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Evening Star, Issue 17192, 6 November 1919, Page 4

Mr Paulina forecast: Squally S.W. winds, with cold rain and sle,ct showers. Our Cromwell correspondent telegraphs : the storm on Sundav last the weather inland has been very" unsettled. Storms have repeatedly swept the district, with snow, rain, and hail showers down to low levels. On the pastoral country, where the lambing is general, losses are certain to follow, while tho ilock sheep must suffer after coming through a hard winter.

Tho opening run of the Otago Motor Club promises to be very successful this year. The soldiers in hospital are to bs conveyed by taxi cars to Mosgiel, where they are .to bo the guests of the ladies of Mosgiel. If tho weather proves fine (and is usually does favor the 0.M.G.) the rendezvous will bo the Mosgiel Recreation Ground; if wet, the function is to take place in the Coronation Hall. The local band will Ix 3in attendance. Club members will be free for this year's opening run to take out their own 'folk, as there will be plenty of cars available for the conveyance cf the soldiers. The run will start from tho Hospital at 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. As the club are arranging for a photograph of the cars to be taken, motorists are requested to be up to time.

Sir Francis Bell made a statement in the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon in respect to the gift of reserves on the slfcres of_ Lakes Rotoiti and Rotoehn by the Maoris. He desired to place on record the fact that the Natives had themselves offered to grant free of charge reserves sought for scenic purposes. It was evident that they desired to make the lakes, as part of the inheritance of the people, available to tho pakeha. The Income Tax Department has been instructed (Sir James Allen announced in the House yesterday afternoon) to take action under the compulsory provisions of the Finance Act to call *ipon certain persons to subscribe to the Victorv Loan.

Municipal elections at Milton yesterday caused keen interest. The elections were occasioned by the resignation of the Mayor (Mr Charles King) and three councillors. For the mayoralty Mr Alex. Eennie was returned, polling" 207 votes against 163 obtained by Mr Donald Reid. The voting for councillors resulted thus: A.lex. Campbell 230, Alex. E. Stewart 191, John Taylor 146, G. S. Mirams 142, H. E. Ransome 136, Chas. King 129, John Paul 99. The newly-elected councillors have all served in the past in the same capacity. Mr King, ex-Mayer, and one of the defeated candidates, resigned owing to friction in the council. His municipal record consists of an unbroken service of 21 years as councillor, and he has been Mayor of the borough for the last nine years", having been elected unopposed on every 'occasion.

In the City Police Court this morning, before Mr Widdowson, S.M., Murdoch M'Kay. who had been three times previously convicted within six months on charges of drunkenness, was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment fcr a similar offence, and fined 40s, in default 14 days' imprisonment, on a charge of procuring liquor during the currency of a prohibition order.

A while ago there was much dissatisfaction among the militarv patients at the Dunedin Hospital in regard -to the food. The pu'blic will bo pleased to learn that the changes then made, which had the immediate effect of meeting the wishes of the men, are still running satisfactorily. The patients and all others directly concerned say that the provisions and the serving <ci the meals are quite up to the standard of any hospital they know of. Both the military wards arc full, and about 40 men who are to be subjected to minor operations are awaiting their turn for beds.

A request has been made by the military medical authorities that the executive of the Red Cross who manage the Montecillo Home should therein provide accommodation for 15 or 16 permanently disabled lying-down cases—'paralysis and" so forth. This request is now under consideration. The home has done and is doing great work for our returned men. So far 154 men hare been admitted and 127 discharged, leaving 27 still there.

The following divorce cases have been set down for hearing at the civil sittings of the Supremo Court: —Eunice Eohbs v. Richard James Hobbs; Ethel Amelia C'oombes v. Frank Ccombes; Charles Ernest, Castle' Dyko v. Muriel Turnery Dyke; Elizabeth Julin v. Isidoro Jnlin; Florence Gladstone Alexander v. Arthur Ernest Alexander; Caroline Frances May Campbell v. William Campbell. Tw'o petitions for the restitution of conjugal rights—Scott v. Scott and Cuddie v. Cuddie—have also been filed.

The troopship Paparoa is due at Wellington to-morrow. There are 141 men for Otago on the vessel, and, if «:-he arrives in time for them to travel by the ferry service across tho strait to-morrow night, they should arrive at Dunedin by the 9.25 train on Saturday night. Iu regard, to the suggestion .contained in Mr* W. Fleming's evidence before tho Board of Trade as to the removal of duties on imported fruits in certain periods, the Minister of Agriculture (Hon. W. Nosworthy) writes : "As regards leraor.s, growers in the north have been planting extensively, as shown by the largo orders for trees placed with nurserymen. It is anticipated that very shortly* they will be able 'to supply New Zealand requirements. On citrus fruits other tha-n lemons no duty is imposed, but in connection with any proposed scheme of reciprocity with Australia it must always be remembered that we have now the interests of our island dependencies to consider. Australia does not hesitate to protect its own industries, and New Zealand has a similar duty to herself and to her dependencies. The shortage of tropical and sub-tropical fruit during the war and the consequent high prices have beeu apparent, but it has been krgelv due to Jack of adequate shipping. It is hoped that on the return to normal conditions this will be obviated, and mv office--.* anticipate, that there will be ample supplies forthcoming from Raiatea, Cook Islands, Australia, and California,"

The Government steamer Hinemoa, which arrived at Dunedin yesterday afternoon from the north, is making a round trip to the South Islnad lighthouses. The vessel left Wellington on Friday morninc last, and after a lighthouse keeper haci been landed a Cape Campbell she proceeded to Lyttelton, and then to Akaroa Moeraki, and Tairoa- Head lighthouses.' stores' were landed at all those places, and the vessel proceeded to Gape Saunders yesterday afternoon, but the boat's crew were unable to land owing to the hi <*i wind and swell. The Hinemoa will bunker at Port Chalmers to-morrow, and-will sail early on Saturday mornins for Cape Saunders, Waipapapa Point, Y)og Island, and Bluff. From Blufl she wilT proceed to the Auckland Islands and the Snares to search for possible castaways and to enable the crew to examine the Government provision depots. She will afterwards return to Bluff, and proceed thence to the Sounds. West Coast lighthouses, and Wellington. Tho Hinemoa has several passengers on board, who are making the trip to the Sounds and tho outlving islands. Captain Bollons reports that all tho keepers ind their families at the lighthouse* already visited are well.

From various quarters we hear that the tempest of last Friday was prolonged and very severe, quite affrighting in some gullies, and abnormal in respect to tho down pressure- thai the wind exerted. One of tho peculiar happenings was that which we have already referred to in the Lauder district. The remains of a well-known resident were being conveyed to the Drybread cemetery, over 150 settlors following in traps and cars. Up a steep pinch fu tho road the hoarse horses had a job to keep way on with the hurricane dead ahead. As they slewed at an angle which brought the hearso broadside on, the wind nearly overturned it, and several men had to hang on'to prevent a capsize-. As they thus stood, putting on" all their weight, a fierce gust caused a slight shift, and one of the hearse wheels collapsed, whereupon the_ corpse, was transferred to one of the vehicles, and only a few continued the journey, the others hastening home to escape the storm's fury. . _ Tho Master Builders' Association decided yesterday that the maximum wages paid to carpenters be Is 11-Jd per hour, as from ithe 31st October. This is an increase of Is per day. It is understood that in northern centres the wages aro also rising, and that the carpenters generally are likely to ask for a Dominion award. "

A lesson in court procedure was given a' number of High School srirl= this morning when they attended tlTe hearing of a case at the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court.

After tho last meeting of the Otago Education Board the members motored down to see for themseves what merit there is in the proposal to form a plavgroted at tho North-east Harbor School "in Mncandrew's Bay.* The school property there is on a steep hillside. The suggestion is to pull down tho building that did duty as a school in the davs of the pioneers, the said building being'badly afflicted with the borer, and to hew out a playground on the site when the building has gone. The difficulty is the steepness of the hill. A report on the subject will be presented in due course to the board. At Broad Bay tfm demand is for a new school build ing. The present one is much more meekly situated than its neighbor, being in a hollow and suffering as much from depression as Northeast Harbor School suffers from exaltation.

No one seems able to say for certain whether the Dunedin clerks'will organise as an industrial union or as an association, but that they aro about to organise in some way is apparently quite sure. We understand that about" 203 have already intimated, by affixing their signatures to lists, their willingness to form an industrial union.

A good deal of ingenuity and mechanical resource has been applied, with varying but always limited success, to the perfecting of a collapsible box or case for the carriage of manufacturers' wares. The manufacturers know, by rueful experience, the limitations of the ordinary case joined by nails, which has to be forced open with a chisel or other instrument, with considerable damage to lid and box, too, which offers comparatively easy access to the pillager, and which, returning empty, occupies the same space in the hold and involves the same transport rnte as when en route to consignee. Complete success, therefore, in providing a case at once pil-lage-proof, accessible as to its contents without the exertion of leverage with in-, struments, and capable of travelling empty in a fraction of the space it demands full, predicates an invention of assured commercial vaiue; and such success—the complete realisation of all these desiderate—is now claimed for a New Zealand invention which was this morning inspected by a representative of this journal in the factory of Mr F. J. Carter, the patentee. Its distinctive difference from inventions of a similar kind which pre-dated it, : s to be found in the lid. There has always been difficulty in including the top in any device of collapsible cases, but here the obstacle has been surmounted very neatly, and the whole thing collapses under compulsion of a couple of simple manipulative movements into about one third of its size, very much in the fashion of a d,eek chair. It is strongly and flexibly jointed by hinges, and equipped with an ingenious sealed lock, calculated to frustrate any pilfering fingers that may handle it in transit. Altogether, the demonstration indicated a valuable invention, creditable to the ingenuity of the inventor and patentee.

Mr H. V. Jlouratit, general secretary of the New Zealand Bank Officers' Guild, arrives in Duntclm on Friday afternoon, ami will acldreis the local bunk officer? tb.9 same evening on the policy of the guild. Mr Mouiant has touring Xew Zealand for some weeks in the intcrcrs of the guild, and in each town visited has had large and interested audience*, which have shown great <snthus.i;>.srn, ensuring the undoubted success of the movement. Attention is drawn to advertisement 5n this issue. Watson's No. 10 is a little dearer than racst whiskies, but is worth the money.— [Advt.] The most popular hotel in Dunedin at present is the City Hotel. The. new bar is quite unique, and mine host, Mr Quirk, is admittedly one of the best sports in the Dominion.—[Advt.] Beads! beads' beads! are ail the rage. See our great variety in amber, pink, red, black, blue, etc. Rnsbaich and Co., jewellers, George street.—[Advt.]

Scotch whisky at its best—Watson's No. 10. Patiently aged and matured, ottperblv blended.—[Advt,] The monthly meeting o: the Bakers and Pastrycooks' Union will bo held in the Trades Ha.ll on Saturday, at 7 p.m. '" White House Doilies' Hospital."—Vnrwty prams, tricycles, rocking horse*, glass, china, hardware; couuon discount " every time." Todd's (nest Plaza).—[Advt,] Ail over New Zealand—everywhere—''' No Rubbing" laundry Help delighting housewives on washing day. Is packet sufficient for seven large family washings. ./. Rattray and Sons, Wholesale Agents.—[Advt,] Ladies recommend Martin's Apiol nod Steel Pills. Sold by all chemists and stores. See you get the genuine.—[Advt.]