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Evening Star, Issue 22202, 3 December 1935, Page 8

To ensure the appointment of a permanent patrolman at the St, Clair Beach for at, least four weeks during the period of the schools’ Christmas vacation, the St. Clair Beach Improvement Association decided at its annual meeting last night to make a financial donation for this purpose. It was stated that similar appointments in the past had afforded security to bathers, both young and old, and that it would be advisable to continue with such appointments every season. Carnival atmosphere should pervade Dunedin around the middle of February, for plans are in train to make the coincidence of the summer show and the cup meeting an eventful and happy occasion—a true carnival w'eek. Another attraction in keeping with the general spirit of this period was fixed last night by the St. Clair Beach Improvement Association, which decided to co-operate in organising the carnival week by holding an open-air carnival on the Esplanade on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, February 13, 14, and 15, so as to cover the show (11th and 12th) and cup days ,(13th and loth) .

The Mosgiel Borough Council granted permission last evening for pictures to be shown on Christmas Day. The matter was briefly discussed, Crs Frew and Smith speaking against the granting of the application. The request was eventually granted, provided the pictures were of a suitable nature. Cr Frew a-sked that his vote against the application be recorded.

The Taieri River Trust further discussed the repayment rate at the monthly meeting yesterday. Mr Wilson reported having interviewed the Prime Minister (Mr G, W. Forbes) when he was in Dunedin on the question of relief with regard to the repayment rate. Mr Forbes had promised to give sympathetic consideration to the request of the deputation. Mr Wilson suggested that the trust should meet the local members of Parliament with the object of having some action taken as soon as possible. After discussion it was decided to leave the matter in the hands of the secretary (Mr W. P. Hartstonge) to draw up a suitable scheme for the consideration of the trust.

The Taieri River Trust decided yesterday to increase the rate of pay for subsidised relief workers to 12s per day for a six-day week. An increase of Is per day was granted to all permanent employees. On her return voyage to Melbourne, the transtasman passenger steamer Marama is scheduled to leave Bluff at 1 a.m. on December 10. This will give passengers from the north an, opportunity to connect by the train leaving Dunedin at 8.33 a.m. on Monday next who would otherwise have to spend a night at Invercargill. The matter of the apportionment of heavy traffic fees was again discussed by "Mosgiel Borough Council last evening. The Finance Committee had before it correspondence with the town clerk, Dunedin, in reference to the proEosal to alter the basis upon which eavy traffic fees were apportioned by the Dunedin City Council between the various contributing local authorities in this district. The committee contended that the proposed alteration would not be in order for the reason that the decision to alter the basis of allocation was not a unanimous one. The Finance Committee of the Mosgiel Borough Council reported last evening on the drainage and waterworks renewal loan, 1928, and the validating of the issue of certain debentures in that loan. A letter was laid on the table stating that the matter had been fully discussed by the Treasury, and in view of the fact that the consent of all the debentureholders concerned had now been obtained to the conversion of the loan, and the conversion scheme had been carried into effect, it was considered that validating legislation at this stage was not necessary. It was suggested, therefore, that until such time as exception was taken to the proceedings it was unnecessary for the council to proceed with the question of obtaining special legislation. The letter was received.

Bathers may now enjoy the comfort and seclusion of the dressing facilities provided by the bathing pavilions at both the St. Clair and St. Kilda Beaches, since they have now, been opened for the duration of the summer season. Their patronage is always fairly extensive and even on the increase, as the practice of changing clothes among the lupins is being supplanted by the realisation and appreciation of the pavilion’s amenities, particularly the cold showers, which are found by many persons to be so refreshing after a “ dip.” A Press Association telegram from Wellington says that a plan involving the expenditure of £128,000 for the development of Rongotai as an airport suitable for large commercial aircraft was tentatively approved by the City Council yesterday, when the report of a special committee was brought down for examination by the council as a whole.

In connection with the paragraph in last night’s paper regarding the Professorial Board of the Otago University’s resolution to the privilege of exemption from attending lectures from all pupils of secondary schools and technical'colleges in Otago and Southland, and the subsequent exception taken to ibis by certain persons and organisations affected, it is pointed out that the board at a meeting on August 26, 1935, considered the subject of exemption, and decided to rescind the regulations which it had previously drawn up, and to adopt the following rules and appended notes for its guidance in dealing with applications for exemption:— “ Exemption from attendance at lectures in a subject shall be granted only to » student who is able to satisfy the Professorial Board (a) that he is prevented from attending lectures in that subject by the fact that he is earning his living, or (h) that such attendance would involve undue hardship. Notes: (1) In considering _an application for exemption in a subject from a student who is on the roll of a secondary school or technical college and is receiving tuition for a degree examination in that subject as part of the curriculum of the school or college, the board will interpret the above rules as permitting exemption to be granted only where hardship, financial or otherwise, has been established to the satisfaction of the board, (2) When a student applies for exemption on tho ground that he is earning his living his application must bo countersigned by his employer.”

Fire destroyed a two-storied eightroomed wooden dwelling and its contents at Milford Beach (Auckland) shortly after midday yesterday. There was no one in the house at tho time. The adjoining residences were seriously threatened. A large crowd gathered on the beach during the fire. Tho house was insured with the Royal Office, but the contents were not covered.

A civic reception will he tendered by the mayor (Rev. E. T. Cox) on Monday morning next to the members of the Viennese Boys’ Choir which will appear in Dunedin at the end of the week.

With a view to examining more closely labour conditions in North, Central, and South America, the International Labour Organisation has decided to hold a regional conference in Santiago, Chile, according to Mr E. J. Riches, New Zealand member of the economic section ’of International Labour Office, who is at present visiting Dunedin. To ttys conference, he said, every State in America would be invited to send delegations consisting of representatives of Governments, employers, and workers. The conference would differ from the ordinary annual sessions of the International Labour Conference in that it would be attended only by delegates from the various States of the American Continent, and not by representatives from all the leading industrial countries of the world. Moreover, it would make no attempt to draft international labour conventions, but would confine its activities to examining the position as regards the ratification and enforcement of existing conventions in the countries represented, and to _ considering what questions of special interest to those countries might be suggested for discussion at the regular annual sessions of the International Labour Conference.

Malicious poisoning of dogs at Port Chalmers was rife about three years ago. Since then no cases of poisoning have been reported until last week, when two dogs were poisoned in Magnetic street. The premises of Messrs Kinmout and Bates, cordial manufacturers at 12 Manor Place, were entered last night, a sliding door at the right-of-way being forced. A small amount of money was stolen. E. W. Walden, architect, 34 Dowling street, Dunedin, and 22 Hart street, Eoslyn. —[Advfc.l To see or not to see —the question is who to sec. See Stunner and Watson, opticians, 2 Octagon, Dunedin.—[Advt.]