Australian Mails.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21723, 15 August 1932, Page 6

Australian Mails.

The steamer Zealandia, which is due at Auckland to-morrow from Sydney, is bringing 16 bags of Australian mail and 15 parcel receptacles for Dunedin.' The mail is expected to reach the local Post Office on Thursday afternoon. Unidentified Wreckage The Marine Department has received full details of the wreckage washed up at Black Head, and from the description given (says a Press. Association telegram from Wellington) does not believe it to be from the missing launch Advance. There is a cabin top 10 feet seven inches long and six feet three inches across at one end, tapering to a point at the other. It is painted blue inside and blue over white outside. It consists of 10 planks on each side of the centre planks set on nine cross-ribs. A small copper benzine tank was found near the cabin top. It is also known that the wreckage is not from the Amai, which was wrecked off Tory Channel early in the year. The department would welcome information that would identify the wreckage. Wide Outlook Needed The insularity of New Zealand was referred to by Lord Bledisloe at the opening of the Tai Tapu Library on Friday as a possible danger in causing a narrowness of outlook. The people of New Zealand, he said, needed a wide outlook because of their insularity, and he recommended the inclusion in the library of a few works on topography which would give their readers a greater knowledge of the world. Auckland’s 470 Prisoners “ Few people realise that the 470 prisoners in Mount Eden Gaol and at Rangitoto represent one-third of the prison population of the Dominion/’ said the honorary secretary of the Discharged Prisoners’ Aid Society, the Rev. G. E. Moreton, at a performance in aid of the society's funds last week. Since October last year the society had spent £660 giving assistance to 3400 former prisoners, their wives, or dependents.

Local Fire Calls

The City Fire Brigade waa called to Crosby greet, Mornington, shortlly after 7 o’clock on Saturday evening to attend a chimney fire. No damage was done. As the result of a justifiable false alarm the City Brigade was again called out to an 11-roomed house at 82 Frederick street, occupied by Mrs Brown, at 8.42 p.m. At 3.55 a.m. yesterday the brigade was called to the premises of Messrs Arnold and Raffils, leadlight manufacturers, 181 Moray place, where an outbreak of fire had occurred in the factory. The damage was confined to a small portion of the flooring, which was slightly damaged. No insurances are available. An automatic false alarm was responsible for the summoning of the brigade to the grocery establishment of Messrs Wardell Bros., George street, at 6.52 a.m. yesterday.

West Taupo GolcJ? The possibility of gold being found in the rough, much-forested country between the western shores of Lake Taupo and the basin of the Upper Wanganui at Taumarunui is referred to ; n the. New Zealand Railways Magazine by “ Tangiwai,” who writes: —“Traces of gold were obtained long ago in the Pungapunga Creek and other streams, and I have heard from the Maoris at Taumarunuithat a 'small nugget of gold was found in the seventies in the Pungapunga or thereabouts, and was worn by a chief’s wife around her neck. . . . A few years ago a small syndicate from Napier set to work prospecting the creeks on the west side of the lake, but apparently failed to strike it rich.” Something New for Westport How to throw a boomerang was something Mr E. Holder, West Coast representative in the All Black team/ learned while he was in Australia. The other day, on Victoria square, in Westport, he gave an entertaining exhibition'of its use. The All Black, with the deftness of an Australian aboriginal, threw the boomerang some considerable distance, and on reaching the end of its momentum it returned with uncanny accuracy to within a yard of the thrower The exhibition was the first of its kind seen in Westport, and was watched by a fairly large gathering with keen interest. Lord Rutherford “ I sometimes wonder why New Zealand is rather slow to recognise the fact that the world’s greatest scientist, Lord Rutherford, was born here,” said the Governor-General, .Lord Bledisloe, speaking at St. Andrew’s College (says the Christchurch Times). His Exoellenfiy stated Lord Rutherford’s portrait was recently hung in England with those, of five other great scientists of the world. ■“Might it not be worthy ,enterprise,” he asked, “to secure a replica of that picture to hang either in Nelson, where he was a schoolboy, ini Christchurch, where he was a university student, or in Wellington, the capital?” . Medical Education “ Marked and increasing attention is being paid in medical education to the mental side of illness,” declared Dr Allou Peebles, an American medical economist, in an interview with a Christchurch Press reporter. “Every physician should receive as part'of his training'an education in mental therapy. Too many complaints are treated in the stomach which really belong to the head. One reason for the growth of Christian Science is undoubtedly the fact that it Fas given its followers a help that they could not get from the private practitioner.” The preventive side also would receive far more attention in medical education. . In the past the point of view of 'medical education had always been the cure rather than the prevention of disease. There were, of course, obvious limits to prevention, but., it, was equally obvious that its full possibilities had not by any means been explored. The American people, said Dr Peebles, were becoming more and more conscious of tfie need of' preventive medicine and recognised that New Zealand had the. finest Baby system in the world. “Another of out chief problems is that of the mentally unfit, feeble-minded people,” he continued. “About one-half of all the hospital beds in the United States are occupied by such people as these, and the proportion’ is growing rapidly. Here is another great field for preventive medicine, where training in psychiatry and neurology must have its effect, and another great field .for preventive sterilisation. Several States in America have already passed sterilisation laws to prevent the propagation.,,of the unfit.” :

Through a Visitor** Eyes Prepared to find them villages, Mr li. R. M'lndoe, of Auckland, who is at present touring the Dominion delivering veterinary addresses, received a great surprise when he beheld the solidity of Dunedin and Invercargill. In conversation with a Southland Times reporter he said the massive buildings of both' cities gave him. an impression of 'wealth. When he left-the north, he had been told to take precautions against the extremely cold conditions in the south, but he was now of the opinion that it was hot so cold in Southland as in Hamilton. The clear, bracing atmosphere down here was a pleasant change from the Waikato fogs which pierced one to the bone. Mr MTndoe observed .that people in Invercargill were accustomed to thinking in.pence whereas in the Waikato they .thought in pounds. “ Perhaps that is the reason why you are more solid down here,” he said, and went on to pay a tribute to the honesty of the people of, the south. Mr M'lndoe remarked upon the disadvantage' Invercargill suffered on account of its shallow harbour. Dredging a harbour by taking the spoil out to sea for it to come back subsequently savoured to him of perpetual motion, but here it was possible to deposit the spoil over the embankment and, assist to. reclaim quite a large area of land which would prove of value to the city.

Farmers’Subsidies A resolution protesting strhngly against the action of the Unemployment Board in increasing the subsidy given to farmers under the No. 4b scheme from 33 1-3 per cent, to 50 per cent., “ at a time when the board’s funds are not adequate to give full relief to unemployed workers,” was carried unanimously at a largely-attended meeting of the Wanganui branch of the New Zea land Workers’ Union. The resolution continued: “We are told by the Government that all sections of the community are called upon to make equality of sacrifice. Equality of sacrifice as practised in New Zealand is simply a farce. The workers are the only ones making sacrifices,: while the farmers through the 4a, 4b, and ‘over the fence’ schemesget the dole every time. We are of opinion that all subsidies given to farmers and other employers should be cut out until such time as the Unemployment Board’s funds are sufficient to give every relief worker his full time.” Slight Earth Tremor A slight earthquake shock was felt in Dunedin at 8.30 a.m. yesterday, the tremor apparently being most noticeable in the southern area of the city, although it was also felt in the centre of the town. The absence of seismologies! instruments in Dunedin precludes the possibility of the calculation of the place of origin and intensity of the disturbance, although one observer formed the opinion that the shock travelled from the north-east to the south-west. ; A Thieving Cow The attention paid by a cow to the contents of a baker’s delivery van at Ngongotaha, near Rotorua,, caused considerable amusement to passers-by and anxiety to the owner of the van. While the baker j was delivering orders, the cow evinced a liking for bread, and, the van doors having been left open, decided to satisfy its desires. A very surprised, roundsman returned to find the cow enjoying the feast, its head being inside the van.

Why there was No Water One incident of a fire at Rotorua on Tuesday was not without its humorous side, though at the time it might have turned to something rather serious. When the owner of the premises first discovered the fire, he instantly rushed for his garden hose, and connected it up to play on the blaze. To his annoyance no water came. The tap was frozen stiff. Ban on Clergyman’s Mail! A clergyman of Athlone, Ireland, is the latest person to come under the ban of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Depart- . ment in connection with Irish sweepstake transactions. A Gazette notice issued recently gave warning that no correspondence will be forwarded from New Zealand to the Rev. J. Canon Crowe, St. Peter’s, Athlone. Also added to the list of prohibited addresses are the “ Athlone Syndicate ” and Bertie Aherne, of Boyle. Who Takes the Cream? The Bay ..of Plenty waa fluttered not long ago by certain references to sea competition by the chairman of the Railways Board. While the port people at Opotiki and elsewhere would hardly approve of any proposal that the board should,• in * biblical phrase, possess the gates of its enemies, some of the inßabitanta seem to recognise that it is injudicious to treat the east coast railway as • a mere occasional convenience, judging by the following letter to an Auckland paper; “The attitude of the Railway Protection League should not be to criticise the Railway Board for daring to suggest to close our line, but to work hand in band with the board in endeavouring to stop sufficient leakages to justify the line being kept open. One leakage that wants stopping is of greater magnitude than many people know of, and that is the leakage at Waihi. For every thousand tons of general goods that arrive at Waihi by rail in one year, 17,000 tons are, brought in by road. Put this at, say, 30s per top, and we have £25,506 per annum leaking at Waihi.: Efforts must be made to stop that, A lead that could be followed with advantage all along the line has been taken by the ratepayers of Katikati, and that is by endeavouring to stop the senseless, overlapping of cream and cream being conveyed past nine railway stations to Paeroa. The Waikato Valley Dairy Company and the New Zealand Cooperative Dairy Company have been,asked by the ■ Ratepayers’ Association to cease the practice of conveying cream from the district by lorry, but to consign it by train. If our railway, goes there will .be no cream worth collecting in the djstrict.” Port Chalmers.—J. Watson's winter clearing sale: general drapery, clothing, furnishings, boots and shoes, all at reduced prices; now proceeding.—Advt. A Car is made to start. A Vickery Battery will do that part!—Austin Motors (Otago), Ltd., 284-6 Princes street. PRoye 13-215.—Advt. . ‘ Save your eyes. Be wise,, and consult W. V. Sturmer (optician, 2 Octagon), thus conserving good, vision for old, age.— Advt. A. E.'J. Blakeley and W, E. Bagley, dentists, Bank of-Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegfanh Office) Telephone 12-359.—Advt. Those who ares requiring an Engagement Ring will do well-to inspect our Rings.—Peter Dick, ring specialist, 496 Moray place, Dunedin.—Advt.