The PressNIHIL UTILE QUOD NON HQNESTUM. (With which la Incorporated '"The Telegraph.'*

and "The Evening News.")

yQU LXVII., NO. 20,339. PUBLISHED DAILY. Registered as a newspaper at the- ! - General Post Offico in the United Kingdom, CHRISTCHURCH, N.Z., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1931. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWOPENCE—WEEKLY NINEPENCE,

ANNOUNCEMENTS.

to against imposition.T Births. Marriages, and Deaths

'Sflie authenticated to ensure theirSW*--■ssktr^ 11 - :

DEATHS.-„irr_-On September Oth, Sarah Jane,a _SLTrfth® late Obed Caygill, of 3(5

Egfcfc ftnet; »g«4 70 years. (Private

jyygeenL)jnr« On September 9th, at his resi-

gn*?tit Hactings street, Sydenham,fS3L Jt Collins, beloved husband ofȣ? uged CO years. (Sapper,

..rtX On 3oth, at Christchurch,jSeriek Murray Dunn; aged 86 years.

jfrttlS—Ob September 10th, Henry Herbertninir of Christchurch, second son ofSTjiii S. Pitman, Esq., o£ the Manor«!an. Bishop* Hull, Taunton, Somerset,wj)ad; aged 84 years. Private inter-

No flowers.naß-<OB September XOth, 2031, at theCtiitlfrhnT-'- Hospital, Hapc, dearly loved

of Alice Uru, of Tnahiwi; in his

mi y»r-

Tffif SWEAKOWSKI—On September 9th, atSL George's Hospital, Minnie, daaTly

wife of Oscar Von Siejakowski, 57oiMrstreet, St. Albans; in her 38th year.

IN MEMORIAM.UflPE×ln loving memory of Normanigjtor, who passed a,way September lltli,lift

Q«i'» greatest sift, Remembrance,-buried by loving wife and family.33U2X—In lovinjr memory of Kate Eliza-

wife of George Hillier, who passedSeptember 11th, 1029.

To memory ever dear.-lUlrted by husband and children.jjgUS×ln loving memory of my dearMr Kate, who died at Lyttelton Septem-t* nth. 1939.

Ever remembered.

■n.VEBTISING- BATES.ASJlbtisino rates.roa CASH ONLT.

_mTa MARRIAGE, DEATH, or FUNE&AIiSfOwHjS: Half-inch or under 2s 6d.SMh. an d Funeral Notices combined &sJ2S. Every additional C lines orftaetioß a* 6d.

tfllfMDS, fOB SALE, or TO LET: 18l» per insertion; 8 initrtloni

li »nd M Cor each additional «txwmJj or under.

BUSINESS NOTICES.

g*l E N AN V HA.H N,

SrMs and Commercial Photographer*.

Wide-plat* prists of photographsl*k«n in and around Christchnrch,at published in THE PRESS each

day:

Unmounted .. .. 2s 6dIfeoated ><.■ w. 3s 6d

lII* 44dm*:

DOMINION CHAMBERS.141 Armajk Street, Chrlßtchnrcb.

'Phone 83-706.

rB BROTHERS,307 Cashel street.

LIMITED.

'a floor fillers and Grain Merchants,

Borers of "Wheat and all Graia.

'"1■IP■ '*l

li«r* 'ot Sttd W*eaf, Oats,"•t, Binder Twin*, New andthand Sacks at lowest Bates.

BROTHERS, LIMITED.WBOBB

OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTSHfTO CASH.

ACCOUNTS Promptly andHandled by Experts. OUR

10 PBfe CENT. AND POSTft do not cbargaa yearly subscrip-eUeeting. WE BELT ENTIRELY

HrcNtoM for Particulars, 10.0.A.,COLLECTING AGENCY,

{Established 1933).iUS HEREFORD STREET," of N.Z. 'Phone 31-413.

nte- -*

MORRIS, LIMITED,SPIRIT MERCHANTS.* " BR and CORDIALUSURERS,

=BTOEET, CITT.

ToHA'b Finest Wines andSpJrliy. Sole Agents forI<idis( Lists.

$3-542, All Departments.Q9087

"AUGUST 31st, CLOSES OURSEASON.

TAKING HARES.|* and SON. LTD.,Itoerhovse avenue,CfexUtebntcb. #4653

WKOB INSIGNIS.tecs and SON, / LTD..

rbat). 'Phone 37-683.Ait and Commercial Cases,its Cues, Timber for Shedi,

ml and Tqfcelogt AlsfcJtwidisii Materials kept (a

I wtders are cut by out up-to-d»te! wavered promptly. 'Phone

BSOfiS

|8 on'FOB PLEASURE,t«?B YOURSELF.""*>n 'rom ** P er da.j.

?W RENTAL CARS. LTD.," Civic Theatre),

w *.street, Cbristehurch.

[** ill BALLINGER.liUdAAS ST. 'Phone 88-690.*'**TAL, SACK. AND BOTTLE

KIRCHANTS.'efe'sffi te.T;u»s

„ sf -Scrap Copper. Brass,gflf WASTE MATERIAL.

JL* 6 R A V E R.*AIi NAMEPLATES of Anyfei, Memorial Tablets, Brass.Miter Plates, SUnells, iSteel% W. R, BARRETT jEJgpIff »od

" 83614

i-nmAnos.THE

BRITISHICE COMPANY, LTD. /

IT.-TORSsh'* : HABINi:,

GUARANTEEra 4 local cojipan

BONDS.• St.

'Wee: AUCKLAND.& * fc H. HA»»iVlsi|»r tor »iterbury.

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.IMPERIAL ' INSTITUTEjlwpliod Underri ~II0&RI8,-QM2O

BUSINESS announcements.Y R A V E L.

HalUburtoW'THE GLORIOUS ADVEN-TURE"—G/- (8d).

roaCdubh! Dl,fn,ltho - mOS ' ?musin e. consistently

Thnmn. 1,a e tale to tell, and Lowell55&5T? ffc-s svsr—-

p6aredyBrD ?n yachUnK that has ap-

place as a c^sio"' aDd wIU take itg

Harold Speakman—"HEßE'S IRELAND"—•«w . T

6/* < Bd >-3 s Ire 'an d" is that sought for rareIreland" of^-dly!'10 and accurate story of

NEW SUPPLIES.Ourle—.

T°q^a TO-MORROW—9/- (8d)SHADOW SHOW—3/6 (Cd). K '

THIS WORLD OF OURS—B/6 (8d).'Koitdbailder' *-

THE FREEDOM 011 THE SEAS'—IO/-(8n). '

DESTINY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE—6/- (6d).R!nS"BETra-|/6 K

(6 d)OP PKINCE6S ELIZA"

Smi^LEMAVHrEIr^I?? SIONS 0F 'GEN-(fd) ° * ' EBffle# iD KealJ. B.^Booth—OLD PINIC 'UN DAYS—IO/.H. G. WeIIs—OUTLINE OF HISTORY—Nowana Revisod Edition—ll/- (1/4).Yeat.-Brovn BENGAL LANCER—4/6Captain Maomillan—lNTO THE BLUE—B/6(3d).

A SOVIET PRIMER.Iken—MOSCOW HAS A PLAN—7/- <Bd).

(Postages in Brackets.)

TttBITOOMBB and TOMBS', LIMITED,CASHEL STREET,

through Hereford Court.WBO7OF

SHIPPING.

CANTERBURY STEAM SHIPPINGCOMPANY, LIMITED.

WELLINGTON AND WANGANUI.6.5. GALE—SATURDAY. 12tb instant.S.S. BREEZE—WEDNESDAY, 16th instant.

BLUFF, DUNEDIN, AND TIAIARU.S.S. STORM—WEDNESDAY. 16th instant.

Telephone number: 36-234.

"VTELSON, MAPUA, MOTUEKA DIRECT(Taking Cargo for Waiotapn, Colling-wood, and Tarakohe).

M.V. TAUPATA,SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th.

Latest Cargo, 4 p.m. Friday.ANCHOR SHIPPING AND FOUNDRY CO.,

LTD.,KINSEY and CO..

Agents,8080 160 Hereford street.

WELLINGTON, PICTON, AND WANGANUI* (Taking Cargo fo»-BlsnJielm, Seddonf

" ■ ; and Ward).

, S.S. BOLMDALE.SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER lath.

Latest Cargo 4 p.m. Friday.KINSET and 00., LTD., Agents,

£4130 • • 160 Hereford street.

W. Wl TOY AND. CO.,338 Tuam street, Christchurch, and

Lytteltou,CHIPPING, CUSTOMS. AND INSURANCE£* AGENTS,

EXPERT GRAIN GRADERS.GRAIN STORE PROPRIETORS.

'Phones: 41-170 Lyttelton.35-488 Christoburch.

' '■ T6079

J" OW8*

RATE PASSAGES TO ENGLAND,J VIA SUEZ,By P. and 0. Steamers—Tourist Class.By -P. and O. Branch—One Class.By A. «md 0. Line—One Class.By Orieb't Line—Third Claae. .

VIA PANAMA.By Now Zealand Shipping Co.By Sliavr. Savill, and Albion Co.

FROM- SINGLE £37, RETURN i'ti 6.

(Subject to exchange.)THOS. COOK. And BON,ISO HEREFORD STBEtST,

CHRISTCHURCH.

HOTELS.

AHOTEL CECIL,

Cor. Manchester and Belfast streets.• PRIVATE HOTEL that offers Superior

—— Accommodation for both Casual andPermanent Guests. Patron* are augured ofevsryebrafort, an excellent cuisine, andcourteous attention. Tariff. 10b 6d per day;Permanent# by arrangement. 'Phone 84-174.MRS LAWRENCE, Proprietress, M7697

The City'# Premier Private Hotel in theFavoured West End.

T»« Mgifc&uiiroED SI-Combine* every comfort and luxury of arefined home wjtb proximity to the centre oftoo OUy,, the B6 fanio Gardens. CanterburyCollege, apd the River Avon. Tariff, 12afld per day Permanent Guests epeciaTratea

Mr* M F. GUNN. ProprietressTelephones 33-870, Private 88-871. .06626

1/ENILWORTH PRIVATE HOTEL, 26■|» Cashel street West -Superior Accororoo-dotiop. Bxcellent Table, Special Home Com-forts. Near Centre of CJity, Botanic gardmi Large Siin Verandah#, Garden pur-fbuiaing* Cheerful Ce*n»l '(WH. 8» perdav Permanent Guests epssia] arrangetrisnto. "Oil* accommodated. 'Phone 84-864.MBS W J. HIJNRY. 8080

BOARD AND KBSEDENOB.TANTSD, Private Board for four

. 1 students; msoiiablo terms. Reply0.8.8., "Press." 1858

PMSERr—"BKACHCWl^FS.'' 7 HeadStreet. Sumnor. Ideal Situation. Sunny.

Reduced Rates. Separate Balcony»ual and Permanent Boarders, Tariff- ac-Jdlhff id room. Special arrangements for

Families and Convalescents. Misses Huggmsand Suckling. Dial 398; ask for 556K.

H6276

FBUIT AND VEGETABLES.

s

APPLES—Grown St Fapanui. New Zea-land's best. Lord Wolseleys and

Bturmer Pippin# ss. 6# 6d, and 7s 6d 401b;iietrlo* Pear?, large, 13lb 3»; delivered:SIM Of write. S. Davies, Fruitgrower, 8TBUhop'e road, fspanai. P889?

POULTRY FOR SALS.

UTTINGS Purebred Black Orpingtons,White Leghorn#, Indian Runners 8#

6d, Chicks Is. 80 Cobham street, Sprey-doa- 7 0

SICKENS—Boat Utility Stock reaiy nowand Sept. 18th; W. Leghorns IS# do#, 89

5s 60, £4 iQB 100; Black Orpingtons 15» do#,£8 18a 50, £5 168 100 f.0.r.; country orders aspeciality, <?• H. Button, 70 RoseBpireydtm,

FIREWOOD FQJ& fIALB.' jji iaa wo ©d»

»5y 'BLIfBG\7M°C^BI)OCKI.CQr

Delivered. Chopped Kindling Wood ready !oJuse, 8# «d; 16*quarter cord <* bag#) RING8 *

HALL BROS., STRICKLAND ST.

KILL Qonitipation or it may kill you!Yeaston Tablets are Nature'* remedy,

Barnatts',- Chemist#. —lO

SHIPPING.

TTNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OFNEW ZEALAND, LTD.,

168 Hereford street. 'Phone: 83-500,Sailings (circumstances permittinir)FOR WELLINGTON— Passenger Train.Maori—Mon., Wed., Fri. 7.10 p.m.Wahine—Tues., Thurs., Sat. 7.10 p.m.No Second Express Mon., Wed., Fri.WELLINGTON-PICTON SERVICE.Tamahlne—From Wellington, Mon., Wed.Fri., 3 p.m.; from Picton, Tues., TUurs!|Sat'., 2.30 p.m.

Arahura rolieves Tamaliino from September14th, sailing H P.m.

FOB SYDNEY.Mttunganui—From Wellington, Sept. 12th.Makura—From Wellington, Sept. 22nd.Maunganui—From Auckland, Sept". 25th.Niagara—From Auckland, October CtU.

(Passengers in three classes.)

ISLAND TOURS TO SUVA (Fiji), Nukua-lofa, Haapai, Vavau (Tonga), Apia(Samoa).

I'ofua—From Auckland, Oct. 5 th, 11 a.m.First Saloon Passengers Only.

And Evory Four Weeks Thereafter.Special Round Fare, £35.

FOR CANADA, UNTIED STATES,ENGLAND.(Via Suva, Honolulu, Victoria, Vancouver.)Aorangi--Front Auckland, September 22nd.

(Via Karotoiiga, Tahiti, San Francisco.)Makura—From Wellington, October 6tli.

Sailings fortnightly thereafter.FOR CALCUTTA FROM NEW ZEALAND.Narbada (8988 tons) —January, May, andSeptember. Limited passenger accom-

modation.FOR WELLINGTON— Careo at Rail.Ferry steamer daily. 11 a.m.,

FOR AUCKLAND.Waimarino (cargo only)—Sept. 16th.

FOR NAPIER AND GISBORNE.Waipahi (cargo only)— September 18th.

FOR NELSON AND NEW PLYMOUTH.Opihi (cargo only)—September 15th.

FOR NEW PLYMOUTH.Totara (cargo only)—September 16th.

FOR MELBOURNE, SYDNEY. VAN-COUVER, SAN FRANCISCO.

Hauraki (cargo only)—About September 14th.

QRIENT LINE TO LONDON.TtOYAL MAIL STEAMERS.

Via Sydney, Melbourne. Adelaide. Fremantle,Colombo, Suez. Port Said. Naples, Toulon,

Gibraltar, and Plymouth.Th» Moat Interesting of All Routes.

Steamer. Tons. Commander. Noon.ORMONDE 14,853 L. V. James Sep. 12K'RSOVA ]2.041 G. G. Thorno Oct. 10ORONTES 20.000 F. R. O'Sullevan Nov. 7OTRANTO 20,000 O. G. Matheson Not. 21ORFORD 20,000 A. L. Owenn Dec. t!ORAMA 20.000 IS. G. Staunton Dec. 19

f Tourist Steamer—Ono Class Only.

FARES. NEW ZEALAND TO LONDON:Ist Saloon—From £lO4 Single, £132 Return.3rd Class—From £39 Single, £7O Return.Tourißt—From ±'lo Single, .£72 Return..

All Fares subject to Exchange, ttrhicjj maybe ascertained on enquiry.

Return Tickets arc interchangeable withother lines upon adjustment of fares.

Write for Illustrated Literature.UNION .S.S. CO. OF N.Z., LTD.,

9530 168 Hereford street.

lIUDDART-PARKER, LTD.

FAVOURITE PASSENGER STEAMERSWill bo Dispatched as under(circumstances permitting):

TO SYDNEY FROM AUCKLAND.S.S. ULlMAßOA—September 18th.

TO BYDNEY FROM WELLINGTON.S.S. ULIMAROA—October 2nd.

For Freight and Passage apply to

KINSKY and CO., LTD.,160 HEREFORD ST., CHRISTCHURCB.

MOTOR SERVICES.

D AliZßlili'S MOTORS.

HAWArtDEN-WAIKARI-OTlßlflTOHimon.DAILY BUS SERVICE.

MONDAY TO FRlDAY—Leaves nawaTden7.45 a.m. Leaves Walkari 6.0 a.m.

SATURDAY—Leaves Hawarden 7.45 a.m.,1.45 p.m. Leaves Waikuri 8 a.m., 2 p.m.

Reaves Victoria square, Christchurch, Mon-to Saturday, 5 p.m.; Sunday only, C.30

p.m.iures: Gs Single, lis fid Return.Parcels: Rao Garage (McLaren's). 108

St. Asaph street. 'Phono 5)0-814. D 2550AILWAY MOTOR .SERVICE.

LITTLE RIVKR-AKAROATIME-TABLE.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday—LittleRiver dap. 9.20 a.m., 5.25 p.m.; Akaroadep. 7.40 a.m., 3.45 p.m.

Wednesday—Little River dep. 8.45 a.m., 6.15 p.m.

Akaroa dep. C.45 a.m., 4.15 p.m.Saturday— .

Ljttle River dep. 9.20 a.m., 3.15 p.m.Akaroa dep. 7.48 a.m., 1.80 p.m.

J. REID, JUN., Proprietor,H—• Akaroa.

IO WIS'S MOTORS !■—Ashburton-Rakala-J Christchurch. Leave Asbburton (Soraer

set Hotel), Mon. to Sat. 8.15 a.m.. Sat. 12.45p.m.. Sunday 8.15 a.m. Leave Christchurch(Turnbull and Jonas', corner Cashel street-Oxford terrace), Mon. to Sat. 4.55 p.m., Sat.10.30 a.m., Sun. 9 p.m. Fares, 6g Single,lbs Return. 'Phones; Christchurch, 85-136;Asbburton, 16. L4IOO

DRESSMAKING.

4P PER YARD HEMSTITCHING—Townand Country Orders Promptly Attended

To.WBIB7 CASHEL ARCADE. 165 Casbel at.

MEAT.

MBAT—Our Challonge: Quality for Qualitywe are the Cheapest. I'rimji Wether.

Ox Beef, etc., most reasonable, week end-ing September sth and 18th, 1 guinea forbeet 80 violet*. Entries close midday Fri-day. Exhibits will be given to Hojspital.WHOLESALE MEAT. CO., next Jones, Mc-Crostie. Manchester street. W8134

TO BUSINESS EXECUTIVES.

IT will definitely pay you to keepthis fact clearly before you—-

that many MORE PEOPLE WHOARE EVERYDAY CUSTOMERS ofthe Christchurch retail stores buy

and read "THE PRESS" than any

other newspaper.

• ' 'THE PRESS,"

CANTERBURY'S LEADING DAILY,

With theLARGEST CIRCULATION'

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CITY. SUBURBS, IMHEDi-ATELY SURROUNDING

N- DISTRICTS. 5>P.

AMUSEMENTS.

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VIO. McLAGLEN. EDMUND LOWEEL. BRENDELL

In The Rollicking Travelaugh MM , M»M "WOMEN OP ALL NATIONS" MM I- :

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M (Recommended for Adults) MM Reserves, Bristol or 33-537. MMMMMM. jMMMMMMM M M M

cccoccoooccgooccccco0 To-night's The Last Night O0 t-—■ ... . c0 I "THE BAD SISTER." 00 1 — 1 co At The o0 /CRYSTAL I' ALA 0 K 0(j \J 0O 13 NOON! 2.30 P.M. 8 P.M.I C0 . 00 TO-MORROW TO-MORROW 00 Sheridan's Immortal Comedy CCO i "SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL" 00 ■ I —I cc Also oc , o0 I LESLIE FULLER 0C I, "WHAT A NIGHT" I 0aa TWO BRITISH COMEDIES 0U Reserves, Bristol or 32-408. 0occccoocooccaoooocoo

FOB SALE.

HERE'S A BARGAIN.£1 OKA—TWO-STOREY BUNGALOW,

7 LARGE ROOMS andKitchenette; sun verandah; every conveni-ence; two hot-water services; largo motorgarage; 8-acre; good locality; close tram.Government Valuation £I7BO. Insured for£ISOO. An exceptional family residence.Full particulars:

SPRATT and CO..121 Worcester street.

•Phone 36-64' J. 12(59

ST. MARTINS HILL.1?1 OKA OR OFFER—WELL-BUILTS/IOuU RESIDENCE 6 ROOMS andLarge Sun Room; all conveniences; sewer;67 perches; very sunny aspect; magnificentview. ' Owner will considor exchanging forhouso or flat in good locality. Sole ugonts,

SPRATT and CO.,121 Worcester street. 1208

£I4OO.BUXGA L O W.

TWO STOREYS.

PAPANTJI ROAD.Mortgagee's Sale. Corner Section.Bungalow with tiled roof, 5 good rooms,

kitchenette, balcony facing north. All mod'ern conveniences.

FIRST-CLASS LOCALITY.A Good Home at a FORCED SALE FIGURE.

Well worth further enquiry.11. W. HESLOP and CO..

Real Estate Agents. ,

778 Colombo street, Victoria square.Telephone 31-180. H 4212

CHEMISTS.

D. F. GLANVILLE, M.P.S., Ph.C.,CHEMIST unfl DRUGGIST,

00 lIOLMWOOD ROAD, FENDALTON.YOUR inspection is invited of an Exten-

sive ..'nlcction of High-clMes TOILETREQUISITES. Matron's are at all Himesassured qf efficient service and courteousattention.

Prescriptions accurately dispensed frompurest drugs. CITY PRICES. .

'Phone £.3-663. G4OOB

OPTICIANS.

Telephone 34-452. P.O. Box 6C9,

SEVIOKI 3 0 X E 8,

OPTICIAN.CI CATHEDKAL SQUARE' (corner Chancery

lano).J7694

WANTED TO PURCHASE.

PETROL Pump and Tank, in good order.State wake and price. S.P.S.,

"Press." ,

' 1286WAiN'i'ED to Buy, a Cider Press; cap-

acity 100 to 250 gallons daily. Price,etc., H.R.S., "Press." 1276

WANTED PURCHASE.SMALL,' BAKEKY BUSINESS.

Country i'reterreil.1200_ W.N.S., "Press."WAM'Eb to Buy, a. Perforated Grinding

Pan or Solid Bottom Grinding Panfor Cluy. Please state condition, size, andprice, ttnd wliere aeon, to R.N.S., "Press.", . 1179

Mo IC ENZ I E and WILLISAre Buyers of

SECOND-HAND FURNITURE OFALL DESCRIPTIONS.Letter to Ue, or Call or 'Phono 34-630,

will bring our Buyer to your door immedi-ately, and we are always prepared to paythe True Market Value of the Goods.

McKENZIE and WILLIS,120 HEREFORD STREET(Late Queen's Picture Theatre.)

___. M7233

MRS LUCAS, 353 COLOMBO STREET,Opp. Sydenham Public School.

'Phone 35-141.CASH BUYER of- Ladies', Gentlemen's,

and Children's Second*hand Clothing, House-hold Linens, Blankets, etc.

GOOD PRICES GIVEN.

WE ARE CASH BUYERS OFWOOti, SKINS, HIDES.

ETC., AT FULL MARKET' KATES.

A. and J. McDONALD,141 Madras street,

Near Station. 'Phone 50'252.MG767

T BFT-OFF CLOTHING, 12 VICTORIA■*-i STREET. 'Phone 80-660 Cash Buyersof all kinds of Ladies', Gentlemen's, andChildren's Clothing, Boots, Trunks, andLinen. Furniture, also Old Gold. Silver,Jewellery, Gramophones and Records. SPOTCASH. MRS M. WALKER. P7194Mrs BROOK, 5638 Colombo street. CASH

BUYER of Ladies' and Gentlemen'sNEW and SECOND-HAND CLOTHING,Household Linen, Blankets, etc. Lettersand Enquiries promptly attended to.82618 'PHONE 38-040.

MoKEKZIB' and WILLISAre Buyer? of

SECOND-HAND SEWING MAOHINESAND PIANOS.

A letter to us, or call, or 'Phone 34-630will bring our Buyer to your door immedi-ately, and we are always prepared to paytljo- True Market Value of the Goods ioSPOT CASH.

McKENZIE and WILLIS,120 Hereford street

(Late Queen's Picture Theatre Buildings.)' ' M7238

HIGHEST PRICES GIVENTltT ANTED, Ladies' and Gentlemen's and* * Children's Wearing Apparel, House-

hold Linens, Curtains, Carpets. Rugs, Mats,and other Saleable Goods. Write or call-Mr 3 Denley, 584 Colombo street (next Long-diii's). New 'Phone, 41-022. 8769

jpiLES—instantrelief.The Zann Double Absorption Treatment

banishes all kinds of Piles. Write for TrialTreatment, enclosing: nihepence in stamps, tothe Zann Proprietary, Bos 952, Wellington.We have dozens of testimonials. Here 's asatople: "Your treatment is wonderful. I*save instant relief, and the first lot cured <oq."

Booklets and stocks of ''Zann" obtainablefrom E. Cameron Smith, Chemist, corner Wor-cester street and the Square, and Barnett andCompany, Chemists, Cathedral square, Christ'church, —9

AMUSEMENTS.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEBE , : : EE • Last Bays Of 15E.' 1 EE , EK I "DADDY LONG LEGS" I ISE 1 Ef Now Breaking All Records IS

At The Ideal Talkies EE TV K E Y B O D Y'S EE 12.i aE 12 NOON I 2.30 P.M.! 8 P.M.! 13E , k13 I JANET GAYNOR 1 3SE i HH Iu S

E"DADDY LONG LEGS" [ E"DADDY LONG LEGS" | E

E < ' EK Reserves, Bristol or 32-810. Erc E E E EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK Ii Iv II R K H R R R K R II R BBKBft To-night's The Last Night RR : B,R | "PARLOUR. BEDROOM and BATIi" RR 1— .-J B11 At The KRT>EG E N T RJt J.fc RK 2.30 P.M.! atid 8 X'.il.i Hli RR TO-MORROW! TO-MORROW! RR KR I LAWRENCE TIBBETT I RIt I RI£ In The Gorgeous Romance RJt , jtJt | "THE PRODIGAL" R11 I 1 KIf. JOHNNY FARRELL, Golf Champion R11 "HOW I PLAY GOLF" RII Instructional Demonstration RK Reserves, Bristol or 34-616. RRRRRRRRItft R R R R R R R R R

LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL - T IBERTY THEATRE LL JLi LL 2.15 P.M.! and 7.45 P.M.! LL Two Big Star Features LL "MISBEHAVING LADIES" L1J And XiL "RIGHT OF WAY" LL Wonderful Entertainment LL Reserves, Bristol or 35-OU7. hLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

CARS TOR SALE.

G R A H A M - P A I G E CARS.

1931 MODELS.

wE hare several ot these Cue Car* forSale. Regardless ot cost.

Come in for a Demonstration.

WR'IGHT, STEPHENSON and CO., LTD.,198 Cashel street,7687FP Christchurcb.

'T>HONB 32-145, AND ARRANGE A TRIAI*1 RUN IN THE CAR THAT APPEALSTO YOU!

CHEVROLET Coupe, like new; would suitlady £125.

CHEVROLET Six Tourer. Small mileage.£l5O.

BABY AUSTIN Sedan £I3B.S-Ton CHEVROLET Truck. Six cylinder.

Small mileage £l6O1-Ton CHEVROLET Truck. In fino order.

£llO.Just fiva from a garage full of first-class

Used Cars.

BLACKWELL MOTORS, LTD.,"'"Corner Darhofii . anil .Kilmorc streets. .

'PHONE 82-145.AND DON'T FORGET THE TRIAL BUNI

86769F.P.

CASH Uuyers of all modern makes of Cart.Highest prices given. See us first.

Clirlstchurch Oar Exchange, 190 St. Asaphstreet. 82627

IQQI PONTIAO 4-Door Sedan; only aXt/OJL few weeks old; cost £375. Offerswanted. Christchurch Cur Exchange, 190 St.Asaph street. 82637

"| QQI TRIUMPH Saloon; mileage underJLt/OA 4000 miles; must be sold; £180;terms. Christchurch, Car Exchange, 190 St.Asaph street W. 82637

IQQA DUBANT Sedan; small mileage;Xt/OvF new tyres; held for debt; £IBO.Christchurch Car Exchange, Cr. Colombo andSt. Asaph BtrMU. 82827

IQ9Q WHIPPET Coupe; very well caredli/iwO for; in good mechanical order;

£110; terms. • Christchurch Car Exchange,190 St. Asaph street. 82627

1 QOQ ESSEX Super Six Coach; privatelyIV&V owned; any trial; £lB6.Christchurch Car Exchange, 190 St. Asaphstreet. * 82827

STUDEBAKER Coupe; late model; ownerleft Chriatchurch; car must be sold;

£00; terms. Christchurch Car Exchange,190 St. Asaph street. 82627

BUYING a Carl?? TC so, it will sawyou money to pay us a visit—-a largo

stock to choose from. Christchurch Oar E*-change, 190 St. Asaph street. 82627

ADAMS, LTD., ANNOUNCE'I'HE NEW AND FINER ENGLISH

STANDARD CARS. 1Just Arrived.

A DAMS, LTD., have on view theXX ENSIGN Six-cylinder

STANDARDfitted with De Luxe Hunt Cotterilland Neilson body, which is designedon the sound-proof principle—abso-lutely eliminating drumming androad rattles. This Ensign "6 is

powered with a 16 horse powerengine, developing 40 brake borsopower.

Specifications include:Petrol pump .

,Spiral Bevel-drive and Bevel Dif-ferential, ,

Banjo Type Axle Casingi-iacin-tating Accessibility, and deepChannel Section , Chassis.

Both foot find hand controls operatebrakes on all four wheels. Thespringing is generous—half ellipticwith Luvax Shook Absorbers, frontend roar.

Interior equipment is very com-plete, comprising rear view mirror,speedometer, electrio clock, petrolRftuge, and electric screen wiper. Allinstruments are centrally grouped ontho illuminated instrument board.The appearance is very attractive,tho high narrow radiator and longbonnet suggest power and speed.Lovers of fin® motor-cars are invitedto inspect, thi? last word in LuxuryAutomobiles from England—

NOW SELLING AT £395.

Also on view is the "Big 9" at£335. Beautifully finished with DeLuxe Body and De Luxe Equipmentincluding Wire Wheels'. Motoristsare invited to bring their presentcars in for valuation.

ADAMS. LTD.Bisowioom«i 151 High street, Chrietehurch.

PROFESSIONAL NOTICES.

PATENT ATTORNEYS.1} O B B R T WALES,

l> M.I.Mec.E., M.Q.I.P.A. (London),Consulting Engineer.

Godfrey and Franklin, District Managers,139 Hereford street, Christchurch.

P.O. BOX D2S. 'Phone 83-013.PATENTS—DESIGNS—TRADE

MARKS.

AMUSEMENTS.

4 Sessions To-day.Last Screenings of

"BACHELOR APARTMENT."rp H~E P Ii A Z A.J- Direction: J. C. Williamson Films.11 a.m., 2.30 p.m., 5 .p.m., 8 o'clock.

Shoppers' Session, Prices all Stalls Is.

TO-MORROW.The Talking- Picture Version of

Rex; Beach's Great Story,

"BIG BROTHER"'BIG BROTHER"'BIG BROTHER"

StarringRICHARD DIX and JACKIE COOPER.'RICHARD DIX and JACKIE COOPER.RICHARD DIX. and JACKIE COOPER.RICHARD DIX and JACKIE COOPER.A Robin Hood in tho Fantastic Tapestryof New York's seething inferno.—Fearlessfigliter and Courageous Lover Regenerated

through the Devotion of a Mere Boy.

"YOUNG DONOVAN'S KID""YOUNG DONOVAN'S KID""YOUNG DONOVAN'S KID""YOUNG DONOVAN'S KID""YOUNG DONOVAN'S KID""YOUNG DONOVAN'S KID"

All those who like a good slory filled withaction, drama, and suspense will find tliisPioture in every way to their liking. YoucaDnofc help a feeling of sympathy with thegang leader who was not allowed to gostxaight, and tho waif of the streets willgivo an unusual tugging at tho heart-strings.

RESERVE NOW.Box Plans at The Bristol, or ring Theatre,'Phone 36-021.

CABS FOB SALE.

GOOD USED OABS.GOOD USED CARS.GOOD USED CARS.AT REMARKABLY LOW PRICES.BUYING OPPORTUNITIES YOUBUYING OPPORTUNITIES YOU

CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS.CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS

IF you have felt that you cannot afford tobuy a Car—hero's a surprise for you. Wo

have a number of good Used Cars that wohave priced particularly for people who havealways felt that way.

Now is your chance. A email Down Pay-ment and Easy Terms to suit your conveni-ence. Call and eee' us.RUGBY Touring Car, five-water, with Do-

pies roll-up side curtains. Good mechanical condition Tyre* first-cum, and fitted ■with luggage-carrier. A goou car. Re-duced to £BS

MORRIS 5-Seater Touring Car, painted avery smart ehade of maroon. Four-wheelbrakes. Engine in great condition Abso-lutely the last word in economy. Beingvery easy to handle would make idealcar for lady driver. Reduced to .. £l3O

ESSEX Touring Car, 5-Seater, G-CylinderModel, painted blue. Mechanical condi-tion excellent throughout. Good tyresSmart appearance, and very comfortably.Reduced to ••

• £9°ESSEX Super Six 4-Door Sedan, latest

model. Has only done 13,000 miles. Ori-ginal paintwork, condition like new Up- >lio'stered in finest quality velour. Engine and transmission m perfect order.Tyres practically new, and fitted withluggage-carrier and many accessories.This car guaranteed throughout. .. £250

DODGF. BROTHERS' 3-Seater Coupe, 5-boaring crankshaft model, in excellentmechanical condition. Genuine leatherupholstery, all pets' tyres, roomy andcomfortable, tand very smartWould bo ideal car for traveller. Re-duced to ..

*'•.... . <Bf73

ESSEX Coach, B-cylindcr Engine, in P. ,feet mechanical order. Newly ducoed insmartest shades. Good tyrea. Upholsterylike now. Very sporty appearance Re-duced to • £125

CHALMERS Touring Car, first-class orderand condition throughout. Comfortableand good appearance. Electric light and

. starter. Good tyres. Absolutely reliable.Reduced to ,^33

OVERLAND Light 4 Model. Just beenoverhauled, painted cream, and in first"class running order. Good tyres and'very Reduced to ...... £6O

DODGE BROTHERS' 3-Seater, with' new*Colonial-built permanent semi-coupe top.Rigid type side curtains. New engine,just fitted, rest of mechanism completelyoverhauled Newly ducoed. A smart andcheap Car for £l5O

GRAHAM BROTHERS' TRUCK, completewith flat deck body and cab to carry30cwt. Engine, transmission, and allmechanical parts completely recondi-tioned. Painted - red. Tyres allwith dual tvres at rear. This trurk isready for the road, and is guaranteed/throughout.

CHEVROLET 15CWT TRUCK. .l-CylindfeT,Model, with very smart platform body-and cab, fixed sides, and drop tail doorwith tilt, type canvas, covered top. Allpractically new tyres. Engine, trans-mission, eto , in really good order. Thisis a very cheap truck, with plenty of,hard work in it. .V'.

We have a tjooa range of Trucks, Dodge.Rugby, and Chevrolet?, from IScwt to 2-ton :capacitv. All good value at right , prices. ■„.

AMURI MOTORS, ' LWTTtfD,AMUR! MOTORS, LIMITED,AMURI MOTORS. "LIMITED,

Durham street, Christchurefc.A USED CAR IS ONLY Afi DEPEND*ABLE AS THE DEALER WHO SELLS IT.

0646

TODD MOTORS, LTD.

SPECIAL OFFER.sPrivate Sols on Behalf of ClientAUSTIN 6-cylinder Saloon. Thiecar is upholstered in maroonleather, ha# adjustable frontseats, luggage-carrier, step-mats, shock absorbers, triplebumpers, motometor, Psauge on dash, etc., etc. Thecar cost over £SOO, and hatHone a very email mileage, thetyres being equal to new. Weore prepared to accept any rea-sonable offer for this car.

TODD MOOTS, LTD.,

VICTORIA STREET,

CHRISTCHURCH.

OPEN EVENINGS. EASY

ROYDS MOTORS, LIMITED.211, OASHEL STREET.

35 MANCHESTER STREET.•USED OARS—fSWEEPING REDUCTIONS

FOR QUICK SALE WE OFFER THE FOL-LOWING BARGAINS:

&

OVERLAND Five-seater, leather uphol-stery, good family car, good appear-ance, good order, reduced from £45to ...................... s»

BUICK 4-Oylinder Tourer, economical, *_

bargain, reduced- from £66 to ...... «6DODGE Tourer, in excellent order, newly .

painted, an attractive car, reducedfrom £75 to 65

OAKLAND, 6-cyUnder Tourer, in perfectorder, well shod, a snip. Reducedfrom £BS to •5*

Light OVERLAND, thoroughly over-hauled, economical, good appearance,we recommend this. Reduced from£75 to 86

RUGBY Sedan, perfect mechanical order,not tbo latest model, but comfortable,roomy, and .an attractive car. Re-duoed from £145 to 10$

FORD Roadster, very em«!l mileage, abso-lutely a bargain 65

ESSEXi.elpwd Deliy«y, good order .. 86ROYDS MOTORS, LIMITED,

311 Caahel »tr»et 25 Manchester str«rt.R8046

DENTISTS.

DENTAL SURGEON.STANLEY HALLIWELL. B.D.S.O (Late of Wellington).

INGLIS BUILDINGS.330 HIGH STREET, OHRTSTCHUROH.

'Phoxi« *O-803. H404»

AMUSEMENTS.

LAST DAY OF

j "WHITE SHOULDERS" j(Recommended for Adults.)

HEAT R. E • ROYAL.

Direction: J. 0. Williamson Films.Matinees 2.ls—Evenings S o'clock.

TO-MORROW

Stupondous Double-Star AttractionStupendous Double-Star AttractionStupendous Double-Star Attraction

A RIOTOUS COMEDYA RIOTOUS COMEDY

'AND A MAGNIFICENT DRAMA— AND A MAGNIFICENT DRAMA

ENGLAND'S MARIE DKESSLER:ENGLAND'S-, MABIE DRESSLEIt

! MAISIE GAY f1 1- -:

As Mrs 'Arris will send you into gales oflaughter in the most comical oit comical

pictures

| "TO OBLIGE A LADY" I"TO OBLIGE A LADY" |"TO OBLIGE A LADY" i

j "TO OBLIGE A LADY" jLAUGHS 1 LAUGHS! LAUGHS 1You'll go into hysterics •when you §ee the

irrepressiblo Mrs 'Arris.AJI English Cast in Support.

ALSO A SENSATIONAL DRAMA •

ALSO A SENSATIONAL DRAMATwo brothers starting out in life as liko Mtwo peas. See how environment influence#their lives—their loves and their fortunes.

I "BROTHERS" "1"BROTHERS" I

| "BROTHERS" I1 "BfOTHERS" jA Fascinating Dual Impersonation that will

astonish and astound you.Starring

Bert Lytell and Dorothy Sebastian.

"HEROES OF THE FLAMES"

Episode No. 7—Forests of Fire, Screeningat ihe Matineesofaly. ■

Box Plans at The Bristol or ring Theatre-*-'Phones 39-320 and 36-328.

■TENDERS. ,

TENDER ,FOR FARM.

TENDERS are invited for LEASING,, for oTerm of FIVE YEARS, in XO-Acra

Blocks or more, the FARM situated cornerWinter's qnd Hill's roads, ST. ALBANS,known as Heyder's Farm, containing 97ACRES, with Buildings and Improvementsthereon.

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This farm is considered to be One of ttuhBest Dairying Farms in the Distract.

Tenders close at our Office on September17th. The highest or any Tender not neces-sarily accepted.

LOHREY and CO., LTD.,Auctioneers.

8067 . 631 Colombo.street.

:0 .WORKS DEPARTMENT. , -?90N--BAST .EDJsaiitfMaoE— -

FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.rpBNDEKS for the Above close with theX ' Secretary, Public Works TendersBoard, Wellington, at 4 p.m.' on 22nd Instant.Specification! may be seen on application toPublic Works Offices, Chris tchurch, andHead Office, Wellington. 8087

EDUCATIONAL.

QATHEDRAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL,

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLFOR BOYS.

THIRD TERM BEGINS MONDAY, 14th.INST. . 811«

•'/NROPTON LEA" PREPARATORY andV KINDERGARTEN , SCHOOL., May's

roaci, reopens September - 16th. Miss D«p»borough will bo at the School September.16th. 2.30-4.30 p.m. Special attention- tobackward children. . 'Phond 23-150. t 1216

!]MfULVANY GRAY School of Du>9o.irX Drama, and Mime. All branches ttDancing and Speech Training. Friday Evening " Ballroom Classr speoiaHy redueed - fees-Girls' Natural Movement. Saturdays; Bob-blies Greek, Wednesday Afternoons: Boys"and Girls' 'Ballroom, Friday, -5 o'clock. In-terview any time. - Studio, 08 Victoria street,'Phone 83-717. M6565

.ANOING, Deportment, Oalisthenio Exer-'1 • cises. Under Royal ..and Vice-Re««lpatronage, Mies ,

Loweresptnes ailDclasses from Jane Ist. TroV NgwWaltz* and One Step taughtlessons. At home Friday afternoons. MISSLOWE, 61 Worcester street. w L^ISQ; ' v

, HEALTH NOTICES. - .

FOOT'AND HAND' AILMENTS,'-"'* CONSULT /"

M HOUSTON, M.l.S.ch. <l#• exam., London), M.N.A.0., also Lon-

don Medical Testimonials from EminentPractitioners. r Moderate feet, - CathedralChambers. Square, 'phone 87-258. 4418

0 O N. S U L TGB. HEWER, Graduate American Col.

• of Science, Pa.,U.S.A.. late ofLondon and Sydney.

NERVE SPECIALIST.Latest Scientific Treatment. '

60 Cashel street W., Christehurch. .

Mon. to Friday. 10-3 p.m. H4093

A RTHUR' H. PIPER, Psycho Therapytor Nervous and Functional Disorder®.

Hours: 10 ain, to 1? noon;' 3 p.m. to 6_p.m.46 BEALEY AVENUE (few doors from KnoxChurch). 'Phonal 38-118. 358?TTLBSEMA for all Skin and Scalp Troubles.JLV Nervous condition benefited. Health re-stored. Klesema, 789 Colombo • street;'Phone 84-566. . G4128T>ABY Eczema and Children's Skin Erup-D : tions Instantly relieved and succesl-folly treated. Consultations free. Klexoma,76g Colombo Btreet. - G4IS6

CHIROPRACTORS.

CHIROPRACTIC and .. X-RAY.JAMBS -M. <J'B AI 9, D.O.

(Member N.Z. and Aust. Qhiro- -

praetor Assn.,; Inc.),Regent Theatre? Buildings (next G.P.0.).

All Latest Methods.Honrs, BJo 8- Friday Evenings, 7to 8.

NCHIROPRACTIC.

ATURE'S Way to Health—LatestPainless Methods.'

JAMES YOUNG (Chiropractor),Cathedral Chambers, Square.

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PUBLIC* NOTICES

TO-NIGHT, 7.30 7.M.

COME TO TU&NBULJi }

JPLECTRIG GOGKING B2Mo!?S^^raOJf.All Interested' in Beltir'%«!6lclnjr' "it*

Welcome.TURNBULL and JONES,;-' ;• 77 'CajSsl!

YI7ASHING Clothes t Blob, instant rods *0W luke-warm water second'with I.aJj.

Borax Washing Powder. 2d pkt. —1QKIN Quickly Clear of pimples or blaek*

heads by eating Yeastoo Tablets regu-lar. Bstnetts', Chemist*. -—lf

SUPPORT LOCAL INDUSTRY.SUPPORT LOCAL INDUSTRY.SUPPORT LOCAL INDUSTRY.

ALL PAINTS sold by us are manufacturedin our Christchurch Factorj- Every

tin has received our personal supervision,and we can therefore guarantee perfect satis-faction.

"BUY DIRECT FROM FACTORY.Our Prices are tlie Lowest for OoodL

Quality Paint.BRITISH PERM'NEST PAINT CO.,2X5 GLOUCESTER STREET, LATIMXSK j

SQUARE. 82646'

AMUSEMENTS.

MOBS TEHBIWO ENTHUSIASM.MORE TERRIFIC ENTHUSIASM.MORE TERRIFIC ENTHUSIASM.BALOKOVIO AGAIN TRIUMPHS.BALOKOVIC AGAIN TRIUMPHS.BALOKOVIO AGAIN TRIUMPHS.

c T H E A T It K,

FINAL CONCERT TO-MORROW 1FINAL CONCERT TO-MORROW!FINAL CONCERT TO-MORROW 1

THE PRESS OF CIIRISTCHURCH ARBUNANIMOUS WITH THE REST OF THEWORLD THAT BALOKOVIO IS THEGREATEST ARTIST IN THE VIOLINWORLD TO-DAY.

.BALOKOVIO I THEBAIiOKOVIO I WORLD'S

I BALOKOVIO WONDER( BALOKOVIO VIOLIN

BALOKOVIO 1 VIRTUOSO.

Again last night BaloVovie. created »

sensation by his Marvellous Play inc.

ZLATKOZLATKO.•ZLATKOZLATKOZLATKOZLATKOZLATKO

BALOKOVIOBALOKOVIOBALOKOVIOBALOKOVICBALOKOVIOBALOKOVIOBALOKOVIO

TO-MOBROW NIGHT -ivill be absolutelythe last chance .of hearing this MarvAUona.Artist. M. Balokovio tail* on the NorthernLight "fop Duntdin immediately at the con-clusion ot the concert. " , • r

TO-MORROW NIGHT BALOKOVICWILL PLAT:

Sonata for Violin and Piano .. Cesar FrancisConcerto in G Minor ........ Max Brack

'

AndItems by Balogh, 'Nachiz, Saraeate,Szyraanowsky, ' Kreisler, Etc., Etc. ■

BALOKOVIC FINAL CONCERTPRICES:

300 Seats at 3s.Reserves Ts 6d, 5a (plus tax).

38 Tickets on sale at Begg's. .

Box Plans at Bristol. , '

FOOTBALL.

RANFURLY SHIELDRANFURLY SHIELDJIANFURLY SHIELD

RUGBYRUGBYRUGBY

THRILLING BRILLIANT EXCITING- 1

Lancaster park to-mobbowANCASTER PARK TO-MOKROW

LANCASTER PARK TO-MORROW

Kick-oft at 2.45 p.m.

Gates Open at 13 Noon. - 1OTAGO v. CANTERBURY |OTAGO v. CANTERBURY 1

_ . OTAGO v. CANTERBURYOTAGO v. CANTERBURY iOTAGO v. CANTERBURY .!

* <^u^l4SjSëa4ei *? 'jjQT-iGQ (Juniofs) v. CANTERBURY:OTAGO" (Jufcidrs} r: CANTERBURY («eh|«fiOTAGO (Juniors) v. CANTERBURY .(S&alori

B i- - " IB). •

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Commencing: at 1.30 p.m.

Gates open at 12 noon. ;

Admission:Enclosure 2/- plus tax 3d. Embankment l/"«;Enclosure 2/- plus tax 3d! Embshkmeni l/>

Children half-price.

Patrons arte advised to «;rive early in oroerjto obtain seating" accommodation. - 1 " ;

To avoid delay on Sintering please tendedcorrect turnstiles. ,

Departure evening "trains' delayedconvenience' o£ country residents'. t

Special trains proceeding via Colombo »treat;and Moorhouse avenue-, leave - Square at' tra-;Qnent Intervals. 811$

cBoms.

IHRISTCHURCH ' " SPORTS ' " CbtTßj

- AMATEUR- NOVIOE -

BOXINGTOURNEY

TUESDAY NEXT, CALEDONIAN HALL.Commencing 7.30 p.m.

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ffijl', VTTS y**"■'—•-"1'The lat says that all Persons is Buslbbm

inust Keep Proper Books of •ifleoM*.*'V\TE UNDERTAKE ALL CLASSES OV,VV ACCOUNTANCY, including Trades-

men's, Manufacturers, Professional, anaFarmers' Accounts, end also Income > TaxReturns.

OUR TERMS AJUS MODERATE.Sub-Aeents for Commercial . Assurance Co.

A. H. NOALL and; CO, *

Professional Accountants, Auditors, -183 OASHEL STREET.

' DENTAL REFAIBB.

QZANNE'SQUICK DENTAL REPAIR SERVICE.

- N«xt Hall's, H«b|Kst,113 Armagh srteet. '

30 years''Prsetical Experience!at YonrService:' ' '

ifbmn 3*-*6O. -..

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call This Afternoon, Usual"\A '. lu** 1137 a' ; - . B$THf B3K&H.

A BTROLOGY reveali fnttn*. Stud stampA for "free diaxt for yoais. Ziogara,P.O Box 518, Au-tkUad. MM

:X>OBT AHD FOUND.T from Shjrfefc Blaek and 'WiHeJut- ,DQG- Answers to name ef St sr.Cwlir-Apply 151 Slst**Reward. XM2

WOMEN'S CORNERThe Lady Editor will be pleased to receive for publication :¥

i:|: in the "Women's Corner" items of social or personal news. :£

Such items should be fully a uthenticated, and engagement :£§: notices must bear the signatures of both parties. Correspond-:|:j ence is invited on any matters affecting, or of interest to,

women.

Mrs W. B. Denshire and the MissesDenshire (Feudalton), who have beenspending tho winter in Nelson, re-turned to Christchureh last evening.

Mrs J. Mowbray Tripp, who has beenvisiting Christchureh, returned toGoraldine yesterday.

Mr and Mrs L. R. Valmor and theirsmall daughter, who have been spend-ing a holiday in Christchureh, re-turned to Wellington last night.; Mr and Mrs E. Turton were, whenthe last mail left Europe, visiting theColonial Exhibition in Paris. Theyhope to go to the Channel Islands mthe late autumn and will spend thewinter in Algeria. Mrs Turton wasformerly Miss Doreen Kiver, of Christ-church.

Squadron-Leader J. L. Findlay andMrs Findlay have returned from a visitto the Franz Josef Glacier.

Lady Hosking, who has been stayingwith her son, Mr Christopher Hosking,South Canterbury, has returned toWellington;

Mrs S. C. Chisuall (Woodbury, Can-terbury) is in Wellington to attenda meeting of the central executivecommittee of the Women's Institutes.

Miss Jill Barker (Hawke's Bay), whohas been visiting Christchureh, is leav-ing for the north to-night.

A marriage bas_ been arranged' be-tween Shelagh Elaine, younger daugh-ter of Mrs W. H. Gumbleton, of St.Albans, and Charles Ernest, elder eonof Mr and Mrs J. E. Purchase, ofMorivale.

Miss Peggy Brewer (Dunedin), whohas been staying with Miss Lois Olli-vier, "Glenelg," Hillsborough, is re-turning home to-morrow.

Mrs J. G. L. Vernon (AVebb streo.t)is returning to-day from a visit to MrsB. L. Blundcu, Waikari.

The Iter, .and Mrs Stephen Parr(Cathedral Grammar School) have re-turned from a holiday spent at Gover-nor's Bay.

Mrs J. Richards (Avonside) is theguest of Mrs G. Hancox, Temuka.

Miss Egidia Menzice is returningthis morning from a holiday visit toWellington.

Tho members oi: the OhristoliurcliTelephone liave issued invi-tations for their annual dance to beheld on Wednesday, September 30th, inthe 'Winter Garden.

FAVOURITE BABY WOOL.Sort and dainty, combining the cosy

warmth of wool with the bright sheenof silk, "KINGFISHER" LUSTREWOOL knits the most delightful babygarments. Send 9d in stamps for book-let No. 40, Infants' Wear. Samplefringes free on request. Patotts andBnldwiuv, Ltd., Box 1441R, Welling-ton -~2

GOLF BALLS X-RAYED.Every North British Golf Ball is X-

rayed before, it leaves the factory. Theslijghtest variation from standard truecentre earns instant rejection; and theresult—a new and greater length totho finest shots you are capable of hit-ting. The North British ife the long-est-driving and ■- easiest-controlled bailoil the market to-day. All'dealer,?; —1

EGGfc> FOR WINTEILEggs always go up in price during

winter. Money can be saved by pur-chasing them now, when they arecheap, and preserving them "with Ovo-line. A Is 6d jar of Ovoline will pre-serve 420 eggs, and keep them formonths as fresh as new-laid. Ovolineis a paste, not a sticky liquid, and itmakes the hands soft and white. Allgrocers. 1

VICTORIA .LEAGUE.A committee meeting of the Canter-

bury branch of the Victoria Leaguewas held yesterday in the office, Cathe-dral square. Those present were MrsE. G. Hogg, president (in the chair),Mesdames J. B. Beckett, J. Deans, J.H.' Hale, G. Hamner, R. H. Hennah,W. H. Orbell, and J.Mowbray Tripp, andMisses Bromley Cocks, McOwen, Skog-lund, and Gosset (secretary), and MrMacboan (hon. treasurer). Apologieswere received from Mesdames W. 3.Bean, C. Chilton, G. M. L. Lester, F.Scott, and J. G.' L. Vernon.

A letter was road from the Londonoffice, announcing that H.R.H. Prin-cess Alice, Countess of Athlone, hadaccepted an invitation to become pre-sident of the Victoria League, and alsoadvising that the Victoria League andthe League of the Empire had decidedto co-operate, which arrangementwould save much overlapping. TheLeagues had received messages of ap-proval from the King and Queen andthe Prince of Wales.

It was decided to hold si bridge even-ing party in place of the usual quarter-ly meeting—to take place in the Jelli-coe Hall on Wednesday, October 14tli.A sub-committee was appointed to ar-range the party, Mrs H. T. J. Thackerbeing chairwoman. The committeehopea all members will help to makethe gathering a success. •

Miss Skoglund reported having re-ceived 177 links from English school-children and having sent 77 to Eng-land. Y

Mrs Hennah reported that shehad posted 554 magazines and papersand 105 books to back-block settlers,and also to the Chatham Islands.

A vote of thanks was accorded MissSkoglund for having acted as secretarybofore the appointment of the new sec-retary.

Several new members were appointed.

SOCIETY FOR PROTECTION OPWOMEN AND CHILDREN.

At the monthly meeting of the XtnrZealand Society for the Protection ofWomen and Children, the followingmembers were present: The president,the Rev. C. A. Fraer, in the chair; com-mittee, Mesdames G. Biltcliff. ,T.Blackaby, and T, Tomlinson, Sister Ruth,the Rev. P. Revell, Messrs C. li. N.Mackie, and P. G. Grant, and the sec-retary (Miss Cardale).

An apology was received from theRev. C. Perry. • '

A sub-committee, consisting of Mes-dames Blackaby, Biltcliff. and Tom-linson, and Messrs Fraer, Revell

;Mackie, and Grant, was set up to ar-range for the street collection, to liehi'ld on Friday, November 6tb.

The secretary reported 110 visits and270 callers, and that 226 cases had beenattended to during the month.

• The secretary reported on the workbeing done by the Women's Unemploy-ment Committee.

After the important cases were hoardthe committee adjourned.

Have you anything to sell—Do youwish to buy? If so, a small advertise-ment in the classified section of ThePress will be all you need. 12 wordsIt, <hr*e insertions 2s 6d. —6

OLD COLLEGIANS' DANCE.

Former pupils of Christ's College canalways be relied upon to give theirwhole-hearted support to any gatheringconnected with their old school, and"ib has coma to be an accepted fact thatOld Collegians' dances will be aspleasant and cheery as they are suc-cessful in point of numbers. Thismakes the task of the organisers easy,nnd Dr. J. R. Thomas Dr. DouglasAnderson. Messrs Rex Hobbs, D. M.Stewart, F. A. Aldridge, J. D. Law-rence, C. lv. Jackmau, and D. B.Clarkson (honorary secretary), membersof the committee of the Old Collegians'Football Club's dance, held last nightin the Winter Garden, found thattheir duties were not very onerous.

The Bailey-Marston Orchestra sup-plied the music.

The guests of honour were MrJ. Monteath, acting-headmaster ofChrist's College, and Mrs Monteath,oho latter wearing a smart frock andcoatee of bottle-green lace.

Others present were Mesdames LeslieAverill, B. A. Y. Wynne-Yorke, Doug-las Anderson, H. Pearoc, Donald Stew-art, E. J. Pumphrey, Fergus McLag-lan, Allan Satterthwaite, Guy Bead el,Stuart Godfrey, C. L. Meredith-Kaye,C. Bacon, Lewin Webley, Allan Mat-son, Huthwaits Ronnldson. GordonCuull, Misses Joan Lynskey, PhyllisAgar, Grace Smith, Gretchen Sargent.Cubhla Mitchell, Betty Hobbs, KittySinclair, Joan Buchanan, Emily Tilley-short, Gelia Twyneham, Joyce Blun-den, Jill SJjand, Mary Scarvell, MaryMenzies, Betty Guthrie, Helen Breth-erton, Gwen Scott-Baker, Faith Gar-diner, Phyllis Moses, Nellie Moses,Fanny Waid, Mildred Morrin, RaniStewart, Lorraine Harker, Norah Jack-man, Gwen Clark, Rita Clark, WinnieDavies, Margaret Livingston, MayAndrew, Lou Camm, Shirley Wooler,Dorothy Pongeliy, Patricia Ronalds,Julio Sntrv, Vivionne Thomas, IslaThomas, Joan Drury. Dorothy Wau-chop. Billu Allen, Nona Hampton,Lois Olhvior, Marguerite Minson, Mil-dred Hiatt, Hilda Lewis, Joy Machin,Lenore Minson. Grace Pitcher, BentricoHenderson, Ella FitzGeorge, ArleenMorrison, Joyce MacGibbon, Joy Ten-nent, Yvonne Baxter, Joan Cooper,Peggy Williams, Linda Davidson, JillBarker, Peggy Pearson, Mary Bacon,Elisabeth Tipping, Irene Leggatt,fegcy Orr, Kathleen Hoaro, Joanotherspoon. Betty Evans, NancyHenshaw, and Jean Rutherford.

DANCE AT DIXIELAND.

Misses 3J. Gray and Wood. MessrsR. Green, 11. P. Round, D. C. John-ston. J. Bunt. J. Foster, and A. C.Allen (lion. secretary), were the mem-bers of the committee who axrangedthe annual dance of the WholesaleWarehouse Clerks' Society (Inc.), heldlast night at Dixieland.

Music was supplied by Jliss M.Nolan's orchestra.

_Tlie ladies present included Mrs A.W. Judge, Misses : Betty McNao,Christine- Hawkins, -Kathleen Lee,Kathleen Roche, Mabel Gray, RubyAndrews, Mabel Robinson, LornaAlexander, Reno Hobden, LeonieAyling, Monie Japp, Phyllis Comber,Frances Collett, Mae Burrage, DoreenSimpson, Dell Blackburn, Cora Deans,Mona Duggan. Eva Little, MargaretWoodharu, Evelyn Moore, MarjorieStevenson, Emily Breitmeyer, Maur-een Campbell, Joyce Smith, and MayHerriott.

WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPER-ANCE UNION.

The usual fortnightly meeting of theChristchurch branch of the W.C.T.U.was held on Wednesday. In the ab-sence of Miss Henderson, who was at-tending the Temuka Convention, MrsAdkins presided.

Temperance facts read by Mrs Wicksstated that it had been proved thatthe greater the cold the more injuri-ous is the use of alcohol, which isdangerous in whatever form it iB taken.

Correspondence was read from Mr H.T. Armstrong, M.P., regarding theLicensing Poll Postponement Bill.

The Union decided to place on record itsappreciation of the fine stand that MrJ. McCombs, M.P., had made to cham-pion the women's viewpoint at the re-cent debate in Parliament upon theLicensing Election Postponement Bill.The secretary was requested to write toMr McCombs informing him of theUnion's gratitude and appreciation." Several members promised to help in

■ tho street collection on Daffodil Day.To celebrate Franchise Day, Mrs E.

K. McCombs gave an address, relatingsome of her experiences as a Citycouncillor and members of the HospitalBoard. She impressed on her hearersthe great need for women of fixedprinciples, high ideale, and broad viewsto stand for election as members ofParliament, City Council, and HospitalBoards. Much of the local and publicbody work was well suited to womenbecause it only enlarged on their ownsphere of work, in their homes. Butas training and some special educationwere needed, the "speaker urged thatclasses for .the study of "civics" beinf-T.tuted at the Y Branch meetings.

On the motion of Mrs Hales, a heartyvote of thanks was passed to the speakerfor her instructive address.

Tho meeting closed with the Benedic-tion.

BRIDGE PARTY.

On Wednesday evening Mrs AS". H.Stevens, Itangiora, entertained a num-ber of guests at her home at a flagbridge party in aid of the Band Con-test funds. The rooms wero prettilydecorated with spring flowers, and largefires burned cheerfully.

The hostess received • her guestswearing a fully, flared peach-colouredgeorgette frock, with embossed pansiesat one side, and a black and gold lamebridge coat.

The prizes were won by Mrs P. G.Ellis, MiBS A. Walker, Mr Chas. Taylor,the Mayoress, Mrs \V. A. Bowse

; MrsC. Taylor, and Mr W. McKenzie."''

Amongst those present wero theMayor and Mayoress, Mr and Mrs W.A. Bowse, Dr. and Mrs E. S. McPliail,Dr. and Mrs L. M. King, Mr and MrsJ. M. Fraser, Mr and Mrs P. W. Gar-land, Mr and Mrs P. G. Ellis, Mr andMrs ,W. McKenzie, Mr and Mrs J, P.Sutherland, Mr and Mrs A. Ambrose,Mr and Mrs H. K. Kippenberger, Mrand Mrs I. Shankland, Mesdames W.Smith, T. Leech, Misses G. Taylor, C.Ambrose, A. Walker, Farquharson,Messrs G. Robinson, J. Palairet, and G.Southgate, and Mr-and Mrs C. Taylor.

OBITUARY.

MISS MARY LUKIN

The death is announced of Miss MaryI.ukin, a daughter of the late MrGresley Lukin, who was for many yearseditor of the "Evening Post," Wel-lington. Miss Lukin was a womanof fine personality, and trained as anurse carried on the profession for agood many years in a private capacity.Then she lived with her father till hisdeath. Later she travelled for sometime, nnd finally settled in Aucklandand ongaged in business there, mak-ing many more friends, and supportedby old ones, who valued her good quali-ties.

NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES.

LECTURE BY MEMBERS OFWOMEN'S AUXILIARY.

Addresses to a meeting of women onthe subject of New Zealand industrieswas given last evening by Miss H. K.Lovell-Sinitk, secretary of the Women'sAuxiliary of tho Canterbury Manufac-turers' Association, and Miss L. Tabart,president of tlie auxiliary. Miss E.Chaplin presided.

Miss Lovell-Smith said that the schemeto form a Women's Auxiliary had beenproposed by the Canterbury Manufac-turers' Association. Its primary pur-pose was to show the women of thecountry what was produced in their owncountry and to remind them that unlessthey did so there was not much likeli-hood of their boys and girls obtainingemployment.

"Unemployment won't cure itself byitself," the speaker wont on. "Wehave to work ourselves to cure it, andone of the ways to do this and then tokeep men and women in employment isto buy our own country's manufacturesWomen handle 85 per cent, of the spend-ing money and although they are gener-ally careful spenders, I want to ask you—Do they get the best value for thoirmoney f Do they always consider theirown people's welfare first? Do theythink every time they buy clothes, shoes,hosiery, or foods, whether they arehelping to keep their own people in em-ployment, of whether their money is go-ing out of tho country, perhaps toJapan, tho United State's, or Canada?"

Miss Tabart made an appeal to themeeting to join the Auxiliary and tosupport its aims.

A large range of New Zealand-madegoods was exhibited, including cloth-ing materials of all kinds, shoes, hosiery,and knitted goods.

WOMEN'S INSTITUTES.

AKAROA BRANCH.

The last monthly meeting of theAkacaa branch of tho Women's Insti-tute was held at Mr C. B. Arnold's resi-dence, when Miss Gilpin, of Welling-ton, gave an interesting address on"Folk Songs." She sang a number ofthe typical songs to illustrate her re-marks. She outlined the varying quali-tiesofEnglish, Scottish, Irish, and Welshfolk songs, and showed how they typi-fied the nature of tho people them-selves in the days when all the news ofthe countryside was conveyed by sing-ers. The hostesses for the eveningwere Mesdames F. 0. Aldridge, H. P.Hamilton, and H. Bailey.

WOODBURY BRANCH.

There was a good attendance of mem-bers and visitors at the monthly meet-ing of the Woodbury branch of theWomen's Institute, held in the Coro-nation Hall on Tuesday. Mrs Williams(president) was in the chair. The meet-ing opened with the Institute song.

Two new members were elected, andMrs Turton, who has beon away forthe winter, was welcomed back.

Mrs McLean and Mis Harries wereappointed delegates to attend the half,yearly meeting of the Canterbury Fed-eration, to be held iu October.

Mrs Williams then introduced MrsWigley, of Timaru, who gave an in-structive talk on gardening. She do-scribed the various methods of grow-ing successfully gladioli, chrysanthe-mums, and other flowers. Mrs Wigleyalso talked ol' the culture of roses anddemonstrated how to plant and prunethem, and how to take cuttings.

A hearty vote of thanks to Mrs Wig-ley was carried by acclamation.Mrs Williams reminded members ofthe country dance eocinl to be held inthe town hall, Geraldine, on Sep-tember 25th, when Miss Fergusson andMiss Kennedy and party would be pre-sent to control the dances.

Mrs Sharps announced that thesewing circle would be cloised untilnext year. A "bring and buy" compe-tition was won,by Mrs Sharpe.

Members were invited to enter for aknitting competition to stimulate the"Use More Wool" campaign, to bejudged in October, at tho Canterbury-Federation half-yearly meeting.

The competitions arranged were asfollows: A pair of sox, from New Zea-land wool, and a, pair of moccasinsand a pair of gloves from New Zealandskins. This competition is to be re-peated at the Timaru show.

A roll, call, "Household Hints,"brought forth some very useful hints.It was announced that a spring

flower show would be held next meet-ing.

Tho following hostesses served after-noon tea : Mesdames Meynell, Moffatt,Markham, Blakiston, and J. McDonaldand Miss Williams. '

KIMBELL BRANCH.

At the monthly meeting of the Kim-bell branch of the "Women's Institute,Mrs Brien presided. Four new mem-bers were enrolled. The hostesses forthe afternoon were Mesdames Brien,and Keenan, and Miss S. Koefe, who.served afternoon tea.

During the meeting Mrs West gavea demonstration on tlie making ofmoccasins.

HOME LEAGUE.

At a meeting of the Wannate HomeLeague, Mrs W. Duckett presided overa good attendance. Mrs K. Kippen-berger gave a very interesting addresson "Opportunities and Influence,'' forwhich she was cordially thanked. MrsAdjutant Rive, of Spreydon, Christ-church, sang a solo and gave a shortaddress on "All Needs Supplied." Keeninterest was taken in a display ofarticles made from old stockings.Afternoon tea was dispensed.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OPWOMEN.

CHRISTCHURCH BRANCH

The monthly meeting of tho Christ-church branch of the National Councilof Women waß held in the Chamber ofCommerce. Tho president, Miss H.K. Lovell Smith; was in the chair. Thofollowing societies were represented:—W.C.T.U., Y.W.C.A., Mothers' Union,Women Teachers, Trained'Nurses, So-ciety for tho Protection of Women andChildren, Women Citizens, Home Ser-„vice, Howard League, and Federationof University Women. A number ofassociate members were also present.

Miss Andrews, president of NewPlymouth branch, was welcomed by thepresident.

Appreciation of the action, taken bythe City Council with regard to conveni-ences at the Hills terminus was ex-pressed. It was decided to ask the CityCouncil to endeavour to keep tEe newwomen's rest room in the Square openuntil 11 p.m. on week days and from 10a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sundays.

The branch supported tho resolutionof the Hamilton branch with regard tothe use of live birds in shooting practiceand competitions.

It was decided to write to the PrimeMinister endorsing the resolution passedby. the World Disarmament Committeeurging that delegates to the LeagueAssembly be instructed to vote for gen-eral progressive disarmament.

Congratulations were sent to MissCarnachan and Mrs Marshall Macdonaldin. their appointment as members of theadvisory committee of the Unemploy-ment Board.

Miss Henderson 'gave a brief addresson the responsibilities of women voters.She stressed the special responsibilitiesof tho members of the National Coun-cil in educating the opinions of theirSocieties by keeping them informed onthe subjects discussed by the NationalCouncil.

| WEDDINGS.

' WILSOX—FRANCIS.' A wedding of much interest look| place in St. Columba's Church, Hornby,lon Wednesday afternoon, when EdnaMay, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs C.

jH. Francis, was married to Horace Wil-liam, eldest eon of Mr W. H. and thelafce Mrs Wilson, of Taumarunui. Themarriage was celebrated by the Rev.Hubert Jones, and Mrs Walter Daviswas organist. The church was beauti-fully decorated by girl friends of the■bride.

The bride, who was given away byher father, wore a gown of ivory satinbeaut 6 cut on straight lines, with a tierof satin falling from the waist. Theskirt hung in long, graceful folds toform a short train, and tho long, close-fitting sleeves were finished each witha frill of satin at the elbow, and a dia-mante flower was caught on "one shoul-der. A halo effect of orange blossomwas worn well back on the head, andfrom the back hung the long veil oftulle, the end of which was finishedwith beautiful appliqued lace. An arm-let of hyacinths and freesias was car-ried.

The bride was attended by two brides-; maids, Miss Cecily Thomas, of Pal-merston North, and Miss Myrtle Fran-

i cis, sister of the bride. They woremodel frocks of wild rose Tosca net, tliefull double skirts falling to the groundfrom a pin-tucked liip yoke, while thebodices had short boleros. Long "pinksuede gloves were worn, and the verylargo brims of the pink picture hatswere made in bandeau style, and werefinished with, a chou of tulle . under-neath and on top of tho brim. Theycarried bouquets of pink and whitesweet peas and maidenhair fern.

The 'bridegroom was attended to byhis brother, Mr James Wilson, _ofFrankton, as best man, and Mr AndrewWard as groomsman.

After the ceremony a reception washeld at the home of the bride's parents,where the tables were arranged withspring Cowers. Mrs Francis receivedher guests wearing a handsome frockof black satin marocain relieved withwhite, aud black model hat of Bakustraw. She carried a bouquet of violetsand maidenhair fern. Mrs Edward Wil-son (Kaiapoi), aunt' of the bridegroom,wore a smart navy lace frock andnavy ballibuntl straw. She carried ared bouquet of sweet-peas.

Later the bride and the bridegroomleft for their wedding tour, the bridewearing a smart black tailored suit,black Panamalac hat with Watteau brimand floral crown.

McEWAN—JEFFBEY.A pretty wedding was celebrated at

John Knox Presbyterian Church, Bangi-ora, recently, when Edith, second young-est daughter of the late Mr atid Mrs E.Jeffrey, of Bangiora, was married toMr D. McEwan, of the Bangiora- railwaystaff. The ceremony was performed bythe Bev. VST. Hutcheson, and Miss,Naomi Bailey was the organist, lliechurch was prettily decorated withbowls of violets and daffodils.

The bride, who was escorted by herbrother, Mr W. Jeffrey, wore an ankle-length frock of ivory silk-embroiderediiet withlong sleeves, tight-fittingbodice,and belt, finished with a diamentebuckle. Her silk embroidered veil w.asarranged in mob cap style with acoronet of orange blossom, and -fellsoftly to form a train, and her showerbouquet was of cream hothouse flowerswith touches of pink.

Miss Buth Clark was bridesmaid,wearing a pale green crepe, marocainfrock trimmed with lemon georgette,and a lemon pandan straw hat trimmedwith bands of patent leather. She woreshoes to match her frock and carried abouquet of golden Iceland poppies. Thebride's little niece, Marie Eastwood,was a dainty little flower-girl in a palepink georgette frock, trimmed with tinyfrills of ecru lace and ribbons, and abandeau of rosebuds and silver ribbons.She wore pale pink shoes and socks, andcarried a posy of pastel shaded flowers.

Mr Allan Jeffrey attended the bride-groom as best man.

A reception attended by near rela-tions and a few intimate friends wasafterwards held at the bride's residence,where her aunt, Mrs Knott, of Kaia-poi, acted as hostess. Later the brideand bridegroom left on their honeymoon,the bride wearing a frock of burgundyred maroeain and felt hat to match.

EVENING PARTY.

A "bathroom evening" was held afcthe homo of Miss Alice Goodman, inhonour of Miss Esther Manson, whosemarriage takes plaee next week. Thetime was spent in games and music,winners of competitions being MissesEmily Tilloyshort, Esther Manson,Dorie Brien, and Doris Chapman.

Amongst those present were Mos-dames Goodman, Bichcs, Nolan, McAloou,Davidson, and Whitford, and MissesEsther Manson, Ivy Beattie, Phyllisfr°wn. Vera Wilson, Elsie Ward,Dorie Brien, Fforrie Stiles, Molly Duf-faeld, Dorothy Williamson, Jenny Mc-Kenzie, Doris Underwood, Emily Til-leyebort, Olive Austin, Gwen Nolan,Doris Chapman, and .Alice Goodman.

LYTTELTON PLUNKET SOCIETY.

The monthly meeting of tlie Lvttel-ton branch of the-Plunketheld in the rooms, the followmg niem-bers being present: Mesdamea Gilmourthe chair), Lester, Buchanan; Plim-mer, Mahnr, Stephens, Comer, Sbep-pard, Wilson, Preston, and Chrisp.Correspondence from the CentralCouncil regarding the 10 per cent, re-duction m nurses' salaries was readand received.

In connexion with "the street Aavappeal, to bo holdon September 26th,the secretary reported thlt the Mavorhad consented to tho holdihe of a pub-lic meeting, convened by the Mayoressin the Council Chambers "hS ffdih"Sa?"d da, of

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for the month of Augustlows:—Lvttelton: Visits to.ttflî'",-adults 87, babies 72; prc-scho«dren 20; new cases 11, eigP* inaturally fed, one mixed f&wHnfctfti\o artificial feeding. Visitsltoi^P**: 1

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Duvauehelle Bay: Adults 37,. o*®®s34. children 9, new cases 6, teltpW®*calls 16, letters of advice 4. =

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Practical SuitsSuits are still proclaiming the chic half-and-

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Favourite colour schemes are blue/white,red/beige, black/white and brown/beige.

These suits, with a distinctive air—and in the latest materialsr--should appeal to all.

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Of course it is fitting that Hay's limited should make a feature ofViolet Day to-day. In one of their -windows there is a monsterstork and he is carrying something that will Interest Mothers;the goods in the window will also be of' great interest toMothers. Then the two little Maids in Nurses' uniforms in anotherwindow will provide the right setting for some really attractiveBaby pictures. The Babies' Photograph Competition, arrangedupstairs in the Children's Department, is sure to interest lota offolk. Come and see this interesting exhibition of Babies' Photos.

The winners will be announced to-day.

Have You Heard—That' you can learn to make all

sorts of interesting things by attend-ing Hay's Gift Making Classes, heldon Monday, Tuesday and Fridayafternoons, from 2.30 to 4.30. Theseclasses are under the personal direc-tion of the well-known expert, MissBuckhurst.

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That Hay's are conducting a bigNeedlework Competition, and offer-ing £2O in C&sh Prizes. Enquire atHay's for particulars.

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That you can get your Silk Stock-ings repaired at Hay's for 9d for thefirst ladder and 6d for each otherladder. The stockings are re-con-ditioned and returned to you likenew.

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That at Hay's you can get PaperPatterns, cut to your individualmeasurements, and to any style,material also cut out', and the gar-ment tacked and fitted if desired.

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That Hay's are showing some very 'smart "Lady Madcap" Berets,turban style, in Cream with con-trasting band, priced reasonably at8/11.

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That there is a big bargain inLadies' Beady.-to-Wear Pelt Hats atHay's for Friday and Saturday at1/- each.-

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That some very smart Beady-to- Iwear Pelt Hats in pastel Bhades withBandeau effect are nowbeing shownat Hay's, priced at 12/6 each.

Welcome News lor MenSomething quite exceptional by

way of a bargain is being offeredat Hay's to-day. A limitedquantity of AU-Wool Pullovers,Cardigans ■ and Lumber • Jackets -isbeing offered at 10/6. These werepriced as high aA -25/6. There is a.'limited quantity only.

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Tweed Skirts, usually 10/6 to 21/:;todear to-day at 4/11.Men's Grey Worsted Suits, All-Wool,N.Z.-Made, a really strong knock-about Suit, worth 84/-; Hay'B priceto-day, 68/-. Extra Trousers 17/6.Oddments in Men's Flannel Trousors,gOod- 'shade, usually priced' 18/6 to24/6; to cleat to-day 11/6. Sires3, 4, 6 only. -

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CATHOLIC STUDENTS'GUILD.

LECTURE BY REV. F. BARTLEY,

At a well-attended meeting of theCatholic Students' Guild, held lastnight in St. Mary's Memorial Hall, andpresided over by the Eev. Father A.Burger, S.M., president of the Guildand Rector of St. Bede's Colleger thespeaker was the Eev. Father F. Bart-ley, S.M., M.A., of Timaru, whoso sub-ject was "Galileo, the Great Scien-tist.""Much popular history seems to

have been written on the principle, 'Hthis story is not true it's a good yarnanyhow,'" ■ began Father Bartley.''These: stories are written, as Dickensdrew the characters of his novels—jetblack or lily-white—with no finely-toued greys in between," continuedthe speaker. "To be popular the storymust be simple and sensational."Oarlyle had said, "No lie can live forever," but many a lie lived to theage of Tithonus, if it had the blessingof a ballad. Living with many apicturesque lie had flattered the"grandeur that was Eome," and theselies lived in our tonguo partly becauseof Macaulay's "Lays of AncientEome." Horatius, for instance, hadnever held the bridge, neither hadCamillus nor Manlius beaten off theGauls, "but," the speaker said, "it'sa pity to spoil these good stories."

Grotesque Exaggerations."Many so-called popular writers,

like Draper, White, and Abbi Irailb,give us the story of Galileo as•grotesque exaggeration, and I'd like totnake a present of their version to aHollywood producer," said FatherBartley. They picture him as abrilliantHcholar and astronomer, the speakerexplained, the pioneer of the Helio-centric system—harshly condemned byPope and Cardinals, excommunicatedwith "bell, book," and candle," con-demned to life-long imprisonment, tor-tured arid blinded, and deprived of theministrations of religion and of burialin consecrated ground.

On the other hand, non-Catholics ofthe first rank in the scientific world,as Huxley, Procter, Whewell, havedismissed the question as trivial.Whewell writes: "Leibnitz, Guizot,Spittler, Eschorn, Eaumor, Eauko, andalmost all persons who have Btudiedthe facts have at least done . justiceto the Church: that Galileo trifled withauthority to which he professed to sub-mit, and was punished for obstinatecontumacy, not for horesy. This cclor-'bra ted event must bo looked upon,rather as a question of decorum, thanft struggle in which the interests oftruth and free enquiry wore deeplyconcerned."

Catholic Viewpoint., But Catholic writers were moresevere. There was certainly a case toanswer. The Catholic Eaclyelopaediaspeaks of '"a grave and ' deplorableerror." That statement, however,would* bo seen to be too severe.

A Great Scientist. jGalileo (Galilei) was born in 1564,and 'died in 1642. He was hailed as a

great astronomer. That was'-*'wrong.'-IKb ,proofs o£ the system®were- inadequate, afid are, as J Keplerpointed out, quite wrong.; Still he wasu great scientist—in the study- ofdynamics—ox laws of motion—he rankswith Isaac Newton. Ho was the vir-tual discoverer of the'"odium,thcologicum" has robbed himof his real glory, to invest him with afalse glory. Galileo adopted (theCopernican; or Heliocentric system, butin its advocacy he was his own—andthe system's—worst enemy. With hisfriend, Foscarini, the Carmelito friar!,.he made enemies, and not converts jheaped invective and satire on theAristotelians, who clung to the liberalinterpretation of. Scripture; and heeven sought fanciful proofs fromScripture itself, unmindful of his ownsaying, "The Scriptures teach us howto go to heaven, not how the heavensgo."

( In;'marked contrast was the realpioneer' of the systetn, Copernicus(1473-1543). It is probable, but by nomeans certain, that he "was a priest inhis old age. . He was still a laymanwhen made Canon of Warzburg, thathe might have an income on which toprosecuto his studies. His name ap-peared on a- -licit of those nominatedfor a bishopric, the solo evidence—andthat not convincing—of his priesthoodin lator life. For 30 years ho with-held his book from publication forfear that its ..apparent contradictionwith Scripture might endanger thefaith .of simple souls, and, when it waspublished, it was dedicated .with-per-mission to Pope Paul 111.' Galileo, in 1615, at his own request,was examined by ,the Congregation" ofthe Roman Inquisition, and he was con-

demned as "heretical" and he re-nounced his system. In 1616, the Con-gregation of the Index, forbade thereading of all Copernican books. In1624, he came to Boine, was well re-ceived by Pope Urban YHI., and givena life pension from the Papal revenues.In 1632 he published a book, very bitterin tone, ridiculing the conservative atti-tude rather than proving the new, ,andhe was condemned as "relapsed," sen-tenced to imprisonment for life, andordered to say the' Seven PenitentialPsalms once a week for three years."Sucjf," the speaker said, "are thebald facts; such is tho case there is toanswer." His imprisonment lastedtwenty-two days, but he was really aguest in the house of the President ofthe Inquisition. Ho was afterwards freeto live with friends or in his own villaat Arcstri. Still the sentence was. neverrevoked. He was never tortured, buthe went blind in 1636. On his death-bed he received a special blessing fromUrban VIII., and was • buried in theChurch of Santa Croce in Florence. Thestory of "Still it Moves,"' attributed to•him in the hall of tho Inquisition ispure myth, that did not appear untila century after his death. •

Science and Religion,"Is there a case, first, against Papal

infallibility, second, as an instance ofihe Church's hostility to learning?"asked Father 'Bartley. Papal Infalli-bility, he explained, was in question onlywhen there is a universal definition asto faith and inorals. Galileo's case wasindividual, and had no reference tofaith or morals. But one might beasked, what about the word "heretical"in the condemnation? -This was the"grave and deplorable error" of theCatholic Encyclopedia, but we werefortunate-in having a letter from SaintRobert Bellarminc, a member ofboth Congregations, to Galileo, in whichhe said that in thi) event of the theorybeing subsequently proved—and it wasnot accepted as proved for another 100years—then effort must be made to-reconcile it arid the apparent contradic-tion 'with- Scripture. . It was clear thathot the study of Copeniicanism wasforbidden, but .only the. popular broad-cast* of a theory, that ' seeded to-do

,Violence, to Scrifiture* ,Moreover, in.Ihe

decision of the Congregation of "theIndex in 1616, forbidding the readingof the books, it is expressly mentionedthat they could be read "by the learnedand the skilful in the science."

Did "that show the Church's hostilityto science?" the speaker asked. Ifwoman had remarked that it was theone instance which her enemies couldadduce, so was it any wonder theywould not let it go? If the Church washostile, she had camouflaged her atti-tude very cleverly. The Church couldconfidently meet her adversaries on thevery Copernican field. The theory firstsaw the light, when a layman was giventhe of a canonry, that he mightbe free to study, and in the case ofGalileo himself, it was shown that hewas the recipient of a Papal pensionfor those same studies, nine years afterhis condemnation. As Whitehead ofHarvard said: "In a generation whichsaw the Thirty Years' War and. re-membered Alva in the Netherlands, theworst that happened,to men of sciencewas that Galileo suffered an honourabledetention and a mild reproof, beforedying peacefully in his bed."

Vote of Thanks.The thanks of his listeners was con-

veyed to Father Bartley by'the 'chair-man, whose words of appreciation werereceived with applause. After the lec-ture, supper was served and a shortdance followed.

The Catholic Students' Guild wasformed in Christchurch in 1929, by thelate Eev. T. A. Gilbert, shortly afterhe was appointed Bector of St. Bede'sCollege, and it has continued to growin life and vitality during the pastyear. -

SERMON BY A DUCHESS.

The following c communication has*just been received from London by MrsA. I>. Houston. Dominion president ofthe Humanitarian and Anti-VivisectionSociety of New Zealand, of a sermongiven by the Duchess of Hamilton andBrandon, who has been electedas a patron of this. Society

SERMON IN ST. ANNE'S, SOHO.On Juiie Bth, by request of the Rev.

Basil Bo'irchier, Rector of St. Anne's,Solio, the Duchess of Hamilton, afterthe evening service of intercession foranimals, gave an address. She took asher text "All they that take the swordeliall perish by the sword,'' and afterdescribing some of the cruelties in-flicted on animals, said that Nemesiswould overtake humanity, because ofits ein of torturing and exploiting theanimaJs. The collection was kindlygiven'to the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisefction Society. The address was.subsequently printed in St. Anne'smagazine, and also aa a separate leaf-let. "

. The Duchess of Hamilton and Bran-don is president of the Animal Defenceand Anti-Vivisection Society, London.The Rev. Basil Bourchier is a „ehaplinto his Majesty tho King, and was forlitany Tears Vicar of St. Judes-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, andis also on the executive of tho Anti-Vivisection Society, London. WhenVicar of St. Judes-on-tho-Hill he-intro-duced women as vestrymen, togetherwith men on the vestry.

BALL AT LADBROOKS.

On Tuesday evening, in the PublicHall, I/adbrOoks;' the Benedicts of theLadbrobks district entertained tW;

j'spinstsrs and bachelors and , theirfriends at their annual ball. This, isan event which is> always anticipatedwith ■ pleasure by local residents, andthose living in the surrounding dis-,tricts. • _ _ . .

An. energetic committee, consistingof Messrs T. Pickering. Habgood, P.Keast, H. McGongh, and P. Pickering,with Mr F. Coles, chairman, anaMessrs Carr. Anderson and J. Part-ridge, joint secretaries, had made ex-cellent' arrangements for the enter-tainment "of their guests. Visitorswere present from Christchurch, Lin-coln, Tai Tapu, Halswell, And Prebble-ton. Bryson's orchestra provided themusic, and an extra was played byMr G. McCarthy.

The ladies presentincluded:Mrs P." Coles, who. wore navy crepe de

'cliine;. Mrs Carr Anderson, .white georgette;Mrs J. Partridge, beige satin and lace; MrsJ. McCarthy, petunia taffeta; Mrs Habgooa,

pale grteen marocain: Mrs Trevor JLegg,japonica geoigette; Mrs Calvert; Mrs Mac-pherson; Mts Clifford, navy crepe de chine;.Mrs Roscoe, green georgette; Mrs Pickering,navy crepe de chine; Mrs Patterson, navycrepe do chine; Mrs Nolan, black velvet;Mre Ji "Ware, navy celanese; Mrs F. Hobson,floral marocain; Mrs F. Sparks, wine celan-ese; Mrs J. Meyer, navy Mrs Cole-man, green beaded georgette; Mrs T. Picker-ing, navy crepe do chine'; Mrs. Milne, pinkfaille; Mrs /F. Uteyerhoff, almond-greencelanese; Mrs W. Boon, .wine satin; .MrsH. McGough; Mrs T. Foster; Mrs A. J.McLaughlin; MrsF. Keast; Mrs Gallagher;and Mrs P.Pickering; Misses M. Bell.(Cnrist-churcih), lemon taffeta; J. Pickering, bluecrepe de. chine; M. Nolan, blue tilkj J.McLaughlin, blue georgette; / Y- Davison,mauve orepe de chine; D. Partridge, whitec®ope do chine; L. Pickering, green crepesatin; A. McLaughlin, blue. satisD. Hab-good, cornflower-blue crepe de chine; Rich-fcidson, mauve rayon; G. DaVison, pinkravon; D. Laishley, sea-green satin; A. Davi-son, nils-green rayon; V. Meyer, pink spottednet;"-V, Cullen, apple-green satin; -H.Cullen, cherry crepe euede; J.>Fox (Christ-church), black satin; E. Meyer, blue, spottednet; E. ■ Gallagher, • mauve satin; Elsie Gal-lagher, pink eatin. M. Redmond, floral lou-fa-vel; E. Redmond, blue taffeta; D. Red-mond, pink taffeta; M. Barr,,broche rayon;M. Kelly, jgreon satin; E. Mehlhopt, blue silkand net; H. Cameron, lemon georgette; 0>Harris, floral georgette; I. McLeod, lemon

. satin; E. Cox, pink satin; M. Cox, pinkgeorgette; E. Ford; B. McLaughlin, pinksatin; and Messrs J. Geddes, J. McCarthy,A. Payne, R. McCarthy, D. Partridge, R.Baker, D. Suckling, L. Pickerinsr, Berry, J.Fergusson, Carr Anderson, J. Rodgeis, E.McLeod, H. McGough, W. Boon, B. Woods,T. Leg?, JI. Pickering, G. McCarthy, _M.Meyer, Pike, T. Rainey, T. Pickering,A. Partridge, F. Keast,' C. Gallagher, Hab-good, F; Meyerhoff, P. Pickering, J. "Ware,F. Kniahti S. Sparks, T. Clifford,. F.- Meyer,T. Rodgers, J. Partridge, C. Brooks, C.Mciiatfghlin, H. Hayes. L. Sparks, J. Meyer,B. Willan, F. Nolon, H. (Hobson, J. Brown,F. Hobson, and H. Nolan.

VISITORS TO HOLIDAY RESORTS

Recent guests to the Franz Josef -Glacier,Waiho Gorge, include Mr and Mrs Bedling-ton (Ceylon), Squadron-Leader and MrsFindlay (Christchurch), Mr G. Ponder(Christchurch), Detective and Mrs Eade(Christchurch), Mr and, Mrs H. S. Scott(Kenya Colony), Mr and Mrs P. ... A.Thomason (Nelson). Messrs Shallcrass (3)(Greymouth), Messrs. W. J. Delaney and F.A. Hughes (Greymouth), Mr Tomllnson(Christchurch), Mr. Gray and party (4)(Wellington), Mr J: Charters (Nelson), MrAnderaon (Wellington). -V

Recent guests at the Fox Glacier Hostel,Wcheka, South Westland, include Mr A. li.High (London), Mr P. F. Thorpy (Greymouth), Mrs E. Diedrich, Mr G. Diedrioh,Miss J. Condon (Hokitika), Mr J. Charters(Nelson)., Mr W. Andersen (Wellington), MrD. O'Sullivan (Greymouth).

VISITORS TO CHRISTCHURCH.

United Service Hotel: Mr and Mrs W. J.Wallis (Wellington).

_ ,Hotel Federal: Mr T. C. A. Gray (Wel-lington), Mr J. R, Oliver (Wellington), MrGladstone'Hutton (Dunedin), Mr A. L.< High(London),' .Mr W. 'E. Cockcolt (Timam),Mr J. VaugEan"(Dunedin), Miss B. Couston(Dunedin)iMies' E.- Cowie (Dunedin), Mr■N. Moor& (Timftru), .Mra' DensMre (Fendal-too), Misaea Bensbuw (Fendalton),

TIMABU NEWS.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mr and Mrs P.C. Jordan left TheGrand Hotel for Dunedin on Tuesday.

Mrii R. L. Wigley (Highfield)," whohas been visiting Queenstown, haß re-turned home.

Mrs J. C. Miller ("The Isle," Wood-bury), has «returned" from a visit toChristchurch.

Mr Harold Pinckney ("Glonaray") isthe guest of Mr and Mrs B. E. H.Tripp ("Orielton").

Miss M. Aspin'all (Christchurch) isthe guegt of her sister. Mrs A. It. Guild(Milford). '

Mrs W. H. Orbell ("The Levels")is spending a few days at Balmoral(Mackenzie Country).

Mrs C. L. Orbell and the MissesOrbell ("Pentlow")-have returned froma visit to Lake Grasmere.

Mrs J. M. Ritchie, Mrs R. I. Ritchie,and Miss Richardson (Dunedin) arespending the holidays at Moeraki

Mrs Randal Burdon (Christchurch),who has been staying with Mrs B. E-.H. Tripp ("Orielton"), has returnednorth.I Miss Lou Cartwright (Orbell street),who was staying with Mrs Otto Rich-ards (Alburyj, is now the guest of MrsGerald Mathias (Cave).

Branches of prunus and pussywillow made' effective- decora-tions'* at "Kinnoull" on' Tues-day evening, when

.Mis F. 3?.

Neale gave an enjoyable dance. Viusesof primroses, violets, and, spring bulbswere arranged in the rooms. MrsNeale received, her guests wearing afrock: of" black; georgette." made with.draped ; effect; Miss * Elsie Neal«'*:;

frock of -isiljlc: voile was pat-terned in -a - gay , floral ■ design,-and was made with a shorty toateo.Miss Nancy Neale. wore"a frock of'

- geranium charmeuse, while MissDoro-• thy Neale wore- a beoojning :frock' 1rose crepe 'de chine.' Tno guestsincluded Mrs Philp, MissesNonie Philp, Nancy . Hall, Mar-garet Andrews,, Hester Wigley, Dende-rah Rhodes, Marjorieand ■Dora Shirt-cliff, Mary Shand, Dorothy Walton,Chassie Howden, Kathleen Davidson,Jeannette Marcli, Joan Fraser, 'Bettyand Margaret LeCren; - Messrs F.' F.-'Neale, B. McEeown, M. ShirtcJiflE, H. IWigley, H). Fearn, C. Blue,. J.rfeuHow-.den, J. -Henshaw, B. V. Wright, . J.' iWalton, A. McPhail, H. Hi, fl. lJones, D.-Annand, P. Priest, H. Kirk,and 6. Johnston.

The ex-pupils of the West Schoolt&ld their fifth anual reunion tea re-cently, a most enjoyable time beingspent by all. At 6.30 the ex«pupils,staff, School Committee, and theirwives, and ' meinbers; of • jthe,'Guild "assembled and1 partook' of- 1 tea*,The following'toasts were honoured:—"The King,"

.proposed by Mr • *W.";Holmes (president),; ''Thef Association,",

proposed, by. Mr, Street, headmaster ofthe school, and'replied to by Miss A-Hardie' and-Mr. W.. Holmes; >"The,School Committeej proposed .iby Mr;.H.'Currie;' .and responded to by Mr. -W."Thoqxpson, , chairman of.-the School;Committ'ea"-; :<Past and present Staff,"'proposed'By Miss Hardie, and replied-to' by Mr Street; "The Ladies," .pro-:iposed by Mr Holmes, and responded to* Iby' Mrs Houston; "Kindred Associa-tions," proposed by Miss' G. Rodgers,and responded to by Mr Baker, repre-senting Main School Old* Boys, and'Mrs Foden, representing the . South.School Ex-Pupils' Association.

A birthday coke,; which was beai)ti- ifully was. given by • MisHoustwn, .and: .the hjooooi-' of. -cutting

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the cake was' 1 .oit%,Mia^'^K''fHardie, -„tion.

most racce£^n, anorchestra suppliedduties of BiyCt w«fi£.;^isl^ f

Mr E. Aitchigon.present " wenM;

Street - Mr' Thomjwop, Mrs fHcHUJwm,Mr and Mrs Latimter, Mr iau3;,y4rsDrenriijui;. Mr and Mrs MSA-shall, ~Mrand Mh*. Palliser, "Mr and- Mrs pun-ninglmin, 7Mr ana Mrs Shipley. Mrs -.*■7oden, Mrs Osborn,.-.Msser& - Norrie,Ferguson, pennimnj: Baker, Misses X-and M. - Lobb, 6. Rodgers, *P; add A-Keen, M, Smith, D„ Hardie, B. Had-

. lee, B. - Drqonan,' :T.H., and E." Mackay, X.' Alexander. M.Patersion, J.-Holland, £. Dingwall, X-Noilson',; ■L. - Nicholl, I. and J. TAylor,I. Morton, J. Coates, Hurdler {2), R.and J. McM&hon" A. Evans, M. Hold-gate, A. (2),:M.Black, E. McLean, Smith (3), JV»nd ■D. McLeod, J\ McKirdy, W. Lindsay,H. McKay, E. Nile?, R. Boyce, * -M.Akins, A. Williams, A. E. Roberts,H. Ell; M. Kerr, E. Xipdsay. JELJic-Intosh, Messrs E. Maugsr,- Aitchison,Darby, Dingwall, Holmes - (2), Lobb(2), Kelly, Taylor (2),Mdtatosh(2),Evans, Houston, Hunt, Moore,~'W. K.Marshall; PaUiser:(2), Kbffn, Paterson(2), Gillon, Alexander (2),Young, Holland/ Gfuilford, .

Drennan,Sullivan,' Barker, Macbeth'(2) j'-WOinott,Andrews, .Walton(2% Shiyas (2),' Thorn-sob, .Ritchie, MeKenzie, Segar, Lane,A. Evans, Barry (2), Biawko (3), Jftpck, >

Valentine, Bennett, Williams,,Paweoii,Kilgour, Smith ,(2) v Keeley, McLach-lan, Mqnro, Courtney, Tack, Davidson,Bracefield, Barlow^' -Hart, Maxwell,Brant, ./and'Wilson (2).- , .

A >edJ less' than one inch inheiglk,

was shown.. at it recent flower «how inLondon* -

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LONDON, AagUßfc-7.x la yiew of preparations,for the- autumn shopping season beginioon after the August holidays, . theBritish Colour Council has preparedsome notes on autumn colour fashionswhich will be of interest, even thoughsome time may elapse before they bo-come seasonable in New Zealand. •

The British Colour Council has beenworking on some striking shades, and.:their beauty-in materials will soon beseen in the shops. As previouslyexplained,-the Council is a body repre-sentative of all interested in colour forthe. textile and allied trades.

X Coats, frocks, hatsi stockings, shoes,buttons—in fact, everything connectedwith; the fashion trade, has been con-'ceivpd in British Coloiir Council colours,so that women should have no difficultyin purchasing any* part of . theirensembles to tone or contrast har-moniously.

New colour features of the - seasoninclude the following:—Dark blue("Midnight"); Wine ("Chianti");Brown, such as "Saddlebow'V or "No-mad." "Crock o' Gold" and "IndianQraqge' r form brilliant reliefs, and itis possible that orange will shortly befeatured in Paris/

An effective beige containing asuggestion of pink called "AsparagusTip" is being shown there already.

Two colotir combinations are likely tobe outstanding.

The colours of the pastel group givento members of the British ColourCouncil will be- seen in the eveningdresses, while a contrasting note in theform of jacket or wrap will be givenin bright reds—"Algerian Bed" and"Hawthorn Berry"; bright green—-"Chinese Green" or "Erin"; "Chianti".and "Celestial Blue."

All this information was 'confi-dentially given to members threemonths, ago so that they could confixdently for the autumn season.The' public will - find -that • the coloursused by the British manufacturers areas beautiful as'any used by the Frenchor any - other nation,' while Britishmaterial# are as fine now as they werein the great days of the early crafts-

The list of members of the BritishColour Council not only embraces firmsin Britain, but applications for. member-ship have been received from all partsof the Empire. ' "

For the spring of 1932 members willreceive a Silk, Wool, Hosiery, andLeather Card.

Tweeds from Scotland.The interesting announcement comes

from Paris that the world's smartwomen this autumn wiH be wearingtweeds made in Scotland.

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Thesedelightful Scottish fabrics onlyfive ounces to the yard. They arereferred to as "tweeds, that are nottweeds," for they are gs light in weightas soft silk, yet i very warm. Thecolours are beautiful, and include allthe newest tones as enumeratedThe flecked fixtures are delightfullyeffective. , ...

Briefly, Mr E. H. Symonds (the presi-

dent of the British Fashions and Fab-rics Bureau) thus summarises the revo-lutionary fashion changes: . .

Women's hats are back o Victorianand Edwardian days! v

Dresses are about to be launchedWhich recall the camera studies in thefamily photo albums of grannies andaunties of 60 and 70 years ago. .

The violent, and incessant, post-war .changes of fashion are the fault of.women —not dressmakers.

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'■ Women with fashions are like child-ren with toys—ever craving for some-,

thing neW—and the moment it arrivesinstantly "on with- the new.

love—<>« witV theold. ... •.

The insatiable feminine desire forchange has turned dress, creators 'into

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TIMARU AND SOUTHCANTERBURY NEWS.

TIMARU.

fjbe board meets.

The quarterly meeting of the TimaruFire, Board Vas held on Wednesdayevening, Mr William C. Baymond pre-siding.

Discussing the national fire preven-tion ''driveinitiated by the Minis-ter for Internal Affairs, Superinten-dent P. Campbell expressed satisfac-tion at the willingness of the BoroughCouncil to co-operato with the FireBoard in any activities in Timaru. Hestated that by united action muchcould be accomplished toward minimis-ing fire losses in tho town.

Possibly, remarked the superinten-dent, the Council would now installwater mains in streets which were notequipped and should have been 50years ago. It waß no use having awell-equipped brigade and appliances,-and no water mains,, he said, in point-ing out that the Council had alreadyfloated two loans to provide the neces-sary installation, but had expended themoney on other objects.

The chairman, Mr William C. Bay-mond, expressed the opinion that theBoard should enter actively into the"drive," and ao what it possiblycould. The fira losses in the Dominionover" the past live years averaged£1,800,000 a year, which he consideredshould be considerably reduced. Thegreater part of this wastage was causedby carelessness, which could be avoided,and this losb iii particular the Govern-ment desired to bo substantially re-duced.

A suggestion was made by Mr B. A.Crozier that the Board Bhould arrangowith the Counpil for a clearing up ofrubbish in business premises, as theseaccumulations were always a source ofhazard.

"If tho insides of business premiseswere inspected as jveli as the outsides,it would accomplish a great deal to-ward reducing the fire losses,'* saidSuperintendent Campbell. He addedthat during his inspections he had seennumerous rponjtf and cellars of businesshouses packed \yitli 'empty cases andpiles of paper, which created a gravefire risk. He suggested that anothernietins of minimising danger was theconcentration of more attention on theerection inbusiness premsies of party <?r

| partition walls -in bripk, which he con?| sidercd were not built to a sufficient

j height.- The construction qf fairwaystowards the front of the buildings in-

i sftead of to the rear would also beJjonefipial. Hp priticised people fortheir carelessness in lighting rubbish

"fires, staging that those who did notfcngfltjo of their intention

beforehand were mainly responsible forthe calling out of the Thesuperintendent also strongly condemnedft practipo he had noticed in a. numberof two-storpy buildings of cpnftructijigfireplaces in second" floor rooms ■ overtljfi"lipanis pjf the ceiling, the wholeVeigftt p? cto«tt?fey "'ting j>nthe rafters, which Jig thought, was aypandalouu procejliirb.

Mr Crozier tho opinionthat'hi' any>k&f'Q where . there was asuspicion of_.r~lncendiarism the super-intendent , Should report it to theauthorities and' t£at the Coroner shouldconduct an enquiry. This measure, hoconsidered, woiijd have a bpneficialaud deterrent effect on thp whole cqm-ipunity.

. Tfep Mr J. Hp|p andgupprfotejidenii fjapipbelj werfr dppjjteato confer with the Borough Council

Coipimttpe to subpiit proposalsin coniiiexiqn with t}xp fire prevention''drivp." '

yjjg' superintendent; was <also in-structed to fppprji ' sur' fHW*'- ftf'.-Wpected incendiarism with £ view to hav?i»g enquiries ftql4 by the Oprpner. ,

A complain! that considerable dam?s*gp had been <Joi»e by wafer topn the ground 4.99? Ltd., in,tjia recent fire, was received' \ fromthj?

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Standard Insurance Co.. Thpqompany consi4j?Ffid tb£t the damagecould pave begnig>iiximiSßi if tfc§ in-struments had covered with

as sppji at} the Brigade arrived,fhis hiving been', £pi}e j§ter. The cpm?

ftfie gppd work 4p.ieby~t|p brigftdp ?rpm a flrp-fighting as:

it seeij}Vd that tho salvage as?n°t the sanie atten:

Superintendent Campbell said that-the brigade was'dallod out the

IaWM; wpre ppffiing through the roof,I hj? le#fne4 tfcas tjjerpa" woinak in the WBPP*- »tf>?»y,\s9 S9.S?'|idgf|d "that it was his djity to ensureher safety. Immediately three leadswere directed to the , top storey, the

!9-.th9 apttarpftjijfns were plftceqoyer fh§ piano?, this fyßfeg" the orgs

sheet^yaie ÜB'g4,\ SP»-nidered jthat jt Tfl? the effort theWgadp hag njadp at salvage. Tji§-t&msl&B vm.morning before, the' adjuster- inspectedthe bgjlfliflg apd gtocfe,, '"I don't tnink the company has

Jp' complain abqut," remarkedMe iQroJdei.

"The requiring the provisionof fire escapes has not como into forcpa dfy too soon," stated Superintend-ent Pampbel} in his report; He statedthst he had inspected 400 premises todate, the pwn&ra of had beenspyvpd Quite a number of4fe pscapes fead erected or ijipofirge pf preet|pn. Generally,' _ ownerswere ogly too ready to comply with |heby-lfiw, l|ut on the other hantj gome

hftd definitely toaofnply with the regulations,. On Sep-tember 15th the 90 days which wereallpwpd Tcould e^pirp.

An objection tQ the requisition toproyide a fire escape was byMr A. 3inclair Thomson, who statedthat his 'house was of single stprey,With |wp rppgis in'ail attic? which heuseg pply sin times » year.

The letter was referred to tho super?intendent to decide.',: 7 Magistrate's Cpijrt.

| A sitting Of the Tiajaru Magistrate'sQourt yesterday was preyed oyer by3|r C. B. Orr Walker, S.M.

A motor-car collision at the jutersee-tiop Of Stafford and Strathallan .street*p» August 85th led io the appearanceOf ojuj (Jyiver, Ernest McGtlli-Trfty, w&Q pleaded gililty to driving Ina manner to the public. A°~eordipg to SeniorTSergeant Matheson,defendant, who w&s» driving northalongthg main thoroughfare at al)pijt

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firpcfc MO-t®HS 8» I*STWSWS"interaction. Dafisfliftt ww *}ind edits, A similar cterge ws »s--B>|tto4 fey Wilson Ford, driver ?f ftwotftr ?&», Senior-Sergeant Mawfioniftfa ttort defeat, ,rn drivingloijjs ®| Chape)streej-JntP G6ws •#/*?,'

to see two cyclists siding ineofreat tide and ran i»te> feoelcingfhm against the ether, upsetting both.Defendant was finsd 10a ftsd costs..The «jtcpe tljai he bad keep .Wf Pfwork aaddid not have the POsey didapt airaJl • Michael Joteph Roonaj-,

charged with non-payment of bis un-employment levy. The Magistrato im-

posed a fine of £2 and costs.Edward David Hoskin, as owner, and

Edward Lawrence Thomas, as tlio em-ployee primarily responsible, were fined£2 and costs and £3 and costs, respec-tively, for feeding unboiled offal to pigs,

The charge against Hoskin was heardlast week, when Inspector' Scott statedthat pigs were very liable to .contracttuberculosis when led on raw offal.

As the defendant then claimed thatthe slaughterman whom hei employedhad fed raw offal to the pigs contraryto his instructions, the Magistrate ad-journed the hearing with the suggestionthat proceedings should also beagainst the employee, Thomas, as theperson primarily responsible for theoffence.

Work for Boys.The Bev. P. Gladstone Hughes has

received information from Mr T. D.Burnett, M.P., that the South Canter-bury members of Parliamenton Wednes-day interviewed the ■ Minister forLabour rearranging for subsidising workfor boys leaving school. The necessaryscheme has yet to be approved.

Exchange Hates.The opinion was expressed by Mr P.

B. Poote in an address on tho subject of"Exchange" to the Timaru Kotary Clubyesterday, that if the artificial restric-tion by the banks was being used tokeep down the rate of exchange, andthus adversely affect the. primary pro-ducer, then the sooner the rate of ex-change was increased, and thus thefarmer assisted, the better.

Mr Foots stated that it was hardlyopen to question that the primary pro-ducer, in the present economic state oftho Dominion, was the mainstay. Thefarmers' economic position was one ofextreme difficulty and would continue soas long as the present prices continuedwith costs as they were. Obviously,until the farmers' position could be im-proved there could be no improvementin New Zealand.

Unfortunately, added Mr Foote, themanufacturer could see only his ownside of the question, and knowingly orunknowingly, shut his eyes to the factthat he would be well advised to takethe load now and suffer in the meantime,for th,p interest of the primary producer,since, when the farmer was in a happyposition, and then only, would NewZealand be prosperous.

The speaker was accorded a vote ofthanks.

Horticultural Society.At a meeting of the committees of tho

Timaru horticultural Society on Wed-nesday evening, Sir W. J. Hogg pre-sided. ...

The action of the sub-committee in

arranging for a third garden competi-tion was approved, and «it was decidedto purchase a handsome cup for thispurpose. TI ~

It Was mentioned that the HurdleyShield competition woujd be conductedthis year in the same manner as theMcFarlane Shield in Christchurch.

Sir E. Heaton Bhodes and Mr A. K.Wilson' (Tai Tapii) wrote signifyingtheir ability to stage an exhibit ofspring flowers from the Otahuna estate(Tai Tapu) at the "Spring Show.

In view of the lateness of tfco season,it was docicfed to hold tlje Spring Sbowon October 7th, instead ofOctober Ist,as previously" arranged, and to inviteMr A. K. Wilson (Tai Tapu) to judgethe cut flower section, and Mrs G. A. M.Macdonald (Orari) the decorative sec-tiOll*

1-1 KAccounts amounting to £ll oa werepassed for payment. •

The chairman made reference to theloss the Society had suffered in thedeaths of Mrs W. H. Tubb and MrsDryden.

STAVELEY.The Loyal Pioneer (Stavcley) Lodga,

No. 6460, M.U.. 1.0.0.F., on Wednes-day of next week will have completed5Q years, of its history. thoughlaunched in ljut a small way, it ha#crown to a position pt considerablestrength in both "membership andwealth. ' tJnforfcunately. like rnamrother institutions, the first minute|)*>kß F e 9"'?8»n 8». bu tS rdcharter members stiU kibpt. These,met on September 16th, ISIJI. to foriti

new Lodge, and consulted of thei©flowing 10 roeißtors J Bros.. D. tt.GiWour, Joeeph Price, A. McNeill,Ooorge Long, Henry Ifewhray,

fGeorge

Rcwson, A. HeTirson, W•Wm. Joyce, Wm. Purvis, Wm Lambie,8 iferguson, George QoMer. B. Clark,Edward Copggr, John MftfiT,. WilliamHyine, J. MeQlone, and Charles J?.Jenkins. Of those 19 there are threewho are sjLill alive and belonging tothe Lodge; They are: Bros. JosephPrice, at "present residing at Chert-sey. Edward Cooper, of Tomuka, andWilliam <Syme," Kimberley. The oldest®pib#F the Lodge living in the dis-.met ,i§ P.P.G.M. Bro. Valentinofeljen, and he is also the only mem-ber to have risen to district honours.Uo joined. 1 hjge yearsf after the Lodgevpnib formed p.nd was appointed Prp-yincial Master .when fcorth Can-

the "district/' and no|;Afihburtori, as at present.

The first meeting?,were held in thedistrict schoolroom, Springburn, thoughfoi a tinie at first the Lodge was un-officially : called the Mount SomersLodge.' In the school at Springburnwere alsQ jield Lodge's annual din-ners, whieli were always followed bythe annual ball.' »The dinners, a thinggf the past long since, were elaborateaffairs, sumptuously catered for byjjjrs T. E. Mcßae, and the tickets evenin those hard times cost 10s each.

The first* N.G. was the late Bro.IS. Desmond, an employee at the MountSopaers sheep statiqn, and the firstsecretary was the late Bro- p. Syme,who was followed by Bro. A. L., Mc«{tfeill, who popularly held the office formany years. \

At present th« Lodge has a member-ship of 01, it having dropped fromover 100 guite recently. The Lodgenow has over £2OOO out at -interest,while its present proportion of the dis-trict fonsolidated fund is over £I7OO.

The officers of the Lodge for thefregent'term are: N.G-, P.Q. Brp, 'E.'errin; ViG., Bro. R, Ferguson; EJ.S.,P.Q.' Bro. S, T. Goldsmith ; secretary:i',G. Bro. A, C. Hardy. The Lodgewill celebrate its jubilee with a ballneaft week and probably a social gather-ing for its members later.

TEMUKA.Miss M. Aspipal}, of Chris tchnrch, is

the guest of Mra A. R. Guild, Mil-ford. ■Miss E. Uughson, of Christ'churcli,

is spending a holiday in Temuka ns theguest of Mrs W. S.^Dale.

At the weekly shoot" of the TemukaMiniature Rifle Club last) evening atwoinights' shoot with sealed handicapsfor it'riff* vf»- cwnmpneec!. Slyaotirtgwap also for the season's aggregate.The jbores registered were its follows ?

~V. Nicholas #O, B. Edwards 7P. J-Geddes 79. T. Greelisb 79 G.,Collins |B,A. McParUoe 78, J. Bennett 77. B. J.Hflrt 77, R. (Sed<Jes 76, S JSjcholasmE. Sherborne, sen,, 76, W. MeGUlen74, S. Webb 78. and B. Darby 7J.

Shooting for the aggregate, Uut notin the sealed handicap ,F.Mitchell scored 76, Jr. H°WjjJ76, H»

fairlie.The eighth annual toeeting pf the

Fairlie Bowling Club was held on Tues-day evening in the Fire Brigade rooms.Mr J. Caskey (president) was in thechair, and there was an attendance oftwenty members. Tlie secretary, MrH. Carlton, presented the annual re-port and balance-sheet. The president,in moving their adoption, detailed thework done during the year. Tha,Fai'rlioClub had two members selected for therepresentative matches. The prize-win-ners in the club's competition® were:—Champion pairs: Messrs W. Barwood andH. Bateman; handicap singles: Mr P.Carlton; handicap doubles: Messrs P.Carlton and 6. C. Stamp; junior singles:Mr P. Manaton. Mr S. Harper, inseconding the adoption of the report, re-ferred to the successful past season.The report was adopted. Mr Bussell,in moving the adoption of tlie balance-sheet, expressed his pleasure' that al-though th 9 club's receipts were down,the overdraft at the bank had beencleared off, and it was necessary nowfor an effort to be njade to meet thepayments on the pavilion. Mr G. Mor-ris said that the debenture-holders andthe pavilion' loan should be a first re-sponsibility in the incoming season. MrP. Carlton seconded the adoption of thebalance-sheet, which was carried. MrW. Barwood moved a hearty vote ofthanks to tho president and Mrs Caskcy.This was carried unanimously. The fol-lowing officers were then elected: —Patron, Mr W. Wreford; president, MrC. Boulter; vice-presidents: Messrs P.

J. Wyber; secretary, Mr H.Carlton; treasurer, Mr G. Lyons; exe-cutive: Messrs. J. Caskey, T. Bussell,P. Carlton, A. Cooper, and W Barwood;auditor, Mr J. Fraser; selector, Mr P.Carlton; green supervisor, Mr T. Stamp;delegate to South Canterbury Centre,Mr IL Carlton; transport and entertain-ment committee, Messrs J. Caskey andT; Bussell. Mr H. Carlton raised thequestion of competitions on the localgreen and suggested that all games beplayed on the two-life principle. After afull discussion for and against, Mr G.Morris moved, and seconded by Mr J.Anderson, that it be left the newexecutive .to draw up rules. This wascarried. Mr J. \Vyber proposed thatthe delegate be instructed to move orsupport a motion for the reduction oflevies to the Centre. This was carried.A further resolution that the delegatesupport four-rink competitions forCentre matches was carried.

On Thursday evening the president ofthe Timaru Returned Soldiers' Associ-ation (Mr W. G. Tweedy), accompaniedby members of the executive, visitedFairlie; for the purpose of meeting re-turned soldiers of the district, and dis-cussing with them a proposal to fonna new sub-branch of tho Associationthere. Despite unfavourable weather,there was a largo attendance at themeeting, including representatives fromAlbury. Mr A. It. Manchester intro-duced the pecsident. On thp motionof Mr R. Manchester, seconded by MrW. Fraser, it was resolvod: "That abranch of the Returned Soldiers' Asso-ciation bo formed to. be knjwn as tho'Mackenzie Sub-branch,'•and to includethe Fairlie, Albury, and Cave districts.''The following were elected as Fairliedelegates: Messrs Andrew Grant, A. R.Manchester, and D. Jeune. It was de-cided that the chairman be elected fromthe three districts, in rotation. Thequestion of holding a reunion was dis-cussed, aiul a suggestion was mad? totho con *attee that it bo held in No-vember. *'. ' '

The weekly shoot of the Pair-lie Miniature Rifle Club was heldin the Aorangi Hall on Mondaylast. J. MacDonald, with a score of79, was the winner of the button forthe week, and an A grade trophy. C.Charters won a C grade trophy. Thofollowing were the scores: J. MacDo-nald 79, A. Dale 79, D. Whitehead 79,S. Southby 77, D. H. Cook 76, W.Close 76, A. Cuthill 76. S. Smith 75.W. Lake 74, A. Kane 74, C. Charters72. P. Davis 71, J-. Broen 71, E. Fer-guson 7Q. and J. Mills 61.

GERALDINE.On Tuesday evening in the Geral-

dino Town Hall, a successful "euchreparty was held in aid of the fundsof tho Geraldine , Volunteer FjreBrigade. Tli"o prize-winners were:™Ladies, Mrs Grade 1, Mrs B. IJayas2: men, Mr I. Schnader 1, Mr Fostera. • ■ ; ■

The best scores off tho riflo at thoWeokl.v shoot of the Geraldiue ifiireBrigade Club were as follows :—T.Watson 80, K. Helem 78, K. Smith79, C. Borrell 79, B. Clarkson 72, andL. Pocock 76.

At the fortnightly meeting of-Vic-toria Lodge, Bro. J. Waller, N.G.,presided over a large attendance cimembers. •

' Five Brotliers were reported on thesick list, aud three wero declared c(f.Accounts amounting to £3O 4s werepassed lor payment.

The pecrptary di the Social Com-mittee reported that the last dancehad been a success, and a small cieditbalance was shown.

At the conclusion of the BoroughCouncil meeting, councillors sat as theDomain Board, Mr B. It. Macdunaldpresiding. The financial statementpresented by Mr J. It. Lack showedthat in the Dpmpin Board accountthere was a debit balance cf £8 15aId, and in the Cemetery Board aijjebit Pf £4, 8s lid, after the amountshad been passed for payment. Thesecretary of the Geraldine fowlingClub applied for the services of thecaretaker for.. the coming season quthe same terms as Inst, a id this ?asgranted. . v

The" monthly meeting of the Geral-dine District High School .Commit-tee was held on Tuesday evening, theRev. J. F, Coursey presiding.

The Finance Committee reportedthat since last meeting £5 as hadbeen received from a concert, and £'s•from thg ex-pupils' Social Commit-tee. *

Payments amounted to £2l 4s 7d,aud accounts outstanding totalled £sl10s 6d. .

, ,In connexion with the proposedconsolidation of schools jn the Geral-dine district, the secretary of .theCanterbury Education Board wroteasking the committee to indicate on anenclosed map the proposed bus routes"for the following circuits.

, 1. Arundel, Orari Bridge, Gf-rnl-dinc.

2. Orari "Woodbury, Geral-diuc. _ ~

,3. Te Moana, Gapes valley, Pleasant

Valley. Geraldine, or Gapes Valley,! Hilton, and Geraldine.

When the above information was tobapd the Board ,could invite tendersfor the bus services, and wouldin a better position to know whetherthe scheme could be "proceeded with

I The chairman stated that the commit-tee could no.nothing in the matter,as a number of country schools «ere

: affected. •The Headmaster (Mr A. F. Barrell)

in his report urged the need ofchildren's lending library in thebor&ugh, and also the need of agramophone in the school..'Referring to the headmaster's re-nprt. the chairman said he thoughtthat the Geraldine Borough Councilshould b§ approached with a view toestablishing a juvenile libiary. ;

After a short discngsioo. it was derthat the headmaster confer with

the chairman of the Gerahjipe LibraryCommittee, and report to the nextW Th«* TBduqation Board-which wrote in regard to the proposeduse of the Geraldine cookery rccip fordressmaking purposes, said that inview of the guarantee to ua» false topsan the cookery table* whilst tht

room was being used by tho dress-making class, the Board had agreed togrant the permission applied for. /

The Director of Education wrotestating that with' regard to the re-quest for the extension of tho wood-work rooqi, the Department bad care-fully considered the master, hut ex-pressed regret that it cpuld not seeits way to provide additional aceom-modation, at the present time.

The Works Committee repprtedthat a fair amdunt of gardening workhad .been accomplished during -thomonth. A' number of poplars andsilver birch trees had been, planted inthe school grounds.

PLEASANT POINT.The Miniature Rifle Club held a

shoot on Monday uigh* for ladies. Tfrofollowing best scores were registered:Miss Roberts and Mrs Taylor 75, MissBlackler and Miss Ward 74, Miss Port71. In a shoot-off, Miss Herbertssecured first prize, with Mrs Taylorsecond and Miss Blackler thud.

R. Roberts won the men's trophy,with R. Wilks second.

In a Town v. Country match, theTown learn woh by 1068 points to1059.Xlj'o final of the club's championshipresulted in a win for W. Taylor, with ja total of 'llß7 points. Other scores Iwere: M. Patrick 1181, G. Henderson1180, 0 Thoreau 1179, H. Roberts1170. The junior championship re-sitted in a win for E. Hammond with j1151. A. Maloney was fecond witlj

trophy i'Qr first-year shooters,civen by Mr T. D. Burnett. M.P., waswon by R. Wilts, with. 1141. C. Hivl-kett was second, with 1120.

At a meeting of the committee ofthp :Pleasant' Fpotball Club, itwns decjdod to invite the Albion Club,Christchurcli, to play the annual game ion September 26th at Pleasant Point jDomain. Mfr W. ApdreW, of Timaru, Iwas asked to act as refereo.

I'he following officials'were appointedto control thf> annual eeven-a-side tour-nament. which is to be held at the I|Ormain on September 19thPresident,Mr M. Maze; supervisor, Mr J. Dosrsett; controller. so, 1 Ground, Mr.F.Malcoimson; No. 3 ground, Mr F!/

I Simmons; hon. treasurer, Mr F. Mal-cqlmson; hon, secretary, Mr Q." w."Wakefield.

Jfc was decided to ask the §puth Can-terbury Referees' Association membersto control the games.

Gold medals'were allotted to thesenior grade, j?oId and silver to thejunior and third grades, and silvermedals to the fourth an<J fifth grades,and to four different school grades.Sixty-three medals, in all, will be pre-sented- The Mount Cook ChallengeCup. will be awarded to the .team whichplavs the best football in the eenior,junior', and third grade competitions.

WAJMATJSL .

A smoke concert marked the close ofthe season a? far as'the local competi-tions of the District Minia-ture Rifle Association are concerned.The function was held in the SaVoy, andthere was a large attendance of riflemen.

The president of the Association (Mrj O. Faulkner) welcomed the visitorsfrom'Timaru, including the president ofthe Timaru Association, Mr F. Lewje.He also welcomed the Mayor (Mf G.Cash). •'

jj;r W. Duncan (Tim*ru) presentedthe trophies to the respective winner?,and congratulated them heartily. Fol-lowing was tfte prize list:- •

t'Daily Advertiser" Shield—Athq 0fMesars Meredith, M. McKenzie, A,Gorman, J. W. Geodwin, and G. Oloren-

■Runners-up for Shield—Studholme B(Messrs *A. %*yman, B. SulliY", H.

liolltnson, J. Lindsay, and p. M. Edding-ton). V |Third . for Shield Glenavy E(Messrs J. Paul, D. McNaughton, J. ]Brown, B. Wilson, and G. Wilson).

Teams' Challenge Cupr-Hook Aj(Messrs A. Kingsbury, J. Medlicott, L. jEathgen, B. Wilson, and C. Rose).

Bunners-up for Cupt—Studholmo A(Messrs W. Lindsay, E. Bollinson, F?Saunders, J.' Butters, and F. C. 'BoUin-son).

Third for Challenge Cup-AArno A(Messrs "0. Thomas, J. McKonzic, 1,,Thomas, J. Meredith, and'?3. C, Wright).

Tisdall Cup (Individual Champion-ship)—A. Kingsbjiry (Hook).

Bunnersrup ;n Individual—J. Buttersand F. Saunders (Studholme). . ,

Third in Individual—G. Thomas(Arno), A, Kernick (Waimate), and N.Gibson (Glenavy).

A meeting 'ljgat; night of the officersofithe Waimate District Miniature BifloAssociation, together with officers of theTimaruAssociation, decided that the an?nual triangular match between Timaru,Oamaru, and Waimate be fired this year,at Timaru, on Saturday, Septejppe*

BRIGHTON POWER-BOATCLUB.

FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT.The annual report to be presented at tha

forty-flrst annual mdetlng: of the BrightonPower Boat Ctab si&tos that the club hasmaintained its membership through a diffi-cult period, although, while the number 'pfhoats m - tqie flpet is the' same, eachspftson a larger number of oWners'make Lyt-teltpu their headquarters.

.Opaning day wa« held on October 4th last,and attev tho ceremony had been performedby Mr Owles, the boat? had proceededto pleasant Fomt, and,' together boats

othejp BBtu»ry hadin motor-boat jraoe. ' Daring the sea'gop sixraces'were held "on the Estuary. The oceanrace' for the Owles trophy was 9V«r thecourse tfoim Lyttelton' to Pigeon Bay, fiveboat« participating, and reenlted in another\viis for Roamer. The sea and weather,con-,ditions hod been pleasant, and an enjoiablaweek-end'was spent by all competitors. TheBowlands trophy was keenly contested," andafter a great' struggle Nancy won by onepoint from Hawk.The Gumming Qup this season, the .reportstates, goes to the owner of Hawk, whoraogd very "consistently. "A large fleet fromthe clifb competed in races held $t Rodcliffeand Port Ijevy, and were' successful ja themotor:buat events. ' " ~. With regord to the staking of the Estuary,tha report that'-'an attempt wbbmaae through the combined efforts of all Bs-tuary clubs, to havo the staking of theEstuary channels overhauled, and some im-prp'ement had been made. There still ra-inufih to be flone to complete thework,- and tfce matter 'would require furtherconsideration. * r

In conclusion, the report addft that the com-mittee'does not think it necessary to main-tain two slipways, and as an offer hag beenreceived for the smaller one, . situated bytha club shed, it is intended to dispose ofthis, ancl all boats will in future use' thelarge one near Ballantyne'* Bay.

The o| assets and liabilitiesshows an anjouat of 8134 3s representingbalance of assets is exoesa of liabilities. Thobalance-ahest ihows a'credit balance of £36? Bd, while there is the sum of £4l 6s vdi>i the l*uudini|r #cc6uat.

The dreaded death-watch beetle is.feared to be causing damage to themagnificent hammer-beam roof ofGWs Inn Hall. Mr James White*head, K.C., a bencher of Gray's Inn,stated, lately that an expert fromSouth Kensington Museum has beencalled in. <'The death-watoh beetle issuspected," h§ said *'but it 13 impos?gihle yet t© certain Reports of tJ?eIfwmtiep-'will W uw& -t* lK>ir4Merrivaje. ' It ia stated that the palsin the roof of the ball was taken frpmflpps uj»(J in the Armada, and thatits pickled salted condition hadpo it that not til' 100 vesrsago wasitever sus-'ePted that th«ae th-wrtch beetleh"d attnoked it. Thehall has been closed until Octdber, andit iB understood that extensive repairsare to be carried out by the benchersin an effort to save its priceless wooq-wprk from destruction.

BOROUGH COUNCILS. WAIMATB.

The Mayor (Mr George Daah) presidedat, the meeting of the AVaimate BoroughCouncil. :

Be'Bolutiona of cQjadoleqcci jwere carriedwith the rclatfyea ex-Councillpr JohnHunt and Mm' Miriam Baxter! , \vidow ola former towa clerk of Waitnate* •• ■■£<:•■...

Mi W. A, Purvis, seoretary of the Wai-mate Jtetailers' Association, wrote convey-ing the thanks of the Association to. theCouncil for the generous donation the

pyple lac?-ifaiu}s, • 'The Inspector of Health, Timaru, advised

that during August he had investigatedeight ca*ea of infectious disease in tJftatrough.., "Vv rfThe, Prime ' Minister, Et. Hon. • C^" ;Forbes, wrote' acknowledging, theletter no|ifji}ig :-ata §uppprV; ps the'Borough Council's pwteft conojttning Clausel£f of the-Buildipg Qopstrucifon; Bjj].stated: "Tht»' measure is pi present" before»-Parliamentary Select on LocalBills, and 1. at? acrjwjging for the repre-sentations ' of jpu« Oounjojl receive the<b/refill consideration of 'the opmmittee."

Mr R. Girling Butcher, |?mwctc)i of Ifjjf*Brigades, wrote in connexion with theproposed '"fire prevention drive." The-letter was referred to the General Commit-too of the Council.

Mr E. C. Thompson,, secretary (if theWesley-Knox Harrier Club, applied on be-half of the ,club for an alteration in thedate granted the club for the -tufa of Vic-toria Park to September 10th. IV Was. diecided that Victoria Park cpuid jjot tie ifggA,-on the date asked for, »n4 WSJWTown Clerk were appointed* to arrange-jrfththe 'Harriet Club for sennit other "jjprofliid'to be used for the sports" tapqsuijji. *""""" iA , circular letter was received the IMain Highways Board, Wellingtons' ncftlSr !ing that the Board had decided to incrpjtqg ithe standard rate of subsidy for -anee works to £3 for £1 during the present Ifinancial year, the ta date, fromApril Ist, 1931; also that the ifceceade ap-plied to main jjjgJiwaj'g in, boroughs.—ltwas reported - that slj<»' ihcrejse> would fieKefit '<the Borough to the extent of about £ltf. |On the suggestion of the Mayor jt was de- Icided to forward ' a letter "of ' Appreciation |to the Board. |

The Borough Gardener (Mr A. White! ,teported that the terrace in Victoria Park Ihad been sown down in grasq from the ilevies dressing-room to the Hospj&l path.-Because of the wet wpather; stiea-sovriniwas delayed. The hawthorn hedge surround-ing the' Park had been cut. The formingof paths had been continued, also the sow-ing'of seed and planting ou|,Df rook plantsand shrubs.

The report on the .progvejq of th* drain-age extension works wj» sansidered mostsatisfactory.Drainage extension loan accounts amount-

ing to £lsl, ISs 7d and general accountsfor £483 4» were for payment.It was decided \to fo cleannemages to certain owners of propertiesin the borough.

Cr. Paul reported on the progress ofthe water works extension (at Kelcey's Bush,and Btated that the engineer anticipatedthe work would be completed in from 14to 16 Wayß. - .

» geraldine:The monthly meeting of Qeraldine

Borough Council w(m hpld Jn the Cqunci}Chambers on Wednesday night." Present:The Mayor (Mr B. B. MoDonald), and Crs.J. Lack, E. H. Itogan, if.Or, H. Patrick, and J. W. Millefc

An apology for ataence wob received fromCr. W. McClure. VOn behalf of. the Finance Committee,»•

F®portsd that jwoeipts sincelast meatus amounted to £lB9 69 4d, includ-f4, fees $1 Os Sd,rtnt £6 }|f. motor-fltnv«r»' licenses £3 sa,he»«sUMBW 4@g licasiMit fMeiptg • 0 Ua, lifS^(Wy foum] ennt - £?;and refund r#U*£ wagAg under - ifo 5Sofieme £l6B 1B» Jjd. Th|" AeKt at

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he had impoundedand «pe gpny during > thr"K wi^W-' ffnrlfferi,depideg 'Jo 1'iq^nMfi-^n'during the present financialcJPJKWi ¥PRld

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#*¥» -.(ffifi1 AW(SgMiMiapplied to secondary

■iy and

jroads underwarrant

theDepartmcnt'or^^^^^^^^H^^S

fU|r a prevention

Court; asunreasonable^, Borough Council was now

I»W9, rod the by-lai? .providedfor parking cars to he madiaat wiIL The Ashburtoning a oupiber of the by-lawssnd would simply advertise»i) 4 thus obviate the neceMity.

j| time. When^^^MH^Wfftrtwa* properties

f|e matter toto inspept the same aiuCr. J. (ohtMnjuto oHH

Committee) : reported that-'ttuf clayfce4>erienced r the bank would fflWHBi

i€r. filler moved that the. WSmlj||crated to a reasonable height.work be done' byThe motion was parried. ,

Cr. Miller moved and Cr.ended that tenders be called:and that a 'committee coiisi«ffßg"-HgS|W

Cleric, and the

1ffMretary

range and aqpervige itsgreas League offered to lenathe plans and to show repr^^H^BHfflHthe camp.

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'Cr. "Patrick thau-ht that itdid proposition and was a - rtfflßMHshould be attended to iHimedl?«St™HHBeautifying Association, had pieviOWOPjBWinto the question, but found, -hBMHhad not the nocesfary money'■same. 'i fSBBj■ Cr. ijack St|ted that it vWg..6™SD|«M« hare a smalldown * roiprt,. »»d WK^nSnmittee cqnsistmg of the Mam jmhshhCampbell be set up to go ■WjijjHßßancf report lp a meeting «

of Geraldine at an. early d^H- ■-

The discovery of a tajled n»|lil.inngle of the NorthLuzon, was recently reported.- »*silHubert Wilkitis, who visiteu tfrg yyjMajd|]o Isles, u(T tljc nSftJlSTlV,j££§||l||'Australia,"''refers -to the 6anieHe states: A curious ■ftyQ&gMfeature was noticed in manyunclothed people. Thevor three joints of the loireri|) the form of a tail. Tasjjo noticeably on these people M /WSon some of the African WRgffltails were rpn«*icuovsstow in a photograph,-

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September 10.Patchetty president

Conference, and for-

jjyfijtiiajl at Greymouth, is vis-

who has been man-' wjn|9kmHRuq Mptrpeven years, has

jIBIIIM tp the ipan?3fansi|} brnnsh.

IMilJfa' James Collogan, andFredp. Cpllpgap,

fin hol}-

HEntait, railway storekeeperfptife P9. superan.-

of Mr and Mrs P.and Ifr Arthur

Westpprt. The■Hm who baa been appoint?HHHHfertfc* Canterbury EduparHHpjt Tlmaru, after navingHBpiltß .on the West Coast

jwira, left to-d*y

HHEhwriUi, of the Greympvithof fiailwqys, left

■MBIPMSy tour of 2feiv;'"?e^

':IHS' «38WrfliBg the fiefttti of■HfflHpen, cook of the steam-■Hvfko was lost overboard

.the vessel at Grey-

month on February 12th last, was for-mally opened to-day before Mr.W. Mel-drum, District Coroner, and thenadjourned until the arrival of the Ka-pong%.at Qreymputh on Mqpday next.

Wedding.The wedding of Myrtle, eldest daugh-

ter §£ iff. ftpd Mr? A. ofGreymouth, and Mr Gordpn Sanderson,of 9Ti|ifl.nga, wi>' solenwPd 'St.John's Presbyterian Church yosterduyafternoon, the Rev. H. R, Fell pffi<Ui*t?ing. _ T}»o jsride wore a of powderblue' georgettp with lacpcarried a sheaf of hyacinths nud swpetpeas to tpne. (3fcp fttt®nded byMisses? tft»te?ton §nd hpr sisr'ter, JOsp glftgy# Sftftinoij, who worise?pgQ(i?ely, grey geprgottg, andpink geoffotte, and carried the?o?pie> aneroinesj and the hya-cinths. Mr Frank O'Neill wag best nian»nd If? Dqpgfiftg Manderson, brother ofthct l?ridegf99||, ws grooms?sft|i. Afterthf! fereffiony t|iß bride's parent? en-tertained their guests at a jgoeiptipn,Itfrs Shannon wearing § frock of placksatin. ■ ■ '

Obituary. :

The death occurred at Kumara yes.terday of Mr Sapiuel Stewftrt, who was

\yeU'known stprekepper at Goldsjborpugh. ,Hp was 9 natiye of MaoriGpljy and

py twp sisters p.nd pnp brother.Supreme Gonrt.'

The bnsiflpsg set dPWfI fPI" hearing attho sitting p| the CpurtatHpMtifrpf pn, Mwdfty .i§ as fpi-lows:rrre. f. Ifwigurt-V. 8!8WB«] Tfal'elaim for pf£4Boj #a?n§B PQPPer/y, C?. dWfge,3for injury in Jflotpr accident f»t Ku-ntft?a; W. JefPrjes Sffld Co. 7.and SsW»d®ri?i fpr account dueunder* BWtnershlp Pf S&und^rsand Co.; inptifln for probate: MraJqlift deceased) andPark, Ipcef , .

M&f*. ,

The Bphspn mine was idle yesterday,and the Hrunner mines were idle tp-

nnd will be id]e again to.morrpw. The Liverpool Btate MWP '•w

npt worlt JFPfterdfty, tying, to W»«.being full awaiting arrival of theKaimiro, which is to load for Welling-ton.

league Fpotball.The following team has been chosen

to represent the West Const LeagueCentre in the match with the Canter-bury representatives for the -

AnisyBrothers' inter-provincial challengeshield, at Wingham Park on SundayneFeilrback: A- Harrison (Runanga).

Three-Quarters: J. Bevonpeft (Mar-ist)i JT- Dpdds' (Blackball), R. Gor<?

FiverWghthSJ Q. O'Lea'ry (Marlst), P.HPTt (Runanga).

Hai|rb»ek: "J. Masters (Runanga)._

Frpnt TPW! 'O. Newten (Puhangn), J.Calder (Mapist), D. Coulspn' (M^rist).

Second rows' Glenn (Runanga), M,O'Brien (Marist). >

Breakaway? N:, Griffiths' (Runanga)

EmeFßen ®'es: Backs—-C. O'Connor(Brunner), J. Matthews (Marist); tor-

w^rds—Leitcli (Blackball), Croft (Brun-ner).

League of Nations. «

•The sixth annua} meeting of the

tions was preeicM over by Mi J». N '

Bobertson. The eleotioi,ft,a ensuing yea? was m foliodent Mr J. Menziesj vice-presidents!lev J/W. Bloyoa aTid Mr J- M<3tson,&ary, M* I, W*°h treasurer, Mr

Sargisspji; Council: Tho Rev, C. A. Fos-ton, Ensign Grpy, Messrs H, E. Hol-land, J. M. Robertson, J. Moloney, D.Wilmot, Cf. W. Harris, Hill, pqd Fin-lay, and Mesdames J. Powell andH. K,Young.

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Trotting Trophy.Mf W. S. Cloirk, of Inangahua Junc-

tion, has given $ silver cup to the "VVest-port Trotting Ciybj to be added to thoprize , for the Beddonvillo Handicap,,an event confined to belongingto the West> Coast.

B#fle OlUb.Tlvp first competition fo"y the Forrest

trophies waS fired off by the 'memberspf the Grey 2£inia|uro JSjfle Club pn

evening, under sealed handi-caps. The leading scorers were $. Rim:mer 60, W. Teague 67, F. Mallpy 67;, P.IJlanehfield 65, G. Anderson 62.

In the liLdies' competition, the lead-ing scorers were Misq R. Cairney C4,Mrs 0, Richardson 56, Miss E. Peillpn

¥iss Lesley 50.

WAIKARI COLLIE 1 CLUB.

ANNUAL MEETING HELD.m '} ■ ■'

Tlio annual general liieeting of mem-bers of tho Waikari fcollio Club washeld iii the Havvarden Hall on Monday,when there was a fair attendance.

The secretary submitted the balance-shpet <for the year ending July 31st,showing a profit pn the year's workingof £27 3s lid. After consideration,the president, Mr Dj Sidey, moved theadoption of th 6 balance-sheet as read.He reviewed tho work of tho year, andthanked members for* their •valuableassistance and co-operation during histerm of office. Before rdtjring, Mr D.gidey nominated Mr C. McKeegan tobe president; for tho coming year. Airb. T. Evans moved a hearty vote ofthanks to the retiring president, whichwas carried by acclamation. j

ftjr C. McKeegan then took . thechair. ~

The election of office-bearers thentook place, at which Mr E. M. He|phwas elected a life me'Tiber. It was de?oided to hold the next annual trials onApril 28fch, 20th, and 30th next" year.it was resolved to have all cups and

trpphies valued and insured.

There is a new automatic restaurantin Lpndon where, throughout the night,one pan purchase any single itepi in thpshop by putting sixpence in a, machine.Such places are convenient, but even toLondon they are npt 4 novelty. Thirtyyears ago, at the Earl's Court Exhibi-tion, they put, pennies in a machine andbought sftndwicltes, milk, or coffee. Then&velty, however, soon tyore off anp thp*cafe disappeared. On the Continentsimilar ideas have been in operationfqr a long time. Years,ago an autor.matic cafe opposite the Opera House, in

Paris,' was a, landmark. In Germanyand America,'whence the new Londoncafe idea comes, they have such placesin jiearly all the big *n NewYork the "automat coffee is so goodthat it has been pronounced as the finest111 the town-

NORTHCANTERBURY.

RANGIORA.One of the largest meetings of fruit-

growers and farmers ever held in thedistrict met at the Loburn Hall onWednesday evening to hear an addresson spraying by- Mr B. Goodwin, Gov-ernment Orchard Instructor, and alsoan address by Dr. Weston, of Lincoln•Agricultural College, on accountancyas applied to fruit-growers; and far-mers. Mr J. D. MacLeod,' presidentot the Loburn Fruit-growers' Associa-tion, presided. Mr Goodwin dealt asfully, as time would allow with seasonalspraying, an address which fruit-growers hare .been waiting to hear forsoipe time.

Dr. Weston kept his audience inter-ested in explaining his system of ac-countancy for primary producers.

Amongst the large audience wore re-presentatives of stock ngency fivms,and business men, besides farmersand fruit-growers.

The roll number at the Bangiora Dis-trict School has increased from 359 be-fore the holidays to 402 pupils since re-opening on Tuesday.

KAIJCOURA.There was a good attendance ot

members at the fortnightly meeting otthe Loyal Heart of Oak Lodge, heldon Tuesday evening and presided overby Bro. F. Lawson, N.G. A visit waspajd the Lodge by the District Offi-cers, Bro. A. E. Brown (DistrictGrand Master), and Bro. T. J. Arcn-bold, D.S. (Deputy Grand Master,N.Z.), accompanied by Sisters Brown(Kaiapoi), Haydon, and J. Houghton(Sister Pearce). One new niemoerwas initiated into the Order, the con-ductors being Bro. J. Peoples, P.G.,and Bro. A. Gibson

On Wednesday evening a meeting ofPast Grands took place, when thePurple Degree was conferred on threemembers: Sistor I A. Doyle, andBrothers" C. D. Doyle and It. 15. Clark.

The following will represent Kai-kourft in their hockey match againstCulverden at Culverden to-morrow:—M. Wareham (captain), L. Deardon,Mrs Palmer, D. Pluck, Mrs Hansen,Mrs Gibson, E. Wareham, A. E.Flower. M Stokes, J. Wareham. andE. Cruse Emergencies: Mrs Poyle, E.Benton, and R. Hondry.

Representatives of the committeesof local schools met at the Grangeroad plantation area on Monday morn-ing to confer with representatives otthe Education Board and of the StateForestry Department on the allof'ac-tion of the plots to the participatingschools.

After inspecting the area arrange-ments were discussed for allotting theremaining four acreß to the threeschools. The detailed plans of thenew subdivision will be finalised inChristchurch. and will then be com-municated to the school committees,

Messrs Roach and W 7 agner of theState Forestry Department. Hanmer,and Mr A. D. Boyle have each offereda medal to be awarded to the clnWin each school showing the greatestpractical interest in the developmentof«the afforestation scheme.

.

. The weekly session of the w.k.Atook place on Wednesday evening, attho residence of Mr and Mrs R. I-Pope. A letter on "Art" was dis-cussed, Mr E J. Watts being theleader. ,

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CHEVIOT.■*» Despito the bad weather, there wasa goqd at the social or-ganised by tho Mackenzie members ofthe Cheviot Presbyterian Ladies'Guild. The social, which waa verysuccessful, wm m "ancient, and mod-ern'l one, a large number being in- ola-fashioned costumes.

Items were given as follows:—Vocaleolos, Jlrs F. E. Flute, Miss A. Y.Robertson, and Messrs G. Struthorearid B<. J. Kingsland; piano solo, MissIi Penballuritvck; monologue, Mi&aEunice Penhalluriock; and a watchbv ifissea F. M. • Orchard s»nd G. L.Morgan, and a Highjand dance by MissE. vfilliamson. K

,

A cht>ir'> caused a gop«4of sinusement, while excitementrifa iri tfie splendid variety .ofarid competitions, •

An enjoyable sqpper was served.'MrG. pljajrnian, and &

meeting cj<?sefj with the singiyg -pff'Auld Sy?ie." . ■' \

AKAROA. /fhq 40t)i annual'meeting,of tfce

Lawn Tennis CJliib was l»e}diffinday,, Dr. If. cap-tain, presided over a gopd attendance.

Tho report showed that the member-:sbip had l?een well maintained duringthe season, the number being 77. Inter-club matches hjid been pjftyed with out-side clubs with success.

Th<j principal prwrwwsers' "wore aafollows:—Champion singles: Men, 13. A.Mickle; ladies, Mrs M. F. Richardson.Handicap singles:. Ladies, Miss Ismay

men, E. A. Mickle. Handi-cap doubles: Mfen, J. N. Waddell and S.Naismith; ladies, Misses Ismay unciIvy Hayward. Combined handicapdoubles: S. Naismith and Miss IsmayHarvard. Mr Rich's trophies: Mrs H.W. Oliver and Miss M. Lelievre.

The balance-sheet was adopted, show-,ing a credit of £33 15s 6d.

The election of officers resulte4 asfollows: President, itr E. X. Leliovre;Vice-presidents, Mpssr% J. IJ. Williams,A. Rhodes, W. H. Candy, A. J. Clements,E. W. Chapman, G. Armstrong, C. W.Aldridge, W, H. Taylor, W. H,' Heuning,F, R. Rich, and T, McCaughan;captain, Dr. J. N. Waddell; deputyrclubcaptain, Miss E. M. Lelievre; secretary,Mrs P. G. Riches j treasurer, MrS. _ Naismith; committee, MesdamesNai§mith and W. McClure, MissesIsmay and Ivy Hayward, Messrs R.Bruce and W. McClure; Match Commit-tee, Miss Ismay Hayward, club captain,and Mr W. McClure; delegates to Penin-sula 'Association, Miss E, M, Leliovreand Mr W, McClure; delegate to Can-terbury Mr Sherris.

.. Opening day was fixed for October3rd.

A meeting of pf Penin-! sula, School Committees was held at

I Duvauchcllp on Tuesday, Mr A, M. Helpspresiding. The chairman explained thatthe object of the meeting was to arrivaat some concerted effort to ihduce the

to provide a newsecondary school building at Akaroa.

, He said that the High School Board hadgiven £I6OO towards the purchase of3J acres of jand for the use of the sec.rpudary department of the Akarpa Dis-trict High School. Up to the presentthe efforts of both the High SchoolBpard and the School Committee hadbeen fully extended in endeavouring tohave the grant for the building passed.He mentioned that the Education Boardhad informed the High School Bpardthat the building was third on the listof urgent works required. Since thattime new schools had been erected invarious places, and the latest informa-tion was that if an attendance pf 00pupils could be guaranteed the grantvvpuld be .made. For'ft number of yearsa grant had been made towards thehoarding allowance of country pupils atrtending the High School, ijut a"telause inthe lUijance Bill nparly twpjve pjonfhsagp had taken away the p|the High School Board to pay thisamount. Owing to the peculiar forma-tion of the Peninsula, it was impossiblefor pppils to receive the benefits thatwere being enjoyed elgewbero in thematter of transport. At this time ofst#flss it was felt tliat the Peninsula wa?

not receiving its fair share of incomederived from endowments provided forsecondary education.

A motion wps carried that house-holders he approached,, through thePeninsula t School Committees, askingtbem to sign an appeal to "the Ministerfor Education asking for a grant for anew building and a fully-equippedhostelon th 6 uew site, and "also for the re-instatement of .the boarding allowance.

It was decided to approach the Aka-roa County Council and the Farmers'Union and aslj,-them to appoint dele-gates, with Messrs A. M. Helps and W.E. M. Jacobson, to interview tho Min-ister in the near future.' The delegatespresent agreed to canvass 'the variousdistricts, and ascertain what number ofpupils would be available at the begin-ning of the 1932 school year.

PREBBLETON.A team to represent Prebbletooi jn a

Rugby match ngainst Tenipletan, to boplayed at Prebbleton on Saturday, willbe selected flora the following players :

W. Judkins, L. Kolkman, L. Rogers,J. Saunders, J. Rogers, J. Barr, C.Gallagher, C. Burnett, H. Marsnq.ll,E Savage, E. Prebble, I).A. Giles," F. Marshall, W. Mcintosh,J, Laffey, R. Stoner, and F. Rogers!

Work in the Anglican Cemetery un-der the No. 5 Unemployinpnt Scheme,which has been temporarily suspendr

owing to n technicality, will beresumed on Monday. v

SOUTH MALVERN. »

Tiie nionthly tweeting pf tho Glen-tunuel School Committee was held onMonday. Those present were MessrsW. G. Smith (chairman), S. Cherry(secretary), S. Marsh, G. i). Marsh,an 4L, A. Marshall. The ln'adnuistorreported that the roll number nt theend of the term \va<s 58, the average

§5.6. The average attendance for theyear was 55.5.

Final arrangements were made forthe Joy Germs' concert party to holdtheir concert in the Glentunnel hall onSaturday next. -

■ Mr_ George King, who has heenispending several months in Timaru,has returned to Whitecliffs.

Mrs L. Lewis (Christchurch), accom-paniecl by her little son, |s visiting Mrand Mrs A. B. Leeroing (Whitecliffs).

MID-CANTERBURY

ASHBURTON.

UNEMPLOYMENT. COM-MITTEE.

At 1&C weekly meeting of the execu-tive of the Ashburton UnemploymentCommittee held yesterday there weicpresent: Messrs K. Kerr (Deputy-Mayor), in. the chair, G. Kelly (countyclerk), W. Patterson (town clerk), A.Prentice (secretary-treasurer, Ashbur-toa Hospital Board), C. 11. N. Clarkson(postmaster), and T. Gibson (boroughforeman).

Mr T. D. Burnett, M.P., wrote stat-ing that he would do all in his powerto assist in making the No. 4A Schememore useful and flexible in the direc-tion of reproductive farm work.

The chairman of the UnemploymentBoard wrote in reference' to the samematter, stating that the Board appre-ciated the difficulties being experiencedby fanners, and would like to assistas much as possible. If seasonable orroutine work was permitted under theschenio there was. a grave possibilityof collusion between the farmer andemployee, which would result in thelatter registering with the object ofobtaining additional assistance. Thefunds -available for relief had been

considerably over-spent, and onlylegitimate unemployed wage-earnersshould be given relief.

The Unemployment Commissioner(Mr M. Frascr) forwarded a circular let-ter with regard to the same matter, stat-iing that thfe questionas to how far farmwork is or is not developmental workwould have to bo left largely to thediscretion of the local UnemploymentCommittees: For instance, it was notsuggested that where a man employedunder the scheme milked one or twocow-s «for farm purposes that thatshould be termed milking, neither wasjt suggested that n day or two work-ing ot potato-digging should prevent aman being employed under the No. 4A.Scheme. It would be understood thatit was utterly impossible with thefunds at the Board's disposal to subsi-dise the whole of the labour engagedon farms or even a substantial part ofit. The Board was anxious that everyendeavour be made to induce farmersto take men under the scheme, and dis-cretion in the matter of work must beleft largely to the local committees.

Mr Kelly said that he could under-stand the Board's difficulty in theNorth Island, where there was so muchmilking, but developmental work wasany kind of work on farms except har-vesting.

The chairman said that they shouldtreat applications from farmers ontheir merits.Mr Patterson stated that several ap-

plications for men under th 6 No. 4AScheme were being received froinfarmers.

Members agreed that the conditionsunder which the men could bo employedwere now more elastic than hitherto.

Mr Patterson reported that for nextweek men would bo available as fol-lows:—Ashburton, 184' two-day men/212 men, and 103 four-daymen; Springburn, 13, 8, 7; Hinds, 9,3, (5; Mayfield, 3, $, 2. The money re-quired to provido full relidf in Ash-burton was £7BB 4s, but only £533 12shad been granted by. the • Unemploy-ment Board.

It was decided that all men would. KtffO. to be requcetl by one day, andthqt tho allocation of work to use upthe balance of the money be lctft tothe registration officer.

The question of tho establishment ofan unemployed camp for single nftn inAshburton was mentioned by Mr Kelly,who asked if/any single men would boprepared to go into camp.

Mr Patterson said that three applica-tions positions as cook had been/received in tho event of a camp beingestablished.

Tho chairman statod that the com-mittee had not yet received any in-

i formation from the UnemploymentBoard on tho question. '

Mr Kelly said he would like to sedthe men established in a camp in theAshburton County in preference tosending them to a camp but''of thedistrict.it was agreed to write asking the

.Unemployment Board if a camp couldbe established in Ashburton.

Personal.Mr B. U. Bathurst, who recently

underwent an operation in the Ashbur-ton Public Hospital,' has returned tohis home.

Weather Still Changeable.After a hard frost during the early

'£art of Wednesday evening, the skybecame overcast and further snow fell.This changed later to heavy rain andsleet. Twenty-six points of rain wererecorded at the Domain weather station

at 9 o'clock yesterday, morning. Al-though yesterday was cloudy no rainfell. '

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Hakatere liqdge.Hakatere Lodge, No. 68,1.0.0.F., met

on Wednesday evening, the NfG. (Biro.G. Adams) presiding over attend-ance. Six brpthers iwere reported sickand two proposals fir membership werereceived. It was decided to play a re?turn 500 card match against Wakanuion September 2ist. After th(B Lodgeclosed asocial houjr was spent and sup-per was served.

■ Golf. . ' v" .The draw for the Canadian

medal match, tq be played among njemrbers of the Ashburton Golf Club to-morrow, is as follows :r-rH. jf.' Lewisand H. G. f'errier, J. E. Carter and M.McMillan, S. J..Thomas and K. Nicoll,B. A. Cqckroffc and G. d'Auvergne, B.B. Lambert and L.' A. Charles, xB. Mc-Sherry and L. J. Watt, C. A. Cuff andW. H; Amos, 0. Bonnington and C.Goes, J. T. Smith and G. I. Miller, 0.N. Thompson and j» S. Laing, E-Bonnington and H. S. Billcliff, Vi W.Russell ajid A. Lane, G. B. andR. W. Orr, M. Nottingham and* F. W.Watt, W. Thomas and D. A. Lawson,H. G. Kemp and- W. R. Ryburn, W.Hodges and J. Sinclair, R. McGregorand S. Truman, L. Christmas and G.C. Nicoll. > • ;

"

'A match'for; tlio, Bermaline Cup was

played among of the Ashburrton Ladies? Golf Club yesterday. MissZ. Bonnington was the winner. Thebest cards were Z. Bonnington

—7B, Mrs J. B. Nicoll 90—16—80, MrsE. B. Condell 109—29—80, Mrs J.. T.Smith 100—23—83.

Advance Ashburtou Association. '

The executive of the Advance Aghr.burton Association met last evening,Mr H. Smallbone presiding.

A motion of sympathy was passedwitli the relatives of Mr W. Patching,wlio died recently. '

The Borough Council advised that theplans for the new entrance to the Do-main at the corner of Walnut avenueand street had been approved,and the Council would erect gates ifthey were necessary.

, Automobile Association.The t Ashbyrton Branch of the Can-,

terbixry Automobile Association mpt lastevening, Mr N. L. Wood presiding.

The Advance Ashburton Associationwrote, expressing thanks for the dona-tion of £5, and also appreciation ofthe Council's interest in the improve-ment of, the town. '

The secretary reported that severalr.ew mrtiebcrs had heen enrolled.

Laboiu: Day Gala,Preliminary arrangements for the an-

nual Labour Day Gala were made at apublic meeting, over which the Mayor,Mr W. H. Wcmds, presided last evening.

The following officers were elpcteci:—Patron, Mr H. E. C, JfpEirea; presi-dent, Mr. W. Hi Wood; vice-presidents,last year's vice-presidents, with the ad-dition of Messrs H, D. Johnston, \f.11, Tucker, L. A- Charles, and G. D. 11.Hefford; organiser, Mr H, Smallbone;treasurer, Mr J, S, Laing; general sectrotary, Mr G. V- Purby; finance com-mittee. Messrs E. H. Orr, J. W. Bowtden, J. _S, Laing, T. B. HEaydon, and,the chairmen of |i}bTCOinmitte§s; con?venera of sub-committees—side-shows,Mr S. Mitchell; sports pommittee, MrH. D. Johnston; gala packets, Mr T.Crooks; procession, Messrs MoElrea andJohnston; supplies, Mr H. L. Barker;advertising, Messrs Smallbone, Furby,and W. H. Amos; grounds committee,Mr W. R. Tucker.

It was agreed that ths AshburtonBlunket Societytbe given tto-opportun-ity tof: 1 talte charge of; the. luncheon, re-taining the,,net profit for its new-build:ing fpnd. '

<Jt was "'also decided to invite thestaffs of t}ip,,greasy schQpls' to meetthe Broeepsion Committee, with a viewtp organising the children's section iiiths prOCCBSiqp. :;r .

METHYEN,TJje Rev. A. "W. Stuart, organising

secretary of the' British and Foreign,Biblp Society, will visit.Methven, andwill conduct the service a,t All Saints'Chujfch on Sunday evening Next.

Tlje following i§>the .draw for tJiefirst' round of the ladies', five and jsix.-a-side hockey tournament, to be • heldat the Methven Domain-to-morrow:

Senior—Tinwals By; Hjsds A,Metjiven v HinpH *v.Rangiora, Rakaia a bye.' vr '

Sgnior p—Aranui v. Laiiridtou B,Rakaia v. A, Metliyon C v.Hptiven A, Wakanui v.''Methven. B,

B v- Lowcliffe B,jj!Ub burtonA v| Lowcliffe A,'Technical and Honibybyes. .. * V-' : ■' •••■"' •'

Juniors—Baring Square v. Spring-burn A, Ashburton High School v.Ma|field B, Hornby v.'' Mayfield A)Hinds v. Springburn B, Methven v.Jesaep, O. Watson, S. Hepburn, and-Kiwi B byes.

Tpo following teams will representthe; Methven Ladies' Hdckey Club attjio five and vsix:a-side -tpijriiajqeut to-;narrow: —

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>* 1Sfnior—Misses R. Waddington, A.Jessep, 0. Watson, S. Hepburn, aandI. Watson (captain).

Spnior B—A team: Misses E. New-man, E. Cleeve, E. Campbell, i". Wil-liiuijs, M. Owen (captain), and 'H. Wil-liams. B team: "Misses M. Gritve, K.Beary, I. Daltqn, Q. Qwen, ,f. New-man, and M.„ Anderson Cteam; Misses" N. Owers (captain), L.Watson, T. Morgan, K. lielleher, B.Reid, and M. Osborne. <

„Junior—Misses Ngaira Campbell,Topsy White, Freda JJalion, NancyDalton, Ceciiie Holmes. £>nd BettyMorgan. ; '

A meeting of ex-pupils ofJhe Meth-ven District High School w«a hold inthe on Tuesday evbning toconsider proposals for . suitably cele-brating, the jubilee of tho school,occurs in February nest. Mr H. E.A- Lock presided. Owing to the roughweather there was only asmall atteindaiMJoj it w&s 4pcidpHadjourn the meeting until" Tuesday

next, ex-pupils of the "school to beadvised in the meantime.Although ' the weather cleared onWednesday afternoon the change wasand" in tlie early hoursof ihursday snow fell, the ground hav-

!«g; ngW ewttipg rj; Thwsday inornring. After a few hqjirs'anc hail set jn from the south-west,apd at midday Was still falling. Forthe hours ending at 9 im. onIhursday 21 points of rain was re-corqed.

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Lambing is fairly general in the dis-trict, and the continued unsettledweather is taking toll of the ycranglambs and is retarding all farm work.

MAYFIELD.The 3Xayfi«ld branch of. the New

Zfakind Fartners' Unio|i held a socialevening in the band hall on Thurs-day, and ■ it proved a moststressful function A short iaupitaVprogramme wq§ given, after which alecture on tha humus content of coilwas given tq tha inep ha? Mr .W. R.aLarris, of the Dominion Fertiliserompany. The women were given alecture on the aims and objects ef theWomen's Division of the Farmers'.TJniph by the vicerprosident of tha

"Women's Division. The pre*i-

I dent of the Divi- ~ tsio» J. A. Menjigg) aim fpoke. fand :yjgaiJ iUa wqjfl,eo"of MsSfeld to-Iform a branch. '

•". < , iIt W^'unanimously decided/,to form $

a branch flt Mayfield,- • '

, tf.ithfll was Pi#®-' A ?

i number of women:preterit'.apiStied as 4members. Thq„ president of tKf Far- {, mers' Union, Mr "jjF, H.Boaler, thanked ithe. visitors"for attending the meet- S •'

Aft» .. a ,aanee wS "

> tuusic bein£ supplied by Mia S. Shim- '

i mm. '**

> f rt^ t ' ~v £-

i Wintf-y weather' wa§ $

duringthe week-end, Saturday being { ; .I a phxticularly severe day, over tmo j

[ inches of enow. covering the ground. '|Sunday wasW«*?n and sunny and the j,

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ToNtoA .

/ Lambing is lifprqgress m some £of the district, &nd it is expected that

bo. severe during the J . -

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SPRINGBURN. j' A tempestuous time is being experi- fenoed )it' Spraqgliufn, snow- ~

stoVm at the 'week-end, the weather .rwas fina up' till o'clock on }

a" Y401«9t apr'-west gale f

sprang'-up, accompanied by torrential |' The rain, driven by the- wind *

an acute angle,, splashed up to such an (

extent that -a mist of about two feet jhigh spread-6ver the land. S? |was 5

. the ' rain that the rivers and 5

strews in, in about |three hours. In tbe afternoon theStorm q;ed dpw4; ihe wind roge ?.

again at night, and changed to sou'- j[west at mianigbtj and snow began to ; ,fall, but did not.lie deep. The stormy jtime is likely to prove disastrous ,')wherever sV>ck did not winter well. ; -

For tb? 14 endinj at $ '■terday morning, 113points of ram wererecorded at Staveley. Snow was stillfalling at midday Ofi Wednesday.

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' *&&&< * 'The monthly. of the

branch of the Tem-Pjiiea. in St'A-

ndrew's §cho»lroom @n ffeursd»yJliss Beck, of prei

siding. , A:iilotiQQ Of sym|A«w';;;wp -

P«sseg *ith Mrs B(?ag, irfi^sla^--pE?V>jth a•slight A g{rqjjlar let-ter vim respeived t% reduc-tion of aud signedthewas decided to recommend that theBppd of Hope be fr separate or-ganisation. A very interesting fddresson the life of T. E- Tgyjor wg| givenby Miss Beck, who was accorded avote of thanks. It'was decided to §skMiss A. 6. Oakley toi give »' ofthe Women's Christian. TemperanceUnion conference now being held atTsmuka at the Qctobef meerang,to hold a social" in aid .of the funds or the Soi|th CanterburyExecutive of the "Women's ChristianTemperance Union.

TIMBER DESTROYED.

(r&iss iSSOCIATIOH - TILEGHJIM.)

AtJCKLiAND, September 20.Fire early this morning burned

large stocks of timberpwne& fcr Wool-aey and AUen, Ltd., at JJonuijgtiiJe,and threatened . the xieighbaqringhouses.

The drying shed., stacked tp theroof with seasoned , timber, wa& ablatewhen the fire brigade arrived, shebrigade took nearly fecmra.to sub-due the flames. <. ■ ..

The Iqsa is estimated *t £4QQd. Thetimber was insured for £2500 withUnited Company.

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HOCKEY.SHIELD MATCH.

A dispute has arisen regarding the dateset down for , the -challenge Shield matchbetween Canterbury (holders) and . Auckland(ohallengers). < The match..was set downtp be .played tomorrow, which date was ac-cepted by the Association* - concerned. Lastweek' the Auckland Association asked thatthe match be postponed until19th; the request , being made through theNew Zealand Association. The CanterburyAssociation Emergency Committee, who dealtwith the request,'would.not agree .to the post-ponement, aad the Auckland Associationtelegraphed on Tuesday that mtfess the

match was postponed until September 19thit would forfeit the challenge. :

A further request for• postponement madeyesterday by the New Zealand Associationwas not acceded to by the Canterbury Asso-ciation, and tbere is little likelihood of thematfh being played this season. .

Junior RepresenUUves.The following have been selected to repre-

sent : Canterbury juniors in a match againstOta go juniors, at Dunedin, on September19th. ..

(The team will leave Christchurthor.. September 18th by the midday express,returning by the night express on Septem-ber 20th):—Goal, A. R. Edwards; backs, ANolan (captain), K. Penny; halves, E. Mellor,. R. G. Day, W. Pattison; forwards, Bee,E. Harrow, G. Jones, P. McOprmick, and 'H.Grafton. Emergency:• T. Sheen.

, Mr W. Pattison . has been appointed ma&ager of the trip. .

GOLF.

FIXTURES.

Ohriitchurch Club—September 12th: Clubchampionship, Richards Cup, and CoxCup, first round' of match play.

Ghristchurch Ladies' Club—September 16th:Bogey match.

Hagley Club—September 12th: l<our-ball. stroke handicap (arrange own partners,

opponents, and starting-time)..Hagley Ladies' Club—September 11th: Flag

match (Mrs 0. Buchanan's prizes); ar-range scorers. September 15th£ L.G.U.medal match (drawn).

Russley Club—Septembor 12th: Senior andjunior championships, first round ofplayoff, and bogey handicap.

Richmond Hill Club—September 12tli: Senioraid junior championships, socond round,and bogey handicap.

Richmond Hill Ladies' Club—September15th- Senior championship, final. Sep-tember 17th: Bogey handicap.

Avon dale Club—Sepetmber 12th: SpanjerCup four-ball bogey handicap (chooseown' partners and opponents). Septem-ber 13th: Bogey handicap (Mr B. J.Maßters's trophy); arrange own scorers.

Harewood Club—September_

12th: Bogeyhandicap. September 13th: Match v.Ashburton, at Harewood; captain sjunior trophy, semi-final. , ,

Harewood Ladies' Club—September 17th.L.G.U. medal match, and second qualify-ing round of championships.

Lyttelton Club—September 12th: Strokematch. September lJth: Modal round.

Lyttelton Ladies' C'ub—September 12th.Stroke match. September 13 th. Eclecticmatch (Mrs H. G. Banfield's trophy).

Rawhiti Club—September 13th: Modal ban-

Ashburton Club—September 12th: Canadianfoursome. September 13th. Match v.Harewood, at Harewood.

Rangiora Olub—September 12th: Open day.September 13th: Second round of cham-

. . pionships to bo completed..0 .

Ranzioraif Ladies Club—-September 1-th.Medal rounds. September 17th: Bisque

imbertlv7 Club-September 12th: CampbellA

Rose BSwl, fifth round. September13tb: Open.

NOTES OF THE DAY.

[By Flagstick.]

Of the two finalists in the ladies'I championship at Shirley, Jliss Beadelhad decidedly the better" equipment ofstrokes, some of her brassie secondsespecially • being beautifully executed,and after eleven holes of the morninground, she had already a com-manding lead, which became seven upafter sixteen holes had been played.Mrs Kintfseote, however, justified herreputation as a strong match-playerby seizing the opportunities presentedto her at the last two holes, and fin-ished five down on the morning round.From an uphill lie at the second holeof the attcrnoon round she hooked tiersecond to the elope on the leit of thecreeri and was again six down, butmade amends by taking iVluggeridge sin a well-played three. At Land s .Lndshb held a decided advantage otter twostrokes had been played, but wae shortwiih her run-up approach, and wellpast the pin with her fourth. Miss

1Beadel meanwhile had got nicely out! of the bunker with,her fourth, and lierfifth, coming toTest some nine inchesfrom tho hole, c6nipletely stymied heropponent's ball, which lay tKo same dis-tance bevond. Mrs Kingscote's nervedid not "fail her, however, and witha perfectly executed "jump" shot, sheholed for the half. Miss Beadel againwent to six up by taking FarthestNorth in a perfectly played four, and,this was probably the real turniug-1point of the match, for though MrsKjngscote contested every hole in the,gufoest possible fashion, she was strug-1gling all the time for a half. She made ip particularly gallant effort at Cross- jways, where Miss Beadel's tee shot was|well on the green, while her own TjallIlay down the hill in soft sand. Her!second left her a downhill putt ofiseveral yards ofl a sloping green, andher supporters must have gasped with|relief when the ball disappeared. MisßjBeadel was a few inches snort with her iapproach, and a half in three left hersix up at the turn. The leader heldtho tipper hand all .the way at thotenth, but was partially stymied at herfifth stroko, in which her ball grazedslightly as it passed the other ball andlay beside the hole. At O'Rorke's MrsKwgscote going, for a win was toostrong, and left, herself a longish puttlor tne half, but holed again—thesixth half in succession, and MissBeadel six up with seven to play. Bothdrove well to The Pines, and MrsKingscote's pitch' and run left* herabout fiveyards from the hole, but MissBeadel ran up her approach to withina foot, and a win, 3-4, gave her thetitle for the sixth time. Mise Beadelmade very few actual mistakes allthrough the match, and towards theend seemed to be playing more sound-ly and confidently than at any previousstage. Mrs Kingscote was very suc-cessful with iher drives, a low-flyingball with a shade of "draw" givingher great length, and she uses her feetwell, but in tbe subsequent shots theright hand tended to creep too farunder th 6 shaft, andthe resulting hook—as at Terra Nova, in the afternoon—-froquently landed her in difficulties.The soundness of her work on thegreen atoned for a good many de->ficiencies.• The Kaiapoi ladies' team have oncemore to be congratulated on theirsuccess—complete this year—in thecompetition for thej Cowlishaw Cup,and Mrs Stiokings in particular forher splendid round of'B9 gross, a re-turn' which was excelled on the ' dayonly by Miss B. Rutherford, champion"of tho Chrifitchurch Ladies' Club, in1930, who' was playing for Hawarden.Other notable performances were thoseof Miss R. Reed, who 'contributed anet 75> for the Rawhiti Club, and ofMiss M. Johnston, who with a net 78was lowest scorer for Avondale. Itwould appear from the results thatability t6 keep to the desired lino ofplay is probably the chief factor inproducing a low average in strokerounds, for though some of the Kaia-poi fairways are open enough, themajority offer rather-constricted areasfor a successful second or third shot.The same may be said of Avondale,whose team filled the second place, inthe competition. Here again everyshot through the green must—to getgood results—be played to a line pre-determined, and ( the margin of errorpermissible is very small. The samenecessity may account for the honour-able position filled by the RawhitiClub's team, and in smaller measureby the Fiarewood quartette, who tiedwith them at 846. One recalls in thisconnexion the success of J. Millard inthis year's Canterbury championship.Millard laid the foundations of hisgame on the old New Brighton links,where amy.. divergence from a narrowstrip of faii-way was heavily punished,and lias since played chiefly at Ra-whiti and Avondale.

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Shirley was i> excellent trim for theladies' championship and the Cowli-shaw Cup. and, given reasonably goodweather conditions, should •be at itsbest by the time the New Zealandchampionships are decided. Here, andat Russley, what is now desired is aspell of fine weather so that the materialused for top-dressing may run smoothlythrough the spreader. On the lat-ter course -the success of the heavy top-dressing on the fourteenth fairway,which is now well-grassed, will nodoubt lead- to a similar treatment atseveral other holes, especially the sixthana eighth, where earlier efforts metwith only partial success.

- At Harewood many of tho membersare busy with preparations for tbeclub's annual North Canterbury Cham-pionship Tournament, which takesplace from Saturday, September 26th.to Wednesday,. 30th. On the firstday competitors will have an oppor-tunity ©f making themselves familiar

with tho course in a bogey handicapfor all competitors, and the thirty-sixholes of stroke play on which the cham-pionships (senior and junior) are/ de-cided will be played dn the followingday, September 27th,

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in. conjunctionwith medal handicaps in both morningand afternoon rounds. The HarewoodCup for the lowest aggregate of teamsof four from any affiliated club will bedecided on the gross scor& of the finalround. Fo'r this event post entries willbe received, other entries must bemade (through club secretaries) notlater than Monday, September 21st.R. T. Tosswill is the title-holder, ai<His expected to be a strong contenderagain this year. The programme of theladies' matches is more diversified, thetwo championship rounds being playedin the mornings of the 29th and 30th, abogey handicap and a four-ball bogeymatch occupying the afternoons. Thesenior and junior championships werewon last year by Miss D. ClirystaU andMiss M. Ward respectively. The workdone during the winter months isnow beginning to show results in thoWay of improved fairways, and the laterdate assigned to the tourney is boundto increase its popularity. Theamateur carpenters of Harewood arebusy with the erection of anew room, 36ft by 16ft, to increase thepresent accommodation, and car-own-ers will find the parking-place levelledand enlarged. *

At Avondale the final of the ladies*championship was once morei contestedby Mrs J. M. Preston (holder) and hersister, Miss E. L. Sapsford. As wasexpected, Mrs Preston, whose, suc-cesses during the season had reducedher handicap to six, was always ashade tho bettor of the pair, thoughon most of the greens the success orfailure of a putt of reasonable lengthmade all the difference. Mrs "Prestonwas three up on the first nine holes,five up at the end of the round, andcontinued to gain a hole here andthere till her lead was nine up at the28tlf. Miss Sapsford was also In tbeposition of runner-up in the Members'Cup, a knock-out competition playedon handicap. In the final she met agreatly improved young player inMiss M. Johnston, who, with her han-dicap allowance of seven strokes, wona close match 2 up and 1.

WOMEN'S FOURSOMESCHAMPIONSHIP.

(united p&ess association—by eikctricTELEGRAPH—COPTBIOHT )

SYDNEY, September 9.Mrs O'Brien and Miss Wray won the

foursomes golf championship of Austra-lia with a total of 176 for 30 holes.

Misses Le Febre and Hammond andMesdames Robinson and Pearson tiedfor second, two strokes away.

RUSSLEY CLUB.Tho following is tho draw for a bogey

match to be played at Russley to-morrow:—NO. X TEE.

12.45 p.m.—H. A. Pens, F. O. Pairclough,and J. P. Gilmour; 0. W. White, LindsayRussell, and O. W. C. Smithson.

1 p.m.—H. F. renlington, A. W. Smith-pod, and R. A. Bagshaw; F. C. Wooller, W.VV. Gudgeon, and Hartley Smith; D. E.Millar, It. V. White, and Gordon Palmer;

-R. L. Ronaldson, K. B. Bain, and' E. E.Wntkins.1.16 p.m.—R. B. Dagger, R. B. Smytho,and S. R. Self; W. M. Robs, J. 0. Cullman,nnd F. W. Hobbs; G. A. Connal, R. T.,!Bcveridge, and G. K. McAllnm; R. D. Har- iman, H. D. Andrews, and H. E. Goggin. ,

1.80 p.m.—D. P. Hobbs, H. V. Brown,and Denis Anderson; H. M. Jacobs, R. V. IMidgeley, and J. S. Middleton; b. G. |Steven and 0. W. Cotterill; A. R. O'Mslleyand C. W. Morphy.

1.45 p.m.—S. W. Jamieson, R. D.Mitchell,and H. J. Hanna; P. Hollander, 8. h. Part-ridge, and R. L. Round; M. I*. Hall, 0. V.Quigley, and H. E. Parsons; W. J. Hunter,A L. Robs, and M. R. Renton.

2 p.m.—A. E. Ackroyd and A. li. Mntson;P. Wynn-Williams, J. R. Thomas. and D.D. Bailey; 'R. W. Morrow, h. P. Tisdall,and E. E. Gontch; J. G. Hanafln, J. A.Philp, ant} R. G. Donovan.

NO. 11 TEE.1 p.m.—P. Gill, M. E. Knight, and S. G.

Lester; -l£ Spitz, H. G. Barnett, and C. S.Morris; W. G. Turnbull, H. L.nnd B. Milnes: A. 0. Prasor, J. R. Craw-shaw, and L. M. Hargreaves.

1.15 p.m.—W. R. Teape, J. P. Tipping,nnd H. A. Jardin; P. D. Jones. N. J. Wal-lace, and T. 0. Oiarkson; 0. Baker, J. Mhyre,and W. G. Bannatyne; M. 8. Brown, A. C.Bloxam, and P. O. Hartley.

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1.30 p.m.—A..Borgfeldt. G. P. Nieoll, andW. L. Partridge; A. L. Kay, E. 0. Tipping,and J. R. Stevenson; H. O. Hewlett and W.J. Freebury; A. O. Wellwood-,. J. R. Pabri-kant, and W. H. Price. . _ .•

X.45 p.m.—V. R. Hean, H. R. Hamilt«n,and A. O. Wilkinson.

HAREWOOD CLUB. .

Following is the draw for the bogey handi-cap match to be played at Harewood to-

-1 Tee; O. J. McPadden v. O. A.Y. Johnston. A. H., Shanks v. H. L.White-man, N. Wyber v. W. L. Lawry, J. R. Cam-eron v. A. H. Oavell. No. 50 Toos 8. W.Binns v. P. W. White, P. Parris v. S. Wfight,L P. Symes v. R. Twyneham, 8. R. Simpsonv. R. R. Bell.

1.30—No. 1 Tee: C. A. Quane v. J. 8.Wilson, E, W. Reeves v., P. "P. Leckie, N. ETingey +. J. A. Redpath, E. P. Oakes v.L. Robinson. No. 10 Te«: O. J. Ward v.J. J. Fitzgerald, J. P. Stratton, A. P. W.Preston, G. Fairhurst v. L. Austin, R. G.Mslcolmson v.; A. E. Kincaid.

1.45—N0. 1 Tee: L. E. Cook© v. A. C.Jamieson, F. W. CowUshaw v. C. L. Green,A. B. Hpbbs v. T. Moffatt, A. D. Neill V.A, G. Bean. No. 10 Tee: L. Henwood v.A. S. Geddes, M. B. Oook v. P. Armstrong,P. Wardell v. J. G. McDermont, S. Milne v.J A. Jowell.

1 p.m.—No. 1 Tee: 0. W. Champion v. D.Crosier, A. Satterthwaite v. M. W. Bcaven,D. C. Crosier v. J. Epps, J. Robertson v. R.A. Crozier.

2.15—N0. 1 Tee. L. J. Kincaid r. J. Mur-phy,' S. Vine v. E. T. Beaven, F. W. Stevenßv. 11. Armstrong.

Following is the draw for the semi-final oftho captain's junior trophy, to be played ontho 13th:—H. L. Whiteinan v. J. M. Epps,R. A. Crozier v. P. W. Stevens.

Following is the team which will, repre-sent Harewood in the Harewood-AshburtonCup match to be played on the Harpwoodlinks- on Septebiber 13thA. R. Blank, R.T. Tosswill, li. Robinson. W. L. Lawry, T. H.Moffatt, E. W. Reeves, N. Wyber, J. D. Mc-Millan, L. Austin, A, F. W. Preston, E. T.Beaven, A. G, Jamieson.

rfAREWOOD LADIES' CLUB.The L.G.U. medal matoh' and the first

qualifying round of the championship wasplayed yesterday under very wintry condi-tions. The best scores were:

SENIORS.Miss M. Ward .. •• 95 17 78Mrs Tingey .. ..101 15 86Miss Miller .. ..104 16 88Mrs Binns .. •• 107 16 91

JUNIORS.Mrs Wallace .. ..114, 33 81Mrs Skinner .. ...102 19 8,3Mrs Tate .. 113 30 83'Miss Beadel .. .- ..112 27y 85Mrs Blank .. -. 107 19 83Mis> L. Eage ..

.._108 19 89

In- the play-off of tho tie in the lastserior medal inatch between Mrs Tingeyand Miss Ward; Miss Ward was the winner.

RICHMOND HILL CLUB.Thj following is the draw for the bogey

handicap to be played to-morrow. ; The semi-finals of the senior and junior champion-ships will also be played:—R. D. Glackin v.C. A.® Rattray, R. H. T. Hamilton v. 0. 8.Hardy, F. L, Brandt v. J. A. Jamieson, V,E Hamilton v. J. S. B. Bruges, L. Cornarga'v J. Ritchie, G. ,M. Hall v. J. MeKechnie,C S. Peate v. R. H. Booth, R. E.. Hastiev. J. Wilson, J. -Edmonds v. L. J. Moor-house.- E L. Young v. R." D. M. Bassett.'

A sealed hole match for a prize pre-sented by Miss G. E. Wilson was playedat Richmond Hill yesterday and resultedin a win for Mrs F. 0. Strong.

In the course of the match, Mrs H.. A.Fotvine, Mrs A. Rattray, Mrs F. 0. Strong,and Mrs H. Ij. Evans all reduced theirhandicaps.

RANGIORA CLUB.The following is the draw. for the. pre-

sident's y vice-president's match, tobe played to-morrow (Dr. /McPhail's teammentioned first):—R. G. Edward v.-P. G.Ellis, W.' Smith v. K. H. Kippenberger, J.Palairet v. W. R. Patrick, A, Pnrdie �. P; G.Tdlmie, T. Mcßae v. C. Taylor, Ij. W. .Wil-son v. A. Ambrose, B. Macdonold '�»-11. W.

Menzles, G. W. Watson �. B. J. Logan, A.Harper v. J. Harley, T. H. Blain v. "W. 0.Keetley J. A. Johnston v. A. Lockhart, E. 8.MoPhail v. L. M. King, W. Mackenzie v. B. D.B. Smith, H. 6. llehrtens v. A. Macdonald, J.M. Fraaer v. 6. March, W. E. Barton v. A.Buckingham, H. A. Bennett v. F. W. Garland,R. Newman t. G. A. Southgate, S. T. Sewardv. P. B. Glasgow, Ralph Smith v. D. A. Camp-bell R. S. Smith v. G. E. Taylor, TahuShankland v. J. P. Palmer, W. Stevens v. R.A. C. Sommervil'c.

AMBERLEY CLUB.Following is the draw for tho

golf tournament:—9 a.m.: K. B. Bain andSV E. Busoh play T. Edridge and S, Self;D. MoGill and S. Frew play J. Epps andS, Denton; A. fuller and A. Holland play8 Hooper and A. W. Smithson; W. M.Boss and L. Y. Rhode? play J. A. Flemingand It. Harris. 9.30 a.m.: N. ~C. Kingeyand B. G. -Dalgety play R. Atkinson andJ. F. Stratton; J. P. Gilmore and J, Gun-derson play D. Fisher and. R. 8. Beveridge;A. Grubb and J. A. Bedpath "play A. Geddierand J. Wardell; N. Boake and W. R. Pat-rick play C. Haig and H. D. Rodgers. JOa.m.: M. Foley and A. C. Hobba play RG. Malcolmson. and B. G. Rutherford; PD. Shea and J. R. Grange play O. A,Y. Johnston' and L. J. Lewis; S. Ruther-ford and R. Duthie play C. A. Quane andT. Forrest; C. J. Ward and P. R. Dear-don play H. E. Parsons and G. A. Palmer;W, A. Parsons and F. D. Foley play Ei J.Woolf and G. L. Rutherford; E. Spitzplays J. M. Shortall. /

WEAKENED BY WORRY.■ —. � ..

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"I don't want to worry, but I can'thelp it," said a woman recently, whentold to take things easily and not toworry. It is the duty of every womanto save her strength as much as pos-sible, and. if she flndß herself getting*depressed; if she feels utterly worn out,worries over trifles and frequently hasnervous headaches, she will be wise torealise that her nervous system needsattention.,

Nervous disorders are due to starvednerves, and as the nerves are fedthrough the blood, it naturally followsthat to feed the Serves you must buildup your blood. To do this there-is no-thing to equal Dr. Williams' Pink PillaThese pills not 0n1y... enrich the blood,they help to create new .rich blood,which feeds and strengthens;the nerves,snd so banishes-the cause s>f nervoustroubles. Chemists and stores sell Dr.Williams' Pink Pills. —3

gome workmen Have" -.discovered 4ngravel pit not far from " Budapest thejawbone of a fossil rhinoceros, abso-lutely intact. It is five feet long, andthe teeth are" two inches thick.

OUTDOOR RELIEF.I—'1 —' •' ■

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A GROWING DEMAND.

HOSPITAL BOARDS SEEK GRANTOF £IOO,OOO.

(PBEoS ASSOCIATION TELEGSAM.)

ELLINGTON, September 10.'A deputation,from the New Zea-

land , Hospital Boards' 'Associationwaited on the Prime Minister, theRt- Hon. G. W. Forbes, with a re-quest for a grant of £IOO,OOO, in orderthat the hospital boards* of the Do-minion might copo with the increaseddemand for outdoor relief.

Mr Forbes said he recognised thevaluable work being done by the hos-pital boards,, and realised the diffi-culties they were up against, becauseof the abnormal demands for outdoorrelief. However, the problem was adifficult one, because every increasedgrant that was made was immediatelyswallowed up, and that process couldnot go on indefinitely. The Govern-ment had to take a stand to keep thefinances \vithin reasonable bounds, andto endeavour to prevent the problemfrom becoming a permanent one. Herecognised, however, that somethingwould have to be done to providefurther assistance for th<s boards, andhe. promised to go carefully into the 1matter with a view to giving themfurther aid.

The Prime Minister said lie alsorecognised the tremendous value ofvoluntary work at the present timet

NEEDS OF SINGLE MEN.

APPEAL TO HOSPITAL BOARD.

A request .tli&t single unemployed 'men, should be given -some money to--ward the payment of their rent, andrations of food, during the weeks thatthey are' not employed-on relief works,was made to the Benevolent Committeeof the North Canterbury Boardby a deputation yesterday. They desiredthat rent and rations should be giventhem here on the same scale as in-Wel-lington. They wcre: givanan assurance

that each case would be treated pnmerits as far as food was concerned,and were told that if several of themtook a house together:, or if a marriedman took & single man, somethingto\ assist. them to pay the rent wouldbe done by the committee.

In asking that the treatment givenhere, should be siaiilar to that in Wel-lington, where they" given a ticketfor 14 meals on a restadrant, and 6s 6df°r f®pt, Mr H. E.: Barnsloy, who " wasthe spokesman for the deputation, saidthat some of the men were on .. theverge of starvation, and although 100of them were being sent to camp, the'

" n ■^lo City' included some1300 single men. The meals at the CityMission Men Guest House, he said,were, quite inadequate, ■ for no hot meals,apart from porridge and, soup for break-fast, were given during the day. A hotmeal was given by the Salvation- Army,which was doing all it could, bat wasunable to deal with the situation. Themen needed aid for footf and rent dur-ing the coming week-end. Many ofthem had dependents. *

Men Living' Together.The chairman of the committee (MrHorrell) said that the number of de-pendents was

;alwaystakep into consid-eration; and Mrs T. Green added that+TaS treated 09 its merits,the men had never filled inSvs? req

,uired h* Committee,

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STATEMENT BY THE MAYOR.[FHOM ODB PABi4AKBNXAar KEPOBTER.]

WELLINGTON, September 10.« oases where examination revealsgenuine distress, single . unemployed

W t£«accordlnK to Mr D. G. SuUi-

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This decision lias I>een:3moHHpt:the fact that the cutting

, weekly unemploymentChrifitchurch hasyork for single men.

A long conference «&I»raHEg|9between Mr JSuUrvar^the North^CaiTterbug7^^^^^^^^jinvestigated, and:agreed that Mrthe men they could apt

, single men havefrom the Hospital 'Board■, Mr Sullivan hadtouch with Mr Forbes ob4»mMH3hß|

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IMPERIAL CRICKETCONFERENCE.

lICATION FOB TESTS.

OTm OWSf CQBRESSONDENT.)

- LONDON 7^Imperial Cricket Conference

He, with LordHHEHII England; MrHHL#*oett represented Aus-

Warner and Mr 11.D. G.HMhWiiiouth. Africa; Mr A T.■Wm Kr A. Sims, New Zealand;RHMpifr' Charles Ilarlngton andBmHlUtri, India; and Mr A. C.H|p Mr Norinafl Leacock; the|H|h )(r W. Findlay, secretary,

also present.HHHnUH of a suggestion put for-the rules ' Wore

amended »s follows!—<Bule 4.

tho word "reasonable" 1# «übstitutcdfor "go«d.,, and the words "seriesofare inserted between "approaching'and ''Test Matches."

Another rule was added as follows:"These rules shall come into force

on September Ist, 1931."The names submitted by the

lian Board of Control and the SouthAfrican Cricket Association, of playerslikely to take part in theTest Matches between AustfaUa andSouth Africa In Australia next winterwere approved.

Other alterations having taken placein the wording of the rules drawn upby the Imperial Cricket Conferencei n1930, the following are the completerules as agreed to ftt the

1. Test Matches iW matches playedbetween Bides duly selected Shew-ing bodies of cricket recognised by_ tooIrilperial Cricket Repre-senting countries within the Empire*

play in a Test Match either by bl*thor residence.

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3. (a) Qualification byT

cricketer unless debarred by the im-perial Cricket Conference is alwaysgible to play for the country of hisbirth. ' • ' '

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Vb) Qualification by rosidence.-->Cricketer unless debarred by the Im*perial Cricket Conference shall beentitled to ptoy fo* any country wwhich he is residing and ha*

residing during the fOur immediately

during that period*

(e) Notwithstanding anything bore-infore contained, any player who hasonce played in a Test Match for anycountry shftll not afterwards bo eligibletb play in a Teat Match against thatcountry. without the consent of its

I Board of Control.4. The respective Boards of Control

of the countries affiliated to the Im-perial Cricket Conference shall beResponsible for submitting in reasonabletime for the approval of the ImperialCricket Conference the names of anycricketers likely to be selected to playin any approaching Serios of TestMatches, furnishing their qualifica-tions and stating if any player hasduring the four immediately precedingyears played for the country of hisbirth. In the case Of cricketersQualified by residence, they shallfurther state the periods of residenceUpon which such (juiuincn*tions are founded. - ~

5 Any question arising under thdsorules shall be submitted to the ImperialCriolcet Conference, and their decisionsshall be fiijal. t _

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6. Those rules shall come mto forceon September let, 1931. I

Something new in aquatic sports wasdemonstrated ut San Pedro, California,when a dare-devil surf rider took towftMn an airship. Trailing at the endJ a 2doft rope attached td the dirig-ible,. Elmer Peek thrtiled spectators byb programme of acrobatic feats. Asriced of fifty mil®? an hour was ob-tained before a spill ocourred.. Notlons ago Mr Peofe set mi enduranceSd by aquaplaning behind a motorsboat, for twenty-four hours.

NEW ZEALANDERSABROAD.

PERSONAL NOTES FROMLONDON.

(proji otrn own coßiussroifMSXi.)

LONDON, August 7.Professor J. llight crossed to Bou-

logne for a day to meot Dr. and MrsJ. B. Condljffe, who were on their wayto Geneva from the United States.Dr. Condliffe (formerly Professor ofEconomics at Canterbury College) ac-cepted oarly this year a seven-yearscontract with the League of Nationsto write an annual "Survey of Eco-nomic Affairs," and /lie was on his wayto take up his new duties when Dr.ilight saw him. Later on, Mrs Cond-iifte will cottio to England to placetheir two soils at school in Derby-shire. ~

The Rev. G. P. Morns, L.Th., 8.D.,lately vicar of Wfliukti, has been ap-pointed rector of Thornton-Je-Moor,Lincoln, a living in the gift or theBishop. .

Mr Paul Longuet (Invercargill) wgoing to America to play in ''PaymentDeferred" —the very successful thrillin which Mr Charles Laughton has thoload. After a long run at St. Jaines sTheatre, the company has been touring011 tho outskirts of London. is verygratifying to be able to Btate that JNlrLaughton holds a very high opinion ottho New Zealander as an actor. In"Paytaent Deferred" ho has not agreat part, because ho happens to betilt unfortunate young relative froniAustralia whom a hard-up uncle killsin the first act with cyanide of potas-sium, and buri&s the b6dy in the gar-den. It is an excellent opportunityfor Mr Longtiet to be associated wituso outstanding an actor as Mr Laugh-ton. The choice of touring with twocompanies had to be made, for MrLonguet was offered a Canadian en-gagement with "The Barretts of Wim-pole Street," in which Mifis GwcnFfrangcon Davis will continue toplaylend, out without Mr Cedric Hard-wicke Thinkiiu? th 6 two offers Wellover, Mr Longuet decided to reinainwith Mr Laughton and the GilbertMiller management, New Zealandfriends will be much pleased to hearthat he has done so well for himselrin the space of only a few months inLondon.

Mr W. G. Ka'augher. the fine Ox-ford hurdler (and New Zealand RhodesScholar) is now playing cricket forOxfordshire. It is noted that up tothe present time bo has taken roundabout 50 wickets for 10 runs apiece.He is a fast bowler of the best type,and as recently as last Monday tooksix Bedfordshire wickets in the firstinnings Kalnugher plays Rugger forNorthampton. He should be a de-

cided acquisition to Marlborough whenhe enters upon his new duties therenext year.

Dr. J. B. Dawson, tho newly-appolnted Professor of Obstetrics in New Zea-land, has arrived in England, with MrsDawson and their family. Dr. Dawsonhas come to Europo to make a com-prehensive round or the leading centresbefore taking up his new duties. Atthe present time he is in London, buthe is finding himself somewhat ham-pered by the fact of August being ageneral holiday month. In a few weeks'time he will leave for Berlin, Vienna,Geneva, Berne, and Paris, spending twomonths on the Continent. In NovemberDr. Dawson will go to Edinburgh, Glas-gow, and Dublin. He will go to NowZealand, via San Francisco, arriving intime to take up his new position in themiddle, of ..

February.Mrs Dawson and her family, who are

at present staying in Warwickshire withRelatives, will not go to New Zealandwith him, but will join him there, trav-elling via Australia.' Dr. A£nes Bennett (Wellington) waspresent at the Beale Centenary atCheltenham Ladies' College—her oldSchool—recently, and after- ' visitiagfriends in Gloucester and Warwick Bhomotored through the North of Englandfind then camo south to attend thfl.,B«-bresentative's Council Meeting OftheBritish Medical Association at East-bourne. This was followed by the Sec»tional Meetings. Dr. Agnes.Betinett hada very interesting and enjoyable timeat Eastbourne and is sow spending alittle while-in Kent. Later «ha Will set-tle in hospital work in London.

'Dr. A. S. Gray (Thames) was calledfrom London to Scotland rather Urgent-ly on account of his father's illness. Onhis way to England, Via thi United

[ States, he visited the Mayo. Clinic atRochester, and tliero did some post*graduate work. At present he. Is laEdinburgh, where six weeks will bespent professionally. Mrs Gray is withher husband. The travellers have hadan interesting time touring in Scotland,and when they were in London theywere able to *bo at Wimbledon duringthe tennis fortnight.

1 Miss. Edith Hind (Wellington) has,since returning from the Continent,spent some time visiting relatives andfriends in Kent, Somerset, and Devon-shire. In .Tuly she, b&d a delightful timeat a country house in Durham, then vis-iting the Lake District and staying inYorkshire with relatives. Miss Hind re-cently spend a week with the CanadianOverseas Education League party 'atStratford-on-Avon, where she was ableto enjoy seeing oight plays of Shake- ■gp6aro performed by the ShakespeareFestival Company. This weelt the greatattraction at Malvern is the Drama Fes-tival which the New Zealander is at-tending. The seven plays catalogued forpresentation cover five centuries ofdrama. On August 14th sho will leaveby the Corinthic.

Mr and Mrs C. L, BidgGn. (ndeNeville) wero in London for a weekafter having spent the University yearat Poitiers. New Zealantjers will bo in-terested to hear that in tho Universityexaminations Mr Ridgen was successfulin gaining four diplomas, all withspecial mention—two for tho Licenceand two other special onos, namely, Cer-tiflcat d'Aptitude a l'lnseigitemont duFrancais a . l'otrauger, and Certiflcat<Ses Etudes Francaises. Mrs Ridgenherself also gained two Diplomas thoughshe did not take the course so Scrioußiyas did her husband. After the examin-ations, Mr and' Mrs Ridgen visited thecastles of the Loire, Paris, Switzer-land, Mt. Blanc, Italy, and Belgium. Aweek only was available for London,and oil July 31st the travellers left forNew Zealand by the Baradine. MrRidgen will resume his position at theChristehurch Boys' High School on thecompletion of a year's leave of absence.

Mrs j. Oswald Telford (PalmerstonNorth) and her daughter have come toLondon 1and are living for tho presc-nt!at Hampatead. In due course they will(Settle down to study, Mrs Telford tomusic, and her daughter to dancing

Mr and Mrs E. A. Turner (Pahiatua)have come to London from Port Said,where the former is taanager of Bar*clay's Bank (D., C., and O.). Mir TurnerWas formerly in the Union Jtftttk ofAustralia in Ashburton. They Will re-turn to Port Said in the middle of Sep-tember by the OronteS, and during theirstay here they are making thfcir head*quarters in Sussex. They have with themtheir two small sonfi.

In connexion with : the deathOf Mrß Seddon, Mrs Seddon-Woods re-ceived from the Private Secretary totheir Majesties a letter stating t"it hehad been commanded to express i > herthe sympathy of the King and Queenin the death of her mother, whom theirMajesties well remembered meeting withMr Seddon when he was Prime Ministerof New Zealand.

THE COURTS.MAGISTERIAL.

THURSDAY.(Before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M.)

REMANDED.llelvills Percy Smith, a labourer, aged

-8, was charged that with intent to defraud$2 obtained goods valued at 6s lid and£o 6s 7d in money from Thomas William.Thomson by falsely representing that acheque for £0 13s 6d drawn on the National

Si . ew was a valid order.Chief-Detective J. Carroll said that twoother men had already been before the Courton the samo charge, and had been remandedto appear on September 17th. He asked

for a remand to the same day in Smith'scase, which was granted. Bail was allowedin self £25 and one surety of £25.

CYCLING ON FOOTPATH.Herbert Studley, who made a voluntaryappearance, was charged with riding abicycle on the footpath in Salisbury street,

■lie pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s andcosts.BREAOHKS OB 1 LICENSING ACT.

t '}c<mseo of the New Albion Hotel,Jack Boland Morris, was charged with sell-ing liquor after hours on August 22nd, andwas fined £3 and costs.Two men, John Lcslio Payton and Clar-onco Ernest Sutherland, each of whom wascharged with being on tho licensed premisesof the New Albion Hotel after hours,were each fined 20s and costs.

ADMISSION FEE NOT PAID.Stanley Lawrence Borcoski, of Worcesterstreet, Gerald Tiplady, of Barbadoes street,and William James Quinn wore each chargedwith obtaining admission to Lancaster Parkwithout paying any fee. Borcoski and Tip-lady were each fined Qs and costs, and Quinn,who pleaded that he had no money, wasconvicted and discharged.

On a charge of giving a false cams andaddress to a" police constable, however,Quinn was fined 5s and costs.

CARTER IN TROUBLE.Charges of using obscene language in a

public place and of driving a horse and. cart in a negligent manner were broughtagainst Charles Neilson, of Lower Styx road,Marshland (Mr M. J. Burns).

Senior-Sergeant Fox said that Neilson hadthreatened to run over a group 6i pedes-trians on the road, and had repeatedlydriven his horse and cart at them, so thatone of them had to catch hold of the horse'shead to save himself. He had st the sametime used tho language complained of. Hehad many previous convictions for obscenelanguage.

Accused, who had at first pleaded notguilty, changed bis plea to one of guiltyon both charges. For using obscene languagehe was sentenced to three months' imprison-ment and for driving in a negligent mannerwas convicted and discharged.

THEFTS OF POULTRY.Three charges of robbing poultry runs

were brought against Samuel Crawford Rog-ers, a labourer, of Christchurch, who pleadedguilty to all of them. He was charged withstealing, on June 27th. 30 fowls vulued at£6, from Slarcus Paul Freeman, with steal-ing on August 13th, 14 fowls, valued at £415s, from Herbert Dawrant, and with steal-ing, on September 9th, four fowls valued at10s, from Richard Henry Mildron.

Chief-Dotective Carroll said accused hadbeen accustomed to go to poultry runs inthe early hours of the morning to stealbirds, some of which he had sold pri-vately, and others in an auction market. Hehad a list of previous convictions, most ofv/hiclx were for the theft of fowls,

Rogers told tho Magistrate that he hadbeen out of work and "hard up." He hadhad to got a living somehow, he added.

He was sentenced to sis months' imprison-ment with hard labour on oach of the firsttwo chargos, and one month's imprisonmenton tho third.

THEFT ADMITTED.Thefts from a sick fund were admitted by

William Frederick Bensley, a blacksmith, aged44, who was charged with stealing, betweenDecember 28th, 1030, and January 14th,1931, suras totalling £22 3s Sd from the Car-lylo Implement Works Benefit Society., Chief-Detective Carroll said that until abouttwolvo months ago the accused had been em-ployed as a blacksmith by the firm, andhad been treasurer of the employees', sickbenefit fund. His duties were to pay out anyclaims and to hand the balance to - the firmwho banked it on behalf of the employees.In September last he had got into financialdifficulties and had used some of the moneyto pay instalments on a house.

"Ho stated," continued the Chief-Detec-tive,' "and I have no reason to doubt thestory,, that he at first intended only to bor-row tho .money, as -he thought he could ob-tain some money to repay U from his brother.However,' hj« received no. reply to the lettershe wfrote to his 'Mother.. Ho tookmore moneyand invested It on racehorses in an endeav-our ..to make up the shortage, but heonly" got deeper into the mire. He hasbeen given chanced to repay* and is Quitewilling to do so,- but has not been able toget the money. He is a decent man, and hasnever been in trouble beforo.

Bensley was admitted to probation for12 months and was ordered to repay the

amount involved ot the' direction of the Pro-bation Officer.

LINE NOT OLEAE.Stanley Edward Doyle was fined 20s and

costs for driving a car over the Colombostreet level crossing when the lino was notclear.

Senior-Serjeant J. Fox said the defendantbad flrossed the line about 25 yards infrtht of a train, although both crossing-keeper* were on duty and one of them hadcalled on him to (top. Arthur Garbut Sim-mons (Jlf F. W. Johnston) was fined 20sand costs for.'a similar offence.

CIVIL OASES.(Before Mr H. A. Young, S.M.)THEATRE OWNER'S CLAIM.

Joyland, Ltd., theatre proprietors (MrMr J. Groson), claimed from J. E. Hurdle?and Son# Ltd. (Mr W. F. Tracy), possessionof stage ourtains and curtains for threedoors and a stairway allegedly taken by.defendant from Joyland Theatre, NewBrighton, about July 15th. Alternatively,tho claim wao for £43 2s 6d, the value otthe ourtains.

Judgment was reserved.STOREKEEPER'S CLAIM.

A storekeeper, H. McMillan, of Chtney'tPoet 'Office store, Chaney's (Mr A. B. Hobbs),claimed from J. Whiteside, of Jubileeavenue, New Brighton (Mr M. J, Burns),tho sum of £9 Is, alloged to be the balanceof an account due. Judgment was givenfar plaintiff for the full amount claimed,with oolite.

.JUDGMENTS BY DEFAULT.

Judgment, for plaintiffs by default wasliven in the following cases;—Charles S.Thomas v. James AVhitesides, £2 2s; J.E. Hood, Ltd., v, J, Fuller, £% 6s lOd;Booth, Horsfoll and Co., Ltd., v. R. Mac-reftdy, Costs oftly t J. Ballantyne and Co.,Ltd., v. Ellen O Donnell, £2B lis; HeneryBurson and Sons, Ltd-, v. C. Cowpcr, £14s; W. E. Cook and Co. v. R. Phillips,£79 18s 10d} Auto Parts, Ltd., v. H. Stan-ley, 13s; International Harvester Co. ,ofNow Zealand, Ltd., v. W. H. Rennie, £89s 10d; Maling and Co., Ltd., v. W. Bar-fcjwman. £18„16s 7d; same v. N. Nilson, £2B2s Bdj Roy Twyneham v. F. G. and V. K.Ayers, £1 17s j Norman Y. Smith Co. v.E. Auketto, £lO 13s 4d; J. M". Mitchell,Ltd., v. R. W. Nunnick, £8 13s; RantinBros., Ltd., v. G. W. Dale, £8 Is lOd;tiustoes in the assigned estate of RupertHarcoltrt Shotrdon v. .Margaret Bryce, 12s?d) Bishop and Co. v. Frederick JohnPester., 10s; Gough, Gough, and Hamer,Ltd., v. W. R. Band. £22 Gs 9d; NohnanV. Smith Co. v. F. Kear, £7 14s lid; D.W. McGill v. A. F. Verlander, £3 10s; 0.Smith Stone Co., Ltd., v. Joseph McCon-ttell MoClelland, £B6; Frank Thomas Wittyv. G. Patterson, £69 Cs 6d; Cuninghamand Taylor v. Mrs Rosina Land, £1 Is; FD. Kesteven v. C. W. Haynes, £2B 10s;F. Kibblewhite v. D. Kane, £ls; R. Fair-bairn V. ifedgo Bros., £3; the North BigRiver v. B. R. Collins, £1 14s 9d.

JUDGMENT SUMMONSES.3. Hinuhe'y was ordered to pay Mason,

Struthera and Co., Ltd.. tho sum of £lO3s Cd forthwith, in default twelve days' im-prisonment, the warrant to be suspended as

as defendant pays £1 a month.1- Clements was ordered to pay Harry

the sum of £lO lis Cd forthwith,n default twelve days' imprisonment.Francis Pickens was ordered to pay Johnrhomas the sum of £49 3s 3d forthwith, inlefault 51 davß' imprisonment, tho warrant

;o be suspended as long as defendant pays10a a month

J. T. HazeMir.e was ordered to payBoyce's Motor and Tractor Co., Ltd., the! Un) . °f forthwith, in default threeInys imprisonment.L. W\ Wilson was ordered to pay A. I.Inrtley tho sum of £3 9s 6d forthwith, iniefauit four days' imprisonment, warrant

o be suspended as long as defendant payss a montlii 1

. fishing rods fitted with a lampwhich lit when a fish was caught, andan automatic device which promptlyrdfcled in. the line, a man at Genoa tookcharge of twenty fishing im '. lie hadonly to '''hook tile Ash and replace thebait.

DEATH OF BOY.

MOTOR-LORRY'S CAPSIZE.

INQUEST CONCLUDED.

The inquest was concluded yesterdayconcerning the death of Alatt FrancisJenkins,, aged 15, who died in hospitalon the morning of August 22nd follow-ing an accident, when a tootor-lorry inwhich he was riding capsized at thecorner of Barrington and Miltott streets,Bpreydon, after the driver had swervedto avoid a collision with a motor-cycle.Mr U. D. Hosier, Coroner, pre-sided.

Mr F. W. Johnston appeared f6f MrF. Jenkins, father of the dead boy, andDr. A. L. Haslam for the rider of themotor-cycle, Andrew William MeKer-row. .

Dr. Beryl Lawronee gave evidence ofAlan Jenkins's admission to the PublicHospital and of his death ffom the in*juries he had received.Thomas Skelton

;a butcher, whoseshop is o$ the corner of Barringtonstreet, said that at about 5.16 p.ta,: on

August 2lst he saw a motor-cydle,tra-veiling at a reasonable speed* turn outof Milton Street into Barrington strtietiTho next thing he noticed was the Boundof brakes being applied, and he thensaw a big. motor-lorry travelling southalong Barrington street and swervingover to the left. It was Well tindercontrol and seemed to be stopping, andwas then about eight or ten feet froma telegraph pole. Then the lorry cap-eisted, striking the pole violently as itdid sd and snapping it off at the base.As the lorry turned over the - butt ofthe pole swniig back into the cab'. Thelorry turned completely upside-down,coming to rest with its wheels in theair, the driver and the bov being pinnedunderneath.

Speed of the lorry.Robert Bertram Gfeen, of Spreydon,

who bad beeu cycling uortli alongB&rririgton street, saia the lorry haapassed him travelling doWot the centreof the road and, in his opinion, at aidexcessive and rather dabgerous speed.After the lorry hid passed witnessit swung over on to the Wrong side 6#the voad and then) as it approachedMiltoa etreet, swung sharply back again,capsizing as it did so. , Witiieas Was-doubtful concerning the speed of thelorry, but he said: "If anyone were toask me candidly, I would probably say40 milss an hour."Andrew William MeKeyfttr, etdon, tl»e rider of the motor-cycle, said

that as be came along Milton street hewas travelling at. about 15 miles anbow. He sounded his lioni as he ap-proached Barringtoa street and pre-pared to turn&orth, to his right. foemotor-truck came along on its wrongside just as he got well out on toBarrington street. He thought it wastravelling at "a faJt speed." It swetvedto its left and capsized and witnessswerved to Ms left and finished up idthe gutter On the west side of Barring-ton street.

Keith Fehsenfeld, ,agea, 13, had seenthe lorry comingup Bafrington streetand had thought it was "going « *ateout of the ordinary." '

Frank Jenkins, a' farmer, living atPort Levy, the driver of the lorry, whohad already given' evidence at the open-ing of the inquest, told Mr Johnstonthat' he might hats been travelling ataft outside speed of 25 miles an hour.He had Seen themOtdr'cyclist as he ap.proached Milton street travelling at amoderate speed and though: he could sotremember doing so witness thought itlikely that he had pulled to his right,expecting the cyclist to give him <■ thetoad. The cyclist, however, had heldstraight on and witness had been forcedto swing baek to the Ifrft.

The Coroner retqyaed a verdict tothe effect that Alan Francis Jenkinsdied from severe injttriefe received whena motOMorry driven by Ms father andin which he was a jpasseiigei', Gapßissed kithe corner of Milton and Harringtonstreets. "One is forced to the conclusionthat the lorry was being driven downBarrington street at a greater speedthan it should have been/' hi added.

PRISONERS SENTENCED.

(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGEjUI.)

v Wellington, |esawfcs 10.Were sentenced is the

Supreme Court by his Honour theChief Sir'Michael Myers, asfoxlk>Wß:AJfthur st#Wart Motgafi, ift-decent aesfiulti eighteen months' refor-mative detention; John Cecil WhitelaWSaunfl6rS, aged 2i, forgery, uttering,and theft, three years' reformative de-tention ; William Thomas Grey Fofc-croft and Joseph Walter Maddock,breaking and entering with intent tocommit a crime, reformat tivo ftfid Bor-stal detontidfc for two a&d a half years

j Robert Mdrgaii, .aged 21,stealiiie and tinliifcftttj opening mail'w#» thrii year!' irefdifai&iivfc deten-tion.

HURT IN ESCAPING

FROM FIRE.HOTEL EMPLOYEES CLAIM".?"/

COMPENSATION.

(raise AtsoeuTtov nttutii)

WELLINGTON, September 10".Three employees, George Michael

Skana, Mary Margaret Park, andßttfh;claimed compensation in

Arbitration Court to-day from Majs|Catherine Hyda, administratrix in the ;'

eetajte of Henry Bruce Hyde, fortrierly ;licensee of the Panama Hotel, on thi'c;grounds that in endeavouring to esfeajpi'ffrom a burning Wilding they suffered-

injuries, intruding "burns, which **•

pulted in a"' etortalfrdegree 6fmeiil." ' •

defence denied liability, ongrcrtj&d that the accident happiafoCafw 'WolfkingnoSi;&*Hl6 out ofemploytofenfr. /

; Mr O'Leary. for defend^t> «*is&3Hß&'it seemed rather • (Mrtraordimfy—.thifc,there was ...authority to afabwjfhether, the words Vfire causing ,theinjury". a«ideiit aroseout of efajwo|ifiwit. wasimportarit\|6 tchOW" it ft waslaw thatan accident arising out of a fir«> v«an aocid«tl arising out»if emploTinipt.This was iwjftomw.td Mtelor other employees UVmg on the pfre-

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portoa wkfy.df was not, thai«lriiptoipid>{lf an. ,accident is caused by 'aome*-thing Unconnected with eftpfaytaqfiV:

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His Honour remarked that the casetvas an interesting nnd tb& Gourtwould give its written decision.

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TO-DAY'S APPEAL.

VIOLET DAY'S PURPOSE.

ORGANISED EFFORT.

One of the remarks made by a speak-er- at the last annual meeting of theChristchui'cb Centre of the Plunket So-ciety was that "probably no Society inChristchurch had more " friends.' * forone day in the . year at least this is

plain—on Violet .-Day helpers, from allover the City, both young and old, eomeout to help the Society to. raiße thefunds Veeessary to carry; on:its invalu-able work. Not:? only do- individuals*come •willingly' to the Society's assist-«nc6, blit many of: tha' large City. Annsgive practical demonstrations of theirsympathy and .support; by, m&king spe*;ial appeals to their .employees or; by-means of special"window displays.

For the Centre committee the fewdays before Violet Day are filled withactivity. The committee is assisted bythe committees of the sub-branches, whoin their tairn call on the young peopleof their , own districts to help, as col-lectors, flower-selleis, or s stall hioldew oreven to pick and bunch the violets orto transport them into the City fromthe suburbs *nd country.

Headquarters this'year are, as usual,iB the Jockey Club rooms in Oxford ter-race and there, all yesterday afternoonand evening, volunteers worked amongthe BWOTt-smelling' flowers, preparingthem for to-day's selling.. Flowers comefrom- alpiost all .over the, province, but'to the. generosity of the owners of vio-let f&rms, whtiv throw their gardensopen-to the Society's pickers, is thesuccess of the appeal chiefly due. With-

WOfMte,-.used, detracting largely from the attrac-tiveness of the offering.

" To-day Victoria square will become a' temporary' market:plS6i6." Cooked foods,.

vegetables,,and farm produce will.be for• v sale,ori'the-produce 'stall,.and the cake-

Stall, doubtless -remembered from pastyears, wilV have on it a huge model ofthe new Plujiket Rooms ,in iced plum-cake; at anothor stall, plants, and flow-ers and books will be on sale, and atanother will be\ sold needlework done

' -by the nurses.at the Karitane Hospital,including woollen goods, .silks, linenß, andmany interesting novelties. ,

During the day the Mayoress, (Mrs D.0. Sullivan)' arid the president of theChristchurch branch (Mrs J. Cracroft.Wilson), helped by a band of volun-teers, will serve food ~and drink in the'City Council Chambers to . street * col-lectors, flower-sellers, stall-holders, andall the other -assistants.

A Valuable Cause.It is interesting to repeat Sir- Truby

King's words spoken at the annualmeeting of the- Christchtirch branch afew months ago. **A single pound spenton Plunket work," he said, "will domore good than £IOO. spent in any otherdirection. I want people to understandthe ■ importance .of the work, because atthe present time there is need for all>the support that can be obtained."

One of the. most significant featuresof the wprk here in Christchurch, he,-continued, was that it had taken intoaccount not only the City, but also the;whole of North Canterbury. In someplaces there had been. a tendency forcountry'branches to hive off, from the.centre, but here the tendency was to re-main with Christchurch, the parentbranch.

The last annual report of the Societymentioned that there were 14 sub-

branches in Christchurch alone, and very ,many more throughout the Canterburydistrict. As Sir Truby King pointedout, the tendency has always been forthe country and suburban. branches toco-operate with the parent -body, andtihiw co-operation has always been pro-ductive of the .happiest results. Thecountry branches work with, a good dealof individual freedom, but the help ofthe centre , is'.always at their disposal,and their power to do useful work isthus greatly increased.

However, like all organisations of thiskind which seek to serve the public,the Society is dependent upon the pub-lie for funds to work with. "Thegods help those who help themselves,"is an old proverb,, but it is at leastpartly applicable here. The publicgains enormous benefit from the work ofthe Society, but,the public must givemoneyr and help if it is to continue togain this,benefit. To-day is Violet Day,not the day on which the Society appealsfor funds, because it does tha!t everyday, but the:day on which it gives thepublic the opportunity to subscribe ina way that, while it makes no greatdrainon individual pockets, yet enables thework to be carried on for another year.

THE AIMS OF THESOCIETY.

POUNDER'S ADVICE.

IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS.

The following are. a few extracts fromthe address of Sir Truby King, founderof the Plunket Society, to the annualmeeting of the Christchurch branch lastJune:—

"The Society is essentially voluntary,and this the main' feature- in its

success.'lt is, peculiarly women's work,though the interest of meh is practicallythe same,"3jt is to think of theprogress S 1 made."

''lf in. the schools it was made a point'that no girl in-stead of giving her knowledges that isno knowledge, conditions- would bemuch bettered. If there were more open-air schools throughout Canterbury therewould be fewer premature births.''

"An important factor of the work isthat dealing .with the pre-school child,as well as the child at school. I am gladto know that of the ten Plunket nursesemployed by the Christchurch commit-tee, one is devoted entirely to the pre-school child."

"The Plunket Society canjiot do morefor the community until the Govern-ment' provides the funds to enable ■ itto .deal •with the situation. Members ofParliament should realiae that, it is amatter of tremendous importance. Thesubsidies should be double what theyare at present,

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and provision shouldbe made for the care of children up tofMT years of .age, when they, are handedover to the Education Department."''The Society wants to:work in con-

junction with the Health Departmentand. the Education Department. Theseshould not be in watertight compart-'ments, and. although even'now to someextent they are working together, theyshould, and will, in the future, combinefor greater "efficiency: Educated publicopinion is necessary for this as for allthe Society's work.'*

PLUNKET SOCIETY.

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. Itis perhaps significant 'that;Truby King, founder of the

I Society, when speaking at the last an-nual meeting of the Society in Christ-church, remarked that in no place inthe world was .there more devotion tothe cause than in Christchurch, and'added' that no place: had been less*)t«lped than;this centre.. The twork of the Society Aaat alwaysbeen done oa a volajitaiy baj»is, bjrmeans of from thepublioandfromthose spebldlty interese&,aiA-ed by subsidies from the Government,and it has ■always been the aim-of theChristchurch branch to make their Vio-let Day collections reach as near thesum of £IOOO as possible. Last year thetotal collected was nearly £9oo,»«nd thecommittee hopes to equal, if not exceed,this sum thte year. . -

There are now ten nurses connectedwith the Christchurch centre, and a fall-timeattendant is employed at the Soci-ety'• welfare centre in Chester street,a new venture which was opened onlya year ago. Also a ear is provided inwhich a nurse travels to those homesin the country too far: from the localbrandies for mothers, to be able tobring their babies in. The financial ro-spoQsibillties of the Sooietyareincreas-ing, but it eannot.be said that they'are;greater than necessity ■ warrants, and,while the Society is exercising rigideconomy in view of the times, it willnot reduce its services beyond a - cer-.tain minimum. . V

Generous Assistance.Citizens of Christchurch'have in - the

past always been generous in their as-sistance. Funds have "been raised bymeans of balls and dances, by. lectures,and by all kinds of amusements. Lastyear, for example, more than £3OOraised by such means waß handed' overto the Society by various individuals'and groupe of individuals.

That this : money, is well • spent u ©lk.vious. Last year the Plunket -.Nursesreported that they had dealt with 1471Tnew cases, that they had paid 8235"visits to private homes and that thehuge total of 52,150 visits had " boanpaid by the-public to the various roomsand out<Btations throughout the Canter-bury district. Albo, 162 eases had beenadmitted to the Karitane . Hospital at.Cashmere, amongst • which there 'hadbeen a mortalitya of only 2.5 per cent.

The Society's Needs.' Nevertheless, the'Society is always inwant of money, and it is a sign of itsUnceasing activity that it - should be.The committee of the Centre has to raiseapproximately £ISOO ayear to carry ontheir work, and to make up this totalit reliesrto a. large extent upon! itsViolet Day collections. Whatever ' thestate of the ■ funds, however, the. workalways goes on,/there are always!nursesto help the mothers and babies, andthe Society always goes forward to-wards -its aim—to build a stronger andhealthier raice- in New Zealand.

The new welfare centre in Chesterstreet, opened a year ago -on September26th, is -one of the finest institutions ofits kind in Australia and New Zealand.Indeed, when Miss Pattrick, Director ofPluriket Nursing,-returned from her tourabroad at the beginning of this year,she stated emphatically that nowherehad she seen rooms more suitable ordelightful for such a centre. Brightlydecorated, spotlessly clean, full offresh . air and sunlight, the buildingstands beside the Avon on the edge ofa green lawn. Here mothers learn fromthe nurses in attendance the necessityfor hygiene in the home,, the enormousvalue of sunlight and fresh air, andthe absolute need for cleanliness andthe _ proper- care "of their The ;decision to open the rooms and ■ . theefforts which went to rspse money fortheir erection is a . tribute to • the-energy and; capacity of j the members;•i the Society and tts eoauaittef. .

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BANKRUPTCY.

IP MUNRO ANDNBOTTOM.

IS* MEETINGOURNED.

in the bankrupt estateHickinbottom, tailors,attended an-adjourned

official Assignee's officed on a further adjourn-lat, for the purpose ofirlvate examination ofraid bo conducted andrted to another meot-

n attendance of 16Assignee (Mr J. H.ding. Mr P. D. Sar-or Robert John Munro,Smithson for Prank

Din's Statement. ,

\ sworn statement wast he entered into part-uoro in 1902, puttingestablished business,

hue was in need ofiat date the businessjrably until the war

slackened. The firm} business until theriod; stock was heavy,le sum was lost in de-r the slump, competi--3o was much keener,ded to move into-morea January, 1928. Busi--1 au improvement for

E stock then causedincreasing number ofit necessary to intro-

aL. He induced Mrsput in £250, and he

ius bums, as temporarylow amounted to aboutshown in the books as

special advances byg the last two yearslen off. The financialrm drifted owing to a>ook debts. Tho. booksrn the firm to be sol-Hcrvey was the firm slany years until 1925,the system of keepingThe book was writtenwives, and was as cor-! cash received forpossible for a partner-ley left the writing-upn the cash-book to theneither partner made

dger. ■ Bankrupt haderago ten hours a daya, moderate wage. Ins statement he madegainst Munro.signee said that-therebe unduly pessimisticthe Asaiguee, Hickin-t both partners workedIters, and Munro* alsofinancial side.® When

n account, either part-'f the money, and enter

At the best periodKfIfIBHPG. firm had employed from■t Latterly

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Wggested that, in ordertatkrupts should be ex-ftttica 82 pf theAct, fi*d

the result could be reported to thecreditors. Hickinbottom had made cer-tain charges against his client, and itiva a only fair that they ; ehould beanswered;

This suggestion was adopted.v Munro's Account.

Munro fs sworn statement set out thatthe partnership had existed fori27 years,and up to eight years ago, they man-aged tp pay their way. It was thenfpuud that they were unable to meettheir trade obligations In. • ordinaryway of;business.. They borrowed moneyfrom various sources, including personal

-both partners. ' About sixor seven years ago he-interviewed vari-ous merchants and explained the finan-cial .position, and each of them agreedto continue to trade with the firm asthe firm had been doing good businesswith them for many years. It wasarranged .that- the indebtedness was tobe- discharged over.a period, and ac-counts were to be paid monthly.

They made the payments, but foundthat the obligations were rather heavyto meet, and the merchants then extend-ed time for the payment of current ac-counts'. For a number of years theyhad been paying cash for current trad-ing with most of the creditors whohad allowed the old accounts to standover. The chango in premises in 1927did not warrant the extra expense andhigher rental. Business gradually de-clined, and during the last two yearsthey had had to roduce the numbor ofhands.

It became impossible to extricatethemselves from old debts or to payoff moneys which had been borrowed.Bankrupt considered that the firm'sfinancial position was little worse thanfive years ago. He regretted that it hadbeen necessary to file, but on account ofthe circumstances which arose with hispartner, there was no other. courseopen. • His private liabilities had in-creased during tho last few years, andhe had 'had considerable expensethrough sickness .in his family.- He hadlived as economically as possible, buthad been unable tp make headway.

CLERKS OF WORKS'ASSOCIATION.

CIIRISTCHURCH BRANCHFORMED.

A Christchurclr branch of the Clerksof Works' Association of New Zealandwas formed at a meeting held recently,when 12 clerks of works, representa-tive of the Christchurcli district, werepresent. Mr T. Y, Clark was electedchairman and Mr W. G. Morrison see-retnry and treasurer. . •

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Mr Martyn Roberts, vice-presidentof the Wellington Association, out-lined tho steps that had

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been takenbv his Association an Wellington, lheChristchurch branch -is at Presentstudying the provisions of the Burn-ings Construction Bill. .

The following committee was elected.-Messrs I. Boyd, F. O. Coinbridge, J.Hilton, 11. E. Nightingale, and J. »•

Shanks.'

CHARGE OF ARSONFAILS.

CITY WAREHOUSE FIRE.

BURGLARY ALSO ALLEGED.

Pleading pot guilty to a charge ofcommitting arson by wilfully settingfire to the premises of Guthrie, Bowronand Co., Worcester street, on Auguststh, find to a charge of breaking .andentering tho premises, and committingtheft on the same day, Cyril TurnbullGribbin, an engineer, aged 38, was com-mitted to the Supreme Court for trialon the second charge by Mr E. D. Mos-ley, 8.M., in the Magistrate's Courtyesterday. The charge of arson. wa3

dismissed.Gribbin was represented by Mr D. W.

Russell. „~

Chief-Detective J. Carroll said thepremises of Guthrie, Bowron and Co.had been broken into on August sthand 19th, and on each occasion hadbeen sot on fire. The accused wascharged only in connexion with Au-gust sth. On that date several paint-brushes had been stolen, arid later some-of them had been told to two painters.When tho accused was interviewed bythe police he admitted selling thobrushes, but said they had been givento him by a man whom he met in alavatory.

Brushes Missing.Robert William Jackson, clerk to

Guthrie, Bowron and Co., Ltd., saidthat when he went to work on Augustoth, he found that the premises hadbeen broken into and there was evi-dence of a fire. Some paint brushos hadbeen taken from the stock. A suitcaseand an attache, case, and a tube ofpaint were also missing. Witness idea-tilled several brushes produced as hav-ing been part of his firm's stoc-k.

Neil Leonard Stringer, a salesmanemplovcd by Guthrie, Bowron and Co.,said he had known accused for aboutthree years. On the morning after thefire witness had arrived at the fchopwith the manager and the. previous wit-ness and he described the condition ofthe place and identified some of thebrushes produced in Court as th6sewhich had been in the shop.

The Tires.Charles Warner, Superintendent of

the Christchurch Fire Brigade, said hehad been in charge of the Brigadewhen it was called to the premises onAugust sth. He gave details as to theposition of the fires, and said fcliat tho.front door had been forced open. Thematerial burning in a box consisted of.samples, papers, and tin of duco. There,was nothing about that ;could . havelighted 'spontaneously. The fire musthave been started by some active out-side agency. .

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To Mr Russell: The fire might havebeen smouldering for a quarter of .an.hour before tho Brigade arrived. ~»

Brushes Sold.Bertie Charles Evans, a painter, said

that on August 20th he had been paint-ing the Caledonian Hotel. -He had sfeenthe accpsed on that day. Witness in-

spected some brushes accused had forsale. He identified somo of the brushesproduced as'those ofTered him by theaccused.. Witness and histually paid the accused 15s or thebrushes? Witness got a receipt from ac

oused, who told witness ho was repre-senting some Dunedin firm. Later wit-ness's suspicions were aroused about thebrushes and he handed them to thepolice and told them how ho had ob-tained them.

Claude Raymond Dunford, a signwriter, said he had bought some brushesfrom the accused. He identified someof the brushes produced.

Detective-Sergeant E. F. O'Brien saidthat on August 26th he had seen theaccused in the bar of an hotel. Witnesstold accused that ho answered the do-,scription of a man who had sold somebrushes to Evans. Accused replied that■ho was not the man. Accused . deniedhaving sold any brushes. At the detec-!tive office accused admitted selling thebrushes, and made an explanation which 1witness tooic down, but accused did notsign it. Witness produced the state-ment in which, accused said he had gotthe brushes from a man whom he met ina lavatory, and had sold them to Dun-ford and Evans.

Mr Eussell submitted that there wasno evidence to prove that Gribbin wasguilty of arson.

The arson charge was then dismissed.Accused pleaded not guilty to thecharge of breaking and entering, andwas committed to the Supreme Courtfor trial. Bail was allowed in self£2OO and one surety of £2OO.

APPLICATIONS FAIL.

ARBITRATION COURT'S ORDER.

The Christcliurch Tailoreßses, Press-ors, Cutters, and other Clothing Trade.Employees' Union and the CanterburyShirt, Silk, and White Workers' Unionhave been refused exemption from theGeneral Order of the Arbitration Courtproviding for a ten per cent, reductionin wages, by the reserved judgmentof the Court. A dissenting judgmentwas given by Mr A'. L. Monteith, tho jemployees' assessor on the Court.

The judgment states that the generalgrounds relied on were the increasedcasualness of employment, and the'con-sequent rationing of work. The preval-ence of unemployment was taken intoconsideration by the Court in makingthe General Order, and allowance waßmade for that factor. The Court wasunable to accept the suggestion thatany action on its part that would tendto increase the cost of production could*'lessen casualness of employment, whiebwas the real hardship. It was certainthat' exclusion from the operation ofthe General Order would not benefitthe workers as a whole, and that the ra-tioning of employment had been forcedon the manufacturers by causes be-yond" their control.

Mr Monteith's Opinion.Tlie dissenting judgment of Mr Mon-

teith was that jourueywomen obtained£2 0s 6d if they worked a full week,but. the: employment was on an hourlybasis. Those women were averagingabout £1 2a Cd a .week, to-day, shorttime being the general rule. The awardprovided for an unrestricted numberof apprentices, and that, together withthe system of fixing rates (in otherwords, getting the benefit of a piece-work rate, but only paying on an hour*ly rate), had increased production great-ly, but not wages in comparison, andthe position of women workers, in hisopinion, called for some relief from theten per cent,

ON EDUCATION.

CONFERENCE IN LONDON.

COMBATING AMERICAN' .-..INFLUENCE. .

(VROM OVB OWN COEBESPOKDKXT.)

.* LONDON, July 31.

Education Conference was in pro-gress at. Bedford College, London, fromJuly'.. 24th to July 30th.. It was theBritish Commonwealth Conference,organised under the auspices of the NewEducation Fellowship. Professor T. A:Hunter and Professor J. Higlit attendedand presided over certain sections.

Many phases of education and child-life, ranging from the preparation offoods to the encouragement of inter-Imperial contact, .were discussed.

Sir. Percy Nunn, Principal,of the;London Day Training College, expressedthe view that a permanent and well-organised centre of educational dis-cussion and enquiry for the BritishCommonwealth was needed in London.There was no desire to mould the edu-cation systems of the\ Dominions andIndia to a uniform pattern; the idea wasrather "that; they should bring theirideas. and experience to a common pool,whence each country might draw what-ever wouJd best furtherits individual de-velopment. Not only , was the educa-tional movement in the great Dominionsassuming an American orientation; thatwas still moro striking in foreign landsin which this country had much atstake. In China the Economic Com-mission recently sent' out by the Depart-ment of Overseas Trade found that theexploitation of a great educational op-portunity by the United States, andits neglect by Great Britain had createda situation seriously unfavourable toour trading interests. We could notcomplain because the American peoplewere reaping rewards richly earned bytheir zeal for education and their noblegenerosity in furthering educationalcauses in other lands; moreover, theDominions had clearly mucli to learnfrom a people whose social problems'had. much in common with their own.Yet' it was not satisfactory that theeducational thinking . done for theBritish Commonwealth should becentred so largely in Columbia' Unive-rsity, at .Harvard, and at Chicago.

V. '-vA Staff College.

Hitherto, there' had been no organthrough which the full educational in-fluence of this country could be exer-cised. The University of London, re-cognising a special duty, to foster studiesand enquiries which bore upon thewelfare and cultural unity of the Com-monwealth as a whole,«had taken prac-tical steps -to creato such an organ. Itwould, it was hoped, take the form ofan Institute of Education, based uponLondon- Day draining-College, and theEducation V Department in. King'sCollege, whoso higher work had'in re-cent .years, vtaken. increasingly anImperial direction. The scheme hadthe generous support of the LondonCounty Council and the sympathy of thoBoard of Education.. The Thomas WallTrust had enabled the University toset up in King's College a Readershipin Comparative Education which wouldbe an important contribution to-thoplan. Problems connected with theeducation of native peoples within theCommonwealth—particularly in tropicalAfrica—would offfer' fro the Institutaanother field of far-reaching im-

portance. The-Institute would hope forassistance from the * University depart-ments of anthropology and psychology,the Schools of Tropical Hygiene andOriental Languages, and some of thegreat Government Departments. In itsorganisation it would probably followthe model of the "staff college," witha permanent nucleus of teachers, re-'cruited from time to time by visitorsfrom the. Dominions, India, and theColonies, as well as from other Britishuniversities.

Children's Upbringing.Points made by other speakers, dis-

cussing details of child upbringing,included:—

"A child'B failure to adjust itself toits -environment is not due to originalsin, but is the fault of its parents. Wewant parents to understand the diffi-culty of growing up, and not to putstandards of complete maturity on toquite tiny shoulders. How often do youhear a parent say',. 'I cannot under-stand why Tommy.will get so dirty. Iwould like all parents to understandthe price that is ' paid by theirchildren for outward conformity to theparents' code of .what ia right and whatis wrong. And I would also like tosee parents alter their code. For rightor wrong, good or bad, obedience ordisobedience, I would like to see parentssubstitute sincerity for hypocrisy."—Dr. Margaret Lowenfield, hon directorof the Children's Clinic, London.

"Every child in the country oughtto go to a nursery school. At presentwe have forty-four; we ought to have18,000. Every child at a nursery schoolshould have at least one pint of milk aday, and no child under seven shouldgo twelve hours without sleep. If achild is taught to hold itself erect, andlook its fellows in the face before itleaves the nursery school, he is notgoing to suffer from an inferiority com-plex, which is the curse of the Englishprimary school scholar."—-Dr. JamesKerr, formerly school medical officerfor London.

Visits of School Children.Urging the value of sending British

children and students to the Dominionsand bringing Dominion children overhere, Mr Kenneth Lindsay (hon; secre-tary of the Anglo-Canadian. Society)mentioned a Scottish project to ex-change children between Scotland andCanada next year.

Negotiations were on foot, he said,to utilise a troopship to transport 1000high-school, children from Scotland toCanada, and to bring back a similarnumber from Canada to Scotland.

Tho trip would last three weeks. TheScottish children would camp in Ontario,,and the Canadian children wouldtour in Scotland. He hoped that thevoluntary organisations now doing thiskind of work would amalgamate to per-suade the Government to give scholar-ships similar to the Rhodes Scholar-ships, from Britain, to the DominionUniversities.

TRINITY COLLEGEOF MUSIC.

THEORY , EXAMINATIONS.

SUCCESSFUL . CANDIDATES.

'The following is the list of the successful'candidates in the theory examinations of the-Trinity College of Music, London, which wer©.-held in Christchuroh in June, the teachers'being given in parentheses:—

LICENTIATES.Hughson, Eileen .Dv (Mr L. Oliffe Stanford,

B.A, Oxon.); Cunningham, Merle (Convent,:Forry road). '

ASSOCIATES.Gainsford, Ivy Gwenneth (Miss Bessie

Pollard, L.T.0.L.): Killick, Elsie May (Miss'D. Filkins, ■ L.T.0.L.) ; McKeefry, Annie(singing) (Villa Maria Convent); Oekenden,Muriel . (Miss E. M. Reynolds, L.A.8.);O'Keefe, Mary (Villa Maria Convent); Park,Beatrice May (elocution) -

(Miss LucyOowan). ■■ /. •/. ■ I

ART OF TEACHING.Baker, Selwyn (Mr L. Cliffe ■■■• Stanford,

B.A. Oxon.); Breen, Frances Beryl (Mr-L.Cliffo Stanford, 8.A.. Oxon.); Gresham,Betty .(Miss L. Kennard, L.A.8.); Lewers,Renie Kathleen (Miss, L. Kennard, L.A.8.);Wilson, Vopnie (Mibs L. Kennard, L.A.8.).:. RUDIMENTS.

Breen, Frances Beryl (Mr L. Oliffe Stan-ford, B.A. Oxon.); Egden, Marjorie (VillaMana Convent); JAck, Verna Ethel (Mr "L.Oliffe Stanford, B.A. Oxon.).

HIGHER LOCAL.Honours—Ward, Theresa Dorothea (St.MaryV Convent). *

ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE.Pass—Gimblett, Lovona (Miss L. Ken-

nard, L.A.8..INTERMEDIATE.

Honours—Beck, Eileen Elizabeth (MrHamilton Dickson, A.T.C.L.); Boniface, Joan(Miss Bessie Pollard, L.T.C.L.); Davis,Waveney Margaret. (Miss B. Hannam;L.T.C.L.); McDonald, Elwyn (St. Mary'sConvent); Mehrtene, Douglas F. (Mr W." O.Willmer).

Pass—Beaton. WiMU O (Mr G. Glbbs Jor-dan); Cheats, Elsie ' May (Convent; '■ Ferryroad); Edwards, Florence Melva (Convent,,Ferity road); Kilty, Jean (Mr G. Gibbs Jor-'dan); Mahoney, John Speijcer (Miss BessioPollard, L.T.C.L.); O'Keefe, Eileen Mar-garet (Mrs E. Dalton, L.T.C.L.); Sutherland,Jean Mavis (Miss E. A. Prebble, A.T.C.L.).

ADVANCED JUNIOR.Honours—Main; Lilian May' (Miss E. A:Prebble, A.T.0.L.); Moffat, Dorothy E.(Mrg-F. Ei- Owers, A.T.C.It), • Le PagoEileen (Mrs F.'E.-Owers, A.T.C.L.); Pur-

chas, Enid Constance (Miss E. A. Prebble,A.T.O.L.')-'; Tomline, • Dulcie Mona (Miss ; B.A. Prebble, A.T.C.L.).

JUNIOR. '

Honours—Brown, Mary.(Miss E. Gilders);Cooie, Evelyn Helen (Miss M. Coote); Dav-idson, Kathleen , (Mr G.. Gibbs Jordan;) 1Lee, Daphne Catherine (Mrs yF. E. Owers,A.T.0.L.)»• Rissman,' Olive.lsmay' (Miss Gild-ers,- L.T.0.L.;- Salt.- Sidney (Mr W. O. Will-mer); Tennyson, Zella Iris _ (Convent, Ferryroad). rPass—Brown,. Jean Vivienne • (Miss 31.Hayward); Cassidy, William Edward (MrW. 0. Willlner); Edmonds, Mary - Kathleen'(Convent, Ferry road); Keenan, MaryTeresa (Convent, Ferry road) ; Rathgen,Mavis Evelyn (Miss 'M. Hayward); Smith,Jean' Anno (Miss .M. Childs); Smith, NormaElaine (Mrs F. E. Owers; A.T.0.L.): Yel-lowlees, Helen Betty ' (Miss E. A. Prebble,A.T.C.L.). .

. PREPARATORY.Honours—-Bevsn, ; Winifred (Training Col-

lege music ciasaes); Btown, Patricia: Joyce(Mr. W. C. Willmer); Helton. Mary Eileen(Mr W; 0. Willmer) ; I/e ;,Page, - Marjorio(Mr sF. E. Owers,Kathleen . (Convent,' Ferry ;, Rossiter,Marjorie Dorothy (Miss M. Davey); Gim-blett, Alina* (Miss Lj Keitoard; L.A.B);Campbell, Agnes (.Convent,, Feyry road).

BROADCASTING.

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMMES. j N

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- JS p.m.: Gramophone, recital. 4.2s:'Sp<prls'^f

resulta. 5.0: Children's hour. 6.0: Dnurermusic sessioq (Columbia). > 7J3: NewsseasfonV7.30: Dialogue—Messrs. D. Cossgrove andMelbourne, "Bsdlo 'Service." ;8l0: Gbimefl.'/Overture—Grand ,Symphony. Orchestra, * 'Thi »

Land of Smiles" (Lehfcr). 8,8:-Mr Charles Dpwhurßt, jritb Octet «ccompanl*,y.ment,, (a) '~'XJp From- Somerset'' v.(Sewderreon); <b) "My. Old Shako", (Troterei,\*'i;,B.ls:'''.Piano—Me 8. G. HoaHw,-" r'ThOTsWs. -

(Hoakina). 8.20: Cheery «hjrp and -chatter~

;t—The Chatterboxes. ' "Humoroufc titter"—" 7,"When Father Went Out/ Shoppfog'*(Gordon). ,8.30: March—StudiolOetet-(Con-ductor, Harold Beck), "(»} , "Stars and ' •Stripes" - {Sous*?; ~{b)' .'fHongarisa Lost- raptel" ■ Overture. 8.43: Soprano—Mies""•Nancy Bisbffp, ;• (a) "Orpheus ,

Lute" ' (-Sullivan);; >.fh)J "Golden* -IJanein*.Dayß*' (Clark). - 8.481 - Accordion—^CieheL,;Haling, (a) .'.'La. Mitrailleuse"; (i):VaTso." 8.54: Baritone^—Mr Charles Dewhurst,-with Octet accompaniment,-"The Crown .

of the/ Year*-' ■ ■ 8.581: .*

Orchestral—Winter Garden Orchestra, *-'BtorniGallop" (Komzak). 9.2: Weather forecastand station notices. _■ 9.4: Talk—Mr E.Iveagh Lord, "The Story of the GoldenCoast" - (continued), "Kumara and RichardJohn Seddon." 9,10: . Selection—StudioOctet, "Maid of the Mountains" (FtMWStmson). 9.3? r Soprano—Miss Nancy Bishap,(a) "In That Old-Faghioned Garden"(Rivinius); (b) "Good-night, Pretty Stars"(Johnson). 0.38: Cossack*, .

"Legende of Twelve Robberp" .(JTaroff).9.43: Piano—Mr S. G. Hoskins, "3Josturne.---Op. 9. No. 2" (Chopin). 9.47: Humour-ahd. isketch—The Chatterboxes,. ''Revenge- a»d sPirates Bold." 9.57: Marek-Weber's Oxohes- ■tra, "Marching "Song" (Benatiky).

3ZC, CHRISTCHURCH.(850 Metres.)

10 a.m.: Women's session—"The -Walt*Dream," International Concert Orchestra: ~

10.5: > Tested- recipes. 10.2i>: .''CapriceViennoVs," Melsa (violin); *'Hlne e Hine,"Ano Hato and Deane Waretini (vocal duet);"-<

4VSeotch Melody," Eugene. Pingitore (banjo) ;

"Melody;" Rudy Wied'oeft -(saxophone); ;■

■"The New Moon,'' ' light Oper» <Somp«#y(vocal gems); "The New. Colonial,"- March.'

: Band -of' H.M. Life' Guards; - * 'BblHng Down,to'Rio" arid "Till the Sands, ot the Desert-.Grow Cold," Peter Dawson-^baritone); "SariWaltz," International Concert Orchestra;'' 'Zapateado," Melßa .(violinl ; L ''HamOi 3jittlaMaori, Home," 1 vocal:'-' duet; ' "Stars andBtripes,'' Eugene Pingitore> .(banjo); Seren-ade," Rudy Wiedoeft (saxophone); .'.'Wake. •Up and Dream,?? "Vocal' gems; ."VSsoMntNelson'' March, Band of H.M. Welih Guards.lf.Bo a;m.":- Close '.= down; 12p.m.: • News - and lunoheon . music senion.Close dojm." <■ 7 .p.m.: Evening concert a<v.sion on short- wave, 8.30 p.m.: 'Closodown. •"

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(720 Kilocycles.)10 a.m.: Chimes. Selectied gramophone w

cordings? 11.12: Lecturette—' 'Faahlpns.'' .12 noon:- Lunch hour music. S p.m.:Selected recordings. 3.50 and 4.30: Sport-ing results to hand.conducted by Uncle Ji?n-' 6.0 i pinner-musicsession (PolydoJ i). .''',o: Npws, re- .

ports and sports• results. 7.40: _Lectwette—-Mr B. L. Page, :Sec»etary Victoria tto^rsityService' Club,- "Students" Social Service. -8.0: Chimes. . Kelay .from.the Victonav'Um-. -versity - Debate; by-,tlwUniversity .Obllegethis Female Freedom-is a Farcical; Failnr*.,Affirmative—Mr H. R. Banwster, Mr H. J.Bishop. • Negative—Mr M. A< E.Hurley. Chairman—Mr W. J. Mouatjoyi -3uni9.30: Dance'programme- (Brunswick- -

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TO-DAY'S NEWS.Page.

LEADING ARTICLES ... 10Railway Construction."Economy and Democracy.Violet Day.

.NEWS BY PICTURES ..« 13

PERSONAL ITEMS ...10

LOCAL AND GENERAL .. 10

CABLE MESSAGES .. ..11Economy in Britain.-Mr MacDonald Outs his Own

SalaTy.American Policy on Armaments

Truce.Speed Boat Race: Gar Wood

Denies Trickery.New Zealand Cricketers. "

FINANCE AND COMMERCE .. 12Wool Prospects.Australian Wool.The Britannia Bank.Prairie Wheat.American Staple Products.Pukemiro Collieries, Ltd.Christchurch Stock Exchange.

LETTERS TO EDITOR .... 13

SPORTING .. - ...14Turf Gossip.Trotting Notes.Wingatui Notes.Randwick Races.Racing in England.Amounis Spelled.Avondale J.C. Handicaps.Timaru Trotting Club.

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AMUSEMENTS 18

SHIPPING AND WEATHEB 19

MAIL NOTICES ..•- 19

WOMEN'S CORNER •• -• 2

The PressFriday, September 11, 1931,

Railway Construction.The neW Railways Board's first report,presented to Parliament yesterday,recommends the cessation of all rail-way construction in the Dominion.Not one of the six lines on which workWas continued after the Railway Com-mission's enquiry is spared; and theSouth Island Main Trunk line is un-hesitatingly disapproved. If it werecompleted and opened, the Board de-clares, the routing of goods trafficwould not lie greatly altered, the newline would offer no great advantage inthe saving of time, and costs would beagainst it both in passenger and ingoods traffic. It would give littlestimulus to production and settlement,it Would not obviate the expense ofroading but duplicate it, and railwaylosses would be increased by at least£IOO,OOO a year. The Board is carefulto say that, if the development of tradeand industry had been likely to pro-duce more favourable results within areasonable period, it would have pro-nounced for construction; but it hadbeen forced to conclude that neitherpresent, nor remoter prospects sanctionthe expense. The Board has givenplain recommendations and plain rea-sons for them, and very few peoplewill doubt that they are right. Whenrailways do not pay and fail to payby a rapidly increasing margin, a con-struction policy is pure madness.Only those are bold enough to denythis who are foolish enough to think,With the present Minister for Railwaysand bis predecessor, that it is somehowprofitable to run railways at a loss.But where efforts have been made toestablish an exceptional case for construction, as for the South Island MainTrunk, and where the arguments infavour of it have been accepted, theBoard's decision will be disappointing.This is unfortunate. It is much moreunfortunate, however, that hundreds ofthousands of pounds have already beensunk; and it would have been in thehighest degree unfortunate if unsoundadvdoaoy had succeeded in getting hun-dreds of thousands mora spent. ThoProgress League's report was based onevidence as complete, no doubt, as couldbe found, but necessarily incomplete,80 that an optimistic conclusion—theone desired—was therefore more easily

and honestly reached; and the line hasKad no other recent support but whathas been political or semi-political.Since the first quite impartial, quite un-political, and thorough investigationsweeps away all claims for the line asunfounded) level-headed men will re-cognise that a wise thing has beendone and a wasteful one stopped.They will pee all the more clearly, also,thfe danger of unchecked public losses.when huge commercial enterprises arecontrolled by jpoliticaJ judgments.

Whether the. Railways AmendnfentAct of this year makes the Board's re-commendations automatically effectiveis not quite clear. Under Section 18,an Aefc authorising a new railway with-out a report from the Board does notoperate (unless by special provisionwithin the Act) until a report has beenreceived, whether favourable or un-favourable, and both Houses adopt aresolution approving the work. Wherework has been suspended, it may notbe resumed until a report, whetherfavourable or unfavourablehas been re-ceived'and both Houses adopt a resolu-tion authorising resumption. Section19 provides that "no addition to or"alteration, deviation, or improvement"of any railway existing at the pass-ing of this Act. or thereafter con-" strutted shall be made, nor shall any« work be done in connexion therewith,"except upon the recommendation of"the Board." The question is whether

B, new line under construction is an"addition" to an "existing" railway-IE so, then work must automaticallystop} but Section 18, in both the sub-notions quoted, reserves to Parliamentan over-riding power, aad it would beedd if that' were relinquished—whetherby intention or byan accident of drafts-

Section 19. But it is'quite certain that the country expectsliOa,political control to be effective andpprtiouiarj? to be effective) where ifc fcmogt essential,

British Polities and Parties.|t was reported from London yester-day that the proceedings at the open-jog of Parliament's emergency sessiondid not justify the prophecies of along life fox the National Government.Ita members have of course clearly in-dicated that they do not expect or■want a long life—merely a short one,sufficient fQP a necessary task; butwhether an election is precipitated byMm* dramatis stroke or follows en theor|f*ly Qaftpifiipn pf the Govern*Rent's programme, it will be early,j,nd % prospects of the Parties willbe closely studied, While they hatebeen filtered, unquestionably, though toan uncertain extent, by the latest de-velopments, an analysis contributed fryMr J. IJ, Bwley to the August Fort-pightly Review and based on the re-sults of eighteenby-ejeetiqns this year isgiui H considerable value, The purelyarithmetical evidence, sfiya Mr Parley,makes it bard not to leap at the coil-,

elusion that "at tfie ensuing General** Election, if no more favourable in-" fluences intervene, the present** [Labour] Government will, be de**' feated and tbq , disappearance of"Liberalism rendered irrevocably cer~f( tain," But he acknowledges the fal-laciousness of simple arithmetic and

Other evidence* some ofwjajch showed that, even when thetftfayr viato dropped, Uiq Conserva*tive vote dropped further. ThispQtably go 41 last Bristol. The pr«*

% lees?«?*??. kevever, that M*

ef the4fwtii * «jft»b{|Bhed hifi* en the wiwand reasonable man, and alee as <' the" just man iarally the Conservatives and attract un-ISiy kiberfrla, Moreover, the Liberal(jjrjfii aw^jrfrom Mr Wofd oeorge h»s>the. CQnut£D3?<ie pfld of Sir

John Simon; and Mr Harley thinksthat "the large proportion of Liberal"voters are on the side of the latter."Thus the more concrete and politicalevidence confirms the abstract evidenceof figures. Labour could recover itselfthrough "the sheer progress of"events"; it could "enthuse its sup-porters" again "by some strong"constructive legislation"; Mr Hen-derson's success in overcoming "the"extraordinary and unexpected diffi-" culties " in his Disarmament Confer-ence work might "produce a trernen-"dous change in the Government's"chances." But whatever those possi-bilities were worth, they have beenswept away; and ii' Mr Baldwin'sprospects were good before, they mustnow be considerably bettered.

Violet Day.

The only excuse anyone cun offer atpresent for asking for money for otherthan relief purposes is that it will boreturned many times over to the givers.That is the justification for Violet Day.It is the day on which people givea shilling not merely in the hope butin the firm knowledge that they willdirectly or indirectly get back a pound.Ali the year round the Plunket Societydepends on gifts—from the Govern-ment, its members, and benevolent indi-viduals—for tho maintenance of itsroutine activities; but it ciiu extend itswork as fast as the demand for it isgrowing only if it receives -'n additiona special subsidy from the whole com-munity. Violet Day is the day on whichthat subsidy is asked for and, oven to-day, will be given. For it will not em-barrass two people out of three to buya bunch of flowers, or a cake, or a potof jam, and soma will find the moneyoven if they have to make awkward ad-justments to do so. They will feel thatthe depression, instead of being a

reason why the Plunket Society shouldmodify its programme, is a reasonwhy it should be more activethan it ha 3 ever been before.Health is not merely wealth, but confi-dence, courage, initiative, and sounderthinking—and there is improved healthfor somebody in every shilling thePlunket Society handles.

General News.

The level of Lake Coleridge con-tinues to improve, yesterday s reportsotting out that it was at 1667.8tt, ascompared with 1667,G75ft a week ago.

New regulations governing the ox-port of New Zealand tobacco were gaz-etted last night, also regulations relat-ing to the taking of toheroas.-—PressAssociation

In response to the appeal of theMayor (Mr D. G. Sullivan, M-l.) f°r

funds to assist in relieving distress intho City, an anonymous subscriber hasforwarded £IOO. other subscriptionsdeceived total £27 lis..Disappointment at tho that

there is no provision in the Broad-casting BIU tor representation on theBoardlby the interests affected has beenexpressed by the Canterbury Chamberof Commerce, in a telegram to thePrime Minister, the lit. Hon. G. W.Forbes. The Chamber has also ob-jected to tho appointment of the wholeBoard by tho Government.

Traffic on the St. Albans tram-linewas hold up for over an hour earlyyesterday morning, when there was afailure in the overhead line. The faultoccurred at 7.20 a.m. at Cnnon street,and the Jine was not particularly busyat tho time. The overhead staff of theTramway Board were soon on tho spot,and the service was shortly restored.

Opened at five o'clock on Tuesdayafternodh, the outlet of Lakemere was again blocked hy heavysoutherly seas at noon- on Wednesday,The work of reopening the outlet wasstarted yesterday afternoon, and unlessany interruption occurs, the ' watershould bo running away by ten o'clockthis morning.

Mrs L, A. liroadbejit, of Hoko-whitu, had a narrow escape from beingshot on Wednesday, when two bulletspenetrated a window at the back ofher shon, missing her, by inches. Alagoon is sitiiatod behind the house.It is considered probable the shotswere the outcome of, carelessness' inthe use of a small calibre gun.—PressAssociation.

The Pyramids of Egypt are the sub-ject of an interesting leading articlein the latest issue of tne Cashmere San-atoria Magazine. As well as a recordof the social activities of the sanatoriathere are three informative ar-ticles pointing out the value to healthof sunlight and fresh air.

'"fell Britain, all ye who mart tinsmonument, that faithful to her we fell,and rest, content." So runs the in-scription ©f'the Fairlio War Memorial.At Monday's meeting of the MackenzieCounty Council, the chairman (Mr V.J. Tfilbot) read the following post-card, which he had received fromFairKe. Ayrshire, Scotland s—To theChief Oitjasen. and Citizens All, Fair-lie : I hfive told Britain. I who markedyour monument, how faithful theyweyo, those who fell and rest content.God bless you all.—G.H.P., ex-Hermi-tage, Pecemher 36th, 192&.

The 1 Prime Minister, in an announce-ment yesterday drew attention tp thenotifications previously made that tjiematter of provision in cases of neces-sity for those permanently injured, andfor the dependents trf those killed orinjured, as a result of the Hawke'sBay earthquake would be dealt with atan early date. In order that all properclaims may receive attention, he re-quests all persons who oojne within theolass referred to, and who have notsubmitted claims for assistaijpe, tosend their applications to the reliefcommittees in the towns or districts inwhich they were residing at the time oftho earthquake.—-Press Association.

"The superb roads whi(?h we, are mak*-feg in the City will, i'm afraid, increasetiftfQo speeds and that in my opinion, isnot in the interests of the communityas a whole. These roads may be all verywell for six tons at 20 miles an hour,but if they are used for eight tons at 30miles an hour, they wouldn't stand up toit, Regulation? will have to he madelimiting loads and A. W.Beaven at last night's meeting of theChristchurch Citizens' Association, whena report on the City Council's £220,000roftduig {scheme was presented

Provision hay teen made bv theAuefeland Acclimatisation Society" for

issning 9? W»#feiy and day nshinglicenses. Previously only whole seasonlicenses were issued, at & charge el 80sfor men and 5§ f<w women and feoys.During the new season, which will Starton October Ist, men may obtain weeklylicenses at a charge of 5p and daylicences at a charge of ?s 6d. The daylicenses will also be available at 2s Cdto women and boys for whom, how-ever, no. provision has been .made furweekly

The planting of an area of over anacre round the shelter being erected atThomson Park, was completed yester-day. The erection of the shelter is ex-pected to bo finished early next week.

The rather unusual sight of womenbushfelling was to be seen on the Day'sBay road, Wellington, a few days ago.Operations were directed by the onlyman present, but the axes were wieldedright well by the women, who were ap-parently clearing a section on which tobuild a home.

But for the thick petroleum at thebottom of tho tank preventing himfrom sinking immediately, a boy of 13would probably havo been drownedwin u he fell into an open oil tank atMoturoa on Monday evening. When apasser-by rushed to his assistance theboy's head was just showing above thesurface and lie was slowly sinking. Thetank will probably be covered in futureto avoid further mishaps.

After tho cold soutli-west wind thatblew during the day, Wednesdayevening was clear, and yesterdaymorning a frost of over 11 degreeswas registered at tho ChristchuroliMagnetic Observatory. Just beforedawn yesterday, thero were severalpassing showers of rain, and it M-asprobably at tho same time that theCashmere Hills received their du&"ngof snow. Yesterday was very cold,and threatening clouds continuallylolled up from the south-west,.

"Many people consider Christchurchan easy City in which to build roadsbut tho advantages of its flatness arecounterbalanced by its poor drainage.No roads can bp built on bad founda-tions, and good foundations are not pos-sible without adequate drainage," statedMr S. G. Holland, in the course of a re-port on the progress of the City Coun-cil's £220,000 roading scheme, presentedto last night's meeting of tho Christ-cliureh Citizens' Association.

The Hutt River Board, in commonwith nearly all local bodies in theDominion, is much concerned at theresult of judicial proceedings whichsome time ago proved that local bodiescould not hopo to claim general rateson any property on which a Govern-ment mortgage was held and whichhad reverted to the Crown. Theopinion was expressed by Mr A. J.Gearing, clerk to the Board, that 80per cent, of the mortgages held In theHutt Valley were Government mort-gages. Mr H. E. Leigh ton: "Ninety-fiveper cent." It was pointed out that atpresent the Board had no means of as-certaining what properties had revertedto tho Crown until after rate demandshad been issued. Mr Gearing said theborough oflico had large piles of ratedemands returned, with statements thattho properties had reverted. It was de-cided to ask tho Government Depart-ments which held mortgages in the HuttValley, to notify the Board at once inall cases where properties had revertedto the Grown.

"Being found without colour of rightor lawful excise in a motor-car shouldbe as much an offence as being foundillegally on such premises as a house,"said Mr F. W. Johnston at last night'smeetiug of the South Island MotorUnion. "Where a man is found in ahouse in which he lias no right to be,his offence consists merely

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in beingthere, apart from his intention. Tliasamo conditions should apply to motor-cars, the value of which is often nearthat of a house. Often a man may getout of tho driving seat of a car at theapproach of a constable or other per-son, but if ho could bo charged merelywith bping illegally in the car tho posi-tion would bo much bettor met. If youcan eateh a man who wrongfully usesyour car, it is better to do.it before hedrives it away than aftei'.'' Tho mat-ter is to be further discussed at theannual meeting of the Union.

"Wo haven't got our copy ol! I.heevidence taken before the Access-to-tlie-Sea Commission," said Mr S. W. Rieh-ardson, tho chairman of last night'smeeting of the executive council of thePort Ohrißtchurch League. "I under-stand from tho secretary that he in-terviewed Mr 11. M. Chrystall, who toldhim that tho League's copy had beenhanded to a member of tho executive.Where has that copy gone?" "I thinkwo should put a detective on the job,"jocularly suggested Mr S. McAlister.The secretary (Mr E. Philpott Crowther)said that ho had mentioned the matterto Mr F. W. Freeman, clyiirman of thoPort and City League, who had saidthat if the copy for the Port Christ-church did not Materialise hewould hand the League his own copy.It was decided to ask the secretary towrite to Mr Chrystall and inform himthftt tho League had not received itscopy, and also, in tho meantime, thatthe secretary should see Mr Freeman.

A message from Lord lianfurly, whotook a keen interest in the affairs ofwar veterans' organisations while he\yi\a 14 New Zealand us Governor, hasbeen received by Mr James Stiehbury,officer commanding tho King's EmpireVeterans, Mr Sticjjibury nad sent IyordRanfuriy some newspaper cuttings giv-ing an account of a, dinner tendered tothe veterans some time ago, and in ac-knowledging receipt of the cuttingsLady Ranfuriy conveyed Lord „

furly'u interest in the doings of tie vet'trans and went on to say He readthe speeches and wag greatly interest'ed in the career of the Veterans' Home,His health is quite good, but he jumlost the use of bis right hand and can-not write letters. He wishes to sendyou his kindest remembrances andtrusts the next year may bo prosperousIn every way to the veterans, and toyourself he sends a special message ofgood wishes.'' Mr Stichbury, who willbe 88 years old next month, has "beenBL-crctary of the King's 'Empire Veter-ans for many years, and has also servedon many important local bodies in Auck-land. His memory of war goes back to18C3, when he enlisted for service iinthe Maori War.

A gang of men wore returningto Taihape pn three jiggers, whenthey met the nouth'bound goods on aJiill. between Mangapnoho and Kaifea-rangi. Two jiggers were fairly well inthe lead and sighted the train in timeto vacate the line, but the third, tra-velling down' the grade, did not noticethe train approaching until a distanceof about 25 yards separated thorn.With only a few seconds to act, thefour men jumped for safety, und .inthe attempt Mr F. Graff fell on to theside of the line, receiving a compoundfracture of tho thigh and «a severelaceratipn ot' the scalp. The otherthree men escaped unhurt. The acci-dent eccurred only a short distancefrom a tunnel, and had the jigger beencaught in the tunnel a serious accidentipust havo occurred. The injured manwas removed to Taihape Hospital,where he is progressing favourably.

Railway passengers, when you arrivein Christclmrcß, please come gtrjiightacross the road to our garage for aGold Band Taxi; dop't take anyother. Makes siive it is a Gold BandTftxi, aa you will save money b.y doinggfi, a§ our ore half the pric^»3f ettJjwe, fewest fare \tf, 5 passen-gers svnd Luggage. Why pay wore ?

'Phones S4-0?5 or S3*sf2. Thquk yen-' -^3

Maternity esses are specially cateredfor by tfae gold! Band Taxis.' We areat your service day and night, ourlowest fare is only Is, so save yourmoney and buy something for baby,and ahvaya remember that it was thoGold Band Taxis that brought t|jefares down, apd fch?it you should ahwii.vs rifle in them and help to lioopttw i'aive down. Thank jwu,-,' —4

BASIC LEVEL FORPROVINCE.

CO-ORDINATION OF ALLSURVEY WORK.

earthquake prediction.

FULL TOPOGRAPHICAL PLAN

PROPOSED.

Tho need for co-ordination of all Sur-vey levelling work in Canterbury on thebasis of mean sea-level at Lytteltonwas emphasised in the annual report ofthe Public Utilities Committee, and hasalready been acknowledged by the in*tcrested local bodies in Christchurch.Tho committee has prepared a schemefor the establishment of a fixed datummark; and tho adoption of this schemeby the Government, which is nowawaited, will determine a basis for thetopographical survey of the whole pro-vince. Such a survey has never yetbeen attempted in the South Island. Itwill not only be of great value in futureprojects of engineering, but may be thefoundation of preliminary work in earth-quake prediction.

At present the mauy bodies which un-dertake engineering work in the City—-notably the City Council,.the TramwayBoard, the Drainage Board, tho GasCompany, tho Post and Telegraph De-partment, the Public Works Department,and the Railway Department—have allindividual datura marks from whichtheir surveys are made, and which aresituated often in only temporary posi-tions. When roads and footpaths arereconstructed, these marks are frequent-ly lost and have to be re-established atconsiderable cost.

Transferring Bea-Level.The Lands and Survey Department at

Christcliurch has been taking readingson a tide gauge at Lyttelton, and fromits observations, extending over 21years, the Department has fixed moaneea-level. The committee hopes to per-suade the Government to permit theuse of the high-precision levelling ap-paratus which the Department has re-cently iipported to bring that valuethrough tho tunnel to the block let inthe floor of tho western "porch of theChristcliurch Cathedral expressly as adatum mark. The process of bringingthe Lyttelton datum to Christchurchnecessitates a series of surveying"shots," the length of each "shot" de-pending on the slope of the country,though not iu any case exceeding 200yards, Tho whole work, which calls forthe greatest care and precision, wouldhave to be undertaken by an expert.Tho block in the Cathedral to whichthe mean sea level would bo relatedwas inserted in the floor about 80 or40 years ago as the City was being laidout.

Existing Standards.Once the relation of this block to tho

absolute sea level was known, all thesurvey and engineering work in. cityand country would ultimately be carriedout in tho terms of this same relation.

There are already concrete blocks atalmost every street intersection whichare used by tho Landß and Survey De-partment as standards of position, andupon which the whole iguuo of land titloßis based. Thcso, liowover, are standardsof position only, and not standards ofheight. Once the value of the Cathe-dral block was known, tho height valuesof all these other blocks could boascertained by taking main circuitsthrough the metropolitan area. Acircuit is a system of levels returningand checking up at its point of origin.When the main circuits were establishedby an expert, the levels of the standardblocks in the intermediate zones couldbe determined by tho senior students ofCanterbury College, whose help had beenoffered by the Dean of the Faculty ofEngineering.

Variations in Level.Although from the Port Hills tho City

and suburban area seems almost a per-feet plain, there are actually comemarked differences in the level. ThoChristchurch Drainage Board, taking itssurveys from an imaginary datum mark50 feet below the Chjistchurch Cathe-dral, has found a section of Matgon'groad, Papanui, to be 8Q feet high (or30 feet higher than tho surface level ofCathedral square) and the corner ofNorthcote and Vagues roads, Papanui,78 feet high (28 feet higher than thesurface level of the Square). In general,the higher districts extend towards thenorth and west. The Papanui-Bryndwrdistrict ig probably the highest of all,but St. Albans, Fendalton, and Biecar-ton are generally from eight to 10 feethigher than the Cathedral square level.Tho suburbs to the south and to theeast, approaching the sea, tend to be-come lower down to sea level.

Gradually the uniform gystem oflevelling would be extended on all them&in roads and engineering works inthe province. One of its most importantapplications would be in the ee-ordinft-tion of ■ the levels used by the Wai-makarin River Trust in tho organisa-tion of river protection works. Sinesall the interested bodies in Christchurchhave agreed to the introduction of thesystem, the only question is now wheth?er the Government will permit the useof its equipment and pay an expert re-tained for the survey work.

Use in Earthquake Prediction.The uniform system of levelling which

it is hoped to adopt in Canterbury hasbeen brought to a state of perfectionin Japan, where it has been found tobe aii important means if earthquakeprediction. Accurate leva Is on the sealevel basis have bees establishedthroughout the Japanese v tate, and bytaking acute observations of the levelsnear fault linep any elevations and de-pressions are noted which may indicateunderground disturbances. Since it isanticipated that similar methods ofearthquake prediction will ultimatelybe adopted in New Zealand, the prelim-inary levelling work will have a par-ticular value.

At tho same time, an attempt is be-ing made to have the City standardsurvey extended to the Cashmere Hills.There are at present no standard sur?vey marks at all on the Hill?, with theresult that surveyors have considerabledifficulty in obtaining the true posi-tions of sections. If the City surveywas attended, this trouble would be re-duced to a minimum.

TRANSPORT BILL.

HEAVY TRAFFIC FEES.

REVENUE TO GO TO LOCAL

BODIES.

(I'RESS ASSOCIATION TELEGBAM.)

WELLINGTON, September 10.In moving the committal of the

Transport Licensing Bill in the Houseof Representatives this afternoon, theHon. W| A. Veiteh said that only aBlnall proportion of the motor traffic wasin competition with the railways, andmany motor services were giving ser-vice 'to districts that railways wouldnever serve. The control provided by theBill would benefit ordinary ratepayersbecause the upkeepof the roads would bereduced. The policy should be to haveroad, rail, and sA* services all workingin unison for tho purpose of giving themost economic transport possible.Economy in transport would be a greatadvantage to primary producers. If afarthing per lb could bu saved on trans-port between the farm and the port, itwould moan an enormous saving to theproducer.

Mr Veitch dealt with the survey workthat would be done by tho TransportDepartment before transport schemeswould be licensed. Already 3000 milesof transport routo had been dealt withwith a result that the cost of road up-keep had been greatly reduced. Thework of the Department in the fewmonths that it had been in existencehad saved the State many times morethan tho administrative costs cf theDepartment. The Bill would not givethe Minister such wide powers as theMinister for Transport in Great Bri-tain had been given. When the Commit-tee stages were reached he would pre-sent amendments which would, he be-lieved, meet all the objections thathad been made to the measure. Hethought members would be astonishedwhen they found how small the actualcost of the administration of the De-partment would be.

Appeal Board,Mr Veitch said he hoped the Appeal

Board to be set up under the Bill wouldbe presided over by a Judge,,and hewas endeavouring to obtain the servicesof the present Judge of the ArbitrationCourt because Mr Justice Frazer was atthe present time president of the AppealBoard under the Motor-Omnibus TrafficAct. It was intended to obtain the «er-viccs of Magistrates or very experi-enced members of the legal profession toundertake the chairmanship of the vari-ous district Licensing Boards, and withthem would be associated two othgrmembers on whom the utmost reliancecould be placed. He gave an assurancethat local bodies would not lose anyof their revenue from heavy trafficlicense fees.

Comment by Members.Mr K. S. Williams (E., Bay of

Plenty) said he was glad to bear thatamendments would be submitted whichwould meet the objections taised bylocal bodies. He urged the Minister togc as far as possible in meeting thewishes of such bodies.

Mr D. G. Sullivan (Lab., Avon) saidhe would have preferred the existinglocal licensing authorities to have beenretained under the Bill, with their ac-.tivities confined to their districts.

Mr A. Hamilton (8., Wallace) saidho considered the Bill should receivethe support of the House, though itmight be necessary to amend it in cer-tainrespects.

Mr A. E, Jul!" (U., Waipawa), whoWas chairman bf the Committee thatconsidered the Bill, said it was apparentthat members representing, municipali-ties were obviously moire concernedabout the effect of the measure on theirown localities than on the country gen-erally. He dealt with what tad beendono to control transport in other coun-tries. Deferring to America in particu-lar, ho said sfteps had been taken thereto do away with "cut-throat" competi-tion in transport, and the same wouldnave to be done in New Zealand.

The debate was interrupted by the ris-ing of the Souse at 6.80 p.m. till 7.30p.m. on Wednesday.

AN ECONOMIC PENSION.

TAXATION OFFICE DEMANDS

INFORMATION.

[THE PBSOS Service.]

DUNEDIN, September 10.A letter which a returned soldier in

Dunedin recently received from thelueome Tax Department in Wellingtonmakes one wonder if that Departmentis aware that » War etarted in 1014end that a large number of men, manyof whom were killed and injured, wentfroni New Zealand as combatants.

The portion is tb&t the csy-soldier'fa* to submit a return of hisuteonie to the Department. As he *4sirrjured badly at the war he is in re*ceipt of a, pension and, in addition, ofan economic pension because of his in-ability to perform ordinary work as aresult of his disabilities. His return,v-hieh was duly forwarded, includedthose items. Now he has received aletter front tho Deportment which 'askshim "to explain more fully the item'economic pension," stating for whatpurpose it was granted and by whom."It seems to he a ease of the Depart-ment not knowing its own business.

COMMITTEE ONFINANCES.

CASE FOR DELAYING

ELECTIONS.

MEMBERS' OPINIONS.

MORE ECONOMIES POSSIBLE.

[Feom Our Pabliamentabi: Uefohter.j

WELLINGTON, September 10.Parliament has adjourned until Wed-

nesday evening next, in order to allowthe Special Committee to apply itself

to the problem of restoring the country'sfinances to normal. The preliminary de-liberations began this morning, and

will'continue daily until a report is pre-pared for presentation to the House ofBepresentatives. This .the Prime Minis-ter hopes to do on Wednesday evening.Mr Forbes acknowledges, however, thatthe fulfilment of this intention will de-pend upon how tho various subjects tobe discussed are treated by members ofthe Committee.

One of the questions calling for de-cision is whether or not the life of Par-liament shall ba extended. Tixo discus-sion upon this will probably be the firstto be taken when the Committee re-ports back to the House, because uponthe Committee's decision will rest sub-sequent political developments. It isfelt in the lobbies that if in the opin-ion of the Committee no extension ofthe life of Parliament is desirable, theHouse will act quickly, and a GeneralElection will be held at an early date.Efforts are being made, however, to se-cure a postponement of the election evenif only for a month or two, until theback of the economic task has beenbroken, thus allowing the country toprofit immediately by any remedial mea-sures that are considered desirable.

It ia generally assumed that the Re-form and United members of the Com-mittee will agree upon some measuresfor economic rehabilitation, and thereis, therefore, a possibility of the forma-tion of a National Cabinet. An alterna-tive suggested is that the Committeemay present something in the nature ofan interim report, and remain as ad-viser to the Government during the re-mainder of the session and until suffici-ent steps have been taken to check thefinancial drift. Labour, it appears,will naturally fall into opposition if aNational Cabinet is formed. Several Be-form members favour some such ar-rangement, and other members of theParty are not entirely opposed to it.They believe that the country's posi;tion is sufficiently serious to waive anypolitical advantage to be gained by anelection.

It is believed that fresh Budgetaryarrangements will have to be made en-suring the prolongation of the sessionand further substantial cuts in Depart*mental expenditure.

As «Btton as the report is presented,the country should be given an indica-tion of the likely political developmentsfaring the next few weeks.

A LAKE STEAMER.

ATTEMPT TO SCUTTLE HERFRUSTRATED.

[THE PBBSS Speoißl Service.] .

1

DWEDIN, September 10,Considerable indignation against some

person unknown was felt inthis week when it was learned thatwhat looked li&e-a deliberate attempt tosink the old paddle steamer Moun-taineer at her moorings bad been made.

The vessel, which has been perman-ently tied up, was noticed by CaptainJ. B. Robertson to be drawing an un-usual amount of water at the ptern.Ar: a result of investigations it wasfbnnd that the injector valve to thecondensers apparently had been malici-ously openedby somebody, who under-stood how to go about the nefariousbusiness pf scuttling a ship. With theassistance of the Fire brigade's appa-ratus the water was pumped out, andthe Mountaineer again floated on thelate with her normal buoyancy.

DEARTH OF CARGO.

TWO STEAMERS PAID OFF.

(JPHBSS JWOCIATWITWUIiLINQTON, September JO.

Slackness in the shipping trade hasresulted in two more -vessels, bothowned by the Union Company, beinglaid up. -

TJie Ivomata, a pase©nger and cargovessel, o{ 2U5 ton*, engaged in theWellington. Westport .trafle, paid off atWellington to-day, and will be with-drawa from eemee indefinitely.p Th? ofchor vepel fo.tfc* <*rgo sternerGabrjfilla, tops.whioh wjie takfnover by txio Umoo Company when itbought out 4Uo AustrsUtm Lamb Line.The Gabnella recently completed un-loading «n Australian cargo ufc Kapierand Picton, and after calling at West-port for bunkers, proceeded to Sydney.aidr

paid off"1 yesterday morning

ASHBURTON CLUB.

SALE OF IBAR PORHO^EP'-

NOTICE FROM MWisL' r s

Notice to the effect J" '

liquor over the «ltfb ■4fcease forthwith, was nJJL ttsa iterday by the *

and Mutual Schoolthe Minister for IntendHon. P. A. de la PerreUe)authoritatively stated that S *

resulted from repreaentation. !the Minister by the no-license J?• kin Ashburton. '

Consequent upon the 'aWy.electoral boundaries 14in the Ellesmere1928, Ashburton became atrict, so the Club actedvice and opened its W tot fiE?"10th, 1928. The Gab'scelled shortly aftera no-license district in .lifla. r®?*®!legal advice it paid its tuau)fee to the Ashburton Boroughand this measure enabled it tathe bar in 1928 withoutfore reopening, however, thfrfcT. •remodelled and alterations£IOOO in all were carried oVtf

Then of course, no farther'aSL-iltaken until the Ash'Si ifgfoappeal case went before I theoil and was dismissed. "

\ ;It is maintained that &» tHT%-ing a charter, is in 6position from a hotel

Profits made from the td« afs*must be spent in maiatemiiita andwprovements to the premiea; '-'4^..It is understood that the dob t.sesses a substantial fighting fjjffi&jis prepared to test the caseAppeal Court or Privy (S*necessary. ,

In the meantime, the barclosed. In this case, itwith the Minister to institßliigSs£Iings himself or instruct • J

The matter wasing, and the committee Mit is understood, wiQadvice of, the club 'a Imeantime the I

Personal Items.Two prominent

fessor Williamfessor of Anatomy.idpital Medicalof the London tXsiveTsityjSHHßProfessor GeorgeProfessor of Physiologyversity, who haretralia as examincrs Jor^the'^^^Kpchurch yes

granted thu-«£ne by tHe TMSjBSBB« ffiabimj

written' he holds a position 1

Joyal^Northcrn

the Auckland PabjiAUfa- P. C. Minna. cwfjjf

land Rhodes Scholars *gpMi«SP?residence at Balliolhas been oppointed for'vacation New ZealandI eagiie ■ of Nation 'l|WP|lßflWGeneva. H© will beNew Zealand delegationfree access to all ddcuwntaJTOWtßall meetings of the

Mr K. C. Keymer,the United Servicetensive world tonf/&ndygj&SHflHmonths has covered 85/)M3HgHHnRvisited Egypt, Indife;China, China, Japan,Keymer. wbo is aof D. J. KeymerSon and Co., of Lon<Canada from New ZeafenuHH&

I>r, D. «l|nKof the National jfaqMjßßßh';square, London, whoZealand a fafrr weeks 'MftpfiWßeparents in New PlymopVJ, JSaraC.Cbristcburch lastedin, and leavesIsland to-night.retuni iouroey to

Mr Will Laweon, reWttrnHmHSydney for the Mfc Cook WMHHIpany of New Zealand,an extended visit in the JmjMHllreturn shortly toleave Christchurch this

Messrs H. Hill, A.Sutherland Boss amyegportb yesterday.

Mr f. A. Lo Pinestaying at the Clarendon

Mr C! Ernest Friehalfdnesday nif|bt for

Messrs C. T. Lee

and J. Wulmaley Sstaying at the UnitedMessrs Ef.

Nichcl, W. A.ehant (Wellington),ney), and D, L. Patterwi^^^w 7

are guests at Warner'#Mr S. O. W. David luw rtofMpi

position as managerJ. Niven and Co.. Ltd., 6WHMKSand has joined Mewr» VMsMînE|Ltd., as their technical /MsfISHHMin,the North Island, Jsf $HsSliBnorth at an early daw,resident in Wellington" juiitjifc-j

Friends, ex-student«. **j r /Earfterested in the work «

Lilly, A.E.C.0., are takingiSS steps to mark the IWfrgflJbis musical profession pyfor a gala recital night at ta®- 4M||cipal Concert Hall. 'Lij|

Reference was made at_the Sflaßmmeeting of the St.last evening; to the deew|of the club for over Slramrcotion of sympathy wSir Barrett • family-

Mr j. 6, Nivllto,.GhristcburchiWellington. With the jItoSRJMg©, Suluvan, M.P.) fttd, t|j|of the. FinanceMcCombs, M-P-k M* NttWrab?evidence on Wednesday JBfflMßhighways Finance panufflggypj:the House, on the effa?t mBMIcil'a finances of the PfWSJjjgMgtion in the baoie ®f m

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RAILWAY LINES UNDERCONSTRUCTION.

Bantu Island. Main Trunk,la reviewing the South Island Main

snmk project, the Board said thatlb total expenditure on constructionto March 31st, 1931, was £410,230. TheetiJUteiJ expenditure from March 31st,031, to complete the lino would be$2,163,761, to which must he added theCttt of additional terminal facilities,bidge strengthening, and signalling andtsaußsaieation systems amounting to#179,000, making a total 6f £2,341,-KL The total expenditure actually in-wsed and estimated to July 31st wasm739.m question on which tho Board wasfjpbcd to report was whether thoP«Bflltaro of a further £2,243,261 wasptifled on tho undertaking. Tho totaljMMoat annual losb on tho Picton-liwanui mid Painasstis-Ohristchurch■OB was £73,178. The estimated an-m loss on the operation of the line

if concluded, as-that the revenue and expend!- i

lileof the line would he equalnue and expenditure of theouth Island lines, exclusive•paying branches, would be>r an increase In the annual19,753. The Board consideredvantago in the time factorlie transport of goods woold|"liw e£ the present sea ser-byttelton, also that the cost.Would be greater than bytold considered, even with X, that the costs would notr of the rail touto.d'a conclusion regarding the>f a substantial development

Meek traffic from Mar]-,is that the estimates fur-hose in favour of tho lineto be somewhat discountedat all likely that the traffloliavy. Regarding passengersid fiot appear to the Boardwould be any advantage toAgainst the Sea. in the way4ad speedj and the advan-t would certainly lie withafea route. This meant thatWellington-Lyttelton route

»•- superseded by the new

I Mating Cost,

itated it had examinedcompleting'the construc-ts At the northern end,

>riate point, bat if theul to Clarence river wereworking railways capitalned with a total sum ofconstruction only. Care-.Mi of the prospective

of the section to thofailed to disclose any

pe< t of decreasing the>t present experienced onirom Picton to Whara-ttfafy there wero strongt tho operating loSSis«d if the construction

50 came to a similar. de<& the completion of the•resent terminus at Pdr*tie Conu ay fiver.|f»rd Say.9 6ltfford Bay proposal,the farther developmenti was not, in its judg'' dependent upon thextension, nor was it de»legree upon further portapetltion with Picton1 Bay Woald be if de-additional trade inter*to any extent be de»in Marlborough, the

it the Dominion gener-itrnction of another port

Th# Bay was part olof open coast, with act. Tort construction»rried out only at greatExtremely doubtful re*"d had had the benefitobtained by Mr JP. Vf,*id tho Clifford Bayted, would necessitatei"additional £1,000,000Hi® Heard held that thsI* not Warranted, and

justification tor the

ion of the Board is thatthe rail vay line is

|d work thereon shouldlie Board haft reachedWith careful regard to

W its administration of51 railway system, andted the question of ser*kaad the industrial de»iffik country. If thfc

The completion of the Wcstport-XnangahUa line Was not recommendedbv the Board. The total estimatedcost Was £077,000, equal to £37,577 permile, the position with rogard to paS-singer traffic was problematical. ThereWas no necessity for the line so fara 8 the transport of coal was concerned,and in regard to ordinary goods it wasdifficult to. forecast to what extentthese would bo diverted from the sea.to the rail. The competition by seawduld continue, and would operate asa factor in limiting the traffic ingeneral merchandise that would passover the railway line. It appeared tothe Board that there was no justifica-tion for the line, and if the line to-turned any net revenue at all onoperating cost the amount Would fallfar short of the interest charges, andthe net result Would be a further bur-den on the taxpayers without anycommensurate advantage to the Do-minion as a whole.

Waiotira-Dargaville.A recommendation that the Waiotira-

Dargaville lino not be allowedto proceed was made by the Board.The total amount expended to July3lßt, 1931, was £1,507,789, and thetotal amount estimated as required forcompletion was £40,000. The Boardfouad that Under pr666nt conditions thetransport requiremfeiitß of the district%rer6 being met to a substantial extent.The district was not densely populated,and the passenger traffic Would alwaysbe proportionate to the population.The whole position showed that thevolume of goods traffic that would beeeeUred by the railway \v6uld bolijttited, and, as in the Case of passengertraffic} it would not be commensuratewith the high cost of constructing theliae and operating it-/

Decisions of New Board.recommendation that all works

SHOULD CEASE.__ j

Report Presented to House.

;Pfi£S3 ASSOCIATION TILEGJUM.)

WELLINGTON, September 10.The report of the Railway Board on lines under con-

struction throughout the Dominion, required to be madeunder the Government Railways Amendment Act of theshort session, was presented in the House of Representativesthis afternoon.

In every case the Board recommends the suspension ofconstruction on the ground that the expenditure is not justi-fied bjAhe estimated revenue.

The lines affected by the adverse recommendations arethe Wharanui-Parnassus line (South Island Trunk),Napier-Gisborne line, Kawatiri-Inangahua line, Westport-Inangahua line, Waiotira-Dargaville line, and the Okaihau-Ricgi&hua line.

The report will be referred to the Parliamentary Com-mittee.

Board could iiavo i'ouiid in the courseof its examination of the problem thatan immediate deficiency in operatingresults might within a time not too re-mote have been converted into a morefavourable result through tho develop-ment of trade and industry, it wouldhave been well disposed to recommendtho completion of tho lino. TheBoartl has, however, been compelled toconclude that neithor tho immediate northe remoter prospect is sufficiently en-couraging to justify tho expenditurethat would be involved."

Napier-Gisborne Line.Dealing with tho Napier-Gisborno

line, the Board says the total capitalcost of tho whole section between Napierand Wairoa would be approximately£2,516,158, and it was of the opinionthat the line, if completed, would notearn sufficient revenue to pay operatingexpenses, much less return any contri-bution toward tho interest on this largesum. I

The estimated cost of tho comple-tion of the Wairoa-Waikokopu sectionwas £37,170. If the meat works atWairoa, damaged by fire in Februarylast, were not restored, the inain sourceof revenue from the line would be lost,and the necessity of keeping it openwould disappear. Even should themeat works resume operations the line,as a separate entity, would not be justi-fied.

Regarding the Waikokopu-Gisbornesection, it was estimated that it wouldcost £1,186,180 to complete. TheBoard was of the opinion that notwithstanding tho productivity of the Pov-erty Bay district the volume of busi-ness that would be secured by the rail-way, having due regard to all relativefactors, including competition by sea

and road, would not give a financialreturn commensurate with the cost Ofthe line.

Referring to the lino as a whole, thereport says that the total capital costfrom Napier to GisboWe Would be£4,927,505 i The estimated annual loss,if the lino Wero completed, Would be£105,037;

KawatirMnangahua.It was estimated that to complete

the Kawatiti-Inangahua lino would cost£1.597,000, at an average cost of£38,604 per mile. The Board was notimpressed with the prospects of goodstraffic because of the long haulage malt-ing traffic relatively expensive to workby reason of its being one-way busi-ness. The route from NelsOn to West-port and Greymouth was suitable forservice cat traffic, and the transportprovided by the cars was quite adequatefor the needs of tho district. Servicecars Would continue to run even if therailway were constructed. In regardto goods traffic, the Board expressedtho view that the prospects wero notsuch as to encourage the completion ofthe lino. The scqpo for the develop-ment of land in tho district Was aIBOlimited, and those portions which didoff«3r a reasonable possibility of de-velopment could be served by roadtransport. In the case of this railwavalso a complication was the fact thattransport by sea was available. Thiswould largely affect the railway from acompetitive point of view.

W6Btpors-Inangahua.

Okailmu-EangiaJina,,^ sinAVar, findiug was ®ade in resuectof the Okaihau-Rangiahua line, north ofWhangarei. The amount already e,pended was £655,392 (£51999 T

*

mile of line), and the estimated cost ofcompletion was £60,000. The trans-port requirements of the district weresubstantially supplied by the naturalfacilities for seaborne traffic providedby the extensive waterways of Hokiangath° Tst coast and thabv rL 1 +

east coast, supplementedby road transport from the various sea-ports to points inland. Tho district waswell provided with passenger servicecars and the road routes %ero moredirect than the proposed railway routeTho goods traffic possibilities of the dis-trict were also limited. The Boardwas impressed with tho development inthe North Auckland district in recentyears and with tho possibilities forluture development, but it did not fol-low that that development would bf>proportionately reflected in the railwayrevenue. *

Unemployment Problem.In concluding its report, the Boardstated that a point that had been fre-quently emphasised was that as a con-siderable proportion of the total expen-diture involved in constructing tho vari-ous lines had been incurred, tho spend-ing of the balance in order to complet3lines would be justified, but it was felt

that unless the lines showed a definiteprospoct of returning at least aable amount of net rovenue further ex-penditure would not be justified andwould simply create a recurring liability.The Board realised tho effect of thastoppages bo far as unemployment wa.jconcerned, but pointed out that tho quef-tioh before it was one of railways policeand should not be confused with tho'unemployment problem. Tho view wasexpressed that .most of the existinglines would continue to bo an essentialpart of the transport system of tho Do-minion for many years to come, not-withstanding that their financial resultshad been adversely affected by the com-petition of other means of transport.

Road Competition.Discussing competition by road, theBoard said this development had made

tho construction of further railwaysless necessary for tlio purpose of moot-ing tho transport needs of the vafioU3districts allotted.The cost of completing the lines dealtwith in tho report was given as follows:

Wharauui-Pamassus .. 2,242,261Napier-Gisborno .. 1,526,663Kawatiri-Inangahua.. 1,597,000Westport-Inangahua .. '450,000Waiotira-Dargavillo .. 46,000

Okaihau-Rangiahua .. 60,000Total .. .. £,921,924

At tho request of tlio Houso, tho Min-ister read tho Board's concluding re-marks concerning each lino. Membersgreeted tho similarity of each findingwith a burst of laughter* Mr H. E. Hol-land, Leader of the Labour Party, re-marking, "The Board's gono mad."

MAIN TRUNK LINE

FORTY-EIGHT MILESFORMED.

HISTORY OP THE WORK.

Of tho 76 miles between Wharanui attho north ond, and Parnassus in thesouth, which had to be covered to com-plete tho South Is land Main TrunkRailway, almost 41 miles has alreadyboen formed for -.1 railway. The totalexpenditure on tin- Tine up to the be-ginning of August was £450,163. Atotal of about 750 meti aro employedoh the works at both ends. It was re-ported from Blenheim two days ago thatfollowing detailed surveys the estimatedcost of completing the line was £1,800,-000, compared with the rough estimateof £2,300,000 upon which the workwas started.

A recommencement of the worlc wasmade from tho north in May, 1929, fendfrom the south in Fobruary, 1930.Such good progress has been mado fromeach end that to-day tho gap has beenreduced from 76 miles to about 28 miles.The advance gangs on both northerniand southern sections are now withinsight of Kaikoura. On the northernend tho rails havo been«laid all theWay from Wharanui to within about200 yards of the Ngaio Downs home-stead. It was anticipated that the railswould reach the Clarence river, 21 milesfrom the starting-point, by Decemberat the latest. From the southern ond,where 300 mon are employed, the.for-mation work has boen advanced about16 miles from Kaikoura to ClaVerley.The rails, however, have been laid foronly about half a mile«

Bridge Work Hold Vp.Although it was known that the Rail-

way Board was a report forsubmission to Parliament, there hashe6n no relaxation of the constructionwcrk during tho last two months. OnAugust 14th, however, the Public WorksDepartment announced that in order tosave expense which might be unneces-sary, it would not at present proceedwith the construction of bridges overthe Conway and Leader rivers, andwould proceed only slowly with theHawkswood Saddle cutting.

When in February, 1930, work at Par-nassus was Resumed after a stoppage of18 years, it was necessary to scrapabout eight miles of railway which hadbeen laid to the north-west of Parnas-sus. The cost of this section Of the linewas estimated between £30,000 and£40,000.

Discussion for 60 Years.Tho connexion of Nelson and Marl-

borough with Canterbury by rail hasbeen under consideration for mote than60 years. Sir Julius Vogel, in his"Great Public Works Policy" of 1870outlined a pian for a railway from Kel-son to Westland, and thence to Canter-bury, with a branch to Picton or Blen*heim. Another Minister, Mr Macan-drew, gave a railway "from Amberleyto Cook Strait" a place in his Esti-mates in 1878, and in 1879, under thoHall Ministry, there were "votes forrailways from Nelsoji to Greymouth,from Picfbn to Huruii;i\ mid fromHurunui to Waitaki. In ISS2, Mr W.Johnston, then Minister for PublicWorks, spoke in his statements of aii expenditiire of £1,200,000 as necessary tocomplete the Picton-Invercargill line.

In the same year the question wa?taken in hand by a Eoyal Commission,Which reported in favour of the EastCoast line as the best route betweenCanterbury and Cook Strait. Thisfinding appears to have settled thepolicy of successive Governments formany years, and in the meantitao theEast Coast line was_ partly constructed.When the Commission took evidence59 of 1' ' 223 miles requited were inexistence—the 40 miles from Christ-church to Waipara and the 19 milesir&fci Pict6|i to Blenheim. Iti the fol*lowing the lihe pushed an-other 40 miles north, from Waipara toParnassus, and 25 miles south, fromBlenheim to Wharanui, leaving a gapof 76 miles remaining to be filled.

Becent Commissions.During the last ten years there ,has

been a revival of agitation for the com-pletion of the line, and several Commis-sions have been sot up to consider it.Tho Fay-Savon Commission. (Sir Sail

Fay aud Sir Wilfred Haven) reportedin favour of the line, but shortly after-wards, in August, 1925, the Fay-CaseyCommission (F. E. Fay and EugeneCasey) declared that "tho completionof thp railway is not a sound economi-cal proposition," and anticipated an an-nual loss on the railway and ferry ser-vices of £280,000. In the meantime,in May, 1925, the Canterbury ProgressLeague issued a report strongly urgingan immediato completion of the line,The last report was made in October,1930, by the Railways Commission, andsanctioned tho continuanco of the line.

A further 700 men are at present en-gaged on tho Inangahua-Westport line,running through tho Bullcr Gorge,which is also to be stopped. Good pro-gress has boen made with this worlc alsoduring the last three years, although thedifficult nature of the country has beena hindrance, and the earthquake dam-age caused somo delay.

STOCK TRAFFIC.

MARLBOROUGH ESTIMATES.BOARD DISCOUNTS TIIEM.

[FrOH Oca PAItLIAJIENTAK y HfiI'OKTBR. 1WELLINGTON, September 10.

Dealing with Roods and live-stocktraffic on the South Island MainTrunk, the Board discounted the esti-mates of thoso who anticipated in-creased business through greater actcess to tho Adilin&ton marKct on ac-count of Mariborougn siieepiarmorsdesiring to avail themselves oi Canter-bury markots. Tlic principal trawcanticipated was stated to be tat lainustor Ireezmg and export, to be passedthrough the freezing works, sheep loilocal butchers through the Auain&-fcon Kaleyards, and breeding ewes.

The Board was of the opinion thattho demand for stock for local butcherswould not be increased by the open-ing up of another source of supplyas would bo afforded by the completionof the line; it would merely meanthat a greater number of Marlboroughsheep might bo sent to Addinaton, butit was not likely that the traffic wouldbe heavy. Regarding breeding owes,it was possible there might be a cer-tain increase in this class of business,though Marlborough farmers wouldhavo to compete with the presentsources of supply, and there was noground for assuming tha,t the con-struction _of the railway would alterthe position to such an extent as tolead to any great development Ot jthis trade. i

Pat Laonb Traffic.Tlie Board was of tho opinion that

tlio likelihood of a substantial increaseof fat lamb business from that portionof .Marlborough now served by railas a result of completing the line fromWharanui to Parnassus was nob sogreat as had been suggested. Freez-ing works were in existence at Pictonana this must always tend to limit thequantity of fat lambs that would bosent over the lino to the freezingworks in Canterbury. As to that por-tion of the country between tho twopresent terminals, tho Board con-sidered that by reason of tho lack otroad access to the railway, and thonature of the country, tho fat lambtraffio that would bo developed bv theconstruction of the railway would borelatively small.

Tho aspect of regularity, too, wasone that' had a direct bearing onworking costs, particularly in relationto this lino, which, as its advocatesindicated, would havo to rely largelyon business in live-stock. This class ofbusiness was seasonal and one-waytraffic, and while tho needs of ordinarybusiness could scarcely bb met with areasonable degree of service with lessthan ono goods train per day, thisminimum time-table would in the live,stock season require to be augmentedby additional trains to meet the pealtlive-stock traffic.

Competitive Services.Chi the question of road competition,

the Board said tho experience up tothe present has been that keen com-petition must bo expected in tliearea through which fcho lino wouldpass. Competitive services wero al-ready established in passengers andgoods, and there was no reason toanticipate that ■, the position of thesowould bo different from other partsof the country wliero the railway wassubjected to heavy motor competition.

Hope of intensive settlement alongthe route was not entertained by theBoard, which said the country, exceptfor one or two comparatively smallareas, was unsuitable for very closesettlement, so the increased produc-tion that would come from that areaWould not bo great. This atea Wasnot at all well roaded. and before anysubstantial development could takeplace, even if the railway were con-structed. heavy expenditure would beneeded for roading. The facts beforetho Board indicated that the qualityof imleh of the land would not justifyreading costs, much less the cost of arailway in addition.

PRESENT-DAY COSTS.

UNPROFITABLE RETURNS.

[Fkom Ouk Parliamentary Reporter.]

WELLINGTON, September 10.In justification of tho stoppage of

work on the railways new under con-struction, the Railways Board discussedthe relatively high cost of construction}in areas not now served by railwayswhich would add to the burden thelines Would have to carry.

"Tho cause of tho present high costsis to be found in the physical natureof the country through which the linespass, and the high unit cost of con-struction work," the Board says. "Con-struction costs in recent years havebeen.found by the Board to range from£30,000 per mile up to £76,000 permile, and even higher. Even takingthe lower figure at the present daycost of money, which involves a chargeof nob less than 5 pet cent., the netrevenue per miJe per annum thatwould require to be returned in orderto make the financial position securewould be £ISOO. When it is realisedthat on North Island lines, after ex-cluding, lion-paying . branch lines asshown in the annual Railway State-ment. the Uet revenue pfer mile is only£672 per annum, while on the SouthIsland main lines, that is the mainSoqth Island system after excludingnon-paying branch lines, tlio net reve*nue is £291 per mile per annum, theimpossibility of the situation from theEomt of view of the national finances

efcomes at, once apparent."Generally the traffic in the areasremaining to be served by new rail*ways is relatively sparse, and suchtraffic can be better catered for by asmall scale production unit such as theroad motor than by a mass productionunit such as the railways."

TRADES UNIONCONGRESS.

AN INTERRUPTION.

DELEGATES WATCH RIOT.

LONDON, September 9.Tho Trades Union Congress Confer-

ence discussions were interrupted Whilemembers Watched tho police battle withunemployed, whoso deputation , theCongress had refused to receive.

The day's proceedings consisted most-ly of addresses from internationaldelegates, including Mr J. Mofeschi,of the American Federation of Labour,who bluntly told the conference that theAmericans believed tha£ the cure forunemployment Was not the dole, butv. ork.

Thero was some disorder at Bristolthis morning, when unemployed at-tempted to enter tho Trades UnionCongress Conference, which had re-fused to receive a deputation. Thepolice restored order. No arrests werer.iade.

CONVERSION LOANURGED.

MR HENDERSON'S POLICY.

(Beceived September 11th, 1.2 a.m.)LONDON, September 10,

At the Trades Union Congress MrArthur Henderson said that his idea ofequality of sacrifice differed from thatof some of his old colleagues. He hadnot thought to begin with the poofe&fco'l the poor. "Therefore," he said,•■let us begin at the other end." 3ealso suggseted that a conversion loanshould be in the very forefront of theprogramme. He paid a tribute to theglorious example of Australia. ll©was as strong a Freetrader as anyone,but if faced by a large cut in unem-ployment payments or a 20 per cent,revenue tariff as an emergency «Spedi-

AN EMERGENCYBUDGET. :

MR SNOWDEN'S TASK.

SACRIFICE AND SURPRISE.

ADVERSE TRADE BALANCE.

(Ansi) PILK.SS ASSOCIATION-— J) f ELECTRICTELJiGItAPH—UOPYIUGnT.)

(Received September 10th, 7 p.m.)

LONDON, September 10.The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr

Philip Snowden, will rise to deliver Msemergency "Axe and Tea Budget," at3.30 p.m. He will speak for an hourand tho Budget resolutions must becarried the same night, but an opportun-ity for a full debate will be given nextweek.

The "Daily Express" forecasts thattho biggest surprise of the debate willbe the proposals of Mr Walter Runci-man (Lib., St. Ives), for the prohibi ;tion of luxury imports, as was donein 1916. This would ease the adversetrade balance by £20,000,000 a year.

The "Daily Herald" says the econo-mies in the Unemployed Fund, in ad-dition to a percentage reduction ofbenefits, will include the application ofthe rigid needs test to 500,000, whohave been unemployed for over sixmonths. Any further relief given tothem will come from rates. The news-paper adds: If the contemplated 15 percent, cut be made in teachers' salariesthere will be 60,000 throughout tho coun-try below £3 a week.

The "Daily Mail" says: Sir RobertHorn estimates tho adverse trade bal-ance at £75,000,000, tho prospect ofwhich is causing grave anxiety.

("LEAKING THEWAY.

PRACTICAL ECONOMY.

MR MACDONALD CUTS OWNSALARY.

CBUZTJSU OFFICIAL WIRELESS.)

(Received September 10th, 5.5 p.m.)

RUGBY, September 8.The Prime Minister, Mr Ramsay

MaeDonald, mentioned during the firstdebate of tho emergency session ofParliament that ho was foregoing£IOOO of his salary of £SOOO a year.

Mr Stanley Baldwin, in tho Houseof Commons, declared: "Wo arc goingto seo tho matter through. We areKoing to give the Prime Minister ourfull and whole-hearted support toachieve the objoct for which the Gov-ernment was created." He expressedbelief that nn industrial revival couldbest bo achieved by means of tariffs.

Mr Winston Churchill, whoso viewson Protection haji not previously co-incided wish thoso of the ConservativeParty, also declared his belief that atariff was essential to an industrialrevival.

Sir Herbert Samuel, who concludedthe debate for tho Government, de-clared that when the whole situationwas revealed by the Chancellor of theExchequer, and also the equitablemeasures with which the Governmentproposed to meet the situation, ho feltthere would not bo the uncompromis-ing and bitter opposition which hadbeen threatened in certain quarters,but if such opposition did prevail theGovernment would, in accordance withits duty, bo prepared to meet it.

Thwarting Obstruction.Mr Baldwin moved resolutions pro-

viding for tho Government to takeaJI the time of tho House for the restof tho session, and for the disposal ofthe necessary Budget resolutions inthe Committee of Ways and Meansby midnight to-morrow.

Professor H. B. Lees-Smith, tho for-mer Minister for Education, opposedthe resolutions, the first of which wascarried by 308 votes to 215 and thesecond without a division.

Tho Cabinet meeting this morninggave final consideration to the Budgetproposals.

Mr Ramsay MacDonald introducedthe Economies Bill, permitting econo+mies in expenditure to be carried outby Orders-in-CoUncil, thus saving timeand thwarting obstruction. Tho Billwas road a first time.

ent from wliieh the proceeds "Would beassigned to unemployment, he wasgoing to try tho value of that experi-ment.

A COMPLIMENTARYDINNER.

SCOTS AND MR MACDONALD.

(BRITISH - OmCIAL WIRELESS.)

(Received September 10th, 5.5 p.m.)

BUGBY, September 9.Arrangements have been laad6 for &

complimentary dinner 6f a non-politi6alcharacter to be given by Scots to MrRamsay MacDonald in London on Oc-tober 12th, which is his birthday. ManyScottish Associations in London will b&represented on the organising commit-tee, which has the support of Scotseminent in literature, art, law, and com-merce.

Lord Ulgita. *4ll pmaidev

NEED OF MONEY.

! PREMIERS' CONFERENCEREQUEST.

J DISCUSSION WITH BANKS.Ii '

(CXITED I'EESS ASSOCIATION—BY EUJCTEICTELEOEAPH—COPYIUGUT.)

(Received September 10th, 11.40 p.m.)• MELBOURNE, September 10.

Tho Premiers' Conference has not yetreceived the Commonwealth BankBoard's reply oirthe subject of makingfurther heavy advances for the allevia-tion of tho unemployed and wheat-growers.

The conference to-day decided to in-vite representatives of the privatebanks to discuss the whole matter withthe Premiers to enable.a decision to bereached in the week-end before the re-assembling of the Federal Parliamentnext week.

SAVINGS BANK OFVICTORIA.

DEPOSITS, £3<1,000,000.

(Received September 10th, 11.45 p.m.)

MELBOURNE, September 10.The Commissioners of the Savings

Bank of Victoria, in their annual reportto Parliament, state that cash depositstotal £34,000,000, or £6,750,000 lessthan tho previous year.

The net profit for the year waa£221,118.

STATE SAVINGS BANK.

REORGANISATION DISAPPROVED

~ SYDNEY, September 10.Tho organisation known as the Gov-

ernment Savings Bank Depositors' De-fence Association disapproves of thereconstruction of the New South WalesSavings Bank, and declares in a state-ment that the new bank cannot becarried on at a profit, and that theloss thus sustained will have to be borneby the impounded deposits of old cus-tomers.

It emphasises that there is no realconfidence in the reconstructed bank,and that there never will be.

On the contrary, there is the utmostconfidence in the Commonwealth Bank.Therefore the demand is made that theearliest move should be made to mergewith the Commonwealth Bank.

WIRELESS ON TRAINS.

VICTORIAN ENTERPRISE.

(Received September 10th, 11.45 p.m.)MELBOURNE, September 10.

Wireless on trains between Melbourneand Adelaide, and also on certain im-portant country trains is now under con-sideration by the Railway Commission-ers Of Victoria. Headphones will beavailable oil tho whole journey uponpayment of a small fee. Plugs atebeing provided above the Beats.

CONFERENCE ON INDIA.

APPOINTMENT TO STRUCTURECOMMITTEE.

(BBIXISE omCIAL WIHELESS.)

(Received September 10th, 5.5 p.m.)

BUGBY, September 9. •

Major Walter Elliot, JTinsmoial Secre-tary to the Treasury, has Ib6Qn added tbthe British delegation toBound-Table Conference, and will be amember of the JTedotal Structure Com-mittee.

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER-�

A GOOD RECOVERY,' ' |

(BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRfeLEIiS.)

RUGBY, September 9.The Duke of Gloucester has made ex-

cellent progress since his operation forappendicitis. It is understood that hewill shortly join the King and Queenat Balmoral and will probably visitPrincess Mary at her Yorkshire homeon his way north.

FORGED BANKNOTES.

ISSUE IN THE FAR EAST.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BX ELECTEtOTELEGRAPH—COFIEtJHT.)

'(Received September 10th, 9 p.m.)

HONG-KONG, September 10.The Hong-Kongand ShanghaiBanking

Corporation the biggest British bank inthe Orient, Warns the public againstthe acceptance of new 100-dollar notesof the 1929 issue, as information hasbeen received that a gang .offorgers has been operating at Pekingand Tientsin with large bundles offorged notes, tho total face Value ex-ceeding 200,000. dollars. It is believedthat these notes emanated fromMoscow.

ALL OUT FOR 217.

; NEW ZEALANDERS

DISAPPOINTING.I

STRONG ENGLISH TEAM.

DELIGHTFUL BATTING BYHOBBS.

(Si'ECIAX- TO MESS ASSOCIATION.)

LONDON, September 9.The New Zealand batsmen made

rather a disappointing showing at Scar-borough against IT. D. G. Lcveson-Gower's eleven. They were all out for217 runs.

The weather was wintry, and thewicket was dead.

Dempster, Mills, Page, and Talbotwere all dismissed before lunch.Dempster was bowled, Mills was caughtat the wicket, Page was caught at mid-off, and Talbot was out to an excellentcatch by Duleopsinhji in the outfield.The foUr wickets had fallen for -53runs.

Blunt and Weir added 54 for the fifthwicket by steady batting after lunch.

Lowry batted brightly before he wasdismissed by a fine catch by Jupp, atmid-on. Merritt: again hit freely.

Weir's wicket fell last, Hobbs tak-ing a brilliant one-hand catch at coyer.It was a sound, defensivo innings, andof the highest value to the side. Weirobtained his 1000 runs for the tour.

The slow wicket made Larwood in-nocuous, and ho did not bowl at topspeed.

Brown, although successful, was notas steady as usual.

Hobbs and Sutcliffe batted for 70.minutes before stumps were drawn.Hobbs played delightful strokes. Thisis his only appearance this seasonagainst the New Zealanders.

Despite the cold weather the at-tendance was 6000.

Scores:—

NEW ZEALAND.' First Innings.

C. S. Dempster, b Jupp ..

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.. 18J. E. Mills, c Gilligan, b Verity .. 18R. C. Blunt, b Allen .. .. 28M. L. Page, c Allen, b Verity

.. 1B. 0. Talbot, c Duleepsinhji, b Jupp 10G. L. Weir, c Hobba, b Brown .. 58T. 0. Lowxy, c Jupp, b Brown .. 27J. L. Kerr, st Gilligan, b Brown ... 13K. C. James, c Gilligan, b Brown .. 2W. E. Merritt, b Allen .. .. 23A. M. Matheson, not out .. 6"

Extras .. .. ..13

Total .. .. -.217Bowling:—H. Larwood, none for 13}

G. 0. Allen, two for 42; V. W. 0. Jttpp,two for 63; H. Verity, two for 45; I\R. Brown, four for 41.

LEVESON-GQWER'S TEAM.. First Innings, .j

J. B. HobbS) not out ... 3&

H. Sutcliffe, npt out •

.. .. 20Extras .. ..

• 0Total for no wickets 56

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The New Zealand team hare mad 4a comparatively poor st&rt against »

team that is practically an EnglishTest eleven, and their total of 217presents ! the h.6ia.& side' with & C6m-paratively easy t&gk. Indeed it mightnot be considered an unreasonably bigscore for the famous English openingpair to fe&fcli 6& their 6wa. Underthe circumstances it will be surprisingif the visitors are able to escape'de-feat m this match. It may be said,as a pbssiblo explanation of the visi-topoo? showing on the easy wicket,that in ordfer to reach Scarborough,a town on the east coast of SorKrshire, the team had to travel by traifiat night , a distaiice of nearly 800Smiles. This Would account for thfematoh starting forty minutes late,

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Unfortunately for New SJetdandDempster has not proved so prolinein run-getting in recent matdnfeS Aiho has for most of the tour. His diS»

■ miaßal was the beginning ofa r<ftthat was arrested only by & steadyfifth<-wieket partnership between Weii"and Blunt. This pair doubled th6score* and Lowry also helped with 4useful innings Merritt's hard-hittingmethods were again respohsibla ft*tho score being considerably

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bsttefrthan it threatened to be. Weir's in*nings was his best for a period ofnionths. and took him past the 1000runs mark for the tour in all matchesand for first-class games alond.

tags failed to get the 20 runs herequired to accoftiplish this feat, butprovided the weather holds out he willnave one .further opportunity of doingso. He has '£ better chance of settinghis 1000 runs than Merritt has ofgetting bjs 100 Wickets, for it is un-likely that the home team will wittwice, and they are quite likely to bein a position to declare with somawickets in hand in the first innings.On a dead wicket Merritt is unlikelyto be very effective. Tho New Zea-land attack Js lively toi bo foundw&Min£, When t)6th Allcfttt ' andVivian .ire left out of the team. Theleft-handerg hafre been almost indis-pensable on the slow rain-soakedbitches experienced for mo§t of thetour.

When the Surrey match was exitout of the New Zealand team'sitinerary, general regret was ex-pressed that Hobbs would 'not meetthe visitors on his homo ground. Itis very pleasing that a place has beenFound f'Of him ill one of the teamsopposed to the New Zealanders. Heis an object~leßson to all cricketers,and in partnership with Herbert Sut-cliffo, he will be able to show the visi-tors something about running betweenWickets. The rest of the home team!#batting;- strength lies in Duleepsinhji,Wyatt. and Loyland. all of whom havebeen Test batsmen in recent years.Jupp. Brown, and Allen, capable bats-men as well as first-class bowlers, and.to soma extent, in Larwood and GilH-gran. It Would be a difficult team todismiss even in the most favourablecircumstances.-

Although picked for the three Tests,Larwood has not bowled against theNew Zealanders until Wednesday. In*juries kept him out of the first andsecond Test matches, While New Zea-land did not bnt in the match atManchester, which Was spoilt by rain*Gilligan is the oiily member of MfLeveson-Gower's Eleven, apart ffomHobbs. who hid not previously playedagainst the visitors. . He used to beone of the leading amatepr wicket*keepers in fcl&yifiJK P*

but his duties as a schoolteacher pre-clude his playing now for the greaterpart of the season. With a good pro-fessional stumper in J; R. Sheffieldnow available, Giliigan's services areriot in; such great demand by the Essextenrn.

M.C.C. TOUR OFAUSTRALIA.

PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR.

NO AUSTRALIAN TEAM FORNEW ZEALAND.

(uxro® pkSbs xsflocutioy—st sacanTEtJCOßiSit—COFYfelQfit

(Received September llths 12.20 a.m.)

STDNEtr, September 10.The Australian Cricket JS&aid ot

Control has received & letter from theMarylebone Cricfeefc dub saying "thatthe Englishmen will carry but theirtour i>i Australia is 1632-33 at planned.The team will - arrive in September,1938, and retufn to England in themiddle of March, 1933.

The Aufetraliafa Board declined theinvitation to «6&d to -Australian teamto India, and also to New Zealandowing to the forthcOtaiSg tout of theSouth Africans afid the.lateness' of Sheffield'Shield Saat&hee.

| ALLEGED OFFEft TO CBO)HB.

(p&ESS ASSOCULXXOV ISUUfeUC.)

WELLINGTON. September 10.It is reported th&t ine Canterbury

cricketer I. B. Cffctth, at MAMttlt iotaving England with the Iffew.~!Wal&nateam, has b6en offered £2O ft !"<*k tfrplqy for 1 the Nelson Cltsb, Lfindsftshlft.

M.C.C. V. REST OP ENGLAND,

(Luttßo PRXSB ASisocunos—Sr HSCMM •<\ TBLE&BtPH—Cdrr^sat.)

LONDON, Sept6Kfa«r ».

The Rest of England in tfatft* flttkinnings against thft M.0.0. tsMa,which toured South ffiftda 895(the N&wab <jf P&taudi 68). Peeblest6ok foui? wickets* fdf 58.

ARMAMENTSTRUCE.

POLICY OF UNITED STATES.

SYMPATHY WITHOUT ACTION.

(CSITED SEESS ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTBIGTBIiOEAPH—COPTBIGHT.)

(Received September 10th3 7 p.m.)WASHINGTON,'September 9.

Tlio United States Government issympathetic towards Signor Grandi'sproposal for an armaments holiday, ac-cording to authoritative information ob-tained here, but will take no definitestand in reference thereto at the presenttime.

The American Government isthoroughly friendly towards SignorGrandi's conception, and is prepared toexercise its influence on behalf of anymovement which will aid the prospectsof the Disarmament Conference atGeneva next February, but prefers forthe present that the situation sur-rounding the forthcoming conferenceshould be kept fluid- .

[Addressing the League of NationsAssembly at Geneva last Tuesday, Sig-nor Grandi, Italian Foreign Minister,proposed an armament truce until afterthe forthcoming Disarmament Confer-ence. It was necessary to act not onlywith courage and moderation, he said,but also in good faith. By an immediatearmaments truce and the suspension ofall programmes of armaments theywould set an example of goodwill andcreate an atmosphere of confidence.]

A SURGEON'S FEAT.

DEAD BOY BROUGHT TO! ' LIFE-

A TEMPORARY TRIUMPH.

(USITED PBE3B 48SOCJAT10S—BX E&SCTiIOTELEGHAPH—COPVBI3HTO

(Received September 10th, 9 p.m.)

LONDON, September 10.Dr. MacPheraon, superintendent of

St. Mary's Hospital at Portsmouth,claimed at an inquest on a seven-year-old boy, Edward Cook, that Cook wasactually dead for forty minutes. Hawas then brought to life and lived 12ihours. , ,

Cook's breathing ceased under aji

amesthetic, whereupon Dr. AlacPhereonopened tho walls of the boy's abdomenand massaged the heart, causing it torepulsate, shus promoting regularbreathing, ana enabling the removal ofCook tk> the ward, where he recoveredsufficiently to recognise his mother.Later, however, the boy died.—Times'? Cable.

THE' PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1931. 11

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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.

INTEREST RATES.

THE CASE AGAINST

REDUCTION.

FEAR THAT MONEY MAY

BECOME SCARCE.

FLIGHT OF CAPITAL TO

AUSTRALIA.

i.'laiwiug that mortgagees in New Zea-land are largely of tho labouring classes-retired working men, widows, and

uiphans—a leading Christ-church solici-■or ycste.-diiy stated to The Press on

their behalf the case agaiust the com; ulsory reduction of interest rates. ToM-ducc interest rates, he said, which was,??ftcr all. to dishonour contracts, would. reate such a feeling of insecurity inthe financial market that no furthermoney would be available for mortgages.This prediction he supported by quotingihe fact that New Zealand capital is:<lreadv being sent to Australia foi in-vestment.

"The clamour to reduce interest rates

bv means of legislation is engineered asa a alternative to the adoption of realii-medies," began the solicitor. "Poli-ticians lean towards it an answer to jTheir anxious voters. Certain inter-ested parties are pushing on to the othert'ellow what they should properly bearthemselves. The public appear only toowilling to accept the idea that a cutin interest rates will restore their■finances.

Danger of Kepudiation.Never ill New Zealand lias the

country been so misled by her publicmen, and at this moment the public arealmost converted to an idea which isnothing IeBS than financial suicide.There is no danger to our national wel-fare so great as a national willingnessto repudiate obligations merely becausethe luck of the hour is against us. Weare asked to treat as 'scraps of paperall contracts of our age-old method ofdoing business. Public men, under theguise of emergency measures, are openlyencouraging the people to dishonourtheir contracts, and the Government isgiving a lead in this immoral and un-British attempt. No man who repudi-ates or wriggles out of his just oblx-g&tions can fail to suffer in. the futurewhen next he needs finance.

"Public men are not hestitating toattack defenceless women and children.Mortgagees are mainly groups of widowsand orphans whose lifetime savings arepooled and lent out by solicitors uponmortgage. The borrower got away witha low rate of interest in good times be-cause widows and orphans wantedsafety above all things for their littlecapital. Now the borrower is 'stage-managing ' a campaign to

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attack thecapitalist and repudiate his interest.

The Class of Mortgagees.

"Who is the 'capitalist' mortgagee?The great ,bulk of mortgago money be-longs to working men, widows, orphans,retired teachers, retired nurses, retiredministers, retired railwaymen, and re-tired shop assistants. Little of the mort-gage money belongs to 'capitalists. TheJatters' money is in Government bondsor in overseas shares, which latter havedroppedin value' in some cases by from j£ls to £l6. Why, then, do public menlead this attack on mortgagees? Thereal reason is that, beingorphans, they are unable to defend them-selves against those who curry; favourby plundering their lifetime savings.

"Leaving the working man. and xnewidow and orphan out of the question,there is another and greater dangerwhich awaits this country if it breaksthe bounds of decency and honourabledealing. The farmers, already gener-ously treated by mortgagees, will bemined completely and irretrievably ifGovernment intarference is invoked totamper with mortgage contracts. Thereare already many proofs of this state-ment. If the faith of the investingpublic is shaken regarding the honestyor integrity of borrowers and their yni-

lingness to honour their bonds therewill be no more money for mortgages.That means that„ development of thiscountry, its farms, its businesses, andthe consequent employment, of the

" workers is hopeless. Public men saythat the money cannot leave the coun-try. Can't it?

Investment in Australia."There are men in this City who only

lust week sold their securities, cabledthe money' to Australia, got the benefitof «o exchange of 18 per cent., boughtAustralian Government 4 per cent,

bonds at 82, and to-day are getting,with redemption money, over 7f percent. It took less than 24 hours tomake the change, and ifthis is notflight of capital what is it? Evidentlythere arc men who prefer toour own country. This is an astoundingfact which requires the attention ofthe public.

"Sir Otto Niemeyer may advocateremoving our gold, Professor Coplandnay argue that it will do no harm, butthe psychology of the people says inplain terms, 'leavo our gold alone.Similarly the widows and orphans arewarning the farmers in the plainestpossible language not to fool with con-tracts by Government interference ifthey want any assistance in the future.If the workers of the country do notrecognise a friend in the savings oftheir own members and the widow andorphan, they, too, will rue the day thatdrove the capital away. There is noroyal road to a sound position; onlyeeoaomy, thrift, and hard work are ofany use."

Position of the Farmer.To the question, what would happen

to the farmer if his interest was notreduced, the solicitor replied: "Does itm«lra any difference as a major issuewhether the farmer can pay £IOO ayear interest or whether he can pay£9O f Does not the farmer's difficultyrevolve entirely round the questionwhether the stock firm will pay anyinterest at all on his behalf?"

AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.

SYDNEY MARKETS.

IWJTfcfl ASSOCIATION —Hi' EUscxaiotbleobaph—copvbiqet.) '

(tteveived September 10th, 8.5 p.m.)SYDNEY, September 10.

The wheat market is quiet. Quotations,, x truck, Sydney 2s Id, «t country stationsl* ed.

/Jour—£lo » ton.Folltrd and Bran—X 4.

—Ta.-roaman £9. Victorian It.Oniom—Victorians up ,to £5.o*t»—Algerian and white 3s Cd.M*m—3# 2d.

WOOL PROSPECTS.

NO SERIOUS ACCUMULATION

AN OPTIMISTIC REVIEW.

The conditions and prospects of thewool market were reviewed by the ''Fin-ancial News" at the close of the Julyseries of sales in London. It statesthat before thb opening' of the seriesthe general expectation was that woolprices must fall considerably. Thoughthere had been a strong recovery inMarch from the low. prices of January,the May sales had ended ivith pricesfalling, and during tho early part ofJune the markets in Australia and onthe Continent were weak. .For a timeMr Hoover's proposal cheered the mar-ket into - some activity, but by theopening of the July sales,' trade re-ports, looking to the strikes in theFrench textile district of Roubaix andto the general distress of Germany(with particular rumours already cir-culating about the North German "WoolCompany's collapse, were more or lessagreed that prices must fall off seri-ously. That the decline has been verymuch less than was expected in mostgrades of wool, and that for the bestMerinos there has been scarcely anydecline at all, is to be explained by acombination of influences.

Bradford Takes the Lead.During last year and during the ear-

lier months of this, the chief buyingat the London sales came from theContinent. But in the sales whichhave just closed Bradford was easily themost important buyer. There are be-ginning to be signs that some of theorders which would have been placedin Francis and Germany are beingplaced in Bradford. Also there is therelief felt in the industry that an endis now in sight to the immoderate■price-cutting in export markets whichhas distinguished the policy of theNorth German Wool Company for ayear or more.

But bej'ond the particular eventswhich seem to hare prompted demandduring the July sales there lias beenemerging definite evidence of thesoundness of the market position in rawwool, particularly for the finer gradesof Merino. In recent years the world sclip of wool lias been steadily increas-es: for 1925 it was 3.218 000,0001b, for1929 above 3,600.000,0001b, and for1930 probably as large as for 1929 oreven larger.

Specially Favourable Position.A steady rise in production during

recent years ia common to most commo-dities; but what is also unfortunatelycommon to most commodities, an em-barrassing accumulation of stocks isvirtually absent with wool. Already theheavy Australian Merino clip of lastseason, has been practically lifted fromthe market, and, though there is un-doubtedly some wool in the hands ot

merchants and manufacturers vu someform or other, either raw or 'manufac-tured., there is no sort of stock such asis weighing on almost every other com-modity market. . ,

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A serious collapse in prices has .notindeedbeen avoided, nor could it havebeen with the drop in ■ other textilefibres, but the recovery.; should comeearly-with wool, which is not stifledby a- pile of • unwanted ,'stocks. Bothfashion and the lowness of .prices areoperating to turn demand from coarseto fkie wools, 'so that Merinos atoalready in a position which would bestrong, but for the general depression ;

but even crossbreds are in .a better posi-tion than, most other oommodities. areal recovery in wool prices must waiton a general improvement, but itseems likely that wool may lead animprovement, when it ■ comes. ratherthan follow it.: . ■ ■

PUKEMIRO COLLIERIES,LIMITED.

ANNUAL REPORT.

[THE KRESS Special Service.}

AUC.KLANJ), September 10.The annual report of Pukemiro Col-:

limes, Ltd., recommends a final divi-dend of 10 per cent., making with theinterim dividend, 15 per cent, 'fbr the

spite of the general difficulties oftrading, intensified iQ the cfise .Waikato Coal Companies by the cut-throat competition, the year s opera-tions show a gross profit of over£30.000. This is £14,000 forthe preceding twelve months, but therehas been a substantial reduction in theexpenses -account, and net earnings,

after making an allowance of £SOOO lortaxation and £1687 for depreciation,stand at £14,436. This is a littleshort of the amount required for the15 per cent, dividend, but consideringthe substantial resources of the com-pany and the general circumstances ofshareholders at the present time, thedirectors have felt justified in makmga small call on the reserves.

Pukemiro Collieries, Ltd., have had'an exceptionally successful career. Notprofits in 1928 were £37,791, in 1929£38,365, and Nin 1930 £33,063. Thedividend in 1928 and 1929 was 3o pet*cpnt., and 'in 1930 25 per cent. Timyear's rate of 15 per cent., therefore,shows a substantial decrease. Theamount carried forward in 1930 was£52,730. The capital of the companyis £IOO,OOO.

AMERICAN STAPLEPRODUCTS.

CONFERENCE ON CREDITS.

(UNITED JPEESS ASSOCIATION—BY ELEGTEICTELEGRAPH—COPTBIOHT.)

WASHINGTON, September 9.Following a two-day conference be-

tween President Hoover and the Govern-nor of tho Federal Reserve Board. MrMeyer, and leading personages iu thewheat and cotton trades, it becameknown that the President is seriouslyconsidering creating banking creditsfor the export of cotton and possiblyalso wheat.

President Hoover also is consideringthe proposals of the Egyptian Govern-ment for an international cotton con-ference.

Various plans to improve the situa-tion of the two Btaple commoditieswere discussed, but a curtailment ofacreage ~by law was rejected as beingunconstitutional.

SHEEPSKIN SALE.

' fyne, , Gould, Guinness, Ltd;, held their-weekly ealo yesterday. No dry skins wereoffered. Prices were again down, and tnerewas practically no demand for skins. Many

lots were passed. Prices realised were asfollows: ■ • ■ . „

Butchers' Abattoir Skips—HaUbrcd, -s to2s 9d each; three-quarterbred, Is 0d to <iß7d; crossbred, 1b 6d to 3s 7d,

AUSTRALIAN WOOL

LOW AVERAGE PRICE.

NO PROFIT FOR PRODUCERS.

(tT.fIT-F.D riIKSS ASSOCIATION —HY ELECTRICTELEGRAPH—copyright.)

SYDNEY, September 10.The chairman of the Australian Wool-

growers' Council, Sir Graham Waddell,stated that the ruling prices for woolat the recent opening of the wool salesshould open the eyes of "everyone to Aus-tralia's critical position.

Every State in the Commonwealthwas fast drifting to catastrophe, andonly immediate, courageous, and unitedaction can prevent it.

• The average price of wool in Sydneyfor the first week of the sales was only6}d a lb. This is approximately 2d alb below last season's average price,which is disastrously unprofitable toproducers. .

It is absolutely certain that tho indus-try cannot, carry on at the presentprices if present costs remain.

The industry could not carry on now,but for the assistance of the banks toavert catastrophe.

The Governments must act at once.Direct taxation on primary producersshould be lessened, the tariff should bereformed, ( downwards, and railwayfreights reduced, declared Sir Graham.

SYDNEY WOOL SALES.

GOOD * COMPETITIONMAINTAINED.

(VXITEB PHF.S3 ASSOCIATION—Br KMCTttCJTELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.)

(.Received September 10th. 8.50 p.m.)SYDNEY, September 10.

At the wool sales to-day 11,997 bale.?were offered; 10,316 were sold, and 753were disposed of privately. There wasgood competition, especially from Japanand Yorkshire. Greasy merino madeup to 12^d.

MINING.

golden POINT CO.

The secretary of the Goldeu PointGold and Scheelite Company reports re-ceiving fi'om the Dominion Analystassays of two samples of ore forwardedfrom the reef intercepted towards the

end of July in No. 3 rise. From aboring and a samplo of the general orobroken down the assays were loz14dwt to the ton, and lSdwt, or anaverage of loz Gdwt to the ton. Tinsaverage assay corresponds closely withthose obtained from the reef at No. 1rise—loz 3{.dwt and loz 3dwt. Thedistance between the two interceptionsis 132ft. Ore from these faces is nowbeing crushed.. It has-been decided by the directorsto postpone the formal opening of thonii,ne until the weather is more favour-able. Word from tho mine managerduring tho week was to the effect thatthe weather had been \ broken, with•fells of snow; and a function in theopen under such conditions would beattended with a good deal of discom-fort. An improvement .was likely be-fore tho end of the month. It hadbeenhoped to hold tho function on Septem-ber 12th, but when conditions aremorosettled a definite dato will be an-nounced. .

CANADA'S £9,000,000 OUTPUT.

Tlie production of gold in Canada in1930, according to returns compiled bythe Dominion, Bureau of Statistics, was?,102, 068 fine ounces, valued at nearly£&,000,000. This established anewrecordand placed Canada second in the listof the -world's gold-producing countries.

Since 1924 gold production has been.increasing year by year, and economicconditions have recently stimulatedactivity in mining and prospecting.Baring the past year encouraging golddiscoveries were made in the Matach-ewan area of Northern Ontario and inthe Pascalis-Louvincourt district ofQuebec.

In the province of Ontario, wherethe principal production takes place,1,736,012 fine ounces, valued at£7,400,000, were secured last year.The output from the Porcupine Camptotalled 859,084 fine ounces, and inKirkland Lake area a production of830,7330z was attained.

ALEXANDER MINES, LTD.

The report for August in as under:MoKay North Winze—A winze has been

started 86 feet north of the point wherethe north-west eroes-cut intersected thelode. Eighteen feet has been sunk on etoneAveraging 24 inches of ti value of 43s lOd.Thi> lode is still showing in the bottomand underlying very flat for the last five*feet. The winze is making a lot of waterand probably we tvill not be able to sinkit much further.

Loftus No. X Level—Work was suspendedhere .until more information is gained ifthe base above winze is likely to make be-fore it reaches this level.

Stoping MoKay Block— Stoping has beencarried on as usual, most of the ore brokenccming from south of No. jj winze. Thelode here is five feet in width, hut willsoon be taken out to surface.

No. 8 Level McYicar—Two men have beenemployed stoping here, the reef maintainingits size being over four feot in width onthe. north end and carrying good values.A rise has also been started from No. 3 levelto prove the ground north of these stopeß,thero being 10 incheß of stone showingin the most northerly face.

Battery—The battery crushed 258 tons ofore, 61 tons coming from McVicar, and thebalance from MoKay, for a return of 1430slldwts of melted gold. The cyanide planttreated 166 tons of sand for 6ftoz lldwtsof bullion.

Total estimated value, £330 (including pre-mium on sale of gold estimated at £6O).

AMALGAMATED ZINCCOMPANY.

DIVIDEND OF FIVE PER CENT.

Advice has been received by the StockExchange Association of New Zealand fromthe Amalgamated Zinc' (De Bavay's), Ltd.,stating that the forty-ninth dividend of 5per cent, per annum for the sis monthsended June 80th has been declared payableon October Bth. The dividend is payableto shareholders registered on Tuesday, Sep-tember 22nd.

The dividends paid last year were 4 percent, in October, 1930, and 4 per cent, inApril, 1931, the 8 per cent, having beenthe distribution since 1927. Reserves at theannual balance on December 31st, 1931,were £176,861. The net profit was £13,93.,.lie paid-up capital is £200,000, and theequalisation reserve £173,990.

DAIRY PRODUCE.

The Kew Zealand Loan and MercantileAeency Co., Ltd., have received the followingcablegram from tho London office under dateSeptember 9tli:—

110s tO Ills*Cheele—White 60s, coloured 625. Market isvery quiet.

THE BRITANNIABANK.

LONDON MYSTIFIED.

NOTHING KNOWN OF BRITISHSUPPORT.

I'TJfITUD PRESS A3SOCIATIOK—By IXBCTBICTELEOBAPH—COPYRIGHT.)

LONDON, September 9.London banking circles are mystified

by the cable report from Sydney of theregistration of tho Britannia Bankwith a capital of £100,000,000.

They know nothing oJ! the Britishbacking.

[lt was reported from Sydney yes-terday: The registration of the Britan-nia Bank, Limited, for business in Aus-tralia was announced to-day. The bank'scapital is £100,000,000, made up of10,000,000 shares of £lO each. Bri-tish investors are taking 75 per cent.,and the remainder is available for in-vestors in the overseas Dominions. MrE. 11. Waddy, who has had an extensiveexperience with the trading and Com-monwealth banks, has been appointedgeneral manager.]

PRAIRIE WHEAT.

ESTIMATE OF CROP.

PRBSK ABBOCIAXION—BJ1 ISL'ECTitIO•TELEGRAPH—COPYBIGHT.)

OTTAWA, September t>.The Bureau of Statistics estimates

tho prairie wheat crop at 246,400,000bushels, compared with 374,500,000bushels last year.

AN EMPIRE FAIR.

VANCOUVER MAKING PLANS.

Vancouver is planning to celebratein 193t5 its golden jubilee of cityhoodby the holding there of the British Em-pire Industries 'Exhibition, and tenta-tively details of the projeet are beingconsidered by citizens and officials ofthe city and province. The same yearwill mark the .centenary of the steamrailroad in Canada, for it was in 183(3

that the first line, the Champlain anaSt. Lawrence, running between La-prairie ' and- St. Johns in Quebec, was

placed in operation.That was long before Vancouver's,

day. It was in 188G that the first rail-road train pulled through to the PacificCoast, when the Canadian Pacific com-pleted its trans-continental route. Thesame year Vancouver secured incor-poration, and since that time it liasdeveloped rapidly into Canada's thirdlargest city, a great commercial metro-polis and one of the leading seaportsof tho Pacific. Montreal is the largestcity in Canada. Toronto is in secondplace, and results of the 'recent censusshowed that Vancouver had outstripped

! Winnipeg in third position. ..> British Columbia hasbratiug a jubilee of a provincial naturoto celebrate the sixtieth anniversary ofits admission -to the confederation ofprovinces which is tho Dominion ofCanada. British Columbia enteredJuly 20th, ! 1871, four years after theEastern provinces united. Thon it helda handful of settlers, miners, andtraders and a considerable Indian popu-lation; to-day the province has morothan 600,000 poople, many prosperoustowns and cities, and prospects for thefuture second to none in Canada.

INTENSIVE FISHING.

RESULTS BENEFICIAL.

J')r. Harry M. Kyle, of Hamburg andGlasgow, marine biologist,' told a con-ference of distinguished scientists atMatameck, Quebec, that from his 30years of experience /in the subject hebelieved most sea conservation schemeswere more harmful than beneficial. Inother words intensive fishing was ofmore benefit, to a sea fishing groundthan restricted fishing.

Dr. Kyle said he could find no scien-tific basis for conservation of lish.During the Great War there was prac-tically no fishing in the North Atlantic,and tabulated figures proved, ho said,that certain species of food fish hadgreatly decreased in size during thisperiod of conservation. This was dueto overcrowding of fish, individual fishthus securing insufficient nourishment.Among other species the result was anactual depopulation, duo to the olderfish monopolising the food supply andthe younger ones gradually dying off.Other effects of wholesale conservationwere the increase of enemy fish andthe retarding of maturity due to over-crowding, this in turn leading to de-population. Conservation in Heligo-land waters during the war had solowered the average size of plaice byover-population that it had taken tenyears of intensive post-war fishing tobring the average back to pre-warstandards.

WINE OF ©PORTO.

PORTUGAL'S MONOPOLY OFNAME.

A modilicatioji of the Anglo-Portuguese'commercial treaty in such a way as to re-store to Empire wines the right to the useof such descriptions as "Australian port"and "South African port" applied to winesof port category produced in tis Dominionsis sought by the British Empire Producers'Organisation in representations recently madeto tho British Board of Trade.

"At intervals in the past eight year3representations have been made by this or-ganisation in this matter, and now thogreatly increased importance of the Kmpirewine interests involved makes the neod ofregularising tho matter more than everurgent," states the organiser, Mr H. T.Pooley, "At present wines of inferiorquality reach Britain in considerable quan-tities under tho title 'port.' These im-portations would appear to be the resultof the monopoly in the title enjoyed by Por-tugal under tho treaty." 'Port' is one of the wine terms which

has long since lost any strictly geographicalsignificance it may hare had. It is a de-scription of a type of wine, and, when pre-fixed by the words 'Australian.' or 'SouthAfrican,' it clearly means that the wino isof a specific character and grown in thocountry of origin stated.

"The wine growers of Australia andSouth Africa submit that the retention ofthe exclusive right to the description 'port'by Portugal is entirely at variance wijth thefacts of the position, and with tho ordinarynsages of commerce. Its use as dosired bythe Dominions could not reasonably lead toany confusion between their wines and thoseof Portugal, but it would, oh the otherhand, remove a ground or a pretext formisdescription which is not infrequent inthe trade and which is equally detrimentalto Empire wine interests and those of theshippers of genuine port wines."

BRITISH FINANCE.

THE MACMILLAN REPORT.

SOME INCONSISTENCIES.

(By Hartley Withers.)

All the world has waited in eagertope for the report of the MaemillanCommittee, appointed nearly two yearsago to inquire into banking financeand credit from an internal and inter-national point of view. Experts havetold us that our present troubles aredue to the muddle that the bankingauthorities are alleged to have made oftheir handling of the money supply,and other experts have said that ahundred and one other things are at thobottom of the mischief ; and we have allbeen waiting for clear daylight on thequestion from this distinguished Com-mittee, composed of economists, bankers,business men and Labour men of th 9country with the longest and widestbanking experience.

But its report, though full of inter-esting matter, leaves the reader in astate of some bewilderment, especiallyin those parts of it, most important fromthe point of view of foreign inquirers,which deal with the international sidoof the problem. It acquits the bankingmachinery of responsibility for thoeconomic difficulties of the post-wardecade. Non-monetary causes, it says,led to the great and unwanted flow ofgold to the United States, and itpoints to war debts, technical changesin manufacture and agriculture, rigidityof wage-rates, tariffs, Budget embarrass-ments, violent outbursts of speculationin New York and elsewhere, and otherfactors which have upset tho world'sbusiness. And then, having thus shownthat prices are affected by many in-fluences which are beyond the controlof the bankers, it goes on to urge that"the main object of Central Banks,acting in co-operation in the manage-ment of the international gold stand-ard, should be to maintain the stabilityof international prices," having firstraised them "a long way above thepresent level." But that phrase "acting|in co-operation'' involves an enormous

j assumption, as recent events haveshown. Central Banks cannot co-operatauntil nations are ready to do likowiso.llow long will it be before that happens!As to the possible gold shortage,counteractingsteps co-operatively takenby the Central Banks "present littledifficulty, if public opinion can be edu-cated to regard the uses of gold re-serves in a reasonable light." But howlong will that process of educationtake?

Central Banks.The report also shows how widely

the Central Banks differ in the degreeof control that they exercise over themonetary system that they try to regu-late, and adds that "even if a CentralBank can control the amount of bankmoney and credit, it cannot easily con-trol their uses or determine the purposesto which they shall be put. For theuse to which bank credit is put theCentral Banks must rely very largely onthe commercial banks and other finan-cial institutions." But the commercialbanks are concerned with meeting thedemands of solvent customers and pro-tecting the money of their depositors.When a bank manager is asked for anadvance he cannot be expected to stopand wonder what effect his granting itmay have on. the stability of the pricelevel. And to these difficulties of internalcontrol. there; must be ,added the diffi-culty of securing concerted action. For,apart from "the political influences thathave lately been so prominent, "it maybeargued that it is not, in fact, practi-cable to detect and interpret tin-obscure premonitory signs of the finan-cial weather soon enough or accuratelyenough, or with a high enough degreeof probability to secure concertedaction amongst a number of inde-pendent authorities, each of which islikely to have its own ideas based onits local information and to maintainthem with tenacity." .

With such engaging candour doesthe Committee demonstrate the immensedifficulties in the path of the policythat it recommends. It further ob-serves, very truly, that. "the firstmeasure towards the restoration of theinternational price level must neces-sarily be taken on the initiativeof tho creditor countries, and mustconsist partly in a greater willing-ness to buy and partly in agreater willingness to lend." But howmuch power have tho Federal ReserveBoard and the Bank of France to re-duce their countries' tariffs (even ifthey wanted to) or to induce Frenchand American investors to lend abroadunder present conditions?

Curious Proposals.As to its internal recommendations

the Committee suggests that the Britishnote issue need no longer depend onthe amount of the gold stock, and mightbe raised to £4OO millions, and that aminimum gold stock of £75 millions-j—■why this figure or any other statutoryfigure one 'wondersf—should be held.But its most curious proposal is thatthe commercial banks, in order tostrengthen the position and controllingpower of the Bank of England, shouldkeep with it a fixed amount of cashin proportion to the deposits that theyowe to the public; and further, that theBank of England should have the powerto relax or tighten up this figure, inorder, if it wished, to effect therelaxation or contraction of credit.This proposal is contrary to all the tra-ditions of English banking, which hashitherto enjoyed, and flourished on,complete freedom from rules and regu-lations, except those imposed by theprudence and experience of those re-sponsible for its management. If SirEdward Iloldeu were still with us, hiscomments on the suggestion that theBank of England should tell him howmuch cash to keep would be interestingand vigorous. But control and co-ordination are the fashion nowadays,and it may bo that the commercialbanks will agree to this proposal, whichwould certainly increase the Bank'spower over the market. The interestingpoint about it i's, that the Committeeevidently expects the commercial banksto keep a higher proportion of cashto deposits, when the practice of"window-dressing" has been, as itsuggests, abolished—"these proposals"it says on page 158 of its report',"would probably involve some increasein the amount of reserves held by thebanks." But they can only increasetheir reserves by calling in advances orloans or selling securities, and so re-stricting credit, and checking the risein prices which the Committee is anxiousto secure.

PRICE OF GOLD.

LONDON, September 9.Gold >s quoted at 84s 9Jd a fine

ounce.

SEARCH FOR OIL.

(fRKSS ASSOCIATION TBLBQEAJt.)WELLINGTON, September 10.

New Plymouth (N.Z.) Oil Wells,Limited, report under date September4th: We have cemented tho 6| inchcasing at, "2542 feet. Tests show thattho plugs Ijave met at the bottom ofthe casing, indicating that all the'cr'inent is in its required position.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCKEXCHANGE.

YESTERDAY'S TRANSACTIONS.

Tliero was a moderate turnover oncall yesterday with the bulk of thedealings in Government issues, Bankshares, and Gold Mining stocks. Pricesof Government issues generally werofirm, Bank shares weaker, and GoldMining stocks steady. Transactionsexclusive of vestibule business in-cluded:

£2OOO N.Z. Govt. 4-i per cent.Inscr.,, 1939.

£SOO N.Z. Govt.'4* per cent. Inscr.,1938.

£SOO N.Z. Govt, oi per cent. Insor.,1937500 Comm. Bank of Aust.

600 Bank of New Zealand.100 Goldsbrough, Mort.900 N.Z. Guarantee , Corporation.100 N.Z. Refrig. (10s paid).100 New Zealand Breweries.100 Staples Brewery.100 Mt. Lyell.800 King Solomon.400 Okarito. .

300 Golden Point (Is paid).N.Z. Government 4J per cent.

Stock changed hands at £9o. •NeZealand Government 4* per centStock, due 1938, changed hands at15s, sellers staying in at that P"o®'

buyers at £94 10s. Five and a haltper cent. 1937 Stock remained at £95,and there were further buyers at £917s 6d, no sellers. Buyers of the> 44per cent. Bonds, due 1938 and 193J,moved up to £95, with sellers of the1939 Bonds at £97.

Commercial Bank of Australia sharedeclined to dealings at 13s and 12s 8 ,sellers staying in at the l°wer figure,buyers at 12s 6d. Buyers of Bank oNew South Wales shares moved up to£25 ss. sellers at £27. Bank of NewZealand shares showed a further easing

with dealings at 41s 7id, 4is 6d, 4 >9d, 425, and 41s 7d, and more wereoffered at 41s 6d, buyers at 41s oa.

Miscellaneous.Goldsbrough, Morts dropped to 16s

6d, sellers staying in at that price,buyers at 15s 3d. Here was a widemargin for Dalgetys, which werequoted £5 7s 6d buyers, sellers.New Zealand Guarantee Corporationshares recovered to ss, closing quota-tions 4s lid. buyers, 5s 2d sellers. NewZealand Refrigerating, 10s paid shareswere firm with buyers and business at3s Bd, sellers at 3s 9d. ISew ZealandBreweries ■ • shares ■ were fractional!},

weaker at 28s 6d, closing quotations Idon either side. Staples Brewer/sharesdropped to 225. market closing 22s buy-ers, 22s 9d sellers. Sellers of ToothsBrewery sltares came down to 14s Ju,buyers at 12s. Unsupported sellers otAustralian Glass shares reduced theirlimits to 21s 6d. British Tobaccossagged to 21s 3d sellers 18s buyers.Mt. Lvells fell to 15s and closed weakerwith sellers at 14s 10A, buyere at 14s7d. King Solomons relayed to dealingsat 2s 6d and 2s 7d, market closing 2s7d buyers, 2s 8d sellers. Okaritos weresteady with dealings at 8s lid and 8310d and further buvers at as 9d, sell-ers'at 8s lid. Golden Point Is paidshares, were a shade easier-at Is Uid,market closing Hid buyers, Is OAd sell-ers. . ,

LATEST QUOTATIONS.Buyers. Sellers.£ s. d. £ «. d'

N.Z. Government Debentures—-•4l CeDt' ;*SClibed

: 04 10 0 -94X1;44 lMCrit,!d

: 94 5 o 95 o *

4,4 per cent. Bonds,193$ . . •• 95 0 0

.44. per cen.t Bonds, • , '' ' " '1933 1? * 4 So -0 C 9 * 0 0

5* per cent. Inscribedand Bonds. 3033 .. 36 0 0 -

54 -per1937 • .. ... 6 ~

Si per cent. Bonds. . ■1937 .... 93 0 0 96 0 0

Other Debentures—North Canty. Hospital, , ;

5J per cent;, 1940 ..

Christchurcb. Drainage,5| per -cent., 1988-73 90 2 6 101 0 O,

Bank of New Zealand. - < ' ■ !

per cent., 1989.

Banks— .

Aust. of Commercs .. 012 6. 0 .13 9Comm. of Aust. 012 6 032 8,Comm. of Sydney ..

IS 0 0National, of N.Z. . 3 8 6 310 6New South Wales ■ 25 5■ 0 27 0 0,New Zealand ..

. 2 1.3 21 6'Union of Aunt. .. 610 6 6.15 Oj

Insurance—

,Mercantile Mutual . .. 0 S 0 011 3

Loan and Agency—Dalgety and Co. ■. 5 7 6 60 0Goldsbrough. Mort -. 015 5 016 6Mutual BenefitN.Z. Guarantee Corpn. 0 411 0 5 2Permanent Investment -

United Building Society(oum div.l .. 014 9 015 6

Frozen Meat—Canterbury (ord.) 3 5 0 5 0 0N.Z. Befrig. (£1 paid)N.Z. Befrig. (10s paid) 0 3 8 0 3 9North Canty. Freezing 0 4 8

Woollens—Kaiapoi (J73 paid) .. 0 6 8

Coal—Weßtport .. ..

Gas—Christchurcii ..146 1 52Chrißtohuroli (10s paid) 011 9 012 6Timaru ..

Breweries—Carlton .. ..

Monteith's .. ..

New Zealand .. .. 185 187Staples .. 110 12 9Timaru .. .. ' 012 6Tooheys .. .. 0 13 8Tooths .. , .. 012 0 014 9White Star .. ..

—" 010 0

Miscellaneous—Australian Glass .. 1 3 • 6Beath and U.o. .. 019 3Beath and Co. (la pd.) 0 2 6Beath and Co. (pref.) 10 0 —•

British Tobacco (cumdir.) ..

.. 013 0 113Electro. Zinc (ord.) .. 0 5 0 0 0 9Electro. Zino (prei.) .. 0 12-0 0 14'0"Herald" and "Weekly

Times" .. 10 0 110 0Moturoa Oi' .. 0 4 3 0 5 63it. Lyell 014 7 014 10N.Z. Farmers' Go-op.

("B" pref.) • . ■ - 10 0N.Z. Farmers' Co-op.(6J per cent. Stock.1940 and 1945)

..50 0 027.Z. Farmers' Co-op.

(6J per cent. Stock,1939) .. .. 50 0 0 55 0 0

• Woolworths (ST.Z.), pref. J 4 o 16 0

Joining—Cornish Point .. 00 6 00 6JKing Solomon 0 2 7 0 3 8Maliakipawa .. .. 006£0 0"hMahakipawa (pref.) .. 0 0 8JOkarito .. 0 8 9 0 811Waihi Grand Junction 0 3 4 0 3 7Golden Point (la paid) O 0 11J 0 10JGolden Point (lOJdpd.) 0 0 9Golden Dawn .. 0 4 0 05 7Rawang Tin (cum div.) 0 4 0

YESTERDAY'S SALES

CHBISTCHURCH.Sales on 'Change—-

£ s. d.N\Z. Govt. per cent.

Insr., 1937 ...9o 0 0

Comm. Bank of Aust. ...013 0

(3) 012 8Bank of New Zealand (2) 2 16Goldsbrough, Mort ... 01G GN.'Z. Refrig. (10s paid) ... 0 3 8New Zealand Breweries ... 18 6Staples Brewery. ... 1 2 0Mt. Lyell ... .... 015 0King Solomon (2) 0 2 0

0 2 7Okarito •••

••• 0 811(4) 0 810

Golden Point (Is paid) 0 1 0§

Sales Reported—N.Z. Govt. A\ per. cent.

Inscr., 1938 ... 9-1 15 0Comm. Bank of Australia 013 0Bank of New Zealand 2 1 7-J

2 10(3) 2 1 9

2 2' 02 1 7

N.Z.* Guarantee Corpn. ... 0 5 0Four and a lialf per cent.

Inser., 1939 ... 9o 0 0

AUCKLAND.Sales on 'Change—-

£■ s. 'd.'Government Bonds, 1937, oA

per cent: ... ... 9-5 10 0Inscribed Stock, 1938, 4i

per cent. .. ..95 0 0Inscribed Stock, 1933, 5-i

per eont. ... ...97 o 0

Commercial Bank of Aus-tralia ... ... 0 13' 1.

0 13 0Bank of New Zealand ...

2 1 7$2 18

New Zealand Insurance .. 1. 17 0 ,Dominion Investment and

Banking... ... 018 0

Auckland Gas ......

13 3Golden Point (Is paid)

... 0 1 0

WELLINGTON.Sales Reported—

NEW ZEALANDPUBLICITY.

USEFUL WORK.

REQUESTS FROM TRAVELLERS.

(FROM OUR OWN COKRESrOKDKNT.)

LONDON, August 7.Dr. von Alfred Grademvitz, who has

travelled in New Zealand, has contri-buted two articles on the wonders andbeauties of the Dominion, to two lead-ing Continental journals. One is j'DasBuchfur A-110 '■' (published in Berlin andVienna) and. the other "La: Nature"(published in Paris). The. articles areattractively illustrated photo-graphs supplied by the Highytlom-missioner's Publicity Department inLondon., Those showing Waitomo Cavesare. Bpeeialiy attractive. Just now verykeen interest is being taken', in theDominion by • Continental countries,notably by Germany; and there is muchdemand in London for tourist"material.

The High Commissioner's Office hasbeen requested to supply' as soon a3possible; to the New/Zealand Trade.Commissioner in - Canada- a oftourist material for display at the an-nual Toronto Exhibition.

At the moment. a great many, en-quiries are, being made by. British tour-ists w.ho may, visit New Zealand, andfor whom the High Commissioner'sOffice, has .prepared itineraries. Somehave come -in • as- a result ,• of theBpecial. supplement, in the "EveningStandard" a few weeks ago.

: At the present time tho Higli Com-missioner's publicity staff has arrapgedfor the showing of about fifty Alms aday in various theatres, London andprovincial. Unfortunately, this veryuseful publicity medium had to be cur-tailed owing to the lack of funds fromNew Zealand. The films usually arovery aptly and attractively named. Thetitles include: "Down on the Farm,""Solid Sunshine," "Golden(showing Canterbury Plains and agri-culture), "Portals of the Underworld,""Come to Lunch—With the Maoris,""Meat We Eat" (meat industry),"Living by Dyeing" (Maori Occupa-tion in Olden Days), "Dance, LittleLadies" (showing Haka), "WoolWay," "Oh, Honey!" (honey film).The managers at,the various picturetheatres send in notes of comment onthe pictures shown, and these are allvery appreciative of the New Zealandfilms being shown.

The High Commissioner has supplieda set of publicity lantern slides to ageography school at Aveiro, Portugal.

With the object of ensuring continu-ity of training in the case of cadetswho leave school before reaching theage of eighteen years' and wish to jointho Territorial Force,-the formation ofa regimental cadet detachment affiliat-ed to each territorial unit is authorisedby the Defence Department. No detach-ment will exceed 20 per cent, of theestablishmnt of its parent unit. Cadetuniform will be worn together with thebadges of the territorial unit concerned.

Shooting galleries in hotels, are notapproved by the Palmerston NorthLicensing Committee. The adjourned an-nual meeting and the quarterly meetingof the committee was held on Monday.The chairman, M* J. L. Stout, S.M.,referred to the installation of shootinggalleries in several hotels. These, hesaid, must be taken out, as an hotelbar was not a place for amusements.Senior-Sergeant Whitehouse said thatthose licensees who had the galleriesIn their bars were willing,to take themout. Mr Stout: "We consider that theyshould not be m the hotels at all.

Seven years ago an Auckland womanlost a £IOO Auckland Hospital Boarddebenture. Years passed, and after anexhaustive search the debenture wasgiven up as lost, although the womanhas frequently made enquiries regard-ing it at the Board's office. The de-benture has now turned up as mys-teriously as it vanished. It was foundin a refuse bin in the vicinitv ofQueen street this. week. All that isknown is that it was handed to thechairman of the "with an ex-pJanation that as • his signature ap-?r;eA°n t]ie it he 1 probablywould be able to restore it to its right-ful owner. A letter ha? been forwardedto the owner of the - debenture advis-ing her of its recovery. In additionto having her investment returned toher, she will be entitled to collectSAT-rTa

«sntrest

.> amounting to£<3-8 iOa.-—pßEga Service. f

THE PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1931.12

£ s. d.Four and a half per cent.

Stock, 1938 ... 94 15 0Five and one-eighth per

cent., 1937 (2). 91 10 0Five aud a half per cent.

Stock, 1933 95 0 I)Commercial Bank of Aus-

tralia (ord.)... 0 13 1

Now Zealand GuaranteeCorporation (ord.) 0 o 0

Bank of New Zealand 2 1 3

HUGE PURCHASE OF (GENUINE"ROLEX" WATCHES.

OIfFERRD TO THIC PUHUC ATSENSATIONAL SAVINGS.

Here's your chance to buy a genuine"Roles" Wrist or Pocket Watch at abig discount off original prices. Seethe Wondorful Display atWATSONS JEWELLERS LTD.

(>95 Colombo street, and247 High street.

COULD NOTHIS SOCKSGymnastic

to go to Hospi^^Ky..To-day instead of tellh,:'Jßs 1he's on the retired list,

turning somersaults. AVJiat a"»isßSP':'

"My case is as follow.. yWmEI:-mitted to hospital 'After two months in baTraBBBsTattention the hospital - 'I still suffered severe paia^r:^»; '. J•harged from hospital imirfflWffi' -ia month's l3avo and 1excused duty. J was !pain, and wondering wKfrf 'when a friendKruschen Salts everystarted with, taking aKruschen every morningcontinuec it iU throughperiod, with resultpain ha* leJt ms mtirelyfbpjjjgHptfworried You winhr.ps bette. when Iam a Gymnastic Inrtnic"fei3wHKflment is lifand a 'a ntanV'i^^Etiin his strength,' arealways-had before me. TofhaßSsiß*two month: ago Isoekf on, and now I am"again and very soon sbaU'^^BEpsomersaults and swingingthe horizontal bar again.~T;S^MßE|l

Sciatica, rheumatism. .kindrcd ailments can be-:t«c^^R<;root cause—intestinal stasii '■"Waste matter is allowed to eolfc^Sj lgenerate an excess of urid add. Siit is the knife-edged,acid, settling in the tissaej,'cause those stabbing jkg'"Kruschen" first dulls theof these crystals and tjea digSzfthem away altogether.

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Flowers for Violet Day. South Island Main Trunk Railway. School Bugle Band.

Minister for Railways (the Hon. W.A. Veitch). Construction ivork haranui-r* +>

RAILWAYSB^The first report of the Railways Board was presented to the House of Representatives yesterday Afternoon by theat Parnassus, where permanent quartershave been.erected and a large Quantity of matfriaFassemhZl Mrur" ir,oce^tng

f [°ur *!? *ast Jh ™e ?ears> an*% prf™nt m?Zf than7oo men are.engaged in preparing the permanent way. LEFT: The Public Works camptarge quantity oj material assembled. RIGHT: The site of the Proposed terminus at Clifford Bay. The report states that the Clifford Bay scheme, if adopted, would necessitate not lest than an

Mr H. H. Pitman, formerlySteward of Education Re-serves in Canterbury, and amember of the directorates ofseveral public companies,

whose death has occurred.MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTCHURCH DOMAINS BOARD OBSERVE ARBOR DAY.—The Hon. D. Budd'oplanting a tree in the vicinity of Victoria Lake yesterday afternoon.

PREPARING FOR VIOLET DAY.—A party of pickers in a violet garden at Avoca'Valleyyesterday. The flowers were forwarded to the Plunket Society's depot in the City, where a

Idrge number of helpers were engaged in bunching the violets.

Mr Philip Snowden, who de-livered the Britisjt NationalGovernments •;* m e r gen c yBudget in the House of,Co-

mmons yesterday.

RICHMOND SCHOOL BUGLE BAND.—The boys of the Richmond School Bugle Band,'whose playing in the City streets on recent evenings has attracted attention. The band assisted -

at the spring fair of Holy Trinity Churchy Avonside. ... ~- ■ - , ; ,-;

CORRESPONDENCE.

lOprmpoodeots who do not comply withgrtalM out in the-last column of our:gb, p»go will excuse us from noticing

letters.

Too personal.BRITISH-ISRAEL THEORIES.

TO THE EDITOR O* THB PBsls.Sir,—Under the above heading in

Tbs Pbess to-day,' "Concerned" ex-presses great fears against what heimagines "an insidious evil . . . mak-ing headway within they churches,especially .among the more /ignorant.""Concerned" most have' studied boththe Pyramidand British Israel theoriesas he is pleased to call them from oneside only, and evidently knows nothingwhatever about the .marvellous growthof belief in both these subjects amongstthe ' more highfy-edbcated classes inGreat Britain, the Dominions, and theUnited States of America.

"Concerned" should really be alittle more careful . in his language «,

when .he .classes- amongst "the more -

ignorant", the late Queen Victoria,King. Edward VH., the present"Royal.Family, scores and scores "of thenobility, admirals/ generals, colonels,

several professors,, tfta late Arch-bishop Bond, of Montreal, the -two-lateBfshopß Alexander and Gobat,* of Jeru-salem, the late Bishops Zitcomb, ofRangoon, and Thornden, of Ball'arat,and the present BishoprOf the FalklandIslands, besides many scores of clergyand ministers of other denominations. s

_The late Bishop Zitcomb was at oils *

time a strong opponent*- so much sothat instead of. being -"con-cerned" ,fthe insidiops"'eva,sf, he.set out to study the, subject 'deeplyfrottu"both Aides hi; the. endonelof tho strongest writer? oMtis ""day sin favour*ofcßritish*lsrstel tenth.

2 It will not do,-for, "Concerned'' »opose..as -if-all eoifrid' learri)nj?*in Ihe ,

"Church of .England followed Kisfopinion.of ''British Tsracl theories being -thoroughly childish;?' and ist 3ike'-Jriin, "

opposed- .to IsraelYtnitijil .* -1316tide is"setting in strongly*in the. oppo-site , direction, andj 1 ,«jd »otbers will • be; left, 'high* and' dry- 'and .

'vetry inuch* asbanied' or themsyve? for'-their." r bliridhess-'before yery -'.'-long.— '"Yours, etc.. 1 ' - j" f -

- - -p. H. pritghett.September -10th; 1931.r,Cr,

"-TO THB fKMTOR-"b* - EKBBS. * *

'• _ Sftiti taingled '

indignation and I r&d <*&>»-

•eordte'' tbe^above rsabjeetan' ,".this, morning's * JPkess. t That>My-one.living*in: thec2Qth.ceritory" could

aaul' incred-ible. Stfreljr he belongs'" to "fiddle

'Ageß.- M&yI 'aJso ,be .p«>rmltteda< regret, atod it isthit forvpracticwly,a lifetime I have allowed myself 1 -Jto .live in spiritual, ».number 1of ,thei Cliufch ■rsuce. I fame under. the influence & ®f j "

Christian. Psy<^ology, and the Jkifcteh-Israel' movement that the;eyes ,of myunderstanding, have. been folly .'opened -]to,Ta tnier „t!£'.the meaning? .„of life and, religion- Xunderstaid, nowas I/npver did before, plan «fsalvation and-the marvellous j wisdom •

containedjin the teachingsof,-tlie Masterand His Diseiples. It 'is , the thinkingmembers of the- variouseongregations,

Jot the ignorant, who are being infln-nced by this newer-and' wider' otitWok

on life and religion, .The ignorant areperfectly content to,remain undisturbed /

in their smug self-xighteouspesß.—Yours,etc,,.'. . \ J. •• ,„

.. . - \

r , . A.M.J.September 10th, 1931.

,

SOCIALISM IN OUR TIME.?;: TO XHZ KDITOS OT TH3S PRZSB

ffafr-Jn your columns o£ Tuesday Mr]fl^rdealt at length on the subject

nflation of our internal currencygjj£th he elaims is all that is neededji'frereome the depression. He says

my remark that it looks like pay-kr a fifteen shillings and calling

shows my entire ignorancejfrffee subject. Perhaps he -is right,fits so it docs not get away from the)tf fact that our internal costs have

enormously; in other words, thatfe whole country is being strangledk fa-mtirm and that the initiative oft$ tatntry is being centralised in thetHUe Service.SBfairever, currency may be arranged

I amount of our produc-ong as our -system of.itate enterprise, and

remain,possible by direct andto drain the wealthfarm, from, those who

lolonna speaks of theState, and with thatout justice and pro-

ividiial citizens. Mriparently is that suchlog of the State, andt jfd, wage awards orinroess ventures, anqrtent of "the Statei true, functions hasof much of our fin-

estj as well as thetest of our political

I proverbiallyluct of business ven?riesallow private en-;able safeguards tojob as Railroads, eleis-igs, constructionalnous activities cov-lised business activ-i private enterpriseness lines can givebetter and cheaper

i, and'without finan-te or the political en-id in the State be-jployer of labour,ie wonderful railwayd Country and theCanadian power sys-them with our own,contention

I on the ever-grow-te enterprise, owner-;, the" profit* for theiploitatiqn of theat.first blush, soundsit may devolve, intouncial, and worser, having to be euf-i. The State may be-er and >not a good.dition of affairs ap-ing in New Zealand

Itl body business ven-has £150,000,000 in-

ere aro heavy guar-•f late years the con-the business under-

-1 far beyond soundlanagement costs in-il consideration haveThe 'capital moneys

■ed. Every individ-mpulsorily to standcapital security of

and for any annual>e is limited only by>f management is re-iament elected by

influenced by ques?he at"" -f the vari;rho ti mielves play

in • 1 election ofdirectorate,ha "1 tem of coin-icipat n by choice;ibility* limited "byauction costs . andes Btinr'itod to ef*■ontrol d financialion of rectors bythe ex t first costthe lat ■ increased

; are co idered, theate to f, ve serviceaply as private en-t. There s no ques-Sfew Ze {md social'I' involv 1 the coun-ia capii t loss,nient ft t that onehas in' Ived theg loss of IJ millionsperation Other tre-believed to have oc-apartments. It {sin our railways dur-years fares andincreased tremcud-

ecttrred under com-would have been,a

that the enormoußtry's taxation i?, toto the necessity oflay be termed lossessiucsa undertakings,

as for the grow-ibmtrative services,stion, therefore, toenterprise is worths difficulties of am-id, to add whctiiorges is worth while.,Ist of view does thouprise warrant thel commitments - and

the responsibilities and entanglementsarising from the State becoming a greatemployer of .labour !

A question of greater importance iswhether it is constitutionally just forthem to do 80. Has the State, in fact,the moral right to compel its citizensto guarantee immense sums of moneyto enable it to engajge in socialisedbusiness ventures, or ip such a practicean. infringement of the liberty of thesubject! IJurther, has the State -theright to deny a man the freedom totake employment on such terms andconditions as he may see fit to accept,and wish resulting toforce them on to relief Works paid forfrom taxation. Does such'a course evermaintain a standard of living?. It seems to me that the State, by en-tering into the market-place has weak-ened its ability to be the dispenser ofjustice and protection to the individual.It has created great financial difficulties 'and created" a political position inwhich the question arises as to who ismaster—whether the services aro to berun for the good of tho State, orwhether their political poWer. will en-able them to dictate that the main func-tion ot the rest of the community shallbe to provide taxation for the mainten-ance of an over-grown service. The timehas surely come when the State shouldconfine its functions to simple, economi-cal administration and leave the initi:ative of the people free play to get outof the trouble which Socialism in-ourtime has played such a part in produc-ing.—Yours, etc., v'• • J.E.T.

September 10th, 1931.

TO TUB EDITOR O* TOT PRESS.Sir,—I beg leave to write a few

lines about Mr Colonna's reply to myletter, expostulating at his harsh criti-cism of Mr Acland, while acting aspresident of tho Sheepowners' Associa-«tion. and £ am glad that liis reply iswritten: in a more reasonable vein, asthough, lie recognises that thOrebo another side to the,que3tion. 'flow-ever, I.' must seriously take issue, withhim whon he suggests that the highstandard of living which this countryenjoys as against the Argentine andotner countries is due to the Arbitra-tion Court. Long before the_ Act waspassed, this country had a high"stan-dard of living, with practically no u n-omploymfent, and .I am New Zealandereiiougn to believe that it was" thesuperior efficiency of employer andworker alike and their origin from theB Apip vigorous stock, as well sis our

natural advantages, that gave us thatstandard.

Our primary products to-day com-mand a premium 9ver the Argentinecommodities and the community wouldshare that premium if the ArbitrationCourt was abolished to-morrow; butthere is a limit to everything, and we-are there' and past it now. From1926 onwards there was sporadic un-employment, which grew slowly, until1929, when lambs receded by about 5sper head and wool about 6d per -4b;then the figures quickly increased. InFebruary and March this season thingswont from bad to worse, and the situa-tion's now intolerable. The State hasnot the moral right, and could not en-force materially, if it had, the decreewhich condenses itself to, "The pro-ducer must continue to produce, nomatter what he loses.' 1' If large areasof 'land go either partially or complete-ly out of cultivation, owing to enforcedHigh costs, the'general standard ofliving here will quickly fall to Argen-tina's level, or lower;

I do not intend to divert this letterto a discussion on-tho'broad lines ofSocialism, as suggested in the conclud-ing part of' Mr Colonna's letter, butmay as well observe that trade union-ists are not shaping any better thancapitalists to get us-to the millennium.When buying in England the unionistfirst asks the price, then considers thequality. If two articles aro equal hemight then ascertain if the countryof origin is of his own kin. Whetherone of the goods is made under arbitra-tion law, and the other under freelabour does not worry him. MrColonna's index of wages for the re-spective countries ,is interesting, hutproves no particular point in this dis-cussion. They should be accompaniedby. a cost of living index also.

As matters stand, one may still saygood luck to the gentlemen of theLabour Bureau, Geneva, and consis-tently oppose, the Arbitration Act untilGeneva gots world-wide results, whichneod not necessarily be obtained h.vsimilar Acte. However, Mr Colotinadoes not dispute that the Court mightbo faultv, and I am content to-let itrest at that.'

If he has the feminine trait, and de-sires the last say, Mr Editor, I willleave it to your readers to judgewhether lie has fairlv and squarely metMr Acland's objection to the Arbitra-tion Act. Tliat is the issue ; not Social-ism.—Tours, etc.,

T V. WILKINSON.September Bth, 1931. '

TO TUB XDITOR OT THE PRESS.-'Bjr,—Many, of your readers: will be

grateful to "JVE.T." for returning tothe aitove subject. A return to the

gold standard no doubt., has placed a.curb on the national extravagances ofdebtor countries. In such case we areat _ disadvantage in dictatingremedies. But 1 there aro remedieswitliin our reach to lessen some socialevils that are a menace to our socialsystem. Your correspondent D. C.Davie admits that "the ArbitrationCourt lias a sting to it." This, stingis felt principally by the prirpary. pro-ducers, for as soon as a dozen of eggs,or a pound of butter, leaves the. farm,such articles come under the jurisdic-tion of'the Court. The fact thatother businesses have a.; system of re-gulating prices is less harmful, becausethere is no union secretary to dictate.prices and' conditions that are so

' harassing to many honest employers.In Wednesday's issue there was a re-P?— of a deputation waiting on theMinister for- Labour asking for theright of union secretaries to appealfrom a Magistrate's decision. If ourI arllaments keep yielding to the manydemands of our union secretaries, aradical reform will be necessary.in ourParliamentary system of election. Theparrot cries that "the standard of ]iv-,uß. must be maintained," that "oursocialservices must not b© touched,"and that "hands must be kept off edu-cation,_ may be useful for agitators,but it different with the general tax-payer, who has to face the facts asJ hey are. What is the use of myborrowing 10s to pay my neighbour;

80 that he can buy my butter, atis per lb, especially when the 10s islikely to become a long-standing debt?. a 18 o,"\ Arbitration Court systemm a nutshell.—Yours.v etc.,

f A BSeptember 10th, 1031,

MAORI CHIEFS.TO THE KDFtoB or THS PBBBS- 1 r

Sir,—I have pleasure in,replying to#

your correspondent "Half-qjiste," whoseletter Appeared in yourissue of the 7thmat. \ In. the first instance, there *is ■little to state other than the fafct'tfcat"Half-caate's" letter i&( so hopelesslyiHqgiwd. 'Admitting the'misuse,of- theterm "chitef" exercised byour'Pakehabrethren, be further aska Jiow beßtthe .

error be avoided. The l';a*pfortmust be brief., A better -understandingand a more comprehensive conceptionon, the of ''Half-caste" in' respectto'Maori whakapapa (genealogy).

__I 'I am not aspiring for honours eithersocial or political, but. merely point ,out some of the gnavo' and seriousdangers into which "Half-caste" mightpossibly fall. In. my first epistle nopersonal -reference was matle to .anyUpoko-Runanga; but was •written inbroad and-general terms. It is-evi-d{*ntr however, that "Half-caste?' is

'=a- supporter of the late Upoko-Runangaof *niahiwi.

In reference to the "self-calledchieftainesses and chiefs," I am pre-pared to sabmit any whakapapa, pro-viding "Half-caste" submits ito> me Ttheir names. KiaOra.—Yourj, etc.,

IHAKA&A W. KARATIIANA.Kaiapoi, September Bth, I'JSI : :

ALPINE CLUBS.TO THE EDITOB or THE PBXSS. ,

Sir,—A great deal of publicity hasrecently been given to mountaineeringmatters, and one cannot help thinkring that there is, a real need forcloser co-operation ■; between -the vari-i>6s alpinethe climbers may be members of the'New. Zealand Alpine Club or of the"Canterbury Mountaineering,Club, or,regarding such overlapping' as futility,of neither. As one who takes someinterest in the mountains; althoughby no means a mountaineer, I harddiscussed this question with a numberof local climbers, and find that thereis a strong opinion that the variousorganisations should join forces.

In Dunedin the -Southern LakesMotmtaineers' .the. OfcagoAlpine Sports Club recently, .formedthemselves into the "Qtago Section ofthe New Zealand Alpine Club/' there-by becoming an integral part of aDominion-wide organisation. I am in-formed that the scheme; is workingexcellently. Siirelv vjb would be in thebest .■> interests of .the • CanterburyMountfai neering Club to join tip - with"the Aloino CHub* It,would.lose onlyits name, and as "thetion of .the NewZealaad ,

it would control its own finances andcould probably have the same ' officersas at present.—Yours, etc.,

JOHN- PATRICK.,Christcliurch, September 10th, 1931.

INTEREST RATES..TO THE EDITOR OJf THE PRESS.I write, not to continue the con-troversy concerning sanctity of contract,

but to expound a principle that . hasobviously escaped your correspondent,Mr Bruce. At the outset, may X point,.out to my critic that a mortgagee may-hardly, in all fairness, be likened tothe venerable Shylock, in that thatgentleman drove a notoriously,, .hardbaVgain at the inception of negotiations,whereas a mortgagee as previouslypointed out by the writer merely ac-commodates a mortgagor by placing himin the possession of wealth, which hemay use to his advantage. •

In writing from a capitalistic view-point, I do so without apology to any-body. The so-called capitalist at whomso many bricks >are thrown'is merely auuit of the thrifty class—much in theminority, it iB to be feared. The policy

xOf "pay as you go," capitalism if youlike, although much depreciated by theconcensus of public opinion, needs norecommendation from the writer tojustify the logic which forms thefoundation for the theory, and it is tobe regretted that the only isolated in-stance of the principle evidenced in, forexample, local body finance, and hereI refer to the sound management of itsaffairs by the Kiccarton Borough Coun-cil in endeavouring to live within itsmeans, should be so depreciated byother local bodies. This example, andwe 'read of similar instates. in ourpapers' every day, is only' too illumin-ating of the public opinion on soundfinance and honest dealing.

With regard to the argument of? mycritic,'my purposes, will be best Servedby ' a simple example, wherein thefallacy (admittedly objured whenspeaking in terms of farms, improve-ments, etc.) will be more readily ex-posed. A taxi-driver buys a taxi forwhich he pays £3O of his own and £7Oof a mortgagee's money. Now, by driv-ing his" taxi for a year, he makes aprofit of £2 a.' week (for exemplarypurposes). Now, £SO of his incomegoes towards buying tyres and so on,instead of paying the mortgagee, wholooks-on quite satisfied. After a yearhas expired, the-* taxi-driver can find nomore customers, and consequently he hasno income—in short, can't live andcan't pay back. Now applying this caseto my critic's argument, in the firstplace, the taxi-driver could never affordto buy a taxi. I feel sure that in this(a plain case) the' average reader willagree with-me. Similarly, the farmer,in most cases, with a similar equity tothe above, could never afford to buy a

i farm aid bp a.farmer. Had not thetaxi-driver repaired his car, he wouldnot have had a car with an earningcapacity. Therefore, repairs and im-provements were a necessary and indi-spensable; expenditure' which he must

'have foreseen. Similarly, the formermust have realised that a considerableportion of his giross profit would beabsorbed in improvements. *

To pursue the argument one stepfurther. The question of a lack ofcustomers requires the taxi-driver's at-tention, and he fihds he is bankrupt, andproposes to walk off and leave themortgagee with a well-worn taxi. Theaverage person in the above case wouldsay: "Is not the interest earned on £3O(your money), merely 30s, and is not thenet wage you have made much in excessof 30s, namely £5Ol You cannotproperly say, that after deducting anequitable sum ,

for your earning abilitythat I have . treated, you hardly, for,had you not had my money, in allprob-

ability, you would never have been ableto use your earning ability to such ad:vantage."I cannot pursue the matter further,

for obviously in the case cited thefellow has lived above his means, boughta car he could never afford, and thenhas turned round and bitten tlie handthat fed him, for, obviously, withoutmortgagees' assistance, his earningjpower was precisely nil, and his income30s per annum. ' »

But, Mr Editor, cannot the principlebe applied once more to the farmer (notsuffering from loss of customers like thetaxi-driver, but from deflated prices inprimary commodities) ? Could the aver-age farmer say that if his deposit moneyon his farm were invested at- currentrate, for all the years he has been onhis farm, he would have had as big anincome as he has enjoyed for that period?Could he say that his farming ability,added to that sum, and employed else-where would have yielded him the in-come he has enjoyed for the period? Inthe parallel of the taxi-driver, onefwouldsay not, but let the farmer, and my-critic, justify himself if he can! -

The latter portion of"my critic's argu-ment, regarding his preference for thedole and easy-street, will not pull thewool over any right-fttinded person'seyes. It is rather an indication of theinfluence of our Parliamentary systemand our carefully nurtured publicopinion when such honest-minded" andable-bodidd men as my fictitious taxi-driver, "and my critic, Mr George A.Bruce, are permitted publicly to flouthonest principles without even a solevoice being raised in protest to such (ethics.—Yours, etc.,. • ■ ' i

PAY AS YOU GO! jSeptember 10th, 1931.

A WEIR IN THE AVON.TO "THE EDITOR OP THE I'RESS.

Sir,—l note in The Press of Wed-nesday, 9th inst., that Mr It. J. Jlobbs,tfho presided a\ the meeting of the Can-terbury Rowing Club, when referring tothe? weir they propose to erect in theAvon, said: "I think I am - safe inassuring you that the weir will beerected in a very few months!" I thinkthat Mr Hobbs has been badly advised.For history tells me that the CityCouncil or the Drainage Board cannotlegally grant permission to the Club,or any other body, to erect a weir orany other obstruction that will interferewith free navigation on the river. Ofcourse I may be wrong. But hero is acase on which I base my assertions.

About the year 1864 or 65 a"Mrr Jj6hnMills brought a paddle steam-boat ° up

the Avon,andwhea'he reached Stan-more bridge he - found* that structure-too low to ■■allow -the funnel to passtinder. So he out- away th& centre ofthe bridge so that his boat could passthrough. This led to a law suit,; butMr Mills won! the ; ease. The Court heldthat he had. acted within his rights bycutting his way through. The ProvincialCouncil erected the bridge in 1862, ,imtthe Council had infringed the law onthe subject .by .erecting it too low:»

I think the powers that' be to-day willbe well advised to find: out where theyare .before they cause thousands of*pounds to be thrown away, for I feelsure the public will never submit tothe river being obstructed for - thepleasure of a few. The fiver Avon, is'the property lof the people ofbury. Any discerning person shouldsee that within a shortperiod there willbe dozens of . motor-launches runningbetween Sumner, New Brighton, and the <upper reaches of the Avon, and-a' de-lightful run it: will be, but this wouldbe impossible if a weir is .erected any-where in the Avon. "

I trust that, 'th'e City : Council 1 willthink twice before it robs the people'of their rights.—Tours, etc., /

, E. E. GREEN. .

159 Springfield Toad, -

September 10th, 1931. j

THE PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 193113

/ Thieves who arrived on a motor-cycleand who broke • into the home of.MrJohn Masefield, the Poet Laureate, atBoars Hill, near Oxford,,a few weeksago, took away wireless set and agramophone and 36 records. "Mr Maee-fleld was at the time on his way homefrom Geneva, where he had- been at-tending the League of Nations Commit-tee--of;Artsand letters, -and the-housewas occupied by servants.- The thievesabandoned the motor-cycle and toj>k a-motor-car from, the.garage, of a booseadjoining.

RACING AND TROTTINGLATEST NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR

RACING FIXTURES.

September 1-—Uunedm J.C.September 17, 19—W»qg#iiul J.CJ.September 39—Ashburton County BX..Sepltmbor 84, 26—Oeraldlno K.O.Soptembei as. 28—Avopijale J -°-

Otlober 3—Napier Park K.O.October B—Kurow J.O.October 3, fi—-Auckland E.G.October 7—Marton J.C.October 9, 10—Otaki Maori B.C.October 10—Duaedin J.C.October 17—South Canterbury J rOctober 17, 10—Darsaville B.C.October 24, 26—Wellington B.C.October 24, 26—Gore 8.0.October 26—'Waveyley B.C.October 26 —Waikato Hunt.October 26—Waipawa B.C.October 20—North Canterbury B.C.October 29, 31—Poverty Bay Turf ClubOctober 31—;Banks Fonioxula K.O.October Bl—Carterton lt.U.

TROTTING FIXTURES.

12—Welliji.fon J.C. ,

.September 10—Ashbunju County E.O. (twoevents).

September 24, 36—GeroHUne B.C. t two eventseach d»y).

October 3—Metlivan 'l.;'.October 3—Knrow J.C. (two events).October 10—Now Brighton T C.October 17-rEouth Canterbury J.C. (two

Qventft).November 10, 12, 13—New Zoaltud Metro-

politati T.O.

TURF GOSSIP.Baminders.

Acceptances for the Wanganui JockeyClub's Spring Meeting close to-day.

Nominations for the Auckland andKurow Meetings will be due to-day.

Acceptances for the Asliburton Meet-ing will close at 8 p.m. on Tnesday.

No Galloping.Owing to heavy rain which fell at

Hiccarton on Wednesday, there was nograss track available yesterday for fastwork, and in consequence the morning'soperations were confined to easy exor-cise on the sand and on the insidetracks. • 4

Batons to Hospital.A. E, Ellis has bad to undergo fur-

ther hospital treatment to his fracturedjaw, ana is likely to bo laid up forsome weeks.Bright Prospects.

T. EL Gillett has a useful team withwhich to tackle the new season's rac-ing, including Gustavo, Tautfcow, Houna-low, Tres Sec, Patrol (by Paladin—OnSight), and the two-year-old filly byLord Quez from Los While Home*coming and The Viscount "will Shortlyrejoin tho active-ranks. The Baili# ha?been put.aside for a while, owing to

and Magna Charta will notbf pat into work again until theautumn. ■ *'

Paf Wanganui,Criekfet Bat »nd Zoobrpgge, in charge

of p. Cntte, were shipped north lastI night. ,if

Hurdlers Retired.3L W. King has resumed activities

with Mr J. McCoraaek's filly Idolise,who has been "weli cared for duwg thewinter, and ip at present in robust con-dition. King has recently reduced histeam by turning out Aberfeldy and(Jala Day, who will in future probablydo duties as hacks.flpeodßepresented.

E. Ellis has put intp commission histwo-year-old gelding -by Arrowsjaithfrom Minora. The youngster will raceas Golden parf, and onlooks and «?#'

' formation show promise of displayingthis pace whioh would be expected frprahis parentage. Finora is due shortlyto foal again to Arrowsmith.

Gwmmga, half'brother to Aurora Bor-has been re?pinmi##»ned by J,

B« Pearson- Last season this, fieldingshewed .very little promis?, £nd &8 heto be in wan£ of more time, it

w«p deemed advisable tQ giyq him *

lengthy spell. The same* trainer hasalso made another start with the' Irish-bred gelding, Honeycomb, who 1»« b»d* chwwea career, owing to sufferingfrom Knea trouble.ZngfppMrtttQ&i

Battle Queen met witfe anlast week, which will prevent feer frptnms&ipg per proposed first ! qpppursneeas •» three-year-old at the GgraldipeMeeting. She wa# being lqd to theeonnke amf brobo away from her at-tead»pt tbro'fltgb being fenoofced into byseme nnmJy horsey on the road. She

. galloped for some 4istanee na*%■ gntter fell, cutting both•t&ea severely. Hie filly Is making a

good recovery, bnt will be out of com-mission for a while yet.

* ' i ■■■ \ Aow4 Bwpdta*.P. P. Jones is at present handling a

.

three-year-old lilly* by Shambles 'fromSopra, dam of Seonui. Isa, formerly tothe same stable, has been sent to theXOdondie Stud to be mated with J3ias.Aahbnrton iftmflicapg.

The handicaps for the AshburtonCounty Busing Club have caused nolittle diseuwion at Bieearton and thereare* come instances where owners con-sider they have reason to be dissatis-fied. In the first race, Nigbtgnard doesnot «eem to be well treated with 9-8or 81b above the minimum, as he hasnot yet been in a place, but now b«Wto givo weight to winners, The same#dding is also placed M above the

• minimum in the open wile, the A»lsur-.ton Handicap, ana useful winners « inFl«t Raid, The Dove, Topere, «nd MissSfereia are below him, while he is in.receipt of gib only from Martian Chief,*a doublewinner at Bieearton last month,Nightguard had one race a 8 a two-year-old and one np to date this season, so

it is difficult to understand the positionallotted h|m, unless it is by virtue ofhis full-blooded' relationship to PharLap. In the Fail-field Hack Handicapfijri appears to be very much flatteredby bejng ashed to carry 8-3 In a 7 0minimum, and haying to concede 71bto Water Power and sib to Felony, ttirihas run ouo second in four starts sinoebe opened bis career, and like Night-guard has possibly had to pjay for fanvily reputation. The three-year-old Con-yoy is another who has been placed Inan exalted position in receiving 7-12 Intho Spring Jfandicap and having togive away poundage to a prolific win-ner in Limited, ana Others in SJeipner,PakUere, First Haid, Miss Mercia, ArchArrow, and Ravine, while he is in re-ceipt of only Ist nib from Chameuseand Ist 71b from preat star. Convoyhad two races only last season, runningunplaced iu the Bussley Plato at Eic-earton at Easter, ftnd winning the two-year-old eyeni the next day.Good Sprinting.

On Thursday morning last, at Hust-ings, Mr W. G. Stead's two-year oldPillow Fight, by Night Eaid—WeekEnd, was sent out over half a. mile withJenny Diver, but the Lord Quex marewas of no use whatever to the e.olt, whofinished the best part of a chain in frontin the remarkably good time of 40see.Net for many years (if ever) has a two-yearrold early in September run halfa mile on the Hastings plough in theabove time (says the "Tribune"). MrSte&d's brilliant filly Gay Ballerina atthe same age could net havq dens it, atleast she never did. Pillow Fight wasbred by Mr J. B. Starlty, of Amberley,and sold by him at the Trentham salesfor 250 guineas.Doncaster St. Leger.

The cabled result of the Doncaster St.Leger Stakes, decided -en Wednesday,makes no mention of the favpurite,Cameroni9.nl wbo was making bis at-tempt to join' that select company ofgreat English Turf performers Who bavowon the "Triple Crown" (Two Thou-sand Quineag,' Derby, and St. Leger).Latest files, hpwpvpr, stated that Gam-eronian was to b$ a starter, so it can beassumed that he has added to the listof the many downfalls of favouritesassociated wjth the event, The winner,Sandwich (whose sire wpn the Derby in1924), ran third to Qameronian in theDerby, and oeeupied a,similar berth in.the Eclipse Stakes, wbiie Orpen wasthird in this Two Thonsund Guineas andsecond in the Derby. , Sir Andrew, thirdin Wednesday's race, was bred and israced by the owner of Gallant Fox, whoalso cl{M»s Si* Galahad 111. aa his sire-Sir Andrew did well as a two-year-oldin England,.and figured 43 the winnerof the Newmarket Stakes last spring.The St, Leger is recognised as the old-est English classic, for the Derby wasinstituted in 1780, while in 1776 a sweep-i stake under exactly the same conditions,

i named'the St. Leger, was decided, Hqw-! ever, the race was not known as theSt. Leger until the third contest, twoyears later. For this year's race there

! were 397 entries fpr JO starters, asagainst 840 and 13 in 1929 and 325 and14 in 1930. The total value of thestake vas espested to.be about £l3,gob,

■with approximately £J4,OQQ for thewinner.

Thft foUowing is a fntt list of winnersof the '/Wpie Oro^n^;—

iBS!MWe»t by Melbourne,1865—Giadiatenr, by Monarque.1866—Lord Lyon* by Btockwell.188pr—Ormonde, by Bend Or.1891—Common, by Isonomy,3893—Isinglass, by Ispnorayl1897—Galtee More, by Kendal.

Fox, by Orwe,I9uo—Diamond Jubilee, by St. Simon.-1908—Bopjc by Sainfoin. ""

by Bayardo.

For Wellington. ]Amongst the horses to go north last

night to fulfil Wellington engagementswere George Bey, Lily Harold, HollyBank, Great Nelson, Netta Oro, JohnJinks, Impromptu, Deceitful, GreatWay, Ulm, Eon, Grand Canyon, TiniUria, Nyallp Bilk, Worthy King, GoldCountry, and Gold Spear.•V'-' vTrotting Well.

The course flf worjc given GreatNelson with the hopples on appears tohave benefited him greatly, and he istrotting, in his best style again. It isunfortunate that this smooth-actionedtrotter does not give his best always,a?) there is n> doubt of his ability totrot fast and far when he is inclined.

Had Short Beat,Native Prince, who enjoyed a short

let-up after rhcing in National Week,has again been taken in hand by J.J. Kennerley.Lacks Stamina.

The ex-Canterbury trained' Joclc Bin-gen has raced solidly since going toAuckland, and is recognised as one ofthe fastest beginners in the province,but owing to his lack of stamina he isoften just beaten out, of tho biggestproportion of the prize. It is likely thathe will be pitted against the pacersover short courses during tho season.

Records for 1631.The fastest records established to

date for the 1931 season in America areaa follows:

TROTTING.T\vo-year-oJ&—

Brevere, ch c by Peter thoJirewer • • - -

Three-year-old—Protector, b c by Peter Volo and

Neddn Guy, by Guy Ax-worthy • . .. -.3J

Four-year-old—Calumet Armistice, b g by Peter

the Brewer and CalumetAznlia, b£ by Belwin .. 2.2$

five-year-old—Peter Patch, bh by Guy Ax-

worthy -•. ... 2.3}

Fastest Stallion—

Peter Patch •• •• '-•?}fastest Mare—

Tronia Britton, b m, Gyre, byGreat Pritton .. .. 2.8

Fastest Gelding-Hollywood Cfeief, 6yrs, by peter

Veto .. .. •• 2.3JFastest on half-mile track—

Morono J., b g, lOyrs, by Mo-s rono • ■ • • .. 2.7\

PACING.

TOOTTmp NOTES.

ifonrfnat&ss the two dottingop tMj £w«w Joekpy oiub'o

programme elaietiMlay at s, p.®. ;

4eeeptaneea fair the trotting eventsat the .Racing Gjqb?a. Meet-ing close is3tf Sunday, , .

ley the -iTew »ZealandTrotting CJwpelQpe on September Wth.Befcg&Ml Is jfft&b 1 ... ;-:

Peterwafr w togigfl? occupies a ibex atW. J„ ®omkiiwon.'a eitablwhment, the

I chestnut stallion having been sent hopeto his owner's place at Gisbprne.Did Not Stand Preparation.

■J. Young was very patient in. hiseffort to gipt,4uthor Jinkii to stand apreparation, but the little paber couldnot be gone on with, and he has beenreturned tohis owner. Author Jinksracedonly five seasons 'fa win £4070 in stages,made up as follows

■:&At three years,,three wins and

fivo plaeings for > • . . 720At four yearf, four wins and

eight plocings for~

... 1450At five years, three wins and six '

placing* fpr..

... 1350At six years, one win and one

placing for .. ' 575At seven; years,-two placings for 675

- ■/ ' " ■£4670

After a Absence.Wongadalfy who was', formerly trained

by J, J, Kennerley at Aldington, hasbeen turned out for oome time, not hav-ing raced during the past season, He isback in work at headquarters under thecare of,A; Co?..

■■Ctop;;ffepiHra^iPn;v;

The,dual Auckland Trotting Cup win-ner, Gold Jacket, is making very satis-factory progress in hU preparation for

New Zealand Cup, and each weeksees an improvement in his conditionsay? the Zealand Herald."Nevertheless, he is going to And it de-cidedly difficult to win race* from hispresent mark, and even at his-best his4.23 handicap would be a hard'one withso many fast-improving horses joiningthe Cuj rapks and securing the advan-tages of the short penalty. Consideringthat last season Gold Jacket failed re-peatedly off 4.23, afld has not won arace since December, 1929, no one wouldhave taken exception if he Had got offwith 4.84, from which mark he mayhave possessed a, sporting chance." '

Well Bred..Tfeo smart young trotter King's

Guard, owned by Mr J. A. Mitehell, ofPalmerston North, who put up a fine .re-cord for a three-year-old last ' season,is; to race at Hutt Park to-morrow, andW, Hughes has him well forward iorhis ongagemejits. Kiog'B Guard wonfpnr handicaps last season, including atwo-miles event at Epsom in heavy go-iijg, a severe test- for a three-year-old,and which proved his fine stayingpowers. He is sure to have improvedin the interval, and his prospects of add-ing to his winning list early thenew season appear blight, King's Guardis bred oil excellent trotting lines, hisgiire, Native King, and dam, Lady Nan,both bpijJg high-class performers. LadyNan, who, previously produced Cabal-loro to Beal Guy, has been sent toNative King again this mmoa.

Two-year-old—Calumet Cheater, b c, fey Truax 2.3J

Three-year-old—Lady Vonian, ch £, by Pavon-

ian .. .. 2.2*Four-year-old—

Calumet Adam, ch e, by "Peterthe Brewer ..

.. 2.1Five-year-old—

Star ijjtawah, b hj, by Daystar 1.59JFastest StaUion-y-

Star Etawah .: .. 1.69}Fastest Mare—

Wilma, 6yrs, by ■William .. 2.2£Fastest on half-mile, track—

Easter Mary, b m, Byrs, byEaster Boy .. 2.4J

With the exception of Calumet Ala-lia's 2.2}, all these records were made inraees. •

jHethveu Meeting.With the approach of the' Methven

Trotting Club's Race Meeting, which isto be held <jn October 3rd, local trainersar« showing activity in getting theirhorses ready, and a largo number arein work on the local track. A lot ofattention has been given to the maintrack sin.ee last meeting,'and, If pos-sible, the course will be' in oven betterorder than on thftt occasion.' QWingt<) the broken weather, trainers havqnot had the nae of the main track, butthe inside training tracfc has been inconstant USB, and is in good order, Theold gorse fence along the main roadfrontage of the course has been re-moved, and a new post and wire fencegreeted. This has added considerablyto the appearance of the club's pro-perty. , _ ,

Burba* Lod«*. '»V1 jlr X , SihrenS,-wl>o has been eon?»ceted Tifw'.-W?. & trottingftfebta at Lodge" for thep»«it eleven yews, tfas been appointedlempO'srily to the charge of the stable?Jn plnee of Mr D. Warren, who hasretired. i..

GERALDINE RACING CLUB,

A meeting of the committee of tlioOeraldine Bacing Club was hpid in thesecretary's Office on Tuesday evening.Present: Mr J. C.'South (president),Messrs L. J. Grant, D. E. Lewis, D.Macdonald, W. Quirke, G. Fletcher, T,H. Langford, J. Reid, 0, Stock, J. C.Bisdee, A. Southl and F. E.._Soi}th.

Matters connected with the forthcom-ing race Meeting were discussed, andfinal arrangements made.

Mr R, CJ. peeper wrote giving amonth's notice of his intention to giveup hi? lewe,.as lie had-acquired a pro-perty mear Christehurch. The commit-tea 4ecideS to accept the month's nq»tice as from September sth, and to call

* tenders for trainer and caretaker for alease «£ the racecourse,

RANDWICK RACES.*

NEW ZEALAND WELL, represented.

.

(iftiVU'.tf FBBSS ' ASSOCIATION—B? ELECTRICICLSOPAPH-'COFJWWaT )

(Received September 10th, 8.20 pim.)

SYDNEY, September 10.New Zealand horses will b© well re-

presented at the Tattersall's Meetingat' Randwick next Saturday. Forthe Cholmsford Stakes the entrants! in-cluclo Chide (9-9), VeUniond (9-6),Movie Star (7-13), Ammon Ra (7-13),and Cypress (6.13).

•For the: Spring Handicap—Concen-trate (9-2), First Aero (8-13), Vali(7-13). A '

Other New Zealand horses ato run-ning in- minor events.

Fast times were recorded at Rand-wick this morning. , Cypress did themile ia lmin 41sec, and the last sevenfurlongs, with Love Song, in lmin 28Jsec, which was the best of the morn-ing's work.

Ammon Ra and The Dimmer did thelast eight of nine furlongs in lmin44sec. '

Chide covered a milo in lmi'n\43sec.. Vali and Chief Joy ran the mile inlmin 44sec.

Gesture aiid Brilliant van the lialf-milo in-49|see.

Autopay did five furlongs in lminssec.

Concentrate and _Lav:ngton strodeover seven furlongs in lmin SSJsec,

TIMARU T.C.

MEETING OP COMMITTEE.

The Timarii Trotting Club Committeenr.efc yesterday, Mr John Hole presiding.

Committees were elected as follows:Emergency Committee-—Messrs H.E.

Willcox, A. P. Greenfield, 0. T. Wardell,IP. Carter.

Finance Committee—Messrs A. P.Greenfield, If. 33. Willcox, and G. T.Wardell.

Programme Committee—Messrs W.Connelly, F. Carter, and J. GjJmore.'Ground Committee—Messrs A. F.

Stocker, G. T. Wardell, and K. G. Kil-gour; president and vice-president tobe exrofflcio on all committees.

Tlie resignation of Mr E, Macdonaldwas accepted with regret, it being de-cided to forward him a letter of thanksfor liis services.

Mr H. F. Morton was re-elected vice-president.

Dr. C. S. Fraser and Mr A. A. MartinYfetre elected members of the club.

Mr A. P. Greenfield' was appointedtreasurer.

Officials wore appointed as follows:Starter, Mr J. H. Tompkins; handi-cappor, Mr 0. T. Paul; judge, Mr C.E. Hassoll; clerk of course, Mr W.Freeman; clerk of scales, Mr D. Mc-Kenzio; timekeepers, Messrs J. o%eary?md <T. J. Lewis; hon. veterinary sur-geons, Dr, C. H Williamson and Mr w.Smith; stewards, Messrs A. Annand, w!C. Collett, W, Fraser, J, Gilchrist, T.Harrison, J. F. K, Jamieson, A. An-derson, T. B. Mackay, T. M. Munro,W A. Piddington, and M. H. Richards;additional stewards, Messrs J, Howie,L. Young, and C. S. Young."

Mr G. T. Wardell, who representedthe club at tho conference, reported onthe proceedings, apd at the conclusionwas accorded a vote of thanks.

In view of the new system of handi-capping adopted by the Trotting Con,ference, the. Committee discussed thequestion of reducing the handicapper'sretainer of 20 guineas, and on themotion of Mr Gilmore, it was decidedthat Mr Paul should be offered theposition at £is 15s « day.

The starter's and judge's remunera-tions were fixed as formerly.

AVONDALE J,C.• . \

HANDICAPS.' 4 T

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(press M#ocunoN Tsusaiuu.)

ATJCSJ/ANP, September JO.Following are ,the handicap? (firit day)

fpr tlia Avondale Joelcey OluVs SpringMeeting, to be held on September 3flHi and28th:—

EJNGBLAJTD HAXDfOAP PTOSI.ES,Of 160 bovs. On» mil# and a hflf,

RACING M ENGLAND.'• s -

ST. LEGER STAKES.

(UNITED PEESS 458Q0IATI0!I-rr8* EWBOTJtIC\ TELEGBAPH—COfTOIOITT.)

LONDON, Saptewber 9.At the Doncaster Meeting tor<J?y, 'follow'

ins was tbo result'of (ho ,

■" ST. liBOEP STAKES,A sweepstakes of 100 sovs, with 4000 sovs

added. For three>year-olds! colts 9-0,"fillies 8-11. One mile six furlongs and

132 yajds. ■*' '

Loi'il ltosobery'a b c SANDWIOH by• SanßOvino—Waffles 0-0 .. ■ 1

Sir John Rutherford's bo Orpen by >Solaris—Harpy 9-Q ... .. 2

Mr W. Woodward's br c Sir Andrew(UfS;A.), by Sir Galaliad lII.—Gi-avi-

#tato 9-0 .. .. - !JTon started. Won by four lengths; a lengtli

between socond and third.Sandwich wiis third in tho* Derby, and he

subsequently woo the Kine Edward VII.Stakes, one mile »nd a half, at A»sot, andwas third to Caerleon and Goyescas in theEclipse Stake?, one mile apd a quarter, atSandown Park.

Orpen was third to Oameronian in the TwoThousand Guineas, and aecond to that coltin "the Derby; Later be won the HardwickeStakes, over 'one mile and a haU, at Ascot,and the St. George Stakes, one mile andfive furlongs, at Liverpool, conceding 361b tohi? nearest opponent.Sir Andrew Is raced by the owner of theall.time stake-winning champion of the Ameri-can Turf, Gallant ffoi, and it fer the tametlx* m th» laMaa,

WINGATUI NOTES.[THE PRESS Special Service.]

. DUNEDIN, September 10.Th© heavy rain which fell during

Wednesday night in the city missedWiiigiiiui, and the trackp had driedup a lot since Tuesday morning. Theweathq? looks more settled now, andthe prospects for * good trap}; on Sat-urday are mi«ih 4Jmghter. The put-side ai th® powrw proper was avail*able for fast, worlf, and most of th«sprinting wag ijose down the ftaofc, :from the eaven furjong harrier to the |three furlong post, juit at the com*mencemenb of the rise to the hometurn. T)\i? going was still dead, andany horses that could reel off a fur-long round about 14gec were doingwen, "

Tippling, wljo none the worsefpf ms rgfie last Saturday, and RosaDart tool) 44$ eG torun three furlohgs,The latter must be Riven a, chance int(ie Trial Stakes.

Tracsono was going better than TeaUm over half a mile in 57 sWmm>.

Galjirflnter and Guncase ran thefirst two furlongs along the hack in30seo, sua half ft ?nile in 60 Msec,completing seven furlongs in lmin53»eq, with Gunoage going the better-If the old Calibre gelding has not for-gotten how to jwmn hurdles, hti ha? arough chance m Saturday's nace.

wy»l Sa*on BPnnted a <x»?p»a orfurlong? along the back in 28« ec,. andwan then steadied orier the remaining;part of ai* furlongs. 5® loorb T«rywell, and should race better than hedid last week. . •

Gallant Fox, who doep not lookright, took 29seo to run two

Felony and' All Smiles were eachgiven strong work, and the racing shehad last week appears to have pmartren&d up the Jotter,

Ratneses moved freelv in a round atthree-quarter pace, and appears nonethe worse for his short compulsory letup. , • . .

hold while running two furlongs in31sec, and finished down the straight

Pressy. who looks very much in therough stil|, took 57 2*§sec to rum half9

Gold Mint had "El Boa doing herbest at the end of half a mile in,<>B l-sgeo. The former looks betterfor his raoips last Saturday, and willbe well fanojed in his engagementsnext Saturday-

,It was intended to school PiamondJack, but be was given a couple orrounds at a strong pace instead, Hohas improved since last week,

Tunamoe, who looks one of thefittest horns on the track, ran threefurlongs in 45sec, and then continued,on for a couple of circuits at three-quarter pace, fie will again be oneof the best fancied horses m Satur-day's steeplechase.

Banderilla and Night Attire tookoSseo for their half-mile, and therewas nothing between them at thefinish. ~ ,

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"A number of' other horses weregiven half to three-quarter pace work,

C Gieseler, who has been giving hisvounc ones a lot of barrier practice,sent Gold Dress. Indicate. tand wealthout of the barrier, each ebamntr well.

Rascal's name was inadvertentlyomitted from th'e list of acceptancesin the Electric Handicap.

AMOUNIS SPELLED.~

*

balloon king* sold.

(Received September 10th, 3.20 p.m.)

SYDNEY, September 10.The vaceliorse Amounis is being

turned out for a spell and is not racingat the Spring Carnival. "•

Balloon King has been sold to anIndian bnfer, and is going to the stud.

CRICKET.ST. ALBANS CLUB.

Mr C. g>. Thoj»pso» presided pt the an-nual general meeting of the St. AllansCricket Club last evening. There we?* 33ueinbeip Present.Fiva new members were elected. .

_

The following offices were alect<s:--Pv*aidant, Mr C, B. Tl,Dmpßon; vice.prcpidonts,the lion, m H. TJes-toii Br. F, G.Ciibson, 11. Holland, M,P,, % 15.MoPougall, Wdicofci Wop*}, J. B. Patterson,A. E, 8 i&Fftafl, J. W>lHsffis.a\fDarby, f Bean, L, Lewis, and A. S, J3un<-can; olub captain,' Mr R. H. Dorthi de-rJVty olub captain, Hf O. G, Crawford;honorary sectary and treasurer, Mr T. ItPope; resistant secretary, Mr T. Tinker,'lorarary audilor, Mr L. Lewi?; generalceramHtee. Messrs C. Q. Crawford, PAngus. G. Concjliffe, T. Tucker, J. Logie,\V. Simpson. If- Lindjey; delegate# totlie Canterbury Cricket Association, MessrsT. P. Pope, R.-H, North, 0. S. Thompson,Vf. Simpson; delegates to the Haglev Parkliound Committee, Megsrs Thompson ai}dOruwfojd; delegate tA the CanterburySpprta Protection ' AapoSUtion, Mr T. B.Pope.

It decided to invite {he Kilbirma Club'Wellington), and also fprmer St. AlbansClub playera resident in Wellington, to sendo team to ploy in Christchnreh on LabourDay. •

HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS'CLUB.

The annual meeting of the HffTi School 014Boys' Cricket Oiwb was JieJ4 evening,when Mp L. D. Paeo wap in tI»P cljair.

T|ie ansval repprt and Jjalance-sbeiet weypadopted.

The followiM offleers vere elected i=—GJijbcaptain, Mr U'V>,Mr W. t, Merritt; lioij. secretary, Mr G.H, Cf, flobhdj hon, treasurer, Mr E, 0, Burns;hon, auditor, Mr J.' H, Picfcleg: comniitteo,ifessrs M. C. M. Harris, A. S.Jacobs, and H. E. Cook; delegates to the Can-terbury Cricket Association, Messrs E. C,Burns, A. Day, L. D, Page, and A. E.Byrne; delegates to the Grounds Committee,Messrs E. 0., Paarell and L. X>. Page.

The ejection of delegate* to the Boyd'Association was left to the committee.

It was deoiijpij to hold the opening day onSeptember 26th if grounds were available.

Jt was announced by the scorer, Mr G.If, Robertson, that the special trophy forfielding, presented by, Mr E. Orury, h»4been won by Mr G. M- Harris. Mr Eob-ertson then gavfl.tlja <;lub a case, set on ahandsome wooden pUnd, in >vhic|) to keep||ie club recerd of b&titng and bowling.

MAiIIST CfcUß.Mr K. Oillftpie presided at the annual

m«»ti?g of the (Jrlcket Clijb, at whichthere was a good

_ #tt?nd»itcS pf, members-Thps* pretest fa nleneg w * trlp»toto their termr Plub e#pt»in, Mr B, McN*mor»,

It w»» decided to ppen »h* (f«»spn on Sep-tember 19H». "t t|« WpqUtop Park- m xTho following officer*, were elected iT--p»t'rons, BjrtfP Prpdfe and Mr P. G. SiflUvap,S.P.; mriiMt, HP ft. totfm vicwmHmlh

«bbt? Mfstjormlek, G. ■Mbflelc, Rev. ?»fe«Me}lw»gle, mmIMF*/, WeQuilliMJ, W. Grjfln.G. Oemn, «t, JTjpydop, W. tfoomey, #nd J.Ptmghi club esptfip, Ifr J. Roaqh; hono-rary secretary, Mr J. Npopan; honorary trea-surer, .Mr T. Walne; committee, W*m 3.Walne, <?. Walne, O; Geary, T. Foster, O,g|}r£ W. Ryder. end W, MoPonaelli dele-!>ate» to Ohrlitchnrch Sorbin Association,Messrs 3. W#(n« and hj, roster.

FOOTBALL.

A RUGBY DISTINCTION.

818 S. HOLrLANDBB'S BECOBD.

Through his appointment to refereothe Test Match between Australia andNew Zealand at AweWand to-morrow,Mr B. Hollander, Canterbury's beet"known Rugby referee, has-achieved thedistinction of refereeing in «■ recordnumber of Teats in th» Pominion. -Mthe same time Mr Hollander will equalthe world's record as a refeype'1of'Tests,hold by H. 11, Neper, of Pretoria, whohad control of the four Test Matchesbetween New Zealand and 8o»tl> Africa,in South Africa, three seasons ago-

The New Zealand record was held wMr J. Simpson, of Wellington, Whoaeted as the referee of the Tests playedjp New Zealand againstWW, against New (South Wales in lW||iand against New South Wales in W|3.This record would have Been beaten byMr Hollander last season had net aninjury stopped hiw fron» referring tjieFourth Tept against the British side,and at the time general sympathy wasexpressed that he had been unable todo 80.

Sheer ability has earned Mr Hoi'lander his popularity as a referee, forthe entrusting of big games to M* ?arohas not been, as it so often is, the re?ward fop Jong and honourable service spa referee, h}s eareer vith the whistlehaving been comparatively short. Hestarted refereeing in 1925, after whathe describes as an uninspiring start asa player in lower grade Rugby.His first important game ws jneNorth Island versus South Island matcnin 1929. Then, in the Otago-Biitaingame at Dunpdin last season his liana-ling of the play so impressed the man-ager of the visiting team that a re«quest was made that Mr Hollanderreferee the Tests- Three ef these hedid control, and the fourth n**£been in bis hands had one of his anglesnot been injured. .

,

Although Mr Hollander is modestabout his Rugby achievements, h®mits that in aji the games ft? ]>" con'

trolled, whether ordinary el«b,

com:petition fixtures, orTest, ha has h«wl no trouble ef anykind with the thousands of mm ™x°have played the game under hi?whistle. '' .

.. , . .I Mr Hollander left for .Auckland lastevening.

AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR TEST,

(F&ZIS AspOCliTlQ*

AVQBpkAND, Septembw 10.Th# Australia* team for Saturday's

Teat ii as followsBaek#—jßopa, Hem&gwft/, Tower?,

Oowper, Tolhurst, Steggall, and Mal-colm.

Forwards—J. Clark, Perrin, Palfrey-man, Judd,. White, Blair, B.onis, andCerutti.

RANFURLY SiflfiSLP. j

OTAGO V. CANTERBURY.

Ottgo'a brilliant win by 28-8 over Tira-puM ataqw thi) aouthernera ag * W??t for-midftfelft combination, tor TaranaW l**v# wi?tsovfr Hswke'a Bay, Anckland, and Wangaeultp their credit. Otago have a very finepack, wh(bh ha# ahown ipuch ipiprpvewpton tour. The niajn strength o< tb#Jiowsver, aeems tq lie in the ip!il4oSimon, end ?eol;»» will J»»v* tobe wAtisb«d, for thpy *fpby a iftflst-clM# wl|lea willto "4ii»geronf at »U tjmw- AJIjPt Wfes waipo prmlnQai In th« fWW» W»;tinvjia to win ppaUe, and no flwnl w!ba 'one of their bright patUcslsr- sIKFf.

Osjtterbory will bave a h«# tutheni to kegp the Shield hw?, I>»t Il| WMt

be that oa Ihe !jo?»e grflSßtf fBad and Black* always ifl»n 4' >tol'- I')'-q?h» following is the C?n£ert>»ry team:~r .

i C49?BK9nBT:; -A. W. ■ Robsrtd •

R. N. Williams G. D. Inp«« W, »rownR. Hit»elhqrßt, ,

' G, PayT. F. Mujlan

A. H. l >W. Bwaeney 11. K. King

K, Kearney ft. W. Langdsle-Hunt "J, JS.Mancheater

J. Kl|kl»u4 W. PimpEmergencies: O, E. Quaid, P. 9, Slrap-

aoo, R, Bmith, W. If. VlncentJ 0, g. ¥c-Phall, N. Duushea.

Mr H, Jieith, a well-known NWellipstoiireferee, hae been selected to control the gapie.Hp was the referee lor one of t}»e jn§Iffeesagalnet tho British team in the North Islandlast jseftsoni, .

Tl«9 Shield gfrme tviil 1»« vraceded by ;theannual contest between the Otago juniorsand Canterbury aepior B team,nt 1.30 o'clock. 'The following are theteams:- —

OTAGO JUNIQB.S.0. Ritchie

A. Turnbull "W. Davidson G. CoxVT. Miller C. Froser

P. DavisJj. Pithie

0. Orammond ' J. CampbellJ. Potter J. Murdoch " B. Stuart

J. Kinit B. McDonaldEmergencies: Backe, G. IJae, J. Dawkinj;

forwards.' J. Guyton, W. Btatham.

CANTSBBURY-6WPR B.1. Parsons

W. Fleming J. Maxell 0. Cock*r J. Qdskin S. Hendry ■

W. Oliver •

G. King ■.

J-. SimpsonW. Puff A. Bqurno K. Sutherland

G, Rpuutree , . ,B. ThompsonEniergoneies: I' 1. O'Neill, B. Anderson, A,

Massfield, U. Stevens, ' 'J>. Hobson, If.Roberts.

RUGBY LEAGUE.~

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WAIMAIRI CLUB.i

Fifth Grade v. Htccsrton, Pap»»ui Domain,a,45 to-morrpWr-B. Fieldiae, Ij, Humphreys,T, Gee, M. Gee, E. Blair, K. Thompson, F.Brlden, H. Penny, G. Shaw, J, Steele, M.Broadhuwt, W. King, J, Kennedy,' G, Munro,B. Weir, B. Jlayton. Referee, L. Sneddon,

RICGABTON CLUB.

Third v. Linwood, at, WooUton Park*•2.45 p.m.—C. O'Brien, H. Stevens, F.Stevens, 33, Papps, G. Papps, L. Co*, L.Kinsman, W. Peddie.W. Corliss, F. Mor-ton,; EV Winter, J. Walters, J. Bruce, A.Orr, B. jone*

Fifth Grade v. "Waimairi,.at Papanui Do-main, 2.45 p.m.—K, Hampton, A. Cos, J.Dunn, J. Lao®, D. McLean, G, "White, M.Thompson, W. Terry* J. Mullally, J. Deid-l'ioh, M, Cassen, J. Palmer, E. Way, H.'Walker," O. Dunn, L. Amos. 1). Kelly,. J.Eapteybrook, F, Duncan. „ '

Schoolboys v. Woolston, at Hagley Park,2 p.pa—P. Hampton, H. Uendejrpon, K,0«t, B. White, M. Davis, J. Gill, Wallis,C. Percy, J, Needhaw, 8. Hopewell, H.Easton, F. Mullally, G. Mercer, J. Gpton*horn, IJ. Fairburn, J. Blake, J Bryson.

NORTHERN UNION.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—By ELECTRICTiUIOSAPB—OOfISIOKT.)

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ENGLISH COP.

English Park to-morrow will be the sceneof another stirring encounter when Thistle

Teefcjtfeal iP the *o«»4 fit thePngllsh Opp. The ri?»lry between theje twote«ou) to *erf keep. The •Sutherland Bros.e( T,eu,ti «>» »*-Th|»tie »J»y«r»-m»teh p)w«4 the dahs ww inDhftthsm o»p tip, when, *<t»? fW* game*Technical woi> bf '9 goals to guypoftersoftfce code Who «w 1hi mm W."Lthtiiopinion th%t M hatter- «xW!»m»me* football&a£ po| hepa seen in ChrUtehiiroJi. A repeti-

tion pf this |« Jpr ta'Worrow, andpatrons are p>pror«d of #K° after 00011 5

,P fch'jstte *W he reprinted hy the folW-ing: GwjlUm, Simpwp,Walker, G. Wf>"«>r, Gibb*, ftp®!*#. Trotter,Bruce, bloments. B«je?ve, W. Lees.

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ROWING.

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The Canterbury University College lowingClub held its fourth annual- meeting lastevening, Mr T. H. MeComhS being in thechair. "

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The annual report,- which was read «ndadopted, showed the club tq be iq ah?|Uhycondition, The club was fortunate «noq*feto set four of its tournament representatives,Messrs G, B. Watt, D, 3. Wilson, 8. B. Wal-lace, and R, B.' Garrett, selected for the NewZealand . Unfverwfy rowing eight.

The constitution of' the fl»b had been re-vised daring the year, and 4 practic-ally new constitution, as brongfet forward bwMr K, 0, seconded b? Wr E, E,Garrett, was earned. , •

The election of officers regulted-gs follows;presidents, Mmw 1 Doling," R, Q. g0 l,la«d, J, B, Tsylor, R, O, Csumroond, W, J.Brown, ond J»r. A. L. Baslam; qlub captain,Mr H. Wemouth; hon. secretary, Jlj. J,. I;.Uoskißgi Hon- treaswer, Mr E. p. Oarew:committee, h. , 8, Qambery, E. M.Simmers, 3. B, Wallace, and D. y. WUsou.The balanoe-sheet was and Adopted,and the meeting proceeded with generarbusi'nes*- ; A vote of thanks to the retiring os<cers was,moved by Mr Holland and carried.

MRVANDERBILT'SCREW.

TWO DESERTERS FINIBD.

(By Radio—Special to Press Association.)

■ APIA, September 9.Max Selinger, a and Her-

bert GrillmaJefj an Austrian, the stew-ards who failed in their recent actionagainst Mr W. K. Vanderbilt, desertedhis yac}itf Alva/ on Sunday. ; ;

To-day they were convicted of beingprohibited immigrants, and each wassentenced to the nmximum penaltj'j£looi Default was fixed at six months'imprisonment.

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CHEAPER ROADINGURGED.

j0 £220,000 SCHEME.

ff0RK TO DATE REVIEWED.

report to citizens*

association.

Ail* it express general approval

i , rt. work that has been carried out

far under the Christchurch City"

cil f">0,000 roading scheme, U

tLr tvpe of construction in future

ilea is recommended by the Christ.Citizen®' Association" A special

Lacittce of the Association, which wass& to go into the whole progress of

Hi work, gave its report on the opera*

to dat° meetingthe A»*ociation.

jSe original proposal, states the re?

it vxs to spread the expenditure ofAj money over four years, three of

have expired, and the commit*opinion is that, so- far, the worl?

fcybeea done "economically and faith-igpr,""

Tie report, which was presented byya thairman of the General Committeesf the Association (Mr S. G. Holland),

ttjbo amount of construction worfc

gjttady completed has cost Sl64jQOQj be-at* largely below the estimated cost for4»«ork scheduled, and it i? anticipated.jmt the remaining work will also betog at a cost below the istimates. ItwTjuot been necessary to call on thedetingeßcy fund, for whieh £15,460 wastrf aside in the first three years' sched-&

iijjus fund, added to the savings inMjoitruetion. has enabled the Councila relay Colombo street, Sydney, at aUftlsy Colombo street, Sydenham, at p,

«gt of £33,331, without extra, cost to0» City.

Question of Tenders.

"The committee directs special at*HOikm to two definite promises whichurn given to the. ratepayers when plae-W the scheme before them. It wasMoused that tenders would be calledfor all work to be done, and that pri-ttfo contractors would be given everyitawtnaity of competing. This promisehjiwit been carried out, as t|ie Coun-jql proceeded *to purchase costly plantiad equipment immediately the loanm> earned, and no tenders have beepjfefjted for any of the road works.f*'The> committee is reliably informedpat still greater savings could haveIttn effected hacj private contractorstan given an opportunity of tendering]sin have been made under the daj*fchour system. «

Jl-fThe other promise which has notlijjni fulfilled was that the shoulders,

portion of the road between thejg£e channels and the edge of the re-pmtructed carriageway, would be tar-ipled, making & usable and dustproofirfacc from kerb to kerb. The commit-ill considers that bpfws the contjng-Wm fund and saying* referred to are■wkob new- works this'Tßfty necesgafrym which was promised, should be

I-emembered that thead liad but little ex-laying of the modemit provided, for in the,s inevitable that somei would result. In as-perhaps better knownthe characteristics ofdients sail for 3 high•y, and definite stand-;th and size. The pre-JUndations is comparei expert worjeroapsbipbo lying and compacrt-ials."js. into detail regard-iving the committee'sndition of each streetMost #f the work isatisfactory, the roadsly days of the scheme011s.

iy-Labgm Systems,the qu«&ti9» of havingrk undertaken by pri--9 committee wishes tohe very important faetsystem adequate guar-jtflined to ensure thedetion of contract#,actors are able te pw<the free maintenanceof any faulty work

3 of yearn after eon*deted," continues the

ay-labour system the»xpend any savings ef-jtion on further worksimple reserves for un-enauce and reconstruc-Beoroe necessary. .Un-ur system there is ato yield to the pres*work for unemployed

srorks at an unseason*year. The first con*road-builder should bee job, and first-classjasible if seeond'Olassiposed.. In this con*;ontractor would resist' these conditions, be"ses he would sustain,,he Council does theare taken in order to

!rom other ..quarters,cur the expense of re*

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IBwEr a#dg0 work Quotes.Carlton bridge was estimated§6OO, yet after considerable ex*I 'for 'extras' amounting toWO, the cost under the con-to was only £5655 18s ?d» or«f £2344 Is »d, showing thatMte was 41 per cent, higheriietual cost. Colombo streetwjjO was estimated to oost<r widening, but under the day-Item the actual cost wasflag J52 per cent, higher thanWis. Baaley bridge was builtkj»ur. The estimated cost wasHwreas the actual cost wasf; J4, being £1534 8s Id abovelie, an increase of 38 per cent,fjnrtimate.M ftreet bridge was estimatedKBOO, but under the contractM'-work was completed forfPlld, showing a saving otI; W, or that the estimate wass#t. above the actual cost.

street bridge was esti-gfeftt £2200. This bridge liasp.iiinder the contract systepijg-tiieady been spent, and theKfompleted will not be morelift pr just half the estimate"gift figures prove conclusivelyla&iltraet system invariablyBr enormous savings can bflMniiUt the day-labour method.fPlijtr Scheme Urged.P|ta 349 miles of streets-with-pK'Wttndaries, and when it «i

that an expenditure ofP«a only permanently sur*

aced 20 miles, it will bo realised thata tremendous expenditure is involved,unless a cheaper type of constructionis employed in future schemes. Inview of the irregularity of the founda-tions, the varying qualities of the drain-age, and the great mileage of streetsWithin the City boundaries, the commit-tee considers that some cheaper typeof construction would meet most ofthe requirements, and would make pos-sible the re-suifacing of q, much greatermileage at a considerably reduced post.

"There are numerous alternativesavailable. First there is the policy ofcontinuous patching with tarred' maca-dam until almost the whole surface iscovered. Another method is tq fill upthe existing pot holes and tar seal im-mediately, and 3 third method may bedescribed as reconstructed tar-sealingThis would allow of six times the yp.rd'age being laid for the samp amountof money. It is considered that, in.stead of repeal being necessary everyyear, as is required lu single coat work,the period between re-coating would' benot less than eighteen months to £hreeyears in three-coat work, and the pav?ing thus effected would mora than payfor the extra twO'«eal eoats applied atthe time pf reconstruction. This thirdmethod, the three-coat reconstructed)tar or bitumenous sealing, is consideredby the committee .as a satisfactorypolicy to bo adopted in connexion withthe future reading expenditure.

"A large number of streets . havebeen greatly improved by using thematerials salvaged from those streetswhich have been rebuilt, with the resultthat many more streets have been im-proved as a direct result of the carryingof the loftß tliau is shown in theschedule of works to be undertaken.

Effect the Ratepayers.'<Qne of the principal features of the

original scheme was that the loan wouldPOt involve any increased burden onthe ratepayers, the interest and sinkingfund being found from:—

ifciBeceipts from petrol tax .. 5,500Receipts from heavy traffic fees s,out)Special Toad improvement rate 10,000

£24,000

"Prior to the carrying of the loanproposal a special rate amounting to•i£ 10,pQ0 hftd been levied annually j.or

pome years to liquidate the City's ante-cedent liability, and this special roadimprovement rate simply took the plageof that rate. To date the financial fea-tures of the loan scheme have been carried out, and it has not been neces-•sary to levy the rate *yluch was pledgedas security for the Joan."

During the next 13 months, £IOOwould be spent for every mile of City

streets, added Mr Holland. Money Wasbeing spent out of all proportion tothe ability to pay. Out of a_penditure of £300,000 the Cityhave 30 miles of road re-built—a costaltogether too great.

Mr E. H. S. Hamilton W* ?

two coats of asphaltic surface could be

put on the roadß for £.3000 per mi

as 'against £BOOO per mile for concrete.He urged that the City Council shouldgive serious consideration to the com-pletion of the cheaper roads, and notspend the balance of the money. Localbody indebtedness in New was

the most "serious feature of presenttroubles.

Maintenance Copts.

Mr E. H. Andrews gave details ofthe work with particular regard totraffic, improvement of beauty spots,and the operations of the Tramway

Board. Good value had been given forthe money, he said, and the estimateshad been fairly correct, The mainarterial roads were practically com-pleted, t h e residential streetscould be improved at ft much lowercost. If a permanent street was not

contrasted maintenances wouldbt tremendous. When the residentialStreets yfero sealed the maintenancebill 'would be greatly reduced.

ijr J. W* Beanland (chajrpm" of thoWorks Committee of the-City Council)gaid that the experience gained by thoofficers lo ? the Council and the labourerswould stand them in good stead in thefuture. There was no question thatnothing could be too good in wayof material for road constructionLittle of the £220,000 loan would bospent this year, he said, for the, reasonthat it woujd take the Council all its•jlm® to spen<J the £39,500 Jo&na.nd?tssubsidies far unemployment.

_jjr A, W- Bfiftven urged caption mspending huge SWU18 on road •vorlcs,statins that wore effort should" bodirected into productive avenues.

In reply, Mr Holland B&id that bigfifcures had been given in an attemptto be fair, but he glad to be cor *

rected on some\uf his points. If ten-ders had been lovitefl f«r some of thework a greater dwtange could havebeen covered for the SUUie cost, he said.

Mr W, Hayw&rg, who presided inthe absence of the president (Mr H.D. Acland), said that the two striking

features that were apparent were thatthey must fcavO cheaper constructionAnd that contrast ia'pour 'foTwrw

RIOT IN PRISON.CONVICTS USE BOMBS.

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(V«T*D paeas A.SBociatjqw-~EV' EJ^CTRIC' TKLS6BAPK—COPTOWHT.) ;

(Received September 10th, 9 p.mO

NEW YQRK, September s.At Salt Lake City one convict was

killed, one guard fatally wounded, and

four others, including the warden, wereinjured during an outbreak to-day m

the Utah State Penitentiary,Convicts used priaonrjnade

knives in art attempt to gain their

XJreat confusion attended the riotin wbi«h'the Deputy-Wardena time held prisoner by the convicts.He was released by the }Vajfden

othen directed the guards to fireicell bouses to prevent the cO

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from getting into the prison yard, andultimately restoring order.

AMERICAN POLICEOFFICERS.

TWO SHOT DEAD.

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(Received September 10th, 9 p.m.)NEW YORK, September 9,

Extraordinary- shootings in <J'ff erentpirts of the .country occurred yestoi--day and to-day, involving in ?ach caso

ih. of » CbW Uto «

Bernardsville (New Jersey) Chiel PJPolice-Chtirles Cavanaughout of his house by fire in a ieiM»hour's home, nnd shot frmpHe had been actively warring a2al "®;f.lv-aroz shops and bo<K-leggera. Ihe

&W& to hj»,«b*M*HSU«ri ,

Cn!ldfof.lover the use of a road-mixmg machwebefore the letter's home.

MODERN SURGERY.AN EMPIRE STANDARD.

examiners visit dominion.

The number of students taking medi-cal courses in England has remainedpractically unaltered during the pastseven years, according to a, statementof Professor William Wright, dean andprofessor of anatomy at London Hospi-tal Medical College, who, with Profes-sor George Alfred Buckmaster, profes-sor of physiology at Bristol University,arrived in Christchurch from Welling-ton yesterday. The two professors, whohave been conducting the primary ox:

amin.ati'ons at Melbourne for the degreeof fellow of the Royal College of Sur-geons, left later for Dunedin.

In .Melbourne &0 candidates had pra«aented themselves for examination inthe subjects of anatomy and physiol-ogy, said Professor Wright. He him-self conducted the examination in anat-

omy and Professor Buckmaster dealtwith the other subject. Of the 20 can-didates 10 passed, including one fromNew Zealand, Mr M. A. Falconer, ofOtago University. The standard of theCandidates' work was high, which meantthat the teaching in Australia' and NewZealand was satisfactory. These examinations in anatomy and physiology,each consisting of a threethour writtenpaper and an oral examination lasting2Q minutes, were preliminaries to & sec-ond examination, held only inwhich consisted wholly of surgery andsurgical pathology.

The holding of the primary examina-tion in Australia this year was arrangedby the Royal Australasian College ofSurgeons, which came into existence in1927. It was the first time the exam-ination had been held in Australia, al-though it had been held twice previouslyin Canada and would be held again thisyear at Toronto, whore Professor Wrightand Professor Buckmaster are nowbound. *

Discussing the number of medical stu-dents attending universities, ProfessorWright said there was a big influx intothe profession after the war when ex-servicemen were given service awards.This was certainly in evidence in Eng-land, and was probably more or less thesame a]l over the Empire. The medicalcourse being a five-year course, thecondition lasted until 1923. After thatthere was a rather rapid decline, sincewhen it seemed to have remained onabout the same level."

Progress Being Made." Notable recent progress in surgical

methods included great advances thathad taken placo in the use of radium andin diathermy and anaesthesia. Local an-aesthetics, with the patient conscious,were being used increasingly by surgeons,and the result was that shock was con-siderably lessened, and, in the case ofelderly patients, there was no respira-tory trouble. He himself had seen, evena serious operation inside the skull per-formed with tho patient conscious alltho time. , .

Returning to the subject of examina-tions, Professor Wright said that hepersonally had no douffl; that there wouldbe another examination for Australianand New Zealand students in three years<?r thereabouts, and that on that occa-sion it was vorv Hkoly that the examin-ations would be held both at Melbourneand Dunedin. With the same examina-tions at London, Edinburgh, Toronto,Melbourne, and Dtinedin, as might even-tually be the casu, it would do much topromote a higher and more uniform de-gree of pyrgical knowledge and skijlthroughout the Empire.

Professor Buckmaster agreed with hiscolleague i* this, pointing out that atthe present time both were actual exam-iners to the Royal College of Surgeonsof England, and that the examinationsat Melbourne were as near as theycould make them of exactly the samesort and standard as the primary ex-aminations in London. The examinationfor. the degree of Fellow of the RoyalCollege of Surgeons of England was ahall-mark of surgical skill. If a manwished to; be known as a skilful andexpert surgeon wa.s incumbent uponhim to take tho examination.

Hospitals Well-equipped.The prcseiit visit to Australia and

New Zealand was the outcome of aninvitation extended to them by theEoyal Australasian College of Surgeons,Professor Buc-kmaster continued. In aninformal way lie and Professor Wrighthad picked up a good deal Of informa-tion as to the kind of teaching in Aus-tralia ah}d New Zealand. They had foundthat the whole arrangement of thingsin Australia was rather different fromconditions in England. In Australiathere was a far greater severance be-tween physiological and anatomicalwork on the one fyand and hospitalwork on the other. The close liaisonwhich existed between Bych division^q| -worlf in Jtoglwifl stowed up all. themore distinctly when contrasted withAustralian methods. They had beenpleased to find that equipment was verygood all over the country, and that ar-rangements for teaching the subjectsof the primary examination were verygood also. "They have excellent ont;

fits/' he concluded, "and tfie equip-ment is equal, certainly in the biggercentres, to anything in England."

TRAWLER ABANDONED.

CAPTAIN AND CREW SURPRISED.

(UJWTED PRESS 40BQCIATEON—BI ELECTRICTSLJcaRM'JI^CQpr&JGHT,)

(Received September 10tb, 8,5 p.w.)SYPNBY, September 10.

The trawler Koraaga grounded on areef during the night at Shell Harbour.The captain and crew reached thp shorein lifeboats. Local residents gavethem shelter., The crew were amazed at 7 o'clockthis morning to see the Koraaga drift-ing south on an even keel, apparentlylittle the worse for her experienco,

' The captain explained that ho hadabandoned the trawler in the beliefthat she had become a total wreck,having 10 feet of water in her holdb.

derelict sinks.

(Received September 11th, 12.15 a.m.)

September 10.I'he captain and two members of the

crew rejoined the derelict during the

forenoon, but- later were compelled toleave the Koraaga, which sank at ■>

p.m., a few miles from Riama'.

SURPLUS HANDS.

HILLSIDE WORKSHOPS.

QUESTION OF DISPOSAL.

(PRBSS ASSOCIATION TELE&BAM.)

DUNEDIN, September 10.As a result of messages received from

the general secretaries of tho Amal-gamated Society of Railway Servantsnnd the Railway Tradesmen's Associa->tjon, a mass meeting of employees was

held at the Hillside Workshops to-day*

The messages advised that the Gen-eral Manager of Railways had iu-formed the secretaries that there weie

53 surplus hands at' the Hillside Work-shops, and the employees were askedwhether they favoured the dismissal ofthe hands in Dunedin or their transfeito the Hutt Workshops and the dis-missal of employees there.

With respect TO this, question it wasdecided to take no action, but the fol-lowing resolution was carried:

"That this mass meeting of the Hill-Hide employees protests against the dis-missal of tho productive staff withouta corresponding, reduction in the ad-ministrative and excessive overheadexpenditure. We consider that thoschedule .production system (should beabolished,' us it serves no useful pur*-pose. We are also of the opinion thatthe position of superintendent of work-shops should be dispensed with and thepresent occupant dismissed. This meetring considers that work should be al-located between the different shops, toobviate the transfer of large numbersof the staff, with consequent unneces-sary hardship."

THE ALTERNATIVES.

(P»BSS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.)

WELLINGTON, September 10.Regarding the proposed transfer or

dismissal of men employed at tho Hill-side Railway Workshops, the presidentof the New Zealand Railway Trades-men's Association, Mr W. J. Leitch,said this evening that his organisationwas still negotiating with Mr Sterling.

Mr Leitch said the alternatives of-fered were the dismissal of casualemployees and the transfer of perman-ent hands It was agreed, he said,that if dismissals were inevitableshorter service employees should beaffected ■ rather than those with longservice behind them. The Tradesmen'sAssociation, however, had proposalswhich might overcome tho problem withthe minimum of hardship.

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES.

(I'IiKSS ASSOCIATION TELgGSAM.)

WELLINGTON, September 10."he House of Representatives met

at 2.30 p.m.The Dominion; Life Assurance Office

of New Zealand, Limited, Bill wasread a second time.

Replying to Mr P. Eraser (Lah-,Wellington Central) tho Prime Min-ister said he intended making a state-ment uhortly in respect of the opera-tions of the Mr.tson Shipping Line inNew Zealand waiters.

The Companies Empowering Amend-ment Bill (Hon. S. G. Smith) was in-troduced and road a first time.

The Rural Intermediate CreditAmendment Bill (Rt. Hon. G. W.Forbes) and the Taupiri Drainage andRiver District Amendment Bill (Hon..P, A. de la Perrelle) \vere' read a sec*ond timea

FALL DOWN A RAVINE.

TRAGEDY IN ' NORTH-WESTINDIA.

(UXITED rriESB ' ASSOCIATION —BY BLECTfIIOTELEOnAPH—COPSaiQHT.)

(Received September 10th, 11.45 p.m.)

DELHI, September 10.Mr Steuart E. Pears, Chief Commis-

sioner for the North-West frontierprovince since 1930, fell down a ravinewhile touring in a mountainous district,and was killed. His wife witnessedthe tragedy.

„ t v[Mr Steuart Edmund Pears was 50

years of age. He was educated atEdinburgh University a«4 at Gam-bridge, and entered the Indian CivilService in 1998. Re served three yearsin the Punjab, and later , was trans-ferred to the, political department.He held the position of political agentin various districts.]

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

MEXICO'S DECISION.

(USJTBP PBDSS ASSOCIATION—BY BLECTBIC'' TELBGEAfII—COPYRIGHT.) (

(Received September 10th, 9 p.m.)- MEXICO CITY, September 9.

The Senate on Wednesday unani-mously ratified Mexico's acceptance oftho invitation to join the League pfNations.

CRUSHED BETWEEN CAR ANDLORRY.

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(PEESS ASSOCIATION TELEQBIM.)

WELLINGTON, September 10.An inquest touching the death of

Frank Alfred Weine, 35. a marriedman, who was crushed between ■»lorry and » car at Emns Bay onAugust 20th, was held to-day Evi-dence wjis given that the lorry driver,James Phillip Finlav offered Weinea tow. The rope broke, and Weinewas crushed when the lorry was back-ing into position again. Weine hadinformed hiß father that he startedto pull the car tQwards the lorry,thinking the lorrv was stationary Thelorry driver was unable to see whatwas haffpening owing to the load onthe lorry.Tho Coroner (Mr Salek) . said thathe was unable to attach any blameto the driver of the lorry. i

The Cambridge Chamber of Com*merce. lias decided to support a schemaoriginated at Putaruru andnow before the Auckland f-andsBoard, for State lotteries in tho SouthAuckland district for the^-purpose ofsecuring finance for settling suitableunemployed men on the land. It wasconsidered the Government would bejustified in sanctioning the scheme inview pf the. large amount of moneythat was sent out of the Dominion forlotteries and art unions overseas.

SPEED-BOAT RACE.

TRICKERY DENIED.

AMERICAN COMPETITOR WEEPS.

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DETROIT, September £>.

Gar Wood to-day contradicted thestatements attributed to him yesterdaythat he had deliberately drawn KayoDon, the British challenger for theHannsworth Trophy; over the' starting-liue ahead of She gun in tho second

so as to get his rival disqualified.Wood said that the only thing lie had onhis mind was to beat Don over the line;he felt that if he got away first he wouldhave a chance to keep the lead. Whenhe saw Don make a start for the linehe apoeded up his boat (Miss AmericaIX.) and passed him before the line wasreached. It was this earnest desire ouDon's part to get. the lead, and Wood'sdetermination that Don would not "getthe jump," that caused the unfortunatemix-up, said the American.

Gar Wood Breads Down.Wood wept as he discussed the state-

ments attributed to him to the. effectthat Le had trickfed Kaye Don.

"I've been racing for years g,nd we'vejloue the best w'e could to carry theAmerican flag in a sportsmanlike way,"he said. "I don't know haw this mis-understanding can be rectified."

Wood broke down as he terminatedthe discussion. He said he coijljJn't talkabout it any more.

AH the Detroit newspapers on Mon-day evening parried stories which de-scribed Wood as deliberately drawingDon over the line while Wood's secondboat held back and made & legitimatestart. Tho newspapers further .quoteWood as saying he planned the start inadvance and that everything went offjust as he planned.

A Trophy for Kaye Don.It was still undecided to-day whether

any name would he engraved on theHarmsworth Trophy, and the questionmay be decided by the Yachtsmen's As-sociation as the national authority. IfMiss America VIIJ,, which was allowedto run alpjie pver jtart of the course onTuesday, is recognised as the winner,tjie name of CJ&rliold Arthur Wood, .the13-year-old son of Gar Wood, will beengraved on it as the winner, as he islisted as the owner of the boat. GeorgeWood's name will go in the records 'asthe driver.

Kaye Don was presented to-day withthe Weyhing Trophy, which is annuallyawarded to the winner of the fastestJap in the Harmsworth Trophy races; byvirtue of his Sunday's achievement,when he set a new recford in the firstrace. '

During the presentation Gar Woodstood at Kaye Don's side and was thefirst to offer his congratulations. The'trophy is a 24;n silver cup.

LAWN TENNIS.

CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION,

meeting op CompetitionsCOMMITTEE.

The Competitions Committee o£ the Caq-toibury Lawn Tennis Association met yes-terday. Present: Mr J. Mercer (chairman),and Messrs A. It. Jierrctt, J. L. Squire, W.M. Hawkins, H. Tillman, W. A, Clothier.J. O'Malley, and E. Browning.

The committee considered the schedule ofinter-club competitions for the coining seareon. The chairman pointed out that theentries in all grades last season constituted

' a record, no fewer than 115 teams takingpart in these contests, providing matchplay for between 800 and 900 players.

After a full discussion, it waa resolvedthat the following programme of matchesbe agreed upon:—

Senior grade (for .men of Canterbury rank-ing list standard).

A Grade "(in two; ob more sections).B Grade (in two or more sections).C Grade {in two pr more sections),D Grade (in two or more sections).The committee discussed at some length

the'question of making thtf senior inter-clubcompetition a mwed pne. 'lt waa pointedout that the general standard of the women'splay, with the exception of about tenplayers, was not sufficiently high, and thatthe great majority of these "players wouldbe available for the A grade matches, whichwould take Tplace on the grass courts.

It waa decided to invite entries forth-with for the A, B, C, and D grade com-petitions, the entries to close with thesecretary of the Association on Monday, Oc-tober sth; a special meeting of the commit-tee to be held on the following eveningto consider the entries and make the respec-tive draws. •

It was resolved that club secretaries beinformed that the personnel of teams mustbe sent in with the entry.

It was agreed that the competition regu-lation® beN amended by adding a clause pro-viding that no player shal}. be permitted toplay in a semi-final or final round of anycompetition unless such player has tajsenFart in not less than twp matches in•the competition.

Entry fees for competitions were fixedthe samp as last season. <

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NEW YORK, September 9. ,At the Forest Hills tennis tourney, in the

fourth round 'Van Ryn defeated Boussus-, 7-5, 6-0, 6-4.Doeg defeated Grant, 0-0, 4.6, 6-2, 6-1.Perry defeated Sutter, 4-6, 6?4, 6-3, 6-3.Bowmen defeated Clayton Burwell (Char-

lotte, North Carolina), 7-5, 4,-6, 0-l< 6-3.Bell defeated Bryan, 9-7, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5,Shields defeated Gledhill, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 2-6,

6-4.

The matter of 'increasing hosjjitalcosts as a result of motor'accidents wasmentioned at tlie meeting of the Mana-watu executive of the Farmers' Unionon Saturday, whew the chairman (MrJ. A. McLeavey) moved:—"That inview of the heavy burden upon the tax-payers for public 'hospital treatmentrendered to injured motorists and motor-cyclists unable to pay for such treat-,ment, this meeting recommends the in-troduction of a system of insuynceagainst charges for such hospital treat-ment, the premium for such insuranceto be added to the annual registration,charges made under the Act." Thechairman referred,to the heavy chargethat motor accident cases in hospitalwere upon the ratepayer. Motorrcyclists should be prepared to pay foranything that happens to them while incharge of a machine. The motion wascarried.

A tribute to British engineering andmanufacture was paid by Mr S. Ed-wards, chief electrician of the Auck-land Harbour Board, at the annualsmoke concert of the Board's electricalstaff. It had always been the Auck-land Harbour Board's policy to buyBritish plant, said Mr Edwards, and anotable . record had been achievedwithin the past 21 years. Duringthat time the eleetxical plant had donehalf a million hours of work, and notone serious accident had occurred Thpoperating staff had bandied over 8,000,000 tons ol cargo with similar successRefuting the charge that British engi-neers were conservative, Mr Edwardssaid that 35 years of experience hadconvinced him that British shippingapd plant construction always reachedthe highest point in design; material,and workmanship.

"You remember the castigation thoygave you when you increased the ratesof pay by Jd an hour at Auckland?"said Mr v H. E Swindell, secretary ofthe lileetrical Wirenien'a Union, toMr Justice Fraier in the Couit ofArbitration in Wellington. "I do nottake the slightest notice of these caati-gationa," remarked his Honour, "Bothsides kick, but 1 simply keep on sinn-ing." -

Theauthoxitje? at King George Hos-pital/Batorua, state that the -hospitalis not to be demolished and re-erectedat Otaki, as had been reported. Onlytv.ro wards, the Suvla and the Anzaewards, which have not been used since1922, are -to be removed to the pro-posed children's health camp at Otaki.-The other wards are to be parried onas usual;

The success of the publicity bevnfcgiven to New Zealand honey in Lon-don was noted by Mr G. Fcxsteiy otAuckland,' who returned , fey the jAo-rangf* this week after a Holiday ipsifcto England and the Continent. MrFoster said he saw several stridingdisplays. He considered that there msscope for further marketing in Ep-rope. - 1 ■■

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paragraphs of interest to motorists fortills page.

BY "ROADSTER."

NOTES.

The annual report of the SouthIsland Motor Union states that newcamping grounds have been made avail-able during the year and others liavcbeen improved, so that motorists arcnow well provided for in this respectthroughout the Dominion. The oppor-tunity is taken to remind motoristsof the desirability of taking care toleave camping places in a tidy stateand to put out fires before leaving.

A propeller-driven train, withcoaches designed of light aluminiumand a speed of 360 kilometres V2.S6S}miles) an hour, has been proposed byProiesaor K. Wiesinger, of ZtiriciiPolytechnicura, after 30 years of ex-periment.

Tho bases of all central tramwaystandards in Bristol, England, havebeen painted with alternate black andyellow bands to make, them conspicu-ous under all climatic conditions.These colours wore adopted by theAutomobilo Association over 20 yearsago.

The latest Homo Office figures regard-ing the amount of money extractedfrom motorists in EnglancJ in fines dur-ing 1930 make interesting reading.The total number of offences, nominalor otherwise, rose from 290,512 to332,575. Almost every class of offenceshowed a rise in- numbers, but in viewof' the vastly greater number ofmotorists this was almost inevitable.The fact that the number of "crim-inals'' who exceed the speed limit felloff indicates nothing but the unwilling-ness of the police to enforce an obso-lete law. It is pleasant to see thenumber of offendeis "cautioned" liasrisen by nearly 23,000. ? Out of 190,404persons prosecuted only 9440 escapedpunishment. In all £202,406 wasraised in fines.

Dr. A. H. Davis, of the NationalPhysical Laboratory, Teddington, Eng-land, has invented a clever instrumentfor the exact measurement of noise;he ia using it in connexion with ex-periments now being carried on inLondon. In grading various noises.Dr. Davis places in descending order ofloudness aero engines (110 decibels),pneumatic drills (90). busy traffic (70),side streets in London (€0), rustlingleaves (30), suburban sounds (20), andsilence—o! A decibel is the leastchange of' loudness perceptible to theear. At 120 decibels sound becomespainful, says Dr. Davis.

The business depression and politicalunrest in India is having a noticeableeffect on the motor-cycle movement inthat country, 1319 machines hav-ing been imported during the elevenmonths ended with February last, ascompared with 1736 machines in thecorresponding period of 1929-30. Bri-tish machines, however, continue themost popular; 1225 of the total wereBritish, leaving only .94 for fill othercountries.,"There is an increase' of 11.7 per c?nt.in unemployment Tn* inotor trade inEngland this"year compared withTn England during 1930

amount in fines for motoring offenceswas £46,725 on charges of drivingrecklessly. .■

A 30 by 3} tyre* blew out on anOverland "SO*' in an- American town,shattering several window panes inCSty Hall. >

In ",fk new Bill, which, is shortly tocome before the' Minister for Trans-portJ in* England, automatically-con-trolled headlights will, be included.

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JAPAN LEADS.

hOAD MILES BASED ONAREA. *

RUSSIA'S POSITION.

Although tho United States lias thegreatest mileage of roads in the worldwith 3,016,381 miles, or 38 per cent, ofthe total in existence, other countriesare rapidly and intensively construct-ing great highways.

The above percentage in' the UnitedStates is a notable decrease from the•10 per cent, of a recent census. Russiaranked second with 776,712 miles, fol-lowed by Japan, 573,325; France, 405,-028; Canada, 381,977; Australia, 300,-000; India, 283,506; Germany, 216,672;United Kingdom, 179,095; Poland, 139,-631.

Countries Compared.The fairest basis Oh which to com-

pare road mileage figures seems to bethe proportion of road mileage to area.One country large in area may have agreater road mileago, than a smallercountry, and yet be less adequately pro-vided with the roads it peeds. Anotherfactor that should be considered is thequality of the roads.

A. large mileage, of unimproved roadswill mean iStes in terms of highwaytransportation than a smaller amountof improved roads. However, becauseof the fact that the Netherlands,Russia, Spain, Switzerland and theUnited Kingdom, with a combinedmileage of more than a million, do notshow the length of their unimprovedroads, it is not possible to makeadequate comparisons.

Hard Surfaced Roads.Considering the area, and total mile-

age only, without regard to quality ofroad surface, Japan leads the world,with three miles of road to the squaremile, followedpy Luxembourg with 2.6;Northern Ireland, 2.5; United Kingdom,2; Denmark, 1.9; -France,. 1.89; IrishFree State, 1.75; Belgium, 1.43;Lithuania, 1.28; Germany, 1.19;Netherlands, 1.18; Hungary, 1.05.

As commonly used, the term "im-proved roads" includes all roads onwhich soino work of improvement, suchas grading, draining, etc., has beondone. The degree of improvementvaries sb greatly on different roadsand in different countries that it isalmost useless to attempt comparisonswhen earth roads are included. It ismore feasible to consider only the hardsurfaced roads, from water boundmacadam, up to asphaltand cementconcrete.

Other Statistics.The standing, re|hrding hard-sur-

faced road mileage in proportion toarea in those countries having an areaof .1000 I>r more square miles (omittingthe 'Aegean Islands, Germany, Russia,Spftin,' ~Switzerland' and, tli'e UnitedKingdom, which did dot report fullyby types), is as follow?: Northern -Ire-land, 0.4 square milp to one mile ofroad; Luxembourg, 0.44; Irish TreeState, 0.573; Czocho-Slovakia, 1,21;Italy, A26; Austria, 1.57; Prench WestIndies, 2.13; British West Indies, 2.21;Porto Bico, 2,63; Belgium, 2;66; Hun-gary, 3.19; New Zealand, 3.34; Ru-mania* 3.96;, Cyprus, 4.07; Denmark,

*4.13;" Bulgaria, 4.34; Poland, 4.83;Ceylon, 5.16; Jugoslavia, 5.52; Trance,8.56; British Malaya, 12.11 •. Tunisia,14.40 and .the United.square miles of area t6" one mile ofhard surfaced road.

A GOOD YEAR.

| SOUTH ISLAND MOTORUNION.

INCREASED MEMBERSHIP.. *

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Although two clubs, the MarlboroughMotor-Cycle Club and the ChristchurchMotor Club, have gone out of existenceduring -the past twelve months, mostof the other clubs affiliated with theSouth Island Motor Union show a,n in-crease in membership, as a result ofwhich the total strength now standsat 16,179 as against 15,370 last year,according to the 11th'annual report ofthe South Island Motor Union.

"The attention oC the Governmentwas drawn to the great disparity inthe price of petrol in New Zealand com-pared with the price in the country ol*origin and an investigation was askedfor," states the report. "The PrimeMinister was kind enough to promise

[ that a Departmental investigation wouldbe made. So far no report of this in-vestigation has been received, but it isunderstood that it will be available atan early date.

Safety Posters.• "The Union has co-operated with theNorth Island Motor Union in sendingsafety posters to all schools in NewZealatod. The posters are sent outevery three taonths and have provedvery effective in teaching children'Safety First' precautions. A largonumber of appreciative letters havebeen received from headmasters individ-ually and from headmasters J associa-tions. The Union was indebted to theNorth Island Motor Union for tlid pre-paration of the posters. Very valuablowork has also been dons by individualassociations in giving 'Safety First'talks and in inaugurating school patrols.

Stolen Vehicles."Another valuable service this year

was the arrangement mado (largelythrough tho effort of the North Is-land Motor Union) with tho Broadcast-ing Company in broadcasting descrip-tions of members' motor Vehicles thatare stolen. This has proved to be ofgreat assistance in the recovery jfstolen vehicles, and tho Union is ofopinion that the publicity given to thoarrangement made has proved somewhatof a deterrent to possible offenders. No-tification of the theft of the vehiclemust be. given to the Broadcasting Com-pany through a Club or Association.

"Representations were made duringthe year to the Government to havethe law amended to make provision forgreater penalties for the tliert, or tak-ing 'without colour of right' of motorvehicles, but tho Minister has pointedout certain difficulties,' which theUnion considers could bo ovrecome bygiving a Magistrate power to deal withall cases summarily. It has been noticedlately that offenders have been dealtwith more severely.

Road Patrols."The road patrol service by affiliated

associations has beon extended duringthe year and has been much appreci-ated by all who have been assisted. Ithas been found, liqwever, very expensiveto maintain solely as a road service, andit is very doubtful whether such a tser-vice (purely as such) can adequatelybe maintained on the small subscriptioncharged by associations in New Zea-land.

Motor Journal.M Jt is rcgrotted that the publishers

were unable to continue the publicationof the official journal, the 'New Zealand.Motor-Owner,' the issue having ceasedin last. Considerable loss wasma.de on the,venture, and owing to thofinancial outlook and the increased costof postage fit was considered advisablenot to make any fresh arrangementuntil times improved.

Insurance Association."The .South Island Motor Union

Mutual Insurance Association has nowbeen in existence five years, and hasproved asunqualified success from everypoint of view. 'During that periodpremium rates have been reduced ■ 40per cent., a. bonus has been paid topplicy-holders, and policy benefits havebeen greatly extended. Claims paidamount to nearly £40,000,amount to £37,000, and invested funds(including reserves) to over £40,0(T0.It may also be added that owing to thoestablishment of the Association and

consequent lowering of premiumrates generally motorists have beensaved hundreds of ,pounds."

PAVED ROADWAYS.

MISTAKES TO AVOID.

"Main road paving is leading manymotorists into a thoughtless procedurewhich is fraught with danger, to otherusers of the road," states the Canter-bury Automobile Association in itslitest dealing with safetyprinciples.

. "This fault is that of halting thocar on the paved roadway. There is agrowing tendency to pull up for somereason or other on the' paving, andalight from' the car. It seems to,.'beforgotten that the pave£, portion doesRot constitute the whole road, and bypulling up on. the paved stretch :motor-ists are ;not obeying the rule of the rpadof pulling over as close as possible tothe extreme left when stopping. If theshoulders of paved roads were in badorder /might be Bome excuse forthus monopolising the paving, but t'hatexcuse does not apply. *

"It is extremely bad motoring prac-tice, and highly dangerous, to halt one's,

'car within a few.feet of the centre lineof any roadway, and the offence is Tig-gravated/on a main highway such asthe North road, carrying a great deal ofl'ast traffic, some of it of the bus type.. "If you are travelling, make use ofthe paving by all means; if halting, get•over, to the extreme left out of thetraffic stream where no obstruction willbe caused. And cyclists, too, shouldshow more consideration for other roadusers by not riding three and four

j abreast on paved roads, or any roadsfor that matter."

ADJUSTING SIDE LAMPS.

: Side lamps of the type having aflanged -base bolted through the mud-guard are sometimes difficult to ad-just \fith, regard to the beam angle.As a rule there is ' a thick rubberwasher between the lamp base and tnemudguard. By a little tighteningand loosening of the two securingnuts the . beam . angle can be variedbetween smaft limits owing to the rub-ber being compressed or released.Larger deflections can be made by in-serting rubber packing pieces beneaththe main washer. As an alternative,it is possible, with a sharp, well-wetted knife blade, to slice a wedge-shaped piece from the washer itself;.the piece cut off from, say, the tor-ward face being then slipped underthe rear face. This fives a very defi-nite alteration of angle.... v ■ * '•

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The new Ford factory at Cologne wasformally opened on Friday, June 12th.About 1500 people will be employed, theeapacity: of tl\e works being 350 carsper

MAIN HIGHWAYS.

APPRECIATION OF BOARD'SWORK.

MOTOR UNION'S REPORT.

Appreciation of tho work of the MainHighways Board is expressed in thoannual report of the South Island MotorUnion.

"Good progress J.ias been made 'withthe improvement main highwaysof the South Island," states the re-port, ■- "and motorists are beginningthoroughly to appreciate the effect ofthe good work that has been done bythe Main Highways Board.

"Last year additional taxation wasimposed 011 motorists by means of anincrease in the petrol'-tax from 4d toGd per gallon to make good the with-drawal by tlio Government of its con-tributions to tho Main Highways Fundsamounting to £235,000 annually, andto provide interest on past free grantsof £1,226,000, such interest amountingto £61,000 annually, and to relieve, theConsolidated Fund of its annual sub-sidies-of £220,000 to local bodies, thoadditional tax thug paid by motoristsrelieving the Consolidated Fund to theextent %f £516,000 for the year. Thisoxtra taxation was imposed for opeyenr, the position to be reviewed at theend of twelve months.

Earmarking of Taxes."lieeently the Prime Minister lias

stated in connexion with the Main High-ways Fund that the earmarking of anytax for a special purpose is unsound inprinciple and that the amount the com-munity could afford to spend on roadsshould be determined in relation to therelative urgency of all other calls on thepublic purso and the financial positionof the country generally*. It would thusappear that there is a grave dangerqf the Government diverting to otherpurposes taxation collected from themotorists for the special purpose of im-provement and maintenance of theroads.

"A Select Committee of Parliamenthas now been set up to report on thewhole question of Main HighwaysFinanco and is now taking evidencefrom the various interests concerned andthe Union has to report that it has pre-pared evidence which was given beforetho Committee by Messrs F. \V. Freeman.and J. S. Hawkcs.

Bridge Charges."As a result of the report of the

Railways Commission tho Railways De-partment proposed to fix a new scaleof charges for road traffic using com-bined railway and road bridges. Theproposed increased charges amounted to£18,479, as against £2662 now beingpaid. Owing to the groat length of suchbridges in tho South Island, the greaterportion of tho extra charges would bepaid in tho south. As a result of theconference between the representativesof tite Union and tho representatives of

Counties' Association, tho MainHighways Board, and tho Railway De-partment, it is likely that the increasedcharges will be considerably reduced.

Motorists' Representation."The Union in conjunction with the

North Island Mfftor Union again maderepresentations during the year to theGovernment for provision to be madefor tho apointment of an additional re-presentative . on the Main HighwaysBoard, but as yet the Government hasnot acceded to the request. It there-fore behoves all motorists to stand firmin support of their claim. When it isconsidered that motorists now providethe whole of the funds of the Board(last year £1,840,000) the justice of therequest for further representationshould be unquestionable, and thematter was placed . before the SelectCommittee by tho representatives of theUnion when giving evidence, as a re-sult of wliich it is hoped that a favour-able recommendation will be made inthe Committee report to the House/'

NEW YORK'S LIGHTS.

EXTENSION OF SYSTEM.

The number of traffic light signalsNew York city is constantly being

increased, as one of the most effectivemeasures for street accident preven-tion.

In 1925 there were sixty-six' trafficlights' in the city, as compared with5453 intersections controlled by trafficlights on December 81st, 1930. Addi-tional systems already planned iyillincrease the* number of signal con-trolled intersections to 8827. Thesesignals provide control at points forwhich "27,000 policemen would' be re-quired if the same* control for thesame hours were not possible withmechanical means.

While the rapid extension of thetraffic signal system presides an addi-tional measure of protection for pedes-trians, tho number of accidents listedunder the cans© "Pedestrian crossingagainst traffic lights" is constantly in-creasing. #

Traffic signals are not installed onlyto regulate vehicular traffic. Theirprimary purpose is to provide protec-tion for 'pedestrians. Without the co-operation of the walking public theefforts of the city authorities to, givethis protection are futile.

The signals are now operating onshort time cycles, which reduces great-ly the waits necessary for pedestrians.The time saved by crossing in disre-gard of the signals is so inconsiderablethat it does not-warrant the hazardinvolved.

MODELS COMPARED.

WHY THEY FLUCTUATE.*

When slogging steadily up a hill, withtho engine working at its hardest, haveyjpu ever been passed by an exactlysimilar make and similar model to yourown and wondered Why? asks the"Eight Car and Cycle-ear," and haveyou ever summed up the situation bysaying, "Well, I don't know, but it ap-pears to me that some of these'modelsare much faster than others?'*

Probably you have; in fact, most ofus have, but few of us arrive at the con-clusion which is correct in nine casescut of ten—namely, that the car we aredriving is suffering from a loss of powerdue to causes which are fairly easilycapable of correction. In certain cases,of course, the car that passes us may bequite definitely "hotted up"; it is moreprobable, however, that its owner isone who takes a pride in its perform-ance and who never neglects to go overthe chassis periodically in order to makesure that it is giving of its best. Theowner who pays regular attention tothose little points mentioned sin themakers' handbook is always well re-paid for his trouble and gets infinitelybetter results than the motorist who re-gards his car as his slave and treats itaccordingly.

Since 1913 the number of motor-carsin use in France has risen from107,900 to over 1,500,000, plus 300,000motor-cycles.

CARE OF THE CAR.

POINTS WORTH WATCHING.

Difficult starting is a trouble ex-perienced by many motorists duringa, sudden cold snap, and a little at-tention, especially to the ignitionsystem, will go a long way towardminimising the difficulty. "The bat-tery should be put in A 1 condition,and show a full charge. While thestarting motor very seldom causestrouble, the carburettor must be ad-justed properly, and choke andthrottle controls connected properJy.Obviously, the spark plugs should becleaned, and the terminals of the sparkplug wires firmly attached. If theplugs have been in use 10,000 milesthey should be replaced. The ig-nition system, including all wiring andterminals, should be checked, par-ticular attention being paid to thedistributor timing and to condition ofthe contact points.

A few spare fuses are about themost useful items to carry in the kitof a cnr, because there is ways tliepossibility of a short circuit, and in-correctly connected, or a crossed wire.For the headlight and- liorn a 16-anipere (15A) fuse is usually used,while for the side,.tail and dash* light,a 5A fu?e in used. When replacingburnt-out fuses always replace with afuse of tlie same amperage as theone furnished by the maker. Wherethe fuse is in a red fibre there is alittle ring printed on its side. Whenthe fuße burns out this wilh becomeblack as a result. Changing the fusesaround will also prove if a. certainfoea la "blown." While the lighting

system, with its units, the battery,switches, fuses, and lights, is aseparate and independent syßtem,theignition system, the, generator, andthe starting motor are, also connectedto the battery, and so, in order to6ave wires and to reduce thg chanceof short circuits, the various systemsare connected together.

To stop tappet noises in cars whichhave developed that trouble, a spring-steel unit is inserted between the valvestem and the tappet head. Once inplace, it holds the tappet in constant,engagement -with the "'.camshaft, andcan be installed in l a few minutes.

" Small tools for car repairs arequickly accessible in a convenientholder in the dashboard. The racktips back on hinges, saving the taskof lifting seat cushions, is easily in-stalled, and holds the tools where theyare not likely to jar loose.

Motorists who own cars with polishedaluminium bodies or aluminium ! ac-cessories may be interested to kqpwthat one of the best polishing mediualsis eucalyptiis oil. The following recipein particular has been found to giveexcellent resiflts. It can be mixed-conveniently in a medicine bottle.The ingredients consist of half a tea-spoonful -of finely-powdered whiting,six 'teaspoonsful

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of a goodgrade of metal polish, and one tea-,spoonful of eucalyptus. Follow outthe instructions -usually found -op

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- a-medicine bottle by shaking beforeusing, and apply and polish in tb®nsnpl manner. 1When ordinary strap leather .isused for fan-belt drives, a very satis-factory joint can be made by cham-fering the ends and overlapping them,then tacking .them together with sixor eight-tacks on each side, the lengthcf the tacks being such that the pointscan be just turned over. Many joints,have been made itt this way, "Wd it;

has been found that the belt does"not click at the joint and will standup to a terrific amopnt of hard woTk.

Miany motorists, who v possess rimsfitted, with wedges, hare experiencedtrouble through their slipping. Theslipping, as a rule, is caused by ill-fitting or worn wedges (usually thelatter), which . results in the "valvebeing bodily pulled out of the tubeThis , is more liable "to occur in therear wheels, owing to the strain ofthe brakes. A good remedy 'to elimin-ate this trouble to cut short lengthsof rubber—pieces of_ old tubes do verywell—and insert them between thewedges , and the rim. By doing thisall rim trouble will disappear.

WARMING UP.

| Necessity is said to be the mothert of invention, and the following methodof an easy start with theaid of an electric flat-iron is notwithout interest, in spite of the wel-come advent of wanner' days. Aueasily constructed olamp enables theiron to be . held agaihst the' cylinderblock, and after the current has beenon for half an " hour or' so sufficientheat should be generated to ensure aneasy start. The iron ,is, of course,removed before the" car' • leaves the tmotor house. . ~-r .■ "

: An English inventor ha&i devised ameans of making' thin sheet-ing which is resilient and • non-brittleana which ' can tie moulded' into fire-proof . motor-car bodies •at half theweight and ' cost of steel ;■ three mostimportant British motor manufacturers,are experimenting Vsth the invention. !

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MIXTURE TROUBLE.

Mixture trouble inmay be due to the flowextra air getting intobetween the carburettor aridto water being ia theAs to trouble due-tofuel, to the carburettor, thej= J

which this might- be effected Jfollows: The car may «JW|jgJ |the gas may be turnedpipe may lie stopped «P»rettor may be' higher thanthe fuel" tank, if the carand has a gravityfeed sy^*>ggfcmay be trouble with theif the car has a yasuumthe petrol 'strainer m thedirty; the float valve- of.tww*^rettor may be stuck <g clo^"!Ti>aH»'to-tho extra air, sometimesholding the carburettoi-to «• ,fold, or the manifold toloosen, thus allowing air to ««

these joints and so weakenture. It is a good plan, therein*test and tighten thesewhile. By pouringjoints it is poagfMe to see, ifleakage, as, if there 4 the o«J wb»^,sucked in. .

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,- - 1The Problem of Friction

ThcALEMFTE SystemofLubrication solvestheproblem offriction justas sorelyas Sherlock Holmes solved die prob-lem of"The Speckled Band." «« « •.« * Grit, sand,and dirtInbearings cause friction and friction eventually destroystoe bearings—yepair bills follow. ALEMITE Lubricant is■ forced(by theAlemite Lubricating Sylem), into thebear-ing underpressure 0f3,000 pounds. Old, tvorn-ont greaae,-sand, grit and dirt are forced out, leaving the bearingclean, perfectly lubricated, and therefore friction free.

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SILENT CHANGING.

jMJBLE declutching• explained.

Qm most cara changing up is usuallvthat there is little excuse even

!l &» new driver to clash his gears,fc (Jutt motorists who liavo an.v difij-XtiFyie following prorcdure is reeom-

apd this should bo practisedsilent change can be

U»e clutch full out, and at the(flwa the throttle, which is

done by lifting the foot from0, jjcalcrator pedal. With the clutchj0 put, mora the gear lever slowlyjgfa) §entral, pauso for a second or so.•fed s|y»f geptly push the lever into«jur gear Now let the clutch usfefff »?id once °Pen the throttle.«e impuot of time to pause between

the low gear ant] engagingS'jjlg&cr one will depend upon theliiiUWl" l " car> ')ut l' ie ownerrdi ivorHp |pMi gauge this to a nicety.Jlgt ears are fitted with 9 clutch

jML.vbicfe bag the etteut of slowing[EUtbo lay-sbuit quickly, eo that theSjZ between the gears is npturajlymm***- ln some cases tho clutch-EhUt set to slow the |fty»shaft sosfiuy that the gear lever can bo putSgSSeolly without q pause fromEMM <i)to the position For the nextS&r geajr. (Some cars, however, >irgSFwm) irjtb a clutch-stop, and injjjylpMf* it is often easier to changeII jyy the psethod of "doubje-clu'tch-

fff|| pftoedure is as follows: .-Supposem #»'in tlio first gear and wish toSgw intP second- Declutch fully,SSpfaa throttle, and pull lever intoSn|. Now jet in your clutch againsfp instant, declutch again, pullSiy lever into second, let >n yourS&k, and speed up. The reason ofmyoperations is easy to follow. OnSm)K the throttle the engine natur-Xystowc down quickly, but thoH*."baring no stop; and particularly■flfPi heavy, will slow down muchSpigtliekly. Now, if after declutch*Kind putting vour lever into neu-ZSliwi lot in tho clutch again, theffiflKfl between the clutch and ilioi&fia'fly-wheel will brake the former,Spit whoa you declutch again inj-fMpfcly afterwards tho clutch midBby-ebaft will bare been forciblyJgPM down, and the second gear will|M£b quite easily.ipfa with cars not having a clutch-|E| it is not usually necessary toM declutch when changing npmh each speed. This depends&f the difference between, tho vari-ftuiif ratios, and tho owner-driverflraooß find out for himself what■pnl ia necessary to give him a eil-Kdbafige.

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USE OF HIGHWAYS.MORE TAXATION, LESS

MOTORING,

Deflate evidence tbat>*cW,lveaoq of motor vehicles retards the usqOf highways withip a 3tßte is presented{« vle ™;8U! tßof a study just coniplotedby the National Automobile Oh&aiDer ofCoßimerce of the TT S.A.

That high automobile levies &ndpetyol taxes havQ $ tendency to ejq-creftso the number of citizen whp canafford to own motor vefeieles was estab-lish§d by a study of the Uinted States'Bufo&u of Public Roads reports op Stfttemotor vehicle registffttipiis wd Statayear

Slo3?a ?etroiTho Government records disclose thatwhile motor vehicle registration forthe cputnry, as & whole, increased dur-

ing the year, fhero was a registrationdrop in twenty gtatcp,A significant feature of this is that oftnc twenty States reporting decreasesin motor vehicle registrations, tep wereamong the twelve States haviijg

Ifhes l Qr vebiek tax average,In Oregon whers tip totaiJtax revenue pgr vehicle was highest,amounting to 10sper cay, there wasa decrease in rfefflstration frbm 269,000to 252,000 vehicles.

in ether words, high tfixatioa con-tj-ibuted to a situation where 17,000 ci't'i-zpns Of the StQ,te wers USftbJe to con-tinue enjoying the privilege of autg-mobilq pwner»}ijp.

In Florida, with an average tax of£ll 5s per vehjeie, thero was a decreasein registration during 19$0 of 18,000vehicles a decrease of 7000 unitsfor the preceding yenr.'

The Chamber recognised that currentbusiness condition* havO contri-buted materially to the resultant de-creases ip registrfttion.

It out, however, that in-creases in registration werp reported inStates where business conditions wereknown to be comparable to those inStates where decrease? occurred, andwhere the only knowa difference wasin the rftte o# taxation.

PETROL CONSUMED.

An average of gallows of petrolwag used by #jioh jnotorllt in t^o UnitedStates during 1930, according to figurescompiled by the Awericau Motprista'Association, baaed upon petrol tax re-turn* reported by tfee forty-eight Statesand the District of Columbia,

ffhe total petrol consumptionyear by all motor-vehicles was 15,789,000,000 gallons, compared with 14,500,-000,000 gallons consumed in 1920, whonthe average per capita petrol consump-tion by each motorist w« 5H gftljonfl.

The highest per capital consumptionlast year was by motorists of Florida,each using an average of 003 gallons.The lowest was by motorists of lowa,with an average pf 503 gallons per jmot or-vehicle.

THE TYRES.ADDING TO THEIR LIFE.

REPAIRS AND WHEEL-CHANGING.

If one excepts petrol consumption,there i$ no subject concerning the be-haviour of cars that forms ft more com-jjiqe topic for diacuaeion amongst car-owners than tyro mileages. One ownerwill tell fcaw he has run 20,000 xnjjes ona, tyre wbieh "still h»s lots of {readleft," whilst another will marvel bo-cftusQ h 9 "can never get more than10,000 nujes out ot a cover." Then willenpue s Ifiß? discussion pn possibjpcauses for the difference, much pf \yhichwill probably be widely fantastic.

Actually, tyre? themselves are remark-ably consistent nowadays, and similartypes by the same maker vary onjy asmall degree in the service which theyjug capable of giving, The rest de-pends pji the pwuer-T-on the way he looksafter thqnj and on the spepd and mannerin which he drives.

{'or this reason (my 9 "Shacklepin" illa very informative article in "TheLight Oaf") I propose to deal with thecorrect treatment of tyres frpm a main-tenance point of view,-but before doingso a few remarks oj) wheg)>changing willnot be put pf place,

Tp fit the spar? by the roadside shouldbp a very straightforward and simplgjob, but it is surprising how often oneSBes drivers in difficulties with a refracttory wheel, Abaeiice of the propertools, seized nuts, or a badly placedjftcjc are the usual eayses of thesetroubles,

On the subject of tools I need saylittle eJccept to advise readers alwaysto bo sure that ,the jipprppriate itemsare not only on the cap and in workingorder, but that thay are also stored ina place that allows them to be got ateasily, preferably without disturbingthe passengers.

Why Wheels wo Obstinate.Pifftculty in actual removal pf the

wheel is usually tho penalty oI a prov-vious hasty change. 'No matter in howmuch of ft hurry 6ne may be, it is alwaysa great mistake to omit to wipe thehub flange and retaining nuts clean anc[to smear them with oil or grease, Thispimple precaution effectively rules outthe likelihood of seizure and ensuresthat the wheel will elide off easily whennest it has to be removed.

So far as jacking up is concerned, thegolden rule is to tipd 8 firm level sur-face on which to place the jack and tomake sure that the hand bruke is on

before raising the cai ,* more than onecar has dropped on to. ope of its axleends through the ownerflllly omit-ting to apply the brake, Owners whoattempt tp ohfiwge a wheel OP softground may And themselves in a Bimilarplight unless they adopt the safeguardof placing a broad piece of wood—afloorboard, for example—under the jackto prevent it from sinking.

Another point that ij» worth watchingin the position of car; always re-member that n wheel has to'be slid off:the studs before it cap be removed apdallow room, if a near-side wheel isbeing changed, between the car and thekerb o? bank for this to .bo done, If itis necessary to jack up on rather un-even ground remember," too, that a punc-tured tyre does not take up bo muchroom as one that lg folly inflated. Shouldthis point be overlooked it may be pos-sible to remove the wheel that is punc-tured but impossible to lit the spare.This is a rather important point if ajack with a rather limited extension isbeing used.

jfatotenaiiee.So far as maintenance is concerned,

correct inflation is, needless to say, byfar the most important, and this mut-ter has been so greatly stressed bytyro makers themselves during thepest yonr or two that there Is hardlyany need for ma to enlarge on it, «*-

eept to emphasise the importance ofbuying n reliable pressure gauge andmaking use of it ouce a week.

Pumping up a tyre is such a-simplejob that jt would hardly seem neces-eary to say anything about it. Thereis, however, one little tip which may

new to gome readers and is wellworth bearing in mind. It is to countthe pumo strokes required to inflatethe tyre from one pressure to another,and then by a simple division sum todiscover how many strobes ore requiredto bring about a rise in pressure of libOflca this figure is known for a given,pump it saves much subsequenttroublo.

If, for example, a test is made andtba,pressure is fptiiid to be 221b whonthe correct pressure should be 231b,rind it is known that Ave strokes oftho pump raise the pressure lib, it isobvious that 20 strokes of the pumpabould bring about the desired effect.thu« saving tha need for repeatedly#sconriectiiig the pump and using thegauge. It is, however, always desir-able to make a final test with thogauge as a chock.

Car owners are not so conscientiousnowadays as they were once, when,tyres were rrxuch more expensive andmuch less satisfactory, and few go tothe trouble of periodically going overtheir corais picking out flints and eoforth and stopping the cuts made bythfm. Most owners, in fact, nevertouch their tyres other than to keeptliem at the correct pressures, and itfs certainly surprising how well modci-n tvres tfand up to their work underthese conditions

All the same, ! strongly advise anyoWner who regards economy as of greatinipprtJince to do thi* johfroro timeto time, because flints which causenothing but a small cut In the treadat thr outset will often go deeper anddeeper as time goes on until theyeventually pierce the cord easing;damp then begins to find its way in,with the result that the casing gradu-ally weal;ens and rdts, so making aburst more likely

Pieking out flints and so on is bestHf>nc with n file tang or a small screw-driver, and the cuts should ,be fj'ledwith one of the many stoppihg rom-pounds obtainable * from accessorydealers.

How to Repair Covers.In the case of a bad cut which has

caused a gash in the cord casing, ?tis best to put a patch on (he inside ofthe tyre ; really bad cuts are >ost (!»ajtwith by one of the special patches thatf<an be obtained for repairing covers,but small defects can, if desired, beput right with ordinary patching can-VIM.For anything but the smallest gashesmore than one layer of canvas shouldjw> used, the correct procedure beingto apply a small patch and then a)arefer one over the top of it. and pas.aibfy a larger one still over the topof jbhe second. If this is dono, Lhepatches will bp found to bold muchbetter and will not cause a sudden"p»unp'' on the insido of the cover!NeedleS* to say, the cord fabric «honklbo thoroughly clean before pntehes areapplied, tno best way of doing so beingbv m£ans of petrol and rag; the .usec»t too much petroi should, however,be avoided.

Mending ordjriarv pupf'tores in miiwtube's is a fairly simple job, especiallyjf prepared patches (that is to savpatens which havs a specially treatedsurface) are npad t and the only mistakethat is often made io in gmng in,sufficient time for the rubber solutionto beoome "tacky"; aptunlly, bve•tggjl M »»■

punctures —a ear should WBv<?r

be left standing with $ flat tyre. If itis not possible to mend the punctureright away tho wheel should either bechanged or, at least, jacked up untilthe job can be done, otherwise a_ severestrain is placed on the cord casing.

Causes of Premature Wear.So much for general maintenance. I

can now turn to causes of prematurewear which are sometimes puzzling toowners. Under-inflation is, of course,the most common, but I need not saymore about that here. T?ie pther mostlikely cause, if the wear is even allround the tyrp, is pu3aiign.-.ent_ of thowheels, which causey a scrubbing ac-tion between the tyre and the road.This can. in pjctrejne cases, ruin a coverin a few hundred miles.If this is suspected the alignment

should be tested; the job can best bedone in the case of the front wheels bymeans of a simple wooden g&ugc. Thiscap quite easily be made, and theheight of the aide arms should be equalto the height of the hubs from theground.

The method of use is to place thegauge pn the gar&ge floor and to adjustthe sliding arm go that both arms justtonch the rims at hub level in front ofthe sxle; the gauge should then betransferred to a corresponding pointbehind the front axle, when the differ-ence, jf p,ny, in the djstancS betwoenthe r}m edges should be noted.Actually, it is a mQOt point at thepresent time whether or not the wheelsshould "toe in" or be dead parallel whenthe eft? is {stationary. The recommenda-tions of individual car manufacturersshould be followed if known, but, inany. c»pe, the in" should not bompre than 3rl6in; in no cftse should thewheels "toe out."

Haying checked if neces-sary, alignmenta te#t ?hOHld next fee made to seewhether or net the front attd rear axlesare in correct alignment, and this canbe done by means of a length of stringstretched between the front and rearhubs; the Ijstance between the centreof the hull? should be ey&ctJy the sameon epch sidf, with the front wheels inthe straight-ahead position.

Causes pf Irregulax Wear.If the tyre wear is patchy—-that is to

say, if it lias taken place to a verymuch greater extent on some portionsof the cover than op other&"loosewheel gearings or a wheel that is potrunning true—rowing either to a bentaxle shaft or to a slight buckle in thewheel itself—should be suspected. Otherpossible causes are brake drums thatare not truly circular and -are causinga piuch greator retarding effect at somepoints on the revolution than at Others,or oil on the rubber owing to the carhaving been left standing in a pool ofoil or grease.

The question of keeping oil awayfrom tyres is actually more importantthan many owners realise, and I know

.of a case where three covers wereruined after a very small mileagethrough this particular cause. If oildoes find its way on to the rubber itshould immediately be removed with arag and a little petroWtoo much petrolmay be almost as harmful as the oil, as

is a solvent of rubber.There is ope other fault that often

puzzles owners, this being what isusually termed "spotty" wear; that is tosay, small portions of rubber being leftStanding well above the rest of thecover. The cause of this is slightly ob-scure, and if the fault iB present only toa slight degree need cause no worry.Where it is present to an excessive ex-tent, however, an examination shouldbe carried out for sueh faults as -awheel out of balaneo, loose, bearings, fruneven brake action, The actual wayin whic* it comes about is rather diffi-cult to explain and need not bo dealtwith hero. In any case, however, it isalways considerably aggravated byunder-inflation.

PETROL TAX FIGURES.

The State of Now York paid motor,vehicle taxe® in the amount of£14,051,0&Q during the year 1080.according to figures mode pubjierecently by William J. Gottlieb, yjcu-president of the New York .AutomobileClub, which is affiliated with the Ame-rican Automobile Association.The total collected by tile State fromregistration fees, drivers' licenses, andpetrol tax«s in 1980 was over £14.000,.000, as compared with £11,107,800 in1939, or au increase of nearly £3,000.- i000. IBy dividing the total collections foreach year by the registration for therespective years, it will bo seen thatthe State average per vehicle tax in1030 was £6 2s Gd, as compared withan of £5 in 1920, or an in-crease of £1 2s 6d in a period of twelvemonths.

MOTOR-CYCLE RACE.

CONVALESCENT PATIENT WINS.

(WfTISB OPJTCCMT. wiaswws.)

JttJQBY, September 9.Extraordinary pluck and determine

tion were shown by Mr D. J. Pirie,a young London architect, who', in theWe of Man yesterday, won, for thesecond year, the Junior Grand Prixmotor-cycle race, at an average speedof nearly 70 miles an hour.Pirie last week crashed badly andwas taken to hospital, fie emerged >*6s*terday to compete in t|ie race on a» elocette machine against 40 others.

Pespite his injuries, he establishedSeveral new records on the extremelydifficult course, whiph is 226 miles long,tig won by, nearly five minutes, thencollapsed completely, and was takenhack to hospital.

ARBOR DAY.

DOMAINS BOARD'S OUTING.

Members of. the Ghristcburch Do-mains Board held an Arbor Dayyesterday, when, late m the after-noon, they planned, on the banks ofVictoria. Lake, in Hagley Park, andon the river bonks in the BotanicGardens, 16 trees presented by MrR. Bi Owen.

It had been arranged that one treeshould be planted bv each member, butas spme were unable toi attend thosepresent had a double task. The treesComprised golden ash, Taxodiujn dis-tichum. Swamp cypress, ana bluecypres? and the planting part' wasmade un of Mrs A. I. Frafer. MessrsH. Kitson (chairman of the Board),W. H. Winsor, Geafgp Harper, R B.Owen. W T. Foster. J. F. Scott, theHon D Buddo. Messrs W. F Hilson(secretory), and James Young (cura-tor) Mr W P Glue assisted bywirinp the labels on to the treesi

At Victoria Lake t.hq trees wereplanted a considerable distance apart,and the boggy portion of the Gardensnear the western bridge received thetwaftip cypress.

Apologies for nbsiencQ were receivedfrom the Mayor (Mr TV G. Sul'ivan.M.P.). Mrs E. R. MrCorohs. Messrs

Frsenmn. F. George. M. ET/rons. S. A A W-'Shrub-«hall. and H . Eaglesome.

THE PRINCE'S NEWHOBBY.

MOTOR-BOAT RUNABOUT.

STIMULUS TO TRADE.

CrnOM OUtt OWN COBBESfONDEST.)

LONDON, August 7.Nearly every London paper has a

reference to the Prince of Wales andthe new acquisition to his inotor-boat

speed-boat runabout. Thenewest, known as the "Chris-CraftBaby," is built on car lines, and, unlikehis previous eraft where tho engine ismounted outboard, the motor is placedinboard at about tho centre of the bull.

The. Jboat is driven exactly like a parwith *

steering wheel and accelerator,and seats six people on deep upholstery.The Price's , two previous boats areracing craft and carry only one person,who lies prone at full length,at speed.

The new boat is 15* feet long, and iscapable of 30 miles an hour. It has asits • main features, by comparison withtho smaller outboard type, silence ofengine and high manoeuvrability. Itcan be turned in its own length.

The' Prince n»s already had severalruns on Virginia Water in the boat withMr Arthur Bray, vice-chairman of theMarine Motoring Association. Mr Braysaid to-day: "The Prince needed only afew minutes' tuition to grasp the hand-ling of his new boat, and ho should |bmkb » really first-class helmsman. Iunderstand that a proper half-milecourse is being laid out on Virginia

Water for the benefit of tho Prince andbis guests. This stretch -of / water isideal for motor-boating." '

Bank Holiday MoatThe Prince spent Bank Holiday after-

noon aflpat, when Mr Bray, Britain'srepresentative on tho internationalcommittee, which controls motor-boatracing the world over, took }iim downa runabout, and after ten minutes' in-struction handed oyer the control^.A friend who waß watching says thePrince wa- soon handling it with con-summate easo and skill, turning thelittle craft at speed in its own length,throwing up a, terrific wash which al-most drenched Prince George, who wasracing him In an outboard.

The Prince disdains overalls, prefer-ring plus four trousers, ad? pullover,and a beret. Prince -George woars thefamiliar white dungarees of the marinemotoring fraternity.

"Peterborough," in the "Daily Tele-graph,", writes: With each fresh in-terest developed by the Prince of Walessome new sphere, of public activity isinvested with increased vigour. Be-cently it will have been noticed how hehas been turning to national advantagethis priceless asset.

An Englishman has designed andbuilt an ehtirely novel motor-car—thekind of ear which, because it is revo-lutionary in its departure from acceptedpractice, is slow to catch the publicfancy. Hearing of this British effort,the Prince immediately bought one forhis own use and is constantly seen atthe wheel. He could hardly have givenhelp in a more valuable form, for, asthe leader of British fashion, ho hasset the seal of his approval on a pro-duct which the ordinary self-consciousEnglishman might otherwise haveshunned as outre. ,

The British aero industry equallyhag much to thank him for, and hislatest interest, the British-built speed-boat, is having a wonderfully stimulat-ing effect on this branch of manufac-ture also.

LANCASTER PARKBOARD.

REPRESENTATIVE RE-ELECTED.

A meeting of the Victory ParkBoard was held last evening, Mr W.fi. Wjnsor presiding over tue follow-ing: Messrs R, Beattip, W. I. King,W. Flewellyn, J K. Moloney, and J.O. MeGillivray (secretary).

Oiily oi?e nomination was receivedfor a representative on the Board ofsports other than cricket or football,that of Mr R. Beattie, the present re-presentative, and he was unanimouslyre-elected to the position. He was alsore-elected a member of the GroundsCommittee.

A report was received from thoGrounds Committee and discussed, andphe secretary reported an effective bal-ance, of more than £6OO in hand.On the motion of Mr Flewellyn, avote of congratulation was passed totho Canterbury Rugby Union repre-|hieldIFOS for - the Ranfurly

CHOIR CONTEST.

METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

A Sunday School choir contest waslipid in the Choral Hall on Saturdayevening, in conjunction with the an-nouncement of tne results of the Meth-odist Sunday School Scriptiire examina-tions, and wag very well attended.

Miss I. K. Croasdale, tho presidentpf the North ' Canterbury MethodistSunday School Union, spoke briefly Q8the value of Scripture examinations.

Tliere were two sections in the choircontest, the first fph children under16 years of age and the second 12years and under In the first sectionseven schools entered; Addington,JFteckenham New Brighton, Bangiora,Shirley, St. Albans, and Sumner/ Inthe second section two schools entered ?

Cashmere and Linwood.A playeUo was given by the scholarsof the Addingtoq Sunday School, en-titled "Hanging a Sign."Mr J. Voss, Pominion examination

secretary, Announced the results of theScripture examinations. The goldmedallists were as follows;

Junior Grade—Phyllis ThwaitesIntermediate Palmer(St,. Albans), 100 per cent- plus.Senior ' Grade—Waveney Tijwley(Auckland), 98 per cent,MrsJ. W. Palk, L.R.A.M-A.R.C.M., A,T-CX., judged the choirs,and in the first section awarded Beokr(•miam first, Aldington second, andItangiora *nd St. Albans third equal,

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s®cond section tin wood wastirst, and the j»dge Suggested that in-stead or giving a Becppd nriaie in thissection the prize-money be divided be-tween the two schools that pnme thirdtonal in the first sectioji.Thp then expressed thethanks of the Union tp Mrs Palk andMiss Jones and the and ex-nminatibh secretary.~^llo mm and gold medals weretheiv printed by the, president. . Theshields were won by the same schoolsthat ne]d them last year, (, A" shieldwas won by P»pa»Ui, 73 per cent.; *B"<!£?] u-

y,P?*k?lere < 70 per cent. { andO shield by Redcliffs, 100 par ooat.

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WELLINGTON, September 10.Seven years' imprisonment -with hard

labour was imposed by Ms Honour theChief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, inthe Supreme Court on Jack Morton andFlorence Cooper, who appeared for sen-tence on charges of robbery under arms,two ofwhichconcerned recenthold-upa atMiramar and on the Day's Bay road.Against Cooper there was also a chargeof robbery and wounding at Wanganui.Morton was also sentenced on a chargeof theft at Wellington, receiving twoyears' hard labour, to be served con-currently with the other term.

Mr P. Jackson, who appeared for theprisoners, said the male prisoner wasan Englishman, born in Yorkshire, 22years ago. He had been in New Zea-land about six months. Prior to com-ing to the country he had not been introuble. At Miramar Morton fired ashot at the feet of the persons who hadbeen held up, but Morton stated he firedthe shot not with the intention of do-ing any injury or harm, but to frightenthe persons. At the Day's Bay hold-up no injury was done.

His Honour: They weren't blankcartridges they had with them, youknow.

Mir Jackson: Oh, no! What I say isthat the shot was fired with the inten-tion of showing they really meant busi-ness, and nothing else.

His Honour: Exactly.Desire for Excitement.

Continuing, Mr Jackson said Mortonhad informed him he was actuated bya desire for some excitement. Thethrill of the idea of sticking somebodyup became uppermost in his mind.He seemed to have been urged to dosomething to relievo the monotony ofthings.

His Honour: All that doesn't makethe position any better. Excitementof that kind and thrills of that kindmust be discouraged.

"Yes, no doubt, sir," replied MrJackson. "He is a Yorkshire man.Perhaps he has somo strain of DickTurpin in his make-up." At the ex-piration of his sentence he would prob-ably leave the country.

Dealing with the case of FlorenceCooper, Mr Jackson said he thoughtthis class of crime by a woman wasunusual in New Zealand. Cooper wasa young woman divorced from her hus-band. She stated she was between 2Gand 27 years of'age. She was Aus-tralian-born, but had lived for thegreater part of her lifo in New Zea-land. Cooper became acquainted withMorton in July last, and, strange tosay, she also was actuated by a desirofor some thrilling excitement. Whenit was suggested to her by Morton thatthey should embark on these escapadesshe readily fell into line.

The Worse of the Two. jHis Honour: I believe the boot was |

! on the other foot; that she made thesuggestion to the male prisoner. She 'is the worse of the two, if there is anydifference at all. Do you know thatso • far from expressing or showing anyrepentance, she says that, the only re-gret'she has is that she didn't get moreout. of her crimes.

Mr Jackson: More thrills, probably.His Honour: No. , Moro . material

gain in the way of money.Mr Jackson said Cooper did. not de-

sire to hide herself behind the manso far as the Wanganui affair was con-cerned. Cooper did that on her own,Morton being in New Plymouth. Al-though one of the two shots she firedentered the man's leg, she said it wasnot her intention when she fired to doinjury.'

His Honour: What is the use of tell-ingme she didn't mean this; that shedian't mean to hurt him ? I don't ac-cept a word of it.

Counsel said Cooper, whose parentsresided at Wanganui, had not been be-fore the Court previously.

His. Honour's Comment.Addressing prisoners, his Honour

said: Highway robbery or robberyunder arms is an offence of the mostserious character. It is an offence ofthe class which fortunately is uncom-mon in New Zealand, but when two per-sons take it into their heads to com-mit a series of robberies under arms,the sentence imposed must be such asis calculated not only to punish the of-fenders, but to deter other personsminded to commit the same class ofoffence. My first impression was thatthe sentence to be imposed should notbe less than ten years, but I propose totake into account the fact that youare both young, the female prisonerbeing 26 and the male prisoner but 22.Nevertheless, the sentence must be asevere one. The sentence of theCourt is that you be kept in prison withhard labour on these robbery chargesfor seven years, and as to you, Morton,on the charge of theft, that you be keptin prison with hard labour for'a period-of two years. These sentences, how-ever, will be concurrent.

MOTOR UNION.

MONTHLY MEETING.

A meeting of the South Island MotorUnion, was held last evening, Mr F."W. Johnston presiding. Present wereMessrs H. C. Harley, F. W. Freeman,W. R. Carey, J. S. Hawkes, W. L.Minson, R. Hi. Parker, and P. R. Har-man (secretary).

The Awatere, Marlborough, Cheviot,Waimea, and Waipara County Councilswrote advising that they were in sup-port of the Union's protest concerningthe use of highway funds.

The Nelson Automobile Associationforwarded again its remit, defeated atthe last quarterly meeting, "That stepsshould be taken to endeavour to makeuniversal the rule that. downhill trafficshould give way to up-hill traffic. ItWas felt, stated the lett<er, that if therule were made uniform it would beof very great assistance to motorists,lie remit was supported by the Wai-rarapa, Taranaki, Auckland, and Wel-lington Associations.

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son Association -concerning waysidehoardings erected by some of the oilcompanies, it was. decided to bring thematter before "the ajinual meeting.

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MR. H. H.* PITMAN.

! An old and highly respected residentof Christchurch, Mr Henry HerbertPitman, died early yesterday morning.Mr Pitman was connected with thedirectorates of several public companies,and for many years was Steward ofEducational Reserves for the CanterburyProvincial District.

Mr Pitman was the second son of MrS. Pitman, of the Manor House, BishopsHull, Taunton, Somerset, and of Oultonand Irmingland Hall in the County ofNorfolk. He was born on March 6tli,1847, and came to Lyttelton with MrF. W. . Delamain in the shipBritish Empire in 1864. A fortnightafter arrival he went as a cadet withMessrs Thomson brothers, who, at thattime, leased over 100,000 acres knownas the Otaio Station, which included allthe country south of the Makikihi riverfrom the sea, extending back to theWaihao river in the hill country, andjoining the . run held by the MessrsStudholme brothers at Waimate. Afterthree years on the Otaio Station he ob-tained the management of the Sher-wood Estate, some 19,000 acres of lease-hold, south of the Makikihi river, extending from the sea to the mountains,which Messrs Thomson brothers sold toMessrs White and Selfe in 1865 out oftheir leasehold, but they held this runonly for two years when they sold outto Messrs Perring and Parker. Later,an area of about 7000 acres of thisleasehold was converted into freehold,and in May, 1878, after the land hadboen subdivided into farms of about 200acres, it was sold by auction to variouspepole.

Mr Pitman then came to Christchurch,and soon afterwards he was appointedSteward of Educational Reserves Atthat time all primary and some secon-dary educational reserves were admin-istered by the School Commissioners

: under the Canterbury Provincial Dis-trict from 1878 to April, 191],when by Act of Parliament the pri-mary school reserves passed to the con-trol of the Canterbury Land Board; andall the secondary school reserves ad-ministered by the School Commissionerspassed from their control in 1881, atvarious times, to the High Schools inCanterbury, created by New ZealandGazette notices published at differentdates. For a period of S3 years allprimary education reserves were man-aged and were inspected yearly underthe control of the School Commissionersof which body the Commissioner ofCrown Lands for Canterbury alwayswas a member.

For many years Mr Pitman was thelay representative for the parish ofWaimato in the Diocesan Synod. Healso was a Fellow of the GoverningBody of Christ's College for a longperiod. He was a director of tlieTrust and Agency Company, of Austra-lasia, Ltd., and later was a memberof the Board of the Now Zealand andAustralian Mortgage Company, and re-tained his seat on these directoratesuntil the companies gave up carryingon business in New Zealand. In 1902he -was appointed a director of MessrsWard and Co., and was chairman ofdirectors from 1918 to the beginning of1924. For some time he was ehairmanof the Now Zealand Farmers' Insur-ance Company, also of the CanterburySaleyards Company and of the Perman-ent Investment and Loan Association.He is survived by his widow- and bytwo sons—Lieut.-Colontil L. C. Pitman,Officer Commanding the Boyal Engi-neers, London, and Mr C. S. Pitman,Melbourne—and by one daughter, MrsHoward Hay, wife of Lieut-ColonelHoward Hay, Officer Commanding tfcoBoyal Garrison Artillery, Malta.The funeral, which will be private,tales' place to-day at Linwood C.emc- Itery 3.30 p.m. j

MR F. M. DUNN.

Mr Frederick Murray Dunn, whodied yesterday at the age of 86, wasfor 55 years an employee of the.Christchurch Press Co., Ltd., and re-tired in 1926. He was born in Perth,Scotland, came to New Zealand at theage of 19 in 1864, and joined ThhPbess staff in that yoar. Some yearslater he left for Wellington, wherefor seven years he worked in one ofthe newspaper offices. At the end ofthat time he returned to The Pbess,and worked again as a compositor, atfirst on the newspaper side, and laterin the jobbing department. He al-ways led a quiet life, and did not takepart in many outside activities. MrsDunn died four, years ago.

He is survived bv three sons, MessrsFrederick J. Dunn, of Timaru, AlanO. Dunn, of Napier, and James It.Dunn, of Melbourne, and two daugh-ters, Mrs F. Cooper and Miss L.Dunn, both of Christchurch. Hisgrandchildren are Messrs F. G. Dunn,of Christchurch, J. M. Dunn, ofTimaru, Mrs H. Mcßeath, and Misses0. and N. Dunn, all of Napier, andMiss L. Cooper, of Christchurch.There are five great-grandchildren.

MR DANIEL FERGUSON.

The death occurred suddenly at Te-muka on Tuesday nightof a well-knownSouth Canterbury resident, Mr I>. Fer-guson, at the age oi 69 years. Mi-Ferguson had been about as usual dur-ing the day, but he collapsed and diedof heart failure in the evening.

Mr Ferguson was educated at Glas-gow University, where he gained thedegree of Master of Arts. Mr Fer-guson went to the Temuka School asheadmaster from Pukeuri in about1895 and was for nine years stationedhere, leaving to take a similar portionat Palmerston. From there he trans-ferred to Hunnaton, but returned totho Temuka district as headmaster atWinchester .School.

After several most successful yearsin this position Mr Ferguson retiredand went to live in Temuka. In hisretirement he did not rest, however,and was a well-known figure in thetown. His keen interest in games ledhim to play on many fields ofsport. He was for some years a mem-ber of the Temuka Cricket Club, in hisearlier days, and was among the mostactive members of the golf and bowlingclubs up to the time of his death.Actually he had earned the right toplay off in the final of the men's juniorgolf championship this week. Hiis in-terest in Rugby football is shown bythe fact that lie was an officer of theWaihi Football Club for quite a num-ber of years.

Always a prominent member of theMasonic Lodge, Mr Ferguson wasclosely associated with the TemukaLodge St. George in the nine yearsfrom 1894 that he lived in Temuka.Later, when he took over his dutiesat Winchester School, he joined theWinchester Lodge, of which he was amember up to the time of his death.

Mr Ferguson's wife predeceased himabout three years ago, and he leavesfour daughters and two sons to mourntheir loss.

MR ALEXANDER GREIG.

Mr Alexander Greic, who died at hishome, Rangiora, on Saturday last, ar-rived with his parents at Lyttelton onDecember 22nd," 1858, at the ago ofnine years. The parent®,settled' atKftiapci. -A* rmn -Mr

Greig was employed by Mr C. Merton,.end later by Mr W. Buss, with whomlie remained many years, and was well-kriown at the Hangiora saleyards. MrGreig married Miss Mary Geddie, adaughter of Mr; William Geddis. He issurvived by his widow, one son, andseveral daughters, all of whom aremarried.

At the Methodist Church on Sundayevening last a motion of sympathy waspassed with the family.

MR JOHN HI^NT.

A very old identity has been lost to'Waimate by the death of Mr JohnHunt, in his 92nd year. He was bornnear Derby, England, and in 1857,with his parents, came out to New Zea-land in the ship Bosworth, landing atDunedin. In the same year he settledin North Otago, when the only buildingin what is now Oamaru was a shepherd'shut. After taking part in the gold rushto the Lindis in 1861, and the Gabriel'sGully rush, Mr Hunt 64 years ago wentto the Waimate district and entered in-to partnership in a sawmill with a MrJeffries, the mill being destroyed inthe great bush fire of'lß7B. He later en-gaged in various businesses, finally re-tiring some 20 years ago. He alwaystook a keen interest in the affairs of thedistrict, and served for a time on, the

Waimate Borough Council. Mir Hunt hada remarkable memory, and right up tohis death retained all his faculties. Ason and a daughter are left—-Mr JackHunt, of High street, Waimate, andMrs Dunn, of Christchurch.

LATE MRR. W. MORGAN.

THE FUNERAL.

Tiie funeral of Mr R. W. Morgan,headmaster at the Belfast School, whodied on Tuesday, was held yesterdayafternoon, the burial taking place atthe Waimairi Cemetery.

The committee, teaching staff, andmany pupita of the Belfast. School werepresent, as well as several prominentmembers of the Teachers' Institute,representatives of the EducationBoard, the Headmasters' Association,former inspectors, former teachers, theMaster and brethren of the ConcordLodgo, and officers of the MasonicGrand Lodge of Canterbury. Oldfriends and residents of the surround-ing districts were present in largenumbers. _

The burial service at the house, St.James avenue, Papanui, waß conductedby the Rev. E. Bandy, and the Rev.J. M. Simpson and the Rev. A. Hop-per. and at the graveside by the Rev.E. Bandy, and the Rev.. J. Miller; theMasonic' Service was read by Wor.Bro. F G. Page. Master of Concord

k°Mr Morgan was well esteemed for agenerous and kindly disposition. Hewas ever ready, both by his. musicaltalents and hi many other ways, toassist any deserving cause. His con-duct in life was exemplary.

Prior to being appointed head-master of Belfast School, he was head-master of Harewood School for up-wards of six years following lengthyperiods as assistant master at Opawa,Adflineton and Timaru Main Schools.

Wreathß were sent bv the Teachers"Institute, Belfast .School Committee,Teachers. Belfast School children, Con-cord Lodge,and by very, many personalfriend*

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(BBWISH OFFICIAL IHMLM3.)

(Received September 10th, 5.5 p.m.)

RUGBY, September 9.j In the absence of the French andItalian teams from the SchneiderTrophy contest, the procedure to befollowed on Saturday will be that oneof the two 5.6.8. Vickers supefmarinoRolls-Royce seaplanes specially de-signed for the contest will fly thecourse in an attempt to beat the 100kilometres world's speed record, andalso to establish a fresh record for theSchneider Trophy contest. Should thismove unsuccessful, au attempt will bemade by the 5.6.A., which flew in the1029 contest, followed by the 5.6.8.The Royal Aero Club has been notifiedthat the following pilots of the RoyalAir Force high-speed flight have beenprovisionally detailed to fly in theSchneider Trophy contest on Satur-day:—

Flight-Lieutenant J. N. Boothman,in an 5.6.8. Vickers supermarineRolls-Royce soaplane.

Flying-Officer L. S. Snaith, in th®5.6.A. which flew in the 1929 contest.

Flight-Lieutenant F. W. Long, inanother 5.0.8.

Flight-Lieutenant Or. H. Stainfortbhas been selected to fly the 5.6.8. sea-plane which will attempt to beat theworld's record speed over a three-kilometre course, at the earliest possibledate.

The club further announces that inthe event of the first machine winningthr trophy at a speed which beats theexisting record, a demonstration ofhigh-speed flying by the otherSchneider Trophy ~ aircraft may takeplace.

One of the 5.6.8. machines, which,have now been fitted with a racingengine was taken up for a final testflight to-day.

Among the spectators was Mr An-thony Fokker.

MISS AMY JOHNSON.

ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND.

(TSTrBB PRESS ASSOCIATION—BT BMCTRIOTELEGRAPH—COPISIQHT.)

LONDON, September 9.Miss Amy Johnson has arrived at

I.ympna, on her return from Japan.

FLIGHT IN BAD WEATHER.

| (BRITISH OMICIAIj KI&XUCSB.)

(Received September 10th, 5.6 p.m.)RUGBY, September 9.

Miss Amy Johnson, since leavingTokio on August 24th, encounteredmuch bad weather. Her flight , fromEngland to Tokio in a Puss Mpth aero-plane was accomplished in just overmue days.

Miss Amy Johnson is contemplatinga trans-Atlantic flight if she can arrangethe finance. |

OCEAN FLYER OVERDUE.

(rsriiD ?mss" association—bs zutcxaieTKLEOKAPH—COPTRMHT.)

SEATTLE, September 9., Moyle Allen was not reported atnoon to-day, 48 hours after his depar-ture from Japan, for America. Hispetrol-supply was Computed to be equi-valent _to 47 hours' flying. The .wea-ther is reported to be favourable.

BALOKOVIC.

! HIS SECOND TRIUMPH.

So deeply was the audience impressedby the art and emotional poyrer exhib-ited by Zlatko Balokovie at his firstappearance, that the fate of last night'sBecital could be confidently foretold.For it is the privilege accorded to themusioian of great gifts that he can winfame at a bound. . Again, he broughtto bear all the subtleties "and refine-ments that made bo adorably an intro-duction to his Christchurch season;again the lure of his buoyant, vibranttone of loveliness proved irresistible.And once more we appreciated his ab-stinence from anything in the shape ofself-glorification, yet that; he could nothide his great technical skill, whichthoughunobtrusive, was always readyat his command.

Last night's programme containedwithout a commonplace number, a liber-al provision of fine music, among which,as the most interesting may certainly beregarded one of the Mozart Concertos,all long absent from our programmes.It is hardly remembered that Mozart,in addition to being appraised an ex-ceptional pianist, was also an expertof the violin,' for which, among otherpieces, he wrote no less than six Con-certos. Last night's choice certainlyvindicated its resurrection. It is whole-;ly enjoyable. The bright Allegro,charming Bomanza—like movement andthe charm of the light-winged Hondo,all combined tohail its recovery. It was,however, too lavishly decorated . withcadenzas. Grieg's Sonata in C minor,exhaling a Northern breath, dramatic,'pathetic, leading to dance and romance,is a very fine composition, admirablyinterpreted by our .visitor.

The group presented in . the seconddivision was splendidly compiled. TheChopin "Nocturne," in transcriptionfor the violin, to be sure, was nevermore exquisitely played on strings andfor daintiness and fine flow the "Span-ish Dance" by De Falla-Kreisler alsocould not easily have been surpassed,to pick the best from all the good.. On<?e more, the wisdom of keeping,your accompanist permanently in yourcabin,. waß proved: again' last night, bythe co-operation of the two artists and'speaking volumes for Mr Kjell Fleet-wood as. well.

The hall was filled almost to the lastBeat and whole-hearted enthusiasm re-sponsible for its atmosphere, unaffectedby the outside chill.

DAMAGES AWARDED.

BREACH OF AGREEMENT.

(PKESB ASSOCIATION TJSLEGEAM.)

WELLINGTON, September 10.For breach of agreement to take de-

livery of certain sound-synchronisedpictures, United. Artiste (Australasia),Ltd., was awarded damages totalling£375 against the Fuller-Hayward•Theatre Corporation by the Chief Jus-tice in the Supreme"Court to-day.

His Honour, in delivering reservedj adgment, said the litigation hadarisen through a departure from thecourse of business contemplated. Thedefendant company, had agreed to ex-hibit "Evangeline at its theatre forone week, commencing before Decem-ber 31st, 1929, and the picture"enus" for eix successive playingdays, commencing before the same,date. The reason for the pictures notbeing exhibited was that they were so-called sound synchronised pictureswhich, owing to the sudden popularityof all-talkies, ha<3 become unprofitableto exhibit.

AMUSEMENTS.

] THEATRE ROYAL.

"TO OBLIGES A LADY" AND"BROTHERS."

- Two big attractions will form the new bill•which.will be presented at the Theatre Boyalto-morrow. . Both are exceptional _■ atfcfec-tions, and probably form an entertainmentcombination that would be impossible "to -im-prove upon. "To Oblige a:Lady" is an out-and-out comedy which stars Haisie Gay,'who'is one of the,-most popular of English eome-diannes. In. the'picture she plays the role,of a Cockney "char"- who is called in atshort notice to tako the' place of a cook, ina palatial West End home. Mr* 'Arris is,the name.she goes under, and she Is Quite un-daunted when informed that she is to preparea dinner for twelve or fonrteen. people, andthat there will be no fewer than six courses.Her dinner, it is said, is a masterpiece, andshe completely ruins the whole gathering,bat thla -is just a detail to the irrepressible:lady. - According to all reports the'plotureis something new in the way of. comedy-andit is a picture that keeps an audience inlaughter right throughout lite length, and fin-ishes with what is described as being themost comical situation ever seen in a talkingpicture. - .

"Brothers" is the second' feature on theprogramme. It is- a dramatic - story with- amost unusual twist. Bert liytell' plays adual role and Dorothy Sebastian is the femi-nine lead. The story is concerned with thelives of twin brothers, separated in infancyand the effect of contrasting environments ontheir personalities.' ' One is brought up inan atmosphere of wealth, the other in pov-erty. In unfolding, it reveals the-dissolutelife of the rich boy ending in murder, andthe wholesome life of the poor boy. Be-cause of the physical Eddie Con-nolly. the poor boy, is accused of the crimeof his twin, Bob Naughton, Whose identityhe was unuaware of until this .time. Fromhere the .picture moves on to . a smashingclimax of an uhußual nature. ': Altogetherthis programme should have a • wide- appeal,and it will undoubtedly prove- popular withpicturegoers.

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE.

"DADDY LONG LEGS."

. "Daddy Long Lege'V is ia its final week"at Everybody's Theatre.'. Janet Gayaorand the story by Jean Webster ax*equally responsible- for - the- sensational suc-cess of "Daddy Long Legs," but some creditmust be given to the producers,, also,. for theway In which they have handled the delightfultale of a modern Cinderella without manglingit out of recognition.

LIBERTY THEATRE."Misliehaving Ladies," at the liberty

Theatre, is an amusing film starring BenLyon, Louise Fazenda, and Lucien Little-field. Conrad Nagel and . Lorvtt* Y«onghead the caat in the seoond picture "TheBight of Way," an extremely clever adaota-tion of Sir Gilbert Parker's famous nwelJ

CRYSTAL PALACE.

"SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL."

Two British talkies of the first »i»nr will■comprise the outstanding comedy programmethat will start : to-morrow at the CrystalPalace. The big feature is the talkie Yersion;of"The School with alllhe8 famonß comedy

transferred unspoiled to the screen, and actedby leading British players. "What a Ntehtl"with Leslie Fuller and. Syd Courteney, fs thesecond big feature on the programme"The Bad Sister,with Sidney ip0 i andConrad Nagel, is now.at the Crystal Palace.

REGENT THEATRE.

"THE PRODIGAL."

la "The Prodigal/' . Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's spectacular production, which in-cludes Lawrence Tibbett. and Bather Batetona# the cast, the Begent Theatre hj»» fotmion#of the best films it haa had for month*, asthose who ae>. it when it opens. t*.ms*oirwill rgree. There ia a richness ef humonr."id jnusic set in th«leafy . South with soft - southern voices, thelSdkKdco1o«?lesCerinS'^familyBuster Kenton'g new comedy. T>arloiir

PLAZA THEATRE.

"YOUNG' v;*DON6^SUß^^^^^Cmenoesat the Plan

"Bis Brother,"

Cooper? and Marionvery big supporting;piet - the 'ohiractirathe book- or by •tho*;'%;picture. There i»- the v.to go straight. the <-fstreets, the "lovably

importantpai^'in.csra. for <shild.sorioualyby the man, asdutraight in older to giveIn life.! •. Hie'endeavmnaiare viewed auspiciously , and jUgflraiyphis effortsto be ,'nselais. .

allowed to go straight.is taken from his can no IMPMto take a retenge on Ioat on a bwil'of crime. The wjfi|BSSlTjW»»is said to be of the tkj,ally moving when' the boy .is *]reHßaeqj»his arms. This picture «Shouses to the Plaia Theatre next [iff**as it has every attribute 'a^-Siat£iaaiJtM£ ftainment." > ,

"* Yv- 1;

MAJESTIC THEATRE.

"WOMEN OF ALL NATi©®?'

Victor McLaglan stnA-'FMmtny?MBB*splendid roles in the picturetlo Theatre, ■ "Women of All jyWSßfri'The picture's story •»■ self-eviteiwG'®, _title, and-the cast that assist! thjMMHu !players is all-star, including grata ■

BrendeT, Fifi Dorsay, Marjorie wwl»Joyce Gompton.

CONCERT IN JELLICOEHALL.

." * .• A rery siiceessfol eoneert*»;

'font fond •£. the CWrtetertfc' ~5(

the St. John Ambnlarice Brigadein the Jellicoe Hall last eTaaing. "

oert.Tras org«nißedby,Mr« J. 0.Mrs W. H. Ford: • There was a to°4ance, and it -is expected that/,arfMPW '

sum will b»'raised, bat the pgfbe ascertained until all the tMfcafrfjiWW "4w.hare been accounted. for. Tie Wha*? Hi?-was as follows:—^lnstrumental trie; Y^VTobin and Mrs W. H. lord; son*,-!*** ;j£Francis; song, "Blackbird'sBetty Simpson; exhibition of r;-fiHr Museon's pupils; quartet, ABMBRFarewell," Messrs Francis, Si CWtwwftfiE!ton, and Ritchie; sons, "Tfaiata fat. Pp! tr jW. P. Pearoe; duo, "The HlntfftsMW^-,Miss Jane,, and Master Douglas .. Bhspffigj -

vocal duet, "Siagi Bird «n thy JCpfcBetty Simpson and Mr H. Franc*;- ""J/'The Tmmpeter," Mr MeCtaUodK ££& r -'."Honsehold Troubles of a Newly-Wed. ~~~j\wood Yonnt People; quartet, Birt off? i

at Eventide,* 1 Messrs Francis, 2ifiSS? jfiuton, and Ritchie; exhibition of trnMaft*?]Austin and Mr Musson; ballet, 30mDarrtMManhire's pupils;. instrumental few. .

Tobin and Mrs W..H. Ford; sos* "(.the Sea," Mr McOnHoeh.

,

The wwwfflwere Miss Dene Deal and Mrs W. S. «*«{■

FATAL ACCIDENT.: —•—

. "SiNegligent driving charge|

dismissed.WELLINGTON, September■&s.

Holding that hadbeen established, Mr E. ~~Vdismieed a charge of negligenttherebycausing the death_w '

Kiar, preferred against Rank "fl; "•

Wheelhonse Simpson, in *k® ;%

trateVCoort today.. The ; j...oat or an accident mffighLower Hutt, «n the affcenK® of vg"

'2nd. ' ■.:'■■■sJ

pLSfrf-rtdriven by Snnpstw n»n p°°wj jwA ~,

cars. Then aon the left side of the car and crash**

i&e drfendaatiwd.^iI,

difficolt to oontrol. n _ <&

The Magistrate heldwaeaotpfc^®^

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"THE PRESS" WEATHER REPORT.Readings by self-recording instruments at "The Press" Office, Christclmrcfaup t0 1 am. on Friday, September 11th. '

Thermo-meterat 1 a.m.

Ij AYind, S.W.; cloudy; barometer, steady.} J3aromoter, 30.27; thermometer, 3S.!

Pior SS i Rises,U6.ll°afnu; 'setslor beptember: 5M p.m.

W Quarter: :® 6h 51m p.m. p^' 5 Bet9 '

New Moon: Moon:12(1 3h £6in p.m. liises, 5.49 a.m.; sets,4.20 p.m.

Sm

<iuarlec: High Water at19c! 8h im a.m. Lyttelton ■'l'o clay, morning,2.57:_J ult Moon : afternoon, 3,15.C7'; 71: 15m a m. „1 o-morrow, morning,o.o,"; affenioon, 5.57.J>

; Synopsis. Lyttelton:9.00 a.iu. 1.30 p.m. 9. p.m. 1 a.in. a.m. Noon. G p.m.

lJurouieler 50.31 30.23 30.27 CO«7 00.22 30.23 30 22i'hermometer 30 -14 33 38 41 43 45'Maximum temperature lor 24 hours ended 9 p.m. yesterday—lndcg.Minimum temperature ior 24 hours ended 9 p.m. yostorday—3lde^'.Rainfall for 24 hours ended 1 a.m. to-day— .Clin.Rainfall for September, 1931--.Blin.Rainfall for September, J930—1.03in.Rainfall for 1931 to date—l4.7oin.Rainfall for 1930 to date—lß.B9in.Sunshine recorded on "The Press" recorder yostordiiy—Before 110011,1 hour 40 minutes; after noon, 10 minutes. Total, 1 liour 60minutes. Total for year to date, 1409 licur3. Total for corres-ponding period last year, 1315 hours. Total for corresponding

period 1929, 1297 hours 10 minutes. I

Baro-

l meter»tl a.m.

THE WEATHER. Seas (New Zealand waters)—Rough norlhof Kaikoura and cn tho west coast of theNorth Island, elsewhere smooth to moder-ate.

Eastern Tasman Sea—Moderate southerlywinds and moderate seas, lator tho -windveering to northerly and freshening in thesouthern portion.

AVeather—Changeable in tho North Islandwith passing showers in the northern andeastern . areas, mainly fair to fine in 1 lieSouth Island and soon becoming fine gener-ally; cold temperatures with some hardfiosts to-nighl .

DOMINION REPORTS.

li'ioiir readings taken at 4 p.m.)

Station. Wind. Weather. Bar. Tlier.Norfolk Island, S.W., light, fire 29.98Cape Maria, S., strong, cloudy,

rough sea .. .. .. -3.83 53Auckland, N.E., light 29.87 58East Cape, S., high, ehowery,

con. sea ..

'•..

'.. 09.9-1 51

Caps Egmont, S.E., ga,ie, cloudy,rough sea .. 80.02 10

Napier, S.S.E., fresh, rainsqualls, heavy sta .. .. 30.10 62

Farewell Spit, S., strong, fine,oon. eea .. .. .. 30.15 4U

Stephen Island, S.S.E., strong,cloudy, rough sea .. 30.CS 42

Wellington, S.E., breeze, over-cast, sea .. .. SO.M

Ccpe Campbell, W.S.W., light,showery, rough pea .. 30.18 43Grcymouth, E., breezo, fine, con,swell .. .. .. 30.00 50Akaroa Lighthouse, E., light,fine, mod. sea

.. .. 3D.IJ 42Nugget Point, N., fresh, fine,mod. sea .. .. .. 30.21 42

'Puysegur Point, S.E., light, fine,smooth con .. .. 30.18 45

Chatham Islands, E., breeze,cloudy, mod. sea .. .. 30.17 4G

Sydney, E.N.E., light, fine .. 29.95Holart, N.N.W., light, cloudy 29.6(1

Meteorological observations taken at theMagnetic Observatory, . 'Christchurch, at 9a.m. and 5 p.m. on September 10th:

9a.m. 5 p.m..•Barometer .. .. 30 2J3 30.251Thermomntcr—

Dry bulb '.. .. 38.S 42.9

Wet bulb. .. .. 07.9 39.8Max. prev. 2-1 hours .. 45.4Min. prev. 24 hours .. 30.4Max. in sun.. ..105 108Min. on grass .. .. 20.3Max. during day

Humidity per cent. ..93 76Wind .. .. W., N.E.,

light, light,C'loud (0-10) .. ..9 9Rain .. .. .. O.Ooin nil.

__ 1931. 1930.Rain-full lo dale .. .. IS.lSin 37.90in

Auckland—Tho weather was fine yesterdaymorning, but there were scattered showers intlu* aftornoon with a light wind from thenorth-east. The barometer rose during theday to 29.90.

"Wellington—The weather was cold andovercast yesterday with occasional lightshowers and bursts of sunshine. The windwas from the south.

Dunedin—Tho weather . was overcast andunsettled yesterday, with a fresh breezefiorn the north-east. Tho barometer rosecuring the day to 30.80.

! Forecast.General Situation—An anti-cyclone haß

been .advancing on to the Dominion butpressure is still relatively low in the north,a alight cyclone having moved to the eastof Auckland Peninsula. Barometers areagain falling over south-eastern Australia.

Winds—South-easterly to southerly northof Farewell Spit and Kaikoura, Btill strongin places but moderating, elsewhere variablewith easterly and later northerly prevail-ing

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ARRIVALS.Thursday, September 10 th.

Storm, tf.s. (0.40 a.m.), 741 tons, Shop-hard, from • Timaru. A. H. Turnbull andCo., .agents. .

' Wahiuo, s.3_ (6.45 a.m.). 4436 tons, Cam-eron, from 'Wellington. Union Steam ShipCo.. agents.

Port Gisborno, in.a. (7.80 a.m.), Higgs,from Napier. Kinsey and Co., Ltd., agonts.Wingatui, s.s. (0.20 a.m.), 2378 tons,

Whitcfleld, from Timaru. Union Steam ShipCo., agents.-

Waimarino, s.h. (9.50 a.m.), 3030 tons,Morgan, from Wellington. Union SteamShip Co., agents.Tees, s.s. (10.40 a.m.), 545 tonß, Dowell,from Tiiharu. Kinsoy and Co., Ltd., agents.

DEPARTURES.Thursday, September 10th.

Storm, s.s. (4.10 p.m.), • 741 tons, Sliep-hard, for Wellington. A. H. Turnbull, andCo., agents.

Kerminiuß, s.s. (4.15 p.m.), 8930 tons, forTimaru. Shaw, Savill, and Albion Co.,agents.'Tees, g.s. (6.15 p.m.), 545 tons, Dowell,for Wellington. Kinsey and Co., Ltd.,agents. , '

Wabine, s.s. (8.25 p.m.l, 4436 tons, Cam-eron, for Wellington. Union Steam ShipCo., agents.

VESSELS IN PORT.Ship. Berth. - Prom. To.

Calm—No. 5 East Laid uji.Cygnet—No. 8 Bstwk. Laid up. .

Poxton—No. 4 Wr est Laid up.Northern Light—

No. 2 East Auckland DunedinWingatui—-No. 6 West Timaru AucklandWaimarino—G.P., E. Auckland DnnedinPort Gisbornc— Napier London and

No. 3 West W.C.U.K,

EXPECTED ARRIVALS.Kuku, Wellington, this, day (not allotted),Maori, Wellington, this day.Taupata, Motueka, September 12th.Waliine, Wellington, September 12th.Waiko.uaiti, Dunedin, September 12th.Holmdale, Timaru, September 12th.Narbada, Wellington, September 12th.Canadian-Highlander,' Wellington, Sept. 12,(iale, Timaru, September 12th.Hauraki, New Plymouth, September 13th.Maui Pomare, Niue, September 14th.Opihl, Timaru, September - 15th.Waipiata, Wellington, September 15th.Wainui, Dunedin, September 10th.Waimarino, Timaru, September 16th.Totara, Timaru, September 16th.Breeze, Timaru, September 16th.Waipahi, Timaru; September 18th.Tongariro, Wellington, September 18th.Kent, Port Chalmers, September 24th.Somerset, Port Chalmers, September 27tli.Taranaki, London, September 29th.Port Alma. New Plymouth, October 2nd.Cornwall, Wellington, October Brd.Golden Cloud,-Wellington, .October 4th.Tongariro. Timaru, October 7th.Australind, Wellington, October 10th.Corinthic. Timaru, October 11th.Port Alma, Dunedin, October 14th.Canadian Conqueror, Wellington, Oct. loth,Port Hunter, Wellington, October 18th.City of Eastbourne, Wellington, Octobor 27,Port Fairy, Port Chalmers, October 28th.Diomede, H.M.S., Timaru, October 29th.Northumberland, Wellington, November 13,Canadian Cruiser, Wellington, November 12,Turakina, Wellington, November 28th.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.Wingatui, Wellington, this day.Maori, Wellington, this day.Waimarino, Dunedin, this day.Kuku. Nelson, September 12th.Holmdale, Wellington, September 12th.Gale, Wellington, September 12th.Taupata, Nelson, September 12th.Wahine, Wellington, September 12th. •

Northern Light, Dunedin, September lutn.Port Gisborne, Wanganui, September 13th.Canadian Highlander, Dunedin.' Sept. 14tli.Narbada, Timaru, September 14th.Maui Pomare, Wellington, September 14tn.Hauraki, Dunedin, September 14th.Waipiata, Dunedin, September 15th.Opihi, Wellington, September 15th.lireoze, Wellington, September 16th.Wninui, Wellington, September 16th.Waikouaiti, Timaru, September 10th.Waimarino, Wellington, September lotli.Totara. Wellington, September 16th.Waipahi, Nnpier, September 18th.Tongar'TO,. Dunedin, September 20th.Kent, Napier, September 26th.Somerset, Auckland. SeptemberTaranaki. Port Chalmers. October Ist.Port Alma, Dunedin, Octobor Qnd.Golden Cloud. Timaru, October oth.Cornwall, Dunedin. October Gth.Tongwiro, Wellington. October 9tu:Australind, Dunedin, October lOt'l-- Wellington, October l*l"-Port Alma. Wellington. October -luth.fJanad'an Conoueror. Dunedin. Octoner Jj,

Port Hunter. Dunedin, October 19th.City of Eastbourne. Dunedin, October «itn.Port Fairy, Timaru, October 2.9th. „ ,Northumberland, Dunedin, November l-in.

Turakina, Dunedin, November »0t".

SHIPPING NOTES.

I ilia W'ingatui is to complete loading herelito-day for Auckland, and sails y la Wel-

ji lington.

The Waimarino arrived yesterday fromAuckland, Portland, and Wellington, and Isto sail to-day for Dunedin and Timaru. Sheis due back on Wednesday to load forAuckland.

Tho Walkouaiti is uow expected here onSunday, from Dunedin to discharge cargofrom Newcastle and Sydney and to load.Sho is to sail about Wednesday for Sydney,via southern ports.

The Hauraki is to arrive hero on Mon-day morning from New Pij-m'outh to dischargecargo from Pacific Coast ports She is to sailon Monday niglit for Dunedin, Melbourne,and Sydney,

The Opilit liaß been delayed, and is nowdua to arrive at Lyttelton on Tuesday from■southern ports. She loads for Nelson -«udNew Plymouth, and sails via Wellington.

The Waipiatu is to arrive here oh Tues-day from Auckland and Wellington, and isto sail the same day for Dunedin, Bluff.Oamaru, and Timaru.

Tho Kuku is expected here early thinafternoon from Wellington. She takes incargo for Nelson, Molueka, and Wellington.

The Gale is to arrive here to-morrowfrom Timaru. and sails In the afternoonwith cargo for Wellington and Wanganui.

The Taupata is expected here to-morrowto load for Nelson. Mapua, and Motueka.taking cargo for Waiotapu, Collingwood, andTarakohe.' The Holmdale is expected here to-morrowfrom Dunedin, Oamaru, and Timaru. ' Sheis lo sail irf the afternoon with cargo forWellington. Plc»on, and Wanganui.

Tho Union Company's Narbada is timodto arrive here to-morrow from Wellington,and will discharge cargo from Calcutta.Singapore, Penang, and Samarang. She into sail on Monday for Timaru, Dunedin, andBll

The Tolara should he at Lyttelton' onWednesday from the south, and will loadfor New Plymouth. She sails via Wel-lington.

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The Rangitane is to sail from Aucklandat daybreak to-morrow for Southampton andLondon, via Panama.

The Cornwall is due at Auckland on Sep-

tember 23rd from' Liverpool,, and will dis-charge also at Wellington, Lyttelton, andPort Chalmers. . .

The private yacht Northern Light is ex-pected 'to sail from Lyttelton on Sundaymorning for the south. While at ■ Lytteltonthe yacht had a new main-boom fitted, hav-

ing sprung, tho old one during heavy weather

The departure of the Tamahlne from Plc-ton to-ntorrow has been delayed until 0pm„ and she will arrive at Wellington about8.20 p.m. ,

VESSELS WITHIN WIRELESSRANGE OF N.Z.

The following vessels are within 'rangeof the stations named:

Auckland—Aorangi, Athel Queen, GoldenHarvest, Kent, Laburnum. Maui Pomare,Maunganui, Melbourne Ma™, Monnda,Nairbank, New Zealand, Otokia, Parrakoola,Remuera, Temeraire. Tofua, Veronica, Yoco.

Wellington—Canadian Highlander, Hau-raki, Kalingo, Maimoa, Maori Niagara,Narbada, Rangitata, Rangitilvi, Tamahine,Taranaki, Waliine.

Awarua—Golden Cross, Makura, _ Slatai,llonowai, Ngakuta. Waikouaiti,' U amui.

•THE REMUERA.The New Zealand Shipping Company's

liner Remuera is due at Wellington to-dayfrom Auckland to complete discharge ofher London cargo, and to commence load-ing. She is to load also at Napier, Gis-horne, and Auckland, ond is to sail finallyfiom Auckland on September 30th for Lon-don via, Panama.

THE TONGARIRO.'j'ongariro .is due at Najjier to-day

from Auckland to continue discharge oi

her Liverpool cargo. She is to arrive atWellington on Tuesday and at Lytteltonon Friday nest for further discharge, andwill complete at Dunedin. The Tongarirowill then load at Bluff, Timaru, Lyttelton(Octo!>er 7th-9tb), and Wellington, and is

to sail finallv from Wellington on October14th for London and West Coast ports ofHie United Kingdom.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.SYDNEY, September 10,

Arrived, l Joit Waikaio, from Xew. Zea-land. AUCKLAND, September 10.

Arrived, Laburnum. (4.30 p.m.), from8 Sailed, New Zealand (10.10 a.m.), for Wel-lington; .-Maunganui (4.20 p.m.), for Wel-lington; Melbourne ilaru (3.15 p.m.), forfUdney. . September 10.

Arrives, Hatangi (0-25 a.m.). from Nel-son; Maori (7 a.m.). from Lyttelton; Am-hura (8.15 a.m.), from Nelson; Breeze (12.13t> m ) from Lyttelton; Maimoa (1.5 p.m.),from Port Chalmers; Tamahme (6.20 p; m ),

from pieton: Narbnda (7 p.m.), from Auck-laU

Sd a'i!cd. Talisman (12.40 p.m.). for Nelson;

Kuku (3.60 p.m.), for Lyttelton, Echo (5pm.) for Blenheim: Breeze <6 p.m.) forWangiinui; Matangi p.m.). for NOlson;»ro

._! • /•7 crt r»m for Lyttelton.Maori <7.50 p September 10.Arrived, Holmdale (10.40 a.m.)', from"Wei,

lington; Golden Cross (11 a-m-), from Lyt-telton; Gale (12.25 p.m.), from Lyttelton;Waiiouaiti C& p^nja from Bluff,

DAILY MEMORANDA—Friday, Sept. 11th.

AUCTIONS.McKenzie and Willis, at their Kuortis, as

1 p.m.—Fvi-niture, etc.li. C. Smith, at the City Market, at 11 a.m.

—Outside Entries, etc.; at ther Fanners'Saloyards—Horses, eto.Tonk3, Norton and Co., Ltd., at theirRooms, at 1-.30 p.m.—Furniture, etc.

U. G. Livingstone and Co., at their Koowajat 1 p.m.—Furniture', etc.

Lawrie and Dalton, at their Kooms s at I~£oifon.—Furniture eta,

MAIL NOTICES.(Supplied by the Postal Department.)

Mails close as under:—

Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill,and intermediate offices (night expresses),Sunday (letters only), 5.30 p.m.. Dunedinand offices south thereof only, guard's van,11 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 7 p.m.

Arthur's Pass, Otira, Greymouth, Westport,Hokitika. and other offices (expresses), Mon-day, 7.30 a.m.; guard's van, 8.20 a.m.; Tues-day, Thursday, and Saturday, 9 a.m.; guardsvan, 10 a.m., daily 3.30 p.m.

Ashburton, Geraldine, Temuka, Timaru,Waimate, Oamaru, and Dunedin, expressgoods train daily, 7 p.m.; late fee, 7.45 p.m.

Pictou and Nelson (letters only), Blen-heim, Kaikoura, Clarence Bridge, Ivekerangn,and Seddon (via Parnassus), daily 6 a.m.,guard's van 7.55 n.ni.

Rakaia, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dun-edin, Invercargill, and intermediate offices(expresses), Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,and Saturday, 7.50 a.m., mail van 8.35 a.m.;Wednesday and Friday, 11.10 a.m.; late fee,11.d5 a.m., mail vau 12.25 p.m.

To-day (Friday), September 11th.For northern ports, at 5.25 p.m.; lato

fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard's vau, 7.10p.m. train. Parcels, 4 p.m.

Mails for Australian States, Egypt, Japan,China, Straits Settlements, Ceylon, India, and■South Africa, per Maunganui, from Wellington,close at 5,25 p.m.; lato fee letters, 5.55guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train. Parcels 4p.m. Connects with Karachi-London air-mailservices in Australia. Due London October13th.

Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, and Con-tinent of Kurop« (correspondence must btjmarked "via Australia"), per Maunganui,at Wellington, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee let-ters, 5.55 p.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. tram.Duo London October ,18th.

Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, and Con-tinent of lCurope (specially addressed corre-spondence only), also all States of SouthAmerica, via Montevideo, per Maimoa, fromWellington, close at 5.25 p.m.; lato feo let-tors, 5.55 p.m.; guard's vfin, 7.10 p.m. train.Parcels at noon. Duo London October 26th.

Saturday, September 12th.I'or northern ports, at 5.25 p.m.; latß

foe letters, 5.55' p.m.; guard's van, 7.10p.m. train. Parcels, 4 p.m.

Mails for Commonwealth of Australia, viaSydney, per Parrakoola, from Wcjlington,close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.;guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train. Parcels at 4p.m.

Mails for Norfolk Island and New Hebridof.per Morinda, from Auckland, close at 5.20p.m.; late fee letters, 5.55 p.m.; guard's van,7.3 0 p.m train.

Mailß for Solomon Islands, New Hebrides,and Banks Island, per Southern Cross, fromAuckland, close at 5.25 p.m.; late fee letters,5.55 p.m.; guard's van, 7.10 p.m. train.

Outgoing Overseas Hails.Mails for Australian States, Egypt, Japan,

China, Straits Settlements, Ceylon, India,and South Africu, per Ulimaroa from Auck-land, close at 5.25 p.m. Wednesday, Sep-tember 16th.. Parcels 4 p.m. Tuesday. Con-nects with Karachi-Loudon air mail, dueLondon October 20th.

Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, and Con-tinent of Europe (correspondence must bospecially addressed), via Montevideo, perI'ort Gisborne from Wellington, close at

5.25 p.m. Friday, September 18th. Parcelsnoon. _

Mails lor Great Britain, Ireland, and Con-tinent of Europe, United States of America.Canada, Weßt Indies, and Mexico, Argen-tina, Brazil, Paraguoy, Uruguay, and_ Falk-land Islands, via Vancouver, also Fiji andHawaii, per Aorangi, from Auckland, closeat y 5.25 p.m., Saturday,' September 19th. Due'London October 19th. Correspondence willalso be accepted for dispatch by air-mail ser-vices in America.

Mails for Norfolk Island, per Hikurangi,from Auckland, close at 5.25 p.m. Wednes-day, September "Otli.

Incoming Overseas Mail6.Australian mail, ex Wainui from Mel-

bourne, via Bluff, due September 15th.Australian mail, ex Morinda from Sydney,

viii Auckland, due September 15th.Australian mail, ex Kulingo from Newcastle,

due September 15thAustralian mail, er Ulimaroa from Sydney,

via Auckland, due September 17th.Knjlisli arid American mail, cx Makura

frfin Snn Francisco, dun September 22nd.Enclisli mail, ox Corinthic from London,

due September 23rd.[■". ,1. SHANKS,

Chief Postm»ster.

RAILWAY TIME-TABLE.

Express- Trains I>oave Christchurch.For Invercargill: 8.35 a.m. Tuesday, Thurs-,

day, and Saturday; 11.2 p.m. on Sunday,Tuosday, Thursday, connects with Invercar-gill express train at Dunedin.

for Dunedin: 8.33 a.m. Monday, Tues-day, Thursday, and Saturday; 13.25 p.m.Wednesday and Friday; 11.2 p.m. on Sunday,Tuesday, and Thursday.

For Greymouth: 8.20 a.in. Monday; 10 a.m.on Tuesday. Thursday, and Saturday.

For I'arnassus: 7.55 a.m. daily (exceptSunday).

For Culverdeu: 9.13 a.m. daily (exceptSunday).

For Waiau: ■ 9.13 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday,nnd Saturday.

Express Trains Beach Christchurch.From Invercargill: 7.18 a.m. Monday;

7.26 p.m. Tuosday, Thursday, and Saturday.From Dunedin; 7.18 a.m. ou Monday,

Thursday, and Saturday; 7.28 p.m. Tues-day, Thursday, and Saturday; 5.10 p.m.Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

From Greymouth: 4.30 p.m. on Monday;5 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

From Parnassus: 6.51 p.m. daily (exceptSunday),

From Culverden: 5.51 p.m. daily (exceptSunday).

From Waiau: 5.51 p.m. Tuesday, Thurs-day. ana Saturday.

Ferry train leaves Christchurch for Lyt-tcHon 7.10 p.m. daily (except Sunday).

THROUGH THE CANAL.

WELLINGTON DOCK AT ADEN.

The Wellington Harbour Board's Jübileefloating dock, aocording to advice receivedon Wednesday by the Board from thebuilders of the dock, arrived at Aden onMonday, and that all is ' going well, Baystlii. "Post." The dock left Newcastle-on-Tvne oil July ISth for Wellington, and. theLondon "Times" said that it would prob-ably, arrive at Aden on September 15th, sois is considered that good time has beenmade. The dock will probably remain at Adenfor a little time to allow any overhaul thatis necessary to bo carried out, and. givellij Dutch tugs, Zwarte Zee and Eoode Zee,an opportunity to re-fuel. It will be diffi-cult to estimate the date of the dock'sarrival at Wellington until it loaves Aden,but it should bo about March of nestyear. Tho wharf off the Thorndon Keoiama-tion to which the Jubilee Dock will beberthed was finished last Friday, and wascompleted within five months of the tiruoallowed.

As compared with the time taken, intewing the first portion of the Singaporenaval clock, with a towage weight of 12,350tons, from Nowcastle-on-Tyne in 1928, thoWellington dock has made excellent timefor the Singapore dock left on Jure 21st,r.nd did not arrive at Aden until aboutAugust 23th.

GISBORNE HARBOUR LIGHT.

A notice lo mariners, isaued by the MarineDepartment, advi3es that on SeptemberHth the character of the light at the outerend of the western groyne at Gisborneharbour will be altered fvom fixed whitoto iised sreen.

THE HUIA.

The auxiliary brigantitw Huia, whichrecently discharged a quantity of explosivesat New Zealand ports from Melbourne, andthen loaded produce at Lyttelton for Auck-land, is now loading a cargo of timberaii Dargavill'e for Melbourne.

PORT OF TIMARU.

Thursda3f, September 10th.

Expected Arrivals.Hermimbs, Lyttelton, to-day.Gale, Dunedin, to-day.Holmdale, Oamaru, to-day.Opihi, Oamaru, to-day.Totara, Dunedin, September 15th.Wairaarino, Dunedin, September 15th.Waipahi, Oamaru, September 16th.Waikpuaiti, Dunedin, September X7th.Narbada, Lyttelton, September 17tli.Tongariro, Port Chalmers, October 5th.Port Alma, Lyttelton, October 10th.Corinthic, Port Chalmers, October 12th,

Projected Departures.liolmdale, Lyttelton, to-day.Gale, Lyttelton, to-day. ,Hcrminius, Wellington, September lLlth.Totara, Dunedin. September 15th.Vvaimarino, Lyttelton, September 15th.n aikouaiti, Lyttelton, September 17th.

Notes.The Tongariro will load moat and general

cargo at Timaru about October sth lor Lon-don.

The Port Alma is due here from' New YoTkabout October 10th to discharge cargo fromNew York and Tampico.The Port Fairy is due here about October30th to discharge London cargo. '

The Waikouaiti has left Sydney for Hobart,Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, Timaru, andOamaru. Duo hero September 17th.The Waimarino has left for Wellington,Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Timaru. Due hereSeptember 15th.The Opihi loaded at Dunedin for Oamaru,Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Nelson, andNew Plymouth. Due Timaru to-day.

The Waipahi loads at Dunedin on Septem-ber 15th for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wel-lington, Napier, and Gisborne. Due TimaruSeptember 16th,Tho Narbada, from Calcutta,: has arrivedat Auckland; thence Wellington, Lyttelton,Timaru, Dunedin, Bluff, Newcastle, Java,Calcutta. Due Timaru about September 17tb.

The Herminius loads frozen meat and gen-eral cargo here to-day for London.

The Waipiata has left Auckland for Wel-lington, LyttcltoD, Dunedin, Bluff, Oamaru,and Timaru. •

_ The Totara loads at Dunedin on Monday,via Timaru and Lyttelton, for New Plymouth.Due Timaru Tuesday, September 15th.

PORT OF GREYMOUTH.Arrival.

Thursday, September lOtb.Kaiuiiro, a.s., from Suva.

Expected Arrivals.Rata, from Wellington, to-day.Kanna, from Auckland, to-day.Alexander, from Oneliunga, early.Taupata, from Lyttelton, early.

Projected Departures.Kaimiro, for Wellington, to-day.liatft, for Onakaka and Nelsou, to-duy.

Notes.The Kaimiro, from Suva, is loading coal for

Wellington, and sails to-day.The Alexander is duo early from Onehunga,

via Nelson and Westport, with general cargo.The Taupata is due early from Lyttelton

with general oargo, and calls at Nelson andWestport en route.The Kata is duo to-day from Wellington

via way ports with general cargo. She loadicoal for Onakaka and Nelson.

The Kanna is due to-day from Auckland•with genoral cargo.

PROPOSED NEW LINE.�—-

SOUTH ISLAND-AUSTRALIA.

[THE PRESS Special Service.]

. DUNEDIN, September 10.Li was stated to-day by Mr H. V.

Johanusen, agent for the promotion ofthe new steamship line between Austra-lia and 6outh island ports, that theproposed capital of the company was-C50J;000, and of this amount £200,000was available. Blocks of shares werebeing reserved for distribution in Tas-mania, and the Eastern States of, theCommonwealth, but the South Islandmust of necessity be the principal sub-'Scriber. The future of the companydepended entirely upon the amount otsupport which the people of the SouthIsland would extend towards it. Noventure of . this magnitude could hopefor success unless there was behind itthe cordial support o£ the producing1,trading, und general community.. Mr Johainu.en said the . promoterscould secure two ships admirably fittedfor the trade in question large enoughto make ocean travel a comfort andsmall enough to work Dunedin Har-bour with no unnecessary delay.These vessels were of modernconstruction, being especially fit-ted up with passenger accommo-dation of a'.superior nature. Connex-ions were being arranged with well-established lines trading to the Com-monwealth from the Pacific, the East,and Europe for thorough, booking ofpassengers and transhipment of goods,thus ensuring early delivery and no lossof time. It was especially in connex-ion -with tho tourist traffic that thelino honed to excel, making as it wouldtho beauty and charm of the SoutnIsland more widely known and morereadily accessible.

COUNTY COUNCILS.1

EYRE.The monthly meeting of the Eyre County

Council was attended by Messrs H. E. Evans(in the chair), John.Oowens, H. A. Bennett,R. O. Dixon, J. W. Frizzcll, and F. L.Parnham.

. The request of Mr T. I>. Wright to leasea portion of unused road pear the old Km-pira bridge was- postponed until it was foundwhether the road had been legally closed.It was decided to advise Mr R. W. Hawke,M.P., that the Council wished him to op-pose the extension of tho provisions of theArbitration Act. to cover county employees,as proposed by Mr R. Somple, M.P., in aBill amending the Act to that effect, and alsoto oppose any legislation in regard to thediversion of main highways funds to gen-oral purposes.

To a request from .the Waimea CountyCouncil in the derating of county lands,and asking the Council's support, it was de-cided to suggest that the county should putits . views before the' committee of tho NewZealand Counties' Association.

It was decided to endeavour_to get theterms of reference (to be submitted to theCommission to be appointed to allocate thecost of maintenance of the new Waimakariribridge approaches) • extended to cover .alsothe old Empire bridge, as the old alloca-tion would doubtless automatically cease tohave effect when the now. one came intoforce.

The Highways Board having suggested thatif the Tram road from Cherry s ford toMandeville be made a highway then theNorth Eyre road from tho Eyre bridge toBennett should cease to be one, the_ Coun-cil strongly objected to an alteration onthose lines.

It was decided to reply to the HighwaysBoard that the Council would agree to thepayment of £316 as its share of the concret-ing o£ the North road between the presentconcrete and the new bridge, but requiredthree years in which to pay off that amount.

It was decided to' give no evidence beforethe Parliamentary Economy Committee; butto fill in the questionnaire of the PrimeMinister in regard to valuations, rating, ratesoutstanding, anticiapted rates outstanding,etc., and to state that it was ezpected thatthe Council during the current year wouldbe able to meet all commitments as owingto ratepayers largely adopting mixed farm-ing; tho depression, though bad, was not eoserious as in somo other parts of the coun-try.

The fullest support was given to tlie en-deavour of the North Canterbury ElectricPower Board to getl the price of current re-duced by the Public Works Department.It was decided to construct a drain from

Mr J. W. Butts' property into the drainrunning between that property and that ofMr James Brown, near Jafakson's road.

■After considerable discussion it was de-cided to rescind the resolution making cer-tain pipes available for a culvert under thewater-race along Boyd's road, to drain MrWolff's land, where the Waimakariri-AshleyWater Supply Board, by its operations inthe past had affected Mr Wolff's facilitiesfor_ drainage, as it was held to ba a matterentirely between the Board and Mr Wolff.

The engineer waß granted three - (lays'leave of absence in which to visit tho hydro-electric works on the Waitaki river, nearKurow.

It was decided to sell the two drays pro-victusly in use in the West Eyretou Riding,and to have the reserve on Harr's roadplanted with pinus 'insignia.

The clerk reported having banked £573-during the past month; that the overdraftwas £1034; and that after paying themonth's accounts and receiving the refundfrom the Highways Board for the paet throemonths the dsbifr would be some £ISOO. '

The engineer reported all main roads ingood order; but shingling was required onmaaj sids-jeads,

ESTUARY PORT.

MEETING OF LEAGUE.

Ibe executive council of the PortC'hristchnrch League met last night.In the absence of Dr. H. T. J. Thackerand Mr C. S. McCully (from whomapologies were received), Mr S. W.Richardson was voted to the chair.

The Publicity Committee's report,submitted by Mr It. B. Cotton, set outthat a room was available in theBuilders' Chambers at 7s 6d per week;that the picture of Port Cbristchurchwas in course of preparation,; that Dr.Crawshaw had been asked to read hispaper on Port Christchurcli on a suit-able occasion; and that a newspapercampaign to forward the interests ofPort Cliristchurch be organised.

The treasurer (Mr ■R. H. Bell) saidthat tho League's funds at presenttotalled £8 2s, and he did not thinkthat they should incur the expense ofa room unless they had a considerable'increase in membership.

Mr Cotton said that in view of theLeague's indebtedness, amounting to£2O, the committee considered that thematter should be held over for thepresent.

It was decided to let the matter liein abeyance for the time being.

Publicity Campaign.The question of initiating a news-

paper publicity campaign was referredto Messrs S. W. liichardson, C. F.Pryke, and C. D. Maitson.

The chairman submitted preliminarysketches of the pictorial representationof the proposed harbour in the estuary.

It was decided to approve of the.No.2 sketch.

.Replying to Mr H. L. Shaw, thechairman said that the Publicity Com-mittee had in view asking the Canter-bury Chamber of Commerce to receiven deputation from the League in con-nexion with the scheme for a port intho estuary.

Membership Drive.The Publicity Committee reported

that the question of a membershipdrive should be undertaken by theFinance Committee!

Mr H. F. Herbert referred to thedifficult times being experienced, aridsaid that mombers of the League hadbeen referred to as cranks, but whatwas wanted was fewer cranks and moreself-starters.

Mi' Cotton said that Auckland wasgoing to have its harbour bridge, andsurely, to goodness Christchurch couldgot its harbour. If they did not havea harbour they would have a tunnelroad, becauso the Port and CityLeague lind a small and active com-mittee which kept the project well be-fore the public on every posssible occa-sion. The Port Christchurch League'sexecutive, in comparison, was too un-woildy,.

Mr Bell said that their need was formembers who would work to forwardthe objects of the League.

Mr fellaw urped that the enrollingof members should be a continuouswork, and the work of all the mem-bers.

Mr H. S. Mitchell emphasised thenecessity for, issuing tho picture ofPort Christclmroh as soon as possible,nnd said that, if this were done theywould won pet the public interested;

Mr 8. McAlister said that the Beck-'enham Burgesses' Association wasanxious to have the aims of the Leagueput before a public meeting.

Tt was suggested that the mattershould be discussed bv a joint meetingof tho Finance and Publicity Commit-,tees.

19THE PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1981.

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LYTTELTON NEWS.

MORE SNOW.

A remarkable drop in the tempera-lure late on Wednesday evening wasfollowed by a further fall of snow,and yesterday morning the hills oil bothsides of the harbour were lightly cov-ered almost down to the town. Theweather during the day was mostlyfine, with an odd shower or two, andthe snow rapidly disappeared.

Harbour Z.ight XJieatre."Tons of Money," a farce-comedy,

starring Ralph Lynn, Mary Brough, andYvonne Arnaud, will be repeated at theHarbour Light Theatre to-night, witha good supporting programme. To-mor-,row The Big Trail,'' a Fox specialproduction, featuring Johu Wayne,Marguerite Churchill, and El Btendel,will be screened. "The Big Trail''ia a powerful historical drama of theI'ar West, with an immense east. Therein a good supporting programme.

HARBOUR LIGHT THEATRE—To-night:Ralph Lynn, Mary Brough, and

Yvonne Arnaud in "TONS OP MONEY."Brilliant Comedy-Farce. To-morrow: JohnWayne, Marguerite Churchill, and El Brendelin a Pox Special, "THE BIG TRAIL." ADrama of the West. Good Supporting Pro-gramme. Reserves at ICing and Cousins'.

SPORTS—How is this? Men's Sportß'Cbats 188 6d, also Sports Trousers

12s 6d. Mahar's. ; 8126

(TtAUIiiPIiOWERS and Cabbages 24 and 3d,Eating and Cooking Apples 5 and 01b

Is, Mandarins 18 tk Ib. Philpott's. 8125

LADIES' 1-Bar Rubber Sole Tennis Shoes,with heels, 9s 6d now 6s lid. E.

R. Chirtis. 8124

HAVE your Car Overhauled for the Springat Mutton's Garage. 'Phone 37-421.

8123

MONARCH Shoes lor Men 22s 6d. Seeour Windows. Tredennick's. 8122

HEATHCOTE NEWS., -—�——

SOCIAL AND DANCE.

Another of the series of winter socialsunder the auspices of the St. Mary'sFlower Show Committee was held onTuesday evening in the St. Mary'sSchoolroom. There was a good at-tendance, and an enjoyable time wasspent. During the evening a motionof condolence was passed to the relativesof Mrs J. Meek, who was for someyears an ardent church worker. Musicfor the dancing was supplied by MrKussell Beaumont. Mr C. Flavell wasM.C.

Miniature Blfl.es,The Heathcote Miniature Riflo team

met the Ward's ladies' team 011 Tues-day evening. The match was fired onthe Heathcote range, and the resultwas a draw. Scores:—

Ward's Ladies (536) —MesdamesCorkin 65, Eridge 66, Crocker 69, Fuller67, Bowley 67, Smith 68, Caldwell 68,Miss Smith 66.

Heathcote (536) —J. Evans 66, H. Ash-worth 67, A. Nicholl 67, C. Deavoll 66,L. Gamblin 70,' G. La Grosse 66, It.Williams 67, W. Read G7. * 1

Dance.An enjoyable dance was held in . the

Club Hall on Wednesday evening in aidof the club funds. There'was a goodattendance, and a very pleasant even-ing was spent dancing to music suppliedby Miss Hanßon. Miss H. Deavollflayed extras, and Mr S. Perkins was

MOTOR SERVICES.

NEWMAN BROS.LIMITED.

WHITE STAP. SERVICESCHRISTCHURCH-KAIKOURA -

BLENHEIM.

ROVAL MAIL SERVICESBLENHEIM-PICTOX-WEST COAST.

REDUCED FARES.CIIRISTCHURCJI

To

NELSON.Curs, leave our White Star Gunge, Glou

coster street, Daily, at 8 a.m., Sunday*excepted.

TRAVEL BY 'NEWMAN'S.

A KAROA AKAROAAkAROA AKAROA

NEWMAN BROS., LTD.CADILLAC LIMOUSINE SERVICE.

OHRISTCHURCH-AKAROA.TIME-TABLE- —Daily (Not Sunday*;.

Akaroa depart (MeCaugh.au Garage), 7.45a.m. and 1.0 p.m. Clirietchurch arrive 10.15u.m. and 3.30 p.m.

Ohristchurch depart, Newman Bros.' Gar -age, 8:30 a.m. and 3.0 p.m. Akaroa arrive11.0 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.

NEWMAN BROS., LTD.L. HARRIS, Manager.

I'elepb.ones: 37-77933-553

After hours: 22-284'Akaroa 'phone: 78

WHITE STAR" TAXISAVAILABLE AT ALL HOURS.

1 AA R PCALLINGS' PARLOUR CARS. LTD.

) TIMARU-CHRISTCHURCH, TIMARCAND DUNEDIN.

Leave Rink Taxis' Garage, Christcliurch.at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily. Leave Bockaert'sOarage, Timaru, 9.30 a.m. and 1.45 p.m.Sundays: Leave Ohristchurch at 9 a.m.,Timaru 1.45 p.m. The 9 a.m. car .meets theboat train, and connects with cars for Dune-din and Invercargill. Fares: Timaru 12s 6dSingle, £1 Return. Dunediß, £1 8a 6dSingle, £2 10s Return.

All information and Bookings at Govern-ment Tourist Office and Kink Taxis. 'Phone34-878. Ohristchurch. 88134

INTER-CITYMOTOR SEEVICE, LTD.

INTERCITY MOTOK SERVICE, LTD..WILL RUN A 35-MINUTE BUS SERVICEDAILY TO NORTH BEACH. Buses cmEire Privately at Any Time. Fee Moderate.

'PHONES 82-496, or dial-398 and ask for563R. • - .

-

E3388 W. S. BUSSELL, Manager.

1 AA R DAAED MOTOR SERVICES, .LTD.

> South. "Island' Headquarter*:RISK TAXI, LIMITED.

Christchurch to Kaikoura-Blenheim-Picton. and Nelson.

Express Car leaves Garage, Victoria square,■ 8 a.m.

Service Car for Clieviot-leaves 9 a.m. LeaveCheviot ou Return 1 p.m. (except

- Sundays). -- *-■

Also Preislit Service leave Daily for Kaikournand Blenheim.Booking Agents:-

Govt. Tourist Bnreau, ,

Thos. Cook and Son,

And RINK TAXIS, LTD., Victoria'square. : ;;

W. HAYWARD. 1v Manager.

. Telephone 84-878.

AA R D fREDUCED FARES..REDUCED FARES. .

REDUCED FARES..

pURRAN'S MOTORS.MOTORS.

CURRAN'S - MOTORS. >

—in' Conjunction with, N.Z. Railways—MEET TRAIN DAILY AT PARNASSUS

AT XI A.M.FOR

KAIKOURABLENHEIMNELSON

And Connecting with Ferry Train at i'ictonfor Wellington.

Connecting with Ferry Train at Blenheimfrom Picton. '

CARS LEAVE BLENHEIM DAILY at 8 a.m.for Kaikoura.

Connecting with Train at Parnassus for. Christchurch.Telegrams: Outran, Kaikoura.Booking Offices; All Tourist Offices.Dix's, Blenheim. 0. YOYCE,'Phone 85-052. Blenheim.

tssTOURIST SERVICES L"

LAKE COLERIDGE.GLENROY, AND WINDWHISTLE.

pHRISTCHURCH dep. B.SO a.m.w (except Wednesdays), from AnsaldoMotor Co*. 250-252 Durham street.

_

LakeColeridge arr. 12 noon. Lake Coleridge dep.1 p.m., Cbristehurch arr 4.30 p.m.

Special trips arranged to suit clients.Bookings: Government Tourist Office,

Square, and Car Maintenance. 244 Durhamstreet.

. . 11. JEAL.Proprietor/

TOURIST SERVICES CTMOCiiiEXT'S iIOTORS, - LTD.

ROYAL MAIL CONTRACTORS.CHRISTCHURCH, HANMER SPRINGS,CHRISTCHURCH. HANMER SPRINGS,'

AND WAIAU.■ Winter Time-table. * ' ■ . !

REDUCED FARES.Cars leave Amuri Motors Durham street,

9.80 a.m. daily, 3 p.m. on Mondays, Tues-days, Thursdays, Fridays. Saturdays. Wed-.nesdays, 5 p.m.

Bookings.Tourist Office.Thos. Cook and Sous.Amuri Motors.Garage Durham street

TillTHETIME

TO WANT-ADREIUIIS

By Inserting In"THE PRESS"

12 words 1/-,■ 3 insertions 2/6

Phone33-357 33-SSB

the Classified

FUNEBAL NOTICtib.

THE Funeral. of the lata Minnie Von 2Sierakowski will leave lier later Tesi- "SK

dcnce, 57 Slater street, St. Albasf, This .Sj;'Day (Friday), ' September lltlr, at .3' p.m.,for the Linwood Cemcterv. LAMB and HAI-- LTD. 8055

THE Funeral of the late Frederick HurrayDunn will leave the residence of his

daughter, ilra F. Cooper, 506 Hereford street, ->3®'Linwood, oil Saturday, September 12tb, at ,2 .3*p.m., for the Lin-wood Cemetery." LAMB and wHAYWARD, ' LTD. • - 8090 frpHE Funeral of the late Joseph E. Collin* ■X will leave hig late residence, 67 Hast,-ivgp street, Sydenham, This Day (Friday),at 3.15 p.m., for the Bromley Cemetery.■•'-'■fcGEORGE BARRELL. 8098

. aft

THE Funeral of the late Hape Uni will Jleave his late residence, Tu&hiwi, en j$Sunday, September 13th, for the Tuabiwi jfMaori Cemetery. JOHN EHIND 8119 $

1.. IMB nil EAIWAEtI, L T D.,.

FUNERAL FURNISHERS,292 CASHEL STREET, CITY.

PHONE 34.522(DAY OR NIGHT).

Juit Lmaed, Large Assortment of Artificial■Wreaths. Trade Supplied.

WILLIAM LAMB, Manising-Director. 1, MTIM

J. LAMB and SO N,

FUNERAL FURNISHERS,

Established 1878.231 LICHFIELD STREET EAST.'

TELEPHONE 34«59() :'•

(DAY-OR NIGHT).

L. A. KING,L5415 "

'• Managw.,

GEORGE BABBELL,FURNISHING UNDERTAKES,

MOTOR HEARSES and CARRIAGESFOR FUNERALS. ANY DISTANCE.

•PHONE. 30-203 (NIGHT 9B D^y>-

221 DURHAM STREET, CH

GEOBGE- D I C K I N 3,0 K,

FUNERAL FURNISHER,LATIMER SQUARE, CHRISTCHURCH.

Latest Motor Hearses and Carriage*For Funeral to Any Part of New Zealand, '^jTELEPHONE 33-554 (Niskt or

J OHN B H IN D. FUNERAL, FURNISHER.

Business Address— ;19 LONDON .STREET, RICHMOND/ -

j'PHONE 36*174 .

' (NIGHT "AND; DAY). r.

Private Address—--106 MONTREAL ST., SYDEXHAIf. ..£

'PHONE 36-197 , Xuansi\£

MOTOB SERVICES. < J

(Established 187

fflL18WBT

( \HRISTCHUROiI • KAIiGrIORA-OXFORD'BUS- SERVICES. '

OHBISTCHCKCH TO OXFORD..Viat

Belfast, Niiv, Bridge, Tuahim, RangioMfcFernaide, Cost. Bennetts, Oxford East, ao&

West. ■ . -tMan. to Fri,'- ' Saturdays. Sundays. -i»

8.15 a.m. 8.45 a.m. ' 10.30 a.m. Jr445 p.m. 1.15 p.m. :'s 9.30 p.m. ji

OXFORD TO' CHjS'STCHURCiI. 'p.iMen. toFri. ■ Saturdays.- ; 3 . Sunday*. : ;

8.0 > a.m. 8.0 a.m. -8.0 a.m.<.16 p.m.' ' 12.15 p.m. r •. 4.45 p.m.

ALL BUSES ARRIVE AND DEPART 1 •.FROM VICTORIA SQUARE.

• CHBISTCHURCH 10 RANGIORA.a.m. .n.m- p.m. p.m.

tiosidaya .8 <5 .i1.40 . 4.45 .... —..

Tuesdays .. 8.45 11.40 ' 4.45 /~~

Wednesdays .. 8.15 11.40 4.45 10.59Thursdays

.. 8.45 11.40 4.45Fridays ..

. 8,45 ; 11.40 -4.45 10.SOSaturdays .. 8.45 1.15 p.m.' 7.0 - 11.5Srndays ..

RANGIORA TO CHBISTCHURCH*.m<- -p.pt, p.m pj».

Haodays .. 8.60 1.0 6.15Tuesdays . 8.50 1.9;•« »5.15Wednesday* .. B.SO 1.0 , 5.15Thursdays .. 8.50 1.0 6.15Fridays .. 8.50 . 1.0 5.15Sundays .. 8.50 • ■?-■■■.■ 5.46,

PLEASE NOTE.- v. 'All Buses arrive and . depart from VIC-

TORIA SQUARE. Parcels Oepo*, ?30 Co-lombo street, opposite Bus Stand,

Telephones: Rangiora 31aad 66.': .Curt 20. ■■Oxford 2}B.

S. E. Clements, Proprietor.626 Barbados* street, Christcburch.

•Phone 81-798.- . .

TOUR6T SERVICES CCHRISTOHUROH, fTIMA&U, DUKEDIN,

AND INVERCAKGILIi.Depart Christchurch: 8.15 a.m., 2.30 p.m.,

2.45 p.m., 4 pjn.Depart Timaru for ChristcliurchV 8 ajn.,

. 9.45 a.m., 2 p.m., 5.30 p.m. • t- (5.80' p.m. does not run on Saturdays.)

SUNDAYS—Depart Christchnrch.: 8.30. Lm.Depart Timaru lor. Christchnrch:"2 pjn.

All our First-class Service Cars arrive atand leive from ,our new BUS STATION. 250DU&HAM STREET (oppr Bridge of Bemeas-brance). and-, from lister's Garage, Seltonstreet. Timaru. ' ' ' /• .

BOOKING AGENTS—-HI "Whits Star"Thomas Oook and Sou,. Government

Tourist * Bureaux, and "Black and Whit#"Sweet Shop, square,' Christcburcli.Telephones: "v- ■ /

Ohristehnroh: 38-0,62.■ , . Hefrd, Office. Timaru,-. 815. lrUSTJtB'S'.MOroSs, TIMARU. ;

TQJHST SERVICES C?CHRIBTCHURCH-DJJNEDIN-INVER-

CARGILIi EXPRESS -MOTORSERVICE, .

Daily (including Sunday).OtJNEDINrPEMBROKfi-QPEENSTOWiJ,

Via Lawrence and Boxbargh,„ Utimaro-pembboke-queenstqw. ,

Via Palm'erstoti and Ranfuily, . :

Mondav, Wednesday, and OaJy.TEN DAYS' TOUR—CHRISTCHURCH

TO PEMBROKE, FOR £7 17a 6d (in-cludes Accommodation at Pembroke).

WANAKA MOTORS, LTD.,H-20 Stafford street, Dunedin

Car* leave Newman's White Btar Garage,.156 Gloucester' street

. 'Phones S3-553, 83-779, 38-05J.

] GOVERNOR'S BAT-CHEISTCHXTBOH.j SERVICE CAB.I '

..

. - •„

WIN tJ5a..

TI M E-T AB IB.

.. ,' From Jane lit.'

EVERY MORNING:Leaves ChrTetchurch Preis Office at 9.45-a.m.Leaves Governor's Bay at 8.15 a.m.

AFTERNOON SERVICE:; Wednesday. Friday,' and Saturday" craly-

Leaves Press Office at 4.30 p.m.Leaves Governor's Bay at 8.30 p.tu.SUNDAYS:LttvM Christcharch 10 GO ajn. and 6.4* p.a.Leaves Govwaofa Bay 9.<5 a.ns!. and *>su

20 THE PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1931.

printed by s. C

a-jSSasrsarf ■Ze*l*l&4. ' *. I, [

Thasfvr, Sjsmmora* n, &SI- >%^

,j AUCTIONS.L.H. MATSON AND 00.

PJSACTIOAL KEDUOTIOHPRACTICAL REDUCTION

AT last.AT LAST.

JN answer to the etrong appeal# of Sheep-owners, Unions, Bankets, and Econo-

mists to REDUCE THE COST OF PRO-

DUCTION, we axe placing an arsenicalsheep dipping' powder on the Notv Zealand

Market.

AY TEX TO TWENTY SHILLINGS PERAT TEN TO TWENTY SHILLINGS PER

CASECASE

CHEAPER THAN MOST OF

tii» popular powder dips on the market.

UDir U DIP UDIP.(J DIP UDIP UDIP.II DIP IT D I P UDIP.

Udip is manufactured by Messrs Elliott

Bros., o£ N.S.W., Australia, who are the

fcrgeet manufacturers of fine chemicals inthe Southern Hemisphere.

NO PATENT HIGH T.

Realising that there is no patent right

•a the manufacture of sheep dip, Messrs

Elliott Bros, employed the best chemical

brains and *li their manufacturing resources

in the production ox UDIP.

GCAEAXTE E.

Every packet contains the same quality

and Udip Artenieal Sheep Dipping Powder

is at least the equal of any other brand on

the market in the World.

' MOST POPULAR IN AUSTRALIA. '

Givo the Australian Sheeptnen their due,they know how to grow wool and know howto earo for their sheep. There, would be

no chance of selling them an inferior sheep

dip. In fact a sheep dip going en to theAustralian Market has to undergo such criti-

cal tests and examination that it is only pos-sible to market a now one if there is

A REAL FEATUREA REAL FEATURE

in it* make up

ELLIOTTS and AUSTRALIA DRUG,ELLIOTTS and AUSTRALIA DRUG,ELLIOTTS and AUSTRALIA DRUG,

LTD.LTD.LTD.

Have sot only produced a Superfine Sheep

Dip that remains in Suspension Better thanordinary Dips owing to its beins more finely

Cloud, but titty Itave also:

EFFECTED A SAVING OFEFFECTED A SAVING OF

10b to 80? per caseio« to 20# per case

TO THE USER.TO THE USER.

SOME USERS 01 UDIP. , s

Messrs F. S. Folkla 4r and Sons, Ltd., thelarge** Stnd Sheep Breeders in the world,

tave for the past two rears used Elliotts'K) n no Its* than 100,000 sheep each•assort, and are to fcat|»ft*4 that this year

ft*? art Using it on 130,000.

Bir Grabsin Waddell, dubrmni Otthi i.us*fralUa Vfool CooAeii, has olio used lUifcttl/XKp for tbO l»t two o* Oni years, aot onlyWb liia tarn two properties, but also On othersia *bkb to ia interested. Hiis Obould Usnffieloat evidence that be is satisfied beydnd

»ay doubt with the results obtained.

OTHER US&SS 4#»:—

J. J. I/eaby, "yrsotowdle," Kelpo.Nowraolo Pastoral Co., l.td., "Nowranie,"

WMfbntine Fastotal 06., Qalir.A. W. HttfirioJ, "Miroobil,?' Gfanb.Arthur Grimm. "Kumbundys," Grenfell.H. It. Uosoian, "Eiist Bulleubon*," The

Bock. ,'

V. li. Bran;. "E»gt Kowgole." Aberdeen.31. E. Wbitnay «Jd fcoo, "Biada," Two

Ui!« Fist. ebljfebtf.4

K. G. ipfeer, sj»orbwa.J. Mills and Sod, *, WonnatfluS-fa Estate,"

Finley.JU Cheney, "BSltoore £t§tlOß," vj* T#r»

ftM. JCATSOS o*4 CO. will «l4dty supply alt

ftttiliilftrf Ud dtUIU ot tr#? to matters,,MNt vitb tb» utmost confidence fe«o<|jii6nd9*etorftU*t» *»a fruisre $W«tA»S.' product, wbieb i* uadottbtedly tbo**4*.

ss; ?iißi:mnK:

tj ilia #|» «b jtfe#»» »* m»eb I«du44d ||ie«, it is not

* WNtfoft *|f pjrtpe*cuttJay( but staply mlisa*tiou ot lit Sterna tbit fcbitp-OTrner**r» ww maferhinately ia. Tb4 «loie pro**

IWtfr *t Anatolia, tbe ctnlta ot**4 tbo gmt moamt Of jfft} *tai>ttlactu*ojr S ,

AN IMMBDIATB BBDUCTIOX.''"\ - <

PAC£A6iH-"B*4b calo cSflUini oiie hundredof Po*der Pip, and wo csa taiicf

•t*sftjrem4*tc Ore *ll Stock »o4 StatiiaAgtacU to soil It to tbMi> clients- t

M€M

H. MAT&QH tnd 00.,

Cbristcbntih.

AUCTIONS.McKENZLE AND WILLIS.

THIS DAY I THIS BAT!

Commencing at One o'Clock.

AT OUR BOOMS, 120 HISRKifORD STREET(LATE QUEEN'S PICTURE THEATRE

BUILDING).

AUCTION SALE OF FURNITURE.CHESTERFIELD SUITES, OAK BEDROOII

AND DINING SUITES, OAK SIDK-BOARDo, PIANOS, SINGER SEWINGMACHINE, AXMINSTEIt CARPETS,

LINOLEUMS, GRAMOPHONE, WARD-ROBES, MAN'S BICYCLE, ETC.

OX account ol Mr Hardle, of Riecartoii,and other clients—The numerous lotsinclude Singer Drophead Sewing Machine,

Pink Bedroom Suite, Ohosterfleld Suites, OukDining; and Bedroom Suites, Upholstered Set-tee and 2 Easy Chairs, Dining Suite in Mo-quette, Oak and Kauri Sideboards, Oak andItimu Dining Chairs, Wire Couches, Ward-robes, Duchesso Chests, Washstands, Chestsof Drawers. Seagrass Chairs, Axniinster Oar-pets and Hall Runners, Hearthrugs, Lino-leums, Single, 3, and Double Wood andIron Btdstaadfc, Wire and Box Mattresses,Single and Double Kapoc Mattresses, Pil-lows, Dining and Kitchen Tables, Chairs,Couches, Crockery, Glassware, Vases, Elec-tric Heaters, Lawnjnowcr*, Garden Tools,Wringer. Curtains, Blankets, Table Covers,Sheets, Copper ana Wood Kerbs, Child's Cot,Occasional Tables, Oak Tea Wagsons, Palm-stands, Men's Bicycles, Framed Mirror.

McKENZIE and WILLIS,8107 Auctioneers.

SUITES!SUITES!SUITES!

. SUITES!SUITES ISUITES!

and WILLIS ARil OFFER*

UNEXCELLED VALUEUNEXCELLED VALUEUNEXCELLED VALUEUNEXCELLED VALUE

INUPHOLSTERED SUITESUPHOLSIERED SUITESUPHOLSTERED SUITESUPHOLSTERED SUITES

ANDBEDROOM SUITESBEDROOM SUITESBEDROOM SUITS SBEDROOM SUITES

THE! PRICES ,

THE PRICESARE

TIIO LOWESTTHE LOWEST

IN MANY YEARSIN MANY YEARS

Mid yet the finest workmanship and qualityla&terials are embodied throughout.

THE THORRINGTON FIVE-PIECEBEDROOM SUITS-WARDROBE withlarge bovolled Mirror, three-drawer DUCH-ESSE CHEST, fitted with Bevelled Mir-ror. BEDSIDE CABINET, FULL DOUBLEMUDStEAD and Non-Sag Cable EdgeWIRE MATTRESS—£I4 10s.

THE BERE6FORD UPHOLSTEREDSUITE 1 OF THREE PIECES. This Suitecomprises Comfortable CHESTERFIELDSETTEE and TWO EASY CHAIRS tottatcli, with high sprung backs and lowfttins, well upholstered and covered in ChoiceGer.oa Velvet—£l4 10s.

THE CASHMERE OAK BEDROOMSUITE. This handsome BEDROOMSUITE contains WARDROBE with large£val Bevelled Mirror, DUCHESSE withReflex Oval Bevelled Mirror and twoDrawers, BEDSIDE CABINET and SOLIDEND BEDSTEAD—£I9 17s Gd.

THE GLADSTONE THREE-PIECE UP-HOLSTERED SUITE includes large CHES-TERFIELD SETTEE with high back andlow arms, and TWO LARGE EASYCHAIRS tp match, all luxuriously uphol-stered throughout with deep Boats, inde-pendently sprung fronts, and covered ini*d-wearin<? Genoa Velvet—£22.

BOX OTTOMAN, well upholstered inShadow Twauo, sprung seat. £2 17a GdjWIRE COUCH and CUSHIONS in hara-weann? Tapestry—£3 17a 6d.

SEAGRASS CHAIRS, large selcction-From lfig 6d;TEA WAGGONS on lar§a silent castors—

Rimu 29s 6d. Oak 87s 6d.OVAL EXTENSION DINING TABLE-£4 19» 6d.antique finished fire screens*~lss Gd, OSs 6d, 80s.

COPPER KERBS—I3s Gd,. 15s

£ASY time payments,kasy TtMg PAYMENTSEAST ijllieasy time; payments.

McKensie ttid Willie will Tje pleased toarrange hberil terms if you do not wishto pay cash.

?f Q SsS'gi£ anfl WILLIS .JfoKENZIE aftd WILLIS,130 Hereford street,Next Barlow's Corner

Two doors from Colombo street.MoKGSB2

H a SORENSgM. .

a. 6. SORENSEN.

SPECIAL OFFERINGS.

W®* Spatructic} tp accent Truck orders*iaa8 Pinp TlmtoW ffdtniii

oP*st, 6ild are now able id quote*i*i a low prices de-tn Ointelrbury, with a•wlu.,? 1 «? t, t-

suPer' I ®nSt ) bß of sizesrequired to b<? supplied at random., TSItMS, NET OABH.

.jFI can ajsfc gty® quotations for Ho'rseaayisp 43S***™'»n IS?1" "'lf tot Standards.J^6,*!. WLr ®6! Ties. etc.» Our Price#\?ti^ht

TDn » a'®- \VT3 OAN OfrFERoP E® JSooflng Iron, Logs, WireEt ■L*®!*!? ?*i\ Spouting, etc., and©ti| fpt a}] business that we can get.

frtirfMd ß BOOTS—Manufactured in oldSy'?£ d- «»» ba purchased at prices far be-IfrW Weal price* lof New Zealand products.

.6. B, gflißNgfiN;93119 08 tichSftld street.

0A N QUOTE YOU

ATTRACTIVE PRICES FQ& ALLCLASSES OP PRINTING—-LETTEftfiEADS,-BILJiSfADS,CIRGCLARS,OAfcAJW^SS,CALENDARS,ACCOUNT BOOKS.ADDRESS LABELS,aHwftta,etc!./ «#). •«

COLOUR PRINTINGIn AH Its'breaches.

RPWABLB (BOOKBINDING01 All D*ecr!st{psi,

QV BPgCt&b jNTERESt tO:tHehoytm os4 labouk

II OVB m<N WASES B&Qfc.DMlgMii to iss»*t proiUloftt atthe W»gee Tu Slot.Bouljd {ft Books of Any dive, to'Udii STcmf Requirements

■PHfpnS 33.857.

JOB PBmm'6 DEPARTHEMT,

CHRISTCHURCHPRESS CO., LTD.

AUCTIONS.

H. 0. SMITH.

rj»HE CITY MARKET, 550 COLOMBO ST.

} PUBLIC AUCTION THIS DAY, AT 11 A.M.POULTRY 2 P.M. POULTRY

! POULTRY a P.M. POULTRY| Lino splendid Brown Leghorn Yoarling

! Hens and Rooster, also Brown Leghorn| Cockerels from Imp. strain; also Cockerels,

j Hens, Ducks, (Jeese, Turkeys, extra goodNorwich Canary, great singer; and otherI Cage Birds.I Commencing at 11 a.m., Lots in Yards. See! yesterday's advertisement for particulars.! MOTORS, BICYCLES, and TOOLS—-12.15I P.M.

! FURNITURE 1 P.M. FURNITURE| 3 Carpet Squares, 0 Carpet Hall Runners,

' quuntity good Bedding, Mattresses, etc., Bil-liards Table, complete; 2 Pianos for uure-norved sale, 3 Chesterllold Suites, DresdenPiano, 6 11.11. Chairs in Saddlobag, 4 Col.Conches, 4 Gramophones, Table and Cabinet,3-picco Suite in Shadow Tissue, D. RoomSuite in White Enamel, Do. Rosewood, quan-tity Duchesspfi, Wardrobes, Chairs andTables, Couches. Overmantels, Clocks, Sseta Scalon, E. Iron, E. Cookers, Mirrors,Supertono Wireless Hot, and other HouseholdLines.

H. C. SMITH, Prop.'Phono 3-1-GBU. 8030

THE FARMERS' SALEYARDS, 87 ST.ASAPH STREET WEST.

WEEKLY SALE TO-DAY, AT 11 A.M.Account Rukaia Client: G-HORSE TEAM,Mares nnd Geldings, from 7 years to aged,

including 3 particularly good shiU'tuns furheavy work.

Account Bunvood Client: J-Dr. Mare,aged, broken to all work, suit orehardist.

Also g-shaft R.T. Gig, low wheels; Set 5-leaf Harrows and Bar, quantity of Harness,including Dr. Collars and llatncs, DraySaddles, etc.

COWS. COWS. COWS.Offered at 12 o'clock.

Account Mr Hanson: 3 Jersey Heifers,Yearlings, "Brighton Twylish" strain, goodsorts.

Account Greenpark Client: Jersey Heifer,2*year-6ld, duo now, in calf to registeredJerseybull.

Account Mr Sullivan: Jersey Cross 'Cow,duo now to 4tli calf.

PURTJIER ENTRIES INVITED.H. C. SMITH.

'Phono SC-593. 8100

JONES, McCROSTIE CO., LTD.

MUST BE SOLD. MUST BE SOLD.

£BBsj OSLV-

REDUCED PROM £I2OO.SEMI-BUNGALOW • OP G SPACIOUS

DOOMS, panelled hall, spacious panelledlounge, bathroom with porcelain bath andbasin, hot and cold shower, breakfast-roomWith range and cupboards, kitchenette withHnk anil cupboards, wired for electric stove,washhouse, copper and tubs.

Section of just under J-Acre, tastefullylaid out in lawn and garden.

SITUATE ONE MINUTE FROM TRAMSTOP AND WITHIN EASY WALKING DIS.TANCE OP CATHEDRAL SQUARE.

EASY TERMS TO APPROVED BUYER.Immediate Possession.

Further particulars on application to theSOLE AGENTS-

JONES, McCROSTIE COMPANY, LTD.,Cor. Cashel and Manchester streets.St. E. 1803.

£1350.SPLENDID POULTRY FARM

FOR URGENT SALE.5 ACRES.OP LAND, together with Resi-

dence of ft rooms, gun verandah, art papered,electric light, bathroom, hot and cold wator,washhouse, copper and tubs, pantry, scullery

SPLENDID FOWLHOUSES AND RUN,conorete floor, water laid through fowlhouses,incubator house, splendid outbuildings, con-crete pathq.

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONEWISHING TO RUN A POULTRY BUSI-NESS, as the land is specially suitable forthe purpose.

WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF HORNBYRAILWAY STATION AND ONE MINUTE

FROM BUS.For sftle ofl account of the Ist Mortgagees.

Immediate Possession.

Further particulars on application to thoSOLE AGENTSJONES, McCROSTIE COMPANY, LTD.,

Corner Cashel and Manchester streets.Sun. 768. J4142

PfcOPEETIES FOB SALE.HARMAN AND STEVENS, LTD

A PRESENT DA'S BAROAIN.£l 9QRL < COST OVER £l7oo)—West St.wA<w£/e/ Albatts, hoar Papanui road.Most arttrattive and well'bullt Tiled RoofUungalow ol 6 Urge rooms and kitchenette,glassed-in sun porch, beautifully paperedthroughout and replete with every laboursaving device; 4 fireplades and heater points,gis stove ajjd copper, sewer, etc. Nearly Jacre section, nicely laid- out, motor drive andgarage. First mortgage £IOOO. Owner boughtlafger property and irtUst sacrifice.

EXCHANGE FOR SMALL, BUNGALOWMERIVALK-—£895, Cleat Title. Neat Semi-Bungalow, 4 rooms and kitchenettu.Nicely, decorated and in perfect order, everypossible convenience, motor garage, etc. Smallsection. A bice little property, bandy to town.Owner Will Exchange for 4-rpom Bungalowffrfther out—Papcnui-Fendaltqn district.' " . LOOK AT THIS 1ONI»Y JJQOQ-—Albans (01680 to Warring

ton street). Well-built Bungalow of 4large rooms and return verandah, high fbuh-dntions, plastered and papered, all conveni-ences, on the sewer. Good Section, laid outla lawn arid garden. o\vnfer has left, and issacrificing aft above low figure to effect quickgale.

EXCHANGE. FOR TOWN PROPERTY.|?AA ACRES, Government Leasehold, situ"""ated Asbburton district', bandy tnschool, rural delivery, good medium sheep andoropping land (has grown 80 bushels wheat),Watered by races and well subdivided andfenced Over 100 acres in wheat. Lease haslong term to. run at reasonable rent. 1$provement.s include almost new Bujlgalow, 6rooms snd Bun porch, hot and c6ld, electriclight, and all conveniences; 6-stall stablo.cbaffhou&e and loft, shearing shed, 2 v/bnres,fowlhouse, garage, and sheepyarda. PRIQBS2OOO. Insurance on buildings £990. OwnerWill take town house m part payment,

HARM AN and STEVENS, LIMITED,Land and Etetate Agents,Agents Northern Assurance Co., Ltd..

81 HEREFORD STREET.'Phones; 82-494 and 83*495. H4I2J

HILLABy AND BAXTEE.

£1475,

THE IDEAL HOME.

BEST PART OP ItIOOARTON.

ONE MINUTE FROM TRAM.

This is one of the best built and abso-lutely the sunniest house possible. Attrac-tive {a design and complete in every detail,it will appeal t6 the most critical housewife.There are five rooms and large kitchenetto;sitting-room, 20 k, 18, dining-room, 16.6 x14, are United by sliding doors, silent over-head track, making one fine entertaining

room. . Other t-ooms are large, 14 s 13,.14it 12, etc. Large bat brbom, pedestal basin,Urge DoUltoh bath; dual bot-water service,Wide panelled ball, glassed-in sleeping porch;best of fittings throughout; electric Cooker.Abundance of cupboirdS and wardrobes; backCoilVinieftceß, connected by .glaseed-in perch;main p6wer. Excellent Section. Garage.Concrete drive.

NO BETTER VALUE OFFERING.HILLA&y and BAXTER,

18364178 178 Manchester street.

A PPIiICANTS are reminded that whenA relying to AdVortUp.nie'nte care o!'•file PtesS, to ensure prompt deliveryLetters should be Addressed Carefully andClearly.

AUCTIONS.FORD AND HADFIELD, LTD.

•FINE FENDALTON BUNGALOW.URGENT SALE WANTED TO WIND UP

A DECEASED ESTATE.GOVERNMENT VALUATION NEARLY

£•1000.

price, £1645(TO EFFECT A QUICK SALE).

FINE TILED-ROOF BUNGALOW OF 7LARGE ROOMS, PLASTERED ANDARTISTICALLY PAPERED AND PAN-ELLED, TILED FIREPLACES. BUILT-IN WARDROBES, BATHROOM INWHITE ENAMEL, DOULTON BATH ANDBASIN, SHOWER, SEWER.

ELECTRIC LIGHT, E.L. HEATINGPOINTS, MOFFAT ELECTRIC RANGE,GAS STOVE, RANGE, E.L., H.W. SER-VICE, 2 H.W. SERVICES, WOODSHED,VINERY, TOOL AND GARDEN HOUSE.

LARGE GARAGE.Extensive Concrete Paths untl Motor

Drive, very Artistic Front Fence (longfrontage). Section 01 perches, higli and dry,very nicely laid out in lawns and garden,Fruit trees, eto.

NOTE.—This is without a rloubt one ofthe most artistic liomna in I'cndalton and atthe price is a Gift.

. Malie arrangements with us for an inspec-tion.

Sole Agents.FORD mid HADFIELD, LTD.,Auctioneers and Real Estate Agents.

131-133 Worcester street.

LINWOOD.ABSOLUTELY THE BEST AND DRIEST

STREET IN LINWOOD,FACING NORTH.

PRTCE, £025 1F S0LI) THISMonth.

COST OWNER £llOO A SHORT TIMEAGO.

■ BEAUTIFULLY-BUILT SEMI-BUNGA-LOW OF FIVE ROOMS, PLASTEREDAND ARTISTICALLY PAPERED. TILEDAND BRICK FIREPLACES, BUILT-INLINEN PRESS, CUPBOARDS ANDBINS. LATEST NEW WORLD GASCOOKER, HOT AND COLD. ELECTRICLIGHT, SEWER, DOULTON BATH ANDBASIN.

GARAGE. * GARAGE.An Ideal Home for anyone wishing to !ivein a healthv and dry localitv. HANDY TOTWO TRAMS, SCHOOL, AND SHOPS.

Remember the orice, 4!G25.Sole Agents,

FORD and HADFIELD. LTD,F4172

N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OP. ASSOCIATION LTD

HANDY MIXED FARM.220 ACRES.

i?Xnn DEPOSIT, BALANCE 7 YEARSAT G PER CENT.

Will Grow 00 bushels cf Wheat per Acre.This is good loamy soil, and there is no

plaCo where sheep do better.BUILDUP GS: Good sis-roomed house,

electric light, hot and cold water, and goodsuitable outbuildings.

Otifl ACRES FIRST CLASS GRAZINGAOU AND AGRICULTURAL FARM.

HANDY TO CHRISTCHURCH.LARGE GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE.

GOOD BUILDINGS.This Land is of Exceptional Quality, and

the owner ia prepared to meet the market.NEW MERIVALE TWO-STOREYED

BUNGALOW.£1275.

ANY REASONABLE TERMSCONSIDERED.

Five Rooms and Kitchenette, replete withevery modern convenience. Electrio light,Electric Cooking, Dual Hot Water System,Sower.

DRY SECTION.

ST. MARTINS. .

■£7Kfl and ANY REASONABLEX I OU TERMS.Four-roomed Bungalow v.-ith Electrio

Cooker, Garage, Sewer, and all modern con-veniences.

O L E T—-DAIRY FARM, HANDY TO CHRIST-

CHURCH. 40 ACRES AND BUILDINGS.SUIT MILKMAN-WHOLESALER OR

RETAILER.6 ACRES and Splendid Buildings. 35s

weekly.'15 ACRES, Bungalow and Shed. £2

weekly.4 ACRES and G rooms, gas cooking, sheds.27s 6d weekly.5 ACRES, f rooms and building®. 26s

weekly.. 4 and K., E. Cooker, Garage (new). St.

Albans !57s Cd weekly.6-Roomed Two-storoyed Bungalow, Papa-

tun £2 weekly.7 Rooms, Moorhduse avenue. jCI weekly-

N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OPk ASSN.. LTD.,Caaliel street.

NfiMO

PROPERTIES FOR SALE.FRANK PARRIS AND 00.

TO "WIND UP ESTATE.

GLENROY DISTRICT.

400 ACRES, FIRST-CLASS LAXO, ANDBUILDINGS.

Scarcely ever boen cropped. Carry 700 ewesAnd fatten their lambs.PRICE.£IS PER ACRE,Excollent Terms can be given.

PRANK PAfiftlS and CO.

80 ACRES, WINCHESTER.

Clobb to Railway Station and Dairy Factory.Magnificent 'Dairying Laud.

Bungalow of brick, almost new. Outbuild-Jhffs flrst-class. Milking machine, etc.PRICE £55 PEfc ACRE. Will consideriwn Property in part payment.

PRANK PARRIS and CO.

PAPANUI.

£1275.EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-BUILT BUN-

GALOW of 5 Rooms, sun porch, ind kitchen-ette. Motor garage. Sewer laid on. E.L.,elfictrie range. Numerous built-in cupboardsand bins, and all fittings the very best pro-curable.

There has been nothing stinte'l in thisproperty, and it has to be soen to be appre-ciated.

Terms can be given.

PRANK PARRIS and CO.,Real Estate and Insurance Agents,165 Cashcl street, Christchurch,'Phono 81-825. PGG3&

DEVEREUX, KING, AND GO, LTD.TIEVEREUX, KING AND CO., LTD.,XJ 165 Manchester street.900 Acres—Mortgagee's sale. Good- home-stead and buildings, ideal sheep and

cropping country. Thirty-fivo miles fromOhristchUtch. Only £5 10s per aero.

800 Acres—To Let or For Sale, with £l5Odeposit j rent 10s per acre, or £9 10s tohtiy. Grows good wheat and toot crops:

20 Acres, 16 Acres. 17§ Acres, 23 Acres. 6Acres, and 3) Aci-es, all handy to Christ-church. Very low pneea and exceptionalterms.

160 Acres—rOne of the best farms hand* toOhrißtchUrch. Only £27 10b per amro;easy terras.

DEVEREUX, KING and CO., LTD.,M570 165 Manchester street.

BAKER; BROS.

TO BUILDERS AND SPECULATORS.

MORTGAGEE'S SALE.BOULEVARD AVONSIDE.EIGHT SECTIONS,PACING TUB SUN.

TWO MINUTRS TO TRAM.A GIFT AT

£lO5 each.will CONSIDER GoOf) SECOND MORT-

GAGE AS DEPOSIT.BAKER BROS.,

166 Manchester street,825G0 Christchurch.

IX.L. Borax Washing Powder cuts your. washing timo in half. Makes ironingBftsier. —g

Cloater and smoother siiice.\J eating T66ston Tablets, -which.purifytfcfc bloody Burnetts', Chemist*. ■—lo

AUCTIONS.

E.VANS AND BULL.

Roland Bull, Gcorgo J. Leach,ESTATE AGENTS AND AUCTIONEERS,

(Established 1861),03 CATHEDRAL SQUARE

(Upstairs Government Life Insurance Build-ings, opposite Poet Office).LISTS ON APPLICATION.

'PHONE 32-725.OPEN FRIDAY EVENINGS, 7-8.OPEN RANGIORA—Tuesday, 10 to 4.

NUMEROUS HOUSES TO LET.5 BOOMS, City, IDs; ALSO 4-roomod bur-

nished Bungalow, City, 22s 6d; ALSO6 rooms (good), garage Cranford street, 80s;ALSO 4 rooms, Bungalow, Redcliffs, 17a(3d; ALSO 7 rooms, Fendalton, S7s Gd;ALSO 5-roomed Bungalow, Woolßton, 255;ALSO S rooms, St. Albans, garage, 27s6d; ALSO Superior G-roomed 2-stOreyBungalow and Tennis Court, Merivalo, 455;ALSO 4 rooms, Waltham, 17a 6d; ALSO 4rooms, Addington, 17s 6d; ALSO 4 rooms,Spreydon, 17a Od; ALSO C rooms, Bec-kenham, £l, ALSO 4-roomed Bungalow,Shirley, »'sh; ALSO 5-rooraed Bungalow,garage, Stn'oydoii, 255; ALSO six rooms, 5minutes from Square. 35a; ALSO 4-roomodBungalow, electric stove, Beckenham, 20s;ALSO 5-roomed Bungalow, Linwood, 2ob;ALSO 4 rooms, Clarence road, 12s6d; ALSO 2 room's, Woolston, 10s;ALSO 5 rooms (good), Woolston, 20s; ALSOgood 5-roomed Bungalow, off Papanul road,255; and Many Others. ALSO numerousShops and Offices. Lists on application.

EARLY HILLSIDE AND GLASSHOUSE.ICOR SALE OR KXOnANGE.

ACRES (about) EARLY HILLSIDE&\J LAND, suitable for auy market gar-den crops, Btono fruits, oto. LARGE NEWGLASSHOUSE, 120ft x 25ft; also 0-ROOMED BUNGALOW with all modern con-veniences, electric light, garage, large fowl-houses, etc. PRICE REDUCED FROM£3500 to £2500, LESS a large Govern-ment Mortgage; £SOO down or near offer,or would take House as deposit. Handy totba City, and a particularly healthy earlyposition. WE INVITE INSPECTION.

RENEWABLE GOVERNMENT LEASE.OKA ACRES—Rent 10b 6d acre—3o/yOU acres IN WHEAT, 83 acres inonts and grafis, 24 aeros going in oats, 10acres going in spring wheat, and balance2 and B-year ffrass. HAS GROWN 47 bus.wheat and 70 bus. oats per acre. CARRY-ING 20 dairy cows and a few heifers. Hasgone out of eheep; usually carried 200ewes. There are 20 acres in native bushand plantations, mostly bluegums. NINE-ftOOMED HOUSE, electric light, andnutoer-ous outbuildings. Price £1250. TERMS.Bedrock value. Pliotos. and full details onapplication. 17/57

KAIAPOI MORTGAGEE SALE.■4A ACRES, Heavy Dairying Land acd G-

-4:U roomed BUNGALOW, all conveni-ences, and usual outbuildings. Torme, Bay£2OO down; OFFER WANTED. Immediatenosecsaiori. Write or call for full particu-lars. . ,

STRAIGHT-OUT LEASES.■J n ACRES, Marshland, 4 rooms, 30»;

ALSO 3§ acres Papanui, six rooms,80s; ALSO 680 Acres, all buildings, 13s 8dacre; ALSO 1150 acre's, North Canterbury,half ill native, 5 rooms, 5s 6d acre. 'WRITEOR CALL.

EVANS and BULL,G3 CATHEDRAL SQUARE.

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accepted at any ot tho following Agencies»t OiHco Kates:—

ca'shmeke-C. 11, Duff, The Store, Hackthorna road.Cashmere Btores, Ltd., 2 Dyer's Pass road.

SYDENHAM—J. U. Pratt, Stationer, 356 Colombo street.Mrs Uarsham, Stationer, 458 Colombo

street.Mr Stokes, Stationer, 374 Colombo street.

OPAWA—Q. \V. Smith, Cash General Storekeeper,

Wilson's road.K. Eldridgo, "The Terminus," 132 Opftwo

road.ST. MARTINS —•

11. .7. Harbison. General Storekeeper,corner Wilson's and St. Martins roadfc.

WALTHAM—E. V. Smith, General Storekeeper, 131

Waltliam road.RICHMOND —

Andrew McKenfcle, Grocer, corner Stan*taore and North Avon roads.

j?APANUI—_H. Black, Stationer and Fancy Goods, 6

North road.T. Frieby, Northcoto Supply Stores and

News Agency.BRYNPWR—

E. E. Woodbury, Station Store.6T. ALBANS—

Rosewame's Terminus Store, corner. Bar-baaoes and Warrington streets.

Mrs E. N. Searle, Stationer and NewsAgent, 203 Papanui road.

FENDALTdN—T. 11. Rides, Post Office Store, Tram

Terminus.W. A. White, Grocer and General Produce

Merchant, 62 Fendalton road.MERIVALE—

F. Robinson, Grocer, Fruit, ProvisienMerchant, 65 Carlton Mill road.

SPREYDON—R. Hilder, Fruiterer and Confectioner, 43

Lincoln road,

SHIRLEY—Shirley Supply Stores, corner Hi Us road

and Warrington street.Junction Stores, corner Shirley And Marsh-

land. toads,KICOARtON—-

0. E. Oarlten, Fruiterer and Confectioner,374 Riccarton road.

UPPER RICOARTON—Mrs General Store, corner Yald-

hurst road and Racecourse road.ADDINGTON—

J. L. Campbell, Tobacconist, 315 Lincolnroad.

D. White, Grocer and Fruiterer. 374 Lin-coln rOad.

Miss A E. Deverell, Stationery and FancyGoods, 374 Lincoln Toad.

SUMNER--Henderson's Store, Wakefield avenue.Smith's White Stores.

LINWOOD—

W. B. Fraser, Fruiterer and Confectioner,557 Hereford street, Linwood. 'Phone37-910.

Burrows Bros., Fruiterers and Confectioners, 628 Linwood avenue.

G. A. Mcintosh, Fruiterer and Confeetioner, 253 Ferry road.

W. M Palmer, Pastrycook and Confec-tioner. corner of feasor's and Ferryroads.

NfcW BRIGHTON—

Mrs Palk, Stationer and News Agent.NORTH BEACfI

T. E. Thomson, Grocer ana Confectioner,Bovrhill road.

REDCLIFFS—T Vogon, The Store, Redcliffs. >

DOMETT—T. Sullivan.

LEESTON— , olMrs Fisher, General Store.AMBERLEY— _

,R. 3. Harris, Storekeeper.

6la*Aßd'ersoß, BaihvAy Bookstall, Grey-mouth.

METHVEN— -

W. 0. Batteon.***\ye and Co., General Store.

Hardy and Co., General Merchants.MAYITIE] D

National Mortgage aiid Agency Co., titd.Tel. No. 10.

IRHBORTON—-"Press" Office. Burnett street. Tel. 142j Mitchell, Nows Agent,. East street.

Tel. 313M.A W. Hopkins, News Agent, ®«»* «tre»t.

Tot. ISO.

auctions._

TONKS, NORTON AND CO., LTU

auction sale.

THIS DAY._

THIS DAY*

IN OUR ROOMS. 105 HEREFORD ST.,AT 1.30 P.M.

WE WILL CONDUCT OUR USUALWEEKLY SALE ASI ABOVE, WHfi

WJ3 WILL OFFER ON ACCOUNT OF VAKOUS CLIENTS AN EXTENSIVE ENTRYOF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE -ANDITECTS OF EVEItY DfcSCRIP TION.

FURTHER ENTRIES ACCEPTED.TONKS, NORTON and CO., LTD..

filo3 '■ Auctioneers.

ST. ALBANS NORTH.

Charming Now Bungalow, containing fourrooms, kitchenette, and large tun-porchdouble doors leading from living room andbedroom. The kitchenette 19 a feature of tmsvery modern homo, and is fitted with bin*,cupboards, etc., electric cooker, gas °op?!L;The bedroom? liavo built in wardrobes,boys and hot cupboards. The house is bosigned that it can be worked with thepossible labour.

Th® Section contains approximately 80perches, and is situated in a choice district,

and i« only few minutes from tram andschool. r °Uo 19033

PRICE £llsO.Full particulars from the agents.

TONKS, NORTON and CO., LTD.

MERIVALE-I'AFANL'i.

Eujigalow of 4 Rooms, kitchenette, and sun-room, with all possible conveniences. Good,high section with concrete paths, motorgarage, otc. Folio 1788

'■'" cc £llOO.For further particulars apply to the agents.

TONKS, NORTON and CO., LTD.,

XSIOS 105 Hereford street-

WANTED TO Itß*.Twelve Words, One Shilling per Insertion;

Three Insertions 3/8.

J?-ROOMED HOUSE TO L"" EVERY CONVENIENCE.

33 PRINCESS STREET, ADDINGTON.£1 PER WEEK.

Apply

WRIGHT, STEPHENSON and CO., LTD.,'"Addington.

WBOOB

BUNQ., St. Andrew's square, C-r., garage,32b 6d.

a-St. Bungalow, 7-r., Papanui rd, garage, 40s.Near St. Andrew's College, Bung, partly fur-

nished and complete floor coverings, gar-age, 60s.

HARRIS, LAWIiOR, and CO.,SiOTO 98 Hereford street.

'PO Let, Fitzgerald street, SubstantialJl House, 5 Rooms, sunporcb, garage;

excellent order; 30s. Apply 143 Salisburystreet. 7083

SUMNER—Esplanade, well-furnished Fivoroom Bungalow. Telephone 898-600K,6r 130 Esplanade. 1157Wo Let, 7-roomed House, every tjnveni-I ento, garage; 80a, Apply 67 FitSgeraldfcvenue. 1154

FLATS TO-LET.

TOURIST, PROFESSIONAL, ANDBUSINESS PEOPLE.

ST. ELMO RESIDENTIAL PLATS, .DearParliament Houee, Wellingtoii, offerModern, Up-to-date, fully furnished Flat,short or lope period.

Also, Bed-Sitting and Breakfast to Casualsper day or week. Service arranged Ifrequired.

Apply 09 HILL STREET.Telephone 42-845. 1247

ST. ELliO COURT, LTD."DESIPKNTUL FLATS NOW AVAILABLE■Hv in the f?ew Building.

Every modero lujrury, including hot water•upply. Building centrally, heated. Excellentriae&ls available oq Ground Floor.H. G. LIVINGSTONE and 00.,

Agents.L4OQB 100 Hereford streetrpo Let, Self-contained Superior furnishedX fiats, 237 Gloucester street, N.E. CornerLatimer square (just past Choral Hall), 237Gloucester street. 'Phone 34-856. Adultsoaly- D8470fIBORAL Flftts, evelry niodetii convenience,Y separate kitchenette, gas cooker,if-, garage, if required; adnlti Only. 387Gloucßater gtreet. 'Phone 34-866. D3470

TEST End furnished, Unfurnished flat,self-contained, every convenience;adults. 85 Worcester street. 1188

0"| O WORCESTER STREET, FurnishedPlat; also T<vo Booms, conveniences;i telephone. "Press." 1093

SHOPS AND Or?ICES TQ-LET._________—

r\OCTOR'S Consulting Room, use of wait-ing-room and attendant, central; 25s

JSM week, 146 Worcester street. 1163.WANTED 70 RENT.

■ttTANTEfi, by careful tenant, $ or 6-roomodVt furnished House, With garage. Rent

itust bo reasonable. Apply_T,P.g., •'Press."Furnished or J?artly*fiirhishoa

"* , House. Full particulars. Box 1197Post Offioe. 127a1 O OR 14 Rooms, suitable for Boardlpg-A<w house; central; good tenant. W. 3£.6imes and Co. 1311

WANTED ENOWM.©ONE WITS TOBACCO.

"A NTI-BACO" removes the craving, quickly, permanently. GuaranteedOftrWleie, G«t free booklet from Home Wel-fare Pty., P.O. Box 655f, Wellington.

' BUIBICIDITY in Stomach naturally overcome5^ by regularly eating Yeaston Tablets.

Barnetts', Chemists. —ll'PiSivi Years in tied—it -you live anotner-I- years, you will spend 10 yeara in bed.Make it a comfortable time oa a KosidownMattress S.o»idown» are stocked by lead-ing ftinnsbera M6501if>6WDER and Rouge may hide skinA bletijlßhes, but Yeaston Tablets Jperma-aintly remove thehi. Barnetts \* Chemists.

EING fttihsons to fetch your Lawn Mower.They will make a job of it for 6s 6d;

work only,; delivered free, M6584FREE Silk Hose. Sara 800 I.X.L. wrap-

pers and send to Superbus Co., Christ-church. ' .—5TKTEST-'tNAL TfoUbles overcome by regu--*• larly eating Yeaston Tablets. Non-habit-formjng. Barnetts', Chemists. —ls

TOOTHACHE is Utterly unnecessary ifyou keep Barraclough's Magic Nervineliandy. Try it—ls 6d everywhere. —1

BOOT tad Shoe 1Repairs-—Ttike yours toa Specialist—3. Ddll&t), Shoe Store,

Railway Hotel Buildings, Manchester street.

VIfANT a Sew Mattress? Ask four dealer' * to show you the KozidoWt M6SO)

&ECRET 6f Whiter Clothes tt.X.L. BoraxO Washing Powder. 3d fckt. Obtain-able frott All Grocdrs. —4

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auctions.H. Of. LIVINGSTONE AND CO.

important furniture AUCTION.

ON" ACCOUNT MR L. PALMER,

Who is' leaving Christehurch.

THIS DAY, AT 1 P.il.

]X OUR AUCTION ROOM,;.

AXUIN'STER CARPETS. HEARTHRUGS,CHESTERFIELD SUITES, ETC, ETC.

CHESTERFIELD AND TWO LARGE EASYCHAIRS, TWO LARGE CHESTER-

FIELDS TWO LARGE ART RUGS, OAKDUCHESSE, DARK OAK SIDEBOARD, OAKEXTENSION DINING TABLE, OAK DININGCHAIRS, WALNUT CHAIR, NEW AXMIN-STER CARPET 12 x 9, AXMINSTER CAR-PET 10 x 11, TYPEWRITER, RIMU DIN-ING CHAIRS, Office Chair, COTTAGEPIANO, Dark Oak Bedroom Suite, SeagrasaArm-chairs, Books, LAWNMOWEKS in per-fect order, etc., etc.

This furniture is all in first-class conditionand must bo cleared.

H. G. LIVINGSTONE and CO.,Auctioneer*,

8106 109 Hereford street.

WANTED TO SELL*

Twelve Words, One Shilling par Insertion;Three Insertion* 2/6.

DEVONSHIRE Cream. Prices down atJosephino's. 1097

LIGHT aged Draught lloree; all work, quietand reliable, i.. Murphy, Templeton.

1201

HAY—-Good Mixed Hand-baled, 2a 6d bale.Comer Burnsido and Graham's roads.

1209

MoOURMICK-DEERING 15-30 Tractor; nofurther use; in good order. D.P.S.,

Press." •' 1203Dog, used to hills, noisy, good

yard and road dog; trial. A.P.S.,' 'Press." 1202

HAY, 4 Bales lot, £4 Ss ton; Straw 4bales 6s; Straw Chaff 2s bag. 20

fatanmore road. 1237

O"" ATaHtiAi' Chaff, sell, Hi tons, good; bagor ton lots. 304 Withell's road. Upper

Riccarton. 1195VOW Lightning Cauliflower Seed. FormaO nice heads about six weeks after put-ting out Plants; also sow Swedish GiantBlight-Resisting Cabbage, winning prizesall over New 2eaiand 4 both Is pocket, postfree. From Fletcher Bros., Aehburton. 8016

Milk' 4d quart, bottled.7d J-GALLON LOTS. Delivered fearly

PAPANUI, ST. ALBANS, CITY, UNWOOD,WOOLSTON, SYDENHAM. ReplyM6610 X.P.S., this office.

SOW Burpees' .Lightning Dwarf Pea,weeks earlier and can be picked longer

than any other; great cropper and superbflavour. Price, Is Id packet, post free.ij'WI'CRER BROS., ASHBUBTON. 8017

CHILDREN'S Strength built up by MytolMutton Bird Oil Emulsion. Pleasant to

take. Barnetts', Chemists. —9

CELICATE Children improve in healthafter taking Morlife Tablets, Builds now

tissues aud rich blood. McArthur's, Chemists.—9

THERMO-RUB is best remedy for children'scoughs and colds. Gives immediate

relief 1 2/- jar._____

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KIDNEYS Oleansed and Purified by takingDr. Mackenzie's Menthoids, the .uric

acid solvent. Cook and Rosa, Chemists. -"9

LITTLE Children's Colds safely treated withRed Spruce Compound. Is 6d

and 2s 6d. All Chemists and Stores. —9

SLENDERISING! Take Youth-O-FormCapsules and reduce 201b 6 weeks

without dieting or painful exercises.Barnetts', Chemists. —9

CHILDREN'S Colds gone after chewingKapex Cough Cubes. Is 6d tin from

Cook & Ross, Chemists. —9

STRENGTH from the Sea to fight T.B. inMytol Mutton Bird Oil. Obtainable

Barnetts ,Chemijsts. —lO

UKIN Eruptions vanish after taking MorlifeO Tablets. Purify and enrich the bloodsystem. 5s Cd. McArthur's, Chemists. -—lO

BRONCHITIS! Massago wijh Thermo-Rub.Relief Immediately. Strong penetrat-

ing powers. 2/-. Ail chemists. —lO

DR. Mackenzie's Diet Chart Free to alluric acid sufferers upon application

to Cook and Boss, Chemists, >—loROUGHING ftelieved I Take Totty's Red

Spruce Cough Compound. Is 6d and2s 6d. All Ohemists and Stores. —lO

GRACEFUL Figure again yours by takingYouth-O-I'orm CajpSules. Absolutely

harmless. 6s 6d. Barnetts', Chemists —lO

WHY Dose Yourself for colds t ChewKapex Cough Cubes. Pleasant-tasting.

IS 6d tin. Cook A Ross, Chemists.. —lO

SANATORIA Uao Mytol Mutton Bird OilEmulsion. Ask for Mjtol Brand. Puie

and doubly-refined. Barnetts', Chemists. \

■ _ ; —llWOMEN suffering from loss of blood need

Morlife Tablets, Ro-vitalise the wholetyitetn. Ss 6d. McArthur's, Chemists. —llDEEP-ROOTED Chefet Golds broken up

over-night after massaging with Thermd-Rub. All Chemists. .

TTBIG Acid Crystals in system dissolvedv> with Dr. Mackenzie's Menthoids, which

purify blood stream. Cook and Roas,Ohemißts. ■ ■ —llEverybody iakes Totty's Red spruce

Compound, the pleasant cough rem-edy. Is 6d and 2b 6i. All Chemists endStores. —llfEAR of Ridlculo banished when stoutness

overcome. Take Youth-O-Ponn Cap-sules and secure slender figure. Barnette',Chemtst?. -^-11SWOLLEN Tonsils? Chew Kvpex CotoghO Cubes and quickly reduce inflamation.Is 6d tin. Copk„& RoSs, Chetajßts."*-11*VfUTftITIOM 1 One pint Mytol Mutton Bird

Oil equal to 100 fresh eggs. Barnetts',Chemists. .—l2

RE you under -weight J Moflifo Tabletsbuild strong, healthy bodies. Not s

drug. 5s 6d. McArthar's, Chemists. —l2"TITUMMyi I don't like nasty medicine."JJLL Hub In Thermo-Itub for cold. Muchbetter. 1RTHRITISI Agonising Fain;

after course of Br. Mackenzie's Men-tboids. the urid acid eliminator. Cook andR»sg,Jphejajßts. .

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■—l"rjIHBOW Off your hacking eeugh I TakeX Bed Spruce Cough Compound. Is 6d and2s 6d. All Qhfrtoiftta and Stores. —l6

RE people ashamed of your companyI.Stoutness may Be the cause. Reducesafely with Youth-O-Forfa Capsuled. Bar-nettß', Chemists. iaSORE, Ulcerated Mouth f Kapex Cough

Cubes offer healing relief. Is 6d tin.Cook & Rosa. -Chemists. >-—l3

PLANTS., SHfcUBS, ETC./CERTIFIED Seed, Epicure, Recent, GreatVV Scott, 71b, -\l4lb parcels. ' Combridge,

, 601 Colombo. street. . •. 1259AXTON'S Progress Dwarf Early Pea, Is

Packet; English novelty. Combridge.801 Colombo street. .1?®?

Pinks, "Mrs Slnkfns,"" clove scented, Is oach. Contbridge,801 Colombo street. 1259

DECORATIVE PALMS.A MAGNIFICENT lot of Decorative Palms

in all eiifis trdin lit to oft Ifc height.Is in the i dUdduftt.NAIRN 4nd SDKS, Linooln rofcd, CJhrUtthureh.

- I**67s

MXBOBXJJIKSOtr&rriRJiJAT SUGAR diabetes withX VINCULINI A Potent South AfricanHerb in a highly-compressed tablet form,harmless, pure, beneficial. Write in for freeVinculin Literature to HALL'S BOTANICDISPENSARY, 117 Armagh street, Ohrist-ohurch. * H6270SPiSjNt) One-third of Vour Lite in Luiury

—S|eep di> b Koaidown Mattress. Kozidowns will not sag nor lump Stocked oyleading turoisbera. M6601QKIN _

jTrCiublbs yield to Yeaston Tablets,CJ which kill infective germs. Barnetts',Chemists. . —-13YSTltli you start right, or will you have yourJ" Lawn Mower out of order in midsummer»Mmaons Mower.Overhaul, 6e 6d. M9584pROGANDRA painlessly removes the hardX . Kfgt corn. Why suffer any longer ITry it to-day—la cd. _1

EASTON Tablets every day keep you fitfor work and play. Barnetts',Chemists. .. —l3ON'T wait till the grass is long. Getready now; Minsons Fetch Your Mowerand put it in Proper Order for 6s 6d.

ASK your dealer to show you the Kozi-down Mattress Will not sag nor lump.' . M 6501

A W. BOSTON and SONS, LTD.,xl * LANDSCAPE ARCStTHjCTS ANDCONTRACTORS.38 PApANtft ftOAD,OHRISTCBtrRCH.

P-O. Bo* 1380 ■ n 'Phone 81-819.PaljfceMtop Ndrth BHhch, Box 169Let t>s assist you to design and lair outyour grounds to their best advantage 82558

T»UILD up your own business. MachineP w fli,!*/ Pr. ofl^b!c - Catalogue free.

w Co-, . Ltd., DominionBuilding, WflUiTigtoiv, H6599-3

AuonostLAWKIE ANDI®*;

LAWRIE ANDDECEASED ItAffirfTHIS DAY THIS DATIK OUR HOOHa, 210 TMain items—sV*t c.Duchesse Chests, -£«•«Couch, Linos., Wood Beds*Sideboards, Cutlery, 2 (j~fRunner, 4 Oak and B. ChaiiilHallst&nd, K. Chalri, 2 TeaWSXaConcertina, Hall Stat, PalmitSSMW. Table, Money Safe,Machine, Seagrasa Settee In*L. Mower, Tea Set, tits Ritz,

tures, Crockery, Sundries. Vsl!8102 LAWHI12 and TUT/wfri

SITUATIONS,^|||Applicants when applying f~~whero references ui i,wi

,send copies ;not oriif22R'ireference*. "'iTw* 1!,..,

REI'IIESENTATIVE, 0f 'milproved galeal>*ogrcssiva business firm,instanco, with reference*. to:'i?BfiiChristuhurch.Afi-ijiIJATiO.NS in~wrius7for tho position o{ Oottm'('watt for Steriliser Sties toiafi»ply A.R.S., "Press." .5WASTED, Smart ''fig* 4jj

cycle. Apply Vergstw." l*«SKtieet. '■ W1

VjACHIWi! Knitting 'JouJL Hosiery, ib faacUuktiCatalogue free. P. JH. Bupa«Ltd., Domimuu BuildiSJ/^y]

CAPABLE Woman Wafttei-'ilf!homo offered, and lOaWtt"Press." >„ "»,!

PEICE Wanted fromfor Firewood Cutting';216 Antigua street. '

fIIHBRE are excellent epportunitjX enterprising peoplekoittujg maihinea. P» H. fLtd., Dominion Building,

>BICE Wanted for Sawiafonly. 216 Antigua IttWi

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Parlourtta : d, Coobs (Hotel.Housemaids, Waitretkts, Gcountry position), IttoiekMferals. 'Phon* 3X*4S4»rCaShel Btreet.

CIANTEBBUBY LabourJ (late McDonald'*), ,

Canterbury Sheepownfcri' -1Biend Married andiried and Sinjlft Sh6ph*rds, Sti._.or6. Men tor Leading fcitalliool;<rs, Cowman, Cowboys, CbeluL!6ral Fttrm Hands. 113 Alts<»'Phones: Office „31'589,

V3COTT S KKGIBTBV, tfei'l,•O "Phone 36-571; fieonireiiilGeneral, ablo to take chaijej^Cook (City), Nurse-Houtemaia,\t'Cook-GeneraIs. and othersDRESS M

Bring, your ow&Coat and Costume.speciality. 4 i®bMISS SPARKES. 133 AJSIAG]j(Opp. Dominion Met'pf».)-v '

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WATCHMAN'S ol jOiWanted by £ne<]»&»>

2t> years. Sefpreiiflfs WifiSpjoyer. F.R.S.,

TBUSTWOBTHY Countposition Compauioif-I

lceeper; good plain 'C46"PreM."WANTED, Gartfebin£

experienced aH Mm#*,188 Harewood read, PapfUtijiff

SCOTT'S .RegistryEducated 6lri;si4o6W

children; 17 years., ttQtm+>oUSE ABOUT Wintft:;XV station; state vaftyL •fcfjSl"Press." "

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' wUfca*iTwenty �from Si W.street, Christshni«|^TTJALKW tender V*callouses, etc.:

church. | ; ... -j

ON'T endure"tiim, Su>»tlce, £

Bheumo sires'.stmfc relief.6d. • -A

YOU'LL SleepBLowdftWfc

■pRBS Offeri SeTe SOO :J? lovely pure silk hole*'

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itfbljr imfcroviu*,tttadrf to capitalise

to•day and to-awttow.Manufacturers fcni

to-day "«e reaping joodMOiiE* IS NOT

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Folly whisper* In the ea*» * .' 'Out down your advertiaui>> iMoney." |

Timidity tvggtitß tb(> «rpencil »W the consequent logWon b? yeAri of intensive eulß

IMPROVE VdtT> PBOjGood vALtJB, and thePEOPLE WILL BET*.

Every man, every woman,U still a consumer. | .

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THE EETECtjyfii-IURE ROAD FOR G.acceptance is via

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