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Evening Star, Issue 18093, 7 October 1922, Page 4

Religious, Government, Corporation, and Harbor Board 1 notices, etc., will be found on page 3 of this issue. One big automatic baking company in Wellington announces a, reduction, beginning to-day, in the price of bread, which is now 6W per 21b loaf delivered, 5-jd over tho counter, 5d wholesale for retailing at sjd. The Master Bakers’ Association announces that it will meet any reduction. —Association telegram. -No further information lias been received by the Collector of Customs at Auckland with regard to tho wreckage washed ashore at Mercury Bay. The opinion is expressed in Auckland slopping circles that the wreckage is from the Wiltshire. The auxiliary schooner Houto, when en route from Tauranga to Auckland on Wednesday, passed a quantity of drifting wreckage off Mercury Island. There was a largo amount of broken woodwork from galvanised crates among tho wreckage, similar to that which has drifted ashore at Mercury Bay, a few miles further south.

At the City Police Court to-day, before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M., a first offender for drunkenness was fined 20s and costs.

The West Coast is in danger of.Josing its title as the wettest province in the dominion (says the Christchurch ‘Sun’), a period of abnormally dry weather being experienced. The rainfall has been 69iu on 112 days during the nine months of 1922, compared with a total in 1921 of 102.57 in on 194 days; therefore to equal the figures of 1921 over 30in of rain must fall during the next three -months.

Tiie head office of the Union Steam Ship Company has received fuller particulars of the new steamer which is to bo built for the Vancouver-New ZcalandSydncy service. Her speed will be eighteen knots (tho Niagara’s seventeen and a-half knots). She will he tho fastest Diesel ship yet built, and a notable advance in marine engineering. Tho dimensions of the new ship are as follow : —Length 600 ft, beam 72ft, depth 46ft 6in, and cargo carrying will bo an important feature, for tho company has strong faith in tho development of the trade across tho Pacific. Tho steamer will have accommodation for 920 passengers in all—4ll first class, 276 second, and 233 third. The first jdass passenger accommodation will have fifty-three oneberth -cabins, 322 two-berth cabins '(including eight cabins de luxe), sixteen bedroom suites, and thirty-six three-berth cabins. There wall be one, two, and four-berth cabins in the second class. There will he a verandah cafe and gymnasium.

Our Clyde correspondent telegraphs that tho warm winds have brought away tho snow, causing rise and discoloration of tho streams, so that anglers have had poor results. Messrs O’Kane brothers mid Cbwie, of Alexandra, had good catches at Hawca, and in the same locality Messrs Stevens, Manning, and M'Artliur, of Clyde, got fifty-five fish ranging from 51b to 101 b apiece. Tho fish, however, are in poor condition, due to the fact that many have not'yet finished spawning, and tho Acclimatisation Society would be well advised to open the season a. month later in tho Hawea district. Tho drought continues, and rain is -badly wanted.

Advico received by the oversea- shipping companies stales that the present rate of freight per ton weight on hemp (100 s) vmd tow and stripper slips (150 s) from Now Zealand to the United Kingdom has been extended from November 30 to the end of February. The above rates are plus tho usual! primage.

From tho fisherman’s point of view (says the Ashburton ‘Guardian’) tbe fishing season, which opened tills week, has been very disappointing, the only bags secured coming from tbe Rakain and the Rangitatn, the other rivers in this district being a failure. Even then the bags have been meagre. It .appears that tho present is a. “late” fishing season, by which is meant that the flips which form .the feed for the fish, are still in their semi-chrysalis stage, clinging to stones at tire bottom of the rivers. Tho fish consequently feed on these insects, “nosing” the small shell-like forms off tire stones. Naturally, there are no flies to make the fish rise, and anglers using a fly trace are reporting no catches. Cold water is evidently the cause of the late hatching out of the all-important fly; but an improvement should be. noted in the next week or two. Those fish which-have been caught in the Ashburton Eiver have been taken with a. worm.

At tiro last meeting of the executive of tho local branch of the British and Foreign Sailors’ Society, tho treasurer reported the receipt of £5 from the Community Singing Committee, and £6 2s tho result of a retiring collection at First Church in aid of the' society. Ho was able to report only a small credit balance in the general fund of tbe two rests, and the hope was expressed that friends of tho seamen would soon replenish the exhausted exchequer. Mr Buchan reported that five oversea vessels had berthed at tho city wharves, and Mr D. L. K. Walker advised that four had berthed at Port Chalmers. Earnest prayer was made by the members present that the threatened renewal of war in tho Near East might ho averted. A largo audience gathered -at the Berwick Public Hall last evening to listen to a lecture by tho Eev. C. J. Bush-King. Tho lecture was on ‘ Egypt, tho Land and Dwellings of the Pharaohs,’ and it was illustrated by excellent lantern slides. Tbe ladies provided supper. Mr Wither proposed a hearty vote of thanks, and expressed tho hope that tho lecturer would return soon and deliver another address. Before starting his lecture on Egypt, Mr Bush-King acceded to the irequest of several present, and explained something of tho present Near Eastern question.

Authority has been given by the_ Dunedin Drainage Board to Mr M* Curdle (its engineer) to call for tenders for tho supplying of a, new pump for the pumping station at Musselburgh. There are three pumps there—ono to take the ordinary flow of sewerage, the two others to deal with any flood that may occur. Dunedin has outgrown the capacity of the ordinary pump—the house connections are now so numerous that it cannot efficiently deal with the flow; hence the need for a larger pump. There was a short sitting of the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon. The Post and Telegraph Amendment, State Eire Insurance Amendment, and War Disabilities Amendment Bills were reported without amendment. The Shipping and Seamen Amendment and Amusement Tax Bills were road a second time pro forma and referred to the Statutes Revision Committee. The Invercargill Corporation Empowering Bill and the Auckland City and Auckland Hospitals Board Empowering Bill were put through their final stages and passed without amendment. Several local Bills were referred to tho Local Bills CcnimUtoe.

The Minister of Health (Hon. 0. J. Parr), in the course of a statement to Parliament yesterday, denied tho allegations made in a recent cable message by a Sydney medical practitioner regarding the method of examining tho passengers' and crew on steamers arriving from plagueinfected countries., Ho read a report from Dr M'Lean, port health officer at Wellington, who said that every precaution was taken and very special care was exercised in sterilising tho thermometers used. The position was" now so improved that he had decided that for the future the taking of tho temperature of passengers was unnecessary.

The Dunedin bankruptcy returns for the quarter ended 'September 30, 1922, as furnished by the Official Assignee (Mr W. W. Samson) arc as follow, the figures in parentheses being those for the same quarter last year;—Number of bankruptcies unclosed at the end of the preceding quarter, 19 (12); number of bankruptcies closed during the quarter, 0 (0), leaving in hand, 19 (12); number of fresh bankruptcies, 8 (1); total bankruptcies in hand, 27 (13) ; total amount of assets realised, £2,109 6s 7d (£1,571 17s lOd); paid in dividends, £760 6s 5d (£596 4s 9d). The Deputy-Official Assignees at Invercargill and Oamaru (combined) have forwarded ■ the following returns Number of bankruptcies unclosed at end of preceding quarter, 21 (18); number closed daring quarter, 10 (0), leaving on hand 11 (18) j fresh bankruptcies, 7 (5); total number of bankruptcies in hand, 18 (33); amount of assets realised, £4lO 9s 9d (£2,024 13s 3d); paid in dividends, £351 19s lid (£453 15s Id). The Department of Health has imported a motion picture, ‘ The Enemy , Within,’ illustrating the rat as it affeetk human food, disease, and industry. A special preliminary screening for members of local bodies, business men, and others will take place in the Queen’s Theatre next Friday afternoon. The film, which takes about twenty-five minutes to screen, is a most instructive one, and is said to be well produced. Latest reports «os to angling results in Otago show that the Shag Elver is yielding D, poor baskets; that good sport was obtained in the upper reaches of the Gatlins River, between Houipapa and Tawanui, the fish, running up to 61b; and that on the ojSemng day about a dozen rods yrero plied at Sullivan’s dam, two or three betting fairly good baskets, mostly of rainbow trout, the luckiest of the fishers takig two dozen fish, the largest about 31b, ,

Our Greymouth correspondent advises that the long spell of dry weather on tho West Coast broke yesterday with a vengeance. A strong gale, heavy rain, and big held up the shipping, tho bar being mrworkable. One of tho many important works now in- hand for tho benefit of Dunedin and its environs is the construction of the main drain in the Anderson Bay dxtrict. It goes through tho Tainui Flat at the same depth as the St. Kilda drain—in places has to be bored through solid basalt, and at another point it goes under the harbor water. The total length is to be nearly 3,000 ft. ■ Tho 24in concrete pipes engineer is using are being made at Kensington by M'Skimming and Son, and arc produced by a spinning process-. About a third of the pipe-laying is now accomplished. Within tho Inst four weeks tho sand at St. Clair Beach has made up sft vertically near the outer end of tho groyne on which the derrick stands. At certain parts of the beach there are now strips of a coarse yellowish-red sand on tho surface. Amongst the many Otago men who argued that the Moa Seed Farm ought to,bo closed down, there were a few who were prepared to back their opinion by assuming all liability in carrying it on. A report by Mr J. W. Had field, tho manager, for the 1922-23 season shows that tljis undertaking has been most faithfully fulfilled. Even at present this farm is making provision for the supply of a large variety of seeds. Of peas there are twenty-nine acres, oats twenty-six acres, wheat twenty-five acres, vetches eight acres, barley seventeen acres, mangels six acres, carrots four and a-hallj acres, onions three acres, potatoes six acres, sweet peas three acres, with smaller plots of parsnips, beetroot, radish, scarlet runner, turnips, and broad beans. In addition, there are to bo harvested this season ten acres of cocksfoot seed, fourteen acres lucerne seed, twenty-eight acres lucerne hay, sixteen acres cowgrnss seed. The total area under crop this season is approximately 255 acres. Arrangements are being made for placing tho Moa seeds on the retail market. So far (hoy have been disposed of wholesale. The principle adopted is to clear out the stock every year, so that stale seeds can never bo put out. Plans have been drawn for equipping the farm with drying sheds and a heating plant, and the management is also recognising the necessity of installing a threshing plant. Success is not only in sight; it is in the -grasp.

Notifications of Sunday sendees as enumerated below appear In our advertising columns:—Anglican: St. Paul’s, All Saints’, St. Matthew’s, St. Peter’s. Presbyterian: First Church, Knox Church, St. Andrew's, Port Chalmers, North-east Valley, Musselburgh, St. Stephen’s, Kaikorai, Mornington, Caversham, South Dunedin, Maori Hill, and St. Clair. Methodist; Trinity, Central Mission, Mornington, Cargill Hoad, Bclleknowes, St. Kilda, Woodhaugh, North-east Valley, Dundas Street, Ravensbourne, Roslyn, Maori Hill) and Caversham. Congregational; Moray Place and King Street. Baptist: Hanover Street, Roslyn, Caversham, N.E. Valley, South Dunedin. Church of Christ: Tabernacle, South Dunedin, Mornington, Roslyn, N.B. Valley, and Pilloul Street. York Place Hall, Christadelphiana, Playfair Street Hall. Salvation Army (Dunedin). Christian Science. Orange Hail. Gosipel Hall, South Dunedin and Moray place. City Road Hall. Choral Hall. New season’s photographic goods; excellent stock now arriving. Cameras from 6s. Send your order early to H. J. Gill, 11 and 13 Frederick street, Dunedin; ’phone 1,144. -[Advt.l Quito a fleet of oversea and intercolonial vessels have to be dealt with by the Harbor Board officials, and a special request is inserted in our column by the secretary of the board urging consignees to arrange for the removal of their goods promptly, to enable other steamers that arrive to bo dealt with. Tho daffodil fair and sale of work to be hold in G'avcrsham Methodist Hall on October 11 and 12 gives promise of being a pronounced success. Tho Ladies’ Guild has prepared a line assortment of plain and fancy goods for sale. The floral decorations should bo worth seeing. Tho admission is only sixpence each evening, whilst Thursday afternoon will bo free. Watson’s No. 10 is a little dearer than most whiskies, but i» worth the money.— [Adrt.]

Meetings in support of Mr J. E. MacMaims’s candidature for Dunedin South are to bo iheldl in Green Island on Tuesday and at tho party’s rooms (Cargill's corner) on Wednesday. Both meetings are at 8 p.m. ‘The Religion of tho Turk’ will be tho Rev. 'Clarence Eaton's subject at the Methodist Central Mfesihn to-morrow evening. Mrs Stanlev Foote will sing ‘Turn Thso Unto Mo’ (Coster). A meeting of friends and supporters of tho Labor candidate fop Dunedin Central (Mr J. Gilchrist) is advertised to bo hold in the Friendly Society’s Rooms, 145 King Edward street, South Dunedin, on Monday evening next, at 8 o'clock. The business _of the meeting will bo to form an eleption committee to commence the Labor campaign. The present political situation will bo briefly reviewed and t&cusscd, and necessary arrangements made for the forthcoming electoral contest.

These are stirring times for New Zealand grocers, thanks to “No-Rubbing” Laundry Help, “Keep Smiling” Boot Polish, and' “Golden Rule” Soap—the ruling scalp,— [Advt.] Members of the Kaikorai Football Club are reminded of the annual smoke concert, which will be held in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Roslyn, on Saturday, October 14, at 8 p.m.

The combined Baptist Church choirs, _ assisted by leading vocalists, instrumentalists, and elocutionists, will render in the Hanover Street Baptist Church on Saturday evening next a concert in connection with the sittings of the Baptist Union Conference. Tho united choirs have practised under the capable' leadership of Mr James Dixon, and a concert of unusual excellence may be expected.

In connection with _ the Baptist Conference a harbor excursion to Otago Hoads apd Spit is set down for next Saturday afternoon, and, given fine weather, should prove a most enjoyable outing. Cheap Chair Seats, 14m square, Sixpence each.—Todd’s White House,- 133 George street.—[Advt.l Tho United Starr-Bowkett Building Society advertises £5,000 for disposal on October 19, and invites membership for new No. 6 group. Only a limited number of shares are available. Tho Otago Mutual Starr-Bowkett announces that a free loan (No. 2 group) of £SOO will bo drawn on Thursday evening next in the secretary’s office. At St. Matthew’s Church, Stafford street, to-morrow, the service will bo conducted by the Rev, W. A, Hamblctt.

The Rev. M. A. Rugby Pratt will preach at Trinity Methodist Church to-morrow evening on ‘Bankrupt Militarism and tho New Internationalism.” ,

Ladies recommend Martin’s Apiol and Stool Pills. Sold by all chemists and stores. See you get the genuine.—CAdvt.l

At the close of the evening service at the Baptist Church, Hanover street, to-morrow special intercession will he made for the dispersal of the war cloud and for the success of the forthcoming Baptist' Conference. The services at tho Roslyn Baptist Church to-morrow will be conducted by.the minister, Rev. Leslie Jno, B. Smith. The sermon in ’the evening will bo ‘How the Cross Settles the Sin _ Problem.' full choir will render special items.

Mr Lind will conduct revival services tomorrow morning and evening at the Choral Hall.

The Otago Boxing Association will "bold a novice tournament at an early date. Nominations will be received up to Tuesday, October 10, Hurdley’s display of High-class Frocks and Fumishhsgs in Fairbairn’s Buildings, Cumberland street (next Leviathan Hotel), will definitely close Tuesday. Advantage should he taken to see this display, and see the newest ideas in curtains, plain carpels, and fabrics for artistic homes.—[Advt.] ■ The attention of members of the Loyal Orange Institution and of the P.A.F.S.A. is directed to .advertisements in this issue. The nip for nippy winter weather—Watson’s No. 10. fine old Scotch whisky.— [Advt.l