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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20870, 9 November 1929, Page 12

Following on the completion of the work of renewing the track curves on the St. Clair tramline at the corner of Forbury roa<l and Bedford street, no fewer than three tramcars left the rails at this point between 4.30 and S pan. on Thursday, with the result that the service was considerably disorganised. The first derailment occurred at 4 p.m., but no sooner had the car been replaced on the rails and the normal service resumed, than a second tram jumped the rails at the same spot, and during the time occupied in getting it back on to the track again, three cars were held up at St. Clair! Everything ran smoothly from about 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., when a third derailment took place, but on,this occasion all four wheels left-the track and it was not until about an hour and a-half later that the car could be worked back on to the rails. Whilst the regular service was suspended, traffic between Normanby and St. Clair was not affected to any great extent, as oars ran from both terminal points to the corner, where passengers travelling in each direction were transferred. A gang of men was put to work on. the corner shortly after the last derailment, and after working all night had the trouble rectified in' time for the regular service to be resumed yesterday morning. During excavations in connection with sewerage works in Holliday road, Milford, Auckland, workmen unearthed an old Maori skeleton, of which the top part of the skull was missing. Similar.remains (says our special correspondent) have been discovered at different “ points , on North Shore from time to time, and a few months ago several skeletons were brought to light near North Head, Devonport. The skeleton, discovered may have been the remains of a body interred in a Maori burial ground, but it is possible that the injury. to the -head may have been caused during tribal conflict. Mr Justice Kennedy. has granted probate in the. estates, of ■ the following deceased persons:—Elizabeth .Johnston, of Dunedin (Mr P. S. Anderson); William King (commonly known as William King Bennett), of Dunedin (Mr J. N. Thompson) ; Percy Shaw, of Katanui (Mr G. J. Kelly); Montague Charles Heathcote, of Balclutha (Mr J. T. Walter); Robert Sutherland M'Kenzie, of Dunedin (Mr R. R. Aspinall); Catherine Campbell, of Mataura (Mr B. C. Smith): Margaret Staunton, of Invercargill (Mr J. Robertson); Ann Broome, of Ohai (Mr E. C. Smith): Thomas John Quinn, of Gore (Mr R, B. Bannerman); Grace Steven, of Wallacetown (Mr F. G. O’Beirne); Louisa Jones, of West Plains (Mr Watson) : John Bird Bird, of Invercargill (Mr C. Longuet); William Fell Robinson, of Invercargill (Mr J. Robertson); Johh Joseph Green, of Gore (Mr D. L. Poppolwell), and Mary Green, of Gore (Mr D. L. Poppelwell), His Honor has, also granted letters of administration in the estates of the following deceased persons:—Sarah Ann HodgkinsOn, of Invercargill (Mr F, G. Hall-Jones); Robert Hazlett, of Myross Bush (Mr J, Ir. M'G. Watson); Mary Robertson, of Invercargill (Mr J. L. M'G. Watsou); Barbara Trembath,- of Riverton (Mr J. A. C. Mackenzie); Andrew John M'Beath, of Invercargill (Mr A. M. Macdonald); Thomas Kirkpatrick, of Wairio (Mr Macalister); Jonathan Charles Minn, of Dunedin (Messrs Wilkinson and Rolfe): Barbara Campbell. Hutcheson, of South Dunedin (Mr J. Wilkinson), and Alexander Haugh,' of Crookston (Mr W. B. Naylor). The work of improving the Main South road from Green Island to the Taiori River bridge, which is being carried out by the Public Works Department, aid on which nearly 100 men have been regularly employed, is now almost completed, and the plant is being shifted to the Kil-. mog, - where reconstruction work will be carried out over seven miles and a-half of road. It is improbable that all the men who have been employed on the Main South road will be required on the new work, but a large number will be transferred, and the work will shortly be in full swing. , A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that two solicitors, George Mackay and John Douglas Vernon, were each fined £SO for failure to have their trust accounts audited. Vernon belongs to Te Kuiti. As there is an Edendale in the south as well as the Auckland suburb, there is frequently confusion over letters which go wandering about from one.island to the other looking for an owner. A number of old residents of the Auckland Edendale met recently at the office of Mr F. J. H. Harrison (says the Auckland Star) and decided that steps should bo taken to have the name of the suburb changed to Sandringham. It was pointed out that the existence of two postal districts with the name of Edendale led to much confusion and loss of time and money. It was suggested that the name of Sandringham should be substituted for Edendale district, and that Edendale road be called Sandringham road. The game Sandringham was a musical one, and as it meant “ sunny ” it was most appropriate to the district. It was pointed out that moreover the name Sandringham would be the only one on the postal register of the Dominion. To avoid a false impression, it was mentioned that the name Sandringham was taken from the English place of that name, and not from the place near Melbourne. The idea nf the change was heartily supported, and it was decided to circulate petitions and wail on the Mount Albert Borough Council.

.Mr J. Fletcher, of Auckland, who ia the contractor for the construction of the works of the Dominion Phosphate Company at Ravensbourne, will meet the Standing Committee of the Otago Harbour Board on Tuesday next on behalf of the company to discuss the question of wharf and berthage accommodation in • connection with the works. . “ It is interesting that several marine and shore birds come to (he National Park.” said the Director of Forests (Mr E. Phillips Turner) to a ■ representative of the Evening Post a few days ago. ” They come to nest or to obtain food at certain times of the year. It is generally thought that the mutton bird breeds only in the outlying islands of the country, but in several places on the slopes of the mountains in the park the mutton birds have for centuries been in the habit of rearing their young. The Maoris were aware of this, and came to the mountains in former times, and camped there for the purpose of taking the young mutton birds. Two varieties of seagull also come to the crater lakes, rest there and remain for some considerable time. Occasionally on the higher slopes of Ruapehu dead sea birds are found, probably driven down on the ice exhausted when making the crossing from coast to coast, and too numbed to rise again.” A resolution of protest against the refusal of the Arbitration Court to grant an ■ increase in wages was passed at % stop work meeting of tbe Auckland Waterside Workers’ Union on Thursday. The meeting further protested against the action of Mr Justice Blair, as acting president of tbe court, in not following the principle of the president, Mr Justice Frazer, in 1924, in fixing rates of pay. It was contended that had this principle been adhered to the court would have been compelled to award an increase according to the wages data placed before it by the waterside workers. It was decided to urge the Government to make a special inquiry into the wages and hours of waterside workers throughout New Zealand, in order that some definite basis might be established to govern the rulings of the court in its future deliberations. • In connection with the South Island Main Trunk railway the Marlborough. Progress League passed the following resolution:—“ That this league regrets that the vote for the South Island Main Tunk railway for the present year is so small considering the importance of the line as a great national project. If the line is to be completed within four years as proposed, the rote is quite inadequate. This league would be glad to have the assurance of the Minister of Railways that the Government intends to proceed with the construction of the railway on the same scale as other main trunk railways have been constructed, and that snch work will commence early in -the coming year and thenceforth will proceed with the greatest vigour.” A meeting of members of the Otago Motor Club and motorists will be held A Middlemarch on November 21. The ■ annual meeting of the Southern . Starr-Bpwkett Society will be held on Monday, when appropriations free of interest will be disposed of in all groups. ’ The- United • Starr-Bowkett Building Society will dispose of £3600 by sale and ball6t on December-5. W.E.A. students will find an advertisement of interest in this issue. Train arrangements in connection with the Outram show are advertised by the Railways Department in this issue. The Railways, Department advertise in this issue particulars of cheap fares Dunedin to Pembroke by rail aha motor. Owing to wet weather resulting in small attendances, the Ladies’ Guild has. decided to continue its annual bazaar tonight from 7 .to 10 p.m. The Railways Department advertises in-this issue that on and atter November 12 the 10.30 a.m. Balclutha-Owaka' train will run on Tuesdays instead of Fridays, and the 2.50 p.m. Owaka-Balclutha train will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays in- , stead of Thursdays and Fridays. The United Setsind Advent Convention at York Place Hall will be concluded today.- This afternoon at 3.30 the Rev, P. - L. A. Crarfipton > will speak on "The Coming in Relation to Christian Life,” and at- 7.30 the Rev. Raymond Richards, on " The Coming in Relation to Christian Service.” ilr Heywood’s monthly -organ recital will be given in St. Paul’s Cathedral to* -morrow afternoon at 3 P-m., when he will be assisted *by the following artists:—’ Miss Mary Pratt ‘ (contralto), Mr Fred Kershaw (bass), and Mr Donald Reid . 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