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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19761, 12 April 1926, Page 8

Sitting in Chambers in the Supreme Court at Wellington, his Honor Mr Justice Sim granted probate of the following estates Thomas Connor, of Eaikorai {Mr John Wilkinson) i James Pickford M lines, of Port Chalmers (Mr A. Sinclair); George William Davidson, of Milton (Mr G. H. Thomson); Edmund Pitts Cornkh, of Dunedin (Mr P. Lemon); Sarah Baker, of Dun. edin (Mr J. W. Thomson); Alexander Walker, of Miller's Flat -(Mr S. Fletcher); Thomas Hunter, of Hillgrove (Mr W. G. Grave); Ann Amelia Fieldwick, of Dunedin (Mr W. G. Hay); Thomas Johnston, of Oamaru (Mr L. H. Sump’or); Edith Haggittr of Dunedin (Mr H. L. Cook). Letters of administration; -were granted in ’cohriec'tiofe .with; estate of Ann WCardlish Gorrie. of Dunedin (Mr W. R. Brugh), The public services come in for a fair share of criticism at times -onceming their efficiency, so the following instance of promptness at the hands ' the Post and Telegraph officials is nc without interest (writes our Temuka correspondent). At 1.45 p . on Thursday a telegram was handed in nt the Temuka Post Office, asking a Wellington firm to forward a part for a milking lant. The part came back by the next morning’s mail, and was handed over the counter before 4. o’clock on Friday lorning. This enabled the farmer to get his milking plant in order again without undue delay. A protest against the liberation of pheasants ofi the properties of persons who do not allow the public to shoot over their land was made by a member of the council of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society on Thursday evening (telegraphs our correspondent. The- speaker stated that the birds were liberated by the society, and then the owners shut out the public and kept the shooting for themselves and their friends. Itwas urged that the birds should be liberated on waste lands, where the public could get at them. The chairman (Mr C. A. Whitney) .remarked that it was sometimes an advantage to the society for owners of land to exclude the public In one such instance birds had spread over the surrounding district and multiplied, with the result 'hat the next year the shooting w- excellent. To entertain 340 youngsters successfully is no light task, but no one can gainsay that the outing tendered to the inmates of the various Dunedin orphanages on Saturday by the members of the Otago Motor Club will long linger in the memory of the children who participated a one of the events of their lives. Some 70 motor cars conveyed them to Wincatui, where, by th courtesy of the Dunedin Jockey (dub. the racecourse was thrown open as a picknicking ground. There the children were entertained right royally, and after a complete surfeit of lollies, cakes, and lemonade ’ere brought back to Dunedin very tired, but thoroughly contented. An intimation that in the meantime trout licenses would entitle the holders to take salmon, but not tor sale, was received by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society on Thursday evening from the Minister of Internal Affairs (teh graphs our correspondent). The announcement drew a remark from the chairman (Mr C. A. Whitney) that toward the end of March a fisherman had caught young Atlantic salmon weighing about IJlb in the Wanganui River near Taumarunui. It was only two years and a half since the first salmon fry were introduced in Wanganui, he added, and this showed that they were already making good. Ova were obtained from t-.c Lake Te Anau stock, and were hatched in the Government hatchery. From 003,000 to 600.000 fry were being liberated each year The salmon caught would have gained another two pounds in weight by next year.

At the last meeting of the Taieri County Council a petition signed by over 70 StrathTaieri ratepayers was received, asxing that A road should be formed on another route to avoid the dangerous grade on the Deep Stream Hill. The necessity for ' something being done was emphasised on April 2, when a party of motorists was coming down the hill (writes a local resident). The crown wheel gave way, all the gears and brakes were immediately put out of action, and there appeared to be nothing to stop the car and its passengers from being hurled to the bottom of the gorge.. Fortunately a small rock impeded the car's progress, and the passengers were saved from what might have been a fatal accident. As one passenger put it, “He never expected to be so near death and miss it.’’ Five bankruptcies were notified in last week’s issue of the New Zealand Gazette — twe in the North Island and three in the South Island. In the course c? an official ceremony of farewell, which he was tendered at Wanganui on Saturday, Sir James Parr said that as Minister of Education he had always been inspired by a firm belief that no modern country could make headway unless it spent money liberally in the cause of education (telegraohs our own correspondent). Illiteracy, the Minister said, was an enemv of democracy. Russia wae an arresting example of how an ignorant country could be swept into chaos. He thought that New Zealand was not doing too much in the interests of education, and he believer that during the last six years in which he Had been Minister of Education some good had been accomplished. The public was now realising t ,at education was r front line activity and not a side line. It was difficult to believe that there ha ’ been a waste in the expenditure on education when it was known that 81 per cent, of th - total expended on education was paid in salaries, and only Hi per cent, went in the erection and maintenance of buildings. It would be seen, therefore, ‘that practically 90 per cent, of the expenditure was on necessities. The issue of the Otago Witness to be published to-morrow is again made attractive by 12 pages of illustrations, two and a-half of which give' some idea of the large, enthusiastic crowds that met at the Exhibition during Easter. Not the least attractive : them are- .ose which show the hundreds of visiting school children, some of whom, from Stewart Island, had never seen a tram, a train, or a motor car till they came tc the mainland. The New Zealand Inter-University Athletic Championships at Dunedin make a fine, alive full page, and the Golden Jubilee of the Christian Brothers' School at Dunedin, the Easter Racing Carnival at Christch' rch. and the Geraldine an., Temuka A. and P. Association's Show at . Winchester provide subjects of similar topical value. From overseas come some Oxtemely interesting photographs. “Unearthing Anothc* Roman Town’’ makes a picturesque front page, and shows some of the ruins of Thubourba Majus, the old Roman town near Tunis, at present being excavated “Fanning Island, an Outpost of the Empire.” is described pictorially. in a bright full page, and “The Wilkins North Pole Air Flight” gives a splendid idea of the latest expedition to the frozen - north. The rest of the illustrations are equally-good, and will pro. vide much varied interest. Reports published by English papers seeming forecast a rise in the price of tea prompted an inquiry as to the position end prospects t.' the tea market (telegraphs our Auckland correspondent). The consensus of opinion appears to be that though increases in the cost to themselves would warrant and even call tor an increase in their charges to retailers, and >y them to the consumers, none of the Dominion houses was likely to take the Initiative in such a movement. “All packet teas put out by reputable packers in the Dominion should be increased in price, said the mahirger of one warehouse. “Taking into consideration the present imported cost of tea as compared with that of 12 or 18 months ago. all teas, irrespective of quality, have advanced in price on an average not less than cd per cent in that period. That means an increase on Ceylon costs —and it is Ceylon and India tea that most New Zealanders call for —of 3£d per lb." Sir James Parr, who was tendered an official farewell at Wanganui on Saturday (says a Press Association telegram) paid s compliment to the press f New Zealand. said he had . ad a good innings from tho newspapers. The people did not realise fully the valuable asset their country had in an honest and capable press that could not be influenced. He publicly thanked the press for its cordial expression of goodwill. An interesting, sequel to a case which occupied the attention of the criminal courts jo Dunedin about two years ago -occurred in Wellington on Tuesday of lest week, when an application came before Mr - Justice Sim, sitting in Chambers, asking for the restoration of the, name of the Caxdrona Gold Mining Company to the list companies on the register. The circumstances are that a manager of the company referred to was charged ith the theft of 1950 z 9dwt 14gr of gold, valued at £7BO, the property of the company. There was an alternative charge of receiving the gold knowing it to have been dishonestly obtained. The accused was acqujtttd of both changes. The facts were that the company we.it into voliyitary liquidation on March 0, 1917, and on October 27. 1921, it was, struck off the register of companies. For a long time the bottle of gold remained in tb custody of the bank unclaimed, and recently the man who ts acquitted of the charges brought against him entered into an agree, ment to share half of the gold with a shareholder of the company. The shareholder, it is understood, was actio- on behalf of the company. The necessary sanction was obtained, and Mr F. B. Adams, acting on behalf of the com; y, applied to the Supreme • Court to have the name of the company restored r the list J regis. tered companies. The application was "ranted, and the next move will probably be for the company to declare a dividend. It would appear that the increasingly precarious position of the flour-milling trade in New Zealand, which Has been drawn attention to in the commercial columns of the Daily Times for some weeks past, is also receiving attention by the northern papers. The Lyttelton Times states that “large quantities of Australian flour are being imported into the Dominion at present, with the result that New Zealand millers are finding that the demand for their flour is much below norma! It is understood that sales last month were just about half what they were in March last year, and this is not confined to one mi!!, because, under the organisation of Distributors (Ltd.) each mill receives 'ts proportion of the business. The position is not getting any better, because there is flour arriving on each boat from Australia. The bulk is going to the North Island, but the South Island mill* are affected, as most of the Sour mills of the Dominion are in this Island This year the bulk of the North Island trade ha* gone to Australia, and local millers are experiencing a very slow demand for their flour. Apart frm the fact that money is hein" sent out of the country to purchase Australian flour, the position is a serious one. as it may lead to the mills, or some of them, closing down for a time. That the workers will have to be put on shorter time is certain, but, unless the demand for New Zealand flour improved, it is also probable that some of the mills will close down altogether for a month on so The trouble is that some of the mills rnav be shut down during the winter months, thus aggravating the unemployment position- which, according to Mr -H. Worrell, serreterv of fl.e General Labourers’ Union threatens to be acute this winter.’’ Motor thief or "joy rider,” whichever he was, he pot the shock of his life (relates the Auckland Star). A well-known poultry man was standing in Queen street, talking to a farmer from up north They were discussing horses—racehorses, to be exact—but the topic, changed with remarkable suddenness to a more modern vehicle. “There’s my motor." said the poultry man, pointing to a car being driven up the street Taking advantage of a temporary block in the line of traffic, he ran across to the car, opened the door near the wheel, nd with one jerk of his hand, palm upwards, sent the usurping driver flying out of the other, lie is a pretty powerful individual, this man, p"d the borrower of the car ran ff among fhe crowd with his head -iskew. as if his neck was decidedly uncomfortable. However if he is » philosopher, he will doubtless console himself- while applying the embrocation, with the thought that the hand that jerked him out of the car. however, lacking i n gentleness, wao preferable to the hand of a policeman.

After an inquiry lasting for 10 days In fcrder to adjust what is a fair proportion of the cost to bo borne by the Otago Harbour Board and the Dunedin Drainage Board in relation to the draining of a portion of the reclamation area at the rear of th railway station, the arbitration proceedings were brought to a conclusion on Saturday. All that now remains is for the arbitrators to come to a finding in the matter.. According to report ill-luck dogged Messrs E. J. Herrick (Hastings), James Muir (Hawera Flat), and Nelson, who returned to Invercargill from the fiord country on Thursday night after spending an unsatisfactory period in search of wapiti and moose. To begin with the party was delayed in reaching its hunting ground by unpropitious weather which still prevailed when it eventually reached the scene of their operations. They found traces of th© animals they sought in comparative profusion, but that was all. and it is considered that had they got out sooner more satisfactory results would have been obtained. They fully intend (says the Southland Times) to return 12 months hence with the hope of being recompensed to a large degree. As a rule it is the pedestrian who complains about the reckless motorist, but a motorist recently complained to an Auckland Star reporter about his own fraternity. “There is no pleasure,” he complained, “in driving a car in these days. The other day I was out on a quiet suburban road where there was no excuse for anything but the most careful driving, and was almost run down by a road-hog.’ He came round the corner at a terriffic bat, and nothing but a miracle prevented the hospital being encumbered with several people. More by instinct than by anything else, I jammed my car hard over on to the edge of the road, next a hedge, and the careering madman went by in a flash with just enough room to clear. It is people like him that get motori- a bad flame. He is not only a menace to everyone on the road, but he makes motoring a positive nightmare Ton never know when you are going to meet this feather-brained kind, and instead of enjoying a drive, as we used to do in the old days, when motor tar people bad more.sensi of responsibility, re are now on the tenterhooks the whole dme from when we Have the garage until re get back thankful we are safe.” The steamer Matakana, which met with in accident on the eve of her departure from Liverpool about the middle of February, arrived at Auckland from England last Tuesday. The vessel loaded her general cargo at Glasgow and Liverpool an>l it was when leaving the last-named port* that the steamer damaged her starbroad propeller against the wall of the lock. She was immediately docked for examination, and it was found that her hull had not suffered as a result of the smash. A small quantity of the steamer’s cargo was unloaded, the damaged propeller removed, and a second stgrt made on February 28, the repairs having occupied about two weeks. Fair weather was experienced on the outward voyage, which was uneventful. Bv a series of resolutions carried with absolute unanimity, a conference representative of rotary in Great Britain committed the movement to definite co-opera-tion with the League of Nations. According to a rotorian contributor of the Review of Reviews, the gist of the resolutions is that the meeting recmmended to the board - of directors of rotarv and the League of Nations Union that (1) a joint committee shall be set up, empowered to add to its numbers British representatives on the International Chamber of Commerce, and (2) rotary asks that Rotary, International shall :be represented a* the forthcoming Economic Conference of the League, so that '5) rotary may be instrumental in urging on the conference of the League the importance of setting up machinery to standardise business practice among the nations of the world *o that practices conducive to international ill-will may be gradually and peaceful)? eliminated. The writer remarks that considerable skill had been shown in framing a policy which would give rotary all that it can wish ‘n influence, without pledging it to support political activities of the League of ations. The March number of the Round Table opens with an article on the “Next Imperial Conference.” The first question asked is whether there is anything that can be usefully discussed at it. If Imperial conferences are simply to be occasions for junketing the institution will obvious soon cease to exist. In the Round Table’s opinion, although there is no call for a revision of our constitutional relations, there are questions of great importance that demand attention if the Prime Mmistc-s are ready to come to grips with t-em. _ It reviews the present inter-imperial position both on the political and on the economic side, and •’xplains the way in which the former has been affected by Locarno. The real character of existing arrangements both as regards preference and as regards defence and diplomacy is Analysed with unconprorhising frankness, and some practical sug. gestions are put forward. These suggestions are made at once because he effectiveness of the Imperial Conference will largely depend upon the way in which the ground has been prepared in advance. An order for £5 will be the special prize at the euchre tourney in the Waratah Ten Rooms to-night. The Railway Department advertise in this issue special excursion trains and cheap fares to Dunedin from Palmerston and intermediate stations and from MiltonAllanton and intermediate stations on Saturday, April 1? Don’t risk losing a diamond trom vou» ring. Let Williamson’s the ringmakers attend to the settings.—rtdvt. Eyes are precious. At first sign of weakness go to the qualified and experienced ■ (20 vears) optometrist, W V Sturmer. D. 5.0.1., Q.A.0.C., Octagon, Dunedin. Most up-to-date equipment, including test electrically-lit testing charts installed. —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. For diamond lingagement rings; fioi.. £lO to £2OO .and lifetime watches —Peter Dick, ’ewellers and optometrists 490 Morav place. Dunedin. Send for ‘'atalogue Advt.