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Evening Star, Issue 19386, 21 October 1926, Page 6

“Daffodil Day” in Dunedin yesterday was favored/ with fine weather throughout, aud the street sales and collection resulted in £177 being added to the Plunket Society’s funds. The conference of Power Board delegates and members of the City Council, called by the Otago Expansion League for yesterday afternoon, to consider questions of mutual interest, decided to form a Consultative Committee to go into matters appertaining to their general interest, and also to outline a proposal for the ultimate Federation of Electric Supply Authorities. This committee will consist of tho chairman or their nominees of each of the four hoards, viz;., Waitaki, Otago, Toviot, and Central Otago, Mr J. B. Shacklock, and Mr S. B. Macdonald. The engineers of tho respective hoards will bo members of the committee. Meetings will he arranged to suit the convenience of members. There was nothing of a contentious nature in the matters which came before the monthly meeting of the Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board last night, the reports of the Works and tho Finance Committees being of a formal nature, and both being adopted without discussion. In the report of the Works Committee it was intimated that Messrs J. P. Helm and J. Westwood, who were over tho age limit, had given notice of retirement on superannuation. For the construction of a drain-in-common in Forfar street the tender of George Dyer and Company, in tho sum of £4B, was accepted. That a request had been received from Green Island for a supply of gas was mentioned at the meeting of the City Council last night by Cr Scott. As a result of the request, ho said, a tally had been taken, but out of 212 residents of the district only fifty-two were willing to take gas. As tho cost of taking the gas to Green Island would b© £3,500, the committee felt it would not be a commercial proposition, and recommended that the request be, declined. The committee’s rojpmmondakpa ado pted^

Dunedin is well served by numbers of citizens who undertake public duties voluntarily and without thought of monetary reward. In that honorable category may be placed the doings of a email party of Tomahawk settlors who, led Jjy Mr Joseph Pereira, a good swimmer, aro trying to guard against drowning accidents on that beach. A lifeline and reel have been procured and sot in position, and if an emergency arises and one of these men is about it will bo expertly used. In any case the gear is some assurance. Wo are asked to caution bathers on Tomahawk Beach against tho dangers near the month of tho lagoon. Tho Lawyer’s Head end of the bench is all more or less unsafe. Bathers aro advised to stick to tho eastern or further end of tho beach. Two or tlirco times lastseason bathers got into difficulties through holes at tho western end. A railway passenger who travelled through tho Manawatu Gorge at the cud of last week states that the recent wet weather has created astonishing havoc in tho gorge. Tho roadside, he said, seems to be not merely blocked, but absolutely choked, by slips. There aro two rockfails of great magnitude, and about a dozen lesser slips. The trouble seems, largely to have been occasioned by the excavation carried out when the gorge road was widened. Hardly any slips at all camo down on the railway side. There is still a marked difficulty in obtaining gold currency in New Zealand and Australia, but that is not tho case in the United States, according to Mr Arthur C. Davis, of Wellington, who has just returned from a trip to New York. “My first business on getting to San Francisco was to get possession of some American money,” ho said. “ I was a little surprised when they asked me at tho bank whether 1 would take what I wanted in gold. Indeed, they wanted mo to take it in gold. It was tho same right through tho States. Every bank appeared to have ample stocks of bullion, and parted with it just as readily as with paper money. It seemed to bo another way of saying ‘ Who won the war?’ ” The hanking customs of England aro referred to in a letter received from an Auckland solicitor, Air 11. J. Coates, who is touring in Great Britain. Air Coates says an interesting innovation in London is that tho banks allow customers interest on current accounts. Both tho Midland Bank and Barclay’s Bank aro exhibiting notices advising that interest will be paid on all accounts in excess of £l. Another commercial practice is that exchange is not charged on cheques drawn on banks in dillerent parts of England. Nolan Frosolair, a fireman on the American steamer West Islip, at present in port, was charged at tho City Police Court this morning with the theft of an overcoat valued at £4, tho property of Leslie George Waimvright. lie pleaded guilty. Detective Beer said tho complainant visited the Skating Rink last evening, and left his coat in the cloak room. lie later discovered it to have been taken, and went to tho Detective Office. Detective Hart accompanied complainant to tho_ wharf, where they met accused wearing the coat. He was under tho influence of drink at the time. Accused was fined £3, with the alternative of seven days’ imprisonment.

For the month ending October 19, the attendance officer (Air J. E. Ryan) reported to tho Education Board to-day: “The general attendance has been affected to some extent by tho prevailing bad weather conditions, especially in the country districts. There is also a number of schools still affected by mumps and measles. At Kaitaugata there is an epidemic of measles, affecting about 100 pupils, tho most of whom aro in the infant department. So far as tho city and suburban schools aro concerned, the attendance, with a few exceptions, shows a decided improvement, many being nearly back to normal conditions.”

At tho Magistrate’s Court to-day, before Air J. R. Bartholomew, S.AL, judgment by default, with costs, was given in each of tho following cases;— J. T). Hark ness v. J. Alorgan Roberts (Moeraki), £2 10s 6d. goods supplied; H. Isaacs v. A. Bagley (Tahakopa), £7 10s, goods supplied; Commercial Trading Company vAB. Bowdon (Hokitika), 14s 6cl balance of account for good*) supplied; Briscoe and Co., Ltd., v. Richard Alahonoy (Washdyke), £9 9s 7d, hardware, etc., supplied; Chas. W. White and Co. v. F. S. Nicliolls and Co. (East Ashburton), balance due for goods supplied; Carter, Desmoulins, Ltd., v. Walter Watson (Alaheno), £9 4s, motor spirit supplied, in the judgment summons case in which Duncan and Louttit (Gore) proceeded against J. AI. Gillies for £2l 9s 4d, debtor was ordered to pay the amount and 29s costs forthwith, in default three weeks’ imprisonment. With the addition of six new applications there now appears 263 names on the hooks of tho Labor Department’s Employment Bureau. Two men wore placed to-day.

Tho Gipsy Smith inks ion party arrived by to-day’s train from Christchurch. At the meeting of tho executive last night it was announced that Gipsy Smith would conduct an afternoon meeting on Sunday next, as well as tho great evening meeting in tho Exhibition buildings at 8.15. Tho afternoon meeting will bo held in tho Octagon Hall.

For glasses guaranteed to suit consult W. •V. Stunner, G.A.0.C., D.5.0.T., 2 Octagon, Dunedin; ’phono 7,s2s.—[Advt.] Williamson’s watches won’t worry! Kcrnember this and buy at 31 Princes street (next Tho Bristol Co.).—[Advt.] Tho annual mooting of the United SfnrBowkett Building .Society will bo lieid tonight. Tho first ballot m tho now No. 10 group will also bo held. Call at Cash and Carry, HI Gecrco street—make yourself acquainted wifi, the new cash prices. Learn how and vdicro it is to your advantage to buy, and remember orders of £1 or moro are. dc'ivoicd free,—[Advt.] See Waipori Gorge at its best. Hurt’s do luxe coach starts running on Sunday. Ring 2,lßs.—[Advt.] A notico to members of tho ftago Dk.trict, M.U.1.0.0.F., appears in this issue. A. united missionary rally will be held in Trinity Methodist Church, Stuart street, this evening, at 7.30, at which the Rev. J. D. Metcalf will givo an add-ess on • My Past Three Years in the Solomons.’ The Commissioner of Taxes announces that the duo date of payment of land tax for the current year is on November 5 next, and that the demands will bo posted on or about October 29. Tho Wembley Club holds another of its dances in the Early Settlors’ Hall on Saturday evening. Tho proprietors of tho Waipori bus, “ King o' tho Road,” will run special trips, Dunedin to Waipori Falls, on Sunday and Monday, leaving Grand Pictures corner at 10 a.m. each day.