Overseas Mail

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22816, 27 February 1936, Page 8

Overseas Mail

The Wanganella left Sydney on Monday for Auckland with 25 bags of Australian mail and 14 parcel receptacles for Dunedin. The mail should reach the local office on Monday morning or Tuesday evening. False Alarm A call which proved to be a malicious false alarm was received from the corner of Glen avenue and Crosby street, Mornington, by the Dunedin City Fire Brigade at 8.30 last evening. Salary Restoration Despite opposition from the country members, the North Canterbury Hospital Board decided yesterday to restore all salary cuts and urge the restoration of reductions made in 1931 as from April 1 next. Grass Fire At 2.40 yesterday afternoon the Dunedin City Fire Brigade received a call to Caversham, where a grass fire had broken out on the railway embankment. No damage was done. Burnside Stock Sale In the beef section at the Burnside sale yesterday the quality was superior to that offered at the previous market. A total of 279 was penned. The sale opened under weak competition, but values quickly improved to the previous week's parity, rnd remained on an even basis to the close of the sale. The store cattle section attracted an entry of 195 head, with a minority of vealers, and there was an improved demand for this class. Very few steers were forward, and the usual assortment of boner and grazier cows showed no change m values. The small entry of 15 dairy cows was comprised mostly of inferior sorts, although one or two cows of outstanding quality were offered. The best of these sold to £9 15s. In the fat sheep section 1632 were yarded, there being a preponderance of ewes, the bulk of which were of medium quality. Wethers were distinctly in the minority. The market opened nnder keen competition, for heavy ewes in particular, and prices at the outset showed an advance of Is per head for the heavier grades. The higher rates did not remain in evidence for long, and from about the middle of the sale heavy ewes were from 3s to 4s per head cheaper. Several pens were not sold. A noticeable feature of the sale, particularly in the early part, was the disparity in values for prime heavy and medium quality ewes. Freezing buyers operated on the increased schedule for all ewes suitable for export. The lamb entry totalled 1241, the quality being only fair. A large number of light and unfinished lambs were included in the yarding. Export buyers operated at schedule rates, and butchers competed for the heavier grades. In the fat pig section 124 were forward, with more porkers than usual. Values for baconers were a shade easier, while porkers were from 4s to 5s per head cheaper. There was a hardening in values for the 70 store pigs offered, and a complete clearance was effected.

Exhibition of Lithographs Students and 'lovers of art in Dunedin continue to find a good deal to interest them in the loan collection of lithographs from the Senefelder Club, which is now on view at the Art Gallery, Logan Park. The exhibition embodies a particularly comprehensive selection of early and contemporary works by some of the world's most noted artists, and in addition provides an .excellent opportunity to study the technique employed in this interesting department of graphic art. Consisting of 72 prints, in which a wide variety of styles in both colour and black and white printing is exemplied, the collection shows the excellent craftsmanship that can be reproduced by this method. Technical College Classes

Evening classes at the King Edward Technical College were reopened last night, when there was a large attendance of pupils for the various courses. The principal (Mr W. G. Aldridge) stated yesterday that the attendances for the classes could not accurately be gauged from the number present on the first night, and it would be some days before anything approaching an accurate estimate could be given. He said, however, that there was every indication that the attendances this year would be considerably ahead of those of last year.

Imperial Sloop Wellington The cricket match between teams from the Imperial sloop, H.M.S. Wellington, and the Carisbrook Club had to be abandoned on Wednesday afternoon owing to heavy rain. The ship's team compiled 155 runs for the loss of two wickets, including scores of 84 not out by Pettyofficer Igglesden and 64 by Commander J. B. E. Hall. The billiards match between men from the sloop and returned soldiers, played on Tuesday night, was won by the ship's representatives by 633 to 491, but in a snooker match the navy men were defeated by 301 to 224. The ship's crews have been in training for the whale boat race on the Upper Harbour this evening. Two crews will race with two boats manned by Naval Reservists, starting from Vauxhall at 7 p.m. Last evening Commander Hall visited the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve headquarters. The sloop will leave Dunedin at 8.30 a.m. to-morrow for Oamaru in continuation of her cruise round the South Island. Painting for National Art Gallery

An important addition to the permanent collection of paintings to be housed in the National Art Gallery was announced yesterday (says a Press Association telegram from Wellington) by the secretary of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Board of Trustees (Mr P. H. Bass). The painting 13 "After the Rain," by Benito Quinquela Martin. It was offered to the National Gallery by Sir Percy Sargood, and has been accepted for inclusion in the national collection. "After the Rain " was exhibited in Wellington in 1033 at the autumn exhibition of the New Zealand Academy.

Effects of Mishap Three weeks after the interisland steamer Rangatira struck a rock off Sinclair Head, some of the passengers are still suffering from the effects of the shock of the mishap. The Dominion states that one woman who had come to Wellington for a holiday and was due to resume work in Christchurch on Monday has been forbidden by a doctor to travel back for another . fortnight'; another woman who was bringing a child up with her has been preyed upon by visions of what she would have had to do to save her daughter if the vessel had been wrecked, and a man who went back to work soon afterwards has had to •take a holiday to recover from the effects of the accident.

A Cosmopolitan Party The Young Men's Christian Association in London has earned a reputation for the which it gives to visitors from overseas, and particularly from the dominions of the British Empire. • At the last Christmas party, writes Mr>J. Harvey, who recently left New Zealand to take up a position in England, there were 105 guests, representing 21 nations. Some of them were New Zealand. India, South Africa, Canada, Australia, China, Spain, Italy, Trinidad, Peru, Uruguay, Denmark, Holland, and the United States of America.

Log Hurled on House A piece of timber, weighing over half a hundredweight, was hurled in the air and crashed through the roof of the home of Mr R. Smedley, of Tenth avenue, Tauranga, as_the result of a blasting accident a few days ago. A young man was splitting posts from a bluegum tree, recently felled on an adjoining property, and had placed a charge in a hard knot of a log. When the charge .was fired a piece of the log was hurled about a chain and a-half away and, falling on the roof of Mr Smedley's house, tore a hole through the iron and broke rafters, pausing the roof to sag. Mr Smedley was working in his garden and Mrs and Miss Smedley were occupied in the house when the explosion occurred. No one was injured.

Not High-class Fighters An eye-witness of the activities in Abyssinia has arrived in New Zealand, He is an American, Captain E. H. Gerrard Maisson, who until recently has been correspondent' and photographer for the United Press of America. Because of his job he has had to keep close-up with the advances and retreats of the Abyssinians. He Was doing this work for some months, until last October, when his aeroplane was shot down. His opinion, as told to a North Island interviewer, is that the war will continue for at least another year. It seems to him that the Italians will be driven back to their borders. " Then they may start all over again," he said. Italians he considers poor fighters. Their only advantage in the present engagements was an air force.

M'Gregor National Fund The death of Squadron-leader M. C. M'Gregor, in the unfortunate accident last week, has deprived the Dominion of one of its leading airmen, who has done his full share in developing airmindedness in New Zealand. He played an .important part in preparing the public for the comiug development in Government and civil aviation.. His family, consisting of a wife and four young children, need a measure of financial assistance, and it is fell that a national fund would meet this need. This fund is, therefore, being launched with the full approval and endorsement of the Government. A committee has been appointed to organise the raising of a fund to that end. It consists of Messrs C. Werastein (president of the New Zealand Aero Club), G. M. Spence, P. Hereford, G. G. Wallace, W. T. Eyre, and L. E. PTaylor. The provisional trustees appointed are Messrs' C. Weinstein and G. M. Spence. The committee invites all members of the public to assist in building up a substantial fund and proposes to ask newspapers to open subscription lists.

Eye Strain—For Eye Comfort, foi better vision, consult Sturmer and Watson, Ltd., Opticians, 2 Octagon, Dun edin.—Advt. A. E. J. Blakeley and W. E. Bagley dentists, Hank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets (next Tele--raph Office). TeleDhone 12-359.—Advt