NORTH OTAGO.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22068, 26 September 1933, Page 11

NORTH OTAGO.

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CORRESPONDENT.)

, MAJESTIC PICTURES I "Luxury Liner," a production which relates the drama in the lives of the passengers aboard a magnificent ocean liner during the six days of its voyage from Europe to America, will be shown at the Majestic Theatre to-night and Wednesday. -George Brent, Zita Johanh, Vivienne Osborne, Alice White, Verree Teasdale, C. Aubrey Smith, and Frank Morgan head the "passenger list" in the film. Brent is cast as a physician who secures himselt the position of ship's doctor for the voyage, so that he may attempt to effect a reconciliation with his wife. Miss Jbhann plays the role of s nurse, his assistant, whose kindness helps him forget hia own troubles when he is called, time after time, to administer to ailing patients. So frequent are 'the calls that he is unable to catch more than an occasional glimpse of his wife. Her ultimate step is one which leaves the doctor and nurse free to straighten out their own tangled lives together. A world-famous financier; a successful opera singer; a girl travelling steerage, but her charms to get herself up to first cabin; an elevator operator who poses as an officer before gaping eifl passengers; and a dying mother travelling to New York for one last reunion with her 6on are among the other important characters. . UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE The weekly meeting of the Unemployment Committee was held yesterday morning, the Mayor (Mr M..F. E. Cooney) presiding. It was decided to make a request to the Unemployment Board .that men engaged under scheme No. 4a be supplied with boots. It was also agreed to point out to the board that the new relief regulations concerning waterside workers were not-suitable for Oamaru. . Five .new applications for unemployed labour under scheme No. 4a were approved, as follows:— Hilderthorpe farmer, one man, IDs per week; Awamoko, one man, 10s; Enfield, one man. ss; Omarama,; three men, 10s each; Herbert, one man, 10s. Extensions of time were granted farmers at Maheno, Tapui, Awamoa, Herbert, *ive "Forks (2), and Windsor. The Labour Bureau officer (Mr S.E. M'Gregor).reported that at the end of, the previous week there were 439 registered unemployed. Since then 21, new applications were received, four secured private employment, and five names were removed, .leaving a total of 451 at the end of last week. . . ». WESLEY CHURCH The Wesley Church was filled, to capacity on the occasion of the special choral service, at which the newly-formed men s choir rendered greatly appreciated a numbers. The singing of the anthem, How Sweet the Name of Jesue Sounds,' by the choir was particularly good. Mr Frank Mitchell presided at the organ for the service. The soloists for the evening were Messrs W. E. Crewes (Wellington) and C; D. Barrell. Mr Crewes gave a very fine rendering of the beautiful piece, " First' Palm Sunday." The Rev. J. ■F. Jack preached a.splendid sermon, taking for hw text "Not Understood." The whole service was a pronounced success, and Sue so far/a. the ..Wesley Church is concerned, because of the singing by. the men's choir. The newly-formed men s club is also: rendering;.good' ■ervice to,the church in numerous ways.. It will holdLa tea on Thursday evening in honour of Mr M'Kay, a prominent member ot we Methodist Church. -

ACTIVITIES OF THE DISTRICT.

SHIPPING NOTES The Storm is due at Oamaru to-day, and will load for Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui, via ports. The Poolta is due at Oamaru on Wednesday, October 4, to load for Wellington, .Napier, and Gisborne. The Waikouaiti is due at Oamaru next week to discharge coal and general cargo from Sydney and Newcastle. The Kiwitea is expected at Oamaru early in October to discharge timber from Hobart. - RUGBY TROPHY In the report of the Athletic Football Club's reunion the donor's name of a cup for the most improved forward in the juniors should have read Mr T. Palmer. BASKET BALL TOURNAMENT . Although the entries were not as numerous as was expected, the basket ball tournament conducted by the North. Otago Basket Ball Association m the Drill Hall proved a success, and many interesting matches were seen during the afternoon. The Oamaru A team proved the winner of the tournament, winning all its matches. At the conclusion of play Mrs W. Kinder presented the cup for the weekly competition matches held during, the season, .and the cup for the tournament, both these trophies going to the Oamaru A team. The results of the tournament are as tolFirst Round.—Oamaru B 6 defeated Star A 2; Oamaru A 12 B 2 Second round: Oamaru A 10 defeated Oamaru B 2. Third round: Oamaru A 13 defeated Star A 2; Star B 9 defeated Oamaru B 3. The match between Star A and Star B was disallowed. Points.—Oamaru A 6 points, otar a and Oamaru B 2 points, Star A nil. MUNICIPAL BAND CONCERT The Oamaru Municipal Band gave a delightful concert in the Public Gardens on Sunday afternoon in the presence of a large gathering of spectators. A very fine programme of music was presented by the band, and the various numbers proved very popular with the public. A Feature of the programme was the wellknown duet, "I Waited for the Lord," which was played by the boy cornetists, E. and F. Pheloung. Other items included the ! selection, " II Trovatore; marches, "Singer'< and "The Moa"; a trombone solo by Bandsman T. Cairns, "Lend Me Your Aid," and a waltz, "Casino Tanze." HAMPDEN, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH There was a good; attendance of members at the monthly meeting of the Hampden Presbyterian Women's .Missionary Union. The Rev. J. Harkness presided, and the v meeting opened with devotional exercises. Mrs W. Maclean, of Oamaru, paid a visit to the branch, and gave a very instructive and interesting address upon "The Call of Inland Australia, and John Flinn's Dream;" The speaker referred to John Flinn as a great missionary and one of the greatest dreamers in history, who.followed the lone trail of two thousand miles,, and saw a world to be won for-Christ. Through great sacrifice he-was instrumental in the evangelising of that part of Australia, and so great was his work that last year his Majesty

the King conferred upon him the 0.8. E., I the first missionary to receive this unique distinction. During the afternoon Mrs Crais gave a delightful rendering of the song! " Ora Pro Nobis." On behalf of the P.W.M.U." members, the Rev. J. Harkness thanked Mrs Maclean for her address, and assured her that the information she had given in connection with mission work had been greatly appreciated. After the j benediction a social half-houi was spent. and much enjoyed. , • I On Sunday Mr Brugh occupied the pulpit, in the morning, and referred in particular to the work and needs of the . P.S.S.A. in Dunedin. He made his i annual canvass of the district yesterday. I At the evening service the Rev. J. Harkness. who has laboured hard in the Hampden parish for the last three years, preached an appropriate anniversary sermon, basing his remarks on the words, '• Retrospect, and Prospect." There was a large congregation, and the Rev. Mr Harkness appealed to the people to rally round him as in the past and strive to make the incoming year one of the most outstanding in the church's history, buitable hymns were sung, and the choir rendered the anthems, " How Excellent, and "Let the People Praise Thee." RELIEF WORKS The following work was carried out by the local bodies under scheme No. 5 during ■ last week:—Oamaru Borough Council: ! Street and footpath formation, 23 men, wages paid £32 ss; top-dressing an<* cleaning streets, 30 men, £4l 16s 3d; stripping at quarry, 15 men, £23; cleaning out water race, 4 men, £5 10s; Gardens and reserves, 74 men, £lO2 ss. Friendly Bay Society: Improvements at foreshore, 4 men, £5 6s 3d. Marine Parade Society: Formation of track, 7 men, £8 8s 9d. North School: Improvements to grounds, 1 man, £1 ss. South School: Improvements to grounds, 5 men, £8 15s. DUNTROON LAWN TENNIS CLUB The opening of the Duntroon Lawn Tennis Club took place at the court in dull but fine weather, a large number of members and friends being present. The president (Mr L. B. Flanagan) and the vicepresident (Mr R. S. Harrison) extended a hearty welcome to all present, and expressed appreciation of the very generous support accorded the club by the public and the School Committee. The patroness (Mrs A. Ross), in playing the first ball over the net, declared the court open for the season. Afternoon tea was dispensed by the ladies of the committee, and an' enjoyable afternoon's tennis followed. Ihe players showed good form, and the season promises to be a very successful one. In the evening a dance was held in the Duntroon Hall and was attended by about 50 couples. A very enjoyable time was spent in dancing to music supplied .by Bremner's Band. Mr H. Waters carried out the duties of M.C. in a. very capable manner. During the evening a Monte Carlo waltz was held, the winners being Mies M. Harvey and.Mr H. Dovey. PERSONAL Mr F. J. Dunbar, who has been accountant in the Bank of New Zealand, Waitara, Taranaki, for some years, nas been promoted to the position of manager of the Waipukurau Bank, Hawkes Bay, and takes up his duties this week. Mr Dunbar is a son of Mr and Mrs D. U Dunbar, Hampden. '".' _ Messrs I. Dalmer and J. F. Denford are at present in Wellington attending the annual conference of power boards. Queen's Hotel.—Mr J..A. Reeve (Auckland), Mr J. G. Badin (Wellington), Mr A. Haig, Mr G. F. Dunne, Mr R. L. Train, Mr N. H. M'Mullan (Dunedin),.Mr G. Tapper, Mr E. Reed, Mr F. R. Sadget, Mr-F. A. Steans: (Invercargill). New Club Hotel.—Mr R. Harrison, Mr J. Harrison (Christchurch), Mr N. C. Hale, Mr L. J. Hughes, Mr R. Bremner, Mr W. E. Ayres (Dunedin), Mr b. A. Bradley (Auckland). HAKATARAMEA FISH HATCHERY An exceedingly instructive and pleasant afternoon was spent by the members, ot the council of the Waitaki Acclimatisation Society in a visit to the Hakataramea fish hatchery. The party consisted of Dr Orbell (president), Messrs G. ii. Stevenson, W. Dewar, J. Currie, Berwick, Lindsay, Thomas, Ross, Boyle, Geddes, and A. C. Piper (secretary). The visitors were met/ by Mr J. Scott Main (curator), who conducted them over the property, showing them the old fish ponds which had been constructed many years ago and had since fallen into disrepair and disuse, and the large number of natural springs which gave a plentiful tupply of splendid water for fish-rearing purposes. Mr Main gave an exceedingly instructive informal talk on fish culture, and answered many inquiries concerning the stocking of rivers. Dealing with quinnat salmon, Mr Main referred to the large numbers of fry that had been liberated in recent years, and informed the party that no fewer than 6000 had been marked for him for identification purposes when caught in later years. In two fish ponds were thousands of young quinnat, which were heing fed, and would be marked in a similar manner before liberation later. In this connection Mr Main said that anglers had a worse enemy than the shag, which was the protected bird, the little gull, stating that when stormy weather prevailed on the co f st and prevented the birds feeding at the mouth of the river they came inland and played havoc with the smaller fish in the river and ponds. In support" of his statement, Mr Main quoted an example ot having 2000 salmon fry completely exterminated by little gulls, which, when chased from one end of the pool, immediately flew to the other end and continued to carry on their depredations among the young fish. He had come across cases ot trout fry endeavouring to eat one another and choking in the process, whereas he had never known of any cases of cannibalism in quinnat fry. Mr Main referred at some length to the benefits of stocking rivers with trout fry, quoting the case of the Opihi which after the establishment ot a hatchery at Temuka and the liberation of fry in the river had provided an excellent fishing river for anglers. On this point, in reply to questions, Mr Mam urged the liberation of young fry m preference to yearling trout. It was estimated that under natural conditions ot spawning the percentage of trout >tnat thrived and overcame the trout s natural enemies was in the vicinity of 3 per cent.; whereas the ova in the hatchery produced a large percentage of healthy fry. Although a certain percentage of the young fry were eaten by larger fish and other enemies, a large number survived to stock the rivers for the benefit of anglers.. In the liberation of fry, he always arranged for them to be liberated before the yolk sac completely disappeared, as from this sac the fry received food and nourishment while they were becoming used to their new environment and searching for food. In the case of yearlings there was the cost of feeding to take into consideration, which was considerable on, say, 20,000 young fish, for to handle less would not be a payable proposition; and further through feeding them they lost their habit of looking after themselves, and did not thrive when liberated as one might expect them to. Generally speaking it was considered much more advisable to liberate the fry when ready in this way to stock up" the rivers for anglers. The rearing of fish in the hatchery and liberation of the fry in the rivers was a great improvement on Nature's way. At the present time there are 300,000 fry in the Hakataramea Hatchery almost ready for liberation by the Waitaki Acclimatisation Society, 200,000 of which are to be liberated in the Kakanui, and 100,000 in the tributaries of the Waitaki. Another 200,000 fry are in the hatchery to the order of the Waimate Society. The visitors were shown over the hatchery with its boxes of healthy young brown trout fry and ever running stream of health-giving water, and this provided an instructive study for those interested in fish culture. It was apparent that the supply of water from the. springs was j such as to warrant the rearing of double the number of fry each year, and with ex- I tensions to the hatchery provision could I • easily be made for the rearing of 1,000,000 trout fry in place of the 500,000 ■

as at present. This is no doubt a subject that will engage the attention of the local societies in the near future. At the conclusion of the visit, Dr Orbell expressed deep appreciation of the very instructive and enjoyable afternoon they had spent with Mr Main, who suitably the compliment. Later the members of the party journeyed to the Waitaki hydro-electric works, principally to view the commencement of the construction of the fish ladder at the power house end of the dam, while the opportunity was also taken to look over the works, on which excellent progress is being made during the favourable weather and state of the river. Chief progress has been made with the work in the cofferdam on the Otago side of the river, in which the concrete for the foundation of this section of the dam is now in place. CORONER'S INQUEST Miss Margaret Jessie Fendall, aged 45 years, who received serious injuries to the head, apparently received through falling over a cliff at Otekaike on September 17, succumbed to her inquiries yesterday at 6.30 a.m. Miss Fendall, whose parents reside at. Auckland, had been employed as assistant teacher at the Otekaike Special School for the past eight years. An inquest was opened in the afternoon before the coroner (Mr W. H. Frith), and after the taking of formal evidence of identification from the brother of deceased, Mr H. L. Fendall, was adjourned sine die. BOXING TOURNAMENT The draw for the boxing tournament to be held on Thursday is as follows: OPEN. Fly-weight—D. Eddington v. L. Kennedy. . Bantam—G. Buckley v. E. Forsytn (Morven). Feather-weight.—C. Hoad v. D. Lundy (Morven). •'• , Welter-weight.—S. Easton v. E. Johnston (Palmerston), G. Cagney v. T. Mulligan (Enfield), L. Whitburn v. L. fload. Middle-weight—T. Cleverley v. T. Cummings (Dunedin), W.M'lndoe (Morven) a Light-heavy—A ; Blair (Livingstons) v. T. Cummings (Dunedin). NOVICE. Paper-weight.—J. Mulligan (Enfield) v. M. Keen (St. Kevin's), B. Johnston v. J. Symon (Waitaki Hydro), J. Dobson (Waitaki Hydro) a bye. Light-weight.—G. Forbes v. W. Lumberg, A. Mulligan (Enfield) a .bye. Middle-weight—J. Clark (Livingstone) v. J. Cunningham, F. Guthrie a bye. Light-heavy—G. Shalders v. W. Shaw (Livingstone).. " . . .. Special Bout—J. Eamsay v. D. Christie (Enfield). ' ST. JOHN AMBULANCE The annual social of the St. John Ambulance Association was held in the Ambulance Hall last night, the Rev. Archdeacon Russell presiding over a large attendance of members and friends. 1 nor to the presentation of certificates those present spent a very pleasant hour at cards, and later a very happy time m dancing, during which a delightful supper was served. The presentation of the certificates was made by Mrs J. M. Forrester and Miss J. B. Wilson, who congratulated the candidates on their success in their work. The recipients were as follows: Home nursing—Misses N. Beswick, J. Brook, G. Cox, I. Forbes, LGerne, S. Grenfell, I. Hayes, 0. Irwin, M. Keen. L. M'Farlane, M. Ny, D. Padkm, Linda Padkin, 0. Poison, M. Todd, P. Tomhnson, J Palmer, M. Cullimore, Mesdames K. Symon and M. Taylor. First ai4-M»« G Cox, L. Gerrie, I. Hayes, L. Johnston, L. M'Farlane, D. Padkm, L. Padkm, 0. Poison, M. Todd, E Ward, K. Wilson, Mrs L. Street, and. Mr A. Irvine. Advanced aid-Misses G. Adams M. Wright, Ind Mr G. S. Frame. Medallions-Misses N Beswick, J. Brook, M. Culhmore I, Forbes, S.-Grenfell, J. Kirkness P. Tomlinson.Mrs M. Taylor Messrs J. Hamilton, H. E. Jeffery, and J. C. Rowe; JJr Fitzgerald, district superintendent for North Otago. also presented five years service certificates to the following:Ses 8. Kearns and W. Rush (nurmng division), Messrs Steven and D. Uarue (ambulance division). DWELLING HOUSE DESTROYED Last night a Yare street, owned by Mr-.T. Garstang, was totally destroyed by fire. The biilade was promptly on the scene, but the lames had a good hold, and as no water was available,, a save could .not .he effected. The insurances are not available. * .