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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18625, 5 August 1922, Page 7

A Christchurch Press Association message states that the employers in the freezing industry have applied to the Arbitration Court to delete the preference clause in the Canterbury freezing award. The reasons given for the application are that the workers have failed to observe the provisions of the award by striking. The application is made under the clause in which the court reserves the power to delete or vary the preferer.ee clause.

“Industrial World” will bo found in ttiia morning’s issue on page 15, “Literature” on page 16. ‘*lho Garden” on page 17, and ‘“The Sunday CsrcJ,e” on page 18. It is anticipated that lie Dunedin portion of the Waiotapu’s mail will reach here next Thursday afternoon. The steamer, which is due at Auckland from San Francisco early next week, is carrying 262 bags of mail and 161 parcel receptacles for New Zealand. Included in the mail are 10 bags from the United Kingdom. There is no improvement to record in the position as regards unemployment The various local bodies are patting on as many men as possible, but, unfortunately, tie funds at their disposal do not warrant them in engaging labour on a largo scale. They can only undertake work that is looked upon as being necessary. It is interesting to note that the Lancet, of Juno 24, comments on the publication this year of “The Proceedings of the Otago Medical School.” The following is an extract from the notice in the Lancet: —‘‘We have lately received a copy of the ‘Prdceodings of the Otago Medical School,’ comprising a collection of papers by members of the staff, and edited by Professor D. W. Claim alt. Jones. It affords welcome evideuce isf activity and progress in a variety of fields.” After : referring to the several papers, the notice continues: ‘‘The whole form? aji interesting record of the activities of a School of Medicine which is evidently determined to be better Than good.” T3ie question of New Zealand representation at the -British Empire Exhibition to be held in 1924 was discussed at Wellington yesterday morning at a conference of representatives of ihc dominion’s trade and commerce, primary, secondary, and other industries. The conference wag convened hv the Minister of Industries and Commerce (the Hon E. P. Lee). The Minister (a Press Association telegram states) briefly opened the meeting, which wag then addressed at length by Major Belcher, head of the exhibition mission now tounng Now Zealand, on the question of the organisation of a New Zealand exhibit and the part New Zealand should take in the exhibition At the conclusion of this address the meeting formed itself into a general committee to discuss details. A Wellington Prose Association message says that the Court of Appeal yesterday jrmrning dismissed applications for Imto to Tboeal against sentences in _the cases of the appeeu oktuiisjo t*7i*~**~~- - - following prisonersJoeeph roo K T^ rc^ Martin Oanxndbad. William Amos, Mumwa, Walter -William. Knox, Sydney Herbert Ctdl, and Homy GruC.

At the Police Court at Invercargill on Thursday (says a Press Association message) John Pagan, taxidriver, was fined £SO for sly grogeelling. Defendant’s method was to keep liquor in the taxi, selling it at £1 per bottle. The police stated that at the house where the liquor was supplied several girls and young men stayed as married couples on Saturday and Samday. For some time past the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association has been endeavouring to obtain railway concessions for badly-disabled men. Advioo has now been received by the secretary of the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association that the following concessions have been granted by the Railway Department: —To all men drawing full permanent pension, a first-class pass for life, renewable yearly; to all men with permanent locomotory disabilities, in respect to which they draw pension exceeds ing 50 per cent., first-class accommodation at second-class rates.

An Auckland telegraph message says that Tosoha Seidel, the Russian violinist, scored an instantaneous success on Thursday evening when opening his New Zealand tout. Great enthusiasm was displayed, and the opinion was expressed that Auckland had never heard a greater violinist. A remarkable demonstration was witnessed at the conclusion of the concert. '

Mr A. S. Malcolm, M.P., has (our Wellington correspondent states) given notice to the House to ask the Minister of Agriculture whether, aa there are very large quarttides of wheat in South Otago for which the owners are getting no sale, and on which owing to the fact that the wheat is not graded the owners can get no advance, he will have the wheat in South Otago graded at the earliest possible moment and certificates issued on which advances could be received, and whether, when buying for export, ha will include South Otago grad© wheat in his purchases; also if he will assure the -country that under the regulations the Government will purchase at the regulation price all grade wheat unsold by October and see that the graders do not set a higher standard for nulling wheat than was set last year.

The Dunedin Philatelic Club held its usual monthly meeting in the Y.M.O.A. 'rooms, Mr J. M‘Ara presiding.. It was decided to forward a donation to the funds of the New Zealand Philatelic Congress and Exhibition, which is to be held in Wellington towards the end' of this year. A subcommittee was set up to get into touch with several junior societies recently farmed in Dunedin, the intention being to offer these societies assistance and advice, with a view to encouraging the young people in the pursuit of their hobby. After the transaction of routine business, the president showed a further portion of his specialised collection of postage stamps of Now Zealand, which included some very fine blocks of used specimens of the King Edward and King George issues. , He also showed his collection of European countries, and considerable interest was evinced in the fine display *>f the earlier issues, one or two of the countries shown being complete, whilst others lacked only a few of the extreme rarefies.

Very good business was done a* the jumble sale of second-hand clothing, boots, etc., held in the old Post Office building yesterday. In the morning the accommodation wan severely taxed; and it was ail that those in charge couldi do to attend to the purchasers. -'The demand in the afternoon was not so heavy, the miserable weather apparently having a detrimental effect on the sale. Taken altogether, however, there is no doubt that the sale was very successful. Its object was to raise funds to pay expeneee in connection with, the soldiers’ memorial window in the Cathedral

In spite of the weather yesterday afternoon, some 50 members and friends of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union gathered at the residence of Mrs Pile, Como street, Roalyn, to attend an “American Tea” that had been planned in aid of the headquarters fund of the union. Each visitor brought a money contribution to the fund, and each told how she had made this money. One reported having earned her contribution by looking after her grandchildren, another by doing gardening, and another by selling handkerchiefs. There wai much ingenuity aijd variety in the methods employed, gnd the recital by members of their achievements in moneyrmaking for the good of the cause roused a great deal of merriment. Mrs A. S. Adams, from Christchurch, andi Mrs Hiott, president of the union, both addressed the gathering, and recitations and musical items were contributed. The house was very tastefully decorated for the occasion, and those present spent a most happy and entertaining afternoon. The funds of the union will benefit to a substantial extent as a result of the effort.

At the meeting of the Hope of Dunedin Lodge of Templars the following motion was carried unanimously:—“That in view of the statement made by the Prime Minister that no liquor legislation would bo considered this session, we' protest against any time being wasted over the proposals contained in the majority report of the Parliamentary Committee on the licensing laws, and we especially condemn the clause proposing to continue the trade for four years longer in the event of prohibition being carried.” Judge Rawson attended a Maori htri at Tuahivn yesterday afternoon (a Christchurch Press Association message states, and conferred with the Native owners of the Grcymouth reserve of 500 acres. He was instructed by the owners to oppose the legislation proposed by the Groymouth Chamber of Commerce for the acquisition of the reserve by the borough council, and was authorised to submit to the present session a draft of a Bill giving the Native Trustee power to sell the reserve as and when he drought best, the trustee' to retain the purchase money except in special oases and the reserve not to he sold in one piece but in sections as applied for. The Minister’s reply to the request for the payment of outstanding claims to the amount of £354,000 was also discussed and was deemed satisfactory In the disposal of sewage it is necessary to use pumps of large capacity; and British engineers have developed a variety of forma of efficient pumps for this purpose. At a largo sewage pumping station near London almost every successful typo of pump wif bo found at work. The earliest ones installed were double-ram force pumps driven by horizontal steam engines; and it is a characteristic tribute to the soundness of British engineering that, although these pumps have been steadily at work for , 30 years, they are still remarkably efficient They are capable of dealing with four million gallons in 24 hours; and they were followed by a vertical pump able to cope with fifteen million gallons 'Next came two centrifugal pumps of ten million gallon capacity, driven by two ,gas engines. The latest additions are electrically driven pumps to raise between three and five million gallons per day. Both the gas and the' electricity are obtained from outside sources; and the pumps they drive are used mainly at times of light load rn order to obviate the necessity of keeping a largo staff at the pumping station.

The countries richest in water power were naturally the first to develop hydroelectric) enterprises and to design and construct the machinery for harnessing waterfalls in the service of man. Great Britain, which is fax from well provided with water power resources, was for long absorbed in steam engineering, but latterly her «ng<neers and manufacturers have thrown themselves vigorously and successfully into the hydro-electric field. One of the most recent signs of their activity is the production, by a leading British firm, of several distinct improvements in hydjro-elcctrio machinery. One of them relates to the relief valve, which affords a safe moans of escape for the water if at any time a turbine has to be suddenly put out of action. Most relief valves pefmit the water to escape m a solid jot, which is most destructive ot anything uoon which it impinges. By a most ingenious arrangement of valves the water is, in this new valve, given a whirling movement which opens out the jet to a thi. form of a half-opened Japanese, urnbrelk, thus rendering it onfte bamuMa.

Doctors of a port of Saxony have oome to a curious decision regarding the amount of their fees. In common with all proW eional men in Germany, they have long felt that their charges were far too low, and in casting about for a scale by which to re gulato them they hit upon the idea of taking the price of bread aa a basis for their fees (says the River Plate Observer). In informing their patients of, this decision the doctors try them with this one: “Our fees ore those of 1914 multiplied by the result obtained by dividing the ruling price of broad by 15.” Bread in 1914, bo it explained cost 15 pfennig© per lb. If the present price is divided by 15 that gives the number of times by which the price of bread has gone up since 1914, and the doctors charge that number of times their 1914 fees. “Scotland for Ever” wae the feature of a civic reception tendered at Wellington to Dr W. W. Campbell, director of the famous Lick Observatory in California, ana introducing the guest of the occasion, the Mayor remarked on the fact that nis name was distinctly Scottish—William Wallace Campbell—and the suggestion that Scottish blood runs in his veins was not denied oy Dr Campbell when he rose to reply. Mrs Campbell and he had three sons, he said — Wallace, Douglas, and .Kenneth. They were all in the war, hue of them was wounded, and now they wore widely scattered "over the earth. One was in Boston, another in Son Francisco, and Douglas was in Peru, Ho had not been in Peru a week before he wrote to his parents thanking them for giving him the name ofj Douglas. He said that far the. most part the men in authority there were Scotchmen, and thfe name goes a long way.—(Laughter and applause.)

The tourist traffic through Auckland is still being well maintained, although this is one of the quietest months of the year (says the Herald). Up to the present the season has compared most favourably with that of last year, which was recognised as a record. The prospects for next year are' decidedly favourable, and give every promise of another successful- season. An officer of the Tourist Department remarked that there was a fair sprinkling of tourists on every direct steamer from Vancouver, and there was also a very fair traffic from Sydney. He referred the reporter to the statement of a recent American visitor, Dr L. L. Wirt, of the Near East Relief Commission, who wrote in the visitors’ book in reference to the scenic attractions of the dominion, “A vest pocket edition of the world’s best.” The department is at present making preparation for the traffic of the coming season. For the first time for some years the itinerary of travel is being issued, and will shortly appear in an attractive form.

A benefit concert will be given shortly by the Otago grocers. The .Otago Mutual Starr-Bowkett Society announces that a free loan in the No. 3 Group is to be balloted for oh Thursday, August 24. Members joining this group will participate. The secretary of the Dunedin and Suburban. Money Club advises that loans to the amount of £I4BO were applied for at this week’s meeting of trustees. The United Starr-Bowkett Building Society invites membership for the new No. 6 group. Only a limited number of shares are available.

A meeting of the Green Island Ratepayers’ Association will bo held in the P.A. Hall on Tuesday. \ Mrs Isabelle Reid, A.L.C.M., L.A.8., has commenced teaching in Dunedin. Mrs Reid has had considerable experience in Australia as a music teacher, and adopts, the best and most up-to-date methods of singing and voice production. She will be at her studio, 85 Lower Stuart street, from Monday onwards.

_ Tomorrow evening the'- Mayor and councillors will officially visit the United Congregational Chinch, where anniversary services are being held, the preachers being the Rev. W. Fan-lie Evans (morning) and the Rev. I. Sarginson (evening). At the annual social on Tuesday evening the Mayor will preside, and _ the names of the follow ihg performers (in addition to the choir) should be a guaranteetef an excellent programme : —Mrs G. Scott, Misses J. Gillies, M. MTean. A. Wilkinson, Messrs W. Gommell, W. E. Crewes, and H. M’Allum. The revival services conducted by Mr Lind will be continued at the Choral Hall instead of the Queen’s Theatre. - On Wednesday evening, August 9, Mr V. E. Galway will give an organ recital in First Church.

The Rev. Clarence Eaton begins a short aeries of addresses at the Central Mission to-morrow evening, when the subject will be “Can Religion Ever Be Made Popular?” The soloist will be Mrs Stanley Foote. Special collections will be made at the Hanover Street Baptist Church to-morrow in aid of the Baptist Union annuity fund. Butchers are using Harley Meter Cycles, with delivery boxes attached; efficient and economical; carries Bcwt one load. Call for free demonstration.—W. A. Justice anl 00., Garage, Dunedin.—Advt. Notices of the following Sunday services will be found in our advertising columns;—• Anglican; _ St. Paul’s, St Matthew’s, All Saints’, Taierj-cum-Green Island. Woodhaugh Glenaven. Presbyterian: First, Russel! Street Hall. Knox, St. Andrew’s, Roslyn. r 'hnlmora, Kensington. North-East Valiev, Opoho/Stuart Hall. Leith Valiev. Pine Hill, Caversham. Mornington. Methodist: Central Mission, Trinity. St. Kilda, Glenaven, Woodhaugh, Dundas Street, Ravonsbourne, Broad Bay, Kensington, Macandrew’s Bay, Higholiff. Baptist: Hanover Sltreet, Mornington. Congregational: Moray Place. Wesley; Cargill Road. Salvation Army, Dowling street. Church of Christ: Tabernacle. Theosonhists; Dowling Street Hall._ Spiritualists; Hanover Street. Theosophists: Oddfellows’ Hall. Wo oan see nothing incongruous in housewives ringing and dancing for joy while “ No-rubbing ” Laundry Help, is doing the weekly family washing. Miller and Co.—Advt.

The Pacific Starr-Bowkett Building Society invites membership in the No. 4 group now in operation. Loans by ballot and 'sale. Office; 86 King Edward street. —Advt.

For turnip ground, extra cultivation pays! The Maoalistor ridger. when sewing time comes, is the recognised machine. S6e advt. elsewhere. —Advt.

Palmolive Toilet Soap. The smooth, creamy lather of this new soap softens, preserves, and protects the most sensitive skin. Price, Is 3d per hake.—At Mollisons. Advt.

High-grade tailored suits and costumes at greatly reduced prices. Suits from £6 10s to £9 10s. Costumes from £8 10s.—G. S. Roberts, Stock Exchange, Water street entrance. Late night Friday.—Advt.

The nip for nippy winter weather, Watson’s No. 10. Fine old Scotch whisky.—Advt.

For Children’s hacking cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Care.—Advt. A B. J Blakeley, dentist, Bank of Australasia, comer of Bond and Rattray street* (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 1859 Advt

Save your Eyes.—Consult Peter G. Dick. D.8.0.A., F. 10., London, consulting and oculists’ optician.—“ Peter Dick,” jeweller) jjid opticians, Moray place, Dunedin. —Advt