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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19020, 16 November 1923, Page 4

Tuesday "Was the sixtieth anniversary of the birth" of the New Zealand Herald, the first number having been issued in Auckland on November 13, 1863. To signalise the occasion a diamond jubilee nurmber, consisting of 64 pages —the largest daily newspaper " ever produced in New Zealand—waa published. The production, which lias just come to hand, is of outstanding merit, and readers will prize it, not only for its literary and artistic excellence, but for its great historical value. In addition to the usual daily newspaper, but issued and circulated with it, are three beautifully illustrated supplements, containing pictures and reading matter descriptive of the beauties of Auckland, the history of the city with pictures showing how Auckland looked in its youth, and a review of the industries of the city appropriately illustrated with new and rare photographs. Among the various messages cf congratulation are felicitations from the Governor-General (Viscount Jellicoe), the Prime Minister (Mr W. F. Massey), Mr -T. H. Gunson (Mayor of Auckland), and Sir George Fenwick (chairman of the New Zealand branch of the Empire Press Union). An Order-in-Ccuncil has been made (reports our Wellington correspondent) providing that crayfish shall be subject to the provisions of sections 21 and 22 of "The Fisheries Act, 1908," relating to,the granting of exclusive licenses to take oysters. At the Magistrate's Court. Christchurch, yesterday, William" Duncan M'Rae, railway clerk, Ashburton, was charged with converting to his own use a motor car left outside a bowling green (says a Press Association message). Accused drove the car away at high speed, ran into a gutter, and caused damage estimated at £65. M'Rae pleaded that he was under the influence of liquor and wa s fined £lO. An educational moving picture programme consisting of films dealing with industries, travel, science, and topical subjects, was privately screened at the Grand Theatre last evening by the Educational Picture Company. The Mayor (Mr H. L. Tapley) and many of. the city councillors were present, and also representatives from the various educational bodies, and head masters of the Stats and private schools. The films have been authorised by the Department of Education, and should prove of immense value from an educational point of view. Instruction by means of moving pictures hat been successfully adopted in England and America. Commencing from to-day, Dunedin school children will have an opportunity of seeing the pictures. An authorised supplement of th,j School Journal which is issued free of charge to the children contains interesting matter dealing with the various pictures thrown on the screen. It is intended to show the films in all towns thmujrhout New Zealand. The apportionment of representation on the Otago Electric Power Board h.ia be.wi decided as follown (telegraphs our Wellington correspondent.):— Borough and Waihemo County .(part of), one TKotab&r: i Waikouaiti Borough as*! WoiV-oiu'ti Count" I (part of), one member; F>ru<'o Couniy (pari of), two members; Iliuohitba and > Clutha County (part of/, one Wioibor: EV- I tangata, one member. The i.'alj3or«f..vn I Borough Council has nominated Mr W B. I Galloway as the candidate for the- VTaihoJuo- ' Palmeraton constituency. I

A single man named Adam Edmond, aged 23 years, was admitted to the Hospital yesterday suffering from a scalp wound received through being struck by a winchhandle while working at the Dunedin Engineering Company's foundry. His condition is not serious. The South Otago Hospital Board, at its meeting held on Tuesday, finally approved of the plans of the Balclutha Hospital buildings. As it will bo necessary for Mr Wales, the architect, to go to Wellington to consult the officers of the Health Department regarding certain matters connected with the plans it will not be possible to have the tenders in hand until early in January. In the very Jjearfc of Sydney, at the corner of Bligh and Hunter streets, is the site of the first Christian church in Australasia. There the first colonial chaplain erected a little house of worship at a cost of £63. It was paid for partly in rum. The church served its purpose for somo years when the attendance of the convicts at worship was made compulsory. Perhaps the convicts regarded this as a distinct breach of the Charter of Liberty. Anyway, th e church was promptly burned down by someone. Aa far back as 1909 (writes our Sydney correspondent) a movement was started for the election of a memorial cross on the spot, and there is now in hand for the work about £3OO. It, was recently decided to find out what a fine memorial cross designed by an architect would cost under to-day's altered conditions. But the civic fathers had stepped in. .They had decided to place on probably the most hallowed spot in Australia—a lavatory! Cleanliness, they apparently think, transcends even godliness. Workmen are now busy preparing for the erection of the lavatory on the historic old church site, but the council is being urged to stay its hand. By their association of a lavatory with things divine, the aldermen who authorised this desecration of a hallowed spot have shown their 'sense of the unfitness of some schemes. The total Customs duties collected in New Zealand during the September quarter (says a Wellington Press Association message) amounts to £1,771,016, compared with £1,440,850 for the corresponding period last year. Tjhe ejecise collected in the same periods Avere £150,063 and £148,802 respectively. Further consideration to the proposed I'isit of Chatham Island school children to Wellington during the holidays was given by the members of the Wellington School Committees' Association last even-

ing. In a letter received by the association, Mr J. A. Thomson, head master at To One (Chatham Islands) stated that he thought that the expenses incidental to the whole tour would not exceed £l2O. When fcWarding the invitations, it was desired that' no onild under 10 years of age should be included in the party, and also that those seleoted should bo from the third standard upwards. Communications wer» received from John Fuller and Sons, and the Rotary Club offering assistance in. entertaining the children while they were in Wellington. It was decided by the association that a picture entertainment be held in the Town Hall in aid of funds to entertain the children, and that the various school committees be written to asking them to co-operato in the movement to raise the Required money. Further arrangements were left in the hands of a sub-committee. It is probable that the children will be here in Jariuary. At the City Police Court yesterday, before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., a young man who had been remanded on several occasions was charged with forging a document in ord«r to obtain a drug. Chiefdetective Lewis stated that, the man had been sent to an institution for medical treatment, and he asked that the charge be withdrawn. The request was granted. A novel plan for raising capital has been evolved at the new White City (Sydney) lawn tennis courts, whicli have been established a little way out of the city. Lifetenure seats (writes our correspondent) have been arranged in the grand stand, and of only 22 no*/ avilable. The cost of these seats is £IOO each. The readiness of people to nay this sum for-a life-seat shows the popularity of the game. A preliminary conference of the members of the Otago District Soldiers' Revaluation Boards, which were set up to revalue soldiers' properties, met in the Otago Land Board rooms yesterday and made arrangements with regard to itineraries for visits of inspection to the various properties. Messrs R. A. Rodger and Gordon, members of the Dominion Board, were in attendance. If the coal miners had devoted to the purchase of mines, working them on a cooperative basis, the huge sum. they have lost in strikes the result may have been more remunerative than working for set wages, though labour-managed concerns have not been very successful here. From the beginning of ISI9 to August 1 last (writes our Sydney correspondent) the miners at the Newcastle and Maitland collieries lost in wages, owing to strikes, the extraordinary sum of £2,647,725. The number of stoppages during that period wa s 1544; the number of days lost 920; and the total tonnage lost to the port 4,985,945. During the first seven months of this year alone the wages lost totalled £1,258,631, while the tonnage lost was 2,138,864. As has been pointed out, it is not difficult, to calculate how many mines could have been purchased with the enormous sum figuratively thrown down the sink because of strikes. The figures show the unutterable folly of strikes, when there are open to the men for the settlement of their grievances not only the legally-appointed courts, but, better still, all the facilities for friendly roundtable conferences, the desirableness of \vhich the employers in this State are constantly emphasising in preference even to the courts. Bishop Radford, of Goulburn, one of our leading Anglican prelates (writes our Sydney correspondent), has put a ban on con-fetti-throwing at weddings. He regards the practice not merely as dirty, but as frivolous in the extreme. The significance of throwing a handful of rice at the newly-married couple, ag expressive of a wish for a future cf plenty, he can quite understand, but, the habit of throwing confetti he describes as "silly tomfooler.y." "Why," he nsks, "make a mess of God's front door, and rob a sacred rite of its sanctity?" Then someone asked Bishop Radford why the Church of England prohibited the decoration of churches for marriage cere-* monies. He stated that the custom was not prohibited. It was merely discouraged, on the legitimate ground, he eaid that the decoration of a church with flowers and greenery should mark only religious festivals held to the glory of God and not to the aggrandisement, of individuals. Bishop Radford says that to take possession of a church and decorate it to one's own liking is simply attempting to convert the sacred building into a private room for social festivity. All the other bishops and clergy only Want to be converted to Bishop Radford's way of thinking, and then weddings will bo about as cheerfnl as funerals. A correspondent in one of the newspapers says: "Why cut out the only little happiness that some married people enjoy before they are disillusioned?" Yesterday afternoon the electric power was off from 2.10 to 2.17 through the synchronous condenser at Halfway Bush breaking down, and some of the insula :ors on the transmission line to Powder Creek station becoming bridged over. Mr H. T. Armstrong, M.P., will address an open-air meeting at the- Queen's Gardens to-night on "The Political Situation and the Miners' Lock-out." The sentence of five years reformative treatment meted out to Jessie Messke, formerly Jessie M'Kenzie, at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, whs not for a breach of her probation, but for the original charge of shoplifting in Auckland. A. E. J. Blakelev, dentist, Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office]. Telephone 1659. Advt. Diamond Engagement Pangs.—Before purchasing compare our values; large eelection. superior quality.—Peter Dick, direct importers jewtllery, watches, etc., 490 Moraplace, Dunodin. —Advt.