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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19969, 10 December 1926, Page 10

The Otago Provincial Girl Guides’ Association has arranged to hold a review at Tahuna Park to-morrow, when the public will be given an opportunity of witnessing a display depicting the various activities of the guides. The Ladv Ferguson Cup will be presented by Mr P. R. Sargood, a member of the Dominion Council ot the Boy Scouts. Brigadior-general Andrew, Chief Commissioner of the Boy Scouts, will also bo present. Should the weather prove unfavourable the review will be held at the Drill Hall. Kensington. The St. Kilda Band will be in attendance.

Four large overseas steamers, with an aggregate gross tonnage of 23,400, arrived at Dunedin during the past two days. Two came from New York, via northern ports, one from Sydney (Cape Breton) and Montreal, and the other from Pacific Coast ports. The Cclac, which arrived yesterday afternoon, was formerly a unit of the Commonwealth Government Line. She was laid up at Falmouth for about 15 months, and was then purchased by the HuddartParker Company, of Melbourne. The vessel steamed from England to Eastern Canadian ports to load for New Zealand and Sydney. The Port Sydney, which entered the Heads at 8 a.m. yesterday, was berthed at Port Chalmers an hour later to discharge the Dunedin portion of her New York cargo. This vessel has a length of 501 feet, which prevents her from coming to Dunedin. She was built at Belfast in 1914, and was formerly known as the Star of England, when she carried the house flag of the old Gyser Line. Captain W. G, Higgs has made many visits to New Zealand ports, first as ship officer of the Makarini (which was sunk through collision with a German mine in the North Sea during the war), and later as master of the Poit Pirio. Captain Higgs visited Dunedin in April, 1924, and again last year in charge of the Port Pine. In April, 1924, the Port Pirie steamed from Port Chalmers direct to Auckland in 68 hours. The West Henshaw, a unit of the America-Australia-Orient Line, arrived on Wednesday afternoon with assorted freight, including general merchandise, case oil, and timber, loaded at Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, and San Pedro. The Tregenna, a unit of the Hain Line, of St. Ives (England), arrived on Wednesday from New York by way of Newport News, Panama, Auckland, Napier, and Lyttelton. A meeting ot the committee of the Forbury Park Trotting Club was held yesterday. and was attended by Messrs B. S. Irwin (chairman), James Mitchell, R. Telfer, A. Clark, T. Ritchie, R. Greenslade, J. Black, W. J. L. Goughian, John Mitchell, and A. G. Neill. The Programme Committee’s report was adopted, the stakes amounting to £5750. which is a slight decrease on last year’s meeting. Mr John Mitchell submitted the report ot the Works Committee, and the committee wos empowered to effect necessary maintenance repairs. The big sailing ship Olivebank will leave Port Chalmers this evening, or early tomorrow, for Auckland. The Olivebank will complete discharge of Seychelles phosphates at Auckland, and will then go across )to Australia to load wheat for Great Britain. The Navua and Atua, which have been sold by the Union Steam Ship Company to the KhediV’-’ Mail Steamship and Graving Dock Company, of London, have been surveyed and overhauled at' Port Chalmers. Yesterday the new crews were signed on. To-day the vessels will leave for Westport, where they will bunker and then proceed to an Australian port to load for Egypt. The picture theatres in Auckland (reports our special correspondent) are to be allowed to open on Christmas Day. This decision was reached by the Auckland City Council last night. The theatres can open from 2.30 p.m.. and the programmes to bo screened must be submitted for approval. The number of bankruptcies dealt with by the Official Assignee at Auckland (reports our special correspondent) this year already exceeds the total number for last year. The figures for 1925 showed a noticeable decline in comparison with those for 1924, but it appears probable that this year’s total will be anproximately the same as that of 1924. By a formal proclamation which appeared in last night’s Gazette a substantial addition (reports our special correspondent in Wellington) is made to the land upon which the Hanter Prison (near Tokaanu) is situated. The area has been extended from about 700 acres to 10,000 acres, thus enabling the prison authorities to carry out further development work on this pumice land. It is understood that the object is to clear and improve the land to make it suitable for subdivision and profitable settlement. Preparations are now well advanced for the construction of a railway from the East Coast line, at Edgecumbe, tc open up a block of '15,000 acres 14 miles to the eastward, containing an estimated quantity of 300,000,000 feet of millable timber, mostly best quality rimu (states the Poverty Bay Herald). This timber land is known as the Matahina forest, and. the owners, the Matahina Rimu Company, Syme (Ltd.), of Hawera, and Mr R. W. Smith, of Raetahi, have formed the Matahana Tramways (Ltd.), with the object of handling the whole of the cut timber. The railway line is to be of 3ft 6in gauge, and already some 600 tons of rails are stacked at Edgecumbe station. Generally the country is of a nature that presents no difficulties to the laying of the line. It is understood that Syme (Ltd.) contemplate the erection of an up-to-date milling plant during the coming year. It is estimated there is sufficient timber in the forest to keep the three mill- going for the next 20 years. “Has someone been censuring you too?” asked Mr Justice Frazer of Mr A. Murray, secretary of the Wellington Meta! Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers (reports our special correspondent in Wellington), in the ArbitrationlCourt yesterday. “Yes, but I don’t lose amy sleep over it,” was the reply. “I don’t either,” remarked his Honor smilingly. In the course of conversation with a Timaru Herald reporter, a business man who has a good deal to do with land transfers referred to the proposal by the borough engineer for the establishment of a Land Registry office at Timaru. He said that this would be very convenient, but it would be costly, and it was the duty of the people to assist the Government to keep down expense, and not invite them to increase it. One Land Registry office should be sufficient for each provincial district, and, after all, the cost of sending to Christchurch to have a title searched was not very great; in the majority of cases it was not more than half a guinea. If such an office were established here it could ‘ not be a half-pie kind of place; a well-paid officer—an expert in his line — would have to be in charge. It was not a case of merely establishing an agency 'and placing a boy or a young man in charge. It would be a very serious thing if faulty titles were issued or erroneous information given. Personally, the establishment of such an office in Timaru would suit him very well and would save him a whole lot of inconvenience, but he did not think that a town the size of Timaru would be justified in asking the Government to go into such an unnecessary expense. Motor cycles sold very cheaply at a clearance sale held in Wanganui on Saturday last (states the Chronicle). Anything from 15s to £l9 bought machines of various ages and makes. One client bid up to 50s for an old model single cylinder machine, and the motor was knocked down to him. The purchaser immediately kicked off the machine, but’could get no response. “This is no good to me,” he called to the auctioneer. “Do you want a Roll Royco for that price?” queried the man with the hammer. “Give me back the machine and I will sell it again.” The second purchaser then filled the tank with petrol, and amidst many bangs chugged his way home on the machine, which he had secured for 40s. ' The original purchaser looked disgusted. He had not thought of the petrol “to make the works go.” An ultra-violet ray apparatus was installed at the Christchurch Public Hospital last September, and so much work has been done with it that it has been found necessary to build a special room for it. Dr P. C. Fenwick, who is in charge of the radium department at the hospital, is working with tho --iolet ray. Tubercular diseases of tho bones and skin diseases are being treated, and so far tho results have been very satisfactory. Dr Fenwick said he was in communication with the Moorfields Eye Hospital, and reports from there stated that good results were being obtained in the ultra-violet ray treatment of eye diseases. At present the Christchurch Hospital had only air-cooled apparatus, which was available for general treatment. To do local work it was necessary to have a watercooled machine. Since September 430 patients had been treated with the apparatus, and the ophthalmic surgeons were keenly interested to see what could be done with water-cooled violet rays. “We hope soon to have that water-cooled apparatus,” said Dr Fenwick.

“Taxi fares in Auckland and Wellington n"0 exceptionally high,” remarked Mr W. Hayward, when seen by a reporter in connection with the report from Auckland regarding the Auckland City Council'* decision that all taxis plying for hire must be fitted with taxi-meters (states the Christchurch Press). “The introduction of meters has done an immense amount of good in this cities by stabilising fares end bringing them down. As to Christchurch it is admitted by visitors that the fares are the lowest in New Zealand and the service of the best. Consequently, if taximeters are introduced here, the public must not expect a reduction in fares.” The public is invited to a demonstration to show the effect of “Hart and Carter’s Earwig Destroyer ” in the grounds of Mr E. Perks, Main road, North-East Valley, to-morrow afternoon. The last dance of the season in aid of the Redcastle College funds will be neld in the Christian Brothers’ School Hall tomorrow night. The Dunedin Highland Pipe Band will render a programme of Scottish selections in the Bonatic Gardens on Sunday afternoon. This is to give notice that Braithwaites, Ltd., of Princes street, are not connected with any other toy or fancy goods business in the city. Do not be misted. There is only one Braithwaites’ Ltd., Princes street (next to the Empire Theatre). S. F. Benton, manager. —Advt. Through a typographical error, Mr T. K. Sidey, M.P., was credited with_ the statement at the meeting of the Institute of Horticulturists on Wednesday evening that there was “no” room for the advancement of education in horticulture. He said exactly the pposite. , Since the days of Cook was there ever such a useful discovery of scientific economy of time, money, and labour, as “No-rubbing Laundry Help” in Is cartons now so very popular throughout New Zealand? —Advt. Fivers Fine Face Powders, including the new Sun-tan Powder, only 2s 6d box; by post, 2s 9d. Special presents for gentlemen arrived by last boat. —H. L. Sprosen (Ltd.), chemists. Octagon, Dunedin. —Advt. Eczema, varicose ulcers, and all skin irritation sucessfully treated by Hoffman’s special remedy. Full particulars from Hoffman’s Pharmacy, 17 Princes street (next Begg’s).—Advt. Eyes are precious. At first sign ot weakness go to the qualified and experienced (20 years) optometrist, W. V. Stunner, D.S.O.L, G.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. Bagiey, dentists, Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office! Telephon< 1859.—Advt Christmas Jewellery. Gifts that last! Peter Dick, Moray place, Dunedin, has a specially-selected stock of high-class _ diamond engagement rings and reliable watches suitable for gifts, and has been satisfying the public during the last 40 years in these lines. —Advt.