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Evening Star, Issue 17311, 26 March 1920, Page 4

The noise made by motor cvclisls while passing along King street in front of the -Hospital was referred to by the chairman at last night's meeting 0 f • the Hospital i>oard. It seemed that the imtlnnkiiinportion of cyclists "streaked" a lon<r between Frederick and Hanover a pace of 20. 50.. and even 40 miles arbour, and created a great -rl 1 of noise, to the discomfort of the patients. It wa s suggested that the board aoprcach the City Council .and ask them to take steps ! to have the nuisance abated in some wav or other. The following applications for assistance were dealt with at vesteulav afternoon's meeting of the Otago Distiict Repatriation Board:—Four applications for business loans, representing £456, were received; two, amount to £l3O. were approved and two, totalling £326. were declined. Furniture loans : Sixteen applications, representins: £BOO, were received : 12, amounting to £57;-, -irers ar)provod. three, totalling £175, were held over, and one for £SO was declined. Fourteen applications for technical' and university training were received. Ten vrere approved, ikee were withdrawn, and one was held over. ])ni'iUL' t-nr.niiiig operations at Auckland railway station at 1 o'clock ycslei'dav morning a goods van collided with two stationarv vans through Tunning on to the vvroiis; line. A concrete .stop-block, weighing about 40 tons,, was carried about Bft and ! deposited on the station platform. The 1 van then mounted the block and crashed through the verandah, causing a big gap and tearing the iron asunder. The stationary vans were partially telescoped, the bogie wheels were torn off one of them, and the steering gear wrecked. The accident was due. presumably, to a, mistake I in the signals <n- in the setting of points, j It is proclaimed by notice in the- j ' Gazette' that an area of land approxi- j mating K million acres has been set apart ( for forest reserves. All the lands men- \ lionet! are Crown lands ill Auckland. Tara- j r-jiki. Hawke's Bay, Nelson, Marlborough,! Westiand, and Southland, and are under j bush at present. One Southland block! is estimated at 91,000 acres, and the kelson areas include blocks of 106,000 acres, 66,000 acres, and 53,000 acres. At the meeting of'the School Committees' Association last night it was stated that the demonstration of Otago school children during the visit of the Prince of Wales would be the largest of its kind seen in Thmedin. It is hoped to have 10,000 childi-en present on Carisbrook, country children coming from as far as Palmerston, llanfurly, and Lawrence. A supply of ribbon for the Allied Victory Medal has now come to hand, and is-being issued,.at the group office, Kensington. 'This: ribbon has been on issue in England for some time, and the later j returning drafts <iot some of it there and : are now wearing it. The arrival of a supply in Dunedin will enable those who returned earlier to obtain the ribbon by calling at the office or getting it posted. A merchant has shown us an American invoice by -which it appears that one line of goods costing 30 dollars runs up to 88 dollars landed in Dunedin, the transit charges coming to 58 dollars. "The Court of Arbitration," said Mr W. J. Suiter, in the course of an address at the Canterbury Justices of the Peace Association's social, "is the only Court in British, countries where barristers and solitors are barred by statute from appearing It looks ae if the" Arbitration Court is on its last legs, but, if»it is So, they can't say that the lawyers wrecked it." Mr Hunter made a strong plea in support of the public, the consumers, being represented before the_ Arbitration Court, and said that he understood that in the industrial courts in France the public are rogreaented.

Ihe Wellington Magistrate (Mr Page, S.M.) has reserved his decision in the case brought yesterday under the new Board of Trade regulations against a grocer named Bertie Smith, charging him with having _sold two bottles of Mellin's Food at a price unreasonably high—viz., 3s 6d per bottle. James M'lntosh (accountant) stated that examination of defendant's bo.olvs showed that the profit on the whole of his business wns low—too low to cover the contingent risks of a grocery business. The records for the period of about 6J months up to June 6 last showed the net profit on a turnover of £12,817. At the Courtonay place shop the profit amounted to only about 2s per £IOO, and the net ■ profit on the Berhampore and Courtenay place businesses combined was 2.04 per cent, on £21,000 odd. That was also too low a rate of profit. The average usually aimed at in similar businesses was 25 per cent, gross and 5 per cent. net. The defendant's profit on the sale of the food worked out at 32.11 per cent., which was not an unreasonable profit for a. special line. Gross and net profits on the Bcr- i hampore business were 18 and 10 per cent. A fine team of horses has been selected hv the military authorities for use during the visit of the Princo of Wales to Melbourne. They are now • being trained in j the- city in order that thev may become j accustomed to the traffic, lfis Royal High- j ness will use the State carriage originally purchased for Lord Hopetoun, and now used by His Excellency the GovernorGeneral" on ceremonial occasions. All his outriders will be returned soldiers. The parliamentary picnic is over. A P.A message from. Auckland states that the Mokoia arrived early this morning. All on board were well, and had a very pleasant trip. Twenty southern members left by the midday train, and others are going * south to-night. Sir James Allen leaves to-night also for Whangarei, Kamo. and Dargavillc. He returns to Auckland on Monday, visits Botorua on Tuesday. and is due" at Wellington on Thursday. Foxton people are nearly tickled to death (state a Palmerston North paper). Some months ago the community was turned upside down because the local school committee had purchased a German piano. After a long'struggle the offending instrument was hurled ignominiously from the precincts of the school and thrown into thei harbor cr somewhere. Ninety good golden sovereigns were spent in replacing it with an elegant instrument labelled on the frontispiece " Raymond, London." A Palmerston North tuner went to Foxton, and when he opened up the internals of the piano he found it stamped through and through with the inscrintion "Koebleiv, Berlin." The news soread like wildfier, and all parties are united again in the enjoyment of the ioke of the season. During the hearing at the Arbitration Court in Auckland ot" applications byunions for the increased war bonus of 4s a week Mr Justice Stringer said that when the question was taken into consideration every six months a great deal of trouble would be saved if any increase granted were gazetted and made to apply automatically to the unions, so that there would be no need for the numerous applications. Representatives of unions present expressed their agreement, and it is probable they will as-k the Minister for Labor to give effect to the proposal. A claim to have evolved a system that will alter and cheapen every mode of power production is rnr.de by the inventor of. the Barkins Omega spirit pressure system. The invention is concerned with the production of power from spirit. While in other methods o£ obtaining power the total destruction of the spirit results, the inventor of this method claims _ that under his system excessive destruction is avoided, and the operating spirit may be used over and over again. The idea is that of a heating chamber, warmed by gases from an oil-fired furnace; in -the heating chamber a continuous supply of | spirits from a pressure tank is vaporised, ; creating a pressure of gas, and this gas 1 is led to the cvlinders of the engine, and exerts ft pressure on the cylinders in the ! same manner as steam. The exhaust from ! the cylinders, is then conveyed _ through condensers, and cooled to a liquid state, after which it passes back to the pressure tank, to be used again. The inventor is to be afforded an opportunity of testing his system at. the flying school at Laverton (Victoria). The Conciliation Council arrived at a partial settlement of the boilermakers and iron shipbuilders' dispute yesterda-y afternoou. The clause relating to wages remains unsettled. The employers' offer of"2s, with a bonus of 3d per hour, still remains open, and the local union will confer with northern unions with a view ito acceptance or otherwise. If the wages ! offer is accepted within the month allowed by law jho Conciliation Commissioner (Mr W. H. Hagger) will file a complete recommendation, and the increases will be paid immediately "by local employers. Although it might appear that Dunedin is behind the other centres of the Dominion in developing the art of- flying, it may be of interest to know that all the long-distance flying and aero mail services that have been undertaken from the Auckland Aviation School have bean piloted by a Dunedin youth. Mr George Bolt, a son of Mr F. W. Bolt, and grandson of the late Hon. W. M. Bolt, This youthful pilot showed such remarkable skill in acquiring proficiency in the art of flying that he was very soon selected for ail the most "important work undertaken at the school. A good deal has recently been heard of the air mail services that have been originated at Auckland, but so far Dunedin's share in the work has not been recognised, nor any local reference made to George Bolt as the pioneer in this work in New Zealand. A number of persons met in the Council Chamber, St. Kilda, last night for th.-? purpose of forming a branch of the Workers', Educational Association. Mr A. 1). Edgar (Mayor) presided, and Mr J. C. Stephens explained the aims and methods of the association. The 'desirability of forming a tutorial class was affirmed by resolution, -and the subject-suggested was 'The Industrial History of England.' Those present undertook to forward the movement by personal canvass, and it was decided to meet again next week in order to report progress. It was pointed out that the widely varied and interesting character of the subject of study rendered it suitable for men and women "of all stations in life. The prospects of forming a strong class in, the district after Easter were considered good. Similar meetings i arc to be held iu Roslvn and elsewhere i next week. ! I Watson's No. 10 is a little dearer than ! most whiskies, but is worth the money.— j TAdvt.T j "No Rubbing" laundry help makes happy ; housewives. Is packet sufficient for seven j weekly washings. Hunter and Etherid°e Ltd.—[Advt.] Use the Brandy your men enjoyed in rrance—Marten's.—[Adv t.] For last -week of sale our whole stock of gold and silver jewellery, etc., at reduction of from 20 pe reent. to 25 per cent, less Mian usual prices. Eusbatch and Co George street.—{Advt.J " White Hou„e Dollies' Hospital."—Variety tricycles, rocking horses, glass, china hardware. Todd's, next Plaza.—[Advt.] Blended correctly, aged correctly—Watsou's No. 10 Whisky, clean, soft, mellow.— [Advt.] Use the Brandy your men enjoved in France—Martells.—rAdvt 1 " I