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Evening Star, Issue 19775, 27 January 1928, Page 4

A Wellington telegram states that the message to the evening papers attributing to Mr Coates, a reply to Mr Holland on Samoa, was a mistake. It did not emanate from tho Prime Minister, being merely an article from a local paper.

Walnut meat, a product of crushed walnuts, was practically out of stock in New Zealand during the holiday season, to the disappointment of the trade, seeing that this delicacy is much favored. A full supply has now reached Dunedin from the East.

A Timam Press Association telegram states that a fire early this morning gutted a house in Theodocia street, occupied by Mr George Wade, the inmates having to make a hurried escape in scanty attire. The flames had a. good hold before the brigade arrived, and nothing was saved. William George Ogg, who had twice previously boon married, was charged In the Auckland Police Court with making a false declaration to the registrar for the purpose of _ obtaining a marriage certificate. His first wife was dead, and he was separated from his second wife and was paying her maintenance. He was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.— Press Association telegram. A local land agent stated to-day that ho recently advertised in the ‘ Star ’ a three-roomed house to let at a rental of 15s per week, and that he received no less than forty applications for the place. This is an indication of the acute position of the property market at the present time. Another Dunedin landmark is disappearing. G. Lawrence and Sons are pulling down the “Provincial” corner as a prelude to rebuilding. It was the gayest corner of Dunedin in the early sixties, being the outer rendezvous of the Provincial Hotel’s many customers, also the dealers in horseflesh who frequented the saleyards, likewise theatre patrons, since the pit and stalls entrances to the Princess Theatre were in those days through the saleyards, and in addition the billiard room that opened off the saleyards was the favorite resort of general pool players. The doomed building carries the date of 1861. In the early days the upper position was used for bed and sitting rooms of the hotel. Subsequently the Tramway Company had its offices there. In rnore_ recent years John Hopkins had his pie shop at the corner; then Barton and Trengrove started their butchery there. Collie and Pullen for some time occupied a boot shop on the Stafford street frontage, and the original occupiers of the Manse street frontage were Oliver and Ulph (hardware merchants), the Caxton Printing Company following in this generation. Many ' animated recollections linger as to the corner. The value of newspaper advertising! A correspondent advises us, with the assurance of authenticity, that an acquaintance had been vainly endeavoring for a year to sell a car; and final resort to a ‘ Star ’ Advertisement saw the car sold two hours after the paper’s publication. Conclusive evidence of the extreme ,heat being experienced in the Lakes District is given by a holidaymaker who has just returned from Queenstown. He states that for the first time in his long acquaintance with those parts he had seen scores of bathers disporting themselves in the _ waters of Lake Wakatipu. Usually, even in the middle of a normally hot summer, the ice-cold nature of the lake discourages all but the most hardy of swimmers, and, in addition, there is an element of treachery about these clear blue depths which keep bathers close in to the shore. In the present instance, however, all the wiles of Wakatipu are being defied. Another phenomenon to be seen or, ratherj not to be seen, from Queenstown is the complete absence of the snow which, as a rule, clings to the Remarkables all the year round. Between Queenstown and Arrowtown the air can be seen positively quivering under the heat radiating from the surrounding mountains. For bringing opium into the country unlawfully, John Corrin, a seaman on the Ulimaroa, was fined £SO at Auckland. Corrin tried to sell the opium to Chinese Jn_ an Auckland laundry.— Press Association.

A Whangdrel Association telegram states that Work at Wilson’s Mine, Hikurangi, ceased last evening owing to the manager dismissing a trucker on account of decreased operations, the manager declining the men’s proposal for share work, thus enabling the dismissed operative to earn a livelihood. A meeting of the union was_ convened for to-day to consider the position. The manager states that the trucker in question was only' a casual hand, engaged three months ago. Approximately 150 employees are affected.

That the weather in Dunedin this week is exceptionally hot must be proved to the satisfaction of the most insensitive. How hot,_ as a matter of thermometer registration, is surprising. The instruments that are used by° Mr Tannock at the Botanic Gardens observation station, from which the official records are compiled, showed 81 in the shade as the highest for the twenty-four hours ended at 9 o’clock this morning. No wonder we were all perspiring. Reference to the ‘ New Zealand Official Year Book ’ shows that the January mean maximum temperature at Dunedin for fifty-nine years was 66.3. The corresponding figures for other places are:—Auckland 73.6, Rotorua 75.1, Napier 75.5, Wellington 69.4, Nelson-Marlborough 74.9, Westland 67.4, Canterbury 71.9, Queenstown 70.4, Invercargill 66.5. The present warm spell is pleasantly varied in Dunedin by occasional showers. The one last night was a luxury. From appearances early this afternoon another heavenly benediction was on the horizon, for the north-west wind usually changes abruptly to south-west and brings a shower or mote. Rrobate was granted by His Honor Mr Justice Sim this morning in the estates of Robert Adamson, Dunedin (Mr B. S. Irwin); David Buchanan, Green Island (Mr H. Webb); Bridget Tait, Kawarau Gorge (Mr J. C. .Parcell) ; and Arthur Joseph Briggs (Cavershnm (Mr E. Aslin).

For spectacles that soothe the eyes consult W. V. Sturmer, D. 5.0.1., G.A.0.C., 2 Octagon. Our business ,s exclusively optical. —[Advt.j The Wembley Club is arranging a dance for to-morrow night in the Early Settlers’ and Pioneers’ Halls. Gordon’s Royal Dance Band and Will Smith’s Kapai Orchestra will feature Scottish airs for the old and the new dances.