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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18543, 2 May 1922, Page 4

It is understood (says a Wellington Press Association message) that the Arbitration Court’s decision in the bonus case is to be delivered in Auckland at the beginning pf riext week. The Senate of the University of New Zealand will meet in Wellington on May 4 and 5, to consider the results of the last degree examinations. The marks of candidates should be available during the following ' week, and the official \list of successes will also be prepared. ■ iThe award of scholarships will be confirmed at this meeting of the senate. Tlie New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the departure .of the Dorset from Wellington for. London,' via Panama, has been postponed from May 6 to May 9. Numerous applications are now being made for space at the forthcoming show of the Otago A. and P, Society, and intending exhibitors are reminded that May 10 is the date for the closing of entries. llie Wairaki Coal Company has reduced the price of coal 6s per ton. The Dunedin. ..wbaryea presented quite a busy appearance" yesterday, when five steamers, including. on«* Home vessel, were loading and discharging. The Karori continued unloading her Westport coal into the hulk, and the Calm, Kini, Wingatui, Kotare, and the City of Winchester were loading or discharging at- the other wharves, All the available labour offering was absorbed, and the waterside workers were busily engaged all day. Today, however, the port will be cleared of vessels, the Karori leaving for Port Chalmers to continue discharging coal; the Calm will also go to Port, and will leave there to-day for Timeru, The Kotare left last night for Bluff and Invercargill, and the Kim got away for Oamaru yesterday afternoon. The A. and A. Line steamer City of Winchester is to leave Dunedin tin* morning for Titaoru. Mr A. H. Kimbell (Under-secretary of the Department of Mines), accompanied by the Hon. W. H. MTntyre and Mr J. A. Bayne, will leave for Kaitangata this morning, and after inspecting the mine they will investigate the books and accounts of the local accident relief society. They will then proceed to Invercargill, a»d will conduct a similar investigation at Nightcaps, returning to Dunedin on Thursday evening. The shooting season opened at 6 o’clock yesterday morning. The number of licenses taken out is very' large, a rapid increase being noted when assurance was given that automatic guns could be used>There was a big exodus of sportsmen over the week-end to all parts of the province, and most of them are remaining juvay for several days. ' Thieved are apparently' prowling, about the city and suburbs watching easy opportunities of stealing from dwellings. A house in Roslyn was entered on Sunday evening during the absence of thd family at church, and the' sum of 30s securedv quantity of jewellery was left untouched There were indications that, various windows were tried till one Was found unfastened. Extensive additions are being -made to the Naw Zealand Wax Vesta Company's factory at Caversham, the cost running into the vicinity of £6OOO. The' archiioH Mr L. D. Coombs, -was asked to prepare the plans and specifications with unusual speed, the result being a notable performance, particularly in view of the complicated nature of the structure. They were placed before the company, approved, signed, and a contract let within a fortnight, the contract being by invitation, Mr Coombs being limited, in view of the urgency, to a choice of three. The successful tenderer was Mr L. A. Warren, who is making rapid progress, the necessary excavations having already been made and /the foundations being proceeded with. A collection was taken up on Arzac Day at Mosgiel, in the Coronation Hall, in aid of tlie Returned Soldiers’ Memorial Fund, and realised £ls. The Mosgiel Borough Council decided last evening to call a public meeting to see what can be done locally to raise funds for the relief of the starving children of Europe and of those affected by the Russian famine. ' ' ' A set of qleotric automatic points, have beep installed at the junction of the Anderson’s Bay and city tramway tracks. The points were put into operation for the first time on Sunday, and yesterday a small group of city councillors and departmental heads watched with pride while the trams slid by. Previously the, conductors have had to adjust the points, ex Copt at rush hours, when a man from the sheds was employed, and the interruption occurred just at the time when they were busy collecting fares. The electric circuit that operates the points is controlled by the mototmen through switches on the overhead line. To work the’ points it i% only necessary to run with the power passing through the tram controls; South End and Caversham cars coast by. The points run to about £9O, exclusive of the cost of installing them. From a service* point of view they are a great improvement; and others will be laid down . where necessary. The junction of the Caversham line will probably be the next to be treated.

A man of about 80 ye»rs of age escaped from the Dunedin Hospital at 4.30 p.m., yesterday. He ie Sft 6in in height, thickset. and dark in complexion. His hair and moustache axe grey, and he wae wearing a dark overcoat, fawn cap, and dark suit. In reply to representations made by the Green Islarid Borough Council am to the late running of the 5.15 p.m. train' from Dunedin on occasions when the express is behind time, the district traffic man&ger writes" that eveiy efibrt wiO be made to avoid delay' to the train. Mrs Smythies, the hospital has assumed her new duties, and in this' qcnneetion Mr J. J. Clark, president of the St, John Ambulance Association; .and.Mr F. G. Gumming, agent of the Patients and Prisoners’ Aid Society, desire to form a hospital library for her use. Donations of books will lie gratefully received by either. The final results of Poppy Day in Wellington show (says a Wellington Press Association message) that £1746 was'collected, the expenses amounting to ten shillings. Mr Justice Frazer declined'to be put iA the position of a Court of Appeaiegainet a Magistrate’s decision, at the Chathams, in a wages case (says the Dominion), . Mr Hunter, of Chiristcfhuroh, who was the cause of the remark, made some extraordinary statements about the manner in which the decision he questioned wae arrived at, and dramatically exclaimed that the decision "we.a a disgrace to a British . court of justice.” Mr Bowling quietly remarked that the aggrieved party had not thought it worth while to appeal to the proper court. ‘ A peculiar difficulty arose over deriding who should be queen Of the carnival at Pappnui. The carnival has just been completed, At coronation ceremony (states jhe Lyttelton Tjmes) Mr L. B. Hart referred to the amount of misapprehension tkaV existed as t:o who really was queen. The trouble afrese, Mr Hart said, over the last minute payment of « cheque in support of the candidature of the WaimauT Queen (Miss May Pearce). That cheque had turned the verdict in her favour. Mr . Hart r9ad two legal opinions as to the ' validity of the payment of the cheque. One opinion held that a cheque' did not constitute payment until it was met. The mere passing oysr of a ohcque.was not cash, 5 and as it bad not been mat before the time limit It should not have been accepted. The second opinion Wia- that the cheque, even if given on * hank holiday, was good miyment if accepted , by the payee. As to the matte* of a cheque befog legal tender ,it luid been held th/dra Cheque) , given on a Sunday was good “payment. If the committee had accepted the cheque as payment no one.,.else could complain. The matter wag derived m favour of the queen on whose behalf the cheque was offered.