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Southland Times, Issue 19358, 25 September 1924, Page 4

The following weather forecast was sent out last night by the Government Meteorologist:—“Present indications are for northwesterly winds strong to gale, especially in and southward of Cook Strait. Expect stormy weather, rain generally and heavy on all the West Coast and southern districts. The barometer is falling low in the south.”

The work of constructing the Kawarau dam was commenced on Tuesday.

W’hite swans have been protected in the North Canterbury Acclimatisation district.

The pianoforte solo (under 15) in the Winton Competitions was won by Miss Maisie McKenzie, who was awarded 88 points, not Miss Kennedy, as previously announced.

“The term Baptist is a misnomer,” said Rev Guy Thornton, at the opening of the new Baptist Church at Georgetown yesterday. He went on to say that they did not place as much emphasis on baptism as almost any other Church that one could think of, but regarded it as the visible symbol of the acceptance of faith in the Word of God which was the basis of their teaching.

The Public Petitions Committee of the House of Representatives has no recommendation to make in regard to the petition of John Howe Chalmers, of Balfour, Southland, praying for compensation for monetary losses incurred by the beneficiaries in his deceased wife’s estate, through the alleged forced sale of her interest in a Crown lease, telegraphs the Parliamentary report,er,pf the Southland Times,

Native pigeons are said to be very plentiful this year.

The Chief Postmaster advises that an Australian mail (letter portion only) is due at Invercargill by the late express today, ex s.s. Maheno at Auckland. The newspaper portion will reach Invercargill on Saturday evening.

Two nominations, Messrs W. Allison and J. Scatter, have been received for the extraordinary vacancy on the Otautau River Board, caused by the retirement of Mr T. J. Walker. An election will be held on Tuesday next.

The “Y” branch of the W.C.T.U. met on Monday night, when Sister Janet was welcomed. A paper on the life of the late T. E. Taylor was read, and listened to with great interest, those present gaining encouragement from it for the campaign.

These who have a penchant for figures will be interested to learn that 195,862,921 articles were delivered by the Post Office in New Zealand last year, this number being an increase of 70,009,209 on the previous year.

“The low price of motor cars, and the cheapness of benzine in America brings motoring within the reach of all,” stated Dr Pope, who returned to Palmerston North from America this week in conversation with a Standard reporter.

Owing to the wet weather, the Garden Party in aid of the North Invercargill Public Hall Funds, which was to have been held in the residence of Mr D. W. McKay, Herbert street, yesterday afternoon, was postponed until next Wednesday.

There was at least one honest farmer at the Gore sale on Tuesday. A heifer was being sold on his behalf, for which there was a bid of £l. When the auctioneer appealed to him for instructions, he replied: “Oh yes, sell her; she’s not worth driving home.”

Next Monday will probably be a record day at Otautau Court. Nearly 200 Miners’ Union members have been summoned by the Inspector of Awards as a result of the recent strike. Learned counsel have been engaged by both sides, and some interesting developments are expected.

Fire yesterday totally destroyed a sixroomed house owned by Harry Rogers and occupied by R. W. Bowden, situated just outside Blenheim, says a Press Association wire. On the day previously the Brigade was called to an outbreak at the same house. The insurances are £3OO on the building in the Liverpool, London and Globe and £2OO on the furniture in the same office.

This season has proved exceptionally good for the kowhai trees, the gracefully drooping branches of which are literally covered with rich yellow blooms, and the melodious tui has taken full advantage of these rich gifts of Nature, for there is scracely a tree where one or more of these beautiful birds may not be found probing into the dainty golden cups.

The rainfall this week has been general throughout the Southland and South Otago districts. As far north as Dunedin the country shows signs of having benefited materially from the downpour. At all points on the Invercargill Dunedin line farm work is well advanced, and there is a fairly good growth. Most of the unploughed paddocks to be observed from the railway line carry a good sole of grass.

The warm, steady rains during the week have caused the spring to set in in real earnest in the Wanganui district, and the grass Is bounding up. In Canterbury the conditions are the reverse, and the dry spell is causing anxiety to farmers. The lambing is reported to be good, but feed is very scarce. Ploughing is also being delayed owing to the hard state of the ground.

Some curiosity was aroused at the Savage Club’s korero at New Plymouth recently by the use of the Chief Savage of the club of the Maori word “tamahine,” in referring to the Hon. Lucy Jellicce. The word is not often heard, and less understood, by the pakeha. There are terms applied by the Maori to females of their race. The kotiro is the child, the tamahine is the girl emerging into womanhood, and the wahine is the married woman.

A Wellington telegram states that a Dominion award has been filed in the iron and brass moulders’ dispute. The hours fixed are 45 weekly. Wages are as follows: —Journeymen moulders (other than machine moulders) 2/2 an hour; journeymen coremakers (who have served five years’ apprenticeship) 2/2 an hour; machine moulders 2/2 an hour (present higher rates paid not to be reduced) ; overtime, time and a-half for the first four hours; thereafter double time.

A Masterton wire states that Henry Francis Robertson, a young returned soldier, farming at Pigeon Bush, was found guilty at the Supreme Court yesterday, on four counts of violating the Chattels Transfer Act by disposing of stock mortgaged to the Crown thereby reducing his security without the authority of the mortgagee. The jury asked if it could return a verdict of guilty without intention to defraud, but on a negative reply, found accused guilty, with a very strong recommendation to mercy. He was remanded for sentence.

According to the Morning Post, about 80 poor families in the fishing quarter of Lossiemouth have received a present of frozen beef from the Prime Minister. The meat was part of the frozen carcase of a bullock which had been forwarded by a New Zealand admirer of Mr Ramsay MacDonald. After a supply for the household at Chequers had been obtained, the remainder was forwarded to Lossiemouth, where the local branch of the Labour Party, with the assistance of the police, distributed the meat to deserving families.

A painful accident occurred to William Mason, engine-driver employed at Birchwood Colliery, on Saturday afternoon. During the lowering of a rake of empties a key slipped out of place in the winch drum, and when it ceased running Mason was in the act of replacing it as the horseman at the bottom of the incline hitched on to the rope to draw it out a bit further, causing it to strike Mason a severe blow on the upper arm near the shoulder, and jambing him in the mechanism, from which he was later extricated by passing workmen, fortunately escaping further injury than a badly bruised arm.

A Roxburgh correspondent writes that indications point to a heavy fruit crop, especially in stone fruits, and though growers are not yet through the period when frosts may do damage, the apricot crop is so heavy that it can stand thinning. The apple crop generally is not so heavy, some varieties being very light, while others are patchy. There is some speculation at the present time whether the railway will be able to handle fruit at Miller’s Flat this season. This might be done under the Public Works Department, provided the conditions and charges are not too cumbersome, but those who have had experience with this Department in the transport of produce are not loud in their praise of it.

Recently publicity was given to the fact that a quartz reef supposed to be gold-bear-ing, had been discovered in the Rotorua district, somewhere in the vicinity of Mount Edgecumbe, says a Press Association message from Wellington. Hopes were entertained that the find might prove valuable. One of the specimens of quartz has now been examined by assayers and it is stated that the sample submitted by the prospectors showed no trace of gold. Specimens taken by officials of the Mines Department showed the reef to be gold-bearing, but only to the value of twenty shillings to the ton, which is not at all a payable proposition. It is understood the prospectors have been advised to put in cross-drives. When these are finished the Government experts will take further samples of the reef.

A particularly mean theft was perpetrated in Wellington laai Friday prior to the opening of the Society’s Spring Show, one of tb* exhibitors losing some of his finest bloori&t and in particular a bloom on which, Ifc his opinion, the championship of the sKtfcr might possibly have been bestowed. A championship was bestowed on a bloom remaining.

According to the Parliamentary reporter of the Southland Times, Mr P. A. de la Perrelle (Awarua) has given notice in the House of Representatives to the Prime Minister to ask whether he will make representations to the different banking institutions urging that £1 bank notes be standardised in size and colour. Mr Perrelle states that business houses complain that there is a danger and sometimes a loss in handling out small £1 for 10/- notes.

An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Harold Vincent Cole, the eleven years old boy who was fatally injured by a motor-car on the North road last Saturday, was commenced yesterday .morning before Mr J. L. L. Hewitt, S.M. Evidence of identification was given by the boy’s father, Mr A. W. Cole, of 15 Elgin street, Collingwood. The inquiry was then adjourned and will be continued on Tuesday next.

According to an Invercargill resident who has just returned from a visit to the northern city, building is proceeding apace at the Dunedin Exhibition grounds, and already the skeleton structural work is nearly completed. A walk out to Logan Park to see “how the Exhibition is getting on” is now the popular Sunday afternoon recreation of the Dunedinites. An amusing incident tok place at one of the Exhibition Company’s meetings when the Chairman pointed cut the absurdity of the grounds being referred to as “Lake Logan,” and as a consequence the name “Logan Park” was decided upon.

A new industry is probable in Taranaki. Mr C. J. Hawker, Chairman of Mells Dairy, points out that the carcase of a newlyborn calf contains a very much higher percentage of gelatine than that of older animals, and from that fact arises the possibility of a subsidiary industry to dairying being established. Mr Hawker said that recently a representative of an English firm visited South Taranaki with the object of inquiring into the opportunities offering for the establishment of a gelatinemaking business from the dairy farmers’ surplus calves.

The dog as a custodian of motor-cars, while owners are absent, Is rapidly proving his utility, and many cars are guarded by the family terrier when left otherwise untenanted. In Napier the other day, however, a lady who left her car with the engine running idle, was surprised to hear a sudden roar as the throttle opened and the engine speeded up. She returned hastily to the car, and found her spaniel looking very uneasy on the back seat. The dog had accidentally opened the throttle to its fullest extent by resting its paws on the steering wheel.

The West, although more progressive than the East, apparently has several things to learn from the oldest civilisation in the world. Lecturnig at Auckland, Miss M. Root told her hearers that she had travelled in many countries, but nowhere had she found children with such beautiful manners as those of the children of China. During a year’s stay in that country, she had never seen one child strike another, nor did parents behave roughly to their children. Throughout the country there prevailed a gentleness and culture unknown to the rest of the world. Every child was required to learn from end to end the Confucian Book of Etiquette, a book of morals and manners whose influence had swayed the nation for more than a thousand years.

It has been said from time to time that there are huias in the hinterland of the Wanganui River. Mr H. J. Duigan, President of the Wanganui Acclimatisation Society, told a New Zealand Times reporter that he did nut agree with the belief. What the Maoris had seen, he thought, was the kokaku, or New Zealand crow. Crows have been seen in that locality before, whilst the home of the huia bird Is always on the main ranges, Rimutakas, Ruahines, and also in the Kaimanawas, and divergent spurs. The extraordinary thing about the North Island crow is that he is a bluish bird, with habits which resemble the huia, but it has blue wattles, while the South Island crow is a similar bird, but has orange wattles. To grow old in China must be a very much more pleasurable experience than it 'I; in the Western world. Miss Martha I Root, a visitor from America, informed ! members of the Auckland Lyceum Club : last v.c;k that age was held in highest ! honour in the Celestial kingdom. “People do not have to disguise their ages,” .she said. “Everyone, men and women alike, tell their ages with pride, and every year that is added brings them more respect and honour. A man who does not take good care of his aged mother or father is hunted down and put in prison. The old people are cherished and held in highest esteem in all classes of the community. That is one of the things that 5000 years of national life and culture have done for China.” The sale of Mr James Duthie’s stock and plant will be held at the farm, Iron Bridge, Wallacetown, to-morrow, Friday.— (advt). The Hibernian Band will give a sacred concert in King’s Hall next Sunday evening after church services. A collection will be taken in aid of the widow and orphans of a well known resident who died recently. A first-class programme will be submitted. (Advt.) A rare chance to secure some valuable hand-worked linen goods is to be had at Thomson and Beattie’s. These are the balance of their soiled linen and include pieces of Madiera, Maltese and Cluny lace goods. A wash and they are as good as new. — (advt.). For the best value for prompt cash try Baxter’s. Choice groceries, lowest rates, good service, prompt delivery, small profits —quick returns at Baxter’s. (advt.) Having recently purchased a large parcel of diamonds at a very reasonable price we are now showing a fine selection of rings in all designs. If you require a diamond, diamond and ruby, diamond and sapphire, or diamond and emerald ring you are sure to see one to please you in our stock. We have also a nice selection of opal rings. T. M. Rankin, Jeweller, Tay Street.—(advt) “Sound health’s an asset.”—Bankes. However, incipient maladies often under, mine the most robust constitutions. Colds, coughs and influenza are always in waiting to attack you, but they can be given short shift with Baxter’s Lung Preserver. “Baxter’s” Is a dependable remedy. It gets right to the cause of the trouble rooting it out neck and crop. And it also possesses ideal tonic properties. Fills you with vigour, health, strength, and vitality. Get a large 2/6 bottle from your chemist or grocer NOW! Family size 4/6. (advt). A cold in the head makes one miserable. Lose no time in getting “NAZOL.” Clears out colds and catarrh in double-quick time. 1/6 for 60 doses.—(Advt.). It was at a reception to the Chinese footballers. One of the young men from the Orient began to cough most violently. A sweet young thing nearby watched him with a look of distress. Suddenly she pulled a small parcel from her bag and tearing the paper off she revealed a bottle of Kofgo the wonderful cough cure. “Take this,” she said, “take a dose right away and that distressing cough of your’s will immediately stop.” With a look of gratitude the Chinaman accepted the gift and his gratitude was profound still more a minute or two later when after one dose his distressing cough immediately stopped. Kofgo, the great cough cure is sold at 2/6 a bottle by leading grocers and chemists, and by Matheson’s Ltd., corner Tay and Dee Streets, and at Edendale, Otautau and Wairip.— (advt.).