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Evening Star, Issue 20372, 2 January 1930, Page 8

Arrested on Monday, Maud Herbert, aged 41 years, a married woman, was' charged in the Police Court at Auckland on Tuesday with illegally using an instrument on or about December 22, at Auckland. Chief-detective Hammond stated that, in view of the condition of the girl concerned in the case, ho wouhP oppose bail. The accused was remanded for a week in custody.

Tho Postal authorities advise that the Kaituna loft Sydney on tho 31st. for Lyttelton with eighty-two bags of Australian and overseas mail and five parcel receptacles for Dunedin. The mail should reach hero next Wednesday.

Nob very long ago many loud complaints wer- heard about the state of the main north road between Waitati and Evansdale, but, with the assurance from the Main Highways Board that the road was to be put in order, the outcry subsided. A heavy coating of metal was pub on the road, and, as is always the casv,, a track was soon made through it. This was partly tho cause ■)1 what might have been a very serious accident yesterday morning. A sedan car owned by Mr W. Bunting, of Oamaru, wn* being driven to Dunedin ■. hen it met a car going north, and as he northbound car would not give way c Bunting’s car was forced too far on to th*‘ side of the road, and it rolled over the edge into the ditch, about 10ft deep, between tho road and tho railway line. Iho car finished up on its side, with the wheels towards tho line and the passengers, very much shaken but otherwise unhurt, had to bo hauled out through the window. The damaged car attracted tlio attention of a great many people who used the road during tho day.

In the Police Court yesterday morning before Mr J. Patton, J.P. and Mr II Ferguson, J.P., Emmett James Husse” war charged with stealing a bicycle valued at £9 10s, the property of Thomas James Dawson. Ho was remanded till January 6, bail being alio wee in his own recognisance of £SO 1 two sureties of £25. He was also ordered to report daily to the police. Hussey and William John Newman were charged with stealing an oak keg, valued at £2, and 18 gallons of beer, valued at £2 9s, the property of the Canterbury Shipping Company, They were remanded till January 6. A first offender for drunkenness was fined 10s. This morning before Mr J. H. Wilkinson, J.P., and M. J. Patton, J.P., a first offender foi drunkenness was convicted and discharged. Taranaki Oil Fields report: At Gisborne No. 2 well, after cleaning out to 3,090 feet incoming water accompanied by a good show of gas caused a heavy caving of about 3,050 feet; now endeavouring to shut off tlje water and gas and check the caving with mud at high pressure.—Gisborne Press Association.

Probably for countless generations and certainly during our own lifetime, men have regarded feminine fashions wdth a brave show' of good-natured con tempt, which, in order to reveal their broadmindedness, they would like- to call tolerance. Their own tasl., they' consider, is faultless. In the case of hats, however, man’s judgment cannot compete with that which may be womanly intuition. Wherever a crew'd forgathers and masculine headgear of a practically universal pattern is temporarily discarded, one invariably learns later that some distressed male is wasting a valuable hour or so looking for the man who has taken the wrong hat. Woman, of coui'so, makes doubly sure of avoiding such a catastrophe by damping her hat on her head when she first ventures out and refusing to remove it under any circumstances. If a well-known Dunedin cricket umpire, who attended a function held in connection with the visit of the Aucklanders, had refused to obey the “take off your hat” edict as applied to his sex., he would still have been able to shelter under the brim of ’a perfectly sound favourite which, as far as is known, was appropriated by another. Then again, the Carisbrook pavilion on Tuesday was the scene of another unfortunate “hat trick.” All things considered, however, it seemed quite fitting that on this important occasion the hat of the president of -the Otago Cricket Association should go a-missing. Possibly a test match would have been worth three stray hats, or, say, two exchanges and a total loss. The Kilmog road is in wretched order, and motorists are beginning to ask if the Public Works Department is going to allow tho road to fall into ruin, instead of keeping it in good order for consolidation preparatory to the tar sealing being done next year. _ From the foot of the hill to Waikouaiti the road is positively dangerous, with its thousands of big potholes and tho long stretches of corrugation. Patrons of a cabaret on tho outskirts of Dunedin were given a slight sensation on Saturday night, or, to bo more correct, on Sunday morning, when the police paid a visit to the establishment Dancing is supposed to cease at mid night on Saturdays, and on this occur sion the patrons were forced to leave for home rather hurriedly.

Racegoers > are loud in their complaints of the treatment meted out to them by the Railway Department. One man who always patronises the- trains to all race meetings in Otago and Southland has expressed the feelings of other patrons by saying: “The railways seem to think we are fair sheep for fleecing.” On Sundays the department runs excursion trains to Oamaru, the return fare being ss. Yesterday tho department charged 6s 5d for a second class return fare to Waikouaiti tho fare including a charge of Is fid for admission to tho course. Thousands travel by tho trains, yet on Sundays the traffic is not certain. The chare: of 4s, including the course entrance fee, to Wiugatui is also excessive when com pared with tho usual charges. The policy does not seem consistent, as when tho department is putting on a service it usually makes an attractive reduction to train passengers. _

Hundreds of motor- cars were on the road to Waikouaiti yesterday morning, and some particularly bad driving was seen. The inexpert driver often endangered other users of the road by hanging to tho crown of the road and refus ing to move over to tho left, despite the clamouring of the klaxons in the roar. Some drivers were altogether too timid to be driving on so busy a road. On the road into vv’aitati in the morn mg a joag stream of cars were kept at a slow pace because the first car drivers u ~ie o.er cautious andiwould not sound' tho horn to force a corporation bus oriver from his commanuing position In the centre of the road. One driver took tho outer running about half a mile down from the trough, and on the clear road passed through Wnitati over a mile ahead of the bus followers. Slow driving is ns dangerous as speeding. On New Year’s morning two buildings at Ormondjllle, a seven-room wooden residence owned by Mrs David Wilson in the heart of the township and adjoining stores, with a five-room dwelling attached owned and occupied by Mrs C. Munro, with contents, were destroyed by fire. Mrs Wilson was holiday making at New Plymouth, and the house had been unoccupied for nine weeks. The fire started in her house, nothing being saved.—Dannevirke Press Association telegram.

The sloops Veronica and Laburnum leave Auckland to-morrow. Beyond an intimation that they may call at Russell, the warships’ destination has not been disclosed.—Press Association telegram.

An Auckland Press Association telegram states that a memorial service will bo held there to-morrow for the high chief, Tamasese.

A passenger by the Surat writes: “ Please allow mo to correct a mistake regarding the date of the wreck of tho ship Surat, given as December 31, 1874. The Surat ran on tho rocks about 9 p.m. on December 31, 1873. We were pumping tho old year out and the new one in, and the ship grounded about 10 a.m. on January 1, 1874. Wo spent one night on the beach, one at Gatlins River sawmill, ard one on the French mnn-o’-war Vire, which brought us from the mouth of Gatlins River to Port Chalmers, landing us there on a Sunday morning.”

Your eyes are Nature’s most precious gift Take care of them. Consult W. V. Stunner, optician, 2 Octagon, Dunedin.- | Advt.] Be fair to -ourself and see Williamsons, the jewellers, selection of gift goods. It will pay you.—[Advt.] The Waircka carried a large number of passengers to the Spit ami Harrington Point on New Year’s Day, and will run daily until further notice. The running is advertised in this issue Hot water is available for picnic parties, and is supplied free on board steamer, Ilefreshments may also be purchased. ,