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Evening Star, Issue 20328, 9 November 1929, Page 14

The visit of the Governor-General and Lady Alice Fergusson to Dunedin next month is not to be in the nature of a good-bye to Dunedin municipality, but to give their Excellencies the opportunity of finally fraternising with the city’s schools and institutions and also to bring Sir Charles to his adieu with the Freemasons., The official farewell to the city will be some time in January, one day only being set apart for that purpose, tho date not yet fixed. Investors who have a fancy for corporation bonds and approve of the terms offered at tho Dunedin Town Hall will be pleased to learn that Mr H. H. Henderson, tho city treasurer, is now issuing 61 per cent, debentures with a currency of ten years as a loan to pay for the damage by floods.

No serious delay lias occurred in the erecting of the machinery of tho Golden Terrace dredge on the Shotover. Joseph Sparrow and Sons, of Dunedin, launched the pontoons in July, and, are now proceeding apace with tho making and installing of the gold-sav-ing tables, the electrical gear, the pjuot’s house, and so on, and it is hpped that the wheels of this, the giant of New Zealand dredges, will bo turning before the end of the year.

The Dunedin boys who attended the Imperial Scout Jamboree are expected homo about the middle of next week, the New Zealand contingent being due to arrive at Wellington on Tuesday morning next from Sydney. An Auckland Press Association telegram states that very heavy rain caused a postponement of all sports to-day. The postal authorities advise that the s.s. UHmaroa left Sydney on the Stli instant for Wellington with thirtyseven bags of mail, and forty parcel receptacles for Dunedin. The mail should reach Dunedin on Wednesday evening, and the parcels, on Thursday. . Mr W. Wallace, chairman of the Auckland Hospital Board, stated last evening that apparently the authority in the Appropriation Bill for £IO,OOO out of the Consolidated Fund to Auckland Hospital for extraordinary; outdoor relief was merely a validation of the payment of £IO,OOO already made to the board in fulfilment of a promise made by Mr Coates. His Cabinet confirmed the grant as one of its last acts before going out of office, and tho money was paid over, after Sir Joseph Ward came into power. He had refused to consider the board’s request for a similar sum to be granted this year, and it would be a pleasant surprise if the £IO,OOO now mentioned was a new grant. Last year the board expended £44,000 on relief, and this year £40,000 was placed on the estimates, hut tho actual cost of the relief is expected to bo nearer £50,000. —Auckland correspondent.

A residence of five rooms in Sewell street, Hokitika, occupied by P. Hewer arid owned by Mrs Stapleton, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning, together with its contents. _ The building was insured in the National Office for £250, and the furniture for £IBO in the 1.0. A. Office.—Press Association.

The steamer Lawbeath was idle at Port Chalmers to-day, for the fifteenth day. There were no indications of the waterside workers making a start on the unloading of the vessel on Monday.

In the Wellington case in which Mary Le Sueur claimed £451 damages from Leo Chung on account of injuries received when knocked down hy his car, plaintiff abandaned the case td-day, and judgment was given for defendant, without costs. The Chief Justice said he thought the course taken was wise, as ho had grave .doubts whether the nonsuit applied for and refused should not be granted, but preferred to leave it to the jury. In the action brought by A. W. Ives against William Peters, builder, for £Bl2, damages by the collapse of a wall built by defendant, the jury awarded £425, with £6O costs, plus expenses of witnesses. —Press Association.

Tiring of a sedentary occupation, and prompted by a desire to see the world, a local young man recently signed • on as second steward of tbc s.s. Brockabeck, a wandering ocean tramp which sails every one of the seven seas. At present the ship is loading coal at Westport for Singapore, tho next port of call. In a letter to a friend the amateur steward waxes quite enthusiastic about the life ho is now leading, and, although there are times when his particular duties are not so congenial as he would wish, ho states that there are many compensations, and, since the itinerary of tho ship is a comprehensive one, he is always in a position to remind himself that the voyage is merely a means of educating himself in the university of the world.

In every part of the dominion where tho Railway Department has inaugurated Sunday excursions it has met with encouraging success, tho public .evidently realising that a change makes a holiday doubly beneficial. To-day a railway officer stated that ihore than 700 people took advantage of last Sunday’s run from Christchurch to Timaru and back. This excursion was the first of a series which is to be continued throughout the summer, and there is every indication that libeiiftl •patronage will be forthcoming.

William Stafford Gene Anderson, alias Mercer, a Canadian, aged thirtyfour, was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for unlawfully converting to his own use a car owned by J. Quirke, of Taihape, on November 6. He was sentenced to. three months at Hastings for a similar offence.— Wanganui Press Association telegram.

There . was a clean sheet at the Police Court this ’ morning, ’ At a meeting of the Rural Intermediate Credit Board it was stated 'that under the Act just passed the increase of limit loans' to ’ farmers of £2,000 was expected to lead to a greater demand by sheep ' and mixed farmers. The new associations at the Bay of Islands, Te Puke, Katikati, and Whakatano would bring 1 .the number to twenty-seven. Further associations were expected to be formed at Whangarei, Rotorua, llangiora, Oamaru, and Balelutha;—Wellington Press Association telegram. _ Numerically the 53rd annual exhibition ■of pictures, opened last night in the Early Settlers’ Hall by the Dunedin Public Art Gallery , Society, is well up to the average, the. catalogue being of 433 exhibits, the principal sections running to 151 in oil, and 226 in water colour. At a first look round one is. impressed with the figure studies. They are certainly .good, some of the portraits ..quite lifelike . The landscapes, also, are well worthy of close inspection, and perhaps it is not a bad guess that a large proportion are the result of true open-air work. The exhibition is one that well deserves the patronage of the public. At 2 a.m. yesterday a slight collision occurred at Wellington Heads between the coastal steamer Cygnet and the large American motor vessel City of Dalhart. The Cygnet' was arriving from Kaikoura and the other vessel was inward bound from New York. Neither was seriously damaged. A preliminary inquiry was held, and the evidence will be considered by the Marine Department.

Colonel Taylor, Chief Secretary of the Salvation Army, states that, while tho Salvation Army has been approached in regard to conscientious objectors, no decision has been, or will be, reached till the new commissioner arrives by the UHmaroa on Tuesday and lias bad the time and opportunity to consider the whole question. In reference to the statement attributed to Brigadier Burton at Christchurch suggesting alternative work that was out of. the qusetion. This matter could only he dealt with and decided at national headquarters by the .commissioner in charge of army work in New Zealand.—Wellington Press Association telegram' Leslie John Bernard Brooks, described -as a company manager, was fined £25 and prohibited from obtaining a driving license for twelvemonths for being drunk while’ in charge of a car, and £1 for driving without a license (says a Wellington Press Association telegram). He collided last night with an acetylene gas wagon working in the middle of Thorndon quay. A police sergeant saw him speeding by and swerving a lot, and witnessed the a - ash, whereupon ho investigated. Tho wagon, which weighs eight tons, was damaged to the extent of £25. There was a bottle and a-half of wine in the car, and it is stated that there had been a celebration of a successful business deal.

At Colombo , street crossing, Christchurch, last evening a collision accurred between the express from the south and a fivc-seater sedan car owned by E. C. Levvy, S.M. When the express was some distance away Mr Levvy was apparently signalled on by the crossing keeper, but Ills car stalled, projecting slightly over the tracks. Mr Levvy got out of the car on his own side, and went round to assist his wife to get out. The crossing keeper_ attempted to help Mr Levvy to push his car clear of the train, but they were not successful. Nobody was injured. The car suffered damage to the right .front wing.— Press Association.

Tho Dairy Division grading figures for the three months ended October, 1929, show an increase for butter of 7.85 per cent at 20,181 tons, and for cheese a decrease of 10.34 per cent, at 12.710 tons, as compared with the corresponding period of last year. Reduced to terms of their butter fat equivalent the gradings of dairy produce for the three months show a decrease of 2.64 per cent. _ on the gradings for the corresponding period of last year.—Press Association.

Notification of Sunday asrrioes a* enumerated below appear in our Sunday sorrioc* 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, North ease Valley, Mornington, Gaversham, South Dunedin, Chalmers, Musselburgh, Maori Hill, St. Clair, Green Island, Kaikorai. Methodist; Trinity, Central Mission, Mornington, Cargill Road, St. Hilda, N.E. Valley, South Dunedin. Baptist: Hanover Street, Caversham, N.E. Valley, Mornington, South Dunedin. Congregational: Moray Place, United Church of Christ. Tabernacle, Roulyn, N.E. Valley, Filleul Street, York Place Hail, Playfair Street Hall, Salvation Army, Christian Science, Theosophical Society, Spiritualists, Chriatadelphians, Gospel Hall, Evangelical Hall, Higher Thought Centre. Last Saturday night, at the Moulin Rouge Cabaret, Roslyn, a fox trot competition was commenced, and was a success in every way, drawing a largo number of competilois, and those present derived pleasure at viewing some excellent dancing. The finals will bo held to-night. The Click Clack Orchestra has been reorganised, and will feature new and popular numbers. The w inner of the first prize of £2,000 in the Auckland Aero Club’s art union, Mrs E. Stone, is an old resident of the district, end has brought up a large family. She obtained the ticket through the Napier agency. It has been published that Mrs Stone forwarded the butt of the ticket direct to Auckland, and that otherwise it might have been too late for the drawing. The returning of the duplicate butt had actually no influence on the participation of the ticket in the draw. Officials who controlled the art union state that the checking up shows that every ticket sold participated in the ballot. The duplicate butts were provided simply to give the purchaser a means of satisfying himself that the original butts had been returned. They served no useful purpose so far as the Internal working of the art union was concerned.

Armistice Day reflections will find some expression to-morrow evening in the Octagon Hall in a lantern lecture on ‘ Scotland’s Part in the Great War,’ by Mr W. M'Ewan, publio librarian. Particulars are advertised.

The St. Kilda Band will play a select programme of music at the rotunda, St. Kilda Beach, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. Tho annual meeting of the National Building Society will be held in the Otago Motor Club Rooms on Tuesday, November •86th, when £4,000 will be disposed of by ballot and sale •

The Southern Starr-Bowkett Society will dispose f £SOO by ballot in No. 3 group, £I,OOO by .ballot in No. 4 group, and £SOO by ballot in No 5 group, at their annual meeting on Monday next, at 8 o’clock. The annual meeting of tho Southern Starr-Bowkett Society will bo held on Monday, when appropriations free of interest will be disposed of in all groups, Tho United Starr-Bowkett Building Society will dispose' of £3,600 by sale and ballot on December 5.

This Christmas give Photographs of the Children. There is nothing that will please friends and relatives quite so much. Make an appointment with the popular Rembrandt Studio, 199 George street.—[Advt.]

W.E.A. students will find an advertisement of interest in this issue.

Train arrangements in connection with the Outran! Show are advertised by the Railway Department in this issue. The Railway Department advertises in this issue particulars of special week-end excursions to Mount Cook,