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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18998, 20 October 1923, Page 9

There will be no publication of the Otago Daily Times on Monday (Labour Day).

The foundation stone of the Waitaki Old Hoys’ Hall of Memories will be laid oy his Excellency the Governor-General on Thursday next. The North Island mails, which arrived too laie to connect with the express from Christchurch on Thursday, were brought down by the Moeraki, and were delivered in the city and suburbs yesterday afternoon. Ncaily a day's delay was thus avoided. An Australian mail—ll Dags ex the Marafna and three bags ex the Watjfcri. both • a't Wellington—should reach here to-night.

in accordance with instructions from the City Council the Water Committee has investigated the matter of purifying the water supply from the Boss Creek Reservoir. A report has been obtained from the city engineer on the subject, and copies have been sent to each member of tho council.

The strong current flowing into Purakanui Bay evidently has been the cause of visits from manjS seals this season, but it is seldom they appear on the roadline. Whilst the road inspector and a roadman were making an inspection of the roads on Thursday morning they came across a 6ft in length reclining on tho roadway. It showed remarkably agility considering it, v. as out of its clement, and resented ‘he actions of the inspector in a ferocious manner when ho turned it into the water. Most of the fishing rivers should provide good sport on Labour Day. According to an official of tho Otago Acclimatisation Society, seme of the rivers are in need if ram, while others would be better if fine weather prevails between now and the holiday. The Gatlins is in fine "'shing order, and some good bags have been obtained since the opening of the season. On tho opening day three men took out as many as ,98 fish. At the present time the fish are very numerous, and are jump ing readily. Few' good bags have been taken out of the Waikouaiti, which, however, is in better order since tho recent rains. The Mimihau and the Wyndham are both in good condition, and have provided average bags. Several anglers have already succeeded in landing over 20 from this district. The Waipahi and Waiwera were a little low when last seen, hut, will have improved with this week's rains. iSo high bags have been heard of, and .-port will he confined mainly to the lower n aches. The Prunahaka is a little, on tho high side, but if there is no more heavy rain before Labour Day it. should he ,n satisfactory- condition. From the Ming River. which is a trifle low and clear for fishing, come reports of one or ‘wo nig bags, comprised principally of small fisli.

The Works Committee of the Dunedin City Council reports that a communication has been received from the Public A orks Department relative to the suggested modifications to (ho provisions of the Order-in-Council for the Opoho tramway, lint 'here are still two clauses in the provisions which the committee considers should not apply to this service, and further negotiations are therefore being taken up with the department.

In an address recently, the Rev. 11. D. Campbell, of St. John's Mission. T.atrobe street, is reported to have said Melbourne was the most drunken city that he had seen, and Berlin probably came second -Ireports the Melbourne- Age). ‘‘l totally disagree wit* the statement,” was the comment of the Commissioner of Police, when interviewed on the matter. Mr Nicholson said: “The amount of drunkenness m Melbourne is nothing in comna.rison with that of other large cities in Australia, let alone, elsewhere. In over-anxiety io do good (he rev. gentleman would appear to have been looking through a magnifying glass On the other hand. I ouiie agree that the cures recommended hv him would he effective in reducing the evil. Prohibition is one of (hem, hul what is the use of asking for a thing we cannot gel,' 1 The Finance Committee of the Dunedin City Council reports having considered the request by the Returned Soldiers Assoeia tion for a remission of rates in lonncotion with a club house in Moray place. The committee regrets that it annot legally remit rales, but recommen ,s that a grant of £25 be made to the -ociatkta.

The Works Committee of the Dunedin City Council reports that advice has ;jccu received from the Porlubcllo Road Board that it is the intention of the Hoard to expend a farther sum of £BOO on the main tenance of the Porlobello road during the current year. The council’s share of tins expenditure under the agreement with the board will be £340, and formal authority has been given the engineer to incur such expenditure. A motion recommending that attend ances at the screenings of educational films should be oouliued to Standards : .V, V, and VI, and that (ho pictures should he screened in the afternoon only, was carried at yesterday’s meeting of the Canterbury Education Board (says a Press Association telegram). A Idler was received from the Hoad Masters’ Association expressing its appreciation of the efforts made by the New Zealand Educational Picture Company to institute a scheme of visual education which was truly educational. it was 011sidered that admission should be free, and that the department should defray the cost.

Mr F. B. Smith. I lie agricultural expert attached to the Overseas Settlement Delegation which recently visited Dunedin, will leave OaTnaru to-day on a trip through Central Otago. He will travel via Palmerston, Wedderburn, Lauder, Ida Valley, Ophir, Chatto Creek, Clyde, Cromwell, Lowborn. Bendigo, Ardgour, Tarras. Havre a Flat, to Pembroke. On Monday his itinerary will be: Glcndhu, Cattle Flat, Mount Pisa. Farnsclengh Flat, Conroys. Roxburgh, Westcott Settlement, Teviol, Raes’ Junction. Heriol, Kelso, and Tapanui. On Tuesday he will proceed to Gore.

Whattlei's are a pretty numerous body in Australia. ’They are not a. new religious sect, Tior are they a new political party. They are, in short, oxeos.-ive drinkers—the type who are not content with one drink, or two drinks, or, say. three, but who say. “What’ll yer ’ate” so often that they finish up by getting drunk. They are ‘'Whatllerf." The Rev. R. S. B. Hammond, the loader of the i’roliibi lion Parly in New South Wales, made a shocking exposure of them a night or two ago (reports our Sydney correspondent, writing on October 10). He told his audience that in 1919 in New South Wales 63 people were convicted of drunkenness for every day the bars were open. Last, year the position was worse. The •••>mber had then increased to 99 for every day the hotels opened their doors. In one court- alone, a couple of weeks ago, 273 people were convicted of drunkenness over a i eriod of six drinking days. Mr Ham moud and his cohorts have just- mapped out a State-wide campaign in favour of prohibition, in preparedness for the -’oming referendum, the date of which, however, u to bo left to the will of Parliament.

A Daily Times reporter on inquiry from Mi' R. D. Veilch. district telegraph engineer. was informed yesterday that the increase in telephone rentals has not lesullcd in as many subscribers discontinuing a.s was expected. On the other hand applications from both town and country for new connections were coming in very freely, Mr E. A, Shrimpton, chief telegraph engineer. who is on an official visit to Dunedin, in conversation with the. "eporler, stated that Dunedin’s experience was not singular, as applications in the northern centres were coming in very freely, and there, were not sufficient instruments on hand to meet the demand. Asked as to when the new telephone exchange recently erected in Dowling street would be brought into use, Mr Shrimpton said lie anticipated that it; would be quite two years before it could be occupied. In (he mean time the Dunedin exchange was working at a considerable disadvantage. The switchboard was one of the oldest ; n the dominion, and worn out parts were unprocurable. A renewed effort is being made- by th-» women of Victoria to induce the Government of that Slate to remove, the ban m women legislators. The use of the pronoun ‘’he’’ in the Act lias hitherto excluded women from the -Slate Legisl aturc, but, m a deputation to the Premier recently u'eporls our Sydney correspondent) the - oman citizens’ movement demanded reform. Iho chief argument is that Victoria is the only State in Australia in which the door of Parliament is shut against the entrance of women. In all the other States - oman candidates are eligible for election, and the same principle holds for good in regard to the commonwealth poll. But, win A the franchise is extended to the women n Victoria, the privilege of sitting in he Legislative Assembly is withheld. The deputation contended that there could be no true democracy until women took part in, governing the affairs of flic State. The Premier refrained from making a definite promise. Personally, he said, he was m favour of the movement, but Cabinet would have to be consulted.

“One Big Farmers’ Union"’ was heartily supported uy Mr hi. A. Ransom, M.i'. tor i’ahiulua, at a meeting of the Hawke s Buy tanners recently. He was of opinion that uiey should go further, and once they got a lederation of flic exporting interests they should endeavour to link up the importeis and merchants. Unco they had achieved this they would be able fo secure complete control of their exports and imports, and so be iu a position to ‘'talk” to the shippers. He thought that such an organisation could still retain its individual identity hut federate lor the purpose of control.

Seldom is a business letter so candid as one which came before the Management Committee of the Wellington Cricket Association at its last meeting. A man who is interested iu cricket in Hawke's Bay wrote that he desired to change, it possible, the mode of management of the game in his district. “Our system,” he stated, 'is rotten, and-I write to ask you if you would kindly let me have a copy of your rules. 1 shall willingly j«iy any costs of <amc." Tho loiter caused some amusement, and, after brief remark was made upon its conditions, the committee decided to forward a copy' of its rules.

tin the occasion of the recent Wanganui races a number of residents of Hawer; motored into Wanganui borough at what was considered an excessive speed (reports our Wanganui correspondent). The traffic inspector had a stop watch on 100 -ars. and a number of prosecutions followed Two cases were adjourned from Wanganu' to Hawera. and yesterday fines of £3 and costs were imposed in each intsanec.

Tho usual Friday night “shoppers" wore interested to find among their number, perhaps “sightseeing,” several foreign seamen from the overseas vessels which are at present berthed at Dunedin, They include Chinese from the Pbysa, from -Singapore, and British and Portuguese nihiiis, Malayans, Singalest, and even a Chechoslovakian.

Considerable interest was. aroused at lie Birch street wharf yesterday when portions of a railway locomotive were on trucks alongside the Union Company's cargo carrier Wingaliu for shipment to A tic 1 ' laud . It was intended to load the heavier railway cargo yesterday, but, as the Wingatui wa s rifling lignt and consequently high on the water, and the engine frame weighed 14- tons bowl ami 12 tons 16cwt respectively, it was decided to leave the loading till to-day, when the vessel will be partly loaded and "ower in (he water, which will save (lie • essel’s cranes a ,; ery high lift of such nea.vy material. The cranes on the Wingatui are callable of lighting 16 to 18 lons, nut it is oidy occasionally that such exceptionally heavy cargo has to be handled. The locomotive, which is of the tV.S. type, s (ho fifth built at the Hillside Kailway Workshops for an order of 10 lor use in the North Island. The two tanka, coal niinker, and cab were loaded yesterday, the wheels being packed separately. In addition to the above the remaining fittings filled. 10 trucks, and they were loaded yesterday. When set un and ready for the rails at Auckland the locomotive will weigh 71 tons lOcwl.

A Dunedin citizen has received n oncuhir from a bank in Budapest urging til; recipient to try his luck in a .National Spanish lottery Christmas drawing. The (ivsl prize, is 15.000,000 pesetas equal to £500.000 sterling, the total prizes -o b« distributed amounting to nearly 70,000,000 pesetas, or £3,500,000. The price of u whole, ticket is 2000 pesetas, equal to £BO, hut the twentieth part of a ticket can he purchased for £4. The bank states that it has been in this lottery business f or 25 years. The Calm is now to sail 10-dny "or Tiniaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui.

The members of the Arbitration Court will arrive in Dunedin this afternoon by the express from the north, and '.ill hold u sitting here, commencing on Tuesday. Authority has been granted the city engineer to arrange for the electric lighting of the Stock Exchange clock. This eloc< is at present lighted by gas, and (he illumination is very poor as compared -vith the Town Hall clock, which is lighted by electricity.

At the Port Chalmers Court yesterday, the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr I. li. Bartholomew) was occupied for half an nonin hearing a charge against Fred ,Rae (sam tary inspector) of e-uelly beating a horse at Sawyers' Bay on October 3. A piec' of iron water pipe about Sft in length and a “waddy” were produced in court by the police. John Middlcditch, the principal witness for the prosecution, said he was satisfied the horse was beaten with the piece of piping, for although he was over 100 yards distant he clearly heard the strokes on the animal’s body resounding like (he beating of a big drum. He called to Rae, who was ploughing wit ha twohorse team to desist, and after the thrashings had been repealed several times witne-s rang up the police. Other witnesses gave evidence. Rae denied beating- the norse with the iron piping. He- used the stick but struck the collar only in order to make the horse keep in the furrow. Had • o used the piping marks would have been left, ami witnesses had given evidence that there were no marks on the horse wben it was examined later. The magistrate on convicting Rae of cruelty said that if it had been proved that the pipe was used to boat the horse the case would have been more serious. Aroused was lined £2, witli court costs (7s). and witness 1 ' expenses (20s). An unusual feature in the hearing of this ease was that when Middlcditch .was riving evidence Rae said in a loud voice, '‘You’re a liar.” The magistrate demanded 'ii apology, which was quickly forthcoming. William Lysaght was fined 20s, with costs (7s), for procuring liquor while prohibited. Lewis Evans was fined £2, with costs (7s). for using obscene 'language in Beach road, Broad Bay. after coming out of r. hall on the evening of September 29. From a fairly reliable source the information lias rencOied Dunedin that 'ho Special Cruiser Squadron' which is making a world cruise, and to -which our new flagship JI.M.S. New Zealand is to bo attached until the dominion is reached, would call only at Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton. This treating of the southern portion of this island by (he authorities, whether (hey bo the Admiralty or tile dominion Government, is strongly resented, and a message of protest, has already been forwarded from Southland io London. On behalf of the people of Otago, the Expansion League cabled to Mr Massey, requesting him to arrange for (lie vessels visiting Otago Harbour. ft was pointed out that ii would be especially ungracious if this were not done as ih.e new flagship was originally named the Dunedin by (he Admiralty, and surely a call at her lame city should be included in her itinerary The action taken by the Expansion League has (he whole-hearted support of (ho Chamber of Commerce, and will doubtless be upheld by other public bodies. The reply of the Prime Minister will be awaited with some interest-.

Tile Anglican Synod was occupied during (he whole of last evening m electing the Standing Committee. At the time of (ho adjournment there were still two ‘lergy to be elected. The following have already been eloeled :—Dean Fitehett. ' Archdeacon Kilchett, Rev. 11. Pnrata, Rev. G. 11. S tat ham. and Messrs E. Price, John. Ash, A. A. Finch, G. R. Ritchie, R. B. Williams. L Deans Ritchie, and W. L. ScandreU. A sale held at ITawera showed that an improvement has taken place of late in the demand for Jersey bulls (reports our correspondent). One bull realised -1-2 guineas, but tbe average price for all ages was: 19 guineas. Yearlings averaged L+ guineas.

Major S. C. Nicbolls. D. 5.0., of die Southern Command Headquarters Stall’, who has been visling Central Otago in 'onneetion with selecting a site for the orlbconiing territorial camps, delivered ? very interesting lecture last evening at (he Otago Officers’ Club. . Major Nicholls was General (Taylor's Brigade Major throughout tbe Palestine campaign, and told his experience.-- with the New Zealand Mounted Division from the crossing of the Suez Canal rigid, up to (he, fall of Jaffa and the taking of Jerusalem. Tho lecture wai listened to with- great interest by all, and at the conclusion a hearty vote of hanks was passed to Major Jsicholls. Many people will be. interested to learn (hat the Pukaki, which has been plying between Auckland and Dunedin, wnn general cargo, has retired from (he. service on account of tho strenuous opposition ;ct up by the Union Steam Ship Company, and will leave Auckland for Newcastle today. The Pukaki. which carries a cargo of 2000 tons, belongs to P. Crosby an ! Co., Melbourne, and came here first irom the Malden Islands with a load of phosphates. She has been running regularly in the Auekland-Dunediii coastal service for the past four months.

The Y.M.C.A. men’s and women's gym uastic (lasses will give a. gymnastic clis play in the GarHson Hall, Port Chalmers on Thursday next.

Ihe f idled Slarr-Bowkett Building Society will offer at its annual meeting on October 23. -£6OOO for disposal among the various share groups. Applications for No. 7 group have been coming in well, there being only 170 shares available. Those joining now' will participate .in tha. next distribution.

Debentures of from £IOO fo £IOOO are being offered by (he Otago Building arid Investment Society and Bank of Deposit. The Labour Party's plain and fancy dress ball will be hold on Monday night in the Early Settlors’ Hall. At the Methodist Central Mission tomorrow night: the Sunday school anniversary will he. celebrated. Solos will he rendered by Miss Mattie and Master John Edgar and Miss Miriam Beswick, and special hymns will be sung by the children. The Rev. W. Walker will preach at both services.

’I he diamond iubilee anniversary of the Hanover Street BapCst Sunday School will bo held on October 28. Notices of the following Sunday services will be found in our advertising columns;— Anglican: St. Paul’s, St. Matthew’s. All Saints’. Presbyterian: First, Knox, St. Andrew’s, North-East Valley. Methodist-. Central Mission. Trinity. St. Kilda. D'mdas Street. Baptist: Hanover Street. Morningion. Congregational; Moray Place. Wesley ; Cargill Read. Salvation Army, Do" ling street. Church of Christ: Tabernacle. Theosonhisls; Oddfellows’ Hall.

The Pacific Stavr-Bowkott Society incite membership in the now group. No. 5, amt advertise appropriations totalling £4009 for October 30. 86 Kin" Edward street.—Advt.

Buy watches at "Williamson’s. They sell the kind that never worry you, and , are always guaranteed (next the Bristol).—Adyt.

A. E. J. Blakeley, dentist. Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 1859. Advt.

Diamond Engagement Rings,—Before purchasing compare our values large selection, superior quality.—Peter Dick, direct importers jewellery, watches, etc., 490 Mora" place, Dunedin.—Advt.