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Evening Star, Issue 21641, 9 February 1934, Page 8

During the quarter ended December 31. 1933, the population of the dominion showed an inci'ease of 6,143, compared with an increase of 6.628 during the coresponding quarter of 1932. Every word uttered in London was clearly heard by New Zealand listeners when the High Commissioner for New Zealand (Sir James Parr) spoke to the dominion last night through the Empire shortwave station at Daventry. The address was rebroadcast by 2YA, and the reception was perfect. Sir James Parr contrasted the present conditions in England with what they were when he was last in the Old Country. An elaborate procession has been planned for Sunday, February 25, in connection with the celebrations to mark the completion of Archbishop Redwood’s term of sixty years as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, a world record in the history of the church. The procession, which will include the whole of the Roman Catholic organisations in the Wellington district and 100 visiting prelates and priests, will pass through the city to the Basil; Deserve, where a great concourse will be gathered before the altar. The celebrations will last from February 25 until February 28. The postal authorities advise that the Mariposa left Sydney on Wednesday for Auckland with thirty-six bags of Australian mail and three parcel receptacles for Dunedin. The mail is due at the local office on Tuesday afternoon. The mails which left Auckland on January 9 per the Aorangi via Vancouver reached London on February 7. Advice has been received that Mr M. J. Savage, Leader of the Opposition, will visit Dunedin shortly. The mayor (Rev. K. T. Cox) is arranging a civic reception. There is an impression amongst several of the ex-pupils of the St. Clair School that this is the jubilee year. Actually' the jubilee does not fall for another twelve years, tho first school being opened in 1896. Although no record has been found giving the mouth or date of the opening of the school, it is thought that one is in existence, and this will probably be produced after a systematic search. A Christchurch ‘ Press ’ reporter who attended the annual meeting of shareholders of the Sydenham and Suburban Co-operative Money Club had the unusual experience of being elected a member of the club so that his presence could supply a quorum of members. It was a coincidence that at the same meeting a few years ago the same reporter was elected a member to form a quorum for that meeting. There is nothing in the club’s rules to debar the practice, although the reporter was not entitled to a vote. The statement on the railway working account for the four weeks ended January 6 shows revenue as £557,081, expenditure as £369,177. Tho total revenue from April 1, 1933, to January 6, 1934, was £4,508,450, the total expenditure was £3,907,792, and the net revenue was £660,658. Tho totals for the corresponding period of last year were: Revenue £4,404,239, expenditure £3,946,930, net revenue £157,309. ,

An application tor permission to erect an electric advertising sign on the root of the Stock Exchange biddings, Princes street, has been granted subject to the payment of an annual license fee of £5 in advance (states the General Committee of the City Council in its report). The proposed sign will be 35 feet long by 31t deep and Ift wide. This sign is of the “ talking ” type, and will bo used by the proprietor as a medium for advertising, somewhat on the same lines as the existing electric sign along the Princes street front of the same building. The sign would be placed on the x-oof of the building and face generally in a northerly direction. The Finance Committee of the City Council has recommended that a grant of £6 bo made to the St. Clair Life Saving Club to cover the expense incurred by the club in maintaining a beach patrol at St. Clair for a further period of one month. The amount will be a charge against unauthorised expcmliturc. The New Zealand Registered Nurses’ Association’s conference was continued at the Medical School this morning, Miss E. J, Young presiding. Routine business occupied the greater part of the time, and office-bearers were elected. This afternoon the delegates were taken on a tour of inspection of the Hospital Board’s laundry at Caversham, the Prince Edward Convalescent Home, and the Wakari Hospital. The conference concludes to-night. In view of the celebrations at Waitangi it is interesting to note that those who desire to inspect a copy of tho original Treaty of Waitangi may do so by paying a visit to the Early Settlers’ Museum, where a copy is hung on the walls. An unenviable experience was suffered recently by a water diviner in the, Eltham districts. Having located a potential source of water, he commenced digging a well, assisted by a youth employed on tho farm. In duo course he arrived at a depth of 20ft, the aforesaid youth hauling the spoil to the surface by means of bucket and windlass. At this depth water was tapped, and it commenced to rain heavily, surface drainage finding its ,way into the well till there was a depth of 4ft of water. The youthful assistant meanwhile had taken shelter from tho rain and forgotten all about the man in the well. Four hours later the owner of tho property went to inspect the well, and discovered the diviner at the bottom chest deep in water and with no moans of ascending. If a heavy flow of water had been tupped a fatality would certainly have resulted through the youth’s forgetfulness. As may be guessed, he received a proper “ once round ” from his employer. Early this week the Dunedin market was over-supplied with fruit, and prices dropped to levels that must disappoint growers. The wet weather checked the inflow of■ fruit/from other districts, and a sharp rise was reported by tho auctioneers this morning, stocks being, somewhat short of requirements, particularly apricots, peaches, choice dessert plums, and greengages. Bon Chretien pears are cheaper than they were, owing to big consignments arriving. Apples are in keen demand, especially first grade Cox’s and Gravensteins, and values seem likely to advance for xoally good dessert kinds. There is for tho time being a slump in tomatoes, Nelson and other places having overloaded the market. Raspberries command good prices, also loganberries. Grapes are more plentiful, and prices are lower than a week ago. The managing director of Reilly’s Central Produce Mart is advised that the worst rainstorm California has' known for fiftyi-seven ;: years occurred in the first week of last month, llin being registered in 24 hours, with the result that largo areas of fruit growing land were washed away.

Both H.M.S. Dunedin and H.M.S. Diomede will leave Auckland in June on a cruise of the Pacific Islands. The former will leave on June 15, and after calling at Nukualofa, Suva, Apia, Pago Pago, Borabora, Tahiti, Moorea, Raiatea, and Rarotonga, will return to Auckland on August 7. The Diomede will leave on June 18, and after calling at Norfolk Island, Vila Hog Harbour, Ocean Island, Tarawa, Funafuti, Apia, Suva, Vavau, and Nukualofa, will return to Auckland on August 10. —Press Association. The idea of establishing an Auckland Club in Dunedin, on similar lines to the Dunedin Club at Auckland, has been well received, quite a number of men who have come from Auckland consenting with pleasure to the invitation to help forward such a movement, and it is now deemed certain that the proposal will lead to the forming of a strong and useful club. A second meeting of the promoters was held last night, when an outline constitution was sketched, to be submitted to a meeting of ex-Auck-landers that is to bo convened at an early date. Two letters received by the editor arc from persons who. after making the trip to Eglinton Valley by Corporation bus, arc of the opinion that the suggestion by Mr C. J. Hayward, to the effect that Cascade Creek should bo reached in one day and made the headquarters for the tours, would be a mistake. The reasons given by the writers may be thus summarised: (1) From Dunedin to Cascade Creek is a distance of 248 miles, too long to be comfortable as a one-day’s journey. (2) The accommodation at Cascade Creek is in tents, therefore not comparable with the accommodation ’at the Te Anau Hotel. (3) Cascade Creek is within the rainy area, and plagued with mosquitoes and sandflies. (4) The present arrangement of making Te Anau the headquarters means that passengers can enjoy the steamer trip on the lake and the jaunt to Manapouri without bustling anyone. It was reported to the police on Wednesday that Airs Vera Berry bad been missing since that morning from where she was staying at 11 Victoria street. She had intimated her intention of going to the hospital, and no further advice as to her whereabouts was received until last night, when it was reported that she had now entered the hospital. The postal authorities advise that the Wanganella left Sydney on Thursday for Wellington with sixteen bags of Australian mail and five parcel receptacles for Dunedin. The mail is due at the local office on Tuesday afternoon. Exceptionally large consignments of onions nave come to Dunedin from the Canterbury districts, so that the market is glutted and sales are difficult to effect. One of the agents strongly advises consignors to hold back in the hope of getting a further shipment away to Canada, where at the moment there is an outlet for some 3,000 tons at payable prices. If present negotiations are brought to a successful issue Canterbury onions will advance materially in price. As to potatoes, though prices arc rather low compared with those in the North Island, ready sales arc made at prices ranging from Cs to 9.s per cwt. Save your eyes. Be wise and consult W. V. Stunner (optician, 2 Octagon), thus conserving good vision for old ago.—fAdvc-1 The Rahway Department advertises in tin's issue train arrangements in connect ion wilii the Dunedin races at Wiiivntui (oUKiITuV,-.