Sudden Deaths in Restaurants

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22607, 26 June 1935, Page 6

Sudden Deaths in Restaurants

The death of an elderly man after his collapse in a Queen street restaurant yesterday afternoon (says a Press Association telegram from Auckland) followed a similar occurrence at another restaurant in Queen street on Monday. Both men were widowers, and in neither case.will an inquest be necessary, heart trouble having been established as the cause of death. In one case the deceased was with a lady to whom he was shortly to be married.

Simplified Parcel Posting A simplified procedure now confronts the poster of parcels. Hitherto it has been necessary to fill in a docket giving the address on the parcel, and also the name of the sender. But now the parcel is just handed in and a receipt is given for it, a procedure which greatly expedites matters, and which will be welcomed by all who have parcels to send. Magistrate'* Court In the Magistrate's Court yesterday, Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., gave judgment by default in the following cases: — Co-operative Fruitgrowers of Otago, Ltd., v. James Campbell (Waipahi), claim £3 lis 9d, for goods supplied, with costs (£1 8s 6d); J. and J. Arthur, Ltd., v. Leslie Robertson (Pembroke), claim 10s 6d, balance owing for goods supplied, with costs (8s); T. Gilchrist and Sons v. Jack Reid, claim £1 12s lOd, for goods supplied, with costs (10s); ReddelPs, Ltd., v. James W. Sheddan (Owaka), claim £7 19 a 6d, for goods supplied, with costs (£1 10s 6d). Roller and Ice Skating

A correspondent who has enjoyed the thrills, if not the spills, of ice skating, and who is convinced that if more Dunedin people knew of the ease with which this pastime can be mastered ice carnivals at suitable locations would prove highly popular, advances the information that roller skaters should have no qualms.regarding their ability to adapt themselves to the art of maintaining a perpendicular position on ice, if his own experience can be taken as a criterion. He states that, after a period of a number of years in which he took no part in roller skating, he essayed a glide on the ice for the first time and found that after half an hour's practice, accompanied by only a few falls, he was able to skate fairly fast forward and, in addition, to execute some fancy steps.

Public Service Recognised Citizens of Duncdin and suburbs will be afforded an opportunity to-morrow evening in the Concert Chamber of showing their appreciation of the long and valued services rendered to the city by Messrs J. J. Marlow, J. B. Shacklock, and W. E. S. Knight. The chair will be taken by Mr W. R. Brugh, chairman of the Dunedin Citizens' Association, and the platform will be occupied by members of the Citizens' Association, City Council,'and Otago Hospital Board. A programme of music (including community singing) will be supplied by Begg's orchestra. Presentations, will be made to the three citizens named. • ; Man and Woman "My experience in matrimonial proceedings of one kind and another has convinced me that it is man who is romantic as a rule and not woman," stated an Auckland barrister the other day, with reference to a breach of promise case. " The male is the more personal lover. Woman can go to the highest extremes on the romantic side, but I believe that the average is more in love with love than with a particular man. Probably she is not aware of the fact, but she is far more likely to love one of a type than is a man. Deep down in her heart is the yearning for home and family, and the getting of a husband is one step towards her divine goal."

A Difference of Opinion The chairman of the Clutha County Council (Mr A. V. King) found himself iu sharp disagreement with certain other members of the council at the monthly meeting yesterday, when an appeal was received for a donation to the King's jubilee fund for cancer research. After the clerk had read a circular in which emphasis was laid on the interest taken by his Majesty in the fight against cancer, and the fact that he is patron of the British Empire Cancer Campaign, Mr King said: "I don't think we should give anything towards this. We are not here to spend the ratepayers' money on this sort of thing." An indication was soon given by several members, however, that this was an object w 11 deserving of support in the form of a certain amount ol the ratepayers' money, and in a short time it was decided, on the motion of Cr Maginness, to make a contribution of £5 5s to the fund.

Advice to Engaged Couplet A little advice on procedure during tiffs between engaged couples wa« given by Mr Justice Callan during the hearing of a breach of promise case in the Auckland Supreme Court on Friday. ..The defendant stated that on one occasion his fiancee had handed him badk her ring, but he returned it to her. " Did you put it on?" asked his Honor. "No, sir; she put it on herself." "It is always advisable for the man to put it on in a case of reconciliation," commented his Honor. " I advise you in future to do so." . . ■ Japanese and Maori

An interesting sidelight of comparative philology was referred to by Dr Toyohiko Kagawa in the course of an address at New Plymouth on Friday. He had, he said, found ah amazing similarity between many Japanese .and Maori words and roots. Already he. had discovered nearly 50 words of only slightly varied pronunciation with the same or similar meanings. He recalled that nearly .20 per cent, of the original Japanese stock had migrated from the south,'so that it was possible that the Japanese and the Maori had common ancestors. Incidentally, for every one similarity he/ had found between Maori and "Japanese he had found 10 similarities between the language of the ancient Egyptians and modern Japanese. Shintoism :was also closely related in many of its principles to the religion of ancient Egypt. : Tanker's Rough Voyage . ,; ; ;

Stormy weather vvas experienced by. the Norwegian tanker Balaklava; which arrived at Dunedin- yesterday morning from Singapore, via Lyttelton, with a cargo of motor spirit and benzine. The vessel left Singapore on May 29, and came through Torres Strait.. On June 13, when the tanker was off Brisbane, a heavy-gale was encountered, which lasted for three days. At times the gale blew with hurricane force and heavy seas broke on board. The Balaklava was hove-to for 15 hours, but no damage was done. On June 19 the tanker encountered another gale, this time in Cook Strait, and was further delayed. The gale continued until the Balaklava was off Kaikoura. The tanker was berthed at the Victoria wharf 'to discharge the Dunedin portion of her cargo. When the vessel left Singapore the cargo totalled 10,300 tons of motor spirit, turpentine, and benzine.

"Only One Code" There is no mystery about the tour of New Zealand by Mr H. R. Miller, secretary of the New South Wales Rugby League, and also secretary of the Australian Board of Control. On Friday last Mr Miller was in Whangarei, with Mr E. Stallworthy, Northland's representative on the Auckland parent body,:,"to be present at the opening of jubilee Park, the new playing area acquired, by the , Whangarei League interests. Air Miller (says the correspondent of the Auckland Star) made no secret about the objects of his visit. Primarily his intention is to. investigate the possibility of arranging tours between Australia and New Zealand. The intention was not to have spasmodic visits, but regular periodic tours. A further object, he said, was. to endeavour to set up an Australian and New Zealand Board of Control, with the ultimate object " that only one code of football should be played in Australia and New Zealand, and that Rugby League."

Marine Growth on Dogfish While fishing off Brinn's Point (below Seacliff) last week, Mr S. Broadley, of Portobello, hooked a spined dogfish—a species of shark—which he threw into the cockpit of the launch, and continued fishing. Repeated loud knockings on the floor caused by the dogfish lashing its tail attracted Mr Broadley's attention,; and on examining the fish found a large, hard growth on the second dorsal spine, with a long, weed-like growth attached. The dogfish was sent to Mr David H. Graham for investigation. Mr Graham states that the hard growth is a species of barnacle. Barnacles in their early stages are free-swimming animals which .cement themselves to rocks, piles, and ships' sides by their head parts and there build their shell-like homes, remaining there for life, literally standing on their heads. Mr Graham states that this swimming barnacle must have come in contact with the hard denticle spine of the dogfish and settled down to build its home,, in this instance a very convenient one, being carried about with the dogfish. So firmly attached was the barnacle to the spine that no amount of pulling would tear it from the fish. Barnacles are common on whales, but no one appears to have recorded barnacles on a dogfish before. The long, sertularian weed (hydroid) which is .attached to the barnacle is six inches in length, and; must have given the fish a peculiar effect while swimming in the water, streaming above the tail as though it had an extra appendage. The specimen is now on view in a Princes street fishmonger's shop.