Motor Car Stolen

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22023, 4 August 1933, Page 8

Motor Car Stolen

A Baby Austin touring motor car, the property of Mr A. 0. Melville, of 371 South road, was stolen from the Caversham tram terminus between 0,20 and 7.30 last evening. The registered number of the car is 0167, and the body is painted blue.

Anniversary of Great War It is 19 years to-day since Great Britain declared war upon Germany. The British ultimatum requesting an assurance from the German Government that the neutrality of Belgium should be respected was despatched early in the morning, and an answer was demanded before midnight. At 0.15 a.m. on August 5 a statement was issued from the Foreign Office which stated that owing to the summary rejection by the German Government of the request made by his Majesty's Government for assurances that the neutrality of Belgium would be respected, his Majesty’s Ambassador at Berlin had received his passports and his Majesty’s Government had declared to the German Government that a state of war existed between Great Britain and Germany as from 11 p.m. on August 4. Lord Kitchener’s appointment as War Minister was not delayed for many ho ire, the British fleet put to sea, the army was mobilised and recruiting commenced. The advance regiments of British troops under Sir John French landed in France on August 9. Overseas Mails The motor liner Rangitane, which arrived at Auckland on Wednesday night from London, brought 58 bags of English mail and 35 parcel receptacles for Dunedin. The mail is expected to reach the local Post Office to-morrow afternoon. Still Missing No trace has yet ■ been found of kfr Alexander M'Kcnzie, who has been missing since Tuesday. The police and relatives are conducting a search of the city and suburbs. Influx of Shipping A very busy period was experienced at the port of Dunedin during the early part of this week. On Monday most of the bertha at the Upper Harbovr wharves were occupied, no fewer than eight vessels being then engaged in discharging and loading operations. Six vessels, including two motor ships with freight from overseas, arrived last Sunday. and eight vessels, including one large motor ship, arrived during the next tour days. There was a general clearance for various ports on Monday and Tuesday, and the departure of tw-o more ships on Wednesday left the Dunedin wharves with vacant berths. The Alynbank is still unloading Nauru Island phosphates at the Ravensbourne wharf. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line’s motor vessel Port Hobart reached Port Chalmers yesterday morning from Timaru, and after loading about 10,000 freight carcasses of mutton and other products sailed last evening for Bluff. The aggregate gross tonnage of the 15 vessels which arrived between July 29 and yesterday was about 35,789. Population of New Zealand The estimated population of New Zealand (including Maoris) on June 30 (says a Press Association telegram from Wellington) was 1,537,463 —males 783,738 and females 753,025. The estimated Maori population was 71,527. The estimated total population of New Zealand, its dependencies and the mandated territory was 1,600,809. During the quarter ended June 30 the population increased by 399, compared with an increase of 288 for the corresponding quarter of 1932. Yellowstone Park Writing from America to the New Zealand Railways Magazine, Miss Bathie Stewart observes: “Yellowstone is the largest and probably the most famous of America’s national parks. It is about 62 miles long and 54 miles wide, and has an area of 3348 square miles —a broad volcanic plateau 8000 feet above sea level and surrounded by mountain ranges rising from 2000 to 4000 feet higher. Yellowstone is a sanctuary for wild life, but the bears come first in interest. Black and brown bears are numerous, and the park hotels have special feeding grounds for them. The kitchen scraps are regularly poured into a huge trough, and one of the most interesting sights is to watch the bears at their ‘lunch counter/ At nightfall the great ‘grizzlies’ come out of the forest to join the feast, and these monsters are treated with marked respect by the smaller black and brown brothers.’’ Bad Condition of School* “ I have been shocked at the conditions I have found in many of the schools in New Zealand,” said the Acting Minister of Education (Mr J. Bitchener) when tie answered a request of the Methven District High School Committee on Wednesday for additions to the school buildings. The Minister was explaining that while the conditions at the Methven School were bad, they were also bad in many other schools of the Dominion. ‘ I did not think that the schools in New Zealand had to put up with what they have,” be added. “Scattered and inadequate buildings, such as you have, are one _of the troubles.” He emphasised that his chief problem was to find sufficient money lor the reconstruction work that was necessary. Three Rhodes Scholarships It is now announced that three Rhodes scholarships and not four will be available this year to students of the New Zealand University. No Rhodes scholarships were awarded last year in New Zealand, and the trustees granted leave to New Zealand to make extra awards this year. It was thought likely earlier in the session that four scholarships would be offered this year; but it has now been decided that three shall be offered. It is possible that three may also be offered next year. A new regulation states that candidates who will have attained the age of 23 on entering Oxford will not be considered unless there are special circumstances. A Remark Misinterpreted Considerable amusement was caused at the Young Farmers’ School in Invercargill on Wednesday morning (says the Southland Times) through the students applying a meaning, which was certainly not meant, to a remark made by Mr D. M. Malloch, organiser of the school. The school had just been listening to an address on New Zealand flora, which was delivered by Mr G. Jaquiery, who also referred to some of the imported pests which destroy native plants, and in commenting on the address Mr Malloch paused in the middle of a sentence. The study of such pests.” said Mr Malloch, pausing and waving his hand towards Mr Jaquiery, “as were mentioned by Mr Jaquiery may help you in your farm activities.” His concluding remarks were lost in a roar of laughter which was led by Mr Jaquiery. Mr Malloch looked puzzled for a moment, and then joined in the laughter. Maori Culture “ The culture of the Maoris is a thing to marvel at,” said Miss Elsie Andrews, during an address to the Taranaki branch of the Trained Nurses’ Association on the cultural value of leisure properly used. “The beauty of their carving, the wonderful fashioning of their tools and weapons, their plaiting and weaving and general manual dexterity, their poetic speech, their music, their physique, the miracle of their perfect teeth, their courage and endurance, their high tribal morality, their kindly communal life, their hospitality, their courtesy, their friendliness to strangers, their open-handed generosity, their happiness, their grace and poise and dignity of bearing—all these precious possessions were theirs before they oversaw a white man. If to-day you think the Maori has lost a little of the culture that was his 100 years ago, where must the blame be laid? Where but at our own door? The Maoii knew leisure. He had no fear of it. The elemental instincts of activity and creation were hie, and his mind and soul developed along cultural lines in the happiest and most natural manner.”

Speed Limit for Motorist* The action of the Main Highway* Board in declining to make any exemptions in the South Island to the regulation fixing the speed limit on metalled or gravel roads to 40 miles an hour wa* strongly protested, against at,* a meeting of the committee of the South Island Motor Union in Christchurch last night. The chairman (Mr F. W. Johnston) said (reports a Press Association telegram) that conferences wex - e useless and futile when recommendations such as those which had been made by the Motor Union for exemptions were completely flouted. Motorists should press the denrtind for an additional representative on the Main Highways Board. ,

An Unprofitable Exchange Some strange coinl are often offered as legal tender. On a recent day the Pukekura Park tea kiosk, New Plymouth, found among its takings a silver fourpenny piece (or groat), a Kruger threepence, and a two-anna piece. Evidently these coins had all been proffered and accepted as threepenny pieces (says the Taranaki Herald), but the persons who offered them made an unsatisfactory exchange, since the coins are worth more than the amount for which they were tendered. The fourpenny piece is a coin now out of circulation. This one is dated 1842 and has the figure of Britannia on its face ■ with the head of the young Queen Victoria on #ts reverse side. The coin, which is slightly larger than a threepenny piece, has a milled edge and is worn smooth with age. Both it and the two-anna piece have evidently been hung on watch chains, for each has a hole punched in it. The two-anna piece, issued by the East India Company, is a year older than the fourpenny piece, being minted in 1841. It also bears the head of Queen Victoria on the reverse side. The coin is remarkably little worn, the lettering and figuring being very clear. The Kruger threepence carries a fine head of the old President in bold relief. It is dated 1896 and, although slightly tarnished, is otherwise in an equally good condition as when it left the mint.

Gold Export Duty A statement by a correspondent in the Dominion that the 12s 6d per ounce export duty on gold had caused many .miners to abandon this occupation was replied to on Tuesday by the Minister of Mines (Mr C. E. Macmillan). “To give a correct presentation of the case.” said the Minister, “the correspondent should also state the effect of the Government’s action in increasing the exchange by 15 per cent, on January 20 last. With gold at 124 s per ounce, the seller gets not only this high value, but the Consolidated Fund adds to it another 10 per cent, from ordinary exchange and 15 per cent, from artificial exchange, making a total of 155 s per ounce. From this is deducted 12s 6d per ounce export duty, leaving 142 s6d per ounce. The two actions of the Government, one offset against the other, result in a net benefit to the miner of 18s 6d per ounce. It is, therefore, difficult to accept the correspondent’s statement that the Government’s actions have inflicted injury on the man winning gold in small quantities. As to the royalty of 5 per cent, at Cromwell,” added the Minister, “ this is charged only as a return for information secured by the expenditure of public funds. It is in the nature of a bargain with applicants for claims, who have shown a willingness to pay for this information.”

Football Team’s Plight

A Maori canoe with 17 occupants was swamped in Raglan Harbour on Saturday. After clinging to the overturned craft for half an hour in bitterly cold water, the party, comprising 16 Maoris and one European, was picked up by a launch. The occupants of the canoe were members of the Waingaro Rovers football team, who were on their way to Raglan to play a match. There was a choppy sea and when the canoe was near the midde of the harbour it gradually filled and swamped. The members of the party found themselves in the cold water and clung to the craft, which was floating bottom uppermost. One of the Maoris — a man named Amukete —pluckily struck out for the shore to get help for the others. He landed at Cox’s Bay, but the plight of the men had already been observed by Mr E. G. Galvan, who .went out in his launch and picked up the shivering team. Although little the worse for their experience, the men lost a quantity of clothing and money. The only European in the canoe, Mr Cecil George, lost £5, a suitcase, clothing, and his bank book.

Police Pedagogy In New South Wales the Police Department and the Department of Education, acting in co-operation, have evolved a scheme for the more effective training of school children in the duties of .citizenship. Special attention will be paid to training the children in the traffic rules, and they will also be given an opportunity to learn what the police do. The commissioner of police said that special displays and lectures would be given by the police. The school patrol system, by which the older children were taught to act as guides through the heavy traffic, would be carried a stage further. Demonstrations would be given at which experienced officers would show the children how particular traffic rules should be applied. It was also hoped that it would be possible to show the children the danger of firearms.

The Rev. Clyde Carr, M.P., National Vice-president of the Labour Party, will deliver a public address on Sunday evening, in His Majesty’s Theatre. British Oil for British Cars. Use British " Germ ” Oil produced for British cars, Austin Motors (Otago), Ltd., 284/6 Princes street, Phone 13-215. —Advt.

A. E. Blakeley and W. E. Bagley, dentists, Bank of Australasia, coyner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 12-359. —Advt, Save your eyes. Be wise, and consult W. V. Sturmer, optician (2 Octagon), thus conserving good vision for old age. — Advt.

Those who are requiring an engagement ring will do well to inspect our rings.— Peter Dick ring specialist, 490 Moray place. Dunedin. —Advt.