof the French delegates, moved a resolu-tion "calling upon all comrades, inview of the diplomatic incidents, which,coming from all quarters, threatenEuropean peace, to answer any declara-tion of war from whatever side it maydome, by military strike and insurrec-tion."

Herve's proposal was that in theevent of. war, the military reservistsshould stay in their homes, refusingeither to serve or work. In the event ofattempted arrest or attack, they shouldforcibly take possession of the powersof Government, such procedure beingfacilitated by the absence of the activearmy.

Proposal Branded as Absurd.Herve's opponents branded the pro-

posal as absurd and utterly impractic-able. Speaking to the resolution, Aug-ust Bebel,.the able and veteran leaderof the German Social-Democracy, said:"Each people that suffers under analien domination, even though it thusreceives certain benefits, rises with thestruggle "for freedom and puts aside allother aims. . . . Henri's idea that itmakes no difference to the proletariatwhether Germany conquered France orFrance conquered Germany is absurd.If you,Herve, were to try it practicallyyour own countrymen would trample youunder their feet. ... As a reasonableman I must tell you openly that evenif we. wanted to we could not performwhat, Herve asks from us. . . And Iam afraid that you in France will alsoexperience bad times when, in case ofwar, you try the HeTvelan method ofgeneral strike, desertion of the flag, andinsurrection. ... If we were really toabandon the strict neutrality towardsthe army, which we are now compelledto impose upon ourselves, we would im-mediately get all the paragraphs of thepenal code upon our necks. . . . But theanti-militarist agitation in Francewould, if it had any success, endangerthe world's peace; for the German mili-tary circles follow them with the great-est interest, and a disorganised armywould magnetically draw a strong ad-versary. . . . We have fought militarism. . . by refusing it every penny . . . butwe will not let ourselves be drawn intoa method which may become highlydangerous to the whole vitality, thevery existence, of our party." ,

The Counter Resolution.Bebel moved a resolution in opposition

to Hcrvc. It is too long to embody inthis article, but its substance is that:"Wars are the result of the very natureof Capitalism, and they will only ceasewhen Capitalism is abolished, or when theenormous sacrifices in men and moneyexacted by the development of militaryscience and the revolt provoked therebyshall have driven the civilised nations tosuppress the system. . . . The congressconsiders the democratic organisation ofthe military powers of the nation whichshould include all men capable of bearingarms, an important means of preventingthe attacks of one nation upon another.When war appears to be imminent theworking class of the countries concerned,and their representatives in Parliament,are in duty bound to do all in their power—using such means as they may deemmost 'efficacious . . . and should warbreak out . . . they should make all pos-sible efforts to secure its speedy termina-tion." This resolution represented in

spirit the opinions of the Gorman Social-Democrats and the majority of the dele-gates, and was ultimately, with someadditions, embodied in the motion carried.

Herve replied to Bebel, stating that'' We have had too much confidence inyour (German) Socialist and Interna-tionalist .sentiments. . . . You have al-lowed yourselves to be intoxicated byyour electoral successes. . . . You havebecome exclusively reformist and lawful.

. .. You have lost, if you ever had it,

all revolutionary spirit, all revolutionarysense; you do not even understand whatit is. You are afraid of prison. Youare a flock of sheep under the crook ofyour Kaiser Bebel . .

. your disciplineis a discipline of death ... when warconies, go on under the colours of yourEmperor . . . but if you march againstFrance you will be received with the shotsof our insurrectional communes wavingthe red flag of our International whichyou have betrayed.'' (Groans and ap-plause.)

Social-Democrats of Germany.What are the facts concerning the Ger-

man Soeial-DemOcrats in relation to thepresent war? Briefly they are as follows:There are two sections amongst them.One section was tire patriotic, proud oftheir sons going to the front and "sovrrythey were to 6 old to go themselves."The other section, h'ea-ded by KarlLiebknecht, voted inside the partyagainst the party supporting the War'Budget.- Liebknecht (who is memberfor Potsdam and a son of the famousWilliam Liebknecht) was supported by

thirteen others, but the majority of the1.10 Social-Democrat members of theReichstag voted solidly for the Budget.These divided counsels were reflectedin the mass of the rank and file. Afterthe war broke out there were no moremeetings held by the Social-Democrats,and an iron censorship prevented thepublication of printed matter. Apartfrom this the authorities pursued apolicy of conciliation and concessiontowards the trade unionists and social-ists never previously experienced, withthe object, of course, of solidifying thecountry. In the early stage of the warit was reported that Karl Liebknechthad been shot for refusing to serve asa reserve officer, but he is still alive andwell, and working like a Trojan to re-lieve the excessive misery and unem-ployment now rampant in the GermanStates. The wretched pittance grantedto the German women, to maintain themand their little ones while their hus-bands' and brothers arc at. the front hasaroused the utmost discontent, which isbeing intensified by the news of Ger-man reverses, which are leakingthrough, despite the efforts of theauthorities. This growing resentmentmay give the German Social-Democratstheir opportunity to retrieve their lostreputation among the Socialists ofEurope by organising opposition to thecontinuance of the war. In the mean-time, Professor Herron's sentiment'sexpressed in his article in the "Clar-ion" are Almost universal among theSocialists of Europe.

GUSTAV HEBVE

DB KABL LIEBKNECHT

A SHIP ASHORE.- - ■ v •

EXTRAORDINARY MISTAKE.

CAPTAIN BLAMES COMPASSES.

Press Association.AUCKLAND, February 5.

The Italian full-rigged ship Eurasia,

1874 gross tons, commanded by Cap-tain Frnneesso Olivari, wont ashore ona mud flat five miles south-west ofthe Thames Wharf at ten o'clock lastnight. The vessel left Auckland at10 a.m. yesterday for Monte Video

and was clearly far out of her course.For this the captain blames his com-passes. The vessel now stands up-right in soft mud at low tide and isnot considered to be in any danger,but it may be difficult to remove herfrom her position as it was high tidewhen she. grounded.

The Harbour Board's tug Te Awhinaleft at ft p.m. for the scene to en-deavour to tow the Eurasia off. Anattempt was to have been made ateleven o'clock to-night when the tidewould be full.

The Eurasia, which is owned byGuiscppe Mortola Giambottista, of SanBocco, Caniingli, Italy, was built atGreenock in ISSo. She arrived atWellington about August with a cargoof Marseilles tiles. After discharge ofher Wellington cargo the vessel leftfor Auckland with the balance of thetiles, arriving here on November 7.As no charter was forthcoming theEurasia was towed to an anchorage inthe stream early in December and re-mained there until her departure yes-terday. She was towed out by thetug Te Awhina to the neighbourhoodof Tiritiri Island. There was a freshwesterly breeze and after the pilot leftthe Eurasia headed for Cape Colvilleand the Great Barrier with most of hersails set. The wind was dead fairfor her. At four o'clock on Thursdayafternoon the Westralia, from south-ern ports, passed the Eurasia in theHauraki Gulf. The ship was observedto have most of her sail set and shewas close-hauled on the port tack andheading for Cape Colville. The officersof the Westralia expressed some sur-prise that the ship should be so farin towards the Firth of Thames. Twohours \later Captain Beach, of theNorthern Company's lighter Victory,passed the Eurasia well down towardsthe Thames. Captain Beach couldsee that the ship was well out of hercourse and heading for the Thames.

Captain Olivari came to Aucklandby the s.s. Wakatere and immediatelybefore he left in the tug for the sceneof the mishap a reporter asked himhow the accident occurred. CaptainOlivari said that he w«*ys completelymisguided by his compasses. Theywere of a well-known make and hadbeen regularly adjusted. He steeredN.N.E. as he thought, but discoveredtoo late that the compasses werefaulty. The vessel has a very sharpkeel and is well down in the soft mud.but has sustained no damage whatever.The crew are still on board and arequite comfortable.

OFFENSIVE NAMES.

DRINK AND A REVOLVER.

Press Association.WANGANUI. February 5.

James Salo, night-watchman for theSash and Door Factory Company, wasto-day committed- for trial on a chargeof firing a revolver at "Thomas Blink-horn, a drover. From the evidence itappeared that Blinkho.ru and threeother drovers who had been drinking,but were not drunk, passed Salo about6 p.m. on .January 28. Blinkhorn saidlie called Salo "an old sausage," andasked how he was getting on, where-upon accused fired a revolver at him.Accused's story was that Blinkhorncalled him a German, embellished withoffensive adjectives, and threatened himwith physical violence. Jn self-defencehe fired a revolver* into the ground tofrighten his assailant. Salo, who issaid to be a Russian-Finn, is an elderly,inoffensive man.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

Press Association.LAWR'SNCE, February 5.

Replying to a deputation who urged-a geological survey of the Tuapeka dis-trict, the Minister of Mines said'to-daythat Mr Morgan and Dr Hendersonwere the only officers in the GeologicalDepartment-at present. Dr Hendersonwas ill and" Mr Morgan was engagedon departmental work in the north. Hethought sufficient importance was notattached to the geological reports asfar as developing our mining resourceswas concerned. It was impossible toexpect his small staff to do tins workthoroughly, and unless it was donethoroughly it was of no value. A mereglance round for a week was no use.As soon as he (Mr Fraser) could getthe services of his officers or of some-one else he 'Would have a survey pre-pared on the Tnapeka district. He hadhad it in mind for some time to havethis particular department augmentedso far as the scientific staff was con-cerned, because it would be an advan-tage to the whole community. Some-thing would have to be done to makethe staff more effective.

FINANCE OF THE COUNTRY

THE DECEMBER QUARTER.STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER.

'•HIGHLY SATISFACTOR V."

Presn Association.

WELLINGTON, February 5.A detailed statement of the receipts

and expenditure on the ConsolidatedFund, ordinary revenue account, forthe quarter ended December .'SI—the third of the current 'financial year—was gazetted to-night. It shows thatthe credit balance at October 1 stoodat £150,3.11, and at December 31 therewas a debit balance of £48,037.

Following; are the main figures in thestatement, compared with those for thecorresponding quarter of 19.13 (shil-lings and pence being omitted): —

RECEIPTS.1914. 1913.

£ £

Balance at beginning ofquarter . . . . 150,311 605,493

Ordinary revenue .. 3,113,550 3,134,774Territorial revenue.. 52,891 29,062Recoveries . . . . 16 453Debenture purchase, re-

, de.mption & renewal tf,looBalance end of quarter 48,637

Tot«ls . . . . £3,365,407 .£3,837.883EXPENDITURE.

i.' .£

Permanent appropriatns. 1,397.809 1,287,677Annual appropriations 1,942,597 1,908,055Revenue transferred to

Public Works Fund 25,000 50,000Debenture* redeemedBalance end of quarter

Totals .. .. £3(837,833;DETAILS OF REVENUE.

Details of tire ordinary revenue ascompared with the corresponding quar-ter of 1913 are:—

. 1914. 1913.£ £

Customs 735,521 762,903Stamps . . . .

.. 259,078 289,961

Postal and Telegraphrevenue .. .... 376.126- 376,301

Land tax .... 630.391 692,797Tncome tax

.. ..7,110 3,523

Beer duty .. .. 36,393 .33,722Railways 968,571 878,642Registration & oilier fees 18,508 17,291Marine 11,510 10,913Miscellaneous .

. . . 71,338 68,717DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURE.Following is a similar comparison of

the annual appropriations for the re-spective quarters: —'■

1914. 1913.£ £

Legislative Departments 11,221 14,023Department of Finance 70.745 11,228Post and Telegraph Dept. 279,752 259,225"Working Railways Dept. 763,032 899,838Public buildings, domains,

and maintenance ofroads 39,196 35,085

Native Department .. 7,046 6,219

Justice Department . . 123.899 105,191Mines Department . . 7,344 7,950Dept. of Internal Affairs 120,998 102,771Defence Department . . 128,758 90,815Customs, Marine and Har-

- hours, and Inspectionof Machinery Depts. 44,663 36,576

.Department of Labour 7,826 6,695Department of Lands and ...

Survey - 50,255 58,823Department of Agricul-

ture, Industries, andCommerce 44,832 50,878

Education Department . . 244,044 241,371.Services not provided for 1,873 6

MR ALLEN'S REVIEW.

DUNEDIN, February 5.Tlie Hon. James Allen, Minister of

Finance, lias received from the Treas-ury Department details of the revenueand 'expenditure for January, and forthe ten months of the current financialyear.

The revenue returns for the tenmonths ended January 31 amount to£9,854,325, including a balance onApril 1, 1914; of £426,905.

The expenditure amounts to£9,832,132, including a transfer to thePublic Works Fund of £25,000.

There was, therefore, a balance onJanuary Ml, in favour of the receipts,of £22,19.'..

In the Public Works Fund the totalreceipts to January 31 amount to£2,411,089, including balance broughtforward from April I, 1914, of£1,178,584. The expenditure amountsto £1,766,207, including charges andexpenses with regard to loans of£35,179. The balance available onJanuary 31 for public works was£644,881.

"In addition," said Mr Allen, "thereis the bulk of the public works loanauthorised last year, which has notbeen touched yet. It will be seen,

therefore, that great care has beentaken to conserve the Public WorksFund, and that, considering the situa-tion with the war in progress, the publicworks are in a satisfactory position."

''With regard to the ConsolidatedFund, I had anticipated a decrease inthe Customs, and 1 am sorry to say thatit shows itself in the January Customsreturns. The Customs decrease for Janu-ary, as compared with January of lastyear, is £108,069, but I do not think thatrepresents the position accurately, be-cause, in all probability, last year therewas a very large amount of Customsduties received owing to the recovery oftrade after the strike. However, notwith-standing that drop in the Customs, thetotal revenue from all sources for the 10months ended January 31 shows an in-crease of £240,051, and this, despite thedecrease in the Customs for the 10 monthsof £136,829. I estimated that the Cus-toms revenue would he less than for theprevious year, but I am hopeful yet thatthe estimate may he reached.

"The increase in the revenue for the10 months on the Railways is £131,885,

and I have no reason to doubt that ourestimated increase will be reached.

"in Stamps there is an increase of£3-1,000 on last year, and T believe thatour estimate for the year will be exceeded.

"The Post and Telegraph Departmentshows an increase of £57,242, the incometax an increase of £30,879, and the landtax an increase of £24,117; in fact, therehas been an increase in every item exceptthe Customs. In regard to Marine andother receipts, Marine shows a drop of£1330 and other receipts a drop of £533.

"Under all the circumstances, an in-crease in revenue amounting, as I havesaid, to £240,051, must be consideredhighly satisfactory.' 1

WATER FOR WELLINGTON.

Press Association.WELLINGTON, February 5.

The City Council to-night adoptedthe city engineer's report outlining ascheme' for securing the OrongorongoValley for the extension of the citywater supply. The engineer stated thatit might be some years before the actualnecessity for the Orongorongo supplywas felt, but he strongly urged thatproceedings should be commenced witha view to the ultimate use of the waterthere available.

THE CHRONIC WARD.

ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS.

Miss Tripp acknowledges the follow-ing subscriptions to the Chronic WardBuilding Fund:—

SUMNER.

A requisition signed by a large num-ber of prominent burghers was pre-sented to Mr Brewer, asking him to bea candidate for the. Mayoralty. Afterdue deliberation Mr Brewer has de-cided finally to retire from municipalpolitics for the present. This is regret-table, as he has rendered . admirableservice as a councillor for many years,while his popularity and long residencein the borough were qualities whichmade him admirably, suited for theposition.

The wave of militarism which is tra-versing the whole world is in evidencehere. Every Sunday morning the Citi-zens ■' Defence" Corps may be seen onparade. The old and young alike, withexpressions of seriousness and deter-mination to do and dare, should theneed arise.

The Ladies' Miniature Rifle Club isbecoming well established, and recruit-ing is going on apace. Practice will beresumed to-day at the Vicarage.

The Fire Brigade has received acheque for one guinea from MessrsHe-mmett Bros., in consideration of thebrigade's efforts in suppressing therecent fire at Bury Street.

BOY SCOUTS.

The report presented at the annualmeeting of the scoutmasters of theChristchurch district showed that thedistrict executive consisted of DistrictCommander Hawdon, SuperintendentWarner, Chief Scoutmaster Fearn, Ser-geant-Major Mellows, and ScoutmastersAndrews, Green, and H. VV. Beck (dis-trict secretary). Resignations hadbeen received during the year from Dis-trict Commander H. C. Money and ChiefScoutmaster Queeree. Sixteen newpatrols had been registered, being fromthe St. Michael's, Cashmere, and Riccar-ton troops, and commissions had beengranted to, Messrs Chatfield, Hassell,Bishop, Brunton, and Davis, as scout-masters. The new troops startedduring the year were New Brighton,Riccarton, and Oxford Terrace. The BoyScouts assisted in a number of import-ant events during the year, includingcollecting for the Poor of Great Britainand Belgium Fund. Several camps hadbeen held, and some good training un-dertaken. The report concluded In-stating that scout matters seemed very-promising for the present year. Thebalance-sheet'showed a credit balanceof £2 1/6. The report and balance-sheetwere adopted.

A District Committee was elected,consisting of all the scoutmasters in theChristchurch district, and Mr G. Archey.Mr If. W. Beck was appointed secretary,and Mr J. D. Andrews badge secretary.It was decided to give the King's Scoutbadge to any boy securing the requisitenumber bf.badges.

A LOAN TRANSACTION.

MAN, WOMAN, AND REVOLVER

Press Association.AUCKLAND, February .6.

At the Magistrate's Court, ErnestMaltravers sued Sarah. Jane Day, awidow, for £IOO, which he alleged hehad lent her to pay off a mortgage onone of two houses owned by her. Themoney, he alleged, was to be a free giftif they married, if not the money was tobe repaid without interest.

Maltravers stated in evidence that hemet the defendant on the waterfront,after which they kept company. Shetold him she was a single woman, andemployed as a housekeeper at ParnelLWhen'he visited the house at Parnell heheard her call the man she was keepinghouse for, ''Charlie,'' to which he ob-jected. She began to cool off, and fin*ally broke off the engagement and wentto Wellington. He denied having everthreatened defendant with a revolver. 1

Defendant denied that the money wasa loan, it was a free gift, and when shereceived it there was no question ofmarriage. There had been no date fixedfor the marriage. Defendant came toher house unexpectedly, and .asked herto marry him at once, as it would becheaper. She refused, and he threaten-ed her with a revolver. /

Mr Kettle,■ S.M., said that plaintiff'stestimony was the more reasonable ofthe two. She. was evidently a cleverwoman and he was a fool. The moneywas a payment to her to become, a girtif a marriage took place. The marriagehad not eventuated, and therefore thegift was not complete. The moneymust be returned.

Judgment was for the plaintiff for£IOO and costs, £9 4/-.

BASIC SLAG.

AS A TURNIP MANT7UE.

Every new preparation which comesinto the field having a claim for atten-tion as an auxiliary to the farmer hasits difficulties before it can establishitself. So far as my experience hasgone, I do not think basic slag shouldbe used quite alone, as it is not of asufficiently complete nature to answerthe full purpose artificial, manures areintended to effect. In my experiencewith plots embracing a representationof all the mixturesor preparations used,I found that the slag turnip manure,which we always used alongside thespecial turnip manure preparation, didnot produce the same weight as did theother, and that it did not approach theaverage of the other preparations. Butthere was one thing which I always no-ticed, and that was that the bulbs wereof good quality. The plants seemed tofall behind at the brairding or earlystage of development, but they maturedearly, and they also had a nice smallhead. The mixture contained much ni-trogen and potash, along with insolublephosphate. I believe that the brairdingbeing slow did not affect the qualityof the plants adversely, and that theinsoluble phosphates were so constitutedalong with the farmyard manure andthe other things to produce good quality,but without a certain proportion ofweight of crop. I have tried alongsidethis a plot containing a small proportionof superphosphate or soluble phosphate,with the result that it added consider-ably to the weight of the crop by thischange, so that a small quantity ofsuperphosphate is an advantage. Super-phosphate, although good at sending upbraird, probably at the expense ofquality, can only, if at all, be judi-ciously used alone under exceptionalcircumstances, having the reputation ofintroducing trouble in the bulbs ofvarious sorts, while basic slag is credit-ed with preventing trouble. I believethat, the reason for this is that the ac-tion is slow, and it meets the needs ofthe plants at the later stages

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of itsdevelopment, so that the plants makea substantial start, and continue tohave natural support on to the maturingstage. —W. Wilson, in tlie "Stock-breeder.''

FIRES.#■•■■■

Press Association.

AUCKLAND, February 5.A fire in Volcanic Street, Mfc, Eden,

destroyed two houses*. ocupied byMessrs Noonan and Baker, who lostall their furniture, including a pictureValued at £350, won by Mr Noonan atthe Auckland Exhibition.

NEW PLYMOUTH* February 5.The Opunake Hotel was totally de-

stroyed by fire to-night after 10 o'clock.At latest advicea, two neighbouringshops were also on fire. -


£ s. a.1 0 0

Per Miss Slater ■5. 5 0Dalgety and Co., Ltd. 5 0 0Per Miss Thurston- (collected

by Nurse Erwin) 3 o 00 7 6

.1. H. Hall 2 2 0

A northern registrar, gifted with astrong sense of humour, says that liewas one day taking the notice of amarriage between a couple in middlelife. Have you ever been married be-fore''" lie asked the man. "No, sir.""Have you?''' to the woman. "Well,ves, I- have," was the laconic reply,"but it was 20' years ago, and lie felloff a house-and killed hisself Avhenwe'd been married only a week, so itreally ain't worth mentiouinV

Special Sale Values

Girls Lustre CoatsFrom 24 to 36

Were 12/6 to 18/6

Girls and Boys Reefer CoatsIn Cream, Sky, and Red—:

Were 9/6 to 16/6 i

Infants Muslin PelissesTrimmed very good embroidery

* Were 18/-to 30/- {J/Jj each

BALLANTYNES

The French rrterdical staff records arare, though not unprecedented, case.A Turco, after one of the wild charges,was found standing upright, dead, withhis bayonet transfixing, a German. Hehad been shot in the act of bayonetingthe other. A simitar case is tfn recordin connection with the fJalfcau war,where a Bulgarian w'as found standingall alone in the attitude of firing, butdead from a bullet in the head. /

The tall silk hat first came into commonuse in Paris in 1797.

When a grave is to be made in St.Paul's, a bed of solid concrete six feethi depth has to be bored through.

It is over 70 yeasr since the first rail-way in the world was finished, and nowsome 400,000 miles are in existence.

in .iii'■ mi ii r.

Gold-beaters say that a speck of goldweighing less than one-millionth part ofa grain can be seen with the iiakea eye.

Liptons Faikotss Teais in a class by itself!

exactly why the claim &

Distinction is made on its behalf.K Where Liptons Tea differs frothother teas, it is vastly superiorbecause of that very difference.% In the first place, the flavour dfLiptons Tea is quite unique aridis obtained at great expense. Onlya large concern like Lipton Ltd.could afford to sell at ordinary pricesa tea with such a high-grade anildistinctive flavour. And it is thbfact that makes Liptons Tea absol-utely the best tea value in theWorld. iIf Further, this distinctive flavourand the unsurpassed quality of Lip*tons Tea are maintained through"out the whole year. These feature*,which are found only in LiptonsTea, are made possible simply be-cause Liptons carry huge stocks «j$their high-grade Tea over the twobad Ceylon seasons when good tekcannot be grown. Of course, a firmowning large plantations and supplying a World demand can afford tostore enormous quantities of tea inorder to maintain the same highstandard of quality from Januaryto December.

distinction enjoyed byLiptons Tea is that it has wonmore Gold Medals and Diplomasthan all other teas combined.

To sum up, Liptons Tea has adistinctive flavour and it is with-out question the finest tea at thevarious prices offered to the NewZealand public.

your Grocer or Stofekeepejffor Liptons Tea—he stocks it at16. f/8, 1/10 and 2/-. Or if hehasn't a supply in hand, send t<>Lipton Ltd., Box 222, Wellington",for a free £lb. sample, of the 2/,-grade enclosing two peiirty starripiand giving your grocer's name.

THE SUN WANT ADVERTISEMENTSwill oritfg tne ftelf> 6i business desired.

Two tines (12 words), sixpence; six inser-tions for 3/6.

THE THEATRES.

THE COURT CARDS.The first change of programme submit-

ted by the Court Cards at the TheatreRoyal last evening, went far to illus-trate the wonderful versatility of thistalented company. Th; new pro-gramme was in every way as good asits predecessor—which is high praise—-and from first to last the programmewent with a fine swing, laugh followinglaugh without intermission. One ofthe first items was also one of the best,a whimsical song in which Messrs War-wick, Titchener, and Mannering detail-ed the sad adventures of "A Pug, aPom, and a Pekinese." No one coulddesire anything more humorous. Mi-George Titchener was iu fine form, hiscontributions being all brimful of tun.His duet and dance with Maud Fanewas a gem. This young lady also con-tributed some delightfully funny songs,amongst the best being, "Isn't that likea Mau?" and "That Naughty LittleWord." Mr Sydney Mannering's tune-ful tenor voice was heard to the bestadvantage iu the old song, "Drink toMe Only With Thine Eyes" and ".TheTrumpeter." Mr Edgar Warwick was,of course,arresistible, and his singing of"Tired" was a masterpiece. An ex-position of the style of conversation be-tween a man and woman beforehandafter marriage was finely done by MissEanc and Mr Warwick. Mr GeorgeGraystone sang "The Diver" and otherbass songs in good style, and Miss ReneeMaude's songs were also enjoyable.Miss Winifred Mitchell played a coupleof violin solos with taste. Mr AlbertKeats, iu-addition to rendering yeomanserykve at the piano, took part in acouplo of quartets; and in a delightfultrio with Messrs Mannering and War-wick, in which a number of Shakespear-ean plays were reduced to tabloid form.This item was very cleverly rendered,and was one of the most enjoyable ofthe evening. The andpatch" (leasing of the second part lenta picturesque air to the performance.The concerted items, whieh included abig game expedition in Penv and alightning melodrama, were delightful.In the former Mr Graystoue was excel-lent as a burlesque Kaiser. Altogether,the programme was most enjoyable, andwell in accord with the high reputationof the "Court Cards."

GLOBE PICTURES."Black Roderick the Poacher," set

in rugged scenery of the Scottish High-lands, ami containing all the elementswhich go to make up a first-class pic-ture, continues to attract considerableattention. The study is strongly sup-ported by "His Favourite Pastime,"Chas. Chaplin Keystone farce; "Span-ish Morocco," scenic; "A Leap forLife," drama; "Polidor and theLions," comedy; and various war stud-ies. The .programme will be screenedfor the last time to-night.

SYDENHAM PICTURES.To-night, at the Sydenham PictureThetare, "Warfare in the Skies," thestirring Vitagraph drama, will be pre-sented finally. It is supported bvnumerous other excellent studies, one ofthe most popular of which is "The Mas-

querader," a Chas. Chaplin Keystonefarce. A new programme is to be shownon.Monday.EVERYBODY'S THEATRE.

Large audiences attended the sessions

of yesterday, and the patronage is beingmaintained to-day. To-night patronsare given the final opportunity of seeing"Warfare in the Skies," full of exeitc-j lneut, and embodying a fanciful

| romance; "The Masquerader," one of• the best of Chas. Chaplin's many Key-

stone successes, and various other studies; which go to make up the splendid pro-: gramme, which has been so much en-I joyed during the week. An entirelyI new programme is announced for Mon-' dav.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE."The Brute," feature study of the

current programme, is a most entertain-ing production. The central figure is aself-made mau whose nobleness of char-acter asserts itself and wins the loveand respect of a wavering wife. Otherfilms include "The Schoolteacher andthe Waif," with Marv Pickford; and"Hello, Mabel!" with Mabel Normand.War topical* include the "Path6Gazette" and a special film, "GermansBombard Hartlepool, Scarborough, andWhitby. The films will be screened forthe last time at a matinee this after-noon and to-night. On Monday asuperb masterpiece, from the immortalfantasy by Charles Dickens, "TheChimes," will be

#presented. It is from

the studio of the'same English companywhich recently produced that wondrous-ly fine film, "David Copperfield."Everywhere the English language isspoken this immortal prose-poem is heldto be one of his greatest works, andevery lover of the pure and beautifulshould not miss" seeing this magnificentreproduction. The fascinating childrenof Dickens's giant intellect, TrottyVeck, Alderman Chute, Sir Joseph Bow-ley, and Will Pern, seem to live andbreathe again and to charm and aston-ish beholders. "The Chimes" will besupported by other kinema gems, and aspecial war Series, "King George onthe Battlefield at Ypres."

J. C. WILLIAMSON'S OPERA CO.Ou Monday, February 15, the J. C.

Williamson Ltd. management will pre-sent their famous Gilbert -and SullivanComic Opera Company at the TheatreRoyal in a stupendous production of"The Gondoliers.'' Fo*r some yearsthe public have been asking for Gilbertand Sullivan revivals. These have beenpromised from time to time, but thedifficulties in getting a cast of thestandard to challenge past performanceswas not the _ work of a few months;but now it would seem that the man-agement has been successful in gettingtogether the strongest combination ofcomic artists which has yet toured theCommonwealth and New Zealand. Tothose who have in the past enjoyed themusic, wity and humour of Gilbert andSullivan when the principal parts weretaken by Miss Nellie Stewart, FlorenceYoung, Violet Varley, Florence Graup-ner, Alice Barnett, George Laurie,"Billie" Elton, Charl&s Kenningham,Charles Riley, Walter Brownlow, HughJ. Ward, and Howard Vernon, the com-ing productions of ''The Gondoliers,''"The Yeoman of the Guard," "lolan-the," "Pinafore," "The Pirates ofPenzance,'* and "The Mikado," willbe appreciated as a rare and wonderfultreat. Whilst the majority of the prin-cipals hail from England, Ihe chorus,consisting of over 80 are allAustralians. The principal members ofthe company include the Misses PearlLadd (soprano), Gladys Monerieff (so-prano), Katie May (comedienne), MaudMiles (soprano), Edward McKeown(tenor), G. Villers Arnold (baritone),

Frank Wilson (baritone), Albert Ka-vanagh (comedian), Frank Rintel(tenor), Edward Wynne (tenor), D.Gordon, L. Sigon, R. Turnley, and Chas.R. Walenn (principal comedian). Theoperas are staged under the personalsupervision of Mr Richard Weathersby,who was stage director with D'OyleyCarte's Company at the Savoy Theatre.Mr Henry Burton, the musical directorwas associated with the recent Londonproduction of the Gilbert and SullivanOperas. The box plans for the entireseason will be opened at Milner andThompson's on Friday morning next at9 o'clock.

SUNDAY CONCEET.To-morrow night,.at 8.30, in the

Colosseum, the Christchurch OrchestralSociety will give an orchestral andvocal concert. An enjoyable programmehas been prepared, vand it includesmany popular and also some new num-bers. Miss Dulcie Mitchell will be thevocalist, and will sing "Friend ofMine" (Sanderson) and the new re-cruiting song, "Fall In," which is therage in London at present. The musicis by Sir Frederic Cowen, and the wordsby Harold Begbie. The orchestral por-tion will include overture "Raymond"(Thomas), "Prelude" (Jarnefelt),'« Unfinished Symphony'' (Schubert),and ballet music from "The Feramors"(Rubinstein). Three of the numbersfrom this suite will be played for thefirst time by a local orchestra. The solo-ist will be Mr P. Reeves (cornet), whowill play "Rosary" (Nevin) for cor-net and orchestra. There will be a spe-cial late train to Lyttelton at 10.15 p.m.Admission will be by silver coin.

LYTTELTON DRUIDS'LODGE.

NEW HALL OPENED.

An evejat of much interest in Lyttel-ton took place on Thursday evening,when the new DruidsJ Hallopened. The Lyttelton Hearts of OakLodge, No. 5, was formed in 1880, andafter 35 years of varying, fortune themembers have succeeded in at last ac-quiring a hall of their own. Duringthat long period the brethren have heldlodge in all manner of places, such asSunday schools, hotels, and private-houses. It had always .been intendedfor the lodge to have a hall of its own,but no move was actually made untiltwelve months ago. A small but strongcommittee 'was set up, and a sectionwas purchased in Simeon Quay, withthe frame of a building already erected.A working bee was established, andweek after week, for ten months, thebrethren toiled at carpentering andpainting, all for the love of the order.The .result is a handsome hall 40 feetby 20 feet, with two dressing rooms, 10feet by 20 feet, at the end. The in-terior is tastefully painted and fur-nished, while several good picturesadorn the walls, including one of agroup of the officers of the lodge forthe season 1914, and one of Captain R.Scott, the Antarctic, explorer, the latterbeing a gift from Bro. Wales.

On Thursday, when the opening wascelebrated, visiting brothers were pres-ent from No. 2 District, also the GrandLodge officers, G.P. Bro Neate, G.V.P.Bro. Walls, G. Secy. Bro. Walker, G.G.Bro. Beaty. Visitors included P.D.P'sBro. Stephens, Hooker, Hole, P. Secy.Bro. Cameron, and Bro. Neate, jun., theyoungest member of the order in Can-terbury.

Arch Druid Bro. Donovan presided,and asked G.P. Bro. Neate to officiallyopen the hall. Afterwards the follow-ing toasts were honoured, "The King,""Druids," "Grand Lodge Officers,""Bros. Page and Serra" (avlio havebeen in No. 5 Lodge since its inaugura-tion), "Visitors," and "Hearts of OakLodge." During the evening musicalitems were given by Messrs C. .lohu-ston, Hooker, Stevens, Piper, Sullivan,Serra, and Mmms, and Messrs Page andSerra gave some interesting remin-iscences of the pioneer days of the Lyt-telton Lodge. Proceedings concludedwith the singing of "Auld Lang Syne."

BEEKEEPING IN NEW ZEALAND.

The earliest New Zealand colonists, asa matter of course, were not long in dis-covering the extraordinary abundance ofnectar-bearing flora in the country, andthat there were no gregarious bees whichcould be made use of to gather, store, andconvert it into good, wholesome honey fortheir benefit. They knew from previousobservations in the Old Land the value ofthe hive-bee under domestication, and howgreat would be the gain under their newconditions if a good supply of its pro-ducts could be assured. Therefore stepswere soon taken to import bees. This was*successfully accomplished on three occa-sions between the years 1839 and 1842,The climate and flora proved so eminent-ly suitable for them that they increasedat an enormous rate, and the escapingswarms and their progeny soon spread allover the country north and south.

Bee-culture at that time and down toIS7B was conducted in a very primitivefashion in New Zealand, as it was, in fact,in most countries. Straw skeps and com-mon boxes were the form of hives in use,and commercial beekeeping as now under-stood was non-existent.

lii 1875 the writer had the good fortunetd learn what was taking place in Amer-ica, and immediately after the last inven-tion (comb-foundation) was perfected hesent for the required machinery for malt-ing it, and in that season of 1577 he in-troduced the Langstroth hive, honey-ex-traftor, and comb-foundation, and had afully equipped modern commercial apiaryunder way the same year—the first of itskind in Australasia.

A DRAWBACK.For several j-ears the new bee-culture

was taken up by all and sundry in New,Zealand, who must have thought tnercwas a fortune in it. Honey then becamea drug on the'market; but presently acheck came—a bee-disease known as"foul-brood" (Bacillus larva) becameprevalent, and rapidly spread throughoutthe land. Thousands of colonies of beessuccumbed, whole.apiaries were sweptaway, and it became a hard struggleamong the most careful beekeepers to saveany of their bees from destruction. Theselatter might have been able to cope withand clear their bees of disease had it not-been'for the wilfully careless beekeeperswho declined to take any trouble, to keepdisease down, and, fonl-brood being highlyinfectious, it was impossible for the mostcareful to make any headway against itunder such circumstances. Nothing butlegislation to make it compulsory for allto light the disease could do any good.

LEGISLATION.For over 20 years bee-culture in New

i Zealand was a very 'precarious occupation.| We bad the most modem appliances, prac-tised the most modern system, and ourcountry abounded in nectar, yet all thisfor the want of legislation was of no ser-vice to us. It was hardly conceivable thatthis state of things could go on for alltime, and the needed and long-looked-forchange came at last when the Departmentof Agriculture decided to assist in pro-moting the industry. The writer had thehonour of being appointed to the positionof Government Apiarist in January, 1905.The fact of the Department taking the in-dustry under its care put new life into it;at once. In 1906 an Apiaries Act waspassed, and in 1907 it was amended. Itschief feature is in the power given to theinspectors under the Act to destroy beesand hives affected by disease, and in thecompelling of every beekeeper to keep hisbees in movable-frame hives. The Actwas further amended last session, andnew regulations made, so that it is nowacknowledged to be the best Act of itskind in existence.

COMMERCIAL BEEKEEPING.Shortly- after the Act was passed in

1907 two apiary inspectors were appoint-ed, and since that time commercial bee-keeping in this country has gone aheadby the proverbial "leaps and bounds."The following census ligures for 1906 and1911 will give a clear idea of its progress:

The .falling-off in the numbers of bee-keepers and hives shown between the cen-sus of 1906 and 1911 is to be accountedfor by the elimination of the carelessindividuals, who were a drawback to theindustry. If, however, a comparison ismade of the output of lioiJey per indi-vidual beekeeper between the two dates,it will be seen that it is more than 100"percent, in favour of 1911, the actual figuresbeing a fraction over 651b for 1906, andnearly 132*1b for 1911.

The official estimate of the number ofbeekeepers for 1912 is and thevalue of their tmtput of honey £50,000,which, at 4d per lb all round, means3,000,0001b. The value of wax-output inthese days does not count for much, asbeekeepers use about as much as theyharvest.

BEEKEEPING AS A CALLING.I cannot imagine any calling better

suited to small settlers than commercialbeekeeping in New. Zealand. They cancommence on the smallest capital, and getreturns from the .first, to assist them asthey enlarge their operations.. They, canbe practically independent' of., employedlabour—an enormous advantage in thesedays—and it is a healthy outdoor occu-pation.

It must be remembered, however, thatit requires a.good deal of close applica-tion and perseverance to become a suc-cessful beekeeper. The careless, slovenlyindividual had better keep out of it, ashe would lose by his attempt. To those

I fitted for it there is a living^!and a small conipet^ncy'^"^^rVd/tt6aS^who persevere. >- '\sf l#*s-&■''• : "V^Jj

FUTURE - ;fllThe future prospects of commercial,

keeping in New Zealand .'wete'never tie£tjbi£||than they are to-day/ "EwerytMng iS;&||our favour: we have immense areaswhite clover, from which the worldhoney is gathered; *« have an unlimiteaSexport demand for it j'disease amongbees is fast disappearing;* webetter class of beekeepers in thethan formerly, thanks,to legislation} W&wour trade in honeyout the Dominion is inci-easingin fact, the demand exceeds the supply*Xl

The export of honey last season tmgufis■ all parts of the Dominion could not hav|p|been far short of 130 tons, althoughseason was a poor one. Promprovince alone it reached 70 J;ons.opr Apiaries Act and its regulations, t&Mgether with the Government system pfsigrading of all honey for export, thetern of inspection of apiaries; withfacilities provided for-theidly moving from place to place/ss!§motor-cycles), I have no hesitation in <w*j£daring* that commercial beekeepingNew Zealand stands at the head ofworld.—-I. Hopkins, in "Journal,Agriculture." , ~;J|


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Sale Attractions FOB

Unusual Reductionsin all Departments

These willinterest you

Black Ninon BEAMINGS.Usual price 1/3.

PARIS INSERTIONS.Some worth 1/6.

White Net Edging LACESUsually 9-Jd.

TINSEL INSERTIONS.Were 1/11.

ALL ONE PRICE

Black Paris & Ivory Val-enciennes Insertions.—

Usual prices 3d to 9dper yard. Only 3d perdozen yards to clear.

45in White Muslin Flounc-fine quality, good

designs. Usually 3/113/9 & 3/6. Sale Price1/11 per yard.

Coloured Oriental DressTrimmings, that were2/11 3/11 4/11 5/11.All one price, J/- yard.

Manufacturers Oddmentsin Embroidery & Inser-tions. Splendid designs.Balance of stock to besold at Half Sale Prices.

per yard

Wonderful Value

PETER PAN COLLARS.Usually 1/11 each.

Fancy Muslin COLLARS,with TIE.

i Usual price 2/11.LACE SLEEVES, that

were 1/3 to 3/6.Coloured EmbroideredMuslin Coat COLLARS.

Usual price 1/11.PARIS LACE JABOTS.

Usually 2/11.

Make a point of

D.I.C. SALE still proceedingE. C. BROWN

OF BARGAINS AT

Attractive as these bargains are they are only typical of thousands of othersequally desirable to be seen in all departments. Come and inspect them yourself.

Oddments in Ladies' SHOWERPROOF COATS—Usual price 35/6 to 95/- Sale Price 19/6

50 COATS and SKIRTS, in Assorted Tweeds; all new goods-Usual Price 49/6 to 75/- Sale Price 19/6

10 BLACK COQUB FEATHER BOAS—--50 MERCERISED SPORTS COATS— -/'*"'•"

Usual Price 39/6 49/6 Sale Price 19/6Usual Price 29/6 Sale Price 19/6

50 LACE and NINON BLOUSES, White and Paris-Usual Price 15/6 to 49/6 Sale Price 10/6

50 White Pique ONE-PIECE DRESSES—Usual Price 13/6 Sale Price 8/11

Moirette UNDERSKIRTS, all colours-Usual Price 11/6 14/6 Sale Price 6/11 7/11

Children's Wool Kilted SKIRTS, with JERSEY, Reseda only-Usual Price 15/9 16/9 Sale Price 7/11

Coloured Cloth and Serge COATS for Children-Usual Price 12/9 to 25/6 Sale Price 6/11 7/11

100 Pieces Coloured VEILINGS—Usual Price 1/- 1/6 1/11 a yard Sale Price 3d a yard

35 Assorted Fancy and Plain SUNSHADES—Usual Price 8/6 10/6 to 30/- Sale Price 2/6 6/6 to 18/6

Men's SAMPLE SHIRTS, starched and soft \cuffs, slightly soiled—Usual Price 5/11 to 7/6 Sale Price 2/11

UNION SHIRTS, with bands and collars, slightly soiled-Usual Price 4/6 5/6

Men's Black FLEXIBLE HATS—Usual Price 10/6

Men's LOUNGE .HATS, rough finish-Usual Price 8/6

Boys' Washing TUNIC SUITS—Usual Price 5/6 12/6

Men's WALKING BREECHES—Usual Price 10/6 15/6

8 pairs Heavy TAPESTRY CURTAINS—Usual Priee 35/- 37/6 a pair Sa

6 pairs CHENILLE CURTAINS—Usual Price 25/6 a pair Sa

Ladies' GLACE KID BOOTS & SHOES—Usual Price 16/6 to 25/- S

Men's BOX CALF and GLACE BOOTS—

Sale Price 2/11Sale Price 2/6Sale Price 4/6Sale Price 2/11Sale Price 4/6

Sale Price 13/6 a pair


Sale Price 5/- a pair.

Usual Price 18/6Men's BOX CALF and GLACE BOOTS—

Usual price 25/-


Sale Price 10p

TRANGE & CO. LtdH. Herbert Smith General Manager J ■

The secretary of the ChristchurchShorthand Writers' Association has re-ceived from Sir Isaac Pitman andSons, Bath, England, the results of aspeed examination held last October.The following candidates have beensuccessful in obtaining Pitman's lirst-class speed certificates:—Misses MaryBeattie, Lizzie Colder, Ivy Hulston,May Petrie, Irene Rubino, Doris Vizer,and Monica Wall, 100 words perminute; Misses Gwcn Court, MayMills, and Louie Uren, eighty wordsper minute. All the successful candi-dates were pupils attending Miss Dig-by 's Commercial SchooL

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THE RELIEF OF MORPHIA.

t STORY OF A WOUNDED SOLDIER.IJ%■'- \ As I went over the crest of the trench a!r big Bavarian, from whose scalp blood wasK'running, pushed his rifle savagely towardsPme. I had time only to tumble out oftie way of the bayonet, and sprawlqjHike

I a sack into the bottom of the trench. Allp around me men were stabbing and shoot-D-"sng and, swearing. Yes, I remember

the"Swearing. A Gennau limping|| away'through a cross-cutting to safely|*suddenly fell. One of our men rushed up|<and recovered tlie rifle and bayonet, whichjf.tfie' had flung as a spear to kill the fugi-tive..I* -All this passed before me like a flash. ISi,-." -

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f.The big Bavarian was soon beside me—

*3ead. One of my comrades had betterNJluck than I, and his bayonet saved myFlife. « Then, a German from the far, endk. fired a shot, arid I felt a strange burningfin my hand. Numbness it was, like the

when you strike yourself on a cold*<!ay. '>• T .-aw blood flowing . . . gradually,i things got darker '.: .darker ; . .all

crumbled from me iii a wonder-' Jul painless way. There was no pain

I felt as though every drop;;'of,jbM>od;had run out of my veins. And.jßtill the blood trickled oyer my lingers,t'&nil ji saw it staining the grey tunic of>„tlie dead Bavarian, until I could see no.-'in'ore; . . . Afterwards I half-awakened,|imd pushed a weight off my shoulder,

ached dreadfully. Then I slept[''again.ri \ Sojhetbjng got into the wounded hand6*nd poisoned it before the Red Cross men

me. Septic poisoning obtained a*g»bd .start, and when I,awoke the hand

throbbing.as thoughM would bursttie knuckles. Hot, as though it had been

/poured out of a kettle. That is how the; blood felt inside, and it had a curious

of itchiness. I scarcely thought%pf the struggle that had taken place; IJdras able only to think of the beating,

hand. A doctor probed into it,felt my pulse, placed his finger and thumbjhround tlie veins of my elbow-joint, and

examined the glands of the: armpit. He still looked doubtful, and$poured -something ■ from a- little round"«s>Ottle into the wound. Tiny balls atSonce bubbled up—the doctor answered,if* Peroxide—same stuff women bleachftlllfiir hair with. You see the bubbles?riJThey tell what's the matter."&' The doctor left a bottle of some power-pnl antiseptic, lysol it may have becu,;jind the nurse poured a little into boilingprater, and told me to keep the woundloader it. At.first the water burned atro-plously, but once the skin grew used to it

Iheat gave a wonderful feeling of com-, From now onward I practically1 with nay hand in half-boiling water.doctor, on his next brief visit, said

sthing to the nurse about the poisong confined- to the arm. I know thatlirm-plt examination was satisfactory.

Ie trouble was that I could not». For no sooner did I take the

hand out of hot water than the painrecommenced. I twisted from side toside, turne.d, rolled, contorted, all thewhile holding the arm stiffly in the airwith the wound up. Once, experiment-ing for relief, I turned the hand down-wards. It took half an. hour to recoverfrom the rush of abnormal pain to thatwhich I had endured e.arlier. -

My hand was by now wonderfullyswollen from the persistent immersionin hot water. Indeed, it no longer re-sembled a hand. The fingers lookedlike white carrots, and the i>alm wasfor all the world like -the convolutions'of a brain.

On the fourth night I did not sleepa single moment. Instead, I am asham-ed to say, I moaned, tossing from sideto side, possessed' in every nerve by theawful throb of the hand. When thedoctor next saw me he-promised to giveme something that would send me tosleep at night.

Two beds away from me on my righta German cried out every now and then.He, had been bayoneted quite near whereI fell. When, the nurse beat over himhe said, "Elwa, Elsa."

Toward night the pain suddenly be-gan again to torture me. Perhaps itwas my own fault; in a moment of for-getfuluess I knocked the hand againstthe-edge of the cot. Immediately bloodrushed to the spot, and its beats werelike the blows of a hammer. Finally,under .the cover of the blankets, Isobbed like a little child. Pain makesone so amazingly selfish; one forgets ordoes not comprehend or sympathise withthe sufferings of anyone else at mo-ments of any supreme suffering. I didnot even hear the dying German say,"Elsa" for the last time. The nursetold me afterwards.

At last the doctor came with a bottleand a little syringe. After questionsand answers and the taking of mypulse, he rubbed a part of my arm witha wet sponge, drew -the skin together-in a bunch, and stabbed a needle intome, He held it there steadily for afew seconds, pushing at the same timewith the right hand. .

"You'll sleep for some hours now.Nurse!"

The mir.se came and listened.to whathe said. 'The doctor passed on 'andstopped at the German's bed.

"Doctor's given you morphia," saidthe nurse.

She need not have troubled to tellme. I was already going off with a hot,drowsy feeling. ... I mumbled some-thing peaceful—grateful. ... At theback of my neck the muscles were de-liriously hot and distended; at the baseof the torso the nerves were mildlythrilled.

I slipped beautifully into a sleep fullof dreams, in which all things werepleasing and kind. Everyone I met wassympathetic, sweet-voiced, and , loving.We were once again in the trench, butnobody was fighting. The Germanswere our dearest friends. . . . TheCrown Prince, too, was there, a perfectgentleman, not a Crown Prince, but aFairy Prince. I do not recall meetingthe Kaiser, but had I done so he would

surely have been revealed as a modest,kindly, and amiable royal gentleman.Such extraordinary people and deeds!IVobody quarrelled or opposed. What-ever any of the dream characters sug-gested, the others agreed with, anddid in their gentle, loving way.

" Some hours later a footstep awakenedme. [The sleep of morphia, while in-evitable and overpowering, is notheavy.] The nurse brought me a capof hot broth. I did not want it, but,being full of the peace of morphia,- ac-quiesced in everything. Half asleepand resigned, like the people of mydreams, I swallowed the broth. . . . .

surrendered it . . . and then went intoa long, long sleep. Once or twice Iawoke, but each time fell asleep againwithout any trouble. There 'was nopain. . The awful burning, beating throbin my hand had been replaced by a de-licious warm glow.

Next.morning I awoke, fairly normal'

once again, the hand throbbing just alittle, and the inside of jtmy mouth feel-ing as 1 though it were made of yellowblotting paper. The effect of the mor-phia was all gone, and, apart from mywounds, I remained a very ordinaryperson, meeting ordinary people, feelingevery-day aches and pains, and havingor. my wrist a little scratch aroundwhich was some dried blood. That isall.—Stephen Black, in an exchange.

LATENEWS

LATESTWARNEWS.

(ReceivedPcbruary6,

2.30p.m.)

LONDON,February

3.

Copenhagenannouncesthatthe

Presswas

speciallysummonedtothe

Reichstag,and

receivodthe

announcementofthe

blockade,

which,it-,is

declared,Germany

possessosthe

meansto

makeeffective.

Itis

furtherdeclared

thatt&csemeans

willbe

employedwiththe

utmostvigour.■Berlin

is

advertisingthe

exploitona

giantscale,whichhasnotbeensurpassed

since,thatfixed

bythe

forecastoftheGer-

manentry,into

Parislast

year.

Scandinavianpapersare

devoting,much

fe.iacato

thesubject,

becausethe

blockade

threatensthewholeofthe

country'sagri-

cultural'exports.Amsterdam

declaresthat

shippingcircles

in

Hollandbelievethatthe

Germans'measure

will

considerablydamage

Dutchshipping,

withwhichwarhas

alreadyplayed

havoc.

The

Liverpoolfiourmillershavefixedthe

minimumpriceof

bakers'flourat

48/-a

eack,a

riseof4/-

in".theweek.

THE SUET, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1915.14

The Greatest Fancy Goods buying opportunity that New Zealand has ever knownHAND-BAGS OUR SPECIALITY.

Immense Stocks to be Reduced.We have £IOOO worth of bags to arrive

in March, compelling \is to clear out allpresent stocks.Bags, from 1/- upwards

GENT'S PUBSES.Wallets l/ii to 15/- eachPigskin. . 6d 9d lOd 1/6

. Ladies' purses 3d to 5/6 eachSCHOOL BAGS.

Canvas.' v. .".......... .5d lOd 1/3• Leather 3/- to 5/6 each

E.P. WABE.Butter Dishes at Cost.

Sweet dishes from... .......1/- eachSweet bottles from 1/- eachGut Glass salts bottles.... 1/- each

Antimony Ware very cheap.SHAVING BBUSHES.

*

Good fibre wood hand1e................5dImitation Badger.... .10d to 3/6Real Badger 8ru5he5......... .3/6 to 8/6

HAIR NETS AND SWITCHES.Switches direct from leading Paris hair-

' , dressers....;.. \'::

. .'.. .3/6 to 20/-;-

: : In all. shadesÎ Nets all-over 5i|k..............'..2|d eachNets'ali :pyer-real hair.. .\.... :3id 5d 6cT

.;.; ; ■; Best shapes and colours. .•. '? Hair nets with velastic..'. .Ideach lOd doz.;. Bealhaif heW.•.'■;;.. ;.3Jd each 3 for ild;: E.pV WABE AT BEDROCK PRICES.

Lined Trinket 80xe5...'..- .Half-pricePOCKET KNIVES.

Cocoa hand1e5.......,...; 5d eachNickel, with Corkscrew. .5d eachJohnson's, white hand1e..............1/-

ySpecial, „ '„ 9d•Pearl handles...... .. .10d to 3/68-inch 5ci550r5.............'.., ',. .1/- pair

BAZOBS.t 's, fnil concave, $-ineh.. . i,/ v

Bengali Flower brand 3/6'»'■ >» „ £-iuch..- 3/11Safety Razors l/- each

Razor Paste .3d tinAll set ready for use.

TABLE GAMES.Ludo, Race Game, Cycle, etc 5d game

/ TOOTH-POWDER.Calvert's. Ajd and 9dLaroona. 2£ and 5dVinolia. 5d bottleE.P. Toilet Dishes ..from 9d upwards

BEADS.Two rows Blue Coral. 4jd

Lovely Selections at low cost.LADIES' MUTF CHAINS.

Rolled Gold .4/11 to 10/6Gilt Curb pattern, wears well. .1/6FOUNTAIN PENS.

Cheapest obtainable .2d eachThe Falcon Pen... 5d eachSelf-filling. iod eachRemington Self-filling, gold nib.. 6/- eachGold nib pens, with fi11er....... 3/- to 5/-

PENCILS.H.B. Lead. . . . , .43 dozenH.B. Kia 0ra...;...............8d dozen

NOTE-BOOKS.Id each 9dclozeii

; MARKING INK.Melanyi ' @dRadiant ra

STUDS.Lever, anvil shapsSnap Studs..Lock FastBone Studs.".'

2d each... .3£d dozen'

MCK

LINKS.Gilt Links. 61"Rolled Gold 2,Pearl 2/6 pairSolitaires 2/- pair

WATCH CHAINS.Black Silk Chains 1/- eachMexican Silver .' l/- 1/n eachRolled Gold, with locket 2/6 eachRibbon Guards 2/6 eachT. & H. Rolled Gold

Single 5/11 Double 9/11These chains are acid proof, and we

give 10 years' guarantee for wear.

SPECTACLES TO SUIT ALL SIGHTS.1/11 to 5/6 pair.

Our lenses are direct from the manufac-turing opticians, every pair being guaran-teed accurate prescriptions, by the world'smost famous opticians.

ENVELOPES.Grey -." 5 packets 6dOpaque ...2|d packet, 6 packets 1/1Cream Laid............. .. .24 packet

WRITING BLOCKS.Ruled both 5ide5;................4d each

BOXES STATIONERY.Pad Box. 10dBoxes Paper Enve10pe5.......... s£d box

'» » » Special.... 1/4 box50 envelopes, 50 sheets paper.

Lovely selection:... ......2/- 2/6 boxWBITING CASES.

/-, 2/3 to 15/- eachMILITABY BRUSHES IN CASES.

5/9 to 20/- setGENT'S MILITARY COMBS.

2sd to lOd eachPIPES.

Loewe pipes .'. .3/6 to 5/9Briars. 5d to 1/3

POUCHES.

BuckskinTobacco boxesTobacco jars - each

CHINA OBNAMENTS.To Clear.

2d 3d 4|d JUpwards.

JEWELLEBY.Art brooches . . 6d to 3/6 each

RINGSSet with finest Parisian Brilliants

1/6 to 10/6 eachBANGLES.

Sterling Silver 1/- to 10/-Rolled Gold 3/- to 35/-'Albo Silver Bangles, special..... .1/- eachCoral Bangles 2d to 7dBEADS, from .6d string

WATCHES.Girls' Nickel Keyless 3/11Boys' : „ ~ ...,........:...3/11Ladies' Gun-metal. ;........ 5/11Gent's Ansonia, 12 iriths. g.tee........5/6Swiss 'Watches...'. .-.'6/11 each

CLOCKS.Colonial , Alarms.. . ..................2/11Ansonia A1arm5........ .-. ;......'.... 5/6Nickel timepiece 2/6-Oak Alarms, large dining-room size.. .9/11Clatter Alarms, repeater; ...

... ... . .7/9

Fancy Alarms... ..,;... .4/6 to clearTOILET POWDER.

Pear's Toilet Powder.... .*./...... .5d tinPear's Fuller's Earth..'............ 5d tinVinolia Toilet Powder. .5d tinCarnation Powder 8d tinViolet Talcum P0wder........ s£d tinVeioute .Pace Powder.. .'

Powder 800k1et5........

Only OneAddress

..3d 5d

.5d each

RAZOR STBOPS.rather strops 6d eacheather Strops 2/3 each

Torrey 's Hide 1/11 eachTorrey 's Best 3/11 eachTorrey's Spring Roller 1/6 each

TOILET SOAP.Pear's Unscented Soap 5d cakeCue. and Glycerine Soap

.. 2d cakeVinolia Soap 5 cakes 1/-Margoson 's Soap 4 cakes 1/-Gly. Soap 4711 2Jd cake

HAIB PBEPABATIONS.Brilliantine .4Jd to 1/3Lime Cream Glycerine 3Jd bottleBay Rum .6d to 1/-Wilson's Regenerator.. ...3/6 bottleVASELINE, Blue Seal s|d

TOOTH BBUSHES.Very; special 1ine...............3£d eachChildren's Brush. .l£d eachA big range.................„10d to 1/6

NAIL BBUSHES.ljd. 2id 6d 80.

HAIB BRUSHES.Hair Brush, with comb... ,*..........1/-Stroitg Fibre Hair 8ru5h........;.. .6|dScre«rJback Hair 8ru5h......... . .".VlO'td,"Whalebone 8ru5he5. .".'..

.... .2/11 to' fi/11Gent's Brushes, 0n1y...'...".:'.;. .10d each"Cloth '8ru5he5......;".....

....... .6(4Cloth Brushes jwith handle. . .... .9|d each -

SUNDRIES.Hazeiine, Snow. .1/-Camphor.. ................5 cakes 3dMachine 0i1:..'.; .3d bottleSoap Boxes.. V.:.................5d, eachAuto. Books. 7Jd to 8/6P.C. Albums .9d to 5/-Salf 5haker5...".......;...■;'. ■/■ ........5d

Dressing Combs, 7in., black or white.. .3£dCombs with handle, ,8 inches .1/-Fine Dust C0mb5........... ,\ .2M to lOdPKTCombs ...;...;.......;;.2d to 1/-Handv-Mirror^.;;.......••;■.'..... .-4|d to 5/6E.P. . ;..Very chejfpWilliams' Shaving Sticks 9dShaving Curd ,2£dTooth Powder, Vinolia .5dEricka Soap. v .'-.4ftd tinBread Knives 5d eachMohair Laces., .4 dozen for 3dLeather Lace 5.......,

, ,2£d pairOur famous low prices are' so well estab-

lished and such a popular feature with oiirnumerous clients that few words areneeded to make known the' money-savingopportxtnities of bur Annual Sale. ;.

.Progress is always poUcy," and avisit to our immensely stocked" warehousewill convince you-that now is the time to•buy.'"'' : -.-' /-':''■ . ■■:'■■■■-- _■.■ ..

Those who cannot call personallyshould remember that they are no Jurtherdistant from- our warehouse than thenearest post office. Send your orders bypest, when they shall receive promptattention.

258 HIGH STREETNEXT GLOBE PICTURES r===r-- jjL'

AND AT DUNEDIN, WELLINGTON AND WANGANUI

LOST AND FOUND.T "OST (Monday, botween Munoheon's Itoad

and Tweed St.), Gold BANGLE.' Re-turn Broadhursfc Store, North Avon Road,

steward. - ' 7035

'.CHRISTOHUEOH . '

;"~~

■ 7-"

THURBI)AY,~.-:■..;' • ~ • ,7021

g-| FOB 2/- Suits,c*"' :*- Boots, Shoes, Underwear, Hats, Linenpurchasable by easy weekly payments. Bal-kind's, 629 Coloinbo Street. . .125

LATE ADVERTISEMENTS*PERRY'S BOOT

REPAIRING FACTORY.C|9 ARMAGH STREET, near Manchea-

"*^<v l ter Street. 908\WANT~ED. by Young Lady, Comfortable

'.Board: no Others; within city. X9,Sun Office. 7040

Grand Snooker Tourna-...-• ment—lst prize £ls, 2nd £2 10/-, 3rd

£1 10/-, 4th XI. Roll '.u'nt 6995

WANTED Known—Certain Cure for Itch-. ing Piles. E. W. Hall, Ar-

magh Street.

' 'T?'* 'r° r"l • Syrup for '~I»ogs; easily

T*-*'given; certain in- taction; bottles 2/-.Barnett and Co., Chemists. .242

GREAT BOOT SALE

MISCELLANEOUS.

NEW BRIGHTON

7» COi.ENSO FOB SANDALS.

COLENSO FOB GOOD REPAIRS.

COLENSO FOR LOWEST PRICES.

i COLENSO FOB PROMPTITUDE.'• 7014

AE. COOPER, Coal and Firewood Mer-• chant, Cranford Street Terminus.

'Phone 1663. Orders promptly delivered.GOOD Article is always a pleasure to

• its owner. Go to Balkind's for GoodI Blouses, Good Shirts, Good Hats, GoodI Everything. 629 Colombo Street. .125

"ONEY to Lend Privately—£s to £2s—Household Furniture (without re-

| moral); repayable by easy instalments. Call!or write, enclosing stamp for reply, L. W.Balkind, draper, 629 Colombo St. .125

POCKET MONEY.—Young Men, bring yourLoft-off Suits and Boots to ROBSON'S,

203 High Street. Highest price given. Let-ters attended to. 'Phone 3628.

I~> EMOVAL-

NOTICE—RINTOUL, Pictureto Framer, has Removed to 314 Gloucester

Street, East. Artistic

LONGDIN niakos a Specialty of Renovat-ing Baby Cars. Now is the time for

Renovation. LONGDIN'S work is first-classand prices low. 538-540 Colombo Street(near Moorhouse Avenue). .67rnllE SON

~

i VVANT"

ADVERTISEMENTa-*■ will bring the help or business desired.Two lines (12 words), sixpence; six inser-tions for 2/6.I'fOß SALE,"White PaperT suitable for

butchers, grocers, or other tradesmen's wrappings. Apply The Sun Office.

I>EM0 7

to Frf

MISCELLANEOUS.ANTED, Quotation for one ton of primer ; f Clover Honey. If. B Sorensen, Lich-

field St. . . • •

WANTED, Buyers for Ihva 400-gal. B.H.Iron Tanks. H. If. Sorensen; Lichfield

Street. •

VSTANTED Known, H. B. Horeiwen has all»' kinds of Wiro ■ Netting for sale, cheap.

WANTED Known, H."B.' Sorensen is selling Wallpaper of good quality remark-

ably cheap.TSTANTED, Farmers . to ask at Sorensen's»* for quote for all sizes, Booting Iron.

prices are right.i%TANTED, Buyers excellent Fire-proof* v Office Safes; low price asked. H. B.

Sorerisen.STANTED Known, H, B. Sorensen can sup-

- ' ply Apricots, Plums, etc.; •.'buy now.

ANTED Known, H. B. Sorensen can* ? quote Linoleums below usual selling

prices.

"ANTED,. Householders to send their Rur--7 T plus goods to Sorensen's for realisation.'

/ANTED Known, H. B. Sorensen's pricesfor Paperhangings are specially low.

/ANTED Known, H. B." Sorensen can sup-ply high-grade Ceylon Teas very cheap.

/ANTED Known, H. B. Sorensen can quoteline Soap; good value, 14 bars for 6/6.

7034

In Everybody's Mouth I

QUALITY UNEQUALLEDHIGH STREET .341

NEW BRIGHTONRESIDENTSSUPPORT

THE LOCAL BUTCHERSmall Goods a Specialty

£5 to MQSEASIDE BACHES

We haye a number of instruments slightly ;;

affected with dry rot/ but with years of T :*:.:!

usefulness left, which we will sell at thbabove prices either for cash or ■■.'■lo/-;'./

y v/per-month.//'- • . ;;''

: '-^^7;U.l

128 Manchester Stêdt *p?~m' : :: <3kiisîiidl%&'

Drs. PRITCHARD JONES & 1U)

DENTISTSOPEN EVERY EVENING, FROM 7.30 TILL 9Comer COLOMBO & HEREFORD STS. TELEPHONE 1161

£24

IS IT EVER AN EFFORT?-. ■- ■- ' ■■■• v

man with perfect sight doesnot think about his eyes. But •when one is conscious of making

an effort to see, ijt. means that the ;\

vision is not what it should be.If you are in the latter class, a pair

of thei new "Torip " or: curved lenses, JM't

now being fitted -by Mr;' Waiter J. I||§|Watson, will remove all strain, and "^%.,give' the wide-angle vision of the v*;natural eye. WATSONS "TORIC" LENS

Mr. Watson makes a specialty of filling oculists' prescriptions with absolute accuracy,ensuring a perfect correction of the sight.

,

; At W, WATSON & CO. Ltd., Jewellers Br"&*£?i£t'*

1915 Models! Here NOW!

RECORD EARLY DELIVERY FOR N.Z.The wonderful 7 h.p. Sidecar Machine, with Lucas Dynamo Lighting SetWe are studying your interests by arranging for delivery from the very Firs!batch through the works, so come and see them, and if you are a prospectivepurchaser, support our enterprise in supplying absolutely 1915 CatalogueMortals the second week in January and simultaneously with London market

MATCHLESS MOTOR AGENCY92 MANCHESTER STREET

QY? T\ (The Quick, Economic De-• livery) Delivers Parcels 2d,

3d, 4d, and 6d, by motor, twice daily in Cityand Suburbs.

Garage: RINK TAXIS. 'Phone 1838,

WE can Thoroughly Recommend our PortWine and Quinine to those in need of

a good Stimulating Tonic. Each 'Wineglass'-'ful contains two grains best quality quinine.If you feel run down and out of sorts, justtry a bottle; 2/6. six bottles 18/6.

Manufactured and- sold by0. W. PRICE, Chemist, Lower High Street.

-"1 UN-SCORCHED PACES . can be instantly' relieved by. anointing with the' well-

known "Rosotto Complexion Cream," cool,pure, and fragract This "Rosotto" will,soothe aad.quickly remove all trace of rough-ness and redness. As an ideal skin foodthere is nothing likvit. Cracked lips quicklydisappear under its healing,influence. "Ros-otto" is sold by chemists and grocers. injars, 1/- and 2/- each, also post free fromsole manufacturer:.310 PRICE, Chemist, Lr. High St.

CASHELSTREET

TOY BAZAAR(2 Doors past Ballantynes) .323

The GREAT MODERN FLOOR POLISHLasts Twelve Months

ALL GROCERS .. Is. 6d..351

the poor weary housewife rubsand scrubs, sweating her heartout trying to make those floors

lodic decentmm

THE SUN, SATUKDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915. 15

PUBLIC NOTICES.

OROUGH OF WOOLSTON.

SPECIAL LOANS.

IN THE MATTER OP The Municipal Cor-porations Act, 1908, and The LocalBodieß Loans Act, 1913, and the Actsamending the same respectively.

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Wool-•ton Borough Council propose to raise Spe-cial Loans as follows:—%. A Loan of £1550 for Bridge and Street

Extension.(a) The particular purpose of -which such

loan is required is for the construc-tion of a Bridge over the HealhcoteRiver connecting Parkes and SheldonStreets, and for acquiring land andproviding and constructing a street,being an extension of Marcroft Streetto.Smith Street.

(l>> The sum proposed to be borrowed foreach such-purpose is £705 for Bridgeand £845 for Street Extension.

(c) The proposed security for the loan isa Special Rate of 3-25th (three-twenty-fifths) of a penny in the £ upon theunimproved rateable value of all pro-perty within the.Borough of Woolston.It is ..proposed to repay the loan outof tlie surplus derived from the rateand in the event of the surplus not[being sufficient the balance will be re-Jpaid by means of a fresh loan.

(d) It-is proposed to pay out of the loan.the preliminary expenses incurred inConnection with the scheme for which

loan is raised, the cost of raisingthe" loa.n and the interest for the firstyear.

JL A Loan of £6350 for the purpose of Sup-prying the Borough with Electricity.

(a) The particular purpose for which ouchloan is required is to reticulate the

of the Borough for a completeservice to all users, including the costof iextra high tension service mains,"transformers, and equipment, low ten-sion distribution cables, poles, switchgear, street lighting, and other ap-paratus, and assistance to ratepayers•to instal electricity. . •

(o) .TJie sum proposed to be borrowed forflOih purpose is £6350.

(c) The proposed security for the loan is& Special Rate of |d (one halfpenny)

upon the unimproved rateable'value of all rateable property in the■Borough of Woolston. It is proposed

repay the loan out of the sale of.'electricity and out of the surpfus de-rived from the rate, and ,in. the eventof.'the surplus not-being sufficient thebalance will be repaid by means of afresh loan,

{d) is proposed to pay out of the loaniht preliminary expenses incurred inconnection with the scheme for whichthe loan is raised the cost of raisingfbs loan, and the interest for the firstiyeUr.. : ' W. J. CAULFIELD,• ' i Town Clerk;

Woolston, January 19, 1915. 6020

! BATLWAY NOTICES.EWj ZEALAND RAILWAYS.

ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY'S CONCERT.

TO-MORROW (Sunday) Late Train leavesChristchurch for Lyttelton at 10.15 p.m.Stops vriiere required.

6235 ' BY ORDER.

SUMNERADVERTISEMENTS

Visitors should come toTHE SCARBOROUGH

) TEA EOOMS! AND BB SURE ■ OF

"A PERFECT DAY."EFRESHMENTS AND EVERYTHING' OF THE BEST.

MISS M. COPELAND! ROWE BROS.

�EGIBTERED Plumbers and : Gasfltters,i GRAFTON ST., SUMNER. 6853

ARTON (Sumner) for all Fruits and vege-tables in season. Tel. 2666—tw0 short

rings. J 6854OR i the best Fruit and Vegetables-, don't

forget to call at Ogier's, WakefieldAvenue, Sumner. 6852

UMNER Cadena Tea Rooms—Afternoon■ Tea;- Luncheons, Picnic Parties catered

for; Weddings. 'Phone 2666 (two shortxings). .279

RANGIORAADVERTISEMENTS

J. F. SUTHERLAND, M*-s-

D.0.5.8.C.0.THBJJIST and Optician, (by exams.),J High Street, Rangiora. \

OR a Cough try our White Pine Cure, 1/6per bottle, two bottles .for 2/6.

TJABY Cough Cure, safe and Bure, 1/6 per**-* bottle. Give it a trial.

UIXINE Ointment, the greatest sootherand healer for all skin eruptions, 1/6

per tin,IGHT Tested Daily. Glasses accurately

" fitted by expert optician. Charges mode-rate. .266

RANGIORAMotor Car Exchange

| New and Second Hand Motor Car* ,. bought *.> d told. InspectionInvited |

Note Address: ,'' Phone 4)

H. R. DIX jRangiora Garage Opp. Railway Stn.

MISCELIiANEOUS.

SOOTSALE. W. Parker, Chimney Sweep,

■ 159 Armagln St. 'Phone 2779. 6244

WANTED—Ridley's Ceylon Broken Orange-Pekoe, 2/-, 1/9, 1/6 lb. Clock Tower.

JANTED—Ridley's Teas comprise thechoicest products of Ceylon's Gardens.

Clock Tower.ANTED—Ridley's Two Shillings Ceylon

» * Brpken Orange Pekoe is the finest Teaobtainable. Clock Tower.

WANTED—Ridley's Ceylon Broken OrangePekoe Teas, 1/9 and 1/6 lb, arc choice

examples of tea culture. Clock Tower.ANTED—Ridley's New Season's China

» » Bud Teas,, 2/- lb. Perfect in aroma andflavoui. Clock* Tower.

ANTED—Ridley s New Season\s China» ' ITeas at 2/- excel in purity and strength.

Clock ;Tower. ; ~ ; i?-*"

LADIES' PA^MASTAGALS, LEGHORNS, (fee.

I REMODELLED; RHODES '&' SOtf"

~~~p3 HIGH STREETNext Excelsior Hotel,

iDoors, latest designs, from 23/-. C. E.Otley, c \ <

■ .128

EDUCATIONALTORMAL DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL"

SECONDARY DEPARTMENT.

Re-opens MONDAY, February 8.

FREE PLACES granted to all holders ofProficiency Certificates. Pupils can takeeither:

(a) Matriculation Course.(b) Commercial Course.

Special facilities are offered to those wish-ing to become Teachers or to receive a Com-mercial Training.

Tho Headmaster will be in attendance onSaturday morning, February 6, from 10.30 to12.30, to interview parents and enrol newpupils.

Prospectus obtainable at this office.11. C. LANE,

Secretary,6208 Education Board.

t THRISTCHURCH TECHNICAL COLLEGE

DAY SCHOOL re-opens MONDAY,FEBRUARY 8.

Holders of Certificates of Proficiency, whocomply with tho regulations are entitled toFREE EDUCATION and. FREE RAILWAYPASSES.

EVENING SCHOOL and DOMESTICECONOMY DEPARTMENT re-open FEBRU-ARY 22.

Prospectus giving full particulars may bohad on application. G230

piRLS* COLLEGIATE SCHOOL,

Re-opening TUESDAY, February 9.

MISS MAY C. BROWN, Principal,

At Home, SATURDAY, 6th; and MONDAY,Bth, .from 3 to 5.45 p.m., at 245 MontrealStreet. Telephone 1964. 6159

WRIHANA BOARDING SCHOOL FORBOYS,

. New' Brighton,; Christchurch.NEXT TERM Commences THURSDAY, 4th.

. . Vacancies for Boarders. 6948

"ADAME DANIEL, a highly qualifiedARTIST,

is Opening Classes of Sketching and allbranches of Painting.

Letters: 27 HASTINGS STREET. 6971

hPHEORY, PIANO, AMERICAN ORGAN.

MISS ETHEL HAWKER, L.A.8.,has resumed Lessons at NEW BRIGHTON,and at 464 MADRAS ST., St. Albans. 6970

MISS K. BUCKHURST, G.T.C.L., Teacherof Singing, Voice Production, and

Pianoforte, -Resumes Teaching Tuesday, Feb-ruary 9; also MISS STEPHANIE BUCK-HURST, Painting and Drawing. At Home:Morning. Studio: 38 Cashel Street West.•Phone 2906. ,

; 6882

MRS MAY SPEIRS, SCHOOL OF MUSIC.Violin, Mandolin, and Pianoforte. One

guinea per term of 12 weeks (advance fee).Thorough tuition. 36 Oxford Terrace West(near Montreal Street Bridge). 1198

'R A. J. MERTON (Director of Music,Christ's College) WILL RESUME

Lessons (Pianoforte, Organ, , Singing, andTheory of Music), THURSDAY, 4th inst. Athome after 3, 30 Armagh Street West. 6190

', WILLIAM SHEPARD,MUSIC TEACHER.

Theory and Pianoforte, Solo and Accom-panying. Pupils prepared for College ;Ex-aminations. 206 HIGH STREET. 6959

" U S I C . T U I T I 0| N.VIOLIN, PIANO. SINGING.

For perfect instruction, send your childrento me..345 . C. F. BUNZ, 146" Armagh St.

USIC PROFESSIONAL TEACHER.-. VIOLIN, PIANO, 'CELLO.

For perfect instruction, send your childrento ine. 11l visit (if required). « .264

Pupils have passed examinations since 1894.W. CULLEN, 24 Lincoln Road, Spreydon.

'LOCUTION SINGING.Miss LUCY COWAN resumed teaching on

WEDNESDAY, January 27.At Home Daily—

WEST END HALL,30.7 MONTREAL ST.. CHRISTCHURCH.

Telephone 2800. .317

WAEWICK PBIVATE SCHOOL,VV ROLLESTON STREET.

This School is divided into three Depart-ments Kindergarten, Preparatory. andUpper. Physical Exercises are jjiven daily.Individual Teaching is given, special atten-tion being paid to delicate and backwardpupil*. .267

\IGBY'S COMMERCIAL SCHOOL.-' Hallenstein's Buildings

(Opposite D.1.C.)Principal:—MlSS' M. D. DIGBY, P.C.T.,

• LPS. (Typists" Section).HIGHEST EXAMINATION RESULTSHIGHEST EXAMINATION RESULTSHIGHEST EXAMINATION RESULTSAt the Government Entrance Examination

for SHORTHAND-TYPISTES'heId last No-vember, one of OUR PUPILS, in open com-petition with candidates from ALL OVERNEW' ZEALAND, headed the list of passesand was placed FIRST on the Credit List forthe WHOLE OF NEW ZEALAND.

DAY AND EVENING CLASSES in allCommercial Subjects. TERM COMMENCESANY DAY.

A special class is held on SATURDAYMORNINGS for Secondary School pupils. .68

CAN YOU SKETCH ?

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forming

ART CLASSESTo be given on Parisianatelier lines, under the

tutorship of the well-knownartist, Mr J. E. Madden. Courseincludes Drawing, Painting inOils, Painting in Water-colours,Pastel Drawing. To ensure in-dividual teaching, Classes willhe limited in number, so earlyenrolment is requested. TheFirst Term starts about themiddle of February. Call orwrite for Descriptive Brochure.

ft GILBfSCOLLEGE jNeJct Chief Post OfficeCathedral Square

GO TO SLANEYS' OBEAT BOOT SALE

• ' 6992SALE, White Paper, suitable for

butchers, grocers, or other trades-men's wrappings. Apply The' Sun Office, ;

FOB SALE.'OR. SALE, a Splendid, .Old-established'

L Hairdressing and Tobacconist's Business,stocking Fancy Goods; also u News Agency.Stork of about i"700. Double-fronted brickshop, five rooms, detached billiard room withtwo tables, wooden shop and workroom, thelatter let to tenant. All particulars,

KING, HARRIS & CO., LTD.6906 Christchurch.[>OSTS AND STAKES.—Farmers and othersL requiring HEART OF BIRCH Posts and

Stakes of the best quality and FULL SIZEare advised to order same from WM, WHITE& CO., LTD., timber merchants, Addington,who have a large stock on hand and suppliescoming forward regularly. 6989nKTANTEI), Sell Car, complete,"* everything on, wants slight adjust-

ments ; £75. Webber & Co., St. Asaph Street,Christchurch. 0785\TTANTED SellTNew Bungalows; splendid*

» position; finance arranged. Moir, backLancaster Park. 6867

CIX-KOOM HOUSE, splendid order, half-acre garden; £SOO. 48 Cobham Street,

Spreydon. 6826

WANTED Sell, Hand and 2 Push Carts,40-gallon Boiler. Hodge, 100 Manches-

2-Seater Car, just overhauled, sell*- or exchange for section. 287 Colombo

St., Sydenham. 6996POR SALE Lyttelton, good-. 8-roomed House,-*- rubs, etc.; suitable for boarding-house.Apply 97 London St., Lyttelton. No Agents.

70108 h.p., two-seater, English

J built, torpedo body, electric lights, goodtyres, first-class order, £3B. 223 Milton St.

7013'ANTED Sell, Milne's sin Centre Screw-

»T cutting Lathe; accessories. 110 ITack-thorne Road, Cashmere. 7019

I SALE, Splendid Cow; seen Monday.140 North Road, Pftpanui. 7018

ANTED to Sell, Racing Pigeons. Apply

F. Smith, 113 Edinburgh St. Spreydon.7016

EW BRIGHTON—For, Sale, 3 acres, withCottage; .£275. Mrs Evelyn Clark,

Brighton. 'Phone 3693 (1 short, 1 long). .355"ANTED Sell, 7 Acres good land, house

T ' 4 rooms; £250. Wilson and Allender,163 Cashel Street.

__,r 7ANTED Exchange, 1 Acre land, house'' 7 rooms, every convenience for section,

Clifton. Wilson nnd Allender, 163 Cashel St.'ANTED Sell, Corner Section, House 4

» rooms, large shop, £250. Wilson andAllender 163 Cashel Street.

CASHMERE: Over 60 perches, two front-ages; take £25 deposit; £75 profit in

this. Badger, 187 Manchester St; Christchurch

WORTH £IOO more: Fine Section Feudal-ton 2d car line; very easy terms. Badger,

187 Manchester Street. -_ _

FOR SALE, Four-roomed House, every con-venience; J-acre garden; Bridlepath,

Lyttelton: Apply W". Toomey.

'OR SALE—Timber (.6 ,x 3 V.D.L. and4x3 black pine), Iron, Doors, Win-

dows, etc. Apply next Knight, butcher, HighStreet. 7026

ANTED, sell Mills-Fulford Sidecars, £lO� T 10/-; underslung chasses 5.1% 10/-

complote at PitcheT Bros., 630 Colombo St.,Christchurch. 6785

ANTED, Sell 3£ H.P. Excelsior Motor-��' Cycle, £2O; 32-H.P. Lincoln Elk, £l7

10/-;; 3-H.P. Zedcl, £ls. Pitcher Bros, 630Colombo Street, Christchurch, . 6785

ANTED, Sell the latest Variable GapT * Sparking Plugs;. makes your Motor

start easily; only 6/6 each. Pitcher Bros.,630 ; Colombo Street, Christchurch. '6785

WANTED, Sell 3&-H.P. Norton, £2O; 3JFree Engine, Rex footboards, Spring-

seat, new Tyres, etc.; only £35.' PitcherBros., 630 Colombo St., Christchurch. 6785

WANTED!, Sell Garner Exhaust Whistles,15/-; Forward Belt Fasteners, -S/-j

Stanley ditto, 1/- each; Mitchelin Covefg,26x,2i, 25/- each. Pitcher Bros., 630 Co-lombo Street, Christcbureh. 6785

OODROW CYCLE CAR, 8-H.P. J.A.P.» T Engine, three speeds and reverse, com-

plete, hood, screen, lamps, etc.; £BS. PitcherBros., 630 Colombo St., Christchinsch.

TO LET.

TO LET—Good Two-storey House, 7 rooms,all* conveniences; Baxbadoes-Lichfield

Streets. Apply 64 Armagh Street. 6962

10 LET, Building suitable for workshop,factory, or store; central. Apply 231

Antigua Street. -7017TEST END—To Let, 3 rooms; one large,

» » suitable for teacher or dressmaker.Apply 49 Worcester Street. 6938

TANTED Let, 1 Acre, 7 rooms, eonveni-' ences, fruit trees, on tram line; rent

17/6. Wilson and Allender, 163 Cashel St.ANTED Let, 5-roomed House, eonvem-

» » ences, J-acre, fruit trees, fowl runs,16/-, Opawa. Wilson and Allender, 163Cashel Street.

TANTED Let, 5 rooms, conveniences, well* » laid out, J-acx-e, Merivale; 20/- Wilson

and Allender, 163 Cashel Street. 7020BRIGHTON.—To Let (for a term), a-* Resident's Well-furnished Home. * Mrs

Evelyn Clark, agent, Brighton. 7008

r< O L O S S E U M.c °

For TERMS and VACANT DATES of theColojsseum, for purposes of CARNIVALS,BAND CONTESTS, BAZAARS, MEETINGS,ENTERTAINMENTS, etc., apply

MANAGER, ,-, -. }

61/6 HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ' '

SUNDAY ANNOUNCEMENTS.pHE CATHEDRAL.—Sunday: Holy Com-

munion 8 and Choral Eucharist atj 11.Introit: "Teach me, O Lord" (Attwood).Preacher, Rev. H. Reeve, Vicar of Wanganui.Everisong, 6.30 (Parry in D). Anthem:"God is our Hope and Strength" (Greene).Preacher, the Dean. 6991

'NOX CHURCH, Bcaley Avenue.—Rev.Dr Erwin, M.A., 11 a.m. and 6.30

p.m. At Berwick Street, Mr, J. Reid, C.30p.m. 6990

"OORIIOUSE AVENUE CHURCH OP- CHRIST.—II a.m. and 6.30 p.m.

Preaeher, Mr Ralph Gebbie, B.A. Eveningsubject: "A Challenge from the. Christ." .

~\URHAM STREET METHODIST CHURCH.-' Preacher, Rev. P. W. Fairclough,

F.R.A.S., 11 arid 6.30. Evening subject:"The Allies' Task at the Bar of Mankind."An answer to the volcano of hate and accu-sation now in action. Anthem, "Lead,Kinclly Light" (Stainer).

~.,.. 6993

T. DAVID'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,*>* I Colombo Street South.—Services to-mor-rowj 11 a..m. and 6.30 p.m., by Rev. CharlesMurjray, M.A. Sunday School at .2.45 p.m.

; i i__

, 6973

pHRISTIAN'

SCIENCE ••'.Services,'; First

Siiriiclay Services 11 a.m. ,and: 7 p.ni. Sub-jects "Spirit." Sunday School 2.4 a n.m.ffIHEOSOPHICAL Society, 96 Armagh St.,

•Victoria Sq. (opposite Queen's Statue).Pfililic Lecture Sunday, 7 p.m. Subject,"ffiie Unity Which is Peace." , ' \ 6252

■VTEW ZEALAND RATIONALIST ASSO-\ CIATION, Caledonian Hall, Worcester

St.—Mr W. W. Collins will Lecture To-mor-row. Subject: "Spiritualism and 'Spiritual-ists: An Examination, of the.;So-oalled Proofsof'- Disembodied Existences.", Musical splec-tionjs •at 7 p.m., including "Minuetto andFinftle" (Beethoven), "Vision d'Automne"(Scjniett), "Minuetto" (Schanyenka), "LaSerpnatn" (Bragn). Admission free. j Col-lection. : .! 248

GOVERNMENT NOTICES.>Y DIRECTION; pf the Public Service Ooln-* misstoner, Applications will be received

by the Secretary for Education, Wellington,up to FRIDAY, February 19, for position ofAssistant Teacher (female) at the SpecialSchool, Otckaike, near Oawuiru. Ability toplay piano, a necessary qualification. Com-mencing salary not less thaiV .1100 per annum,with board and quarters. Further particularsmay be obtained from the Educalion Depart-ment, Wellington, or from the Principal ofthe' School.

E. C. GIBBES,Secretary for Education.

February 4, /19 15. 0228

OUBLIC SERVICE STORES TENDER-"- BOARD.

SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF STORKS.

Wellington, February 4, 1915,TENDERS will be received at the Office

of the Chairman (Government Printing Office)not later than 4 p.m. on WEDNESDAY,April 21, 1915, for the Supply and Delivery,c.i.f. and e., main ports'. New Zealand, of theundermentioned MATERIAL: .

ft miles Cable, air-space, lead-covered,14 pairs ■ •'• ' '

8 miles Cable, air-space, lead-covered,26 pairs

6 miles Cable, air-space; lead ; covered,39 pairs

7 miles Cable, air-space, lead-covered.52 pairs

i mile Cable, air-space, lead-covered,78 pairs •. .

li miles Cable, air-space, lead-covered,104 pairs

7 miles 128yds Cable, air-space, lead-covered, 208 pairs

B miles 044yds Cable, air-space, lead-covered, 312 pairs

0 miles 1100yds Cable, air-space,lead-covered; 416 pairs

G\ miles Cable, air-space, lead-eovered,520 pairs .

7 miles Cable, air-space, lead-covered,024 pairs

1,320 yards Cable, air-space, lead-covered,armoured ami served, 52 pairs

J mile ditto, 78 pairs2 miles ditto, 104 pairs

5 mile ditto, 208 pairs9 miles ditto, 312 pairs

J mile Cable, switchboard, silk andcotton,' insulated,, lead-covered,108 pairs- .' '

1 mile ditto, 312 pairs1 mile ditto,. 624 pairs

35,000 yards; Wire, jumper, twisted, 1 rod,' 1 white

100,000 Bolts, "Sinclair," galvanised100,000 Cups, "Sinclair,"

1,000 Bells, extension, lOOOohms. .

The successful tenderers will be requiredto give security for the due performance ofthe contracts. Particulars and conditions oftendering may be obtained at the Office ofthe Controller of Stores, Post and TelegraphDepartment, Wellington, the District Store-keeper, Post and Telegraph Department,Christehurch, or the Tulegraph Engineers atAuckland and Dunedin, where samples of thoWire, Bolts, and Cups may be seen.6256 J. MACKAY, Chairman,

>tJBWb SERVICE STORES TENDERBOARD.

SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF BOLTS.

Wellington, February 4, 1915.TENDERS will be received af the Office of

the Chairman (Government Printing Office)not later than 4 p.m. on WEDNESDAY,March 10, 1915, for the Supply and Deliveryat the Post and Telegraph. Stores, Welling-ton, of 4000 BOLTS, double "J,"'galvanised.

Particulars and conditions of tenderingmaybe obtained at the Office of the" Controllerof Stores, Post and Telegraph Department,Wellington, the District Storekeeper, Postand Telegraph Department, Christehurch, orthe Telegraph. Engineers at Auckland and.Dunedin, whfere samples may be seen.6255 J. MACKAY, Chairman.

MISCELLANEOUS.OOK! Sports; look! Tattersall's Bil-

liards" Parlour. Grand snooker . tourna-ment (handicap). A"25 prize-money £25.

VTflfl will earn nearly £4O. Three Cot-s'''-*-"" tages let will sell .£SOO closeestate; terms. Badger, 187 Manchester St.rpEAPOT Repairing a specialty. We guaran-■*• tee our work. Charges moderate. CityPlating Works, Colombo Street. 7032

WANTED Known—Tubes 3/-, six months'guarantee 4/6; Covers 5/6, 12 months'

guarantee 11/6. Federal Rubber Store, 85Cashel Street.

ANTED Known—Motor Cycle Covers 25/-• » to £3, Tubes iO/6, Horn Bulbs 2/6.

Federal- Rubber Stores, 85 Cashel St.

WANTED Known—Steel Mudguards 1/9,Celluloid 4/6 to 7/6. Federal Rubber

Stores, 85 Cashel St.

WANTED—Outfits ~6d7~9d; Motor CycleOutfit* 2/3; Generator Tubing 3d and

4d foot. Federal Rubber Stores, 85 CashelStreet.

WANTED Known—Ladies' House Gloves4/6 and 5/- per pair; extra heavy 7/6.

Federal Rubber Stores, 85 Cashel Street.ED—Petrol, Oil, and Motor Cycle

• � Sundries kept in stock. Federal RubberStores, 85 Cashel Street. 6984

ANTED Known—That Hall's Anti-fat»■» Pills continue to give great satisfac-

tion; purely herbal; 1/6 box. E. W. Hall,herbalist, Armagh Street.

1 JONES, 92 Victoria St.—Ladies* and' Gents' Artistic Tailor. Latest styles.

Moderate prices. .250"RS ROSS'S Pills, obtainable from Burge-and Co., 364 Barbadoes St., care ;Kiver,

chemist, or leading chemists. 7000

IT Tyill pay you to. visit Balkind's foreverything you require in Drapery, Cloth:

ing,: Boots, etc. Everything of .the, best.,.Easy weekly

COLDS.—For Stuffy Head Colds, "Oomen-thal," V 6), the svire and reliable in-

halant, remedy. Barnett and Co., the Chemists.'AIWHARE Home-made Confectionery and

Catering. ( Mrs de Lautour, PapanuiRoad. 'Phone 5465. 8170

BUXTON, Contractor, Carrier, Coal,'• Firewood Merchant; clay supplied.

'Phone 3350 (two long rings). New Brigh-ton, or Box Reece and Sons. .287

FOR 2/- weekly—Go straight to Bal-- kind's for a Cpmplete Outfit. Fashion-

able Suits, Boots, Neckwear, Shirts, Collars,Underwear. Easy weekly payments. 629Colombo Street.

TATTERSALL S are commencing two grandsnooker tournaments—ono for the

"heads" and another for novices. Watchadvertisements. ' 6995

ONGDIN keeps a big. stock of Beds. Pil-' lows,; and Quilts for Baby Cars always

in stock.- iße6t value in town. . ! . iCOLOMBO ST. (near Moorhouse Av.)

I to £5, from 1 2/- weekly, for Drapery—->• £1 t0; £5. ,frqm : 2/- weekly,,for- Boots-?-

£1 to £5, from.2/- weekly for Suits—£l, tp

£5, from 2/- weekly, for Costumes.—At Bal-kind's, 629 Colombo St., near Tuam St.

ALL Joinery Work first class; Bolid andsubstantial work. ': C> E. Otley, 881

Madras Street.C. E. Otley, 881

.128

LONGDIN is the premier Baby Car RepairMan; re-ty.ring ft specialty; workmanship

guaranteed;.'prices iow. Colombo St.; (onedoor from Dundas St.) .67

ETÔTLEy'S .Moist Air Drying"7Kii"n~!te- :the only perfect way of seasoning

"OINERY and Housj Material from O. £.

» Otley, Timber Merchant, is absolutelythe best. .128

to £s,' from'2/- weekly, for Drapery-- £1 to £5, from 2/- weekly, for Boots—r

£1 to £5, from ,2/- weekly for Suits—il .to£5, from 2/- weekly, for Costtimes.—At-Bal'i-kind's, 629 Colombo St., near Tuam St." - '

Hiimmj

BUSINESS NOTICES.

i LANYON; & BERRY,Central Stores,SYDENHAM.

HAVE you tried our L. and B. Pure CeylonBlended Teas.at 1/6, 1/8, 1/10, arid

2/- per lb? .-■■■-,

T ATEST NEWS—New Seasons Fruits of■*■-*'■ all kinds just arri*ed.

SEE OUR WINDOWSTITR have large stocks Dimmoek's well-'* known mild cured Swan Brand dams;

all Mzes; order now.

'Phone 2877 "

VS7ANTRD (by Canterbury Bottle Ex-'* change), as follows:

want Fat, any quantity; bc*t ))rice.

T>o'm]ks,~'aTl kinds. . Highest price.

T>EST Value for Brass, Copper, Zinc, Load,■*-*' and Iran, arid all Metals.ALL Kinds Waste Material bought.

J7 SNELLrColombolSiêetTelephone 112. 7030

REDFERN'S,MANCHESTER ST.; and RANGIORA.

Stationery, Printing, and RubberStamps. No canvassers, and best value

in the trade.

FOUNTAIN Pens: "The Caxtoto," 8/6, isfielfrfilling, ana all parts renewable.

"\IARIES for 1915: Largo selection for< pocket and office nse. Account Books

and all Office Stationery at lowest prices. .228

~g7~wT smith,~"

GENERAL STOREKEEPER, Wilsons Road,1 Opawa. 'Phone 2052.

T IME .ruiCE, ""l/ PER~~~ BOTTLE.* •,-;■■■•'

PRICE 'IT ¥RinT~ESSENCE, .1 /- PERBOTTLE.

t>RUNE*s7"eoT~IUTES, 3d.

JanTTars"~Mason's•*•■■- Jars, all at competitive prices.

PHOTOGRAPHIC SALEAND EXCHANGE,

83 WORCESTER STREETZ>IVER AVON Series Post Cards. British

made. Unique, artistic. ;

OTHING to equal them exhibited before.1 Just the thing to please your friendß.

'OUR FOR SIXPENCE. Lovely collection.v .188

M. P. dela CGUR,ZEPHYR CYCLE WORKS, 333 STAN-

MORE ROAD.LL kinds of Cycle and Motor Repairs

at reasonable rates.� S.A. CYCLES, £l3 10/-.

ARGE Selection of Accessories always instock.

YRES 12 months' guarantee; excellentquality; 12/6. .235

P your store does not stock Wipe-em-out,send 1/6 in stamps to Rainbow and

Sons, Cbristchurch. Posted free. .209

H. G. S. DAVIS."OERTH DYE--WORKS, 93 Gloucester St.

"\YEING, Cleaning, and Trench Laundering"

in all its branches.

)EY or Chemical Cleaning, a specialty.Mourning Blacks, 24 hours' notice.

stains removed and tailor pressed a

AjDIES' pullrocm Dresses gleaned. Fea--* thers, Furs, Boa-, Stoles, Muffs, etc.;

very moderate charges. .231

Gk W. BRADLEY,)ESIGNER and Maker of the G.B. Stencil

Plates.TENCIL Plates, Mediums, Brushes, and' Colours for all purposes.

• EPOUSSE Copper and Brass Name Plates.Give your bungalow a name.

IGNS and Signwriting of all descriptions.

153 Armagh Street.WM. PHILPOTT & SONS,GRAIN, Seed, and Produce Merchants.

New address: 31 and 33 Tuam St. West.E have on Sale a large quantity of

* » Wheat, Peas, Oats, Barley, Sharps,Bran, etc., at current prices.

IRY our Economic Ideal Poultry Foods,recommended by some of the leading

poultry breeders.

TOTE ADDRESS: 31 and 33 TUAM-* STREET (between Montreal and An-

tigua Streets).

WM. PHILPOTT & SONS.6986

" XJATHEBRAL BRAND "

ifl-pLINABY ESSENCES-ORDER Cathedral Brand from your store-

i keeper; .then you will i get the best.

GUARANTEED ' Full Strength, and equal- to the best imported at half the price.

CATHEDRAL BRAND Lemon, Vanilla,Ratifla, Almonds, Pine Apple, Raspberry,

eto. All storekeepers.

ORDER SOME TO-DAY.A. E. YOUNG

A.TCHMAKER AND JEWELLER,248 OXFORD TERRACE,

For GOOD VALUE IN ALARM CLOCKS.For RELIABLE LEVER WATCHES.For First-class Watch and Clock REPAIRS.For Jewellery Manufacturing and Repairing.For Gold Bangles, Brooches, Rings, Pendants.For Spectacles and Eyeglasses of all kinds.

MRS ELLISITiSFITS, Second-hand Clothing, Bags,

-•'-*- Boots, Portmanteaux Bought and Sold,cheap. 50 Tuam Street.

k tn~o~ w :n~» ' ; That if you want the BEST MEAT the

country prodxices at Greatly Reduced Rates,go to- - '

F. H, STEEL, BUTCHER,702 and 704 COLOMBO STREET,

The Lending Establishment of its kind j;ir; f Christchurch. ;' ■

Nothing but absolutely the Best Meat thecountry produces kept. Don't be persuadedtd buy inferior quality and rubbish when bypatronising F. H. STEEL you can always relyon. getting the Cream of Canterbury^

Customers in City and Suburbs waitpd ondaily for orders. . Country Customers capalways rely on letters and telegrams''' beingpromptly; attended te. , , ,•■■•..-

.SMALLGOODS A SPECIALTY.The Annual Output reaches Half a Million

Pounds. The quantity sold speaks for itself.P"|; to £5, from 2/- weekly, for Drapery—-*-■[;■.::£!■ to £5, from /- weekly; for Boots—-£l to £5, from 2/- weekly, for Suits—£l to£5, jfrom 2/- weekly, for Costu'meß.—At Bal-kind;'s, 629 Colombo St., near Tuam St

BUSINESS NOTICES.'UNDAY'S, Sydenham, Semi-annual Clear-- ing Fair.—Take" the Id tram, and save

pounds.

CCOTTON Cashraerettes—Cream, Pink, Red,J Sky—usually 9ld. Munday's Sale price,

Felt Table Covers, 36'in

price, 1/11./SOLOUKED Lineen, 36in—Saxe, Sky,

Navy, Helio, Pink, Brown—5Jd > atMunday's Sale.

Tweed and Serge, 18/6 to

day's, Sydenham.

WiIJTE~ and"''Fancy~Silk Collars, 4jd;Coloured Silk and Satin Bows, 4jd.

Munday's, '•■...■"UNDAY, Sydenham, for Fresh New Mil-

linery at half-prices and less during, Sale.r AR'S Delay—l2 pieces Tussore Silk, late

■ • arrived—l/11, 2/11, 3/3;/ now , 1/6,1/11, 2/4. . . ■:

INOLEUMS and Oilcloth, 54in—2/3, 2/6,' 3/6; Sale price, 1/11. M.unday, Syden-

ham. • ■ •' i ■/CRINKLED Hairpins 100 for Id; Hooks

; and Loops, p2 cards 4?.d. Munday's."EN'S Tweed Trousers, 12/6, for pj\l,- 17/6 for 7/11, 18/6 for 10/6. Munday's.

M'UNDAY'S, Sydenham, for Men's FashionShirts, 2/11; usual prices 4/6 to 5/9.

/"CHEAP DRAPEiIY *AT DAVIES'S

EOBT. W. DAVIESDRAPER

and ladies* outfitter.ornerT"of"- c^sîTTn^dôToTibo

.■ ~ STREETS.

("kUR Special Lines THIS Week:. 18 idozen' Ladies' Woven. Vests at 1/-, worth

1/11; 13 dozen Bathing Dresses at 9d, worth1/6. :6987

R. W, HORN & CO.

CCONTRACTORS—Ironbark Piles and Gir-J ders stocked by !R.' W. Horn and Co.

JHOP FITTERS—WaInut 3-ply stocked.!*J ■ R. W. Horn and Co., 143 Tuam Street.

i 3-ply stocked by R. W. Horn and-"

*: Co., 143 Tuam Street; also Oak!HITEWASHERS—AIpha ' Sprayers save

■ » time. R. W. Horn and Co., 143 Tuam

R. W. HORN & CO.6985

BARGROVE'SSUMMER SALE

STARTS ON THURSDAYEXT, February 11, at 10, a.m. Unprece-

;l dented bargains. r vSTOCKS are large, and money is scarce.

BARGROVE'S 6968

TUCKER & KITEQUALITY GROCERS

"ELLY Crystals, 6 packets 1/-; Large Tinsf Baking Powder 1/2; New Potatoes daily.

EW Fruits just .landed, all of excellentquality; Malt Vinegar 2/: per gallon.

AMOUS TEA—I/3, l/6,v 1/8 PER LB.

Colombo St., SYDENHAM• 6999

A. E. WRIGHTPORK BUTCHER

■ »RY our Mild Bacon at lGdper lb. Delicious. • ■'■

AVE a look'in. our. window at our temp-ting array of small goods.

PECIAL attention paid to quality andJ cleanliness. One trial ensures- satisfac-ion.

448 Colombo St., Syd.

•pOUND—IN PHCENIX JAMSThe Rich Flavour of PruitßRipened to Perfection underThe Cloudless Sky of CentralOtago, ~the Fruit-grower's

Paradise.

Ask forPHCENIX. PHCENIX.

AH Grocers.

Wholesale:H. C. GODFREY & CO.,

LICHFIELD STREET.

>UY BRITISH GOODS.

WOLFF'S "British Preference" PencilsWOLFF'S "Bank of England" PencilsWOLFF'S "Account Book". Pencils, . .

BRITISH Office Files. ; .

.BRITISH ''Palm Linen'■" Typing PaperBRITISH Made Account Books.

SUPPORT THOSE WHO DEAL IN BRITISHGOODS.

D. N. ADAMS, LTD.,101 MANCHESTER STREET,

~

PRINTERS, ETC.Sole Agents for the "UNDERWOOD" and

"EMPIRE" TYPEWRITERS.i■* ■ . .15

19?,5

JUST ARRIVED:The 15.9

FIVE-SEATER DE LUXEFIVE-SEATER DE LUXE

This Car is fitted with the All-British Br >ltElectric Light and Electric Starter, Jfick.3'l-- 5 Rudge-Whitworth Wire Wheels andDunlop Tyres; Body beautifully finished, in-cluding one-man hood.

This Car. is one of Birmingham's best, andtho very latest model.: , ■ ■

We have a 10-12. h.p. MINOR CHASSIS,also Doctor's Coupe (ex s.s, . .Corinthic) fordelivery.

NOTE.-—The ; English Light Car Rallies,Nov. 21 and 22, .88 cars entered. Result:Calthorpe first and second. ( "

STOREY & CO.,' '.AGENTS,

HEREFORD STREET' EAST,: .190

TUTISFIT. ANDJ LEFT-OFF . CLOTHING;

The well-to-do people of Christchurch buyonly the very best of Clothing; they wearthoni a few times, then MRS ELLWOODcomes along. So if you wish -to be welldressed at a minimum cost( call.and tee

MRS ELLWOOD,SEGOND-HAND CIJOTHIER,

•Phone 3087. 123 ARMAGH ST.

BUSINESS NOTICES.

LET US PAINTND Do - Up your Motor Oar, pleasure'

vehicles or delivery vans, for the sea*

and Gigs; also Express Tan, Light SpringDrays, Station Waggon.

S_

ECOND-HAND Waggon"

delivcry Milk Cart, Gigs, and RusticCarts.

STEEL BROS.COACKBUILDERS, LINCOLN ROA3>:

.

THE WAR! ;

ik SPITE OF THE WAR, WE ARSdoiNG AT TOP—BUSY AS BEE£—BUILDING UP OUR BUSINESS OS A

BUSINESS BASIS. - " --

IP IT'S IN WOOD-LET LOGAN QUOTE.

REAR OF NEW GOVT. BUiLDINGS.

GO TOGREAT BOOT SALE :

ORDER NOW, WHILE PLANTS ARE IN ,"

FULL BLOOl?. ;

PEIZE BOSES -j20,000 PLANTS, from th© DWARF BUSH ' >

to the WEEPING STANDARDS 9ft high.''lPrize Carnations and Picotees in endless JVariety and Colour; Prize Dahlias—Cactus, !.

Paeony-flowered, and Show Varieties; , best ?collection in the Dominion. Also Shrubs, ';

Fruit and Forest Trees in Endless Variety. *;FLORAL WORK of every" description «e- *'

ruted on shortest notice. Prices verymoderate. ..,-.,.... ; l

Our stocl' of BULBS for Autumn Plant- ;

\ng is the largest and the Dominion. *>

\ Catalogues now in preparation.W. BAYLISS,

'

:

BRYNDWR NURSERIES, FENDALTON,. 7CHRISTOHURCH, N,Z. 'Phone 170*.

*

BUTLER & BRADWEtL , ;

207 Manchester St, n't National Bart I ■ART DECORATORS

AMD WRITERS I |Hand Painted Frieraa Spea'alit>, I J

FOR SPRING CLEANING ™

lArmiger & CoThe Leading Dyers and Cleaners

93 CASHEL 3TRCET.W.• Expert Work *tM«kntfePWe«* -

PHONE 2617 .112

HIGH-CLASS4 FRENCH CLEANERS

- FEATHER DRESSERSG. C. VERE&SONS J~:

Phone 1818 118Armagh St next Coloaibo St

"Art hath decreedTo make some good

Nowhere does this adageprove itself more than intheC art of tailoring. In-which by advancedmethods, increased produc-tion and an enormousbuying power we are ableto exceed in materials ariditailoring, any other firm inNew Zealand. Confirmthis yourself, let youropinion be based on yourown investigations. Comeupstairs, see patterns andask prices. We will bepleased to prove that we

.can save you thirty shillings'at least.

Crown QothingCaI Wholesale Tailors I

Cashel Street

imaru to ChristchurchROAD RACE

PREMIER POSITIONj Who Secured It? J4-PHIL O'SHEA ——■

on his

I'SPEEDY" CYCLEHe secured 4th place and Fastest Time

off scratchG. LOTT. sth place and Fastest Time

under 21 years of ageA. BONIS, 9th place and 2nd Fastest'

Time from scratchAll on their Easy Running SPEEDY

; Cycles

JACK SUCKLINGMAKER

IDS Manchester St., Christchurch

e Frame Pictures!:': " '■''•■'"."■'■ .'i * and Guarantee Best Workmanship :. -

j combined withModerate Charges

H. FISHER & SON; 27& HIGH STREET

(Opposite Stewart Dawson's) .93

•HE SUN WANT ADVERTISEMENTS^; will bring the help or business desiredjf-^HJ

Two! lines (12 words), sixpence; Bix irt*fapf§!s^tionß for 2/6, ' v(&l&

16 THE ' SCJN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915.

Printed by David Davidson, of 12 NasebyStreet, Christchurch, Printer, and publishedby Sidney Roger Evison, of 37 AlbanyStreet, St. Albans, Christchurch, Publisher*at the registered printing office of thaCanterbury Publishing Company, Ltd., 8?Worcester Street, Christchurch,

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1916#

CEADDOCK, M'CEOSTIE CO.

£550BUNGALOW. BUNGALOW.

' V .-. SITUATE IN ADDINGTON.

BANDY TO WORKSHOPS. RAILWAY,AND TRAM.

- Natty Bungalow of 5 good rooms, plastered,r' a

, pantry, scullery, washhouse, copper and tubs,u. and c. service, gas and fittings,

•ewer connection, h.p. water supply, nice Sec-tion, laid -Gut and planted, asphalt paths, wellfenced, ete.

FOR URGENT SALE.

;; CEADDOCK, McCBOSTIE CO.,Polio 21. Agents.

O V A W A.

CLOSE TO RAILWAY STATION ANDf TRAM.

% HIGH AND SUNNY POSITION.

■' PRACTICALLY NEW HOUSE OF SIX>„ ROOMS.

All Offices and Every Modern Convenience,'". nearly i acre of land, about 100ft frontage,

stable, trap or motor shed.EASY TERMS IF DESIRED.

? Owner would sell House with half the Landj, ■ if purchaser wished.

PRICE FOR THE WHOLE ONLY

£BOOCBADDOCK, McCBOSTIE CO.,

Folio 424. Sole Agents.

REDUCED BY OVER £IOO.

BULK OF PURCHASE MONEY CANRBMAIN AT 4J PER GENT. IF DESIRED.

■•>;■•'„' _____.

PRICE NOW .?, . .

£545WITHIN 2d SECTION.

PRACTICALLY NEW BUNGALOW OFHOUR SPACIOUS ROOMS, PLASTEREDSPHSOUGHOUT (MAIN LIVING ROOM IS)

X 15). ALL OFFICES. GOOD ELEOTRIOBIGHT FITTINGS, GAS, COPPER, ANDILL MODERN CONVENIENCES, SPLENDID

AND MANTELS, DOULTONBATH AND BASIN. SUBSTANTIALLYFENCED ALL ROUND, NICE. GARDEN,WELL LAID OUT AND FULLY STOCKEDMED PLANTED. |

SITUATION: NORTH ST. ALBANS. i

||r CBADDOCK, McCBOSTIE CO.,fe; Folio-700. Sole Agents.■■■'■' Cor. Cashel and Manchester Streets.

J?OR SALE, ON OWNER'SILL-HEALTH.

V*1015 £1550f1000 OR MORE CAN REMAIN AT

: 6 PES CENT. IF DESIRED.

< NEARLY 10 ACRES cf Splendid Land andGood RESIDENCE of 7 ROOMS, Lined andPapered, BATHROOM and OFFICES,BARGE STABLE, 40 x 30, ANX> OUT-BUILDINGS.

2 AORES of LAND IN GOOD ORCHARDffull bearing), J-ACRE IN RASPBERRIES,BALANCE IN CROPS. WATER-RACE ON-WHOLE OF ONE SIDE.

Sull details on application to/ CEABDOCK, McCEOSTIE CO.,

Pol. 499 Auctioneers.

A SPLENDID PROPOSITION.

£350 ONLY. EASY TERMS.

HOUSE 0F,5 ROOMS. OFFICES., ANDIJONVENIENOES, STABLES, SHED. &c

SPLENDID CORNER SITUATION.

TRAM MASSES THE DOOR,Close to Id Section.

Jjr': NORTHERN ASPECT.

Call particulars on application to. CEADDOCK, McCROSTIE COP.

Hoi. 834 Agents.

N IDEAL SUBURBAN RESIDENCE.

CLOSE TO SHIRLEY GOLF LINKS.

PRACTICALLY OPPOSITE TRAMSTOPPING-PLACE.

'HALF AN ACRE OF LAND? beautifuijyIbid out and planted with choice ornamentaltrees and shrubs, also good orchard, andHODERN DWELLING containing 7 LARGE

•J;' iiTVING ROOMS, plastered and beautifully4eeorated throughout, well equipped with•very modern convenience and accessory, in-filiiding hot and cold water service, gas and

>;='.'• fittings, gas heaters, electric bells, wardv robes, cupboards, etc. Northern frontage,

wido sunny return verandah. Extralirfge washhouse, with hot and cold wator laid* t »a* Workshop, forcing house, motor house,

»sphalt paths, etc.

?s; fe.s the present owner, for business reasons,t}':;tu& tl reside in the City, he is prepared to". »ceep/ a low offer for this well situated and

appointed property.

EASY TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED.

CBADDOCK, McCROSTIE CO.,SOLE AGENTS,

"i>£)or. Cashel and Manchester Streets.taC 417

£750 £750FOR PRIVATE SALE.

AN IDEAL BUNGALOW RESIDENCE.SITUATE CITY CENTRAL.

HIGH SITUATION.

BEAUTIFUL OUTLOOK.SUN ALL ROUND.

ABSOLUTELY NEW" 4-ROOMED ARTfSUNGALOW, spacious rooms, plate glassWindows, panelled living room and hall,t)oulton bath and basin, pantry, hot andcold service throughout, scullery and sinkWash-house, «opper and tubs, asphait, gardenlaid out, 'r splendidly fon cod.

We have no hesitation in stating that the.Wbove residence is perfectly finished andEquipped in every detail regardless of cost,•ad must be inspected to be appreciated.

EASY TERMS IF REQUIRED.?? CBADDOCK, McCEOSTIE C<X,I ftli» 174. Agents;

AUCTIONS.

PYNE £..00..

GLENMARK ESTAT.B.

CLEANING SALE!.

FRIDAY, MARCH 5.

AT THE HOMESTEAD, near WAIL'ARA.

p Y N E , & CO.■*■ in conjunction with DALOETY & CO.,LTD., are instructed to hold a CLEARINGSALE of all the LlVi'. and DEAD STOCKon tho GLENMARK ESTATE, which litisbeen acquired by the Government), on

FRIDAY. -MARCH ft. NK.XT.Particulars as -under:—

SHEEP.163 Halfbred Rams; various ages23 Halfbred Rams; two-tooth

I 45 Merino Rams' 18 Merino Rams; two-tooth

7 Highland Rams! 4ft Highland Ewes

8150 Halfbred Ewes; various ages1796 Halfbred Ewes; two-tooth"738 Merino Ewes386 two-tooth Halfbred Wethers476 Merino Wethers

6000 Lambs; mixed sexes.DRAUGHT HORSKS.

9 Mares* 3- Mares and Foals*

5 Geldings1 Colt--1 Filly1 Entire Horse.

LIGHT HORSES.6 Brood Mares -and Foalu5 Mares and Geldings5 Yearlings; halfbred Arab a1 three-year-old Filly; halfbred Arab1 Arab Stallion; seven years.

CATTLE. <*'

24 Cows; in profit6 Cows; due to calve5 Cows; dry5. two-year Heifers

10 one-year Heifers14 Calves-

-3 Steers9 Calves2 Jersey Bulls; four years.

IMPLEMENTS AND SUNDRIES WILLBE ADVERTISED LATER.

GRAZING FREE OF CHARGE untilMARCH 31 will be allowed to those pur-chasers who make arrangements for such atthe time of Sale, but no responsibility willbe taken.

Further particulars will be duly advertised.

' DALOETY & CO.. LTD..PYNE & CO., •

6258 Joint Auctioneers.

MONEY-MAKING PROPOSITIONS

BUYERS' OF SMALL MEANS.

OA ACRES on outskirts of good country*?" town. Heavy dairying or croppingland. Complete set buildings. Plantationsand extensive orchard. Would comfortablycarry 35 cows, besides cropping portion. Onthe farm, in full working order, and payingwell, is a brewery. The turnover from bothis £I2OO per annum. Owner will ter.ch buyerhow to brew 1, and where to market. Full jstock of bottles, kegs, etc., oil engine, rotarypump, windmill, 3 400-gallon tanks, wagon, ispring cart 7 harness, saddles, etc. )

7 Cows, .3 Breeding Sows, Fowls, etc. |Price: £4O per acre, walk in, walk out. |The land alone is worth the money. Owner '

has health reasons for selling. ;

-I £»«> ACRES L.I.P. in Southland, along-A"* side Railway Station. Rent 4/9 less10 per cent. Beautifully watered. Workedas a Dairy Farm; GO acres iu Turnips andGrass, portion in Oats. New G roomed House,Stable, Cow-byres, etc.; 21 Cowa (mostlyyoung), 3 Draught Horses, 1 Hack, Pigs,Sundry Implements, etc.

On this, and worked by the Owner, is aBlacksmith's Shop, doing a good -business;full set' of tools. This can be taken in atthe price, or .if not wanted, allowance willbe • made for it.

Price, as a Going' Concern: £lli00; CashDown, £BOO.

- 'dose to- Ashburton. Allrx.*J\J necessary buildings, crops, etc.Price: £lO 10/- per acre; tr>oo cash upwardsrequired. We recommend small capital mento inspect, as owner might lease if sale can-not be mad.?. In any tase the owner is pre-pared to accept such a small Cash depositthat no difficulty should be met with in strik-ing a' bargain. The price, too,' is quitereasonable.

DALGfiTY & CO., LTD.;

DEVEREUX, KING & CO., LTD.

100 LICHFIELD STREET.. .31TARPAULINS! TARPAULINS I

The Hay. Harvest will soon begin, and allkinds of fodder will be well worth saving Wehave a good stock of Stack Covers on hand.Probably before the harvest proper there.will not be sufficient canvas to go round, boour advice is, BUY NOW. We have also agood stock of Harness and Riding Saddles,Bridles, etc., on hand.

LAND J LAND! • LAND!80 ACRES Dairy Land at Green Park.

£SO per acre.700 ACRES; good sheen and cropping

country, at Bankside. £7 10/-. Easy terms.6000 ACRES -of Sheep and Cattle Coun-

try, within 20 minutes' walk of the capitalCity of New Zealand; £.B per acre; mustfetch over £IOO per acre in the near future.The greatest bargain ever offered to anyonein any part of Australasia. The stock willmore than pay interest on the purchase pricewhile you are growing into a millionaire bythe unearned increment. We will sell youthe lot or a slice to suit your pocket. Homesuitable for a lawyer, doctor, retired roerchant, or anyone on the iook-out for first-class suitable investment. You can conductyour business in the City ci Wellington whilethe wool grows, the cattle fatten, and everyacre becomes a gold mine. Only a few yearsago our own Port Hills were begging «t thesame price. Where it is optional for thepeople to build . to-day it is fetching £IOOOper acre. In Wellington they hi.ve nowhereelse to build. Our modest estimate is only£IOO per acre in the future! Only £8 to-day. Our Mr Devereux, who hss carefullyinspected the whole of this beautiful Estate,will give further information to bona fldeprospective buyers.

11,000 ACRES, near Dunedin. £3 10/-per acre. Sto<Jk f.t valuation.

THE SHEEP-FARMERS' AGENCY.

■ EASEHOLD SHEEP FARM

1100 ACRES Leasehold, Canterbury.About 1000 acrp.s in grass, balance turnipssown with grass. Excellent ewe country;lambing 105 per cent,; now carrying 1800sheep. * Cottage and woolshed. Owner willlet at reasonable rent for four or five yearsto a good tenant.

For full particulars apply toTHE N.Z. SHEEPFARMERS' AGENCY,

155 Hereford Street, Christchurch.Agents for the Bristol and Dominions Pro-

ducers' Association, Ltd.LIBERAL ADVANCES made on Meat ond

Dairy Produce for shipment to West Coastports of England.

~ ■ F. H. LABATT,6401 Manager.

AUCTIONS.

HARRIS BEOS.

AUCTION. SALE."

Tlie Whole of the Contend of a GroomedHon*".'.

On account of Mis llcNulty {who is leavin;New Zealand).

WEDNESDAY NEXT, at I p.m.On tin- Premises,

i::i BAItItADOES STUEET(Opposite the Cathedral).

K SSKS JIAlt i! I S B It O 8.' will sell !>y auction, as a hove,

HOUSEHOLD VUiiNITUKK AND EFFECTS,as follows:—

Sideboard. 9-pieee .Suite upholstered inbuffalo liide, 2 Dining Tables, Over-mantel, Bedroom Suite comprisingWardrobe, Duehessc, and Marble-topWash stand (light rimu), ditto in darkstained kauri, 4ft Gin U.K. Bedsteads,Wire Mattresses, Canadian aad otlu'rChairs. Hall .Stand, Leather Couch.Linoleum, Palm Stand,' Occ. and Kit-chen Tables, large Kauri Dresser,large Meat Safe. Dinner Service,'Clothe* Horse. Toilet. Ware. ToiletMirror, Fender, and Sundries.

NO KESEUVE.J. U. ANDERSON,

N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OP. ASSN. LTD.

S V PEIUOJ J FEND AI-TONTM-NGALOW-*-* RESIDENCE

This is a fine, select residential property.It comprises a thoroughly up-to-date Bunsra-low, with all conveniences, and six largerooms, very conveniently arranged.

A nice, wide. Sunny "Verandah is a special ;feature of the house. j

The site of g-acre is one of the best in !Fendalton in all respects. It has a wide jfrontage, and is nicely laid off in Croquet iLawn, Flower and Kitchen Gardens, and well-j•stocke-d Orchard. jThere i;> ample raom for a Tennis Lawn. ;

The situation is in a favourite and very |healthy part of .Feudaltou, just a few stepsfrom the Car,

Special circumstances have, forced theproperty on .to this market, and the price isundoubtedly low.

Further particulars will be supplied onapplication.

N.Z. FABMEI4S' CO-OP. ASSN.

MORTGAGEE'S SALE

SPLENDID FENDALTON PROPERTY.An undoubted bargain presents itself in

this property, which comprises a fine, well-built, and thoroughly modern six-roomed

BUNGALOW.The select and handy position, the size of

rooms, and their convenient arrangement, to-gether with all conveniences and improve-ments incidental to a charming, up-to-dateBungalow home, combine to make this prop-*crty a marked one even in this fashionablesuburb.

An ideal section, high and dry, of splendidsoil, and having wide frontage, provides aTennis and Croquet Lawn, or a valuableBuilding Site may be sold off.

!■«.«.: £94()This property is without doubt now offered I

£'2so to JtauO BELOW ITS ACTUAL VALUE jN.Z. FABMEBS' CO-OP. ASSN. , I

A- CHEAP FOUR-ROOMED BUNGALOWxl- SELECT POSITION

CLOSE TO CAIiThis is a fine, convenient Bungalow of 4

good rooms and all conveniences, nicely situ-ated iu a good locality and very handy tocars.

The Section is an improved one of overJ-acre in established garden, fruit trees, etc.• A low price has been placed on the prop-erty owing to owner having left the district, j

- N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OP. ASSN.

A FINE SUBURBAN LOCALITY.OWNER LEAVING. .

52 ACRES L.I.P. SEVEN RQOMS.Tlie owner of the above contemplates leav-

ing shortly to take up farming pursuits on alarger scale, andis hi consequence r, keenteller;

It is a very complete Property, comprisinga fairly Modern 7-roomed Houss with all con-veniences, large and substantial glasshouse,8 looseboxt-3, man's room, and chaffhousc, &■bailed concreted cowbyro, dairy, trap ormotor shed, and Sif Acres of really first-classLand, oi which over half-acre is in goodorchard.

All build: ngs are thoroughly sound and iugood order.

There* are splendid future prospects for a■subdivision of the land into valuable buildingallotments, the situation being in a fine re'si-dential locality only two minutes from elec-tric car.

The Freehold can at any time be acquiredat an almost nominal cost.

N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OP. ASSN.

WM. JAMESON & SON.

£750

HIGH-CLASS, MODERN BUNGALOW,CONTAINING FIVE ROOMS,

ALL CONVENIENCES.

MAIN ROOM, 14x16, with large inglenook,also large bay window, window seats,and seat lockers; open brick fireplace;built-in bookcase and cupboards; pan-elled 7ft oiled rimu.

BEDROOM, 14x12, with built-in wardrobeand mirror panel; brick arch fireplace.

SPARE BEDROOM, 10 x 12.BREAKFAST ROOM, 12 x9, brick fireplace

and built-in sideboard.KITCHEN, 12 x 10, tiled back range, enam-

elled sink, and numerous cupboardsbuilt in; pantry off.

BATHROOM, 12 x C, porcelain bath, lavatorybasin, hot and cold shower; medicalcabinet built in; all finished in whiteenamel; floor tiled with white tiles.'

HALL, panelled in rimu; coat recess, andseat; Linen Cupboard.

WASHHOUSE. built-in copper and tubs; hottap from house service.

Largo enclosed covered way and concreteyards and paths.

WORKSHOP, 14 x 12, also Fowl Run,

GOOI) SECTION OF LAND, with north

Convenient to two Tram Services.

GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE AT 4J I'.C.can remain.

WM. JAMESON & SON,100 MANCHESTER STREET

(Opp. National Bank),

O T I C E TO SUPSCKIBERS.

will confer a favour by notify-ing the Publisher promptly in the event oftheir experiencing any difficulty in obtainingregular delivery of

THE SUN,Telephone No. 4,

! AUCTIONS.

| NATIONAL MORTGAGE & AGENCYCOMPANY, LIMITED.

for s.vu*: by pup.ltc auction- .

: ■ At ■

On TUKSDAY, FKURUARY <),

At p.m.

JN THI'l KSTATK OF THK LATETHOMAS O'LOUGJILIN.

.Sit unto at SOMMEU ILI CUST.

! VflV At!,{KfS /'il'l-'flOLb, subdivided intoI <"•'"<"•' 30 paddocks, abundantly watered.j Homestead 10 rooms, washhouse, dairy, etc.,I stable, implement shed, store room.I 77 ACRES LEASEHOLD, native {crass.

| Rent. ,i"2.". per annum; four years to run.j IK ACRES LEASEHOLD, native grass;j X~> per annum.j '2O ACKKS LKASHIIOLD, native grass.I Kent, A'l per annum.i

i Tlie property is situated 1 miles from Cast| Railway and Stvk'yards, and £-mile fromI school.

i NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND AGENCY| COMPANY OF N.Z., LTD..; 02f>!> Auctioneers.

BUSINESS NOTICES.

OOSK PLANTING SEASON, •■ 1015.

To those w!r« int.'iid,' PLANTING HOSES

in the WINTER of 1915, we give a hearty

invitation to INSPECT OUR STOCK OF

ROSES, wbicli are now in full flower, and

from which a wise and judicious choice can

be made.

The Planting Season extends from MAY 1

to SF.PTF.MBF.iI 30. The Choosing .Season

NAIRN & SONS,Lincoln Road,

Chriwtchurch.

Telephone 241. .2.-.

rpiJU KMPJRK EXPRESS CO.,'JO'! ST. ASAPH STREET.

CARTAGECON T K A C T O R S,Ciistom-liojise, Baggage,-.and ForwardingAgents, Expert Packers and FurnitureRemovers. Good Storage Accommodation.

'Phone (day and night). 084.Telegraphic address. "Empiro." .97

IHEEPFARMERS' LABOUR EXCHANGEM (Under the Suj>ervision of the

Canterbury Sheepowners' Union;,55 HEREFORD STREET, CHRISTGHURCH,

All Classes of Farm and Station HandsEngaged for Farmers and Pastoraiists.

Wool C'lasbC-rs, Experts, Shearers, and Wool jHands Engaged for Shearing Sheds.

* .35 jiT7 A. M'LAREN & CO., LTD.,

103 ST ASAPH STREET,Sole Agents for

M'LAREN TRACTION ENGINES ANDROAD ROLLERS, BRITISH MANZ-E OILPUMPS, SHAW'S WIRE ROPES, BROWN'SPATENT BEATERS, STONE BREAKERS'OILS, AND ENGINEERS' REQUISITES.

SEARCHLIGHT CANDLETION.

PKIZE-WINNEKS.

Mrs li. Adams. 16 Shelley Street, Syden-ham, five-guinea costume, made t*-order.

Mrs H. Wicks, Ensor'B Koad, OpawaMrs E. V. Mather, Lytteltoh..Mrs J. F. Curragh, TempletonMrs Kennedy, Worcester Street, LinwoodMiss Jones. Worcester Street. CUristchurchMrs Smith, Moorliouse Avenue

Dress Material, own selection.SAVE VELVET SOAP WRAPPERS till

APIiIL 30 NEXT. Same Pr'.zes as above—-to bo won by someone. .72

HOUSEHOLDERS and Mechanics of goodrepute can now be well and fashionably

dressed without having to wait and stingeuntil they scrape together a large sum ofmoney to go to a draper, tailor, or 'toot shopto clothe themselves and -family. You cancall at L. W. Balkind's and make arrange-ments to pay according to your income bysmall instalments, and get all you require atonce. All of you can be well dressed always.You will find it a great boon, and benefit.The goods stocked by uie, are of the highestquality, the prices most reasonable for thequality of the goods, the treatment fair andliberal. Straight and honourable dealings arewhat I expect and give to my customers, Ido all.it is possible to satisfy every custo-mer, and in case of sickness or the bread-winner being out of work, arrangements canbe made to postpone payments until recoveryor in employment. Everything in my poweris done to assist my honest customers. Youcan call at any time, or write and make ar-rangements at L. W. BALKIND'S, 629Colombo Street, between Lichfield and TuaniStreets. Telephone 2507.

piTLVERDEN-ROTIIBBIIAM-WAIAUMOCKETT'S

UP-TO-DATE MOTOR SERVICE.Daily from Culverdea at 12.35 p.m., re-

turing from Waiau at 2.IT* p.m., connectingwith outgoing train at Culverden.

On WEDNESDAYS Car meets both Earlyand Late Trains.

FARES:Culverden-Waiau, 5/- Single, 9/- Return.Culverden-Rotherhaiu, 2/6 each way.

SPECIAL TRIPS UNDERTAKEN TOKAIKOUIiA, HANMER, or anywhere

in Canterbury.Telegrams, parcels, etc., promptly attended

to.W. MOCKETT,

All ADVERTISEMENTS should be ad-drcsHed to the Manager, The Sun Office,87 Worcester Street, Christchureh.

Advertisers can have their ANSWERSaddressed, free of charge, to our Offices. Ifthe Answers arc to bo forwarded, stampssufficient to cover postage must be sent withthe Advertisements.

THE SUN WANT ADVERTISEMENTCOLUMNS furnish the best means of ob-taining competent help. They are scannedby the right kind of employee, the relaibleand intelligent worker.

If you want help of any kind insert yourAdvertisements iii The Sun. ■

RATES: Two lines (12 words), 6d perinsertion; .six consecutive insertions 2/6.

ALL ALTERATIONS to CONTRACTADVERTISEMENTS should be sent hi atlatest by Noon of the day preceding that onwhich publication is desired, and Advertiserswill be studying their own interests bygiving tho longest possible notice of theirrequirements.

TONES, NORTON & CO.

.fONKS,- NORTON, 6c C0.,, I>TD.OFFICES TO LET.

j We have SUITER OP OFFICES to', Let!in the Now Building Just completed »ni Hereford Street (opposite the G.P.0.).

Large strong rooms; electric light; everyI possible convenience; beautifully light, sunnyi position.| Rentals from £65 to £l5O per annum.

Full particulars at our Land Office.

TONKS, NORTON.' & CO.. LTD.,Auctioneers and Land Salesmen,

105 HEREFORD STREET. . .24

H. H. COOK & CO.

"I ffA ACRES, North Canterbury; good■*■*'" house and outbuildings; crops in.This is a good little Farm, and owner willtake one house aa part payment; balanceof money can remain at 5 per cent, for 07eycara. Fol. 175Tj ACRES; a Model Litllo Farm; about.8-VjvF 14 miles from Christchurch: goodhouse and outbuildings; wheat, oats, andrape in. Price £3O per acre; £SOO cash.; bal-ance arranged.

SUNNY NORTH CANTERBURY.—SOOOACRES of beautiful Sheep Country; fair

Homestead; carrying 4000 ewes on the tus-sock ; well subdivided and watered. Price,£4 10/- per acre; £SOOO cash, balance can beleft for a period.

ACRE of LAND; good orchard; nice 8-- roomed House, and. everything up to date;

all conveniences; £IOO. deposit, balance onmortgage, »r owner will accept a small cot-tage as a deposit.

H. H. COOK & CO.,FARM SALESMEN,

INGLIS BUILDINGS, CABHEL STREET,CHRISTCHURCH.

Telegraphic Address, "Tuscan," ChristchurchP.O. Box 893. 'Phone 2293.

MONEY.

MONEY to LEND on MORTGAGES ofFREEHOLD at Lowest Current Rates.

Also by way of Sub-mortgage on First-classSecurities for small premiums or at increasedrate, as arranged. Smaller Sums on ApprovedSecond Mortgage or Chattel Security.

11. K. McDOUGALL,SOLICITOR,

INGLIS'S BUILDINGS, 220 HIGH STREET.Opp Tattersall's.' 'Phono No. 3634.

rTIRUST MONEY for INVESTMENT onA FIXED MORTGAGE at LOWESTCURRENT RATES. Also, a Few Suras onSecond Mortgage.

DOUGALL & UPHAM,SOLICITORS,

89 WORCESTER STREET. .62- r. N, IP V rf (J L £ N JJ

From £lO and UpwardsON ANY KIND OF SECURITY.

F. D. KESTEVEN, j4d CHANCERY LANE. .147

ONEY LENT PRIVATELY and inStrictest Confidence upon Approved

Note of Hand. Also' upon Household Fur-niture* Pianos (without removal)r Repay-able by Easy Weekly payments. Enclosestamp for reply to L. W. BALKIXD, 629Colombo Street. P.O. Box 1017. .125

BUSINESS NOTICES.

nOKD CARS AT THE FRONT.

Extensively used by the British, Russian,Canadian, and New Zealand Troops.

THE PROVED BEST CAR.5-Seater, Complete, 14cvt .

.. . £IBO

2-Scater. Complete, 13cwt . ....

v HENRY J. RANGER,AGENT, CHRISTCBURCH GARAGE,

9i GLOUCESTER STREET. .IGI

■yOUR HOME MADE BEAUTIFUL•-*- By Purchasing Your

PICTURES AND PICTURE FRAMESFrom

IicCOBMICK & PUG H,(T. C. W. Pugh, Proprietor),

ART DEALERS, ARTISTS' COLOURMEN,ETC.,

68-1 COLOMBO STREET.We specialise in Pictures for Wedding and

other presents.'Phone 973. Works: Tuam St.

Summer SuitsShould be Light, Airy, Fash-ionable, and not seriously

affected by dust or sun

FLETCHER'S Patternsare selected for service,while the Fletcher cutsatisfies the man who appre-

ciates good tailoring.

G. Fletcher & SonTAILORS TO MEN

GOVERNMENT

" DEPARTMENTFACT No. 3.

The BONUSES are arranged on anincreasing scale according to

length of time assured.

A UNIQUE system of interimbonuses secures the advantages ofa yearly division of profits withoutthe corresponding expense. Underthis system the policyholder re-ceives the proper proportion ofaccrued bonus ior every premiumpaid since the last valuation.

THE SUN WANT ADVERTISEMENTSwill bring tl>e help or business desired

Two linos (12 words),, sixpence; six uisertions for. 2/6.

JING up 0. E. Otley, Timber Merchant,1 'Phone 48, for Timber nnd Joinery

Work. - ,123

HILLARY & BAXTER.[ILLABY ,

ESTATE AGENTS AND LAND BROKERS.146 MANCHESTER STREET.

(Between Cashel and Hereford Streets.)

SPLENDID BLOCK FOR SUBDIVISION.

FIVE MINUTES FROM 2d CAR.

LAND HAS 9 CHAINS FRONTAGE.

OWNER LEAVING THE DOMINION.

21 ACRES OF LAND. CORNER SECTION.2I with frontages facing North and West

to good chain streets; land stands two feetabove level of footpath.

COMFORTABLE G-ROOMED HOUSE,j Scullery, Washhouse, and Copper, well-builtGlass House, 36x12; Stable and Sheds.

The owner having arranged to leave NewZealand at an early date, would sell for £BSO.

HILLARY & BAXTER,146 MANCHESTER STREET.

URGENT SALE.

OWNER GOING TO AUSTRALIA.

ADDINGTON.

FULL QUARTER-ACRE SECTION,together with - House of 4 rooms, Cup-boards, Scullery, Copper, main sewer,'

H.P. water.PRICE: £9ni(Y FOR AA/6>o\J' qUICK SALE

HILLARY & BAXTER,14G MANCHESTER STREET. .2

BUSINESS NOTICES.TO. I N V E N TORS.

Vi*e-desire to inform you that our HEADOFFICE for NEW ZEALAND is at CHRIST-CHURCH, where our Principals may beconsulted personally at any time during officehours or by appointment.

CLIMIE, 'COATES, & CO.,PATENT ATTORNEYS, .

134 HEREFORD STREET(Opposite Bank of New Zealand).

AWN-MOWERS COMPLETELY OVER-J. HAULED, SHARPENED. AND

SET.Called for and Delivered.

C. H. CARTE R,ENGINEER.

CORNER TUAM AND DURHAM-STREETS., > ■ . ,90

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When zjoucall for

STRACBAN'3

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uoix call forThe Best wl

tthe Dominion.PURE, VVHOLESWE,

REFRESHING &

"Clear to the Last Drop."

V W. Strachan & Co.,DUNEDIN.

Bullock Country400 ACRES ON SEA COAST

IN GREAT HEARTNOW CARRYING

370 BULLOCKS

Has never beenPloughed orTopdressed

■fARMEfiS"--J7OOPAUCTIONEERING CO;

■HAMILTON

PRICE

£2BPER ACRE

Farmers' Co-op. Auctioneering Coy.HAMILTON

TENDERS.

10HDKN.., .BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION.

. . frill b< ! received! at this, Ofuce'until Noon'of MONDAY, February 22, forReconstruction (new superstructure) of theCohden Bridge at. Greymonth. Drawings,specifications, and conditions of contract maybe seen at the Public Works Offices, Auck-land, Wellington, C'hristehurch, Greymoutn,and Dunedin. Tlie lowest or any tender notnecessarily accepted. •

11. W. HOLMES,Engineer in Chief.

Public Works Office,.Wellington, Jan. 14, 1915. 5948

TT YDRO-EL ECT RI C I'LA NT.TENDERS will be received at this Office

until Noon of FRIDAY, April 30, 1915, forthe SUPPLY and DELIVERY at Lyttettonof PLANT for the Lake Coleridge Ifydro-Elocfric Scheme,, as follows: *,.

Section 50—Generator No. 4, li>0() : kilo-watts ■ -....-

Section 49—Three-unit Exciter Sei.Specifications, schedules, and conditions of

contract may be seen at the Public WorkuOffices, Auckland, Wellington, Chriatchurch,and Dnnedin;,also»at the .High Commission-crS'"Onice, London. The lowest or any ten-der not necessarily accepted.

H. J. H. BLOW,Under Secretary.

Public Works Department,AVellington, January 14, 1915. '592 a

QUP P L Y B I T U ME N.TENDERS will be received at this Offic*

until Noon on MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1915;for, the supply and delivery at Lyttelton ofFifty Tons of Bitumen. Specifications and ■Conditions of Contract may be seen at-thePublic Works Office, Government Buildings,Worcester Street, Christ church. The lowestor any tender not necessarily accepted.

LAWRENCE BIRKS, ...

., Electrical Engineer,

Public Works Department, . •

Christchurch,February 4, 1915. ,6232

"fOXEMENf^The only absolutely permanent waterproofingmaterial for concrete and stucco oil the market.Should be used in all stucco work and lining*.of cellars and basements. Write for booklet to

FRANC!is HOLMES138Lichfield Street, Christchurch •

—_ STARKIE'S ___

Improved SkylightsFixed. Ventilating, and Made to Open

BEST !N THE MARKETSTARKIE 25 Victoria St

FAMABUSINESS UNAFFECTED BY WAR

"FLOORING OF MERITSRaw Materials from British Sources

f«cto»iv: KING'S LANEBetween Cashel and Lichfield Streets'••,

FRANCIS & PENNICUICK~~ Builders-and Contractor* "~

MODERNSHOP FRONTS

and Glass Show Cases a Specialty58 Victoria St. Phone 1757

\ NDR E W ,S W A NSTON,TIMBER MERCHANT, . !?

; AND IMPORTER.^Yards and Mill: 175 DURHAM ST.* at.d

MOORHOUSE AVENUE.Offices': 94 GLOUCESTER STREET.

'Phones 951 and 1853.I have-on hand one of the. Largest Stock*

of Timber, and am prepared to quote fordelivery, .town or country. All Builders'Requirements in stock. Estimates given forJoinery Work. ' •?*

" TIMBER MERCHANTS ANDIMPORTERS.

Office and Yards: 167, 168 Tuam Street.Yards: 210-214 St. Asaph Street.

Large and Complete Stocks of Builders:'and Farmers' Requirements. ColonialTimber of every description. ImportedTimber—Jarrab, Oregon, Baltic, Red-wood, V.D.L., Yellow Pine, etc., etc.Heavy Stocks of Seasoned Timber

ready for use. . ,AVe shall be pleased to furnish quotations

for Timber, delivered to any Station, onapplication. - • .100

THE RICCARTON TIMBEE CO.,i LIMITED;

TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS.RICCARTON RD.( CHRISTCHURCH.

Large Stocks of Seasoned.Building Materials,including Selected Timbers for Cabinet-

makers, kept under cover, forimmediate use.

Also V.D.L., Jarrah, Redwood, Baltic, andOregon. Fencing Materials and Farmers'Requisites. Black Tine and Totara for joinerywork. Galvanised Iron, Cement, andBuilders' Ironmongery.

COUNTRY ORDERS PROMPTLY ".

ATTENDED TO. .104Box 702. . 'Phone 2211.

rp & E. J. HATHERLEY,PLASTERERS,

76 TITZGERALD STREET,ST. AMANS, •■■■'.

'Phone 2848.

JATENT CEILING LIGHT ANDVENTILATOR.

For Bathrooms, Etc.

A PERFECT LIGHT. A PERFECT VEN-TILATOR. NO WINDOW REQUIRED.

J. HARRISON, BUILDER, Patentee,230 MADRAS ST., CHRISTCHURCH, N.Z.

I ight on View at above Address. -.111

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