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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18350, 14 September 1921, Page 4

The local portion of the mail ex the Waikawa, , from San ■ Francisco, will be delivered this morning. An Australian mail, ox the Makura, will be delivered Thursday morning. The English and American mail ex the Tahiti, from San Francisco, is due, tq arrive in Dunedin on September 19. In respect to the proposed railway deviation works on the foreshore the Mayor (Mr "J. S- Douglas) was informed yesterday afternoon by the chairman of the Harbour Board (Mr T. Scoliay) that the chairmen of the various committees of the Harbour Board had gone carefully into the matter of preparing the Leith estuary for the straightening and .duplicating of the railway to Black Jack's Point, and that the engineer had prepared a special report on the subject, showing that from the point of view of finance, as well as from other considerations, the proposition was not practicable. Mr Scoliay regretted that under the circumstances it was impossible to proceed with the proposed relief work. The Mayor is now forwarding a minute to the heads of the various Corporation departments asking them to supply him with a report recommending tJho putting in hand of any works for which money can be obtained. ' When he obtains this report he will call a special meeting of the council, and representatives of that body will be appointed to meet the representatives of other organisations so that a relief committee may Be set up to consider the whole position.

Archdeacon Fitehett presided over a meeting of the Church of England Men’s Society in the unavoidable absence of the Bishop and the Dean. / The meeting decided to invite the Rev. W. Bullock, organising secretary of the C.E.M.S., to meet the churchmen of Dunedin in conference on the I evening of Thursday, September 22, in All Saints’ schoolroom at 8 o’clock.

The monthly meeting of the Dunedin Athenaeum Committee waa hold on Monday night, Dr J. Djickie presiding. It was repotted that the income up to September 10 of this year exceeded that for the corresponding period of last year by about £39; that 72 volumes had been added to the library sipce last meeting; and that there had been a net increase of 19 in the membership during the past month. The committee decided, in accordance with the custom of previous years, to offer again this year tickets of membership of the Institute as prizes to the pupils attending the primary schools of the city and suburbs, and the local High Schools. A presentation was received of a copy of the Statistics of the State of Tasmania, for 1919-20; and it was agreed to prepare 20 new works recommended by the Library Committee.

Our Wellington correspondent wires that the long spell of dry weather that New Zealand is experiencing is causing both pastcfralists and agriculturists some concern. Should it continue for some time there will be a scarcity ■of gross and a consequent diminished output of blitter and frozen lamb, which are likely to be our most valuable and most saleable exports during the coming season. Rain is also necessary to ensure a good wheat crop.

A conference of representatives from the various local bodies and other authorities controlling tramway undertakings throughout the dominion is to be held in Wellington this week for the purpose of discussing the long delayed tramway regulations to bo issued by the Government (says a Press Association telegram). The Minister of Pqblio Works, the Hon. J. G. Coates, invited the ailtlioritios concerned to select five delegates to sit in conference to-mor-row, with a similar number of representatives of the Tramway Employees’ Federation, with a view to endeavouring to arrive at a mutual understanding about the enforcing of regulations.

Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M., presided over a short sitting of the City Police Court yesterday morning when a first offender, for drunkenness, was fined 10s, or 24 hours’ imprisonment; Thomas Farrell, for a similar offence, 20s, or. throe days in gaol, he having two convictions within six months; and Allan M’Millan 40s, or seven days’ imprisonment, for being drunk while in charge of a horse and vehicle.

The Canterbury Education. Board, haring received information that some head teachers have already received leaflets from the New Zealand Alliance in connection with the subject matter “Alcohol and the Human Body and- Mind,” has informed the alliance that the board’s consent to the distribution of the leaflets was subject to the approval of the individual school committees, and that the leaflets must not be distrit-.ited until the approval of the -commHtces had been obtained.

A Hastings Press; Association, message 'says that Westernman and Company’s drapery premises were broken into between Saturday night and Monday morning, the safe opened, and about £160,' largely in cash, taken, “The thoroughly-reliable worker is one of" the most independent men in society,” observed the president of the 'Wellington Employers' Association (Mr T. S. Weston) on Saturday. “He can always find an employer glad tq give him a job, and in this country he can always go ahead. It is true there ore no Crown lands now vacant, compared with the position in 1886, but it is also clear that; the dairy farm of the future will be one of much smaller area than at present. With improved herd? and better methods of tilling, a man with 50 acres will do better than the man with 100 acres at' present. Subdivision of present areas will subsequently follow. Consequently, just a/ in 1886, many a young fellow, who was driven reluctantly to come north and go into the bush, has reasons now to bless the mischance that drove nim from town employment into his present prosperity; so tiny steady young fellow who now takes his fate in his bands, and endeavours to acquire farm experience, even at a temporary low wage, will probably bo in a much better “position 10 years hence than the man who sticks to the town.”

Last year' the Department of Agriculture imported a quantity of sugar beet seed from Victoria, and portion of it was’ distributed to intending growers. A number of trial plots were sown in Canterbury and Otago and the resulting crops were quite encouraging (says the Lyttelton Times). The maximum yield, however, was not attained, chiefly through the seed arriving about two months too late for a seasonable sowing. Several crops yieldejJ, from 18 to 22 tons per acre, and with better sparing of the rows and more attention to thinning this yield could no doubt be increased. It is now time to sow seed for the ensuing year. Mr F. E. Ward, Instructor in Agriculture, states that the department has a supply of seed available. • The secretary of the Canterbury General Labourers’ Union was informed that a Government servant on a month’s holiday, who received £lB 12s 6d salary whilst on holiday, worked for a portion of that time , for a local firm of opal merchants, discharging coal (says the Lyttelton Times), Other men working in the same coal depot have raised objection to a man in such circumstances entering the labour market; at a time like the present, and successfully competing with married men who have families to maintain. The secretary of the union has been asked to investigate the' matter, and he informed a reporter yesterday that he knew that one man with a wife and four children had applied.for the work, but his offer was rejected in favour of the Government servant on holiday.

. Why does frozen meat deteriorate ? Scientists are not yet able to give a definite answer to the question, and the National Research Council; at its sitting at the Melbourne University, therefore agreed to a' motion moved by Dr Gilruth, to the effect that a committee should be appointed to' investigate the effect upon meat of freezing,, and to determine what improvement is possible in present methods. Dr Gilruth pointed out that the export trade in frozen meat was of great importance to Australia. It might be taken as a fact that frozen lamb suffered little by freezing, mutton suffered a good deal, and beef definitely deteriorated. There seemed to be .as yet no definite scientific knowledge as to the reasons for this deterioration. The practical effect was that Australian meat did not get one-third of the price of fresh English meat on, the British market; it was stated that Argentine meat was selling at a greater price than Australian meat.: Thera should be some scientific investigation into the processes which occurred' during the freezing of the meat and the time when it was being held in a frozen condition.' The investigation would not cost much, but the results might be of great importance. “The company, at Chicago telephones all telegrams received for subscribers on the local telephone-exchange system, and posts a copy of the message only if the addressee asks ~ for it to be done," tsays the Chief Telegraph Engineer in the report covering ms investigations in Europe and America. “The company says it costs on an avejrago

only 6 cents to telephone a telegram, whereas the cost is 10 cents if delivery is by •messenger. The messengers are. supplied with two uniforms on appointment, so,as to enable cleaning and repairs to be done montniy. The company has its own tailors and tailoresses for repairs, and sends the clothes to a cleaning, company for pressing and cleaning. The boys have 40 cents, a week deducted from their wages tor clothes cleaning and repairing. The company .provides boot brushes and boot polish fpr the boys.' I noticed that the lads on returning from a delivery invariably gave thgir boots a rub. The' boys are also provided with rest and eating rooms, shower baths, and a gymnasium, hood for all the staff fis obtainable oh the premises on the cafeteria system at actual .cost, which does neft include overhead expenses. I found this practice standard with all large telegraph and telephone companies throughout the United States of America.” , There does not at present appear to he a

great deal of consistency about the pricey tnat ditterent vendors jn and about the city axe charging for milk (remarks the Auckland Star). Although the Auckland Milk Vendors’ Association published recently their decision to charge 7&d. per quart for the fluid on and alter September 1, instead of-the 9d per quart ruling as the rate during the winter months, it would appear that certain of the suppliers have not come into line with this determination. In fact, it ha* been reported ‘by consumers that they are now paying, in some instances 9d,' in others Bd, and in others again the recog-

nised 7id per quart. The explanation for this is somewhat difficult to obtain. It seems that some of the local milk vendors are not members of the ossooiation, and therefore they are not controlled by the decisions of the association regarding prices. It has been stated in justification of those who are at present charging more than the standard price that they are either facing greater delivery costs than suppliers near the city, or else that they are now on the verge of a lowering of their charges. The Christchurch City Council on Mon-

day night went into the matter of appointing a city surveyor and engineer to replace Mr A. Dudley Dobson, who resigned recently : after holding office for 20 years. Eighteen applications were received for the position. The ‘Works Committee recommended that the appointment be made from the following gentlemeh: Messrs N. C. Staveley, J. R. Hughes. T. 0. Fox, G. P. A. Clapcott. C. R. A. Dawe, T. A. Johnston, . L. M. Sandston, E. Haskins 'The council considered the matter at length in com-

mittee, and on resuming it was reported that no appointment had been made, but that Mr 0. R. A. Dawe, assistant surveyor> and engineer, should r carry on in charge of the department until Maroh 31 next, at a salary at the rate of, £SOO per annum.

The United Starr-Bowkett Budding Society has advanced £124,544-, and will commence No. 6 group on September 26. ■A concert will be held at Greenfield on. Friday night, in aid of the Balolutha Women’s Rest House. A first-class local programme has been arranged, and the Balclutha Brass Band will be present. . Impossible to pass a 7-9 Harlcy-Davidson motor cycle on the. road. Buy one of those machines yourself, and be first on the road. W. A. Justice and Co., Otago Agents, 292 Princes street, Dunedin.—Advt. , “Home was never like this!’’ ’‘'No-rnb-bing” has worked a waahing-day^transforma-tion since its discovery.—Advt. Knitters, please note: We have wool for jumper blouses, etc., in shades of helio, saxo, and vieux rose, at Is 4d per ekein.— Mpllisons (Ltd.). —Advt. v . f “Cheerio." Conviviality . arid friendship suggest the No. ,10 whisky. -—Advt. A. E. J. Blakeley, flontist, Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 1859. Advt. , _ ■ _ For Influenza take Woods Great Pepper, mint Cure. —Advt. Save Your Eyes.—Consult Peter G. Dick, D.8.0.A., F. 1.0., London, consulting and oculists’ optician.--“ Peter Dick,” jewellers and opticians, Moray place, Dunedin.—Advt. ■ ■ ' ■•■.Li.-g —- ■■