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Evening Star, Issue 16992, 14 March 1919, Page 4

The postal authorities have been advised that the Dunedin portion of the overseas mails which reached Auckland this weinc were despatched south by hut night's Main Trunk, express. The consignment for Dunedin is an exceptionally large or.o, consisting oi 570 bags and hampers. These mails are from the United Kingdom, America, and Australia, and also include correspondence* from t-lie liljcp o cii ldo ida.ry Forces on service in Franca and England. The maria will arrive here by to-morrow night’s express, and will bo delivered in the city and suburbs ou Monday morning. Private box holders will receive their correspondence late ou (Saturday night, as the postal otlieials will have a large sunt employed in’ order to sort tie mail as <iiucldy t#s possible. Twenty-one bags of newspaper mails will arrive on Monday night from Auckland. The Benevolent Committee of tbe Hospital Board recommend that alterations bo made to cue of the blocks at the Benevolent Institution to provide accommodation for nurses. Mr Robert T. Sadd, Commissioner _oi Lauds, said this morning, in conversation with a ‘Star' reporters “When a discharged soldier contemplates buying a residential or a rural property through the provision for advances to discharged soldiers, it is advisable for him to make all such dealing subject to tho consent of the Tyirirl Board; otherwise, in the case where he makes the purchase himself, and pays a deposit, and then applies to the Land Board, if tho proposal is not approved by Dio Land Board, tho soldier is liable to lose his deposit. I have known two such happenings lately. One man had to lose as much as 1315. This is a pity. I mention the matter in order to simplify the arrangements and protect the soldiers. Tho department has to charge a valuation fee, and there is no power to refund this if the transaction does not go through; and if a man has to lose his deposit as yell it is pretty rough on him*”

Mr Paulin advised this afternoon— Strong: N.W. to S.W. winds, and electrical niin showers.

Permission has been granted to erect a workshop, splint room, and carpenters’ shop at tho Hospital in connection with the orthopaedic treatment of soldiers. Tho Defence Office at Dunedin is notified by the Returned Soldiers’ Association that that body cannot undertake to find firing parties for military funerals on ordinary weekdays, but will be pleased to do so for funerals that take place on Saturdays, Sundays, and public Holidays. The difficulty is that the men cannot get away from their employment. The Otago and Southland men who are in tho Hororata’a draft of returning soldiers are coming through to Dunedin by a special train which is timed to leave Christchurch at noon on Sunday. Captain Allan is in charge, helped by Sergeantmajors Wheeler and Allan. A petition was recently received by the Hospital Board for tho erection of a cottage hospital at Owaka. Tho board have agreed to consider tho mutter at a conference to bo arranged with residents of tho district. The officer's of tho Navxux, which berthed at Wellington on Tuesday, reported that the second wave of pneumonic influenza had practically disappeared at San Francisco when the - vesael was there. Tho compulsory wearing of masks had | been discontinued two days before the I Navua arrived at tho Californian port. ■ Papeete was quite free from tho epidemic, i and Rarotonga has so far escaped from I pneumonic influenza.

j After serving a term as a prisoner ol i war in Germany, Lieutenant A. Lindsay; | of tho Australian Flying Corps, is returning home by the Niagara. In relating lih | experiences to an Auckland Pressman. | Lieutenant Lindsay said that throughout I his period of internment he was treated | fairly well except in tho matter of food which was of very bad quality and was served out in exceedingly small allowances. Once away from the front lino ho was subjected to little actual hostility of the open sort. The Southland Hospital Board suggested some time ago that united action be taker to inaugurate a scheme to be contributed to by nurses and hospital hoards for the establishment of a superannuation scheme for nurses. The Otago Board have decided to support the proposal. A- P.A. message from Invercargill states that William Frederick do Jons, aged 2C years, has been missing from hie home since 11 o’clock on Wednesday night. He was last seen going to bed, but yesterday morning a candle which lie had lit was burnt out, and a pipe and some tobacco were left on a dressing table. Ho had never been absent from home before. In tho Magistrate’s Court at Invercargiill yesterday Charlotte M’Asfcill (Gore) sued A. Manly (Colao Bay) for £53 for injury dono to tho little finger ox Iter right hand. The plaintiff stated that defendant, for no apparent reason, had seized her liand and hud bent back her finger. Later on he apologised, saying that he had been under the influence of drink. Dr M'Ara’s evidence showed that the ligaments of tho finger were broken on one side ynd the member rendered practically useless. Decision was reserved. Quo after another old landmarks —one might almost say old friends—disappear isays the ‘ Alexandra Herald The high price being paid for old iron has resulted in several out-of-commission dredges being dismantled and railed to Dunedin. This week one of tho gorge dredges, “ The Khaki,” but better known as the old Sailors’ Bend, is to be brought up river to Alexandra and dismantled. What memories of exciting times these old names bring back to tho ageing miners! Days of excitement, of alternate hope and disappointment, gone with little prospect of return--1 ing. Tho scrapping V these old servants of tho past seems to form tho final chapter in tho local story of the search for gold. Cr Bradley has given notice of two motions for next Wednesday night’s meeting of the City Council. The first is : “ (a) That the resolution passed by the council on the sth hist, granting tho tramways manager six months’ leave of absence on full pay be rc-acindcd. (b) That tho tramways manager bo granted one month’s leave of absence on full pay, and that his resignation take effect as from the termination of that period.” The other motion is “That tho Finance Committee report within 14 days on a scheme of superannuation for all corporation employees.” As a result of a visit this week by members of the Hospital Board to Tapanui it is recommended that an isolation block be erected there, subject to the Minister’s consent, a sum of not less than £2OO to he raised in tho district as a contribution to the building fund. Some persons may not fully understand the meaning) of tho announcement in last night’s ‘ Star ’ that the Government have fixed the price of flour at. £ls instead of £ls IDs. Thc< position stands thus: Tho Government guarantee to the farmers a minimum price for their wheat, and, in order to protect the people against an increase in the prico of bread, tho millers are paid a subsidy out of the Consolidated Fund, this subsidy coming to £2 Ts 6d per ton with flour at £ls 10s. It was intended by the Government that tho price of flour should remain at £ls 10s ; but, owing to representations by the bakers that as a result of the increase in carters’ wages, etc., they now havo to face an extra expense amounting to 8s per ton on the flour used, the Government have reduced tho px-ice of flour by 10s per ton as from the Ist March, This means that the subsidy to tho millers will be increased from £2 7s fid to £2 17s fid per ton. The 107 acres of tho late Mr John Kirk’s estate at Mosgicl, just acquired by the Government, will bo subdivided almost at once for selection by discharged soldiers. The property will probably bo cut up into six or eight blocks, the best of the land into sections of from five to 10 acres, the rest of it into larger sections. A creek runs through the property. Tho Epidemic Commission this morning investigated tho quarantine arrangements at Some-s .Island, says a Wellington tele, gram. It is stated that, at tho request of a large number of supporters, the Hon. T. M. Wilford, Minister of Marino, has consented to speak in Dunedin on April 8 or 9. One or two (Maori speakers will also probably give addresses at, that meeting. His Excellency the Governor-General has been informed that Lord Jellicoe will be in New Zealand from August 18 to October 1. The first blind girl in Now Zealand to pass the matriculation and solicitor’s general knowledge examination is Queenie Roussel, a daughter of Mr P. C. Roussel, of Remum road, Auckland, whoso success is announced in the list of passes published this week. Miss Roussel is a pupil at the Jubilee Institute for the Blind, and sat fox - tho examination with another pupil, Mr James D. M’Guire, who also secured a pass. Miss Roussel, who is nob quite 17 years of age, has been blind since she was four years old, while Mr M’Guire, who is 18, last his sight when quite a small boy. Several male pupils of the institute have previously passed the matriculation examination. Miss PlOuss&l and Mr M‘Ouix - e were coached for the examination by Mr David Outrim, 8.A., who is quite blind, and Mr Doric Algio, M.A.. who is almost blind. Tho Figraan Comedy season in Dunedin has been cancelled in consequence of the reopening of the theatres in Bydnev. The company return to Australia by the lliverina next week.