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Evening Star, Issue 22047, 5 June 1935, Page 8

Mr E. S. Perrett is encouraged to go on with his community service in regard to garden priming. More than 50 persons gathered at Dundas street last Saturday. The second of the demonstrations is now fixed for Saturday of this week at Mr J. M. Stevenson’s residence in Jellicoe crescent, Kaikorai. Pruning' a gooseberry bush may seem simple to a beginner, but there is more in it than a novice would guess, and by watching a professional in the operation instruction can be gained as to how to make the bushes come to their best yields as to quantity, quality,, and development. Records examined by Mr L. G. Hill show that the attendance on Monday at the Dunedin Jockey Club’s winter race meeting concluded this week exceeded not only the attendance to see the match between Aussie and Limerick at the Cup Meeting, but was also the largest at the winter meetings since 1929. Another point about this 1935 meeting is that the Judicial Committee was not once convened. Nothing occurred to call for an inquiry. It is gratifying to find racing so clean, especially pleasing to old racegoers who tell tales of past iniquities perpetrated or attempted. The oversight is evidently efficient. One further matter for commendation is that yesterday, after the first race, the committee of the club threw open the gates of the lawm, admitting free the “ outside ” patrons—a courtesy iu the nature of acknowledgment Of the orderly behaviour of the crowd on the previous days. Captain E. V. Sanderson, president of the Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand, is the author of a stern warning in the society’s latest bulletin as to the denudation of our essential protective forests. Thousands of acres of land have gone to waste; other thousands have been burned of over-grazed and thus lost to production. There, is in New Zealand a great opportunity for some far-seeing Roosevelt who is great enough to override petty individual interests and set about getting our land management on to sane lines 6re erosion has assumed the upper hand. Our few remaining forests should bo rid of all trespassing plant-eating animals at no matter what cost; protected front fire, and allowed to revert to their primitive conditions. All land which has gone out of production on steep hillsides and on poor soil should be abandoned for its hoped-for use, and treated as part of the protection forests, beside much high country now used for merino production. The plant life on any area of a decided-upon general steepness, or above a certain stated elevation, should he conserved. Eight Otago players of curling left this morning for a trip to Australia as guests of Australian .curlers who last year toured Now Zealand, the invitation being in acknowledgment then extended to the Australians. The Otago men now travelling are James M'Millali, A, E. Brown, B. G. Brown, and A. J. Brown, of Naseby, J. D, Enwright, of St. Bathaus, R. J. E. Smith, of Wedderburn, E. G. M'Knight, of Oturehua, and D. J. Calder, of Dunedin. They land at Sydney and play there, then proceed to Melbourne and other places for a fortnight’s series of games, Mr R. A. Ealla, who came to Dunedin for the Science Congress and is still here, holds the position of ornithologist on the staff Of the Auckland Museum, and may be ranked among the first two or three authorities on New Zealand native birds. He has not only Studied them in the far south—an aspect which he will doubtless treat fairly fully in his illustrated lecture this evening—but has traversed every island bird sanctuary in the far north, frem the Three Kings to Little Barrier, as well as the mainland sanctuaries in the South Island. In addition to a great amount of ornithological knowledge, he has rate gifts of _ imitation, and can deceive companions into thinking they are listening to a flock of tuis br bellbirds when there, are none within miles.

Stray dogs have recently become such a nuisance in St. Kilda that they were the subject of a complaint addressed to last night’s borough council meeting by 29 storekeepers in Prince Albert road, who requested that owners be forced to lead all dogs whilst on the main road. It was reported at the meeting that there was no by-law covering the matter, consideration of which was deferred until the next meeting, pending inquiries as to the City Council’s method of dealing with unattended dogs.

Unless the complaints of flying over the church at Mosgiel, referred back to the Public Questions Committee from the last meeting, could ho substantiated by tangible evidence, no legal actum could be taken, reported the Rev. J. D. Smith (convener of the committee) to yesterday's monthly meeting of the Dunedin Presbytery. Mr Smith said that the committee had arranged to have observers posted at Mosgiel to note whether the planes belonging to the Otago Aero Club flew over the church during the course of services. Numerous inquiries whether the recipients of the King’s Jubilee medals should acknowledge the award have brought (says a Press Association telegram from Wellington) the official reply that there is no necessity to make any acknowledgement at all. This should end the doubt experienced by many people, some of whom hare inquired at newspaper offices or from Ministerial departments.

The newly-formed Direct Fish and Oyster Supply Company Ltd., of Bluff, which is to operate in Foveaux Strait independently of the combine, has purchased the trawlers Black Cat and Express. The latter vessel is to_ be operated on tlie present steam engines, while the Black Cat has been renamed thh Gardiner and fitted with a powerful four-eylihder Diesel engine. On the trial run tho Gardiner attained a speed Of 10 knots, or approximately 12J miles an hour, which, with her record of seaworthiness, makes her an ideal ship for the purpose.

The sheep-guessing competition at the Winter Show was concluded today, .%!• B. Fulcher, of Dunedin, taking first prize with his guess of 196J1b, which was the exact weight ■if the sheep. Messrs .J, M. Crutchlc.v, jnn. (Kyeburn) and •). Rongban (Tnapeka) divided second and third prizes with estimates that were half a pound on either side of the correct weight.

The Presbyterian Social Service Association is at considerable expense in the upkeep of four children’s homes aiid the lloss Home for the aged, the ovitgo amounting to £25 15s_ every day of the financial year for which the returns are made up, and it is necessary to keep the cause before the eyes of the charitably-blinded. With .that purpose the Rev. N, E. Oakley, 8.A., the Presbyterian minister at North-east Valley and a member of the association’s committee, is arranging a visit to North Otago, to give addresses at Coluraba Church and St. Paul’s Church at Oamaru, also at Westou, ou the 16th inst.

Privileges extended to show exhibitors are occasionally abused, owing to the fact that agricultural societies have no uniform system of dealing with such matters. This was reported at today’s meeting of the Southern District Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of New Zealand by Mr A. S’. Holms (Wnimahaka), who made particular reference to the issuing of luncheon tickets, which, he said, were the cause of much friction among exhibitors. It was instanced that at a certain show an exhibitor, whose entry fees totalled ss, complained that the same luncheon privileges as extended to an exhibitor who paid many times the complainant’s fees had not been accorded to him. It was decided to recommend that all A. and P. societies in New Zealand adopt a uniform system of issuing luncheon tickets. The postal authorities advise that the Niagara, due at Auckland next Monday from Vancouver, has 210 bags of English and American mail for Dunedin. The mail should reach the local office next Wednesday afternoon.

A lorry which had caught fire on the .Main South road hoar the Green Island ironworks was attended to by tho Green Island and South Dunedin Brigades at 6.17 last night. The lorry, the woodwork and upholstery of which were damaged, was owned by C. R. Thomson, of Quarry road. The cause Of the outbreak is unknown. The Napier City Council adopted a resolution that all its employees be placed on full rates of wages, and also decided to urge other local bodies to take similar steps.—Press Association.

The Railway Department advertises in this issue that. another special train, at cheap excursion fares, will be run front Invercargill, stopping at Balclutha, Stirling, and Milton, On Sunday, 9th June, returning same day. He secs far, who sees SturmCr. —W. V. Stunner, Optician, 2 Octagon, Dunedin. Consulting Opticians: W. V. Stunner, F 10., N.Z.; A. It. Watson, F.T.0., 5.D.0., N.Z.—f Advt.l The Railway Departmont advertises in this issue that the through goods train leaving Dunedin at 9.50 p.nw on June 7 for Christchurch, will have steam-heated carriage accommodation for the convenience of passengers (ravelling to see the All Rlac!; trial match at Christchurch on Saturday next.