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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18723, 29 November 1922, Page 6

On behalf of the Russian Famine Fund the Mayor (Mr J. S. Douglas) has received from Invercargill a cheque for £212 2s 6d, and from Gore a cheque for £174 12s lOd. It, was anticipated t-hat several officers of the .Agricultural Department from Wellington would have been present at the Summer Show which opens to-day, but owing to the disorganised condition of the ferry service none of them are making the trip. The tramways manager (Mr W. H. Mackenzie) informed a Daily Times reporter yesterday that it was expected to complete the work on the present section of the Anderson's Bay duplication by the end of the week ; and that tho new lino would probably bo in uso by Monday. Apart from the actual laying of the rails an important part of tho work was tho construction of the necessary points at (ho corner where the Tahuna car turns off—a tusk which has now been satisfactorily completed. The duplication of this line will greatly facilitate the service to Anderson’s Bay and also that along _ George street, as much of the former wailing at tho loop will now bo obviated. A gentleman who has just returned to Dunedin from a visit to the Dunback, Green Valley, and Palmerston districts reports that the agricultural land there is now looking exceedingly well. Tho welcome rains that come at the end of last week have saved tho situation, and tho farmers’ prospects are now* very much improved. It is somewhat early yet to talk about ■Christmas trade, but there are some slight indications already that people intend to pay attention this year to tho injunction to shop early and avoid the rush at tho close of the season. It was gratifying to learn from the head of one large establishment dealing in a wide variety of wares that trade just now is distinctly better than it was at this time 12 months ago. Asked ns to tho popularity or unpopularity of German goods, he pointed out that tho embargo on their importation into New Zealand has never been lifted and that therefore there are practically no German goods entering the country. Until the embargo has been removed the attitude of tho public on tho question can only be a matter of speculation. The Mayor (Mr J. S. Douglas) and Cr Shaddock (chairman of the Electric Power and Lighting Committee of the City Council), accompanied by the town clerk and the electrical engineer, paid ft visit to Waipori on Monday in connection with some trouble which may possibly arise over some of the water rights recently purchased by the corporation.

The output of the Westport Coal Company’s mines during the financial year of the company amounted to 435,601 tons—an increase of 109,221 tons upon the output of the preceding year The record output from the mines was in 1913 when it amounted to 9,000 tons. The wages paid by the company during the 12 months totalled £256,943, the steamer freights amounted •to £201,376; and the payments to the Government for railway haulage at Westport, and payment in respect of rahes. taxes, and royalties absorbed £148,346.

There was n much smaller entry of fat cattle at Burnside yesterday than was the case a week previously, with the result that prices allowed a fairly substantial advance. The number yarded yesterday was 140, whereas lust week it was 299. - The quality was 'up to the average. Prices opened at a slight. advance on last week’s rates, and improved steadily as the sale progressed, an improvement of from 12s 6d to 30s per head being recorded. Good light-weight bullocks realised from 31s to 34s per 1001 b, extra heavy from 28s to 50s, extra prime heifers from 25s to 27s fid, cows and light heifers from 20s to 22s fid. The entry of store cattle was small, and the quality generally was indifferent. A few pens of well-grown bullocks brought from £5 7s to £6 Bs, but the values of other grades were about the same as those ruling last week. The yarding of fat sheep was slightly larger than it was last week, 1948 being penned. Most of the animals were shorn. The quality generally ranged from well-forward to good, but there were a good many unfinished sheep in the entry. At the opening prices were a shade lower than the rates ruling a week ago, but they pushed up later on, and although an erratic sale followed, values on the whole were about Is per head in advance of those recorded at the previous sale. Light shorn wethers realised from Sid to s*d per lb, prime heavy shorn wethers from fiid to 51d, prime heavy woolly wethers 4 id. A few extra heavy wethers brought about 4id per lb, and light ewes sold at about the same rate, while prime heavy ewes were disposed of at from 4d to 4id, The entry of fat lambs totalled 250, and the quality ranged from moderate to good. The yarding proved to ce in excess of requirements, and prices opened' Is per head below those ruling last week, while later on the decline reached as much as 3s or 4s. A number of lambs were turned back to their mothers. Prices were slightly below the values ruling for export, extra prime lambs realising from Bid to 9d per lb, and medium from 8d to There was a large yarding of pigs, which met with a .good demand. Best porkers realised from 6|d to 7d per lb and others about fid to fijd. The following is the return of infectious disease cases dealt with at the Dunedin and Fever Hospitals during the week ended at noon on Monday:—Scarlet fever—admitted two, discharged one, remaining two; diphtheria—admitted two, remaining six; measles—admitted one, discharged four; total remaining, eight. A man named Harry Murphy, about 65 years of age, was discovered by a Taieri tanner at about 9 o’clock yesterday morning with his throat cut. A police constable was summoned, and it was found that although the man was alive he was so severely injured that he could not speak. He was attended by Dr Spedding, who ordered his removal to the hospital. Subsequently it was ascertained l that the man. had for 12 years past been a miner on the West Coast, but during’ the last 18 months ho had been out of work. He said that he was tired of life, and thought he would end it. The hospital authorities reported last night that Murphy was progressing' favourably. William Kelly. 13 year# of ago, residing at 28 Dnnclas street, was admitted to the 1 hospital last night suffering from a fracture of the right arm sustained through falling on the stage at a concert in the Dundas Street Sunday School. Mr A. B-. Atkinson, president of the New Zealand Alliance, addressed an open air meeting at Nelson on Saturday, in the course of which he offered some criticism on the administration of licensing law by the Nelson police (says a Press Association message from Wellington). This was resented by a large section of the audience, and there was a rush for a lorry, in the course of which the speaker was twice, to use his own description, technically assaulted. A detective and a constable came to his rescue and escorted Mr Atkinson to the police station, by some friends, and some hundreds who were hostile, but ultimately calmed down. They waited at the front door, but in the meantime Mr Atkinson had gone out by the back, and when informed of this the crowd dispersed. At Christchurch yesterday (reports a. Press Association message) O. W. Hervey, accountant and secretary and a member of the City Council, was charged, on the information of the Commissioner of Taxes, with making false returns of income in respect to 1920 and 1921. An adjournment sine die was granted. A New Plymouth Press Association message says that the Supremo Court opened yesterday before Mr Justice Chapman, when Herbert Cedric Jepson was called to answer for several charges of f,ailing to account for moneys received when he was an electric meter reader for the Borough Council, and with stealing the money and furnishing a false return. He was found not guilty.

An inmate of the Mental Hospital has been the subject of a coroner’s inquiry (says a Wellington Press Association message). It is stated ■ that deceased, who was frail, succumbed suddenly. Xo medical certificate being forthcoming, the police intervened to ascertain' the true facts. Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., presided at the sitting of the City Police Court yesterday morning and had brought before him Arthur Francis M’Farlane, who had previously pleaded guilty to the theft of 6s, and a number of articles valued at £5, the properly of John Craig Morton. He was now brought up on a charge of stealing a towel valued at 2s, rhe property of Henry John Hankinson, to which ho pleaded guilty. He was further charged with stealing two bicycle tyres, a chain, a saddle, and a pair of bicycle forks, ot the total value of £2 8s 6d. Another charge against him was that about July 24 ho stole a gent’s B.S.A. bike valued at £5. In the last two charges, to which accused pleaded not guilty, the goods belonged to some person, or persons, unknown. Mr O. J. L. White appeared for accused. Chief Detective Bishop, in asking for a remand, said he hoped to''get the bicycle identified. The parts in the bike had been taken from a number of other bikes, and the parts stolen had come from different machines. Accused had made an explanation which was very “thin.” Accused was remanded to Saturday morning. The nows that the Wanaka Hotel at Pembroke was destroyed ’by fire on Monday afternoon threatens serious disappointment to many holiday makers, and wj.ll involve the Tourist Department in not a few difficulties in meeting the wishes of clients. The Wanaka Hotel had accommodation for 60 people, and the only other lodging place at. this attractive and popular resort is the Wanaka boardinghouse, which provides accommodation for only 16. At such short notice it seems evident that little can now be done to cope with the stream of tourist traffic that would undoubtedly have set in to Pembroke bad the necessary accommodation been available. The hotel, which was owned by Mr Q. G. S. Glass and leased by Mr L. F. M’Oormack, consisted of a large main building and a number of outbuildings, and it is not yet definitely known whetner the latter were destroyed or not. The main building and the stock, were insured in the Guardian Office for £650 and £IOOO respectively; the main building was also insured in the Sun Office for £350; and the stock was also insured in the Insurance Company of Australasia for £SOO. The outbuildings were insured in the Queensland Office. Up to the present the attendances at the Art Exhibition in the Art Gallery hate been very large, and as country visitors to the show will also have an opportunity of viewing tbo collection, it is likely that in future they will be even larger. Jho exhibition will remain open until Saturday and the art union, for which tickets will bo sold all day to-day, will be drawn tomorrow, and the result will be announced in the'' evening.