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Evening Star, Issue 18051, 19 August 1922, Page 4

Mr Payne (tramways engineer) reports through Mr Mackenzie (manager) that everything is proceeding satisfactorily on the Anderson Bay duplication work. The permanent way rails are laid from the Rawhiti street intersection to a point about halfway between Tainui road and Cavell street, and) the rail-layers -are now heading towards town. As the excavating was getting rather ahead of the rail-laying, some of the excavators have been - shifted to the rear of the job to fill in. Probably that is tho cause of the rumor that something has gone wrong with the engineering, bringing about a stoppage of the excavating. There is nothing amiss with the curves or the grades or. anything else, and there is no stoppage. All that has happened is that as part of a system some of the men are now temporarily shifted.

The forthcoming celebration of tho diamond jubilee of the Port Chalmers District High School is engaging _ the earnest attention of the school committee. Ip another column appears a notice asking that items of interest in connection with the history of the school bo forwarded to tho committee, or to the chairman, tho Dev. W. M. Grant, the manse, Port Chalmers.

The local 'Clerk of Awards has received a memorandum from the Registrar of the Arbitration Court dealing with the drivers’ dispute. The letter elates that it was'agreed on by the parties at the hearing in Wellington that the Wellington award be made the basis of a series of uniform awards in all districts except Westland and Marlborough. It was also agreed that tho only matters open for discussion at tho local hearings in the various centres wore exemptions and (in Dunedin) holidays.

A city councillor asked at the meeting on Wednesday whether it is a fact that on the Anderson Bay duplication work the rails are being bedded on concrete instead of on sleepers. The answer, which wo have procured' from the acting chairman of the Tramways Committee, is that the rail's are being set into' a cushion of bitumen that lies between the rails and the concrete. This method is considered more permanent than the method of placing the rails on sleepers, and the cost is but little if any greater. The process is not new. An example already exists in our for one of the train lines in the Northeast Valley section was laid on that principle, and has given satisfaction —indeed, most norsons forgej) which of the lines was sen laid, though it could bo easily ascertained by turning up the records.

“ I consider your country the gem of the Pacific,” writes an American business man to an Auckland resident who entertained him during a recent visit to the dominion. “In the coming December and January I shall picture to myself the pohutukawas in bloom around your picturesque cottage, and shall have a great longing to see them again. I have had to promise our Garden Club in Ridgewood, my homo town, to give them a little talk on Nature and flowers in New Zealand, !.<N I really do not know how to describe my admiration of them adequately."

A youth just over sixteen, who had pleaded quilty to stealing a cheque for £1 19s from his employers, was before Mr Bartholomew, SAL, in the Police Court this morning for sentence. Chiefdetective Bishop said that inquiries had elicited the fact that the accused had previously been in other employment, and had proved dishonest, his parents having made reparation on two occasions. The probation officer (Mr F. G. Gumming) told tho Bench that the accused', whose parents were respectable, (hard-working people, had become attached to a band of youths of about the same age, and that drink had been indulged in. Mr Gumming added that, if given the chance, accused might yet make good: but be reconimencied tliat eti’ict conditions should be imposed in connection with any term of probation granted. A good deal of the money purloined had gone in “joyrides.” His Worship said that, considering the age of the accused, this was as bad a case of the kind as had ever come before him. The boy (had had chances, but had not profited by them. It should really be his duty to send the accused away for reformative treatment. However, he would bo given _ a last chance, and admitted to probation for a period of three years, special conditions being that he made restitution of £1 19s (the -amount concerned in the present charge) to his employer, and to liis_ parents the full amount paid by them in connection with his former defalcations. Further, he would have to make a complete break with -bis present companions and comply with any other conditions tho probation officer imposed. His Worship warned the lad that the slightest lapse from the' straight path would mean his being brought before the court and sentenced to a long period of reformative treatment. As the accused was only just over juvenile age publication of his name was prohibited.

Mr J, D. Paulin’s forecast: —S.W. to N.W, winds; rain and sleet showers. A Wellington Association message states that seamen’s and firemen’s wages and conditions on the Now Zealand coastal trade wore further discussed in the Arbitration/' Court to-day. Mr Kenneth M'Lean, manager of the Richardson Shipping Company, gave further evidence, staring that when lightering, and when no crew was on board, the men in the stokehold got watersiders’ rates. The local superintendent of mails advises that New Zealand mails which were despatched from Wellington, by the Maimganui.ou July 11 for the United Kingdom, via ,San Francisco, reached London on August 13. In a letter to the editor published in yesterday’s issue Mr James Martin -takes Cr Shaddock to task for not giving more electric light in the Dunedin -streets. The writer puts the saddle on the wrong horse. It is not Gr Shaddock’s duty 'to light the streets. That part of the municipal business is wholly in the hands of the Works. Committee. All that the Electric Committee has to do in the matter is to put up lamps and’ supply power as instructed by the Works Committee, and charge the expense to the works department as a customer.

Some trouble has arisen between the Mosgiel Borough Council and the Taieri Returned Soldiers’ Association. One of the surfacemen, who had seen war service, was dismissed a few days ago on account of the council having decided -to- reduce the surfacemen staff by one. The local R.S.A. resented this, and as an outcome the Borough Council held a special meeting last night. At this the mayor took exception to a paragraph that had appeared in the ‘Star’ from the R.S.A. on the matter, lie said he would not hear the deputation that had waited on the -council unless the association would withdraw and express regret. This tho association would, not do, as it maintained that it had nothing -to withdraw. As the mayor -adhered to his decision, the deputation adjourned to the R.S.A. Club room, where a meeting was held, and it was decided to hold a- public meeting and place the matter before tho residents of Mosgiel. Henry M. Stowell, of Wellington, better known as Hare Ilongi, is a direct- descendant of the fighting chief Ilongi, who went to England in 1820 to assist in the first construction of a written Maori language. Mr Stowell is the author of a Maori lexicon and dictionary, which in itself is a poem. Ho is one of the most notable literary men in New Zealand. He is now publishing brief sketches and stories, in one of which he illustrates the fact that tho Maori had never seen a bald- person until tho pakeha came. They then coined a new phrase to indicate, its meaning—“To pakira kiri,” the bald-headed skin. — Exchange. In tho Supremo Court at Auckland Alexander James Ohm-ton was sentenced to twelve months’ reformative treatment for tho theft of motor car parts, reports an Association telegram. Dr P. L. Loveland and his daughter, who toured New Zealand with tho Chautauqua circuit this year, were evidently not too pleased with their reception in some quarters, hence -the -reason for quitting their '"engagement and returning to America before the season concluded. Miss Loveland has been very caustic and critical at the expense of Now Zealand and its inhabitants, and has called forth the following in tho Marlborough ‘Express’ : —‘‘Why is it that the American who passes through New Zealand leaves such an unpleasant impression ? This is not the way in which to draw closer theibonds between tho Anglo-Saxon people—which was one of the -reasons advanced for bringing the Chautauqua- movement to New Zealand and the real reason why so many Now Zealanders patiently eat out programmes which were not at all above the level of local productions. This part of the British Empire, which has paid so dearly in blood for peace, hopes keenly for -the bond between the American and English people to be drawn tighter, and trusts that irresponsible visitors to our dominion, who fail to confine themselves to; facts, will not be allowed -to weaken the growing feeling of brotherhood amongst the English-speaking peoples.” " Among railway officials very emphatic reference is made to the fact that the derailment of tho express last week at Drury was caused- by what is -characterised as “the chronic curse of straying cattle,’' states the Auckland ‘Herald.’ The danger, it is stated, is a constant menace, both to engine-drivers and -the travelling public. It is pointed out that four young cattle were on or about the main lino at a curved approach to a deep cutting near art overbridge, and only a little distance farther on was a level stretch of made-up ground with a falling batik_ on either side. As it happened, the accident caused nothing more than damage to the permanent way and some rolling stock. But, with loss of that intangible factor known as luck, the heavy train might have collided! with the bridge or have been precipitated over the embankment. Railwaymon assert that the public should insist upon heavier penalties being inflicted upon the owners of straying cattle. Experience has shown that penalties in the past have not had the effect of enforcing the repair of boundary fences. It is suggested that possibly the loss of a hundred lives througli the curse of cattle wandering on the railways will some day -bring about an essential improvement.

Since the 20th of last month sixteen men have been placed in employment by the local Repatriation Department, rnd thirty still remain on the waiting list. Twelve men were placed in such work by the Invercargill office during the same period, and five remain on the waiting list. A satisfactory condition of affairs is reported from Oamaru, where there is not a'single name on the hooks. No fewer than thirty-five houses are in course of construction in Oamaru at present, and outside the borough boundaries there are a great many more being built.

The annual conference of the Baptist Union is to be held in this city from October 11 to 19, under the presidency of Rev. W. H. Hinton, of Auckland, with Rey. B. S. Gray as organising secretary. A meeting of representatives of the city and suburban Baptist churches was'recently held to make adequate arrangements for the delegates, who will probably number 100. Mr W. J. Bardsley, president of the Otago and Southland Auxiliary of the Baptist Union, was elected chairman of committee, and Rev. Samuel Morris, of the North-cast Valley, secretary, and Mr R. H. Todd treasurer. Various committees were appointed to attend to the reception and accommodation of the delegates, publicity, entertainment, music, and all that is necessary to malm the gathering successful. The conference last met here in 1916, when Mr Chas. Cathie, of Wellington, occupied the presidential chair. Tlie Gorman mark is still being purchased in largo numbers by Dunedin speculators. From what can bo gathered from local sharebrokers, their collective purchases during the week must run into millions. Prices fluctuate very much, and arc stated to have varied from 3,500 marks to the £ to 4,200 to the £, the latest quotation being in the vicinity of 4,000 to the £. It is generally recognised by the purchasers that it is a very wild epecmlation, but it is a. novelty to purchase the currency of a nation by the thousands for a few pounds sterling. He was a large gentleman, rather over middle age, and he made a most comfortable picture as ho slept soundly on, his face resting on the palm of his hand, at the meeting of the Auckland Hospital Board .{says the ‘Star 1 ). Evidently he had experienced an arduous day’s toil, for not once did he stir from his attitude of repose during the transaction of business. It was the Jond laughter of his fellowmembors which finally stirred him when the meeting had concluded. Then ho woke with a start, and, still half in dreamland, denied that he had slept, after tjie manner w© all have in such circumstances. However, he eventually admitted, under pressure, that he had “ dozed off,” but ho resented the appellation) of “ The Sleeping Beauty.” “I am no 'beauty,” he declared, and vigorously declined to consider an offer to play the part of Joe, the fat boy in ‘ Pickwick Papers,’ which members undertook to have staged for his special benefit if he so desired.

At the end of 1920 there were 5,129 lodges and brandies of friendly godeties in Australia, exclusive of South Australia. Tho average receipts for that year totalled £2,194,094, and- the expenditure £1,782,878. Tho total funds of the societies were £8,692,855, the average- per member being £l7 17s lid.

In Timaru recently (relates the ‘Post’) a lady, whilst on iier way to do some shopping, dropped her purse containing a considerable sum of money in silver and notes. Hubby; with the pessimism of one whose occupation had brought -him to regard everyone as a would-be thief until he is proved honest, told her to forget about the loss—she would certainly never sec her money or purse again. However, granting that there might possibly be a few honest people about, ho placed an advertisement- of the loss in the local papers. Before the advertisement had 1 time to appear, however, a young man called at the house and informed the lady that her purse was waiting for her at the police station-. He had found the purse, taken it straight to tho police, where tho contents were investigated and an address discovered, and had then gone- straight to (he address to acquaint the owner with tho whereabouts of her lost property. Tho lady immediately offered tho man £1 as a- reward, but lie quietly refused. “You need tho money more than I do. _ You are married and I am single,” ho said.

Notifications of Sunday services as enumerated below appear in our advertising columns: —Anglican; St. Paul’s Cathedral, All Saints’, St. Peter’s. Presbyterian: First Church, Knox Church, St. Andrew’s, Port Chalmers, North-east Valley, Musselburgh, St. Stephen’s, Eaikorai, Mornington, Caversham, South Dunedin, Maori Hill, and St. Clair. Methodist: Trinity, Central Mission, Mornington, Cargill Road, Belleknowes, St. Kilda, Woodh-augh, Northeast Valiev, Dundas Street, Ravcnebourne, Eoslyn, Maori Hill, and Oaversbant Congregational : -Moray Place and King Street. Baptist: Hanover Street, Eoslyn, Caverehara, N.E. Valley, South , Dunedin. Church of Christ; Tabernacle, South Dunedin, Mornington, Eoslyn, N.B. Valley, and Filleul Street. York Place Hall, Chnstaclelphians, Playfair Street Hall. Salvation Army. ’Christian Science. Orange Hall. Gospel Hall, South. Dunedin, City .Road Hall.

Tlio Kev. Basil Metson will conduct tiro morning service at tiro Methodist Central Mission to-morrow. In the evening the Kev. Clarence Eaton continues the series of addresses, the subject being ‘ls a Mon Really Responsible for His Sins?’ Mrs Wilfred Andrews will ting a solo. New season’s photographic goods; excellent slock now arriving. Cameras from 6s. Send your order early to H. J. Gill, 11 and 13 Frederick street, Dunedin; ’phone 1,144. —[Advt.] At the Filleul Street Church of Christ on Sunday evening Mr Chas. Waterhouso’s subject will bo ‘ The Walk in Newness of life.

The Rev. Howard Elliott will speak on Sunday night at the Tabernacle, his subject ■being ‘War, Jesus Christ, the League of Nations, and the Washington Conference.’ The nip for nippy winter weather—Watson’s No. 10, fine old Scotch whisky.— fAdvt.l The Rev. Walter J. Oxbrow will conduct the services in the Dundas Street Methodist Church to-morrow. Morning subject, ‘Our Father,’ .and evening ‘ Masquerading.’ Miss ‘Mattie Edgar will render a solo. In this issue is advertised 1 a projected meeting of ex-pupils, of North-east Valley School to consider the forming of an association of ex-pupils. Clear Water! Aluminium Anti-splash Tap Strainers, Is. White House', George street, —[Advt.] The Dunedin Starr-Bowkett Society invites applications for shares in No. 5 Group, commencing on Monday, and the disposal of £I,OOO in Nos. 3 and 4 Groups by ballot and sale. U.T.A. Spiritual - Church mission services are interesting; at the Oddfellows’ Hall, Rattray street, Sunday, 3 and 7 p.m. Since the days of Captain Cook, was there ever such a useful discovery as “No Rubbing” Laundry Help, the nbolisher of washboard slavery ? T. Rutherford. —[Advt.] Mr Lind will continue the revival services in tho Choral Hall to-morrow. A new movement known as the Tuxis Square has been adopted lately in connection with the gymnastic classes held in the Hanover Street Baptist School Hall. The lads will hold their prst parade in tho church to-morrow morning, when tho pastor. Rev. R. H. K. Kempton, will speak on ‘Wanted, a Man!’ Watson’s No. 10 is a ’ little dearer than most whiskies, but is worth the money.— [Advt.] Rev. Leslie Jno. B. Smith will preach at Roslyn Baptist Church to-morrow. Tho evening subject is ‘ Does Christ’s Gospel Fit Our Times?’ « The Otago Mutual Starr-Bowkett Society will dispose of £SOO free loan on Thursday next. Ladies recommend Martin’s Apiol and Steel-Pills. Sold by all chemists and stores. See you get the genuine.—[Advt.,l Tho United Starr-Bowkett Building Society advertises £2,000 for disposal August 31, and invites membership for now No. 6 group. The Dunedin and Suburban Mutual Money Club, Ltd., advertises annual meeting on Wednesday, August 23. Those in need) of loan are requested to apply to th© club.