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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19785, 10 May 1926, Page 8

The Otago Witness to be published tomorrow is a special souvenir of the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, which closed at Logan Park on May 1, and in every respect is worthy of its purpose. Its articles and special features dealt with the history-making event, its double-page supplement depicts the Grand Court crowded with visitors on a busy day, and everyone of its sixteen pages of illustrations is devoted to showing typical scenes and studies in connection with the Exhibition. The front page is specially artistic Divided into two secf is its top picture shows the Grand Court in the heyday of its popularity, flooded with sunshine and alive with patrons. Below is the same scene ' the stillness of autumn when the great venture closed down; and, empty of life and hung in shadows with its reflection of the dome in the miniature lake undisturbed by the least ripple, it affords a striking contrast to the picture above. From there, the whole story of the Exhibition is unfolded. Logan Park when it was known as Lake Logan is shown, followed by the ceremony of the turning of the first sod, and later still by the festivities wbich attended the day when the Exhibition was announced as officially open. Next one sees the Exhibition as revealed by some of its prominent features. Here are the thrills and laughs typical of the Amusement Park; here is the official p! ctograph of the full band of the 2nd battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders whose music delighted hundred* of thousands of visitors; here are the treasures of the courts —the British, Canadian, and Australian, and the Otago, Canterbury, Southland, Auckland, Wellington, and Marlborough Provincial Courts; and here is the Art Gallery with all its store of treasures. A picture of the scene illuminated by fairy lights at night-time is a piece of artistry. Then are depicted two outstanding events in connection with the Exhibition—the day when the threemillionth visitor arrived and th e closing day of the great enterprise. In connection with the latter of these are shown the hucre crowds present, the ceremony in the Festival Hall, and men intimately concerned with the management and control of the venture. Altogether the issue is one which will prized by everybody who visited the Exhibition during its duration.

“Trade within the Empire” is a slogan which has been voiced practically at every conference held at Dunedin during the past six months, and its desirability has truly been called to the heavens in the various functions connected with the closing of the Exhibition. If, however, information which has been received from Auckland is correct, it would seem that we have to put our own house in order and make a start first of all with trade within New Zealand. The information from Auckland is of such a curious character that it is considered some mistake has been made, and a telegram has been despatched asking for verification. Tha position is that the Phoenix Company received an order for chocolates a few days ago from an Auckland man who desired to sell them at the Auckland Winter Show. The Dunedin firm has now received word that the show authorities refuse to allow the sale of chocolates except from confectionery firms which are exhibiting at tha show. It is to be hoped that there is some mistake in the information received by the Phoenix Company, as it has caused a feeling of keen resentment in local business circles. As part of the observance of Hospital Week, special reference was made to the subject in two of the principal churches in the city yesterday. At 11 o’clock solemn high ma«s was celebrated in St. Joseph’s Cathedral The Rev. Father Monaghan was celebrant, the Rev. M. I'lenberg deacon, the Rev. J. M‘Kay subdeacon, and the Rev C. Evans master of eerernonies. Members of the Hospital Board, the medical and nursing staffs of the Dunedin public and private hospitals were present during the celebration. His Lordship Bishop Whyte gave the occasional discourse, and, after extending a welcome to the Hospital representatives, he paid •> tribute to the authorities on behaif of the priests and Roman Catholic people of Dunedin for the provision that was made for the spiritual comof the sick and dying. The remainder of the address was devoted to tracing the history of the St, Vincent de Pfui Society and emphasising the beneficient work carried out by the organisation in its various spheres of charitable endeavour. At the evening service at Knox Church special seats were reserved for representatives of the Hospital, and the Rev. Tullooh Vuiile preached a sneeial sermon appropriate to the occasion. Among the arrivals at the port of Otago yesterday was (he oa/go steamer City of Batavia, which came from New York by way of northern New Zealand ports. Tha steamer suffered damage through encountering heavy gales in the Atlantic in February last when on a voyage from South Africa to America. She had repairs effected at New York, and then loaded general merchandise for New Zealand. The steamer left the American port on. March 11. Next day, in response to wireless signals of distress, she proceeded to the aid of the German steamer Adolf Leonhardt. which was drifting helplessly, having lost her propeller. After great difficulty, owing to the stormy weather, the City of Batavia towed the disabled steamer 250 miles to 1 rfolk, Virginia. Before resuming her voyage the City of Batvia replenished her bunkers at Norfolk. She reached Colon on March 24, and cleared Balboa the following day. Fine weather prevailed in the Pacific until after parsing Pitcairn Island, when south-east gales, accompanied by high following seas and a cross south-west swell, were encountered and continued almost to arrival at Auckland. A malicious false alarm given by telephone was responsible for the City Fire Brigade and also for the South Dunedin section of the brigade despatching machines to Macandrew road at 11.33 a.m. yesterday. “To allow a man to fish for £1 for a full season n any part of New Zealand is ridiculous, especially when it is considered that the (rout-fishing in this country is unique both for the size of the fish and the quantities that may be obtained,” remarked a member of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society at the last meeting. Ha explained that the ogly revenue the society received was from license fees, and it was only in New Zealand Jhat such sport could he provided at a merely nominal charge. The climate and conditions here were so remarkable that game increased almost out of hand in a few years, and there was no question that so far as New Zealand sport was concerned it was the cheapest of any place in the world where sport was. controlled. In connection with the question of fees (says our own correspondent) it was pointed out that the system in vogue in all other countries between the visitor and the resident. Visions were required to pay higher fees than residents for sporting privileges, and it is inevitable that a change would have to . be made in the Dominion in that direction.

The love of children for children is proverbial, and it spi_ks volumes for the kindly feeling in the hearts of the rising generation that Joyce Reid, the winner in the essay competition, the result of which was published in our columns on Saturday, had made up her mind that in the event of winning the prize it would be passed on to the children of St. Mary's Orphanage, whose smiling faces had often attracted her as she jassed the home. The result is that there are two groups of very happy youngsters busy dissecting the mysteries of a large Christmas stocking. “There is more spent on the latest fashion in women’s hairdressing than is given to missions. That £2,000,000 is being spent annually on hairdressingmore than is spent on missions—indicates that we have lost all sense of proportion,” said the Rev. R. do Lambert at the Dominion Conference of the C.E.M.S at Christchurch on Thursday (says the Press). The new railway goods yards on the reclamation area on the Anderson s Bay road is practically completed, and all that remains to be carried out is the formation of access from the Bay road. This yard will replace the yard now on the workshops site at Hillside. When it is opened for traffic the Kensington site will be freed to allow of clearing away in preparation for the erection of a new paint shop. An unusual accident occurred in the main sheet at "almerston North on Wednesday last, when a motor lorry, in endeavouring to avoid a collision with a motor car, ran on to the pavement, and crashed into the side of a shop, knocking a large hole in the wail, and throwing the side of the building out of alignment. Wednesday was a half-holiday, but the propritor was inside at the time of the occurrence. Shelves wer@ dislodged, goods were scattered about, the counter was pushed several feet across the shop, and th e side of a glass case was shattered, but the damage was mostly confined to the wall and the shop fittings. The forepart of the lorry was badly damaged, and the vehicle had to be towed away. The driver escaped injury. Usually a serious, sedate lot are the jurymen, with scarcely a smile as they sit in judgment on the prisoner in the dock, but one juryman in a trial at the Supreme Court at 'Auckland last week was somehow different. He was called to his place among the 12 good man and true, a broad smile on his lips, and his jaws rapidly moving—he was chewing gum. Throughout the trial he chewed _ and smiled, and when thg case was finished, and he had assisted to return a true verdict, he still chewed, and the last that was seen of him as he left the precincts of th e court was his jaws moving rapidly. By a strange coincidence a juror in the next trial was also chewing, but he was a more serious minded man. He didn’t smile. Prior to the commencement of a civil action at the Timaru sittings of the Supreme Court on ’Thursday, his Honor ' Mr Justice Adams advised counsel m the case that he had received through, the post a number of documents from some person or other, relating to the case. He had not looked at the documents, but had had them placed on the court files. It was a grave impropriety for any person to endeavour to influence the judge by communicating with him through the post or in open court. Under ordinary circumstances the action of whoever sent the documents would be subject to the exercise of the court’s decision. Mr F. D. Sargent, of Christchurch, counsel for the plaintiff in the case concerned, said thit when he heard of the unfortunate conduct mentioned by his Honor, he conferred with Mr W. D. Campbell, counsel for -ie defendants, and they agreed that neither counsel was concerned with the occurrence. His Honor said that he had not for one moment entertained the idea that any responsible person had had anything to do with the matter. The many friends of Mr Diamond Jenness, formerly of Lower Hutt, and a distinguished ex-student of Victoria University College, will be pleased to learn that ho is now at file bead of anthropological research work in Canada (says the Wellington Post). Writing to a in Wellington, Mr .leanness says that in New Zealand the Maoris were not so very different in various parts of the country, but in Canada there is nearly as much diversity among the aboriginal races as ; there is in Africa. There are at least seven, and probably eight, distinct languages, and a territory nearly as vast as the African continent. Mr Jenm.s states that h e was appointed chief of the anthropological division in Canada since the resignation of his late chief, Dr Sapier, who has become professor of anthropology in the University of Chicago. At present Mr Jenness is in Alaska. The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has written to the executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union stating that the board continues its endeavour to open up now markets, and to develop trade with the Continent. It was of interest to note that, so far this season, the Meat Board had shipped as f0110w578,640 freight carcases of meat to Genoa, 59,797 carcases to Antwerp, and 35,585 carcases to Havre. The Raranga was to load this month approximately 60,C00 freight carcases for Genoa, and also a quantity for Havre. There was the prospect of another steamer being arranged in June for Continental ports. The Meat Control Board reported that “presents of lamb" scheme continued to meet with excellent results. Lady Burnham had written to the board stating that with the proper method of cooking New Zealand frozen lamb was excellent. “I have been pushing Dominion goods for years,” added Lady Burnham, “and was delighted to hear from several shops that they have taken my advice, and are now selling them.” Notice has been given by Mr R. S. MTLenzie to move three rather important motions at the annual meeting of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society on Wednesday (reports the Press). One proposes that a more modern and effective method, and one designed to secure a r. e satisfactory representation of members of the society on the council should be substituted for the present system of electing the council of the society. Another proposes an addition to rule 2, to provide that a select committee of not less than five and ont more than seven shall decide, after hearing evidence, whether a person accused of a breach of any of the society's regulations or rules shall be prosecuted in the Magistrate’s Court, a bare majority of the special committee to decide A third proposition is; “When it is decided to prosecute any person or persona in the Magistrate’s Court, and such person or persons b e convicted and fined, he or they shall be deemed to have paid the penalty for the particular offence or offences, and on further punishment Shall be inflicted by th e society for such offence or offences. 11 A visit to the booking office is an essential preliminary to a yailway journey for most people. Why is it called ” booking office, seeing that the only articles issued are tickets? In th e early days of railways, locomotives were used primarily for hauling coal and heavy goods, and passengers were a secondary consideration. Hence such passengers as there wore had to go on to the office and write their names in a book, as they had long been accustomed to do when travelling by the stage coach. These names wore then written on a way bill, which was handed to the guard of the train. Even the bugL of the stage coach was copied in those earlier days. The bugler did not ride on the train, but the railway companies employed a trumpeter to stand at the end of the platform and play _ a lively tune as the train started on its journey. The guard’s whistle took the piaec of the trumpet.

An order for £ls is the special prize at the Dunedin Euchre Assembly’s tourney to-night in the South Dunedin Town Hall. Buy an Alarm from the people who know clocks and a-sure satisfaction. —Williamsons (nest the Bristol). —Advt. Eyes are precious. At first sign of weakness go to the qualified and experienced (20 years) optometrist. W V. Sturmer. D. 5.0.1., G.A.0.G., Octagon, Dunedin. Most up-to-date equipment, including test electrically-lit testing charts in stalled. Advt. A. K. J Blakeley and W. H. Bagley, dentists. Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets ( next Telegraph Olfice) Telephone 18.10 —Advt Make no mistake. For honest value in jewellery, watches, and optical goods. “Petet Dick.” the most reliable watchmakers, jewellers, and optometrists, 490 Moray place (opp. City Hotel). —Advt.