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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19204, 21 June 1924, Page 9

The celebration of tho 30th birthday of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales Will bo observed on Monday. The public offices in tho city will be closed. The actual polling at the recent election of a representative of the ordinary shareholders on the board of directors of the Bank of New Zealand was declared at tho annual meeting of the institution yesterday Mr R. W. Gibbs, the successful candate, received 960,731 votes and Sir J. H. Gunson 459,501.

Tho Prime Minister at Palmerston North (says a Press Association message) that the Government had sot apart the gum of £25,000 as loans to settlers on the Hauraki Plains who had suffered during tho recent disastrous floods. This would, he said, help them in the meantime in renewing and other operations. The Building Conference reached an important decision yesterday (says a Wellington Press Association telegram) when ih was decided to make a recommendation to prevent tho use of scrim and paper in building interiors.

Tho linancial campaign launched by the Mayor (Mr H. L. Tapley) to secure funds and additional annual subscribers for the Phmket Society is now in full swing. An enthusiastic, band of men and women collectors has been organised, and the women are now collecting in the suburban districts and the men in the city. Up to yesterday £2500 had been collected, and tho society hopes that the sum aimed at, £IO,OOO, will bo fully realised in the interests of vrhat is one of the most valuable institutions in the dominion.

Referring to the recent conference of the Otago Expansion League with local members of Parliament, Mr J. Y. Love, the president of the Port Chalmers Expansion League, says there is reason for asking our M.P.’s to promote Otago’s welfare. Mr Love refers specially to the roacl and rail communication between the city and Port Chalmers. He has business interests at both ends of the route, and realises the need for up-to-dateness. In regard to the primitive state of the railway between Dunedin and Port, he quotes the decision of the Railway Department to alter the running of the trains because in its present state the* lino is unable to meet the requirements of the increased passenger traffic. In railways, as in other things, what -was adequate for the needs of 50 years ago is inadequate for the requirements of to-day. The duplication of tho line right through to Port Chalmers should, it is contended, bo carried out, and our local members of Parliament should see it is done. Mr Love also refers to the recent non-success of an endeavour to have the Dunedin-Port Chalmers road included in the list of main highways. Tho Minister of Public Works proffered the excuse that alternative communication was available by rail or water. Nevertheless tho Christehurch-Lyttelton road was declared a main highway, while in connection with the Wellington-Hutt road, on which the. Government had freely expended money for improvement, there existed alternative routes—a waterway and two railways.

A meeting of delegates from the various local bands was held on Wednesday night, when it was decided to form an association of local bands under the name of the Dunedin Banda’ Association. • All the local brass bands and military bands have been affiliated with tho newly-formed association.

A man who was wanted on a warrant issued from Christchurch, for fatso pretences, was arrested in Dunedin by Detective Sneddon last night. Ho will appear at the Police Court this morning. Tho Napier Borough Council has accepted tho tender of J, M. Stewart (Caversham) for sinking three nine-inch bores, each 23ft in depth, at M'Lean’s Park, for tho purpose of augmenting tho borough water supply. Small test bores have indicated an abundance of water, which rises to a height of 25ft above the surface.

To-day is the 53rd anniversary of tho arrival at Port Chalmers of the ship Wild Deer, from London. Tho vessel, which was under the command of Captain Cameron, was on her maiden trip, and brought 123 passengers. Tho voyage to New Zealand was most eventful, and commenced with a fire in the saloon when tho ship was only a few days out from Loudon. When in tho tropics about £0 of tho crew mutinied, and threatened to throw tho captain overboard. Tho men were overpowered before the trouble had becomo serious, and two of the men were placed in irons for the remainder of tho voyage. On another occasion, and during the night, a barque almost ran down tho Wild Deer, but for tho promptitude of the captain a collision would have occurred. Tho fourth incident, which was of a remarkable nature, occurred during tho height of a gale, a heavy sea washed over tho ship and carried the second mate over the side. Those who witnessed the incident were amazed to see the next huge wave return him to the dock, where he managed to crawl to safety, suffering from a few bruises. Mr T. A. Messenger, of Grosvenor street, Dunedin, was one of the passengers by the ship.

A Taihape Press Association message says that John Gilliand, a roadman, single, aged about 30 years, is reported missing at Moawhango. Ho is believed to have been drowned iu the Moawhango River, which is in high flood. Gilliand is said to have a father and brother at Ashbvrton and a brother at Kawakawa. The City Fire Brigade wa s summoned at 5 p.ra. yesterday to a chimney fire at Ross and Glendining’a factory. No damage was done.

Our Palmerston correspondent reports that a heavy downpour commenced on Thursday night, and lasted for several hours. The weather is bitterly cold, and the hills in the back-lying country have a liberal coating of snow.

Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., presided over a brief sitting of the Port Chalmers Court yesterday. A first offender, on a charge of drunkenness, was convicted and fined 10a. lib then took out a prohibition order against himself. Archibald Coleman sought an order for the destruction of Herbert M’Sloy’s dog, which, it was alleged, had killed one of complainant’s fowls. Mr Brenmor stated the case for Coleman, and Mr O’Shea for M‘Sloy. As the dog was young, and the evidence did not prove him dangerous, the magistrate declined to make an order, and the case was dismissed.

At a sitting of the Juvenile Court yesterday, before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M., six boys of varying ages admitted riding their bicycles on the footpath, mostly on Wilkie road. They were admonished and discharged. Tho general impression is that tho shortest day falls'on Juno 21, but this year tho shortest, period of daylight is equally divided between Thursday, yesterday, and to-day. According to tho New Zealand mean time tho sun rose at 7.56 a.m., and Ret at 4.26 p.m. on Thursday and yesterday, and it will do so again to-day. Tomorrow will bo lengthened by one minute as the sun will set at 4.27 p.m. The three shortest days each have a possible period of sunshine of 8 hours 50 minutes. The longest day, which falls on December 20. has a possible period of sunshine of 15 hours 10 minutea.

When Sergeant M‘Kenzip, of Sydenham, visited 33 Montreal street on Thursday, where a storekeeper had found the dead body of a 70-year-old widow named Mrs Elizabeth Hunsley (says a Christchurch Press Association telegram) he found a filthy and untidy house, and the only food he could discover was a dirty crust of bread and some butter. lie also found about £lO in cash an,] a bank book showing a credit of about £I2OO. At the inquest, which was held yesterday, before Mr H. Y. Widdowson SM. (coroner), a verdict was returned to tho effect that tho woman had been found dejad, tho cause of death being heart failure following exhaustion, accelerated by starvation.

To be violently punched on the jaw, robbed of a sum of money, and loft in a right-of-way beside a church was the experience of a Tirnaru resident on a recent evening. The man concerned states that he was going home at about 8 o’clock when, in North street, he was accosted by an unknown individual, who invited him to have a “spot.” Several refusals enraged the unknown who dealt the other a blow on the jaw that sent him to sleep. When tho resident came back to life and was able to take an interest in things about him, he found himself seated in the midst of a pile of papers in the grounds of tho Congregational Church. The assailant had gone through all his pockets, scattering papers right and left, but retaining “the money he found. The narrator states that it was some time in tho early hours of the morning before ho regained consciousness.

The widespread rain lias been especially welcome on (he western slopes and plains of Now South Wales, where (says our Sydney correspondent, writing on June 12), during the early months of the year, owing to the absence of favourable rains, farmers have been greatly hindered in the preparation of suitable seed beds, both in working fallows and in ploughing stubble land. A large number of wheatgrowers in the State have this year adopted the dry copper carbonate treatment of seed wheat for the prevention of hunt, in preference to the, old bluestone solution method, and, according to report, most of the farmers who have done so are agreeably surprised at the better germination and sturdier growth. In the Riverina and Western Districts inquiries suggest that there will be no diminution of the area sown to cereals this season. There may probably be a slight increase. The definite break in the weather conditions this month has filled the wheat farmers with hope. There are all the indications of good penetrating rains.

The Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Choir will give one of their .popular concerts at Port Chalmers next Wednesday oveninc to assist the local hoys in improving their club room in King Edward square, ( Tho United Starr Bowkett Building Sociotv advertises that the first sale in the now No. 8 Group will take place on July 24, also £SOO for disposal. Mr P. Neilsou will deliver an address to-morrow in the Labour Party’s room Stuart street, on “How Best to Work for Socialism.”

The Labour Party’s weekly dance will be held in the Early Settlers’ Hall on Monday night.

At tho Methodist Central Mission fhe service to-morrow evening will be conducted Rov. W. Walker. The subject will be “I‘ortitudo in Adversity.” Mr Archie Jones will sing, ‘‘My Task.” The twenty-eighth annual meeting of shareholders of the Dunedin Starr Bowkett Building Society will be bold in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Stuart street, on Monday. June 30, when appropriations of £ISOO will bo disposed of by ballot in Nos. 3,4, and 5 Groups. The concert to be held in South Dunedin Town Hall on Tuesday evening next in aid of the Bovs’ Orphanage, Waverloy, mil ho an exceptionally good one, Dunedin’s leading talent having kindly consented to assist.

Notices of the following Sunday services will be found in our advertising columns.— Anglican: St. Paul’s, St. Matthew’s. All Saints’, St. Martin’s. Presbyterian: First, Knox, Sit. Andrew's, North-East Valley. Methodist: Central Mission, Trinity, St. Kilda, Dundas Street. Baptist: Hanover Street, Mornington. Congregational: Moray Place, Wesley: Cargill Road.’ Salvation Army: Dowling street. Church of Christ; Tabernacle. Theosophists: Oddfellows’Hall. Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure for coughs and colds never fails.—Advt.

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