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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18101, 24 November 1920, Page 4

Thoir Excellencies tho Governor-General and tho Viscountess Jellicoo gave their first big entertainment . yesterday (wires our Wellington correspondent). It took tho form of a gardon party, but, unfortunately, Wellington weather was at its windiest, and the en-tertainment was held indoors. A specially largo attendance testified to the popularity of our now Governor-General and his lady, and the party, in spite of tile weather, was in every way a success. The Union Steam Ship Company announces that, commencing on November 29, the passenger fares by tho LytteltonWellington ferry steamers will be increased to 25s first class and 17s 6d steerage, which is an advance of 4s in, each case on the present fares. It is stated that tho increase has been brought about owing to the prosent high cost of bunker coal and tho big mereaso in working expenses. The returns of notifiable diseases for the Otago and Southland districts for tho 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday were as follow:—Waitaki: Tuberculosis 1. Ota-'o-Scarlet fever 1 (Mackay's Flat)", diphtheria 1 (Dunedin), hydatids 1 (Palmerston), tuberculosis 1 (Dunedin,). Vincent district: Pneumonia 1. Soutliland district: Tuberculosis 1. Total, 7. Since the last sales were reported in connection with the Art Society's exhibition the following pictures have found purchasers:—Oil painting, "A Sandhill" (Margaret Hartley). Water-colours: "Summer [Garden" (A. M. Darling), "Sunny Hours, Sumner" (E. B. Friberg), and "The Bau-paume-Cambrai Road and No. 3 N Z Field Ambulance" (N. Welch). The ladies of tho Art Society will this afternoon entertain visitors to tho exhibition at afternoon tea. Tho Rev. John Dawson, who addressed the Presbyterian Assembly on Monday night on behalf of the New Zealand Alliance, was asked a question as' to tho progress of tho no-license polls in Scotland. He stated that these polls were not yet completed, and would not be for some weeks. On present results it was quite anticipated that when the poll was over at least 25 per cent, of the licenses in Glasgow would be wiped out. Tho results of the wool-classing competitions at the Oamaru A. and P. Show resulted as follows:—Open class: Thomas M Quinn and D. Anderson (Waitaki High School), equal, 1; A. D. Murray (Tokarahi) o. First year students: W. Easton 1, J. B. Stevenson (Waitaki High School) 2 A M'Donald 3. Mr J. M'Gregor (Mosgiel)' who judged the competitions, said tiro work was up to tho lugh standard of previous years, but regretted the small entry from tho agricultural classes at Waitaki High School. The current Government Gazette notifies the excision of the namo of Matthew Bradley from the New Zealand Commission of the Peace. Tho Union Steam Ship Company has applied to the Otago Harbour Board for permission to erect at tho Birch street wharf a mechanical and electrically-driven coal discharger and conveyor, of an American pattern, which, if installed, will handle coal very quicldy and carry it overhead to tho company's yards. The question of granting the permission was remitted to the Works Committee of the board, and its report on this matter will come up at the meeting of tho board on Friday. A correspondent forwards an extract from a letter received from a Dunedin lady now in Tasmania:—Tho Tasmanian " papers are not up to much, the Dunedin papers being for superior. Tho Dunedin tram conductors are superior in manner, appearance, and uniform to those of. Tasmania. Visitors to Now Zealand favourably comment on tho Dunedin men as unsurpassed anywhere for courtesy and attention, particularly to old peoplo and little children,; also to strangers, to whom they are often very helpful. Visitors from tho north are very favourably impressed by' them, and the tramwaymen should be informed of this cheering compliment. It is customary for the lady members of the Otago Art Society to give afternoon tea on at least two occasions during each exhibition. The sectmd of these takes place in tho Art Gallery Hall this afternoon, when the ladies will dispense afternoon tea to all visitors to the society's exhibition, ihe final days of this display of beautiful pictures ajxi artcrafts work' are in sight lne art union closes to-day, and the exhibition finally ends on Saturday next. A number of promotions in the public service are gazetted :—Commander G S Hooper, of the training ship Amokura, to be Nautical Adviser and Principal Examiner of Masters and Mates; .Mr E.' 0. Macpherson, Field Assistant, Mines Department to bo Assistant Geologist; Mr F. T. Carson, Senior Estates Administration Cler*k Head Office of the Public Trust Department, tobe First Assistant Local Deputy Public Trustee,; Mr F. W. Furkert, Assistant Engineer in Chief Public Works Department, to be Engineer-in-Chief and Undersecretary; Mr J. Thompson, Roads Clerk Public Works Department, Head Office Wellington, to bo Chief Clerk, District Office, Wellington.

Owing to tho scarcity and high, price of paper, the Post and Telegraph Department has found it necessary to exercise economy by reducing the size of the forwarded telegraph form. The new issue (says the Post) is half the size of the present form. The reduction has been made by cutting down considerably the space devoted to instructions, with a lesser reduction of the message space. Five lines are given for address and message, which may also be continued on the back, aa tho printed regulations which formerly covered tho back of the forms have been cut down to two lines. Tho new form will shortly be brought into use. Two Syrians, Michael and Annie Lahood, wero charged before Mr H. Y. \ Widdowson, S.M., yesterday afternoon 'with assaiilting Michael Johns, also a Syrian. Mr Irwin entered a plea of not guilty. Subinspector Mathieson said there was a dispute about a, house in Carroll street that morning. The assaulted party had purchased tho houso in which these two boarded. Ho spoke about it, and trou'blo arose. Tho malo accused then picked up a kerosene tin ajid hit complainant over tho faco. While the fight was going on the female picked up a stick and inflicted a nasty bruise on his arm. Tho Submspoctor asked for a remand in order that inquiries might bo made Mr Invin- raispd no objection, but invited the magistrate to observe the bruised condition of his client's nose, gently insinuating that, were tho elaborate bandaging removed from complainant's faco, notlu'ng very dreadful would bo found underneath after all Accused were remanded until to-day week and allowed bail in their own recognisance of £25.

On u charge of absenting themselves witliout leave from tho steamer Port Vio- *"' y 1 *>ck, / Ibert Edward Whyment, Alfred Richardson, Robert Lundy, and -Mward Dainty pleaded guilty when brought before. Messrs J. M'LachlanondD Mawson, 3JP.\ at the Port Chalmers. Court yesterday afternoon. The- accused were firemen, and it was stated that thov Jiad. previously boen absent from tho vessel without permission. They wore convicted, ordered to forfeit a dny'a wages k> cax.-h pay 7s court costs, ids 6d legal and to bo placed on board tho steamer. Dainty, on a further charge of stoaling from tho second ooolc a pair of shoes, vahied at 255, was convicted and fined 20a, with oasts amountinff to 7s,

Entries for the Clutha and MaUu A. an<3 P. Society's Show, which will bo held at Baldutha on Thursday and Friday, axe we'll -up to the standard of previous years, with the exception of the record show of 1917. 'J 'hero is an increased number of entries in all clawc-a except tho dairy produce section, where a slight decline is shown in the number of baking arid butter entn_es. In tho draught horse section tho entries constitute a record, as also do the entries in the Romiiey Marsh sheep division. Tho show will bo opened by Sir Ihomas Mackenzie at 11 o'clock on Thursday, immediately after tho arrival of the express from the north. Sir Thomas will be welcomed at tho station by the Mayor of Balclutha, and tho president of the A. and P. Society, and will be escorted to tlio Show Grounds by the Bolclutha Pipe "and. In the evening he will be tendered a complimentary banquet by the citizens of ttalclutha and tho forming public of .xnith Otago. It is anticipated that Sir 1 nomas will spend a few days in tho Clutha district looking up old friends and attendnig to private business.

.The following letter, emanating from the Waitdu and I'icton Road branches of tho banners' Union, was received last night at tho fortmg-hUy meeting of the Dunedin, iteturneo. Soldiers' Association:—"Reading Quick March of September 10 and October 11, regarding your action in endeavouring to rob tho sheepfanner of his wool bonus or repatriation or war expenses, the following resolution was passed unanimously at meetings of the aljove branches of tlio I'aimers bmon on October 23:—'That this meeting of tho New Zealand Farmers' Lmon is surprised to see a reference made in Quick March of the above dates asicing tho Lands Committee to rob tho farmers of what they are justly entitled to and suggest that trie executive of the Dunochn R.S.A. confine- their labours to mattors concerning their own association and allow the farmers to manage their own business.' " A further resolution states that during Iho war the farmers were "patriotic among tho patriotic," and" contributed as large a percentage, if not larger, than any other calling, both directly and indirectly. They should not be called upon to forgo what they were justly, entitled to, particularly as the woollen mills had been allowed to accumulate vast excess profits out of the products of the farmer without any comment. The letter concludes with a notification that the resolutions will in duo coin-so be forwarded to all branches of tho Farmers Union, and will •eventually do the R.S.A. no god." The following resolution, condemnatory of gambling was adopted by the Presbyterian Assembly on Aionday night on tho motion of tho Rev. D. C. Herrou. (wires our special reporter):—"ln view of the fact that the gambling evil is rapidly growing, and seriously menacing the moral character of jt-ho youth of this dominion, and in view of the urgent need of this country to return to regular habits of industry, and to do Us share in increasing production in this time of world shortage- of goods, this meeting of the General Assembly of tho iresbytenan Church of New Zealand deplores the introduction during the recent session of Parliament of proposals to increase the number of racing permits, and emphatically protests against any such increase in the future. Further, that it be an instruction to tho Life and Work Committee that arrangements be made, should opportunity bo afforded, to give evidence before the Gaming Act Commission, and that copies of this resolution be sent to tho Prime Minister, the Minister of Internal Affairs, and the chairman of tho said loommission."

• The vexed question of picture shows came before the Presbyterian Assembly on Monday night, when the Rov. A. Miller, of Westport, moved thefollowingrcsolution:—"The Assembly views with deep concern the amount of juvenile crime, particularly that which seems traceable to the influence of moving pictures, and would reaffirm its conviction of the necessity of a stricter censorship under a board of three, of whom one should be a woman; copies of the above resolution to be forwarded to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Internal Affairs. ' Mr Miller said this was a matter on which they should insist, A committee in Auckland had got a promise some five years ago that such a board would be established, but the man who made tho promise was no longer in tbe Plouse, and nothing had been done. The censorship effected by one man was not satisfactory to the -whole community. It was impossible for one man. to review all the films that came into the country, and certainly it would be an excellent thing to have a good, sensible woman pass judgment on them. Harry Lauder once told him he always sang his songs over, to his wife first, and if she passed them they would do. The motion was carried unanimously.

An Auckland correspondent wires thai the Star publishes the following remarks upon the result of the recent University medical intermediate results:—There were 140 candidates at the recent examinations, 12 being Auckland students, who had taken their first year's work at. the Auckland University College. Out of the whole list only 24 passed in all four subjects, and of these three were from Auckland. That is to say, that while less than one-fifth of .all the candidates passed in four subjects, one-fourth of the Auckland candidates stood this test successfully. This certainly suggests that it is possible for medical students to do their first year's work satisfactorily in Auckland, and that there is no need for incurring- all the trouble and expense in sending .them to the Medical School at Dunedin, at least till their second year. The Taieri Agricultural Society will hold its sixtieth annual show at Outram on Saturday next. This being the diamond jubvilec show, members of committee are making special efforts to make' the show a success, with the result that entries for cattle, sheep, and draught horses are three times greater than the entries for last year, while the light horse section also shows a considerable increase. There will be ,tho usual keen competition in ladies' bakiing classes, ami the display will be well worth a visit. Several fife and drum bands from Dunedin schools will take part in tho quickstep competition, and, taken altogether, the Diamond Jubilee Stow should prove the best yet hold by the society A suitable train, service between Dunedin and Outram has been arranged. The number of civil plaints entered in tho Magistrate's Court, Dunedin, for the quarter ended September 30. was 577, involving arc amount of £7595 10s.

Never a mechanical stop .when yon ride a Harley-Dfividson motor e ' cycle. Otago agents: W. A. Justice and Co., Imperial Garage. 292. Princes street, Dunedin.—Advt. No Rubbing Laundry Help is the delight of all thrifty housewives: Is packet does 7 weekly washings perfectly. Allen and Smith, agents for "No Rubbing."—Advt. Petrol Consumption Test.—lndians first find second trade class, Indians first private owners' class Only four Indians entered. . Cooke, Ilowlison, agents.—Advt. Huge purchase of towels to be sold at Mollisons Ltd., Dunodin, to-morrow; 3s a pair, postage 3d extra.—Advt. ■ F. and F. Martin (Ltd.), 3 Octagon, are pleased to announce tho purchase of that (ine freehold lately owned and occupied by Dr R. Martin, No. 5 Octagon, and in order, to «aise a large sum of money, wo are offering tho whole of our stook of own make of seasonable furniture and furnishings and pianos at reduced prices for 21 days.—Advt A. E. J. Blakoley. dentist. Bank of Aus. tralasia, corner of Bond and Rattrny streets (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 1859.— Advt. Watson's No. 10 is a littlo doarer than most whiskies, but is worth tho memov—• Advt.

Save Tour Eyes.—Consult Potor G. Diek D.8.0.A., F. 1.0., London, consulting and oculists' optician.—Peter Dick, jowollors and opticians, Moray plnco, Dunedin.—Advt