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Evening Star, Issue 22354, 2 June 1936, Page 8

Dunedin is faced with the greatest football invasion in New Zealand history on August 1, when Otago will be called upon to make its first defence of the Ranfurly Shield against its neighbours across the southern border. Already the Maroons are massing, and one of the organisers of the Southland excursionists estimates that 8,000 visitors will be present from the southern province. That the occasion is to be a special one is indicated by the announcement that approximately 100 pipers will accompany the touring party. There will be a parade through the city streets, and there seems no question that the wearers of the maroon livery will vie with those of the home side’s colours.

It is anticipated that the work of installing new heating apparatus and a Western Electric wide range sound system in the Empire Theatre, will be completed within the next three weeks. Probate has been granted by His Honour Mr Justice Kennedy in the estates of Miriam Thompson, widow, Dunedin; David Hall, retired'shepherd, Green Island; Robert Chapman Dunn, electrical engineer, Cleverley, near Wolverhampton, England; Alexander M’lntyre, farmer, Kelso; and Agnes Muir, spinster, Mosgiel. Letters of administration have been granted in the estates of John Heffernan, labourer, Oamaru; William Rodgers, farm labourer, Weston; John Stuart Anderson, baker, Dunedin; and Stevens John Stevens, retired carrier, Dunedin. A steadily increasing number of persons are making use of Union Airways’ daily service between Dunedin, Christchurch, Blenheim, and Palmerston North (says the ‘ Press ’). In the first 11 weeks of its operation the average weekly number of travellers embarking at Christchurch was 30. In April there was a considerable inci’ease, but the May total of 191 passengers leaving Christchurch is about 20 more than in April. Last month’s daily average was six passengers from Christchurch, the weekly average being 42—a considerable increase on the early days of the service. Although May is a winter month the'company’s big four-engined machines were able to maintain the daily service without interruption. On no day did the service have to be abandoned, and only once was the timetable departed from. Even then the delay was of only one hour.

The sale of the Anzac commemorative stamp is still proceeding satisfactorily. The secretary of the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association has received a telegram from the Dominion president emphasising the fact that there remain only three more weeks for the sale of the stamps, and requesting local committees to make every effort to eclipse the Health stamp total. Numerous letters have been received from lodge secretaries advising that they are using Anzac stamps on their correspondence, while one Dunedin citizen has ordered £6 worth of the stamps from the Returned Soldiers’ Association.

Favoured with glorious weather, the gate takings for the six days of the Waikato Winter Show are £673 ahead of the same period last year, and the show executive anticipates that the total takings will reach £3,000 by tomorrow night, when the show closes. Public support this year has exceeded all previous records. —Hamilton Association message.

Charged with unlawfully lauding in New Zealand, Joseph Mahoney, an able seaman, aged 29, who was sentenced in May to two months in gaol for assaulting an officer of his ship, the Golden Bear, while the officer was attempting to hold down a pedigree bull, was ordered to be deported. Ho will leave by tlie Golden Cloud, and in the meantime will remain in custody.

In the Police Court this morning Frederick Richard Kimber pleaded guilty to the theft at Dunedin on May 30 of a quarter b.p. electric motor, valued at £3O, the property of Alexander Muir Duguid. Chief-detective Young said that the accused was a wiper on the motor vessel Cape Horn. On Saturday night the police received information that the accused _ was endeavouring to sell an electric motor about the city. Inquiries made by Detective Taylor revealed that a motor had been stolen from the chief engineer of the ship. The accused was found asleep in one of the city hotels. He admitted the theft, but refused to “shop” the place to which ho had sold the motor for £5. The police had been unable to locate it. The snip was to have sailed at 7 a.m. to-day, but owing to the accused’s arrest the sailing of the ship had been postponed. The magistrate (Mr J. B. Bartholomew) said that no doubt the ship would be able to recoup its loss. The accused was fined £5, in default one month s imprisonment. Commenting on the London cablegram reporting that Miss Mary Weston had become a man after undergoing an operation, a well-known New Zealand plastic surgeon stated (says a Press Association telegram from Wellington) that such cases were not uncommon. In the last few years several cases had come to his notice in which the sex of a child had been wrongly determined at birth, and the mistake was revealed after an operation.

At the meeting of the Mosgiel Borough Council last evening it was decided to send a letter of thanks on behalf of the residents in and around Mosgiel to the member for Chalmers, Mr A. Campbell, for his endeavours to have better post office facilities granted to Mosgiel, and the granting of a monthly sitting of the _ Magistrate s Court. It was also decided to write and thank the Postmaster-General for Ins letter regarding the Mosgiel Post Office.

Oamaru has enjoyed three weeks of almost perfect weather conditions, there being practically a total absence of wind and cloud, resulting in clear days and frosty nights. The highest recording of frost so far this winter has been 12deg, but back-country townships have experienced greater extremes, Kurow having registered 17deg quite recently. Hakataramea has also felt the bite of frost, there having been two recordings of 16deg. Evidence that the telephone service in Dunedin is meeting with general appreciation is given in a series of letters received by the local Post_ and Telegraph office from various satisfied subscribers. On© man, who states that he has had occasion to use the telephone in various parts of the world, gives it as his opinion that th© Dunedin service is the best he had yet experienced, and greatly appreciates the assistance of the operators in locating for him a person in another town. A party of business men on tour m the Dominion have also written to state that the Dunedin telephone service is the best in the country, while a local subscriber, who recently had his number changed, expressed his appredation of the work of the exchange staff in facilitating all calls after the change.

A letter was read at the Mosgiel Borough Council meeting last evening from Mr M. A. Campbell. M.P. (the member for Chalmers), stating that the Post-master-General (Hon. F. Jones) had advised that a preliminary sketch of a new post office building had been prepared. It had been decided to suspend the matter further until the prospective development of the district as the result ot the air mail service recently inaugurated had ben ascertained, but the present building would be replaced, and no unavoidable delay would take place in putting the work in hand. The council received the letter with satisfaction.

Bed is a very comfortable place these cold winter mornings, and the temperature is not such as to induce one to partake of a dip in the ocean. But there are a few hardy souls who still brave the elements at St. Clair and indulge in a morning bathe in the surf. One young man who is not quite so regular as others has announced his intention of having a swim on the shortest day, a practice he has carried out for some years.

A small fire in the iron store at Hillside Workshops received the attention of the City Fire Brigade at 11.30 last night. The outbreak was extinguished without difficulty.

To meet in with the new scale of payments to the unemployed, the Mosgiel Borough Council last night reviewed the men on its list, and the foreman, in a report, detailed the names of the unemployed men who were fit only for light work He suggested a month’s work as a trial. After a discussion, two names were deleted and placed on the ordinary list, and the report adopted. It was decided that the Labour Department be advised of the council’s decision. Councillors remarked that if satisfaction was not given in the month’s trial the men would be placed on sustenance.

In regard to the public meeting, to be called to clear up misunderstandings regarding the objective of the Clerical Workers’ Union, the organising secretary states that it is the desire of the union to make it clear that no attempt will be made to secure a comprehensive award covering all branches of clerical workers. The needs of each section are to be_ considered separately, and as the union will_ be democratically controlled, its actions will be governed by its members.—Wellington Press Association.

Eye strain—for eye comfort, for better vision, consult Sturmer and Watson Ltd., Opticians, 2 Octagon, Dunedin.—(Advt.l Watcli Repairs a specialty with W. Stracban; satisfaction guaranteed. Dependable Wrist Watches, reasonably priced and guaranteed. 197 Georgo street.—fAdvt.]