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Evening Star, Issue 23175, 26 January 1939, Page 12

Appearing on remand, Roy Poison was charged in the Police Court yesterday with receiving £6 15s 6d from James Alison M‘Connell on January 16 with intent to defraud. On the application of Chief-detective Holmes Mr J. 11. Bartholomew, S.M., granted a further remand until Friday. “ I am looking forward to the British Empire that is to be—an Empire in which tho people will be scattered throughout tho British dominions rather than be confined to a small speck of land by tho North Sea,” said tho Prime Minister, Mr Savage, at a State luncheon given in Wellington on Tuesday in honour of several overseas politicians. “ Before that happens, however, Britain will have to learn, if she has not already learnt, that she must invest in the British dominions. There is no other foundation for a British democracy.” New Zealand may become a great nation among nations some day. According to a recent issue of the Chicago ‘ Daily Tribune,’ she is heading that rvay now (advised, doubtless, by its New Zealand representative). It says that New Zealand has £45,000,000 in reserve in London, but that in 1940 it will require to meet £85,000,000 of bonds. The editor has “ slipped up ” on the dollar sign presumably. To celebrate the birthday of Robert Burns, Scotland’s poet, there is at present on display in the Public Library several of the works of Burns, some being in the reference department. One is a rare volume published in 1801 in Glasgow, in the Scottish dialect. This has been lent to the library authorities by the Dunedin Burns Club.

“A number of people I met in Britain seemed ashamed of being English because of the part their country was playing in international affairs,” said Mr Arthur Cook in an address last night. Mr Cook was workers' delegate to the last International Labour Conference in Geneva. That opinion had been expressed not only by working class people, but by as well. Some people_ seemed to think that Mr Chamberlain, if he could, would become one of the greatest dictators in the world.

“ Those young men have boon running about the country converting cars to their own use, breaking into houses, and then passing on to the next town,’ said Chicf-dctective Holmes in the Police Court this morning when Frank Dixon, Garfield Frederick John William Smith, and Claude Byron Hill were jointly charged with converting a car to their own use at Oamaru on January 21. He asked for a remand for one week. “ The young men had started their crime career in Christchurch,” said the Chief Detective, and had been as far as Invercargill. They arrived in Dunedin last week-end and broke into a b- isc, but were picked up by detectives yesterday. The three accused were remanded until February 2. Fat sheep prices over initial races showed a general decline of 2s yesterday at the Burnside stock sales. Owing to tho excessive yarding of over 3,000 head, a further easing was noticeable midway through the auction, and at the close there was still another drop of about Is Cd on opening rates. Sales were difficult to make. Values were, for prime heavy wethers, to 26s 6d; prime, 21s 6d to 23s 6d ; medium, 18s 6A to 20s; light, from 15s; prime heavy voung ewes, to 20s; prime, 16s Cd to 18s 6d; medium, 11s 6d to 13s; light, from 7s 6d. Fat eattle prices were, for prime heavy bullocks, £2O 12s 6d; prime, £l4 10s to £l6; medium, £lO 15s to £l2 ss; light, from £8 10s; prime heavy cows and heifers, to £l2 17s 6d; prime, £9 6s to £lO 7s 6d; medium, £5 12s 6d to £7 2s Cd; light, from £4 7s 6d. A large entry in tho store cattle section totalled 400 young cattle of both sexes with a fair entry of good three and four-year-old well-bred steers, a small proportion of grazier cows, and a rather excess supply of vealers. There was a strong demand for all classes. Bes Best three and four-year.old steers made up to £lO 14s, two to two and a-half-ycar-old steers to £8 10s, 15 months to 18 months steers to £7, and heifers of similar age realised up to £5. There was a good inquiry .also for grazier cows, which made up to £5 ss. Vealers sold slightly in buyers’ favour compared with last sale.

Important evidence of the existence of a Maori pa in the Mairaki Downs, which separate the Oust Valley from that of Ashley, in North Canterbury, has boon brought to light with the submission of a greenstone adze for the inspection of Mr it. S. Duff, ethnologist and acting curator at the Canterbury Museum. The adze, which has been lent for exhibition, was found by Mr J. Egan, of Loburn, while ploughing several years ago at Springbank. The discovery is of special importance, because it confirms the opinion expressed by Canon Stack many years ago, and often since doubted through lack of evidence being produced to support it, that a pa really did exist in the Gust district. “ For 48 hours there was real alarm and the churches were full; everybody knew that he was looking into the abyss. Then came relief and great thanksgiving. Now, with dug-outs on every green and gas masks in every house, they are unconcerned again,” said the llev. Canon S. Parr, when discussing the crisis in England on his return from abroad. He said that the English were “as English as ever”; not until a day or two before the crisis could they be induced to take the gas mask business seriously; and then they used them as sink strainers. But now the English people and the Government w'ere in two minds whether to organise for war or not.

In tho Masterton Magistrate’s Court-to-day, before Mr H. B. Lawry, S.M., Jack Brooks was fined £2O and George Herbert Lavcry £SO on bookmaking charges. Lavcry was described by the police as one of the biggest bookmakers in the town. Both defendants pleaded guilty. On the application of the police a remand was granted in the case in which Arthur Tobb, who pleaded not guilty, was charged with a breach of the Gaming Act. —Press Association.

When a tram car proceeding along Castle street last evening swung on to the single line at the first section, the action apparently passed unnoticed by tho driver of a lorry laden with timber and moving in the opposite direction. When he did realise what had happened it was too late to prevent a collision, but he managed to swing aside a little so that a direct head-on impact was avoided. However, a fair amount of damage was done to the truck, while the front of the tram car also suffered structural damage, siderails and steps being broken. The tram was able to proceed under its own power to the sheds, whore it was laid up. Only a very short delay was caused in tho time-table.

An instrument that must rank among the most famous in the Dominion at the present time was exhibited and played last night at the Dunedin Burns Club’s concert in the Town Hall Concert Chamber. This was the hautboy (oboe) used 150 years ago by Thomas Eraser, whose playing of an old folk tune inspired the poet Robert Burns to write for it the words of ‘ Scots Wha Ha’e.’ This hautboy is now on exhibition in the Early Settlers’ Hall. An explanation that tho unseasonable weather in New Zealand this summer was the result of the whole system of strong westerly winds constantly ruling in the sub-Arctic seas moving further to the north than usual was given by Dr W. A. Macky, meteorologist attached to the Hobsonville Air Base. Weather charts kept by Dr Macky showed that this season the trend of the almost continuous westerly winds ruling between Australia and New Zealand and the Antarctic was inclining more to the northward than usual. As a result the Dominion was experiencing the storms associated with the strong westerlies of the “ roaring forties.” As a consequence of tho disturbances, the series of anti-cyclones usually expected in the central and northern parts of New Zealand at this season had also moved north and had missed the Dominion. The effect had been that the weather over the Dominion was that to be expected at latitudes about lOdeg further south. Comparison of temperatures recorded this summer and last year showed that the mean temperature this season ranged from five to lOdeg loner than that of last summer.

A ‘ Star ’ reporter made inquiries this morning at Port Chalmers in reference to tho Bluff Harbour Board’s complaint about the costliness of the recent overhaul to its dredge. The information elicited from people who do such work was to the effect that Port Chalmers was not responsible for the costliness of the job except to the minor degree that ship repair work is now so irregular that the expert mechanics who previously did such -work have drifted to tho railway workshops, where regular wages are obtainable. But why should Port Chalmers he blamed when the Bluff engineer’s report to his board stated definitely that tho unprecedented amount of repair work was made necessary by heavy rock dredging? Reference to the effect of the short working week was evidently intended as a “ cut ” at the Government. The threat to send the dredge elsewhere for future overhaul was only likely to prove that Port Chalmers is still the most effective place for ship repairing. A well known old coastal carrier—tho Canopus—will probably not put to Sea again. Tho vessel is under survey at Port Chalmers and new f boilers aro found to bo required in order for her to qualify for further sea service. Tho Canopus was built at Newcastle-ori-Tyne 36 years ago for the "Westport Coal Company, aiid has had_ a very successful career as a coal carrier. Her length is 250 ft and gross tonnage 1,337. To-night at 9.5 station 4YA will rebroadcast a short recital of _ about quarter of an hour from Wellington. The occasion is the first appearance of Maurice Clare; an exceptionally fine English violinist who has just arrived in New Zealand. Mr Clare has played with many of the famous orchestras in Britain, and listeners will shortly have further opportunity of hearing this artist as ho is to commence a tour of the national broadcasting stations in the very near future. The mayor, Mr A. H. Allen, acknowledges receipt of a further, donation of 10s°6d from “ F.H.G.” to the appeal on behalf of the New Zealand Council for tho “ Adoption ” of Chinese Refugee Children.’ The total amount received for this fund to date is £299 10s 9d.