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Evening Star, Issue 22683, 24 June 1937, Page 10

An unusually large cargo was carried by the Union • Steam Slap Company’s traiistasman liner Mauuganui, which arrived at Wellington from Sydney on Juno 22. A total of. 2,191 tons of cargo had been loaded in Australia on this trip, while the 'usual amount carried has been about 1,500 tons. The influence of the reduced winter schedules now in operation between the Dominion and the Commonwealth was offered as an explanation of the increase. Transhipments from 28 vessels were included in the cargo of the Maunganui.

“ This man has been making a complete pest of himself at the Public Hospital,” said Senior-sergeant Packer in the Police Court to-day, when John Oliver Campbell, a statutory first offender, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness. Campbell said that he had not been feeling too good, and he had gone to the Hospital to see if he could get treatment. The magistrate (Mr H. W. Bundle) asked if the man had gone to the Hospital drunk, the senior sergeant replying that that was the case. A fine of 12s 6d was imposed, default being -fixed at 24 hours. A justifiable false alarm was responsible for the City Fire Brigade turning out to a house in Castle street at midnight last night.

Experts are not always right, and a case in poipt was demonstrated in a Dunedin suburb this week. A gang of men was employed in digging a deep drain in connection with the housing scheme, and after considerable energy had been expended, succeeded in producing a ditch approximately 10ft deep and seven yards long. Pipes were placed in ' position. and the surveyors, after checking up on their previous bearings. announced all was right. Tbit only then was it discovered that someone was at fault. The drain was being made next the fence of a house, and after considerable argument, it was discovered that the fence was in the wrong place—it should have been 3ft further .out, covering the area then occupied by the drain. Tinder protest, the pipes were taken out, the ditch filled in, and the new bearings taken. And was the air purple P There was slight disorganisation in the work' of the Department of Agriculture to-day, due to a change-over from the old offices in Rattray street to a suite of offices on the fourth floor of the Post Office. Nearly 100 crates, containing papers, files, books, and other departmental material, were transferred from one office to the other, while several hours were required to straighten things in the new premises. It is expected that the deuartnient’s routine will proceed as smoothly as ever to-morrow. ,

The city organist (Dr V. E. Galway) will give an after-church recital in. the Town Hall on Sunday evening next, the final one until August, since the instrument has to bo dismantled for cleaning purposes. A feature of this recital will be the appearance of the reorganised Choral Society, under the conduetorship of Mr A. Walrasley, which created such an outstanding impression at its recent concert. The numbers to be sung by the society will be Moussorgsky’s exciting choral work 1 Joshua,’ two unaccompanied Russian part songs, ‘ To Thee, O Lord ’ (Rachmaninov), 4 Bless the Lord, O My Soul ’ (Ippolitof-Ivanof), and ‘ This England ’ (Thomas Wood). Of the organ items, special mention may be made of * Ave Maria’ (Arcadelt), Bach’s brilliant ‘ Fugue in G minor,’ 4 Toccata in F ’ (Widor), Hollins’s 4 Song of Sunshine,’ ‘ March of the Priests from Athalio ’ (Mendelssohn). Other interesting numbers are 4 Festal Prelude ’ (Dunhill). Choral Prelude on J Surrey ’ (Charles Wood), ‘Berceuse’ (V. E. Galway). There is no charge for admission at these recitals. The advanced prices for wethers in the early part of the sale at Burnside yesterday afternoon extended to all classes of sheep later, values being as follow:—Prime heavy wethers, 39s 6d to 43s 3d; prime wethers, 33s to 38s; medium and light, 26s to 31s; prime heavy ewes, 30s to 345; prime ewes, 28s to 29s fid; medium ewes, 23s to 26s 3d; light ewes, 17s to 21s. Urging upon the annual conference of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association the importance of immigration to New Zealand, Mr A. L. Hunt, chairman of the Dominion Settlement Association, said it was apparent that the impotence of the Imperial Conference on the subject of migration was a catastrophe, and that petty party politics was the cause. The Returned Soldiers’ Association had, according to its annual report, consistently advocated immigration under a planned scheme or schemes. —Wellington Press Association. Twelve months to-day since it last commenced a local sitting, the full bench of the Arbitration Court will sit at Auckland on August 18 to deal with an accumulation of cases in the northern industrial district. This news was received to-day with a measure of jubilation in union circles, as a number of industrial organisations have, since the introduction of the new _ Government legislation, been operating without awards and agreements. . The Auckland session will be presided over for the first time by the acting president of the court, Mr Justice O’Regan. It is expected that the court will be occupied at Auckland for two or three months.—Press Association. A Press Association message from Te Aroha states that a poll was taken yesterday on a proposal to borrow £5,600 for the erection of new municipal buildings, and was carried by 100 votes to 38. ,

Judgment (with costs) was given for plaintiffs in the following undefended cases in the Magistrate’s Court this morning:—Eadie Bros. (N.Z.) Ltd. v. D, H. Coutts (Owaka), £l2 12s Id, goods supplied; J. and J. Arthur Ltd. v, A. Gye (Auckland), £4 10s, goods supplied; Cordelia Mary Spear v. Mervyn Lester Findlay, £2 6s, rent due.

A very successful smoke concert was held by the Otago' Rowing Club last night. In the ‘absence of the president (Mr J. S. M'Grath), Mr P. Vallis (club captain) occupied the chair. Mention was made of the club’s very successful season, and it was considered that prospects were bright for the club’s success next year. Toasts proposed included “ The Club,” by Mr E. V. Fairbairn; “Honorary and Life Members.” Mr P. Vallis—Messrs T. Wheelwright and C. M‘Fee. Mr C. E. C. Johnson was congratulated on obtaining a seat in the New Zealand cfew to compete at the British Empire Games in Sydney, and trophies won during the year were presented.

• Following representations by the mayor (Rev. E. T. Cox), the Hon. P. C. Webb (Acting Minister of Labour) has telegraphed confirming his original statement that the unemployed of Port Chalmers and Sawyers Bay are to be included in the ballot for the selection of men to he engaged on the straightening and duplication of the railway line between St. Leonards and Sawyers Bay.

The deep-sea trawler Hananui has had another good haul of fish. Included in the catch were kingfish, terakihi, mo'ki, groper, and blue hake. In addition there were two fish absolutely new to these waters. They are different in shape from any of the species known here, and so far experts have been unable to name them. Photographs of the trawler fishing are to be seen in a Princes street shop. The Minister of Public Works (the Hon. R. Semple) invented a new type of- running shoo during an address to the Canterbury Advertising Club lust evening. Talking about the , fine achievement of young New Zealanders in the construction of the Mohaka viaduct, on the Napier-Gisborn© railway line, lie said that there had been no scroungers or street corner loafers.” He had stopped them getting there. Had ho found any he would have given them those running shoes. “I’ve invented a special pair for those fellows —they have spikes inside and but,” the Minister said. “ Those who get them are still running. The meu who put the job through were all New Zealanders, and I take my hat off to them; but I had to take my gloves off to some other birds.” The new iuterisland cable at Blind River was brought ashore yesterday morning at 10.15. The ■weather was a light south-west wind, with a very cold light drizzle, the sea being fairly calm. The cable ship Recorder anchored about half a mile from the shore and started operations before 8 o’clock. About 100 40-gallon benzine drums were used to bring the cable ashore. Two tractors hauled the heavy cables to land. The actual hauling time was an hour. The cable boat then proceeded to sea, paying out cable as she went, and was expected to be at Lyall Bay buoy about 3p.m. _ The cable is under test all the time it is being laid to ensure against trouble developing while it is being uncoiled overboard and sunk. The cable terminal will bo boused at a temporary shed until the' repeater station at Blind River is ready.

“ The most picturesque political personality in New Zealand ” was the description given the Minister of Public Works (the Hon. R. Semple) by Mr W. R. Lascelles, one of the speakers at the Canterbury. Advertising Club’s annual dinner last evening, at which the Minister was the principal guest. “Mr Semple has thrown some colour, life, and energy into this drab political life of ours,” he added. “The average politician leaves me as cold as a wet cab horse. But .Mr Semple affects us differently. I find that everything he says I read, from the first line to the last, because I enjoy the way ho says things. (Applause.) There are people who are known as ‘ debunkers ’ and ‘ tillers ’—the Anatole Frances, the MacDonnells, and the Menckens —and I am proud to he able to make this toast to the Minister because to me he is a ‘filter.’ And although ho has lived a strenuous life and loved strong exorcise, Mr Semple for all this wears beneath his somewhat rugged exterior a gentle Jicart.'*”

Much work of a high standard is to be seen at the annual winter sketch and crafts exhibition of the Otago Art Society being held in the Pioneer Hall', which is open daily from 10.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. and from 7.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Paintings in oil and water colour, black-and-white drawings, and examples of the crafts are on display, and there is a wide variety of subjects and treatment. All the work of Otago artists, the pictures include landscapes, portraits, and still-life studies, and make a very pleasing display. Brightly coloured local scenes figure large in the landscapes, but there are a few overseas subjects.

“ The British people are the only people in the world who can claim to be masters of their own destinies and captains of their own souls,” said' the Minister of Transport, the Hon. R. Semple, in an address to the Canterbury Advertising Club last evening. “ This huge rearmament race is defeating anything in the history of mankind,” the Minister said. “ Nations are preparing for slaughter; democracy is at the cross-roads. We have seen ancient democracies perish and crowns tumble, and despotic , dictatorships emerge. We have seen nations of people ruled by tyranny, with • firing squads in command We have seen man’s birthright taken, his soul enchained, a padlock on his lips. We must think of these things, not tomorrow, hut now and always. We must realise that no matter what our political opinions may be—after all. Governments come and Governments go—the great human family goes on. The welfare, security, and happiness of the people still to come is the most precious charge on- earth. We can say with pride that the British Empire is the only country, or group of countries, in the world which has held steadfastly to the rights of the people, conceding them their due as citizens. She is the anchor of democracy and the safety zone of the world.”