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Evening Star, Issue 22382, 4 July 1936, Page 14

The * Sports Special,’ with the sporting news of the day and week, including the first Soccer test, will be sold on the streets to-night from 7 o’clock. The Finance Committee of the City Council recommends that authority be granted to pay accounts incurred by the Aero Club, totalling ,£ll3 16s 4d, for improvement works carried out at the Taiori aerodrome. The club originally intended to pay the amount out of the proceeds of the last air pageant, which, however, resulted in a loss owing to inclement weather. There will he a further sum of £75 needed lor tar sealing at the aerodrome later in the year, and the committee recommends that the council also accept responsible*® for that eapanditu»e.

The Finance Committee of the City Council recommends that a grant be made to the Dunedin Methodist Central Mission trustees of a sum, not in any case exceeding £I,OOO, to cover the wages for a period of six weeks of the workers engaged in the construction of the Children’s Health Camp at Company’s Bay, the amount to be a charge against the special fund for subsidising Scheme 5 workers. As there is no statutory authority for making such a payment, and the amount is too large to charge to unauthorised account, it would be necessary to first obtain authorising legislation from Parliament before incurring the expenditure, and it is recommended that that course be taken.

Experiments conducted by the Cawthron Institute, Nelson district, show that the ailment known as “ brown heart ” of Swedes and turnips can be overcome by the use of borax. Chemical analyses indicate clearly that the ailment is associated with a deficiency of boron in the soil. Badly affected Swedes and turnips contain on occasion only one-third the boron of healthy roots. A survey of Swedes and turnips in the Nelson district shows that the disease is widespread over a number of soil types.—Nelson Association message.

The Works Committee of the City Council reports that authority has been granted for the payment of the sum of £3OO to Mr C. A. Wilson, this being the amount agreed upon as compensation for damage caused to his property abutting on Lindsay’s Creek by the works now being carried out there.

In 1933 the Otago Tramping Club erected a hut at Green Peak for the convenience of trampers, and although this facility has been much appreciated by the majority of visitors the abuse of the premises by some persons has forced the club to have_ door locked. Visitors will now be required to obtain a key from the club on each occasion they desire to stay at the hut. Whilst it is regretted by club officials that such a step has become necessary, it is anticipated that the more rigid control which will be _ possible will have the effect of preserving the hut to fulfil the objects for which it was erected. A fair measure of progress has been made in connection with data for an amendment to the building by-law in respect of the provisions governing apartment buildings (reports the Works Committee of the City Council), and it is expected to have a draft of the by-law ready for submission to the next meeting of council. At the conclusion of the .hearing at Wellington of evidence on the three further charges against him, John William Shaw M‘Arthur pleaded not guilty, reserved his defence, and was committed by Mr E. D. Mosley to the Supreme Court for trial. The evidence, was similar to that.given on the first charge. The hearing of another three charges will be commenced on Monday.

The General Committee of the City Council recommends that authority be granted for the purchase and installation of additional freezing coils at the city abattoir. The existing plant at the abattoir operates as a cooling plant only, and it is now considered advisable that the additional plant be procured to enable it to bo converted to a freezing plant. If the proposal is approved tenders will be called. The Monowai, which left Sydney yesterday for Auckland; has on board for Auckland and district the London air mail despatched on June 14 and 17, and also the British air mail despatched on June 21 for the whole of the Dominion.—-Press Association. The traffic returns for the tramways for the last fortnightly period, as compiled by the tramway manager show an increase in revenue for the period, as compared with the corresponding period of last year of £404. The period included the first two days of the Winter Show. For the period from April 1 to June 20, as compared with the same period last year there has been a total increase in revenue of £779, or 2.18 per cent. Revenue and expenditure statement for the first eight weeks of the current yeaV discloses a surplus of £1,131, as compared with a surplus of £1,256 for the same period of last year. At this week’s meeting of the Committee of the Waipiata Sanatorium, Mr Saltzman wrote forwarding cheques for £3,000 in fulfilment of his gift to the committee towards completing the Administration and Treatment Block at the Institution. The secretary’s action in thanking Mr Saltzman was approved, the committee also requesting the chairman to convey personally to Mr Saltzman its appreciation of his handsome donation.

The late buses on Saturday night are still proving popular. On the last two Saturdays it was necessary to use eight buses on each evening and all had good loads. Additional buses have been put on during the past two weeks to Mornington, Roslyn, Maori Hill, Richardson street, and Anderson’s Bay.

Hoto Hetaraka, the oldest Maori in the North Island, died at To Hapua yesterday morning. He was present at the signing of the Treaty of Waitungi and was reported to be 103 years old. He was engaged in gum digging up to the time of his death.

The Waikari bus service has now been running for three weeks (reports the Tramways Committee of the City Council) and each week has shown a progressive increase in the number of passengers carried. In the first week 885 passengers were carried, in the second week 1,052 passengers, and i in the third week 1,120 passengers. The revenue per bus mile is 5.1 d. It is apparent that the Wakari residents are making good use of the bus, and, if necessary, some alterations will be made in the timetable to more fully meet the convenience of residents.

While digging a ditch at Otaitai Bush recently Messrs M‘lvor Bros, discovered the bones of two moa birds (says the ‘ Western Star ’).. They have generously donated them to the Riverton Museum. The work of setting up the bones will be carried out by Mr G. Maclachlan.

The report of the consulting engineers on the progress of work in connection with the Waipori tunnel shows that the. cutting of the deviation tunnel was concluded on the 13th inst., although some squaring out will bo necessary before the deviation is actually completed. A good class of country was met with in the final section.

Consideration has been given by the Electric Power and Lighting Committee of the City Council to a request from the Peninsula County Council for a reduction in the charge for the supply of electric street lighting in that district, on the grounds that the initial guarantee period of five years has now passed. The county at present pays £3 3s per lamp a year. The committee is of the opinion that the request is reasonable and recommends that the charge he reduced to £3 per 100 candle power lamp per year burning from dusk to midnight only. The decision will apply also to the Borough of Mosgiel, the Waikouaiti County, and'■the Taieri County, who are supplied on the same terms as the Penin-< sola County,,

On two charges of stealing sheep at Tophouse, Martin Henry Godbaz, who was a farmer there, was committed to the- Supreme Court for trial, bail being allowed, self in £IQO and one surety of £IOO on each charge.—Nelson Press Association. Already interest is beginning to reach considerable proportions concerning the (Otago-Southland Rugby _ match for the Ranfurly Shield at Qarisbrook on August 1, and accommodation: in the city is being thus early booked by southern visitors. The Railway Department has begun arrangements for the special trains which will be necessary for the conveyance of Southland’s supporters. In addition to the usual time-table expresses, it is thought at least five special trains will be .required, and in anticipation of unprecedentedly heavy bookings the Invercargill traffic department has arranged for the loan of 40 cars from the Dunedin district to supplement its own rolling stock. i The Colonial Ammunition Company’s application for the right to work 414hours and 44 hours during rush periods was refused by the Arbitration Court, the court holding that it bad not been shown that it would be impracticable to carry on without an extension of hours.—Wellington Press Association. Found by detectives to be carrying a plug of gelignite, six detonators, a torch, a pair of gloves, and a ramming ping, James Robert Walsh, alias Dixon, aged 41, of Australia, who has many convictions, was sentencod_ to 12 months’ imprisonment. Wellington Press Association telegram.

The Finance Committee of the City Council reports that a recent examination by (he building inspector of the war memorial in the Queen’s Gardens disclosed that the plaster finish of the concrete steps round the base ivas badly cracked. It will be necessary to chip up and renew the whole of the plaster, at an estimated cost of £IOO, to make a satisfactory job. Authority has been granted for the work to be done about September next when frosts are over. The council is hoicking a small fund for the maintenance of the memorial, to which the cost will be charged.

Notification of Sunday services as enumerated below appears in our Sunday services advertising columns: —Anglican: St. Paul’s Cathedral, All Saints’. Presbyterian: First Church, Knox Church, St. Andrew’s, Musselburgh, St. Stephen’s, Eoslyn, South Dunedin, Kaikorai. Methodist: Trinity, Central Mission, Mornington, St. Kilda, Caversham, Dundas. Street, Abbotsford. Baptist: Hanover Street, Caversham, Mqrnington. South Dunedin, Eoslyn, Sunshine, North-east Valley. Congregational: Moray Place Church, United. Church of Christ: St. Andrew Street, North-east Valley, South Dunedin. York Place Hall, Salvation Army, Playfair Street Hall, Christian Science, Theqsophical Society, Spiritualists, Orange Hall. Bye strain—for eye comfort, for better vision, consult Sturmer and Watson Ltd., Opticians, 2 Octagon, Dunedin. —[Advt.] A meeting cf the Dunedin Performing Musicians’ Union will he held in the Trades Hall on Sunday at 2.30 p.m. The United Starr-Bowkett Building Society will dispose of £1,500 by sale and ballot on July 30. Booking for the British Drama League’s festival on July 16, 17, and 18 opens at the D.I.C. on Monday next. A meeting of exunembers of the Northern Association Football Club will he held in the club’s pavilion next Tuesday evening to consider means of celebrating the club’s fiftieth anniversary,, which will occur next