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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17410, 7 November 1930, Page 6

Sir Douglas Mawson’s ship, the Discovery, arrived at Hobart yesterday and leaves about November 22 foi 1 the Antarctic.

As a result of the annual self-denial effort and street appeal by the Invercargill corps of the Salvation Army £950 was raised to assist in the social work of the organisation. This is an increase of £SO on last year.

Early lambs killed at the Kaiti works yesterday and to day are weighing out on an average of 311 b., or about 2lb. lighter than at the opening of the season at the end of November last year. A further 2000 lambs were slaughtered to-day, and (he excellent quality was maintained. At the’ Gisborne Chess Club last week, Weatherly superseded Venning for the third place on the ladder, and Somervell maintained his position ’against Fischbach. Schlichting, the top man, beat Seddon, the runnor-up, in the fir.st game of three for the ch;ini[iipn,ship of the dub; the combat will probably be concluded to-morrow. The following, gabies should be played to morrow: Ritchie v. Thompson, and Fischbach. v.. Tbodey, ..the second bathed, of cadi .pair being the dial-, longer. After 10 weeks of grave, anxiety regarding the power supply for Canterbury and North Otago, Lake Coleridge lias been restored to the level of 1660 ft, and it is now very unlikely that any trouble will be experienced until the end of tho summer at least. As the top of the intake to the main tunnel which supplies ttie water for driving (he turbines is at a level of 1653,5 ft, the water in the lake is now above that point, 1 although still nearly 12ft below the overflow level. Under these circumstances, the need for a continuance of economics causing hardship to any.section of the. community no longer exists, it is stated. Stand-by plants, however, will be kept in operation in the meantime.

A particularly smart capture of a man while lie was in the act of raiding the jeweller’s shop of It. VV. Robinson, Khyber Bass road, Auckland, on Saturday evening, was made by Jack Robinson. 17. Robinson, jun., was in Ilia living quartets at the rear of the shop when he heard a sound of breaking glass. Rushing ibtb the shop he observed a mail’s hand groping through a hole which had been smashed in the plateglass window. He opened the front door and ran unit and caught the, mail and held him iri the doorway while his brother went for the police.’ Constable Norton arrived shortly afterwards and took the mao into custody. .

It is proposed that problems of the Pacific from the commercial aspect should be discussed at a confercnci which the international committee of the Sair Francisco Chamber of Commerce is endeavoring to arrange for 1932. .Details of the proposal were outlined to members of the executive of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce.by Mr. Warren 11. Mcßrvdc, of San Francisco, who has brought messages of goodwill to New Zealand from the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. The proposed conference, which will be confined to business men, will be held in San Francisco. The Auckland chamber will probably be represented. Some idea of how the coal trade at Newcastle, N.S.W., has been .eclipsed may bq learned from the fact that the United States consular agency in Newcastle is to bo closed. The consular agent lias received a letter of thanks from the Secretary of State, the American flag is to bo furled, and the sign of the agency taken down. In future business will be transacted through the Consul-General’s office at Sydney. At one time the busy port of Newcastle provided a great deal of business, not only for the United States consular office, but for the consulates of the South American countries. Big business was done with all ports ori the Pacific coast, and tho flags of all nations could be seen in tho port. To-day the foreign coal trade lias dwindled away to nothing. Hie false statement that a higher percentage ,pf ministers’ sons went wrong than those of other members of the community was often heard, said the Rev. C. Eaton at Whileley Church, New Plymouth, reports the News. “Such a lie, given a start, took a lot of catching.” in the most recent issue of the British Dictionary of National Biography, which contains details of the leaders in all the arts, sciences, and public life of Great Britain, no fewer than 55 per cent, were sons of the manse. In America inquiry showed that while preachers numbered but A per cent, of the population, 11 per cent, of the most notable citizens of the United States were sons and daughters of ministers. Of the Protestant clergy one in every 15 had a son or daughter included among the leading citizens of their land.

Two discoveries made by the relatives of the late Lady Carroll, in the course of arrangements for her burial yesterday, caused much concern. The first was that the keys of the vault in which Sir James Carroll was interred, and in which it was intended to lay t he. remains of Lady Carroll, had been misplaced, this ’circumstance necessitating the cm. ployment of an expert locksmith to open the vault. The double locks and heavy steel bolts which are a feature, of . the door resisted the efforts of the lock, smith until only a few hours before the funeral, and when entrance was at last gained, it- was found that relics entombed with the body of the late Sir James Carroll had been removed. There is no record of what these relics comprised, but it is assumed that the valuable greenstone mere and native mats which lay upon Sir James’ casket' prior to its being placed in the vault were among them.

7 The question of the erection of the War Memorial Column in Cathedral Square, for which a sum was raised shortly after the end of the war. has again cropped up as the result of the dismissal of the Christchurch City Council’s appeal in connection with the Cathedral Square case, states the Star. When asked what action was likely to be taken in the matter, Mr. George . Goulcl, chairman of the Memorial Column Committee, said that he hud always considered that the matter of the column was in suspense until the question of the Godley site had been settled. “I assume,” lie said, “that when the Godley site has been cleared the Godlev statue will he restored to its original position and the question of the location () f the War Memorial will then arise. 1 cannot say much at the present time, but if the statue is put back we will probably have io call a public meeting of subscribers to the Memorial Column Fund.

I am sorry to say that many of the original committee are dead, and there are very few survivors. So few, in fact,, that (here are not enough to come to. a decision without consulting the subscribers. The amount to, the credit of the fund is now about XBOQO.’ 1

Automatic light signalling has been introduced into Christ (ilniich at the Coluiriba-Cashel streets intersection.

A ■whale 30ft. long, which was badly gashed in an encounter with a thresher, was washed up on the Opunake beach this week.

Wheat has touched a new record low level of 3s o£d per bushel at Chicago, consequent on reports of Australia’s abundant harvest. The Union Co.'s now steamer Monmvai is due at Wellington on Wednesday next, and will undergo three weeks’ overhaul before taking her place in the San Francisco trade.

The members of the Highways Board are soon to commence their annual tour of inspection of the roads of the Dominion, and leave Wellington on November 20 for the East Coast districts and the middle portion of the North Island. The Waitaki ‘'Boys’ High School memorial committee has accepted the tender of Messrs. Lawton and Osborne, of Oneluinga, at £2IBB. for an organ for the memorial hall. It is hoped l to install the organ 'bv the end' of next year.— P. A.

“We will soon have to build a hospital in Auckland for the victims of motor accidents,” said one of the members of the Auckland Hospital Board, when an official visit was paid to the institution. It was found that the accident wards of the main hospital building were full, and that motor cycle accidents had accounted for half the number. Some of the patients are likely to be in the institution lor a considerable time.—• Special.

Windy weather lias been experienced at Tnupo this week, and conditions for fishing have not been favorable. A Hamilton angler, Mr. M. A. Going, who has returned from Taupo, said lie had bepn out on only one day, when he caught seven fish, the weights of which ranged from 41b. to 71b. Mr. Going said the condition of the fish was excellent. and was in striking contrast to that,_ of a. year ago. He expressed the opinion that the prospects for fishing at Tnupo as the season advanced would ho splendid.—Special. “1 think that people who ride cycles oil concrete roads should 1 wear some sort of helmet,” said Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., the coroner, at an inquest at Auckland yesterday concerning the death of a

young cyclist who recently sustained fatal injuries through falling off his machine on Manukau rend, Epsom. Mr. Hunt, added that accidents of this nature were most numerous, and he was fre(iiiently obliged to conduct inquests into deaths of people who received fatal head injuries through falling on roads Special.

Something akin to the great political clubs in the Old Country will be launched in Wellington on November 13, when a Reform Club will be opened at the corner of Featherston and Panama streets. For some months the project to establish such a club has been gradually taking shape, and now members of the Reform Party are assured of a social and political homo of their own. The premises taken over by the club comprise two spacious and well-lighted floors. Each floor is divided into comfortable suites of rooms, well furnished and fitted for the comfort and convenience of club members. That considerable trade between New Zealand and Java could lie maintained provided freights were lower, is the opinion of Mr. A. Meyboon, a Batavia business man who arrived at Auckland by the Marama this week bn a holiday visit to the Dominion. He stated that there was no direct shipping line from the Dominion, and that transhipment charges in Australia practically precluded trade with New Zealand. Large quantities of butter and meat and fresh fruit comprised the trade from the Commonwealth, and he was sure that the Dominion could secure some of the business if transport could be arranged on a basis that would make competition with Australia possible.