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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18454, 16 January 1922, Page 4

•The Governor-General (Lord Jelliooe) had advised the Mayor that, if Vhe . ia able to come to Dunedin during; Carnival Week he will be . pleased to unveil the memorial gateway at the Kaikbrai School on February 5 'or February'l2, whichever date may,' , bo most convenient. . j “There’s always a little piece' of good news," was, the way in which .the Prime >, Minister met-a question on Saturday, states/ a Proea Association message from Welling- • ton. Then to back up his statement he said- that the freights on wool were being reduced by one farthing per lb as from January 16, On top of that he . had re- .■ . j reived a cablegram announcing that .the cates for cold storage at London yrere King reduced, but to what extent he had not been advised. ■ ■ ■ ' ; The number of medical practitioners ' whose names appeared on .the 'Medical t Register; of the dominion at the end oft last year was 1067. * The number actually in practice is considerably less than this for, a good many'names are ..those of dootera ' who are no longer resident in New. Zealand, a. The Dentists’ Register 'Of New Zealand, as gazetted last, week,, contains 748 v names. A Press Association message stated that the price ,of butter in. Auckland has been reduced from la 4d pojp lb to la 2d per lb , wholdsalo-ond Is 7d per "lb to la 4d per lb i retail for first grade. The miners at Kuntly and Rofcowaru (an - ( Auckland Press Association telegram states)) did not ' work on Saturday ,as a protest against the clause in the new award‘pro-, viding that eight hours be worked on the) Saturday , other than pay Saturday. Pre- ■- viously they., worked only four hours. The wholesale storemen’s dispute was heard before Mr W. BL Haggor, Conciliation Commissioner, pn Saturday morning. , .. A partial agreement?, was reached, and it was decided that the term of the award bt» ‘ . for one year.. The union’s demand for a 44-hour week'and the questions,; of images and of , holidays were referred to the Arbitration Court. A great deal of energy is being displayed just now in the extermination of rats, ana v it may bo of interest 'to, know that the common rat, once so plentiful in _ opal mines in Otago ahd Southland during the colder/months, presumably on account ot the equable- temperature in the mines, has now practically disappeared, its place being taken by -mice, which are found in meet mines. The abaeneb of the rat has .been attributed to weasels, .but whether that is the case or not it is difficult to oay. The presence of mice in the mines is_ aq indication to the miner that foul gases in quantity do not proVtul; otherwise the animal could not live, ‘ as' it is much more susceptible to the. influence bf bad air ; than human beings. The resignation of Mr J. 'A. M’Cullough as the workera* representative on the Arbitration Court took effect before the Christmas holidays, but nothing (i Press Associatiou > message from 'Wellington states) appears to' have been done yet with respond to filling the vacancy. Mr M. 3.' Reardon continues- to act as deputy nominated as-, sessor. So far the industrial unions nave not been asked to' nominate a snccctwsr to * Mr M'OuHqugh, union omcrafs are inclined to the opinion that the < authorities intend td let things remain as ■ they, are until/he\legisla,tion dealing with the Arbi- -. tratipn Act is finally disposed of. The Alliance of Labour has done nothing yet with regard to the nominating of a representative \ ■of the workers. A Press Association message from Wei- ■ lington states that teachers are still in doubt "as to what their fate will be under the general retrenchment proposals. All they nave learned is from the remark of the Minister of Education before Christmas that they. were, not referred to in the atatemervt of the Prime Minister: that, in fact, Cabinet had not then considered the point. Now; however. Cabinet has considered the matter and it is definite that the teachers will have to share the burden of the day.'; The teachers’ reduction, however, will bo on a different hnaifl to the rfductions in the other departments of the publio service, It .is author!- . tatively stated that T it will be equal actual reduction in the cost of living rince . the bonus was given to the teachers;- The percentage of such reduction will be based on the Government* Statistician’s figure*. The secretary of the Bluff Harbour Board (Mr G. R- George) reported to the mating on Friday that the'approximate revenue for the year £35,000, about the same as that fbr 1920 and that the shippipg returns of the port had shown an increase on those of the previous year of 30,481, , tons. , ■■■&" y , : Believing that an organised attempt was * being made recently tot remove geld, the , . . authorities in Sydney took special preoautibns( remarks an exchange). Searches were ma de of corfcaiii Chinese at an unexpected time. The result was the recovery of & good consignment of gold coin. one of . the smugglers was-found to be' in possession of gold coin. This,; one, despite a thorough search, revealed no gold- Eventually he was questioned by the searcher. H® did not reply, and was requested to open bis mouth. Eight sovereigns were inside. The searchers were able to secure six. The Chinese swallowed the other two. As illustrating the 'changes which have taken place in working conditions in London in the* last 50 years, Mr Henry Wpllingtcfi grain merchant, who .has just retumed ffrom a visit to the Old Country, informed / a Dominion reporter a few days ego that when he was in London he tooktho opportunity to revisit the Billingsgate fish markets, where he was employed as a boy. In those far-away days they used to, commence work at 4 a.m., and were ell washed down clean at 10 a.m.. quite finished with the wholesale trade and ready for ,the; retail business. But all that ie changed. .found that the .men did not start work until 7 a.m., and at 10 a.m, they were in tile middle of their wholesale work. A considerable development in. the taranPacifio cargo trade has recently taken place, j and competition for freights is now becoming keen. In 1920 there was practically onlyone line carrying cargo across the Pacific, but during the past year four lines have v been operating, and added to this there, has been a very heavy falling off in the quantity of cargo available. Companies engaged in the Pacific carrying trade to New, < Zealand now include the Union Steam Ship Company, the Canadian Government Mercantile Maripe, the General Steamship Cor- ~ pqration, and another that is beginning io figure—the Yamashita ;Kisen Kaisha, of Japan. f■■ ■ “ . ■ ■. i Xlifl-t a gang of thiovos is oonwsntTfltinjf , its efforts on securing packages from people frequenting the Chief Post 'Office is evident fuom recent experiences of women while transacting business in the busy budding (says the Auckland Stax). The position has become so acute that a boy is occupied keeping a. look-out for such operations, and warning the public. An official of the department stated one moVning that a woman \ J had been relieved of a cameA while withdrawing money, and another had had a parcel deftly taken from under her. f \ ami. He added that parcels could not be left about for a moment* The thieves, who are though), to be women, are also paying: their attention to telephone boxes, with 3 view ; to purloining any packages inadvertently, left in th® enclosures. r , .' ;• \»

Percival Sylvester Knipo was charged at the City Police Court ori Saturday, before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, 8.M., with failing to provide his wife with adequate means of support, Knipe, who waa arrested at Gisborne, said that though he had made every effort to secure work he had been unsuccessful The magistrate adjourned the case,, until February 11, in order to see if defendant would be mor l © fortunate in his quest. Scientifically tarred macadam is on its trial in Wellington as a permanent road surface.' The whole of Dixon street has now been covered with machine-treated tarred macadam, which has already made a marked improvement in its appearance. The eastern half of that thoroughfare ftas still to receive another coat of tar and a dusting of metal farmings, make a fairly smooth*surface. The whore of the work iras been done on the two-course principle (i.e., ( the, asphalt has been laid in two layers), and the engineers concerned believe that it will prove an effeotrve surface for some years to come. Some favour a film of bitumen on top of the’ work as it stands now in the belief that such a protection would make the surface as durable as ’Wood blocks. At the present time the western side of Dufferin street is being put down in wood blocks on a concrete basis. The population of Hamilton has I grown from a little over 3000 10 years ago, to 13,798, according ;to , the latest Gazette notice, males being id'excess of females by 227. Not only has the town shown progress in this direction, but it has also created records in o.thor respects. The building figures for the past 12 months are a very healthy indication of the progress and prosperity of the town, for not less than £186,150 was epent on the erection of dwellings and business premises, despite the restrictions which were placed on the building trade,Sand the difficulty of obtaining supplies. Altogether 218 dwellings were erected in the borough during the period, at, a total coot of £136,«45, while 72 permits were issued for business premises, at a coat of £36,708, the additions working out at £12,597. Christchurch had a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year as far as tramway revenue was concerned, for the ‘ returns ahowed an advance of £lOl6 on those of the previous year. The Lyttelton Times, in a report of a meeting of the Christchurch City Council, notes some striking figures showing the effect of the alteration of fares supon the revenue over various sections. On the penny section the revenue hod been £37,306 in 1920, and fell ■ to £13,602 in 1921. On the two-penny section it was £67,068 in 1920, and £102,759 in 1921, and on the threepenny section it waa £32,621 in 1920 and £43,001 in 1921. The total revenue from three sections in 1920 was £136,885, and in 1921 £159,342, - an increase of £22,457. It was remarkable that in sfiite of the alterations of farce the revenue from the 4d, sd, and 6d sections remained practicallystationary. The alterations had affected the people on the first three sections more I than anyone else on the whole system. The seaside returns had however, shown a remarkable increase, having risen from £3809 irr 1920 to £21,723 in 1921, an increase of £17,914, making the total increased revenue on the 1 Id, 2d, end 3d sections and the seaside lines £40,471. A recent visitor to Denmark informed a Manawatu Standard reporter last week that a new system had been invented in that country whereby milk waa Treated in a certain mechanical way and kept* in specially made cans, with the result that its keeping properties were wonderfully prolonged. Whole milk could now be sent on a journey lastpig even as long aa a week, irrespective of climatic conditions, without in any way affecting its sweetness ana wholesomeness. If the system were Adopted in connection with the milk supply of .the principal New Zealand cities, added the visitor, there would not be the slightest trouble in shipping milk from one end .of the island to the other. As a matter of fact, experiments carried out showed that whole milk could safety be sent all the way from Denmark to England without affecting its quality. - , While in the South Island recently Captain L. Macintosh Ellis, Director of the State Forest, Service, spent some time at the Hanmer Plains plantations, a forest which was laid out 25 years ago, and in which, thar' trees were now between SOft and 60ft in height. Captain Ellis told a Wellington Post reporter a few days ago that tnia was one of the most valuable plantations in New Zealand to-day, and a look-out station, commanding the whole area, had* been established to guard against clanger from fires. The man ifi charge of the look-out station sat at a tabl© with ** map of the whole plantation before him. On the first ‘ appearance of smoke he com-, • municated .with headquarters by telfephone, giving the- exact locality of the outbreak, and men were promptly despatched on horseback. to suppress the fire before it got a hold on the forest. The, observation station at Hanmer waa the first of its. kind to be used in New Zealand, but it was intended to instal similar stations/inwall the State forests. \ S Sprung in the right places, built to resist road shocks for the rider, yet makes the machine durable— Harley-Davidson cycles.— W. A. Justice and Co., Otago Agents, 292 Princes street. Dunedin.—Advi With “No-rubbipg” Laundry Help you make white things whiter, coloured clothes brighter, and all most beautifully , fresh and spotlessly dean without destructive rubbing.—Advt. v The big end of season sale starts on Thursday; tremendous reductions throughout the establishment. Write for sale catalogue. Mollisons, Limited.—Advt. Watson’s No. 10 is a little dearer than most whiskies, but is worth the money.— Advt. A E. J. Blakeley, dentist, Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Ofijce). Telephone 1859. Advt. Save your Eyes. —Consult Peter G. Dick, D8.0.A., -Pr1.0., London, consulting and oculists’ optician.— " Peter Dick,” jewellers and opticians, Moray place, Dunodm.—Advt