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Southland Times, Issue 19830, 29 March 1926, Page 6

The Southland Times will not be published on Friday next (Good Friday). Church announcements for Good Friday services should be sent in on Wednesday for Thursday’s issue. Advertisements for Easter Saturday and Sunday should be sent in on Thursday, April 1. The Southland Times Office will be closed all day on Good Friday, but will re-open at 6.30 p.m.

On account of the Easter Holidays, advertisers are requested to send in their change of advertisements for next weeknot later than Tuesday night.

• Whilst three young ladies were cycling home from a dance at Waikiwi about 1 o’clock on Saturday morning, one of them, Miss Ivy Tuffrey, of Otatara, was struck by a motor cycle and side-chair ridden by a young man whose identity is known. The young lady sustained a serious injury to her shoulder and was conveyed to her home. The motor-cyclist was unhurt.

The advice to “count ten before answering” would mean a waste of a lot of time if put into effect at our Courts, but, even so, the majority of witnesses who give evidence are inclined to hesitate, before giving their answers. Not so one witness at the inquiry being held into the wreck of the Karu. He was being cross-examined by Mr Selwyn Mays, who asked: “Did you or did you not —” Witness: “No, I did not.”

“My impression is that a great deal of the blackberry and gorse troubles on the land here is caused by farmers trying to occupy too much land—there is a ‘land greed,’ ” said Sir Frank Heath, secretary of the * British Board of Scientific and Industrial Research, during the course of a short interview with an Auckland Star representative recently. “Farmers take too much land, without having enough money and labour to keep it cleared,” continued Sir Frank. “Then comes the blackberry and gorse, and once the pest arrives they are done. With smaller areas and more work, the trouble would be checked.”

Many people have surprising ideas of what the introduction, of daylight saving would mean and some of these were expressed at a meeting of the Gore Chamber of Commerce last week when this subject was under discussion. A dairy farmer in opposing the principle of the Daylight Saving Bill said that its introduction would mean that dairy farmers would require to rise an hour earlier than at present, to which a speaker who favoured the bill retorted that the farmer would be given an extra hour in bed. Another farmer said that daylight saving would make it more difficult for farmers to get their children away to school in time, while the children would also have to stay up later at night because they could not sleep in daylight. Although it may seem strange to the Dunedin people, there are evidently some Auckland residents who are hardy enough to champion the cause of the southern city. A well-attended meeting of the Dunedin Club held on Tuesday evening demonstrated this in no small degree. Reference was made to the kindness of Dunedin’s citizens by Mr E. C. Cutten, S.M., who said that “anybody will give you a seat in a tramcar.” He mentioned no other instances of generosity, says the New Zealand Herald. Dr. P. A. Lindsay, in describing a recent visit to Dunedin, said that he had been there for four days and that it had rained all the time. “At anyrate,” he said, “in Dunedin they do not boast about their weather, but are happy in spite, of it. There is such a tremendous old spirit in Dunedin ,that it can do with a lot of water.”

1 A Nelson Press Association message states that C Company of the Nelson, Blenheim and West Coast Regiment (holders) have again won the Passmore Shield for the best company in the Southern Command, obtaining 529' points against Oamaru 440, ■ and Ashburton 381, and the company will : now represent the command for the Camp- | bell Statuette.

A meeting was held at Gore on Friday evening for the purpose of considering the formation of a Piping and Dancing Club with the aim of encouraging piping and dancing in the Eastern District. Mr D. M. Thomson presided oVer a fair attendance. It was unanimously decided to form a club and to hold a meeting at a later date for the purpose of appointing office-bearers.

In conversation with a Timaru Herald representative, a well-known North Canterbury farmer, who was in Timaru, referring to the millers’ proposed wheat pool, said that this had already been the means of putting up the price of breeding ewes. He knew of quite a number of farmers who had intended to sow wheat this autumn, but who, with the pool prospect ahead of them, had given up the idea in disgust and had definitely and finally decided to go in for sheep rather than for wheat.

“Is the church losing ground?” Dr West Watson, Bishop-Elect of Canterbury, was asked on his arrival at Wellington from England. “I am an optimist in this regard,” he replied. “To me it appears as if the church has really not lost ground. It has. shed a lot of people who were really only Christians out of convention. To my mind,” continued Dr. Watson, “the present idea of continually holding conferences to see to what extent the church is losing its grip is totally wrong in principle. What we want to do is to keep pushing ahead all the time.” An interesting history attaches to the Moascar Cup, now on view in the Wellington, Nelson, Taranaki and Hawke’s Bay Provincial Court at the Exhibition (states the Dunedin Star). “Moascar” is the Arabic word for camp, and the cup was originally presented for competition among the forces in the Suez Canal zone,. Egypt, in 1918. It was won outright by a team representing New Zealand at the base camp, Chevalier Island, Ismailia, the same year, and it was finally presented for competition among secondary schools in New Zealand, the present holders being Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay. The trophy is unique in shape and is reminiscent of the war, inasmuch as the stand is the centrepiece of an aeroplane propeller. At the conclusion of the meeting on Tuesday evening of the Board of Management of the Seddon Memorial Technical College (Auckland) a member raised the question of the growing practice of omitting the word “memorial” from the official title (states the New Zealand Herald). A discussion followed on whether “Seddon” was sufficient in itself as a memorial nomenclature for the college, and to assist the board at arriving at a decision, the chairman (Mr H. S. W. King) said he would read the title as given on a letter from the Department of Education. Amid an expectant hush he then read: “The Principal. Technical Schools, Auckland.” “Brevity,” added a member, when the commotion had subsided, “is the soul of wit; but I submit there’s not much wit about that, Mr Chairman !” With the revival of athletics in the district some of the veterans of the past have become both reminiscent and critical, says the Wanganui Herald. “Don’t look at the ground to see where you are going, but look at the tape,” was the advice of a veteran at a firm’s picnic held up the river in a paddock on a recent Saturday. “You watch how I run in a married men’s race,” was the .veteran’s parting injunction. The veteran went, well when his turn came to sprint, but, through his eyes being focussed straight ahead, he failed to see one of the incidentals which might be expected in a dairying locality, and, after a short aerial flight, the old-timer crashed heavily. Some of the present-day sprinters who were amongst the onlookers were of the opinion that a good maxim for modern ocasions is: “Look where you are going.” Honolulu is getting ready to welcome (Rotarians of the entire Pacific area in May with all the picturesque hospitality for which this island territory is famous. Business and pleasure will be combined for Rotarians from upwards of a dozen countries during the Pacific Rotary Conference, May 25, 26 and 27, but many Rotarians will arrive beforehand. May was selected for the conference date so that delegates could go on to the International Convention in Denver, also because that is a most gorgeous month in Hawaii, with hundreds of flowering trees in bloom. The Rotary Conference had its inception in the happy thought of Rotarians in Australia and New Zealand. More than two years ago they sent to Honolulu the suggestion of a meeting there. This was followed by correspondence with International Rotary headquarters, which gave hearty approval to the project.

“It will not be out of place,” remarked the chairman of the Wellington Harbour Board, Mr M. Cohen, at the annual meeting, “to refer to two particularly notable events which took place during the past year, the one being the visit of the United States fleet, which gave an opportunity for the board to safely accommodate warships at the wharves and at anchor, a total of 44 vessels of a displacement tonnage of 267,150 tons, and in addition to carry outthe ordinary traffic of the port without inconvenience. It was also the board’s pleasure to minister to the material comfort of the officers and men comprising the visiting fleet. Mention might also be made of the visit to Wellington of a large number of Empire Press Union delegates headed by Lord Burnham. It is felt that this event will lead to an enhanced interest being taken in the Dominion by the people of the Homeland.”

“No rain has fallen in the Bay of Plenty since January and the farmers are very worried,” remarked a Hamilton resident to a Waikato Times representative. The former had just returned from a tour of that locality. He added that, as a consequence of the very dry spell and the parched pasture lands, the dairying returns were becoming seriously affected, supplementary feeding having been resorted to wherever possible. Farmers who were con cerned with fattening cattle were also sufferers. Frost which had been experienced recently had had a detrimental effect on the maize crops, to add to the discomfiture. The sheep country round Gisborne way over which he travelled was badly parched and unless rain came soon the losses would be serious. All along the roads from the East Coast to South Auckland mobs of sheep and cattle were on the move. “Our territory is green compared to those lands,” the traveller significantly concluded.

Speaking at a civic reception at Hamilton in honour of his elevation to Cabinet rank, the Minister of Health (the Hon. J. A. Young) said he felt that in his official position there were great opportunities for service. Travelling around and going through the public hospitals and mental institutions, he was moved deeply by the amount of sickness and suffering. He realised that a tremendous amount of sickness should be preventable. With all our advancement and progress, the tremendous amount of ill-health was really a tragedy, and the treatment of it was a great economic cost. His function was to work in the utmost co-operation with the hospital boards. While there was need for efficiency, he had to see there was no wastefulness of public money, but due economy exercised. The Minister added that he recognised that a tremendous amount of sickness was largely due to the ignorance of the public, and that there was a great opportunity to carry to the people the value of preventive medicine. It was the policy of the Government, and one of his aims, to instruct the people in preventive medicine.

“New Zealand is destined to become the stock farm of the world,” declared Mr G. Imn at a meeting of the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association. The Dominion wag already exporting purebred animals, he said, and he felt confident that this trade would quickly be built up to a much greater extent. New Zealand did not require to import bulls for, price for price, there were better bulls in the Dominion than in any other country.

An experience of concrete roads, extending over a period of 10 years convinced the people of Auckland of their value (says the New Zealand Herald). The “white highway” is regarded as the proved solution of the problem which heavy and fast traffic suddenly created. The cost hftf been heavy judged by old standards, but the attitude of the ratepayers generally is that the costly concrete surface will be the cheapest in the long run on the principal traffic ways.

“We owe a great debt of gratitude to the employers for allowing leave to players who travel for Canterbury,” said Mr S. F. Wilson, president of the Canterbury Rugby Union, at the annual meeting on Tuesday evening (reports the Sun). “No doubt football is a great asset to New Zealand, but we must see that it does not interfere with essentials. We must not have too much travelling, but should cut down our representative games to a minimum. We must have more club games, for club football is the backbone of Rugby.”

A witty speech dealing mainly with the position of women in the church and the community was delivered by Mrs W. G. Roberts at the public welcome to Bishop West-Watson at Christchurch. After referring to the fact that women were not represented among the speakers at the welcome to the previous Bishop of Christchurch thirty-five years ago, she said that three years later the women of New Zealand were given the right to vote. “And now,” she added, “women can sit in Parliament, that is, provided one can get there. (Laughter). Laws have been passed improving our status in civic life and in church life, and now, after much solemn deliberation by synod we can actually vote at parish meetings.” (Renewed laughter). z

The happy faculty of appealing to boys in a manner calculated to hold their interest is possessed by the Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson. This was shown at the rally of Auckland Scouts at Epsom on Saturday afternoon last. After addressing the older boys, his Excellency, who is Chief Scout, gathered the wolf cubs around him. Feeling in a pocket Sir Charles produced several little objects and tossed three or four of them to near-by boys. “Now, what are those?” he asked. “Acorns, sir,” came a youthful chorus. “And what do acorns grow into?” continued his Excellency. “Oaks, sir,” was the reply. From that beginning the distinguished Chief Scout developed in simple language the simile of the acorn and the oak as applied to the boy and the man.

“It is a very satisfactory state of affairs, and I think the city valuer is deserving of great credit for the fact that his valuations have been reduced by such a small sum by the Assessment Court,” said the Mayor at a meeting of the Auckland City Council, to which the valuer (Mr P. F. Notley) reported that 246 objections to valuations were lodged with the Court, but only 40 objectors attended. The total rateable value on the valuation list was £2,138,592, and the reductions made by the Court came to £7814, or 0.36 per cent. The total was now £2,130,778, which was £158,150 of an increase on last year’s figures. The Government Valuation Department reported that the rateable capital value of the city of Auckland was fixed at £36,435,407, which total would be used for levy purposes by the Auckland Hospital Board and the Drainage Board.

Particulars of loan transactions of the Public Trust Office and new business reported during the month ended February 28, supplied by the Prime Minister, show that new loans were paid out to the amount of £169,179, making a total paid out during the present financial year since April 1 last of £2,844,930. In the same period new loans were granted amounting to £75,420. New loans granted but not yet paid amount to £768,003, and loans offered being less than the full advances applied for amount to £Bl,OO0 —a grand total of £849,003. There are further applications for loans to be considered, and these amount to £516,025. In the same period the value of the estates reported for administration was £326,887, making the total of the new business since April 1 last £4,247,120. The number of wills deposited for safe custody was 466, bringing the total number of wills held on behalf of living testators to 48,496.

Oblivious of the stares of those on the platform, she stepped lightly from a carriage of the first south-bound express on Saturday last (says the Ashburton Guardian). The streamer from her dainty hat waved a greeting to Ashburton, and the hem of her ultra short frock gambolled merrily in the breeze, displaying a billow of white underneath. As she strode down the busy platform, her heavy ear-rings swinging rhythmically to her step, she produced a cigarette and proceeded to disgust the good people of Ashburton by puffing away with obvious enjoyment. “Brazen,” remarked an Early Victorian lady. “Look, she shaves,” gasped a small youth. “Look at those legs—she looks like an athlete,” was the comment of a local runner. Followed by these—and other less complimentary—remarks, she strolled the length of the station, and as the train whistled, entered the car marked “Ladies only” and sank into a seat. A closer inspection of the daring lady’s features and figure, however, had by this time brought to the onlookers a dawning realisation that they had been “had.” As the express pulled out, a gentleman companion of the fair one was heard to remark to her: “Well, Jack, I reckon you win the bet.”

See Baxter’s excellent window display—not better dressed windows in the Dominion.—Advt.

Messrs J. J. Ward and Company, cash buyers of rabbit skins, wool, etc., have opened a branch of their business in Otautau (opposite Railway Station), and will now buy direct from the trappers instead of buying through agents as hitherto.— (Advt.).

Don’t just ask for motor spirit—specify “BIG TREE.” Your car will thank you by starting quickly, picking up easily and climbing better.—(Advt.)

Those in quest of Easter Wedding Gifts will find a fine display of Silver Plate, Cutlery. High-class Chinaware, Cut Glass, Clocks, etc., at Rankin’s. These goods have been indented direct from leading manufacturers abroad, and each line is being sold at a low margin of profit. Shop this Easter with T. M. Rankin, Jeweller, Tay Street.—Advt.

Ladies! Before purchasing your Easter requirements in Dress, pay a visit to the Albion Salon. Whether it be a Fur Coat, Velour Coat, Costume, Frock or Jumper—we have the goods—the latest—and at most popular prices. We invite you to pay a visit and see this big display, on the first floor, Albion Buildings, Dee street. Entrance picture vestibule. ’Phone 1710. W. F. LEWIS (Manager).—Advt. A lovely range of Eiderdown Quilts has been opened at Thomson & Beattie’s. A special display of these is being made this week. They are in all the wanted colours and the prices are within the reach of all. Single-bed sizes, 32/6 to 47/6; Double-bed sizes, 49/6, 52/6 to £8 10/-.—Advt. “Enough of that barking, Achmedcs” —Ancient Tale. Beware of contracting coughs or colds at this time. Let Baxter’s Lung Preserver safeguard your own and your family’s health. A dose of “Baxter’s” now and then gives gratifying relief in all cases of influenze, whooping cough and colds. It is rich, warming, penetrative, and tones up the entire system. All chemists and stores. Generous-sized bottle 2s 6d; family size 4s 6d.—Advt.

When speaking on Empire problems at the annual dinner of the Wellington Nearby Farmers’ Association the Prime Minister (the Right Hon. J. G. Coates) said that he believed there was to be another visit of Parliamentarians to Australia, and possibly New Zealand, at no distant (late. It was only by such visits that they could realise first hand all the aspirations, the atmosphere, and the political outlook of the widespread population of the Empire. All that was needed was solidarity and combination among their own people. There were family squabbles, but it was the “big idea” they wanted, and the time was coming when that comprehension would be given to the men responsible for the government of the Empire.

That the publicity propaganda campaign being conducted by the Canterbury Progress League in the United States is bearing fruit is evidenced by the numerous inquiries that are being received by Mr P. R. Climie, organiser of the League, “for more information about New Zealand” (states the Lyttelton Times). By Wednesday’s mail, Mr Climie received a number of letters from school children in the United States, who desired information about the Dominion for the purpose of writing essays on New Zealand. In addition, a letter was received from a man who, after reading the league’s booklets on Canterbury, had written for fuller particulars. These Mr Climie supplied, and yesterday’s mail brought a second letter from the man, who signified his intention of taking up land near Christchurch. “That is only one instance,” said Mr Climie; “we are receiving many letters like that.”

A tribute to New Zealand and the New Zealanders was paid by Bishop West-Watson in his inaugural address at Christchurch Cathedral on Wednesday. All at Home, and everyone with British blood in his veins, he said, were under a debt to the Dominion. For the men whom New Zealand had sent 25 years ago to fight, shoulder to shoulder, in the Boer War, and for the men who had freely given their lives for Britain in the last war there was nothing but gratitude in Englishmen’s hearts (reports the Press). The Church was under a debt to the Church of New Zealand also for its guidance in the framing of the new constitution at. Home, which had come from here when the need was felt for a means of more ample expresssion and self-government. His hearers must never think that those at Home were forgetful of their duty to this land.so far away in distance, and so near in spirit.

The following Is the text of an official notification from the Department of Labour in regard to the employer’s liability to enable employees to undergo military training:—■ “Employers of those compelled to undergo military training in the daytime must liberate their employees; and in the case of apprentices and other employees who are entitled to their wages weekly or otherwise without deduction for loss of time, must pay their wages in the usual way, unless, of course, the contrary is provided for in the contracts of apprenticeship or service. It should be noted, that the employers are compelled to give leave only when the trainees are compelled to absent themselves from work to attend a camp. Section 57 of the Defence Amendment Act, 1912, provides that employment shall not be terminated by reason of the requirements of the Act. respecting training. In the case of hourly or daily workers an employer need pay onlv for the actual time worked.”