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Evening Star, Issue 22209, 11 December 1935, Page 10

Stone fruits from the Central Otago orchards are expected to reach the local market within a week’s time. Apricots were given a setback by_ frosts less than, a month ago, and it was then thought that the crops would be thinned out considerably. It is now reported, however, that the fruit has recovered satisfactorily. and that, while the quantities delivered to the auction rooms will not be exceptionally heavy, they will be reasonably sufficient to appease a strong demand. On the other hand, it is anticipated that the peach trees will produce more than an abundance of fruit, which will be ready for picking about Christmas time. ... .

Damage to the extent of £lO was sustained in a house in Stafford street yesterday afternoon, when some paint which was being, burnt off caught fire. The City Brigade received a call to the outbreak at 3.23. At 10.56 a.m. today the brigade received an automatic false alarm to Kempthorne and Prosser’s warehouse* in Stafford street.

The mayor (Rev. E. T. Cox) acknowledges receipt of a donation of £SO towards the mayor’s relief fund from Messrs J. R. M'Kenzie Ltd., being part of a Dominion donation by that firm. c Appreciation of the. air mail is expressed by a Dunedin business man who received- yesterday a letter posted in London bn November 22, and posted this morning a reply to it which is timed to reach his correspondent on December 30. On Thursday of this week the Ocean Roach Freezing • Company and the Southland Frozen Meat and Export. Company’s IMakarewa works will both open and they will be followed next Monclay by the latter company’s Mataura works (says the Southland News’). The opening schedule is as follows, the comparative figures for last year being given in (first quality under 361 b), 7Jd (7d>, eights (first quality 37-421 b), d6id) ; fours (first quality-43-oOlb), (6d) , T’s (first quality over 501 b , 6id (6d) ; seconds under 361 b, 6*d (6*d); seconds 371 b and over, 6id (6Jd). The trip of the new Union Airways liner Karoro from Christchurch to Blenheim yesterday occupied lb iimiii, and from aerodrome to aerodrome in 18min—a new record. The party aboard comprised Mr A. R. Thompson, Christchurch manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, Mr 1. M. Clarke, technical advisei* to Union Airways, Squad-rein-leader M‘Gregor, service manager; Mr B. A. Blythe, chief pilot. Flight-lieutenant A. J. • Gar and, first pilot, Flying-officer J. R. White, fiist pilot, and Mr L. Meanghan. chief ground engineer. One of the smallest members of the Viennese Boys’. Choir was having his hair trimmed in a city saloon, and for once the hairdresser was stumped, for conversation. “ Try him with a little Gaelic,” jokingly suggested the attendant, at the next chair, but still the trimming proceeded, in silence until the hairdresser suddenly asked : Sprechen sie Deutsch?”. The young customer turned a beaming face to the questioner,'and quickly answered: rail, yah.” This was too much for the hairdresser, who discovered that his German vocabulary was suddenly exhausted. ... It was decided at a meeting of em-r ployers this morning that the drapery, and stationery shops in the city would observe a late night on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. They will reopen on the Friday between Christmas and New Year,, but there will not be the usual la.te night. The Otago Land Board commenced its monthly sitting this morning,, and will sit again to-morrow, the business ■ for consideration being of a routine nature. Those present were Mr N. C. Kensington (Commissioner of Crown Lands) in the chair, and Messrs G. Livingstone,J. R. M'Culloch, D. M'Lennan, and M. A. Kinney. Official advice to post early during the coming busy season is accompanied by an assurance from the Post Office that if - records are broken, requiring feats of organisation and even endurance on the part of the staff, the extra;, work will he undertaken cheerfully. However, to render the best service to the public in the way of prompt delivery, it will help' the hard-worked postmen and mail, staffs if the inevitable avalanche is not limited to the last week before Christmas, hut spread (through timely forethought on the part of the.public) over a period of a fortnight or more. .There is a special reason for urging the importance of early posting this season. It happens, that there will be a congestion of inward inail when the. Post Officeiwill be running at high pressure on. its Dominion business. A. very heavy despatch from Great Britain of letters, parcels, and packets will arrive in Wellington by the Rangitane on December 18. There is such a large exchange of correspondence between New Zealand and Australia that the mail arriving from the Commonwealth on December 23 at Wellington, with the final Christmas postings from over the Tasman and more distant countries, is bound to be of record proportions, and it comes only 24 - hours later than the English mail via Vancouver by the Aorangi, due at Auckland on December 22. , It is expected to complete the Dominion distribution of this mail within two days, although- the rush of correspondence posted at Dominion offices during that period is hound to be heavy. Spenders’ garage and the town e!ec- > trie supply station, owned by that firm,' at Rawene, were , burnt to the ground early this morning, reports a Press Association message from Whangarei. All-the vehicles garaged were removed, but the lighting plant was destroyed. The insurances on the garage and plant total £2,145. Efforts are. being made to secure temporary lighting service for the town. Alterations are being made. for the berthing of Cam and Company’s trawler abreast of the firm’s works in Beach road. Port Chalmers, The trawler is about the size of the exBlufi motor tug now berthed at the, export wharf. The Olive Cam is expected to arrive at Wellington next Monday. A few days later the trawler will reach Port Chalmers. The Wanganui provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union to-day discussed the menace of . ariegated thistle, which has spread worse than ever in the district this season. It was stated that thousands of acres were infested and that it was almost impossible to eradicate it on the hilly country. It was decided to recommend that this thistle be placed on the first schedule of noxious weeds in counties in the provincial district.—Wellington Press Association. The Director-General of the Post and Telegraph Department notifies that all telegraph lines running ’from Nelson southwards were brought down at Stoke at 6 a.in., by an aeroplane landing at the aerodrome. The pilot was not hurt and the plane was only slightly damaged. A party of linesmen was immediately despatched to the scene and communication was restored at B.ls.—Wellington Press Association, A Press Association message from Invercargill states that the thermometer registered Sldeg in the shade yesterday—the highest this ■ summer. The steady, warm rain that fell during the night will greatly benefit the pastures after the long dry spoil. The weather is perfect for People’s Day at the show, and there is a great, influx from the country. To sec or not to see —the question is who to see. See Stunner and. Watson, opticians. 2 Octagon, Dunedin.—fAdvt.l Port Chalmers residents are notified that the, periodical clean-up and removal of surplus rubbish by the, dustmen takes place on Friday, this week.