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Evening Star, Issue 22595, 12 March 1937, Page 8

A grant of £lO has been made by the City Council to the Now Zealand Surf Life Saving Association to meet the cost of providing a bench patrolman at St. Clair until the end of the present mouth

An offer from the Dunedin Demolition Company to carry out the work of removing the old brick tramway building at the corner of Princes street south and Market street for the sum of £lO has been accepted. The work is to be carried out in terms of the specification prepared by the building inspector, and the payment of £lO made when the operations shall have been completed to the satisfaction of the council. The site of the building is to be used for the extension of the tram sheds. An Ashburton Association message states that William Frances Tilson, of Hinds, was fined £ls and his license cancelled till April 1, 1938, for intoxication while in charge of a motor truck.

The city valuer has reported that the total rateable valuation of the city for the year ending March 31, 1938, is £1,149,899, which represents an increase of £28,240, Our Wellington correspondent telegraphs:—A large bridge contract has been let by the Works Department for the construction of /a reinforced concrete bridge over the Rakaia River on the Christchurch-Dunedin main highway. Th.e tender of the Rope Construction Company, Auckland, has been accepted at approximately £65,000, Authority has been granted the tramway manager to proceed with the erection of a shelter shed in the vicinity of the tramway stop at Arthur street, the actual site to be arranged after consultation with the Reserves Committee,

The investigations by the police into the movements of the three men who were burnt to death in a house at Henley on Saturday night have not yet revealed anything establishing the identity of the two unidentified men. It is thought, however, to be fairly certain that the third man whose remains were found was the one who was given a lift in a car in the vicinity of Henley on Saturday afternoon.

The tramway manager’s statement of tho traffic returns for the last fortnightly period shows an increase in revenue for the two weeks of £825. For the period of 48 weeks from April 1 to February 27 the revenue shows an increase, as compared with the corresponding period of last year, of £5,579, or 3.82 per cent. The revenue and expenditure statement for 40 weeks’ working shows a loss of £1,529 over the whole system. The hearing was resumed in the Police Court yesterday afternoon of the case in which Morris Williamson was proceeded against on a complaint for an affiliation order, tho defendant being represented by Mr E. J. Anderson and the complainant by Mr ,0. 6. Stevens. After further evidence Had been heard, the case was adjourned until this afternoon to enable furthr witnesses to be called. Advice has been received to the effect that the Minister of Education has agreed to an area of approximately six poles of land fronting the property of the Girls’ High School hostel site in Highgate being made available for street widening purposes. The City Council is asked to make a nominal payment for the land so acquired, and it has been decided to grant the sum of £5.

Optimists are comforting themselves with the hope that the rigours of tho unseasonable summer which has been experienced in most parts of tho Dominion will be followed by a mild winter. But the Maoris have different opinions. A Dunedin man who recently returned from Invercargill says that the southern Maoris are prophesying the worst winter for many years. Time will prove which is right. An application from the Union Football Club for permission to make additions at the south end of the existing pavilion at the North Ground has been granted, subject to the requisite permit being taken out at the building inspector’s office.

More than £2,000j000 has been realised at the three wool sales held in Wellington this season, compared with £1,118,000 for corresponding sales last season and £5 529 00 for the 1934-5 season. The average price pei bale this season ranged from £2l 15s 4d to £24 6s.—Press Association. The Finance Committee of the City Council reports that the matter of the provision to bo made to meet the additional yearly charges in connection with the Deep Creek water scheme has been under consideration, and the committee recommends that steps be taken at the earliest possible opportunity to secure an amendment to the Dunedin Waterworks Act to provide for a substantial inccraso in the charge for water supplied to outside boroughs. “ Some alarm, was caused by an announcement in the Press that Lovelock may be chosen a director of physical training,” stated the report presented to the annual meeting of the Wellington Physical Training Teachers’ Association. “ The justification or otherwise of this alarm,” the report continues, “ may bo judged from the fact that the announcement of the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr Parry) shows definitely that an athletic bias to physical education is what the Minister intends.” During the discussion, _it was asserted that if a man prominently associated with one particular sport _ were in charge of the national physical educational system, there would be a strong tendency for too much attention to be attracted to that sport to the detriment of the general physical development of citizens.—Press Association.

The Finance Committee of the City Council recommends that authority be granted for the issue of tramway passes to social workers for a further-year on the existing terms, which provide for payment of £ls for the pass, of which sum £5 is provided by the applicant, £5 by the tramways department, and £5 by way of grant from the municipal department to the tramways department. An unusual cargo was sent from Blenheim yesterday when the scow Echo carried about two tons of golden willow from the property of Mr A. M. W. Adams, Langley Dale, for transhipl ment to Sydney by the Wanganella for use in the manufacture of cricket bats (says the Christchurch ‘ Press ’). The cargo consisted of 51 pieces of timber, and was procured by Mr W. Dye, a representative of a firm of Sydney batmakers, who left yesterday morning after spending several days in the district inspecting willow in various localities. Mr Dye said that there was a shortage of willow both in Australia and England suitable for the manufacture of cricket bats because of trees being affected_ with blight, and he remarked that if the consignment came up to the standard •of the manufacturers further consignments would probably be asked for within a few months.

With a view to ensuring that all premises within which foods are kept for sale, in particular fruit shops, are kept in a cleanly condition, instructions have been given by the General Committee of the City Council to the chief sanitary inspector to arrange tor a more frequent and exhaustive inspection of all such shops at regular intervals in order to ensure that no refuse nr objectionable matter is permitted to remain on the premises.

The Reserves Committee of the City Council reommends that the council accept the control of the Evansdale Glen scenic reserve for a further term of five years. The existing term expired on February 19. Recognition of the splendid services to the community of the Young Women’s Christian Association was manifested this morning by Dunedin citizens in their generous donations in the street appeal campaign. The response has been excellent, and the efforts of the collectors have been amply rewarded by the substantial fruits of their labours, which were estimated early this afternoon to be rather in advance of the amount gathered last year, though nd\ actual count has been taken. The stalls were heavily laden with a variety of goods provided by the citizens, and tho disposal of the stock was proceeding apace this morning, so that the supplies were diminishing rapidly. The postal authorities advise that the Mariposa, duo in Auckland on March 19, has 236 bags of mail for Dunedin, and the Marama, due at Bluff on Sunday, has 27 bags for the local office. The mail by the Marama should come to hand on Monday next, and that by the Mariposa the following Monday.

The Reserves Committee of the City Council reports that consideration has been given an application from the Defence Department for the use of Logan Park for the purposes of a military camp of units in the regimental district proposed to be held early in the month of May. While the committee would have been glad to assist the Defence Department if at all possible, it would appear that the holding of such a camp at Logan Park would be likely’ to cause damage to the surface of the playing areas and render them more or less unfit for play during the winter season. The applicants have accordingly been advised that it is regretted that the application cannot be granted. The- Electric Power and Lighting Committee of the City Council states that the report of the consulting engineers (Messrs Vickerman and Lancaster) on the progress of tho Waipori pressure tunnel during the past two weeks shows that during the period in question a further 92ft of steel pipe lining was placed and concreted up, making a total of 726 ft. The picking up of water for a length of 65ft, which involved the placing of a waterproof lining around the tunnel, has been completed and has proved satisfactory. Tho quantity of concrete placed was 60 cubic yards. ' The contractors have now installed a second welding plant. The work' of assembling pipe-handling gear at the portal has been completed and the tunnel from No. 1 bend to the portal has been cleaned up in readiness to start placing pipes outwards from No. 1 bend.

Eye strain—for eye comfort, for better vision, consult Stunner and Watson Ltd., opticians, 2 Octagon, Dunedin.—[Advt.J A special Irish night is being arranged by the management of the Wemb’cy dances id lbEarly fil tiers' Hall to-morrow C r rill ll^