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Evening Star, Issue 21718, 12 May 1934, Page 12

The ‘ Sports Special,’ with all the sporting ugavs of the day available, including the exhibition trotting match at Oainaru, •will be sold on the streets to-night. There Avas a clean sheet at the Police Court this morning, Hoav Mr Bernard ShaAV Avas fooled by a determined autograph hunter Avas revealed by Mr Kenneth MacDonald, of Detroit, who says that he recently made several applications for Mr ShaAv’s autograph, but received no reply. Thereupon he wrote asking for permission to use Mr Shaiv’s name to advertise a new vegetable cure> for digestive troubles, adding that he would accept failure to reply as assent. This finally roused G. 8.5., Avho sent Mr MacDonald a scorching autographed letter forbidding the use of his name and threatening “ every legal step in my power to restrain you and to Avarn the public 1 knoAV nothing of your remedy. 1 ' The “ digestive cure ” was entirely mythical, but the threat of it gained Mr MacDonald Avhat he wanted. A well-known Wanganui resident has been undergoing a fast, not for pleasure but tiy compulsion. He completed twelve days at the end of the Aveek, and in conversation Avith a reporter he stated that his health had greatly benefited. “ It Avas pretty tough during the first three days,” he remarked, “ especially Avheu all sorts of savoury smells permeated the house from the culinary department. After that 1 got on line, and Avas perfectly satisfied with an occasional drink of ivater. With a little more practice 1 Avill be able to issue a challenge to Gandhi.’ ’ The exhibition of Avater colours by Mr Tom Garrett, the Sydney artist, was opened in Charles Begg’s showroom yesterday afternoon, a large gathering of art enthusiasts being present. The exhibition Avas opened by Mr P. L. Halsted, and Mrs Garrett expressed her pleasure at the interest slioAvn in Dunedin in the collection of water colours*

The friendly membership campaign between the Dunedin and the Christchurch R.S.A.s continues. The figures to April 30 are: Dunedin 915, Christchurch 736.

Two or three questions as to the founding of Melbourne, said questions arising from the preparations for celebrating that city’s centenary, may be thus answered. Melbourne was first occupied by white men in 1835, the infant settlement being then known as Doutta Galla, that being the title of the original tribe of blacks. In 1837 it was named Melbourne, after the British Prime Minister of that date. Lord Melbourne, born in 1779, entered the House of Commons for Leominster m 1805, became a convert to Canning’s views, . and was made Chief Secretary for Ireland. In 1828 the death of his father transferred him to the House of Lords. In 1834 he succeeded Earl Grey as Prime Minister, was superseded by Sir Robert Peel four months later, and took the lead again in 1835, continuing in office when Victoria ascended the throne in 1837. In 1851 Melbourne advanced to the dignity of a capital, when the Port Philip province was separated from . New South Wales. ■

Should there be a close season for flounders in the harbour ? A seine fisherman told a ‘ Star ’ reporter that a close season was badly needed. He had been at the game since he was a lad, and he was now an elderly man. When he started there were twenty boats seining flounders. Now there was half that number or less. The reason for the decreased number of boats, he reckoned, was that flounders were not now so plentiful. The remedy was a close season. The lower Portobello flats provided a natural spawning ground, for the water was comparatively shallow there. The flounders buried thefuselves in the sand to spawn. A net might pass over them, but the people who speared flounders came along and dragged the spawning ffihmder out of the sand. Every flounder thus killed meant fifty dozen fewer young flounders. The man with the spear was the flounder’s worst foe in .the spawning season. Something should be done to protect flounders in the spawning season.

The Otago Mortgagors’ Liabilities Adjustment Commission will sit at Middlemarch on May 21, Alexandra and Cromwell on' May 23, Roxburgh on May 24, and Lawrence on May 25.

The annual Hospital Week commenced this afternoon, when a social hour, was spent by friends of the Dunedin Hospital at the Nurses’ Home. To-morrow the nurses are to attend services at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in the morning and at Knox Church in the evening.

A visitor to Greymouth was Mr Sainte de Perigo, a young, man born m Corsica, and educated in England. Three years ago he left France, and after twelve months in Moscow he spent two years touring America, before coming to this dominion, eight months ago, in the course of a tramp through many countries of the world. In Russia he closely studied life “ in tho raw,” and he holds the opinion that that nation is preparing for a war that would take the form of a crusade, to convert the rest of the world to Communism. Mr de Perigo stated that during his world tour he does not hesitate to accept "a “ lift,” and he is not bound down to time. He is just seeing the world in what he considered a most interesting way.

The postal authorities advise that the Makura left Sydney for Wellington on Thursday with eighteen bags of Australian mail and seventeen parcel receptacles for Dunedin. The mail is due next Tuesday afternoon. From tho pen of “ Tall Story ”: The yarn published the other day in the ‘ Evening Star ’ about the man who collects kerosene tins full of threepenny pieces each year attains what I, speaking metaphorically, should term a high altitude. Indeed, to such heights does it soar that I have been wondering if it springs from the same source as tho following story, set in the good old days when the Peninsula ferry boats ran to and fro between Dunedin and Portobello. Please let me tell it as closely as I can in. the words of the narrator and hero, who sa id ;—“ I used to be an engineer on,the harbour ferries, and one early morning, while our boat was lying at Portobello, the skipper came to me in a great state of agitation and said that all the coal had been stolen during the night from the bunkers. He did not know how we were going to get up to town. He declared he hadn’t a scrap of coal at his own house, and did not know where to procure any at that early hour. So I scratched my head for a bit and said: “Give me five minutes, captain. I’ll pop up and see what the wife can do for us.” Well, I presently returned with all the coal she had—half a scuttleful. It seemed a pretty small quantity, but all the same we soon had steam up and were on our way to Dunedin. And, believe it or not, we managed to get there—though I’ll admit it was touch and go. Piece by piece, speck by speck, I nursed that coal until, when we were just approaching the wharf, the steam gave out' Luckily, however, a deck hand was’ able to throw a long line ashore, and wo were eventually pulled m to our berth.” The hero, concludes Tall Story,” now worries no longer about steam power, He dabbles in electricity.

In the tramAvay appeal cases heard yesterday at Christchurch the A. E. Armstrong mentioned is not the city councillor of the same Press Association.

An amusing incident occurred on the Noav Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rotorua when she was loading at Tokoniaru Bay last week. On the vessel’s main mast head and fastened to the truck is a large knvi made of metal, and it Avas attacked by two seagulls. One bird was perched on the long beak of 'the kiwi pecking at the eyes and the other seagull was pecking at the back of the Iciavi. The two birds continued their combined attack for a considerable time.

William Wallace Clifford, aged twenty-five, Avho escaped from the lock-up on March 17 Avhile on remand on charges of theft, and was arrested at Hawera on Thursday, _ was sentenced on the charge of escaping to three months’ imprisonment. Palmerston North Press Association.

A clash occurred shortly after _ll o’clock last evening between rival Chinese and Hindu fruiterers whose business premises arc situated close together in the main business area at Dannevirke. It is alleged that the trouble was caused by the wiping of fruit prices off the window of a Chinese shop As the rivals were proceeding homewardsy last night the Chinese set a watch, and sev-eral Hindus and Chinese were subsequently engaged m a pitched battle, during Avhicli two combatants, one on each side, went through a plate glass Avmdow of a shop a Chinese receiving slight head injuries. A Hindu cut a wrist. There is every probability that the battle, which apparently ended in a draiv, will be ref ought shortly m court .—Press Association. A formal ‘ Gazette ’ notice Avas issued to-day summoning the meeting of: the General Assembly (Parliament) for June 28.—Press Association,

An organisation which should commend itself has been formed in Dunedin on the lines of the Corsair Club, of Christchurch. It is known as the Dunedin Sunshine Social Club, and has for its motto “ A Happier Life for Young and Old.” Already the movement has taken firm root, and has a membership of well over 150. The aims of the club are calculated to appeal to a wide following as it is intended to provide inexpensive entertainment in the way of dances, social evenings, parties, carnivals, and excursions. In these functions it is hoped that old and young may find enjoyment in a homely and sociable manner.

The postal authorities advise that the Monowai left Sydney for Auckland on Friday with eight bags of Australian mail and four parcel receptacles and the mail is duo at the local office on Wednesday afternoon.

Crippled by last year’s serious frosts in Central Otago this season’s fruit export trade has been disastrous to the grower, whoso plight, however, has been considerably offset by the handsome returns of the previous season. The last shipments were sent overseas at the beginning of the month on the Turakina and the Rotorua, bringing the total number of cases exported to 12,000, compared with 160,000 last ■season. Despite this serious reverse, growers are optimistic as to next year’s prospects. At present, the orchards in the Central arc looking at their best, and, judging from large numbers of healthy buds, there is every promise of the growers being compensated for their losses this coming season.

The premises of Messrs Goodley and Sons, grocers, City road, Roslyn, and the adjoining shop of Mr A. G. Shorriff butcher, were broken into some time between 12.30 this morning and five o’clock, and a quantity of goods stolen. Entry to Goodley’s shop Wjis gained apparently by filing or sawing the padlock off the door, and forcing a Yale lock by means of a lever. An examination of the premises revealed that a large quantity of cigarettes and tobacco, valued at approximately, £25 was stolen, and also, a small amount of loose silver which had been left in the till. Sherriff’s shop was entered by the padlock being forced off the door, and a quantity of meat was removed.

As some indication of the exodus from New Zealand to Melbourne towards the end of this year, it is reported that the Wanganella s trip from Wellington to Melbourne via Sydney in the last week in September has already been heavily booked. At a sitting of tho Police Court at Duntroon, before Mr J, D. Rutherford, J.P., Sydney Ashton and Stephen Cairns, who were charged with stealing a quantity of gold valued at £lB 11s, the property of Charles Edward Adams, were remanded to appear before the magistrate on Tuesday afternoon. Oamaru correspondent. Dunedin merchants are not giving big orders just now. Presumably the merchants of other New Zealand cities are also operating cautiously, since j-he reason for applying the brake is a common necessity in view of the fact that nqbody can guess what the Tariff Commission’s report will" disclose in the way of recommendations. These spells of forced inactivity, too frequent in recent' years, are becoming irksome and in restraint of trade. So far, as can be seen,, the trading' business of the dominion would be quite good if allowed a free course. Meanwhile the best news in mercantile .circles is that cheese is decidely firming in value. The factories may this season close down a little in consequence of the broken weather, and it will be very welcome to tho producers if the closing, qupta-' tions' reach to payable ’ figures. ‘ '

Tho Prime Minister of Australia (Mr J. A. Lyons) will broadcast a short goodwill message-to the people of New Zealand at 7.30 to-night, New Zealand time. He will speak from Canberra, and his talk will be broadcast by the New Zealand Broadcasting Board’s main stations. ~

Tho danger of a serious flood in the Wairarapa Lake district is now past. The outlet of the lake was successfully opened yesterday morning, and the waters are now running out well. The Palliser Bay road, has been almost obliterated at a rocky cutting, and will probably not be reopened for many months. .

Tho Moonshine Gardens will hold their weekly dance to-night.

Notification of Sunday services as enumerated below appears in our Sunday services advertising columns-.—Anglican: St. Pauls Cathedral, All Saints’. Presbyterian: First Church, Knox Church. St. Andrew’s, Chalmers, Musselburgh, St. Stephen’s, Roslyn. Methodist: Trinity,'Central Mission, Mornington, St. Kilda, Caversham, Dundas Street, Abbotsford. Baptist: Hanover Street, Caversham, Mornington, South Dunedin, Koslyn, Sunshine. Congregational:. Moray Place Church, United. Church of Christ: St. Andrew Street, North-east Valley, South Dunedin, York Place Hail, Playfair Street Hall, Christian Science, Theosophical Society, Spiritualist, Orange Hal!. The Railway Department advertises in this issue that a relief express train leaves Christchurch for Dunedin at 9.10 a.m. and mail train leaves Dunedin for Christchurch at 8.40 a.m. on Saturday, May, 19. Arrangements have been made for the Government motor vessel Maui Pomare to run a series of cheap trips to Samoa, commehcing on May 22, from Wellington, and four-weekly thereafter. Details are published in this issue.

’ A high-class variety entertainment has been arranged for the Empire Theatre at 8.15 on Sunday night by some of Dunedin’s leading artists, who have generously given their services. Admission is by silver com. Save your eyes. Be wise and consult W, V. Stunner (optician. 2 Octagon), thus conserving good vision for old age.—fAdvt.i The Albion aifd Arthur Barnett’s Ladies’ Cricket Clubs hold their monthly dance in the Moonshine Cabaret on'Wedncsday, May 16 Ota"o Mutual Starr-Bowkelt Society will ballot°£soo in a free loan in No. 3 group on Thursday, May 17, 1934, at 7.30 p.m. Join our No. 4 group. The subscription rate is 6d per share per week, and 2s 6d per share per vveek for repayments on a free loan.

The Pacific Starr-Bowkett Society will dispose of £I,OOO by sale in No. 6 group, and £I,OOO by ballot in No. 8 group at a meeting of shareholders on Tuesday next. A notice to shareholders in the No. 4 group of the Dunedin Starr-Bowkett Building Society appears in this issue. The United Starr-Bowkett Building Society will dispose of £I,BOO on May 24.