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Evening Star, Issue 21193, 29 August 1932, Page 8

Aii Association message from Wellington states that from Thursday next there will be a reduction of i per cent, on all ordinary overdrawn bank accounts, with the result that the minimum rate on “ best ” accounts will bo reduced from 0.1 to G per cent. The lit. Hon. J. G. Coates and the New Zealand party at Ottawa Conference left Ottawa on the night of August 22 by the Canadian Pacific Railway to Vancouver, the company’s private car “ Metapedia ” being placed at the Minister’s disposal; proceeded on the next stage to Seattle hy the same company’s steamer; thence by rail to San Francisco.

This week the public .ire to have an opportunity of acquiring first-hand and up-to-date information about town planning. Mr J. W. Mawson, the Stateappointed director of town planning, notifies that he will come to Dunedin on Thursday evening and give an address in the council chamber of the Town Hall on Friday afternoon. The Dunedin Amenities and Town Planning Society has several times asked .Mr Mawson to come here and let our people know what can and what should be done in connection with the lay-out of our township, and the promise now made is the outcome of those invitations, the earliest that Mr .Mawson could make, for ho is a busy man. The mayor is to preside at the meeting. It is hoped that there will be a large attendance. The situation of Dunedin makes it naturally a beautiful ci,ty—it is “ a city sot "upon a hill which cannot be hid," and Mr Mawson is an authority of first rank in directing how to supplement Nature by man’s devices. His qualifications are unchallangoable. Included in his experiences is the work ho did from 1918 to 1921 in directing the town planning of Greece. In a letter which we published on Saturday by “ Drnmclog,” the following was' quoted as an example of the teaching of Dr Dickie's work, ‘ The Organism of Christian Truth ’; “Ho ) .Jesus] conspicuously and deliberately accommodated Himself to their ignorance and their prejudices, and acted as though in full accord with them in beliefs which He knew to ho erroneous, or at least tinged with error.” It is painted out to ns that this is not a . teaching oi Dr Dickies book. but merelv 'a theory quoted by. its author tor the pu 'i- c-e (-1 refuting it.

! The hearing was concluded to-day in the Magistrate’s Court before Mr .1. R. .Bartholomew, S.M., of the claim i of Aero Motors Ltd against Thomas i Evered Steel for £93 Is, alleged to be j duo for materials supplied and work . done on behalf of the defendant. Defendant counterclaimed Jor £B2 6s as special damages and £6O as general damages, alleging that the work had not been carried out properly. Evidence for defendant was given by E. M. Mowat (a truck driver), R. O. Johnstone (a mechanic employed by Steele), J. H. Bell (proprietor of the Star Garage), G. A. Magorian (motor engineer and ex-director of Aero Motors and E. V. M‘Donald (a motor truck salesman). Decision was reserved. The average taxpayer has not a high opinion of Government departmental efficiency. Recently one taxpayer was questioned by the Post Office as to alleged non-payment of unemployment levies. Ho was able to produce his receipt books. It was then revealed that tho Dunedin Post Office had no records of his payments, Tho payer was justly annoyed when he found that the peremptory demand to call at the Post Office was to explain inefficiencies of tho clerical staff. He informed the officer that the department should have called on him. He was last week given another example of departmental laxity, tho Commissioner of Taxes writing to him pointing out the seriousness of failure to supply a statement of income. ’ Tho taxpayer has definite evidence of the return having been provided. Most Government departments seem to have small sections of the staffs engaged in rectifying their own mistakes. The postal authorities advise that the Monterey left Sydney for Auckland on Saturday with seventeen bags of Australian mail and parcel receptacles for Dunedin. The mail is due at the local office on Thursday afternoon. Automatic false alarms called the fire brigade out nt 11.40 p.m. on Saturday to Messrs A. and T. Inglis, George street, and nt 1.43 this morning to tile H. warehouse, Dowling street, and at noon yesterday a chimney fire at Abbotsford was attended to. A “ free-and-easy ” night at the Returned Soldiers’ Association rooms on Saturday drew an attendance of over fifty members, who thoroughly enjoyed themselves ia an entertainment that was in some respects reminiscent of days spent behind the lino in France. Olio of tho most popular items was the playing of a well-known Army game, those present entering whole-heartedly into the affair. Tho West Harbour Band contributed a number of musical items, and several singers also entertained tho company. A similar form of entertainment, sponsored by the Otago Regiment, will be given at tho club on Saturday, September 10, and there will bo a further one on Saturday, October I, under the auspices of ox-members of the Australian Forces. Tho Zoalandia, which left Sydney on Friday for Wellington, has sixty bags of English and Australian mail for Dunedin, which is duo at the local office on Wednesday evening. A baby Austin saloon, the property of Mr A. C. Hudson, was stolen from 88 London street between 7.30 last evening and 7.40 this morning. Tho car is numbered 93-343, and its hood and body are maroon coloured. Tho midnight express from Christchurch was 28 minutes late in reaching Dunedin this morning as the result of a derailment at Pareora. At about 2.20 this morning the engine of the express struck a cow on the crossing there, the front wheels dropping the rails for about 150yds. Fortunately the remainder of the train did not leave tho rails, but another engine had to be secured from Timarn. Over an hour was lost, but a good deal of the time was made up on the run from Timarn to Dunedin. During the past few days Cabinet lias been giving close attention to the final report of the National Expenditure Commission, especially in reference to possible savings in the Estimates. Cabinet sat late on Friday night and on Saturday morning. When soon, the Prime Minister (Mr Forbes) said they had been engaged reviewing the Estimates in the light of tho commission’s report, and the task had been a very arduous one. He said the report would not bo published until tho first week of the session.

Prophecies as to the fluctuations of the world’s markets for New Zealand’s primary products, particularly wool, seem to vary very conshlerably. One authority says that wool will soon advance in value; another of equal weight says it may Speaking on the subject generally this morning, a Dunedin man who by his experience and position ought to know as much as can bo known about the immediate trend of the markets said: “ If wo could bo sure about an increase in lamb and wool the horizon would clear to a large extent. The present position is that our lamb is worth about 4d per lb to the grower, and should rise to Cd before ho gets anything out of it, whilst wool that may be counted on to return the producer 5d must advance to 9d if ho is to be in a position to ’shake off his feet some of the mud that is now holding him back.”

The job of taking down the four minor turrets on the Dunedin Hospital building is lot to Mr H. Naylor, who has already made a start on the work, the bricks and cement being brought to ground by means of a shoot. The mail received this morning by Messrs J. H. Walker, H. Harris, and J. Gardiner, who constitute the executive of the Dunedin Band Contest Committee, included several replies to the circular asking what support will ho given to hold this coming season’s festival in Dunedin. One of the answers is from the Wellington Tramways Band, whoso secretary intimates that this good band will enter, circumstances permitting. A meeting of the Dunedin Committee will probably be hold some time towards the end of the current week to consider the answers to band and decide upon further steps. There is not much room for delay as to making the festival a fixture, since it is necessary to send very soon for the music. William Ernest Waldegrave, formerly in business as a solicitor at Baetihi, was lined £SO at the court to-day for failing to have his trust accounts audited within three months of the year ended .March 31. The prosecution was at the instigation of the Wanganui District Law Society.—Wanganui Press Association.

Believing that the Unemployment Board’s new scheme of subsidising residents for work put in hand on their properties would result in many men being deprived of work other than at relief rates the Citizens’ Unemployment Belief Committee decided to-day not to approve of the plan and local bodies in urban areas will have this decision communicated to them. One member said it was a splendid scheme for absorbing the whole of the private work of the'country by taking from the individual the responsibility for improving his own property. Ho did not like the scheme, which was socialistic in its tendency. The country might as well bi-’-omc' socialistic altogether and let ike Svat •do everything.—Ghristchurch i’s A -socks: ion.'

The Otira is the first overseas steamer to visit this port with two derricks on top of her funnel. These derricks are not used for cargo. They are of miniature size, and are used to carry the aerial wires clear of the fumes from the funnel outlet, the funnel being so long and the masts so short that otherwise the wires would rest on top or the funnel. The diminutive dei neks, one on each side, carry the wires clear of the ship’s chimney. The harbour master was at the Heads to-day carrying out the usual inspection of the channel course and depth.in the vicinity of the mole, which influences the direction of the tidal currents. The making up of the mole and, the occasional flattening out of part of the make-up structure introduce lactors of variation which are closely observed hv the harbour officials. Ihe members of the Harbour Board intend to inspect the mole this week, and also the quarrying operations for the supply of stone for it.

Save your eyes. Be wise and consult W V. Stunner (optician, 2 Octagon), thus conserving good vision for old age. ]Ao\ ~ Eugene Permanent Waving, 10s 6d, top and sides; back of bead, Is 6d per curl; Water Waving, Marcelling, 2s; Shingling. Is.—Henrietta, 305 High street; telephone. 13446.—f Advt-1 An examination for gas testing certificates under Coal Mines Act will be held this evenin' - at the School of Mines by M, H. Black (lecturer). W. Carson AjH-mV-r of Iho Vuhutl oT and U. U'lp.S'r.u (i'.v-m ulnr oi' mines).