Lake Wakatip Mail QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4 1931

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4011, 4 August 1931, Page 4

Lake Wakatip Mail QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4 1931

The sittings of the district Couros, which were set down for next Tuesday, have been adjourned to the 18th inst.

The monthly meeting of the local 15orough Council takes place next Thursday evening. District people who are seeking an ellicient and permanent trustee for their estate, be it large or small, will do well bo give the matter serious consideration before making a choice. A few important facts that will constitute a guide to them in the matter will be found in the notice which the Perpetual Trustees Co., Ltd., insert in this issue. On Friday night rain was followed by another fall of snow. In Queenstown it lay to a depth of a little more than an inch, but in the outlying parts of the district much more was experienced. At the Head of the Lake the fall was reported to measure four inches, while at Skippers it was six. On the Saddle the snow lay nine inches deep. Strong warm winds yesterday occasioned a thaw, and a good deal of snow has since disappeared. Writing to the editor of the Mail regarding the article published in the issue of the 21st ult., entitled “At Anchor,” embodying the history of the p.s. Mountaineer, Mr W. S. D. Trotter, formerly resident in the lower part of the Wakatipu district, says: “Needless to say, I read the article with a great deal of interest,. 1 was one of those who were on 'board when the Mountaineer was launched at Kingston in 1879. I wonder how 'many of that crowd are left, or am 1 the only survivor.” Mr Trotter nowlives at "Te Awa, Hillgrove, Southland.

Mi-s George Mackenzie, of “Lake View,” Queenstown, has received a further letter from Mrs It. S. Black, Mayoress, Dunedin, in acknowledgment of clothing and other comforts forwarded by her for distribution among the poor of Dunedin. It reads: "Dear Mrs Mackenzie—l have received another two sacks of clothing from you, for which many thanks, 1 . Please thank the ladies again who made the quilts. It would do your heart good if you knew bow they were admired and appreciated.” The Lower Shotover people have commenced weekly dances in the new public hall in aid of the debt extinction fund. The attendances up to the present have been very encouraging. The Mayor of Dunedin (Mir Black) talking to' the Otago Expansion League last week expressed isome concern about newspaper references to the recent fall of snow including Queenstown in "the little county of Southland," and he expressed himself in these words: “Going into Southland is like going out of a palace into a cottage. Southland is a nice place and we love it, but as soon as it comes poaching on our reserves we say: "Hands off.” The assumption that Otago is a palace is so suggestive of “jam” that Mr Black should

have stuck to “preserve” in iris description of Queenstown, because Otago’s regard for the tourist resort certainly goes no further than its fondness for something to spread on its “bread and butter.” There is .something significant that while the Southland League includes Queenstown in its interests and Queenstown is represented on that body, it is the Otago "Expansion” League that is trying to throw the noose of Otago’s boundary line about it.—Extract from S. Times. Messrs E. J. lies and H. M. Mackay arrived in the district again on Tuesday last. Mr Mack ay returned to Dunedin on Friday, but Mr lies remains in the Upper Glutha. He is Imsy interviewing settlers in connection with the irrigation proposals, with

a view to ascertaining the area of land likely to be brought under the scheme. In a brief conversation with our representative, Mr Mack ay stated that the trip to Wellington had been attended with wry satisfactory results. They had received a very sympathetic hearing from the responsible officials in connection with the proposed scheme. Another public meeting will be held at Luggate next Saturday, and at this Mr Mack ay will report on the visit to Wellington. Public approval ol the scheme will later he sent to the Government in the form of a largely-signed petition.— Argus.

To be treated by a specialist at the Auckland Hospital, Canon 11, Packe of Gisborne, a former vicar of St. Peter's Church, Queenstown, who is in ill-heualth, was taken to Auckland from Gisborne by aeroplane last week. His condition made a motor journey inadvisable, as it would have taken four days in easy stages, while a sea trip was impossible owing to rough weather. By the use of an aeroplane the journey was made in comfort in three hours 20 minutes. At 8.15 o’clock in the morning a do Soutter Mark I monoplane piloted by Flight-Lieutenant W*. H. Lett left Gisborne’with the sick clergyman. Three hours 20 minutes later the plane made a perfect landing at Mange re aerodrome. The ambulance was waiting at the aerodrome and Canon Packe was taken to the Auckland Hospital. Although no stretcher could be placed inside the cabin of the plane, a comparatively comfortable bed was improvised. Two padded benzine tins were placed alongside of the pilot so that the patient, who was sitting in the back of the cabin, could, stretch his legs to their full length. Hot water bottles and thick .rugs kept him warm, and he looked quite comfortable when he arrived. “It was a a most enjoyable trip," he said. I wish T could have got more kick out of it.” It was the first time Canon Packe had been up in a plane.

Messrs Berry and Co. give a reminder to householders regarding the reduced prices of everyday commodities —prices that are commensurate with quality, which is the thing that matters.

Substantial reductions arc announced iu the tariffs at leading Auckland and '.Rotorua hotels. The step has been taken in response to the demand for cheaper living costs. The tariff at the Grand Hotel, Auckland, has been reduced from a minimum of 25s a day to 20s, and at the Hotel Cargen the tariff is now 15s instead of 20s. The tariff at the Grand Hotel, Rotorua, has been reduced from 25s to 18s (id a day. Rates at two other Auckland hotels have been reduced 20 to 25 per cent.