Honours Gazetted

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23203, 29 May 1937, Page 12

Honours Gazetted

A Supplementary Gazette was issued last nigHt containing the names of those upon whom honours were conferred by his Majesty the King on the occasion of his Coronation, as well as a list of the names of the recipients of Coronation medals. Probate Granted His Honor Mr # Justice Kennedy has granted probate in the estates of the following deceased persons:—Margaret Ann Beck, widow, of Oturehua; George Henry Lee, carpenter, of Brighton; Lily Fox, married woman, of Dunedin; Jane Seaton, widow, of Mosgiel; Julius Dickel, joiner, of Mornington; Arthur Johnson, agent, of Mosgiel; Euphemia M'Laren, widow, of Herbert; Alice Laidlaw, spinster, of Dunedin; Mary Barwell, widow, of Port Chalmers; William Nicolson, retired company secretary, of Dunedin; and Arthur James Foster, bootmaker, of Dunedin. Letters of administration have been granted in the following estates:— Arthur Charles Jones, tally clerk/ of Dunedin; Charles Beck, farmer, of Idaburn.

Organ Recital Another of Dr Galway's popular organ recitals is to be given to-morrow evening, when the outstanding items on an interesting programme will be " Suite-Gothique" (Boellmann)," Fugue in D minor" (Mendelssohn), and "March from Eli" (Costa).': In addition to these items. Dr Galway will be heard in "Variations on an Original Theme" (Hesse), "Air in D major" (Bach), "A Fountain Reverie" (Fletcher), and "The Arbutus Tree," a traditional Irish air (arranged by C. V. Stanford). The assisting artists will be Mrs C. M. Barnett, who will sing "My Creed" (Hahn) and "The King's Way" (Elgar), and Miss Audrey M'Caul, pianist, who will play "Lie-beslied-Widmung" (Schumann-Liszt). At this recital, which will 'be commenced at 8.15, there will be no charge for admission.

Homer Tunnel Men Apportioned

In accordance with instructions issued by the Minister of Public Works (Mr R. Semple) after the recent fatal avalanche at the Homer Saddle, all work at the tunnel has been discontinued until after the winter season. There were about 200 men at the Homer Camp, and the Public Works engineer for Otago (Mr P. Keller) said yesterday that they had been apportioned to other jobs, as follows: About 50 to the construction of a new road between Caroline and Dipton, a distance of about five miles; 40 to the Homer-Lake M'Kerrow road; 50 to the Manuka Gorge road near Milton, another new road of about five miles; and 40 to further alterations to portion of the Te Anau-Mossburn road. The tunnel has been boarded up and abandoned temporarily. The machinery that,will not deteriorate has been stored inside the tunnel, above the level of the water that has filled most of the seven chains and a-half that have been driven, and the remainder removed to stores in the camp. i Mocgiel Level Crossing

Although the general scheme of the overhead railway bridge to eliminate the level crossing at Mosgiel has been approved, it will be some time yet before the plans are completed and the contracts let. The Public Works engineer for Otago (Mr P. Keller) told the Otago Daily Times yesterday that the contracts for the Clarksville and Lovell's Flat bridge had been let and a start would be made soon with the driving of the reinforced concrete piles. The Mosgiel bridge and camp involved a considerable amount of detail work, and it was not possible yet to give an estimate of the cost or to indicate when the work would be started.

" Music Wherever She Goe* " " If we want to listen to music on the radio, I suggest that we first turn it off," remarked Mr L. S. Adam, in an address on "Music in the Home" to the Dunedin Winter School. Listening was an art, and it was better to leave the radio turned off until one was ready to listen. He contrasted the dearth of musical opportunities of a generation ago with the present universal provision. People at present could be compared with " the lady who has rings on her fingers and bells bn her toes and music Wherever she goes." But there was a lack of discrimination and of real listening. Cultivation of good music should begin in the home. "A Wonderful Experience " " Surrounded by dozens of photographers, newspaper reporters, and cartoonists, members of the New Zealand cricket team were both bewildered and thrilled on their arrival at Waterloo Station, London, on May 4," writes a Christchurch cricket enthusiast who is travelling with the team. "To the new members of the side it was a truly wonderful experience, and no doubt the ones who had been to England before were equally thrilled. London at present is in the middle of a bus strike and consequently private cars are being used by the people to a much greater extent than usual. The traffic blocks were so great that, it took the team almost two hours to arrive at its headquarters, the Great Central Hotel."

Observatory (or Kelburn The meeting of the Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand, which was held in Wellington -this week, adopted a report- by which an observatory will be established at Kelburn and will be fitted with instrumen]ts and be in charge of a specially-appointed astronomer. A conclusion is thus brought (says a Press Association telegram) to a controversy as to what should be done with a sum of £2OOO odd which was bequeathed 40 years ago by Mr C. R. Carter for the founding of an observatory in or near Wellington. Through investment, the sum has since; grown to over £12,000.

A Disequilibrium Mr W. B. Reddaway, research fellow in economics at the University of Melbourne, said, in the Arbitration Court on May 18, that at present there was a disequilibrium between profits and wages in Australia. If wages were not increased now there would be unfortunate results. "The result will not be disastrous to the wage-earners merely because they are getting a low wage," he said. "It will be disastrous to the community because the profit-receivers ai - e getting too much " Mr Reddaway declared that the rise in wages which he had suggested would not seriously endanger internal industries through external competition. For, the generality of industries, the rise would make practically no difference, though there might be some danger for small industries in which some special circumstances were operating. Such industries, however, could x seek more protection.

Nurses for Spain

"We should discourage the idea of nurses leaving for Spain. The Spanish Government does not want nurses; it wants money for munitions," said Mr R. Holland, at a meeting of the Wellington Hospital Board during the consideration of a recommendation i that the resignation of a nurse who is * leaving for Spain be accepted with regret and that appreciation of her courage and sense of duty be placed on record. Mr Holland added: " There are certain political interests at work trying to cultivate the idea of nurses going to Spain." The recommendation was adopted. World Record for Film Transport

What is claimed to be a world record for the speedy transport of " news reel" film was achieved yesterday afternoon, when two. Dunedin city theatres screened a 1500-feet talking picture of the Coronation. Picture patrons viewed the film 15 days after the event—two days better than the previous England-New Zealand record. A spectacular feature of the record is that the film reached Sydney fast enough to be received 10 days after the Coronation. This was made possible by the use of a specially-char-tered aeroplane, piloted by Captain P. F. Taylor, which sped from England across Europe to overhaul and connect with the regular England-Australia mail plane. Nine copies of, the film arrived at Wellington yesterday morning. Of these, eight were distributed over the country by air mail. Messrs Tano Fama and D. Slyfield, representing the Amalgamated Theatres,: Ltd., met the Union Airways plane on its arrival at the Taieri aerodrome yesterday shortly before 1 o'clock and took delivery of the film. .'.,.'; ; : State Houses for Invercargill V-\ r Tenders are now being called (says the Southland Times) for the erection of 22 houses in Tay street east and Lindisfarne street by the Housing Construction Department. There are.five different contracts. The first and second comprise six houses and one two-house unit each, and the other three comprise two houses each. The land has been acquired by the Gov-:, ernment under the Public Works Act, and when notice of, the Government's intention to take it Was given it was stated that any objections must be lodged within 40 • days. The City Council had,been offered this land by the J. T. Thomson trustees, and as it was the intention of the council to utilise it as a park, the council has lodged an objection. No reply has yet been received. The houses for which tenders have been called are to; bel built in brick, brick arid roughcast, and wood, and most of them will have tiled roofs. No two in a block are to be ,of the same design. The majority will have four fair-sized rooms, and in the two-house unit the dwellings are to be separated by a brick wall. The frontage for nearly every house will be a chain, and the sections' will be about a quarter of an acre. 1 " Tribal Laws and Customs " Some overseas writers, especially Americans, have indulged themselves in flights of fancy when discussing the habits and "tribal laws and customs" of New Zealanders, but the palm must go to a German journalist. An Auckland resident has received a letter from a German friend, who writes:— " Last week I read an article in a Cologne paper, which said that car owners in New Zealand are urging the Government to bring in a measure to remove certain figures on the radiators of cars, which cause the. superstitious natives much uneasiness,' and sometimes result in their death, as they throw themselves under Jhe cars,'' Macandrew Bay Sea-lion The opinions held by residents of Macandrew Bay as to the merits' or otherwise of "Sammy," the sea-lion, which has made his home there, have, it appears, been translated into a little action. There has been a rumour of intentions to shoot the visitor, but, on the other hand, champions of " Sammy" are talking of giving him definite protection and guiding his activities to harmless ends. The Marine Department has issued - a memorandum stating that.there is at present a close season for sea-lions, and they" are protected by law;

"Coronation Commentary" It is learned (says the Auckland Star) that "Coronation Commentary," the book by Geoffrey Dennis which aroused great interest on. publication in London, will not be seen by New Zealand readers. Its publishers, Messrs Heinemann, have given instructions to their agents in Australia and New Zealand that supplies, believed now to, be in transit, are to be returned to England. An account has been taken of all copies despatched from London,., and all have to be returned. This ac-j tion follows the issue of. a writ against the publishers by the Duke of Windsor. It is possible that some copies of the book purchased privately in England before it' was withdrawn from sale have reached New Zealand, but present indications are that none will be offered for sale in this country. . g

We have received £lO 10s from the Drapery Supply Association, Ltd., and £3 5s 6d from the D.S.A. staff, £2 2s from the Forty Club, £1 18s 6d from the staff of Messrs Waters, Ritchie and Co., and • fil< from " Wellwisher" (Karitane) for the King George V Memorial Fund. ■ ,■•'.. ' The annual meeting of the Sudan - United Mission will be held in the Somerset Lounge on Monday at 7.30 p.m. Speakers will include Mr H. W. Milner, the Dominion secretary, Mr _ W. T. Wilson and Miss Kitty Cooke, of the C.1.M., who has just returned on furlough. • , :;,,'< The Laidlaw Mission Rally will hold a reunion meeting in the York Place Hall at 7.30 to-night. Mr W. Johnson will continue his series of addresses at Portobello tomorrow night at 7.30. A. Frank Anderson will visit Waipiata and Patearaa, Thursday. June 17; Ranfurjy, Friday, June 18; Omakau and Oturehua, Monday, June 21.—Advt. Buy British Electrical Appliances at Barth Electric, Ltd., 36 George street. See window display, Radiators. Toasters, Irons, Kettles, slugs. Shades, etc. Rogers' JRadios. Jobbing and contracting; repairs our specialty.—Advt. Eye Strain.—For eye comfort or better vfsion consult Sturmer and Watson. Ltd., opticians. 2 Octagon Dunedin.— Advt, / A. E. J. Blakeley and W. E Baghtf, dentists, Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and. Rattray streets (next Telegraph Office). Telephone 12-359 Advt.- ■ ■• ■ :