Health Stamp Campaign

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22742, 30 November 1935, Page 13

Health Stamp Campaign

• r - fti In connection -with the Health Stamp Campaign Dr D. G. M‘Millan will give a broadcast talk from 4YA at 7.30 to-night. Mental Patient’* Escape At about 7.30 .last night a male inmate escaped from the Seachff Mental Hospital, and up to midnight no sign of his whereabouts could be traced by the hospital staff or the police. _ The man,- who is 37 years of age, is regarded as harmless. He is sft Bin in height, of stout build, dark complexion, and dark hair. When he left the Mental Hospital he was wearing a dark grey, striped denim suit, a red jersey, dark cap, and white tennis shoes. South Road Repairs The secretary of the Automobile Association of Otago (Mr W. F. Sutton) advises that motorists travelling on the main highway south of Milton should exercise caution at two sections of the road where improvements are being carried out. Where the. new bridge is being built, near the Glenore Railway Station, special care should be taken in the approach, and at Fairweather’s Mistake the widening of a corner makes it necessary to negotiate this portion of the road-with caution.. Danger signals, at 1 both places have been erected and should be observed by motorists. . _ v Cable Repair Steamer A Frees Association telegram from Auckland states that owing to the reported wreck of the cable steamer Cable at Cape-St. James, near Saigon, Cochin China, last month, it is believed that the cable steamer Recorder, which for many years has been stationed at Auckland, will be called upon to carry out any necessary repairs in the northern area until,, the ■ lost vessel is replaced. -Although no official information has been received, it is understood that the Cable, which was stationed at Singapore, went ashore at Cape St. James, where there is a cable station, and became a total loss. Th crew was. landed in safety.. The Recorder ie at present at Melbourne, where she is transferring to the cable steamer Faraday 80 miles of cable which she took on board at Suva in July. After repairing • a fault in the Pacific cable near Norfolk Island, the Faraday is to lay a telephone cable across Bass Strait from Melbourne to Tasmania. Tramper Arrive* from London “ The only way to see a country is by tramping through it,” said Mr R. M. Millea, a Londoner who arrived at Wellington by the Makura from Sydney. He said he intended to spend four months in the Dominion, and hoped to do a good deal of walking, visiting both the North and South Islands and Stewart Island, and" going into the wilder parts of the country, off the regular tourist routes. Sleep-walker Injured A young man, Mr K. Fyfe, employed by the North Auckland Farmers’ Co-opera-tive, Ltd., at Kaitaia, fell on Monday night from the balcony of his boarding house at Kaitaia and received a dislocated elbow, and is suffering from shock. Mr Fyfe retired to his room on the second storey of the building about midnight, and at 1.20 a.m. two other boarders, who sleep on the ground floor, were awakened by groans. They found Mr Fyfe on the ground in a semi-conscious condition. Dr Rule was immediately summoned and be attended the injured man. It is presumed that Mr Fyfe walked in his sleep, having been found in that condition'on previous occasions, and attempted to climb from his room down the fire escape from the balcony, a height of 15 feet.

The licensing Poll

Since 1919 (says the Prew) the majority against prohibition has increased from 3262 to 309,629. Prohibition is clearly a lost cause, and there is no excuse for continuing to hold a licensing poll at every election. Tbe New Zealand Alliance and other organisations which have been working in the prohibition cause would be wise to accept the unmistakable verdict of the people and devote their energies to the more sensible cause of temperance. The licensing law* of New Zealand and the conduct of licensed houses are very far from perfect. But for the last 20 years the movement for reform has been halted by the recurring battle over prohibition.

Academics and Practicalities Interesting, comparisons between the educational methods of Great Britain and New Zealand were made at the last monthly meeting of the Board of Governors of the Seddon Memorial Technical College, Auckland, by Mies L. R. Todd, of Sheffield, who has been at the college for a year, and will shortly return to England. “ Sheffield has no such school as the Seddon Technical College,” said Mies Todd. "Even in that foremost industrial centre the main aim of education la cultural rather than practical. The result is that the average pupil in Sheffield has a better knowledge of books and literature than most of the pupils of the Seddon College.” There was no doubt, however, that the tuition of the Auckland children equipped them better for the practical affairs of life. New Zealand boys knew more about milking machines than academics; they could wire a motor car more easily than they could write an essay; and the girls could make a dress better than they could spell. She agreed, however, that the local system of practical education tended to produce useful citizens. Flock House Scheme ,V

The secretary of the Otago Provincial Committee under the Flock House scheme (Mr O. L. Ferens) reports that two boys who recently returned from Flock House station after undergoing a period of training in agriculture have been placed in positions, and work is also available for another boy who will reach Dunedin from the north to-day. Five applicants have been accepted, and they will be sent north early next month. In all, 55 boys have now been sent forward from Otago, and at no time has there been any difficulty in finding work for them on the completion of their training.

Probate Granted Mr Justice Kennedy has granted probate in the following estates: —Thomas Ramsay, of Kaitangata, farm labourer; Thomas M f Culloch, of Ngapara, retired millowner; Alexander George Sutherland, of Ngapara, butcher and farmer; Elizabeth Martin, of Dunedin; William Mills, of Dunedin; gunsmith; Thomas Wentworth Tayler, of Dunedin, retired company manager; Jeffrey Aston, of Moa Creek, farmer; Ernest Edward Booth, of Hampden, business manager; William Whitwell Beswick, of Oamaru, retired postmaster.

Traffic Inspector Rebuked The language of a City Corporation traffic inspector when giving evidence in the Police Court yesterday was the cause of a mild rebuke by the magistrate (Mr H. W. Bundle).' The inspector was explaining to the magistrate that the case then being heard did not involve a serious breach, and he would not have taken any action had the offender not given him “a bit of lip.” “Traffic inspectors do not usually go into the box and use such language,” said the magistrate. "What exactly do you mean?” The inspector explained that the defendant bad been offensive when spoken to. Art Exhibition

The interest taken in the work of the artist by the Dunedin public is demonstrated by the excellent patronage that is being accorded the Otago Art Society’s exhibition in the Pioneers’ Hall. The display comprises various branches of art, oils being the predominating section. Dunedin artists are well represented, but the exhibition also includes some of the outstanding work of artists from all parts of the Dominion. The oils form a notable collection, and the examples of portraiture, landscape, and still life painting have attracted particular interest. The water colours-also include outstanding studies, and a display of Japanese colour prints, lent by Captain A. G. Humphreyg-Davies, adds a novel and specially interesting note to the exhibition. A further sale has been reported—“ Matapouri, North Island,” by Gwyneth Richardson. The exhibition will be open until next Thursday.