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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19270, 6 September 1924, Page 9

The postal authorities advise that four bags of Australian letter mail, ex the Ulimanoa, from Sydney, which arrived at Auckland on Wednesday, will arrive hero this, evening, and will bo delivered on Monday morning. The country between Beaumont and Roxburgh at present presents a very pleasing sight as large areas of fruit trees have burst into bloom. The residents of the district are able to pick large bunches of daffodils, and violets are just as numerous. The 9in combined sewer in Upper York Place has been damaged owing to a subsidence which has taken place over the sewer. The Works Committee of the Drainage Board reports that the sewer, which is an unjointed one, was laid in 1834. It is not known yet what the extent of the damage is, but as repairs are a matter of urgency, the work has been put in hand forthwith.

While colds or cases of common influenza have been rife in Auckland during the post month or so, the position (reports our correspondent) is mild as compared to that of Waimate,. where it was reported on Thursday that there had been an outbreak of pneumonic influenza. Inquiries made at the local office of the Health Department show that acute oases of influenza were not prevalent this winter. The season, in fact, has been a mild one. Since January the number of oases of pneumonia reported to the department totalled 16, and last month’s contribution was four, of which two were country cases, one from the city and one from Mount Eden. Of these cases there were two deaths, and the department considers now that the winter is over that there is little likelihood of an outbreak of pneumonia such as is mentioned in the south. In no instance has there been reported a case of a whole family being laid up, and the position generally is particularly satisfactory. The City Council’s Finance Committee has approved of a remit to be ser.t to the Municipal Conference providing for an amendment to the Hospital and Charitable Insitutions Act whereby the imposition on unpaid instalments due by municipalities to charitable institutions shall not take effect until the date of the imposition by the municipality of the 10 per cent, penalty due on rates. At the present time these institutions send their bill in to the borough for their annual levy, and it is payable in monthly instalments. Before the borongh begins to receive money for its rates it. is not in a position to meet these, but it has to pay I per cent, on aU unpaid

The Finance Committee of the City Council is recommending that the special grant of £650 to the University Council be increased to £llsO.

A sitting of the Conciliation Council was hold at Invercargill on Wednesday before Mr W. H. Hagger, when an agreement was reached by which employees of cheese factories in Otago and Southland are to receive the following wages : —Whore seven vats or over are in use: First assistant, £1 19s 6d; second assistant, £4 13s 6d; third assistant, £4 6s 6d; all others, £3 17s. In seven vat factories two youths may bo employed, and one in .all other factories at the following rates of wages: Up to 18 years of age, £1 17s 6d; from, 18 to 19, £2 ss; from 19 to 20, £2 12s 6d. Where four to six vats are in use the wages are: First assistant, £4 16s 6d; second assistant, £4 10s ; all others, £3 17s. Where two to three vats are in use: First assistant, £4 13s 6d; all others, £3 17s. Where one vat is in use; General hands, £3 17s.

Authority has been granted by the Tramways Committee to invite quotations for the supply of a new rope for the Roslyn line. The rope that has just been taken out ran for 70 weeks, and gave first class service, not one bunch being experienced. The time-table run during the life of this rope was identical with the one that was in operation during the trouble with the previous rope. That fact seems to further confirm the department’s contention at the time that the trouble on the line was entirely due to the rope, which evidently was a had one.

For failing to register a repeating rifle, Duncan Matheson was fined 10s, and costs (7s), at the Port Chalmers Court yesterday. Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., was on the bench.

During a sitting in Chambers yesterday Mr S. Solomon, K.C., mentioned the ease of the Crown y. Distributors (Ltd.) and others. Ho said he had received a message which indicated that the tentative fixture of October 28 might bo confirmed. A bronze tablet from the womqn of New Zealand (writes our London correspondent on July 29) will shortly bo placed under the existing plaque in Amiens Cathedral to the memory of the dominion mert who fell in the war. The inspiration 'for this originally came from the Northcote Women’s Progressive League. At the suggestion of the High Commissioner the scope of the memorial was extended, and women from other parte of the dominion subscribed. With this money a, bronze, tablet 11 inches in diameter, in the form of a laurel wreath, has been cast. In the centre of the wreath is the inscription: “ From the women of New Zealand.” This will be placed, without ceremony, by permission of the Bishop of Amiens, below the tablet that was unveiled last year.

Sitting in Chambers yesterday, his Honor Mr Justice Sim heard further claims against the Cash Trading Company (Ltd.), which were held over from Monday last. The facts are that recently a concern known as “The Cash Trading Company (Ltd.)” went into compulsory liquidation, and the official assignee (Mr E. W. Cave) was appointed official liquidator. The liquidator decided to disallow claims amounting to about £ISOO on the ground that the debts were incurred before the company was formed. The business was carried on in the first place by E. T. Smith, under the name of “The Cash Trading Company,” and on February 18 it was floated into a limited liability company. There was a preliminary agreement whereby the company took over the debts and liabilities of the original business. Two claims came before his Honor yesterday—namely, the Bank of Australasia and L. B. Hart and Co. The bank’s claim, which was for £6l 16s 6d, was, on the advice of the liquidator s solicitor, disallowed, on the ground that it was incurred in the name of E. T. Smith, and not in the name of the company. It was shown in evidence that an account had been opened on behalf of the company in the name Of Smith. His Honor held that that, being so the bank was entitled to claim. Hart’s claim was for £lO5 7s Id, for goods apparently obtained before the company was formed, which claim was formally disallowed by the official liquidator. It was shown in evidence, however, that these goods were supplied to tho company and not received by them until after the formation of the company. His Honor said that that being so L. B. Hart and Co. were entitled to claim against the estate. Mr F. B. Adams appeared for the official liquidator, Mr Dawson for L. B. Hart and Co., and Mr J. B. Callan for the Bank of Australasia.

The Tramways Committee has decided not to accede to the request of a deputation of medical men and representatives of the Hospital Board who asked that the new tramline to Polichet Bay should riot be taken down Frederick street past the Hospital. The committee is reporting on the matter in the following terms“ The rei resentations of the hospital authorities relative to the proposed tramway—Peliohet Bay via Frederick street —hawe received’ careful consideration. As the council is aware, the matter of the most suitable route to servo the Pelichet Bay area has already been the subject of very close investigation on several occasions. The Frederick street rout© was selected as that offering the best prospect of providing for the needs of the residents in the Polichet Bay area, and the large area of reclaimed land adjoining, which will no doubt become closely settled Ht no distant date. It is the natural line of communication for serving the district in ouestion,' in that it branches off from the penny section in George street. There is no other route which offers such decided advantages from the tramway point of view as the Frederick street route, so the committee feels that it would be inadvisable to attempt to divert the line to any lees advantageous route. In this connection it should be noted that, if the Hospital is to be entirely avoided, neither Frederick street nor Hanover street would be available for the tramway. Your 'committee therefore desires to emphasise that it is not anticipated that any great inconvenience will result from the laying down of the tramway, as a single line only is contemplated, and instructions will be issued with a view to reducing the noise to a minimum when passing the Hospital building. There will bo a loop in the vicinity, and that in itself will necessitate considerably reduced speeds, and consequently much less noise.”

The Convention Number of the Advertising World—Britain’s leading publicity journal—is a very imposing publication (writes our London correspondent). Quite a considerable portion of it is devoted to articles on New Zealand, contributed by well-known writers, who include his Majesty’s Trade Commissioner in the Dominion, Dr G. H. Scholefield, Mr J. Myers (president of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce), Mr H. J. Kearney, Mr J. M. A. Ilott, Mr N. H. Skinner, Mr A. G. Henderson, Mr W. Appleton, Mr O. W. Earle, Mr G. C. Codlin, Mr F. Goldberg, Mr D. F. Bauchop, 8.E.., Mr A. G. Warburton, Mr G. L. Gicsen, Mr J. R. Salt, and Mr D. G. M'Caul. Each writer is recognised as an authority on his subject, and by the time "Hhe reader has absorbed the mass of useful information so well put together ho should know a great deal more about the dominion than he knew previously. His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner emphasises the fact that the people are almost wholly British by race and tradition, and says they place a high value on. their close connection with the Mother Country. For this reason, there is a very strong bias in favour of purchasing as much as possible of thoir necessary supplies from the Mother Country. Mr Earle uses the opportunity to refer to Lord Northcliffo’s tribute, that New Zealand, for its population, has the finest newspaper service in the world, and ho says that the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association there is the big influence which is carrying on the splendid work of the pioneers of journalism in that country. Dr Scholefield refers to the general high standard of education in the dominion, with the consequent general desire for everyone to have news of what others are doing. ’With the improvement of communications, tho New Zealand provincial daily realises that it must maintain a high standard of journalism. The country dweller finds that to a great extent his prosperity and that of his district depends on his keeping in touch with the reports it contains. “These arc tho men and women, ' concludes tho writer, “who have made the New Zealand of to-day not merely the Britain of the South in tho sense that they love everything British, but also a prosperous, fertile, financially sound and commercially reliable community They are the finest yeomanry in the British

Our London correspondent mentions that Sir Charles Davidson has joined the board of Messrs Joseph Nathan and Co. Sir Charles, who is a member of the London Stock Exchange, being a partner in A. Wilson and Sons, is on the board of several companies. He is chairman of Menco Smith’s Stores (Proprietors) and of William Melhuish (Proprietors), deputy-chair-man of John Pound and Co., a director of Bridges and Co., British Power Railway Signal, English, Scottish, and Colonial Investment Company, G. D. Peters, Goodson’s Mantle and Owtame (1920), and others.

Luxford Peete, a native land owner, holding a 4000-acro block at Wanstedd (says a Waipukurau Press Association telegram) was fined £2O and costs for failing to destroy rabbits. The magistrate threatened to impose the maximum penalty of £IOO for any future neglect.

After hearing a case in the City Police Court yesterday morning dealing with an unlightod bicycle, Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M., remarked that something should be done in regard to having red reflectors placed at the rear of bicycles. He said he thought the City Counoil should bring in a „bylaw to that effect, and suggested that Senior-sergeant Malhicson should make the necessary representations.

Conversing with a Wanganui Chronicle representative, a woman who is now resident in Wanganui, related an interesting story in connection with the cable message relating to the supposed passage of Russian troops through England. The troop trains in question rattled through her homo town during the whole of one night. One train was hold up at a siding for some time, and a lady whose curiosity was aroused by the carriages with drawn blinds endeavoured to discover who were the passengers. After she had been waiting for a while she was rewarded by seeing a head poked out, and by hearing its owner, with an unmistakable Cockney accent, remark: “Get a move on, guv-ner!” When the big London dailies hinted at trainloads of Russians who had passed, in the night, the local paper, which had heard of the woman’s experience, made light of Russians who spoke with a Cockney accent. Of course the censor did not allow the matter to go further.

The Central Mission service to-morrow evening will be conducted by Rev. W. Walker, who will preach on “The Question of the Ages.” Solos will be rendered by Mrs Geo. Scott and Mr W..N. Satterthwaite. The Otago Mutual Starr-Bowkett .Society will dispose of £SOO on September 25 and a similar amount on October 23. The Dunedin Starr-Bowkett Building Society will dispose of £ISOO in the Nos. 3, 4, and 5 Groups on Wednesday, September 17, in the Oddfellows’ Hail, Stuart street. Shares in No. 5 Group arc still available.

The Forbury School Band, under the conduetorship of Mr Hamilton Eagar, will give a concert in the Town Hall, South Dunedin, on Thursday night. The United Starr-Bowkett Building Society advertises £7500 for disposal in October.

The Southern Starr-Bowkett Society announces that applications for shares in the new group are coming in rapidly, and that operations will commence shortly. Intending members are advised to send in their applications before the first subscription day is definitely fixed. Mr 11. Leslie Piper (of Sydney) will open a special series of song services covering 10 days at the Dundas Street Methodist Church on Sunday, September 14.

An organ recital will bo given by Dr V. E, Galway in First Church on Monday evening. The principal item of tho programme will bo Bethoven’s Concerto in 0 Minor for piano and orchestra. Mias Mary Frax&r will be the solo pianist, and the orchestral accompaniment will be played on the organ. The organ items include Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and tho Good Friday music from Wagner's ‘Parsifal.” Mr L. A. North will lie the vocalist. Notices of the following Sunday services will be found in our advertising columns:— Anglican: St. Paul’s All Saints’. Presbyterian; First, Knox, dt. Andrews, North-East Valley, Roslyn, Caversham, Mornington, South Dunedin. Methodist: Central Mission, Trinity. St. Kilda, Dundas Street. Baptist: Hanover Street. Congregational: Moray Place. Salvation Army: Dowling street., Theosophists: Oddfellows Hall. Council of Christian Congregations: Stuart Hall. Mr R. O. M'Donnell will deliver an address on “Socialism and Education” in the Labour Party’s Room, , Stuart streqt, on Sunday.

The Diamond Jubilee of Tapanui Presbyterian Church (1864-1924) will lie celebrated on Sunday, 14th September. Rev. A. Begg, of Tinrnru, will conduct the sendees both morning and evening. On Monday, 15th September, A jubilee social will be held in the Town Hall, at which visiting ministers will give addresses, and the choir will provide a musiwl programme.—Advt, Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure for cougni and colds never fails.—Advt. Read about the special watch value at Williamsons, The Quality Jewellers, 51 Princes street (next The Bristol), and send landed, table lamps and fittings of latest designs, also shades and bead fringes. Ali descriptions of electrical supplies stocked. Jobbing and contracting undertaken. Repairs a specialty.—Barth Electrical Supplies (Ltd.), Princes street.— Advt.

A. E. J. Blakeley, dentist, Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 1859. Advt. ' Save your eyes.—Consult Peter G. Dick, D B 0.A., F. 1.0., London, consulting and oculists’ optician—“ Peter Dick,” jewellers and opticians, Moray place, Dunedin.— Advt.