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Evening Star, Issue 22004, 13 April 1935, Page 14

The city organist (Dr V. E. Galway) will give an after-church recital in the Town Hall to-morrow evening at 8.15. An unusual degree.of interest attaches to this recital, the organ items having all been drawn from tho French school of composition. The French, always an art-loving nation, brought organ building and organ playing to a very high degree of efficiency. The programme, which will be, opened with a brilliant ‘ Fanfare ’ by Lemmons, includes such items as ‘ Piece Heroiquo ’ by Cesar Franck, who was tho. leader of a French school of modern instrumental composition ; ‘ Prayer and Cradle Song ’ and ‘ Scherzo,’ by Guilmant, a prolific composer of interesting organ music; ‘ Le Cygnc,’ by Saint-Sacns, one of the greatest of French composers; and ‘Toccata,’ by Charles Marie Widor. Other items are gavotte ‘.Rocino ’ (Gossoc), prelude to the ‘ Blessed Damozel ’ (Debussy), and ‘ Choral ’ (Josef Jougcn). Tho supporting artists will ho Mr Leslie Dunbar, who will sing 1 The Friar of Orders Grey’ and Miss Hazel Walker who, with Mr Dunbar, will sing ‘ Night. Hymn at Sea ’ (Goring Thomas). There will lie no charge for admission.'

According to official utterances, which,'as Gilbert reminds, us, are unanswerable, summer time in New Zealand will end this year on April 28, and to make sure of having the correct time on the 29th, householders will be altering the hands of clocks and watches by half an hour. This adjustment, usually termed “putting back the hands,” is properly effected by stopping the works for half an hour before retiring on April 28. To actxfally turn the hands back means bending the connecting wires in striking or alarm clocks, and does not do any clocks good. Renovating by patching and repainting is going on to a considerable extent in Dunedin, and some builders are on important contracts for structural replacements that run into a bit of mondy. Several of, those jobs involve permanent restorations in stone. In that connection it may be remarked that owners find, on inquiring as to prices, that the cost of stonework is now less than it used to be, not on account of a cheapening of the stone, bufr because the master masons now have appliances that can bo operated at less expense, also because profits are being cut. Those factors are encouraging owners to get repairs done at prices they can afford to pay.

A two-roomed wooden cottage at 29 Korbury road was extensively damaged by fire last evening, the City, Brigade turning out at 10.2 u to extinguish the outbreak. The property was owned by Mr D. M. Calder, and was occupied by Mr A. Costello. The cause of tho outbreak is unknown. The promises were not covered bg; jjnsuranogw '

While most of the ladies who willingly worked for hours yesterday in collecting for the Poppy Day fund received the utmost courtesy from members of the public, there were several instances in which rudeness and even hostility were shown. One lady was told to “go to ” by a person with no manners. In another case an uncouth man made a grab at a collection box, remarking as he did that he would rather strangle the lady collector than buy a poppy. When she screamed he beat a hasty retreat, which is always made by persons of such a cowardly. nature. It was an unenviable experience for the collector, who had certainly done nothing to merit such treatment. i The memorial exhibition of works by the late J. F. Scott will be .concluded at the Pioneer Halls to-night. The attendances at the three sessions .yesterday wore excellent, and a further sale was made, _ a lino cut, ‘ Bridge of Sighs,’ finding a purchaser. The chairman and members of the Harbour Board went to the Heads this afternoon by the tug Dunedin to inspect various works in connection with tlie channel entrance and the mole. At the Police Court this morning a first offender for drunkenness was fined 20s or twenty-four hours. Sidney Rolf, a statutory first offender, was fined 10s, in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. Probate has been granted by His Honour Mr Justice Kennedy in the estates of Catherine M'Ahan, widow, Abbotsford; Silas Spragg, journalist, Tokomairiro; Edward Fawns Dutbie, company manager, Dunedin; and Catharine Ann Hughes, widow, Dunedin. Letters, of administration have been granted in the estate of Thomas George Phillips, labourer, Dunedin. The propeller which was lost by the Wahine on Sunday morning just outside the inner harbour, Lyttelton, was recovered late yesterday afternoon after being found by a diver. The propeller is of bronze and is valued at £SOO. It is undamaged and will be carried by the Wahine as a spare. Our .Oamaru correspondent telegraphs that burglars broke into Fraser’s, bacon factory last night, blew open the safe and collected £3.6. Poppy Day Collection at Oamaru realised £l2O. The mayor (Rev. E. T. Cox) acknowledges the receipt of £3 3s from the Tramway Officials’ Union for the relief of distress fund.

Blr John Blailer, who at the age of 95, is making his nineteenth voyage from New Zealand to Scotland, dictated an outline of his career to a reporter when in Scotland two years ago. Otago residents who know him may like to learn some particulars. Ho was born at Auchterarden, Perthshire,' and when in Scotland he lives with a nephew at Larbert. He began life as a ploughman, then drove a van in Glasgow, worked on ’a farm for 3s a day when he got to Otago, fell in with some miners and with two of them worked a claim. The returns were disappointing. ' Blailer had faith in it, but his partners wanted to sell, and as he could nob offer proof of his faith he reluctantly agreed to sell. They re‘ceivcd £1 JiOO for the plant and rights. Some time later the new owners lifted over £52,000 worth of gold from the claim. Blailer said that he tried to bluff the new owners, but found the transfer was legally complete and he had no case. 'The new owners, howover, gave him £9OO as consolation. Later on he worked on a dredge. When living in Dunedin he married a Bliss Brugfi, who,died during the influenza epidemic of 1918. In the Police Court yesterday afternoon Francis Cahill and Nicholas John Harliwich (Blr J. P. Ward) were each charged with speeding. The charge against. Cahill was subsequently withdrawn by leave of the court, and Harliwich was fined 20s and costs (12s). A. Burrows (Blr J. G. Warrington) was charged with negligent /driving, and with, driving without a license. The first charge was dismissed, subject to the payment of costs (10s), and on the second charge he was fined ss, without costs.

Notification of Sunday services as enumerated below appears in our Sunday services advertising columns;—Anglican: Bt. Paul’s Cathedral. All Saints’, St. Michael’s and All Angels’. Presbyterian: First Church, Knox Church, St. Andrew’s, Chalmers, Musselburgh, St. Stephen’s, Roslyn, South Dunedin. Methodist: Trinity, Central Mission, Mornington, St. Kilda. Caversham, Duudas Street, Abbotsford. Baptist; Hanover Street, Caversham, Mornington, South Dunedin, Roslyn, Sunshine. Congregational ; Moray Placo Church, United. Church of Christ: St. Andrew Street. Northeast Valley, South Dunedin. York Place Hall, Playfair Street Hall. Christian Science, Theosophical Society, Spiritualists, Orange Hall. Particulars of Mr R. S. Black’s meetings for next week arc advertised in this issue. Tho Railway Department advertises in this issue particulars of a special cheap excursion Dunedin to Invercargill on Sunday, April 21. Two fast trains will bo run to Invercargill, returning tho samo day. Tho Railway Department advertises in this issue that week-end excursion tickets to. Queenstown will be discontinued for this season after April 20. Tho Railway Department advertises in this issue train arrangements in connection with Easter holidays. Tho Pacific Starr-Bowkett Building Society will dispose of £2,000 by sale and £2,000 by ballot next Tuesday evening. By advertisement in this issue dealers in poisons are notified that the Poisons Act, 1934. came into force on April 1, and provides for three kinds of licenses—wholesaler, storekeeper, and extended storekeeper. In the report of a concert at Montecillo Dem i Hist night the names of two performers —Miss Eva, Judd (violin solos) and Mr G. Watson (Scottish humour) were omitted. O. Marlow’s divisional committee will meet at South Dunedin and Roslyn on Tuesday next; Morning at tho old Library Hall, Meadow street, all at 8 o’clock. The Elite weekly assembly will open in tho Nga-maara Hall on Monday night next. The services of the musical trio—Messrs MTvor, Hambelton, ajid Jameson have been retained to provide the music. Supper will be provided, and Mr P. Byrne will carry out the duties of M.C. Lucky spot and other novelties will be introduced. To be well —see well—see W. V. Stunner, Optician, 2 Octagon, Dunedin, Consulting Opticians.—W. V. Sturmer, F. 1.0., N.Z., A. R. Watson, F. 1.0., 5.D.0., N.Z.[Advt.]