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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21101, 11 August 1930, Page 6

Mr Justice Kennedy has granted probate of the will of Margaret Mills, of Dunedin, the estate being sworn at £25,000. .Under her will the testatrix has left £SOO to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin for the purpose of assisting suitable persons to study at the Holy Cross College at Mosgiel with a view to entering the priesthood, and afurther £SOO to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin for the purpose of founding a scholarship for Roman Catholic boys attending the Christian Brothers’ School, ''or in a similar Roman Catholic boys’ school in Dunedin. The residue is left in trust of the Roman Catholic Orphanage at South Dunedin, known as’the Saint Vincent de Paul Orphanage, and carried on by an order of, nuns known as Sisters of Mercy. In the earlier part of the will there are several private bequests, including legacies to members of the deceased’s staff.

I The postal authorities advise that the steamer Maunganui, which is due at Auckland to-morrow from Sydney, is bringing seven bags of Australian mail and 12 parcel receptacles for Dunedin. The ( mail is expected to reach the local Post Office on Thursday afternoon. Having previously been convicted of obtaining by false pretences the sum of £1 2s 6d from Margaret Eugenie Buie, Robert Henry Brockie appeared for sen tence before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M.. in the City Police'Court on Saturday, when a further charge of a similar nature was preferred against him. Chief Detective Cameron said that since the accused had originally appeared, numerous complaints had been received- concerning him with the result that the additional charge had been laid. In this case his method of procedure was the same as on the previous occasion. He bad gone to a shopkeeper named William Brown, from whom he had obtained £2 7s 6d by representing that he would insert an advertisement of Brown’s business in nn exercise book which he intended publishing. This exercise book was, of course, a myth*. The magistrate said .that imprisonment did not appear to deter the accused trcm committing this class of offence, so, in view of the probation Officer’s report, he thought he would be justified tn taking an exceptional view of the case. If he were put in the way of obtaining employment and turning his energies into other channels, the accused might yet become a useful member of society. He would be convicted and discharged on the first charge, and admitted to probation for "a term of three years on the second, a special condition being that if he obtained regular employment restitution must be made of the various amounts obtained

A large number of members of the Loyal Orange Institution attended Divine service in the new Watkin-Creed Memorial Church at Port Chalmers yesterday Over 60 members of the Order were present from Dunedin. The Rev. Bro. T. A. Pybus preached an appropriate sermon. Portion of the service was taken by the Rev. Bro. E. A, Benfell. Sister Cubitt and Bro. M'Faull rendered solos.

The Rev. Robert Tohu Potiki Haddon definitely has decided to stand as candidate for the Western Maori electorate district seat rendered vacant by the demise of Sir Maui Pomare. The intention of Mr Haddon was repeated in the face of the presumption issued from an Auckland source that “in view of the fact that Mr Haddon was present at a conference at Huntly, did not speak, it is considered unlikely that he will take part in the contest." The main reason offered by a Taranaki Maori for Mr Hadden’s silence at the Waihi-Huntly conference is indicative of Mr Haddon's conception of custom and etiquette and a desire to refrain from electioneering until the ashes of Sir Maui Pomade have been laid to rest. The candidature of Mr Haddon seems to be looked upon with general favour in Taranaki. The fact that no whisper of any further aspirant from Taranaki has been heard lends" weight to that view. It is very probable in any case (says a New Plymouth paper) that no statutory machinery in connection with the vacant seat will be put into operation until after the funeral of Sir Maui. It is not known which party, if any, Mr Hadden is likely to support, but it is known that Sir Maui and Mr Haddon worked in concert in connection with the land confiscation compensation question debated at Waitara upon the occasion of the. last visit of Sir Maui tq thq district.

A sharp and heavy earthquake shock at 1.50 on Sunday morning alarmed the rest* dents of • Palmerston North (says a Press Association telegram). No damage was done. Feilding reports that a similar occurrence took place there. Provided that the United candidate (Mr Vincent Ward) is agreeable,, there is a possibility of a public debate on the taxation and unemployment questions between Mr Ward and Mr James Hargest; the Reform Party’s candidate. This proposal (says the Southland Tunes) w.as mooted at the meeting of electors addressed by Mr Hargest in Knox Hall on Friday evening. When questiofl time arrived, the chairman (Mr John Bell) read the following question which had been handed in to the raeteing:—“ Would the candidate be prepared to debate on the public platform with Mr V, Ward the taxation and unemployment questions? ” A footnote to the question stated that the same question would, be asked ttte Government candidate at his meeting in the theatre that evening. Mr Hargest was not at all hesitant in replying. “This is a staggerer,” he said, "but certainly I will meet Mr Ward in 'debate on these questions. I am prepared to meet him on the public platform at any ime—preferably before Wednesday." This reply was greeted with vociferous applause. It is not known whether a similar question was handed in to Mr Ward at his meeting, but no mention was made of it. "1 was interested in the large'gathermg at Athletic* Park," said the Prime Minister (Mr G. W. Forbes) at the dinner to the British team bn Saturday night (says a Press Association telegram from Wellington). “1 also had anothei interest in it. There is a little thing called the amusement tax which the Government gathers. I have never seen such a happy gathering of taxpayers in mv life. In the whole gathering there was not one who had a word to say about the Budget. It was a day of Rugby* football and that held the stage against anything. The- Prime Minister, the Leader of "the Opposition, the Leader of the Labour' Party, and others of more or less notorious character were forgotten. The heroes of the day were Porter and the others who were playing the game." Some time between 6.20 and 8 o'clock last evening, a Buick motor car belonging to Mr George Maokay, of 4 Young's* terrace, was stolen from outside All Saints’ Church in Cumberland street. The car, the registered . number of which is ISO--215, is a blue touring fivc-seater model, with a grey hood and wooden wheels.

“ Above the Worry Line," being a page of seasonable pictures dealing with the winter sports at Mount Cook, is a testate of the illustrated section of the O f a£o Witness, to be published to-morrow. The front page depicts the welcome home - to Admirable Byrd in the United States, as well as the Southern Gross at Roosevelt Field, where the Kingsford Smith flyeris completed their record flight across the There is a half-page of. pictures of the opening of'the new Methodist Church at Fort Chalmers, and strips showing winning exhibits at ‘the Gore. Poultry Club’s third annual show, visitors at the jubilee of the Canterbury Agricultural College, the teams which competed for the Chatham Gup final at Dunedin, the opening of . a new passenger landing stage at Tilbury, London, a'- new hydraulic plant for gold mining at Now Guinea, and such interesting English subjects as “At the Aldershot Searchlight Military Tattoo,” “ Opening Day. of the Second Test Match at Lords,” “Lawn Tennis Championship meeting at Wimbledon,” "The Reopening of St. Paul’s Cathedral,” and " Gay Times £ at Soar-, borough." Local and New Zealand onepicture themes complete the issue, which is to be recommended for its variety. Search for a torpedo, worth about £2OOO, lost from H.M.S. Dunedin in the Hauraki Gulf, is being made by the mine sweeper.Wakakura. Torpedoes, are buoyant and, after losing the momentum ; of discharge, normally remain afloat'and.are recovered. This torpedo was discharged from' the Dunedin during exercises, .yhioh took place toward the end of May, and it sank in 20 fathoms of water several miles off Flat Rock. A party from the warship searched for' several days,- but had' not recovered the - projectile before the Dunedin had to leave on Its Island cruise. At that time the Wakakura .was about to undergo refitting and, therefore,, could not join in the search, for which her mine-sweeping equipment renders net particularly suitable. The torepflo -contains no explosive, but care must be taken not to touch tiie propellers, which ,are part'of a delicate mechanism Sia.uk to suffer damage from any careless hand*, ling. The Dunedin, carries 12 torpedoes, and they, arc worth about £24,000. “ The number of motorists prosecuted in Auckland for speeding through City Council speed traps is between. 300 and 400 annually,” said Mr Hogan, chief traffic inspector. 11 There are 30 traps in regular use in and round : the city, ( and each day some of them are in operation.” The majority of motorists prosecuted,'he said, bad been, driving at from 38 to 30 miles an hour, but several-motor cyclists had .been timed at 70 miles and more. The traps used by the City Council'traffic department were of two kinds, the trap on the bend and the straight trap. Both required two officers for their operation. The traps were over carefully surveyed distances of 440 yards, and had been marked off by competent authorities. The watches used by the officers were frequently tested by watchmakers to ensure their accuracy, and . if there was any difference between the times registered by two watches after a motorist had been timed through a trap the driver was always given the benefit of the doubt. While engaged in speed trap work traffic officers always wore, plain clothes. The policy of selection by personal interview is usually followed in the choosing of Rhodes Scholars within the British Empire. In New Zealand the candidates from the four colleges are summopeu to Wellington toward the end of November, when they appear before a selection committee, consisting of the Governor-General, who presides, the Chief Justice,. the chancellor and vice-chancellor, of the university, the chairman of the' University Academic Board, two former Rhodes Scholars, and a representative of the business world. The two scholars are selected from the candidates on grounds of personal character, and of intellectual a&d athletic proficiency. Newspaper correspondence on the subject of married women who go on working while unmarried women are unemployed gives the impression that there are many such cases in Auckland. The city missionary, the Rev. Jasper Calder, recently invited people knowing of cases of married women working unnecessarily to send particulars to him, but 140 has received only five letters. In one case he found that the husband was in casual work only, and that his wife was a specialist who could not be replaced by . anyone untrained. In three cases work by the wife seemed unnecessary, and each couple owned a car. Another letter mentioned a firm which employed five married women. Mr Calder is convinced that the number of cases where hardship is caused is small, but in certain cases he will write to the firms concerned, saying that they might like to know the position. Further than that he will not go. ’