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Evening Star, Issue 19198, 15 March 1926, Page 6

At Gisborne, for publishing a hotting chart, Arthur Owen was lined £2O in tho Magistrate’s Court.—Press Association.

Tho Arbitration Court, in an award made this morning at Christchurch, increased the wages of journeymen under tho cycle workers’ award by Id” per hour, and the wages of assistants by 3s a week: dealing similarly with millers and other employees of tho Canterbury Hour mills.—Press Association. Alagpies seem to be multiplying on the Peninsula. Last week a resident reported four of these birds iu the vicinity of his house. It is to bo hoped that the younger generation will not molest them, as their calling is seldom heard in that district. The Tourist Bureau is being kept very busy just at present with tour arrangements for visitors and local people. The Queenstown and Lakes trips are proving the most popular, and a tourist official stated to-day that about 50 per cent, of tho present travelling public were doing Queenstown and the Lakes. The Lake Wanaka trip is also proving popular, and the accommodation is said to be first-class. The Tourist Office will close on Good Friday and Easter Monday, but will be open on Easter Saturday for business. Hooligans have made their presence felt at the war memorial in Queen’s Gardens. During last week tomeono committed a filthy act on Dio base of the memorial. The scaffolding Las also been interfered with at various times. The authorities placed the matter iu the hands of the police, and a m’gilant look-out is being kept to catch vandals. Mischievous children are also scribbling in indelible pencil on tho granite face of the memorial, and the disfigurements are particularly hard to remove.

Tho war memorial which is being erected iu Queen’s Gardens is now half completed, but there will bo no possible chance of tho unveiling ceremony taking place on Anzac Day, as was expected. Tho entasis of tho column is now being commenced. Tho corners, instead of being squared, will lie curved, the effect of which will do away with the hollow impression gained by the height of tho memorial. A suggestion has been made that it_ would be more in keeping with tho object of the erection of tho memorial if tho unveiling ceremony took place on Armistice Day. Tho lions in relief at the base cf the memorial wall bo completed this week. Inquiries for accommodation are not very heavy just at present at the Public Accommodation Bureau,_ but applications aro expected to increase as Easter draws near. A reason advanced for tho quietness at the bureau is that those people wdio have already boon cn holidays iu Dunedin have referred their friends to tho various accommodationhouses. Thus many people have not had any to avail themselves of the services of tho bureau.

The golden jubilee of the Christian Brothers’ School will bo hold at,Easter. The proceedings will last for three days and will commence on Easter Sunday, when Mass will be celebrated in St. Joseph’s Cathedral by an cx-pupil of tho school. There will bo a procession through the streets to the breakfast hall, where the jubilee breakfast will he held. During the remainder of tho day the visiting ox-pupils will be entertained by local ex-pupils. On Easter Monday a jubilee picnic will bo held, to be followed by the jubilee smoke concert and reunion of ox-pnpils. Requiem Mass will bo celebrated on Tuesday morning for deceased ex-pupiis, and tho roll will' be at tho pioneer school by one of tho first brothers in Dunedin. Proceedings wdll conclude in plenty of time for northern old boys to return home by expresses. A very large attendance is expected, and will include men who were at tho school in 1576. While visiting a certain district in Canterbury Province on Friday, the inspector for the Society for tho prevention of Cruelty to Animals came across the following caeeA farmer had evidently left his farm for some considerable time. His cattle were grazing in a small paddock with only a stagnant pool of drinking water. Two horses were lying dead in another paddock. Thev had been dead for some time. The''inspector thought they had died of starvation. In a stye were three largo pigs. There were plenty of potatoes for them to feed upon, but the watertrough was bono dry. The inspector filled a kerosene tin with water and gave it to the thirsty animals. After a brief interval the water -was all gone,; Pigs, ns a rule, require very little water time, but these drank the four gallons of water straight off. A report on the case has been furnished to tho police, .

Medals for aggregate _ work at the recent Dunedin Competitions nave been thus awarded: —For singing. Mr It. Allison (Christchurch) and Mrs Stanley Footo (Dunedin); elocution, Miss Anita Winkel; pianoforte playing, Miss Winnie Gardner and Mr_ Fraser MncKenzie (equal). This inionnation answers a question sent in by a correspondent signing himself ‘ Argument. In the Supreme Court, Hokitika on Saturday, a civil action, James ivilcuilon versus William Edward nnd Janies Soarlo was heard. Tim claim was icr £6IG 4s, damages arising out or a collision on Kokatahi road between _ two motor lorries, on one ot which plaintiff was a passenger. Counsel acknowledged liability, and left damages to the jury to assess. Tho jury found for the full amount claimed, and cists on the highest scale wore allowed. i less, Association.

The Conciliation Commissioner (Mr W. H. Hagger) will hear tlie chemists assistants’ dispute in the Conciliation Council on Wednesday, March 24, and the rope and twine spinners dispute on Thursday, March 25.

Fifty-nine cars, six trailers, and twenty buses constitute the rolling stock with which the tramways_ department of the City Corporation is maintaining the regular tinie-tables_ and a service to and from the Exhibition that is freely and thankfully praised by visitors to this city. Everybody not in the know is asking how the management and the men contrive to keep things going at a high pressure that rarely relaxes. The groat satisfaction to those who are acquainted with the inner working and the details of the complicated system is that the rolling stock is answering so staunchly to the continuous strain on wheels and undergear. Mr W. H. Mackenzie, the malinger, says that though nearly all tho vehicles are on tho roads every day there are very few mishaps so serious as to require attention at tho repair shops. The workmanship of our cars and buses must bo good. The Christchurch delegates to the Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen’s Conference will arrive by the express this evening, and the Auckland and Wellington delegates will arrive tomorrow. Tho business will commence on Wednesday morning, and a. dinner will bo given in the evening. The conference will continue all day Thursday, and will conclude with a smoko concert in tho evening.

Port Chalmers for repairs. Star V. was towed up from the base at Paterson Inlet, which was left at 2 p.m. yesterday. The tow rope parted as they approached Taiaroa Heads, but that was soon remedied. The steamer' Mooraki, which left Meloounie on Friday for Wellington, Lyt telton, and Dunedin, has three bags and six parcel receptacles of mails lor Dunedin. Tiie batch will come to hand on Wednesday afternoon. The Maunganui, which loft Sydney on Friday and is due at Wellington to-morrow, has 114 bags and twehty-liye parcel receptacles of Australian mails, and seventyseven bags of English _ and Eastern mails for tins city. This batch should arrive on Wednesday evening.

Three Norwegian whale chasers arrived at Port to-day for docking and repairs. Their Ross Sea experiences will necessitate deck and huh repairs. The heavy Antarctic snowfall last winter resulted in a great amount of ice being encountered by the whalers in making Ross Sea. Tho Sir James Clark Ross, tho mother ship of the expedition, has her bows sheathed with hardwood, and she did good work as icebreaker. Occasionally she would butt in so vigorously that she was unable to extricate herself. Then Star 1., which had ico plates fitted at Port Chalmers last year, had the job of digging her out of the ice field. The little vessel would cut a narrow passage alongside tho mother ship until the latter freed herself from the icy embrace. In carrying out this kind of work and other rouseabout duties Star I.’s whale chasing was handicapped, and she acquired the notoriety of catching the least number of whales —seventy out of a total of 531. Two of tho other chasers tied for the largest number with 118 each. When tho chasers which arrived hero to-day have completed their overhaul the two others which wont to Ross Sea will come to

Yes, wa have plenty of unbreakable metal dolls’ heads from 2s 6d. —Todd’s Karrie-Kan-nis Dollies’ Hospital, George street (nest Plaza). —[Advt.] Xn connection with the early settlers’ picnic on Wednesday, March 17, tho Railway Department has arranged to stop tho up express at Waikouaiti to set down passengers.

For glasses guaranteed to suit consult W. V. Sturmer, G.A.0.C., D. 5.0.1., 2 Octagon, Dunedin ; ’phono 7,520. —[Advt.]

That flourishing social body, the Dunedin Club, which is the Mecca of cx-Duncdinites in Auckland, is preparing to make its bow amongst the Auckland clubs for the third year. In another column the club notifies that it will be bolding its annual meeting on the anniversary of this province. Those who wish the chib success will bo. materially assisting the social efforts of this Dunedin colony if they bring the existence of the club before the notice of their friends and relatives in Auckland. Exhibition visitors, don't fail visit Mrs Geo. Mackenzie's (Queenstown) Rarnabai Oriental Stall, E. avenue, Industries Court (opposite .Burt's display).—[Advt.]