Transport Appeal Cases

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22609, 28 June 1935, Page 8

Transport Appeal Cases

The Full Court in Wellington yesterday reserved its decision in the transport appeal cases.

The Legislative Council The term of office of Messrs J. MacGregor (Otago) and R. Moore (Canterbury) as members of the Legislative Council will expire on July 14. Messrs W. H. M'lntyre and W. W. Snodgrass, both of Nelson, will retire on September 3. The present constitution of the Council is 30 members. City Police Court In the City Police Court yesterday, before Mr H. W. Bundle. S.M., Sidney George Marett, a statutory first offender, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was fined 10s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment A similar charge against a first offender, who gave his age as 78 years, was dismissed. Census in April Next A Pres 6 Association telegram from Wellington states that the Governor-General in a proclamation in the Gazette issued last night announces that a census of the Dominion will be taken on the night of Tuesday, April 28, and on Wednesday, April 29 next year. Upkeep of War Graves A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that it was mentioned yesterday by the Minister of Internal Affairs (Sir Alexander Young) that approval had been given to proposed work on war graves in the following cemeteries:—Waikumete Soldiers' Cemetery, £7 3s; Hamilton East Soldiers' Cemetery, £7 7s; Kakarau Native Cemetery, £9 7s; Matiere Soldiers' Cemetery, £4O 3s; Northern Cemetery, £7 14s; Tapanui Cemetery, £5 10s;—total, £77 4s.

Public Speaking Cr W. W. Batchelor has given notice to move at the next meeting of the City Council that the decision of the council debarring the Queen's Gardens from being used as a site on which to give public addresses be rescinded. A Bridge Broadcast

Many contract bridge players in New Zealand have been keenly interested in the matches broadcast recently in Australia. To-morrow night 3LO Melbourne and other Australian national stations will relay a description of a championship match between New South Wales and Victoria. At 9.25 p.m. New Zealand time the hand to be played in duplicate will be announced by 3LO, and at 10.15 p.m. New Zealand time the championship ma.tch will begin. For Civic Purposes Only In keeping with the policy adopted by swimming associations in other centres, the Auckland Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association has adopted an official blazer for its representatives, and at a meeting of the City Council last night (says our special correspondent) a request was received that the centre should be allowed to incorporate the coat of arms of the city in the badge to be worn. The Mayor (Mr Ernest Davis) moved that the application be declined. He said the coat of arms should be used only for civic purposes. If the request were granted, others of a similar kind wquld probably be received from all sorts of organisations. The motion was carried. " Cancerphobia '*

The increased publicity given to the fight against cancer has resulted in a new complaint, which might be described as " cancerphobia," or fear of cancer. Doctors in Christchurch who were approached by a Press reporter on Wednesday, stated that many persons sought medical aid in the fear that they were afflicted with the disease. In the majority of cases the fear proved ungrounded, the complaint frequently being of a simple, nature and easily amenable to treatment. The fear of cancer had an unfortunate effect on a person's mental outlook on his state of health. .

Military Drill and Fitness "The claim that carrying a rifle and forming fours is good physical training cannot be regarded as very strong," said the Rev. F. L. Frost, in the course of an address at Napier a few days ago. "Military drill and discipline may be very necessary in their place,' but they will certainly not produce the finest specimens of manhood. Our playing fields contribute more to the physical fitness and, I would add, mental alertness of our manhood than all the military drill in the world can ever do. Definitely, I contend that soldiering for boys under 16, or 18 even, should be taboo. Instead of the cadet system it would pay the nation handsomely to demilitarise that system and give the time allowed to qualified instructors in physical culture. At the present time it is,almost certain that many young folk are not receiving proper nourishment, and a foundation is being laid for a C 3 population. My contention is that the nation's leaders should seek to build up a strong and healthy youth in our land, and that this can best be done by closer attention to the physical needs of the people, and by starting with our boys and girls. The way to this is not. by military training, but by physical training." Trees at an Angle One great difference between the trees in England and those in New Zealand was the fact that the former grew upright at an angle of 90 degrees while the latter were often at an angle of 45 degrees, remarked Mr P. Black, when addressing the annual meeting of the Wellington Horticultural Society about his impressions of England. He added that, in view of his audience, he would •not single out Wellington particularly as a place where the wind prevented the upright growth of trees, but it was a fact that the winds in this country did materially affect the growth of trees. Not only were the English trees more noticeably upright, but they had thicker foliage and better heads altogether, which was also due to the comparative absence of wind. Democracy the Solution

Ultimate stability in the world's affairs would be obtained only when Governments were organised on a democratic and responsible basis, said Mr C. G. Bottrill, M.A., in a recent address to the New Plymouth Rotary Club. Dictatorships, he claimed, were symbols of national feeling and development, but until the machinery of democratic government had permanently supplanted " short cuts to national efficiency" the world might continue to expect violent political upheavals. Dog Gives Warning of Fire

On Sunday morning the Bay View Hotel, Petane, Hawke's Bay, was completely destroyed by fire, for there were no fire-fighting facilities other than the efforts of a bucket brigade, and the blaze was so fierce that practically nothing was left after half an hour. A MiReynolds, who was living at the hotel, was awakened by the whining of a dog at his bedroom door, tie opened the door and the draught caused the interior of the hotel to burst into flames. Mr Reynolds, Mrs Tucker, wife of the licensee, and the hotel staff hurriedly left the premises, and a number of neighbouring settlers gathered around and formed themselves into a buck't brigade. Constant supplies of water poured upon the wall of a store 15 feet away saved it. The roar of the fire was accompanied by a series of explosions of bottles as the flames licked their way through the building, capped with a heavy detonation as the hot-water cylinder burst. The previous hotel was burned down about six years ago.

The Classical Tradition and Christianity " is the title of a lecture to be given by Monsignor Morkane before the Classical Association in the Museum lecture room on Monday evening. The public is invited. A reminder is given of the dance to be tendered Miss A. Mackie in the Early Settlors' Hall on Tuesday next. Li't Your Kve I'lpiibles be Stunners Tioubles. —VV. V. Stunner, Optician. 2 Octagon, Dunedin. Consulting Opticians: W V. Sturmer, F.JLO., N.Z.; A. E. Watson. F. 1.0., 5.D.0., N.Z.—Advt.