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Evening Star, Issue 22890, 23 February 1938, Page 10

“ There are three persons in the Dominion with an income of round about £30.000 per auuym,” said Mr P. Neilson at South Dunedin last night. “If we take £i5,000 of that from them and leave them £15.000 to carry on with, surely they' should not complain.” The amused audience apparently had its doubts regarding the attitude in the matter of the fortunate persons referred to.

The suggestion that the board should go into the matter of procuring a daily supply of milk for the King Edward Technical College students was made by Mrs W. Herbert at the monthly meeting of the Board of Managers yesterday afternoon. She stated that several younger children who had become accustomed to drinking milk'at the primary schools were now attending the college. Other members agreed with the suggestion, and it was decided that the Joint Committee should go into the matter and report to the next meeting.

The question of whether Rotary should as a corporate body take action in awaking the general community to the need for greater population in New Zealand was discussed at this morning’s session of the New/ Zealand district conference, and a committee of the conference, after hearing the views expressed, will bring down a resolution on which delegates will be asked to deride what action should be taken. Delegates generally were strongly impressed with the need for immigration of a good class of people into New Zealand, the only doubt voiced being ns to whether corporate action was in accordance with Rotary procedure.—■ Christchurch Press Association,

The question has frequently been asked of late why the Government has not carried out its promise to abolish the sales tax. Mr P. Neilson, in the course of his address in the South Dunedin Town Hall last night, stated that a committee was now at work with a view to institution of a more equitable form of taxation than had obtained in the past, and that the matter of the sales tax was being considered with the rest. That, said Mr Neilson, was why nothing had so far been done in the matter.

According to the latest returns there are now 8,516 men engaged in the State housing scheme in the Dominion. Mr J. A. Lee, Parliamentary Undersecretary in Charge of Housing, stated at Wellington that this figure does not take cognisance of'those indirectly employed as a result of the Government's undertaking, such as brick and tile makers, timber mills’ employees, and sash and door manufacturers, and so ou-

A Whangarei , Association message states that Mr W. Grounds has announced that he will contest the Bay of Islands seat as an Independent at the General Election. He is a past chairman, of the Dairy Board and the North Auckland Dairy Conterence, and present chairman of the Hpkianga Dairy Company. At last election ho polled heavily as an Independent against Mr Coates in Kaipara electorate.

“ Private enterprise always wants it both ways.” said Mr Neilson last night. “Before an industry is able to stand on its feet it asks for all sorts of assistance ; but when it is bn its legs it does pot want any of what is then called ‘ Government interference.’ Every piece of legislation which has been introduced'to improve conditions has been the result' of private enterprise failing to do its job.”

At a meeting of the local Labour Representation Committee it -was unanimously decided to ask the Hon. F. Langstono to stand for Waiinarino at the General Election. Mr Langstbne ha? telegraphed accepting i the nomination. Mr Langstone is the present member.

Hundreds of people visit the St. Clair Esplanade in the evenings and spend a long time in admiring the spectacular effect of the waves breaking into foam under the light of the moon or of the lamps on the parapet. Last night, however, the scene was a very fascinating one, a trial being made of powerful floodlights and a searchlight which have been placed in position, as part of the decorations and illuminations of the St. Clair carnival, opening to-night. Shiqing into the waves, the lights brilliantly illuminated the sea, giving a silvery effect to the breaking ■ waves, and. the effect should be further heightened to-night, when canoe races and life-saving displays are given. On no other beach in New Zealand has such a scheme been adopted.

Groups engaged with the works department of the City Corporation under No. 5 scheme will commence at 7.45 to-morrow as follow;—62, South road, at Morrison street; <67, H a wthorne Avenue, at Lonsdale street; 75, Arawa street, at Aotea street"; 78, Wharf street, at tip; 79, Arawa street, at Aotea street; ■ 90, South road, at Morrison street.

The St. Joseph’s Orphanage Boys’ Band was paid a distinct compliment, and consequently was pleased to accept, when it was. invited by Bishop Liston, of Auckland, to . travel to Auckland to provide the incidental, music at garden parties , and other' functions in connection with the Roman Catholic centenary celebrations being held there. Under the charge of Mr H. K. Poppelwell, the president, and Mr D. Whelan, the conductor, the band,, which comprises 26 boys of from nine to 21 years of a&e, left for the north this morning. A technical paper on recent developments in designed workable concrete was presented at this morning’s session of the conference of the New Zealand Institution of Engineers by Mr F. H. Collins, 8.E., A.-M.lnst’.C.E., of AVellington. There was a full discussion on the paper by members, who this afternoon considered a further paper on bus body design, read- bv Mr E. E. Bead, A.M.1.E.E., of Dunedin. The Australian full-blooded aboriginal is doomed not to survive the century the flying doctor, Dr Allan Vicars, sorrowfully told Melbourne Rotarians last week. A Stohe Age people of the. Stone Age period, they were now confronted with white civilisation, and they “ just could not take it.” _Dr Vicars said that after contact with aborigines -during a period of 10 years in the north, he was sure no amount of care or kindness from whites could save this lovable and interesting race. Not the least peculiar reason for this was the fact that though the bladk thought he understood -white . fellar ways,’ he really did not understand them at all.. Clothes to a black were merely an ornament—he did not regard them as things to be changed, cleaned, or cared for. The blacks could not understand the diseases which killed them off by the dozen even on the.far nor’-west stations, where these people were well treated. The aborigine’s intelligence was not of the low order usually attributed to him. He was actually descended from the same stock as ourselves, for the aborigines migrated from the Mediterranean shores when Australia was joined by land bridges to Asia. Nature bad forced them to become nomads, and this doomed race lived to-day where no other human could exist, because they were the best bushmen and naturalists in the world.

During an address given to .the Travel Club this morning, Mr W. R. Brugh said a peculiar little custom in Holland had caused him great amusement. Nearly every house had a small mirror beside the window, set in such a position that any person in the house could sit away’ from the window and watch the road and, more particularly, the house opposite. This device obviated the “ rudeness ”, of deliberately looking over a neighbour’s place to see what was going on there. “ However, it would not do in Dunedin,” the speaker stated, ‘‘for most of our houses ure set too f&r back from the road!”

The first of the State rental houses constructed , under the Government housing scheme at Liberton will shortly be occupied by tenants. Eight are. now completed, and the tenants for these have been selected by ballot. It is expected that a further 16 houses will be available for occupation about March 18. and when these are ready a ballot will be conducted. There are actually 64 houses under construction on the Liberton subdivision, and there are still a few available building sites in the area. There have been more applications for tenancy than there are houses, and the process of balloting will take place as houses are completed until the list of applicants is exhausted. Under the same scheme houses are also being erected at Watari, but none of these is yet ready. As these become available balloting will also be resorted to There has been a good deal of interest shown by the public, and doubtless when the first of the houses are occupied many more inquiries will result. If necessary, when the Liberton and Wakari sites are built out other suitable areas will be sought and the scheme continued.

■’ The visit of Count ton Lu'ckner to New Zealand in his yacht has aroused some curiosity as to whether the New Zealand Government 'Would .take up any particular attitude' regarding the arrival in the Dominion of so prominent a representative of his country, with a remarkable record of war exploits. Inquiries have been ‘ made in official circles, and it did not seem as if any particular consideration.had been given to the matter. Count, von Luckner is not likely to receive official recognition, , but it is also equally clear that, as in the case of any other tourist who comes from overseas and observes our laws, he will be made welcome, while there is no doubt that a number of New Zealanders who took part m the Great War will be interested,to meet so redoubtable a former opponent.—Wellington correspondent. It is not often that a politician quotes at any great, length from-the Bible in order to stress a point in his address, but Mr Neilson at South Dunedin last night read a number of verses from the Acta of the Apostles in an endeavour to prove that the policy of the present Government was based upon the ethical principles of Christianity. The baby car which was stolen from Littlebourne road yesterday morning was recovered in the Woodhaugh ’district by the police last night, and returned to the owner.

■ In the Police Court this morning, before, Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., Henry Ernest Ferguson Lee (Mr 0. J. Stevens) was charged that, with intent to defraud, he did, on February 13, obtain from Douglas Gordon Tyler the sum of £5 by means of a certain false pretence, ana that, on February 5, at Christchurch, with intent to defraud, he did obtain from E. B. Budkhurst goods to the value of £1 and £ll in money by means of a certain false pretence. On the application of Chiefdetective Young the accused . was remanded to appear on March 2. At the annual meeting of the Otago Law Society, held last evening, the following office-bearers were elected:— President, Mr R. G. Sinclair; vice-pre-sident, Mr A, I. W. Wood; treasurer, Mr F. B. Adams; council—Messrs E. J. Smith, A. N, Haggitt. J. B. Thomson. J. S. Sinclair, C. B. Barrowclough, and W. F. Forrester.

The Chief Postipaster advises that normal services have now been restored on the Napier-Gisborne road. “In Ireland the railways are up against it in a manner unknown to New Zealand,” said Mr L. C. Walker, who spoke at last night’s meeting of the United Burgesses’ Association (says the Christchurch 1 Press ”). “ Freight charges as we know them are not existent in Ireland, and the railways are forced to economise. To do this they use modern plant and rolling stock, and the new articulated twin cars which will accommodate 169 people are run by Diesel motors at a cost of 2|d a mile. Trains in New Zealand are operated at a cost of 11s a mile. In addition to this, our trains are' put in a shed for six or eight hours for cleaning after each journey, while the twin cars are ready for another journey in a short time.”

Stella Elizabeth Sedgman, single, aged 21, was convicted of the manslaughter of her newly-born male_ child at Ngaere on December 11, with a strong recommendation to mercy. She was sentenced by the Chief Justice this morning to come up for if called upon within 12 months.—New Plymouth Press Association.

Only slight damage was caused when fire broke out in a motor car in the Octagon this morning, the City Brigade responding to the call at 10.39.

Eye strain—for eye comfort, for better vision, consult Sturmer and Watson Ltd., opticians, 2 Optagon, Dunedin.—[Advt.]