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Evening Star, Issue 20635, 7 November 1930, Page 8

The report by Professor W. Horrioll on Waipori has been received by the City Council. The ‘ Star ’ understands that the engineer’s report was an interim one, in which lie recommended that further investigations of the pipeline foundations, etc., should be carried out. Mr Hugh Vickerman, of the firm of Vickerman and Lancaster, Wellington, is now preparing a further report.

On the grounds that the erection of more stables near the corner of Moreau and Jackson streets would be inimical to public health, several residents in that locality are forwarding a petition to the St. Kilda Borough Council pro testing against the granting of a permit for the buildings. The existing stables, an o!d_ structure, are used only on days on which trots are held at Forbury Park. Adjoining them is a section, which the residents state is in deplorable condition. About six months ago a proposal was made to build extra stables on this section, and on that occasion the residents succeeded in their protest. However, another application for a permit has been made. The ratepayers in the locality, which is a closely settled residential area, are again pro testing strongly. Through the courtesy of Mr Willi Pels the City Council’s reserves department has received from the Westport Coal Company a fine collection of the largo tree fern (Cyathoa medullaris). The ferns arrived in good order and condition, and have been planted in a gully in the Town Belt near the Northern Cemetery, where they will in course of time form a lino feature. A letter has been sent to Mr Pels conveying the thanks and acknowledgment of the council for his good offices in the matter

The Working Committee of the Otago Art Society got quickly to its task cf preparing for the exhibition that is to be officially opened this evening by Mi John Loudon, a vice-president, in the absence of Sir Thomas Sidey, the president. A look round the Pioneers’ Hall tliis morning was quite assuring as to the forwardness of the arrangements Everything was in readiness, even to the final sweeping of the floor, except for the unpacking of the three oil paintings by Benito Quinquella Martin that Mr Sargood has lent, and that unpacking was going on. The hanging on this occasion follows the group principle, each artist’s exhibits Doing kept together as far as possible, instead of separating the oils and the waters. There are about 400 exhibits, some from Auckland, some from Wellington, others from Christchurch and Invercargill, and Australia is also represented. Special interest attaches to the loan exhibits. Visitors will no doubt examine closely the three that Mr Charles. Aves has lent. The portrait of Van Dyck by Frans Hals and the nortrait of Frans Hals by Van Dyck are oils with a history, and are valued at £5,000. The third of Mr Aves’s lot is a landscape by Whistler. The exhibition will be open to tho public to-mor-row, and remain open each day from 0 to 5 and from 7 to 9.30, except mi Saturdays, when it "will close at 5 o’clock. Mr W. A. Bollard (supervisor of tho preliminary arrangements) and all who have helped are to be cmigratulated on preparing an exhibition which is full of attraction and deserves the support of all who have an interest in art.

Tho appointment of Dr W. Newlands as a deputy referee pursuant to the cremation by-law No. 20 is recommended to the City Council by the Reserves Committee.

St. Kilda possesses its full share of latent energy. It also knows where to find the vital spark that can release and direct that energy. Every night this week residents who never before handled shovels or wheelbarrows have been perspiring at the voluntary job cl making concrete paths round the pavilion on the playground, and as other residents have contributed material the whole job will be put through at a minimum of cost.

Permission has been granted the Kaikorai Band to play in the children’s plavground, Kaikorai, on Sunday afternoons during the present summer season, reports the Reserves Committee of the City Council.

The Railway Department’s decision to control and manage the bookstall in the new Auckland railway station, instead of leasing it to a private bookseller and stationer, is viewed with disfavour by the Council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, which made an emphatic protest to-day. The resolution which is being forwarded to the Government, states that, in face of the Minister’s emphatic assurances of the Government’s intention to curtail, rather than add to State activities in competition with private enterprise, the council finds difficulty in reconciling the decision of the department to undertake the conduct of a bookstall business. —Press Association. The Reserves Committee is recommending to the City Council that the chairman (Cr H. C. Campbell) and the superintendent of reserves be appointed the council’s delegates to the next con ferenco of chairmen of reserves coinmittees and park superintendents to be Held at Wellington from January 27 to February 1.

Surprise was expressed at a meeting of the Council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce at a clause in the Unemployment Act making it an offence punishable by a fine not exceeding £2O for an employer to retain the services of any person who has failed to register or pay his instalments of the levy imposed under the Act. It was considered that this placed an undue obligation on employers. It was decided to refer the matter to the Associated Chambers of Commerce with a view to taking concerted action.— Press Association.

The Works Committee will recommend the City Council on Wednesday to accept the offer of tho New Zealand Railway. Department to sell to the council for street-widening purposes a portion of the railway land comprising 4.4 poles abutting on Burns street for a small sum, phis cost of shifting and re-erecting hoardings, fee for Order in Council, and a further sum representing the actual loss which the department will sustain while the advertising hoarding is out of commission. The area is required to complete the widen ing of this street on the eastern side.

“ I’ve never known such enthusiasm over any project before in Dunedin.” These were the remarks of Mr Kindley, president of the Dunedin Manufacturers’ Association, speaking of the big exlnbitiion of New Zealand-made goods in aid of the local Cancer Campaign Fund, to bo held shortly in the Drill Hall. “ Why,” said Mr Kindley, “ all are working like bees. Every bit of space is lot; and energetic committees are working day and night arranging side shows, games, and so on. \Ve have every conlidencc that the whole show null be an outstanding success, and the Cancer funds should benefit substantially.”

The Water Committee recommends the City Council that authority be granted to lav twenty chains of 4in main in Spencer street, Anderson’s Bay, to replace an existing small pipe and serve an additional house being erected gt the upper end of the street The estimated cost of the work is £365. A missing busl Attention was drawn at last' nignVs meeting of the General Committee of the Otago Cricket Association by Mr F. Binney that he had scon no signs at Logan Park last Saturday of tlio bus which the tramways department had promised to put on at 6.45 p.m. for tho convenience of cricketers. One member said ho had waited for a tram until 7.10 p.m. and ho had certainly seen no sign of the bus. It was decided to make inquiries from tho tramways’ department in regard to tho matter.

The Waitaki Boys’ High School Memorial Committee has accepted the tender (£2,188) of Lawton and Osborn, of Oneluinga for the organ memorial hall. It is hoped to instal the organ by the end of next year.—Oamaru Press Association telegram. David Livingstone, stated to have conducted sales of a cheapjack nature pleaded guilty to-day in the Magistrate's Court, Wellington, to a charge of conducting auction sales in an irregular manner, and was fined £2 10s and costs (£6 ss). Defendant’s business in Wellington, it was stated, was conducted by defendant himself, who was not the holder of a license, but was paying the holders of a license ,5 per cent. The police stated, further, that until the end of the last licensing year defendant had been using the license of an Australian criminal who had somehow obtained a _ New Zealand license. —Press Association.

A New Zealand championship that will not be accompanied by boisterousness nor malignity, and is not likely to be a medium of betting, yet of considerable importance and sure to become increasingly so as the years roll on, is the competition for tho Loder Cup, to take place at Dunedin in February next. Those of our readers who know nothing about the Loder Cup may be interested in a short statement on the subject. It is a trophy of considerable value presented to New Zealand by Mr Gerald Walter Erskino Loder, president of tho Royal Horticultural Society since 1929, ‘ for an annual competition of native plants in this dominion. This championship is on a fixed rota—Auckland, Dunedin, Wellington, Christchurch. The first was in Auckland hist year, tho winner being the New Plymouth firm of Duncan and Davies. The second competition is allotted to Dunedin, and will bo'the great feature of the Dunedin Horticultural Society’s Jubilee Show in February. One Dunedin nurseryman, Mr Henry Bennett, of the north road, is already preparing a comprehensive display, and there may be others from our district. The secretary of the D.H.S. will be shortly circularising possible competitors, and it is hoped that some from other parts of New Zealand will respond. Canterbury can put up a worthy exhibition if so minded, and it will be a great draw if last year’s winning firm enters. Whilst Mr Bert Lowe and his son wore travelling towards Gisborne on the coast road the steering gear' failed at a bend. The brakes were promptly applied, and the car was stopped on the edge of the road. The son jumped out and held the car until his father was able to escape, only just in time, for the car immediately made a dive of 200 ft, and on reaching the bottorn it burst into flames.—Press Association telegram.

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon, Samuel Patrick Shiel (Mr Lousley) proceeded against William Henry Saunders (Mr Baylee), claiming £lO for the rent of premises in Moray Place let by the defendant or his predecessor in title to the defendant at a weekly rental of £1 os for the period August 9 to October 4. After hearing tho evidence the magistrate gave judgment for the plaintiff lor the amount claimed with costs £2 6s). A six-roomed house at Stratford, owned and occuniod by P. Aitken, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The alarm Vvas not given till_ the house was well ablaze, and the brigade could ao nothing. The house was insured for £SOO with the Phoenix Office and the furniture for £3OO in the same office. Press Association.

An important test case of interest to dairv companies throughout the dominion ‘was heard in the Magistrate » Court at Pahiatua before Mr J. Miller S.M Martin Neleander Olsen sued the Mangatainoka Co-operative Dairy CompanyTitd for £4 11s lOd for butterfat supplied Like every other supplier, Olsen received monthly advances At the start of the season his supply Was very low when prices were high. Plaintiff' claimed that the articles of association provided for the pay-out to be made on the average price tor the season, which would have returned him an additional £4 11s lOd for his butterfat supplied. His objection was to the company’s method of distribution of profits. Decision was reserved after lengthy hearing.—Press Association.

The tender of Metropolitan-'Vickers Electrical Company Ltd. for the supply and delivery, all charges paid, at the department’s store, Duncdm, of one 750 lew, three-phase transformer with on load tap changing and automatic control and. one spare three-phase transformer, is recommended for acceptance by the E.P. apd L. Committee. The tender is the lowest and also the most suitable of nine received. A petition from resiueiics and rale payers u’o.iluig rorlooeiio roaa ai'utvnif ucceimon to tae condition oi tnat roau„ay near tne junction wita Anuersoii o day road has been received oy tlu vVorks oonmitbice oi Cue v-iiy cuuud. ino matter has ueen investigated, aim it i» considered taut vao ou.j piactic.,. way ot eliminating tne conditions com (j.aiiied oi oy tae petitioners is to lay tarred macadam along the section o, me roauway referred to, at an estimated cost ot £OO. In view, however, oi die tact that it will prooamy be found necessary to raise tbe level oi Portoboiio road when the southern endowment reclamation wont is carried out, in order to dispose of the stormwater from Sunshine Hill, it is considered inadvisable to incur the expendi turo of carrying out paving operations at tho present juncture. It is proposed that tho petitioners be advised accordingly.

The present-day demand for quarry metal for corporation work is for screen.ugs ana other small material. Wood haugh quarry is equipped for this work, but in the case of St. Clair and Rosly.i quarries the supply of this material is never equal to the demand, whereas tho supply of big metal is in excess of demand The necessity for recrushing the big metal in tho same crushei to produce smaller metal should bo eliminated, and it is proposed to submit a proposal later on for equipping iloslyn and St. Clair quarries with disc or hammer crushers, reports the Works Committee.

A petition from residents in the vicinity of Forhury Corner drawing atten tion to the dust nuisance in that locality is forwarded to tho City Council by tho Works Committee. A portion of the roadway in the locality, has already been sealed, and tho estimated cost of sealing the existing macadam surface from Fitxroy street to Easther crescent and along David street to the end of the widened portion is £2O, for which no provision i i made in the present year’s estimates. It is considered that the dust nuisance at the corner would not be overcome until the south side of Cargill road and Forhury road are paved, as the dust is carried to the corner from those two streets. The completion of Cargill road paving cannot be carried out until thd tram tracks have been .-hifted, but the paving of Forhury road will be considered when next year's ravin" schedule is being prepared. It is proposed that •ho petitioners bo advised to t’-nt effect. When the Auckland Press message in reference to tho Unemployed Act wis shown to the Minister of Labour his comment was brief. “ If is pathetic to think after all tho explanations given by the Press, in addition to the reports and lengthy discussions in Parliament loading business' men should come along and make such discoveries as this,” remarked the Minister.—Wellington Press Association telegram.

An accidental false alarm from the premises of Messrs Rattray and Son in Crawford street was responsible for the City Fire Brigade turning out at 1.43 tins afternoon. The anniversary of the Mosgiel Baptist Sunday School was held on Sunday. The services were conducted by the Uev. W. E. Lambert. The children rendered some sweet music under the control of Mr W. Kaye, Miss Owens presiding at the organ. The Young Men’s Bible Class orchestra played some musical selections. During the afternoon service the members oi the cradle roll were presented with an illuminated text by their superintendent, Miss Swallow. The anniversary tea on Wednesday evening was enjoyed by scholars and teachers alike. The annual entertainment followed, when there was a large muster ol parents and friends. The prizes won by tho scholars for attendance and school work and the prizes gained at the Sunday School Union annual examinations were presented by Mr J. Hicks. On the chairman’s motion a vote of thanks was passed to all who bad assisted. To the City Council the Works Committee recommends that, in terms o) the building regulations, part 2. by-law \ T o. 1, an exemption from full oomph ance of such regulations be granted the Iron and Steel Company of New Zealand Ltd. to enable that company to construct a shed on its property, Lower Willis ' street, with galvanised iron walls, in lieu of brick walls. The shed is required to cover structural steel, and the consent of the adjoining occupiers has been obtained.

As the sequel to a smash on the Riccarton road on August 2, when a car driven by Edgar Clement Maun _ ran into a bicycle and killed the rider, Elizabeth Irvine,. the parents of the young woman claimed £1,500 damages in tho Supreme Court, Christchurch, before the Chief Justice (Sir M. Myers) and a jui'y of twelve. Plaiutiffs were Joseph Irvine, of Christchurch, retired bootmaker, and his wife, Sarah Ann Irvine. Mr Thomas, who appeared for Mann, a farmer, of Templeton, admitted liability, and the jury were asked to fix the amount of damages Mann had paid £250 into court as com pensation. The jury awarded £SOO. Press Association.

The monthly meeting of the High Street School Committee was held on Wednesday evening in the office Of the school. Members present were Messrs Ripley (chairman), Hollingworth, Curtis, Neill, Cameron, Beck, and Collier. The head master’s report was received. It stated that the roll number was 444. Tho attendance during October had been affected by the inclement weather. The report also stated that the Queen Carnival was running quite satisfactorily. It was decided to close tho carnival at an early date. A sub-com niittee was appointed to make arrangements for tho selection of a queen, and to arrange a. concert, at which the crowning ceremony will bo conducted. The Visiting Committee reported the grounds and school in good order.

Tho postal advise that tho mails which left Wellington on October 7, per Mamiganui, reached London on November 5.

Wedding Time is “ Cold Band ” Time Ring the Wedding Fleet of Dunedin. No increase in fares. Dial 18-066. (Advt. ] Vonr eyes arc Nature’s most precious gift Take care of them. Consult W. V. Simmer, optician, 2 Octagon, Dunedin. - [Advt.]

3’he first of local-grown peas were auctioned tins morning, and bought oy Mrs W. Jon-s, fruiterer, Grand Hotel Buildings.—f Advt.j A good reception was accorded Keaz Orplißiins Dance Band, which made its initial appearance for the Popular Dance, Concert Chamber, last. Saturday. The band will appear again (o-morrow night.