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Evening Star, Issue 20958, 24 November 1931, Page 10

This week Dunedin residents and others are receiving from the Commissioner of Taxes the assessments of their liability. To some, no doubt, the working out of tho statements is a puzzle; tho great majority, probably, go no further than to look at the total, compare it with the previous demand, and relievo their feelings by an imprecation of some sort. A common comparison is for an ordinary person about £6 for tho £1 formerly assessed. Going into the details of the calculation is nothing less than a worry. Tho philosophical attitude is that of “ him that aforetime was blind.” When asked by what means he .was made to see he settled the Pharisees with the answer: “One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.” Everybody in New Zealand who possesses anything now sees and also realises the position into which New Zealand is thrust by extravagance and a long run of prosperity. At tho Magistrate’s Court this morning, before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., judgment, with costs, was given for plaintiffs by default in the following cases:—Briscoe and Co._ Ltd. v. Alexander Bain Stewart (Timaru), £l2 Os 4d, goods supplied; Iron and Steel Co. of New Zealand Ltd. v. Gavin Henry Savillo (Maheno), £1 19s, goods supplied. A rehearing was granted in the ease of Dominion Paint and Tar Products Ltd, v. Eric It. Carroll, in which judgment had boon given for plaintiff by default for £.lB 9s Shi. The case was adjourned sine die. The latest sale at tho Otago Art Society’s exhibit ion is of A. 11. O’Keefe’s ‘Derelicts.’ Tho Arthur Street School pupils attended this morning, Tho public, art union is to lie drawn to-morrow night. The exhibition closes on Friday evening of this week.

Leonard Ernest Clemons, until recently secretary of tho Christchurch Operatic Society, pleaded guilty to tho theft of £7 belonging to the funds of tho society, and was convicted _ and ordered to come up for sentence within six months if called upon on condition that the money was refunded.—Christchurch Press Association telegram. Tho winning tickets in the free flight competition which is being conducted by the Otago Aero Club in connection with the Aero Exhibition are numbers OS and 70. Tho rain that the Dunedin district is most grateful for has been accompanied by a sharp fall in temperature. A few days ago our people were donning light apparel and putting off bed spreads. Last night we had a touch of winter and at daybreak Mount Cargill and Flagstaff were clothed in white. Tho St. Kikla Band has begun the study of tho two test selections for the contest at Wellington in February. Mr Dixon, tho conductor, says his men are very much pleased with both pieces. The Meyerbeer selection is good standard matter, well arranged for brass, and ‘ Honour and Glory,’ by Hubert Beath, is an outstanding example of modern composition that is not only sound and bright but most interesting. It’s peculiar feature is a cadenza that originates with suphonium and is in turn, handed to nearly every instrument, including flugels, and winds up with a beautiful passage for tho horn. His Honour Air Justice Kennedy has granted probate in tho estates of John Fairley, Isabella Scoon (Milton), John M'Kcau (Palmerston), Elizabeth Payne, and Boland Scott Bremncr (Balclutha). Miss E- Hunt, of Christchurch, who states that she is chief agent in New Zealand for the Star Publishing Company, which exists for tho purpose of publishing. Krishnamurti’s books and magazines, had some comment to offer on tho cable news, published yesterday, concerning Krishnamurti. Miss Hunt says that the cable is not correct. The Star Publishing Company, which' has been working in Holland for some time, is moving to Los Angeles, California. With this organisation Krishnamurti does not concern himself. It is not correct, Miss Hunt states, that Krishuamurti is giving up his teaching work, and.it is not correct that ho is giving up his palace in California for tho reason that ho never had a palace there, but only a little bungalow in Ojai Valley, California. In a recent letter it was stated that Krishnamurti hoped to visit New Zealand next year. In tho Supreme Court, Christchurch, yesterday, T. J. Edmonds Ltd. (Christchurch) sought an injunction, to restrain tho Self-help Co-op. Ltd. (Wellington) from using the words “Bound to Rise,” and from passing off goods not manufactured by tho plaintiff as goods made by tho plaintiff firm. It was alleged that there had been an infringement of the plaintiff’s trade mark, which contained the words “Sure to Rise.” The defence was a denial of any infringement. In the statement of claim it was stated that tho_ plaintiff was the proprietor of the baking powder trade mark, “Sure to Rise,” which was registered in November, 1912. The words had been used for tho past fifty years or thereabouts, and the plaintiff company continued to use them. The defendant sold baking powder in, tins of tho same size and with similar labels and wrappers calculated to deceive purchasers into the belief that they were the labels of the plaintiff. It was alleged, counsel for tho defence said, that tho actual position was that twenty-five years before Edmond’s trade mark was registered a trade mark was in existence which tho defendants had acquired. In fact, if the owners of what ho called “our trade mark” —a balloon brand—had known that Edmonds was applying for registration the boot would then have been on tho other foot. Decision was reserved. Representatives of organisations interested in tho health of children attended a meeting at Wellington in support of the aims and objects of a children’s health camp movement as a step in tho campaign against tuberculosis. It was decided to assist in connection with the first permanent camp now being established at Otaki. chairman (the mayor, Air Hislop) stated that the camps were not being established for tuberculous children; they were in most cases for children in normal health who wanted “ bucking up” a little to enable them to resist attack. The treatment was preventive, not curative.—Press Association. Save your eyes. Be wise, and consult W, V. Stunner (optician, 2 Octagon), thus conserving good vision for old age.— fAdvt.] The nest programme to bo presented by Joan and Betty Rayner is called ‘ Cottages and Castles,’ and is to tell of romance in tho village and happenings oil tho high road. This programme will be given at the Town Hall Concert Chamber on Thursday and Friday, at 8.15 p.m. The “ scene ” of “ Cottages and Castles ’ is first set in an old village, and the audience is introduced to the many characters of the village through play and ballad.