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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18049, 24 September 1920, Page 4

The Paloona, which arrived at Bluff yesterday morning, brought an Australian mail, ■ilio ipcal portion arrived in Dunedin last Mghu, and will be distributed this momUlg. f On a day of drizzling rain such a= yesterday many of tho streets in tho city, but Rattray street and Lower High street in particular, become veritable seas' of mud which makes their negotiation - by pedestrians a most unpleasant matter. In this connection the action of tho tramway motornien in stopping their cars anywhere but a r CrC^ ms merits attonti °n at tho hands 01 tho -tramways Committee. This p'rocoduro may possibly have an explanation, but it is a httlo difficult to imagine any justification for allowing the passengers to light from a tramcar and wade to drv land through inches of liquid mud-, such os is the case, for instance, at tho corner of Oowlmg street Forty-one applications from drecharged soxuers for financial assistanco have been considered by the Otago Land Board. Nine relating to rural properties wore recommenced for approval, the amount involved being £5£W). Nineteen for the acquisition of residential properties, involving the sum of £10,855, were also recommended for approval. . Nino application were declined, four hold over. ■ The threo men named William Gordon Arundel, Itedverds Seymour Knight and ■ Albert Norman Thompson, who were recently charged with the, theft of two oases of petrol from the railway yard at Palmers ton on September 12, will come up in the supreme Court this morning for sentence. In the absence of the Moderator (the Rev R Fairmaid), the Rot. J. Kilpatrick sided at a congregational meeting of the Oaversham Presbyterian Church last night It was unanimously decided to forward a call to the -Iter. F« M. Boattio, of Te Kiuti ' T r 1 ° tter was received by the Hospital and: Charitable Aid Board last night from Mr Clutha Mackenzie, asking if arrangements could be made for tho tuition of two blind returned soldiers in massage. It was explained by Dr Falconer that the Massage Committeo was perfectly willing to help / nen ' >u ' difficulty was that none of the stall were conversant with the Brail system, and if tho men were to be taught at all they should be taught properly. Members mentioned that surely the nsen could be sent Home at the expense of the Red Cross or some other fund to secure the benefit of tuition there, where special arrangements were in operation. Mr Scurr Mid that if anything could be done to help Wind soldiers the board should do so, and it was resolved to refer tho matter back tor further consideration. * Ofc-ing to the war the Otago A. and P. Society s hprse parade has not been held for three years, so that there is some leeniako up in the matter of entries, lliesc closed on Wednesday, and yesterday a fair number bearing tho postmark of the 22nd came to hand. Others are expected today, so that tho officials will not be able to make op their synopsis and find out just how they stand until to-morrow. At a meeting of the La&o County Council on Wednesday afternooD a definite step forward was taken matter of oonstruefcmg a bridge at Kawarau Falls, which project has hung fire for the past eight or nine years (wires our Queenstown correspondent), rhe late Mr D. M'Brido. of Kawarau Falls Station, offered the ..cquncil £500 towards the erection of a bridge and a loan of another £1000 on easy terms, and the Government agreed to give a subsidy of £1 0r tho matter was not followed up. Tho fact of a couplo of portions of Kawarau Falls Station having been sold to returned soldiers a few months ago, and the probability of. its further subdivision, have brought the project into prominonco again. he Minister of Publio Works was recently approached by Mr Jas. Horn, M.P. for Wakatipu, for a straight out vote to build the bridge, but ho declined to entertain this. As an alternative he offered to increase the Government subsidv to £2 for £1, and this proposition came before the council at the meeting yesterday. Mr J. P M'Brido, proprietor of"Kawarau Falls Station, also waited on the council and agreed to increase his previous offer of £300 to £500 towards the cost of the undertaking. Iho returned soldier-settlors were represented by Mr M. M'Adam, who also urged that the enterprise bo gono on with in the interests of closer settlement, and tho opening of a highway to Southland. The council expressod strong sympathy with the project, and practically decided to go ahead with it, inasmuch aa a deputation was appointed to wait on tho councils of the boroughs of Queenstown and Arrowtown to request a grant towards tho bridge. Th>'s course is being taken as an alternative to a plebiscite of tho ratepayers in order to save delay. The Publio Works Department's estimate of the probable cost is about £5000. Tho Wharekuri coal-pit is about to be opened up again (writes our Kurow correspondent). An expert _ is at present en- ' gaged in tho preliminary work, and the pit should bo in full working orcler in two ar three weeks' time. Some time ago it :aught fire and had to. bo closed, but tho fire ia now quite out. The pit produces lignite coel of a superior nudity, and with its opening and the starting of tho trßWjp-ort jaroge, .Kurow is showing signs of moving , '-head. ✓ 0 I

Tho quarterly mooting of the Bolivian indiau Mission 'was held in the Y.M.C.A. rooms last night. Tho proceedings wore opened with a hymn, following which .Mr SUirnos, an ox-missionary, led in prayer. A. passago of Scripture, I Cor. ii, was road by tho llov. I'airloy Evans, and tho assembly joined in another hymn. Mr ILay°ock, tho chairman of tho mooting, read several letters from Bolivia giving accounts of.the difficulties mot with in tho work, which, however, appeared to bo going ahead very satisfactorily. The meeting was then fi-'ven to prayer and thanksgiving, and Jinally was.cloc-od by the singing of a hymn and tho pronouncing of tho benediction by the Itev. I<\ Evans. Tho experienced officials of tho Dunodin ompot:tions Society may bo complimented on tho expedition with which tho competitions are being conducted, but there docs s«mi to bo ono respect in which a reversion o past practice would bo an improvement ilavmg had two hours or moro of the evening session, tho audicnco has to wait until , 0 Jast competitor ha s appeared before he learns di e results and 'hears tho judges' comments jan the jierformance. It seems a little ridiculous that one should have to wait to the end to hear tho result of tho irst competition. At ono t.imo tho result of a competition and thp judge's remarks thereon were given out after the lapse of one, or perhaps two, later ones, and this practico was much more satisfactory from the audience's point of view. In reply to a deputation of South African e tcrans _ asking for a sharo of the repatriation settlement, pensions and other benefits (states a Wellington Press Association telegram), the Primo Minister admitted that the veterans were not- as well treated us' the returned soldiers. He did not see how they cou d provide for tho South African T J^' 1 tl'ey had disposed of the others, o had lust claim on tho country. stal n f^ k,and Press Association message - ln ° course of the voyage c.f tho Waiteimta from San Francisco to Auckland a demonstration of the possibilities of } ireless telephony was made in very striking manner. When the vessel was near f , r< \ , , nor , lll ° wireless operator (Mr mitf hrord quite distinctly voices transnutted on wave of 450 metres from the high-power radiophone station at Avalon, Sen I % s ' tuato < l 150 miles from San Francisco the vessel was thus rsceivinc audible messages at a distance of 5630 miles. ,'?■ high-power stat:on mentioned cmwhM, a n ,7 SyStem 0f w ' rcloss telephony, which enables a person i n his private residence t speak by radio through the neccssitv f P , system withoufc t! '« necessity of using the radiophone direct. tervni y ;? hoard radio music at inwhile il hGatreS &m Francisco, MHilo tho vessel was off the American coast Iho means of transmission was b Y wireless telephone, and tho music of the^rcEra S de£!T SID ? CrS C ° U!d bG heard , H ° n - , G - J - Anderson (Minister of diZ.tl V ' S,tod Invercai 'g' ll yoster>.y (states a Press .Association telegram), and was interviewed by deputations on vaii ItatThi TW ' Gothland League urged Isl m i i e ljlatcd on Stewart s. nd and Milford Sound services as su"gested recently In tie course of a statemcnt the Minister said that ho haVI under on tai P h MQ u the ,? ssuo of a nCAV publication on torn ist attractions and the industrial development and possibilities of the dominion, and the appointment of a qualified th ° WOU * , Th ? , n . : ' ufch annual general meeting ,f Dah?°F.:;? ° f Birckwo °d Co-operative IJany I'actory Company was held in the Th T iay ' Sc^terab « an A W. Rodger chairman of directors, presiding. The' district dairyman s.iareholders were well represented. The report ■ stated that the intake had been considerably below the previous year, 4 at 10Vn lK g ° no to the Government a 10 4 d per lb, the same price as in the previh ? upil ! Jers had been paid thawJ bU - tter " fat ' was id better t) PrCVIOU3 year - 1110 fa tal indebtedness of tho company stood at £1627 15s 3d ; /' hero wa3 an cumulated ° , v '" ar loan certificates and deposit at the Bank of New S.-wth Wales of £1000 leaving tho net debt at £627 15s 3d. The had sold to MossS T T at 15 25 f-o-b. • I M Lwm an<J W - Nicholson, Mr Wer ° r °" elect^. tor Tl psorl appointed auditor. Tho manager (Mr Murray) who had been re-engaged, was entrusted to the opening- date of the factory. Mr R N c I™ 5 "'PPO'nted chairman in place p r l '. W - Rodger, who was leavjng for Great Britain, and the chairman, Mr iiodger and the secretary were elected to complete the quota of shares in

a of the local committee of &e Poumwea Qmahan Convention it was decided to hold the convention as usual ne\-fc Christmas. ifr W. Mallis, now on his way t^aW 0 NCW Will b9 —°f J2?A KI T? Harr!er Club's second sports meeting has been postponed until October 2. L <?ave the traffic in vour dust. Rid© a ™ thT r? dS °w T to r r cycle ' and be first on the rMd.-\\. A. Justice and Co., Ota™ agents, 292 Pnnces street. Dwjedto.—Adv° "Washinsr day- is revolutionised by the use of No Rubbing Laundry Help' and ff j° Rule Soap. They're new and up-to-date labour-saving' inventions. f m ;. tated, but; not equalled!—Advfc. . <:lozon ™ 01 }' s all-wool colonial sooks m light and dark shades of grey, selling Mollisons Mail-order House, Dunedin, for 2s 6d a pair. Write for a trial pair.—Advt Watson's No. ,JO is a little dearer thnn most whiskies, but ia worth the money.—Advt A. E. J. Blafceley, dentist, Bank of Aus. tralaaa, corner of Bond and Rattray atreiJa (next Telegraph Office). im ~ Advt. Woods' Great Peppermint; Cure for Ad" t 3 aQ ° never fails, Is 9d. 2s 9A—> Save Y ou E, Eyes.-Gonsult Peter G. Dick. ,-V-. A - i-i-O. London, consulting and oculists optJdan.-Peter Dick, jewoJlors and opticians, Moray place, Dunedin.—Advt