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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18455, 17 January 1922, Page 4

The ‘Mayor (Mr J. ,S>. Douglas) has received a cablegram ; from : Rear-Admiral Dumaresq -stating that H.M.A.& Melbourne will pay a visit to this port next February. An Auckland P.A. telegram states that owing to the visit of H.M.A.S. Melbourne the Chatham will not leave until January 24. She will/ arrite at Gisborne on January, 25, Kaikoura on January 28,- Lyttelton on January 29, and Oatoaru on February 1. The balance of her itinerary will be as previously announced. / / ' ’ •A mail from the "DWted Kingdom and Australia, ex the Maheno at- Wellington, will arrive in Dunedin this 'evening- The Tahiti left San Francisco for WeUingJpn on December 30. The local portion of her mail from the United Kingdom is due to, arrive on January 22. < \

Representative settlers from th® out districts served by mail from Palmerston met Mr M'Namara, second assistant secretary of the> Postal Department, at that centre on Saturday to discuss the'complaints made to the department with regard to the new mail services. Mr M'Nanmm sympathetically received the representations made, by the settlors, but explained that the arrangements had been hampered by the sqbstitib tion of motor, transport for horse traffic, wfaioh substitution had been insisted:, upon by the only'tenderer few,’ the service. The motor \ conveyance was naturally more expensive, -and the v severe restriction, of the service hod been resorted to by the department as a partial mitigation of. the extra cost. It . was pointed out by ,the; deputation that possibly the,. absence of com-, potitive tenders could be accounted for v by the fact that the usual advertisements were not inserted in the papers and that a. mere notice outside a poss office 'was apt po WS overlooked among bumerous other' Such announcements; and the opinion * was expressed that adequate publicity would have attracted other offers, several settlers mentioning that they had never heard of any change till the New Year. Mr M'Namara admitted that as it stood the new and totally inadequate service was more expensive than thh old one, so that no economy had been effected. Ho undertook to, arrange a tri-weekly service by motor p the Various outlying post offices, which would enable letters 'to be answered two days after receipt; and though this arrangement will still. fall ‘ very short of the mail services available in these districts for riaany years past, thq deputation expressed its willingness to accept it in the meantime "as 1 a compromise, Mr M’Namara giving ah assurance that it was the desire of his department' to restore the full service as soph as the present financial stringency should be relaxed. * *

The return of infectious diseases in the Dunedin and Fever Hospitals for the week ended at noon yesterday is as follows: Diphtheria-#diacharged three, remaining three • scarlet fever—remaining one ■; varicella —discharged one; total remaining, four.

Tho following are the oases so far set down for hearing at the next criminal sittings of tiie .flupreme Court, to commence before bis Honor Mr Justice Sim on February 7: —Robert Brims (Kuroyv), unlawful carnal knowledge and attempted unlawful carnal knowledge; Ella Columb (Mosgiel), concealment of birth; Norman , Lind say Geary and Fanny idinemoo. Geary (Owaka), incest; James Reynold Hayne, unlawfully using a certain instrument with intent fo bring about a miscarriage; Michael Joseph M‘K.onna, unnatural offence; Arthur Joseph Milligan (Milton), attempted murder; George Dovenney (Middlemarch), attempted murder; - James Muir Frajsor, indecent assault; Edmund Traherne (Cannibal. Bay, near Owaka),, attempted murder ; James Deo (Mosgiel), arson. The sitting, which was fixed for Carnival Weok,‘ v will probably be postponed till the following week.

' The sneak thief is always with - Us. A case in point occurred yesterday, ..when a passer-by observed an elderly man, after glancing furtively around, quickly annex an apricot from a tray in front of a fruiterer’s establishment and. put it in his pocket. The proprietor of the establishment was informed, i but ho probably thought the first loss was the. least, as he took .no action in the matter. •

The Mahono, which arrived at Wellington on Sunday from Sydney, brought a large quantity of mail matter from the Old Country and Australia. Dunedin’s share from Great Britain comprises, 113 bags . from London, nine from Glasgow, seven from Edinburgh, 'five from Liverpool, and two from Birmingham, while the Aus*. tralian portion is contained in seven bags and three hampers from Sydney, an exactly similar quantity from Melbourne, and one bag each from Brisbane, Adelaide* tied Hobart. These should .reach Dunedin: tonight, and be ready-for delivery ,to-morrow morning! - '

Mr J.vM‘o. Dickson introduced a dppu* Cation to the. Postmaster-General regard. ■ ing , rural mails {telegraphs'our Wellington correspondent). Mr Bitchener and the Hon. Mr ■ Clarkson M.L.C-, were’ present. Tha referred specially to the Macraes and Moonlight moils. / s , 'The secretary ~of the Otago Motor Club, Mr P. H. Power,-has received advice from the clerk of the Bruce County Council that the bridge over the, creek on the main road at Milton is closed for traffic while i undergoing repairs, A temporary crossing has been arranged through -private property, but the approach is soft, and .’S' liable to cut up badly if the traffic is heavy. While a motor tyro... was being blown up by means of a free aw service in ■ Wanganui one day last week an explosion of an unusual nature occurred,- resulting in W. Withey, driver for the Wanganui Acrated\Co., being injured. It appears that he had occasion to repair a puncture and stopped to get a blow up from the free, air service at the comer of the Avenue and lagestre street. The patched tyro, appeared 'to be taking the air quite well qntij the register, showed about £olb pressure,'when a violent explosion occurred. Not only, was the heavy tyre ripped like a piece Vf tissue paper, but the. iron bond was blown off, and Mr Withey, who was standing Jjy the wheel, was hurled across ‘ the footpath and received several nasty cuts about the face and neck and woh temporarily blinded,•» i • Officials of the Commonwealth Civil Avia*, tion Department are at’ present engaged in surveying landing places between Sydney and Brisbane, which will form part of the Inter-State mail and freight air services, The contract for the ■ Sydney-Ade-' / laide section has been, let to the Larkin Aircraft Supply Company, of Melbourne, and Mr F. B. Eoberts secured the contract for • the Sydney-Brisbane section. , Investigations are in progress in North-West Australia, and ,a central Queensland service is contemplated by the authorities. The Government subsidy for the Sydney-Ade- \ laide service is £17,500, that for the Syd-noy-Brisban© service' £11,500, ,and for, the Perth-Derby service the subsidy is approximately £2500. monopjanes, with Rolls Boyce engines of 300 h.p., iare to ;be : ußed,’■< , ■ : ’: if 1 / *- : V; 1 ■■■ 1 , The- responsibility of taod-drivera -iu the matter of accounting for goods left in their cars by passengers was made clear! in a case heard ,at the. Auckland Police Court last Wednesday, the Herald reports. A ( taxi-driver, having found a purse con- / taining lie lOid in cash and a gold -.watch in his; car, held the articles, expecting the ‘ owner to return for them, but after a }apse of some days he handed it over to the police. It appeared that Ho was not’ Aware that the city by-IaWS required that, , such articles should be handed over to the / .City Traffic Inspector within 24 hours of / their discovery.’ The police stated that there was no_ suggestion of dishonesty', on the part'of the taxi-driver, but the magis- ■ trate merely entered a conviction. - Since Friday 2.21 in of rainfall have been recorded in Oaznaru, resulting-in inestimable gbod to the wheat and root crops (says a P.A. message). The weather is now fipe, arifl, the prospects are good for a record 'haiwytet. ' ' Another milestone was passed in history of the port of Oamaru on : Saturday (says ' a Pros* Association telegram) t whon the big steamer ' Kaikoura, of 8697 tons and 452; feet in length, <was eafely berthed in 20* -miniates by Captain Elders,. acting harbour-master; Prior to the arrival of . the Kaß,, ioura the'largest vessel to visit Oamara f was the Mamari, which strived in July, : ,1914. . The Harbour Board has recently' dredged and enlarged the swinging basin, • thus facilitating the safe and convenient handling of larger; vessels. ' ' : A case of an unusual nature came before ■ the Wellington. Police Court yesterday (states. a Press Association ‘telegram) when Looey Bruce Wallace was charged with by misstatement causing Gladys Snow to secure from - the Courtenay Place • Post - Office a letter addressed to. his wife. ; It. appeared that the - x husband suspected hia. ..wife of carrying ’ on an intrigue with a man at Havelock. / In his seal to secure relating to . the matter he induced the girl to represent ! to the postal officials that she was the addressee. The girl, did so, and the \ letter, which was said tb' contain' money, and she gave it to the accused. Counsel said accused’s only object was to endeavour to break Off the Intrigue between bis .wife and another. The magistrate inflicted a ‘ fine of £5 and coste.. . •... Leave the traffic in yonr dust Bide s Harley-Davidson motor cycle, and be . first v on the road.—W. A.' Justice and Co., Otago 'agents', 202 Princes street. Dunedin.—Advt. A packet of “No-rubbing” Laundry. Help and "Golden Soap solve the problem of washing day in the summer time.Advt. • The* big end® of season sale starts on' Thursday; tremendous throughout the establishment. Write for sale catalogue. Mollisqns,, Limited.—Advt Watson’s No, <lO u'a little dearer than most whiskies,, but is worth the money.— Advt. ■ . ■ ■ j • ' : - A B. J. Blakeley, dentist, Bank of Australasia, comer of Bond and Battray streets .(□ext Telegraph Office). Telephone 1859.- •» Advt. ■ . Save your Eyes.—Consult Peter G. Dick, D.8.0.A., F. 1.0., London, consulting and' oculists’ optician.—“ Peter Diok,” jewellers and opticians, Moray place, Dunedin.—Advt