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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21905, 17 March 1933, Page 6

Ship’s Record Draught What is believed to be a record draught for a ship using the Victoria Channel was that of the motor ship Ardenvohr, which arrived in Otngo Harbour on Wednesday evening from American and Gulf of Mexico ports. The vessel entered port on a draught of 23ft Oin aft and 23ft Sin forward. This deep draught prevented the Ardenvohr from being brought to the Dunedin wharves in the meantime, and she was berthed at the Ravenshourne wharf, where she is discharging sulphur, ft is expected that she will be lightened sufficiently to enable her to commence discharging the Dunedin portion of her American general cargo at the Victoria wharf on Monday. Local Cheese Output It has been reported that offers have been made to the local cheese factories at 4|d per lb, f.0.b., for their make of cheese for February to the end of the season. So far no sales have taken place. Faulty Technique To he a successful beggar one must apparently develop a certain technique to which a little histrionic talent is a useful aid. Observe (says the Tress) the method of a Christchurch woman practitioner. She approaches her victim with the rather agitated query, “ You are a Christchurch lady, aren’t you?” and, curiously enough, she generally finds her assumption correct. Then, becoming tremblingly lachrymose, she unfolds a rather involved story about coming from Rangiora or some similarly remote spot, explains that her house is locked up (an irrelevancy that does not dawn on the listener till afterwards), and that she is stranded in the city with threepence and nowhere to go till she meets her family. Her final and tearful, “ I don’t know what I’ll do. I’m sure,” generally draws a generous florin. But even a watertight silver digging plan can go wrong if one’s memory is defective. The lady made the fatal mistake recently of approaching the same victim on successive days. The second alterant was discourag-' inct.

Scare Sufficient Punishment “ I am quite sure that the culprit had no evil intention, and the scare which he received will be sufficient punishment/’ wrote the headmaster of a city school in reporting to the Otago Education Board yesterday on a small outbreak of fire. Describing the cause of the outbreak, he stated that a boy in one of the lower standards struck a match prior to the teacher entering the room from assembly. In order to hide the match the boy pushed it through a small hole in the floor under which there was an accumulation of paper, which was ignited. With the assistance of one of the board’s employees, who was working at the scoool, the floor was broken and the fire extinguished before any damage was done. The Milford Track *- The present Milford Track season, which is to be closed on March 28, has been a very successful one, and during the pasi. few months the walk has attracted a good many more tourists than last year. Despite the closing of the season, however, the Wanganella will make a voyage to Milford Sound at Easter, and any passengers who desire to do so may walk over the track and connect at Glade House at the head of Lake Te Anau with a special boat which will be provided to take them back to Te Anau. Several overseas tourists have been on the track lately, and Mr A. G. Hill, of the local office of the Tourist Department, who returned this week from Milford, told a Daily Times reporter yesterday that they were very much impressed with the magnificent country through which they passed, the scenic beauty of the mountains, lakes, sounds, glaciers, and bush surpassing anything they had ever seen before. The wild lif® on the track is also particularly interesting, all kinds of native birds being abundant, and it is reported that kiwis have also been seen recently along the route. The fishing in the’ spunds is very good just now.. Improvements that have been carried out on the track lately include the installation of new shower baths and drying rooms at the Quintin Hut, and it is anticipated that similar facilities will be available at the Pompolona Hut before long. The bookings for the remainder of the season are good, and it is notable that those for the last few days are as high as at any time since the track was opened in December. Fence Ablaze f The City Fire Brigade was called out at an early hour yesterday morning to Glen road, Cavershara, where a fence had been set alight by sparks c rom a rubbish fire. ' The blaze was extinguished before any damage was done. University Tournament , Although this year’s Easter inter-univer-sity tournament would normally have been held in Christchurch, it will take place ih Auckland, as the year marks the jubilee of the Auckland University College. Seven different sports will be represented in the competitions. Besides shooting, which will be conducted prior to the main tournament on individual ranges, there will be lawn tennis, athletics, swimming, basket ball, boxing, and rowing. There will probably be about 160 visiting competitors (says the New Zealand Herald), as well as 60 members of the Auckland team?. In addition, students from southern colleges will be present to witness the events. So far only a few of the teams have been chosen. The possibility of not holding a tournament this year owing to the economic position was discussed, but it was considered the tradition of nearly 30 years should be maintained. Theft of a Newspaper

Charged with the theft of a newspaper from under a shop door in Rotorua, Hilda Campbell was fined £2 and 10s costs in the Magistrate’s Court at Rotorua on Monday. For the prosecution it was stated that owing to complaints regarding newspapers having been stolen a policeman took up a position and detected the defendant stealing a paper. Boys who delivered newspapers had been dismissed from their situations owing to complaints. Since the proceedings had been instituted no further papers had been taken. Counsel for the defendant said there had not been a cessation, of complaints regarding the delivery of newspapers since the case was instituted. The defendant was a respectable married woman with seven children and she had resided in Rotorua 25 years. Her action was inexplicable. Counsel asked that her name should be suppressed. The magistrate (Mr S. L. Paterson) said he had a public duty to perform. Although the article stolen was trifling it had an intrinsic value, and the act had had a bad effect on the boys who were employed in delivery. In the circumstances ■he would have to inflict a heavy penalty.

South Sea Islands Myth Rear-admiral Geoffrey Blake, who is one of the Sea Lords, gave what he called “ a bit of a chat ” on the peace-time work of the navy at a luncheon arranged by the London Missionary Society recently. In a tribute to the missionaries who have worked and are working in the South Sea Islands, Admiral Blake said; “We owe, in this area of the Pacific, everything we have got to the missionaries. They had done an enormous amount of good. The South Sea Islands are beautiful, but they are not a white man’s country and they never will be. All that idea which you get in books about there being the place for tired business men to go for life, and all that sort of thing, where there are no rates and taxes, no expenses, just does not work.” Crude Oil from Moturoa A sample of crude oil from the Moturoa No. 3 well at New Plymouth was displayed at yesterday afternoon's call-over of the Dunedin Stock Exchange by Mr E. R. Smith, who recently returned from Taranaki. The oil, which was a dark, semi-solid substance of about the consistency of butter, had a distinct smell of petrol, and it is from this that motor spirit and other oil products are obtained. Mr Smith explained that it came out of the well at a temperature of 80 degrees in a perfectly liquid state, but immediately it commenced to cool it became thicker. It was stated that Moturoa Oil Wells, Ltd., sold the crude oil to a refining company at 4d per gallon. Historical Relic After lying neglected in an obscure corner of Seymour square, Blenheim, for many years, Bliukiusopp’s gun, one of the most interesting historical relics in New Zealand, is being mounted and will be set up on a small grass plot near the Plunket Society’s rooms in High street, Blenheim. In 1831.. Captain John Blinkinsopp, of the whaling schooner Caroline, drew up a deed with the Natives under which he became the owner of the Wairau, Plain, the “consideration” mentioned in the document being the gun. Subsequently Te Rauparaha and other chiefs repudiated the deed, alleging that all that they had granted the captain was the right to wood and water for his ship and other facilities. The gun was retrieved many years ago from Port Underwood, where the Maoris had left it, and brought to Blenheim. Kingston-Queenstown Road

The Southland League last evening decided to continue its agitation for the completion of the Kingston-Queenstown road, two-thirds of which .has already been constructed along the edge of Lake Wakatipu. The discussion on the subject (says a Press Association telegram) followed the receipt of a letter from the Lake County Council asking whether the league would support it in its agitation both for a better steamer service and a reduction in freight charges. The view was expressed that the promise of co-operation would be at cross-purposes with the league’s agitation in the past in favour of the completion of the road. It was decided to ask the council to support the road project as having the most likely chance of • being carried to a successful conclusion.

« Appeal Abandoned An appeal case was set down for ing in the Supreme Court, before Mr Justice Kennedy, yesterday, the appellants being Thomas Nimmo and John Haddo Nimmo and the respondent George Crombie Gibson. In the lower court at Oamaru the magistrate awarded damage* to Gibson in connection with a motor collision, and against this decision the defendants entered an appeal. The hearing whs fixed for yesterday, but was not proceeded with. Mr A. C. Hanlon, K.C., with Mr L. H. Sumpter, of Oamaru, wa« for the appellants; Mr J. B. Callan forthe respondent. Maori Warrior’s Death The right-hand man of the famous Te Kooti, namely, Tamahana te Ao, better known as “Dad Thompson,” died- at Tolaga Bay during the week-end at the great age of 94 years. He was born on the east coast and linked up with Te Kooti when only a youth, taking part in the great uprising and. fighting at' Was-renga-a-hika and Ngatape. As first lieutenant to Te Kooti, he was brought back from imprisonment with him and other# I of the following in 1864 from Chatham Islands, and landed at Whareongaon’ga, - near Gisborne. Fighting followed immediately. With the cessation df hostilities Tamahana returned to the coast and settled down at Hauiti pa, where for many years he tyad been an outstanding figure among the Maoris. He was a fluent speaker, and throughout his life exercised' great influence upon his fellow tribesmen. When his father settled at Paramata pa permanently, nine years.:: after landing from the’Chathams, Tamahana renounced the Hauhau religion 1 and embraced the Anglican faith, having acted since then as a lay reader among hie own race. Of eight children two are still alive. There were 20 grandchildren, 14 of whom are living, and nine great-grahdchildren, seven of whom are still alive. Slander Action Settled •An echo of the successful carnival in January held to celebrate the rebirth of Napier was brought to the • notice of Napier citizens, on Tuesday when a large number of people attended' the Napier Magistrate’s Court to hear evidence, in a slander action brought by Seymour Percy Spiller, secretary of the Napier Thirty Thousand Club, against Ernest Arthur Williams, architect, of Napier. Spiller claimed £SO damages and costs incidental to the action, alleging that Williams had called him “A messer; : you have messed up everything.” Spiller- declared this inferred incompetence. As a result he suffered annoyance and was greatly prejudiced or injured in his credit and reputation, and ijad been held up to public ridicule. When the case was called Mr J. Mason, for the plaintiff, said the parties desired to adjourn, as there was a possibility of a settlement. ' Counsel later announced that a settlement had been reached, Williams having agreed to make a suitable apology. Mr Mowlem: “I am very glad to’ hear it. I have read the papers, and to me it seemed obvious the ' matter was one for • a settlement.” The case was then struck out. Tariff on Ale A reduction of one-third in the British preferential tariff on ale, beer, porter, and . cider was the subject of an Order-in-Couu-cil gazetted last evening. The preferential rate and the general tariff fixed by the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1931 (says a Press Association telegram from Wellington) were both three shillings for a gallon or for lots of six reputed quart bottles or the equivalent in bottles of other capacity. The amendment gazetted last evening reduces the preferential rate to two shillings for a gallon or its equivalent in bottles. The amendment also exempts beer and ales from the, various British dominions from the surtax. The annual sports meeting of the Caversham School will be held to-morrow afternoon in the school grounds. A long programme pf oyer 30 events has been arranged, and a special feature will be the massed drill and marching display, by over 250 : pupils. ■ In our report' of the > Burnside stock sale yesterday it was stated, that the price realised for bacon pigs was Id above " that obtained at the previous sale. The actual rise was |d per lb. The Pacific Starr-Bowkett Building Society on March 21 will dispose of £IOOO in No. 6 group by sale and £IOOO by " ballot, in No. 8 group. ■ Dependability! equals Austin cars. From the Baby up the whole family ie well - and favourably known.—Austin Motors (Otago) Ltd., 284-286 Princes street. Phone 13-215.—Advt. Save your eyes. Be wise, and consult W. V. Stunner, 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 Teleeranh Office) Telephone 12-359.—Advt, Those who are requiring an engagement ring will do well to inspect our rings,— Peter flick, ring specialist, 490 Moray place, Dunedin. —Advt.