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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22708, 22 October 1935, Page 8

Overseas Mail The s.s. Wanganella, from Sydney, is bringing 21 bags of mail for Dunedin. The mail is expected to arrive here on Thursday,

Clergy and Politic* An interesting pronouncement on the subject of Anglican clergy and the forthcoming general election was made by Bishop Fitchett in his presidential addresa to the Diocesan Synod yesterday. “ Shortly we shall be in the midst of a general election in which various political parties will be contending for supremacy,” he said. “ I hold very strongly that the clergy, whose duty it is to minister, without discrimination, to parishioners who hold varying political views, should hold themselves aloof from party politics. Particularly is this desirable during the excitement of a general election, when partisanship is at fever heat. It is my hope that the clergy diocese will abstain from taking any public part m political meetings, and will not express their political views otherwise than by means of the ballot box.”

Infectious Diseases The following are the returns of infectious diseases for the week ended at noon yesterday:—Dunedin Hospital: Scarlet fever, remaining one. Logan Park Hospital; Scarlet fc**r. discharged three, remaining seven.

New Fire Brigade Equipment The new machine recently purchased by the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board in Wellington reached the city on Sunday night. The machine was brought from Lyttelton by road, the trip being made in good time. The latest addition to Dunedin's fire-fighting plant will be delivered to the Central Station this afternoon, and the machine will be tried out during the week in the presence of members of the Fire Board. The second machine will not come to band from Wellington until some time in December.

An Alarming Experience Two women experienced a remarkable escape from serious injury when their motor car plunged 25 feet down a bank at Upper Nairn street in Wellington yesterday afternoon. The car swerved off the road (says a Press Association telegram), toppling over a bank which rises steeply from a gully at that point, and, rolling ever twice, came to rest wedged against a large tree. The driver, Miss Noel Anderson, escaped with shock, the other occupant, her mother, receiving an injury to her arm The body of the car wag badly crushed.

Unassembled Motor Vehicles The New Zealand representative of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Ltd., has received a cable message in the following terms:—“At the annual banquet of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Ltd., London, on October 16, the president made appreciative reference to the action of the New Zealand Minister of Customs in modifying his original determinations under the Customs Act relating to unassembled motor vehicles. This was the sole reference to any Dominion market, and met with very hearty response.” The banquet at which this appreciative reference was made was held at the opening of the annual Olympia Show, which has an international status.

Art Union Winner,

After several days of hidden identity the winner of the first prize of £2OOO in the “ Better Prizes ” Art Union drawn at Wellington last Tuesday has been found to be Mr A. G. Arnold, .a young married man, residing at 39 Limbriek street, Palmerston North. The lucky man and his wife have a family of two small daughters arid an infant child. Mr Arnold is employed as a carpenter. In an interview, Mrs Arnold was reticent about the matter and could not be induced to discuss the good fortune which has smiled on them. “ That is so,” she said, when asked whether it was true that her husband held the winning ticket, and she hastily added that she 3id not wish to say anything further. “We do not want a host of salesmen about the door."

Export of Eels It is the opinion of the chief inspector of fisheries (Mr A. E. Hefford) that there are definite possibilities in the export of frozen eels from New Zealand. Speaking to a reporter of /the Christchurch StarSun, he said that a few trial shipments had been made to Great Britain, but these did not appear to be successful, for they had not been continued. In some cases, however, the prices obtained were very promising, and it seemed that if the market was worked up there might be an industry created that would give employment to a number of men. Mr Hefford added that one drawback was the large size of New Zealand eels. People in England were not accustomed to large eels, and there was not much demand for them at present. Another possibility in large eels lay in the utilising of their skins for leather. Trafalgar Day

More than ordinary interest was attached to the anniversary of Trafalgar Day yesterday by the presence of H.M.S. Dunedin in port. Flags were flown on the various Government buildings, and during the morning Mrs W. F. Edmond, on behalf of the Otago branch of the Navy League, placed a wreath on the cenotaph in the Queen’s Gardens, while a bugler sounded the “Last Post.” Commodore E. R. Drummond and several officers from the Dunedin were present, in addition to Navy League members, including Mr and Mrs James Begg, Mesdames M'Kellar and E. C. Reynolds, Messrs W. F. Edmond, W. Mathieson, and S. G. Pether, Mr L. G. Lilly (representing the Imperial Ex-Servicemen’s Association), Commander Watson (Royal Naval Volunteer 'Reserve), and the Rev. W. Allen Stevely (chaplain of the Naval Reserve).

Sale of Yacht Morewa Reported It is understood that the schooner yacht Morewa, which is stated to be sailing for New Zealand, has been purchased from Mr J. W. S. M‘Arthur by Mr Ernest Davis, Mayor of Auckland, a keen yachtsman and owner of the Viking, the largest yacht in Auckland Harbour. The Morewa, of 80 tons, was launched at Auckland in June, 1933, and visited Norfolk Island. She was nominated for the Tasman Yacht Race in connection with the Melbourne Centenary, but her new sails were not available in time. She i* reported to have cost £BOOO.

A Historic Hotel The Bruce Hotel, Akaroa, is the second oldest licensed house in the Dominion, the first being at Russell, Bay of Islands. The, Bruce was established in 1845 by Captain Bruce, who traded between Sydney and the various whaling stations in the South Island. His ship, the Magnet, wae wrecked off the coast of Banks Peninsula, near Peraki, and the cove where it was wrecked is named Magnet Bay. Captain Bruce then settled in Akaroa and was greatly respected by all the local Maoris and the then few white settlers. He spent the rest of his life at Akaroa, after building the hotel which bears his name. The section is No. 1 Canterbury in the Deeds Registry in 1855. Some of Captain Bruce’s relatives came out to Akaroa, and their descendants are now living m various parts of the Dominion.

Offences by Cyclists “ Push cyclists continue to be a cause of anxiety to vehicle drivers, and every opportunity has been taken to bring home to road controlling authorities the necessity for rigid control of the regulations governing the use of push cycles,” states the annual report of the Automobile Association (Wellington). “ Local authorities, however, are at a distinct disadvantage in their efforts to enforce these regulations in that it has become a common practice for cyclists to supply incorrect information as to names and addresses, an a result of which offenders cannot be subsequently traced. The North Island (N.Z.) Motor Union has adopted a proposal that police and traffic inspectors be given power to impound cycles which are being used in breach of the regulations, and it is sincerely hoped that the representations which are being made to the Government in this direction will be successful.”

Drowning Narrowly Averted

A Press Association message from Wellington states that a double drowning in Porirua harbour was narrowly averted on Saturday afternoon when a sailing canoe in which were a man and a woman capsized. A watcher on the shore saw the canoe in difficulties, but had to go to Paremata for assistance. A launch immediately set out, but nearly an hour and a-half elapsed before the scene of the accident was reached and the distressed pair were located. They were some distance from the upturned canoe, the woman (who was wearing a life jacket) supporting the man, who was unconscious when taken from the ivater. He did not recover consciousness till after the party landed at Titahi Bay, where a doctor was summoned.

Charity Rugby Match Proceeds At a meeting last Thursday of the committee responsible for the arrangements in connection with the Police v. Law Charity Rugby match held at Carisbrook on September 14, it was announced that as a result of the match, all expenses having been met, the committee now has in hand the highly satisfactory sum of £lßl. During the. winter, months of next year this sum will be applied by the committee, working in conjunction with the Rev. V. G. Bryan King, towards the relief of distress in the city and suburbs. Naval Party for Children

The crew of the cruiser Dunedin is now busily engaged preparing for the naval party to be given to children on board the ship to-morrow afternoon. The event promises to be just as delightful as those conducted in previous years. There will be numerous attractions aboard the ship when the children arrive after meeting at the Town Hall and marching to the Rattray street wharf, in company with a party of sailors. ‘ Only those possessing tickets issued by the ship will be permitted on board. Headmasters of the various schools have been requested to distribute 350 tickets among the scholars. One hundred and fifty tickets have been forwarded to the orphanages, and the members of the Dunedin’s crew have been given 250 tickets to distribute among their friends. All the arrangements are receiving the careful attention of Captain M. Marchant, Royal Marines, who is acting as secretary for the party. With the assistance of Harbour Board officials, it is expected that complete arrangements will be made to-day for the refreshment sessions. which will be served in one of the cargo sheds on the Rattray street wharf. The shed is now being fitted out to accommodate the children at two sittings “ Wrong Number ”

An Auckland business man recently found that ha had been connected to a telephone number in Napier, 300 miles away, when in reality he had desired to establish communication with a number in a suburb of his own city. Answering a telephone call, a member of the staff of the Napier City Council was astonished when the speaker at the other end, who introduced himself as the principal of a well-known firm of Auckland solicitors, announced that he was seeking information about the rates payable on a property in Chambers street. Grey Lynn. The ensuing conversation failed to throw any light on the caller’s requirements, until it suddenly dawned on the council employee that it was another case of “ wrong number.” The shock which the Auckland man received when he was informed that he was speaking to the Napier City Council was conveyed with emphasis by the explosive “What! ” which burst into the listener’s ear, but further explanations were made unnecessary by the timely • intervention of the exchange operator, who had by then realised that something was amiss.

Early Missionary’* Grave , An interesting discovery was made recently by Mr H. Tai Mitchell on one of the Native development blocks at Maketu. Buried in some tall grass he found an old gravestone, which had at one time marked the graves of the Rev. S. M. Spencer, one of the earliest missionaries, to the Arawas, and that of his wife. Some years ago the remains of these two early pioneers of the Rotorua district were removed from Maketu to the family mausoleum, on the shores of Lake Tarawera, and the gravestone had apparently been forgottten. The inscription on the stone showed that the Rev, Mr Spencer was born in 1812 and Landed in New Zealand in 1841. He worked among the' Arawa tribe as a missionary for 50 years, and died in 1898, With the permission of Mr Spencer’s descendants, Mr Mitchell brought the headstone to Rotorua, where it has been placed in the churchyard of St. Faith’s, Ohiriemutu. The stone was unveiled by the Bishop of Aotearoa (Bishop Bennett) on Sunday afternoon, t>« unveiling forming one of the ceremomet aOiUiected with the centenary of the Anglican missions in the district, which was celebrated last week-end. We have to acknowledge receipt of £2 from “ Inasmuch ” (Waitahuna) towards the Barnardo Homes Fund. See easy, see well, see Sturmer and Watson, Opticians, 2 Octagon, Dunedin.— Advt. A. E J. Blakeley and W. E. Bagley. dentists. Bank of Australasia, corner oi Bond and Rattray streets (next Tele graph Office) Telephone 12-359. —Advt