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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19530, 13 July 1925, Page 6

The postt.l authorities advise that the steamer Moeraki, which is due at Wellington to-morrow from Sydney, is bringing a large Australian mail for New Zealand. The Dunedin portion, consisting of 37 bags, should come to hand on Wednesday evening. Fifteen bankruptcies were notified in last week’s issue of the New Zealand Gazette. Ten of the number were in the North Island. The City Fire Brigade received two calls within three minutes of each other about 5.30 on Saturday afternoon. The first was to Methven’s foundry in Macandrew road, where a fire had just broken out. No damage was done. Th© second call was to a chimney fire in a house at th© comet of Odder and Cutten streets, South Dunedin. The fifty-fifth anniversary services of Trinity Methodist Church were celebrated yesterday. Each service was attended by a large congregation. A particular and pleasing feature was the large number of old members of the church, who attended the services. The preachers for the day were the Rev. Chas. Dallaston and the Rev. Professor Hewitson, morning and evening respectively. The singing of the congregation was hearty and inspirational. The choir, under the conductorship of Mr Haviland Blackwood, with Miss E. Hartley at the organ, rendered “The Magnificat.’’ “And the Glory of the Lord” (Handel), and the solo anthem, “Hear My Prayer” (Mendelssohn). Miss Meda Paine taking the solo part. Mr A. J. Lungley sang “It is Enough,” from Elijah, and the Misses E. Sheppard and M. Stokes sang the duet, “O Lovely Peace’’ (Handel). Th© offertories for the day totalled £56 7s. The anniversary nail be continued on Thursday evening, when the choir, assisted by the city’s leading artists, will give a grand entertainment of songs, elocutionary and choral items. Tire move to establish a crematorium in Dunedin is at last beginning to take definite shap>e. The question of site is tow practically settled. At a meeting of the local Cremation Committee the secretary (Miss O. Porteous) read a letter which was received from the town clerk intimating that the Reserves Committee had selected a, site at th© Anderson’s Bay Cemetery adjoining the sexton’s residence. Members of the committee, accompanied by the superintendent of reserves (Mr D. Tannock), visited the site on Wednesday, and it was considered an excellent one. The committee i;i now busily engaged in the collection of the £SOO which the council requires th© society to find as its quota towards the cost, and already practically half that sum has been raised. Matter* are thus proceeding apace, and before loner necessary buildings and equipment should be well under way. A large model of the Grand Court of the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, faithfully reproducing the great dome of the Festival Hall and the lagoons and esplanades leading to it from the main entrance gates, is being made to the order of the directors. It is hoped to have it ready in time for dispay in the window of a leading departmental stor© in Christchurch during racing week, after which it will no doubt be seen by other towns. In consequence of a published statement that apples exhibited at the All Nations Exhibition at the Olympia were no credit to New Zealand (says a Wellington Press Association telegram), the Agricultural Department cabled to Sir .Tamos Allen to make enquiries. He had replied: “No such exhibit can be graced, but possibly the food exhibition is referred to. Nothing was shown there from New Zealand. The Fruit Trade Federation staged a general exhibit there-, which was not solely of Empire fruit.” Under the auspices of th© Dunedin Gardening Club. Mr W. K. Dallas, Government Orchard Instructor, gave a practical demonstration of fruit tree pruning on Saturday afternoon at Miss Anderson’s garden in Oban street, Roslyn. In spite of the unfavourable weather there was a good attendance of members and others, who followed, the demonstrator very closely. Before commencing the actual pruning Mr Dallas, in a short address, explained the use of pruning and its purposes. He emphasised the use of sharp and proper tools and the necessity for pruning for a purpose. He explained the planting of young trees and the pruning so as to build up a good foundation for a good fruiting tree in after years and them to prune so as to keep a well-balanced tree. He demonstrated by actual pruning of apple, poa.r, plum, and peach trees and gooseberry and currant bushes. At the conclusion Mr Dallas was accorded a hearty vote of thank? on the motion of Mr P. H. HolHngworth. In reply. Mr Dallas intimated that h« would be phased to assist the club a; any time, or anyone who was in doubt a had trouble with their fruit gardens. At a specal meeting of the Borough Council on Saturday evening matters concerning the sale of the Church Board properly and unpaid rates on certain sections of Melville Park were discussed, and the ooaaoil’s future action vra* determined.

lie progress of the big undertaking at Kawarau Falls, by which it is intended to dam the river and win the gold which rests in its bed, is illustrated in the Otago Witness to be published to-morrow. Photographs of national life and character in China occupy a page of the illustrations, and a very striking picture of the King end Queen arriving at Wembley graces the front page, having with it a unique presentment of the Prino© of Wales in Canadian butter and further pictures of the Prince in Africa. The scone at Trentham races on Tuesday lost, when Sir Georgy Clifford received a national presentation, provides good photographs. The ceremonies connected with the unveiling of the memorial erected on Gallipoli in memory of the unretuming dead are suitably illustrated, and these ore fully described in an article. A good photograph of the Hon. W. Dowtio Stewart on his return from America, the New Zealand Rugby League team in Australia, the derailment at Mount Allan (Central Otago), women’s international football match at Herne Hill, the Western and Central football teams, and several other topical pictures make up a good selection. In the literary pages the contents bill is as varied as it is interesting, and among the new features is the first of a series of articles on “Thoughts for the Times,” by Miss A. Maude Royden. In Great Britain Miss Royden occupies a large place as a publicist, and her sermons have attracted wide attention. Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., presided over a short sitting of the City Police Court on Saturday, when a young woman who had previously been remanded on ■> charge of obtaining a pair of ladies’ shoes, valued at £2 2s 6d, from David Rankin Haatie by false pretences, was further renlanded for a week to enable inquiries to be made concerning other possible charges. Chief-detective Lewis, who prosecuted, said the police had reason to think that there might be someone whom the accused was trying to shield. The accused had used the name of Nurse De La tour, which was not her name, but a fictitious on© in connection with the charge laid against her. Mr J. M. Gillies said he was instructed by Mir Hanlon to appear for the accused. He had no objection to a further remand. H© had, however, advised the accused not to divulge anything. Ensign Coombs also agreed that in the circumstances a further remand was desirable. The Magistrate said ho would grant the remand applied for. Accused would be released on her own recognisance of £lO, end ho would make an order prohibiting the publication of her name meanwhile. During the past week officers of the Police and Tourist Departments have been making investigations at the southern end of Lake Taupo into reports which recently appeared, following complaints to the Minister of Internal Affairs by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, as to extensive poaching of trout by Natives in the close season. The streams in the district have been carefully examined with a view particularly to ascertaining the correctness of the report that a dam for taking trout had been made on one of the streamsf states n correspondent). It is reported that at least two, dams of substantial construction hare been seen, one in the Tongariro and one in another stream. A report on their investigations has boon prepared by the officers, and when this has been submitted to headquarters the matter will be further ventilated. When the Palmerston North resident attacks his beefsteak it is a two-to-one chance against its being prime or even ordinary bullock. The vital statistics issued by the abattoirs has for many months past shown a much greater death rate among cows than among bullocks. This fact was remarked on at a meeting of the borough* council by Mr J. H'odgens, who pointed out that the respective figures in the latest return were 285, a* against 137. The councillor suggested that a return should be made showing on behalf of what ’butchers such a quantity of cow beef was slaughtered. Labour’s land policy, which he called the leasehold, gave Mr Potter (Roskill) the chance for caustic criticism in the House of Representatives the other day. How would it be financed? ho asked. The Labour Party told them it would rajse £200,000,000 to buy all the land, and it would have a State bank. Then the country would get into a wonderful financial predicament. Their bonds would drop down to the value of German markq, of which. he recently got some, millions in paper notes. He was astonished Tit people going on the platform to advocate such piffle. It showed they did not possess one iota of financial ability. • The practice of men and women working together in a tailoring workroom was referred to in the Arbitration Court at Auckland during the hearing of the tailors’ dispute. For the union, it was stated that the tailorosses had asked that a special appeal should be made for the women to work away from the men. The President (Mr Justice Frazer) said he did not think there was any vital objection to the system on the ground of morality, but he thought it was preferable that men and women should be separated if it could be done (reports the New Zealand Herald). Women worked best by themselves, and men likewise. Girls had their own little bit of gossip, which they liked to have to themselves, while if men were by themselves they could talk more freely and smoke if the institution permitted it. In evidence, a master tailor said that a man in charge of four girls might not be at the same table as the girls were. The Economic Committee of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce probably holds the record in respect of the hour at which it meets (states the Christchurch Press). Being composed of busy men, the meetings are held monthly at the chamber at 7.30 a.m., and start off with breakfast, which is served in the library. By 9 o'clock breakfast and weighty economic questions have been discussed with members of the Economic Department of Canterbury Colllge. The idea is, of course, to save the time of busy men, and so far it has worked out very satisfactorily. They do things handsomely in the States. On September 25 there will sail from New York, carrying 450 students and a number of professors, an 18,000-ton liner chartered by New York University for an experimental tour, during which the studies of Ihe students will go on as usual. The term in this floating college will last for eight months, during which period the ship will visit 50 ports in 36 different countries and in five continents. The ship will proceed to Cuba, thence through the Panama Canal to Honolulu and the Far East Arrangements will be made for a visit to Palestine, Turkey, and Greece, with two weeks’ visits in Italy, England, France, and Germany. “I think it is a very good move; these half and half-holidays are a continual worry to everyone concerned,” remarked Mr F. \V Vosseler at a meeting of the Wellington Industrial Association when a communication from the Canterbury Association was read, stating (says the Wellington Evening Post) that that association was of the opinion that industrial, commercial, and labour associations should confer and arrive at some uniform plan for the observance of holidays, which for various reasons may be “declared” by the mayor at short notice, or which are not provided for in the statutes or awards. The Canterbury executive suggested that it was not in the interests of employer or employees that factories should be closed on extra days unless there were some particular function calling for public attendance, and that in such cases, time off, should be from noon only. A proper method of observance of national mourning or respect, it was suggested, was five minutes’ silence and complete cessation of work, such as was observed on the anniversary of Armistice Day. The proposals made by the Canterbury Association are to be conveyed to members of the Wellington association by circular, and will be con. sidered at their next meeting. Albany Street School ex-pupils and wellwishers are reminded of a meeting at the school to-morrow evening to arrange for a reunion and discuss the formation of an Albany Street School Association. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, tor Coughs and Cold*, never fails.-Advt. Have your old-ia«hioned wending ring remodelled at Williamsons, The Quality Jewellers (next The Bristol).-Advt. A, E. J. Blakeley and W. E. Bagley, dentists. Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office), Telephone 1859. —Advt. Sara Your Eyes-—Consult Peter O. Dick. DBOA. F. 1.0., London, consulting and oculists’ optician,— '‘Peter Dick,” jeweller* and eytiraww. Uamj pfcea> Uunadw--