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Evening Star, Issue 19892, 14 June 1928, Page 6

The E.P. and L. Department urgently appeals to consumers to reduce their load in any way they can-from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m., but especially from 3 p.m. till 5 p.m., for tho next week. After that time tho department expects to have another machine running at Waipori, which will relieve tho position considerably. Tho Otago Land Board resumed its sittings this morning. A number of transfers of leasehold allotments all over Otago were approved, ono was declined, and two were held over for reports from field inspectors. Field-in-spector Mee was appointed to value three small grazing runs in the Middlemarch district, and Field-inspector Bailey to value five in the Lakes district.

Heal music being one of the delights of the winter season, and important concerts and opera immediately ahead, it is timely to ask as a favour of persons who go out at night simply to while away an hour or two in talking that they choose for such purposes some of the many paddocks handy to Dunedin. It would be cheaper and give perfect freedom for conversation. Ladies and gentlemen who take their pleasure in a neighbourly chat in the theatre must find it annoying, when they settle down for a full and free discussion of Mrs Smith’s hat or Mrs Brown’s baby to see folk all round them interfering with shoulder shrugs and insolent staring. Authoritative staemenis as to good results from any new method of treating cancer are of absorbing interest to the world at large, and the cablegram in this issue, reporting that sodium oleate lias worked satisfactorily, will be a gleam of hope to thousands of sufferers. This preparation is quite now, and, so far as can be learned, has never been tried in New Zealand. Mr Robert M. Johnstone was recently asked by the Otago Land Board why he is not residing on his section in the Gladbrook Settlement. His answer was considered at the board’s moating yesterday, and it was deemed sufficient, so no action is to bo taken. Reid and Gray have sold part of the Crawford street frontage of their now unoccupied implement works to Marshall’s Proprietary and part of the Princes street frontage to W. A. Justice and Co.

A Press Association telegram from Hamilton states that Leo Constant Francois Mario Janssens, charged with making a false declaration for a marriage license, was admitted to two years’ probation by Mr Justice Blair in the Supreme Court to-day. The judge advised him to make tho present marriage valid. An Association telegram from New Plymouth states that the steamer Yoseric, bound from Auckland to Westport, put in there at about midnight short of coal. She was to proceed on the journey at 2 p.m., after taking in a supply.

Seen this morning with regard to tho Anderson’s Bay Inlet nuisance, Mr S. B. Macdonald said that he fully agreed with all that was contained in Mr Lewin’s statement at the meeting of tho council last night. Ho knew the area did not belong to the council, but to the Harbour Board, but the people of Anderson’s Bay were not concerned as to the owners so long as something was done. They wore determined that some action be taken very soon.

The Hon. W. Nosworthy announces that an effort has been made to induce him to stand for the Hurnnui seat, at present held by Mr G. W. Forbes, at the forthcoming election, but he cannot see his way to accede to tho request.—Press Association.

A protest against the glutting of the New Zealand market with Australian cherries was made at the annual conference of the Fruitgrowers’ Federation. Mr F. Sisson (Canterbury) said it had been almost impossible to sell cherries in Canterbury this season on account of the large importations from Australia. It was finally decided to approach the Government and ask it to impose a duty of 4d on imported cherries.—Wellington Press Association telegram. The City Council last night confirmed a resolution prescribing a new schedule of charges for the use of plots and for interments in cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the council and adopting it as a by-law. Cr Hayward (chairman of the General Committee) pointed out that increased revenue was necessary in order to maintain the older cemeteries in reasonably good order, and as the cemeteries should be self-supporting the only way was to increase the charges for sections and services rendered. The revenue from the Eastern Cemetery (interment fees, etc.) Inst year was £1,999 and the expenditure £1,850, the revenue from the Northern and Southern Cemeteries being £sll 4s 8d and expenditure £1,215. The deficit on all cemeteries was £554 15s 4<l.

A Pahiatua Press Association message states that Mr E. A. Ransom, the member for Pahiatua, addressed a meeting of supporters last night. He announced his intention again to contest the seat. A strong committee was former! to further his candidature.

At Auckland, Algernon James Body, aged fifty-six, was remanded on bail until June 21 on fifteen charges of failure to account to tho Southern Cross Insurance Company for sums totalling £153. A young Public Trust Office clerk, whose name was suppressed, pleaded guilty (ami was remanded in custody for a week for the probation officer’s report) to three charges of theft of moneys amounting to £55 14s —Press Association.

Or Clark stated at the meeting of the City Council last night that twenty-nine men had been recently engaged at the Waipori dam, making the total employed there 115.

It was expected that this year £2,500 would be expended on the upkeep or the Dunedin-Port Chalmers road. Last year, in terms of the finding of a special commission, £I,OOO was expended, that sum being proportioned between the City Council, the West Harbour Council, and the Port Chalmers Council on n traffic basis. Recently the road was declared a secondary highway, and under that classification the Highways Board pays 30s for every £1 expended by hbe responsible local bodies. Therefore, had the local bodies concerned again decided to expend the same amount as last year, that sum, with the highways subsidy, would have totalled £2,500. Why that course has not been adopted is not clear,' as the road is in a very bad state. The commission which apportioned the upkeep of the road appointed West Harbour Counojl as tbc controlling body, and that body decides whether the three councils concerned shall conjointly pay £I,OOO per year or a lesser amount. Last year the City Council contributed £SOO, this year it is being charged £3OO as its quota.

In the court at Invercargill two farmers were charged with" having for sale butter containing a greater proportion of water than the standard prescribed. A witness for the defence said that the ordinary farmer had very little control over the amount of moisture in buttoi churned at his farm. If farmers wore likely to ,bc prosecuted in this way it would prevent them from selling their butter, as they had done in the past, and so impose a considerable hardship. In dairy factories the average test was i pea- cent, below the prescribed percentage of moisture. This was when the butter was made under properly-regulated conditions, and the average farmer had no means of controlling such conditions as temperature. It was not possible for a farmer by working his butter to ensure that the moisture was reduced to a minimum, and excessive working was likely to spoil the texture of the butter. The magistrate inflicted no penalty, merely convicting and discharging defendants.

Complaint regarding the state of footpaths in George street —and a number of other footpaths, too, for that matter—was made at last night’s meeting of the City Council by Cr Mitchell, who said that he had been approached by a number of ladies to see If something could not be done to have these footpaths cleaned. “Whenever it is a wet day they get their clothes splashed with mud,” asserted the sneaker. Cr Larnach: “The ladies’ skirts are not splashed, are they?” “No, their stockings are!” replied Cr Mitchell. Cr • Wilson explained that instructions had been given to the engineer to have the matter attended to as soon as possible.

That the beauties of Dunedin were worthy of more than a visit of one day by the members of tho Empire Forestry Conference was the opinion expressed by Cr Larnach at the meeting of the City Council last night. Other members supported Cr Larnach’s view, and Cr Begg suggested that the mayor should endeavour to have tho stay of the conference in Dunedin extended. The mayor said he would endeavour to do so. •

Tho walls of the westernmost structure planned for the new railway workshops at Hillside are now being erected. Passers-by are now realising that these workshops are going to bo a very impressive feature of the district, quite altering the appearance of South Dunedin. When completed these workshops will accommodate a staff of 800 workers of all grades. Speaking at a company meeting recently, the chairman (one of our leading financiers) said: “No country in tho world makes such a wide difference as Now Zealand does in the _ rate! of taxation on capital invested in companies and capital invested in other directions. Instead of encouraging enterprise to employ labour, the State crushes enterprise with taxation, and uses the proceeds for unemployment works of doubtful valno and'profit. Ten men having £I,QUO a year each will probably pay between them not more than £4OO in income tax. ‘ If they pooled their resources in some large enterprises it would give employment to 101) men, but the State decrees that if they do so they must pay £2,500, and, further, that if they make more out of the venture than their total income of £IO,OOO a year, they must pay 25 per cent, of the surplus in taxation, hut if they make Josses they must pay those themselves. Can you wonder that those ten men say that the proposition is not good enough. Therefore they continue in their own little peddling ways, big enterprises shunned, and the 100 men join tho unemployed. For half an Jiour or more yesterday evening, parting a little after 10 o’clock, a well-defined, though not exceptionally vivid, display of the Aurora Australis adorned the southern skies, evoking admiration from those who had the luck to be abroad. A proper and wholesome frost, the stiffest of the .season, set in last night over tho Dunedin district as soon as the sun went down, and continued until tho sun was well up this morning, but as the wind, which had been keen, fell away at the same time the lower temperature was not more searching.

The Noxious Weeds_ Committee of tho Department of Scientific and Industrial research lias received advice that a Chilean entomologist has undertaken to send supplies of the insect which attacks bidi-bidi to New Zealand in order that they may be tested at Cawthron Institute. In the meantime the insect is being subjected to further investigation in Chile.—Press Association.

Tho final meeting of the Bazaar Committee of the Taieri Tennis Club was held last night, when the secretary reported that the net proceeds laid been £6l. A comprehensive vote of thanks was passed to all who had assisted, and the sum of one guinea, was voted to tho band for supplying music. A social will he held in a fortnight’s time.

The Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department has received the following radio message from Auckland: —The following special weather broadcast was received from the Sydney radTo station at 10.10 p.m.Fresh southerly winds and slight seas; suspicion of a tropical disturbance developing about the souti coast of New South Wales; strong south-west to south-east winds, with rough seas, likely to develop over the south-west section of the Tasman Sea and extend north along the coast and over tho west Tasman Soa during the next 24 hours.

Cr Black mentioned at the meeting of the City Council last night that as a result of publicity given in the Press a number of the books missing from the Public Library had been returned, including one which had been missing as far back as 1919. The missing books had all been purloined by readers at the library, and there was no suspicion attaching to the staff.

Mr E. S. Wilson, secretary of the Shipwreck Relief Society, telegraphed yesterday to Captain Attwood, marine superintendent, Auckland, offering assistance on behalf of the society to the members of the, shipwrecked crew of the trawler Thomas Bryan, if such waa necessary. Captain Attwood s reply stated that eleven members of tho crow had lost all their belongings, and suggested that relief to the extent of £IOO be given. This amount was immediately forwarded by the society.

A fine of £lO was imposed in tho Upper Hutt Court yesterday on Richard King for shooting four native pigeons. For killing opossums without a license Albert Bennett was fined the maximum, £2O, and £3O for being in possession of skins. Ho was trapping on a wholesale scale.— Wellington Press Association telegram.

A fire at Featherston early this morning destroyed Mr L. Cherry’s garage. It is reported to have' started through a candle upsetting and falling into a pile of inflammable material. The brigade was speedily in attendance, but an inadequate water supply hampered operations, and the building was practically razed to the ground. A motor lorry partly loaded with timber for Wellington and two motor cycles were badly damaged. The insurances are not available. —Carterton Press Association telegram.

The Commanding Officer of the Otago Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve wrote to the meeting of the City Council last night in-, viting the mayor, city councillors, and town clerk to bo present at head quarters, Tewsley street, on the afternoon of Thursday, June 14. The mayor (Mr W. B. Taverner) said the idea was for councillors to meet the officers and inspect the promises. The invitation was accepted. •

For spectacle? that soothe the eyes nonsuit W. V. Sturmer, D. 5.0.1., G.A.0.C., 2 Octagon. Our business .« exclusively oelical -[Advt.] this evening. The Otago Women’s Club will hold its birthday party in the Tudor Hall on June 26. The president will give a talk on her travels abroad.

Leap year proposals lead to Williamsons (nest The Bristol Piano • Co.), where the good rings are made at fair prices.—[Advt.] The United Starr-Bowkett Building So. ciety will dispose of £I,OOO by ballot anti sale in No. 7 group, and £BOO by sale in No. 10 group, at the society’s board room