Air Mail Reaches London

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22716, 31 October 1935, Page 8

Air Mail Reaches London

The air mail which was despatched from New Zealand on October 10 arrivod in London on Monday. Charitable Bequests A bequest to St. Savour's orphanages, which will probably amount to £7OOO, and several other charitable bequests are provided for (says a Press Association telegram from Christchurch) in the will of Joseph Owen Amyes, a retired farmer of St. Albans, whose death occurred recently. Smaller bequests are £IOO to the Nurse Maude Association, £IOO to The Plunket Society, £IOO to St. Matthew's Anglican Church, £SOO to St. George's Hospital to endow a bed to be known as the Amyes bed. After providing for other private bequests the residue of the estate is left to St. Saviour's orphanages. City Fire Calls An outbreak of fire yesterday in a nineroomed wooden house at 131 Taieri road, Kaikorai, caused slight damage to the sitting room and furniture. The City and Roslyn Brigades were called at 12.5 S p.m., and the fire was speedily extinguished. The house is owned and occupied by. Mr Charles Gibson. Neither the cause of the outbreak nor particulars of the insurances could be ascertained last nighty The Roslyn and City Brigades were summoned again at 10.1 p.m. by an accidental false alarm registered at the Roslyn Woollen Mills. Burnside Stock Sale The entry of fat cattle at the Burnside sale yesterday numbered 228, and comprised for the most part medium quality bullocks. The offering also included several trucks of prime quality bullocks from the north, and the usual penning of cows and heifers. The market opened firm with prices equivalent to late rates, with a slight improvement as the sale progressed, but over the final races values eased to the extent of 10s per head. The entry of 150 store cattle, which included several pens of steers, met with a ready sale, a pen of three and four-year-old steers selling to £7 3s and younger cattle from £5 5s to £6 17e, according to size and breeding. Prices for boner and grazier cows remained unchanged. The 46 dairy cows penned were of mixed appearance, only a few good animals being included in the offering. The best of these sold to, £7, but aged and backward conditioned sorts were difficult to sell. In the fat sheep section 1992 were penned, about a third of the yarding being shorn. Wethers were forward in smaller numbers, and the quality was inferior to that of the previous market. On account of the shorter supply there was a brisk sale for this class, prices appreciating 2s per. head. The entry of ewes comprised principally medium quality sorts, with only an odd consignment of prime heavy ewes, and a percentage of light and inferior. Values generally were firm at the average rates obtained at the previous sale, although sellers over the final races met the worst of the market, prices receding at this stage fully 2s per head for all descriptions. The fat lamb entry numbered 80, and the quality throughout, with the exception of a few pens, was the best offered to date. There was a keen demand for all prime sorts, best lambs selling to 30s 6d. The entry of 119 fat pigs met a dragging market. In me early part of the sale best baconers sold to £3 19s, but values receded considerably later, and over the concluding stage sales could only be effected at prices showing a drop of fully 5s per head for baconers and porkers. The 111 store pigs offered met with good competition, and satisfactory prices were obtained. Settled Out of Court

In the claim for damages amounting to £1450 by Susan Justin (Mr P. H. Adams) against Charles Baeyertz (Mr J. P. Ward), it was stated at the Supreme Court yesterday that a settlement had been reached satisfactory to both parties. The claim arose out of injuries received, by Mrs Justin while she was in the sidechair of a motor cycle, which was being towed by a motor car. following on a jjllision with another motor cycle ridden by a man named Taylor, who had borrowed the machine from Baeyertz. Art Union Winner Some curiosity has been aroused in Palmeraton North as to the intentions of Mr A. G. Arnold with respect to the £2OOO which he recently won in the Better Prizes Art Union. According to one report' Mr Arnold had caused a mild sensation by renouncing his claim to the money and returning it to the art union authorities. This action by the winner was said to have been the outcome of a week's praying by members of the religious sect to which he belongs, and it was also stated that a motor car which had been purchased with part of the proceeds had been returned. A later report stated, however, that Mr Arnold cad lifted the amount through the Bank of New Zealand on Saturday last, and that he intended to leave the ranks of employees and commence business as a builder on his own account. He is a married man aud has a family of two small daughters and an infant child. Costly Sports Gear Stating that the present high price of cricket gear was causing a great deal of hardship among young players, Mr W. R. Fee asked the council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce to support a request to the Government for a reduction of the sales tax and duties payable on such articles in the list of cricketers' requirements as were not manufactured in New Zealand. The president, Mr Gainor Jackson, said that he did not think the chamber could justly suppoit such a request while the duty and sales tax on essentials remained at its present level. Furthermore, followers of other sports would make the same request. He pointed out that whereas the duty on such articles prior to the Ottawa Conference was £33 13s 9d per cent, it had since been reduced to £22 per cent. Sales tax and the exchange rate were, he thought, more responsible for the price than was the duty. This view was sunported by Mr G. J. Browne, who said that he hoped that it would not be. thought that the retailer was making an excessive profit on sports goods. The price was due solely to sales tax and exchange. The council decided to take no action.

Chair of Law At the request of the Canterbury Law Students' Society the establishment of » chair of law at Canterbury College ha 9 been given further consideration by the College Committee of the Canterbury University College Council. The committee reported to a meeting of the council on Tuesday that the matter had been investigated, but that the time was sti'l not opportune for the proposal to be carried out. The present system of lectureships, with one lecturer in charge, will therefore be continued. The Church and Politics "Times have changed from the day when we could say that the Church should leave politics and economics alone," said Bishop West-Watson, speaking at Lyttelton on Tuesday night. "The Church should not touch party politics," he said, "but I do think that it should hold up before the people a vision of their country as God would have it to be. The Churcu can show that; economics have to do with men and women, with hearts and minda to suffer, so. (;hat thd love of Christ cannot be left out." Keen Salesmanship The bounds to which keen salesmanship can go and still be within the law waa the subject of comment by Mr Justice Callan in this Auckland Supreme Court on Saturday during the hearing of a charge of false pretences arising from the sale of a motor car. "There is a line between keen salesmanship and the clutches of the law which it is always well to observe," said his Honor. "The telling of a lie constitutes a breach of the criminal .'aw." At another stage-his Honor remarked that dishonesty must oe taken up as a crime in order to keep accounts clean. A public duty would be done in showing up any crime in business, and this would be the case if it were shown that keen salesmanship had goue over the bounds so as to constitute * crime. Accused Without Counsel The difficulty of an accused person conducting his own defence was illustrated in the Auckk-nd Supreme Court on Saturday during 'ihe hearing of a charge of false pretences. The accused was examining a witness and bad difficulty in framing his questions to the satisfaction of the court He was assisted by the judge (Mr Justice Callan), who informed him of the procedure in the examination of witnesses, and finally his Honor put the questions to the witness himself, eliciting the points desired by the accused. It was pointed out by his Honor that there was provision in law for an accused person to apply for counsel. If, as he had seated, the accused was prejudiced by the case being called when it was, there was a time for an application for an adjournment, and that was when the cas; was called. The rendering by the Moray Place Congregational Choir on Sunday at 8 p.m. of Mendelssohn's "Hymn of .Praise - ' should be welcomed, by lovers of choral music. The soloists, for the occasion will be Mr and Mrs J. E. Davies, : and Miss Agnes Guy. An augmented choir will be under the special direction of Mr Alfred Walmsley, and Mrs H. C. Campbell will be at the organ. The Public Works Department is inviting tenderti for the supply, of portable ■instruments for measuring power factors of H.T. insulators, cable.and.cable boxes, motor lorry tip chassis, bodies and cabs. Details are ndvertised elsewhere in this issue. ■%- ....;..', ' ~..; See easy, see well, see Stunner and Watson, Opticians, 2 Octagon, Duriedin. — Advt. -" ' '■■ A. E. J. Illakeley and W. E. Bagley, dentists, Bank of Australasia, corner if Bond and Rattray streets (next Tel«« graph Office) Telephone 12-359.—Advt.