Lincoln Ellsworth Expedition

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22366, 13 September 1934, Page 8

Lincoln Ellsworth Expedition

In all probablity Mr Lincoln Ellsworth will reach Dunedin to-day by aeroplane from Christchurch. ■ He will supervise the final preparations for the departure of the expedition ship Wyatt Earp mr Deception Island. The vessel is practically ready for sea, but the actual sailing date has not yet been fixed. The leader of the expedition reached Auckland last Friday by the Mariposa from Los Angeles. • Influenza in Apia

Influenza of a mud type is prevalent in Apia, according to cabled advice received by the Department of External Affairs yesterday. It is stated (says our Parliamentary reporter) that there is nothing alarming about the outbreak, but precautions have been taken to prevent its spread to Pago Pago, and in the meantime communication between Western Samoa and Eastern Samoa bas been suspended. The department has .no details regarding the number of cases.

Burnside Stock Sale There were smaller , entries in the major sections at the Burnside sales yesterday. The fat cattle forward numbered 257. the quality being inferior to recent markets. The offering comprised odd consignments of heavy bullocks, but the bulk-consisted of medium quality bu.locks, with a greater -proportion of cows and heifers than usual. The pricesrealised showed no quotable # change on late rates. Extra prime heavy bullocks sold to £l3 12s 6d, prime heavy £9 17s 6d to £ll 10s, medium £lT3s to £9 7s 6<V light down to £3 17s 6d; , extra prime heifers to £9 12s 6d, and extra , prime cows to £9 ss. There was another small, entry of store cattle, which included a few pens of three ■ and four-year-old: steers. These sold to £5 17s. The quality in the veal section was not as good -as usual, • and slightly lower, prices had to, be- accepted. There was no noticeable alteration in- prices' for graziers’ and boner cowbJ There was, a poor assortment of .dairy cows, and the prices obtained were, distinctly dis-. appointing. Best cows sold to £4.55, and the bulk of the entry realised frpm SOs to £2 10s. The smallest entry of fat sheep■ for some time, numbering. 1150, was forward. This included several ■ consignments of heavy wethers, with a smaller proportion of heavy ewes than usual. On account of the short supply the market for all best quality sheep appreciated in value fully 2s 6d per head, while light descriptions advanced from Is to Is 6d. The best prices obtained 1 were recorded about the middle of the sale, and values, more particularly for wethers, were inclined to ease towards the close. Extra prime heavy wethers sold' to 34s 3d, prime heavy 28s to 30s 6d, medium 24s to 275, light down to 20s; extra prime heavy ewes to 275, prime heavy 28s to 24s Gd, medium 19s to 21s, light, down to 16s. Seven spring lambs were forward,* and late rates were fully maintained for this class. The fat pigs forward totalled 122. There was a firm sale throughout, best bqcohers selling to £3 12s and porkers realising from 28s to £2 Bs, according to'size and quality. The large entry of 107 store pigs - was sold at satisfactory prices. ,

Empire Society Tour In reference to the statement published on Tuesday that the touring members of the Royal Empire Society would not visit the South Island, .Mr R. G. Sincock, manager of the Dunedin ofiice of the Tourist Department, told a Daily Times reporter yesterday .that the tourists would come to the South Island, but that their itinerary, while allowing them to spend some time in Christchurch and Dunedin, would not' permit of their visiting the Southern Lakes or-Pembroke, as was desired. The department had endeavoured to arrange for them to include some of thi southern tourist resorts in ( their itinerary,' but, unfortunately, their arrangements, which had been made in London, would not enable this 1 to be done. They were, expected to arrive in Dunedin on September 21, and would remain until September 24. when they would leave again for the north. General regret has been expressed that the tourists’ visit will be confined to the cities. Municipal Organ Recital

There was a fairly large audience in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, to hear an organ recital by the city organist (Dr Galway), who presented an enjoyably varied programme of items. Dr Galway’s opening number was the Bach •'Prelude and Fugue in D minor,” a representative example of the work of the great master, which was followed bv Schumann's beautiful “ Traumerei,” which proved instantly popular. Cesar Franck’s “ Chant Heroique” was given appropriate treatment, while in three movements from Mendelssohn s “ Sonata No. 6,in D minor” and Wolstenholme’s “The Question” and “The Answer” the organist also displayed a keen understanding of the; composer's moods. The “ Concert Study” of Josef Bonnet was a number that attracted® favourable attention, while the tranquil beauty of Cyril Scott s “An Evening Idyl!” also found a ready appreciation, and the organist concluded his programme with the Kieff Processional, “At the Merchants’Gate,” by the Russian 1 composer, Moussofgsky. Timber for Tea Chests

.The possibility of a market in. Ceylon for New Zealand timber to be used in the making of tea chests was discussed yesterday by Major J. W. Oldfield, a member of* the Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board, who is at present in Dunedin. He said that tlie wood used for tea chests must be odourless, as was the case with New Zealand white pine, which was employed in the making of butter boxes. In addition to dairy and farm produce, timber for tea chests was really the only line of New Zealand produce offering for trade with Ceylon, where there was a big demand for this timber. Price might, however, be a difficulty. At present he doubted if New Zealand was in a position to export timber at a price to compete with Japan, from which country most of the wood was now Sent to Ceylon. The Japanese price for this timber, like many others, was very low. So far as he knew, the possibilities of New Zealand white pine had not been tried out, but similar wood from Canada had been nsed in Ceylon and found successful until it had been Beaten in price by Japanese wood. A Confidence Trick

A passenger on the Clu'isteliurch-ftvey-mouth goods train on a recent evening had a peculiar experience just before the departure of the train from Christchurch. The incident (says the. Press) pointed to an. attempt at a confidence trick. The passenger was joined in a carriage by an affable young man who immediately made conversation, saying that he was a well known Wairarapa representative footballer. Just before the train was ready to pull out another ma n came into the ’carriage, and, addressing the footballer told him that he had seen to his luggage and asked for payment. The “ footballer ” delved into his wallet, but said he had only a £lO note, and asked the passenger if he could change it. The passenger, who was a workman going over to a job on the Coast, had only 3s 6d, and told the men this. It took several assurances to convince the “ footballer,” who then said he was going out on to the platforib. He and the other man then left the carriage and did not again join the-train.

Dairy Hygiene ■. , _ ; A grant of £IOO to assist..in dairy hygiene research was made yesterday by the Electric Power Boards and Supply Association -Conference with a few dissentients. Delegates . expressed the view (says a Press Association telegram) that it was the association’s duty’tb aid dairy hygiene improvement in whatever way would contribute to the rehabilitation of the industry.

Digging Gold to Bury It Again Reference 1 was made in one of the papers read at the. Power Board Engineers’ Conference in Wellington on Monday to the possibility of a development in gold mining in New Zealand, with a consequent big demand for electrical power. One Wellington delegate was ' not impressed with the virtues of gold raining as a first-rank New Zealand industry. “Surely the .world .is going to wake-up soon and. see the utter -fallacy of spending millions in’digging gold out ,of the ground and spending more again in the process of putting it underground again,-where it cannot be, reached ..and-.cannot;,be; used, ’ he said. “Gold mining l has always been regarded as a speculation, and. to-day it has become an appalling speculation. I sincerely hope that New Zealand is not going to rely upon building herself up on the gold mining industry.’’ " , ' - .

“ House Full ”in Melbourne : , Melbourne will soon have to put up the sign “ House Full,” according to information .received by an -.Aucklander who was inquiring for accommodation for the centenary period. He wrote to the Centenary Accommodation Bureau, and learned that all city accommodation at less than, three guineas a day i« booked .up for a period, while secondclass lodgings in the suburbs are to be secured only at the'rate of four guineas weekly—and there was not much of that left either.- The person 1 inquiring.-is, at present considering the price for a space for a little tent and a portable camp bed. ■ - ■

A Skilful Operation , A correspondent who read in the Daily Times recently a report that , a Turkish bullet had been removed from .the thigh of an Australian returned soldier 19 years after he received the’ wound has drawn attention to his own'experience, in •having a • Turkish bullet removed- from the anterior wall of his chest in' June of last year,. 18 years after he -was' shot at Gallipoli. The’ writer, who was a- member of the- Otago 'Regiment, was wounded on August 7, 1915, <and the bullet remained lodged in his chest until, after its position ■ had been established" by means of X-ray photographs, the' very delicate operation that " resulted in it* removal was , carried ' out with’ complete success, by ;; a Dunedin, surgeon at the Public Hospital. - The returned -soldier retains LKe : bullet ias ;a grim of his unusual experience. , -

Who.Pay#? A window valued at'2ss was broken in Akaroa during a seven-a-side Rugby tournament. ' The Management' Committee of the Canterbury Rugby Union received a letter from .the Banks Peninsula Subunion on Tuesday , evening,-which stated that., during a tournament on -the- Akaroa recreation ground a ■ ball was kicked across a narrow street, breaking, a', window, The ground was controlled by the Akaroa Borough Council, and the subunion sought ‘an opinion- as to who, was liable for the damage. Mr J. K. Moloney said “the- lessees of the ground were responsible, and their remedy was to claim from the man who kicked the ball. “ Rather a sudden decision for a member of the legal profession,’’; commented 'Mr D. I, Macdonald. 'Vl.'haveVmet iiiniilar cases,” replied Mr Moloney. ' v ;

Science of Bio-physics ; - Medical men in Christchurch (says the Press) do. not consider that the cablegram from London discloses anything that is very new .or startling, about' progress niade; in radio-biology; One - prominent man. said that such work had been .going on continually for some years, :.and was better known in science as .biophysics. Speaking very, broadly,:; fadiorbiology could .be defined .as, a study of life by means of rays.. The, use of. radium and X-ray, in ; endeavours ;to alter such, conditions as were found to exist with cancer came within the scope of. the science. Through-the use of rays, it was possible tint a great deal would be discovered whi«h ; would be invaluable, but at the same time; there were no immediate prospects ot radio-biology achieving some of the things which had been promised of it. However, this branch of science had already been put. to. most .important use by geneticists in the study of inheritance. The America ~ 1 > . The -approach - of the contest' for- the America’s Cup has called, up on both sides of the. Atlantic.descriptions of ;the American vessel, which was so great li departure from recognised yacht architecture as to be dubbed a freak, at the time on account of her fineness forward. But against 14 competitors she won by ,24 minutes in the historic,race in 185 T. Later she was used as a blockade runner in the American Civil War: and was sunk by a ship off Florida. Raised and repaired, she took part iii the " cup race iu 1870 and for many years afterwards was- in regular use as a .trading schooner. , . The large ; gilt eagle, which adorned , her stern was bought by an Isle of Wight hotel proprietor, but in-1912 the Royal Yacht Squadron acquired it and presented it to the New York, Yacht Club., ; .. .

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