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Southland Times, Issue 25343, 23 July 1935, Page 6

Peggy Jackson, aged 27, a domestic and Mina Elizabeth Mary Armstrong, aged 23, a tailoress were remanded at Auckland yesterday on charges of conspiring with Matthew -Edward Daubney and Reginald Martin Semb to defraud Arthur Raglin Gatland of £75. The two men were remanded on Saturday. The women were allowed bail. —Press Association message.

ANSWER TO A CORRESPONDENT. M.G. (Otatara): (a) It is stated by some authorities that the Abyssinians claim the distinction of being the tallest race, but no definite answer can be given to the question, (b) The Normandie, flagship of the French Line, in some quarters is claimed to be the largest ship in the world. Her length is 1029 feet; gross tonnage, 79,280: height from keel to top of chart room, 128 feet. She was built at the historic Pcnhoet Shipyards at St. Nazaire, and her keel was laid in 1931. It is said that the ship is larger than the CunardWhite Star liner Queen Mary, now nearing completion, because she possesses a bigger gross tonnage. Before a ship has been finished and officially measured, however, gross tonnage is an elusive figure. It is not a weight measurement at all, but a measurement of the volume of a ship’s enclosed space, a gross ton being the equivalent of 100 cubic feet, (c) The most powerful, as well as the heaviest express passenger locomotive in Great Britain, is the “Cock o’ the North,” owned by the L.N.E.R. company. This is the first eight-coupled locomotive built in Great Britain for express passenger service. The engine alone weighs 801 tons, and, with tender, the total weight is 1651 tons. In America much larger locomotives are to be found. One of the largest that has been constructed is the “No. 1100,” a simple-expansion articulated “Mallet” type 2-8-8-2 locomotive in use on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. This locomotive was the first of 25 of this type built by the American Locomotive Company to deal with heavy coal trains over the steeply-graded main line that crosses the Allegheny Mountains. Its principal weights and dimensions are: total length, engine and tender, 109 feet 3 3-8 inches; total wheelbase, 98 feet 0 3-8 inches; total weight, engine and tender in working order, approximately 346 British tons; tractive effort at 85 per cent, boiler pressure, 103.5001 b.; tender capacity 12,000 gallons of water and 15 tons of coal, (d) On April 26, 1934, the Great Western “Cheltenham Flyer,” made its 500th run on the present schedule of 65min. for 77.3 miles, an average speed of 71.4 m.p.h. This is still the fastest daily scheduled steamoperated start-to-stop run in the world, and the next fastest would appear to be made by the French Sud Express, which performs the Poitiers-Angoul-eme run of 70 miles in the level hour. i imi i 11 ii i i 11 ii iii i i in ii niiiiiii

iiuiiaaiiuaiiiiiiiiaiiiiiisiiiiiiuiiiiiaiiiiiiiiuaiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiw Last evening the Dominion Meteorologist issued the following information —An anti-cyclone still envelops the Dominion, but is moving slowly eastwards, while a depression is advancing across the north Tasman Sea. Forecast: Winds between north-easterly and south-easterly prevailing, strong north of Kowhia and East Cape and elsewhere light to moderate, but freshening. Seas in New Zealand waters rough north of East Cape and off-shore north of Cape Egmont; elsewhere smooth to moderate. Eastern Tasman Sea: Moderate to strong north-east to south-east winds; seas moderate, but rising in the northern portion. Weather cloudy and unsettled in the far north and north-east portions of the North Island, with rain; elsewhere fair, but cloud and mist increasing generally, and rain gradually, extending southwards, especially to eastern districts.

Mr J. W. Smith’s cottage at the Riverton Rocks, one of the most attractive in thatfavourite seaside resort has been sold to Mr J. C. Dick, of Invercargill, who will use it for the accommodation of summer visitors.

An error appeared in the report of the Wallace County Council meeting yesterday. In connection with the street lighting of the Tuatapere township it was made to appear that a grant of £lO was being made towards the cost. This was defeated by an amendment that the council declare the township a special rating area on receipt of a requisition from the ratepayers.

The widely different styles of hockey adopted by the Indian and New Zealand players was emphasized by Mr Behram Doctor, manager of the All-India team, at a dinner given at Warkworth, after the conclusion of the match between the visitors and Rodney. “I must admit,” said Mr Doctor, “that where the Indians adopt scientific methods of play, New Zealanders, for the most part, use brute force.”

On the application of solicitors in the Southland district probates or letters of administration have been granted in the following deceased persons’ estates by Mi- Justice Kennedy: Allan Timpany, of Invercargill, company secretary (Mitchel and Broughton); Alexander Miller, of Te Tua, farmer (Mr E. B. Patrick, Riverton); John Albert McKinnon, of Riverton, garage proprietor (Mr E. B. Patrick, Riverton); George Fleck, of Riverton, farmer (Mr E. B. Patrick, Riverton); Wilhelmina Reinke, of McNab, widow (Mr W. B. Johnston. Gore); James Beattie, of Gore, retired merchant (Smith and Dolamore, Gore), Harman Collins Kingsland, of Bluff, retired blacksmith (Imlay and Preston); David York, of Invercargill, labourer (Rattray and Hall-Jones); Ellen _ Cosgrove Ryan, of Winton, widow (Watson and Watson).

• Within the last few days a new confidence trick has been played in Wellington, by way of the telephone (states the Dominion). Prominent business men have been rung up by a man who represents himself as a personal friend, and who on some plausible excuse, such as a broken-down car in one of the suburbs, an unsuccessful day at Trentham, on the completion of a long holiday tour, finds himself out of cash. Could he presume upon his friendship to ask that a couple of pounds be left at his hotel for him? In at least two cases the ruse has been unsuccessful, but there is no way of knowing how successful he has been in other instances. The trickster—assuming that one man has been responsible for all the efforts of this nature to date—appears to have an accurate, personal knowledge of business men’s associations throughout the Dominion, and in the case of the warehouses, an intimate knowledge of personal friendships as well as business connections.

An exceptionally mild winter has been experienced in the Central Otago districts, and skating and curling have consequently been curtailed (states the Evening Star). Sheets of water in the vicinity of Ranfurly on which the residents were skating last winter are at present entirely devoid of ice, while from other districts it is reported that the ice is not nearly so thick as in previous winters. As a result of this those who venture on the ice in pursuit of sport experience a number of exciting moments as the surface creaks and groans beneath them. At Naseby recently a Dunedin curler inadvertently stepped on a weak portion and went through, while a curler who has “reverend” before his name also suffered a partial ducking. An exciting episode also took place on another dam when four moonlight skaters went through the ice. Luckily the water was only waist deep and they easily waded ashore, parting the ice before them.

Family tradition very often determines the selection of a career, with the result that brothers frequently achieve distinction in similar walks of life. Probably the most singular example of success in the same profession is to be found in the dairy industry of New Zealand and Canada —the two greatest cheese-producing countries in the British Empire. Mr W. M. Singleton occupies the position of Director of the Dairy Division in New Zealand and his brother (Mr J. F. Singleton) holds an identical Government post in Canada, that of dairy and cold storage commissioner.

Instead of eking out a precarious existence fossicking for gold or participating in relief works the unemployed worker’s attention could be focussed on more profitable schemes if the veracity of the following, from an English adventure publication, can be taken as an augury:—“Between Stewart (Island) and the Auckland Group lies the breeding ground of the sperm whale, and the gigantic waves often bring with them chunks of ambergris, a waxy substance secreted by the whales and largely employed in the making of perfumes .... I was greatly surprised to see Mr Trail (a well-known figure at Stewart Island) and our Maori guide Harry, when helping me to look for pawa shell, pick up pieces in the short space of an hour worth over £1 each.”

Three one-act plays were read by members of the W E.A. literature class at their weekly meeting last evening when there was a large attendance over which Mr I. L. Petrie presided. Mr S. G. August stated that the “DyeHard” was an English industrial play dealing with conditions of to-day, but “The Poison Party” was genuine comedy and merely gave entertainment. One of the plays, “Loyalty ” was by Mrs Thomas, a member of the class, and he congratulated her on the quality of the play. Those who took part were Mesdames Francis and Thomas, Misses Finlayson, Keane, Hannah and Matheson and Messrs Barlow, Rountree, Swift, Stead, O’Toole, and Robinson. Next Monday evening “Clive of India,” by W. P. Lipscombe and R. J. Minney, will be read.

The Department of Agriculture has devised a new scheme to control the award of the Loder Cup, a trophy donated in 1926 by Mr Gerald W. Loder (now Lord Wakehurst), of Sussex, England, to the lovers of nature in New Zealand as a challenge cup to be competed for annually in accordance with such conditions as may be approved by the Minister of Agriculture, in whose custody the cup was placed. The cup was open to competition for several years under a scheme that was recognized to be far too restricted to give anything like full effect to what the donor had in mind. Under the new scheme the cup will be open to competition to the whole of New Zealand, and will be awarded to the person or organization who or which, in the opinion of the committee, has performed the most meritorious act during the year or whose work has culminated in that year in furthering the sentiments of, the donor as inscribed on the cup itself, namely, “ to encourage the

protection and cultivation of the incomparable flora of the Dominion.”

“Geneva is the real centre of the world to-day, and the most prosperous city in Switzerland,” remarked Mrs E. Moffat Clow, addressing the Auckland branch of the League of Nations Union at a luncheon last week (says the Auckland Star). Mrs Clow said that over 100 members of the League secretariat, many of them accompanied by their wives and families, had gone to live permanently in Geneva since the establishment of the League there, and the housing problem had been acute. In addition, the city was filled with tourists, journalists and members of the staffs of delegates to the League when the sessions were in progress. Although America was not a member of the League, there was an American office in Geneva to assist American tourists, who formed a large proportion of the number of visitors, who daily assembled in crowds round the building where the League sat to watch the delegates arrive. It was a pity, Mrs Clow said, that the building that was now being constructed for the accommodation of the League was situated well away from the city, as it would make the League’s activities appear more remote from the public interest.

After a tiring day. “DEWAR’S WHISKY.” (Advt.)

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Children’s Flannel Frocks at Sale Prices, 16 to 34 inch, to clear 2/11 to 13/6 at Miss Noble’s, The Baby Shop, Dee street. (Advt.)

Bigger Bargains than ever. Fresh Bargains put out daily at Carter’s Rebuilding Sale. The builders are here and we must sell to avoid damage. See advt. front page. Ca'rter’s Clothing Store, 36 Tay street.—Advt.

On no account should thrifty spenders miss this group of Special Sale Values made available by Thomson and Beattie, Ltd. 36 inch Evenero Silks in a full range of rich colours, Sale Price 1/6 yard. Ruby Ring full fashioned Pure Silk Hose, good shades, were 13/6, sale price 9/11; and Women’s Heavy Twill Winceyette Nightdresses, Sale Price 2/11, 3/11 each. Use the Safety Zone when crossing to T. & B.’s. (Advt.)

STEWART’S HAND EMOLLIENT for cracked hands, rough hands, dry hands. Soothing and healing. Keeps the skin beautifully soft and pliable. All housewives, gardeners, milkers and anyone with a tendency to dry skin should use this HAND EMOLLIENT. In pots at 2/- from STEWART’S PHARMACY. Dee street.—Advt.

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