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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18676, 4 October 1922, Page 6

New Zealand mails which left Auckland by the Niagara on August 29 for the United Kingdom via Vancouver reached London on Monday. This was one day ahead of the schedule time. Replying to a question in the House yesterday afternoon (wires cur Wellington correspondent) the Hon. G. J. Anderson informed Mr A. S. Malcolm that it was reported that there had been a considerable fall of snow on the Remarkables, the Humbolt Range, and on Earnslaw. Lake Wakatipu wa-» at present very low. The probability, however, was that within a short time there would bo a great volume of water in the Clutha River. “That is the issue of the elections. Don’t make any mistake about that,” said Mr Massey when speaking at Levin with reference to the recent discussions between Liberal and Labour representatives (wires our Wellington correspondent). The position bad been made quite clear, he added. The Labour Party wan ready to help the Liberals to put tho Reform Government out of o.ffice, but the Labour extremists were then to dictate the policy cf a Liberal Government. A significant fact for the farmers to notice was that the intermediaries in the negotiations had been the two most prominent single-taxers in the dominion. He had said at Foxton ( and he would say again, that the U men Jack and the red flag could not exist in tho same country. He could assure the electors that he would not hold office for a single hour if ho were dependent on extreme Labour Totes. Ho did not accuse all the Liberals of disloyalty. He knew that many of them were entirely loyal, but tho country was entitled to watch whet had Jteen going on between the Liberals and the Labour extremist?, and draw their own conclusions ns to what a Liberal-Labour combination would mean. The committee which has in hand tho erection of a soldiers’ memorial for the Strath Taieri is making a canvass of the district preparatory to a jumble sale next month for the purpose of raising funds. The memorial has been a long time on the way and (cur correspondent writes) a good deal of criticism is often levelled at tho committee on account of the little progress that has been made. Inquiries which have been made on the subject have elicited tho information that a great deal of worK has, been done in tho preparation of the stone which is now lying on the site, and that a. few weeks’ operations in getting these stones into position will make a big showing. The work has been greatly hindered by the difficulty in getting masons capable of, working the very bard Kckonga stone. As scon as the labour is'nvailabln (ho erection of the prepared work will be pushed on. The architect, Mr Wales, after viewing (he work and measuring it up, wrote to the secretary that the committee should bo well satisfied with what has been done for the money expended. Some £SOO, including the cost of the site, has already been expended, and nearly the same amount will be required to complete the undertaking, but the monument will be an imposing structure and worthy of the object for which it is raised. Mr W, K. Johnson addressed a large audience in tho Port Chalmers Town Hall last night. The Mayor (Mr J, Watson) presided, and there, were also on the platform tho Revs. .1. M. Simpson, W. M. Grant, M C Clemens, and Mr R. P. Poison. Mr Johnson, who gave an address on (he lines of his previous addresses here, said he wished to (el! the people about the benefits resulting from prohibition in America. The reason why information in that- respect was probably interesting was because* America had gone a little faster ami a little further in tho matter cf prohibit ion than the other branches of the Anglo-Saxon ir.ee, who were also moving in that direction. The speaker had a good hearing, although there wore a number of interjections, one of the interjoctors being ejected/ after the Mayor warned him to desist. The speaker was also applauded at intervals, and, ’ after answering 'questions, was accorded a vote of thanks. An incident that caused some amusement during the question period at the dose of Mr (‘‘Pussyfoot”) Johnson’s address at Port Chalmers last night occurred when a man in the audience challenged figures quoted by the lecturer in regard to illicit stills in the .State of Idaho. Mr Johnson produced £lO in support cf his contention and inquired if his challenger was prepared to cover. After a little delay the challenger went on to ihe platform and put up his £lO. The Mayor, who was presiding, held tho money fondly. Ho had a busy few seconds in reading figures and adjudicating, but. finally handed tho money back to tho bettors. Tho bet was off. The challenger, who slated he was a hotel proprietor in IV,,- Chalmers, proceeded to foi’ambtc .Tjrtbw questions. “I fought three years in the war,” he said, and he loft the platform, “and I am proud to keep an hotel.” That closed the incident./

An appeal from a decision given by Mr E. C. Lower, S.M., came before his Honor. Mr Justice Hoaking yesterday. The appeal was in connection with a case against Maurice Joseph Purton, Hartley Arms Hotel, Clyde, of selling liquor after closing hours; the case having been dismissed by the magistrate. Mr F. B. Adams appeared for the police, who were appealing, and Mr D. Ramsay, for the respondent, Mr Adams applied for leave to withdraw the appeal and this was granted. His Honor decided that it was not a case in which costs should be allowed. The weather continues very _ good at Middleman;!], most of the days being bright sunshine with very mild nights. An occasional heavy shower has done much good. On Monday afternoon (writes our correspondent) a heavy downpour, registering 30 points in less than an hour, was very welcome. The rainfall for September was 90 points as compared with 110 points for the same month last yean The country is looking very green and beautiful and crops are coming away well, but the ground below is not well soaked, and a long dry spell would work havoc. Mr \V. 11. Down presided over a wellattended meeting of the Otago branch of the Insurance Officers’ Guild, which was held in the hall cf the Returned Soldiers' Club on Monday evening. The subject for the evening’s educational lecture was “Fire Loss Assessment,” and the lecturer was Mr Thos. Chalmer. Having been a fire loss adjuster for many years, Mr Chalmer was ablo to give a very instructive address, illustrated by references from his many experiences. At the conclusion cf the address the subject was thrown • open for. discussion and Mr Chalmer answered a number of questions. On the motion of Mr M. Priest, seconded by Mr W. Warrick, a motion was passed heartily thanking Mr Chalmer for his instructive and entertaining address.

The opening day of the trout fishing season in Wellington took a great many anglers to the streams, but generally speaking the catches were disappointing {wires our Wellington correspondent). There has been such a long spell of dry weather that the rivers have been for a considerable time ut a very low level, and the food supply for trout has not been plentiful. In the Hutt River, where the fish are usually cf high quality, very small baskets wore obtained, except in cases wheve angler's used live bait. The fish also were in poor condition, and gave hub little sport. In some of the brush and moorland streams, better sport was obtained, but generally speaking the sport was very disappointing. Several experienced fly-fishers secured only one or two trout, and in some cases none at all. In the House of Representatives yesterday (wires , our, 'Wellington, correspondent) the Hon. J. A. Hanan (Invercargill) read the following telegram: “At a representative meeting of dairy factory chairmen held hero to-day it was resolved that before any action is talien in the matter of the formation of a Dairy Control Board the individual factories throughout the dominion should have an opportunity cf definitely stating their wishes in the matter; also that the Bill when drafted be. submitted to all the dairy companies in the dominion prior to going before Parliament,' and that time be given to suppliers to consider same. (Signed) Robert M’Bride, chairman.” Mr Hanan said he would be glad if the Prime Minister could comply with these recommendations. He did not suppose the matter was so urgent that it need be rushed through the House. The Prime Minister, replied that he could not add anything to what he had said already on the subject. The Bill, when it had been drafted, would he introduced in the House, and referred to a committee consisting of members who wore acquainted with the dairy industry. This committee would hear evidence, and would have power to amend the Bill. He did not know that it would be possible to take evidence from every dairy company in the dominion, but the evidence of responsible men would he heard. There was no desire at all to rush the Bill through the House. The best attended meeting ever held in connection with the Goodwood Co-operativo Dairy Company took place on Monday at Goodwood The meeting was called to consider the request of the Co-operative Dairy Company of Otago for the local company 8 support. With but one dissentient, it was decided to take up the full quota of shares in the Co-operative Dairy Factory. : A number of those interested in the dairy industry throughout New Zealand recently approached Mr Massey personally with a view to having steps taken to form a. compulsory dairy pool on the lines of the moat pool. This action has aroused severe criticism among other representatives of the dairy industry. A repord meeting of shareholders and suppliers, of the Goodwood Co-operative Dairy Company was held on Monday evening, when the question of the proposed daix-y pool was also considered, and the following resolution unanimously carried : “That this meeting of shareholders and milk-suppliers of the Goodwood Dairy Company emphatically protests against the - dairy pool as proposed.” This resolution is being forwarded to the Prime Minister and to local members cf Parliament. The directors state that the meeting in Wellington to discuss the proposed pool was by no means a representative one, as only about onequarter of the dairy factories in New Zealand were represented, and they feel that there are a good many aspects of tho proposed pool to which they cannot on any consideration agree. A Christchurch, Press Association message says that Charles Gerald Balfour, a married man, aged 25 years, pleaded guilty to the theft cf binoculars valued at £lB, (he property cf C. A. Kestell, an employee of the Lyttelton Times. Balfour was a fireman on duty at tho Lyttelton Times Office fire and appropriated the binoculars. The police stated that he had two years’ service with the brigade, from which he had been discharged because of the theft. Accused was remanded for a week for tho Probation Officer's report. A short sitting of the City Police Court was held by Mr E. O. Cuttcn, S.M., yesterday. when a young man named Albert George Alexander was charged with the theft of £1 ss. the property of the Presbyterian Social Service Association; also with the theft of a hat valued at £2 10s, the property of Thomas Alexander Dale. On the application of his counsel (Mr J. S. Sinclair), accused was remanded till Friday, bail being fixed at £SO, with two sureties of £25 each. Reports of mysterious happenings come from Murwillumbah, a North Coast town (says our Sydney correspondent). For over a week past residents have been scared at night by the appearance of lights in a recently" vacated house. The lights have been followed by strange noises. Efforts to solve the mystery have proved fruitless. One night two men set watch. They saw the house brilliantly lit up, then the lights d’sappeared. After a short space a light showed through one window, then another. Then all was darkness, and then the house was again brilliantly lighted, up. In (ho meantime uncanny noises were heard, first like the mingling of a number of voices afl talking together, and then a piercing scream, -followed by the sound of some heavy object being dragged across the Boor. There was also the sound of hammering on walls and scratching on the iron roof. The watchers rushed up only to find complete darkness and not a sound to be heard. A thorough invest igation failed to reveal any trace of disturbance. The men had gone about three hundred yards, whenthe performance was repeated. A second visit to the house was also fruitless. The men of the village intend to surround the house with a view to elucidating the mystery.

At its September meeting the Ellesmere County Council, after hearing objections from landowners at Tauniutu ■who were .afraid that gold dredging operations on the bench would result in their land being damaged by sea water, declined to consent to a dredging license being granted (reports our Christchurch correspondent). The county engineer was instructed to write to the Dominion Analyst for further information on the result of his analysis of the beach gold samples. A reply has now been tjonaq jo saidurrs uoaos 0154 40 ■poAiaea.i sand from Lake Ellesmere and the mouth of (he Rakaia River three contained no trace of gold while four others contained 22 grains. 15 grains, 11 grains, and seven grains of gold per ton respectively. Whether these amounts are payable depends upon the quantity of material available and the facilities for working. Further prospecting and systematic sampling would seem to be warranted.

Mr Adam Hamilton, M.P.,. has presented a petition to Parliament asking that tIIKW bo granted to put the road from Mossburn to Manapouri and To, Anau in a safe condition (wires our 'Wellington .con'osponclen ). The necessity for bridging the swiit mountain streams is emphasised. Air Wilford, in the House of Representatives yesterday, read a letter be nati received from a patient in the Haunter Sanatorium complaining that the tobacco allowance to patients bad been cut down by one-half, because of the necessity tor conserving the Rod Dross funds wires our Wellington correspondent). Mi Alassey said ho personally knew nothing of the matter, but would refer it to the Mnustei of Health when he returned from Auckland. The Mayor (Mr J. S. Douglas) has received a communication from the non. local secretary of the Royal Sanitaiy Institute Wellington, advising that the next examination for Inspector of Nuisances and Sanitary Science has been fixed for November 29, and will be held at Auckland. Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, if sufficient candidates present themselves. Entries close on November 15 and application forms, etc., can be obtained from the hon. local secretary (Wellington). We learn that persons who illegitimately use crossings over the gutters ami footwalks in the various districts of the city area are receiving a good deal of attention from the municipal officials at the present time. Numerous owners of motor cars and other vehicles have been using the gutters and paths without providing proper moans of crossing with the effect that eye-sores have been caused in the streets, and pedestrians have been put to inconvenience and occasional risk. The council has decided to enforce the by-laws, and the city engineer has been so instructed. The needs of about 200 men engaged on public, works in Otago in the matter of light literature to a perusal of which their spare time might be devoted have been brought under notice. These men are employed at the Beaumont-Miller’s Flat railway construction work, about six miles from Miller’s Flat and about eight miles from Beaumont, and possess neither the means nor the opportunity to secure light literature. It has been suggested that there must be many residents in Dunedin who would be not only prepared but pleased to provide magazines, periodicals, and novels, which they have themselves read, for the use of these men, and we are informed that if literature of this description were left at the Public Works office for this purpose it would be forwarded by the department to its destination. Unsolicited testimony is always welcome, and it is very pleasing to hear spontaneous appreciation of some feature of one’s own city. A visitor from Melbourne, who is at present staying in Dunedin, and who is himself something of a horticulturist, told a Daily Times reporter yesterday that he had been greatly surprised to find such a beautiful Botanic Gardens in this city; in that respect we were hiding our light under a bushel. The general lay-out of the Gardens was exceedingly effective, and the display of spring flowers a remarkably fine one. Ho thought it was a groat pity that this asset of Dunedin was not more widely known, as it should be the means of attracting large numbers of tourists and visitors from other lands. In many respects the Gardens here compared more than favourably with the Botanic Gardens in Melbourne. At the monthly meeting of the Classical Association to-morrow evening the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles will be read in Gilbert Murray’s translation. £SO Reduction; 1923 model Harley-David eon motor cycles, fitted with carriers* lamps pump, tools, Goodyear tyres; best value offering. Remember, £SO per machine reduction. 1923 models now on view.—W. A. Justice and Co., Imperial Garage, Princes street, Dunedin.—Advt. Great enthusiasm prevails throughout New Zealand for “No-Rubbing” Laundry Help, “Keep Smiling” Boot Polish, and “Golden Rule” Soap—the ruling soap.—J. Rattray and Son (Ltd.), wholesale distributors.— Advt. High-grade tailored suits in plain and novelty worsted and tweeds, in exclusive cut and finish. _ Suits from £6 10s to £9 10s. Costumes from £8 10s.—G. S. Roberts, Stock Exchange, Water street.—Advt. Azalea Floss. —Latest silky finished wool for jumpers, etc.; loz skeins; shades white, lemon, helio., jade, champagne, and coral.' Price, Is 8d skein.—Mollisons Ltd.— Advt. The nip for nippy winter weather, Watson’s No. 10 Fine old Scotch whisky.—Advt. A. E. .7 Blakeley, dentist, Bank of Australasia, cornef of Bond and Rattray streets rnext Telegraph Office). Telephone 1859. Advt. Save Tour 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.