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Evening Star, Issue 19062, 3 October 1925, Page 6

The Dunedin Presbytery met at Kaikorai Church ou Thursday night and inducted the Rev. D. J. Albert, of Takapuna, Auckland, to the pastorate of the charge. The induction sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr Wilson, of Waitatl. The induction service was conducted by the Rev. Mr Beattie, Moderator of Presbytery. Professor Davies narrated the steps taken to fill the vacancy. The Rev. Mr Miller addressed the minister and the Rev. Mr Standage the congregation. At the close of the service the newly-inducted minister was introduced to the members of the congregation os they retired. A welcome social will bo hold on Tuesday. During the last twenty-four weeks passengers travelling on the trams in Wellington have Increased by over 1,000,000, working expenses by £11,655, and receipts bv £6,360. During part of the time a heavy reduction in longdistance fares had been in force. Calculated on the old number of passengers, the drop in revenue would be £IB,OOO, but the increase in passengers will neutralise this to some extent. The discovery on the Esingaroa Plains of ancient rock carvings is arousing keen interest (says a Rotorua Press Association telegram). The forest service men made the discovery when planting newly-burnt areas on the Rangitaikai Fall, Kaingaroa. On a rook face 86ft long the figures of thirty canoes are carved in relief. No knowledge had previously existed among the Maoris or inhabitants regarding the carvings. Mr Hamilton, of the Dominion Museum, arrived last night to investigate. Dr Buck has been communicated with, and has been asked to render bis assistance in solving the mystery. The canoes represented have their beaks on the water line, and have low platforms. Jit is possible an ethnological' link may be established.

At the conference at Greymouth regarding tho State collieries timbering dispute the Miners’ Union yesterday considered the management’s final offers, but refused to accept them, and are determined -not to work till the union’s proposals as submitted are accepted by the management. It is announced that preliminaries jare approaching completion fotr tho raising of a £5,000,000 loan in the dominion (says a Wellington Press Association telegram). The term with bo ten years at 5J per cent., issued at par. Although the bank rate in England has been reduced to 4 per cent., it docs not follow that this makes it advisable to go upon the Home market for so largo an amount f but it is not unlikely that the reduction will facilitate the disposal of some of the last loan which was left on the underwriters’ hands. A case which hangs on circumstantial evidence occupied the attention of the Gore Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Constable Henry Dusting, of Gore, being charged with negligently driving a motor car so as to causa actual bodily harm to Elizabeth M’Kinnu, a young girl, who was knocked down by a car recently and left on the roadside. After the accident the radiator cap of a Ford car was found on the road. The evidence showed that Dusting next day had a new radiator cap put on his Ford car, tho defendant explaining to the mechanic that ho had caused the damage by running into a gatepost. Miss M'Kinna was badly injured, suffering a fractured leg, a wound under the left cheek, and head and leg injuries. Dusting reserved his defence, and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial.

Our representative at Christchurch telegraphs: The hold-up of overseas shipping is interfering seriously with the export of eggs, and the outlook is not very hopeful. Tho first shipment from Lyttelton was to have been made last month, but the eggs are still in cool store at tho port, and there Is every chance that these eggs will not now be accepted for export, and that they will oomo back on the local market. The demand for eggs for consumption in New Zealand has been very keen this season. The other day a Christchurch wholesale merchant received inquiry from a Dunedin pastrycook for a large quantity of eggs, for which he was willing to pay as much as la 6d a dozen. The merchant, however, was unable to fill the order. Although the local demand Is keen, this is due to a certain extent to tho prospect of a large quantity of eggs being shipped from the country during the next few months. From the point of view of tho poultrymen the export trade is most important, as it helps to keep the eggs at something like a payable level during the "flush” season.

The Sea Scout, formerly tho topsail schooner Annie Hill, has boon sold by tho Scouts to the Anchor Shipping Company for g price which is a fraction of the amount paid to convert her for uso as a Sea Scouts’ training ship (wires our Christchurch correspondent). Weather permitting, she will bo towed by motor boats from tho lledcliffs Estuary this afternoon and taken round to Lyttelton. At Lyttelton she will bo placed on the slip for inspection and repairs prior to being towed to Nelson, where she will spend tho remainder of her days as a coal hulk for the storage of the Anchor Company's bunker coal. The superintendent engineer _ of tho company (Mr Brown) will arrive from Wellington this morning to take charge of the vessel. The Sea Scout is a wooden vessel of 128 tons. She was built on tho Huon River in 1876. For many years she plied between Australia and New Zealand.. She traded on the New Zealand coast for a long time, and was known as a smart little sailer. During the war, after being Idle for some years, she was bought and loaded for San Francisco. Before her loading was completed she commenced to leak badly, and tho project was abandoned. She was again idle for some years, and was then acquired bj the Scout authorities.

An Auckland Press Association telegram states that a fall of earth in the deviation tunnel at Arapuni completely blocked this part of the work, on which the whole electric scheme hinges. It is estimated that about eighty tons of eartli fell. The clearing of it will take about a week. There were no men working in the tunnel at the time. During the July-August-Soptembor quarter of this year 1,010 plaints wore entered-at the local Magistrate’s Court, the amount sued for being £18,566 2s lOd. The number of cases which actually came before the court was 402, involving £6,443 IBs 6d, of which £6,162 14s 4d was recovered. The figures for the corresponding quarter of last year were; Plaints entered, 1,10*2; pmount sued for, £13,996 14s lOdj cases tried, 539; amount claimed in cases tided, £6,835 5s sd; amount recovered, £6,501 12s lid. The newly-formed High School Old Boys’ Cricket Club has been successful in securing the use of the Caledonian Ground for the forthcoming season. This will not only he an advantage to the club members, but a help to cricket generally, in that it will provide three additional turf wickets, and good ones at that.

Otago farmers, in common with farmers all over Now Zealand, are facing trying conditions owing to the lateness of trio winter and the wetness of the spring. Losses in lambs are reported from everywhere. Ten per cent, seems to be but on average. The sufferers are. of course, those sheep men who breed early lambs and have no shelter such as'is provided by plantations and gorse hedges. The lambing in the open has been deadly. The pasturage is poor, and as a result the ewes have an inadequate supply of milk, so in many eases they walk away from the lanins and those that are born in the night are often unable to rise to their feet. That is the sad side of the picture. The hopeful view is that tho general ■ lambing on the hills is only just beginning, and if warm weather sots in there is no reason why it should not bo satisfactory. As to agricultural farming,' the rains of the past week have moistened ’the ground that was caked bv the cold winds, and sunshine will put it into perfect condition for cultivation. A groat deal can bo done yet. Turnips and mangels are to sow, and wo oan still put m oats. The spring sowing of wheat is oyer, except in a few favored places, but autumnsown wheat is now an assured crop. Autumn-sown oats will provide spring food for cattle, ewes, and lambs, and after being fed off it will come away again for either a crop or oaten hay. Tho motor ship Port Hobart, sister ship to the Port Dunedin, was built at Newcastle under glass, and other British builders are following this plan so as to save tho loss of time occasioned by wet weather. The suggestion is now made to not only build hut work steamers under cover, and one of our prominent shipping business men throws out the hint that Dunedin and other main ports of New Zealand might as well be m the lead in such an inevitable reform. Thousands of pounds are lost every year in this dominion alone by weather delays in working cargo, and the watsrsiders as well as the simp owners and consignees are hugely out of pocket thereby.

" White House ” for Dolls’ Prams and Children’s Playthings; a large stock.— Todds, 133 George street.--[Advt.] For glasses guaranteed to suit consult V. V. Stunner, G.A.0.G., D. 5.0.1., 2 Octagon, Dunedin; ’phone 7,s2s—[Advt.] That troublcsomo watch will he promptly cured at Williamson’s, Princes street (next The Bristol). Moderate charges always [Advt.] The softness and whiteness of clothes after being washed with “ No-rubbing (Laundry Help” would make your heart glad [Advt.] Solos vrill he rendered in the Momington Methodist Church to-morrow evening by Miss D. Wheeler and Mr Armstrong. Mr Baine’a subject will bo ‘ Establishing the Kingdom.’

Notifications of Sunday services as enumerated below appear in our Sunday services advertising columns Anglican: St. Paul’s Cathedral, All Saints', St. Matthew’s, St. Peter’s. Presbyterian i First Church, Knox Church, St. Andrew’s, fit. Stephen’s, Port- Chalmers, Northeast Valley, Mornington, Kaikorai, Cavemham, 'South Dunedin, Cbalrabrs, Musselburgh, Maori Hill, and St. Clair. Methodist: Trinity, Central Mission, Mornington, Cargill Hoad, Belieknowes, St. Hilda, Woodbaugh, Northeast Valley, Dundas Street, Eavenabourne, Roslyn, Maori Hill, and Caversham. Congregational: Moray Place and King Street. Baptist: Hanover Street, Roslyn, Cavorsham, Mornington, Northeast Valley, South Dunedin. Church of Christ: Tabernacle, -South Dunedin, Roslyn, North-east Valley, York Place Hall, Playfair Street Hall, Salvation Army, Christian Science, Gospel Hall, Theosophical Society, Spiritualists. Both services at Kaikorai Presbyterian Ohuroh will be conducted to-xnorrow by the Rev. D. J. Albert. At the morning service Mr Ernest Drake will sing ‘lf With Ml Your Heart®,’ and at the evening service Mies Jessie Rawlinson will sing ' Cast Thy Burden.’ Rev. H. R Bellhouse will conduct cervices in Trinity Methodist Church, Stuart street, to-morrow, preaching in the morning ■on ‘ The Pearl of Psalms ’ and in the evening on ‘The God of the Unlovable.’ At St. Clair Methodist Church £ feature to-morrow will be the musical service in fife evening. At Wesley Church, Cargill road, evening service to-morrow Miss • J 3. Marshall, of Oamaru. will bo the soloist. Mr Scott s subject will deal with ’Are Human Beings Simply Clay in the Band of a Potter ?‘ At the Central Mission, Octagon Hall, tomorrow evening Bov. W. Walker will preach on ‘The, World’s Challenge to Christianity,' Solos will be rendered by Mr L, Stubbs (‘I Oomo to Thee’) and Mr W. Hilliker Boqe Homo ’). Both servioea at Dundas street Methodist Church to-morrow will be conducted by Etov. E. O. Blamiree. On Wednesday ndxt an umbrella fair will bo hold' afternoon and) evening in the school hall. Tho United Starr-Bowbott Building Bocity advertises its 26th annual general meeting to be held in the Art Gallery Hall on Thursday, 15th inst., at 8 p.m. £7.000 to bo disposed: of—£l,ooo by ballot and tale In each group. Also, applications arc now being received for new No. 10 group. Office open on Monday next between 6.30 and 8 p.m. to receive applications. The Dunedin Starr-Bowkett Building £focity will dispose of £2.500 by sale and ballot on Wednesday next, when a meeting of shareholders will be held at 8 o’clock, Tho Otago Mutual Starr-Bowkett Society invites applications for shares In its No. 3 group. ! Mr M. Connelly .Labor candidate for the Chalmers electorate, will address tbe eleotore at Fairfield .bo-night, and at Brighton, on Monday night. Mr Maoredy, of the Government Health Department, will deliver an address in the Labor Club To-morrow night. A social will bo held in tho club room to-night. On Wednesday next the First Church Choir will render Mendelsshon's oratorio,'St. Paul.’ This work is rich in eolos, recitatives, and ehorusoe, to all of which exceptionally effective accompaniments are provided. The soloists assisting are Miss Phyllis West, Mrs J. D, Salmond, and Messrs A, Wolmsley and Btnart Thomson. Dr V. E. Galway will he conductor, and will also preside at the organ. John M'Glaehan College announces that it is offering two entrance scholarships for 1026, of the value of £25 per year, one tenable for four years and ..one fb? three years. Applicants must have passed proficiency, ana bo under fourteen years of ago. /