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, GEMAL ÍÍWS.
KEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION.
'The following telegram was sent to the Premier of New Zealand on Thursday by the Premier (Hon. T. Price) :-"South Australia congratulates New Zealand on opening of Exhibition at Christchurch, and Wishes the undertaking every success. Re- cent political exigencies prevent my at tendance." The reply received by Mr. Prices states:-"Many thanks for con Ktulations from South Australia on open
ceremony Exhibition."
TERRITORY CUSTOMS.
The Acting Sub-Collector of Customs in the Northern Territory (Mr. F. I. H. Fin- niss) has published a statement of the re Íurn8 of exports of staple products of the
territory for the quarter ending September IO. 1906. As will be seen, cattle, tin, gold, md" beche-de-mer occupy premier positions In the order in which they are named. The items are as follows:-Animals, living Birds, £55; cattle, £9,242, £47,092; horses, 17, £568. Beche-de-mer, 1.335Í cwt., £4,331. BulJion-Gold, 2.220 oz. 5 dwt. l8 gr., £5,997; contained in matte, 500 oz. 2 dwt. B gr., £2,05p; silver, 12,623 oz., £1,420. Coppers-Contained in matte, 389 cwt., £1,556: scrap, 3 cwt., £5; blister, 28 cwt !£115. .Tish, 132J cwt., £262. Fruits. 9 cen- tals, - £12; oranges and lemons, 2 centals, l£L Vegetables, 27J ewti, £15. Greases, 15-cwt, £18. Ores-AmbJygonite, 41S ewfc_ 1£204; copper, 2,514$ cwt, £2,073; gold con- centrates. 10 cwt- £100; silver and silver lead, 1,400 cwt., £559;' tantalite, 33 cwt., !£140; tin, 1,411$ cwt., £6,006; wolfram, 260 fcwt- £915. Pearls, £175; pearlshell, 425 cwt., £2,883. Skins and hides-Buffalo,
FIRE,AT PORT -JDELAIDE.
Ä fire i which was fortunately extin euißhed j before obtaining« a strong hold Broke out on the, premises* of Alfred Sawtell, watchmaker and optician, Divett Btreet, Port Adelaide, at about 9.40 P-ut. tm Friday. Mr. J. _£. Sawtell, the mana- ger of the« business, was-repairing a spirit,compass in the workshop at the rear of jaie shop when the spirits were capsized. Coming into contact with a,gas jet they burst into flame. Mr. Sawtell ran to ther >~polio-statiQn in Cbmmercial road, and the alarm waa given the fire brigade from there. There was a prompt response by,the brigade. . A connection frith, the main could not be effected from Dommercial-road, and the hose was laid ia from Divett-street and the flames were »con'e-tanguished.- Meanwhile the back I part of the workshop had been consider
tbly damaged, and a number ,of nautical instruments were »injured or destroyed. Che stock of the shop was insured for £1,100. The premises are owned by- the South _atetra_an. Company.
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OVERHEAD -XECTRIC LIGHT WIRES'. i At. a" recent meeting of the St. Peters Town Council ,#ie erection by the Electric _"ght,.ana Supply Company of its ma,_e throngh the cmp_.icipality "on the overhead system was severely criticised, several coun- cillors characterising the ,wjres and the posts as unsightly, dangerous, and unde- sirable. :It was decided tb write to the ?company, asking if the" mains "could be placed underground.""^ubsequenthr a letter Was 'received-from the secretary of the com- pany stating, that every means was being taken"'fo prevent the posts and w^res from being unsightly, and that there\Was no Idanger,, and; adding - that 'the "overhead eystem 'was universal, and that to lay the mains underground would be so much more costly and* laborious, .-as probably to render the extension o£jthe( electric light to the town unlikely-for some thne,to come. The explanation was accepted, and the matter' ?was dropped;-bntatdast(j£vèning'é meeting of the'council jt was/revrved by Councillor Godlee.'whó moved-"That the town clerk write to the secretary of the Municipal At> Bociatioa wifchj a view to1 ascertaining the opinion ol other municipal councils on the question-,of giving councils greater power, to prevent^compMiies from, damaging trees' or^ other jmprovernenttf in public streets." Councillor Gôdlee said that his motion was prompted by the damage which,,was being done; in. placing .the, electric light mam overhead, along'3£arIborough-street. The ¡wires were being iuaced through the .fine rpw tíf^elni trees tpere^jsind many of. the topi Branches" of the trees had "been lopped na by the.servantSjof the company, when it was quite-unnecessary to do so. The fine »ppearance of the avenue was being spout, uid it vwpuld probably be the same later -on in o,ther thoroughfares. ,jHe considered that the 'mains should be laid underground^ but under the present Actjthe council had no Power* to do more than ask this. Before Buts affecting the- municipalities, were passed ië'considered that the'various town councils' should be consulted. Councillor jEHer ,1 seconaM the" motion,v which was
carried.* * '"'"'"
COLLISON BETWEEN TWO
"- VEHICLES. r j
% colhsîan ot-curred in. Hindley-streefc on ffhursdayv. "¿fterhoon between a buggy, ?driven by lttr, B. J. Mccormack, of Gray etrêet, anéy-a ttolb/. belonging to Messrs. Rofe 4rt/6;, and. driven by,'James Logan Mr: McÇorniack and hte children were thrown oatTof the vehicle, ana one of his daughters^nad her elbow dislocated. The elbow, however, wa» soon set by a chemist, Mr. Gryst, Ywhose premises were situated ¿lose to the scene of the accident
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?". -VÄRINARY SCIENCE.
The first of a coarse of twelve tectures on elementary veterinary science, under the auspices of the School of Mines and Industries, was given by Vetennaiy-Sur eeon Desmond on Friday evening. The fecteerdescribed the life, health, and disease or the horse, and the different cells' of1 the body. ' He went into the pbvsiology, pathology, and anatomy of the body, and dilated upon the different or- gans/ Mr. De/thnond subsequently gave a practical démonstration upon a hoTse hrflbngmg-to Mr. F. S. Toms, and he de xailerl tire functions of the eye, and ex «Jijamed how in thiç particular case the
annatal could not breathe through the mi-Hith"owing to the peculiar formation af Its throat.^ -*
K A CAMPAIGN AGAINST TIME.
'Mr J, J. Virgo, a former secretary of the Adelaide Y.M.C.A., has been having great successes in his effort to raise tht. necessary cash to put,the institution m Svdney on a substantial financial footing. The *'Daily Telegraph," referring to the ¿rubject in its issue of Wednesday, says: "A new phase was'pat .on the YM.CA. Èolden campaign on Tuesday which wjll
ave the "effect of makmg_the effort to
'raise £15,000 more than ever a fight agaimt I time. A telegram was received at head- quarters from two çentlemen, brothers, in a remote country district, offering to give £000 to the fund provided that the neces sary £14,000 was raised by Wednesday next The campaign was originally ar- ranged to close on M* ednesday of this week, but this generous conditional offer adds one week to the time m which the total amount is to be secured. Donations amounting to £90 were added to the fund on Tuesday, and it now stands, at £11,590.
SCHOOL OF DESIGN.
The results of the examinations in first grade drawing at the School of Design will not be published until the end of next week. . The delay has been caused by the necessity of waiting for papers from Wes-
tern Australia.
"AT THE CLOSE OF DAY*
Four short verses entided "At the close of day," by "Muss Kate Pettit, have been set to music by Mi . Angelita Davis, Mus. Bac.,_ whose natural ability and university training combined have enabled her to pro- duce a song which will be acceptable to tenor or soprano singers in the key of E nat, and to baritone or mezzo in the key of p. The song has attractive features.
THE EASTERN QUESTION. r Arrangements have now been completed for the deliverance of Mr. E. R. Pea- cock's free lecture on "The Far Eastern Question." It will be given in the main hall of the Exhibition Build- ing on Wednesday evening next. After the lecture Mr. Peacock will proceed to fill an engagement at Broken, Hill and upon his return, at a date to be fixed, will speaK in Adelaide on "Salesmanship," a most important subject for business people.
"TRIGGING" THE TERRITORY.
Mr. Downer, _ one of the members of the Northern Territory trigonometrical survey party, arrived in Palmerston by tram on October 12 en rome for Adelaide. He stated that Mr. Wells ami Ins party have ¿one a vast amount of useful survey went IT. the Victoria River district during the past twelve months, and that if there ia not too heavy a wçt seasaii thf«y hope to complete their task by aboli, the end of ney-; * year. Despite some opinions ex- pressed to the contrary, owing to the lugged character of same oí íhe country, the.camels imported from Central Aus tialia to take the place of the horses which could'not be obtained, have proved most usefaL , Work has been pushed on with the greatest vigor, and a mass of data has been compiled respectraz the physical nnd\ other features of tiie .listne*.. The party have met with great kindness and every assistance from the station-owners every- where. Mr. Downer spoke very highly of the stock-raising capabilities of the district, and assarted that although 1903-6 has been placed on record, as one of the "driest wet" seasons ever experienced hi the Territorv, the water supplies throughout the district -even under that severe test-are simply magnificent. The vegetables grown m some of the station gardens are also equal be considers, to anything of the kind to be found in Australia. The remainder <ff the party will form their wet season camp ou Delamere Downs station. "
AUSTRALIAN APPEAL TO
CARNEGIE.
Atameeting of the Launceston Benevolent Society on Tuesday evening it*was decided to dispatch the following' letter as ad- dressed:--"To Mr.' Andrew Carnegie, Skibo Castle, Scotland.-We "the executive com- mittee of the Launceston Benevolent So- ciety, desire respectfuDv to approach yob as t^ providing better accommodation for the "aged and infirm poor of Launceston. The men having been for many years housed in a most unsuitable bui'd'ng Ute remains of an old barracks, built some 70 odd years ago, and the women in a portion of his Majesty's gaol, both buildings being/ most unsuitable for the purpose, we need scarcely mention that it is absolute1.* ne- cessary a better state of things should pre- vail. The-people of Launceston arc pro 'verbiaí for their liberality in providing I food, clothing, firewood, and other com I forts for the poor and needy, but cannot without assistance erect suitable buildings for their accommodation, which it U esti- mated would cost from £15,000 to ¿20,000. We therefore venture to ask your-kind help in so laudable an object. We ra<jy mention that a piece of land favorably situated on the outskirts of our c'ty hots already'been set apart for the building of an asylum, and frost you ,will see_ fit to favor.,us wifli your Bupport and assistance. Forryour information we nia-j. state that Launceston is the second city of any im- portance in Tasmania, wlh a population of 23,000, under municipal control, and to show "our bona fides, a certificate sigüed by the mayor of the city is appended, also the last annual report of ,befsoeietv's wera tions." ' The latter («ays the "Daily Tele- graph") was signed by the chairman, on behalf of the »mmittee; and com*1 oil eil by giving the number of persons receiving both inside and outside support from the
society.
1 DANGEROUS BOTTLES.
A storekeeper at Hindmarsh was on, Thursday manipulating goods on his shop counter close to a number of bottles con taming soda and lime, when, two exploded A fragment of the glase struck him on the nose, causing an ugly, gash, which Was sewn up with five stitches.
, ' THE ELECTION OF A KING.
New? of the death of the La*rulua,or King of Wallis Island, in the Fiji Group, and of the accession of a new ruler was brought to S>dney by the steamer South Australian, which returned on Sunday from a cruise m the South Seas. Captain Davidson was in- formed that the old King, Aisaki by name, passed away a few days after the departure of the South Australian on her former cruise. The native laws of Wallis Island do not recognise hereditary monarchy, but provide for the election of a king from among the chiefs* Josefa, an extremely popular chief, was elected to succeed Aisaki, and be was duly installed in his high office amid great rejoicings and with numeróos ceremonies. Captain Davidson, upon arriv- ing at Wallis Island, found business of all kinds entirely suspended, the whole popula- tion having given itself up to a tune of
gaiety.
ANAEROW ESCAPE.
The new railway-station in Sydney was the scene of a marvellous escape from sud- den death about 1050 o'clock on Satorday night last (says the "Australian Star"). The train from the Blue Mountains had just arrived, though it had not yet stopped, when a cry of horror rang out from a large
number of people congregated together on the platform, waiting for the arrival of their friends. While the train was still in motion a lady bad stepped off from one of the carnage platforms. She was at once whirled round, dragged back, as it seemed, and thrown on the line between the platform and the rails. The lady was Mrs. Shand, wife of Dr. J. Coppie S'hand, of Ridge*treet, North Sydnev. . The doc- tor was on the platform at tfie time, wait- ing her arrival.
The cry that went up as the lady dis- appeared-and it is a wonder she was not crushed between the carriages and the plat- form-instantly attracted the attention of Driver Hindron, who applied the brakes, seeing that something serious was the mat- ter. The train was stopped, and it was then found that Mrs. Shand w'as pinned down by one of the wheels of the carriage, and that it was holding her by the middle unger of the right hand, which finger was partly crushed.
Dr. Shand, who was a horrified spectator ot the accident, at once rushed: forward, and, stooping dowoj saw his wife's dangerous and critical position. She, how- ever, exclaimed quite calmly, "1 am not hurt, but I am held down."
Then the driver was asked to back the train just an inch or so, and Mrs. Shand was released from her perilous posi- tion. Her husband found that she was suffering from a broken finger, bruises, and shock. T.he lady explained that in a fit of absent-mindedness she bad stepped out on the platform before assur- ing herself of the fact that the train had quite stopped.
THE BANEFUL CIGARETTE.
The Select Committee of the British House of Lords which enquired concerning the Juvenile Smoking Bill, elicited some important evidence on the subject of the danger of indulgence in cigarettes. For instance, Dr. A. W. Wigmore, under ex- amination by Earl Beauchamp, a former Governor of New South Wales, testified as follow*:-"Boys nowadays are undoubt- edly smoking a great deal more than they used to, and are deteriorating in conse- quence. I do not think any similar dete- rioration is to be observed among girls. L hold that as a very strong opinion that girls and young women are not deteriorat- ing by smoking as boys and young men. The deterioration is due to smoking. I will go so far as to say to a very large extent, if inaulged in to any excess. in the first place, the action of tobacco excites the salivary secretion, and that going down
into the stomach excites the action of the gastric juices-both those are unnecessarily excited by smoking-and it leads also to thirst, it leads to drinking, and also to other things^ and the effect of the nicotine has an injurious action on the heart; in fact, there is a well-known cause of heart affection leading eventually to disease which can be traceable to tobacco. It makes no difference whether they inhale the smoke or not. The inhaling is not par- ticularly bad. There were some experi- ments carried out in Paris on criminals; they were fed on cigarettes; they were made to smoke a certain number of cigar- ettes every day, and for a good many con- sécutives days; then they were executed and their lungs were examined, and there was not a trace of nicotine poison to be found there. It was solely found in the larvnx; it had not got down into the lungs at all. Smoking does harm to the heart and te the lungs indirectly, but not directly. There is an irritative action on the nerves -a reflex action,, You get' irritable: you get an irritable heart. Sir William Broad- bent declared that smoking ought to be prohibited up to the age of 21, and that juvenile smoking was causing general physi- cal deterioration. The effects of heavy smoking, he said, were-Deterioration of the general nervous system, weakening of the heart, diminished circulation, functional derangements generally, indigestion, loss of sleep, the giving way to injurious habits of self-indulgence."
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY QUESTION.
A, number of ratepayers of St. Peters, who had been served with an order to re- pair a right-of-way between Walkervilie road and Twelfth-avenue, waited on the town council recently and urged that the order should-not be enforced, but that the council should take over the lane. A lengthy debate followed in the council, several members strongly opposing the re- quest, stating that it was only the thin edge of the wedge, and if it was acceded to the council -would have to assume control
and responsibility for all other similar thoroughfares if asked to \io so. A motion was, however, carried to the effect that the request of the deputation should be acceded to if it was communicated in writing, and this was done on Friday evening, when the council carried 'out jts promise. ' It was decided after discussion that the right-of way between St. Peters-road and Walker ville-road should also be taken over by the council, One of the owners of property abutting on a right-of-way wrote com- plaining of the large amount which he haa been forced by the council to expend upon it for repairs, and he demanded that the money ne had paid should be refunded.
* FINED FOR ASSAULT.
At the Port Adelaide Police Court on Fri- day morning Harry Revell, a young man, defended by Mr. Skipper, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having assaulted James Love, at Queenstown op. October 27. Mr. G. W. Dempster appeared for the infor- mant, who stated that he was travelling m tile 10.30 p.m. tramcar from Port Adelaide to Albert Park. At Queenstown, the de- fendant, who had a cigarette in his mouth, put his head through the window and. per- mitted smoke and S^ri*8 to inconvenience the passepgers. The informant remon- strated with him, and the defendant struck him a blow on the face, causing the' blood to flow from his nose and his eye to be- come blackened. Witnesses confirmed the informant's statement. For the defence it was asserted that the blow was given in self-defence. The defendant was fined £1 and ordered to pay £2 17/6 costs,, £3 17/6 in all, or in default one month's imprison- ment. ' ' '.
ADELAIDE OVAL.
On the Adelaide Oval'b to-day the A Grade cricket clubs, Adelaide versus West Torrens, will meet, and in the tennis courts at the bade the South Australian Lawn Tennis Association's matches will be played, the fixtures being-Hyde Park A versus University; Parkside A versus Glen Osmond 'A; Hyde Park B versus Parkside
Positions at the following places of busi- ness have reeenüy been obtained by stu- dents of Muirden College, Currie-street: Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Company, Limited. King William-street; Commercial Bank. Perth; Messrs. James Marshall and Co., Rundle-street; Matthew Goode & Co, Limited, Stephens-place; Norwich Union Fire Insurance Societv, King William etreet; General Post-Office; Messrs. J. S. Bagshaw & Son, ChuTie-street; Department of Agriculture; Adelaide Steamship Com- pany. Limited, Currie-street; Common- wealth Civil Service, clerical division; Messrs. Henry Berry & Co., Grenfell-street¿ Messrs. John Darling & Son, Franklin street; Commercial Bank, Adelaide: Bank of Adelaide, Adelaide; Mr. Edwards, Broken Hill; Asher &, Williams, Brook man's Brnlding: Traffic Audit Office. Ade- laide; ProduceExport Department; Messrs. Thyer & Willcox, Waymouth-street. mz
Miss E. Barringer's art exhibition at the National Mutual , Buildings, v Yictoria square, will remain open another week.
'"The New Idea," for November is par- ticularly attractive to the ladies, to whom most of its «oñtentB are specially ad- dressed. There are many valuable fllustni
tions. .
A copy of the Red Funnel" for Novem- ber has-reached us from Messrs. R. A. Thompson & Co. It is artistically illus- trated, arid -the reading matter is well
selected.
* Mr. William Kuhnel, of Rundle-stree*, has been successful in- securing the sole agency for those high-class Estey Organs. Estey organs have been on the Australian market now for some years. Our repre- sentative inspected a consignment of 53 organs the firm has just received^ and are being unp-CKed. The prices are right for both the cottage home and mansion. Mr. Kuhnel has organs stocked by Estey from £10 upwards. A very powerful instru- ment was played to our representative dur- ing his visit which impressed him as be- ing one of tile finest church organs that has been on the market. It contains the phil- harmonic reeds (which have brought Estey 'organs to the fore rank), and has a side handle-blower, which rests the organist from exertion during the warm weather. We were shown eight different style or- gans expressly imported for churches, lodges, or-schools. The finish of these in- struments' is beyond competition,' Gothic in desigD, in touch with the latest develop, meats in reed-organ building. The pubbc could gain great knowledge m this -industry
by inspecting these first-class organs.
Kuhners are very fortunate in being ap- pointed, the sole agents for such a fine and well-known make of organ. m