Outgoing Mail

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22743, 2 December 1935, Page 8

Outgoing Mail

Owing to' the Wanganella • being held up in Australian waters, the Directorgeneral of the Post Office has arranged for an Australian-Indian-Eastern mail, and the Singapore-London air . mail, to be despatched by the Wairuna, which will leave Dunedin to-day for Melbourne. #he hour for the closing of the mail at the Chief Post Office has been fixed for 2 p.m.

City Police Court There were no cases set down for hearing at the City Police Court on Saturn-

Mental Patient Found The whereabouts of the man who escaped from the Seacliff Mental Hospital on Friday was ascertained about halfpast 5 on Saturday evening, when he isought employment bn a farm a few miles from Seacliff. The farmer quickly notified the hospital authorities, and the patient wap taken back to the institution. Pan-American Air Service

A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that an inquiry' made by the Evening Post on Saturday brought a reply that the agreement between the New Zealand Government and the PanAmerican Airways Corporation for the establishment of a flying boat service across the Pacific to commence about the middle of next year had been signed by Mr Coates as Minister of Transport at Helensville last Monday.

Theomin Bequest Distribution The Perpetual Trustees, Estate, and Agency Company has notified that out of the income derived from the Theomin bequest the trustees have decided to distribute £SO each to the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Society, the New Zealand Nurses’ Memorial Fund, the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children (Plunket Society), and the Patients and Prisoners’ Aid Society.

Railways Excursion About 480 people availed themselves of the opportunity offered by the Railways Department yesterday of visiting Invercargill, and with the beautiful summer weather that prevailed the outing proved thoroughly enjoyable. Both trains on the journey south ran to time table, thus enabling the excursionists to enjoy several hours in Invercargill, where the various attractions of the gardons, parks, and beaches proved popular. On the home journey the first train returned with 240 passengers, but the second express carried only 216 excursionists. Both trains arrived in Dunedin punctually. Art Exhibition

The Otago Art Society s exhibition in the Pioneers’ Hall continues to attract the public attention. The standard which has been reached this year is a high one, and in addition to many Dunedin painters, some of the best-known artists in other parts of the Dominion are represented. As usual, oils form a- very strong section of the display. Particular interest is being shown in the group of Japanese colour prints of exquisite workmanship which have been lent to the society for the occasion by Captain A, G. Humphreys-Davies.

Snow in Hawke’s Bay As if to temper the atmosphere on the eve of the general elections, heavy snow fell in many parts of Hawke’s Bay on Tuesday, and although much of it was melted by the brilliant sunshine of the following morning, it presented a brilliant sight to the north and also to the south from Napier. Hail fell in the central Hawke’s Bay district on Tuesday, and the temperature dropped to a lower level than for many weeks past. At Hatuma and further south there was a considerable fall of snow, and sheep which had been shorn suffered severely from the cold. Motorists travelling on the main roads from the south and north passed through fields of white, though the snow did not settle for any length of time on the surface of the roads, and motor services wcifi in no way interrupted.