GENERAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 17 June 1936, Page 6

GENERAL ITEMS

Warm clothing is definitely needed again this winter for the alleviation of distress in the city, and the Smith Family will hold a clothes drive on Saturday, 27th June. A considerable number of cars is needed, and owners willing to assist are requested to ring ’phone 71 (day) or 883 (evening). The funds for the purchase of a beautiful brass Eagle Lectern, as a permanent memorial to the late Archdeacon Dart in All Saints’ Church is growing steadily, and now stands at £64 13s. It is hoped that the desired object of raising the full £75 required will be achieved before the fund closes on the 30th June. Donations may be sent to Messrs H. J. Flatt, Bridge street, and F. I. Ledger, Trafalgar street, church wardens. “There is a feeling in the community that detention in the Borstal institutions does not do offenders any moral good,” declared Mr J. K. Moloney, counsel for a youth who appeared for sentence in the Supreme Court at Christchurch on a charge of shopbreaking. Mr Moloney had previously stated that the prisoner’s family had asked him to make representations that the youth should not be sent to a Borstal institution, and his Honour Mr Justice Northcroft asked if he had any knowledge why such a request should be made. “That was the request I was asked to bring forward,” said Mr Moloney, “and I felt it my duty to do so.” The youth was sent to the Borstal institution at Invercargill for three years. The news that no new B station radio licence for Wellington would be issued by the Government, so that Wellington would be without a B station, was conveyed to a meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. Mr M. G. C. McCaul commented that it would be interesting to know if the Government plans would allow of a B station again in Wellington, and Mr R. H. Nimmo explained that inquiries had been made and advice had been received that no new B station licences were to be given. At the annual meeting of the Nelson branch of the Crippled Children’s Society last evening it was announced that the Nelson Federation of Women’s Institutes had decided to give a subscription of £lO a year. It was also stated that the Stoke branch of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union hoped, within the next few months, to raise up to £lO. Canada has within her boundaries . about 600,000 square miles of acces'sible timber in a growing condition, according to the Forestry Branch of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The cut of standing timber in 1934 amounted to 2,300,000,000 cubic feet. In addition it was estimated that fires resulted in a loss of 230,000,000 cubic feet, and that a further 700,000,000 cubic feet were lost by insects, fungi and windfalls. Studies are now being made to ensure that Canada is not depleting her forest resources to the point where they will be exhausted.

The Pensions Department advise that pensions usually payable on the 23rd of the month will be paid on the 22nd June on account of the King’s Birthday holiday on the 23rd June. The men of All Saints’ parish are reminded of the Men’s Social to be held in the Parish Hall this evening, when a happy time of fellowship is anticipated. Professor Easterfield has consented to give an address. Proceedings will begin at half past seven. The attention of dance patrons is drawn to a carnival benefit dance to be held in Velma Hall on Saturday evening next by the St. John Ambulance Brigade in aid of one of their members who has had a fairly long illness. A good programme of dances has been drawn up and combined with the usual first class supper and all the latest dance hits by Logan’s Dance Band De Luxe everyone is assured of an enjoyable evening. Clergymen (most of them, anyway) are notoriously heavy smokers, and have always been, says an 18th century writer: “The generality of parsons can no more write a sermon without a pipe in their mouths than without a Concordance in their hands.” Tobacco is undoubtedly a great aid to literary effort. But it’s not all gold that glitters and it’s not all tobacco that is reliable. The great fault of so many brands is that they are overloaded with nicotine, and nicotine constantly absorbed through a pipe into the system is not a good thing. Ask any doctor. The perfect tobacco should not only be fragrant and soothing, but as free from nicotine as may be. And the outstanding example of the kind is found in the genuine toasted. This tobacco—Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold—combines a fine flavour with a beautiful bouquet, and being practically without nicotine (toasting is responsible for that) is as harmless as tobacco can possibly be. There is nothing finer manufactured.*

With five vessels unloading cargo at Port Nelson this morning there was not enough labour on the wharves for the work offering. The motor tanker Paua yesterday and to-day was unloading fuel oil, the Nikau had brought general cargo from Lyttelton, the Alexander was unloading sugar and general cargo from Onehunga, and the scow The Portland was unloading cement from Tarakohe. The ferry boat Arahura and the motor vessel Taupata, which is to-day going into commission after being inactive for three weeks, were also berthed at the wharf.

Until recently all the current series of New Zealand pictorial stamps have been printed in London. But the ninepenny stamps, the one depicting the Maori panel, is now being printed at the Government Printing Office in Wellington. The lithographic offset process is being used. The stamps printed locally can be distinguished from the original London printings by a slight variation in colour. The watermark on these stamps will be found to be sideways. The white lines separating the red and black colours vary slightly in thickness, as will have been noticed by those who examine these stamps closely. This is due to the stretch of the paper during printing, and is not due, the P. and T. Department points out, as has been stated in some philatelic journals, to the use of two sets of plates. Philatelists will also be interested to learn that two additional denominations of the pictorial stamps, the ljd and the 9d, will be available shortly printed on multiple watermarked paper. Australia is finding Southland beech increasingly useful, and approximately 200,000 feet of it will be aboard the coastal trader Kiwitea when she leaves Bluff for Melbourne, states thp “Southland Daily News.” Southland beech is being adapted to a variety of uses, chief of which is the motor-body building at which Australia is proving herself so expert. This large export cargo has led to an increase in activity among Southland mills, and there is every reason to expect that the favour which Southland beech has found among Australian' ! manufacturers will maintain the export trade and establish it firmly.

A deficit of £16,187, compared with a deficit of £8351 last year, is shown in the balance-sheet for the year ended 31st March of the Auckland Transport Board, which was presented at the annual meeting of the board (states the “Auckland Star”). There were large increases in both revenue and expenditure; £20,036 was paid as currency exchange in in meeting the Board’s London interest bill of £Bl,103. The chairman, the Hon. H. G. R. Mason, said in his report that the revenue for the year ended 31st March, 1935, had shown a slight improvement over that of the previous two years, and he was pleased to report that the revenue had continued steadily to improve. The total revenue for the year, £544,824, was an increase of £22,139 over the previous year. The year’s expenses at £561,010 showed an increase of £29,974.

An amusing incident involving an act of great tact and courtesy on the part of the Duke of Argyle was related to a representative of “The Press” by Mr W. J. Ellison, of Christchurch. It was in 1902, while a member of the New Zealand contingent sent Home for the coronation of King Edward VII, that Mr Ellison was one of a party of New Zealanders being shown over Windsor Castle. The guide was a courteous, unassuming man, who went to infinite pains in pointing out and explaining historical features in the castle. Furthermore, when one, of the New Zealanders, in his.search for souvenirs, was detected ‘in the act of prising loose a piece of a corner stone of the castle, the guide, ihstead of ordering the party off the premises, gently chided the offender with the remark that, if all the thousands of sightseers who visited the castle helped themselves to a souvenir the historic walls would eventually disappear. When the New Zealanders came to leave the castle, various members of their party endeavoured to press a small piece of silver into the guide’s hand. The guide, however, very courteously declined the tips, whereat there was general amazement. The sequel came at a State banquet attended by the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr R. J. Seddon, in company with Other visiting Prime Ministers. During the evening, the Duke of Argyle laughingly revealed that, his identity unknown to!the visiting New Zealanders —he had been the guide whom they had tried so hard to tip while doing the rounds of Windsor Castle. Mr Seddon afterwards relat-. ed the incident to .Mr Ellison. The Marlborough Aero Club’s Moth ZK-ADA, piloted by Squadron-Leader N. E. Chandler, arrived at the Stoke aerodrome this morning at 10 o’clock. The military authorities advise that the drawing of the £I,OOO Military Art Union will take place at King Edward Barracks, Christchurch, at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, 30th June.