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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19249, 13 August 1924, Page 6

At the adjourned meeting of the Otago Harbour Board, held on Monday aftern Jrr , a letter was received from the Mayor (Mr 11. L. Tupley), asking that, in the event of a poll authorising the borrowing of a sufficient sum to construct a highway to Logan Park, the drainage of the area, and the payment of compensation to the people through whose properties the highway will pass, not. being carried, a resolution should be passed by the Harbor Board stipulating that the Education Board will have the right to acquire the area on Logan Park that was originally offered to it.. It was pointed out that a resolution to grant (he original area to the Education Board was still on the books of the Harbour Board, and it was then decided to defer tho matter till the next meeting, and in the meantime to obtain further particulars regarding the request. Tho proposal that the board should carry out the necessary storm water drainage at Logan Park on condition* that if the park should bo vested in th© City Council the board would be refunded its expenditure was favourably considered, and it was decided to obtain a report from the engineer on the cost of the w-ork, and a report from the secretary on the financial arrangements.

The Producers’ Association of Otago contemplates making a move shortly to link up the various interests affecting dairymen, and canvassers will bo sent out to enrol members. The association, besides promoting the interests of producers, will keep an alert eye on the Dairy Control Board. At last night’s meeting of the executive of tho R.8.A., the secretary, Mr A. C. Laiug, read a letter which he had received from a member who was now engaged on a fruit farm in the Nelson district. In forwarding his subscription for tho year, the member stated: “Sorry I could not send my sub earlier, but the profiteers, comic opera magistrates, and the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Nelson) have made my life such a misery, and my condition so awful, that I am clothed in rags, and often hungry. lam hanging on and fighting still, but the end must come soon one way or the other. Wishing the association the best of all that is good.—P.B.: I seldom see a newspaper. Am just fighting on’from daylight till dark, and then to bed. These cold nights I often have to get up and do physical jerks in order to get warm.”

There was some little stir of an unusual nature in the vicinity of the railway yards yesterday morning at 11 o’clock. Detectives Roycroft and Hart, in consequence of a suspicion that, doubles were being laid in connection with the Grand National meeting, paid a visit to the railway premises, and as a result a young man will .ipjtear before the City Police Court this morning on u charge of carrying on the business of a bookmaker. It is understood that there is a possibility of further developments connected with the detectives' visit.

The following resolution, which had been adopted by the Wnikonaiti branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, was discussed by the Otago Provincial Executive of the Union yesterday:—“That in view of the ever-increasing amount of dairy produce being placed on the English market by countries other than British the Farmers’ Union be urged to support, the proposed methods of raising the standard of New Zealand dairy produce by means of a lower grading of cheese and a universal aod equitable grading of home-separated cream.” Mr Waite said it seemed obvious that there was a mistake in the wording of therosoIntion. He thought a higher grading of cheese was meant. The speaker went on to say that cream grading was going to be an established fact in the South Island this season. Sometimes suppliers would get Id more for their cream and sorncti>ios Id less, according to the quality. By iho payment of a higher price for good cream and a lower price for bad cream he thought the bad would he eliminated. He thought that all the action suggested by the resolution had already been taken. On the motion of Mr Preston, seconded by Mr Barr, it was decided to inform the Waikouaiti branch of the facts presented by Mr Waite.

Early on Sunday morning (says the North OtagoTimes), Jim Robinson, who was endeavouring to establish a new world's record for continuous piano-playing at Timaru, failed after being at the keyboard for S 3 hours 17 minutes. At that stage he collapsed, overcome by fatigue and semisuffocation, and with the aid of a constable was carried to an upstairs room in the Excelsior Hotel where he was immediately given medical attention.

In the Supremo Court, before his Honor Mr Justice Sim, yesterday, probate was granted in connection with the following deceased estates:—Daniel O’Connell (Seacliff), John Cogan (Patearoa), Penelope Jones (Dunedin). and David Landes (Oamaru). Letters of administration were granted in connection with the estate of Stephen Hill (Oamaru). Recognising that the method at present in operation for the election of the Otago provincial executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union is open to objection on the ground that some districts are not adequately represented, and that some other method sooms to be desirable, the executive has prepared a scheme providing; for representation on the ward system. An outline of the new scheme was presented to a meeting of the executive yesterday. A sub-committee consisting of the president IMff Leary), the vice-president (Mr Waite). Mr Murney. and Mr Preston was sot up to assist the secretary in completing the details 6f the scheme, which will afterwards be submitted to the branches for consideration.

The question of n now award for threshing mill workers come up for discussion at the meeting of the Otago Provincial Executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union yesterday, and eventually a committee consisting of the president (Mr Leary), and Messrs Craig, Murney, and Christie was set up to confer with Mr Cookson in regard to the workers’ demands.

A candid opinion of the annual conference of the tOounci! of Agriculture, which was held recently in Wellington, is expressed by the Marlborough delegate, Mr W. G. Rudd. Ho said that it was the poorest conference he had ever attended, and ho had been at half a dozen or more at various times. The work was of a poor nature, and there was little of it. He felt that to send a delegate to the conference os, it was, was nothing more or less than a wiste of time and money. However. now that the Royal Agricultural Society Society had taken over the functions of (he conference he had hopes of bettor things in the future.

In t,ho City Police Court yesterday, before Mr 11. W. Bundle, S. M., a young man named Michael Joseph Shannon was charged with having, on or about July 17, stolen one gentleman’s overcoat, valued at £4 15s. the properly of Leslie Neilson Harris. The accused, who elected to be dealt with summarily, pleaded not guilty. Chief-detective Lewis stated that some coats were missed from the Early Settlers’ Hall when a dance was in progress. On Monday the owner of one of the coats met the accused in the street wearing his coat. He invited the accused to go to the detective office or to explain how the coat came' into his possession. The accused said he had bought the coat from a man in the street for 10s. Eventually the coat, was handed over to the owner of itl The accused Was described, and later on Detective Hart located him and took him to the police station, where he still maintained that he had bought the coat from a man in the street whom he did not know. The police knew nothing about the accused, and the speaker asked for a remand until the 18th or 19th inst. so that further inquiries could be made. There had been an epidemic of coat-stealing lately frc .i Kroon’s Hall, the Early Settlers’ Half, and other places where dances had been held Three coats had been taken from Kroon's Hall the other night. His Worship said the accused would be remanded until the 18th inst. When the question of bail was being discussed the accused said that if he were at liberty he would have a chance of picking up the man from whom he had bought the coat. He had been wearing the coat in the street every day. Bail was allowed—accused in his own recognisance of £2O and one surety of £2o— the accused was ordered to report to the police daily. A Christchurch man narrowly escaped suffering a severe property loss recently. He sold a motor car in tne morning to a buyer who was a stranger to him, ■ and took in payment a cheque drawn upon the country branch of a leading bank. The car was taken away by the buyer. Later in the day it occurred to the seller that it would be a prudent precaution to verify the cheque. On communicating with tbe manager of the country bank by telephone he was startled to learn that as far as the bank was concerned the cheque was valueless. He then consulted the police, and as the outcome of diligent inquiries the car was recovered. In the meantime it had been fuelled for a long journey into the country, and everything was in readiness tor an early start.

At a meeting of tho Otago Provincial Executive of the New Zealand Farmers Union yesterday, tho proposal now before Parliament to amend the Workers’ Compensation Act was discussed in committee. Eventually it was decided that the executive should communicate with the Otago members of Parliament, and that the Dominion Executive be asked to approach the other members, and, if necessary, oe prepared to give evidence before any parliamentary committee set up to go into the matter, leaving no stone unturned to nip the proposal in the bud. At last night’s meeting of the executive of the Returned Soldiers’ Association, the secretary (Mr A. C. Laing) reported that the total receipts from the recent Poppy Day street collection were £495 13s 7d. The amount received from the country districts to date was £23 13s, which included £5 2s 6d forwarded from Alexandra, which was collected on Anzao Day. Returns had yet to come in from Milton and Lawrence, and when these came to hand the gross total would be between £530 and £540, which would, leave £3OO for distribution. In reply to a question the secretary stated that in the past the association had got more than equal to pound for pound on the net receipts from the City Council arid the Amenities Society. Tho chairman said it should bo mad© clear to the City Council that the association expected more than pound for pound. On the motion of Mr MTJutcheon it was resolved to express the association’s appreciation of the efforts of the ladies who had carried out the sale of the poppies, and also to thank the press for assistance and fall' publicity given. A motorist who returned to Dunedin yesterday states that the main road from Tahakopa to Owaka is at present in a very bad state. Ho had an unenviable experience, and his car presented anything but a respectable appearance, being literally a mass of mud, while tho motorist’s boots and clothing were in a similar state. From the time he left Tahakopa he experienced pot holes and mud, and eventually he be came bogged in an exceptionally bad part of the road. After many vain attempts to extricate the car, ho went for assistance. A fanner brought three horses,, and after over half an hour's hard straining at the chains tho horses dragged the car out of the mud.

The War Pensions Appeal Board commences a sitting, in Dunedin this morning, which is expected to extend to the end of the month. _ The personnel of the board for Dunedin is comprised of Mr S. G. Raymond (chairman), Dr Stuart Moore, and Dr T. Fergus.

The United Starr-Bowkett Building Society will dispose of £4500 by ballot and sale during the rest of this month. A few shares are still available in the No, 8 group.

The annual general meeting of the Otago Yacht and Motor Boat Club will be held in the Overseas Club room on Thursday, September 11. A bazaar in old of funds for the erection of a new Sunday school will Ice held in the Trinity Schoolroom, corner Stuart street and Moray place, this afternoon.

Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure for cough* and colds never fails. —Advt. Ever miss a train? It’s mighty irritating. Buy your ' watch at Williamsons, the Quality Jewellers, and be sure.—Advt. The Pacific Starr-Bowkett Building Society invite applications in the new (No. 5) group. £IOOO free ballots and sales, office, 86 King Edward street.—Advt. A. E. J. Blakeley, dentist. Bank of Australasia. corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 1659. Advt.

Save your eyes.—Consult Peter G. Dick. D.8.0.A., F.L.0., London, consulting and oculists’ optician.—“ Peter Dick,” jewellers and opticians, Moray place, Dunedin.— Advt. <