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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18871, 25 May 1923, Page 6

It was reported to the police yesterday afternoon that a hair seal was stranded on the foreshore, near Messrs Hogg and Co.’s premises. A young man employed by the Australian Mutual Provident Society was arrested by Detective Lean last evening on a charge of misappropriating money belonging to the society. He will appear before the court this morning. An unusually large number of ladies have taken advantage of the opportunity to learn “what to do till the doctor comes’’ joining the St. oJhn Ambulance nrst Aid Classes this session. The opening lecture was given last evening, when no fewer than 64 names were enrolled. Those who still wish to obtain the instruction must join the class not later than next Thursday, as otherwise they will not be eligible to sit for the examination. A meeting of members of the Uniled-Starr-Bowkett Building Society was held last evening. The chairman of directors, Mr E. A. Rosevear, who presided, stated that it was his pleasure to announce that £9OOO had been disposed of during the last four months, and another £ISOO would he disposed of in another two weeks, which showed that the society was doing good work. Ho also stated that the new No. 7 Group would hold its first ballot next month. Within two months the society had nearly half-filled this group, and in a leser time expoxt to have the other 1000 shares, and he advised those present to get their friends to join at once A ballot was held for the fiftieth appropriation in No. 4 Group, cluster No. 224 being drawn, held by one member. A sale was then held for the fifty-first appropriation in No. 4 Group, which brought. £4l i-er £IOO. A ballot was also held for the eleventh appropriation in No. 6 Group, cluster No. 122 being drawn, held by one member. A sale was also held for the twelfth appropriation in No. 6 Group, which brought £65 per £IOO. At a meeting at Clydevale on Wednesday the Clutha River Board considered the draft of a. local Bill, received from Messrs Findlay, Hoggard, and Morrison (Wellington), who were also acting for the Bank of New Zealand in the matter. The object of the Bill is to enable the board to borrow direct on the revenue of the endowments instead of being able only to give a second mortgage as at present. To this end the board proposes to abolish the Clutha River Trustees, who have no administrative or other powers, having apparently been set up when the endowments were originally set aside and before the River Board was formed. The board decided to insert a clause in the Bill setting forth the intention to borrow up to £13,000 and to request the solicitors to proceed with the Bill so that it might bo dealt with during the coming session of Parliament.

The Hon. C. J. Parr stated yesterday (says a Press Association wire from Auckland) that the appointment of four professors of 'education at salaries of £BSO per annum each 'would not involve any increased expenditure by the department, as a rearrangement of duties and staff in the training colleges would result in compensating savings.

There are persistent rumours of a contemplated reduction in railway freights, but so' far no official information on the subject is available (wires our Wellington correspondent). It is stated unofficially that there is certain to be a reduction in the freight of dairy produce. Dairymen say they have already had a promise from Mr Massey (acting-Minister of Railways) to that effect.

During the past season 17,000 opossums were trapped in the Wellington district (wires our Wellington correspondent), an indication of the extent to which these animals have increased. One hundred and twenty-five licenses were issued to trappers, some of whom made quite a lot of money out of the sale of skins.

An Invercargill Press Association message says that in the Supreme Court John Thomas Gwynne, hotelkeeper, of Lumsden, for supplying an instrument to his housekeeper for an unlawful purpose, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment.

The only case before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., •in the Police Court yesterday morning was that of a first offender, who was convicted of drunkenness and fined 10s and 2s 6d cab hire. Tile Arbitration Court has made an order amending the Camara, Hampden, and Waitaki County grocers’ assistants’ awards by exempting C. Hopgood, grocer, of Ngapara, from certain of its provisions relating to closing hours upon conditions specified. The Southland wool, grain, hide, and manure stores employees’ award has been amended by the addition of a clause granting an annual holiday of seven days on full pay. JTris had been accidentally omitted from the award.

An election petition was heard in the Magistrate’s Court, Invercargill, by Mr (4. Cruickshanks, S.M., in connection with the recent mayoral election for South Invercargill (says a Press Association message from Invercargill). The petitioners set out that persons voted who had no electors’ qualifications; that certain persons illegally on the roll were permitted to vote; that certain electors on the roll were prevented from voting in the mayoral election ; and that voting papers were treated as informal. The election resulted in a tie, and was decided by lot, Mr John Mitchell being declared elected. The magistrate ordered a recount before a member of the court staff, the doubtful votes to be referred to the magistrate, and the petition being adjourned for a week. Four charges of obtaining goods, cash, or board by means of valueless cheques were admitted at./ the Police Court by George William Sullivan (gays a Press Association wire from Auckland). The offences were committed at Auckland, Hamilton. To Aroha, Tauranga, Napier, and Wellington last month, the amounts totalling about £IOO. In a statement to the police accused said he advertised in Auckland for a nurse girl for a couple touring New Zealand. He engaged one and took her to Te Aroha, where he left her at a hotel. He took another applicant to Tauranga and Rotorua, leaving her at a hotel. Some of the clothing he obtained was for the young girls he had engaged. His reason for engaging the girls was that he knew it would be easier for him to get cheques cashed at hotels, as he was passing them off as his daughters. He was committed for trial.

At a meeting of the Community Singing Committee, held yesterday, it was decided to hold the “sings” this season in the Empire 'theatre. As it is not proposed in the meantime to use two theatres it is felt that the Empire Theatre will provide an opportunity for employees of business places in the south end to take part in the singing. The committee recorded its appreciation of tHb way they had been met the previous year by Messrs Braithwaite and Johnson and the Central Mission trustees in connection with hall accommodation. It was decided that the surplus over expenditure at the opening sing be given to the Floods Relief Committee. 1 The interest taken in' art seems to be increasing, judging by the number of visitors to the Art Society’s winter exhibition of Water colours, drawings, and specimens of craft work. Tho Art Gallery has been well patronised, and moving about j amongst, those who take a personal and lively interest in the advance of art, a fairly good opinion is obtained as« to the estimation in which the work on the walls is held. The work is evidently regarded ns of a very high order, and in many respects an advance on much that. has been seen at previous exhibitions. The pictures, disposed of since Wednesday are “The Rabbiters,” by J. L. Palethorpe; “Near Waitati,” by Mabel Hill; and “Loch Achrav and Ben Venue,” by M. E. Berry. The ■ exhibition will be open to the public again to-day. A Press Association message from Wellington says that Mrs Cooper, who was acquitted for Complicity in a murder for which her husband is now under sentence of death, has been temporarily liberated. Application for bail was granted by Mr Justice Chapman. Mrs Cooper entered into a recognisance for £IOOO, and two sureties of a similar amount were forthcoming.

Mr L. B. Campbell, district engineer of the Public Works Popartment, went up the river in the steamer Clutha on Wednesday, in company with members of the Clutha River Board, for the purpose of investigating the shoaling of the navigable channel at various points between Balcljitha and Tuapeka Mouth. The Government had promised to give £ for £ subsidy up to £IOOO for removing these shoals, provided the work was approved of by the district engineer. The party got as far as Clydevale, the river being too low to enable them to proceed to Tuapeka Mouth. At Clvdovale. in discussing the matter with Mr Campbell, tho board -put forward a proposal that portion of the subsidy should bo used in perfecting the gravel pumping gear and equipment, and that the old steamer Clyde should be used as a pumping pontoon. In replying Mr Campbell said it was not usual to apply part of a subsidy to cost of equipment, and all he could say was that he would consider the matter and make inquiries as to cost. It was also decided to have an inspection of the Clyde as to suitability for conducting the gravel pumping operations from. The party returned to Balolutha by motor car. and later on Mr Campbell, in answer to an urgent message, left by car for Dunedin.

During the course of an extremely illuminating address before the Dunedin Rotary Club at its luncheon yesterday the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward referred to world problems which are exercising the minds of the leading statesmen and writers of our own nation and also of those of the other great Rowers. He pointed out the terrible nature of warfare in the future, drawing a vivid picture of the wholesale destruction of human life by means of deadly gases discharged from huge airships. To prevent this there must be mutual and active co-openation amongst the peoples of the world. We who comprised the British Commonwealth of nations were called upon t 0 shoulder a tremendous responsibility in maintaining world-wide peace. It was necessary that we pay special attention to the education of the masses of the people. It was no use trying to drive them. If they properly understood they would be impressed with the need of handing on the glorious heritage which had been bequeathed to them. Sir Joseph’s brief “talk’’ covered a wide field, reference being made to the present position cf almost every nation in the world. He was listened to with wrapt attention throughout, and was .accorded a very hearty vote of thanks.

Acting on the motion of the Government auditor, who has been scrutinising the books of the Wellington branch cf the Reparations Department, Detective Nuttall has arrested E. H. M'Cardle (who for some three years past has been accountant to the branch) on a charge of the theft of two sums of money—£l3o and £lO50 — ■from a Government department while in a position of trust (says a Press Association telegram). It is understood that the alleged defalcations extend over a considerable period. M'Cnrdlo waa remanded t'll next Wednesday. The police stated that a least 19 charges of forgery were to be preferred. Bail was fixecl at £590.

In connection with the hospital inquiry in the delay which took place when Miss Phyllis Porter, a member of the J. 0. Williamson Pantomime Company, who was severely burned on the stage, was taken to hospital for admission, tha board held a special meeting yesterday (says a Press Association wire from Wellington). The board had previously found that there had bgen delay. The meeting yesterday considered the position of the house surgeon (Dr Baird), who wrote expressing regret for the delay in the matter of admission. Ho admitted that he did not pay as prompt attention as was desirable. After lengthy consideration the board decided that Dr Baird bo retained as house surgeon, provided the medical superintendent cr his deputy is satisfied that efficiency of the staff is not being impaired in any way.

A Press Association wire from Dannevirke says a destructive fire occurred yesterday afternoon, 'the Glengarry homestead, situated about three miles from Dannevirke, being totally destroyed. It was a wooden building consisting of 22 rooms, a part being old and a considerable portion new. It is surmised that the fire originated in the region of the hot water service, and through a lack of fire-fighting facilities nothing could be cone to fight the flames, which consumed the building in a very short space of time, practically nothing being saved. The structure and furniture were the property of Major James Armstrong and were valued at about £BSOO. They were insured approximately for £6500 in the Standard office.

In the course of his speech in Burns Hall last night Sir Joseph Ward referred to the difficulty in finding the post office in Dunedin. When proposing a vote gaf thanks to Sir Joseph Ward Mr J. H. Walker referred to this matter, remarking, with a, smile, that the difficulty was due to the fact that when Sir Joseph was Postmastergeneral he did not think it worth while to give them a new post office, and since then he had net had an opportunity to do so. No doubt he would gratify their wish, when they got him back to Parliament again. In acknowledging the vote of thanks Sir Joseph said he did not give them a new post office in Dunedin fer the simple reason that they did not ask for one. “But,” he added, “I gave you a new railway station, for which I was very strongly criticised in almost ■ every other part of New Zealand.”

The nationalisation of the bacorl industry was strongly at last night’s session of the Dominion Dairy Farmers’ Conference, and Mr T. J. Small asked delegates present to note his words when he prophesied that in two or three years time the bacon industry would be running side lay side with the dairying industry, (wires our Palmerston North correspondent).’ In the course of a lengthy survey of the position he showed how private enterprise was creeping in, and was now directing the farmer what he had to receive for.his produce. There was only one solution, and that was the nationalisation of the industry. It was eventually resolved that in view of the unsatisfactory state of the bacon industry the Dominion Executive be instructed to make 1 strenuous efforts to have the industry established on a national cooperative basis.

A Wairoa Press Association telegram says .that Francis Martin Ayre, formerly stock auctioneer at Messrs Dalgety and Co.’s Wairoa branch, was charged in the_ Magistrate’s Court yesterday with forging two documents in connection with an alleged bogus deal. After lengthy evidence, Tasting until 11 p.m., accused was committed for trial at the Napier Supreme Court on both charges, bail being allowed accused in his own recognisances of £SOO andatwo sureties of £250 each.

The Westport correspondent of the Christchurch Press says that the following bequests have been made under the will of the late James Powell .-—Presbyterian Church, £1000: Buller Hospital, £3500;' Sailors’ Rest, £1000; Library, £1000; Jubilee Institute for the Blind. Auckland, and Prisoners’ Aid Society, Dunedin, £3000; Veterans’ Home, Wellington, £3000; Salvation Amy, £4000; Dr Barnardo’s Homes, St Andrew’s Orphanage, Nelson, £IOOO.

During the past •week an‘Otago and southland camp for secondary schoolgirls was held at Warrington under the auspice* , of the New Zealand'- Student Christian Movement. Seven similari oamps have been held in various parts of Otago during tho past 10 years, and the last three have bastv—• at this favourite seaside resort Twentyone girls, from three Otago schools and two Southland ones, were present. Mrs „ Hector Maclean was camp mother, while Miss Constance Grant, of Napier, was chief officer. The weather was excellent, and the days, with their full and varied programme of fun and recreation and quiet and serious thought, passed all too quickly. A part of each evening was spent in making scrap-books, dolls, and other toys for the Dunedin orphanages.

• A meet of the Otago Hunt will take place at Mr Dakiel’s farm, Brockville, to-morrow afternoon Visitors can proceed to Kaikorai Valley by the Stuart street or Roslvn cars, and the course is within nice walking distance. Spectators will have a good view of all the jumps over this ideal country. The ioy of the grocery trade is “No-Rub-bing” Laundry Help, the aholisher of washboard slavery.—-Dunedin Industrial Co-op., agents for “No-Rubbing.”—Advt. ' Did you know Mollisons Ltd. are giving no business? Yes! They are going to hold a big closing down sale. —Advt. Watson's No. 10 is a little dearer than most whiskies, but it is worth ths money.— ns. J- Blakeley, dentist Bank cf Australasia’ corner of Bond one Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 1959. Choice Jewellery.—Just landed, large selection diamond rings, watches, brooches, pendants, and silver ware. Compare values Peter Dick. Jewellers. 490 Moray place.— Advt ■ -■