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Evening Star, Issue 22514, 5 December 1936, Page 16

An, indication of the growth of air traffic in New Zealand) is given by the fact that Cook Strait Airways has planned for the carriage of 150 passengers on the Nelson-Blenheim-Welling-ton services on the day preceding Christmas Day, and already 102 seats have been booked. —Wellington Association telegram.

Some of the difficulties facing the New Zealand Trade Commissioner on the Continent of Europe were mentioned by Mr H. Turner, London, manager of the Fruit. Control Board, at a meeting of the Hawke’s Bay fruitgrowers. “Up to the present the commissioner, Mr Clinkard, has had a disheartening task;” remarked Mr Turner, “ as conditions are altering from day to day, with quotas, tariffs, and barter agreements complicating matters.”' Mr Turner said that trade with Continental countries was developing into trade agreements between Government and Government, rather than merchant and shipper.

The postal authorities advise that the Singapore-Londou air mail despatched from Dunedin on November 15 reached London on Thursday last. ■.

The annual Christmas treat provided by the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association for the children of deceased soldiers and of soldiers in hospital will be held next Saturday afternoon. The treat will be held in the grounds of First Church through the courtesy of officials of the church, and it is expected there will he 175 children present. The presentation of gifts will be made in Burns Hall by Father Christmas, and sports and races will be held in the grounds, where ice creams and sweets

will also be distributed. In accordance with notice, CrD. G. M'Millan. M.P., will move at the meeting of tne City Council on Monday night—“ That the employees of each of the departments be asked to elect, by ballot, a representative who shall attend, in an advisory capacity, all meetings of the respective committees controlling such departments. All em : ployees shall be given an opportunity to vote for their respective representatives in the ballots which shall be conducted by the unions concerned. The time spent by the elected representative in attending such meetings shall be deemed as being in the course of his employment by the. council, and no deduction in his or her wages shall be made in respect of time so spent.” His Honour Mr Justice Kennedy has granted probate in the following estates: —Sarah Dabinette, loch Clutha, widow; James Howell, Dunedin, retired farmer; Mary Orange, Abbotsford, married woman; William Chisholm Halligan, Dunedin, railway employee; John Henry Ussher, formerly of Gore and latterly of Dunedin, company manager; Janet Tilburn, Dunedin, married woman. A letter of admiiistration has been granted in the estate of Herbert Gillies, Dunedin, storekeeper. The nee’d for extreme care on the St. Clair Beach at present vas illustrated yesterday afternoon when a small boy about eight years of ago got into difficulties wnile paddling. He stepped into a deep hole near the -piles, but showed great presence of mind by hanging grimly to one of the piles until ho was assisted gradually to work his way back. Had he lost his head he would undoubtedly have been washed out to sea.

The Awatea, which left Sydney on Friday, has 104 bags of English and Australian mail and 24 parcel receptacles, and also the English air mail despatched from London on November 18. The air mail should be to hand on Monday afternoon, and the balance of the mails on Tuesday afternoon. The Maunganui, which left Sydney on December 2 with a large party of Australian tourists on board, is due to reach Milford Sound (it 9 a.m. to-mor-row. She will call at other West Coast sounds en route for Stewart Island, and is due to arrive at Dunedin at 2 a.m. next Wednesday. Departure from Dunedin will bo made at 8 p.m. the same day for Lyttelton. Milford Sound, and Sydney.

The tramways manager’s statement of the traffic returns lor the fortnightly period ended on November 23 shows an increase in revenue, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, of £421. The increase from April 1 to November 21 (34 weeks), as compared with last year, amounted'to £6,112, or 6.04 per cent.

A difficulty has arisen over the employment of extra labour in bakeries on Christmas Eve to produce sufficient bread to last over the holiday period (states this morning’s Christchurch ‘ Press ’). The new labour laws require that if a man is employed 14 days or less before a holiday he must be paid for that holiday. This would mean, said Mr C. E. Boon, of Boon’s Ltd., yesterday, that the extra men would have to be paid for atHeast four days —Christmas Day, Boxing Day, the next day, a Sunday, and also for New Year’s Day, since that came within the 14 days’ limit. January 2 might also be a holiday, making five days in all. There would bo enough extra work in Christchurch to absorb 500 men on Christmas Eve, declared Mr Boon. To pay them five days’ pay for one day’s work would be absurd. The Minister of Labour (Hon. H. T, Armstrong) bad been communicated with, and the employers were now waiting for a reply. The opinion that the basic wage legislation was Hot having the effect of causing boys to leave school too early was expressed by Mr J. S. Barnett, who presented tne report of a combined committee consisting of the Canterbury Standing Committee on Education and a sub-committee of the Boys’ Employment Committee, at the meeting of the latter body, held yesterday (says the Christchurch ‘ Press ’). Mr Barnett said that reports from the Boys’ High School, the Technical High School, and the Christchurch West High School showed that there was no appreciable difference between the number of boys leaving school in the first and second years this year, and the number who left last year. Many employers had been written to and interviewed, but no single instance was given of on. account of the necessity of paying higher wages. There was, however, a great deal of ignorance on the part of employers of the exact nature of the effect the legislation was likely to have, and as soon as people realised the true meaning of the legislation fears would vanish.

Notification of Sunday services as enumerated below appear in our Sunday services advertising columns Anglican: St. Paul’s Catnedral, All Saints’. Presbyterian: First Church. Knox Church, St. Andrew s, Musselburgh, St. Stephen’s, Roslyn, South Dunedin, Kaikorai. Methodist; Trinity, Central Mission, Mornington, St. Kilda, Caversham, Dundas Street, 1 Abbotsford. Baptist: Hanover Street, Caversham, Mornington, South Dunedin, Roslyn, Sunshine, North-east Valley, Green Island. 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. Theosophical Society. Spiritualists. Orange Hall.

Eye strain—for eye comfort, for better vision, consult Stunner and Watson Ltd., opticians, 2 Octagon, Dunedin.—[AdvtJ

The Kaikorai Band will render a musical programme at the St. Clair Beach to-mor-row afternoon.

The Railway Department is running a popular day excursion from . Dunedin to Timaru on Sunday, December 13. Particulars of the trains and the special cheap fares are advertised in this issue. 1 Seats may bs reserved for -both journeys for Is.-

A musical and dramatic recital of considerable interest will be presented ini Begg’s Concert Chamber by the pupils of Miss Muriel Eagar on Saturday, December 12. The programme will consist of choruses by the choir, vocal and pianoforte solos and duets, action songs, and recitations. The usual high standard will be maintained by the performers.

In last night’s issue a notice advertising a. concert by Mr Ernest Drake’s Student Choir was inserted inadvertently in our amusements column. We regret the error and any inconvenience caused Mr Drake and the public,, A recital, arranged by Miss Gwen Webster, principal of the Otago School of Dancing, will be presented at His Majesty’s' Theatre this evening. There will be 12 ballets, as well as numerous solos, duos, and trios. These will include .‘ A Bunny Frolic ’ by the tiny tots, and a playtime ballet demonstrating the games so dear to children, together with an • amusing * Popeye the Sailor ’ item. A ballet of nursemaids and their charges, and policemen, national dances in costume, an operatic ballet, ‘ Les Sylphides,’ and a, military tap, to mention only a few, will also be presented. The tap numbers, as audiences have come to expect from Miss Webster’s pupils, are decidedly brisk and bright. Reserves may be made at the theatre, ; phone 12-733.