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Evening Star, Issue 21622, 18 January 1934, Page 8

A miner's * prospecting license at Deep Stream in the vicinity of the Water Department’s gauging weir has been granted by the warden, stated Cr W. Begg at last night’s meeting of the City Council. The application was opposed by the city solicitor. However, the warden imposed certain conditions, including the deposit of £2O to indemnify the council and the Mines Department. The council had really raised no opposition to the prospecting license but, if anything further eventuated, the matter would be again discussed by the AVatcr Committee.

The Dunedin Jockey Club has challenged the City Council to a bowling match. At last night’s meeting of the council, the Mayor (Rev. E. T. Cox) said that he intended to ask Cr W. H. Shepherd \vho had performed so well in the dominion tournament, to skip the team, the other members of which which be the mayor, Crs W, A. Scott and J. J. Marlow.

Mr J. W. Beanland, a member of the Christchurch City Council and chairman of its Works Committee, was present at last night’s meeting of the. City Council, Reply to the mayor’s welcome, he said he would be failing in his duty if, as one interested in civic work for twenty years, he failed to attend the council meeting when visiting Dunedin. Meetings of councils were very much alike; but the Christchurch Council was a little more noisy than usual—or it was reported as such. Ho agreed with the mayor that progress made in either city was to the advantage of the other. Even sports’ clubs are not immune from the depredations of larikins with/ a/misguided sense of humour, and the Grange Cricket Club is the latest to suffer in this direction. The wire rope which was used to enclose the club’s turf wicket has been removed and the wicket damaged, and the club is concerned as to the fate of the rope which was last seen in Union street but has since disappeared. The matter has been placed in the hands of the police. Progress on the Wilkie road sewer was a matter introduced at last night’s special meeting of the Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board by Mr M. Silverstone, who asked the chairman of the Works Committee (Mr J. J. Marlow) when it was proposed to start work in that locality. Mr Marlow answered that work had been started there about a week ago,- six men having been engaged in certain preliminaries. They had two weeks’ work to perform, and at the expiration of less than a week another ten men would be employed. A little later there would be seven more taken on, and about the middle of February the undertaking, with fifty men operating, would be in full swing. A Red Cross reception was given at Wellington yesterday to the Russian girl, Galina Bogatiroff. Dr Collins, M.L.C., president of the Wellington centre, said they were conscious of the excellent work performed by the secretariat of the League of Red Cross Societies, the Russian Red Cross in Moscow, the officials of the Prime Minister’s Department, His Majesty’s diplomatic service' in London and Moscow, and also the Soviet Government for facilitating the matter of the child’s passport. He also paid a tribute to the. Broadcasting Board, the management of 2YA, and the Press for maintaining a lively public interest, and also to the kindly people who had responded to the appeal for funds. They all trusted that Mr and Mrs Bogatiroff and family would enjoy much happiness in the future. After other speeches had been made Mr and Mrs Bogatiroff presented short addresses of thanks to all who had assisted. No cases came up for hearing in the Police Court this morning. It was reported by the Executive Committee of the University Senate on Monday that advice had been received that the Carnegie Corporation was unable to provide funds to enlarge the work of home science extension to other university districts, but would consider additional grants for work already begun. The corporation had also advised that it would maike a diminishing grant to the W.E.A., provided that the university and colleges would make financial provision for the work. After consulting the colleges, a reply was sent by the committee that the university regretted that it was not in a position to accept a conditional grant of this nature, but that it would be willing to accept responsibility for administering any unconditional grant that might be made. A denial ' that Dominion Airways Ltd. would be financed and controlled by other than New Zealanders was given yesterday by the broker, Mr Trevor S. Withers, of Auckland, who said that good progress was being made with the formation of the company. Apart from Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s holding, all the capital would be subscribed in New Zealand, and the board would consist of residents of the dominion. It was expected that the services would be in operation within six months. All the pilots would be New Zealanders. —Wellington Press Association. That cricketers are pampered to a great extent by the serving of orange drinks at intervals of an hour is the view held by some spectators who go to the Plunket Shield matches at Eden Park. Official support of this opinion was virtually given by the Auckland Cricket Association at its meeting last evening, when it was decided that except on excessively warm days the practice should be stopped. It was pointed out that the breaks in the play caused some irritation among the spectators.— Auckland correspondent. ■ At the fourth ■meeting of creditors the Official Assignee again failed to elicit from Thomas Goodall information as to the disposal of £420 drawn from the savings bank on November 1, bankrupt repeatedly asserting that he had lost his memory of events connected with it. A resolution was passed recommending a public examination.—Gisborne Press Association.

i “ 1 ll "'" -- “***s I i At the outset of the fat lamb sale i at Burnside yesterday prices were a s little in excess of the freezing parity. ■ Freezers competed well, keeping values . level throughout at no apparent change from last week. _ The best quality sold to 265, with prime heavies up to 23s 6d, mediums to 20s 6d, and lights to 16s. Mr Sydney L. Thompson, a New Zealand artist, accompanied by his wife and two daughters, arrived at Wellington yesterday from Sydney. He is proceeding to Christchurch, where he and his family will make their home. In an interview, Mr Thompson said that Paris was the world’s market lor paintings. France was one of the most beautiful countries in the world for the painter. He had been accustomed to paint fishing scenes in Britany during the summer and landscapes and portraits on the Riviera during the winter. Asked whether ultra-modern art was on,the Wane in France, Mr Thompson replied: “ It is and it is not.” It appeared to be on the wane at the larger exhibitions, _ but there were still plenty of exhibitions of ultra-modern art. “ Boys have been boys all through the years and always will be so. As long as there are boys about insulators will be broken. A good spanking is a better cure for that sort of thing than an appearance in court.” So stated Mr J. Wallace (chairman of the Otago Education Board), when the board at its meeting this morning received a communication from the G.P.0., Wellington, stating that a great deal of financial loss was entailed and convenience suffered each year through the large number of telephone insulators wilfully mostly through stone throwing.- The matter had been taken up with the Education Department. The suggestion was .now made that a suitable poster be prepared to be hung in each school, teachers occasionally to direct attention to the poster and give, say, two lessons each year on the matter. The board’s approval was asked. After Mr Wallace had spoken it was, agreed that, if the department supplied the posters, the board would see that they were placed in the schools, the teachers to draw attention to them. Stating that he was one of those men who took no stock in school attendance certificates and never would, Mr J. Wallace (chairman of the Otago Education Board) went on to say at this morning’s meeting that should be satisfied to know that their chil■dren were in* good health. In spite of the fact that they would be far better off in bed, children sometimes went to school for the simple reason that they wished to say they had never missed. The chairman, however, said he noted with pleasure the good health of the Queensberry children, the School Committee having notified the board that for two years in succession every child in the school had received an attendance certificate. No child this year was absent for more than four half-days. The Faith in Australia arrived at Blenheim at 10 o’clock this evening, after a flight of 40min from Nelson. The next two days will be devoted to passenger flights, principally over the Sounds. Wellington will_ be the next port of call.—Press Association. An automatic false alarm to Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co.’s warehouse, Stafford street, was answered by the City Fire Brigade at 3.58 p.m. yesterday. The Green Island Brigade was called out to a hedge fire in Shand street at 6.45 p.m., but no damage was done. The postal authorities advise that the Mariposa, due at Auckland on January 26, has 125 bags of American and English mail for Dunedin, including | four bags for Little America. The mail ’ is due at Dunedin on January 29. Save your eyes. Be wise and consult W. V. Stunner (optician, 2 Octagon), thus conserving good vision for old age.—f Advt.) Train arrangements and excursion fares ■ in connection with the Forbury Park Trotting. Meeting, January 25 and 27, are announced by the Kailway Department in this issue. • '