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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21360, 13 June 1931, Page 10

The postal authorities advise that the Makura, which is due at Wellington on Monday from Sydney, is bringing 94 bags of English and Australian mails and 21 parcel receptacles for Dunedin, The mail is expected to reach the .local Post Office on Tuesday afternoon.

Copies of an Order-in:Council prohibiting the use by anglers of any wire or gimp trace, plain or twisted, of a greater gauge than 21 standard, and. the use of any rod of greater length than 11 feet in one piece, were forwarded to the Wellington Acclimatisation Society on Wednesday night by the Under-secretary of Marine (Mr G. C. Godfrey). Mr P. Dyer said that the prohibition was evidently intended to apply more to southern rivers, where numbers of quinnat salmon were reported to have been taken by stroke-hauling, the process being to flog the pools with a 16ft bamboo and a long piano-wire trace bespangled with large double hooks, throwing the trace across the pool and foul-hooking the fish. , Members thoroughly approved the prohibition.

Through the courtesy of the chairman of the Marine- Biological Station Board (Mr. G. M. Thomson, M.L.C.), a party of Chamber of Commerce members and their wives will visit the Portobello fish hatcheries this afternoon.

A Daily Times reporter had the oppor tunity yesterday of seeing an important use to which New Zealand-grown bluegum can be put, and he was much impressed with the possibilities of this timber for many classes of work. The bluegum was grown on Mr L. C. Hazlett’s Salisbury estate, the seeds having been planted about 80 years ago by the late Mr Donald Reid, and the timber was well seasoned before being put on the saw. It is being used by Mr H. Parker to construct the body for a motor lorry chassis owned by Mr Hazlett, the body being seven feet wide and nine feet long. The construction—which is of a very solid character—is almost completed, and the work is a credit to the body builder and a tribute to the quality of the timber used. The timber has planed out beautifully, and there is not the slightest indication of any warping, a fault sometimes alleged against New Zealand bluegum. Maybe the fault,, if there is any substance in the allegation, has been removed by the seasoning of the timber. When the body has been oiled and varnished Mr Parker states, that the wood will have an appearence very similar to that of oak. Mr Parker put samples of spotted or grey bluegum (grown in New South Wales), Tasmanian oak (or bluegum), and the Taieri-growu bluegum through the planer, and it was very gratifying to notice that the New Zealand-grown timber came out with a beautiful smooth surface which compared more than favourably with the condition of the imported bluegum. If New Zealand-grown bluegum is properly seasoned on the lines adopted by Mr Hazlett there seems to be no reason why it should not take the place—with advantage to the Dominion —of bluegums which have up to now been imported from overseas.

The Appeal Board dismissed the appeal of Catherine R. Phillips, teacher, against her dismissal by the Wanganui Education Board from the Rangiwahia School. The board admitted (says a Press Association telegram from Wanganui) that in many ways she was a good teacher, but was temperamentally unfitted for the teaching profession.

The next municipal organ recital will be given in the Town Hal! on Wedne* day evening, when the city organist (Df Y. E. Galway) will present an entirely British programme of organ music. Pride of place will be given to Elgar's great organ sonata, and representative work# by Purcell, Wesley and mgdern composers will also be ! given. The supporting artist will be Miss Dorothy Sligo, who will present a solo from one of Purcell ■ operas and a group of modern songs.

Judging by the enthusiasm shown at the meeting of Oamaru retailers in ’ th# County Council Chambers on Thursday evening, the success of “Made in New Zealand Week” in that city is already assured. Between 50 and 60, including a cumber of ladies, attended the meeting which was addressed by Messrs J. G, Jeffery and James Taylor, representing the Dunedin Manufacturers' Association. A strong committee consisting of Messrs J. M. Forrester (Mayor), R. K. Ireland ’(Harbour Board), R. A. M'Dowell (Rotary), and E. B. Walton (Chamber of Commerce) was set up to make arrangements for a public meeting on July 6, when speeches will be delivered by leading Dunedin and Oamaru men, interspersed with a musical programme. The arrangements for the shop window displays, street lighting, etc., were left in the hands of the Retailers’ Committee, r

The fact that no empty houses are available in Napier is a clear indication that the population of the city is now back, to normal as far as adults are concerned. The Relief Committee (says a Press Association telegram) has advertised unsuccessfully for houses in order to clear the parks of camps, but tents are still in use. Another feature'. of the progress being made’-'ia the number of families taking boarders, even in small houses, and in some cases two families are sharing cottages. > Another good barometer is the circulation ot, the Daily Telegraph, which is, back to normal. It is not claimed that all, the residents have returned, but their- absence is more than, covered by the newcomers, many of whom are old Napier people who have been away for years and who intend’ in many cases to settle permanently in the town when houses are available. Newcomers desiring to come to Napier would be wise to arrange accommodation beforehand. • , ■ •' ■ • ,

Some time ago there was a controversy in the press regarding .the wisdom of the Otago Harbour Board in placing double compound engines in the Otakou instead of triple expansion'engines. The. engineering staff of the board maintained that the double compound engines were to be , preferred to triple expansion. The attitude of the officials of the .board receives endorsement in. the report in the Greenock Teelegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette of the construction of a .bargeloading bucket- dredger, which has just been launched from the yards of- William Simons and Co., Renfrew!, for the' Tees Conservancy Commissioners. Messrs Simons and Co. are .the largest dredge builders in the world, and they constructed dredge 2221. The interesting ' ; point • about this new dredge is that it is being fitted with double compound engines. It has all the latest appliances, and can discharge into barges at the rate of 1000 tons per hour and dredge to a depth of 50 feet below sea level. A further move/for the legalisation of euchre tournaments has been made from Christchurch in representations to the Minister of Justice (Mr. J.,-6. Cobble), but (according to a Press Association ’ telegram!), the Minister stated yesterday that he did not think there was any neces- f sity for the introduction of an amendmeat Bill' Mr Cobbe added that the * matter of proceeding in cases of offence , against the law, was being left to the discretion of the police, ■ «A great deal of our’ present difficulties' and heavy rates and taxes are directly / traceable, to haphazard growth, lack of adequate and scientific control and growing too .fast for the needs of the community/' declared Mr E. C. Barker, in an address on “Community Planning” at a meeting of the Christchurch branch" of the Town Planning Institute of New Zealand on Thursday night. He added that as Woon as Hie ,community' go ' down to a definite/systematic control the'Better it wofild he for all. At the present time, Australia afforded New Zealand an example that might well, be heeded, for many of the Dominion’s problems were closely allied to those of Australia.

An unusual point was argued at Timaru on Thursday between Mr . E. J. Anderson (Dunedin), counsel for a Mosgiel resident charged with using: an l automatic .shotgun to kill native game, and Mr W. D. Camp-, bell, counsel for the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society.. , The issue was whether or not a Winchester repeating shotgun was an automatic weapon, Mr Anderson contended that the gun was nonautomatic, as the human agency had to be introduced and only one shot could be fired without reloading, which was done by pulling back the hand-piece under the barrel , and pushing it. forward again, which ejected the spent cartridge and reloaded the gun. He quoted Webster’s dictionary to support his. argument that the gun was not automatic. Mr Campbell argued that even H the gun were not automatic, it was auto-loading. The so-, ciety’s ranger admitted that hc was pot an authority on guns. In dimissing the information, Mr C. R* Orr Walker, S.M., said that even though the gun , was autoloading, it was not automatic, and aim had to be' taken with each shot..

That the position between New Zealand and Canada is regard to the re-cently-imposed trade tariffs was a lamentable’one was the opinion given by Sir James Parr during an interview at Palmerston North on Wednesday. “ I fear, said Sir James, “that it has perhaps been mishandled 'on both sides. Obviously the one thing to be done now is for the two Dominions to get together and discuss the matterj as soon. as possible, and it must be by personal contact —not correspondence.” Sir James said that he was confident that a bargain, profitable to, both sides, could be made. To allow a tariff question to injure the very friendly relations which have existed between the two countries was unthinkable. “I think that it is a matter of such moment that we should, send a Minister, and some outstanding business map as his colleague, to Ottawa, though the present political situation makes this difficult. The' Opposition might facilitate this being done.‘Why should political exigencies’ here delay a settlement? ” Sir - James, was confident that an agreement with Canada by which a portion of the Do- \ minion’s butter could be admitted to the Western Provinces, in return for tariff concessions in New Zealand, was impossible. He had never found Canada a public men to be unreasonable. A sensational safe robbery occurred at Paengaroa, 105 miles south-east from Thames on Wednesday. About X a.m; Mr E.' F. Brightwell, who resides opposite the Farmers’ Trading Company’s Paengaroa store, detected two men with a car removing goods-from the company s' premises. He seized a shotgun, fired two shots, and promptly informed the Te Puke police by telephone. Constable Jackson, accompanied by Messrs Charles Goodwill and J- T. Eceleston, left immediately for the scene and discovered that the safe had been bodily removed, andr also an assortment of groceries, boots, shoes, stockings, tobacco, blankets, etc, Mr S. Nayler, the store manager, joined the party as they proceeded to follow the car tracks in frost through Pongakawa and Manawahae into the bush, until at 4 a.m. they discovered the car abandoned in the bush 55 miles from Te Puke. Making a search of the surrounding country, Constable Jackson arrested two Maoris, who are said to have been hiding. The arrested men and the car were brought to Te Puke. The men are understood to belong to Rotorua. They are alleged to have stolen the car in Auckland. Wheh found the car still contained the safe, on which an attempt at opening had apparently been made, and also all of tho other stolen goods. It is alleged that an attempt had also been made to remove the safe in the post office, which is situated in the store building. The in l .truderu were'evidently disturbed.

A short open season for pukeko was advocated by Mr C. H. Lawrence at the meeting of the council of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society on Thursday evening. “ Unless we get a short open season,” he said, “ the birds will be poisoned and that will mean wiping them out altogether.” He urged that property owners who suffered from the depredations of pukeko should report the facts to the Government in order that attention should be given to the matter. The council approved of pukeko being destroyed on two properties where damage was being done. Migration was at an exceptionally low ebb during the. month of April, according to the May issue of the Monthly Abstract of Statistics. The number of arrivals ’ was 50.4 per cent, less than for the same month last year, while departures decreased by 26 per cent. Tourist traffic is practically at a standstill during the winter months, but the decline of 68.7' per cent, compared with last year is remarkable. ' Permanent arrivals were fewer .by 55.4 per cent., but the permanent departures increased by 5.6 per cent. The cumulative figures for four months show that arrivals have decreased by 26.9 per cent., and departures by 26.8 per cent. . Immigrants intending permanent residence were 25.6 per cent, fewer, while emigrants departing permanently declined in number by 14 per cent. Tourist traffic for the period fell off by. 35.6 per cent. , ” . ,

A statement that the New Zealand film censor had admitted passing films to which he would not take his wife and daughter, made by the Rev. Dr J. Gibb at a-meeting of the Presbyterian General Assembly, .was challenged by the Government censor, Mr W- A. Tanner. Dr Gibb also' stated that in attempting to bring about reforms in films and posters those who moved - were up against a conspiracy, of silence. “There is not a film J have passed to which I'would not have taken any member of my family,” said Jfr Tanner. , He added: "The paragraph surprises me, because I thought I was the only censor of films in New Zealand. I have never spoken to Dr Gibb in my life, and so I do not know where he gets his ‘ candid ‘statement ’ from. Ido not know what he means by a ‘conspiracy of silence.’ When posters are passed here by ine they are free for all New Zealand. Since the advent of thei * talkies' there has been a very much higher percentage of rejections.” Long before they reached the entrance of the Fanciers’ Show yesterday visitors had ample evidence of the presence of the. dogs, whose barking was audible for about 100 yards up the road. For some reason dogs always give tongue to their full lung capacity at a show, and although their barking seems purposeless to the casual listener, anyone who cares to study the sound can detect certain interesting features. The barking is sustained for a while, and then there is a sudden hush, all the doge stopping simultaneously as though at a signal. And then it bursts l out again, in unison; as though nothing had happened, and a few minutes later the seme peculiar hush descends once again; The occurrence certainly provides an interesting field for conjecture. Singularly enough,.whatever the breed of dog, the backing seems to bl6nd into one sustained sound that seems to be an expression of ‘ one mood. Certainly there is not a note of savagery in the sound. Two men who left Sweden, their native land, in an open boat two years ago on a voyage round the world had a talk to officers of the steamer Katoa at a point 222 miles out from the New South Wales coast on June 2. Signalling the steamer, one of the men, named Benssen, explained that their route had 'been across the Atlantic and through the Panama canal. Now. bound for Sydney, they , had covered 14Q0 miles from, the New Hebrides, their last port of call, in 25 days. The; other man could not speak English. Benssen asked the officers to send a postcard to hig> wife at, an address he gave in Sweden. The Gullmarn, the boat which the round-the-world adventurers are using, was described, when the Katoa arrived in Newcastle, as a 25ft cutterj ‘with sails, but no engines. .Gifts of vegetables, jam, and Jrrea.d were, cheerfully accepted Jby.the two ..Swede's,-who said they bad; a stove rri the boat, but having run -out of provisions, had been.Tivmg for some days on rice. The need of improving the standard of the pictures exhibited in the Auckland ■Art Gallery was urged by Dr E. B. Guneon, president of the Auckland Society of Arts, in an address given before the Auckland Rotary Club, (states . the New. Zealand Herald). His suggestions-included the purchase of works by New Zealand artists of the first rank, a'radical weed-ing-oat of mediocre pictures, and the appointment of a committee of artists to establish the authenticity or otherwise of a mmber of reputed old masters at present ia the gallery. Comparatively few small galleries achieved' a really high standard,- said Dr Gunson, and the Auckland Art Gallery was no different from -the majority of other sihall galleries in reaped of the large number of inferior works it contained, But the presence of any picture in a public gallery should be a hallnark of its quality, which the public should be able to accept unreservedly.

The! Railways Department advises in this isue an old shed for 6a l e a t St. Leonaids. „ . , Otago Mutual Starr-Bowkett Society •harekdders in this No. 2 group of the society are reminded that a ballot for a free loan of £SOO will be held in the society's office, T. and G. Buildings, Prince! street, on Wednesday next, at 8 p.m. Shares are still available in the new Ns. 4 group, and those joining this group have a chance of securing a free loan of £IOOO. The subscriptions and repayments amount to only 30s per week. Those iiterested should communicate with the secretary (Mr E. S. Wilson), who will be jleased to supply the fullest particulars. r . , The National Building Society advertises free appropriations of £BOO each in all its gioups to be drawn on Tuesday, June 23. „ „ The Uuted Starr-Bowkett Building Society will dispose of £IBOO by sale and ballot on Julyl6. ; i The Soithern iStarr-Bowkett Society announces the disposal of £ISOO on Monday, June 22 —£500 by sale in group No. 3 and £IOO by ballot in group No. 4, Attentioi is drawn in our advertising columns to a meeting of the Protestant Political Asociation to be held in the Early Settlre’ Hall on Tuesday, June 16, at 8 p.m. The speaker will be the Rev. J.. Pringle, who has taken the lead on former occaions on the platform of the association. The organiser of the association will give important information, and the Re. P. B. Fraser Will also speak. ; The object of the meeting is to emphasise eore accented Protestant principles in the ife, religion, education, and politics of the Dominion. The drawiig of the Golden Key Art Union will tae place under police and Government swervision in the Conference Hall, Dominio. Farmers’ Institute, Wellington, To-dw (Saturday), June 13. commencing 1 ' ats .p.m.—13631. A Franki (nderson. dental surgeon, Princes street, Dunedin, visits Waipiata Thursday. June2s; Ranfurly and Patearoa. Friday. Jne 26. —Advt. W. V Stumer. G.A.0.C., D.5.0.J., optician. Conalting rooms, 2 Octagon, Dunedin 1 Most modern scientific equipment for sight isting.—Advt A. E J. Blabley and W. E. Bagley. dentists. Bank f Australasia, corner of i Bond and Rattay streets (next Telegraph Office) Telephone 12-359.—Advt. A woman’s hir is a woman's glory A good hair brus. is necessary to keep the hair bright and.possy We have a splendid selection of lair Brushes to choose from. All price from a few shillings to £3 10s each. Call and see them. — H L. Sprosen, Chenst, corner Octagon and George street. Dnedin.—Advt See our new seson’s display of Electric Radiators.—iarth Electrical Sup plies. Ltd.. 56 Prices street. Dunedin.— Advt. To see well, see is.—Peter Dick, jewellers, watchmakers and opticians. 490 Moray place. Dumlin.—Advt.