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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19697, 26 January 1926, Page 8

The postal authorities advise that the steamer Ulimaroa, which is due at Auckland to-day from Sydney, is carryim? a large Australian mail for New Zealand. The Dunedin portion, consisting of 23 bags, should come to hand on Thursday afternoon. The steamer Waiwera, which arrived at Dunedin on Sunday from London, brought one bag of English letters. A large English parcel mail, ex the Arawa at Auckland, consisting of 110 hampers, reached Dunedin yesterday morning. The local Tourist Department officials gir» an absolute denial to the statement, published by 'us on Friday last, on, as we said, unimpeachable evidence that an inquirer was unable to secure information respecting Stewart Island as it was outside New Zealand. “Every member of the staff,” the tourist agent says, “has the particulars of the Stewart Island trip off at his finger ends and has booked dozens of people there during the last two months. We frequently have people asking about the trip to the islands, moaning, of course, the South- Sea Islands’ trip, and as w© do not book for this w© have to refer people elsewhere. Possibly your informant heard the lady inquire about the islands’ trip, and connected it with Stewart Island. It is significant that no complaint has come from the lady herself." “The literature of the Dunedin paella is confined mostly to the present-day light novel, costing 6s, and the 2s 6d reprint editions,” stated a bookseller yesterday. “There is a small demand for cheap book* of travel and for the better class of works of biological and political interest at Home. Novels dealing with society, the present-day life in England, and historical subjects are in strong demand.’’ The bookseller said that the trade generally reported a dullness. It was due, without doubt, to the attraction* of the Exhibition, where the public was spending its time and money. Another large contingent of new arrivals reached Wellington on Saturday afternoon by the steamer Ruahine from Southampton. Those booked for Otago and Southland will reach Dunedin this afternoon by the first express from Christchurch. Passengers’ baggage is on board the Moeraki, due bar* to-morrow. At last night’s meeting of the Port Chalmers Borough Council a councillor remarked that the increasing loss on die gasworks was serious and would have to be taken into consideration. The Chairman of the Gas Committee said it did not pay to supply gaa installation* for gas rings. A councillor advocated a cooking demonstration. The Mayor said he would se® what could be done, and hoped to have a definite suggestion to place before the next meeting of the council. Up to Friday last the weather at Palmerston for the fortnight was very warm and dry. On Friday afternoon, however, heavy rain fell, and it continued well oa into the night (reports our Palmerston correspondent). The long spoil of ary weather has developed the crops wonderfully, and harvesting will soon be in. fuH swing. Good crops of hay, plenty of grass, and prospects of a large yield of ternipe give -promise of an abundance of f«wi tor the coming winter. The Science Congress to be hold in Dotted in this week promises to be an event of considerable importance. Already quite a number of visiting scientists have arrived Some of the discussions will be o! more than ordinary importance, and amongst Che foremost will be the question of blackberry control, and the present economic position of the Maori race. A service that will prove outstanding in the life of Betty Joan, the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Harper, settlers on the Island of Kawa, was held on Sunday in the historic library of Mansion House, when the sacrament of baptism was administered before a large gathering by the Rev. K. Geo. Coats, vicar of the Church of the Epiphany, Auckland (report* our Auckland correspondent). He stood beneath the house flag of the late Sir George Grey, which dates back to the sixties, and the christening bowl stood upon the old table on which the Treaty of Waitangi was signed. It if over 50 years since there was a christening in the Mansion House, that occasion being tile baptism of a grand-niece of Sir George Grey. The mulberry tree on the drive opposite the Duke ‘of Edinburgh’s pine was planted on that occasion. The idea of lining the main southern rood in New South Wales with trees right through from Sydney to Goulbum, a die tanee of more than 100 miles, has been conceived by the Forest League. Municipal councils along the route (reports our Sydney correspondent) have been written to by the league, suggesting that they should take the work in hand. Although the practice of destroying beautiful native trees along the roadside has now been largely discontinued, it prevailed unfortunately when the main road* were laid down. The fruits of that narrow policy are seen to-day, for in all directions from Sydney the main highways have been afforcing not only pleasure to the eye, but some measure of protection to travellers from wind and beat. It has been hinted to the Main Roads Board that it might do its share in this great scheme of beautification if the councils are prepared to give the project their assistance. The contention is that while a dustless and rutless surface for traffic is, of course, the prime consideration in road making, the amenities of the road cannot bo overlooked. Two ship’s bells for the Jubilee Institute for the Blind were brought to Auckland by H.M.S. Diomedes (reports out Auckland correspondent). The bells were secured by Earl Jellicoe at the request of Mr Clutha Mackenzie, director of the institute, the purchase being made from the Admiralty. One belonged to the destroyer Laurel, and the other to the light cruiser Cordelia, both of which ships saw a good deal of fighting in the Great War. One of the bells Earl Jellicoe is presenting to the institute, and. the other ia being paid for.

The following are tlr© returns of infectious diseases at the Dunedin and Fever Hospitals far the week ended at noon yesterday:—Diphtheria, admitted one, discharged two, remaining 11; scarlet fever, «o admissions, no discharges, remaining four. Nearly 100 descendants of the pioneer Missionaries, Archdeacon Henry W illiams and Bishop William Williams, will gather at Paihia, North Auckland, to-morrow to witness the consecration of the Memorial Church which has been erected to their memory (reports our Auckland correspondent). Bishop Williams arrived in Now Zealand in 1826, Archdeacon Henry Williams having landed three years earlier. The memorial church is built of stonequarried at the Bay of Islands. A room lias been provided where documents of mi historic nature and relics relating to mission work will be preserved. The fittings a-ul decorations of the church are the gifts_ of members oi the family. The coitse?ration • eremony will be conducted by Archbishop Averill, and Archdeacon IT. W. Williams will preach' the opening sermon. A movement in Sydney for the apphcaKon of native names to our flowers and birds has opened the door to quite an interesting controversy in the columns of the press (reports our Sydney correspondent). Those who oppose tht> idea, contend that it. is impossible of successful application because of the dialects among the Australian trihes, who have not one common language like the Maorjs. This has been met l-y the answer that there are dialects in KngUnd and in Scotland, for example, but that ihat. has not prevented one name, where necessary, from becoming universal. The idea is "to try to give a universal native name, and one, of course, not without euphony, to an Australian bird or flower where there are now many local names, each unknown in other localities. The aim, broadly, is to do what writers and poets have done in their own countries —i.e., to give expression to our own individuality by applving in this case the most suitable and musical native names to our flowers and birds. Even scientists have entered the controversial lists, in opposition to the idea, but they have been politely reminded that science "can be left to chose her own language for her own work, without meddling in this movement. During the last trip of the Moeraki to and from Melbourne opportunity was taken to give the passengers a view of Millard Sound, one of the scenic wonders of the Dominion. On both occasions a fine view of the mountains was obtained, but on Thursday the -visibility was particularly good, and when steaming up the sound a, splendid spectacle was presented by the sight of Mitre Peak, snow-clad and majestic. Coming up the coast passengers had an opportunity of seeing the Southern Alps spread- out like a gigantic panorama, a view not often obtainable. Mount Cook, the Hoehstetter Dome, and the many minor peaks of the range were all plainly visible to the oassengers seated in comfort on trie spacious promenade deck of the Moeraki. During the journey across the Ta*man Scathe passengers, of whom there were over 300,. "were favoured with excellent weather conditions, and many amusements were arranged in their interests. The Moeraki left Wellington yesterday on her return voyage to Melbourne, via Lyttelton, Dunedin. and Bluff, and a further visit will be paid to Milford Sound before leaving the Dominion /or AustraliaMessrs N. Dodds, J.P., and J. Tait, J.P., presided at a brief sitting of the Port Chalmers Court yesterday. Two first offenders on charges of drunkenness were respectively 10s and 20s. There is one member of the Wellington cricket team who will return to Wellington with the feeling that although he has shared in a defeat, he has yet won a victory which should at least bring joy to the hearts of some of his lady friends should he elect to pay freight on the half-hundred-weight or eo of chocolates he won at the Exhibition on Saturday night. One thing is certain, and that is the genial Wellington all-rounder on future visits to the Amusements Park will be viewed with cold suspicion by the proprietors of the "'four-for-a-bob'' skittle alleys. Out of five shots, four were successful in clearing off all the standing skittles, and the bowler's pile of prizes began to mount. At the fifth "-hot the agonfsed proprietor, with visions of a possible bankruptcy if such a state of things were allowed to continue,_ wailed "No, no, for G — sake go away, mister !" » The Rev. H. 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