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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20961, 26 February 1930, Page 8

An, interesting light on the nature of the climate obtaining in the Waiiuate district is shed by the fact that a few days ago a small consignment of oranges and lemons, grown in that district, was sent to Dunedin by Mr W. D Napier. Twelve trees were planted about Jive years ago, and although no protection or care was afforded them, all are alive and some are bearing fruit.

Admiral Byrd and the members of his Antarctic expedition, who are returning to Dunedin on board the City of New York, would no doubt be intrigued as well as mystified on Monday afternoon when they received a radiogram couched in the following terms:—“ E whiti ana te ra; tahitubia; haere mai kohoro; kai ora.”—(Signed) Paape. Twenty-four hours, later Mr Paape despatched the following translation of his Maori message: —“The sun shines; unfurl the sails; come here quickly; good luck.” , Charity stamps, which have been on sale at all post offices since early in December. are to be withdrawn from sale at the close of business on February 28.

In the City Police Court yesterday, before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., Robert Abercrombie Brown, for whom Mr W. L, Moore appeared, was charged with having stolen £4 18s 5d from his employers, the Petrous Tile Company. In applying for a remand. Chief Detective Cameron stated that the accused had been employed by the company for the past 18 months. An irregularity appeared in his books, and when questioned about it, he disappeared, and was subsequently ,ar-rested-at Timaru. . Further charges were pending, and it was expected that tlie total amount involved would be in the neighbourhood of £2OO. A remand until Monday was granted, and on the .application of Mr Moore, the magistrate at first fixed bail in accused’s own recognisance of £IOO and one surety of a like amount or two of £SO. The chief detective, however, handed up a list of previous convictions against the accused, and the magistrate, on perusing this, increased the bail to £2OO in the accused’s own recognisance and one surety of £2OO or two of £IOO, a condition being that be reports daily to the police.

It was reported at a meeting of the council of the New Zealand Society of Accountants yesterday (says our special correspondent in Wellington) that,‘acting under instructions from the Attorneygeneral (Sir Thomas Sidey), a committee of two representatives from the New Zealand Law Society and two representatives from the New Zealand Society of Accountants had been set up to reconsider the present regulations governing the audit of solicitors 5 trust accounts and to submit amendments to the Attorneygeneral, who had agreed to give effect to the recommendations of the joint committee. The meeting expressed appreciation of the Government’s action in the matter.

A Press Association telegram states that the Wanganui City Council last night decided to contribute £SO to the obstetrical appeal fund. An amendment that the matter should be deferred until consideration of the estimates with a view to making a donation of £IOO was defeated.

A meeting of the executive of the South Island Brass Bands’ Association was held yesterday afternoon for the purpose of inquiring into an allegation that the rule providing that only one professional could be engaged in any band had been broken in the grade own choice selection on Saturday. The matter was gone into thoroughly, and after evidence had been heard it was decided to disqualify the Maniototo- and West Harbour Bands, which were placed first and second. The result of jthe decision is that the Green Island Band is placed first, the Naacby Band second, and the Milton Band third.

Mr G. C. Black, the United member for Motueka, in a statement yesterday (says a Press Association telegram), dissociates himself from vthe appointment of the clerkship of the House of Representatives, as announced by the Government. He - asks why officeres with many years’ service have not been given promotion. He also enters a protest against the proposal that the Legislative Department shall be classified by the Public .Service Commissioner. In reply to Mr Black’s protest, the Minister of Lands (Mr G. W. Forbes)) stated that the appointment was made strictly in accordance with the revised Standing Orders, which had been adopted by the House last session knd which explicitly stated that the appointment should be made on the recommendation of the Speaker.

Apple exporters in Nelson recently asked permission to ship the' Cos’s orange variety 270 to the case, and notification has been received that the Department of Agriculture approved of the 270 pack, but only for Cox’s orange. Permission has also been given for half-cases of Cox’s orange to be exported under the guarantee. This concession also applies only to the Cox’s orange variety. The apple crop is looking remarkably well. In most orchards rejections on account of black spot will be negligible, and so well has the codlin moth been combated that there will be practically no loss from it. Colour, another requirement, also promises to be well up to standard. Russeting is more in evidence than usual, but mostly in the varieties in which there is the largest allowance for export.

Information concerning the legal position regarding the. renewal of insurance policies was sought by Mr L. Poupard at a meeting of the Dairy Farmers’ Union at Palmerston-North. When a premium was paid after the due date, he said, the holder of the policy was usually informed that his cover still existed, but would that statement be maintained if a fire occurred in the interim? He did ■ not think so. The position be clarified so that there should be no misconception. Other members pointed out that if the premium was not paid on the due date, the risk of not being covered was entirely that of the person who took out the policy. “ The increasing asperity manifest in the trade relations between New Zealand and Australia has caused considerable concern to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce during the past year,” states the annual report of the council of the chamber, to be presented at the annual meeting, “A remit on the subject, proposed by the Auckland chamber, was carried at the Associated Chambers of Commerce Conference in October, this action giving rise to considerable discussion both in Australia and New Zealand.” It will be remembered (says the Auckland Star) that Mr Harvey Turner, a member of the chamber council. Interviewed 86V6rftl high officials of the Commonwealth Government when on a visit to Australia last year, particularly wiiji the difficulty created by high import duties on New Zealand fruit and vegetable produce. Mr Turner pointed out that it would be of benefit to both countries if Dominion produce could be admitted to Australia at more reasonable rates, especially in seasons when the Australian crop was small. He reported a very favourable reception of the suggestions he made, and apparently there is still hope of mutual agreement on a somewhat difficult question.

An illustration of the folly of nonswimmers going beyond their depth was given at Lyall Bay, Wellington, recently, when a middle-aged. woman with ‘ waterwings ” on her shoulder, and unlimited faith in her own capabilities, made wbat looked like an effort to swim to ,the South Island. After proceeding a good distance out, she became aware of her danger, anti started to scream for help. Luckily for her, her cries were heard by a man nearby, who, after, much difficulty brought' her ashore. » A gift of £IOOO has been made by Mr S. Hooper, of New Plymouth, for the foundation of a bursary for New Plymouth or other Taranaki boys at the Homan Catholic seminary at Mosgiel. It is to be known as the Hooper bursary. This is the second time Mr Hooper has made a generous gift to his Church. Some years ago he gave £IOOO toward the establishment of St. Joseph’s School, New Plymouth.

Mr C. L. Gillies, chief agronomist for the Department of Agriculture, of Tasmania, who was in charge of the recent tour of New Zealand by a party of Tasmanian farmers, has written to Mr P. Pawson, railway business agent in Christchurch, expressing thanks for the hospitality extended jto the members of the party. “ Since Their return,” Mr Gillies states, “the members of the party have been most enthusiastic over the visit to Kew Zealand, and it is safe to say that more than 20 lantern lectures dealing with the tour have been given. I am interested to see that there is a possibility of a party from New Zealand coming to Australia in the winter, and it will give us great pleasure here if we can return in a small measure the hospitality given to us in New Zealand. At present there is n.i definite arrangement for further tours, although I have received a great number of inquiries.” In a report submitted to the meeting of the Waitemata County* Council on Saturday (says the New Zealand Herald), the county clerk (Mr C. A. Cawkwell) summed up his opinion on the present stringency of the investment market as it affected local bodies. The Bank of New Zealand, he said, had advised that on and after February 1 the minimum rate to be charged by banks in New Zealand for overdrafts would be 7 per centum, and that the county fund ovedraft would be subject to the new rate. “This position,” said Mr Cawkwell, who has just returned from a holiday in Australia, “has been created by the shortage of money in Australia. The Australian banks increased their fixed deposit rates to attract money, but also increased the overdraft and discount rates to meet the position, the borrower being punished for the state of the country’s finances. Apparently,” added Mr Cawkwell, “ in order to avoid the diversion of New Zealand money to Australia to get the benefit of the attractive fixed deposit rates, the New Zealand banks have followed suit.”

A ranger employed by the .Egmonjt National Park Board, Mr H. Larsent had a serious fall on the mountain on Wednesday of last week, while he was hunting goats, and his head and arms were severely injured. Accompanied by a fel-low-ranger, Mr I). Burke, Larsen was shooting goats in Waiawia Gorge, about three'miles from the Waiwakaiho Gorge track. At the the accident the two men were climbing a slippery rook bluff. Larsen was in front, and just as he reached the top a sapling to which he was clinging brokh, and he commenced to slide backwards. His partner was unable to stop hint, 'and Us he slipped down his heel caught in a root, and he fell, head . downwards, cutting his head on a protruding boulder and badly bruising his right temple and the upper part of the jawbone. After having fallen 20 feet Larsen landed on a ledge among ■ some supplejacks, which prevented his falling any further. His arm, .which was bent under him when he landed, was injured above the wrist. Although conscious, Larsen was in great pain, but assisted by his companion he succeeded in getting above the bluff, and they set out for the hostel on the track. However, dizziness from time to time overtook the injured man. and Burke made a rough bed for him, and left to hurry to the hostel for assistance. He returned with a party of helpers, but to their surprise they met Larsen only about a mile from the hostel, in a halfdazed condition. He had covered two miles and a-half of track, and. the halfdozen gullies with temporary bridges made of trees. The rescue party took Larsen back to the hostel, and shortly afterwards an ambulance arrived from New Plymouth, which took him to hospital. When Prince Alfred' Ernest, Duke of Edinburgh, second son of the late Queen Victoria, visited New Zealand there was attached to the ducal entourage a famous artist in the person of Mr N. Chevalier, whose mission it was to portray in. oils, and. (pencil .sketches the various places visited by the Duke on his cruise round the world. It . was the widow of the artist, who, upon the death of ter husband, found among his effects a large number of paintings and pencil drawings of New .Zealand places visited, and who donated them to thg Government many years ago. Probably. the Government, or : successive Governments, did not take the greatest care of these artistic treasures, but eventually pome of them were given places in the stairway foyer of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington, In the course of time they developed spots of mildew or those brown patches which are the result of dampness, and become more or less disfigured. Fortunately these drawings and paintings are not to be allowed to perish. A contract has been let to Mr Newrick, of the staff of the -Wanganui Art Gallery, to restore the whole collection to the number of 149. This work is now in progress. Mr Newrick, without in any way interfering with the artist’s , work, is carefully removing the disfiguring spots, and by the end of March will have completed his task.

The historic Maori waor canoe Teremoe, which took part in the battle of Moutoa, and carried away the Maori dead "in that engagement, has been ‘ handed over by Bma Hipango,. with the approval of her late husband (Waata Wiremu'Hipano), to the Dominion Museum Board of Trustees. The canoe arrived by rail at the Public Works yards at Pipitea on Friday, and yesterday was taken through the streets of Wellington t.o the museum. The canoe Teremoa took part in the fight at Ohoutaki on February 11,- 1865, and it was there that Hoani Wiremu Hipango, ■father of Waata Wiremu Hipango, was killed. The last warlike work in which the canoe Teremoa took part was December 7, 1869, when Major’ Kemp received orders from Sir Donald MTLean to chase To Kooti, but the pursuit was abandoned, and the price of £SOOO on Te Kooti’s head was cancelled. Mr Hori Pukehika, who supplies these facts, wos one of the party which set out in Teremoa in pursuit of Tc. Kooti. The Carriage of the canoe by rail was accomplished by placing it on a large wagon, two smaller wagons supporting the ends. ,

Pointed comment on the merits of the flood of -war boohs and propaganda plays denouncing war was ma'de by Majorgeneral R, Young, general officer commanding the New Zealand Forces, in the course of a speech given at the unveiling of the Paeroa War Memorial on Wednesday last. “ I believe,” said General Young, “ that there was no better soldier who fought for King and country than the New Zealander. He was 'a quiet, unassuming fellow, who stuck to his job to the last ditch. If the groused at all it was about the meat or stew, and not about having to stay three or four days extra in the front line. The way he carried on during the campaign was wonderful. I emphasise this because a number of books and a play called u Journey’s End” have been widely read, and have given people. who do not know—-and especially women—an impression that the types described are representative of the New Zealand soldier. This is not so. A man who could not stick it through nerve strain was not kept in the front line. That sloppy type depicted in the play was not representative of the New Zealand soldier. One feels that it is rather an insult to the New, Zealand division that such types as those depicted in the books and in the play referred to should be shown.”

There was an amusing denouement at last week’s Rotary Clnb luncheon in Wellington.. The president asked those present how heavy a fine should be inflicted on a member, as then unnamed, who had taken away another member’s hat. There was no answer. Again the president asked and again met with no response. He turned at last to a member, who is a solicitor. ."In view of your legal calling, I ask you to name thd fine,” appealed the president. “I throw myself .on fhe mercy of the conrt,” was the reply. There was a roar of laughter as it was realised that the solicitor himself was the culprit. He was fined 6d a day for each day he had had the wrong hat. '

Vast and intricate in organisation, far"-.|j reaching in their ramifications, the great'f modern newspapers of such cities as Lou*T don and New York are among the marvels of this mechanical age. A special issue of the New York Times published a few weeks ago. reveals that the newsprint which that journal consumed during 1929 weighed a total of 117,287 tons, and over 5,000,0001 bof printing ink was used. A staff of 3544 earning £26,000 weekly, is employed in the production of the newspaper. Letters to the number of 7250 were received each day, on an average taken during 1929. The cost of news transmission by telegraph, cable, ; and radio, exclusive of Associated Press messages, was nearly £89,000. The newspaper paid to the Post Office Department during the year no less than £159,000.

The Dominion Building Society will hold its annual meeting to-morrow night, when £6OOO will be disposed of by ballot. Attention is drawn to the railway advertisement in this issue granting holiday, excursion fares in. connection with the Invercargill trotting races on March B and 6.

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