The Mataura EnsignPUBLISHED DAILY. (EtTAtLIIHED GORE, OTAGO. NEW SEALAND, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1919. ONE, FENNY HALF-PENNY

RAILWAY NOTICE

ZEALAND RAILWAYS.coal-savixcTtimetable.

CONVEYANCE OF GOODS TRAFFIC.Commencing on MONDAY, Septem-

ber 15, and continuing until further no-tice, Goods Trains will run a<* fol-lows :

GORE-W AIKAKA : Leave Waikaka forGoi'e 3.10 a.m., returning leaving

"(fare for Waikaka 3.35 p.m. onand FRIDAYS nnlv.GOiSEfSW ITZERS: Leave Gore for9.45 a.nu, returning leav-

"ing: Switzers for Gore 12.40p.m. onTLESDAVS and FRIDAYS onlv.'den- for.Mossbarn 3.0 p.m., return-nag leaving Alossburn for Lumsden4.30 p.m., on AIONDAYS only.

Tfie, above trains will take essentialtraffic- only.

(Previous notices regarding runningof trams on these branch lines•will be cancelled as from Aloiidav, Sep-tember 15).661 BY ORDER.

ZEALAND RAILWAYS.COAL-SAVING TIMETABLE.

jCommeneing MONDAY, September15, and continuing until further notice,-MAIL'TRAINS will run as follows:MONDAYS and WEDNESDAYS only—

THe ordinary 1.25 p.m. Invercargill-Puneclin MAIL TRAIN.TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS only—Un? 'ordinary H a.ni. Dunedin-Christchurch .MAIL TRAIN.

WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS only■ The ordinary, 12.25 p.m. Christ*cburcb-Dunedin MAIL TRAIN.THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS only—The ordinary 8.30 a.m. Dunedin-Invercargill MAIL TRAIN.The; existing restrict ions in regard to

travelling will be in operation for abovetrains, and preference will be given tolong-distance passengers, travelling foressential business.

(Previous notices regarding MailTrains-will be cancelled as from Mon-day,"September 15.)612 : RY ORDER.

PROFESSIONAL.

,1. A. BROWN,DENTAL SURGEON,

STREET,- GORE.[AS resumed practice in his formerL - roonife,, over H. and J. Smith,

Drapers, Owner Irk and Main Streets.v -Hours: 9 a.m. to 5.30 n.m.

ThQne.;3o2. Box 65.

GRESHAM.DENTAL SURGEON,

BOX 99, GORE.

R GRESHAM visits Mataura Fri-day Afternoon, Liunsden second

Monday, Clinton last Monday. 251

T. L. FILLER.DENTAL SURGEON,

Twain STREET; GOEE.• Opposite Rost Office.

PUBLIC NOTICE.to become a Qualified

ACCOUNTANT.Ajcomprehensi vo Accountancy Guide,

. dealing with the Preliminary Com-mercial and Professional Examinations,is issued by the Australasian Examina-tion Coaches, Messrs Hemingway m3Hobertrson.

This valuable Guide, which will beseat, gratis on receipt of name and ad-

precisely :-U1./The advantage of Qualifying.

2. What the Examinations are.3. How to Prepare for the Examina-

. lions.4. How Long it takes to Qualify.5. How Much it Costs.6. W rhat Becomes of those who

. 'Qualify.In, this, commercial age no man’s edu-

cation is complete without a practicalknowledge of Accountancy.

Parents, think of the young peopleand realise that business, conditionshay© changed. What suited you willnot do for your boy. He must 'b.ltrained to meet the deeds of the times—to hold his own in Business and rap-idly advance be mustvhaye the bestequipment Von can give him. It isour duty and yours -to see that he getsit*......

htend without\ delay for free “Ac-. tountancy Guide.”

V~44EM>NGWAY & ROBERTSON S/CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS, LTD.

P;0, Box 516, AUCKLAND.

MAK-A-TRACTOR

PJTURNS- A FORD INTO A FARMTRACTOR IN 20 MINUTES.

Can be changed back into a Ford inthe same time. ’

DOES THE WORK OFFOUR HORSES

AT AFRACTION OF THE COST.

OVER ‘7OOO MAK-A-TRACTORS

Are being used in great Bri-tain AND AMERICA’

KIRK AND CO.,

92

GORE, AGENTS.JOHN CASEY,

Manager.

UPHOLSTERING.

All classes of Upholstering, Fnrni-tore, Bedding, Prams, Go-cartg, Pash-carte Re-covered. Car Cushions andHoods.Factory opposite MacGibbpn and Co.’s,

JSa*fe Gore;

let the Wedding ringBE THE NEW NARROW STYLE.

rtTHE XARIUHV DESIGN in Hamilton's Wedding Kings is few LATEST FASHION—and is termed tlwAMERICAN STYLE, These Set. Rings possess that definite character which determines desirabality—-

they appeal to those who seek and appreciate the artistic and unusual.

For those who prefer the usual wide design a splendid collection is provided, and the two styles compriseRings that aor© attractive in appearance, supreme in quality, and superior in workmanship.

CALL TO-DAY, !

G. C. HAMILTON.JEWELLER AND OPTICIAN,

PiO. Box 73. gore;

AND INSPECT AT YOURLEISURE.

Telephone 24G.

& PETTIGREWANTICIPATE,

NEEDS AND WISHES OF CAE OWNERS!GORMAGK AND PETTIGREW’S Staff of Skilled Mechanics, assisted by modern equipment, can exe-

cute the most exacting and difficult motor repair work efficiently and" satisfactorily—that is why Gor-mack and Pettigrew meet the rigid requirements or every car owner.

If not repairs—then lot us overhaul your car. Have you car attended to by' experts, then you get completesatisfaction, and you are assured of painstaking, individual service—the policy' of .our. establishment. Runyour car into our repair shop—and when it is delivered to you. results will come up to expectations.

COME IN TO-DAY.DISTRICT AGENTS FOR STUDEBAKER AND HUPMOBILE CARS.1 FULL STOCKS OF PETROL, OILS, TYRES AND ALL ACCESSORIES.

GORMAGK & PETTIGREW, LTD.,JIUTOE AGENTS, COKE. ,

LTD.,GORMAGK

THE OAKLANDand

FORD MOTOR CARSCOST less to BUY. COST less to RUN

" WILL take you over any ROADS under any CONDITTIONS.WILL go through water where other oars will STICK.

THE OAKLAND AND THE FORD are the BEff PROPpSiTIONBUSINESS and PLEASURE.

TYRES. OILS AND ACCESSORIES.

G. W. WOODS AND CO.,MERSEY STREET, GORE. . (

’Phone 87. J. E. McDONALD, Manager.

FARMERS!TXTHY give from £3OO to £4OO more for a car than is asked for the famous

FORD?The Ford Motor Company limits the agents’ commission to a very small

amount, and this, combined with an output of 4000 pars per day, makes itpossible to undersell any other make of ear on the market.

Why, you can buy two Fords for the price of the average car offered,and your upkeep would still be less.

Full stocks of genuine Ford Spares kept, and all Petrol, Oil, Tyres ,etc.,are supplied at lowest current, rates.

Our Repair Shop and Mechanical Staff’ are the most up to date in Gore.

TRY US.

HUTTON AND HOLLAND. LTD.,;

'

premtMi motor garage. ' * " *'

:

BOCKS EVERY TIME!AN Australian motorist writing in the “Buick Bulletin” states that hef

covered 761 miles in a SIX-CYLINDER BUIGK, 1917 model, with sixpassengers on 32 gallons of petrol and one gallon of oil.

THE BUIGKwill do 25 miles to the gallon of petrol''on good roads and water in theradiktor. The engine is thei coolest driven.LATEST MODEDS ARRIVING ARE WELL WORTH INNSPECTING BY

CAR BUYERS.A SNIP.

FOR SALE—I9I6-17- SIX-CYLINDER . BUIGK, as good as new.

J. A. S. AITKEN,GORE MOTOR GARAGE. ’Phone 163.

FILL YOUR TANK WITH BOWSERISED PETROL. PUREST ANDCLEANEST.,

SIX-CYLINDER BLOCKS FOR HIRE.COMPETENT DRIVERS.

JUST LANDED-A SHIPMENT OF

LADIES’ AND GENTS’ENGLISH CYCLES.

fTHESE MACHINES ARE OF FIRST-A CLASS QUALITY, AND AREWELL WORTH YOUR INSPECTION.

THE CASH CYCLE AND MOTOR DEPOT)THE LEADING CYCLE SHOP OF THE TOWN (Opposite G.P.0.),

NAT. GREAVES, PROPRIETOR.’PHONE 220.

J. MACGIBBON AND SONS, LTD.,MATA URA,

GENERAL MERCHANTS, COMMISSION AGENTS AND INSURANCE

AGENTS FOR-GROUND CARBONATE OF LIME.MILBURN LIME AND CEMENT CO.DOMINION LIME CO.

Book vour orders for LIME now, and save the rush at the end of the season.WAIRIO COAL, KAITANGATA COAL AND NUTS andMATAURA LIGNITE,

IN STOCKS- LCORNSACKS, SEAMING TWINE.COOPER S AND LITTLE’S FLUID POWDER DIP,BRANDING LIQUID. ETC

OILS of all descriptions for Motor Cars, etc. Also Petrol and Benzine, Cy-clone Fencing, Netting, and all Farmers’ and Builders’ Requisites.

LAND LAND*5

VYE have a large number of splendid

PROPERTIES FOR SALEIN ALL PARTS OF NEW’ ZEALAND.

We have Farms to suit YOU AND YOUR. PURSE, Tell us what you-want and us the opportunity to servo you.

IF YOU ARE A SELLER we shall he pleased to receive particulars'ofyour property for insertion in our registers, \ ’

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MURRAY, ROBERTS &: CO., LTD.GORE. #

k. McPherson,Local Representative,

YOUR CHILDREN SSIGHT NEEDSATTENTION,

Unaccountable headaches,-;dullness aschool, backwardness in learning areoften due to defective eyesight.

Therefore bring your child withoutdelay and have his or her sight tested.We are specially successful with chil-dren. If the service of -a doctor isneeded we tell you‘at once.

....

8. E. FERGUSON.OPTICIAN BY EXAM.

JAIN STREET

PROVIDENTLIRE ASSURANCE CO.THE ONLY N.Z. LIFE ASSURANCE

COMPANY.Head Office: DUNEDIN.

Policies issued for—Ordinary and industrial Life AssuranceEndowments and AnnuitiesPersonal Accident and Sickness,

Covered either for all Sickness or50 Specified Diseases.

The Premiums are extremely moderate,and a reduction is made in the Acci-dent Branch to Total Abstainers andOrdinary Branch, Policy-holders.

The Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George said:“The willingness to take risks is. inthe great merchant or capitalist, a vir-tue. " It is to him what courage is tothe soldier or statesman, or imagina-tion to'a poet; but the willingness totake risks is/ in the salary earner orwage earner a weakness, or, in greatexcess, a vice. We can place nearly

I the whole burden of risk on theshoul--1 ders of those able to bear it,”

I LOCAL AGENT,I MARTIN THOB. FRANCIS.

' O/o Wilkinson and Co.,GORE.

POLD FALSE TEETH bought sound

or broken. Rest possible prices, inNew Zealand. Send anv von Hive to,T. DUNSTONE, Box 3418. Auckland.Established 28 years. Cash by return

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AMUSEMENTS.

PE IN C ESS THEATRETO-NIGHT.

See the Great Fight inOLD LOVES FOR NEVP

Starring -MARJORY WILSON.Also HIS SUDDEN RIVAL (Comedy)

THE DAGGER DEAL. 641

HO HT 1 0 IT; TUR A L HA L LMATAURA.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1919,

GRAND CONCERTBy Miss- Uatnani’s Concert Party,

in. aid ofiHigh School Fallen Soldiers’Memorial Fund.

1637 -VL. YULE, ,Sec.

fTIHE Farewell Social to Mr and MrsG. Hardman, Wendonside Hall,

'September 19, has been postponed tillFriday, September 26, owing to clash-ing with -Welcome Home Social, Wai-kaia, 579

A WELCOME HOME to Privates A.Murchison, R. McNeish, W.

Woodward, R. Molvor, R. Coils-ins willhe held in Coronation Hall, Waikaia,on Friday, September 19. Admission:Gents. 2s (id, ladies Is 6d. ' Refresh-ments provided.—D. Sproat, Sec. 581

SITUATIONS,.

w A N E D.

SMART IMPROVERS ANDAPPRENTICES

to the dressmaking. .7Apply— MRS GEBBIE,

617 Stewart,.Bros.

A USTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVI-DENT SOCIETY. / '

INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT.The Society has a vacancy in the -VIa-taura District tor an - .energetic’ Agent.Apply . -

l?

THE OFFICE,651 Esk Stret, inveiceargill.ANTED—A good Ploughman and

Handy Man good - wagbji; . forBalfour district. Apply at once.—W.S. and Co., Ltd. 6GO

and found. We have, severalopenings for single ploughs

men at £‘2 10s to £3 per week andfound; also married couples, farmhands, gorse cutting and ditching. Wehave also positions for girl.? in hotelsand private houses in town and coun-try. We also request shearers to re-gister' at once with us.—Falconer’sAgency. - 018

PUBLIC NOTICES.O ROUGH OF GORE

TAXf CAR FARES.Public notice is hereby given that in

accordance with a resolution passed bythe Gore Borough Council on August5,' 1919, the followinng rates and faresfor the hire of Taxi Cars..te take efJ.feet as follows

...From Stand within the area bounded

by Bury and Broughton Streets, roundfoot of hills, to Wo Isley and Cobhara

-Htreats, across river to Oxford, Riverand Church Streets, to Railway Esplan-ade, thence bounding Waikaka River toErie Street, 2s.

From Stand hounded by CharltonRoad, Frank Street, Factory Hill andfoot of Brick Hill, Maitland and Went-worth Streets to foot of hill, 2s lid.

Beyond these boundaries a* arranged.No extra charge unless more than

four passengers; over four passengers,6d extra each.

For any number exceeding four from10 to 11 p.m., fare and a-half.

From -11 p.m. to 7 a.rn. ihe follow-ing day, tare as arranged.

All work by ’hue, 12s (id per hour.All runs, otfier thjin the above Is

per mile each way.Five shillings per hour to be charged

■for standing tme, booking, 0d extra."

627

|jj IS S~

MURDOCH,. 1 Teacher of

PIANOFORTE, THEORY ANDHARMONY.

Pupils coaciiou at her home, JosephStreet, for Associate Board and TrinityCollege Examinations. 339

T OOK OUT for Mataura HighlandSociety’s Social, Horticultural Hall,

Tuesday, September lb, tor, memberswho have been on active servic'e.—A.X. MacGihhon, Sec. 662

TZ'-NAPDAUE Spinsters’ Ball, Tues-day, September 23. Invitation

card must be, presented at door. , (548

CHURCH NOTICES.

pRESBY TER IA N CHURCH.’11 a.m.—“Christ the King of Glory.”

Children: “Hill-climbing.”-'6.43.—PRINCESS- THEATRE.

FOR WARD. MOVEMENT.“The Parting of the Wavs.”

REV. J. M. SIMPSON, B.A.Duet, i( Love Divine” (Stainer).Solo, “Oh, What Will You Do?” .

640

CONG REG A T I O N A Lu ' CHURCH..11 9,m.,Young People’s Service.7 p.m.

?‘■■The Tragedy of the Might-Have-Been.”

A Welcome for Yon.REV. FRANK DE LISLE. 641

Methodist church.—n. “Men■ Wondered- At”; 7, “Wells of

Water.” Rev. ILM. Liddell. Mataura,2.30, Rev. Liddell. 642

BAPTIST CHURCH.-r 11, “A Voicefrom Heaven”; 2, Bible Class; 2.30,

Sunday School; 7, “The Writing in theSand; A reply to Sir A. Conan Doyle’slecture on the psychic Christ.” Rev.T. H. Eccersall. . 645

CHURCH—Gore(thirteenth Sunday after Trinity);

Matins 11, Holy Communion noon,Evensong ,7. Croydon Hail; 3 p.m. 663

CHURCH OF CHJITST. ofBread, 11 o’clock; Bible School,

2.30; Gospel Service, 7. Subject,“What Think Ye of Christ?” G. D.Verco. 646

PUBLIC NOTICES.

YY A N T E DIn Business Area, Gore,

SECTION, about J-aere.Northerly aspect preferred.Price and particulars to

“CASH,”050 ‘Ensign’ Office, Gore.

QO R E H 1(1 H SCH 0 0 L.'THIRD TERM' commences

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,at the usual hour.

A. MARTIN,649 , Secretary.

gA L F 0 II R TO W N HAL L.THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 8 p.m.

. Addresses will he delivered at theabove time and place in the interests of.Labor and the coining Election, hv31essrs Price and O’Byrne.

Roll up and hear the gospel of truedemocracy. All invited.

A. O’KANE,Balfour, Sept. 13, 1919. 652

A MEETING will be held with a viewco reorganise the CATTLE FIiXT

HACK RACING CLUB, in the BilliardRoom, ILVLFuTR, on SATURDAY,September 20, ii 8 p.m. All interestedinvita®!.

T. TIM.PANY,A. ALEXANDER,

L. KEOWN,653 Conveners.SOUTHLAND EDUCATION BOARDio ,

WOOL-SORTING C^XfsES.Preliminary meetings inter-

ested in the establishment'' of WOOL-SORTING CLASSES under the direc-tion of Mr J. McGregor will be held'as under:— I . ■

GORE I WEDNESDAY, 17th inst„ inHigh School, at 8 p.m.

WAIKAKA VALLEY: THURSDAY,18th inst., in Public School, at8 p.m. ■

Mr McGregor will be present to out-line course of instruction and enrolstudents.

As the Board is prepared to establishsimilar classes suitable centresthe instructor will be glad to make ar-rangements at above meetings with re-presentatives -from other districts de-sirous formed.

Educa t ion Qmpgill,Sep tern 1 j 654

La u- /IBr c e.

Having ' Pre-mises lately-owned Kelly Itrust, by careful at-jtention, *to solicit a ffyijf -public patron-1age. V" fi |

All classes of laundry and dyeingwork undertaken,

Fr<

620

a speciality.F. SINCLAIR,

Proprietor.

FAMES McERLBAN has taken ove:Rayles’ (Mataura) Hairdressing

Saloon, 'tobacconist and NewspapeiBusiness, Complete and Tip-to-datlstock Tobaccos, ■■Smokers’ RequisitesRazor-setting a specialty.

W J. TREBILCOCK. Painter miT * Paper banger. Estimates giverfor ail branches of the DecoratingTrade. Shop address: Medway Street;Residence. Crewe Street. Gore. 777rjREAT VALUE I Men’s StrongFarm Boots, watertight, peggedand nailed; price 34 s* Only at SiaotfiGash Boot Store, opposite Post Office.npß-Y the New Zealand Pine Coinpany

for large or small orders of Timberand Split posts. Prompt delivery.Telephone 11. Box 23.

VW can get two ounces of ChoiceSmoking Mixture for Is 4d atHleywood’s. Ask for free sample.T> ABBITSKINS.—Consign Dalgety’sjDunedin. Our classer has a repu-tation among skinmen for the prices hegets.

. CI7ANTED,' *Car*. ’ * tier, Coal Merchant, etc. Allorders receive prompt attention.—W.

0. Simons, Box 18, Itiversdale. 48C* T? Choice Suitings of English

A-. Tweeds and Worsteds. -1 A new, stock just arrived. A liberal discountto the returned soldier at Ferguson’s,

The Tailor.

TTtLECJOKAL DISTRICT OFMATAUEA.,

NOTICE IS HEREBA 7 GIVEN that a.printed copy of the ELECTORALROLL for, the ' Electoral District of

’ MATAURA i s deposited for PUBLICINSPECTION at the underiiientioned

' places:—Post Offices at Gore, Waikaka'Val-

iev ,• Maitland, Matauf a, Ferndale.Charlton, Waimumu,: Brydone. Glencoe;Hedgehope, Gorge Bead, Waimatua,Kapuka, Mokotna, One Tree Point,-Mabel Bush, LongbUsh/ -SeawardDowns, Woodlands, Morton Mains, Ed-endale, Wynd ham, Fortro.se, Waima-haka. •

School-houses atTuturau, Dacre, Oter-jjiji'ka, Menzies Ferry, Mimihau, Otara.Fortification, Tokpnui, Pine Bush.

Office of Registrar of Electors, Court-house, bore. ' ■MacGibbon and Cot’s Shop, EastCore.

House of Mr J. T. Steele, McNab.,House of Mr Kirkland, Ma'taura Is-

land.W. M. WILL,

644. Registrar of Electors, Mataura.

JP 0 R PRIVATE SALE.Residence in Albany Street, owned

and lately occupied by the late JohnLatham. : --4.-,.,......

Particulars fromTHOMAS LATHAM,

lei Builder, Gore.

rjMJRX STAMPS INTO MONEY!We always want British, Colonial. Is-

land Stamps, loose lots or collections.Guaranteed highest prices by the old-established firm. Get in touch withStanley Stamp Company, National Mu-tual Buildings. Wellington. 911AT LOVELL’S—A nice selection of

Bibles, Church Praises and Hymn-arys, Anglican Prayer Books, R.C.Prayer Books, Sankey and Alexander’sHymn Books, Birthday and AutographBooks, choice selection Booklets ofPoems, Postcards of views of Gore (newselection), Birthday Postcards andComic do., Ladies’ and Gents.’ Pursesand Pocket wallets; a few left of 1919Diaries (pocket and rough), prices ofthese reduced; a nice selection of clearglass Specimen Vases for spring flowers111 tall and short varieties; compactTable Bookstands, 5s 6d each; a variedselection of Afternoon Tea Cups andPlates to match; dozens of large andsmall Photo Frames (Just opened up a

Hew line of these to select from) ; FruitDishes, Tea Trays, Fern Bowls, prettyHand-painted Jap. Silk Fire Screens,long and medium strings of Black,Colored and Scented Beads, Hair

Brushes and, Combs, Gents.’ Military'.Manicure• Sets, best- Toilet

Soaps and Perfumes; -Marking, Swanand other Inks; all Home, Colonial andAmerican, -Magazines by every mail,.Daily unci'-Weekly Newspapers, FashionJournals in“Weldon’s,” “Evervlady’s,”“Weigel's,” fw All,” etc.;variety ’of rciiaWß&Uookery Books,School Books ari(|@ffliiool Requisites;Children’s and Laax^ 5 Handbags, HairClasps and Combs; nice variety Sta-tionery and Schoolbags.

THE MATAURA ENSIGN.DELIVERED EVER f EVENING

In Gore and East Gore.

IMMEDIATELY ON THE PUBLICA-TION OF THE TOWN EDITION,

With Stop Press News.

ORDERS for Regular Delivery givento the Runners or sent to ..he

Office, will receive Prompt Attention.

Town Agent:CHAS. ROBERTSON,

Wigan Stieet.

The. Town Edition may be obtainedfrom our Agencies as follows on the daytf publication:—

BRYDQNE—J. W, Parker.EDENDALE—T. Dennis.MATAURA—W. Hayles, Bridge Bt.W YN DHAM—Mrs Heath.WAIKAKA—MutuaI Co-op. Store*.MANDEVILLE—Jas. Beeoot.FRESHFORD—J. T. Gibson.BALFOUR—R. Grant.

Walker. *

RIVERBDALE—J. 0. McKenna.HERIQT—J. 1. PaulLUMBDEN-iA. McAllister. JPFKERAU—MutuaI Co-op. Store*.

OR IN GORE PROM—I. D. FORBES, Main Street.JF. 8. GRAHAM; i Main 'Street.SIRS LOVELL, Main Street.BOYNE BROS., Main Street,

andTHE RAILWAY BOOKBTALE. r

rHE BORE PUBLISHING CO., LTRMERSEY STREET. GOR«.

VIJ’E make clothes perfect in every** detail from best materials procur-

able at fair trade prices.—Tut ty’s.

VV/'E wish to let Returning Soldiersknow that we give a fair deal

ift&Ciiljiisril -disicoi»t,- ■ Tiiftyi” .

PUBLIC NOTICES.

££) Made-to-measure Suits, madeto your own masurements;

splendid range of all-wool ColonialTweeds to choose from. We are notedfor smart made-to-measure suits. Fitand style guaranteed.—Lewis’s, Ltd.Sale prices. Good value. Box 26.’Phone 65.

MISCELLANEOUS notices.) T>AXD OF MERCY; Monday, at, 7.30,

Try never to cause needless painto any living creature. 659

1 11/fISvS'BEXXKT, A.T.C.L., is prepar-ed to receive pupils lor Pianoforte

’ at, her residence, Thomas Street, Gorg.658

T AWN MOWERS.—We have just re-ceived a consignment of Lawn

Mowers. For a reliable and easy-run-ning machine at lowjc-ost try Farmers’

Co-op. r

'tHIH SALE—Settings Black Oi-ping-tons. 10s 6d and 6s 6d; Vtjhite

Leghorn, 6s '6d.~R. 0. Ferguson,Wigan Street.

ITpESTED SEEDS—-Buy from practical-*• seedsmen. Have’over 30 years’experience to guide you.—Burrows andCo. 945

IXT'AXTED to Sell—Rimu BedroomSuite, Wire and Kapok- Mat-

tresses, 2 Stretchers; ©ak Wardrobe(all new), Small Duchess, Taho withDrawer, Sun Blinds, Crockery and Sun-dries.—Apply ‘Ensign.’

’

629T GST, about three weeks ago—Sinall

Purse containing money, 'keep-sakes. "Reward. Please return ‘En-sign’ Office. 610

V/C^OOLPACKS.—Our supply of Wool-packs for the coming season isnow to hand. Complete stocks,- allsizes. Place your order now while theprice is low.—Farmers’ Co-op.

Nights and Dressing-.. jackets,, also . Children’s Dresses,with Embroidery Cottons and Silks forworking, at "The Liberty,” Main

Street,—Mrs Robb. '

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TCj'OH. SALE—Lister Petrol Engine,h.p.; only run five weeks; guar-anteed right; a bargain.—Apply A. Mc-Lay, -.Pukerau.AGRICULTURAL FORiMALIN, inpint and quart bottles, invalu-

able for Pickling Seed (fats and Wheal.I—N.Z. 1—N.Z. Loan Co.

;AATEEUFOLKS’ FROCKS, in Tussore. Silk, hand worked, seasonable

and reasonable, at “The Liberty,” MainStreet.—Mrs W. Robb.

ARDEN SEEDS.—Planting time isnow at hand. We carry a full

sidck of all Garden Seeds, also PotatoManure in handy-sized bags.—Fanners’Co-op. . ..

jV" Z. LOAN CO. have large consign-, • ment of Agricultural Formalin.Order now for Pickling Seed Oats andWheat.—N.Z. Loan Co. ‘ ,

COURTAGE Sowing Cocksfoot (Canter-_

bury) just to hand; splendid value,sd. Glover Kid. Wire sarrtples.—Boyd’s Agency, Dunedin. 552nPRIUMPH” FERTILIZERS contain, principal Plant Foods, in Phos-phate,; Nitrate, Potash, Order now

from N.Z, LOAN CO. »

TUST LANDED—Varied stocks •, ofU Voiles, Pongees, Shirtings, Prints,etc. Call and inspect.—AlacGibbon andSons, Mataura.

'JV'ATTY, Neat and Nice are the latestA 1 Rlouses and' Collars' which:'; MrsRohb has jtist uneascd .at “The Lib-.erty,” Alain Street. .

A LTERNATE TENDERS are invitedfor.the erection in woodand concrete

of a Stable for Mat-aiiraCollieries. Plansmay be seen at A. E. Kemp’s* Office,River Street, Gore. Tenders close Sep-tember 20. Lowest or any tender notnecessarily accepted. •

TASKING TACKLE.—New Season’sA Stock arriving. Supplies are short.Order early from A. G. Hey wood.CEEDS ! and Manures. Yates 1 Gar-den Seeds, Clovers, etc. CrossKeys and K.P. Co. Manures now onhand. Order early.—MacGibbon andSons, Mataura.CHERWOOD’S (Mataura) Stock-re-

ducing Sale starts on Saturday,September 6. ThumpingX good bar-gains. Get in early. ■

■ A ' RARE .opportunity for Bargainsin all hues at Sherwood’s Stock-

reducing Sale, Mataura, from Satur-.day, September 6.

T OOK bUT for MacGibbon and Sons’(Mataura.) Display of Rugs, Mats,Quilts, etc. Prices reasonable. :.

It/YEDALS for Soldiers. Designs onapplication. Quality and prices

unsurpassed.—A. J. Gibbs.CEEDS.—FuII stocks Cooper’s and

Sutton’s Vegetable and FlowerSeeds now on hand.—Batcheler andCo., Mataura.

A LADDXN . DYE SOAP —Just tohand fresh supply(in all the best

colors,—Batcheler and Co., Mataura.rULL at Leishman’s for your nextSr footwear. Holland’s Buying!*,

WJICK Cars? new models; four andA* sir cylinder. Book now forspringdelivery;—Joiseph Green, Riversdale.; *■>:—■— *•-■* -r -I ■

TEETH, sound or otherwise.■A Top market price 'to trade andothers.—Pearline Co., 168Queen Street,Auckland.

\\TOMEN’S' Chrome One-bar Walking* * Shoes, only 13s 9d at Simon?®

Boot Store, opposite Post Office.

RUBBER STAMPS, any size orshape, for any purpose, promptly

made at the ‘Ensign’ Office."VTOTE the new address of Leishman’a

Boot Store—Holland's Buildings.

ABBITSKINS, Sheepskins, Wool,AV Hair,’Hides, Tallow. Top pricey

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GENERAL NEWS.

A Napier Press Association messagesays that rain continues, and rivers arein high flood. Reports from the sur-rounding districts state . that the sheeplosses are heavy.

A Whakatane message says that inreplying to a resident’s suggestion tohold a State art union for house build-ing, Mr Massey says Ke is anterested mthe suggestion, and has referred it tothe Workers’ Dwelling Board.

A Dunedin Press Association mes-sage says that Miss Christina. Clarkehas donated, on behalf of her latebrother, Mr Daniel Clarke, late ofWaipahi, £IOOO towards the cost of fiverooms in the Ross Home for AgedPeople.

As the outcome of the disorder atParliament Buildings on Wednesday, areturned soldier Teamed FrederickHarry Williams was charged in theWellington Mag.s trace’s Court onThursday with having broken a win-dow in front of the budding. He waslined £5 and ordered to pay £2 thevalue of the window.

A meeting of -dairymen held at the.Addington Saltyards the following mo-tion was carried unanimously, to beforwarded to the Minister of Tducation'and the Minister of Internal Affairs,says & P.A. message :—“That this,meet-ing of dairymen is strongly of the opin-ion that legislation is necessary to pro-hibit the employing of child labor ontnilk carts and other similar employ-ments necessitating their rising ai> un-duly early hours until they have finish-ed their education at the Stateschools.”

The Municipal Conference concludedin Wellington yesterday. The Mayorof Wellington (Mr Luke) was re-elected President. It was decided that,the vice-presidents and the executivebe the ’same as before. At yesterdaymorning’s sitting the Municipal Cor-porations Act Amendment Bill, intro-duced by Mr Luke, was dealt Avith,some discussion on the clause propos-ing to give power to united boroughsto raise all rates by way of a generalrate, and it was decided to recom-mend the insertion of a clause provid-ing that in the matter of special loansa poll be taken if 5 per cent, of theratepayers desire it. The conferenceapproved of tho Bill with this addition.A deputation waited upon tho PrimeMinister and Minister of InternalAffairs yesterday. The speakers indi-cated that the remits passed by theConference would be forwarded to the.Ministers concerned with the hopethat action would be taken on thelines indicated. In reply. Mr Masseysaid that he had not had an oppor-tunity of reading tho remits yet, butwould do so witli the object of makingthose of' which Parliament approvedinto legislation as soon as possible.The Hon. J. B. Mine spoke briefly, in-dicating that ho would be glad toavail himself of the assistance offeredby the Conference.

WAR GRATUITIES.

THE PR.ESS SLIGHTED

WELLINGTON. Sept. 12A meeting of the Wellington Re-

turned Soldiers’ Association to considerthe report, of the deputation to Par-liament regarding the war gratuitieswas hold to-night in the Town Hall andwas attended 'by representatives of theWellington papers. A. member of theassociation proposed that the press boexcluded, and during the discussion onthis motion tho references to the news-papers of Wellington and their report-ing staffs were so offensive that thepressmen withdrew without waiting forthe question to he put.

REPO RTERS ASKED Tl6 RETU RNWELLINGTON, Sept. 12

It, was announced 'afterwards that themotion to'exclude'the press was heavilydefeated and a motion that the report-ers should he asked to return was car-ried.

A motion that the renort of the de-putation to Parliament he not receivedwas lost, though largely supported, andthe rpport was adopted.

THE MATATJRA ENSIGN*.. SATURDAY, ' SEPTEMBER:Is, 1919;8

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Some Good News.NEW 8 HIPMENT OF CYCLES.

riyfcCORKINDALE ! S have landed a new shipment of•tYX Cycles!

Cycles are almost as scarce in New Zealand as Germans.If you want a maehi ne get in early before the rush smarts.

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“ Snqrtfing Good-oh., cold is - terrible,”says Maiti.

“'fhe other day a girl who hies fromf .'Vlartmborough came m to see us and

, spied an empty Baxter’s Lung Pre-server Bottle on the table. She said:‘Goodness, you’re just like Dad, He’s,always got a, bottle of Baxter’s on hiscable.’ 10’s, been snowing good-oh forthe last couple of days, and the cold isterrible—but I always have my Bax-ter’s—M.M., -—— Hospital, Dunedin.”Baxter’s Lung Preserver you musthave these winter days. 2s 6d for bigbottle. 2

Every prudent man carries "NAZOL"in his vest pocket. Nothing so goodIfor preventing and relieving coughsand colds. Sixty dc«©s Is fid. !

M POWERto disease—does your physicalsystem possess it in great or smallmeasure? It is well to rememberthat theresistance which the bod-ilSy organism opposes to the attacksof disease will be largely gov-erned by the condition of thedigestive system. Strengthen thedigestion strengthen thewhole body. Beecham’s Pillshave a splendid reputation as acleansing and tonic medicine.They stimulate the gastric powers,correct the action of the liver andkidneys, regulate the bowels andpurify the blood. «}> The starting-point of serious disease hasfrequently been traced to stomachderangement: the wisdom'of deal-ing with early indications of this

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A Charming display of new season’s Hats forLadles, fascinating Hats for Girls, and nobby Hals forChildren now awaits you at McGruer’s MillineryShowroom. The prevailing ideas, shapes and ma-terials find expression in them in the most finishedand artistic manner, and our first Spring display will 1

be of much interest to ladies who are anxious to knowexactly what the latest effects are, and the quality ofthe offerings, no less than the low prices will doubtlessprove a revelation to many customers.

Come to-morrw anu see everything at its best.We will expect you.

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Admiral Jellicoe has assured SirJoseph Ward that the coal difficultywas insuperable in regard to H.M.S.New Zealand’s visit to the Bluff. Theyhad just been informed that the coalpromised at Suva was non-existent, andit was necessary to use the utmost eco-nomy in the warship’s movements. “Ineed hardly say how much we shouldhave liked to go south had the condi-tions admitted,” Lord Jellicoe addod.

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Glace DERBY SHOES, sewn, patentcaps; smart shapes; all sizes.

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SALE PRICE 25/- per pair.

14 Pairs Ladies’ STRAP SHOES,colour-ed suede; evening and 'house wear;sizes: only 2, 3, 4, 7., t .

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60 Pair Ladies’ Black one-bar . EVEN-ING SHOES; sizes 3, 6 and 7 only.

SALE PRICE 5/3.r : : :

Infant ANKLE-STRAP SHOES; sixesi 2to 6; black or tan. 3/6.

Men’s stout chrome whole-back pegged |BALMORALS; heel and toe-plates; isewn sole; no loecaps; territorial make. 1

SALE PRICE 31/-.t—— ——

, Men’s Fine Chrome Box Derby BAL-MORAL BOOTS—Thetoe, dress wear.

SALE PRICE 26/6.

Men’s KNEE GUM BOOTS, new stock.

SALE PRICE 24/-.

Men’s Pioneer Box Chrome DERBYCOOKHAM BOOTS, leather lined; widewelt; hand-sewn principle.

SALE PRICE 3SA.

NEW LINES, il f'• ~ ■ •$!

Gent’sTan Derby DRESS BOOTS, welt-ed; pug toe.

SALE PRICE 39/-.

Ladies’ TAN SHOES, walking; lace.English; good shapes.

16 Pairs, size 716Pairs, sizes 3 and 4

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Ladies’ White ANKLE-BAR POPLINSHOES, walking.

SALE PRICE 8/9.

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SALE PRICE, 19/9.

Women’s Chrome BOOTS, mediumweight; medium high top. ■ 21/-.

Ladies’ BOX CALF DERBY SHOES—The Vulcan—fair stitched, patent cap,punched golosh; dress or school wear.

A BARGAIN 22/6.SEE OUR WINDOWS AND DOORS FOR BARGAINS. ALL PRICES REDUCED.

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BOYNE BROS. The Cash Drapers.Have now [opened out their first lot of Spring Millinery. Also, a fine assortment of Elouses in Silk,

Voile and Crop de Chine. The Blousings are really choice. Call early and make your selection.'*"' ■ ' )

THE GARDEN.

WHAT TO DO NOW.

(Notes by Amateur.)■- : 0 '

September: Average rainfall 2.611n.The weather .is very uncertain, withhj igh a nd, low' temperatures,, high windsand hard frosts at times.' Prune roses.

Spray fruit trees.Sow ‘

peas, turnip, carroty parshif),beet, onions, lettuce, spinach, cauli-flower, broccoli, radish, celery, ntus-pricked off as soon as the seedlings

Plant onions, Jerusalem artichokeß,potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, let-tuce, rhubarb,' asparajjttfi';-

Sow leeks in boxes for transplant-ing about the end of the year. Thesoil should be rich.

Cauliflowers of the giant kindsshould he sown. They cpme into useat Easter time, and are a highly valu-able crop, coming in just as peas andbeans are finished. : i -

- ;Celery should be sown at once and

pricked off as soon as the seedlingscan bo handled; if they becomedrawn they are hard to transplant,and it is difficult to mako them intothrifty plants. The boxes should heshallow, and be filled (faito full offairly rich soil, containing a fail-amount -of humus. Prick 1 themr: outabout two inches apart,.Vwefl , water,and keep them from the bright sunfor a few days.

Boxes for sowing seeds, whether itbe of vegetables or flowering plants,should in all cases- bo- idfallow; and ■ al-.ways filled quite full of soil. Thisbrings - the. young plants at ouco intofull light, and secures a good circula-tion of air through the stems; waut-•ig these conditions, ’the' plants are

drawn and weakly; 1' Brussels sprouts should be sown atonce, as they require a long season ofgrowth. Early broccoli suoidd alsolie sown. ,

Work into the soil about, roses agood dressing of bpnedust. Watchthe young shoots for greenfly, and at,the first sign syringe the bushes withhot soapy water..

No time should, he lost in trans-planting carnations. ■AC open,sunny position is.best; snug cornersare quite unsuitable.’ A good loamy,soil suits carnations; old mortar'. rub-bish is good for them. If the soil isstiff, burnt earth or , coarse sandshould be added to keep it open;Make~the soil very firm, plant so thatthe lowest grass rests on tlie soil, aridpress the soil firmly about the roots;Do not water the plant after trans-planting.- Bonedust tas been provedto lie the best fertiliser; allowing notmore than two oupees per ‘square yard,

Codettas, ; clnrkias’, escholtzias, eryrslmums, candytufts,., loverin-a-misl,and similar plants that are usuallysoa n' directly where to grow,mav be sown now. \\ Nerii'esia.s areamong the first rank of quite hardyannuals; they are usually sown in

,xfs. hut can . quite safely, be- sowfiin the open ground. V,

Asters and similar . iilapts shouldsoon be ready for pricking off. Itshould , he done early,, and tjhe plant'sbe grown under., frill exposure t‘p ; suri-shin'e, sp as to bring them up hardyand sturdy, ■ ,

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; ’Herbaceous ..plants,; such as peren-

nial phlox. Michaelmas daisies, rud-hecUias. helemuriis, etc., ai’e startingnew -growth; where division of theclumps is intended, it; should be doneat once. , , ■ .

Autumn floAvcring gladioli, that 13,the large flowering kinds, embracingseveral races, should be planted rio'w;plant in open, sunny situations, plac-ing the bulbs six inches deep in thesou. ■

CANTERBURY BELLS.One of the most valuable of all bien-

nials for massing in the herbaceous•er or for filling a small border en-

tirely is the Canterbury bell. Alonfile line of plants put out at a foot

apart of all one color give* an effectwhich must be seen f<> be appreciated,for it cannot he described. The var-iety known as Cup-uml-Saucer orCalvcanthema is much superior thesingles, and comes fairly true in tint.

(‘(■d should lie sown at the end ofSeptember, or early in October on awell-prepared bed. They sire, how-ever, not at all particular, and if aniece of ground is levelled with therake, the seed pan be scattered thinlyover tl)o and agfira lightlyraked. On no account' 1 should’ the;eed be buried.-as it is very small.Allow them to remain in the seed beduntil five or six leaves have formed,then carefully lift them and trans-plant into q spare piece of ground afoot apart, giving the plants oneoverhead watering 'which will settlethem into their new* quarters.

By the commencement of April,there will he a supply of beautifulplants, which can be removed to theirpermanent quarters when tune per-mits.’ A sunny situation should bechosen, as they do not like stagnantmoisture round their roots. If spe-cially fine plants are desired, they payfoT occasional doses of liquid manure,or a teaspoonful of a complete fertiliserwill do wonders if pricked in whenthe plants commence growth in earlyspring.

THE HUMOR OF THINGS.

Solicitor: If yon Avant me to defendyouj you’ll haA'e to pay. How muchmoney, hayo you got?

dient: Five pounds.Solicitor; And'what are you accused

of stealing?Client: Five pounds.

“I suppose the streets of Petrogradare:far from clean?”

“Simply iitterecl witlr paper- money.”

"Hi#h HaufyYou are'old before yourtime! .

■ jVlr Nauty : Yes, but think of the .tinieI liad before I was old!

“She says she prefers to do her shop-ping-by telephone.”

“Why so ?” a

“■'Says she can’t (bear to see hotv littleshe ‘ is getting for the, money.” ...,

Mrs A.: Which of your social dutiesdo. yriu: find the most trying?

Mrriß;: To appear interested in tliethings.that don’t interest me.

At a works not far from Manchestersome workmen Aycre bragging about theskill of some of tlie men at iheif'variousjobs. After several had related ' theirexperiences, one man 1 said that whathe ;hacl; nothing to the skillof a stonemason he knew. The curiouspart of it Avas that the mason Avas anigger AA'ho had only one arm.

“Hoav docs he manage if he has onlyen© : arm questioned one, o.F the men.

.“Why,”..said-,the ocher, “he holds thechisel between his leech and hits him-self'on the'back of the head with thehammer."”-’

He was a “character” ■who had <j;ivpnthe i parish much trouble one way andanother. The rector, meeting him quieta lid thoughbful in the street one morn-

said, “I was very glad to see youat.the prayer meeting last night, John.”

Replied John, “Gh, that’s whore Iwas, then.-”

, Poverty is. the greatest of physicians.Hi.;, method is prophylactic rather thantherapeutic;, (hue in point of results heis, in a class by himself.

His practice attests the efficacy or.the .ounce of prevention in big doses.

Poverty ranks high as a surgeon, too.Xohody else cqts out so many‘thingsthat are not good lor ns,

Tu a way he has the respect of tlu-profession. When he is in- charge of acase no other practitioner is apt to in-terfere.

“Charley, dear,” said young Mrs'f-or-kins, “can you really tell which horseis going to win ?”

“■Most always.”“Before the race is overt”“Yes, But only about half a second

before it’s late to' do anygood.”

The, following is some news that wehayon’-j heard from Germany, savs

That they have, torn down Hie greatwooden statue of Himlonhurg in Berlin.

That they have issued a warrant forWilliam jl., dead or alive.

That they have (brought to trial thepersons responsible for unrestrictedsubmarine warfare.

That they' have discovered one Ger-man who is , honestly sorry ;they sankthe Lusitania.

That 'they are calling for volunteersto help repair the damage they did inNorthern France.

Ditto in Belgium.That they admit they lost the war.That they are in favor of any peace

tmn.s thus far put forward.That they really want to live at

peace with the rest of the world.‘‘Selecting a jury has 'become. one of

the most important features of themodern trial,” remarked a well-knownAmerican judge recently, “and you’dhe surprised how difficult it is to get12 really intelligent and unbiassed mentogether at one time. I recall uncowhen a whole week was spent In select-ing a jury to try a killing. Finally oneold fellow seemed to fill the hill andwould complete the quota. He had no

prejudices, was, not opposed to capitalpunishment, considered a valu-able find. So the prosecuting attorneysaid solemnly, ‘Juror, look upon theprisoner—prisoner, look upon the juror.’The old man adjusted his spectacles am!peered at the prisoner for a full half-mimite, Then, turning to the. court,he said, ‘Judge, durned if I don’t be-lieve he’s, guilty.’ ”,

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ENSIGN WEATHER REPORT.

SEPTEMBER 13, 1919, at 8 p.m.

Rainfall for 24 hours ended 8 a.m.to-day; Trace.

Rainfall for month : .74in., Rainfall for year; 29.(38in.Rainfall to date for 1918: 29.55m.Maximum temperature yesterday:

(in screen): GOdog.Minimum temperature last night:

(in screen); 38degjSunshine yesterday: lOhrs. 3mm.Total for 1919: 1184hrs. 14min.Total to date for 1918: 10G2hra.

14min.Velocity of wind yesterday; , 310

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The EnsignSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1919.

THROUGH EXPRESSES.

From Monday two expresses perweek will -bo run on the main railwaylines of the Dominion, and increase!!provision will be made for the carriage

goods. When Mr Massey made hisstatement to the House relative to theimproved situation, Sir Joseph Ward,who was the only member allowed tospeak on the question, urged that twotrains from Christchurch to Invercar-gill should bo run. The proposal willreceive the whole-hearted support of allSouthlanders. When the early morn-ing express and the evening train fromthe north were-discontinued owing toth© effects of the war upon the staf-fing of the Department it was gener-ally felt that we had been unjustlytreated, and from time to time variousefforts have been made to bring thenecessity of through expresses underthe notice of those in authority. Thepowers that be, however, turned a deafear, and Southland has been compelledto rest content .with a totally inade-quate service. We all know now thatthe Railway Deparment has probablybeen the worst-managed business inthe community, and that it is conduct-ed on lines that would rapidly place a

private company in the bankruptcycourt. Even the employees themselvesar« far from satisfied, and charge the

and administrative heads withdeficiency in capacity and foresight,f rom the time when the Military Ser-vice Act began to make a drain on thestaffs of the Department the servicella s gradually deteriorated until theday of collapse on July 3 last. Therailways have nob been the powerfulfactor they should have been in pro-moting the prosperity and developmentof the ■ country, and official ineptitudestands in sorrowful contrast to thebusiness-like manner in which privateconcerns have overcome war hurdlesand yet arrived at the winning post.Ihe Department evidently took up thestand that it was not responsible forthe war, and hence any trouble thatfollowed would have to fall on theshoulders of the public. Businessenterprises run on sound lines em-ployed women when their men werecalled to the colors, and all expedients■were used not only to keep their busi-nesses together, but also to enlargetheir working capacity and increasetheir turnover. The increasing de-mands made upon the railways by themercantile and fanning communitywere, however, treated with indiffer-ence. When the shipping strike inAustralia stopped the importations ofcoal, the Department was not respon-sible, and sat down calmly to trait thecud. Luckily for -this Dominion theend has conic, and the possibilities ofa return to normal are inns nearer.Election time is drawing near, andnow is Southland’s opportunity topress its claims for increased con-sideration. Tt takes more than an oc-casional motion passed by an irateBorough Council, or an incensed meet-ing of farmers to wake the Departmentto the needs of the day. A concertedeffort by the whole community shouldbe made to have Southland’s require-ments attended to, and all public bod-ies should cooperate with the mem-bers of Parliament in the province inan effort to secure the through ex-presses as soon as the normal time-table is restored, A deputation metthe Premier in Wellington this morningconcerning the matter, and Mr Masseyhas promised to consult the GeneralManager of Railways next week. South-land will not rest content with anymore indefinite promises, but wants a.definite affirmative answer to its de-mands.

CURRENT TOPICS.

An American publication states thatif the Kaiser is ever put on trial forhis crimes he can easily clear himselfby calling upon the numerous Ameri-can writers—who during the fatal fiveyears have proved him insane.

The Senate foreign Relations Com-mittee, reporting on the Peace Treaty,appended 45 amendments and four re-servations. The United States wouldlike to have one leg in the League ofNations and the other firmly implant-ed on native soil in case Europe be-comes too hot at a later period. Firstof all the Republicans were going ,toreject the Treaty altogether, next theydecided to separate it from the League,then amendments were proposed, nowthey favor it if their amendments andreservations are accepted. We wonderif they will shortly decide to ratifyit exactly as it came to them? Perhaps eventually they will claim tTif.r.they wort) inventors of the whole in.-a !

I It is interesting to recall at thistime when the Senate is wrangling overthe terms of peace to tHe Germansthat factious opposition held up for HOdays the close of the Spanish War,brief hostilities of only three, mouths.-The protocol bringing an armistice wassigned on August; 13,. 1888; Spainevacuated Porto Rico on October 18,and turnedover all conquered terri-tory in swift order; the treaty wassigned on December 10, 1898; it wasratified on February (i, 1899, afterwepks of debate, like that to-day, op-posing the annexation of. the Philip-pines because it would destroy UnitedStates, institutions, “ entangle” Americain Asiatic affairs -and European alli-ances, and mix everything up gener-ally. How far -off and forgotten is thatclamor of dissident Senators over perilsthat never came and danger foolishlypredicted, within and without the Sen-ate. Is the same performance on i.much larger scale to be recorded adecade hence over the present peace ? ,

It is a sorrowful fact that in onlv toomany instances it takes a tragedy toTbring public authorities to make ade-quate provision for the protection ofthe lives of their employees. 'This weekGore has been shocked by a sad drown-ing accident at borough reservoir,in which Mr William Sliavq, an em-ployee of the Council, and a citizenesteemed for his uprightness and ami-ability, lost ids'life. Accidents are- in-evitable,, ’out in the present instancea, s, £<(plclott lurks in the public mind

+ Jii6l perhaps all safeguards were notpreviously taken by Ithe authoritiesto meet a. case of emergency such asthat which arose. Unless the reservoirm question was completely filled any-one having the misfortune to fall intoit would have no means of escape. Ifcis a death-trap in fact. Medical evi-dence at the inquest showed that de-ceased in all probability had taken agiddy turn, and not being in full con-trol of his senses could not have be-come exhausted in attempting toclamber out of the water. Neverthelessit isi tragic to think that any personcould be cadged in like manner and beunable to aid himself. The BoroughCouncil will have to take adequate pre-cautions to prevent a similar tragedy,and is indeed to be condemned for notproviding some avenue of escape previ-ously in the form of a. ladder. Wewould suggest that a double-keyed lockshould b© placed on .the door of the re-servoir, and no one allowed on the pre-mises unless accompanied by anotherperson. This would prevent such alamentable fatality in the future.

The controversy over direct actionis now keen in Britain owing to thesittings of the Trade Union Congressfit Glasgow. There are many of theworkers who hold that the weaponshould bo used to enforce demands,while' a substantial section has cometo the decision that “direct action andreaction are equal and opposite,” andadvise more sane and constitutionalmethods of reform. Labor has hadmany bitter lessons owing to those whoJed the workers away from common-sense by their bizarre theories concern-ing present-day conditions. Some twomonths ago the Labor Conference atSouthport approved a resolution an fa-vor of direct action by a majority ofover two to one. The. vote was takenlargely upon political grounds. Theuse of the strike weapon to club aGovernment ihto submission to certainmeasures is the negation of democracy.Mr J. R. Clynes vainly appealed tothose present at the conference to re-ject the proposal. It was carried, andthe workers have since to their sorrowrealised the truth of hjis contentions.Disastrous strikes have occurred, whichhave involved untold destruction andlosses, the workers themselves beingthe cliief sufferers. In Australia re-cently we had a glaring example ofthe fallacy of. the creed of _ direct ac-tion when the Seamen’s Union, whichwould probably have secured all itwanted by appealing to the court, pre-ferred-, “as a matter of principle” tocut off its nose to spite its face. Thefact that should be brought under thenotice of labor at the present time isthat' without settled Conditions of enirployment conditions which, only con-ciliation and arbitration can give, in-dustry cannot give any guarantee tothe worker that, there will always hework for him. It does not matterwhether industry be managed by pri-vate enterprise or by the Government,direct action will sooner or later killit. ;

' Mr Hughes, in his speech in the Aus-tralian House of Representatives rela-tive -to the ratification of thcPeaceTreaty stated that the peace was un-just to Australia, “ widen is burdenedwith a bill of £900,000,000. the cost ofa war which' wc had not provoked, butwhich it was necessary we should enter5r perish.” Many complaints will prpb-ably be made concerning the reparationwhich the Allies decided should be de-manded from Germany, but the factchat should be remembered is thatGermany is to be compelled to pay tothe fullest extent for the damage shecaused and the vast expenditure whichshe forced the peace-loving nations ofthe world to incur. On a moderate es-timate the value of the German mineraldeposits is as follows:—Coal £170,000,-000,000, iron £1,000,000,000, potash£20,000,000,000, total £191,000,000,000..There are many people who hold thatGermany cannot pay even what theAllies have demanded, but these losesight of the fact that during the lastdecade before the war Germany was ac-cumulating wealth with a speed rivalled iby no other nation, perhaps the jUnited States. According to . Herr 'Helfferich, she- was saving £500,000,000of capital each year, and was investinga large part of that in foreign securi-ties. Those securities have not all van-ished or been mortgaged, so will behandy in paying the first instalmentsof her debt to the Allies. Australia? isbut a small part of an Empire that wasonly an ally in the struggle againstthe Huns, so if every country was toreceive an allowance on an equal scaleto'that- desired by Mr Hughes we wouldlose all by attempting ic gain toomuch. Germany is heavily burdenedn’pw and by the time she pays all thatis owing under the terms of the Treatyshe will have paid enough.

With the passing of Mesopotamiaout of Turkish control conies the op-portunity to recover so far as orderlyand widely planned excavations can doit, the history of the civilisations .thatonce flourished -there (says the. 'Chris-tian Science Monitor’). An expeditionis about to begin work which for thefirst time will make a complete chartof the -country, locating every trace ofancient ruins in this land where all thearchitectural grandeur of cities, greatand populous long before the Christianera has gradually disappeared underthe surface of the earth. No such in-vestigation was possible while theTurks ruled Mesopotamia, for the con-ditions under which Turkey . allowedthe archaelogists to work were morediscouraging than helpful, and manypromising spots for examination werem the possession of unfriendly nativetribes over which Turkish authority hadlittle control. With changed conditionsthe recovery of the past is now aboutto be undertaken so systematically thata reasonably comprehonsive history ofBabylon and Sumer will probably atlast be written from their ruins.

The highest pay-out among dairycompanies this se&sou must be credit-ed to the NgaeTe Co-operative DairyFactory, which shows the handsomereturn of 2s 2d per lb butter-fat (re-ports the ‘Stratford Post..’) Norman-,by comes next with 2s l|d.

. Dairy farmers who have been de-barred from using the railway tocarry stock will be interested to know(says the ‘Levin Chronicle,’) that atWaikana© the other morning, thetrain to Wellington was occupied aconsiderable time in lifting some race-horses which had to be sent away.

■“I am not a militarist; and if Icould wipe out militarism with onestroke"of the pen , I would do it to-night. But it is beyond human powerto do anything of the sort,” remarkedMr Massey at Wanganui when speak-ing on the necessity for the League ofNations to have power to enforce itscommands.'''nor a long time ifc was asserted bythose qualified to give an opinion thatCore, musically speaking, was dead.Optimists claimed the town wouldcome back into its own again. Thatsuch a forecast seems to be in a fairway of fulfilment was proved last even-ing when the town provided three con-cert parties, one for Otania, one forWaikqikoi and one locally"

Wo have received from Messrs Whit-combe and Tombs, Ltd., Christchurch,a copy of the fourth., volume of thevoyages of his Majesty’s New Zealandhospital shops Marama and Maheno.The publication is of great interest tothose "who toiled so bard at the volun-tary equipment, as it gives a generaloutline ot the work accomplished dur-ing' the last two commissions of thevessels, at the same time showing howthe surplus money of the Hospital Shipbund and goods in kind were disposedof. The price of the book is 2s Cd.

The rapid change that has takenplace in the value placed by farmerson white pine during the last 25 yearswas referred to by a farmer at Auck-land last week. He said that 25‘yearsago if a man had suggested erectinga shed in. white pine he would havebeen laughed at. “They would havetold yau,” he said, “that it would notlast.” How different from to-day,when they are only too pleased to useit for many purposes, but cannotalways get it on account of the short-age. He remembered seeing kahi-katea trees, in those days standing usstraight as an arrow, some 100 feethigh and six feet through. ‘

While Mr Massey was in Wanganui,he was called upon as Minister ofRailways, a portfolio which, he hadthen held for about one day, to viewan appliance invented by . a Wanganuiresident for the minimising or elimin-ation of the risks run by shunters intheir work. It is unfortunate factonly too well known that shunters domeet with serious and often fatal acci-dents in their. work, and an inventionwhich would reduce their risks wouldbe important. Mr Massey saw. a modelof the appliance, and he was so favor-ably impressed • with it that he gaveinstructions at once that a trial of itshould be made in the Wanganui rail-way workshops.

“The total area now set aside underthe Scenery Preservation Act,” statesthe annual report of the Departmentof Lands and Survey. “is 306,888acres, including over 500 different re-servations, whilst reserves previouslyset aside under the Land Act and notyet brought under the Scenery Pre-servation Act. amount to a large area,and these two classes of reserves con-tain a large portion of the beautifulscenery of the Dominion. Every carewill be taken to preserve these landsin their pristine beauty. It may alsobe mentioned that the national parks-of New Zealand,' \yhich ftre practicallyscenic reserves, cover an area of 2,771,-,202 .acres.• ’ ' j

On© of the most prominent •juo&tu.nsaffecting railway officers, according toMr J. Young. President of the Jla'l-way Officers? Institute, is that of com-pulsory retirement after 10 rears’ ser-vice. He stated in Auckland n-cerf lythat this matter was how the subjectof a petition to Parliament t-y theAmalgamated Society of Hailway Ser-vants. A largo proportion of the dis-content was due to the congestioncaused by war legislation preventingretirement of those who wished to re-tire. also to the failure of the. Oeparf-ment to fill vacancies as they arose.He had always been opposed to com-pulsory retirement after 40 years’ ser-vice, because he was absolutely op-posed to any restrictions being placedon members of the railway service that

noti apply to other branches of theCivil Service and to the rest of thecommunity. The Officers’ Institutehad always endeavored to pi'ovidechannels of promotion by improve-ments in the Classification Act. andnot leave promotions to the openingscreated by retirements.

There is a feeling in some quartersthat parents are taking an undueadvantage of the desire of the Govera-ment to settle returned soldiers byunloading their land on to the sonsper medium of the various land boards.This practice was referred to by AirR. P. Grevjjle, Commissioner, at ameeting of the Nortlv Auckland LandBoard. Tho practice, ho said, ofparents and relations unloading theirproperty on their children at the ex-pense of the State was steadily grow-ing. He did not think this systemshould be encouraged, as it reallymeant that the State was helping thefather as well as the son. “The fathergets the money,” he said, ‘‘and theson the property. 1 think it is some-thing that was never anticipated whenthe Act was parsed.” One of- themembers expressed th© opinion thatsome of the values submitted were ex-cessive. Air Greville pointed out thatthe board did not necessarily acceptthese valuations. “My opinion is,”he continued, “that tlie average manwho sets himself up as a valuer is onlya guesser. The greatest difficulty theboard has to contend with is thatof getting competent and reliable’ 1valuers.”

A rather humorous incident hap-pened at the Hall of the Chamber ofCommerce the other day (says theChristchurch ‘Sim.’) At a recentmeeting of the' executive of theCanterbury Progress League threemembers were appointed to wait onthe Arthur’s Pass Tunnel League tourge on it the desirability of anotherforward move being made to securethe rapid completion of the tunnelThe deputation had trouble in findingthe location of the meeting and, aftermuch wandering around, tried theChamber of Commerce, where a meet-ing was in progress in an upstairsroom. One of those present was calledout.. He was a prominent member ofthe Tunnel League, and the deputa-tion informed him that they wished toaddress the meeting. In a few min-utes they were admitted and one ofthe deputation addressed the meeting.The puzzled look on the faces of hislisteners gave the speaker a feelingthat there was something wrong. How-ever, he went on with the job andwas followed by another speaker. Tnthe meantime the- truth had dawnedon the first speaker, the deputationhad got into the wrong meeting.- Ex-planations and laughter followed, butthe upshot was a promise of'"assistanceto the League by the executive of theChamber of Commerce.

Nip that cold in. the bud by treat-ing it instantly with “NAZOL.” Takenori sugar nr inhaled, “NAZOL SJ iere.rTiki*».

The Ellenga is - due at- ' Wellingtonto-day, and will proceed to Dunedin onMonday night. The date of the ar-rival of the troops at Gore is not cer-tain yet.

In the House yesterday, replying toMr S. G. Smith (Taranaki), the Pre-mier said that the question of theremoval of the embargo on the exportof hides was under consideration.

Replying to Mr R. Semple (Welling-ton South) in the House yesterday,the Premier said he was not awarethat special constables were beingenrolled in certain coutry districts.He had heard nothing of it.

At the Wellington Magistrate’sCourt yesterday on charges of sly-grog selling, Leonard Russell was sen-tenced to two months’ imprisonmentand Harry Spooner to one month. Acharge against Mrs Anne Toomer wasdismissed.

“That the engineer be asked to pre-pare an estimate of the damage demeto roads in the county as a result ■oftin? railway curtailment, an applica-tion to be made to the Governmentfor an amount to co-ver the' estimate,”was a motion carried without discus-sion at yesterday’s meeting of theSouthland County Council.

Thomas Patrick O’Doherty, on acharge of having failed to, report’ toGroup Command Office, No. 12, «atNelson on July 12, 1917, for medicalexamination, and with having absent-ed himself from that time until ar-rested, lias been sentenced by courtmartial in Christchurch to 11 months’imprisonment with hard labor.

A prisoner named Reginald Mat-thews, who was sentenced at Christ-church on August 8 to nine months’imprisonment for indecent exposure,escaped from Lyttelton' Gaol yester-day afternoon from the prison dryingyard (says a Press Association mes-sage). He obtained several hammockropes and a pair of blankets, which hejoined together and threw over thewall. He; clambered np this impro-vised rope and dropped on to the roadand made for the hills. Severalsearch set out, but the miston the hills favored • the escapee, whohad not been recaptured at II p.m.

The heavy rains and cold weatherwhich sot in on Wednesday through-out North Canterbury have rather de-finitely belied the previous promise ofa mild and early spring, and lambswill suffer considerably through thecold conditions on the flats, where thesheep are exposed to the storm, andwhere the water -is lying in the pad-docks, says a Christchurch message.The biggest trouble _will' occur at Am-berley. Farmers on the hills sufferedless severely than those on the flats.At Waipara, Waiau and Cheviot thelosses are fairly general. At BanksPeninsula there is considerable anx-iety for stock, particularly on thehigh and exposed levels, and. largelosses are reported at Methven andSheffield. • .

A Wellington message says thatin the case against George and Ker-seley, drapers, on a charge of pro-fiteering, the evidence for the Crownelicited the fact that there was a gen-eral rule in the drapery trade in fix-ing prices give an average returnof 33 1-3 per cent, on the turnover,which would be about 50 per.cent.-oncost, but there was no uniformity, andin. some lines the profit was muchsmaller. Tn opening for the defenceSir John Findlay said that the courtwas asked to view the profit on onearticle: If every article in the shopwas to be taken separately, retailerswould be crushed. The Act was neverintended to apply to a case of thiskind, but was aimed at' a monopoly.The case was adjourned until Mondayafternoon.

A range.of Superior Qualityl3ofa andHealth lings in jute has just come tohand at Thomson and Beattie’s." Theseare mad© in artistic designs in fastcplors. in siv-es 3ft,x-sft 3in, 4ft x 7ftand Oft x 9ft. from 29s Od to 107s 6VL

To ■■-attain: t hat satisfying chan; 1 ,is

lite end and aim of all well-thought--,out details in fashionable. Drapery, butat the .same tun© the vo»t. must bowithinreasonable demands. bfeC. thosefor true values. Ladies’ Trimmed Mil-linery in all tile latest- - shades ;<

shapes, 22s 6d, 25s- (id, 29s ou lit-c(id; Ala iron.-‘ Black Toques, 19s 'id, 211s(id, 27.s (id/ Bis. (id 'to 55s; lltvdy-to-wears and SSiupof.-. 7s <Jq. IDs Hd, 14s(id, 18s 6d to 27s (id: Ladies’ Costumes,very newest m styles it. Cn-;, Tweedand Gaberdines, 7||s 6d. 80s 6d, 97s 6cUto lids; Ladies’ Silk Jerseys, ailshades, 37s 6d, 57s (id, 75s to 187s;Ladies’ Blouses, Crepe-de-chines, 255,Jos to 67s‘ 6d; Silks, 12s 6d, 15s (id, 19s6d. 23s 6c| to 32$ 6d; Voiles, 5s lid, 8slid, ,12s 6d to 25s 6d. An endless var-iety in all Ladies’ Underclothing, etc.All alterations free-of charge; Is in th©£ discount at H. and J. Smith, Ltd.,Progressive Drapery Stores, MainStreet.

Further entries Gore sale.Church services announced.Address, Balfour, Sept. 25.Meeting, Balfour, Sept. 20.Sale at Freshford, Sept. 17.Concert, Maiaura, Sept. 18.Sale at Grookston, Sept. 25.Social, Wendons-ide,' Sept. 26.Section, business area, wanted.Further entries lliversdale sa’e.Electoral roll open for inspection,Knapdale Spinsters’ -Ball, Sept. 23.Education Board hold wool classes.Gore High School reopens Sept. 16.Pictures, Princess Theatre, to-night.Further entries horse sale, Sept. 17A.M.P. Society have vacancy foi

agent.Mataura Highland Society social,Sept. 16.

POLITICAL NOTES.

SUPPLIES OF FISH.SIR J. G. WARD MISREPRESENTED

BT TELEGRAPH.FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

WELLINGTON, Sept. 12.Discussion took place to-day on the

presentation of the Fisheries Commis-sion’s report. Country members wereinsistent that the Government shouldtake more active measures to distributefish to towns throughout the railwaysystem. They also advocated assistancebeing given to fishermen for purchas-ing boats and other material for theircalling. It was claimed that fish shouldhe a cheap food, hut owing to variouscauses, which might easily be overcome,it was a luxury.

Mr Massey, replying, said that theGovernment would do all possible toimprove matters.

BREEZE IN THE HOUSE,

Sir Joseph Ward to-day accused MrC. A. Wilkinson (chairman of the In-dustries Commission) of having wilfullymisrepresented him during the debateon the Industries Committee’s reportlast night. He classed Mr .Wilkinsonas “a political humbug,” for which hewas called to order by the Speaker.Going on, he said that Mr Wilkinson sremarks were the most glaring politicaleffrontery.

The cause of all the trouble was thatMr Wilkinson last night 1 stated that, ifhis memory served him, 'S*r JosephWard had done his best to give shortshrift to the Cost _of Living Commit-tee’s report in 1917.

Sir Joseph Ward quoted, from hisspeech with the object of showing thathe was speaking not against a reductionin the cost of living, but against, themethods advocated by the committee.

Mr Wilkinson, replying, said that hehad not intended to misrepresent, andquoted from his 1917 speech to showthat ‘Sit. Joseph Ward had opposed therecommendations of the committee oT■that year. He was justified in suppos-ing that Sir Joseph Ward had done hisbest to give short shrift to, that renort.“However,” said Air Wilkinson, “if theright lion, gentleman thinks I deliber-ately endeavored to misrepresent himfor political reasons I apologise.”

Sir Joseph Ward accepted this state-ment.

Sir Joseph Ward then went on to re-fer to Mr Massey’s remarks aboutwheat. Here again complained ofmisrepresentation Avhich'was not wilful.,He explained his position, which, short-ly. was that he believed if to be neces-sary to import large quantities of wheatfrom Australia in the future.

SOLDIERS’ GRATUITIES. .

It is currently rumored that an at-tempt will be made to increase theamount proposed by tho Government asgratuity to soldiers when these pro-posals come down to the House. If thisis done it will cause difficulties to theMinistry. Personally I believe that thematter will be straightened out beforeit reaches the House, as the Govern-ment could' not afford to take risks suchas would be involved if their proposalswere amended in the House.

ACCLIMATISATION DISTRICTS.A deputation of Southland members

waited on Mr J. B. Hine to-day re-lative to the boundaries of the accli-matisation districts of Southland andOtago, which ha ve been a source of con-siderable discontent for years. AirHin© agreed to set. up a commission oftwo members from each society' withan independent chairman to go intothe matter and fix up the dispute.

OCCUPATION OF SAMOA.

(Per United Press Association.)WELLINGTON, Sept. 12.

The following statement showingthe whole cost to New Zealand of themilitary occupation of Samoa to June30. 1919, has been supplied by theMinister of Dot cure for publication:

Mobilisation ami equipment oftroops (Advance Party and Samoanhjtvelief). camps, £9163 9s 4d.

jAdvertising, priulmg, . etc., £266

SiU '■ telegrams, etc., £1976iransports (including hire, fitting

out. /t.'ci, etc.—Moeraki : £10,672 ’ 6slid: Monowai £13,377 3s 9d; Talune£14.679 2s 3d.'Other Items of transport, men re-

turning to New Zealand’ freight, etc.,£66,375 12s 6d.

Pay (Advance Party and SamoanRelief), pay and allowances of troops,£207,866 ss.

Provisions, and supplies, forage.Cl 8,135 10s 3d.

Rations, £60,175 8s 3d.Medical, including examinations*fees and equipment, £5532 12s ,7d.Other items of expenditure.—Pri-

soners of war, £487 4s; mechanicaltransport. £1779 11s sd; purchase ofhorses, £760 17s sd.

Grand total, £411,905 3s 7d.

EARTHQUAKES IN AUCKLAND.

(Per United Press Association.)AUCKLAND, Sept. 13.

Light earthquake shocks wore felt itthe city and various parts of the pro-vince at 5.35 p.m, and midnight Tester-clay.

CHURCH SERVICES.

° SThe Parting of the Ways,” or“The Refusal of Egypt’s Throne andTreasures,” will he the subject onwhich Rev. J. M. Simpson, 8.A., willspeak at the “Forward Movement” inthe Princess Theatre, to-morrow even-ing. ' The duet “Love Divine”(Stainer) will be sung before the. ad-dress. and the solo “What will YourAnswer Be?” after it. Strangers andreturned soldiers are specially invited.

At the Methodist Church to-morrowRev. R. J. Liddell will preach in themorning on the subject of . “MenWondered At,” and in the evening on“Wells of Water.” The service atMataura in the afternoon will be con-ducted by Rev. R. J. Lfticlell.

“The Tragedy of the Might HaveBeen” will he the topic of Rev. Frankde Lisle at the Congregational Churchon Sunday evening. In the . morningthere will bo a special service foryoung people. A welcome awaits nilfriends.

Services at the Baptist Church arcas follows:—In the morning at 11 thesubject will be: “A Voice fromHeaven.” The Bible Class meets at2 o’clock, the Sunday School at 2.30.The evening service is at 7 o’clock,when the pastor will reply to the as-sertion made by Sir Arthur ConanDoyle, that our Lord was an automaticmedium. All are welcome to thc-eservices.

MAIL NOTICE.

From Monday, September 15, mails'for Dunedin and the north will closeat Core on Mondays and Wednesdaysat 2.25 p.m. (registered letters andparcels at 1.55 p.m.), and for thesouth on Thursdays and Saturdays at12.15 p.m. (registered letters and par-cels- at 11.45 a.m.).

THROUGH EXPRESSES.

DEPUTATION MEETS PREMIER.~

• \SOUTHLAND’S }

CLAIMS.

BT TELEGRAPH.FROM OUE OWN CORRESPONDENT.

WELLINGTON, Sept. 13.Mr Massey was interviewed to-day

by a Southland1 deputation'urging atleast two through expresses from Lyt-telton to Invercargillf weekly.

Mr G. J. Anderson stated that theDepartment would not use much morecoal by continuing two slow trains,thus enabling the journey to be coveredin one instead of two days, on the dayson which the Maori reached Lyttelton.

Mr Stead, Mayor of Invercargill,'saidthat the people felt strongly the han-dicaps placed; on them compared with,other centres which had through ex-presses.

Hon. A. F. Hawke said that South-land had been neglected . throughoutthe war. Canterbury had her wheatprices guaranteed, but the export ofroats had been restricted. Invercargillhad always “played second fiddle” toDunedin over the Queenstown service,which should favor Invercargill on,

throe days weekly.Mr J. C. Thomson, Mr A. S. Mal-

colm, and Hon. J. A. Hanan stronglysupported the proposal. • j.

Mr Massey replied that- one of themost serious objections was startingthe express at 8 a.m. at Lyttelton.

The deputation assured him that no.objection was taken to a late arrivalat Invercargill. •“

Mr Massey, continuing,, said . thedifficulty was, with the ferry service,but tlie Wahin© ought to be back -soon,and they might’ get the train to con-nect with tlie Maori. He would con-sult the General Manager of Railwaysnext week, and see if "the request couldbe granted. It would be done if at. allpossible, but uofc next week.

THE SWITZER'S TRAIN.At yesterday’s meeting of the South-

land Chamber of Commerce, it was de-cided to suggest to, the Departmentthat the time of running, the Gore-S'witzers train (which is to be reirPr”stated) should he arranged so as tosynchronise with the arrival at Gore ofthe through train to Dunedin and viceversa. •

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Presbjtery of TFeatland onWednesday resolved to nominate theRev, P. B. Fraser as Moderator of theGeneral Assembly for 1920.

I ho. Rev. H. E, Tuckey, i.or manyyears a prominent figure in the An-glican Church, died on Thursdaymorning in Wellington; aged 90 years.

Mr Dick Harrison, who. prior to en-listing, was on the postal' staff at Ma-taura-; has been, discharged, and willresume duty in tffe Dunedin PostOffice. ...

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The death occurred atGreymonthon Wednesday of Mr F. M. Daniels,youngest .son'of Mrs E.fiDaniels, Leefc JStreet, Itivercargill, and ofMrs Charles Illingworth, Mataura.

A Press Association message fromSydney announces the death of MrJules Francois Achifaald, one of thefounders and for years editor of the‘Bulletin.’ He. was born in Victoriain 1868.

Mr P. C. Webb (ex-M.P. for Grey);was released from Kaiangaroa onTuesday. Arrangements ‘have beenmad© in Auckland to give him a pub-lic reception next Sunday, and on tlisfollowing Sunday he will be tendereda public welcome in Wellington.

For the purpose of the care of thephysical training of the school chil-dren in Southland has been separatedfrom Otago, and Mr K. C. Reid, lateof Auckland, lias been appointed Phy-sical Education Instructor for the. pro-vince. /He takes up his duties to-day.

A Melbourne cable, announces thedeath of Hon. Sir John Davies, Presi-dent of the. Legislative Council since1910, Deceased was - a solicitor in1833; M.L.C. for South Yarra in1889, and for Melbourne in 1899; Min-ister for- Justice from 1890 till 1892,Solicitor-General from 1899 till 1900,and again from *1902 till 1903,* Minis-ter for Public Instruction in I£K)S; andwas appointed Attorney-General andSolicitor-General hn Victoria in thesame year.

The funeral of the late Mr Shave,whof was accidentally drowned in theGore reservoir on Wednesday, tookplace yesterday afternoon.- There wasa very large cortege. The membersof. the Orange and Oddfellows’ Lodgesproceeded (the hearse, and followingthe chief mourners were the Mayor,councillors and borough staff. Theservice was conducted in the AnglicanChurch by Rev. W. A. Hammett, andat the conclusion Miss Steans playedthe “Dead March in Saul.” Xi thecemetery Rev. Hamblett officiated,and P.P.G/M. Bro; Boyne read thefuneral, service of the /Oddfellows’order, both services being very im-pressive. There was a large numberof wreaths, these including one fromthe Mayor and Council, and one fromtiie accused’s lat© comrades on theCouncil staff.

A very pleasant evening was spent Abat the residence of Mr John MacGi-bon. East Gore, on Monday eveninglast. The gathering was representa-tive of the Gore Presbyterian ChurchChoir and the Gore Red Cross Society,the object being to show the appre-ciation of the members of both insti-tutions towards Miss_ Nellie White onthe eve of her marriage. Mrs J. M.Simpson presided, and the eveningwas spent in speech, story and song.At n suitable interval Mrs Simpson onbehalf of the Presbyterian ChurchChoir presented Miss White- with achoice Doulton salad bowl • ‘ and jug.In doing so she referred to the valu-able assistance Miss White had al-ways rendered to the choir, and inRed Cross work. Miss White, was ofa lovable disposition, and always anx-ious to assist in any good work. Herservices in the choir were invaluable,and as a Red Cross worker she wasalways to the fore. She (Mrs Simp-son) had also great pleasure in askingMiss White’s acceptance of individualirifts from the members of the RedCross Society. All joined in wishingher every haooiness in her futurelife. Miss White suitably replied,and the company were afterwards en-tertained at supper.

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,» THE “HANDY STAPLE MAKER”makes Staples out of odd scraps ofwire, any length, any sharpness. Sim-ple and easy. A pleasant and profit-able occupation for a wet day or even-ing. Faying exorbitant prices forstaples is throwing money away. For.cash with order,' 30s delivered.

BOYD’S AGENCY,PRINCES STREET, DUNEDIN.

We- understand that Miss CarrieLanceley’s concert party will re-visitGore, probably the week after next.

At theChristchurch Magistrate'sCourt yesterday' two men were fined£2 and costs for playing a game ofchance at Miccarton last month. . Theevidence of the police showed thataccused with two others were playing“two Up” on the road la’te at night.

For Chronic Chest ComplaintsWoods’ Great IV-miermint Cure.

In the Christchurch Magistrate'sCourt Harriett Baker, of New Brigh-ton, made an application to have thename of her. son, Frederick StanleyBaker, removed from the Defaulters’List (says a Press Association mes-sage). The applicant stated that herson, a seafarer, who was minus thesight of one eye, had enlisted, but wastold at the recruiting office to con-tinue at sea. as he was doing his hitthere as well as if he went to thefront. He had been serving in trans-ports, and when last heard of threemonths ago was about to leave Ger-man East Africa. The applicant hadreceived his ballot papers, but had re-turned them to the Defence Office.Major' Conway, representing the De-fence Department, submitted that theapplication was. not in order, becausethe Act stated that a man could makeapplication to have his name removed,but in the present ease the applicantadmitted that her son had not ap-proached h,er in the matter. IJllti-•uetelv the case was adjourned for afortnight for the production of furtherevidence. 1

Ladies have no idea how really at-tractive and altogether dainty are thenew Blouses and Costumes until theyvisit MacGihbon’s. Des'gners are sur-passing them selves to make womenmore attractive than ever this season,and we are co-operating by showing thevery daintiest, ideas—lovely styles andcolorings, that herald the hew‘note forSpring. See our showing to-day, ifpossible—you are certain to be charmedwith tho varied selection and themoderate prices.

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LABOR CONGRESS.

A REMARKABLE SPEECH.DIRECT ACTION CONTROVERSY.

WORKERS’ GREAT OPPORTUNITY.(By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright.)

(Australian and N.Z, Cable Association)Received September 13. 9.10 a.m.

LONDON, Sept. 11.Af the Trades Union Congress Mr

Shaw, the representative of the textiletrades, moved, “That this Congress de-clares against industrial action in pure-ly political matters.”- The Congress shelved the matter byvoting the previous question by2,255,000 votes to 2,0c58,000. Mr Shaw’smotion represented the opinion for gene-ral purposes of the committee, but sur-prised the Congress.

Mr Thomas in a remarkable speechsaid that he did not" believe a singletrade union would give a mandate infavor of direct action. He said: “Thereal question is whether theLaborPartyshould use the industrial weapon asdistinct from the political. The twoweapons are irreconcilable. If the newpolicy is adopted the ParliamentaryLabor Party should bo abolished.” AirThomas added that he believed therewould be a general election within a fewmonths, when Labor would have such achance as never before. He begged theCongress not to give a lever to the op-ponents of Labor which would be ruin-

\ bus to every Labor candidate’s chance.Mr Frank Hodges, the Aimers’ Fede-

ration secretary, denied that those infavor of the direct action movement de-sired to establish a Soviet Government.He said that the antagonism betweenpolitical and direct action would reacha pinnacle when the working classeschallenge the existence of the capitalistsystem.

AN IMPASSIONED APPEAL.END THE GOVERNMENT

■" Received September 13, 11.50 a.mLONDON, Sept. 11

jVJt Arthur Henderson made an im-passioned appeal tostho Labor Congressto terminate the Government’s life asspeedily as possible, declaring that itwas a. calamity to drop the weapon ofpolitical action, which should be tried.

NATIONALISATI6N.DEPUTATION TO PREMIER

LONDON. Sept. 11.The Trade Union Congress resolved

to send a deputation to Rt. Hon. D.Lloyd George. It is anticipated thatthe Premier will, refuse immediatenationalisation of the mines, and inthis event the Congress will meet inaccordance with Mr Smililic’s motion.

BIG FRENCH STRIKE,

PARTS, Sept. IIThe general strike at Marseilles in

sympathy with the dockers includes thegas and electricity workers,, merchantseamen and lorry drivers.

STRIKE OF MEAT WORKERS.

Received September 13. 11.25 a.m.SYDNEY, Sept. 13.

Slicers at the meat works struck forincreased wages, rendering idle all themeat works in the metropolitan area.

CORRESPONDENCE.THE RESERVOIR FATALITY.

TO THB EDITOR.. Sir,-—Last Wednesday a- tried and

trusty servant of the Gore BoroughCouncil lost h> s life in the reservoir.A good man and true has gone from us.Why is this? There can be only one

;/. t „..answer—through the grpss fmight I say

~ !tho' almost criminal?) - neglect of his.j. • superiors. ; :StrPngo Words',' Mr Editor.

If. any doubt them, let him view thereservoir as it was on the day of theaccident. Let him ask that hard-headed Scotsman, witness McLeod, if itwas safe for any man to stand on thereservoir staging, the only possiblehandgrip being the lid of a box some6in by sft, the same lid having for yearshad both hinges completely broken off.Then we have Engineer Young gravelystating that he did not think an ironladder would last long in the Gorewater. As well say, if a man fall in,bv, all means let him drown. To capthis, we have jurors Fitzgerald an!McCutclxeon refusing to pass a recom-mendation that the staging be railedin.—l am, etc.,

ANGRY ONE.A VERITABLE DEATH-TRAP.

TO THB _IDITOB.Sir,—“The jury spent over an hour

in considering this point, but failedto agree,” i.e., to “recommend theCouncil that a railing be placed roundthe stagmg in the reservoir to pre-vent apy future accident.”

Sir, the man who replaces the kind-ly old gentleman—for he was a gentle-man-—who has gone, will take his lifein his hands every time he goes in-side the door of the reservoir in itspresent condition. No matter howstrong a man, no matter how power-ful 4a swimmer he may be, once hefalls in it is death—there is no chance,no hold, rail, step, grip, ropes, buoy,no help; nor could a loud shout forhelp be heard. You are in a cold,cold body of concrete-held water. 100feet by 40 feet by Bft. or, 9ft. deep.The walls concrete, deadly cold, sur-rounded outside by many feet of bank-ed earth, are perpendicular, risinghigher than any level uf the water,with absolutely iiq hold for your hand.There is not even a crack one mightput his finger in, and the walls aremore or less slippery with the slime,characteristic of such tanks and re-servoirs. Now, please bear this all inmind, remember it while I stress some-thing further!. You unlock the doorand step inside 'on to a platform ofwood planks, three feet wide by 111feet long, outrigged over the water,with not an upright of any sort tohold to. not a hand-rail to steady by.and part of this sieging three inchesbelow the first part. You go alongthis narrow, unprotected platform orstaging to attend to the electrical ap-paratus in a long, narrow case situ-ated over the platform. Also, remem-ber, one has to lift down a long or-dinary ladder from its place up abovethe long case, and also the rake whichis placed somewhat higher still abovethe ladder. Should the rake be re-quired to remove scum and slime fromthe surface of the water one must goalong the pint form and reach up andget it down, and the same with theheavy, cumbersome ladder, whilstclose behind one is an unprotecteddeath trap in .which no man _ wouldhave the smallest chance of his life.“They spent an hour considering thematter,” and failed to lecommend

, that a protecting rail be placed there!' ,In conclusion, sir, allow me to say

I- have seen a number of such waterreservoirs with inverted yee-shapedconcrete steps built right from thebottom to the top, so that at anyand all levels of the water a step .’sat that level: such steps should be ateach end, and each side of the reser-voir, and would greatly facilitate theremoval of debris from the surface • fthe water, and be a ready means efanyone getting out who fell in. Asfor iron ladders, etc., rusting in thewater, well, we get so much rust Jromthe mains and pipes that the vorvslight addition would not matter. Al-though covered with wire-netting,some day children will get within thefenced "enclosure, and then !

T am. etc,, c CLAYTON.

THE TERMS OF PEACE

CANADIAN DISCUSSION.THE TREATY APPROVED,

WITHOUT A DIVISION.(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)Received September 13, 9.10 a.m.

OTTAWA, Sept.After defeating by 102 votes to 70

Mr Fielding’s amendment agreeing tothe Treaty by asserting that the Houserefused‘to assent to any Impairment ofthe existing autonomous authority oftlie Dominion, and also declaring thatin future Canada must settle whatpartshe will take in any war through herrepresentative Parliament, the House ofCommons passed a; motion to approve ofthe peace without a division.

HUNGARIAN MONARCHY.LIKELY TO BE RESTORED

Received September 13, 11.50 a.m,COPENHAGEN, Sept. 11.

Telegrams from Vienna state thatthere'is every indication that the mon-archy will be re-established in Hungarywith the Archduke Joseph as King.British and French circles supportJoseph’s claims, which the majority ofHungarians are likely to approve at thecoming elections.

RUMANIAN INDIGNATIONAT OUTRAGEOUS TUTELAGE,

Received September 13, 11.50 a.mPARIS, Sept. 11

The Rumanian newspapers are indig-nant at the Allies refusing to admit thevalidity of reservations. They approveof the delegates refusing to sign theAustrian Treaty, which deprives Ru-mania of sovereign rights for her, peo-ples by placing her under outrageoustutelage. . ‘

GERMANY COMES TO HEEL.

PARIS. Sept. 11.The German National Assembly will

meet next week to revise the constitu-tion! in accordance with the Entente’sdemands.

VANISHING MILITARISM.PARIS, Sept. 11.

Herr .Noske visited General Dupent,head of the Allied Military Mission,and tendered proofs of Germany’s dis-armament, which is proceeding regular-.

FATE OF THE KAISER.” NEW YORK, Sept. 12.

Unconfirmed despatches from Berlinsay that the ex-Kaiser has been pri-vately informed by Entente agents thathe will not be tried.

BRITISH SHIPPING LOB®.LONDON, Sept. 11.

An official at the Ministry of Ship-ping states that if Britain, as she. isfully entitled to. obtains 2,250,000 tonsof the 3,000,000 tons of German ship-ping divisible among the Allies, herlooses due to enemy action will stillaggregate upwards of 5,000,1)00 tons.

RUMANIA’S POSITION.PARIS, Sept. 11.

An article in the Paris ‘Journal’states that the Peace Conference is ex-asperated at , Rumania’s action. TheAmericans, are seeking a quarrel be-cause Rumania has not allowed theStandard Oil Company to secure Ru-mania’s petrol supplies and also becauseRumania’s wheat exports interfere withAmerica’s.

The Rumanians, are able to standfirm” because they command the Russianwheat, of which they cannot be de-prived.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

WAR’S TERRIBLE TOLL.

THE LIVING VICTIMS(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)

Received September 13, 11.25 a.m.* MELBOURNE. Sept. 13.

■Hie latest figures show that 2000 sol-diers are totally incapacitated, includ-ing 464 mental casesp

MARITIME DISASTER.STEAMER FOUNDERS IN HURRI-

CANE.N-Ew"yORK, Sept. 11.

The Ward line steamer Corydonfoundered in a hurricane off the Floridacoastt Twenty-seven of the crew weredrowned. The survivors drifted ashore'near Miami in a lifeboat.

TROUBLE WITH ARABS.

LONDON, Sept. 11.Three hundred Arabs attacked Ho-

deida. The Indian trGops with difficultyexpelled the invaders.

It is reported that fighting has beenresumed. .

Hodeida is on the Red Sea coast, 100miles north-west of Mocha. It is theprincipal mart for the export of coffeefrom Yemen, ‘and has a population ofabofft 40,000.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,

NF;W YORK. Sept. 12Great interest is evinced in political

circles in well-defined reports thatMajor-General Wood is preparing to re-sign from the Army and seek nomina-tion for President as the candidate ofthe Republican Party.

PRISONERS ESCAPE

MELBOURNE, Sept. 12The sensational escape of six long,

sentence prisoners on route to Pent-ridge is reported. They forced the(boards at the bottom of the prison van,and escaped unnoticed. No arrests have,been made.

NATIONALIST CONFERENCE.

SYDNEY. Sept. 12.The Nationalist resolution , left the

proposed living allowance payable tofamilies unfixed. A committee was ap-pointed to inquire into the whole ques-tion.

Received September 13. 11.25 a.m.SYDNEY, Sept. 33.

,TJitv Conference resolved tourge the Government to take a refer-endum on prohibition and that the partyfavors prohibition on a majority basis.

TROUBLE IN KURDISTAN.

LONDON, Sept. 12British columns in Central Kurdistan

defeated the tribesmen with consider-able losses, hut the ringleader, ShahanAgena. is still at large. A small bodyof Turks are stirring up trouble aroundUrumia. Emissaries from Damascushave arrived in an endeavor to raisethe Kurds against the British.

GERMANY TO-DAY.

MORE STABLE POSITION.INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY.RAPID STRIDES MADE.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)

Received September 13, 9.40 a.m.LONDON. Sept. 11,

Mr Renewick, the Berlin correspond-ent of the ‘Daily Telegraph,’ states thatafter two months’ absence it is interest-ing to note the changes in Germany.Industrial productivity is increasing,the strike fever has declined, and thewhole situation is being stabilised. Meatis more plentiful at 9s per lb, Thegreat improvement in the amount andquality of articles now being sold makesit evident that industrial Germany isputting her shoulder to the wheel andm'aking stocks of crockery, glass andfurniture on a large scale. Clothes stillpresent a difficulty, but stores ofhaber-dashery, gloves and other articles areabundant. During the last two or threemonths Germany has made great stridesin replenishing her home markets, whichis preliminary to ail attack on foreignmarkets. The deprecation of the markwill tell seriously, but representativesof American banks, and other financialconcerns will send up the mark witha hound. A cotton, bank is being estab-lished in Bremen under American con-trol to hasten imports of cotton. Bigcoal shipments from America are alsobeing arranged for.

DISMEMBERED GERMANY.A NEW REPUBLIC,(Reuter’s Telegrams.)

Received September 12. 1.35 p.m.BERLIN, Sept. 10.

The Government of the province ofBirkenfeld has proclaimed itself an in-dependent .Republican State within theGerman Empire. All State institutionsand officers remain unchanged.

The Federal Government has not yetrecognised Birkenfeld.

"UNSPEAKABLE VILLAINY."

LORD FRENCH AND FERMOY.COWARDLY MURDERERS

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)Received September 13, 11.10 a.m.

, LONDON. Sept. 12,Lord French in a speech at Belfast

expressed boundless admiration for thework of the. Royal Irish Constabulary,which was every day becoming morearduous and hazardous. He felt to-wards those who bad fallen as ho didtowards those dead comrades on thefield, but his feelings were accentuatedbecause they had not died in'fair, open‘combat‘but 'were'stricken doWh by cow-ardly and dastardly murderers whosebloody hands had not hesitated to com-mit unspeakable villainy on a Sundayas the men were approaching the altarof their God. It was hard to believetheir virtue in a cause which did notspare even a sanctuary. No country Inthe world to-day was niore prosperousthan Ireland. The Government at pre-sent had only : one policy—namely, to.secure to law-abiding subjects that free-dom and protection outrage towhich, as citizens of the Empire, theywere justly entitled. “Wc shall exertall efforts to the fulfilment* of thatpolicy and will not shirk the most dras-.tic measures necessary to secure it.”

SUPPRESSING SINN- FEINERS.

LONDON Sept. IIThe Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has,

issued a. proclamation suppressing the■Sinn Fein organisation and the IrishVolunteers and Gaelic League in CorkBorough and County. The proclamationannounces that the Grimes Act appliesto the' north and south ridings of T>perarv. Limerick Boroughs and County,Cork‘County and Clare County.

COUNTY COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING.Tiie Southland County Council held

its usual monthly meeting yesterday. ,

CORRESPONDENCER. Rotting, Edendale, wrote asking

permission to shift a house from Ma-caura to Edendale.—-Inspector em-powered to act. ,

R. Whittingham wrote expressing toehope that the Council would treat itsclaim for £6B 10s lOd in connectionwith the Longheadi Mining Comopanyas not recoverable, as now the wholesum would have to he paid by thewriter.—Referred to the Finance Com-mittee. -

M. Hogan, Edendale, wrote complain-ing of flood waters backing up on hisproperty.—Channel to he cleared, thecast to he born© by the applicant andMr J. R. Eades and the. Council, eachpaving one-third.

R. Richardson, Mataura Island, wroteasking that the road to his propertybe' started as soon as possible.—To re-ceive consideration,

Mrs M. Walker, South Wyndham.wrote offering to accept £25 per acrefor the road leading to Wyndham Val-ley..—Member and engineer to arrange;

‘C. McGregor and A. Herron, Green-vale, wrote asking that the Councilmetal the piece of road from the schoolto-McGregor's Hill.—Member and en-gineer to visit.

,J. Buckley (.Waimumu), J. M. Plant(Waimnmu), I. T. Martin JGore) andJ. A. Anderson (Waikaka \alley) weregranted permission to plough road-linesin order to destroy gorse.

P. LMcCaughan, Wyndham, wrote re-questing that improvements he madeto the Doctor’s Road.—-Referred to en-gineer.

Fenwick Bros.. St. Patrick’s, wroterelative to Murphy’s 'Road.—Referredto member and engineer. *

R. Shields, Wyndham, wrote aprdving to lay drain across road.—Grantedsubject-to surfaceman’s approval.

M. Ford, Chatton, wrote relative tothe react to■ coalpit.—-Referred to mem-ber and engineer.

The chairman of the Upper Hedge-hope School Committee wrote drawim:attention to the state of the road ti-the school.—Referred to member andengineer;

J. Kilpatrick, Greenvale, wrote ask-ing the Council to have the outlets ofculverts below his property opened.;—Referred to member and engineer.—The same writer was granted permissionto plough road-lines to destroy gorse.

Five settlers at Pukerau wrote draw-ing attention to necessity for 30 chainsof metal on Voight’s Road.—Referredto member and engineer.

Seven residents of Glenhnm, wrotedrawing attention to the state of theroad leading from the mam Glenliam-Mataura Island road.—Engineer to re-port.

The Gore branch of the Farmers’Union wrote relative to live necessityfor immediate drainage in the (Kamadistrict.—To be informed; that the mat-ter is under consideration.

A number of ratepayers wrote regard-ing the state of the Chacton-Maitlanclroad.—Referred to member and en-gineer.

Mrs H. Mclver. AVadtaia, wrote re-lative to the state of'the main road.—To he attended to.

McGowan Bros., Tuturan. wrote eon-[corning Mortimer’s Road:—Referred tomember and; engineer.

RED RUSSIA.

ALLIED FIGHTING.SETBACK IN DON AREA.

SIBERIAN POSITION IMPROVES.(By Eleotrio Telegraph-Copyright.)

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)Received September 13, 9.40 a.m.

LONDON, Sept. 11.The . Australian Press Association

learns that General Wrangel’s troopsin the Don area have been driven backby .the Bolsheviks and now ;tre en-deavoring to hold a defensive line cov-ering Tsaritsyn. _ ’

The situation of the 'Siberian Armyhas improved owing to the Bolshevikswithdrawing large forces. In an effortagainst Genera),Deniken severe fight-ing occurred west of Ishim, 130 milessouth-east of Tobolsk, the Bolshevikssuffering heavy losses.

BRITISH EVACUATION.DIFFICULTIES OF WITHDRAWAL

(Reuter’s Telegrams.)LONDON, Sept. 12.

Mr. Winston Churchill, in an officialnote replying to criticisms of the Brit-ish policy in North Russia, says thatthe' policy accepted by the House ofCommons on June 29 is being spedilyand punctually pursued. The decisionson which it was based weijp irrevocable.There wr as no reason to suppose thatGeneral Rawlinson, who wr s m supremecommand of the British forces at Arch-angel and Murmansk, would not suc-ceed in his task at.an early date. Nev-ertheless the peculiar difficulty of thewithdrawal operation must be realised.The enemy forces on the above-men-tioned fronts might well be equal to thecombined British and Russian na-tionals. The attitude of the latter, whowere much more numerous than theBritish, and also the attitude of thecivil population, must inevitably affectthe British withdrawal. Thus the taskof extricating the British,, while in-juring the Russian Nationals’ subse-quent chances as Jittie ak possible, wasmost complex.

The Government considered it itsduty to offer means of refuge to allRussians who had compromised them-selves with the Bolsheviks through theAllies., A considerable number of per-sons, including women and be-sides British troops, must therefore beevacuated by the sea.

Mr Churchill scathingly describedthe suggested process of simply march-ing the British into transports and sail-ing away under cover of the warships’guns, as likely to result in a series ofepisodes dishonorable to the Britishname. • The military authorities alwaysinsisted that the British could not bewithdrawn except by certain offensiveoperations of limited scope in order todisengage the front. It would hewrong and unpatriotic to increase thedifficulties< of the withdrawal in themost critical phase by inspiring theenemy and disheartening the Russiannationals.

REPLY TO CRITICISM.

COLONEL KELLY’S CASE. 1

Received September 13. 12.15 p.m. •- -

~ LONDON; Sept. 11.Rt. Hon. Winston Chui’chill, in re-

ply to.criticism.of the Russian policy,says in reference to allegations by thepublic and press relative to Lieutenant-Colonel Sherwood Kelly and regardingBritish operations'ln- North Russia,that Kelly was removed from his poston August 16; and' sent bank jbb Eng*land, for ,a .serious' offence against theArmy Act. General Raadhisou report-ed that he' only . refrained from court-martialling him owing to his gallant re-cord. Shorwooß. KeU**-Jxad no}V by afurther action 1 hecornoiv an offenderagainst the Einglsi' regulations,'' andwould he subjected-' rfco . discipliriaiy ac-tion. Mr Churchill ’.proceeds to re-capitulate the steps taken and alreadypublished in connection with the Brit-ish .withdrawal, and refeiV lo the up-:setting, of Britishe-plans to withdraivfrom North • Russia.’ without risk, dif-ficulty or anxiety.; As regards the fateof tlie North Russia Government andarmy owing to the failure of AdmiralKoltohak’s plan to join up with thfeNorth Russians, it .is nob proposed toissue any statement of- policy regardingthe progress of operations! until British•lives arc .no longer-endangered hj' pub-licity. or- Russian national interestsprejudiced.

Referring to. the numerous TUmorsabout anti-Bolshevik forces in the Bal-tic States and .on the Petrograd’ front,which were chiefly -ascribed to Bolshevikwireless reports, Mr Churchill says:“ No British were ever employed there,nor had the British Government ac-cepted responsibility, for-those, militaryoperations. We only furnished muni-tions and advice, and the BritishNavy with its superb efficiency pre-vented the Bolsheviks from raiding theBaltic ports.” He points out with re-gard to this .matter that the BalticStates are subjected' to equal dangersfrom Germany. These cannot be avert-ed single-handed1 by Britain, but theyhave engaged the attention of thePeace Conference for some time. Theproblem can only he grappled. with bythe victorious Allies acting concertedly.

DENEKfN’S OPERA’TION^.LONDON, Sept. 11.

General Denek'n is clearing the coun-try between Odessa and Kieff and isendeavoring to-foil an attempt by alarge force of Bolsheviks to breakthrough from the large pocket Vereinthe}7 are bottled.ALLEGED SECRET AGREEMENT.

SEMI-OFFICIAL DENIAL.LONDON, (Sept. 11

The existence of a, secret agreementbetween the British and the North-West Russian - Government is semi-officially denied. Negotiations occurredbut did' not result in an agreement.

APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE.

LONDON, Sept.- 11A deputation of four Russians from

Archangel has arrived, appealing for acontinuation of British support. Theytftate that the .evacuation which it wasannounced would begin on September 7.will lie completed in October.

LENIN'S REQUEST FOR PEACE,

HIS EMISSARY ARRESTED

LONDON, Sent. HThe ‘Daily Herald’ states that. -it. is

believed that the Soviet’ Government'srequest for peace was personally lia.nd-<hl by Lenin to a British •jourua-lisc,Professor Goode, who when travelling,from Moscow was arrested Iby the 35s-tlionians at the request of the Britishand is now aboard a British ship await-ing liis return to England.

AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT.APATHY OF AUTHORITIES.

AVIATORS DISHEARTENED.SCHEME MAY LAPSE.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)

Received September 13. 9.10 a.in,LONDON, Sept. 11.

The Australian competitors, in theflight to Australia are greatly disheart-ened by the apathy of the Imperialwar authorities in assisting the ven-ture. The latter decline to allow theaviators to fly over foreign countries.It is ascertained that the SopwithCom-pany ,J.ias already expended approxi-mately £7OOO in preparation for theflight. As there are six competitorsat is estimated that the initial outlaywill not be far short of £50,000., Ifthe flight be undertaken this year itmust begin before October 15, other-wise the weather will preclude the at-tempt until next year. If the Aus-tralians desire the competition for theprize offered it will be necessary for theCommonwealth Government to exerciseits influence with the Imperial authori-ties in order to prevent the idea fromfalling through.

R33’S NEW VOYAGE.

A 36-HOUR TRIPLONDON, Sept. 11.

The R33 has commenced a. 36-hour-trip via Amsterdam, Rotterdam, theHague and Paris.

INTERNATIONAL AIR RACE.

WINNER DISQUALIFIEDLONDON, Sepr. 11.

Janellos was .disqualified .for failingto pass outside the mark-boat. ■

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS.

(Australian and N.Zi Cable Association].Received September 13, 11.10 a.m.

LONDON,, Bpt. 11.The wheat market is quiet, An Aus-

tralian parcel on passage sold at 61s perquarter.

Flour is dull, and small sales of Aus-tralian were made ex store at 44s 9dper sack. •

Oats, beans and peas are calm.•Sugar is unchanged. 1

BRADFORD WOOL SALES.Received September 13, 11.10 a.m.

LONDON, Sept. ~i:t!t,In Bradford) the wool tops market’s

improved tone continues and the out-look is more cheerful. Spot lots arepractically unobtainable, and prices .forfuture business are hardening.

CHAFF PRICES SOAR.

Received September 13, 11.25 a.mSYDNEY, 'Sept. 13

Since the removal of the price-fixingregulations the highest prices recordedfor 40 years were obtained for’wheatenand oaten chaff. • ,

CANTERBURY/ REPORTS.(Per United Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH.' Sept. 12.The wheat market is still quiet and

little or no business is being trans-acted.

Oats have, firmed a little,, but veryfew lots, are offering and farmers dcnot seem at all keen to deal,■■presumingthat they are holding lines. The pricesquoted for oats,; therefor©, are more orless nominal. ...

a Merchants • are offering £9 to £9 5sfor potatoes, but holders' do not seem■willing to trade at this price.

CLEARING SALE AT MATAURA.

.- The Southland Farmers’ Co-operativeAssociation, Ltd., reports having helda successful clearing sale at Matauraon Tuesday last on account of Mr W.Forgiei There was a large attendanceof district farmers, and /the salethroughout was good. The bidding waskeen and some very fair prices were ob-tained. The following are some of the■principal sales:—Hairy cows £l3 10s, £l2, £ll 10s,'£6. 7 yearlings at £4 10s, mare £3O os.geldings £24 10s, £2l lOs-, £l6 10s,aged gelding £9, waggon £l9, dray andframe £26, Massey-Harris drill £2’o,roller £lB 10s, set discs £lO, chain har-rows £l2 10s, tyn© harrows £B. plough£7 10s, binder £6. The balance of theimplements and sundries were alsocleared and realised satisfactory prices.

A suitable luncheon was .provided forthe sale and appreciated by all present.

JWYNDHAM STOCK SALE.

iflie monthly stock sale at Wyndhainwas held on Thursday. The yardingwas small as compared with formersales, but values were much the sameas at the previous sale. The followingis a summary of the prices- realised :

Dairy cows, £l6 17s 6d, £l2, £l3. £710s, £lO 10s, £ll, £lO 17s 6d, £l2 7s6d, £7 17s* 6d, £l3, £l2 10s, two at£ll 15s; dairy heifers, £7 40s, £5 12s6d, £4-7-s 6d; store steers, £7 ss;calves, 58s and 51s.

Fat wethers, 48s, 44s 2d, and3Ss 8d; fat ewes 26s 4d. store ewes 10sId ; hoggets, 30s 9d, 26s lOd, 225, 19s,15s 2d audi 10s-8d; 2 and 4-rooth

wethers, 20s lOd and 295; 2-tooth d<jr27s lid. /

Fraser and Co., produce merchants,auctioneers and commission agents, 140Crawford Street, Dunedin, report;—Eggs: Market steady; fi’esh eggs Is 5dto Is 5Jd, Egg Girdle eggs Is 6d. But-ter : Market bare; 11b pats separatorIs 7d, milled rnulk Is" 7d. Pigs: Ingood demand; best baconers lOd, pork-ers 9jd to lOd, overweights 6d to Bd.Tallow: 35s -to 44s per cwt. Meatmeal,50 per cent, protein: 20s per 1001b.Honey: Good clover 7-Jd, sections 8dto lOd, 101b tins 7» 6d to Bs. Bees-wax: 2s per lb. Poultry: We held ourusual sale on Wednesday at 1.30 andthe following prices were realised:—Hens, 4 at 2s Bd, 30 at 3s Id, 16 at3s 2d, 3at 3s Id, 4at 3s scl; cockerels,3. at-3s 6d, 1 at 3 s lid, 16 at 45 1,. 1at ss; turkeys, gobblers 3 at is 3d, 3 atIs 3£d, hens 5 at Is Id, 4 at is lijd,2 at Is 2d per lb, Jive weight; geese,3s 6d to 4s 6d; ducks, 4s to 5seach. 638

AERIAL POLICE.

BACCARAT DEN.RAIDED BY AEROPLANE.

ARISTOCRATIC GAMBLERSCAUGHTu

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)(Australian and N.Z, Cable Association)-Received September 13, 9.40 a.m,

ROME, iSept. 10.The first use of the aeroplane in the

detection .of criminals is reported fromCapri (an island of Italy 20 miles southof the city of Naples), where the policesuspected an Englishman ‘namedGreenof running his villa as a baccarat den.They secured an aeroplane, made anight flight, landed in the grounds ofthe villa and captured a party of aris-tocratic gamblers.

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.(Per United Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, Sept. 12.The Legislative Council met at 2.30

p.m.The Charles Joseph Jury Estate Em-

powering Bill was read a third timeahdpassed. '

The Council adjourned at 2.35 p.m.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.WKLUXtiTON. Sep;. 12.

The House of Beprosem ames met at230 p.m.

HRTTKN ASKED FOB

Tile following .ivrurii was ordered todo laid on the ’.adlo of llto 'House: Afoiurn givijig details oi the .sum of.

7 (is 3d paid as charges and ex-penses it) raising Joans (hiring the finan-cial,, year 11)1 .Vlid such return to show—-<:n) fhe suni of .any) paid to the ImperialC-orerrimeiii (b) the .names of the per-sons and firms or joint-stock corpora-tions and. hanks to whompayments weremade, and.the payments made, whensuch payments exceeded £looj and <c)the, sums paid to any Government.De-partment on this account.

, REPLIES TO QUESTIONS.Replying to Mr G. V. Pearce (Patea),

Hon. W. H. Herries said that the areaof land purchased 'by the Government inthe Ufewera- Country to July 31 was290,603 acres. The quantity purchasedduring the year was 43,693 acres. Whenthis land,,could be opened up would de-pend entirely on the Lands ‘Department,■amkhe* would ask 'the.Surveyor-Generalto facilitate surveys.

Hon. J. G. Coates, replying to MrH. G. Ell (.Christchurch South), saidchat he proposed to cany out the policyof his predecessors in charge of thePrisons Department in removing prisonsfrom the centre of cities.

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THE FISHERIES COMMISSION.'Hon. J. G. Coates laid on the table

the report'of the Fisheries Commission,which raised a lengthy discussion on thefishing industry, members urging theMinister to encourage the industry so.that people should have an abundanceof chfcap fish, more powerful trawlersthan those now in us© being generallyadvocated.

Mr C, H. Poole (Auckland West)urged the Premier to apply to the Im-perial Government for, th© gift of somewar vessels suitable for deep-sea trawl-ing.

The Premier said that he was now innegotiation with the Imperial Govern?-ment to that end.

The Payment of Jurors; Bill passedthrough all its stages.

The House resumed at .7.30 p.m. andithe- Premier moved the -second, readingof the Board .of Trade'Bill. The jdebatewas' lengthy" and was' finally adjournedtill Tuesday on the motion of Hon. W.D, S. Macdonald (Bay of Plenty).

The Hons© rose at 10.55,p.m.

BRITISH AFFAIRS.

WIDNES BY-ELECTION.

MR. HENDERSON ELECTEDReceived September 13, 8.35 a.m.

• LONDON, Sept. 12.In the Widhes by-election, for which

Mr F. M. B. Fisher (a New Zealander)was a candidate, Mr Arthur Hendersonwas elected.

THE NAVY DEFENDED.MR WALTER LONG’S STATEMENT,

Received September 12, 12-40 p.mLONDON, Sept. II

Rti Hon. Walter Long (First L'.;-'speaking at Glasgow in reply to criti-cisms ibf the Admiralty’s failure to*economise, said; “L would have beena crime to relax our effoi-bs ensuringpreparedness for all eventualities, untilpeace was s; gned. The Admiralty re-cognised the necessity for economy ”

One result of the war was the prospectof a considerable period of peace. Itwould be the Admiralty’s duty not tobuild unnecessary ships and not to pur-sue a programme which -was possible,before, the war hot mas not justifiable■now. .They should do everything pcs-'sible to develop commercial undertak-ings by .releasing shipwrights- from thenaval yards and other (Government em-ployment,- thus increasing- employmentfor merchant shipbuilding.

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.

A WATERSIDER’S DEATH.(Per United Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, Sept. 13William Thomas Donald, a waterside

worker, was injured by a case fallingon him while being unloaded from asteamer. He died in hospital.

FOOTBALLERS’ DEATH.WAIMATE, Sept. 13

In the football match Waimate v.North Otago on Thursday week, GeorgeHawke,, aged 19, a Waimate forward,during 'tile first 15 minutes of the gamewas pitched on to his head and receivedan injury to the spine between theshoulders, this causing partial paralysis,which gradually extended, the youngman expiring last evening. An inquestwill be held at Oamaru torinorrow.

HIGH SCHOOL SOLDIERS'MEMORIAL.

Mataun residents are reminded ofthe grand concert to be giyen by MissLatham’s concert party,' 'assisted byother performers, in the HorticulturalHall on Thursday, September 18. Theobjects of the entertainment are deserv-ing of. the public support, several Ma-taura ex-pupils having made the su-preme sacrifice. Patrons will be af-forded a musical treat seldom heard byMataura audiences. /-

PRINCE AS COWBOY.WILD WEST STAMPEDE,

HOLIDAY AT SASKATOON.

A POPULAR CHIEF*(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

(Australian and N.Z. Gable Association)Received September 13, 8.35 a.m.

OTTAWA, Sept. 12/At Saskatoon, in Saskatchewan, the

Prince of Wales participated in a, cow-boy and cowgirl typical Wild Weststampede. The Princ© led a processionof cowboys, waving his hat and cheer-ing. He was afterwards unable to es-cape on account of excessive handshak-ing. , . • _j

COST OF LIVING.

BOARD OF TRADE BILL.

THE GOVERNMENT DEFENDED.Per United Press Association.

WELLINGTON, Sept. 12.,The Premier, in moving the second

reading of the Board of Trade Bill,said that it was a measure that hadattracted attention throughout theDominion and even outside the Do-minion. He hoped the House woulddo it justice. The first part of ‘ ;theBill provided for the setting up of theBoard of Trade, while the second partdealt with the functions of the Board.There was a widespread' opinion thata good deal of profiteering was-goingon. ini t he desired tq .point * out thatprices always rose after a war and :tmust inevitably be. so,—.because somany men, who formerly wbre pro- •

ducers went into the trepches andproduction went down through it. Ithad also been said that the| Govern-ment should have legislated to keepdown the'cosia of primary products,but' it in'ust not he ’ forgotten ghat thecost of production had-greatly* increas-ed and He, ventured to, say that theprofits of the farmeE .were mi greaterto-day than befoire the war. ’fit mustalso be remembered that the., cost ofthings the country imports ’had/Alsoincreased. There was only one way tokeep down the cost of living-and thatwas to stop profiteering and that whsthe object of the Bill.

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He was afraidthat people hardly realised all that theGovernment had done to keep downthe cost of living,, and he proceededto relate the arrangements Inade uhderwhich butchers could get meat fromfreezing« companies, declaring thatbetter arrangements could' not- havebeen made in the interests of the peo-ple. -The arrangement made with theColonial Sugar Company was *hwhi>advantageous and had kept the pricesof sugar in New Zealand lower thanin any other part of: the world. But-ter had been sold to the consumer inthe past season at less than the exportvalue, and in the coming season tlioconsumers would not have to pay more '

than they did two years ago. Then tthe Custom duties had not been in-creased ; except in two instances, tinand beer. Against that the salaries ofthose in the public service had beenraised to meet the cost of living wueirethe Government could not prevent. Jitrising. In addition there was theMoratorium Act which, had peen ofgreat service in stabilising the rateof interest. In all these respects, theefforts of the Government had had amost salutary effect. The Board ofTrade was substituted- for the FoodController, and Hie Bill before thoHouse gave the Board ample power todpal with'the situations,likely to arise,powers which it had not had up, to thepresent. As a matter of fact nearlythe whole of the recommendations ofthe committee had been given effectto. He did not approve-'of tho pro-posal of the Commission that the Stateshould, create a flefet *of pre-sent. as the cost of' constfmcfcion wastoo high. He briefly referred tq »-hovarious clauses of, the Bill, claimingthat all possible power would be given,to the board "by regulation to enforcethe provisions of the measure. He wassure that though members , might*differ from him and from some qf “hedetails of the Bill, he was convincedthat they would endorse its principles.-and place it on the Statute Book.

THE SOVEREIGN TO BLAME :

Sir John Findlay (Hawke’s Bay)dealt at length with the proposes of *

Professor Irving Fisher of Yale Uni-versity, on the stabilising of moneyvalues. The purchasing power of • thesovereign had fallen all over the world* <he said, and to-day it was only worth13s 2d. • The present troubles arosefrom the fact that the sovereign wasnot standardised. It had no stan- .

dard value, as the only thing aboutit which the State guaranteed -Wasthat it must contain a certain weightin gold. It was, in fact, almost theonly thing in Christendom which wasnot standardised, as all the weightsand. measures had been .standardised.What they had to do was to reversethe present order of procedure by hay-ing. instead of a sovereign or fixedweight in gold, a. apf fixed -

purchasing power, aind therefore offluctuating weight in gold. lie re-cognised that any change-’,fin themoney system .was difficult toacluevebecause so many people."thought thatany snch : suggestion was scandalous,and "t sometimes required a royoluiionto otfecr desired,changes..-as>in,, thet ase of the French revolution, whichgave France her metric system, whichthe Empire should adopt."“He hopedthat the great war would so en-lighten the people as to enable themto see the necessity for, many changesin the financial system. ' For the fu- ■

ture they should purchase commodit-ies on the basis of an indent- yiumber,which should he fixed . evdry threemonths. No gold coin should be is-sued, but gold ■_ whichshould be given added or diminishedgold value of the commodities shouldbe used, as the purchasing mediums.He recognised that the subject*'wastoo intricate to be made clear in-allits details in . one short speech. V

OTHER SPEAKERS’ VIEWS.’Mr A. S. Malcolm (Clutha) -con-

tended that the increased prices '‘weredue to the great universal shortageof necessary commodities.' He .be-lieved that the- real remedy was thepractice of economy. > -

The Hon. D. Btfddo (Kaiapoi) com-bated Mr Malcolm’s idea of" -frigideconomy as a remedy of the country'stroubles. He advocated a reasonablestandard of comfort as the best meansof keeping up the market and the de-mand for the country’s commodities.

The Hon. J. A. Hanan said tswrt theland was the food store of the' world.The small holding was the remedy forthe high cost of living, because there-by increased production would bestimulated, which was in a measurelinked up with increased population.

Mr H. G. Ell (Christchurch South)' 1 that he thought the Bill was-cap-

able of doing great good for. the peopleof the Dominion. He hoped' that assoon as the Act was signed by theGovernor-General the Board 1 would hoset up-and put to work to cheapen thecost or living and so let -the peopleindulge in the old-fashioned. idea t)fa home. ‘ ■■

On the motion of the Hon. W. Jr.S.'MacDonald (Bay of Plenty) the de-bate was adjourned till TUesday. *

THE MATAIHU SEPTEMBER' 13, 1919. i

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Although butter is'still very scarce,the actual" famine ill the commodityappears to bo over, and several largegrocery concerns are' now selling tocustomers without restrictions, saysa Christchurch ‘message, due to sup-nlies coining to hand from the NorthIsland. ,

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It is full of healthful, healing, cura-tive properties. Most pleasant to thetaste, prompt in its effectiveness, “Bax-ter’s” is a friend indeed. Order a large2s dd bottle from your chemist or store

LECTURES IN CAMP.Coughing, and clearing of throats at

lectures and entertainments could bereadily avoided if the sufierers wouldbut remember that the Canteens stock“Fluenzol.” . the most soothing andhealing of all gargles and pleasant totake. . / 8

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A sure and pleasant- specific foroovicg worms is .JADE’S -WORMKJ -ft I'r'rr Is fid

ENTERTAINMENTS.o|-‘- ■ ;v \ ‘JJC&t cb^tJEßtiliThe c-QUcert promoted by the Gore

th© P.P.A, and held m theRoyal last evening was an. Un-

'-.'f^ndfnoe' and; everyihi|ig- went with aswing start to finish. In the un-

i.avoidable, absence,; of the president (MrbtA. J. , Nichol) the chair was taken by•hßev. Wesley Bratt.

,if; The singing of the National Anthem■rpreoeded the excellent concert pro-

gramme, which, had been arranged by"Miss Icia AlacGibbon, A.T.C.L, The; first item waa a violin solo by , AirInglis Todd, Miss AlacGibbon playing

• fne 6n the piano; . Thepiece selected was the impassioned“Saint D’Amour,” and its rendition

~^*sas rattch that a recall was demanded,Todd complying with the haunting

which was equally skil-fufy playhd. ; Mira. A. E. G. Lyttle,aha old favorite with Gore audiences,was in good - voice and tastefully sang"The. Arrow and the Song.” Anotherold faVorite"with local music-lovers, Mr,E.: H. Taylor,' of Tuturau, invariablychooses artistic songs, and moreoversipgs. them artistically. Last evening

ho.exception to the rule, Air Tby-. jdrisi fiexihle Vafitpne* voice" rendering

••type, and Twenty” irresistibly, the eri-co|e number, “ If I Alight Only Cometo;:You,” also being sung with the re-qtpsiAb expression, Aliss Alaitland,tisstaying in Gore at present, made,

d&bni (bn the: local-with a . very flattering reception.

Shpisthe possessor of a fresh coni-,tralto voice of good rang© and fifeaudience, after hearing “When Songis*.Sweet/*' decided that the name dfth© song and the manner of render-ing werp synonymous terms. As’ anencore MissAlaltlan'd sang.the spright-ly-" “You’d (Better Ask Me!” with anarchness that was in keeping with theweirds, and'which delighted the audi-ence.

In the- second portion of the pro-. gramme .Airs Lyttle sang “La Seren-

atja,” Aliss AlacGibbon accompanyingoirthe’ piano and Air Inglis Todd onthe yiplm. The song was sympatheti-Vl|lly sting, the,, violin obligato, in par-

f% Ih adswei- to a-well-merited encore Airs

: remarkably wellwith-her voice. AIF F. H. Taylor’s solo,“T Seek for Thee in Every Flower,”-Was rendered in hi& customary finishedstyle, While Air Inglis Todays violinsolo, “ Le Cygne,” was all t©o short.A recitation by the chairman, ‘f TheSoliloquy of An Old Shoe,” was welldbne. and in answer to a recall he gaveanother amusing piece, - “The Lort

Memory. Miss Maitland’s song,“Salaam,” met with the decided ap?proval of the audience, as also did herencore number, “To My First Love,”which was given with the captrvating.coyness necessary to ,the theme. Aword of praise is due to all the vocal-ists for the dearness of their enuncia-tion, every word in all the so,ngs beingclearly heard. ■ Miss AlacGibbon playedthe accompaniments throughout in herusual accomplished maimer.■ .During the concert Mr Thom-son danced the Highland fling, whichhe had to repeat in response to an im-perative recall. Later Mr Thomsonstepped the Seann ’Triu'hhais in a waythat evoked hearty plaudits. Mr Fou-bister played the dance music on thebadpipes.

Rev. R, J. Liddell was the speakerfor the evening. The large and enthu-siastic audience present, ho said, provedthat the P.P.A. in Gore was neitherdead nor dying."—(Applause.) His mindwent hack to the meeting in Dunedinat which the P.P.A. was horn. TheRoman Catholic Federation Ittul at-tacked the national educational system,the Government'offices wore being flood-ed with Catholics, Protestant litera-ture was being hanned—altogethor, asone writer has said, the time was“rotten ripe” for the P.P.A. movement.The members of the P.P.A. werenot narrow-minded bigots, nor op-pressors, nor opposed to individuals;but what was a totally different tiling,they were opposed to a system. Theyiwould not interfere with the rights ofanyone to worship God as he pleased,hut,, they .would, resist any .attempt- toUlictato to .them pip others how theyshould worship. Such attempts had beenma.de. in the "past, and they were nowhanded together .to safeguard the liber-ties which had 'been won at great cost.Papacy was a had system, as had beenproved in the cases of Spain and SouthAmerica. Tf the priests all le'ft Irelandand the confessional-boxes were closedthe trouble in that-country would ceaseand it wotild soon he on the high, roadto prosperity and contentment. Theywanted to curb the menace of such asystem in New Zealand. The electionswere near, and they should organise toput men in Parliament who would safe-guard our great heritagd of liberty.Let them shun wobblywas said to he had to fly from thedevil we know to-, the devil we donot know . The Papacy could lie saidto he the devil we know, but the wobblyProtestant was the devil we didn’tknow.—.(Laughter.) His last word tothem was “Organise for the future.”—(Applause.)

The chairman moved a hearty vote ofthanks to those who had assisted,especially to Miss MacGibhon, who hadgone to great pains to secure such afine programme, and to Rev. R. J. Lid-dell for his address. The vote was car-ried by acclamation.

Supper was then-served by the ladies,and a large number remained to thedance that followed. Mr N. Rohsoithad charge -of the floor and excellentmusic was supplied by an orchestra con-sisting of Miss Savage (piano), Air J.Hodge (vtolin) and Air G. Brownlie(clarionet).

BACK FROM THE WAR.

OTAMA WELCOME-HOME SOCIAL.The Otama Hall was crowded last

evening by representativevs from allparts 'of the district, to extend a wel-come home to Sergeant J. AVilhams,Privates J. Ness, A. Alcßam, J.Kemp, and J. Pope. In addition tothe welcome homo to the above nameda roll of honor was unveiled, whichincluded the names of 53 men whowent from the -district to fight forKing and Empire, liberty and free-dom. „

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Air Thos. Logan, chairman of thePatriotic Committee, presided, andbriefly stated the business of the even-ing. The first part of the programmewas in the hands of Aliss Latham smusical party from Gore, and to theseladies and gentlemen he extended ahearty welcome.

The musical party, in the concertedpieces, was under the baton of AirGeo. Matheson, and Aliss-Latham pre-sided at the piano. The opening itemwas a plantation chorus, “De OldBanjo,” which went with a gracefulswing and was loudly applauded. AirR. L. Stevenson followed in “There’sa Friend in every Alilestone/’ whichwas most effectively rendered, thechorus being very fine indeed. Themusical sketch by Alessrs T. Preece,W. Stevenson and R. Chatterton,“Keep in the ATiddle of the Road,”created roars of laughter and had tobe repeated. The local hits werevociferionsly applauded. Aliss_ AlayThorn danced the seann triubhais verygracefully, and received an imperativerecall. Aliss Wallis was loudly ap-plauded for her recitation “The UsualWay,” and had to respond to an en-core. A violin duet by Aliss S. Lathamand Air J. Stroud was a musical gemand an encore was demanded. A.soloby Aliss Tayles was sweetly rendered,and' this was followed by a chorus“Stars of the Summer Night”—a yferyfine effort. Air A. C. Brown was ingood form and after his rendition ofthe “Rose of No Alan’s Land,” hadto respond to an encore, which waswell merited. The “Bells of St.Mary’s” was the next chorus, andthis was followed by the part song“The Rosary.” Air A. G. Brown gaveanother solo, and Aliss Wallis wasagain encored for her musical mono-logue “The Old Alaid.” Air William-son, who has a sweet tenor voice, wasloudly applauded for his solo. AliasMay Thorn danced a. sailor’s hornpipe,which fairly “brought down thehouse,” The young lady was in goodform, and her footwork was an eyo-opener to the majority of the audi-ence. ‘Aliss Alolly Rosft contributed asolo, the rendition of which was verysweet, the singer being loudly ap-plauded, Alessrs Preece, Stevensonand Chatterton’s re-appearance in“Inkcy Pinkey,” met with a heartyreception. Some of the chief* char-acteristics of Gore and Otama cele-brities came under review and createdroars of laughter. A violin duet byMiss S. Latham and Air J. Stroud fol-lowed, and these artists had to re-spond to an imperative recall. Theplantation chorus “Far Away” wassweetly rendered by Aliss Tayles, thechorus being taken up by the party.“Good Night” followed and the enter-tainment concluded with “The LongDay Closes,” which was a, very fineand appropriate effort by the com-pany, especially in view of the un-veiling of the memorial tablet whichtook place later in the evening. “GodDefend New Zealand,” and the sing-ing of the National Anthem broughtthe musical portion of the programmeto a close. It was a programme of aquality which is seldom if ever heardin a country centre, and the people ofOtama were not slow in showing theirappreciation of the efforts of the party.

SPEECHES OF WELCOME&

Th© chairman extended a cordial Rel-com© to the returned soldiers present.The people of Otaina were, pleased tosee them liome, again. Of the 53 whohad gone to the front 13 would jneverreturn and that was the saddest partof all.

Brief addresses' suitable to the occa-sion were also delivered by .ColonelBowler, Messrs A. Martin (Hayor ofCore), T>. Mellon gall (ex-Mayor ofGoreJ, and Rev. G. P. Mitchell.'

Sergeant J. Williams suitably repliedto the hind things said,

THE ROLL OF HONOR.c

Mrs MacKay, who has lost two sonsat the front, "then unveiled the roll ofhonor, and Mr R. Chatterton soundedthe “.Last Fost.” The tablet contain-ing the names is about sft high andabout 3ft 6iu wide, and bears the fol-lowing names;—

KILLED IN ACTION.MacKay, Peter, Lieutenant.Crombie, Alexander, Private.Dunn, Frank, Private.Guthrie, John. Alexander, Sergeant.Morris, George, Private,Mcßain, Alexander, Private.Tremaine, Hubert, Private.

I Williams, William. Lieutenant.Scarlet, Leonard, Private. :

; Walker, William, Private,Walker, William, Private.AValker, Andrew, Private.MacKay, John, Private.

Served with the colors.—Armour,Robert, Private; Bruce, Gilbert, I.n-va’te; Crombie, John, Private; D.ickson,Alexander, Private; Dunn Charles,Private; Dunn, Stanley, 2nd Lieuten-ant; Dodds, Andrew, Gunner; Dickson,William, Private; luckson, John pri-vate; Dillon, Oliver H,, Artillery; Deal,John, 2nd Lieutenant; Deal, Gordon,2nd ’Fjight Lieutenant; Pavel, John,Private; Gerken, Gordon (.MAI.);Hiintor John,.Private;’ Henry, 'Samuel,Private ; Hartley,’Holmes, 2nd Lieuten-ant;’ Kemp, John, Private; Logan,Tnomas, Private; Logan, Alexander,Private; Alee, William, Private; Ak-Eachren, Archbald, Private; Mcßam.Angus, Private; Alci.Ja.in, John, Pri-vate;'Mclntosh,- Archibald,. Private;MpAlurray, Janies R., Private; Ale—-iMecken, John, Private; Mess, Robert,Private; O’Hara, John, Corporal(D.O.AL); Pope, John, Private; Stew-art, James, Private; Scarlet, AVRliaip,Private; Sloan, William, Private;Walker, James, Private; Walker, An-drew, Private; Wayte, Vernon, Cap-tain; Wavte, John, Lance-Corporal;Walker, John. Private; Williams, John,Private; Wicks, Frank, Private.

Supper was afterwards served andan hour or two spent in dancing.

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ON THE BALL.RUGBY FOOTBALL NOTES.

(By “Touchlind.* 1)■Enthusiasts looked for a good game

between the South Otago and EasternDistrict teams on Wednesday, and ex-pectations were fulfilled. The local fcombination played to retrieve its re-putation lost in the match withTapanui the previous week, and sue-1ceeded in winning after a strenuous jstruggle by a margin of three points.The difference in the scores is indi-cative of the strength of the opposingsides.

Good*work by the Eastern for-wards broke up many attempts atpassing rushes by the visiting backs.If the ball had reached the wingsmore often the chances were that thescores would have been reversed.

Josephs, at full-back, played a ster-ling game for South Otago, and I donot remember him missing the ball

~ once. He found the line from manydifficult positions, and was the rightman in the right place. Cuff, the Tokofull-back, played on the left wing, butdid not have many opportunities in thefirst half of the game. Towards theend of the second spell, however, he

| crossed the line in good stylo on three| occasions. He has a good 1turn ofI speed, and is also a fine line-kicker.I Shepherd and Hand, the other three-quarters, played well, and handled the

ball nicely. The five-eighths, Pres-cott and Heads, were sound in both de-fence and attack. Prescott kicked anice goal for his-team, and was con-spicuous in most rushes, while Headsdisplayed pretty dexterity in pickingthe ball up from the ground whilegetting up speed. Prcbble (Ronia-hapa), at half, although small, waK asolid and fed hjs five-eighths well. The forwards were ahard-working lot. Baird, Anderson,Whelan, Hansen, Barron, Gribben andDickson made an excellent pack, andCostello, as wing, was in ids rightplace.- Some changes were noticeable in theEastern team. Boroman played atfull-back, and showed excellent judg-ment in line-kicking, but was veryweak on the defensive. Codmbe play-ed on the .wing, and was, noticeably outof his place. As he usually plays ar,five-eighths he had a tendency to standtop far up the field. Henry and Croninwere in their usual positions, butSmith played inside five-eighths, withAdam outside. The backs somehowfailed to handle the leather ay well a >their opponents, and missed severalopportunities. Shepard at half play-ed a good game! Some of the forwardshave two or three smaller faults thatcame under the referee’s notice, andfrequently pulled up the game. Oneor two of the players have a habit ofstanding- off-side and waiting for theball to return. Mclntyre broke awayon several occasions, but was too fastfor his pack, and his solo efforts gener-ally failed. ’ Keenan is a weightyplayer, but lacks a speedy reversegear. He is a useful man in thescrums. McAllister, Scott, Duncan,Wallis, Hayles and McLeod played upto their usual standard.

Many old football friendships werere-formed at the smoke concert in theevening, which was a very enjoyableaffair. Speakers commented upon th vfact that provincial representativeteams are almost solely picked fromtlie combinations playing in the cities,fcnd thus country players are not givena fair deal. “Touchline” would like toknow why the Southland selectors haven6t deagned to place any Eastern menin the so-called Southland teani thisseason? Are they even aware thatfootball is being played in this lo

. “Did ’Un,” writing in the ‘CluthaLeader,’ says“Two of the Easternvanguard were well-grown infants of16 and 16 stone respectively, and whenthey moved forward they usually tooka .straight course.”

The-Tapanui Districts team, whichdefeated ‘Eastern District at Gore lastweek, play South Otago to-day on theBalclutha ground. On paper a goodgame should result. The Smith Otagoteam is the same, as played at Gore, ex-cept .that Costello’s place will be takenby S. Dickson..

A match has been arranged betweenJ the Albion and Lumsden teams to beplayed at Gore on Wednesday next.

An'effort is being made to revive theold-time fixture between Banks andLaw and Commercial.

As a result of Wednesday’s matchesthe second-grade teams now stand asfollows:

At the‘ Sub-union meeting on Thurs-day evening it was decided to ask theS.R.F.U. to arrange for a second-grad '

rep. match at Gore before the end ofthe season. The Hibernian and HighSchool protested against the results oftheir matches with Wyndham IT. onthe grounds that the latter team in-cluded a player who was not in orderin playing for that team. Both pro-tests were uoheld and the matches tvereordered to be replayed. Regarding theprotest from the Mataura second fif-teen in regard to the appointment of areferee for the match against Wynd-harn IF., played recently, it "was de-cided to accept the report of the Re-ferees’ Association that the appoint-ment of a referee was legally made,and that the result of the match shouldstand.

ALL BLACK VICTORY.WIN IN SOUTH AFRICA

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association

CAPETOWN, Sept. 11.In t!)e return match New Zealand

defeated Western Provinces by 20points to 3. The play was fast through-out. Bruce, Cockroft, Storey andRoberts scored tries, arid Stobr con-verted. All tbe Westerners got was apenalty goal in the last minute.

TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.' OTTAWA, Sept. 11.

At the tennis championships tourna-ment at Ontario Norman Brookes and■Gerald Patterson and Lycett and SirG. A. Thomas defeated their opponentsin the men’s open doubles. They fightout the final.

SALE OF STUD STOCK.

SOME RECORD PRICES

Received September 13, 8.35 a.m.LONDON, Sept. 12.

The late Mr Mark Sykes’ Sledmereyearlings sold at Doncaster real iked£61,300, a record for one stud. Theyearlings included a Swynlbrd—Blueti;colt, which was sold to Lord Glane.lvfor 11,500 guineas: There was excite-ment when the bidding passed the re-cord paid for Sceptre. Tetrarcli cohsand fillies continued to realise highprices.

BIRCHWOOD HUNT RACES.

The following handicaps have beendeclared for the Birchwood HuntSteeplechase .meeting, on DominionDay, September 22, at Winton:

Hunters’ ’Hurdles, one mile and a-half. —Prairie Fire 11.12, Jock ,11.8,Kintailshore 11.0, Caseshot 11.0, Wal-rus 10.8, St. Pedro 10.8, Dunmure10.7, Lifebuoy 10.7.

Wallace Hack Handicap, seven fur-longs.—Mettle Drift 9.2, Glenwood9.0, Orderdown 8.13, Red Eagle 8.8.Flag Lieutenant’ 8.4," Primum ' 7.10,Anton 7.10, Bright Spot 7.10, Wild-shot 7.10, Breton 7.10.

Turi Hack Steeplechase, about twomiles.—Marvolite 11.7, Denial 10.9,Golden Wave 10.9, Skyrocket 10.9,Gold Patch 10.0, Captain French 10.0,Blue Gauntlet 10.0, Miss Western10.0, Glensola 10.0.

Gardner • Memorial, one mile.—Bul-ler 9.5, Partisan 8.1, Glenshine 8.0.Jock 7.7.

Birchwood Hunt Cup Steeplechase,about two miles and a-half.—Graf-tella 13.10, Prairie Fire 12.2, Marvel--ite 12.0, Caseshot 11.7. Skyrocket 11.2.Denial 11.2, Golden Wave 11.2, Kin-tailshore 11.2, Lifebuoy 10.9, CaptainFrenciTTO.9, Blue Gauntlet 10.9, Wal-rus 10.9, Gold Patch 10.9, Glensola10.9.

Otautau Hack Handicap, six fur-longs.—Mettle Drift 9.2, Glenwood9.0, Marching Order 8.13, Red Eagle8.8, Flag Lieutenant 8.4, ’ Marenga7.10, Breton 7.10, Adelina 7.10, BrightSpot 7.10, Wildshol 7.10, Anton 7.10,

Dominion Handicap, seven furlongs—Buller 9.7, Partisan 8.2, Orderdown7.10, Miss Finland 7.4.

Ladies’ 'Bracelet, one mile and a-quarter.—Prairie Fire 12.0, Joel11.12, Point Blank 11.6, Caseshot 11.5,Kintailshore 11.5, St. Pedro 10.12.Blue Gauntlet 10.12, Dunmure 10.12,Lifebuoy 10.12, Glensola 10.12, MissWestern 10.12.

DUNEDIN POLICE COURT.

(Per United Press Association.), DUNEDIN, Sept. 12. ,

At tlie Police Court Henare Paratawas charged on two informations withobtaining money by false pretences.He was sentenced to 12 months’ re-formative treatment on one charge, an 1convicted and ordered to come up forsentence on the second charge.

Eighteen watersiders who werecharged with being found in a commongaming house appeared before theCourt again this morning. Two oftheir number were further chargedwith using the waterside workers’rooms as a common gaming house.The cases were remanded till September26.

THE MATAtJRA ENSIGN/-SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1918. f

L. D. W.Poinhs J

For. Ag’st.CupPts.

Hibernian 1 1 8 69 27 17High Seh’l 2 1 7 131 28 15Wyndham 4 1 6 03 4(3 13Mataura- 3 2 5 60 22 12Aibion 5 3 2 50 75 /

Pioneer nt 2 1 15 103 4Pukera u 7 2 1 23 119 4

SPRING 1919.We have opened up our exclusive

range of Spring Millinery and DressMaterials.

Take note ot Window Display for Itpoints to Fashion’s latest.

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J. B. CALDER,GORE’S SHOPPING CENTRE, '

'PHONE 121. MAIN STREET, GORE.

War Loan.HAVE y°» »sked your Bank

Manager how he can helpyou to subscribe to the

WAR LOAN?If not,

do so to-day.The amount which you can be compelled by law tocontribute to the loan is three times the yearly aver-age of the land-tax and income-tax (exclusive ofexcess-profits duty) paid or payable by you for thethree years ended on 31st March, 1918, but you arenot. required to limit your subscription to that

amount only.

SUBSCRIBE at any Postal Money-order IOffice, Bank, or through an> Registered

Sharebroker, or at the Treasury, Welling-

ton,

Applications Close

NO Deed to scald your hands fillingordinary Hot Water Bottles. Get

.North British Rubber Co.’s “ ONIQUE”bottle with the patent stopper that pre-vents the water bubbling up. Allprices. 37

North British belting isstaunch and lasting. It means

economy to users of machinery. Instalit in your works. Ask your local dealerto give you full details with regard toprices and particulars. 46

ET a “UNIQUE” North British HotWater Bottle with the patent stop-

per. Made of best rubber, tight well-vulcanised seams. They last for years.That’s why all retailers recommendthem. 38

DON’T lie awake with cold feet lis-tening to the clock tick-tick-tick,

and wish vou could sleep. Act. Get aUNIQUE

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North British Hot WaterBottle with the patent stopper. Thecost is small compared with the com-fort.

#39

mHE famous NORTH BRITISHA. BELTING is without equal for all-mining machinery, wood-working andiron-working machinery; best Britishmanufacture. Ask your local dealer.togive full details with regard to pricesand particulars. 45

RETAILERS like to recommendsomethipg good because that’s the

way they make friends. That’s whythey always tell vou the NORTHBritish HOT WATER BOTTLE-withthe “Unique” stopper ig dependable.

<Ask for it. 40

\7fTHEN buying that Hot Water Bottlesee that you get the North Brit-

ish Rubber Co.’s patent “Unique” stop-per bottle: A little thing to look for—-a big thing to find. All retailers. 41

THE coal shortage won’t strike youbadlv if you prepare for the cold

weather "by buying a patent “unique”stoppered Hot Water Bottle. Alwaysdependable because made by Britishlabor. AH retailers. 42

mHE open-air baby gets on best.A Leave yours out of doors most ofthe time, but put a NORTH BRITISHHOT WATER BOTTLE at his feet,Watch him grow. 43

fTIHOUGH Blankets are clear hot waterA is cheap. Get a North BritishRubber Co.’s serviceable Rubber Bot-tle made with a “Unique” stopper, theorand that spells satisfaction. Recom-mended by all retailers. 44

Children like WADE’S WORMFTG q—-sure and certain. Price, Is 6d.WADE’S WORM PIGS. Price la 6i.gmnil bff&le-feig

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of Many Designs178 Montreal StreetCHRISTCHURCH

OSHINE

Timesthe

QO£/SH&{jTO STAND at Mataura and Travel

the Gore, TVaimumu and WyndhamDistricts, -

The Successful Pacing Stallion '

FOUR CHIMES.Sire, Abbey Bells (imp.}; Dam, F.B.Second on the list of‘winning sires

for the Dominion for the 1918-19 sea-son, his' stock .winning stakes as fol-lows:—

. £

Matchlight 4.31 2300Cathedral Chimes ...

4.25 735Nihilist 4.41 3-5 665Dandy Chimes ...2.21 4.44 4-5 558$Blue Chimes 3.44 2-5 240Sobriquet 4.52 150Barooga 4.57 138Evening Chimes L .. 3.5 4-3 95First Chimes 27Moonglow , 1®First Toll 15.War Chimes 10

£4951$1915- 9th on list 11071916- 4th on list 35781917- 3rd on list 3003$

. Total £12,640Cathedral Chimes’ winnings now total

nearly £7OOO.‘

' TERMS:6 Guineas, payable January 31, 1920.

10 Guineas for return privilege, payableJanuary 31, 1920.

Full Guarantee by arrangement.Good grazing at 2s fid per week. All

care taken but no responsibility incur-red.

J. M. BROSNAN,565 Owner, Mataura.

A BUSY WOULD.No time should bo wasted these days.

“Do your bit,” and do it smartly andwell. That’s what wo are doing, “do-ing our bit”—helping business men topass entries, to send out parcels, or by■delivering goods, assisting people totravel comfortably, or householder* tomove with minimum trouble. W© arebusy, of course. Recognising the valueof our service the public, are utilisingit more and more. They know that itis prompt, reliable and economical—areal help.

THE NEW ZEALAND EXPRESS GO..LTD., Main Street.

NEALE & MCLEODFOR SALE.

SHEEP COUNTRY.

UAAA ACRES, good tussock coun-jyW try, subdivided into blocksto suit purchasers from 2000 acres up

to 5000 acres. Price right.1 AA. ACRES, First-class Dairy Farm,

land all limed, good house,new cow byre, milking machine; sub-divided into several paddocks; close torail and school and factory; a first-classdairying proposition.

HOUSES.ROOMS, J-acre freehold land, above

• flood level. Price £440.pf ROOMS, 5 acres, new house, hot and" cold water, good position. Price£7OO.

NEW HOUSE for re-moval; could be made into bungalow.

Price £250.4-ROOMED HOUSE, 1 acre freehold,

good orchard, good site. Price£550.A -ROOMED HOUSE, $-acre freehold.** Price £3OO.

Those properties are all above floodlevel*.

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Peoole with colds who want a curechat is quick, pleasant, and Rives im-mediate relief should try “NAZOL.**Price 1 i fid

J. LAMB,MOTOR CAR PROPRIETOR.

NEW OAKLAND CAE FORHIRE.Telephone Nos. 286 and 137.

P.O. Bos 79.STAND—Right Opposite Post Oflioe.

YOU GAN SHEDA LOT OF GLADNESS

your friends andkindred by sending- them

your portrait. Make an earlyappointment with

THE MOKA STUDIOOPPOSITE POST OFFICE.

’Phon« 254.

CREAM!CREAM!

CREAM!

JJ£R DAIRY FARMER, 0

, Separate and send in your creambo me. The supply cannot equal thedemand, and the plant installed willcope with twice amount coming for-ward. I pay the highest price prompt-ly and all railages.

There’s money in it for yon.

Consign (or write) to

J. GRAY.

GORE DAIRYFACTORY.

BOTTLES!BOTTLES!

9/„ Tor Bozen for QUART ALES.

1 /, Per Dozen for ROUND WHIS-J-/ KIES and WINES.

THOMSON & CO.,BRITISH INVENTION.

Why you should instal the “ Moore”Lighting Systems in your premises.

BECAUSETests extended over a lengthy period

nave been made, and ad the establishedilluniinants were placed under compara-tive observation and calculation, in-cluding coal gas, acetylene, electricitykerosene lamps and the result showeua marvellous margin in iavor ot tin“Moore” System.

It is the only plant of its hind witha special attachment for reducing theintensity of/the light, therefore mak-ing it an ideal bedroom or sick-roomlight.

The Generator or Yapouriser does notburn out or blow out, or get clogged.The “ Moore” Generator lasts a life-time.

For Lighting, Cooking and Ironingit is the cheapest, most reliable andconvenient plant on the market.

We can give you a 5 years’ guaran-tee with each plant. We can also sup-ply a Folding Stove (2 gas rings), whichdoes not need to be connected with, anyplant—price 60s. Support British in-dustries and write to-day for full par-ticulars of the “MOORE” LIGHTINGSYSTEMS. P.O. Box 810, Christ-church. Offices and Showrooms 17AVictoria Street, Christchurch. 40

FOR SALE.Ten-koomed boarding-house,

centrally situated, doing a goodbusiness.

Reason for selling, failing health.Severeal FIVE and SIX-ROOMED

HOUSES, with from a-quarter to sixacres.

ALLAN GALT,MATAURA.

EVERY SEASON OF THE YEARFINDS

Thomson& Beattie, Ltd.Fully stocked with all that isNew and Fashionable for Ladiesand Gentlemen’s wear.Their reputation ior ReliableGoods and Best Values is a con-tinual safeguard tor buyers.Highest skill is provided in

DRESSMAKING andTAILORING.

Patterns and Prices on request*

Our Premises are beautifully,lit, and numberless attractionsare constantly displayed torinspection. ::

THE QUALITY DRAPERS AND CLOTHIERS, ■GORE. ,

’Phone 23. P *°* 801

QALTLIOK is the recognised modern£5 method of administering salt tostock/ Is not a subs*’*■”+«.—DaJ^ety’

.WORCESTER.

“Yes! Thai’s it,—the Most PopularSauce in the market”Melliuish’h’s Worcester Sauce

st delightful season- ||;’s rich., fruit}'- flavor A\J(|S

30place ciisnes • . ~

•able. The delicious zest of Melhuish sits absolute purity. Housewives &odinking, while its low price itNew Zealand. If you haven’t triedand you’ll gratify the whole family !

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STORAGEBATTERY

1 Motorist&AVOID BATTERY TROUBLES.

GET A WILLARD.

Willard Batteries ensurea Hotter Spark, a QuickerStart, Brighter Lights andSteadier Running. YOUcan depend on Ihom,

Free Monthly Testing andFilling of Batteries.

All Accessories Stocked.

A. & T. BURT. LTD.SERVICE

STATIONS

Coilis’ Buildings, Thames St.,Uaraaru.

21 Tay St., Invercargill.Corner Stuart and Cumber-

land Sts., Dunedin.STDBATTERY

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DO YOU WANTA WATCH ?

IF you do—either for yourself or asa present—you will find it an easy

matter to make a selection from ourexcellent stock of Watches of everykind. Each'of these Watches, irrespec-tive of their price, is a thoroughlyreliable timekeeper, and can be reliedupon for long and faithful service.CALL AND INSPECT.

S. E. FERGUSON,WATCHMAKER AND JEWEIILER,

MAIN STREET.Bring your Watch and Jewellery re-pairs to us. We guarantee satisfaction.

mkim\'//C%'N

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“Gold Medal” “Rosedale”Binder Twines.

STRENGTH.LENGTH.QUALITY.It doesn’t slip.It doesn’t stop the machine.See that our name is on the

Bales and Tickets.

■HDONAGHY’S ROPE & TWINECOMPANY, LIMITED,

Invercargill and Dunedin.

W/Am m

ntv"Mol

IN QUR SHOWROOM.Grand display of 300 Ready-to-wear Ladies’ Hate

will be on view in our Showroom on opening days.

Large variety off Silk Blouses all the latest.Newest in Ladies’ Ready-to-wear Costumes, Skirls

Goats and Sport Goats.Do not fail to visit our Showroom.

REMEMBEE OPENING DAY, ;

Thursday, September 11.NOTE—Doors open II a.m. Thursday.

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STEWART BROTHERS, Wallis’s Corner Shop,The People’s Drapers Main & Mersey Sts. (Sore

Also at BRIDGE STREET, MATAURA.

THE MAfrACm ■ ENSt&N.. SATURDAY ■ lim.8

Printed Mid published lor ibe GorePublishing Company (Limited) byDuncan Macara, of Ardwick Street,Goto, at the registered office of tinCompany. Mersey Street. Gore 'JL

■SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 53/1919. J|

013 PGRavailability.

GORE STOCK AGENTS.GORE STOCK SALE.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16.rpHE GORE STOCK AGENTS will* offer:—

’ 400 M.S. HOGGETS120 M.S. HOGGETS200 2, 4, 6 and 8-tooth EWES100 WETHERS100S.M. EWES'.SO 2, 4, 6-tooth EWES150 2-tooth EWES300 M.S. HOGGETS60 Fat WETHERS

120 M.S. HOGGETS150 M.S. HOGGETS100 2, 4, and 6-tooth EWES, extra

good I• 4 Dairy'COWS I25 YEARLINGS10 Dairy HEIFERS

150 M.S. HOGGETS 613120 2-tooth EWES50 M.S. HOGGETS21 HEIFERS, factory calvers

3 Good Dairy COWS10 18-monih-old STEERS4 Dairy COWS

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78 EWESFURTHER ENTRIES INVITED.

RIYERBDALE STOCK SALE,

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19.

ffTHE GORE STOCK AGENTS will■I. offer;—

400 M.S. HOGGET'S50 F.M. EWES 632

100 M.S. HOGGETS-*200 M.S. HOGGETS"300 M.S. HOGGETS230 S.M. EWES

60 2, 4 arid 6-tooth EWES200 2-tooth EWES

60 2-tooth WETHERS100 2-tooth WETHERS

4 Dairy COWS300 M.S. HOGGETS250 Ewe HOGGETS, extra good140 2-tcoth EWES50 8-tooth EWES75 M.S. HOGGETS

150 Ewe HOGGETS, good200 2 and 4-tooth WETHERS80 2-tooih WETHERS40 HOGGETS

rl5O 2 and 4-tooth EWES300 4 and G-tooth WETHERS

FURTHER ENTRIES INVITED.

INVERCARGILL STOCK AGENTS.

LUMSOEN SALE.WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17.

PIIHE INVERCARGILL STOCKA AGENTS will sell as under: 1000 M.S. HOGGETS

600 2 and 4-tooth WETHERS150 Halfhred EWES

400 Crossbred EWES- 15 Dairy COWS (coming to profit)

40 Head Mixed CATTLE Q3O

1 A D V E R T 1 S E M E N T S.FOR CASH ONLY.

NOTICES referring to SITUATIONSWanted and Vacant, Araicles and Pro-perteies FOR SALE or TO LET, LOSTand FOUND, not exceeding 16 words,Is per insertion; 6d for every audi-tionai 8 words; for CASH ONLY;doable rates if booked.

COPY for DISPLAY ADVERTISE-AIENTS must be in the office by Noonto ensure insertion the FOLLOWINGDaY. For MONDAY’S PAPER Alter-ations must be forwarded not laterthan 11 a.m.on SATURDAY.

Birth, Marriage or Death Notices2s 6d, Cash with order.

NOTICES referring to MEETINGS,AMUSEMENTS or TENDERS, ordin-ary Sale Rates—minimum charge, 24words or under, 2s Cash.

While every care is exercised in re-gard to the due insertion of Advertise-ments, the proprietors do not holdthemselves responsible for non-insertionthrough accident or from other causes,and the. proprietors reserve to them-selves the right of omitting advertisemerits that they may deem objectionable, even though such advertisementshay have been r°ceived and paid iorin advaa*"

THURSDAY,At 12 noon.

CLEARING SALEAT CROOKSTON.

FTiHE NATIONAL MORTGAGEE ANDA AGENCY-'GM>flPitNy -rDF' N.Z..LTD.; in conjunction with

iFIiODD BROS. AND CO., LTD., haveA received instructions from Mr.Charles Kealey (who has sold his farm)to sell, as above, on the premises,

THE WHOLE OF HIS LITE ANDDEAD STOCK, comprising:—

SHEEP.

120 2-t.ooth Romney EWES, inJambto Romney rams

280 4, 6 and 8-footh Romney. EWES,in Jarab to 'Romney rams

100 Fat ■ and Forward Romnov'WETHERS

420 Romney HOGGETS, mixed,'.sek©s; as "dropped

| 9 Romney RAMS, 4' and ; 6-tooth.These Sheep are exceptional for size

and quality.

HORSES.1 Draught GELDING, Darkio, 4-

year-old, leader ;

1 Draught Bay MARE, Maud;o-year-old, by.Dunurb Thomas

1 Draught Bay MARE Bell, 7-year-old, shatter or leader

1 Draught GELDING, Diek, 7-yoar-old, leader

1 Bay MARE, Pearl, 8-year-old.leader ■

1 Bay GELDING, Nugget, aged1 Brown HACK, good saddle

horse1 Chestnut HACK,) good saddle

or harness horseIMPLEMENTS, ETC.

Massey-Harris 15-coulter Drill withTurnip 'and Rape atacl.inient (almostnew), Storrie iladger, Maciilister DoubleStuffier, Planet Jr. Scutfler, sot 5-leafTine Harrows, fnear.y new), Chain Har-rows, 2-furrow Digger Plough .(almostnew), D.F. Plough, Massey-HarrisBinder (in tip-top order), set R. and G.9ft Discs (good order), Cultivator, DrillPlough, Swing Plough, 2 Farm Drays■and Frames, Donald Woolpress withTrolley (new), Blocks and Chains,Trees, Harness and Covers, 2 RidingSaddles, new 24 x TO Stark Cover, 20UChaff Bags, 200 flour JsJacks, 75 newCornsacks, 30 coils Sheep Netting, 500Netting Stakes, quantity Chaff, FeedGafts. Fowlwheat, mixed Grass Seed,

'Seed Potatoes). Furniture, Tools andSundries. Good Sheep Dog.

, luncheon provided.

LAW SALE. *

AT OUR OFFICE, GORE,SATURDAY, .SEPTEMBER 27, 1919,

At 2.30 p.m.WRIGHT, STEPHENSON and CO.,

LTD., have received instructionsfrom Thomas Timpany, Esq., to sell byPublic Auction at the above time andplace, the whole of his Freehold pro-perty, situated close to the townshipof Balfour, in four blocks as under:—

LOT 1.—190 Acres.LOT 2.—205 Acres.LOT 3.—320 Acres.LOT 4.—Homestead Block, 414 acres,

with full range of good buildings, in-cluding large wo'olshed.

The areas are approximate, and sub-ject to survey. Lobs 1, 2 and 3 are asub-division of what is known as Gil-lies’ Block. Low upset niices areplaced on each section. Plans .are be-ing prepared, and may be obtained onapplication' at any of our Offices.

TERMS: 10 per cent, on the fall ofthe hammer, 10 per cent, on posses-sion, and the balance in five years, in-terest to be at the rate of 51 per cent,per annum.

This sale gives an exceptionally goodopportunity to those in search of landto secure suitahTe and handy holdingsat very reasonable prices and on goodterms.'

Further and full information will *l>egiven on application to any of theBranches of Wright, Stephenson andCo., Ltd. 628

RAY AND FALCONER,■ v . ,u._ .. ,**ir»

Land, estate and comossiONAGENTS.

AGENTS:N.Z. Government State Fire Insurance.N.Z. Government Life lasurance.N.Z. Government Employers’ Liabilities

onSend rp for Wardells1

tACew Wholesale *PriceT^daJy!

WIf you order not less than £3Groceries at a time, you will be entitledto buy at City Wholesale Prices. TheBe& Qualities assured. Orders are requested of a minimumValue of £5, but those of not less than £3, will be acceptedat Wholesale Rates—Cash to Accompany Order. Allgoods packed & deliveredFree at Dunedin Railway Station.

Why Pay the Highest Retail Priceswhen you can buy at Wholesale Rates ?

Wardell Bros, & Co.-v (Wholesale Department)

George Street, Dunedin: and at Christchurch & Wellington.

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■FARMERS’ CO-OPERATIVE ASSN.

PRELIM INARY NOTICE,

MONTHLY HORSE SALE.AT TINNOCK ANT) CO.’S STABLES,

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER. 17, 1919,Ac 1 o’clock.

CIOUTHLAND FARMERS’ 00-OP-O ERATIVE ASSOCIATION, LTD.,at -the request of district clients andothers, wish to intimate that they willin future conduct a ;

MONTHLY HORSE SALE.'lire first- sale will be held in Messrs

Tinnock and Co.’s Stables on WED-NESDAY, September 17, 1919, at 1

Tile following sales will be conductedtile first W'ednesday in each succeedingmonth. '>

Note.—We have good inquiry forfirst-class horses, and wo can recom-mend clients to bring •forward theirconsignments for this. sale.

2S, -1 to 9Draughtyears

5 Hacks and Harness HORSES

EX TRI ES NOW BEING RECEIVED.545

LANDSALE.AT OUR OFFICES, MAIN ST., GORE.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1919,At 2 p.m.

CJOCTHLAND FARMERS’ CO-OP-® ERATIVE ASSOCIATION, LTD.,have been favored . with instructionsfrom M. R. Lawlor, Esq., to otter bypublic auction on above date his

FREEHOLD PROPERTY,,Situated at Gore, comprising:

Atyw ACRES FIRST-CLASS LAND,T'O i together with

ALL BUILDINGS AND IMPROVE-MENTS.

Full Particulars La,ter Issue, 587

TODD BROS., LIMITED.

AUCTION SALE OF HORSES,DOGS, ETC.

AT PIVKRSDALE.SKFJ’EMHER. 19, 1919.

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TODD BROS., LTD., instructed byPublic Trustee (Mr A. H. Aitken,

agent)., Executor of Will of JamesHume, Shepherd (deceased), will sell,.as above—4’Horses, 3 Dogs, Saddle andBridts, etc. Terms . 601

A CHOICE selection of First-classSuitings at Ferguson’s. Prices

within, range of all. A liberal dis-count to' the returned soldier.—Fer-gnsonj, The Tailor. N

N.M. AND A. CO., LTD.

AT FRESHFORD.

WEDXESDAyTI 7tJi 1X ST.Noon.

MORTGAGE AND.

OF N.Z., LTD.,have i-eeeived instructions from Mr John,Rond, who has leased his farm, to sellwithout reserve the whole of his

■LIVE AND DEAD STOCK.Full Particulars Later. 004

UNRESERVEDCLEARING SALE

NEAR MATAURA.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1919,At Noon.

rpHE NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND'A AGENCY COMPANY have re-ceived instructions from Mr Murraydownley (who has . sold his farm), tooffer the whole of his Live and DeadStock without reserve,

FULL PARTICULARS LATER.* 1 633

UNRESERVED CLEARING SALEATFRisHFOBD.

IVEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1919.At Noon.

npHE NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND-A AGENCY GO., LTD., have re-ceived instructions from Ml’ JohnBond .(who lias leased his farm;, tosell the whole of his Live and Deadstock as under ;

26 2-tooth EWES (in lamh)6 First-class Dairy COWS (Octo-

heKNovemher calvers)1.COW, in full milk2 HEIFERS XOctciber ealvers)8 STEERS, rising 2 years10 CALVES4 Tip-top Draught MARES and

GELDINGS, 4-S years1 Gig HORSE >

IMPLEMENTS.

R. and G. 16-coulter Drill (complete),R. ami G. Grahibcr, R. and ■O;Tin, Discs, R . and G. D.F. Thumb,Storrie. 2-horse Turnip iSeuffler, iSet4-leaf Harrows, 7 Coils Sheep; Net-Ting, - Quantity Chaff, Harness, Cov-ers, Ere., for 6 horses, and Sun-dries.

i The implements are all practically'new. .

LUNCHEON, PROVIDED,'

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fIVHE NATIONALX AGENCY CO

W RIGHT, STEPHEKSOH & CO., Ltd.TNVITE THOSE IN SEARCH OF EAS'D TO INSPECT THEIR REGIS-A TER, WHICH CONTAINS A LARGE RANGE OF FARM AND STA-TION PROPERTIES.

Tiio following are some of the properties which are worthy of Consid-eration:— '

OAA ACRES, freehold, 3 miles from rail and factory, 2 mile from school;OR” subdivided into 16 paddocks; good portion limed, small portion un-

der plough, balance English grass. Full range of buildings,, compris-ing 6-roomed dwelling, 11-stall stable, 10-stall cowbyre, shearing shed,dip, yards, etc. Carries 600- breeding ewes, 400 dry sheep, 40 headof cuttle,, 20 horses, besides fattening a good number of stock each sea-son. Phce £l3 per acre} terms.

.ACRES, freehold; miles from school and post office, 6 miles from.• town; subdivided into 11'paddocks. Buildings comprise dwelling,'

stable, with loft, chafthotise,; implement shedt byre, etc. Grows goodcrops of • oats, turnips, etc. and carries stock well. > Price,£B per acre;£I2OO cash. '

ACRES, freehold; miles from rail, 14 miles from school and postoffice; subdivided into 11 paddocks, all good quality land; small, por-

tion under cultivation, balance English .grass; carries .300 .breedingewes. 200 dry sheep,- and puts off a good number of fats each season,besides growing crop. Buildings comprise new- dwelling, stable,, barn,men’s hut, etc.; also dip and sheep yards. Price £ia me rim* acva.terms.

Price £l4 10s per acre;

) RiMI.WWII W VVRJGORE, BALFOUR AND RIVERSDALB.

LAND SALESMAN,’offers for, sale

superior undulating - laud, in 10 paddock's; 50 acres .young■ v grass, 90 acres being ploughed, balance grass one to six years:; seven-roomed dwelling, dairy, wash-house, gas installed; .full■ range farmbuddings in good order; fine garden, orchard, plantation.

LIBERAL TERMS.INQUIRE EARLY ABOUT THIS SNTP AT £l2 10s PER ACRE.

TENANTED Two DAIRYING FARMS, 100 to 250 acres, with ail buildings;handy school and factory.MONEY TO LEND ON FREEHOLD SECURITY.

A. H. AITKEN,GORE.

TODD BROS., LTD.,AND STATION AGENTS, AUCTIONEERS, LAND AND PRO-

TPERTY SALESMEN,WOOL AND GRAIN BROKERS AND GENjvRAL COMMISSION AGENTS.

AGENTS FOR-GONE MILKING MACHINESLIS-IKR. SHEARING .MACHINESCOOPER SHEARING MACHINESCOOPER’S DIFS, MEDICO AX!) TABLETSKE.VIPTHORNE PROSSER’S MANURES

«i ™ 9°-> T/,i) - < Five Marine). .citf(l

ABB AND SKIN SALES conducted regularly. Consignments soliCLEARING SALES conducted in all parts of the districts.

TODD BROS., LTD.,P.O. Box 59. MERSEY STREET. Telephone 24.

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WET WEATHER AHEAD!is your roop .Watertight ?

TMJTNTEII with its showers is now* beginning, and rain—welcome asit is to the man on the land—is very

unwelcome when it penetrates the roofof your dwelling.

Bo prepared for storms. If yourroof is not in perfect conditionNOW’S THE TIMETO HAVE IT REPAIRED.

Let us attend to it. Our work iswell and carefully done. You can de-pend upon a thoroughly effective joband lasting satsifaction.VVE STUCK EVERYTHING IN THEPLUMBING LINE.

United Trad g & Manufacturing Co., Ltd.DAIRY SUPPLIES, PLUMBING, ETC.

GORE AND AUXADRA.

DRESSED SEED OATS.I*7E HAVE SOME FIRST-CLASS SAMPLES. OF SEED, .purchased directV* from farmer 'clients, and dressed oh our own account, so that all im-policies are extracted: 'INSPECT OLMi SAMPLES OF CARTONS, DITNS,SPARRQV/BILLS, RECORDS. ,

AGRICULTURAL FORMALIN,A -Scientific Preparation for Killing; Fungoid Growths on Seed, including

* -SMUT.PE SURE AND TREAT YOUR GRAIN WITH THIS PREPARATION

BEFORE SOWING.Full TV-vectious Supplied.

“ Triumph” Grain ManureAnalysis Guaranteed.

CONTAINS THE THREE PRINCIPAL INGREDIENTS NECESSARY INPLANT FOOD.

Phosphate, Nitrate, PotashUsed by soivse of the most successful farmers rin the district with gratifying

results!ROOK YOUR ORDER WITH

Zealand Loan & Mercantile AgencyCompany, Limited.

GORE AND RIVERSDALE.

FOR PRIVATE SALE.500-ACRE FREEHOLD farm.

NEAR MATAURA.

WELL FENCED AND SUBDIVIDED.NEW HOUSE (hot and cold water) -, GOOD OUTBUILDINGS.

, GOOD METAL ROAD.Easy terips can be arranged, as owner leaving tho' district.through, ill-health.

' Full particulars from

llhtiiiiiat Mortgage and AgencyCompany, Limited,

Box 12, GORE.

NOW IS THE TME TO ORDER

NiED OATS.It is advisable to chang'eyouriseed as often' as

lUibuying 1from us ytwi obtain seed true to name, and whichwill Rive you every satisfaction.

SEE OUR SAMPLES.CARTON SPARROWBILLBLACK TARTAR CARTON RECORDS

DUNY [ELDERS

WE ALSO HAVE M SALKRyegrass, tCiovors, Cocksfoot, Dogstail, and newseason’s seeds of guaranteed germination.

PLACE YOUR ORDER WITH US.

Southland Farmer’s Co-operativeASSOCIATION LTD.

Box 45,GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS.

Phones 169 and 279.

NEW -■ZEALAND INSURANCE CO,.LIMITED.

FIRE, MARINE, ACCIDENT,, MOTOR CAR (Special Policy).TRUSTEES AND EXECUTORS (By Act of Parliament).

WORLD-WIDE FACILITIES.

THOMAS GREEN & CO.. LTD •*

AGENTS, THE RIALTO, GORE.

*** ■ JOFFER THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES FOR SALE:—ACRES, first-class freehold land, near rail, school, etc.; land wellcultivated and subdivided; gfcod 0-roomed house, barn, stable,

shed, yards,; etc. Ingoing £2000; price£lO per acre.OAA ACRES, leasehold, 7 years to run and renewable; rent Wper acre;OUti well fenced, subdivided and watered; 250 acres cultivated, balancegood tussock; smalt cottage, dairy, washhouse, 4-stall stable, loose-box, cow-byre, implement shed, hut, yards, etc. Price £2500.Afiti ACRES, freehold, of first-class land; 100 acres young grass, 50

ploughed, balance 1 to 4-year-old grass; 7-roomod bouse and finerange ■of farm buildings. ' A really cheap good farm at £l2 10s; ingoing£ISOO.

ACRES, freehold,, Ralclutha; very well situated and must rapidly in'--crease in value; land grows good crons of oats, grass arid -turnips;

small cottage, stable, barn, men’s hut, etc. Easy ingoing. Price £lO.‘TiVfl ACRES, fenced and subdivided; SO acres cultivated, bal-L"" anee natural state; G-roomed bouse, stable, chaffhouso, shed, etc.Wo offer this property for sale as a going concern, including herd of dairycows, horses, dray, implements, etc. Price £I7OO.(“/\ ACRES; rich, heavy land, suitable for dairying, and adjoining risingw" . township, near Gore. No buildings, but available .close by. Veryeasy terms. Price bn application,

TOWN AND SUBURBAN.5 ACRES, freehold; 7-rcomed house, cowbyre £BOO2 ACRES, freehold, close to town, cheap £2OOHD USE of 9 rooms, hj. and 0., electric jtigjit, i-acre froeliold. Price on appli-

cation.HOUSE of 8 rooms, hj. and c., electric light, fiacre freehold. Price on appli-

.cation. ,' ■ '

6 ROOMS, hj. and c., electric light, valuable freehold £6255 Rooms, hj. and c., electric light, valuable freehold : £725.6 ROOMS, central, freehold • ;

4 ROOMS, central, freehold £4OOTO BUY, SELL OR LEASE, TO BORROW OR INVEST CONSULT

f'AITT AM) CO •> Telwhon* 69.MERSEY STREET, GORE. ’Phono 59.

LICENSED LAND ESTATE, FINANCE, AND GENERAL COMMISSIONAGENTS, SHAREBROKERS, VALUATORS.

AGENTS NORTHERN ASSURANCE CO, iFire, Accident, Employers’ Lia-bility and Live Stock).

EMSON PHONOGRAPHS & RECORDS.

rpHE EDISON PHONOGRAPH andBLUE AMBEROL RECORDS have

never been equalled.

CO VIE IN AND HEAR IT.

WALTER CHRISTIE cycle motor agent,*MEDWAY STREET, GORE.

WALDERS & GO.Just Landed a New Stock of

Hair-Lined Motor GlovesMotor SuitsMotor Leg’ging’s, black and tan]Cycle OiliinltinsGun Oil

WeJ *ad iniail repairs for Motor or Cycle.

FOR SALE.Machinc-dros&Bd SEED OATSHeavy .jSJKENNIAL RYEGRASSAkafipa "and Local COCKSFOOTPrinu* Quality CRESTED DOGSTAILChoice Colonial WHITE CLOVERChoice'’Colonial and Imported' COW-

GRASSALSYKE, ENGLISH TREFOIL, ETC.

2(1(1011, TREFOIL, WHITE CLOVERand ALSYKE. mixed, for immediatesale in sack lots at Od per-lb.

MANURES A SPECIALTY.

J. G. WARD & CO.,; LIMITED.TCARMERSI SUPPORT LOCALT INDUSTRY.

We are Sole AgfntSrfpr %”*' .P. AND D.. LTD., -/ The well-known makers of- ;

'' .VFIRST-CLASS/ .

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.PLOUGHSDISC HARROWSCULTIVATORSTINE HARROWSDRILLSB.CSEEDSOWERSROLLERS

, LIME SOWERS- f. 1 DRAYS

LORRIESWAGGONSWOOLF RESSESSCOOPSTREES AND YOKESETC.. ETC., ETC.

WE CARRY STOCKS OF ALL -

DUPLICATE PARTS.I^Prices ; and all particulars

NOTE.vWe can supplyfct. *nfsteel Shares for all maLesHave you tried the newFinShare?

J. E. WATSON> CO.,GORE AND RIVERSDALE. J'

(go WING TIME ON THEFARM. ■

CHOICE SELECTION

of

SEED -OATS.-Bright, Heavy and Good Colored. ?

CARTONSRECORDSBPARROWBILLBDUNS

It will pay you to inspect ou&lines.

Call or write and "get samples;and quotations.

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FERTILISERShave no superior for ;

QUALITYPRICE

RESULTSECONOMY

HINDER9ON AN» 6«. iLTD., «

SOLI AGENTS,

jaasess SggMi

i»iP.pLANTING SEASON,Intending Planters are invited to

■'" ' • *,■,,** . 1 ' ';'‘

BURROWS BROS.’LARGE. STOCK OR

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NW THE ADDRESS— a UBURROWS BROS.

GORDON NURSERY, EAST 'GORE.Catalogues on applications ,

Spray your Trees with Gargoyi# Pr*pared Red Spraying Oil. One of thefinest preparation’s 'forskilling ‘ fc&alejandother Blights. Easily nailed with oold

TOWN ’AGENTS: ■ V- :BURROWS A CO., Main Strut.

Telephone 165.. P.O. Box TS.

TREES! TREES! ■'. ‘

PLANTIN UjSEASOH, .rtt8.NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT.

■fl/fY STOCK of Fra it, Forest andL*-l- Shelter Trees; including APPLES,PEARS, PLUMS and APRICOTS,never been better than this year, and isoffered at lowest cdrrent -prices.

[ I have also a fine rangeLof FORESTTREES, including Macrocarpa .<3,-., 3and 4 years), Pinus Insignia and-PinusMuricata (3 and 4 years old), Hollies(especially well grown), Laurels, andall ’other Hedge Plants.

BUSH FRUITS—lied, White andBlack Currants and Gooseberries (all.varieties.SHRUBS, ROSES & EVERYTHING

FOR THE GARDEN.Price Lists Post Free on .Application.

J. B. PER:KS,BROUGHTON STREET A CiOUTTS’

ROAD NURSERIES. ?!.Telephone . 747Town Agents

SOUTHLAND FARMERS'"'CO-OP.ASSOCIATION, T/TD.