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Evening Star, Issue 21081, 19 April 1932, Page 6

At a meeting of the Emergency Committee of the Provincial Council of the New Zealand Fanners’ Union held yesterday Mr A. Craig brought up the question of the observance of Anzac Day by farmers. He stated that it was most galling for those farmers who observed the day in its true sense to see others carrying on their usual occupations, and ho felt that tho council of the Farmers’ Union should appeal to all farmers to accord tho day the respect which was duo to tho memory of those who sacrificed everything at the country’s call. A motion to this effect was carried unanimously. Tho honey season in the Canterbury province has been a complete failure, and many bee-keepers have been compelled, as a result of the paucity of supplies, to purchase sugar for winter feed. The reason for tho small production is the drought conditions which prevailed in the summer months. Light rains in the early part of tho summer produced a light flow of honey, and this will save some apiarists the expense of purchasing sugar in order to keep their hives going. Usually at this time of the year bee-keepers are kept busy with the extraction of honey, but at present they are engaged in attending to their winter feeding arrangements.—Christchurch correspondent.

The postal authorities advise that the Rotorua, which reached Auckland on Sunday from London, has twenty-three parcel receptacles for Dunedin. These are due at the local office on Wednesday evening. These are militant times, but even so it is unusual to find the women of Auckland training themselves to the use of firearms. At Takapuna on Saturday afternoon there was witnessed the spectacle of four women, equipped with sporting guns, holding a shooting match with clay pigeons as moving targets. In seven shots the winner (Mrs F. Seccombe) got five “ birds,” and the runner-up three, while each of the other two competitors scored two hits apiece. This is believed to be the first time in New Zealand that a women’s shooting match has been held.—Auckland correspondent. Evidence was given relating to the alleged closing of the Murimotu polling booth at 6 o’clock instead of 7. Two ladies intimated that they had gone to the booth between 6 and 7, and were unable to vote. One man said results were posted up between 6.15 and 6.45. A meeting of railway men, held at Otahuhu (Auckland) at midday yesterday, passed the following resolution:— “ That this mass meeting of Otahuhu railway employees calls upon the Central Committee to take _ a ballot throughout the Public Service to ascertain the feeling of members regarding a national strike in the event of the Government carrying out its proposed legislation to reduce the wages of Civil servants.” The resolution is to be forwarded to the secretary of the Central Executive.

The commander of the Salvation Army (General E. J. Higgins) concluded a crowded four weeks’ tour of New Zealand at Auckland yesterday, when he sailed with Mrs Higgins by the Aorangi for Sydney. They were given a rousing send-off by officers and members of the Auckland corps, “We can never forget the month we have been privileged to spend in New Zealand,” they said in a letter sent to the Mayor of Auckland. “The kin'nesses shown to us by all classes of the community, from their Excellencies downward, will remain cherished memories as long as time lasts.”

The entry of the Matson Shipping Line into the trade in New Zealand and Australian waters was one of the questions dealt with at the annual meeting of the Canterbury branch of the Navy League last evening. A Wellington remit protested against this American competition with British ships, but an Auckland remit called attention to the value of the Matson Line’s service in bringing tourists to New Zealand and in other directions. “These American ships,” said the president (Mr J. J. DougalD, “ are paid ten dollars for ever mile of their outward voyage. There is uqt another fleet on God’s earth which is supported by such a subsidy. It is unfair competition.” The Wellington remit was approved.—Christchurch correspondent. Bananas from Samoa and Apia ex Maui Pomare reached Dunedin this morning from Lyttelton. In all 1,600 cases are for the Dunedin market, and delivery was taken this afternoon. It was reported from Lyttelton yesterday that the fruit was in excellent condition. These cases will be sold to the shops from about 15s to 16s each, thus enabling the public to secure supplies at a reasonable figure. A wholesale fruit merchant explained to a reporter this morning now that Dunedin had been cut out of the itinerary of the fruit ship Maui Pomare, the Railway Department had made special arrangements for the delivery of bananas here with the least possible waste of time. Enclosed trucks are run on to the wharf at Lyttelton, and the cases lifted from the ship’s holds are placed in the trucks, which are then coupled to the goods train and brought to Dunedin overnight. In this way the bananas are here practically as soon as they would be if the ship came direct from the islands to this port. To charges of disorderly behavour while drunk and of damaging an electric light globe, valued at 3s 6d, the property of the Government, Hugh Goodlet pleaded guilty in the Police Court to-day. Sub-inspector Cameron said a constable saw Goodlet talking to another man in Customs House square yesterday at 4.25 p.ra. Goodlet struck the man on ths jaw, knocking him down, an act which ho repeated when the man attempted to rise. Goodlet was drunk when arrested, and on being placed in a cell he broke a globe. He was recently released from prison on probationary license, which was now cancelled, and he would be returned to prison till July 7. Since his return to Dunedin Goodlet had been associated with another well-known criminal, and had been drinking about the hotels. Ho had a long list, and was an undesirable person to be in the town at tho present time. The accused was sentenced to a month’s imprisonment, with hard labour, on tho first charge, and was convicted and ordered to pay tho amount of tho damage, in default two days’, imprisonment, on fhe second sfcargfe

Further evidence was heard in the Police Court yesterday afternoon in the case in which affiliation and maintenance orders were sought against Clayton CassonS in respect to an illegitimate child. After tho girl concerned and two of her friends had given evidence the case was adjourned till Friday. An occasion when the Riot Act was read in New Zealand is recalled by Mr P. Gosney, of Green Island. On July 12 of either 1882 or 1883, when Mr Gosney was an _ apprentice plumber in Timaru, Police-inspector Pender, with sword held aloft, mounted the steps of tho Oddfellows’ Hall, at the foot of Barnett street, and read the Act. Orangemen and Irishmen had clashed, and it was common knowledge that the Hibernians were heavily loaded with stone missiles. The situation looked ugly, but the inspector’s action stopped any outburst of feelings. The following prisoners were sentenced in the Wellington Supreme Court yesterday:—For attempted incest Stephen Henry Mexted, aged sixty-two, was sentenced to twelve months’ reformative detention; John Crowe, theft, forgery, and uttering, nine months’ imprisonment; William Bandy, breaking and entering and theft, two years in the Borstal; Matthew Henry Brunning, forgery and uttering, nine months’ imprisonment ; William Joseph Gee, theft and breaking and entering, eighteen months’ imprisonment: Frederick Morrison, forgery and uttering, six months’ imprisonment; Thomas Edward Jones, false pretences, twelve months’ imprisonment; Stanley May Robertson, breaking and entering and theft, two years’ imprisonment. At the municipal organ recital tomorrow night the principal item will be a performanco of Saint-Saens’s great ‘ Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G Minor,’ in which the solo part will bo played by Miss Mary Fraser, while the orchestral accompaniment will be played on the organ by Dr V. E. Galway. This is one of the most notable piano concertos, and all music lovers should welcome the opportunity of hearing it. A fine selection of organ items includes Bach’s ‘ Prelude and Fugue in C Major,’ the first movement of Wider’s brilliant organ Symphony No. 6, a Romance by Beethoven, and lighter items by Gluck, Johnson, Haigh, Tschaikovsky, and Mailly.

Considerable interest is being aroused in connection with “ Come to Dunedin Week,” and the enthusiasm manifested by members of the various committees points to the success of the undertaking. The object of the movement is not only to bring old Dunedin residents back to the city for the occasion, but to invite visitors from all parts of the dominion to attend a function that will not only be entertaining but of considerable interest. The programme of events has not yet been finalised, but it will include such a variety of attractions that all tastes will be catered for. The organiser (Mr G. A. Wycherley) is installed in an office at the Town Hall, where all concerned are now busy with the detail work.

During the hearing of an action in the civil court this morning a butcher created much amusement with a dark and rather inexplicable definition of his own calling, which he described as a “ mysterious trade.” Arrangements have been completed for the annual Poppy Day collection which is to take place on Friday of this week. Throughout Otago 43,000 poppies, the emblem of the sacrifice of the men who were killed and injured in the war, will be offered for sale, and the proceeds, as in the past, will be used to provide work for disabled men. In the city the campaign, which will be conducted by a band of enthusiastic ladies, will be commenced at an early hour, and the Returned Soldiers’ Association is confident that the public response will be as liberal as in past years. The bulk of the poppies will be offered at Is each, and there will be 700 to be sold at 2s each. Badges for school children will bo sold for any sum less than Is. Stalls will be established at vantage points in the main streets, and a canvass will be made in the various suburbs.

A sitting of the Supreme Court was held this morning, matters in relation to tho will of the late David Scott, produce merchant, Dunedin, being brought under the notice of His Honour Mr Justice Kennedy. Certain proposals were made by counsel for an allowance to one of the testator’s daughters and for an additional allowance to another daughter, tho other parties concerned agreeing with the proposals. His Honour reserved his judgment in order that a formal draft order might be submitted embodying the proposed terms.

In the past there had been a great diversity in the manner in which medals and decorations have been tvorn by some returned men in the Anzac Day parade and the following extract from 1 New Zealand Regulations,’ which deals with the wearing of ribands of decorations and medals, may not be out of place:—" Tho riband is not to exceed one inch in length unless the possession of clasps requires it to be longer. When two or more medals and decorations are worn, they will be so arranged that tho lower edges (or lowest point of a star) are in line. The lengths of all ribands will be regulated by that decoration or medal which, including any clasps, is the longest.” These instructions apply equally to miniature medals and decorations.

Tho first of the new season’s mutton birds have come to hand, and are on sale in the city. They are in splendid condition.

At practically all the meetings of householders in Wellington protests were made against the proposed economies in the education vote. Special reference was made to capitation and the proposal that the school age should be raised from five to six years received condemnation.—Press Association.

A big meeting of the Auckland tramwaymen was held this morning. The officials deny that any representation was sent to the seamen’s stop-work meeting. Another tramwaymen’s meeting is called for to-night.—Auck-land correspondent.

Save your eyes. Be wise and consult VV. V. Stumer (optician, 2 Octagon), thus conserving good vision for old age.—[Alvt.j

Gold wanted in largo or small quantities; bring your old jewellery along, valued by expert jewellers and highest prices given.— Ferguson Ltd., jewellers, 45 George street.—[Advt.]