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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19039, 8 December 1923, Page 9

Mr Robieson, of the local Tourist Department, recently made an interesting disOovery. While on a visit to Hooper’s Inlet, tr Robieson unearthed a number of ancient aori relics, which are believed to be associated with the early moa-hunters. Underneath a stratum containing the leg bones of one of the smaller species of moa, Mr Robieson found a greenstone adze. The relics were evidently the remains of an ancient Maori camp. About 30 years ago the late Mr Augustus Hamilton, while Working with Mr (now Sir Frederick) Chapman at the mouth of the Shag River, tinearthed a piece of polished greenstone in similar circumstances, and that find has •ince been confirmed by Mr 'David Teriotdale. Mr Robieson’s find further confirms these eariir and proves that the ancm - jJHlhunters were aware of the remob in which, greenstone is tr-^T time negotiations have been between Miss Gillies (the prinHPPdf St. John’s Kindergarten. Roslyn) the Board of Governors of Columbo girls’ College regarding a proposal to merge the kindergarten into the college. The Board of Governors has approved of the scheme and at the beginning of next year Miss Gillies will join the college staff Ba mistress of the junior school. It is hoped that the arrangement; will prove mutually beneficial. His Honor Mr Justice Sim has granted probate in the estates of the following deceased persons;—Prudence Bennett (Dunedin), Alexander Gray (Dunedin), Alexander Sim (Oamaru), Amelia Watkins (Dunedin), James Murphy (Dunedin), Margaret Murphy (South Dunedin), Bertha Muller (Dunedin), ,

By the will of the late Miss Margaret Murphy (Smith Dunedin) institutions of the Roman Catholic Church, receive legacies. These include £SOO to the Bishop of ■ Dunedin for the education of a priest, to the Little Sisters of the Boor at Anderson’s. Bay £IOO, I to the. South Dunedin Roman Catholic Orphanage £2OO, to the St. Vincent de Paul Society £SO, to tho Christian Brothers* £SO, to the Rev. Father Lynch for his mission £IOO, to St. Patrick’s Church, South Dunedin, proceeds of tho sale of shares, Sisters of St. Joseph at Port Chalmers £IOO, the residue (if any) to Rev. Father Lightheart*(Rotorua) for his mission. At the Port Chalmers Court yesterday Alexander Innes sued Andrew Percy for £7, rent due, and • judgment for plaintiff by was given, with costs (17s) and solicitor’s fee (15s 6d). In connection with a recent message with regard to the population movement in New Zealand in 1922, tho Government Statistician’s report, stated that according to the figures dealing with tho movement, of population between the North Island and the South Island during 1922, 10,000 more people migrated from the North Island to the South Island than from the South to the North, Politically (states a Press Association message) the significance of the figures is their possible effect on parliamentary representation, as for a number of years past the South Island has been steadily losing seats to the North on the population basis. The weather during the past week (writes our Middlomarch correspondent) has been very hot and dry, and the grass is beginning to get burnt up. In fact, if similar weather conditions continue the position will soon become serious. Farmers are waiting for rain before sowing turnips, and some who had sown early are at a standstill. Lambs continue to do well so® far. The weather yesterday was very hot. The Roslyn Fire Brigade answered a call at 7 Manchester street at 11.43 a.m. yesterday. where a hedge, which had caught alight, caused slight damage to a fowlhouse.

When Viscount Leverhulme arrives in Auckland-on December 27 ho will be met by Mr W. H. Trevanne, manager of Lever Bros. (jST.Z.). Ltd., who has just completed a quarter of a century’s service with the firm, during which time he has put up something of a reputation as a globe-trot-ter. Two years he spent in SwitEerland, three in Australia, two in Germany, and also a considerable time in France, Belgium, Holland, America, Canada, and South Africa, completing his 25 years’ record in this farthest portion of the British Empire. Needless to say, he has a very thorough knowledge of the ramifications of the firm in practically every comet of the world. He started as an office boy with Lever Brothers, and has been through every department of the business, so that he Is folly acquainted with all the processes. Some few months ago 22 lads, whose ages ranged from 17 to 21, were received at Ruakura Farm for a two years’ course of instruction in practical farming. So far (states the Waikato Times) they appear to be making satisfactory progress, and the farm authorities anticipate that another batch of 20 or 30 will arrive next February. At present the class is divided into two sections, one attending lectures and the other putting in practical work. These two sections alternate weekly, and this means that the same lectures have to bo given twice. However, when the new batch arrives, this will be obviated, and the present class and the new arrivals will each be formed into a division, the two divisions taking turns at practical and * theoretical work. As one will be further advanced than the other, the going over the same ground twice practically in succession will not be necessary. Mr Smallfield, the agricultural instructor o n the farm, states that the idea is to mike the lads into practical farmers, and with that end in view they are being given a great deal of practical work in addition to a comprehensive course of lectures. Plots are laid down in various grasses, ■ cereals, etc., and the students are constantly at work on these as well as on the farm generally, so that a thorough knowledge will be obtained.

So;n© of the ‘old barnacled piles "which were pulled out to make way Tor the new reclamation work leading on to the new Prince’s wharf (says the Auckland Star) are now being driven in under the Stanley Bay wharf to help to strengthen it. The timber, when the decayed parts are taken away, seems quite sound, and the long shaky wharf should now last for another decade or so, Unless the dreaded “teredo,” which has made such serious inroads into the wood' of the original piles continues its mischievous work. “Anything is gqpd enough for the ( North Shore” is what one well-known resident said, ‘‘and in 'these days when so much expense is being lavished on tho wharves on fch.e city sfde of the harbour, we ar e indeed thankful for the crumb* which fall from tho master’s table.” The repairs are being made none too soon, as users of the jetty know that if a severe gale happened to strike it with much force its safety would be imperilled. 'Hie story of the way tho wood has been eaten through is just the same as that told in connection with all the wooden wharves hi Auckland, and the second-hand piles which are now; being pu t in can only be regarded as & temporary expedient. The question of a permanent concrete structure will have to be faced very soon. The gang of men who are working the derricks must have to listen to some hard facts "when residents pass their opinions about the work which is being done.

While flat-dwellers are an ever-growing army in Sydney—many of the so-called flats are merely a couple of rooms with the verandah space for the family washing—the people to whom the charm of the good oldfashioned home makes its appeal are (says cur Sydney correspondent) also growing numeiically. Judging from the census period, 1911 to 1921, the number of houses in Sydney during that period increased by nearly 25 per cent., but tenements and flats increased by ,674 per cent., and boardinghouses by 113 per cent. This applies particularly in the metropolitan area. Another development noted is the large increase in the number of wooden residences in the suburbs of Sydney, and also the growing use of concrete, dwellings of this material having greatly increased, especially in the outer suburbs. A large increase, and perhaps the most gratifying one of all, from the broad standpoint of the State, was the increase in the number of houses owned or partly paid for by their occupiers. This fact is said to be mainly due to the activities of the Advances for Homes Department, of the State Savings Bank, and of the War Service Homes Department. The proverbial “Chinaman’s kick’’ was in evidence again at Takapuna races on Saturday afternoon last (says the Auckland Star), and when the handful of winning tickets wore paid out on Arch Ami. which got second place in the last stride in the Vauxhall Handicap, a Celestial was there with two of them. “Charlie” collected the best part of £IOO. For the greatest part of the betting there was not a ticket rung up on the inside totalisator, but when the machine closed there were five lonely tickets on the unknown performer. As the official figures showed 61 ten shilling tickets taken out on the horse the remaining 41 must have been taken out on the outside machine. Certainly the ten shilling “tote” tempts patrons to try the long odds where they hesitate at investing £l. The dividend was one of the biggest ever returned in Auckland for second place at either trotting or galloping.

Australia every year imports many hundreds of thousands pounds worth of fish from oversea. On the Australian cpast, it ; s stated (says our Sydney correspondent) there are multitudes of little fish which are used mainly as bait, when they are used at all, but which are more closely related to the true sardine than the Norwegian fish. Tentative proposals are now on foot for establishing an Australian sardine industry. If it is decided to embark on the industry, Breton fishermen may ho brought out to give it a helping hand; It is considered that there is no reason why Australia should not supply her homo market instead of importing sardines to the value of £250,000 or so a year. The duty on sardines is now Id per lb, on those produced in Great .Britain, and 2£d per lb on those imported* from foreign countries. Practically all the sardines imported into Australia com© from foreign countries, but th© Tariff Board has promised that if thi« new industry is started in Australia it will receive every consideration if a higher duty it needed.

In “Talcs of Travel’’ Lord Curzon, of Kedleston, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who has the reputation of being the most pompous individual in Great Britain, displays an unsuspected sense of humour, and is not too dignified to tell some stories against himself. The travels with which (ho bobk deals took place 30 years ago. In a lecture which he delivered before the Royal Geographical Society in London on his travels in the Far East, a number of lantern slides were shown, and everything went well until he said lie would now show the picture of an Annnmite girl in order to prove that the native population, though possessing marked Mongolian features, are far from being destitute of personal charm. “Indeed,’’ he writes, “I thought some of them quite pretty. All eyes were turned on Die screen, on which there forthwith appeared, magnified to far more than lifesize, the figure of a seated Annamite girl, destitute of any but the smallest shred of clothing. The audience, including King Edward VII. then Prince of Wales, roared with laughter. No explanation availed anything. It was useless for me to declare -—though it was the strict truth —that the photograph was one of a packet which had been presenter! to me by the GovernorGeneral of French Indo-China in order to illustrate the people and habits of that country, and that I had incautiously handed the entire packet to the lantern operator, who, in a spirit, as I imagine, of mischief, had ignored ray instructions, and selected this unmarked photograph for reproduction. No one believed me. But from the moment (hat the figure of the young girl was thrown upon the screen the success of the lecture was assured in the same hour that the character of the lecturer was irreparably destroyed.”

At: the Methodist Central Mission both services to-morrow will be conducted by tlie Rev. W. Walker. The evening subject will be “A v Message of Good Cheer.” Reference will also be made to the healing mission. Miss Elspoth Denholm, of Oamani, will render ‘‘The Lord is My Shepherd.” A garden fete will bo held in the Montocillo Home grounds this afternoon. His Worship the Mayor will at tend and formally declare the function open. The soldier patients will make a display of their 'work, and patrons will bo afforded an opportunity of securing articles suitable as Christmas presente.

The Rev. Dr Merrington will begin his ministry in First Church to-morrow, preaching morning and evening. In the afternoon he will distribute the prizes at the annual closing ceremony of the Central Sunday fcchoo] in Burns Hall. A special service, of interest particularly to cricketers, will be held in the Dundas Street Methodist Church on Sunday. The Rev. E. 0,. Blamiros will speak on “The Second Innings,’’ and will bo assisted by Mf A. Martin (president (0.C.A.). Miss Fhyllis West will sing “For Everyday,” ■Mr F Haigh (Carisbrook C.C.) “Father of , allc * r • Strang (Dunedin C.C.) Thou rt Passing Hence, My Brother.” . “Reflections on the Recent Healing Mission wi.l be the Rev. H. E. Bellhouse’s subject in the Trinity Methodist Church tomorrow evening. Special solos will be rendered. The Mutual Fur under the managership of Mr S. V, Johnson, has commenced business in George street. The United Starr-Bowkett Society invites membership for the new No. 8 group. The Otago Building and Divestment Society is offering to the public debentures at an attractive rate of interest. Mr A. F. Roberts, New Zealand Commissioner of the British Empire Exhibition, has arranged to meet the local committee in the Otago A. and P. Society’s board room on Monday at 2 p.m. A • sale of work under the auspices of the P.P.A. will be held in the Early Settlers’ Hajl this afternoon. In the evening a social will be held for members and their friends. 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, Dundas Street. Baptist: Hanover Street, Mornington. Congrecational: Moray Place, Wesley: Cargill Road. Salvation Army, Dowling street. Church of Christ; Tabernacle. Theosophists: Oddfellows’ Hall. Commissioner Hoggard, territorial commander. has consented to preside at the demonstration to be given by the girls of the Anderson’s Bay Home on Wednesday next, when it is anticipated that a full house will greet the fine programme to be presented. The proceeds are to go towards the girls’ Christmas cheer. You will find a big choice of gift goods at Williamson’s, the jewellers, 31 Princes street. They oiler the beet value.—Advt. A. E. J. Blakeley, dentist, Bank of Auj tralasia, comer of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 1889. Advt. Diamond Engagement Rings.—Before purchasing compare our values; large selection, superior quality.—Peter Dick, direct _ importers jewellery, watches, silverware, 490 Moray place, Dunedin.—Advt.