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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20536, 11 October 1928, Page 8

A sample of rain water collected in the neighbourhood of Rotokohu, near the West Coast, during the westerly storm on Monday morning, was submitted to the Cawthron Institute yesterday (says a Press Association telegram) for an opinion on microscopic examination of the suspended material responsible for the reddish brown colour of the water. It was found to consist of minute particles of dust and sand, the rounded form of which indicated a desert area rather than a volcano as the probable place of origin. Though the sum of over £135,000 has been spent on special works for the unemployed, the position in Auckland is as bad as ever. It was asserted at a deputation before the Mayor (Mr G. Baildon) yesterday morning (says our special correspondent) that there were 2000 unemployed in the city, and that the position of many of them was desperate. The Mayor promised to do what lie could and get in touch with the Prime Minister. He pointed out what the City Council had done already for the unemployed, and said that there were limits to the expenditure in this direction.

Probate in the estates of, the following persons has been granted by his Honor Mr Justice MacGregor:—Margaret Paterson, of Hillend (Mr R. R. Grigor); William Joseph Burgess, of Tarara (Mr R. R. Grigor); Thomas Shepherd, of Dunedin (Messrs Stewart and Payne); Sarah Mary Wright, of Hampden (Mr F. B. Adams); John Common, of Oamaru (Mr W. G. Grave); Alexander Pearson, of Kyeburn (Mr S. C. Hercus) ; Wilhelmina Bryce, of Dunedin (Mr P. Lemon), and Alison Briscoe, of Dunedin (Mr W. L. Moore). His Honor has also granted letters of administration in the estate of William Wright, of Abbotsford (Mr F. B. Adams). Most classes of fat stock were sold at firm rates at the weekly stock sale at Burnside yesterday. A moderate entry of fat cattle, together with outside competition, had the effect of advancing prices on an average of 15s per head. The sheep sale also showed an improvement on recent markets. There was a better demand, and several sorts sold at an advance of from Is 6d to 2s per head. There was a small entry of spring lambs, which sold at a reduction of several shillings, compared with the prices obtained at the previous sale. The sale for store cattle was only fair, prices showing a decline of from 7s 6d to 10s per head. There was a fair entry of fat pigs. Baconers were firm, but porkers were a shade easier. Store pigs, which were mostly on the small side, met with a fair demand. About 1629 head of fat sheep were penned, including a ftw pens of heavy sheep, while the proportion of fine wool wethers was somewhat limited. Ewes were in small supply, and the first shorn sheep of the season were forward, numbering 30. There was a good demand throughout the sale, heavy sheep selling at advanced rates, while medium weight animals were also firmer.' Extra heavy wethers made from 57s to 59s 3d, prime heavy from 42s Cd to 455, prime 39s 6d to 40s 6d. Shorn sheep made from 26s 3d to 33s 9d. The prices per pound were:—Extra heavy wethers, Old; light wethers, 7d to 7id; prime ewes, 6d; old ewes, sd. The lamb entry was of a mixed description. Several from the Maheno district were somewhat young. The demand was only fair. Best heavy lambs sold from 40s to 425, medium heavy from 36s to 395, fair 34s to 355, lighter son's from 22s to 28s. The price per pound was from Is 4d to Is 6d. The fat cattle entry yarding numbered 221. The entry consisted of good average to prime bullocks and heifers, and a fair proportion of unfinished cattle. There was a good demand throughout- the sale. The best heavy prime sorts made from £2O to £23, and prime heifers from £ls 5s to £l6 12s 6d, while heavy cows sold up to £ls ss. Extra prime ox beef made up to 48s per 1001 b, plain to 455, prime heifers to 48s, and cows and light heifers from 35s to 40s. The demand for the entry of 150 head of store cattle was good, and any animal showing quality sold well. The entry comprised about 30 head of good three-year-old bullocks, and these realised up to £ll 12s 6d. Young steers sold to £5 18s, while values for mixed yearlings and medium cows were unchanged. The pig entry consisted of 196 fats and 117 stores. All good baconers sold readily at firm rates. Yesterday was a day of rejoicing among the Chinese residents of the Dominion and was observed as a general holiday by them in commemoration of the revolution against the Manchu Dynasty on October 10, 1911, and the establishment of the Nationalist Government two years afterwards. The holiday was celebrated by local Chinese residents in fitting manner, and the anniversary was signalised by the hoisting of the Chinese Republican flag over Mr Sew Hoy’s warehouse in Stafford street. At 10 a.m. about 140 Chinese proceeded by motor car and bus to Whare Flat, where an enjoyable picnic was held, the happy picnickers returning to the city about 6 p.m., and concluding the celebrations in true festive spirit at several social gatherings.

During the storm on Tuesday night (says our Christchurch correspondent) a large macrocarpa tree at Norwood on tie north side of the Selwyn River fell across the telegraph wires and carried them away. Communication with the south was thus interrupted. The Telegraph Department got to work promptly, and at 9 o’clock this morning there was a through line to Dunedin. The other wires were got through at intervals, and by mid-day traffic with the south was back to normal.

Special reference was made at the conference of the Baptist Union yesterday to the appointment of military chaplains (says our Christchurch correspondent). It was pointed out by the Rev. C. W. Duncumb that it was possible to have men going into the camps who were really opposed to the spirit of the camps. " There is,” he said, “ a delicate situation operating in the camps.” He praised the supervision in the training camps where the commanding officers were doing their best to stamp out anything undesirable.

Goods to the value of £IOO were stolen from the residence of Mrs A. Williams, 73 Cranford street, Christchurch, between 2.45 and 5.15 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs Williams left at 2.45 for Riccarton, locking the house up carefully before leaving. On her return she found the place thoroughly ransacked. Articles of jewellery, including watches and rings, were the chief items taken. The thief also stole a small amount of money and a good deal of men’s clothing.

A young male teacher who was keenly interested in musical education ivas posted to -the country, where he had charge of a part-time school with an attendance of five pupils (says the Auckland Star). He was informed that he need not hope to impart a sense of musical appreciation to his new charges, as they had never heard good music, and all were tone deaf. The case of this teacher was mentioned in the course of a lecture which was given in Auckland on Sunday by Mr E. Douglas Tayler on the subject of Music in Life and Education.” This young teacher, the lecturer said, found that one of the pupils could sing to the accompaniment of his cornet, but only on one note. However, after a few months of patient coaching he was able to write to the effect that the pupil who had started on one note was already able to sing the musical scale both up and down, and that the remainder of the children could sing at least four or five notes. Mr Tayler is doubtless sufficiently optimistic to expect to learn from the nest report that at last a school quartet party has been formed, with one musical pupil in reserve.

“The term 'drugging girls' is often used when only a mixture of drinks has taken place,” said the Rev. C. G. Scrimgeour, Methodist city missioner, in an address at the Methodist Central Mission on Sunday evening (says the New Zealand Herald). Regarding drinking by girls, Mr Scrimgeour said the pernicious habit generally began with the introduction of claret-up at dances and parties, and very often the so-called claret-cup contained two-thirds proof spirit. Eight bottles of brandy and whisky had been ordered for the claret cup at a recent function he had attended. The decision made to drain Lake Waiatarua is expected to furnish some evidence in regard to the catfish which have been acclimatised there for many years (says the Auckland Star). It was in 1877 that the American catfish, scientifically knov.-n as Ameriurus natalis, were placed in the lake, and although they were lost sight of for some years, they eventually reappeared, and there was evidence that they multiplied. The most striking feature about the fish is a plentiful supply of large whiskers, which gives it a rather repulsive appearance. It is one of the hardiest of fishes, and will care for itself and thrive in the muddiest of water. It will endure complacently every hardship of drought, extremes of temperature, and lack of food. Every trait of the catfish bespeaks its stagnant, mud-loving nature; dusky in colour, sluggish and blundering, furnished with long and taclile barbels. One of its habits is to burrow deeply into the mud.

Certain modern tendencies in the nso of time which is devoted to leisure wePB mentioned by Mr E. Douglas Tayler ia the course of a lecture which he gave in the Theosophical Hall on Sunday evening on the subject of “ Music in Life and Education ” (says the Auckland Star), Five of the ways in which people spent their leisure hours, he said, were in sport, in dancing, in the form of entertainment represented by the kinema, in reading, and in the enjoyment of music. In explaining how each of these was more or less representative of creative art, the lecturer laid special stress on the fact that sport was an excellent substitute for war as a means of giving vent to certain primary instincts in mankind. He also expressed the opinion that the era of higher wages and shorter hours which had been brought in with the wholesale introduction of machinery in the realm of industry was encouraging the pursuit of happiness by enabling people to devote a larger proportion of their time to the creative things in life which were most worth while. In this respect he thought that the world was passing from an era of complexity to one of greater simplicity.

“ The broken glass season has begun,” laments a correspondent of the Auckland Star, in deploring the carelessness, amounting to vandalism, which causes rubbish to be left on beaches in and near Auckland. “ I often wonder,” he adds, “ whether people who break bottles and leave the fragments on the foreshore have children of their own.” His plaint will be echoed by many North Shore residents, for the glass nuisance is a very real menace at Devonport, Takapuna, and Milford. The trouble is that it is so difficult to catch the vandals in the act, and also that it is not easy to ensure that they shall be adequately punished.

The Railways Department advertises the altered running of the 10.35 p.m. train from Dunedin to Mosgiel and the 11.18 p.m. train from Mosgiel to Dunedin on October 15, 16, 18, and 19. Eggs are down in price. Sprosen's egg preserver, Waterglass, is easily the best. Price, Is 6d tin. All dog and poultry c idicines kept in stock. Distemper mixture, price 4s fid.—-H. L. Sprosen, Ltd., chemists. Octagon, Dunedin.—Advt, Fishing season opens October 1. New season’s goods now to hand. Send for illustrated catalogue.—Barth Electrical Supplies. 90 Princes street. —Advt. Those- desirous of having electricity installed in their houses should consult the Stewart Electrical Company, 171 Rattray street. Time payments arranged, from 2s fid a week.—Advt. You can depend upon any article purchase ' at Williamsons, the jewellers, a firm of unquestioned integrity.—Advt. A good remedy for. Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, etc., is a household necessity at this pertod of the year. Be prepared. Get a bottle of Pearson’s Cough Balsam to-day: Is fid and 2s fid. —Pearson's Pharmacy, Prince Albert road. St. Hilda.— Advt. Can you read as long as you used to without feeling “ Eye Strain? ” If not, go at once to W. V. Sturmer, GA..0.C., D. 5.0.1.. 2 Octagon, and have your sight tested. Waste no time. Good sight is precious.—Advt. A, E. J. Blakeley and W, EL Bagtey, dentists. Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 12-359.—Advt. Diamond Engagement Rings.—Before purchasing compare our values; large selection just landed; superior quality.— Peter Dick, the most reliable jewellers, watchmakers, and opticians, 490 Moray place, Dunedin.—Advt.