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Evening Star, Issue 22685, 26 June 1937, Page 14

There was a short sitting of the Children's Court this morning, when Mr J. It. Bartholomew, S.M., dealt with a 15-year-old boy, who was charged with indecently assaulting a small girl. The severity of the weather in certain parts of North Otago of late has seriously hampered’ faming operations. In many outlying districts creeks that normally have a good flow of water at this time of the year are frozen over, while at Omarama the snow has been so deep as to make the roads in that area impassable. Yesterday over a foot of snow covered the Omarama township, and further back towards the Lindis Pass several feet were recorded. In the Police Court yesterday afternoon, Albert Leonard Lamb was fined 40s and costs for dangerously driving a motor car. Had the Melbourne Maru, which sailed* this afternoon from Victoria wharf, left Japan two days earlier on her trip to New Zealand she might’ never have got* past llabaul. As it was, her schedule had to be altered, for the eruption occurred just two days before she was due to enter the port, and she was forced to forego her call, passing about 10 miles from the city, above which her crow noticed a heavy pall of volcanic dust, while smoke was still rising. In the Police Court this morning Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., fined James Linton Beck Cottle 12s (id, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment, pg chargeof drunkenness..

The ‘ Sports Special * to-night will provide, in addition to all local sports events, a full report of the final Soccer test at Wellington, and the result (and probably a first spell summary) of the first Rugby test—Springboks v. Australia. The issue will be sold on the streets from 7 p.m. The postal authorities advise that the Waitaki left Melbourne for-Bluff on Wednesday, and tho Monterey Sydney, on Friday. The former has 27 bags of Australian mail which is due at the local office on Monday evening, and the latter has 38 bags of Australian mail and 23 parcel receptacles, also the London air mails of June 8 and 12. The air section should be to hand by air on Tuesday, and the ordinary mails on Wednesday afternoon. Permission has been granted by tbe Minister of Internal Affairs for the extension of the closing date of the Tomahawk Domain Board art union to July 24, The funds raised from the art union, which was to have closed tonight, are to be used for beach improvements. ' A Wellington Association message states that the question of hours and several small points remain to be cleared up in the dispute between the New Zealand Federation of Shipwrights’ and Boatbuilders’ Association Workers and the Union Steam Ship Company and others. A settlement was reached on the question of wages, raising the rate for shipwrights to 2s BJd an hour from July 1. Tho second part of tho dispute, concerning seagoing shipwrights, still remains for discussion. A sum of £146 10s was collected by the Free Kindergarten Association as a result of its appeal in the city streets yesterday. The amount was on a par with that obtained last year, the Kindergarten Council members being particularly pleased with the result in view of yesterday’s wintry weather conditions.

The city organist (Dr V. E. Galway) will give an after-church recital in the Town Hall to-morrow evening—the final one before the organ is dismantled for cleaning purposes. A feature of this recital will be the appearance of the reorganised Choral Society, under the conductorship of Mr A. Walmsley, 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. ‘ Joshua,’ two unaccompanied Russian part-songs, ‘ To Thee, O Lord ’ (Rachmaninov), ‘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,’ ‘Toccata in F’ (Wider), Hollins’s ‘ Song of Sunshine,’ ‘ March of the Priests _ from Athalio * (Mendelssohn). Other interesting numbers are ‘ Festal Prelude ’ (Dunliill). Choral Prelude on ‘ Surrey 5 (Charles Wood), ‘ Berceuse ’ (V. E. Galway). There is no charge for admission.

The postal authorities advise that the air mail which left here on June 2 reached London on Wednesday last.

Tho defective laying of a fireplace in a seven-roomed dwelling at 75 York place, the property of Miss Siedeburg, resulted in an outbreak of fire this morning, one room being damaged. The City Fire Brigade was called at 8.56, and quickly had matters in control.

A 12-year-old boy, who loft his home at the Central Fire Station yesterday morning to attend school and did not return, is believed to be making his way to Christchurch on foot, as a lad answering his description called at a house about a mile north of Waitati about 3 p.m. yesterday. He said he had come from Gore, and was walking to Christchurch, and asked for work. He later continued on his way on the Main North road. The missing boy is Raymond Alexander Cartwright. He is thick set, has fair hair and blue eyes, was dressed in a grey jersey with a navy blue cap, and was probably wearing an overcoat. Members of the St. Hilda Bowling Club were the guests of members of the Dunedin Be turned Soldiers’ Association at the B.S.A. Club on Thursday night last, when a pleasant time was spent in games of billiards and snooker. In the billiards matches the ex-service-men won by 795 to 747, but in snooker the bonders were the winners by 188’ to 149. The visitors were later entertained at supper. Bright pictures of local scenes are features of the annual winter sketch and crafts exhibition of the Otago Art Society being held in the Pioneer Hall. While landscapes predominate there are numerous examples of portraiture and still-life work, and the whole display reaches a very satisfying standard. Most of the well-known artists have some very competent work on view, and there are some very promising efforts by the younger school of painters. The pictures are in oil, water colour, black-and-white, and crayon, and there are some choice examples of various types of craft work. The exhibition will not be open this evening, but .may be inspected between 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. and between 7.30 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of next ■ week. The exhibition will be concluded ou Wednesday night. “ Uncle Ben ” acknowledges with thanks donations to his appeal on behalf of invalid children in hospital and in their own homes :—J. and T. Christie Ltd.. 10s; Arthur Barnett Ltd., 10s; Mr Alfred Clark, 10s (id; “ Little Audrey,” 10s; Widow’s Mite, 2s (id; A Friend, 2s. Books have been sent in by the following:—Jessie Holt. Mr MTTutchin. Bona Allen, Robert Burns, Mrs L. Aitken, Jack and Aileeu Fergusson, “ Wellwisher,” Mr Carter, Arthur Williamson, Mrs C. Harrison. F. Roberts, Miss L. Henderson, and Rita Dawson. “ Happy Thought ’ has given six cases of fruit. A striking feature of the Newton Elm, which arrived here this morning from Buubury (Western Australia) via northern ports, is the remarkable size of the lettering of her name, which appears to exceed 3ft, while the position of the name and port is also out of the', ordinary, being extended along the sides of the vessel. Usually the name is seen at the bow, while both name and port of registration appear on the stern. On board the Waiotapu, which is due at Auckland to-morrow, is the last of three Lockheed Electra monoplanes purchased by the Union Airways for use on their Auckland-Wellington airline. Two United States experts are at present in the Dominion to assemble the aeroplanes. The only, games postponed to-£ay. on account of the condition of the grounds were the secondary and primary schools’ Rugby matches. All others were played as arranged, with the exception of the transference of two senior Rugby matches to grounds other than those originally selected. The inmates of the Monteeillo Home for ex-soldiers were the guests of the management of the Marcus Show at the matinee on AVednosday.