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Evening Star, Issue 17318, 5 April 1920, Page 4

-Vn Australian mail ex the Moeraki should roach Dunedin per the first express to-morrow. The next English mails are espicted by the Moana, due at WeiImgtor. about April 18, and the Niagara due at Auckland April 19. HALS Eeaown, due at Auckland on April 24, aho has 700 bags of mail, matter for New Zealand.

A young man employed as a porter on the railway, who was before the Court on Saturday on a charge of theft, was again charged this morning along with anotner porter with stealing a bag and contents valued at £27 17s sd. which are alleged tv have been stolen from the left luggage office. Thefts from the railway fu 6 S , ai ” avo been verv rife during the last few months. Defective Kelly and Beer are making further investigations. The City Fire Brigade were called out t° a Sorse fire on the Town. Belt close to Gladstone street, at 8.15 p.m. on Saturday. The brush was burning merrily when two machines reached the scene, 'and as there _ was no water main, nor any fire plug handy, the firemen had to heat out the flames with green branches of broom. No damage was done, but bad there been, a high wind several houses would have been in danger. The presence of such an area of dry gorse in this vicinity is a menace to the safety of property and the residents consider it the duty “of the City Council to have it cut and destroyed. Incoming and outgoing vessels were considerably. delayed by a thick fog which, prevailed at the Heads all day on Saturday. The Oorinna arrived off the entrance in the morning, but had to remain at an anchorage until the evening, when the log lifted sufficiently to enable her to steam up the channel. The Paloona left her berth at the Victoria wharf at 4,45 p.m., bound for Lyttelton and Wellington, but did not clear the Lower Harbor until 10.30 p.m. The Kini was also held up till yesterday morning, but the factor in her delay was not fog, but shortage of crew. A large number of oversea vessels have reached New Zealand ports during the past few days, and there is a congestion of shipping at Auckland and other northern The port of Dunedin has also been brisker tba-n, usual, and when work commences on the local waterfront tomorrow morning all the members of the Waterside Workers’ - Union should find employment. There are six steamers at present in- port, including the.-,new cargo vessel Cathlamet. which arrived yesterday afternoon from New York and Lyttelton. The number will be added to during the week, vessels expected including the new freighter Woodarra, of over 7,900 tons gross register, with general cargo from New York; the Wesiralia, from Melbourne and northern ports; Kahika from Westport; Calm, from Lyttelton and Timaru; John, from Nvdia Bay and Lyttelton, end v the schooner Progress, with timber from Greymouth. Two amateur detectives of the age of 14 years were responsible on Saturday for the arrest of a young man on a charge of stealing a pocket camera. Another lad unknown to them complained of having lost his camera aboard the ferry boat from Portofcello to town, and pointed out a man whom he thought had taken it. On disembarking at the wharf the two boys followed on the heels -of the suspect', ,who ■ was in the company of two other men. The third had not proceeded far when, it is alleged, the one under suspicion . was heard to say; “ Look at the haul I have made!” at tho same time taking a camera from his pocket. The men next pro-reeded to a private hotel, with ]he two beys still in close ance. Satisfied that they had gone there for their tea, the lads’ next course was to report their suspicions to the police. Detective Hall' did the rest,-

Paulin's forecast;— Strong N.E. to N.W. winds, changing to S.W., with heavy electrical rain-showers; barometer further fall. Auckland City Council have made several important changes in traffic regulations, which come into force on April H. The j clauses in the new by-law affecting motor 1 traffic are of interest. They permit the ; parking of cars in a very large number ' of streets off the main thoroughfares, proI hibit the_ leaving of any vehicle unattended in certain city streets, and restrict the i period for which they may be left in other ! streets to 15 minutes. Another important clause is that empowering the council to I establish safety zones for the nsa of pedes- j I trians in any street or public place. It I prohibits anyone from driving any vehicle, or riding any bicycle or animal over or through such zones, some of which are to be established as soon as the by-law domes into operation. One wonders where the demand for' bouses will pull up (observes a Manawatu paper). A remarkable sale was effected in Palmerston last week, in which a fireroomed house w'as sold at £1,400. Five hundred pounds was paid for it two years ago. A sale of land in which great interest was taken was. held at Taihane nu March 27, when Mr T. H. Lowry’s Oruamatua Estate, comprising 14,000 acres of freehold land and 9,000 acres of leasehold, was offered for sale by public auction in nine lots. The following prices were realised Lot 1. 75 acres freehold. £l6 5s Pei’acre; lot 3, 760 acres freehold, £l9 per acre; 105~~ 4, 960 acres freehold, £6 per acre; lot 5, 530 acres freehold, £l2 7s 6d per acre .j lot 6, 1,250 acres freehold, £7 per acre. The nroperty is situated 16 miles from Taihapo, on the road from Taihape to Napier. It has been decided bv the annual interstate conference of the ‘Australian Clerks" Association to instruct the general secretary' immediately, to file plaints in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court on behalf of several sections of demanding a basic rate of £5 ICe a week of 30 hours. An unusual “personal” in the Melbourne ‘ Argus ’: “ Owing to a confusion of oarre that 13 constantly recurring and is troublesome to' rectify, the Prime Minister (Mr Hughes) wishes us to notify the public that 111 future he will not be personally responsible for any credit given to any •persons bearing his surname, and whether claiming relationship to him or not, unless on Ins written order.” There is in Great Britan at present an extraordinary “boom” in new issues During February £35,000.000 of new cauital was issued, and on one dav the London newspapers were advertising 14 issues totalling £16,000.000. A feature of the prospectuses is an offer of participating preference shares, with interest ranging from ito 10 per cent. These are proving very attractive, and investors are to a large extent selling less remunerative holdings in order to put the monev into tiieiu, thus affecting the stock markets. This tendency is haring especially depressing effects on “ gilt-edged ” securities. Some financial authorities anticipate aii early rise in the bank rate, but it is doubtful if this will check the floiv of new issues, most of which are being fullv subscribed. Can a oone-setter of proved reputation be officially “ recognised ” by professional medical men? For years the doctors of the British Medical Association have fought strenuously against the idea of granting professional status to any such exponent of this kind of manipulative curative work. Quite recently 500 members of the House of Commons signed a petition to the medical faculty', urging that professional recognition should be given to Mr H. A. Barker, who for the past 20 y'ears has enjoyed an international reputation as a bone-setter, and throughout this period has been the subject of much fierce controversy, owing to the refusal of the British Medical Association to admit him in any way to the professional ranks. English mails recently to hand give some interesting details of this uetition, in which a point is made of the fact that Mr Barker was the means of removing the disabilities of many men whose services would otherwise have been lost to the nation during the war. It is suggested that the case is one for favorable consideration, in view of the services Mr Barker has rendered to science through a “long period of opposition, contumely, and persecution.” All sections of the House of Commons were represented among the signatories, these on the legal side including the Lord Chancellor, Sir Edward Carson, Lord Cave, and others: while among the Labor members were Mr J. H. Thomas, Mr J. B. dynes, Mr Havelock Wilson, and Mr Will Crooks.

The first award for bank clerks that has so far been made .throughout the Commonwealth was announced the other day by the Queensland Arbitration Court per Judge M’Cawley, who delivered judgment on the application of the United Bank Officers’ Association of Queensland. His Honor fixed an officer’s salary at a minimum of £2OO at the age of 21, rising by annual increments of £ls to £269. and then by annual increments of £2O to £3OO. He allowed the matter of the classification scheme to stand over. Female clerks other than those now employed would be paid the same salary as male clerks. He decided not to alter the existing conditions. His Honor added that the employers should understand they could not take up the attitude that they would not recognise the association.. State control of the liquor traffic in the Northern Territory has not conduced to proper regulation, and since his advent as Stipendiary Magistrate Major Hogan has felt constrained on several occasions to make severe strictures upon the manner in which the Darwin State hotels are being conducted. A few days ago he stated that if the Terminus Hotel were privately owned, and application made to him for renewal of the license, the request would be refused. The police also infide a complaint about drunkenness being tolerated on premises which under private ownership would inevitably result in cancellation of i the license. About 15 sly grog shops are still ‘going strong.” especially during hours when the State hotels are not open. They are charging double the price “ charged at the hotels —namely, os per bottle for beer* “ The people in the banks, from top to bottom, are wage slaves. They are the worst paid people in the country,” said the Mayor of Christchurch, when speaking at a recent presentation function. . A parcel of about 401b of sugar was sold by auction in Balchitha laejl week at over 7d per pound. The normal retail price is sjd lb. ' “When a worker has to travel by train he shall be allowed first-class railway fares, and if by steamer saloon fares shall be provided,” was a sub-clause in the Christchurch Amalgamated 'Society of Engineers’ claims presented to. a Counci’ of Conciliation in Christchurch this week. “That is unreasonable,” said an employers’ assessor. “ Well, the bosses travel first-class,” was the retort, “and when their men are travelling for them on business what is -good enough for the bosses should be good enough for the men.” Needham and Co. have the contract for the erection of the Campbell Street School at _ Palmerston North, the contract price | being £31,250, apart from £2,C00 for (heating. Messrs Anscombe and Smith, of Dunedin, prepared the designs, and will supervise the work of erecting this, the main building, and also the infant department, which is to cost over £IO,OOO. A tailoring firm whose goods give service and satisfaction, and have Gone so for many years past: Ansell and Co., Octagon [Advt.] B New season’s photographic goods; excet lent stock now arriving. Cameras from 6s. Send your order early to H. J. Gill, 11 and 13 Frederick street, Dunedin. ’Phone 1.144 —[Advt.] Watson’s No. 10 is a little dearer than most whiskies, but is worth the money.— [Advt.] Tho mopfhly meeting of the Women’s 'Citizens’ Association will be held to-morrow evening in the Y.M.C.A. Rooms. The Rev. B. A. Azelsen will give an address. “White House,’’ George street.—Best value in fruit and jam jars. Todd’s, nest Plaza.— [Advt.] * New Zealanders on sendee found that there is no brandy like Cognac brandy, and no Cognac brandy like Martell’s.—[Advt.] The monthly meeting of the Gaelic Society will be held to-morrow night.

The 39th anniversary of the New Zealand Grand Council of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australasia will be held in the Friendly Societies’ Hall, Kensington, on Wednesday. Our Sale proved such an attraction that we were unable to serve all our customers on Friday night, so ws have decided’ to continue it until Easter. Rusbatch, jewellers.—[Advt,] Particulars of meetings to' be addressed by Air James Begg, a candidate for tho Bruce seat, appear in. our advertising columns. Blended correctly, aged correctly—Watson’s No. 10 Whiiikv, clean, soft, mellow.— [Advt.} The most popular Hotel m Dunedin is the City Hotel. High-class accommodation, liquors par excellence: in fact, everything is of the best.—[Advt.] Dunedin grocers cordially Invite all citizens to join city and suburban glee clubs to practise singing appreciation songs, of No Rubbing Help, “Golden Rule” Soap, and the famous Keep Smiling Boot Polish.—[Advt.]