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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22063, 20 September 1933, Page 6

Salary Cuts

Ou the grounds that it was not advisable to interfere with the estimates for the year which had already been passed, the Auckland Hospital Board rejected a resolution providing for the immediate restoration of the 10 per cent, salary cuts imposed in 1931. It was decided (says a Press Association telegram) to consider the matter when the estimates for next year were being framed. The chairman (Mr W. Wallace) said the hoard had not. imposed the second salary cut on nurses which other hoards had imposed, nor had it made any reduction in the maintenance allowances.

Tariff Commission The Customs Tariff Commission closed its sittings in Dunedin yesterday. Today visits will be paid to factories, and to-morrow the commission will proceed to Christchurch. Labour Party Candidates The Dunedin branch of the Labour Party has already commenced the task of selecting its official candidates for the next general election, and as a preliminary nominations for candidates to contest the Dunedin West, Dunedin Central, and Chalmers seats have been brought forward. The nominees for the various electorates are as follows: —Dunedin Central —Alice Herbert, Ralph Harrison, John Robinson, and Peter Neilson; • Dunedin West—Dr M‘Millan (Kurow), Bryan O’Donnell and John Gilchrist; Chalmers, Norman H. Campbell and Michael Connolly. Messrs J. W. Munro and F. Jones, the standing members for Dunedin North and Dunedin South respectively, will again contest their seats on behalf of the party, and secret elimination ballots will shortly be held among members of the branch to select the candidates for the remaining three constituencies.

Municipal Organ Recital The city organist (Dr V. E. Galway) will give an organ recital in the Town Hall this evening at 8 o’clock. An interesting programme has been prepared and should appeal to lovers of organ music, featuring as it does, such items as Bach’s “ Passacaglia,” Choral Prelude “ When We Are in the Deepest Need” (Bach), Largo, from Dvorak’s “ New World ” Symphony, a delightful Celtic suite “ From Hebrid Seas,” by the Scottish composer Julian Nesbitt, and a Tocatta by Widor. Other items are a Fugue on the name BACH (Schumann), and a Coronation March by Tchaikovsky. The supporting artist on this occasion will be Miss Mary Frazer, who will play the Allegro from Beethoven’s “ Concerto in C Minor ” with orchestral accompaniment, and a group of pieces by Brahms.

City Police Court At a sitting of the City Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., James Alfred Boreham pleaded guilty to charges of drunkenness, having been previously convicted twice during the past six months, and of committing mischief by wilfully breaking two panes of glass, valued at £2 2s, the property of Robert Kirkcaldy Aitchison. Sub-inspector Cameron said that at about 1 o’clock the previous morning the defendant, who was in a'drunken condition, was sitting on the doorstep of the Bay View Hotel. The barman found him there and told him to go away, but when the door was closed again the barman heard the sound of breaking glass, and on going outside found the accused with a bleeding hand, apparently the result of his having’ struck the window with his fist. He was a married man with four children and was employed on relief works. The magistrate said that the man’s circumstances were such that it would be hopeless to order restitution to be made. On the charge of mischief the accused was fined 20s, in default three days’ imprisonment, and on the charge ,of drunkenness he was fined 20s, in default three days’ imprisonment, a prohibition order being issued against him.

A Rare and Pretty Fish A new record for Otago In the way of fish was procured yesterday by Messrs Hayward Bros., of the trawler Stina, when a spotted gurnard was taken while trawling off Purakanui. Recognising the fish as unusual it was forwarded to Mr David H. Graham for examination and identification. Mr Graham states that this is* the first record of the spotted gurnard in Otago waters. Reference books state that spotted gurnards are not caught south of the Bay of Plenty and North Cape. It is not unlike the ordinary gurnard in shape, but the body markings are exquisite and spots and bars of black, yellow, pink, and white are irregularly arranged on the sides. The fins are beautifully ornamented, especially the inner side of the long pectoral fins, which are most exposed to the light when the fish is floating in the water with the fins spread out like wings. _ The specimen is now in view in a Princes street retail shop and will be given to the local Museum. The saving of odd, rare, and unusual fish' caught by fishermen and Sent to Mr Graham has been the means of securing many new records for Otago and science generally. Alarm for Chimney Fires

The question of saving expense in dealing with chiminey fires was referred to by Mr H. A. B. Brabant at yesterday’s meeting of the Dunedin Fire Board. He said it was understood that the superintendent of the City Brigade had asked permission of the Post and Telegraph Department to place notices on the street alarm boxes pointing out that the alarms were not to be used for chimney fires, and to advise the public to use the telephone in the case of such fires. The idea was to save the board expense in not sending out a machine from the brigade stations. Superintendent Salmon said he had not received a reply from the Post and Telegraph Department, but he intended to look into the matter again, and should the necessary permission be granted, the notices would be placed on the street alarm boxes. Members of the board were of the opinion that the idea was an excellent one, and that the public would soon develop the habit of telephoning brigade headquarters when a chimney fire occurred instead of sending in an alarm through a street box. Complaint Against Hoardings

The action of the Railways Department in putting up hoardings in places where they spoiled the view was criticised by Mr Edgar F. Stead and others at a meeting held in Christchurch on Monday night to form an association the main object of which will be to beautify the country roadsides. He maintained that the department had broken its promise not to put up more of these hoardings. “If we are talking about beautifying the roadsides we must be concerned with the removal of roadside advertisements,” said Mr Stead. “I feel very strongly about these hoardings, and particularly about the railway ones. Not long ago the department said that it would not put hoardings where they would spoil the view, but now it is doing exactly what it promised not to do. The word of the man who gave that promise is not worth the breath that uttered it. We are not going to get. anywhere in our work if this goes on. The railway holds competitions for the best railway station gardens, and then puts these hoardings all over the country. It is not consistent.”

Woman Handcuffed A curious case of assault was heard by Mr E. L. Walton, S.M., at the sitting of the Magistrate’s Court at Waipiro Bay last week. The defendant, wag a Maori, Tula Karena, who was served with a summons in the name of Sonny White, and pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting Mere Aribi Waiti. It was explained by Sergeant Sparks that White was a member of the Ratana Church, and was a Maori policeman under a certificate issued by Ratana, the certificate purporting to entitle White to maintain order among the members of the church in Tokomaru Bay. The accused was called in connection with a domestic dispute between Mere Waiti and her husband over church matters, and on his arrival at their home at Waipiro Bay, he handcuffed the woman. She ran out into the street, and neighbours later severed the handcuffs with a file. Sergeant Sparks stated that White had informed him that the handcuffs had been supplied by Ratana. The defendant explained that he had been commanded by the church to handcuff - the woman. The magistrate, to the interpreter: “You tell him that his church cannot give him any rights to % do such a thing. The church has no powers and they must do their work peaceably." A fine of £2 and costs was imposed, aud and order was made for the confiscation of the handcuffs. I

Chimney Fires Out of i<J calls answered by the City Fire Brigade during the past month, no fewer than 23 were to deal with chimney fires. This fact was noted in the brigade superintendent’s report placed before yesterday’s meeting of the Fire Board, and drew a question from Mr F. T. Anderson, who asked the chairman (Mr. J. Wilson) if the board could not do something about such fires. The number of chimney fires, he said, was out of all proportion, as it was almost one a day. The subject was not pursued any further, and the board proceeded with the next business. This happened to be the condition of a complaint by a deputation from the Green Island Borough Council concerning one particular chimney fire which had occurred in the borough recently. The council asked for more speedy attendance to chimney fires. After the matter had been discussed in committee, the board decided that the brigade superintendent confer with the Green Island Council and submit a report to the next meeting.

Escalators Replace Lifts The new escalator equipments for the underground railway in London, said Mr E. E. Lane, who returned to Wellington on Sunday by the Makura after a tour of Australia, Canada, and England on business, were entirely replacing lifts for that work. Such was the traffic on the underground to-day that lifts were quite incapable of handling the people, and, despite the fact that New York was the home of the escalator, London was installing larger and faster escalators than were ever contemplated in the United States. Finding space for some of the longer flights had proved a problem. At Piccadilly Circus, for instance, there was a rise of 76 feet in one straight escalator flight. The speed of such installations was usually 90 feet per minute, but at Piccadilly Circus the escalator travelled at a speed of 180 feet per minute. Mr Lane found New South Wales cheerful, and in some industries very busy. It was the one place in' his travels where he saw a factory working a double shift, from 6 a.ra. to 11 p.m. Manufacturing in Canada seemed to be having a lean time, though there was no doubt that the settlement of the wheat question had stabilised matters and restored some confidence.

The Canberra’s Seagull H.M.A.S. Canberra’s Seagull amphibian, which was to have left at dawn yesterday for Port Underwood on a reconnaissance flight, remained in the Wellington boat harbour (says a Press Association telegram) owing to the boistrous conditions. As the Canberra is due at Wellington to-morrow, it is likely that the Seagull will remain here. Minister Praises Ferry Service

Proposing the toast of “ The Mercantile Marine" at the annual smoke concert of the Combined Shipping Companies in Wellington on Saturday night, Minister of Marine (Mr J. G. Cobbe) had a word to say' regarding the ferry service between Wellington and Lyttelton, “of which,” he said, “we should be very, very proud indeed.’’ He had travelled between Dover and Calais and between Holyhead and Dublin, and found that the ships there, though fine and smart, did hot compare in the least with the splendid ships here. He had only one fault to find with the Rangatira and the Maori, and that was that whenever he travelled on them he wag made so comfortable on board that he did not like to leave them. Norfolk Island Fruit

Although Norfolk Island is free from fruit fly, its fruit export trade is still under the embargo laid by New Zealand on the greater part of Australia. On the recommendation of- its Exporters’ Committee the Auckland Chamber of Commerce decided on Thursday to urge the Government to exempt the Norfolk Island trade from restrictions in the same way as South Australia - has been exempted. The president of thie chamber (Mr H. Turner) said there were still about 100 New Zealanders on the island, who had gone there some years ago and bought land in the hope of being able to produce for New Zealand. They were now practically stranded, with only one branch of their trade, that to Australia, available.

Loss of Eimi Chicken* Feared Fears are entertained at the Auckland Zoological Park regarding the fate of nine eggs upon which an emu has been sitting for 63 days. The hatching period is from 50 to 60 days, but there is no sign as yet of the appearance of the chicks, and the keepers believe they have been killed in the shells by the concussion of explosives of gelignite on neighbouring road works. The male emu who, strangely enough, does the sitting instead’ of the female, commenced sitting on the eggs on July 14. When there was no appearance of the chicks some of the egg* were moved and tested for signs of life, but the results were entirely negative. For the present, the bird is being permitted to continue its sitting in the hope that one or two of the eggs may turn out satisfactorily. * A. E, J. Blakeley and W. E. Bagley, dentists. Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 12-359.—Advt. Save your eyes. Be wise, and consult W. V. Stunner, 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.