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Southland Times, Issue 19345, 10 September 1924, Page 4

Following is the Dominion Meteorologist’s weather forecast: Indications are for moderate to strong southerly breezes, weather cool and fairly cloudy generally. The barometer is rising everywhere.

“As is so often the case,” comments a Press Association telegram from Nelson, “the storm which on meteorological calculation should have enveloped Nelson, has failed to reach there and the weather in Nelson, is beautifully fine. The bad weather frequently comes as far as Jackson’s Head and then goes off to sea, leaving Nelson untouched.”

The funds subscribed in Queenstown and the immediate district towards the Radium appeal have reached the sum of £313 13/6, a splendid effort, reports the Queenstown correspondent of the Southland Times.

The Chief Postmaster advises that an Australian mail, also one bag of London letters, ex Maheno at Wellington, is due at Invercargill at 5.15 p.m. on Thursday.

Peas in flower, onions nearly a foot high, and other vegetables fully a month ahead are to be seen in a garden in Kuri Bush, Dunedin —the place whereon the dome of the 1889-90 Exhibition is used as a storehouse.

Splendid progress is being made with the reticulation of central Hawke’s Bay in readiness for the advent of current from Mangahao. The posts have been erected for many miles on the northern end, and the wire has also been strung for a considerable distance.

At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning before Mr J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M., a first offender for drunkenness was convicted and discharged. Haldane James Orr, charged with attempted indecent assault at Tuatapere on May 29, was remanded until September 19.

The Kawarau Gold Mining Company intends calling for tenders for the construction locally of the bridge on the piers that, are to dam Lake Wakatipd at Frankton Falls. There is to be a public ceremony over the firing of the first shot for the base of the dam. The date fixed is Monday, October 20. The Minister of Mines (the Hon. G. J. Anderson) has promised to attend.

“This was one of the finest visits I have ever make to any foreign country, and I cannot tell you how much we approve of New Zealand and the royal entertainments which we had while there.” These remarks are made in a letter just received by an Aucklander from Dr R. R. Smith, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, who attended the Medical Congress in Auckland in company with Dr Mayo, and to whom a set of photographs of Auckland and its environs was afterwards sent as a memento of the visit.

For years vandals have mutilated and stolen books in the reference section of the Christchurch Public Library, until the practice became so bad that a warning was given. Recently, however, the librarian states, little mutilation of books had taken place.

A meeting of parents and friends interested in the Middle School was held last night to make arrangements for a bazaar to be held in Victoria Hall on Wednesday and Thursday, October 8 and 9. Stallholders were appointed and the next meeting fixed for Thursday, 18th inst.

“We should educate the people in the proper way to cross roads,” said Mr F. Goldberg, at a meeting of the Wellington Automobile Club this week. “At the present moment they walk off pavements very thoughtlessly. You find them stepping off footpaths looking up at the heavens.” The matter was referred to a committee for consideration.

The Mataura Dairy Factory commenced operations for the season yesterday morning, when 927 gallons (92761b5) milk were received, which, strange to relate, is exactly the same quantity as was received on the opening day of last season. The company has shifted its office to the Dairy Factory, where a well-appointed office and Board Room have been erected.

“People say that the Salvation Army can reach people the Church of England can’t,” said Canon Carr-Smith in opening his mission at St. Michael’s, Christchurch. “That’s all wrong, but what I do admire about the Salvation Army is the spirit which enables those people to go out into the streets and testify to God. That’s what we want more of in the Church of England.”

Bathing accommodation on Devonport beaches, a topic regarded as an infallible harbinger of spring, engaged the attention of the local council. Weird stories of enthusiasts disrobing beneath umbrellas, behind fences, rocks or protective screens of interested friends, to say nothing of quickchange artists doing free public performances, give point to the arguments of councillors in urging reform.

A medical examination of about 3000 children in many provincial schools through,, out the thermal district and central Waikato has revealed the need for a wide practice of simple measures for the prevention of goitre. The percentage of goitrous conditions in children already examined is much too high to be accepted with characteristic public apathy. It averages 75 per cent.

In reply to a letter forwarded to Hon. J. G. Coates, Minister of Public Works, petitioning him to. obtain a Government grant to the amount of £3OOO for the building of a new bridge over the Mataura River, between Gorge Road and Fortrose, the Secretary of the Southland League has received a communication from the Hon. Minister promising that the Department will take the matter up.

A former member of the crew of the steamer Moeraki was aboard the vessel when she left Wellington on Tuesday for Melbourne. He was discovered just before the ship cleared the harbour. The Moeraki was turned round, and steamed back to the stream. In response to a signal the Union Company’s launch was sent out, and the man brought ashore. As he did not come under the category of a stowaway he was not placed under arrest.

The Dunedin Star has the following: Surf bathing in Dunedin started on Wednesday of last week. Hundreds of persons flocked to the St. Clair Beach, and many went into the water. Is any other part of the Dominion commencing surf bathing so soon in the spring? There will probably be a break in the pastime. October is often a rough month. But it may go on the records as another answer to defamation of the Dunedin climate, that the surfing has in fact begun.

How long does a man with leanings that way, retain the tendency to fight? At its meeting the Nelson Hospital Board had before it a matter concerning the pugilistic proclivities of an inmate of the Alexandra Home over eighty years of age. He had certainly acted in a manner calculated to cause a breach of the peace, but not without some provocation, for while he was interested in the garden of the institution his victim at the time was engaged in feeding the sparrows. The secretary and relieving officer went out to the Home to fix matters up, and they reported that future trouble from the same quarter was unlikely.

A mock court will be conducted by the Marist Old Boys’ Debating Society at the Friendly Societies’ Hall this evening. A young lady, Miss Appleby, is claiming £lOOO damages for alleged breach of promise from one, H. Darling. The plaintiff has engaged that eminent counsel, Mr M. Free, to conduct the case on her behalf, and the noted cross-examiner, Mr Lionel Strongheart, has been specially retained for the defence. The case will be heard before judge and jury, and as in ordinary Court procedure, the proceedings will be open to the public, commencing at 7.45 p.m., when the case will be called.

During the past seven months no fewer than 246 motor-cars and eleven motorcycles have been stolen from Sydney and its suburbs, and of the total only six cars have been recovered. Recent occurrences have led the police to believe that stolen motor-cars have not always been used merely for “joy-riding,” but have been actually stolen in the strict sense of the word. The police urge owners to take every precaution against the theft of cars by fitting safety devices to the cars, preferably to the engine, and by not neglecting these devices when their cars are unattended. Sydney has a small staff of detectives whose work consists solely of watching unattended cars and of trying to recover stolen cars.

Should the weather be wet for the ChinaSouthland Soccer match on Wednesday, the public can be assured of accommodation under cover for 6d extra in the west stands. —(Advt.).

At the Battalion Band Carnival, to be opened to-day, the various stalls are decorated in the colours of all the football clubs, including Waikiwi, Bluff, Southern, Blues, Pirates, Greens, and Star. These combine to make a scheme of decorations unexcelled in any previous Carnival held in Invercargill. (advt.)

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