Overseas Mail

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21994, 1 July 1933, Page 10

Overseas Mail

The Rangitiki, which is due at Auckland next Wednesday from London, haa 400, bags of English mail and 250 parcel receptacles for New Zealand. The Dunedin portion. should come to hand next Friday morning. New Post Office

The following telegram was sent to the Acting Prime Minister (Mr J. G. Coates) yesterday morning by the secretary of the Otago Expansion League (Mr W. B. Steel): —“ Your decision .to commence operations on the Dunedin Pose Office has been received with pleasure. We trust that an early start will be made, and that steady progress will mark the later stages of our Post Office’s chequered history. Accept our thanks.” Rise in Milk Prices

During, the past four months a pricecutting war has been waged in the milk trade in Dunedin, and although these conditions undoubtedly operated in favour of the consumers, those engaged in the trade —the producers and the distributors—naturally suffered. As a result of negotiations during the past day or two, it has been decided by a large number of milk vendors in the city to increase the price, as from to-day, from the current rate of 3d per quart to id per quart.

Boom in Peg Making A resident of Cromwell, who came to Dunedin on Thursday night, states that a Cromwell carpenter has been having a very busy time, and that he made 700 pegs for pegging-out parties in three days.

Ingenious Hiding Place Over 50 police and Customs officer* combed the steamer Marama for two hours at Auckland yesterday in a search for silver, but only one small plant of £3 was found. It was hidden in a flower pot in the first saloon music room. The search was one of the most exhaustive ever made in Auckland.

Chimney Fires The South Dunedin Fire Brigade was called to Victoria road, St. Hilda, yesterday at 9.10 a.m. to attend a chimney fire, and a similar .outbreak caused the Roslyn machine to go to School street, Kaikorai, shortly after 4 p.m. No damage was done in either case.

Tramway Traffic Returns The city tramway manager’s statement of the traffic returns for the past fortnightly period as compared with those for the corresponding period of last year shows a decrease in revenue for the period of £163. The total decrease since April 1 last is £1719, or 4.57 per cent.

Free Use of Town Hall The Finance Committee, at the next meeting of the City Council, will recommend that with respect to the application from the Anti-camp Council for the free use of the Town Hall for a public meeting, the regulations and schedule of charges be adhered to, but that a grant be authorised to the Town Hall Fund to cover the charge for the hiring, such grant to come from the “ unauthorised" expenditure account.

Settling an Argument On Thursday night two men who were arguing near a street corner in the city, and found themselves at variance, made their way to the Queen’s Gardens. to settle their differences. The police were summoned, and when the men were called before the court yesterday they were each fined £1 for disorderly conduct. “They chose the wrong place to fight it out," said the police officer.

A “ Gregarious ” Goat! The adventures of a young goat which roamed about the Lyall, Bay district, Wellington, during last week-end until it was claimed by its youthful owner were both varied and amusing. One of its escapades was to board a tramcar, from which it was forcibly ejected by an irate if somewhat cautious conductor. A highly respected Lyall Bay householder wondered if his eyes were deceiving him when a head surmounted by a pair of decent-sized horns suddenly appeared alongside him over the top of a fence, and a shopkeeper found the attentions of the animal so embarrassing that he brought a mop into use and literally swept the unwelcome visitor off the premises. Women and children, and not a few men, too, on seeing the goat ahead of them in the street, found urgent reasons for crossing over to the opposite footpath. No one seemed to want a perfectly healthy young animal, whose only fault was its affection for human society; no one, that is to say, except the owner, and he appeareed in the best of boyish spirits when seen later leading the goal at the end of a chain.

Community Singing The wide popularity that has been achieved by the weekly community singing in the Empire Theatre was demonstrated again yesterday by the large attendance which ' filled the theatre between 12.30 and 1.30 p.m. Mr F. H. Lampen was in charge of proceedings on this occasion, and contrived to infuse more than the usual enthusiasm and rest into the choruses, which comprised for the most part old favourites of the kind that are heard every Friday. An additional feature was the singing of Mr John Gordon, chief announcer at the 4YA broadcasting station, who used his excellent baritone voice to’good advantage and earned the hearty applause of his hearers. The collection in aid of the Mayor’s Unemployment Relief Fund yesterday amounted to £ll 7s. 3d, a sum which included two donations, one of 20s and another of 10s, from delighted listeners who have enjoyed the weekly programmes put over the air. t Municipal Organ Recital An organ recital will be given in the Town Hall this afternoon. Dr Galway has chosen a delightful programme, including three items—a Celtic Melody, by O’Connor-Morris, "The Holy Boy ” (a carol of the Nativity), by John Ireland, and Grieg’s " Berceuse ” —which are being performed for the first time at these recitals. Othet items . are Overture to Athaliah (Handel), Bach’s Fugue in D major, Symphonic Paean, by Edgar Ford, the Allegro Maestoso, from Elgar’s great Sonata in G. major, the programme concluding with the Finale to Wagner’s “Das Rheingold,” from the well-known opera series, " Der Ring der Nibelungen.” The assisting artist will be Mr G. W. Johnstone, who is heard all too seldom on the concert platform. Mr Johnstone will •ing “Silent Worship” (Handel), Schubert’s “Wanderer’s Night Song,” “Sunday,”- by Brahms, “ Have You seen but a Whyte Lillie Grow?” (Dolmetsch), “At the Mid-Hour of Night” (old Irish air), "As Flora Slept” (A’Beckett-Williams), and "Cubhin Rushes” (Stanford). Miss Rons Thomson will be the accompanist. Aberdeen Road Water Supply Complaints have -been received from owners of property in AbeVdeen road regarding the water supply and asking that a better service be provided, in particular for fire protection purposes. Owing to the height of the locality (says the Water Committee in a report to the City Council) the water does not reach the residences during times of maximum drawoff. The supply is at present taken from a one-inch pipe from the four-inch main in Ravenswood road. It will not be possible to give a better service until the proposed main from Epsilon street _to the St. Clair heights, which has alrea*dy been approved by the council, is completed to Aberdeen road. The work of . laying the first portion of the new main from Epsilon street is already in hand. Charity or Religion?

Whether a direction in the will of Gains Brewer, settler, of Wellington, that the residue of his estate, amounting to between £7OOO and £BOOO in value, should be expended “in the service of my Lord and Master” could bo a good charitable gift, was the question asked of Mr Justic MacGregor in a case heard in the Wellington Supreme Court. Decision was reserved. The deceased had directed his trustees in regard' to the disposal of his property on the death of his widow to| expend the residue of the estate “in gifts to be employed in the service of my Lord and Master, and in relief at any time for pious person or persons in need whom they (the trustees) may wish to assist.”

Married Women Teachen "The one person who has the biological basis for teaching is the married woman, not the unmarried,”-said Professor Shelley in an address at Canterbury College. He asked wbat could be more foolish than the attitude towards married school taken without regard to the strongest and most fundamental facts of natural civilisation. The professor did not deprecate the idea of paying women, teachers at the same rate as men for the some work done, Payment for the amount of work done silly, he said. The industrial. system ohght to be fashioned on the basis of giving a man according to his need, a doctrine which was over 2000 years old. A person in. a state of sickness needed more than one in health, a fact denied by all but the most, recent industrial thinkers.

Ink Freeze* in School The Reefton School has become so dilapidated, and offers so little protection from the weather, that it is a common experience for the children to have to . thaw their ' inkpots before they start work in. thA mornings. In spite of the heat from the wood fires, water in vases on the mantelpieces of the building has frequently been frozen solid an hour after school has begun. On some occasions (says the. Westport correspondent of the Christchurch Press) the temperature inside the class rooms has been as low as 22 degrees, and it has rarely been above 35 degrees, although 55 degrees is.usually regarded as the minimum temperature at which efficient work can be done. These and other extraordinary facts were presented on Thursday by members of the Reefton School Committee, when they asked the Acting Minister of Education (Mr J. Bitchener) to provide a sum of more than £4OOO for the erection of a new school. The main portion of the present building was erected in 1879, and additions were made in 1884 and 1887. As far back as 1920 the Government was urged to replace the school, and since that date the Nelson Education Board has spent £I3OO in a vain effort to repair it.

The Mayfair Assembly will hold its weekly dance in the Early Settlers’ Hall to-night. Will Smith’s Kapai Dance Band will supply the music. The Bungalow Cabaret, St. Kilda, will hold its weekly function to-night. The Waldorf Band v/ill play selected numbers.

C. W. Sundstrura, Dentist, 53 Moray place. Dunedin, will visit Waipiata, Monday July 17; Ranfurly, Monday, July 17: Naseby, Tuesday, July 18. —Advt. Something better than ever before, and made by Austin. See the new Austin Seven, and Austin Ten, and Austin Light Six just arrived at Austin Mgtofs (Otago). Ltd., 284/6 Princes street, Phone 13-215.—Advt. A. Frank Anderson, dental surgeon. Princes street, Dunedin, will visit Waipiata and Patearoa Thursday, Juljj 20; Ranfurly, Friday, July 21.—Advt. 1 A. E. Blakeley and W. h Hapley dentists, Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office) Tel-pbnne 12-3flfV_ Advt Radiators and Radiator Repairs by Radiator Repair Experts.—Barth Electrical Supplies, Ltd., 56 Princes street, Dunedin. —Advt. Save your eyes. Be wise, and consul! W: V. Sturmer, optician (2 Octagon) thus conserving good vision for old age. Advt.