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Southland Times, Issue 19388, 31 October 1924, Page 4

The Government Meteorologist last evening wired the following forecast: —“Present indications are for moderate to strong westerly to southerly winds northwards of New Plymouth and Napier and variable winds, but southerlies ruling elsewhere. The weather will be unsettled and cloudy and misty, with rain in many parts and heavy rain in and southward of Cook Strait. A secondary disturbance has developed off the West Coast of the South Island, but the barometer is likely to rise shortly.”

Rain fell in Christchurch yesterday for the greater part of the day, and the whole province has had another thorough soaking, according to a Press Association wire received last night.

The first consignment of bitumen, comprising some 2000 barrels, for use in connection with the street improvement scheme of the Town Council, is expected to leave Pentacola, Mexico, within the next few days by the steamer Marsula for New Zealand.

No less a sum than £46,705 was collected throughout New Zealand by the Salvation Army as a result of its Self-Denial appeal this year. The increase was £291. The following are the divisional’ totals: —Auckland £10,790, Central North £8137, Dunedin £7929, Taranaki £6782, Wellington £5900 and Christchurch £BO4O.

The young man, David Thomas King, who was drowned at Pukemaori, had been an inmate for some time of the Southland Hospital, having subsequently gone out to his brother, the manager of the hemp mill in the inland township. An inquest is to be held.

A Press Association message from Wellington states that another attempt at safebreaking was made last night at Odlin’s warehouse and office. Explosives were used without' effect on one of the safes, which later was taken into the yard, where unsuccessful attempts were matje to prise it open.

At the Southland Girls’ High School on Wednesday afternoon, Miss Doris Gavin, School secretary of the Students’ Christian Union, who, for a time, acted as Foreign Secretary in India, gave a very informative and interesting address to the pupils of the school on the aims of the movement. Subsequently Miss Gavin left by train for Gore to give a similar address there, after which she proceeds further north.

A communication has been received by the Invercargill Chamber of Commerce from the Decimal Association of London, which states that at the Decimal Metric Congress held last July, it was decided to urge the Government to alter the existing coinage and liquid measure system. The proposals are to alter the value of the penny, making its value one-tenth of a shilling, or .005 of a sovereign, and make the liquid gallon equal to four litres. At the Gisborne Show on Wednesday, reports a Press Association telegram, while a three-year-old boy was standing at a barrier watching the lions’ cage, a lioness shot out a paw and caught the child by the neck. The boy’s father threw his hands round the child’s neck, and the lioness shot out the other paw, inflicting' wounds on the man’s two hands. The child sustained a deep cut in the neck. The father and son were sent to the hospital Two stowaways were discovered on board the Norwegian cargo steamer Niels Nielsen just as the vessel was leaving her berth at the Victoria wharf at Dunedin on Wednesday afternoon for Sydney. The usual search was made of the crews’ quarters by the officers, and the two young men who were anxious to secure a free passage to Australia were located after the lines had been cast off. Two very crestfallen men were hastened down the ship’s side by way of the Jacob’s ladder to the wharf, and lost do time in taking th** departure from the wihrfmnt

A retired farmer, Mr Joseph Sharp, living in Earnslaw Street, Northend, was yesterday reported to have been missing from his home since Tuesday morning last and up till last evening his whereabouts had not been ascertained. The members of his family are naturally very anxious at his prolonged absence and would welcome information from anyone who may have seen him since last Tuesday.

Motor buses may very soon be run in Sydney by the Tramways Department. There have been no extensions of tramlines for some time. Several projected extensions have been approved (says the Sydney Morning Herald), but no steps have yet been taken towards their construction; nor, with so much money needed to maintain the efficiency of the rolling stock and to carry out necessary improvements to existing services, does there seem much likelihood of any new tramlines being laid for, at least, many months to come.

A streak of philosophy is to be found in most people, and it only requires a little encouragement to bring it out. A witness in the Magistrate’s Court at Dunedin on Thursday, under cross-examination by Mr Sinclair, said that he lost £12,000 “in one pop” when some manure works were burnt out. Mr Sinclair: “But for that you would be a wealthy man?” “I might not be. I might still have finished up in the Benevolent.” Mr Sinclair: “Oh, surely not!” Witness: “You never can tell. The wealthy man to-day may be the poor man tomorrow.”

Reference of the attitude of some of the Maoris toward the regulations for the preservation of the oyster fisheries, was made by Mr Hubble in conducting a prosecution for oyster poaching before Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M., at the Auckland Police Court. Mr Hubble said that three petitions for extension of the fisheries rights held by Natives had been submitted to the Minister of Marine. Recent prosecutions brought by the Inspector of Fisheries at Auckland indicated, however, that the Natives in some settlements were abusing their privileges in respect to oyster beds.

The proposal recently adopted by the Executive of the Southland League to recommend the establishment of shelter belt plantations throughout the province, was referred to the Director of the State Forestry Department with a request that the services of the Department’s officers be made available for the furtherance of the scheme. The Director, Captain Macintosh Ellis, in acceding to the League’s request, mentioned that the Forest Service would be willing to assist in every way possible as it fully recognised that the provision of shelter belts was a legitimate kind of forestry expansion work in which the Department could materially assist. A feature of the Auckland Rotary Club’s welcome to the delegates from the Toronto Rotary Convention was the wearing by members of the new badge of the club. Measuring about four inches in diameter, the badge carries the well-known rotary wheel device, with the members’ name and profession. This function was the first time the badges had been in evidence. It was announced that Mr Le Roy, an Auckland Rotarian, had presented the club with a flag, which, it was believed, was the largest Union Jack in New Zealand. The flag, which had worked on it the Rotary symbol, was draped as a curtain behind the president’s chair.

The main building of Nurse McFarlane’s private hospital at Queenstown, comprising five rooms, was destroyed by fire shortly after midnight on Wednesday morning. Fortunately there were no patients in residence, the last having gone out the previous day. The fire appears to have originated in the back part of the premises, but it is not known what caused it. It may have been a defective chimney or a spark blown out from a fireplace in a room at the rear of the building. The fire had got a great hold by the time the brigade was able to operate. Nurse McFarlane’s loss is a heavy one, as she was an art collector, and had some very valuable oil and water-col-our paintings hung in the house. Everything was completely destroyed. There were some insurances, but the figures are not yet available.

“Once again we wish to record our protest against the universal condemnation of the New Zealand beef industry,” states Meat and Wool, the journal of the New Zealand meat trade. “Following a long list of public men, the Prime Minister at Carterton last month added his quota—the beef business is finished, as Argentine has beaten us! Apart from export, good beef beasts are going to be very valuable in New Zealand in a couple of years, partly due to advice like the above, and partly due to the big slaughter of calves in the North Island. Good steak is going to be a couple of shillings a lb. in the retail shops, and prime bullocks* worth twice what they are now. The local market will be under-supplied, and those farmers who have to keep beef cattle and have the foresight to keep good ones will reap the benefit.”

“One hears it said that •if members of the City Council travelled more often by tram, the Council would be more sympathetic towards the tram-using public. We are reminded of this by the fact that the English Commission which is inspecting the New Zealand railway system is travelling everywhere by special trains (states the Auckland Star). This train is faster than even expresses, and we presume it' is as comfortable as a New Zealand train can be. We do not wish our visitors any harm; on the contrary, we expect something from them in the way of a valuable report, and we hope they will enjoy their stay. We cannot help thinking, however, that they would get a better insight into railway methods—at least from the point of view of the public—if they spent a few days on ordinary trains—especially those “mixed” affairs that meander along all day—took the rough with the smooth, mixed with the travelling public, and tried to see things with the eye of the intelligent train-user. A trip on the Kaipara line, for example, might be education in itself. It is nearly always a drawback that inspections like these are made in conditions that are not normal.”

A special meeting of the Central Committee appointed in connection with the establishment of Blanket Homes in Invercargill has been convened for next Tuesday afternoon in the Southland League Rooms. —(Advt) A further shipment of the 70-inch White Twill Sheeting which was cleared out during the first week of Thomson and Beattie’s last sale has just come to hand. This has been marked at the same price—2/11 yd, and is a line worth laying in a stock of. Also 50-ineh Cream Casement at lid yd, 40-inch Madapolam at lid yd. These goods axe the beet values offering—See them. (advt)

We have just landed some of the latest designs in English bead necklets, in very choice colours; new designs in ear-rings and ladies’ hand bag frames are also to hand. Ladies are assured of something choice when they choose from our stock of the above. T. M. Rankin, Watchmaker and Jeweller Tay Street. —(Advt.)

Our Lipman Refrigerator, just installed, ensures all our goods being absolutely fresh under all weather conditions and enables us to have good supplies ready at all times. Note: Goods are not frozen.—Lindsay & Co, Tay and Dee streets. (Advt) The Question:—Yes, it Is a question of groceries. Groceries of first-class quality at lowest prices for prompt cash at Baxter’s. You save easily shiUings in the pound by buying for ready money at Baxter’s, S.P.QJL—(Advti).. CHEAP EGGS ALL THE YEAR ROUND. If you would have eheap during winter, buy them now and preserve them with Norton’s Premier Egg Preservative. Preserving with Norton’s is simplicity itself, and one tin is sufficient for 200 egp. You can buy Norton’s Premier Egg Preservative for 1/3 at Western Tasting Co, Otsutau, UstetiL