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Evening Star, Issue 20316, 26 October 1929, Page 14

The monthly meeting of the Anderson’s Bay Ratepayers’ Association was neld on Wednesday night, Mr J. C. li. Somervihe presiding over a full attendance of members. It was gratifying to know, stated the report, that the City Council had acquired a portion of Mr' Mooney’s property m Tomahawk load for road-widening purposes, that particular spot badly requiring attention It was noted with approval that a start had been made on the dismantling of the old building at Ross’s Corner, and it was hoped that beautifying would shortly take place.. there. The shelter shed at the terminus was in the course of construction, and the children’s playground was taking a definite shape, but a brush fence on the water side would be necessary for the safety of the children. It was reported that the footpath in. Somerville street, between Marne and Every streets, was in a deplorable condition, and it was decided to draw the attention of the council to this matter. Complaints, were also received that the lighting, particularly in Elliott street and Hamilton road, was not satisfactory. It was resolved to make an endeavour to have this rectified. With regard to the dust nuisance in Musselburgh Rise, it was decided that the only remedy was the tar sealing of this road, the grading of which should enable this work to be done at very little expenditure quite effectively. It was decided to recommend this matter to the council.

In asking, at the sitting of the Royal, Commission dealing with the employment of returned soldiers yesterday, if the house-to-house canvass of articles made by returned soldiers could not be put on a proper basis, the chairman (Mr J. S. Barton, S.M.) said that there was a stigma placed at present on house-to-honse canvassing. In many cases there was a suspicion the canvassing was merely an excuse for thieves and thugs to find out the position of back doors and windows.

At the conclusion of the evidence given by Mr White (secretary of the focal branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association): before the Royal Commission set up to inquire into the econopuc position of returned soldiers, the chairman (Mr J. S. Barton, S.M.). in thanking M’ - White, said that he had helped them considerably and he probably did not know the full extent of his help. The Commission was told to start in Dunedin because the evidence here would be ready, and Mr White had shown what was wanted. He had never known < anyone pick up so quickly from writing what was wanted as Mi White had done, and what he had done would be a most useful object lesson to the other centres. to which a copy of his evidence would be immediately sent.

Of twenty-two candidates from the Otago Girls’ High School for the teachers’ “D ” examination, held in August last, six gained complete “ D,” nine passed in all but one or two subjects, and seven gained partial “ D ” in two or three groups.

, The ruling by Mr Walter Gow (chairman of the Harbour Board) a month ago that because Mr W. Begg was also a member of the City Council that he had no right to vote on the motion that the amount of election expenses charges was unreasonably high, had its aftermath at the meeting of the board last night. Wlfen minutes of the previous meeting came up for confirmation, Mr Begg drew attention to the omission of his vote being recorded against the motion. There was no objection to the chairman altering the minutes to record Mr Begg’s vote, Mr Gow not making any reference to his ruling against Mr Begg of a few weeks ago.

At last night’s meeting of the Harbour Board, a request from the City Council for a tip site on the east side of Anzac avenue, was declined.

For a long time the residents of the hilly country between the Taieri and Strath Taieri have sought for an improvement in the grade of the road up the Deep Stream Hill. Yesterday at the Taieri County Council meeting, this matter was introduced by a deputation from the Strath Taieri Farmers’ Union. Cr Carruthers introduced the deputation. Mr Matheson said that some years ago a petition had been presented to the council to have the grade altered. They, were now before the council to urge that some action be taken in regard to the matter. He contended that a better road could be made on the old survey road.Mr Glover wanted a deviation of the road to the sunny'side of the hill. Mr M'Kinnon said that a better grade was wanted. Several accidents bad occurred. He declared that the Highways Board would not spend money on the present steep grade of the road'. Mr James Howell said that snow and frost risks would have to he considered. Mr W. G. Thompson said that a resurvey should be made of the road. Mr Malcolm, on behalf of the Otago Motor Club, said it was not a suitable motor road, as the grade was too steep for motorists mainly used to the fiat. The chairman said that the deviation would cost a large sum of money. The council was quite willing to ask for a resurvey of the road. The deviation would be liable to become snow-bound. He promised that the council would ask for the resurvey of the road. The deputation thanked the council and withdrew.

■ The president and secretary of the ’ Raihvaymen’s Society sent'a telegram to the Prime Minister expressing the grave disappointment of the railway men with the refusal to restore the cuts, and following it with a statement to the effect that the claim to an increase was waived in 1924, rather than embarrass the Government in time of stress. They had ! lagged behind other 1 workers in the matter of bonuses, and i were refused participation in the penny per hour increase granted to practically .all other workers in 1925. They were hopeful that something would oe done, bearing in mind that a large majority of the men had had no m- j crease since 1920 and had suffered a i big reduction in 1922. Although ; ho | railways showed a loss on the year’s working, the country made a profit, j The railways last year, transported for about five millions freight that would i have cost twenty-three millions oy I motors, and this should have been ! 'akeii into account. —Press Association j Retired Admiral Mark Kerr, in ..is , book of reminiscences, discloses a pretty ) example of amity between England and America. “When Tn New _ York in 1920 I met a charming American lady Miss Lawrence, a great-niece of the Captain Lawrence who commanded the Chesapeake when that frigate fought and was captured by the Shannon (Cap tain Broke) off Boston on June 1, ,1813 Miss Lawrence told me that ever since that sea duel a friendly correspondence has been kept up by the Broke and Lawrence families.” The writer adds that. Miss Lawrence took the greatest interest in the doings of her cousin. ; Colonel Lawrence* the organiser of the Arab army. . , J

The weather qffico intends to publisn reports for aviation purposes, confined at first to useful information lor mdi yidual airmen and eventually expand ing to a regular system of routine reports. Arrangements so far have been made for news of weather conditions around Cook Strait, including the sta tions on both sides and as far as Kai koura. Machines not carrying radio will get notice of adverse conditions by signals from the ground. Pilot bal loons have been used to obtain atmospheric data thousands of feet up. These experiments have gone on almost daily from both Auckland and Wellington. Later on it is hoped to use military planes for high ascents, carrying special recording instruments -Press Association.

Professor Hunter, Vice-chancellor of New Zealand University, has compiled a list of students awarded post-gradu ato scholarships during the past ten years, which shows that there are 15 in Now Zealand and 27 abroad, the latter including 12 who hold travelling scholarships. The professor comments that their work seems to indicate that the method of selection is good, and that the scholarships are put to sound use. A fair proportion have found their way back to New. Zealand, but it is clear that if wo expect them to return in large numbers suitable appointments must be provided for them. Tiie time seems opportune for a review of employment in the professional fields of the Public Service, in order to provide conditions that will not be prejudicial to those who undertake advanced training abroad.—Press Association A Gisborne Press Association telegram states that a vigorous search by the police and others failed to find any trace of the six-year-old boy Harry Foote, who has been missing since Wednesday, when he left his mother on the showground to procure an ice cream. ■ A pond in the neighbourhood was dragged unsuccessfullly. The boy’s disappearance is most mysterious and is exciting a considerable amount or public interest. Boy Scouts assisted the police in a further extensive search to-day.

Mr Mark Tapley came to Dunedin from his wayback Farm yesterday, and, meeting an assemblage of brother farmers who were bewailing the drought, he administered a corrective, thus: “The settlers in my district want rain hs much as you do, but we can also see good results from the dry weather. Patches of marshy ground are getting the first relief from soakage. Dry paddocks are having the weeds burnt out of them, and we are reckoning that yarr in the turnips won’t bo much of a trouble this year. The grass, though short, is uncommonly nourishing. a§ you may see by the condition of' the cows and the sheep. The lambing was never better, and the cows are coming through their calving with fewer ailments than usual. Cheer up, boys; we shall all get as much rain as is necessary.’’

Some of our dry-goods merchants, also the thinkers amongst their customers, the retail grocers, are not at all sure that the system of large bonuses to boost the selling ol a particular lino is working out as well as is expected. A manulacturer advises his merchants to allow, say, 10 per cent, to retailers on all that they sell within a given period. The retailers rush in their orders, stock more than usual and offer it at cutting prices. When the bonus period has expired a few of them have pretty well cleared their supply; the majority have not, and the pi'oblem before those who have overstocked is how to lind buyers at the standard price for an article which they have not been able to dispose of at the cut price. Dissatisfaction ensues, and the line is thenceforward neglected, so that the boom may be turned into a slump. One of our Dunedin merchants suggests that manufacturers should consider the position from that point of view.

Present and past members of the South Dunedin Presbyterian Church assembled last Sunday morning for the unveiling of a stained-glass window to the, memory of the Rev. Robert Fairmaid, who from 1909 to 1924 was their minister. The Moderator of the Gen era *. Professor Hewitson, presided and said in the course of his address that Mr Fairmaid had been literally faithful unto death and really worn himself out. The Rev. Dr S. Currie, a friend of the deceased for over forty years, unveiled the window and remarked that Mr Fairmaid was essentially an evangelist, his ministry being spent in inducing men and women to get right with God. The window, which figures Christ bearing the Cross, was made by James Powell and Sons, of London, and ordered through Andrew Lees. The brass tablet is the work of C. Moller and Sons. The whole work is artistic in high degree. Cargill road is now receiving attention afc the hands of the corporation. Tar sealing is going on at the top end near the entrance to David street, and the stretch from King Edward street to the Anderson’s Bay road is to be similarly improved immediately. Tho phosphates steamer Lawbeath was still idle at Port Chalmers to-day, the ■ watersiders not working the cargo because some vacancies in the crew were filled by non-union seamen at less than the New Zealand rate of wages before the vessel left Lyttelton. The dispute was referred yesterday to union headquarters at Wellington, but a definite reply was evidently not to hand this morning. The trouble with the crew at Lyttelton started with the bo’sun and two deck hands wanting to be paid off. When that was refused all tho crew wanted to be paid off, and, refusing to work, were arrested. In court they raised the old issue that they were entitled to intercolonial rates of wages, because Nauru Island is within the area covered by the intercolonial articles of New" Zealand ships. The crew of the steamer Pearlmoor tried out that issue about four years ago, and got six months’ hard labour when they returned to London The crow of the Lawbeath were not successful with it as an argument before the magistrate at Lyttelton. All the crew returned to the* shy> at Ljdtelton except, the three men • who originally wished to be paid off. and they elected to stay in gaol. The waterside workers held a meeting this morning to consider the position.

Charged with being found drunk in Maclaggan street yesterday and with being_ idle and disorderly, in that she had insufficient lawful means of support. Alice Twist appeared in the Police Court this morning before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M. She pleaded guilty to being drunk, but not guilty to being idle and disorderly. Sergeant Wade said he had known the defendant for twelve months, and, as far as he knew, she had done no work for three months. During that period he had seen her about hotels, and she had been accosting men in Maclaggan street Moreover, she had been usso ciating with men of bad repute, with street women, and with reputed street women. The defendant denied that it was true that she had been accosting men for money. After Senior-sergeanf Quartermain and the defendant had given evidence His Worship said it was only too clear what her mode of living had been. On the charge of drunkenness she would be lined 10s, in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment, and on the second charge she would he sentenced to three months’ imprisonment.

.Preparations were made .this morning to effect the sail age of the steamer Kahika on the Waikanae beach. The tug' Terawhiti arrived overnight and was engaged this morning laying a kedge and connecting with the Kahika by a steel cable. The sea is moderate and the conditions favourable for the first haul which takes place, this afternoon.—Gisborne Press Association telegram.

“The ladies have us all under their hands,” said Mr J. S. Barton, S.M., this morning at the ,sitting of the Returned Soldiers’ Employment Commission, \vhen various occupations to which injured men could turn the’’, hands were being considered. If the ladies would only return to woollen stockings much employment could be found for returned soldiers and others. Ladies he had spoken to, however, had assure them that there was no hone of this, because what London and Paris ordered they must do.

Flags were flown half-mast to-day at Port Chalmers as a mark of respect for the late Dr Chilton, who was at one time rector of the District High School there. Interest in aviation in Dunedin has undoubtedly been greatly accentuated by the arrival of Captain Bolt in his Avro-Avian moth. Passenger flights are now the order of the day, and, from all accounts, the visiting pilot will be busily engaged during the course of the next _ few weeks. The daily flights are being followed with keen interest by a community that has rapidly become “air-minded.” Further flights will he made to-morrow, when Green Island will be a very popular spot. Ono old lady of eighty-three has signified her intention of _ making a special trip from. Tokomairiro for the purpose of enjoying a spin in the air. The postal authorities advise that ono bag of mail from Australia, ex Kaitangata at Auckland, should reach here on Tuesday evening. The Ulirnaroa left Sydney on Friday for Auckland with seventeen bags of mail and ten parcel receptacles for Dunedin. This mail should be to hand on Thursday afternoon. Fire destroyed the packing factory and honey-extracting plant owned by Mr T. J. Mannex, at Waihou, last evening. The honey and foundation wax, valued at £2OO, were destroyed, and Mr Mannex estimates his loss, above his insurance, at £I,OOO, together with 2,500 colonies of bees. He had one of the biggest apiaries in Australasia. —Te Aroha Press Association telegram, Henry Stewart Moore Roulston, aged ‘■■'•••entv-eisd't. a university sf’dent was charged in the Police Court, Auckland, n a .i i..e t I*., oi wa..i Cv.iic-00-.on cams valued at 3s. His arrest was the result of a trap set, consequent on a series of thefts from the College, marked concession cards having been traced to a young woman who said she bought them from the accused. Counsel for Roulston, admitting the offence, pleaded for leniency on account of the accused’s previous good character. He attributed the theft to indulgence in licjuor. Mr F. K. Hunt, S. M., dismissing the accused without punishment, advised him to leave drink alone if it deprived him of his moral sense.—Press Association.

Builders who have been wondering whether there is to be a shortage of bricks in Dunedin will bo pleased t-o learn that the new works established by Messrs 0. and W. Shiel at Fairheld commenced production yesterday. It is hoped to market the first of the output in two or three weeks from now'. The ground w r as broken for the reception of the plant just about a year ago. The proprietors expect, to have the works at their capacity production within six months.

Captain White, of the Hawke’s Bay Aero Club, left this morning for Dunedin on his itinerary, e, ilii.g at New Plymouth, Wellington, and Christchurch on the way. He expects to arrive at Blenheim to-night.—Hastings Press Association telegram. The Tasmanian farmers yesterday afternoon visited the Massey College, where experiments in farming operations were explained to them, and in the evening the Mayor accorded the party a civic welcome. To-day they left for Hamilton by the limited.—Palmerston North Press Association telegram.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that decision was reserved in a case in the Magistrate’s Court against four Communists who were charged with the possession of alleged seditious literature. A drastic proposal to increase the charges for tram concession, cards at Auckland will bo, submitted lor confirmation at the next meeting of the Transport Board. Concessions now amounting to a reduction of 25 per cent, on cash fares will be reduced bv half. The proposed alterations will not apply beyond four sections.

Notification of Sunday services as enumerated below appear m our Sunday services advertising columns Anglican: St. Paul’s Cathedral, All Saints’, St. Matthew's, St. Peter’s. Presbyterian; First Church, Knox Church, St. Andrew’s, St. Stephen's, Port Chalmers, Northeast Valley, Morniugton, .Caversham, South Dunedin, Chalmers, Musselburgh. Maori Hill, St. Clair, Green Island, K. literal. Methodist: Trinity, Central Miswon, Mormngton, Cargill Road, St. Kildi, N.E. Valley, Soutli Dunedin. Baptist; Hanover Street, Caversham, N.E. Valley. Mornington, South Dunedin. Congregational; Moray Place, United Church of Christ. Tabernacle, Rotlyn, N.E. Valley, Fillcul Street. York Place Hall. Playfair Street Hall, Salvation Army, Christian Science, Theosophical Society, Spiritualists, Christadelphians, Gospel Hall, Evangelical Hall. Higher Thought Centre Remember your friends overseas. Send an appropriate souvenir—your portrait. There is still time to catch the home mail. Phone 13-726 for an appointment. Rembrandt Studio, 199 George street.—[Advt.J The Portobello Railway Ferry Co. advertises in this issue the special time-table for Labour Day for the ferry steamer Tarewai.

The Australian Mothercraft Society (Plunket system) will shortly be appointing a nurse to take charge of the Plunket rooms at 283 Elizabeth street, Sydney. There is every prospect of a distinct forward move in Plunket work in New South Wales in the near future, and this appointment should appeal to nurses with the necessary qualifications who are anxious to find a wide scope for their talents and energies.'

From December 26 until January 2 Mr Rochfort’s field (Evansdale) and the adjoining hall are to be utilised by a party of children under the capable leadership of a group of Christian young men and women. It is intended to have 100 boys under canvass for the first period of seven days, while fifty girls will follow for the remaining seven days. Children between eleven and fourteen years of age, and only from needy homes ib this city, are being gathered—those who are indeed denied the opportunity of a beneficial holiday. The greatest care will be taken in selecting genuine cases of need, as all are being accommodated free of any charge. The Otago Mutual Starr-Bowkeff Building Society will dispose of £I.OOO, No. 2 group premium loan. No. 3 group free loan, on Wednesday next at the society's office, T. and G. Buildings. Princes street. The Pacific Starr-Bowlrett Building Society will dispose of £I,OOO free, ballot in No. 7 group on Tuesday, December 17. The Dominion Building Society announces that it will hold a ballot for £6.000 in various groups on Thursday next. October 31. Satisfaction is forced updn you at Williamson’s, the people's jewellers, 31 Princes street (next The Bristol Pkno Co.). —[Advt.J