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Evening Star, Issue 23915, 19 June 1941, Page 8

Duo to the late arrival of the steamer express from Wellington this morning, the express from Christchurch is running two hours late, and is not expected in Dunedin until approximately 6.50 p,m.

A feeling that, .generally speaking, it is difficult to obtain from tho Price Tribunal what might bo deemed equitable adjustments because tho tribunal had in some cases adopted an attitude that prices should not be increased to tho general public was expressed in the report of the executive presented to tho annual meeting of the Wellington Employers’ Association last night.—Press Association.

Judgment by default, with costs, was entered in the following eases by Mr H. J. Dixon, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court this morning:—M'Cracken Bros, v. J. Trotter (Christchurch), 12s, for costs; Butterfields Ltd. v. A. Brockie, £l9 10s, for goods supplied; Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd. v. G. E, Sidwell (Porangahau), £4 13s 9d, for goods supplied; Islip and Watt v. L. James (Wellington), £1 13s 9d, for goods supplied. The Otago Road Transport Union (Mr 1. B. Stevenson) for Messrs Gallaway and Mow.it,\ proceeded against Dunedin Taxis Ltd. (Mr 0. G. Stevens) in the Police Court to-day on five charges of employing drivers who wore not members of the union. Proceedings were instituted as a warning to other employers, stated Mr Stevenson.—The magistrate imposed a fine of us on the first charge and 2s on each of tho other four, together with costs.

“ No bankrupt has treated us better than this cue has since the first meeting of his creditors. That I can honestly say,” said Mr J. D. Adam, tho Official Assignee, when tho creditors of Dr T. E. Ashley met yesterday afternoon. The meeting had been adjourned for three months from March 12. The bankrupt had kept up his payments, and in recent weeks had enlarged tho amount. Satisfaction was expressed by creditors at his attitude, it having been reported that it was his intention to pay 20 shillings in the £. The meeting has adjourned sine die.

The appeals of Patna Raugatira, also known as W. P. Browne, and his wife, Tuvaine Raugatira, of Rarotonga, against the award of tho title of raakoa mii Ariki, or paramount chief, to Mrs Takau Rio Love have been dismissed by Mr Justice Ostler. The appeals were against a decision made in Mrs Love’s favour in February, 1940, by Judge Ayson, of the High Court of the Cook Islands.

A very successful day was held in the dngont vosterdav bv tile staffs of the D.S.A. Ltd., Macduff's Ltd., A. Smith and Co., and associated stores in this zone. Though the weather was not as kind as it might have been, the large sum of £l3O was realised, which will help considerably in tho “Comforts for Fighters ” appeal.

The city organist, Dr V. E. Galway, will give his fortnightly organ recital in the Town Hall on Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Lovers of organ music who arc diffident about coining out in the evenings owing to the lighting restrictions will appreciate the change of time. Tho programme will consist of the following items: —March from Soigio (Handel), Air ‘ Holsworthy Church Bells ’ (S. S. Wesley), Prelude and Fugue in O Major (Bach). Andante Symphony No. 5 (Wider), Angelas (Cocker), Aylcsford Bridge (Wood), Songs Without Words No. 9 (.Mendelssohn), nud March of the Priests (Athalio) (Mendelssohn). There will he no charge for admission. When giving evidence in support of an appeal before the Armed Forces Appeal Board in Invercargill this week a witness spoke of the difficulty of getting shearers for small farms. It was different with big stations, for shearers came from Australia. “There are no shearers coming from Australia now,” said .Mr ,J. 11. Bartholomew, S.M., chairman of the board. Tho now clmnuel for the Waikato River which has boon cut near Taupo in connection with the dam to regulate tho flow of water from Lake Taupo to Arapuni is now completed, (states a Taupo correspondent to the ‘Evening Post.’ A small opening about 2ft wide was made at tho lower end of the cut on Friday night, and by Sunday evening tho new channel was filled to within 2ft of tho present river level for the whole length of tho cut. As soon as tho full level is reached the top of the channel will be opened and the whole flow of the Waikato will then be diverted into the new course. In readiness for this, the new bridge was opened for one-way traffic on Saturday. The approaches to the bridge are only temporary. The retail section of the June Ap. peal Committee for the comforts for lighters fund acknowledges the following cash donations: Thomson and Bridget' Ltd., £25; Smith and Smith Ltd.. £25; Hyudman’s Ltd. and staff, £22 2s Cd; Mr and Mrs'N. Oran, £2O; Andrew Lees Ltd. (staff), £l2 10s; A. and T. Inglis Ltd (staff), £10; Mrs Vernon Smith, £10; Miss I. Watkins, £3 3s; Misses Simpson, £2 2s; Cookham House Ltd., £2 2s: Miss M. Stort, Patersons Ltd.. Newbolds Ltd.. Collins and Sons, £1 Is each; Miss Williams, £1; Holler and Sons Ltd. and Mr E. L. Glover, 10s each; Conn’s Pharmacy, ss; total, £l3B Bs.

Tke staff of the Onehunga Borough Council gave other local bodies a lead recently in combining patriotism with utility, with the result that the patriotic funds were increased by £BS in cash and the borough was cleaned up in the one operation. Each householder had been notified during the week that all classes of rubbish would be collected on Saturday at a minimum charge of 6d and 65 employees of the council did the work free. The cash contributions varied from 6d to 10s and 120 tons of rubbish were collected. The litter included a large number of bedsteads and gas stoves, together with an assortment of old iron not yet valued. Five of the council’s trucks were employed all day and sufficient valueless rubbish was gathered to fill in a quarter of an acre. It is not often that the vandals who deface public notices show a sense of humour, but one mistreated notice 911 the Summit road will evoke a smile from passers-by (states the Christchurch ‘Press’). It is. one of tho Automobile Association’s “ labels ” for tho local landmarks, and it reads: “ View of the Tors. Erected by A.A.C.” Unfortunately it is at a point immediately above Robinson’s Bay, where there is a slaughter house, and this has prompted some person to amend the notice, hi heavilyscrawled pencil, to the following:— “ View of tho Abators. Erected by A.A.C. Corrected by ( Tho most important discovery of moa bones in the south for many years was made recently in a cave near Kingston. Tho bones of six birds, covering- three distinct species, were recovered, and are now in the possession of the Southland Museum. They were in good condition. having been kept fairly dry, although fire among dry leaves in a portion of the cave had charred some fragments. The main bones have already been sorted and the specimens identified. The largest is of an immature bird of the biggest South'lsland species, and when standing erect it will reach to 13 or 14ft in height.

The ballot by which a new general secretary of the Australian Seamen’s Union was elected was one of the nnjst protracted and costly in the history of the union. It has been estimated that it cost the members who participated about £1 a man. The ballot started last October and did not conclude until the week before last. During the count there were court proceedings, which caused further delays. “ Union Jack Day,” an institution that is sponsored by the Otago Provincial Patriotic Council, will bo hold to-morrow, and a strong effort is to be made to swell the funds of the “Comforts for Fighters” appeal. It will take the form of a street day, and hundreds of members of various women’s organisations will assist throughout the city and suburbs. Every donor will be presented with a small Union Jack. The effort is anticipated to bring in at least £I,OOO towards the total required—£2o,oo0—for the fund by the end of this month.

The course of studies for Air Force candidates has presented no difficulties to at least one candidate, who_ told tho Armed Forces Appeal Board in Invercargill that he was able to grapple with the technical problems after doing what the chairman described as a man-size ” job on the farm. He said that he was finding the course easy, w no trouble at all 5 iu fact, he had been able to help some others with it.” Ho added that when lie took up the course ho was under the impression that there would be more _in the Air Force than in farming, which lie thought was “ coming to a dead end.”

After elucidating a practically incomprehensible document on tho now lighting restrictions lor the benefit of ‘ Star ’ readers, a reporter was not surprised to-day to receive complaints that ho, too, had descended into the obscure, Quito a few readers read into tho information that “ parking,, side, or dim lights were necessary ” tho additional intelligence that they must be switched on. Obviously the phrase means that the lights that had to be carried for parking purposes before must still be carried. In the absence of efficient street lighting they are more necessary than ever. The simplest, though not the least expensive method of fitting a car to comply with instructions is to attach a fog lamp. Unfortunately so many people dropped to this that fog lamps are practically unprocurable in Dunedin. While on" this general subject it might bo pertinent to mention that complaints have also reached the ‘Star ’ to the effect that tho new lighting on a wet road is productive of a glare more dangerous than ever. Undoubtedly this is only the first of a number of things yet to be noted about the new conditions.

“ I don’t know why it is that the majority of you people cannot give a definite answer to questions without a lot of explanations and speeches,” said Mr F. F. Reid, S.M., chairman of the Armed Forces Appeal Board in Christchurch to a conscientious objector. “ You did not even wait until 1 had finished my question before yon started on a lengthy explanation of your views.” said Mr Reid. “ Ail we want are definite answers without all those explanations.” How intcrunivcrsity rivalries had changed since 50 to 00 years ago was mentioned by Mr A. G. Henderson in the Commemoration Day address at Canterbury College this week, when he recalled that in tho early days, competition between Otago University and Canterbury College was intense, and not without bitterness. But it was an academic rivalry. If Otago had four honours students, Canterbury had five. “Nowadays,” said the speaker, “the competitive spirit finds expression in tho annual athletic gatherings, but in those days it expressed itself almost wholly in the academic sphere.” Tho sinking of xhc Bismarck must have conic as a jolt to the Italian people, who had been greatly impressed by tbo destruction of the Hood. Italian commentators had made merciless use of the Hood. Here is what tho ‘ Stainpa,’ of Turin, for instance, wrote: “London could not hide the loss of tho Hood, but the confession was accompanied by infantile lies to sweeten tho bitter truth. Thus the British Admiralty affirmed that the Bismarck had at the same time been gravely damaged and was fleeing from the British squadron. The truth is the opposite, as has so often been the case in this war. In view of the lightning disappearance of the Hood tho other British battleship, although a new onefound it advisable to withdraw from tho Bismarck’s range.”

America's growing big cities accounted for nearly all the nation’s population increase in the last decade. This was revealed by a recent Census Bureau study showing that 62,958,703 persons, or 47.8 per cent, of all residents in the continental United Statosi live in 140 metropolitan areas. This was 8,205,058 more than lived in such areas in 1930 and compares with the nation’s total population increase of 8,894,229 in the 10 years. The metropolitan area is a city or group of cities and their environs -with, an average population of about 150 a square mile. Thus New York’s metropolitan area, tho -world's largest, contained 11,690,520 persons in 1940. The second metropolitan city of tho United States is Chicago, with 4,499,126 persons, and tho third Los Angeles, with 2,904,596 persons. Then come Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, St. Louis, and Cleveland.

Tho syllabus and book of words of the Dunedin Competitions Society’s festival, which will commence on August 27, is now available to intending*competitors. Entries of this, the fortieth successive festival, close on July 8. There are 107 different competitive classes in the combined elocution, vocal, dancing, and instrumental sections, and these include such usual major classes as tho piano concerto, chief piano, ladies’ and schoolgirls’ choirs, Gilbert and Sullivan, and class scholarship contests. Tho following judges have been appointed:—Elocution, Mr Errol Muir (Wellington); vocal, Mr Victor Peters "(Christchurch) ; instrumental, Dr Vernon Griffiths (Dunedin) ; dancing, Miss Eva Mooro (Wellington). Mr Peters and Dr Griffiths officiated in the same classes last year. Mr Muir and Miss Moore j»re newcomers to the Dunedin Competitions field, although Miss Moore has earned a good name for herself as the producer of the last two Operatic Society presentations. In aid -of the “ Comforts for Fighters ” Fund the staff of Chas. Begg and Co. held a “ trump whist ” evening in the 11.5. A. Hall on Tuesday night. As a result of the evening the sum of £l4 was raised. Mr C. E. Bogg presented prizes to tho winners—Mosdamos Fade and Deuhold, find Messrs Aitkcn and Cox.

The dugout in the Octagon was today controlled by tho staff of Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. To-morrow the Dunedin Repertory Society will be in charge, and an appeal is made to members to have their donations delivered early. Proceeds in both cases are for the “Comforts for Fighters” Fund.