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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21580, 27 February 1932, Page 10

Children Entertained A kindly thought actuated the staff of one of Dunedin's large retail establishments whose annual picnic to Warrington takes place to-day. It was decided to take along some 40 children whose parent's are unemployed, to entertain them with food, games, fruit, toys, etc., and to return them safely to their respective homes at the end of the day. School Libraries The preparation of the books for the various schools coming under the scheme of school libraries for 1932 has now been completed, says a report from the Library Committee of the City Council. Books have been sent to 14 schools, the total number of volumes sent out being 2380. In several instances the number of books was increased to provide a supply for the pupils in the Fourth Standard. In five .' schools Standards V and VI are supplied, in.-five schools Standards IV, V and VI, and in four schools a sufficient number ie sent to provide for all the pupils. During the, year just closed 1830 volumes were sent to the schdols and the issues to the children numbered 17,257. Nine of the volumes were missing on the final stock-taking, but it is expected that several of these may be returned. Commendatory references have been received from a number of school teachers as to the value of the library to the pupils and it is evident that both teachers and scholars greatly appreciate and make the best use of the privileges which are being afforded by the library

Wandering Stock At the meeting of the Taieri County. Council yesterday it was resolved that in future in connection with all stock found wandering or being herded on the Green Island to Taieri Mouth road the inspector take proceedings against the owners. Loss of Tramway Revenue The ‘following is a clause in the Finanea Committee's report to be presented,to the meeting of the City Council on Wednesday night:—ln view of the continued heavy drop in the revenue of the Tramways Department it has become evident that the position of the tramway account at March 31 next will not permit of the half-yearly transfer of £2341 to the general account in relief of rates. It is not possible to transfer such sum unless the same is actually earned by the tramways, as the statutory provision regarding limitation of overdraft in any particular account would make such a course impossible. The general account will therefore be without, such assistance the current half-year. Wellington Hospital Board The Wellington Hospital Board will close its financial year with a deficit of about £31,000, according to a statement made yesterday by the chairman, who added that the position was not quite so bad as it was expected to be some eight months ago. Taxable Capacity of the People “ We could avoid making some of these economies if the taxable capacity of the people had not been reached and if it were possible, to. go on imposing further taxation,” declared the Minister of Finance (Mr Downie Stewart) when commenting yesterday (says our parliamentary reporter) upon the financial situation and warning a deputation of educationists from Dunedin of the unprecedentedly difficult times which lay ahead. “ The taxpayer of this country ha« just about reached his capacity to pay,” the Minister added, “and when that happens something has to give way somewhere. I think everything that has been done in the past two years will fade into insignificance in the light of what we , will have to face up to in the next two'■ years.”' •> Tramway Traffic The Dunedin tramway manager’s statement of the traffic returns for the past fortnightly period as compared with thow for the corresponding period of'last year shows a further decrease in the revenue over all lines and buses of £6BO for the period. The total decrease since the commencement of the financial year to date now amounts to £10,429, equal to 6.68 per cent. Training Ship Wakakura , The naval training ship Wakakura, which was delayed in the Lower Harbour early this week owing to bad weather, and which later proceeded to Oamaru, returned to port yesterday afternoon. The' draft of Naval Reserve ratings, having completed a period of training in general seamanship, will be dismissed atj.l a.m. to-day. The Wakakura is timed to sail this afternoon for the north with the sixth and last draft of Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve ratings of the Otago Division. The lads will undergo a week’s training. The ship will return to Dunedin on March 4, and sail the following day for Lyttelton, where she will be engaged for some time taking Canterbury Naval Reserve Ratings to sea for periods of training. <■ Tenders for Copper Cable The Electric Power and Lighting Committee will recommend to the meeting of the City Council on Wednesday night that Rhe tender of the National Elec - trical and Engineering Company, Dunedin, for the supply and delivery of two and three-quarter miles of three-core 6600 volt copper cable be accepted. The' tender is the lowest of- 12 received, all , of which were for cable of manufacture. * Municipal Organ Recital The 4932 series, of organ recitals on the Town Hall Organ by the city organist. Dr V.,' E. Galway,'will commence on Wednesday evening next at 8 p.m. An extremely attractive programme has been prepared of items both old and new. Pieces that will be heard for the first time at this recital are “ Fantasia ” by Silas, the entr’acte from Schubert’s “ Rosamunde,” Bach’s well-known air, “My Heart Ever Faithful,” and MacDowelTs “ Maestoso,” aj). 1620. Regular patrons of these recitals will welcome the second performance of Wood’s delightful suite, entitled “ Scenes in Kent)” and Wagner’s brilliant overture to “ Tannhauser.” The supporting artist is Mr Maitland M'Cutcheon, who made his first Dunedin appearance at these recitals .last year, and proved an instantaneous success. His numbers will be the first movement from Grieg’s “Sonata in C minor," and a bracket of pieces by Pugnani and Kreisler. 1 Temporary School Building

The Reserves Committee will report to the meeting of the City Council on Wednesday night ,that' it has given consideration to an application from the Board of Governors of the Otago Boys and Girls’ High Schools for permission lb erect another temporary school building on the Town Belt at Littlebourne Park, or alternatively the construction of additions to the present temporary building. The last-mentioned structure was placed on the Town Belt in 1926 on the condition that it was to be removed within five years. When that period expired the High Schools’ Board asked for and received the. sanction pi the council to an extension of the privilege for a further period of three years, making eight years in all. The committee is of the opinion that the assistance already extended the applicants in this matter should be regarded as the maximum and is, therefore, unable tb recommend the granting of any further similar use of the Belt, either by -way of extension to the existing building, or for the erection of another building.

Irrigating the Galloway Flats Work for approximately 50 men will be provided on the construction of a dam in the Lower Manorburn to irrigate the Galloway Flats, authority for which has been given by the Government .in response to representations by Mr W. A. Bodkin. The dam will be a concrete structure (says our parliamentary reporter) similar to the one recently constructed at Oturehua and will enable 1 the Galloway' Flat to be irrigated with water which is now running to waste. It will also enable the department to extend the irrigated area in Ida Valley. The work is being undertaken as relief work, and the Unemployment Board is finding portion of the money. Mr Bodkin says he is gratified to note that the Public Works Department and the Unemployment Board are co-operating in , undertaking works of this character, which will add greatly to the production of Otago. Report of Economists The committee-of economists, which was appointed by the Government to examine "the economic and budgetary position” of the Dominion, has now completed its work (says the Christchurch Press) and submitted a report to the Prime Minister. The committee, comprising Dr J. Hight , (chairman). Professors D. B. Copland, A. H. Tocker, and H. Belshaw, and Mr A. D. Park, was announced on February and members assembled in Wellington the following morning. For the next 12 days—until Wednesday evening last—they were engaged daily from 9 a.m. until 11 pan., Sundays not excepted. Their report was necessarily prepared in haste since the Government was anxious to have it as early as possible after the opening of. Parliament. It svill be recalled that one of the most important recommendations the committee was required to make was on the question of the exchange rate. Dr Hight. who, with Professor Tocker, returned to Christchurch on Thursday, said that no doubt the committee’s conclusions would be announced in due course by the Government, although much of the evidence which it received and recorded was of course confidential.

Street Parade of Troop* The Otago Regiment, which has been in camp at Tahuna Park since Monday, will hold a parade through the city this morning, leaving the camp shortly after 3 o’clock. Accompanied by the band of the Otago Regiment and the Trumpet and Bugle Band, the men will march to the Oval, after which their route will be along Princes and George streets, turning down Hanover street to King street. They will then proceed to the Railway Station, where B Company will entrain for Oamaru, after which a return will be made to Tahuna Park. Camp will be broken this afternoon. Bulk Petrol Storage The directors of the Associated Motorists’ Petrol Company, Ltd., have decided (says a Press Association telegram from Wellington) to erect installations for bulk petrol storage at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. The directors state that New Zealand or British materials and appliances will be used exclusively. The work of erection will be put in hand in the very near future. Fire at Bannockburn A house at Bannockburn, the property of Mr James Graham, was totally destroyed by fire just after daylight on Wednesday morning. The outbreak evidently occurred in the kitchen, and spread before anything could be done. The owner was in bed at the time, and saved only a suit of clothes and a few family relics. In the house were a valuable piano and a costly wireless set, as well as many family heirlooms, and the owner will be a heavy loser above the amount of insurance.

Compensation Awarded After a four days’ hearing in the claim for £4175 compensation for land taken and allegedly injuriously affected in the construction of the Tajva Flat railway deviation made by David Rowell, farmer, .against the Minister of Public Works the court yesterday (says a Prep Association telegram from Wellington) delivered judgment awarding the claimant £IBSO. 44 Learn to Fly ” Week The Otago Aero Club’s “ Learn to Fly " Week was concluded last evening when the Grand Salon at Messrs Arthur Barnett’s, Ltd., was crowded with spectators. Out of the 26 finalists six had equal points, and these competed for first, second and third places. / The first prize, a £4O scholarship, was won by Miss Dorothy Secular, with J. Lupp second, and Miss Eileen Crawshaw third. The president of the Otago Aero Club (Mr A. H. Allen) presented the prizes and thanked Mr Barnett for the uso of his salon for the competition, and the Vacuum Oil Company for the use of Its machine. In the children’s competition the first prize, a free flight over the city, was won by Betty Begg. Forty children in the competition were selected for certificates of competency.

Patriarchal Advice From the experience ot his 54 years o£ missionary work in the New Hebrides, the Rev. Oscar Michelson, a patriarchal .type of man, spoke to the Rev. Basil ,A C. Nottage, who was ordained by the moderator of the ‘Presbyterian Assembly in Christchurch on Thursday evening for missionary work in the New Hebrides, and his words of advice were the most impressive point in the evening’s proceedings. “Come, down to the people; let them feel that you are conscious that you are merely a fellow-man,” he said. " Teach Them by your own life rather, than by your sermons. There are plenty of preachers in the world who can preach most eloquent sermons, but cannot save souls. Trust in God and you cannot but succeed.”' Mr Michelson related bow when he first went to the islands as_ a missionary- a young girl said to him. “ Don’t go, there. That’s the place where they eat people.” He replied that that was where he was safest. He had gone out, confident that he would succeed, /• - not because of any great trust m his own ability, but because of the words, ' "Lo, I am with you.” He knew that he could not fail, and because of that prosperity had always followed him. The new missionary need not have any thoughts of personal danger in the islands. When he had come back to New Zea- . .land at the end of his. 54 years of service, he had come back with the thought, “If it comes to the worst I can always go back to Tongoa.” Romance of the Islands When Mrs Anne Margaret Lewis Melior, in New York, decided to go for a pleasure cruise in the yacht Stella Polaris, she little guessed that she would not return but would, within a few weeks, be married in Fiji and hastening through New Zealand with her husband -to live in Tahiti. Mrs Melior. is an opera singer under the name of Madame Valdi. On the yacht she met Mr Charles Cutler Curtis, a planter of Tahiti, who had been in New York. When he decided fo return home in the yacht instead of by- ordinary means, friendship soon ripened, and it was not long before the ■ couple announced their engagement. Then came the problem of how to get married on congenial soil. Tahiti was ruled out as French. It was decided to wait until Pago -Pago was reached, but- the captain shied clear of Pago Pago on account of infantile paralysis being reported there, so on they fared to Apia full of anticipation. But, alas, a wireless message informed the captain 1 that the harbour was unsafe because of , heavy seas. So once more the course was shifted and the bow pointed for Suva. Landing on Friday week,. the couple applied for a special license, but red tape delayed them. By Saturday morning difficulties were overcome, and at noon at the American Consulate the Registrar-general married the pair in the presence of several fellow-tourists. Mr and Mrs Cutler left Suva by the Ao.rangilast Thursday afternoon, arrived at Auckland on Sunday afternoon, and an hour , later left by special ear for Wellington, where they joined the for Tahiti.

A Boycott Suggested The Anglican bishops of New South Wales have called on all professiug Christians to boycott the Sydney Harbour Bridge celebrations, which are fixed to commence on March 19. Dr Grotty, Bishop of Bathurst, in a pastoral, which was read in all the churches in the diocese On February 14, recommended “ a definite and deliberate boycott by all professing Christians of the bridge opening' celebrations ” and described the decision to hold the bridge opening in Holy Week as “ scandalous, and a reproach to any community.” He stated that responsibility for the desecration of Holy Week could justly be held at the door of a vast section of indifferent Christians, Bishop Moyes, of Armidale, joining with the other bishops, asked his people to abstain in Holy Week from all the pleasures end festivities arranged in their towns and districts, or those in connection with the bridge opening or the show.” The same, or similar requests, were made by all the Anglican bishops in their Lenten pastorals.

Opportunities for Boys “Fourteen thousand boys are born every year in New Zealand,” said Mr E. J, Jackson at the luncheon of the Wanganui Rotary Club < this week. By the time they were 16 years of age, he continued, some 2000 had fallen by the ■wayside, leaving about 12,000 to be provided with work. Recently Arbitration Court proceedings had limited the number of apprentices, and the only occupations which were unrestricted to youths were the professions (doctors, lawyers, dentists) and those of unskilled labourers. Every boy should be entitled to go into any industry to which he was attracted. If he could not it would probably be found in future years that in addition to exporting goods New Zealand would be exporting her trained men. Pressure must be brought about to ensure that every boy was given an opportunity, said the speaker, otherwise the General • Labourers’ Union would have to form a federation and refuse to allow the restriction of youths in general trades. The result would bh that the. Labourers’ Union ■nd the British Medical Association fcould be crowded out.

Ancient Maori Relic Mr P. Bidois, of Motuhoa, a small island in Tauranga Harbour between Matakana Island and Te Puna, the other day came across a very interesting carved stone, which it is believed was used by the oldtime Maoris as a sinker for fishing. The stone is about 12in long and Sin in diameter, and is cylindrical in form. The carving represents human features. Motuhoa is a fertile little island which has been cultivated by the Maoris for many generations. Four fortifications, dating back to the old days of tribal warfare, are still to be seen, and an ancient pa, now used as a burial ground. Mr Peter Bidois, whose home is on Motuhoa, is a son of Mr Charles Bidois, who died last month at the age of 76 years. Mr Louis Bidois, grandfather of the present generation of the family, came out to Akaroa in a whaler early in last century and found his way to Tauranga soon after. In the possession of the family is another valuable relic, which was recovered from a Te Puna swamp after lying there perhaps for centuries. This is a carved figurehead from a war canoe and is highly prized by the owners, through whose courtesy it is to be exhibited in Tauranga during "jubilee week” of March.

Commodore’s Three Tasks The New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy is run probably on more economical lines than any other Dominion service existing, said Rear-admiral Blake, conimodore in command of the division, at a farewell smoke concert given by the White Ensign Club (states the Auckland correspondent of the Christchurch Times). “ Out here,” he said, “ I have had three rather peculiar tasks to perform, which have made life quite pleasant until it has come to the last one. I am captain of my own ship, which is very satisfactory, and I am commodore commanding the New Zealand station, which is also highly satisfactory. But I am also naval adviser to the New Zealand Government, and first naval member of the Naval Board, which is not quite so satisfactory. However, as captain of my ship, I can look after the interests of my messmates. As commodore of the New Zealand station I can make certain recommendations, and as first naval member of the Naval Board I can then say I do not approve of them at all. From experience, I suggest that you should have ho fixed convictions, but, when occasion arises, as it were, trim your sails to the wind.” A Syrian Ecclesiastic

On a pastoral visit to Syrian Roman Catholics in New Zealand, the Rev. Archimandrite Sophronius Khoury, of Brisbane, Australia, head of the Basilian Order, arrived at Auckland on Tuesday by the Maunganui from Sydney. The order to which the Archimandrite belongs has its headquarters upon Mount Lebanon, and is said to have been founded in 400 a.d. He came to Australia 30 years ago to minister to bis compatriots, who now number about 12,000 in the Commonwealth. Associated with him are four other clergy of the order, who work under the direction of the bishops in whose dioceses they reside. " On the occasion of the Eucharistic Congress in Sydney, he arranged that two of the dignitaries present, Archbishop Duhig and Bishop Malouf, should visit Brisbane and lay the foundation stone of the first Syrian church in Australia. Funds are still being contributed for the completion of the building. The Archimandrite, whose ecclesiastical rank is equivalent to that of "monsignor” coming next below that of bishop, visited New Zealand 24 years ago. There are several hundred Syrians in the Dominion, but they are widely scattered, and he expects to spend about four months seeing as many of them as possible. Wine Buried for Twenty-seven Years The bride at a Wairarapa wedding was toasted in champagne which had lain buried in the grounds of her home for -7 years. The wine wds some from her parents’ wedding table, and had been carefully sealed placed in a totara box, and buried by her father, to lie undisturbed until the wedding day of the first of his family to marry. The wine, which came from Bellamy's, the bride’s grandfather being then a Minister of the Crown, was in perfect condition, and even the box showed little signs of having been buried for nearly 30 years.

The Railways Department advertises in this issue that in connection with the excursion to the Waitaki dam to-morrow a bus will run from Mosgiel to connect with the special trains. The Railways Department advertises in this issue particulars of a special cheap dav excursion from Dunedin to Timaru on Sunday, March 12. The intention is to make the excursion as attractive as possible by putting on fast special trains at exceptionally cheap fares, also reserving seats fot* both journeys for la. A notice to shareholders of the Dunedin Starr-Bowkett Building Society appears elsewhere in this issue. The United Starr-Bowkett Building Society, in the advertising columns of this paper, sets out the advantages obtained by subscribers. A few shares are still available in the No. 11 group. The Southern Starr-Bowkett Society on Monday night will dispose of £ISOO by Miss Wheeler, of Anderson’s Bay, on behalf of the Mission to Lepers, acknowledges the receipt of wool for knitting for the lepers from Miss Clough, the Drayery Supply Association, and Messrs Ross and Glendining, Sargood Son and Ewen, Butterworth Bros., Brown, Ewim? and Co., W. Penrose and Co., A. and_ T. Inglie, Hallenstein Bros, and promises of oddments of wool from others. A. Frank Anderson, dental surgeon, Princes street, Dunedin, will visit Waipiata Thursday, March 31; Ranfurly and Patearoa, Friday, April I.—Advt._ Combine the highest quality in car manufacture with the best value for money. See the 1932 Austins.—Austin Motors (Otago), Ltd.—Advt. Messrs Sundstrum and Thompson, dentists, Dunedin, will visit Waipiata and Ranfurly, Monday, February 29; Naseby, Tuesday, March I.—Advt. Save your eyes. Be wise, and consult W. Y. Stunner (optician, 2 Octagon), thus conserving good vision for old age.— Advt. Ladies, Save Your Hands. A pair of om Household Rubber Gloves will do this for you. Price, Is 6d pair.—H. L. Spros4n, Ltd., chemists and photographic dealers, corner Octagon and George street. Dun edin. —Advt. Philips American Valve Replicas, 245, 280, 227, 226. 7s 6d each; 224, Bs—while they last.—Barth Electrical Supplies,. Ltd., 56 Princes street, Dunedin—Advt. A. E. J. Blakeley and W. E. Bagley, dentists, Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 12-309. Advt.