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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4452, 30 January 1940, Page 2

The weather has been very unsettled 1 during the last few days, rain, having fallen at ''frequent intervalsi. It has helped trementdusly to ripen the crops and feed is becoming abundant.

In this issue appears an intimation from the Commissioner of Taxes that an instalment of the Registration Fee become® due on Ist February and that on the same date there also falls- due t£ie fourth instalment of the Social Security charge on income other than salary or wages derived during the year ended 3tst March,, li)39p Payment may be tendered at any [(Money Order Office.

On Sunday Last two H. and 11. buses brought between 40 and 50 people from the districts of Tuatapere, Ohai and Mosisburn to Queenstown. The visitors spent a pleasant day in and around the town.

Mr Andrew M. Johnston, who will address a public meeting in the Town Hall on Sunday, February 11th, at 815 p.m- is well known throughout, the Dominion for the inspiration of his message. Mr Johnston, was bl.nded while on active service during the. Great War, hut has not allowed the loss of his sight to minimise his service to the King of Kings.. Where-, ever Mr Johnsto 1 goes, crowds flock to hear his sto-y. Mr Johnstcr(M home is in Gore but most of his time is. spent in travelling through # New Zealand, conducting meetings in al particularly attractive, manner. '

Mr F. J. Webb of Dunedin and Mr Duncan Dreaver, Palmerston. have just completed a two weeks’ fishing excursion nt the kikes ciud {iround Queenstown and were very successful. Out of eight days’ fishing they caught 90 “beauties’’ some weighing up to 51bs'. The National Eucharistic Congress, an outstanding event which 5s engaging the attention of Catholics* in New Zealand at the present time is being held in Wellington between Thursday next and Sunday. The Congress programme, a copy of which hast been handed 'to list, shows that a special Mas® is celebrated each day, followed by certain important fixtures*. On Sunday afternoon there will be a procession through the streets of Wellington, to St. Patrick'si College grounds*. The Papal delegate is His Excellency Archbishop Pamico of Sydney. On Thursday night ht 9 o’clock there will be a speoial broadcast to New Zealand in English by His Holiness the Pope. Thu's will be the first time. i*n history ifhat. the Pone has* spoken over a. long distance by'radio. On Friday night His. Eminence., Cardinal Kinsley of London, will also broadcast an address to the people of New Zealand at 8,40. After the Congress the Papal delegate will visit the. main centres and may possibly find time to come to Queenstown. It is interesting ho j rote that among the thousands of visitors 'to the. Congress some 20 Queenstown and district people fire attending the important function. The writer of the following paragraph, which he requested us to publish,, does not believe in hiding his light under a bushel. The contribution, is in the nature of a challenge to the other cricketers* of Queejnstown, senior and junior, but we hope they will not deal too hardly with him. My name is* Joseph O’Connell and mi case you do not know it I am the champion cricketer of Queenstown. I am certainly the best bowler and in the batting at my school I have an average of 120 runs, for each innings I have played in. So you will see that lam the best all-rounder m Queenstown, and Gerry Lynch is not in the same, street as me, neither is Nick Barbara. The only chap who might give me a run for it is Billy ! By an;, but I think I can put him in his place any day. I often try to 1 teach my brother Bryan the right 1 way to hold a bat but he does not seem to take much notice of me* —ini fact it is like trying to* drive a nail! into a lump 1 of stone to try and teach him anything about cricket.

An ascent of the highest peak of the Remarkable® was made recently by Mesems J. Berry (Milton) and IC Gray (Invercargill). Leaving Queenstown at 4.30 a.m., they approached the face of the Remarkable® from the! ora os pan ‘onuoAy aq; jo ptra ,do; aq; poqonoj dap; ‘Surqraip ,yi;s (7,688 ft) at 12.30 p.m- Deep snow at the hack of Double Cone necessitated the use of ice-picks and twice; it was' found advisable to rope themselves together. The descent was accomplished by 4.35 p.m- J. Berry is l the younger son of Mr W. H. Berry formerly of this town. The Commissioner of Taxes draws attention, of taxpayers to the notification appearing in to-day’s issue that the due date of payment of Incometax is on Monday, the 12th day of February, 1940. Additional tax will accrue if the tax be not paid on or before 4th March, 1940. The demands will be posted from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes on or about sth February, 1940. Demands must be presented with all payments, find if a demand has 'not been received the Commissioner should be communicated, with.