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Evening Star, Issue 20019, 9 November 1928, Page 6

Exceptional credit is due to -Miss Annie Aitken, of Anderson’s Bay, in connection with her success in Elocution at the Trinity College, examinations this year, because, being quite blind, all her instruction by Miss Heather Smith had to be imparted and received through the Braille system. To come out top with honours in the intermediate class,is an indication of intellectual power above the average.

The following applications for licenses for advertising signs have been granted by the General Committee of th City Council: —From Messrs Chandler and Co., Limited, for three advertising panels of a total length of 75ft on the frontage of the property occupied by the Benevolent Institution, fronting Cargill road; from Messrs Chandler and Co., Limited, for one advertising hoarding 25ft in length on the property owned and occupied by Miss C. Larking, 253 Cargill road (near the Railway Workshops dining room); from the Artillery Band for throe temporary signs advertising the bind’s forthcoming carnival. Advice has been received from the Railway Advertising Department of itjs intention to erect two lOtt by 20ft hoardings in the Anderson’s Bay road on the Railway Department's property.

That the steamship trade between Melbourne and Bluff is worth cultivating, at any rate in summer time, is a proposition in support of which facts can be adduced. Here is one. Advice was received in Dunedin yesterday that two ladies who went to the Melbourne office of the Union Company to book passages by the steamer leaving there on December 19 were informed that they could not be accommodated, the list being already full.

That in order to meet the competition from private vehicles on the Forbury Park branch on the occasion of race meetings, the fares iqr these special occasions be revised is recommended by the Tramways Committee to the City Council. The present fare is Is single and Is 6d return, and at is recommended that for the Hi tine the fare be fid each way.

Advice lias been received by the Works Committee of tire City Council from the chairman of the Main Highways Board tlnft a further sum of £1*287 7s 3d lias been allocated to the council as its proportion of the petrol tax collected for the quarter ended September 30, 1928. This brings the total amount allocated to the council to date to £4,119 9s &I. The committee recommends that the present contribution be allocated to the work of paving in George street which is shortly to take place. An important change in Dunedin affairs was perfected this morning—namely, the purchasing by Laidlaw and Gray, Ltd., of the hardware and crockery business that Mr George Ritchie founded in George street thirty-seven years ago and has built up to very large proportions. The premises consist of_ a two-storey shop with basement fronting the main street, also a largo reserve establishment facing Moray place. Laidlaw and Gray, Ltd., recently sold their Rattrav street warehouse, and it is their intention to continue Mr Ritchie’s business as at present, transferring later to George street and Moray place. The City Fire Brigade was called to the corporation plantation at Woodhaugh at 3 p.m. yesterday to extinguish a fire that had broken out in some undergrowth. No serious damage was done The Hon. W. Uownie Stewart will go to Invercargill on Monday and reply there on Monday night to Sir Joseph Ward’s speech. The interest that is being displayed in the local' film production of ‘A Daughter of Dunedin 1 was strikingly illustrated this morning when a huge crowd assembled outside the Fire Brigade Station to witness the preliminary “ shots.” A largo number of people gathered at a very early hour and swelled to such proportions that Mr Rudall Hayward deemed it advisable to hold over the filming until some time during the week-end. Special scenes will bo made at the Hunt Club meeting at Tahnna Park to-morrow. The chib is co-opcrating with Mr Hayward, and has offered the use of special riders for the occasion. Mr Hastio has also offered his horse Mystery, which will bo ridden by Miss Dale Austen. Further scones will be made outside the Grand Hotel about 30.30 on Monday morning.

The postal authorities advise that tho Manuka, from Melbourne, is duo at the Bluff on Sunday next. Tho vessel has fifteen bags of mail and thirteen parcel receptacles for Dunedin. Tho letters and papers should be to hand by Sunday night’s Limited train.

The Special Committee appointed by the Auckland City Council to investigate a charge made by Mr Murray, a member of the council, reports that it found no evidence of extravagance, incompetence, or waste on the part of the officials or workmen against whom most of the charges were levelled, beyond small matters incidental to the carrying out of large public works or the running of a large business. It regarded the whole proceedings as an organised attempt to disparage the administration of the council and its officials for propaganda purposes rather than an honest endeavour to assist the council in clean, honourable, businesslike methods in carrying oil the business of the council.—Press Associaton telegram.

A Napier Press Association telegram states that Frank Popper and Thomas Martin Power, for theft, appeared in the Supreme Court to-day. Pepper received twelve months’ imprisonment and Power six.

Relief work in the Hamilton borough is likely to cease at the end of November. Although sixty-four men are still needing aid, the borough council decided last night to raise no further relief loans, as it considered the problem a national one. It resolved to make strong representations to the Government to undertake the responsibility and to use the accumulated funds of the Highways Board for unemployment relief.—Press Association telegram .

Tlie case in which the Dunedin Skin and Wool Company, Ltd., claimed £.‘390 12s 9d from Arthur Williams in the Supreme Court before Mr Justice MacGregor was concluded yesterday afternoon. His Honour said he was satisfied that the arrangement was according to the evidence given for the company, and judgment was given for the plaintiff company for £338 Gs 3d with costs. Judgment was also given for the plaintiff with costs on the counter-claim.

Sending an advertisement from the ‘ Evening Star ’ with the stamp of the “Hotel la Marona, St. Moritz” stamped across it, a Dunedin business man on tour writes as follows to two members of the ‘Star’ .staff;—“l wonder if your customers fully realise what a splendid advertising medium the Dunedin ‘Evening Star’ is. 1 came across the paper containing the attached advertisement in this faraway corner of Switzerland, G,oooft above sea-level.”

Despite the warning given some tune ago, vandals continue to damage the harbour lights. The offence is one of great seriousness, liable to bo the contributory cause to loss of life and shipping using the harbour at night. During the past week some persons have been obtaining amusement by firing at the No. 13 red beacon, Lower Harbour, bub fortunately the lamp was not damaged. On Sunday stones thrown by visitors to Quarantine Island smashed "the glass on one side of the beacon there, white the light on No, 2 pile was smashed to pieces. A launch had fouled the pile. The continual destruction of the channel lights is causing officials of the Harbour Board considerable concern, and the first culprit caught is promised a strong punishment.

An interesting lecture on choirs and choirmasters was given in the showroom of Chas. Begg and Co.’s premises last night by Mr Douglas Taylor. He spoke briefly on the value of the arts in human life, on music in general, and choral music in particular. Mr Taylor was introduced by Dr Galway, who expressed pleasure that Mr Taylor was going to speak on choral music, wind" was a national heritage of the British Empire. For many centuries choral work had been an absolute feature of our national life. Mr Taylor spoke on. the various aspects of choral work, and advised choirmasters on the methods to adopt to get the best results from the choirs. The last part of tile lecture was occupied with practical ideas concerning choral technique and discipline, and a. demonstration was given, with the aid of a. choir, by Mr'H. P. Desmoulins. The show room was well filled, and Mr Taylor was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his lecture.

Nobody is infallible, not even a clergyman speaking from the pulpit. On Sunday last a Dunedin preacher delivered a sermon in which he strongly argued for Prohibition, and wound up by advising his congregation to strike out the two lower lines!

With respect to a communication which has been received from the Otago A. and P. Society that some reduction bo made in the special fares on the Tahuna line on the occasion of the Summer Show at Tahuna Park, the Tramways Committee recommends to the City Council that the society be advised that, in view of the fact that tho revenue at present derived from the line is insufficient to meet the cast of maintenance and standing charges on that part of the lino which i« used for the stiow only, it is regretted that no reduction can l)e made meantime, but that in the event of the proposal for holding the Winter Shows at TaJnma Park being carried into effect, the matter of reducing the tramway fares will be favourably considered.

Tho license issued in respect of a stable in Church lane, off Frederick street, has been cancelled in view of reports from tho chief sanitary inspector that the premises had been allowed to get into a state of disrepair, and that the owners wore not prepared to effect the necessary renovations. Art lovers of Dunedin are to be provided with a treat by the annual exhibition to be opened to-morrow in the Pioneers’ Hall, Cumberland street (the old Art Gallery), by the Public Art Gallery Society. A private view discloses a wealth of merit in the exhibits, which are representative of our New Zealand artists rigid through the dominion. Water colours predominate numerically, and tho standard in that section is distinctly creditable, whilst the oils studies make a great display qf colour, and are accounted by qualified judges to bo meritorious in every way. Tho artists and the society have gone beyond expectations in preparing for this exhibition, and it is hoped that the public will contrive to find time to bestow the patronage that it so well deserves.

Tho lender of Mr Charles Black, in the sum of £3 2s Cd per ton, has been accepted for the purchase of approximately 30 tons of scrap cast iron by the Water Committee of the City Council Four tenders wore received, of which tho one accepted was the highest. That authority be granted to purchase tho following motor vehicles is recommended by the Electricity Comof ciit> City Council:—A Morris fivo-soater cur to replace a Ford that has been in use for flic tost room since October, 1922; a IScwt Morris truck to replace a Ford used since 1924. In both casus the cost will be a charge on the renewal fund. Tho city engineer reports to the Water Committee that the work of relaying the pipe line at tho Ross Creek Reservoir has now been completed and alterations to tho intake arc in progress. At tho intake the reinforcing rods are in position, and concreting has begun. Tho progress of the work during tho last month was considerable delayed by wet weather. The total cost of the works to date is £3,250. *

Approval has been given by tho Water Committee of the City Council to a new low-down flushing cistern manufactured by Messrs A. and T. Burt, Ltd. An inspection and tost of the cistern, which is a redesigned model of an old type previously approved by the committee, disclosed defects common to all the various types of low-down cisterns at present in use, but a new type of valve with which this model is fitted is of simpler construction and an improvement on the older type previously manufactured by this firm.

The city engineer lias been authorised to construct a mud tank near the corner of Musselburgh Rise and the right-of-way running to Rawhiti street, and to regrade portion of the right-of-way, at an estimated cost of £TS. The work is required to obviate the collection of storm water in the locality. Glorious weather prevailed for People’s Hay at the Canterbury A. and P. Show, and thousands attended from all over Canterbury, as w T ell as hundreds of visitors from other parts who are taking part- in Carnival Week.— Press Association.

Do you suffer from eye strain? If so, go at once and consult W. V. Sturmer, G.A.0.C., D. 5.0.1., 2 Octagon, Dunedin. —[Advt.] The Wombley Club's weekly dance, arranged for to-morrow night, will bo held in the Early Settlers’ Hall only, as tho other hall is not available.