News Briefs

Evening Star, Issue 26136, 25 June 1947, Page 4

News Briefs

Oranges on Freighter Waitaki

Nows of an improved supply of oranges for the Dominion, and especially for the South Island, was welcomed in Dunedin, but the 30,000 cases of South Australian fruit reported to he consigned to the South Island on the steamer Waitaki on her next voyage from Australia, will probably be some time arriving. The intercolonial freighter is at present undergoing survey at Wellington, and before she returns to Australia she is scheduled to eal] at Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff. Art Scholarship

A national travelling scholarship worth £350 will be awarded this year by the Association of New Zealand Art Societies to an artist or sculptor, who has attained a high standard of personal achievement in art. The candidate must not be more than 35 years, and must undertake to return to the Dominion for a period of at least two years after the completion of studies abroad Evidence of definite. purpose must be given when’applying for the award, entries for which will close in September of this year. Abattoirs Dispute

A tribunal has been appointed by the Minister of Labour, Mr McLagan, to deal with the dispute at the Dunedin abattoirs between the abattoir workers and the contractors to the City Council. The tribunal is authorised under the Strikes and Lock-out Regulations; 1942. The Conciliation Commissioner (Mr A. B. Bigg), of Christchurch, will be chairman of the tribunal, which will sit to-morrow night at 7.30 in the office of the Labour Department. Reception to South Africans

The members of the South African Association football team, who. will play in Dunedin on July 2 and July 5, against Otago and New Zealand respectively, will be the guests of the city at a civic reception next Tuesday morning. The Mayor, Mr Cameron, will have associated with him the president of the Otago Football Association, Mr E. L. Hope, and the president of the Otago .Rugby Football Union, Mr It. W. S. Botting. Safeguarding Wanganella

Because of new measures to keep the ship buoyant as she lies alongside Clyde quay. Wellington, two of the Public Works Department’s eight-ton compressors were taken off the Wanganella yesterday. Electricity has been connected to supply two new compressors, and the ship’s own power is being used for additional compression. Since the Wanganella went to Clyde quay from the dock, the pumping equipment lias been increased, and as many leaks as possible have been sealed, so that the air compression now required is abo'ut one-sixth of that necessary to keep the ship afloat after she left the dock. The Wanganella was in an exposed position during the previous night’s- storm, but no ill-effects are reported. City Reservoirs Full

Full bore scouring, an operation performed by the water department to clear the mains, was begun on June 18. Scouring is never undertaken unless the city, reservoirs are full, the city engineer, Mr S. G. Scoular, told the ‘ Star ' this morning, but there had been a great recovery from the levels of last month, and the storage to-day amounted to 143,236,000 gallons. Householders in Dunedin have noticed that water from the taps has been discoloured in recent Weeks, and the fact that the last occasion on which the reticulation network was scoured was January 6, may account for this. The department carries out £he cleaning of the mains twice a year, -Mr Scoular told the ‘ Star.’ Popularity of Bowls

An increase of 1,964 bowlers throughout the Dominion in the current year is shown in the annual report of the New Zealand Bowling Association. In the 437 clubs, distributed throughout 22 centres, the membership rose from 25,503 bowlers in 1946 to 27,467 this year.