Parliament Summoned

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22631, 24 July 1935, Page 8

Parliament Summoned

A Gazette Extraordinary, which was issued yesterday, summons the members of both Houses of Parliament to meet on August 29 at 2.20 p.m. j Closing of Parliamentary Rolls | At a meeting of the Executive Council authority was given (says a Press Association telegram) for the closing of the main parliamentary rolls on July 29.

Missing Boy

A 14-year-old boy named James Charles Robertson has been missing from bis home at 49 Barr street, Mornington. since Monday of last week. He left home on that morning to attend school, but he did not arrive, and fears are entertained concerning his safety. He is four feet four inches tall, is solidly built, and at the time of his disappearance was wearing a dark suit, a dark- overcoat, black stockings with green tops, and a Christian Brothers’ school cap and tie. Anyone who has seen the boy is asked to communicate immediately with his parents or the police. , \

Fire Brigade Calls At 1.24 p.m. yesterday the City’ Fire Brigade was called oat to 17 York place, a six-roomed wooden building occupied by Mrs D. M'Donald. The fire, which was caused through a defective grate setting. was extinguished without much difficulty, only a mantelpiece being damaged. At 10.22 p.m. the brigade turned out in response to a malicious false alarm from Princes street South.

First Prize to Dunedin In a Tattersall’s consultation drawn on July 12, the first prize of £12,000 went to “ Tiger de Lux,” whose address is given as Dunedin. A W ellington resident drew a prize of £SOO. In the Irish sweepstake on the Derby "The Bayview Jersey Cow,” Napier, won a prize of £loo.' Municipal Organ Recital

In order to afford music lovers who * are unable to attend the Sunday evening organ recitals an opportunity of hearing a programme on the city organ, the city organist (Dr V. E. Galway) has arranged a recital for Friday afternoon next in the Town Hall at 3 o’clock.

The programme will feature a number of familiar as well as unfamiliar items.

including the beautiful Largo from Dvorak’s New ‘World Symphony, Schubert’s “ Faith in Spring,” Meyerbeer’s Coronation March, Entr’acte from “Lohengrin” (Wagner), a Caprice in minor by Crackel, Handel’s Concerto in G minor, Berceuse (Crookes), Baeh’s 9 Fugue in B minor, and “ The Foggy Dew,” arranged by Stanford. There will be no charge for admission. Charge of Forgery In the City Police Court yesterday morning Cecil Bawden Prentice appeared before Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., on a charge of having, at Auckland, forged a contract for advertising in the Eltham Argus and the Inglewood Times, purporting to have been signed by Neil Stewart, with intent that it should be acted on as if it were genuine. On thq application of Chief Detectiye • Young, the accused was remanded to appear at New Plymouth on July 31.

South Island Main Trunk Line “ When the time is opportune and the money available, I will use my best endeavours to have the work on the South Island Main Trunk line restarted—and I don’t say that simply with a view to pleasing you,” remarked the Minister of Education and Employment .(Mr S. G. Smith), in the course of his reply at a civic reception at Blenheim. What would, have to be taken into consideration, he went on, was the benefit of the completed line to the Dominion as a whole. “I was a member of the Cabinet that curtailed railway works in New Zealand, and I don’t think that there are many in this room who have really heard how close to disaster this country was when the sudden and disastrous climax brought by the reduction of the national income came,” he said, in explaining why the construction work on the 'Various lines’ had ■ been brought to an abrupt conclusion.

Consumption of New Zealand Produce The following resolution was passsed at a meeting of th§ council of the United Kingdom Manufacturers and New Zealand Representatives’ Association (Inc), held in Wellington last week:—"That this association desires to express its warm appreciation of the action of the British Pottery Manufacturers’ Federation in sponsoring the special campaign for stimulating the consumption of New Zealand produce in Staffordshire and in inviting the Prime Minister of New Zea-

land to inaugurate a display week. Such action on the part of manufacturing and industrial organisations undoubtedly helps to increase the sale of British goods in this Dominion."

Radio Telephone for Sheep Station

A radio telephone service, said to be the first of its type to .be used on a sheep station in New Zealand, has- (says a Press Association telegram from Christchurch) been set up for Mr H. C. ActonAdams on his Clarence Reserve estate in Kaikoura. There are two transmitters and receivers, one at the station homestead and the other at a back station on the property, 22 miles away. For weeks, and perhaps months at a time, the heavy snow in the winter makes communication by horse or foot impossible or very slow, and no telephone line would stand the storms and the snow, of winter.. The stations, for which a special permit had to be obtained from the Government, have been allotted wave-lengths of 185 and 195" metres. Pedigree Eggs for Sydney

A rather unusual service was rendered by the Wellington office of a stock and station agency firm yesterday (reports a Press Association telegram), when 27 pedigree eggs were forwarded from Mr D.. Walter, of Tiakitahuna, to Mr F. P. Finney, of Sydney, by the Makura. Tha eggs are those of Rhode Island Red fowls imported from England, and Mr Walker expects to ship more to Australia in the near future. Mr Finney, to whom the eggs were consigned, was the first Australian? to receive a parcel of eggs by London air mail. These eggs were consigned by Lord Greenaway, of England, and arrived in good order and condition in Sydney. Nutrition of Children

The opinion that the mortality statistics were not the soundest criteria of tne physical fitness of a people was expressed by Dr E. B. Gunson, of Auckland, on Friday in referring to the contention of a public health officer at Wellington than Dr Gunson’s statement that New Zealanders were physically a B grade people was “exaggerated nonsense,’’ and that the mortality figures' refuted the statemeht. Dr Gunson said that the test of nutrition introduced in 1913 was entirely inadequate to-day, and in the last 20 years New Zealand health records had told an appalling story of malnutrition among school children. “I claim that the official figures I quoted arc <• ~ o this interpretation, or they mean nothing,” Dr Gunson added. If the children of New Zealand were supplied with one pint of milk each day it would be the beginning of applied preventive medicine in New Zealand. There was every reason to assume a direct relationship between the low consumption of milk and the prevalence of nutritional diseases during childhood and adolescence.

Toasting the King An amusing sidelight on the Prince of Wales’s tour of South Africa was given by Professor F. Clarke, adviser to overseas students at the Institute of Education, University of London, in an address in Wellington. Arrangements were made, he said, for the Prince to have luncheon at a town far away in the veldt, where the Mayor was an ardent Nationalist. Being perturbed by the thought that some of his hot-headed supporters might misconstrue his action in proposing the King’s health, he asked a friend’s advice on the subject. He was reassured on being told that it was only a _ formality that meant nothing in particular. When the time came, the Mayor’s mind being rather confused with all the instructions he had received, he rose majestically and said: “Gentlemen, the King,” and added, “ His Majesty is always drunk on such occasions, and thf Idks said about it the better.”

Operatic Contest The Wellington Competitions Society announces an operatic contest with a view to sending a New Zealand representative to the National Eisteddfod of Australasia in October. A Press Association telegram states that the society is acting in conjunction with the Dominion newspaper, which has offered a scholarship to enable the winner to compete at Ballarat and Melbourne. The contest will be held during the society’s festival beginning on August 24. Parents’ Representatives - The fact that during the past 10 years no parents’ representative on the hoard had ever made contact with Die persons who had elected him was mentioned by the principal (Mr W. G. Aldridge) in a report to the monthly meeting of the King Edward Technical College Board yesterday. He suggested, therefore, that, as two new members were to be elected as representatives of parents, it would be advisable to call a meeting of parents to be addressed by the chairman (Mr J, J. Marlow) and possibly also by those likely to be nominated as representatives. It was pointed out that the usual course was for" candidates to circularise the parents. Mr Aldridge stated that the parents’ representatives, who would in future comprise 25 per cent, of the board, were not really parents’ representatives at all, having come on to the board byother means, and he hardly thomilit it right that they should continue to be elected by the “hit or miss” method that had prevailed in the past. After a short discussion, it was * decided to call a meeting of parents as suggested by the 1 principal. Death of Eight Cows Serious loss' was suffered recently by Mr G. J. Gaskill, o£ Waioeka, Opotiki, by the death of eight valuable dairy cows. ' It appears (says a local correspondent) that Mr Gaskill brought 24 cows into a paddock and fed them with mangels which are supposed to have been frosted. After finishing feeding, all these cows were turned out, and they were not seen again for 24 hours, when Mr Gaskill went to bring them In again for feeding. To his consternation he then found eight lying dead. Mr Gaskill came to the conclusion that death was caused through eating the mangels, and he has communicated the _facts to the Department of Agriculture in Wellington for further advice. , . -

A Mild Winter Some idea of the mildness of the present winter in Dunedin is shown by the fact that the rainfall from May 1 to July 23- amounts to only 7.100 inches, while the total sunshine for the same period totals 298 hours 22 minutes. The rainfall for the present month to date totals i .26 inches,, compared with 1.92 inches for the same period in July last year. The heaviest rainfall this month was -.10 inches on July 7. Practically no rain has fallen since July 11, and sun-, since has - been recorded every day, with , . the exception of July 7. Yesterday the amount' of sunshine recorded was 8 hours 20 minutes. The total sunshine from July 1 to yesterday was 84 hours 43 minutes. The past few days have been notable for heavy frosts, low morning temperatures, and 1 a blue sky. Privilege of Grand Juries y In his address at the opening of the criminal sessions at the Supreme Court in, Wellington on. Monday, the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) drew attention to the privilege of a grand jury to make presentments to the court, if they so desired. “A grand jury,” said his .. Honor, “has always the privilege,,if its members wish,; of making any general presentment to the court on any matter affecting the administration of justice or 'affecting difficulties, or apparent difficul- , ties; in the general law. It is a privilege which of late years at all events has not been ' greatly availed of, though it has/been oh one or'tho isolated occasions. - Put, gentlemen, T do think That it should ? be’generally understood'that that privilege exists, and it is a valuable privilege.; I am not suggesting that there is any matter upon which you should make, any presentment.- I dm merely reminding you- of a privilege which belongs to the grand jury, who represent the people of the district; and it is a privilege which I for one wo hid like to see availed of ■ by : S'grand jury on all or any proper occasions.”

Marooned on Window-ledge Unable to return' into the building or ’ -to summon assistance, a tenant of the . A.M.P. Building in Queen street; Auckland,., Mr Stanley • A'sh, was forced to spend nearly an hour, on Friday night on a. narrow; ledge five storeys above the street. When finally he was able to attract attention, a large crowd gathered until a police constable was able to rescue him. “I had been working late at the office, and shortly after 8 o’clock thought I would clean the. outside of one of my windows,” Mr, Ash said. “ I had not been but on the ledge for long when the wind blew the window shut, and a patent catch locked it. There was no one in any of the other offices on my® floor, unfortunately, but I made my way along the. ledge until I found an office in which the fanlight was open. For-about half an hour I angled with the blind cord until at last I got:a loop around the catch on the main window,” Mr Ash x added,.“ but just as 1 thought everything was right, the tord snapped.” Mr Ash tried to attract attention from the street, but, could not make himself heard above the noise of traffic. It was not until shortly after 9 o’clock that his whistles and shouts were heard and a crowd collected. Finally a constable was summoned. He made bis way to Mr Ash’s room, the door of which had fortunately not been locked, and within a few minutes the crowd, which had wondered what kind of a drama was being enacted, saw the window opened and the mysterious figure assisted inside. .

The Railways Department advertises iu this issue particulars of another excursion Dunedin t 6 Invercargill on. Sunday next. Uniortunateiy, there are good and bad diamonds Williamsons, the Ringmakers. offer you-the former kind at fair prices and guarantee their workmanship.—. Advt. To be well. See well. See Sturmer. — W. -V. Stumer, Optician, 2 Octagon, Dunedin. Consulting Opticians: W. V. Sturmer, F. 1.0., N.Z.; A. R. Watson, F. 1.0., 5.D.0., N.Z.-Advt.

A. E. J. Blakeley and VV. E. Bagley, dentists. Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office) Telephone 12-359.—Advt Who is Peter Dick? The leading firm for optical and jewellery service. Peter Dick, jewellers and opticians. 490 Moray place, Dunedin. —Advt.