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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20703, 29 April 1929, Page 8

The chancellor of the Otago -University has received the following letter from Sir George Fowlds:—“l regret that I was induced by newspaper reports to make a statement which reflected against' your council and the Council of Canterbury College regarding application' to the Carnegie trustees for grants. I gladly accept the disclaimer made by yourself and the vice-chancellor, and. withdraw any suggestion of smart, or dishonourable actions On the. part of your council.” , The steamer Ulimaroa, which is due at Wellington to-morrow from Sydney, is bringing 28 bags of Australian and oversea mail and ‘2l parcel receptacles ! for Dunedin. .The letter portion is expected to come to hand on Wednesday evening, and the balance of the mail on Thursday. The mails that left Wellington on March 26, per R.M.S. Tahiti, via San Francisco, arrived in London on April 24. The police authorities advise that a five-seater Pontiac coach car. With a-re-gistered number 139-148, painted grey, with black mudguards, black. top and artillery wheels, the property, of. Mr J. C. White, of 65 Cole street, Caversham, was stolen from Burlington street between 7.35 and 8.30 on Saturday night. The car has a spare petrol tin on the left running board, painted black, while two spare tyres' and rims are attached at the rear. Across the radiator is a Pontiac. plate and on the rear of the car there is a black carrier. In the car >vas a waterproof travelling rug, a torch and travelling cushion.

The Works Committee of the City Council, in the report which will be presented to the meeting of ■ the City Council tonight, refers to the action of Mr G. Thomson in dedicating without compensation portion of his land which is required for a street widening work at the apex of Belgrave crescent and Highgate. The, council is to remove trees and shrubs on the area to positions approved by the owner.- Commendation of Mr Thomson’s generosity is included in the report, which, states that a letter of thanks has been forwarded to him.

A page and a-lial£ of photographs in the illustrated section of ..the. Otago Witness to be published to-morrow, give a vivid impression of the observance of Anzac Day in Dunedin, '".The Memorial :in .Queen’s Gardens ” , and“ During - the .Memorial Service in tbe. Drill. Hall ” are specially fine pictures, taken from angles .which, give the best .possible comprehensive, view of the proceedings; The others have a more particular value. ' "Where Beauty Aids .Industry ” is a . full pagedealing with the Waikaremoana , hydroelectric works, and “ Disastrous .Floods in Tasmania,” a furtherfull page having to do with the catastrophe in which there were £1,000,000 damage and 23 lives lost. Among the many other pictures in the issue the following may be cited for special notice:—“ Flight Lieutenant James Moir’s Projected Flight to Australia,” “ The Airmen Who Gave Their Lives for Their Friends,” “ Otago De*. feats Central Otago at. Lawn Tennis,” “ The Prince of Wales Gives Up His Hunters,” "A Greek Christening,” "The King Out of Doors Again,” “The I’m Alone Crew Under 'Arrest,” "Major Segrave Defeats Gar, Wood at Miami,” and the last five steps of the new dance, the Clara Bow stromp. The Master Builders’ Association of Dunedin has undertaken the valuation of the damage done to residences in the north end of the city, Woodhaugh, and other districts by the flood on March 19. It is a formidable task. Altogether'about 500 cases will have to be looked into, and as the work is completed part by part interim reports are presented to the Flood Committee, which makes grants in relief where necessary. It is to the credit of the association that it has undertaken the work without fee or reward.' The secretary of the General Post Office in Wellington has received the following special weather report ■ (says a Press Association telegram)An intense cyclone is centred west of Cape Maria Van Diemen, and is moving southeastward. - Expect stormy weather with east to south gales,' general heavy £ain, and flooded rivers,” Inquiries made locally last .evening elicited the information that .the'raitifairrecorded during yesterday was not of sufficient volume to cause .any alarm as far as Dunedin wa's concerned. Tbe rain, although steady, was not particularly heavy, and' an inspection of the Leith canal in the early evening showed that the water was just covering the concrete bed. To guard against anything in the nature of a surprise, however, corporation employees were warned to hold themselves in readiness in the event of being called out to .cope with' any untoward circumstances which might arise; The difficulties. of. census enumeration amongst the Maoris are apparent from some of the replies given on the 1920 censua papers. The Government Statistician (Mr Malcolm Fraser) states in his report on the results of the Maori census that data are framed, on the basis of an occupational—as distinct from industrial —rdassification on lines identical with that adopted, for Europeans. . The value suffers somewhat, as in the case of other items, .from the literal nature of the replies. Thus, for example, the occupation of potato or kutuara digging, expressed in a score of ways, as "Mahf kumara,” “Hauhaki riwai,” . “Keri taewa,” “ Mahi puhi,” etc,, assumes, he says, a rather undue importance in view of its prominence at the actual census date. Other terms of indefinite nature were frequently encountered, such as “Mahipaamu” (works on farm); “Mahi kai ” ■ (works for his , living); “ Kuki ” (cooks). . In such cases it was difficult to assess the actuaWccupational status or/ duties of the individual. ’ Incidentally, replies to this query were couched with peculiar frequency in a species of phonetic Maori-England. Thus the occupation “Taraiwa motuka ” partially obscures the more prosaic rendering, “Driver of a motor car.” Similarly, " Piriote maaka " is not recognisable at first .glance as “billiard marker”; “Poaka whaama,” as “Pig farmer”; “Kirimi kaata” as “ cream carter”; or “Taone piari" as “town board-”

A proposal that dairymen should found an insurance scheme to recoup themsehpai for the loss of cows condemned, because of tuberculosis was made by Mr J. Parlane t at a meeting of the Christchurch Dairymen’s -Association'. , Mr parlane said it was in the interests of.' dairymen to see that their herds were clean and free from tuberculosis. The. Agricultural Department had done a great deal in this direction, and there was quite, & number of herds round Christchurch that had a "clean” certificate. It was a costly business to replace cows that had been condemned, and for that reason he suggested an insurance scheme similar to the one the butchers had for stock condemned at the abattoirs. - The Government paid half value of . a dairy cow tha.t had been condemned, and under an'insurance scheme, the dairyman would probably get another ■ third of the value. Sir Parlane said he hoped members would think over the matter, and probably a scheme could be formulated later. “ The matter of glasshouse insurance is causing growers some concern,” states the annual report of the Christchurch Tomato and Stone Fruit Growers’ Asst> ciatiofi. “ Insurance companies are not prepared to offer, rates for insurance against hailstorms, and it has been suggested that the growers should establish an! insurance fund of their own by paying into the association a special levy for that purpose. The matter will require carer ful consideration, as • certain -areas have been known to be hailstorm belts.” A re-port-on the occurrence of hailstorms has been ■ received from 'the Government Meteorological Office. - At the annual meeting of the association it was decided to' forward a remit to the New Zealand Tomato Growers’ Conference urging that the conference should give the matter consideration. , A complete agreement was reached *in the Wellington electricians’ dispute, before • the Conciliation Council (says a Press Association telegram). The agreement, with minor alterations, is on the basis of the previous award. • ; "Personally I can,never work.up any enthusiasm for Anzac Day,” remarked all old Digger,- as he watched the crowds pouring down Lambton quay .in ton to the unveiling of the War Memorial (says the Dominion). “Eighty per cent, of us Diggers ■ never . saw .the-Peninsula,' but we saw a great deal of France and Flanders. Now, if they would only commemorate the taking of Flers, the Battle, of Messines, or the. capture of Le Quesne, I would be with them. We all admit that the Anzacs gallantly sealed the heights of Gallipoli, but it was an illadvised venture, and. they were very lucky to be able , to get -off the Peninsula. France is the country where the majority of the N.Z.E.F, did their , real fighting.” With smart military precision he abruptly turned right-about and moved oil down the street, humming; “The Rose of No Man’s Land.” ~ . . ... On the ground that the handling of bitumen is a potential cause of cancer and ulcers, Mr H. Worrell (says the Christchurch Press) has written to'the Minister of Labour (Mr W. A. Veitch) asking that ’provision be made in an amendment of the Workers’ Compensation Act for men engaged on bitumen'work. The Minister has replied that he will inquire into the matter and. communicate with Mr. Worrall' as soon as possible. The attention of the Minister has been called to the unsatisfactory nature of the provision in the Act stipulating that no compensation shall be paid in cases of occupational diseases unless the disea.Be was contracted within the 12 months prior to the incapacity or'death Of the “Worker. Mr Worrall submitted that it is. .impossible for a doctor, in many cases, to , say when the disease was .contracted. There was an unrehearsed incident-in connection r with the- Anzac Day -parade in Wellington on Thursday last, which left a deep, impression, upon those who saw. it, and in. which Sir Charles-,Fev-gusson was the- central figure.! After the garrison service at the Batin Reserve had concluded . (says the Post),, His Excellency, whose interest in returned soldiers is well known,- left his seat in the grand stand and mingled with the crowd -to_ watch the -returned 'soldiers - leave the ground. As they passed him he gave each a nod or .a smile, or returned a salute. The Governor-General then quickly went to his motor car, and,-over-taking the column of troops as it, inarched down Cambridge terrace, took .up a position at the corner of Cambridge terrace and Courtenay place, where he, had another opportunity of viewing the veterans as they passed by, and of taking the salute. The returned men doffed their hats, and to the troops was given the order "eyes left,” The incident was not included in the. orders for the day, and was quite impromptu bn his Excellency’s . part. An interesting- by-path'of, the enumeration of Maoris at the 1926 census, remarks the Government Statisician, -in. his report on the results of the Native census, was the extent to which entries were made in the Maori language. In many instances it-was noticed that the schedule wits completed not by the titular head of, the household, but by one of the children, who had doubtless profited the more bymodern extension of educational facilities. In several cases schedules were completed by sub-enumerators or occasionally by friends. i The majority of such schedules were completed in English; yet the extent to .which the Maori language is still in -actual use. is evident when it is observed, that over 45 per cent, of the entries were in Maori. In the whole of the South Island only six schedules were completed in Maori, The. Railways Department advertises in this issue excursion fares in connection with the Oamaru Jockey Club’s races to be held on May 4. ' Have your Diamond Ring overhauled at Williamsons. They are the- ringmaking specialists (next the Bristol) ■Advt. Electors of Dunedin: Read Cr C. H. Hayward’s advertisement elsewhere. Will sneak Coronation Hall, Maori Hill; Monday, George Street Hall.— Advt. W. V. Stunner. G.A.0.C., D.S.O.L, optician. Consulting- room, 2 Octagon, Dunedin. Most modern scientific equips ment for sight testing.—Advt. A. E. J. Blakeley and W, E. 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