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Southland Times, Issue 18963, 9 June 1923, Page 4

John Davidson, on four charges of theft of carpenter’s tools, was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment and twelve months’ reformative treatment at Wellington yesterday. The police stated that accused’s finger prints were identical with those of a thief named Rogers.

A sharp shock of earthquake was felt in Riverton on Wednesday morning at 6.13, records the Western Star.

Deer are reported as being numerous in the Lilburn district, and are causing a good deal of damage to turnip crops.

Alfred Stephen Archer, hotelkeeper, of Bluff, was yesterday adjudged bankrupt, and a meeting of creditors will be held on Monday next at 3.30 p.m.

A slight alteration in the tramway timetable has been made necessary by the change in the half-holiday and the present late night service run on Fridays will in future be run on Saturdays.

At a meeting recently held at Lower Hutt for the purpose of organising a Progress League, reference was made to the good work accomplished by the League in Southland, of which it was decided to obtain particulars in regard to constitution and rules.

Mr R. Whyte, a well-known resident of Te Tua, met with a serious accident on Thursday morning when carting poles from Tuatapere to Monowai. By some means ho was thrown from the waggon, the wheels of which went over him, causing a fracture of the pelvis. He was taken to the Wallace Hospital by the afternoon train, where he was operated on. Latest reports state that he is progressing satisfactorily. The petition drawn up by the Southland League urging the Government to place the Haldane to Tokonui Road in a fit state for traffic, has been largely signed by the residents of the district concerned. It is stated by the residents that the Government has already expended £5,000 on this road, but without the additional expenditure of £l,OOO that money would be wasted. The petition will be sent forward as soon as Parliament meets.

A motion of sympathy to the relatives of the late Mr John McQueen was passed at yesterday’s meeting of the Invercargill Branch of the Farmers’ Union. The chairman referred to the valuable assistance given to the Union by the late Mr McQueen, and mentioned that year after year he had represented the local branch of th| Union at the Dunedin Conference at his own expense.

The following remits were framed at yesterday’s meeting of the local Branch of the Farmers’ Union for consideration at. the Provincial Conference to be held in Invercargill next week:—“That this branch is of opinion that, owing to the damage done to cattle in trucking and yarding, dehorning should be compulsory.” “That this branch is in favour of a dairy pool on the same lines as the meat pool.”

A lad, Victor Kirner, ordered by the Supreme Court to be returned to Weraroa training farm on Wednesday, absconded with another inmate named Scorringe on Thursday (says a Wellington telegram). They have not since been seen. Kirner took part in five burglaries in Levin, Palmerston and Feilding during his escapade last week. There is a strong feeling locally that such boys should not be sent to Weraroa, which has not the facilities for incarceration, but is educational in character.

“Story-telling hours” are being held fortnightly for the children at the Timaru Library (says the Post), and the first such “hour,” which was held one morning last week, proved a most encouraging success. Between thirty and forty children gathered at the library at 11 o’clock, and enjoyed themselves immensely. Mr F. H. Ivey was the lecturer, and he first took a chapter from “The Story of Mankind,” and explained it to his young audience. Then he varied instruction with entertainment, and ended the session with a good story. That his listeners were thoroughly pleased was shown by the hearty hand-clapping which marked their appreciation.

In replying to a question at the meeting which he addressed at Oamaru on Saturday, Mr W. J. Polson (Dominion president of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union), said there were a lot of problems in connection with the settlement of soldiers on the land. Several boards had been making investigations throughout New Zealand. The Farmers' Union had recommended that the boards should meet in Wellington and draw up a policy to put before the Government, but it had been decided that the reports of the boards should be sent to the Government, which would devise a policy for itself. He thought the Government would have been wiser if it had left the responsibility on the shoulders of practical men, who had been studying the position in New Zealand during the last few months.

The dangerous habit acquired by many people of jumping off moving tram-cars was referred to during the hearing of a case at the Supreme Court in Wellington. A tram conductor, who was giving evidence, stated, in answer to the Chief Justice Sir Robert Stout, that every day he noticed people jumping off cars. The Chief Justice: “Is it not again the by-laws to do so?” Witness: “Yes.” The Chief Justice: “Then why don’t you prosecute them ?” Witness: “If we did there would be nothing else but prosecutions.” The Chief Justice: “They should be prosecuted.” Witness: “The difficulty is that they are hard to catch.” The Chief Justice: “Hard to catch! As a matter of fact, I’ve travelled in a good many tramcars, every day I suppose, and I don’t think I’ve noticed very many people jumping off. It’s an extraordinary state of affairs in such a city as this that people who do jump off are not prosecuted.” Mr M. Myers, K.C., later suggested that after leaving the tramcars, pedestrians did not look where they were going. That was how so many accidents occurred.

The Wellington City Council has decided to form a road connecting Lyall Bay with Seatoun by way of the foreshore, towards which the council had been promised a donation of £3,000 by interested parties (the H. D. Crawford estate and Mr Charles Crawford, at present of St. Andrews, Scotland). The road will be constructed as a relief work. It is understood that in addition to the sum donated the council will spend £1,500 on the work, making £4,500 in all. This road (says the Dominion) has been the cherished dream of many citizens of Wellington for many years. When completed it will give Wellington the finest marine drive—adjacent to a city—in New Zealand or Australia, as it will complete a grand circuit, taking in the whole of the Miramar Peninsula. Motorists starting, say, from Courtenay place, will be able to proceed via Oriental Bay, skirt th? western and eastern shores of Evans Bay, take in Karaka Bay, Worser Bay and Seatoun, and then proceed by way of Breaker Bay and the coastline opposite the heads to Lyall Bay; from thence to Island Bay and back to town either by the Newtown route or up Happy Valley and home via Brooklyn.

It is reported that there is some dispute in the Post and Telegraph Department respecting payment of women officers, and under the heading “Disqualified by Sex” in the Katipo (the official organ of the P. and T. Officers’ Association), the following appears:—“lf any section has a grievance more than any other over the contents of this year’s classification list, it is the women employed by the Department, for a definite policy of classification on account of sex seems to have been adopted in their case. Certainly, the salary points at which increments are due and have been withheld are too numerous to be accounted for in any other way. In a few cases increments have been allotted from the £205 to the £225 marks, but both above, below and on those salary points they have been stopped.” The association’s point of view is expressed in the following resolution passed at a recent meeting of the executive: —“This Executive Committee enters a strong objection to the treatment accorded the female staffs of the Department in the whittling down of the salaries attached to senior and responsible positions held by them, and by the almost universal stoppage of th«* scale increases to the women classified in the clerical division. It again registers the opinion that the principle of equal pay for equal work, regardless of sex, should be adopted by the Department.”

The Victorian Athletic League has imposed a life disqualification on the Christchurch distance runner G. Getson, who is alleged to have competed in Melbourne under an assumed name and to have furnished incorrect information on his entry form. Getson was supposed to have visited Australia in company with C. M. Walden, a Christchurch amateur sprinter, who was disqualified for life some months ago.

Pitiful instances of destitution and exposure were related of an old couple. About ten days ago the City Missioner, the Rev Jasper Calder, found an old couple, George Glover aged 63 and his wife aged 58, huddled together in the domain trying to sleep. They informed him (hey were homeless and penniless. He found work for the husband in the country and accommodation for the wife, who was too ill and weak to do any work. Two or three days later the woman developed serious complications and was ordered to the hospital, where she died on Tuesday morning, says an Auckland Press Association message.

It is probable that very few persons realise the valuable work which the Young Citizens’ League is doing in the direction of finding suitable positions for boys, who, but for its timely aid, would probably fall into the “blind alley” occupations about which outcry has lately been made. The president of the League, Mr E. C. Cutten, S.M., stated at the annual meeting, says the Auckland Herald, that the bureau had been of great benefit to many lads, who, although they had received a good education, were at a disadvantage in not being able to obtain suitable occupation. Employment had been found for over fifty boys, all of whom had been placed to mutual satisfaction. In no case had any employer complained of disappointment in accepting the league’s recommendation. Parents seeking advice regarding their children had also frequently come to the league for help, while several cases of outstanding difficulty had been dealt with and happily settled. A humourous touch was given to the debate on the question of teachers’ appointments at the annual conference of the New Zealand Educational Institute by Mr H. F. Penlington, who related the experience of a certain rural school committee which desired to fill a vacancy on the staff of the local school. There were five applicants, and from these was selected a comely young woman who, within a short time of her arrival, was carried off by a young farmer of the district and installed mistress of his abode. The position was again advertised. This time there were 15 applicants. The new appointee was a good-looking specimen of her sex, and within a few months she in turn fell a victim to the matrimonial lure of another young farmer. Again there was a vacancy. This time there were 28 applicants. The same thing happened—another marriage in the district. The chairman of the committee, in desperation, went to the Education Board office and said: “For heaven’s sake, send us the oldest and plainest applicant you can get, and d the grading list.” One of the biggest events in Southland will take place next week. Watch for the Aeroplane announcements. —(Advt). OTAUTAU—The concert by the Invercargill Hibernian Band at Otautau takes place this (Saturday) evening. The Band has a very fine programme arranged, including band items and vocal and instrumental items. Thomas’s Pictures will be run in conjunction and the prices for this very fine concert are very low, adults 2/-, children half prise. At the conclusion of the concert a dance will be held, the prices for which are: gents 2/-, ladies 1/-. A strong Band is journeying to Otautau, and a splendid night is assured.—Advt. For the purposes of good business there is nothing like a quick turnover in a grocer’s stock. That is why Baxter gives such splendid value for prompt cash. S.P.Q.R.—(Advt). 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Marcella quilts for single beds, satin finish 23/9, 27/6; for three-quarter and double beds 35/-, 39/-, 45/-, 49/- 52/- to 69/6. Honey comb quilts for single beds 15/6 each. Three quarter 17/6; double bed 27/6. Pillow cotton 1/9, 1/11, 2/3, 2/6 yard. Circular pillow cotton 2/3, 2/11 yard. Doctor union shirting in neat striped effects, 2/9 yard. Plain grey 2/6 and 2/11 yard. All wool Dr. striped flannels for shirts and pyjamas, value for 4/11, now 3/11 per yard. All wool Colonial flannele in shetland, and in Orkney, 1/11 per yard. Others at 2/3, 2/6, 2/11 per yard. Doctor flannel in pink and cream, Orkney ad shetland 2/11 and 3/3 per yard. The best made scarlet flannel, in Doctor 3/6, 3/11, and 4/11 per yard. A bargain pile of flannelettes at 1/-, 1/3 and 1/6 per yard. Coloured towels, all prices from 2/3 a pair to 9/11. White towels from 3/11 to 13/6 per pair at H. & J. SMITH, Ltd., Progressive Stores, Tay and Kelvin Streets, Invercargill and Main Street, Gore.— (Advt).

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“This is the worst week we have experienced since Christmas in connection with unemployment,” remarked an official in the Auckland Labour Department (reports an Auckland exchange). He said that there were approximately 250 names on the books of people requiring work. These consisted mostly of labourers fit for heavy work, of whom there were 151. The remainder included 14 farm labourers mostly unable to milk, eight storemen, and a

similar number of clerks, nine horse and motor drivers, and 51 other tradesmen, of which 14 were only fit for light work. During the previous four weeks the total number of unemployed on the books ranged from 144 to 214, while in the first week in January there were only 97. Last week the Department had placed 30 men on public works and eight privately.

Mr W. S. Brannum, an American lumber company proprietor, who is at present touring New Zealand with his family, in the course of conversation with a Dunedin Star reporter, said that he was surprised at the excessive prices charged for motor cars in New Zealand. Similarly, petrol, which costs roughly IZa gallon in America, costs 2/6 a gallon here. Another thing that surprised him was that in some cases imported goods were sold cheaper than New Zealand-made goods. While in Queenstown he had been shown good quality boots, which had been made in New Zealand, which had sold at about 5/- per pair more than imported footwear. Surely such a position should be remedied. In his opinion New Zealand could not progress unless a policy of immigration on a large scale was adopted. The United States would never have become the nation it was without the millions of immigrants who comprised its cosmopolitan population.

It may have been an accident, but when educational endowments were dealt out in the early days, the Auckland University College seems to have got its undue proportion of the cold clay lands that are the bane of the farmer and the prop of the manure merchants (remarks the Auckland Star). Up the Kaipara line the college owns a patch of gum land that 50 years hence will no doubt be part of a smiling farm, but at present with the gum dug out of it there is nothing very attractive about it. At a meeting of the council there was a recommendation that it be leased to a neighbouring farmer for ten years at £lO. “How many acres?” asked Mr J. Boddie, who has been a farmer, and teok his seat for the first time at the meeting. “Three hundred odd” was the answer. “Well,” said Mr Boddie, “it does seem to me ridiculous that'land so near Auckland is not worth more than 7d. an acre.” The reports of the council’s valuer and the Registrar were in effect that the land was hopeless in its present state and that the neighbouring farmer was the only one that would look at the lease. At last Mr Boddie said he would go up and have a look at the land himself, and let the council know at next meeting whether it was worth while trying to do better out of it. This offer was gratefully accepted.

By strange coincidence there has been a fatal accident in Dunedin between June 3 and June 10 during the past three years following on contact with live electric wires, comments the Otago Daily Times. The city Electric Power and Lighting Department is aware that householders in some instances interfere with their lighting installations, and it is well that they shoulc know that they run a certain risk of bodily harm when they so interfere. It is fai safer to call in a licensed electrician when any work is required to be carried out on these installations. Tte department has now adopted an excellent plan of bringing the danger referred to to the attention of householders. On the back of each meter account sent out by the department the following statement has been typed:—‘Tor some unaccountable reason or from pure mischance there has been a fatal accident in Dunedin every year since 1920. Two of these were due to ignorance of the dangers inherent in electric supply unless adequate precautions are taken. If you would assist in establishing a better record, do not allow any interference with your electrical installation except by licensed workmen.”