Untitled

Evening Star, Issue 19857, 4 May 1928, Page 6

A deputation waited on Mrs Lee Cowic (the temperance lecturer) yesterday suggesting her acceptance of nomination as the Liberal candidate for Auckland Central, in which electorate Mr W. E. Parry is the sitting member, at the General Election. Mrs Lee Cowie will announce her decision within a fortnight.—Auckland correspondent.

Dr Falconer, whilst medical superintendent of tho Dunedin Hospital, organised the celebration of Florence Nightingale’s birthday (May 12, 1829) as National Hospital Day in New Zealand, and in Dunedin it is to be continued this year, not by any fuss or hurrahing, 'but in the more practical way of demonstrating to the people at largo the value of tho enormous amount of work that hospitals do to prevent tho communities from being assaulted by disease, and to restore sick persons in a happy condition to their homes. Mr W. E. S. Knight, chairman of tho committee which has the celebrations in hand, is quietly but actively interesting himself to make the observance worthy, and in this good work is being willingly supported by Dr James Thomson (tho present medical superintendent) and others. As a preliminary the Otago Hospital Board has invited ten girls from the secondary schools to_ attend and be shown over the Dunedin Hospital to-morrow, and on Sunday, the 6th, there are to be. two hospital services—one in tho morning at St. Joseph’s Cathedral, tho other in tho evening, at Knox Church, where Dr Thomson has consented to speak for five minutes on tho practical side of the connection between the people and the hospitals. For the following Saturday, the 12th, a reunion of past and present nurses of the Dunedin Hospital Training School is arranged. To the May quarter schools vacation may bo attributed tho departure of many girls and boys from Dunedin by tho morning trains to-day. One party of thirty from tho Technical College started on a week-end excursion _to Mount Cook, the mild weather giving promise of an outing to he remembered.

Most of the Dunedin game .shooters who have returned after trying for ducks, swans, etc., at the opening of the Otago season report that the sport was well worth while. A party of four who went to the Puerua River secured ninety-two ducks on three mornings. These hags were got near the mouth of the river. The weather was a bit rough the first morning, otherwise all right. Further up the Puerua, for three or four miles, there was a shooter exery hundred yards, so the birds had a thorough stirring, and nearly all that this party came across had limit bags. From a party of eight who visited Ida Valley the report is of 110 ducks the first morning. The birds were flying very high, so the best shots got the best luck. Omakau gave excellent sport to a company of ten shooters, who bagged 130 ducks on the first day. Grey ducks were also found in fair numbers in the Hyde district. The postal authorities advise that the Makura, duo at Wellington on Monday from San Francisco, has on hoard 151 bags and twenty-five parcel receptacles of mail for Dunedin. The baton is due here on Tuesday evening. The Manuka, en route from Melbourne to Bluff, is bringing 120 bags (including seventy-four from beyond, and sixteen parcel receptacles for this city. This mail should come to hand on Monday. The danger of running down cyclists who do not carry red reflectors on bicycles is a very serious one in Christchurch wore so many ride machines at night. The following letter on the subject has been sent to the South Island Motor Union by Mr M‘llyeney, Commissioner of Eolice;—“With further reference to your representations regarding cycles carrying red reflectors. 1 beg to inform you I have issued specific general instructions to the police to strictly enforce the statutory law in the suggested connection.” —Christchurch correspondent. Day and night without halt the repairing of the damaged whaler, C. A. Larson, is being carried on in drydock at Port Chalmers. Already the sheathing plates in the section to be temporarily repaired are being rivetted over the holes by pneumatic rivetting machines. In the section to be permanently repaired acetone is used to remove the damaged portions of the hull structure.

Dunedin has been called clannish. This is not a disadvantage, as was evidenced by a little incident a couple of days ago. An cx-Dunedinite, now resident in Sydney, who is an old member of the Otago Rowing Club, but is better known as full-back for the Pirates Rugby Football Club about twenty-five years ago, and an ex-Otago representative, was visiting his native town on route to America and England on business, and, hearing of the recent disaster to the North End Boating Club, he, unsolicited, suggested the opening of a list , which would put the unfortunate club in the position that, through its own exertions, it had attained after the .war period. The exDunedin man, in faot, started the list himself with a handsome donatio.

Mr J. M. Dickson, M.P., has received word from tho Education Department that it has been decided to build a new school at Tomahawk, No date for the commencement of the work is mentioned.

The question 'of metalling roads on the Peninsula came in for a considerable amount of discussion at the monthly meeting of the Peninsula County Council yesterday. It was generally agreed that the present policy of postponing from time to time the repairing of roads had not much to commend it, and the opinion was expressed that a quarry should bo opened up within the district and the council’s crusher kept working to give a supply of metal. Tho cost of obtaining metal from sucli a quarry would be little, it any, more than tho cost of procuring it from an outside source. Cr Robertson moved that the county engineer (Mr Paterson) be instructed to ascertain the cost of opening up quarry sites at Glen road (Broad Bay), Shand’s (Highcliff), and Rutherford’s (Portobello). Cr Brim ton seconded the motion, which was carried.

Tho scarlet fever epidemic that appeared in Dunedin about a fortnight ago did not get a chance to make much headway, thanks largely to the vigilance or tho Health Department officers, and it now seems to be disappearing, for Dr Crawshaw states that no case has come to notice since Monday. Wentworth Hall was the scene of merriment last night for tho second anniversary of the Girls’ Club, a body that was formed when the Exhibition closed to fill in one night a week. Two years ago fivo girls met at a friend’s house with their sewing and supper, and each week they went to a different house. Now the club has grown to forty members, and all have benefited by each other’s ideas. On this second anniversary night tire girls’ mothers wore present as guests, having been the hostesses of the past two years; also the brothers and escorts of the girls were present for the last hour- of the evening. a dance. The programme was made up of music, novel games, and competitions. Mrs J. Robinson and the Misses R. Henderson, M. Kennedy, and M. Kinney were the singers. Tho monthly meeting of the St. Clair School Committee was held on Monday night. Mr H. Hallklay was re-elected chairman. Mr Kindley was appointed secretary. It was resolved to ask the head master to attend all meetings of the commitete for the ensuing year. It Was decided to protest at tire next meeting of the School Committees* Association against the practice oi “touting” for votes in connection with the election of an urban representative on the Education Board. The head master reported: Average roll for April, 626; average attendance, 592. A Wellington Association message states that Mr N. L. Wright, technical chemist to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, has been appointed technical liaison officer for the department in Britain. He will be stationed in London, and will investigate matters concerning such industries abroad as have counterparts in tho dominion, and he will transmit tho information gained to New Zealand. He will begin his inquiries in tho United States, which he will visit en route to Britain. .

Returns show that dairy companies whose offices are in New Plymouth distributed this season, up to March 31, £593,441 compared with £473,288 for the corresponding period last season. The loss in quantity, caused by drought, lias been more than compensated by better prices.—Press Association.

At the Supreme Court, Tiinaru, Mr Justice Adams imposed the following sentences:—William Howard Rumble, common assault, probation for two years, the prisoner to abstain from liquor and cigarettes; John Morgans, common assault, two months’ imprisonment.—Press Association.

For spectacle* that soothe the eyes con. suit W. V. Stumor, D. 5.0.1., G.A.O.Cv 2 Octagon. Our busiress .s exclusively optical. -[Advt.] Tho Wembley Club is arranging a “Eaco Week ” dance for to-morrow evening in tho Early Settlers’ and Pioneer Halls, where regular patrons and visitors arc assured of a pleasant time.