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Evening Star, Issue 17080, 26 June 1919, Page 4

The late .Mks Agues M'Glashan has bequeathed £I.GCO to the Presbyterian Church of >ie\v Zealand for the founding of a scholarship in connection with Knox College, to be known as ilio John M'Giashan .-ehoiarship. and to be for the benefit of the students fur the- ministry of the Presbyterian Church. A largo quantity of oversea mail matter v.-ill reach Dnucdin during the next few days. An English mail, which was brought to A.u#kiand by the troopship Waimana from London, -will arrive here to-night, and will be delivered hi the City and suburbs to-morrow morning. This mail comprises 41 bags of letters and newspapers from London, 5 from Liverpool, 5 from Glasgow, and 2 from Edinburgh. It is expected that 88 bags oi parcel mails from the United Kingdom by the same steamer will reach Dunedin on Saturday niuht-. An Australian mail, consisting of 50 bags and 6 hampers, is being carried by the steamer Kauri, which is due at Timaru to-morrow night from Melbourne direct. .Most of this mail is for tho Wellington and Auckland districts. The steamer Suffolk, which is expected to arrive at Dunedin to-morrow or on Saturday from Newcastle, is bringing a large Australian, and also 80 baps oi English mails for New Zealand, it. is expected that the R.M.S. Paloona, which is duo at Wellington on Monday morning from San Francisco, will land a large European Expeditionary Force and American mail. The local portion of the Paloor.a's mail "will probably reach here on. the night oi Wednesday, July 2. A clause in tho report of the Eleotrio Power and Lighting Committee's report to the City Council last night recommended that when the department is requiring supplies of cable, orders bo sent to the department's agents iu London, with, instructions to obtain the latest market price for delivery f.o.b. London from firms oi first-class standing who have agents in the Dominion, and accept the lowest quote. Crs M'Donald and Walker suggested* that it should bo -a, further stipulation that the goods be delivered on steamer coming to Port Chalmers or Dunedin, in accordance with the suggestions made at a meeting of importers the night before Recommendation and suggestion were approved. The following message has been cabled by the Otago Expansion League to Sir Joseph Ward in connection with his action in arranging for the flotation of a loan for carrying ou a hydro-electric scheme for Southland : —" Congratulations financial efforts Southland electric proposition; can you make tentative arrangements similar object behalf Otago? A round of appiause signified the pleasura of the Dunedin Starr-Bowkett Society's shareholder at the annual meeting last night when the ballot in Group No. o showed that a, returned soldier had drawn the tree loan of £509. The City Council expressed last night their agreement with the following resolution of the Napier Council: —" That this council endorse tho action of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' .Association in requesting Cabinet to declare Anzao Day a statutory holiday, inasmuch as it marks the entrv <of tho Dominion into the Great Wax."' In the City Police Court this morning, before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M., Martin Joyce was fined 20s", with the alternative'of 48 hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness. Nicholas Clark pleaded guilty to being drunk and to obtaining Bquor while under tho currency of a prohibition order. He was .fined 10s or 24 hours on the first charge, and 20s or seven days on the second charge. Cr Douglas (chairman of the Tramways Committee), speaking at last night's meeting of the City Council in regard to the starting point for the trams, said that the acting tramways manager would probably recommend that it be made at Cargill's Monument, where a -shelter shed, ladies' waiting room, and ticket and parcels office could 1)e erected. This might necessitate the removal of the monument.

Mr Paulin's forecast ;—S.W. to 3ST.W. winds, with sleet and snow showers. Diphtheria and scarlet fever having appeared in tho heart of Central Otago, the schools at Cromwell, Banaockburn, and Clyde are closed for the time being. This month the Health Department has 'been notified of six cases of diphtheria at Cromwell, five at Bannockburn, and three at. Clyde, and the scarlet fever notifications are three at Cromwell and three at Clyde. Some of the patients are in hospital, others isolated in their homes. Inspector Cameron has the matter in hand. The City Council considered last evening a letter from the Mayor of Christchurch inviting the Dunedin "Mayor to attend a conference of Mayors ho {Br Thacker) purposed convening in Christchurch before the next session of Parliament, to discuss such matters as the iniquitous railway service, the inadequate ferry service, and other matters. It was resolved_ that in view of the approaching municipal conference the invitation be declined. The oats market is in the doldrums. Farmers who have the goods will not reduce the prices they ask, and buyers refuse to operate on anything like a big scale until eome concession is made. The Otago Land Board yesterday declined to sanction the transfer of a email grazing run in the Palmerston district/ on the ground that the man to whom it was proposed to transfer did not make any serious attempt to carry out his military duties during the war. The information to that effect was supplied by the Keturned Soldiers' Association. The decision ox the Otago Land Board to forfeit tho lease of a small grazing run at Moonlight is being reconsidered, upon tho representation that forfeiture would deprive the mortgagees {Donakl Reid and Co.) of their security. '.'^, property in question "was held by Willi. Hei'fornan, jun., and it was on his application to transfer it to a relative that the board decided to forfeit. After hearing Mr Lemon (counsel for Donald Reid and Co.) and Mr Finch (for William Hel'fernan, sen., a co-mortgg-gee), the board resolved at yesterday's meeting to give a final decision at tho next meeting. A map recently prepared by the Lands and Survey Department for the information of the Minister, and through him the public, shows that nine runs in Otago are now in preparation for subdivision or have been subdivided as a preliminary to closer settlement. The total area is 347,102 acres, and the properties will profitably cut up into about 40 'holdings. Apart from these there are a number of estates that have been purchased for the Government to place at the disposal of young fanners. Chief of theso is the Teviofc Estate, of 12,446 acres freehold and 19,250 acres leasehold. Tho survey of this estate is nearly completed, and the road-making,, is going on rapidly. The more ono sees of tho facts as to settlement in Otago the more he must be assured that this part of the Dominion is catering on an amazing scale,' in good land, for the good of relumed soldiers. The annual conference of the United Federation of Labor will open in Wellington on Tuesday next. Tho Otago Labor Council will .bo represented by the Hon. J. T. Paul, Miss J. Runci-man, and 'Mr J. -S. Loydall. Tim Annual conference of the New Zealand Labor party opens two .days later, and tho local Labor Representation Committee, will be represented by Mr A. Walker, M.P., and Mr Loydall. Mr X. Dodds, J.P., presided this morning at the Port Chalmers Court. Two first offenders wero fined 10s each for drunkenues.

The Otago Women's Patriotic Society benefit to the extent of £SO, which will go to provide comforts for tho soldiers iii hospital, .By the grateful act of an erstwhile citizen who benefitted during thy Queen Carnival held hero some four years ago. A freehold section in Sunshine Township was presented to the "Soldiers' Queen" Committee to ho raffled, and the holder of the luckv ticket, now resident in another centre, has written the donor of the section enclosing his eiiequo for £SO, which he -wishes to be given anonymously, to some fund for wounded soldiers. The choico of the Women's Patriotic Society, which have for a long- time past regularly provided delicacies in the shape of jellies, pie?, and puddings for soldiers in hospital, is a. judicious one, and this money will help them to continue this good work. The Press telegrams a couple of days ago contained some interesting details of the retvos)>ective payments being made to married soldiers, up to and including the rank of lieutenant, who were awarded 3s per day from the date of embarkation. This brings to mind the apparently forgotten claims of_ married mon of 'senior ranks-—i.e., captains, majors, colonels, etc.— for like consideration. The principle of extra, payments to married officers of these latter ranks was agreed to last vonr, when their rates of pay—previously the lowest cf the British forces m the field—were increased as from April 1, 1918, from which date only they have also drawn tho 3s referred to. The fairness of extending "the married allowance to cover all service outside N-ew Zealand is understood, but it is difficult to understand why senior married officers, who up to the first three and a-half years of tho war worked under great disadvantage as regards pay, should bo arbitrarily excluded from tile benefit, which all others enjoy, of os per tLiv from their date of sailing lip to April 1, "1918. ' The Pacific Cable Board expect repairs to tho cable to be completed on Sunday next, reports a Wellington telegram. A correspondent writes pointing out that oui- comparative table of profits of the Bank of Now Zealand' for tho past five years is misleading, in that tho amount written off bank premises is not included in the net profits for the year 1919. Wo simply showed the net profit for 1919 as £388,022, as officially declared. The sum of £50,000 was -written off bank premises. Advice has been received that the troopehip Prinzessin has been delayed, and will not now reach Wellington till the 29th, instead of the 25th. The Otego men who arrived at Auckland by the troopship Waimana on Monday will arrive 'here by the express tonight. They did not arrive last night on account of the ferry boat yesterday being delayed by bad weather and not connecting with the southern express. Advice received by the Union Company states that it was impossible to continue sal wage operations on tho stranded steamer Kowihai yesterday owing to a heavy easterly gale. The vessel still lies high and dry on the ea-nd near Farewell 'Spit. It is reported that she is not badly damaged. In last night's article on the Otago Early Settlers' Museum it was stated that Mr E. B. Uargill was made Mayor of Dunedin when the Duke of York's visit was being prepared for. That is a mistake. Mr Oargill was m;ado Mayor at tho Jubilee celebrations. Mr G. L. Dcnniston filled tho chair at the time of the Duke's visit. Some of our merchants are keen on tho proposal to form an Importers' Protection Association in Dunedin, and we may expect to hear - more of tho matter before long. The main object, they say, is to give import-era some a-edress as against the Britbh iJiipowners' constant disclaiming of liability in regard to faulty stowage, pillage, and eo on.