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Evening Star, Issue 19798, 23 February 1928, Page 6

An Auckland Association telegram states that the Optometrists’ Conference resolved that the next conference be held at Christchurch. Tho following officers were elected: —President, Mr Jl. S. Gilberd; vice-president, Air T. G. Young; executive committee, Messrs Glackin, Sargent, Stunner, Neill, Martyn, Brooke, Taylor, Spear, M'Lcan, Stouppe, and Bennett.

lire Executive of the St. John Ambulance Association held its first meeting since the holidays on Wednesday evening m the association’s rooms, Octago'n, tho Rev. V. G. Bryan King presiding. Before commencing the business the vice-chairman, Mr G. Moir, expressed tho pleasure of the meeting at .Mr King’s return to his duties after Ids recent illness, and dm chairman welcomed Mrs E. E. Laing. a new member, to hot seat. Mr King then referred eloquently to the Joss sustained not only by the association, but also by the community at large, by the deaths within a few days of each other of two of their most generous and valued supporters, Messrs 11. W T . Glendinning and C. Speight. He moved a vote of sympathy with their relatives, which was carried, all standing in silence. The secretary submitted his •monthly reports. During January the ambulances had attended seventy-three cases and travelled 731 miles." Advantage was being taken of a lull in the demand for their services to introduce several improvements which it. was Imped would materially increase tho comforts of patients. The district nurses made <162 visits during the mouth, and the duties of tho hospital hostess had been carried out as usual. The audited accounts for 15)27 were laid on the table and' showed a considerable shrinkage in the available funds. The Hev. G. E. Moreton was appointed treasurer in place of Hie late Mr R. W. Glendinning. The meeting then discussed plans for the placing of placards, or conveying in some other way to the public information as to the nearest first aid material and help, the motor ambulance telephone number, and other useful information in case of accident. A small sub-com-mittee was appointed to further deal with the matter. The Hon. W. Downie Stewart lias written thanking the mayor (Mr W. B. Taverner) for an invitation to bo present and to speak at the laying of the foundation stone of the new Town Hall on Saturday, March 3. Mr Stewart intimates that he is glad to accept tho invitation.

There was a short sitting of the Police Court this morning, over which Mr J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., presided. Michael Size, a statutory first offender, was fined 10s, in. default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment, on a charge of drunkenness. Sydney James Gibson was charged with having obtained £l2 15s in money from Charles Hinchcliff by moans of a valueless cheque. Chief-detective Cameron, in asking for a rejuand till Wednesday, said that accused was arrested only yesterday by Detective Roycroft and Constable Taylor. There were other . cheques involved, totalling perhaps £7O. The remand asked for was granted. Of consequence to the appearance of Lower High street, also as an indication of the demand in Dunedin for up-to-date offices, is the fact that Wood and M'Cormaek are now well advancedwith the job of adding .a fifth story to the elegant and distinctive block at the corner of Dowling street, known as the Imperial Buildings, the property of Mr James Brown, who used to have the tea rooms in the Stock Exchange buildings. The “ Imperial ” will now have a stature of over eighty feet, challenging the neighborhood for tallness.

As the surfing and swimming season is likely to last a while yet this year, it is as well to again advise bathers to leave nothing of value lying about. This week a Canterbury visitor Avas deprived of his socks and suspenders whilst he frolicked in tho surf. By a curious misapprehension some people have been led to associate William Taverner, of London, managing director of tho Q.D. and H.P. scheme, which has been under discussion in our columns, with Mr W. B. Taverner, Mayor of Dunedin. The headquarters of Q.D. and H.P. is Bristol, England. At Burnside yesterday fat cattle made good prices at the commencement of the sah', but cased towards the close. Extra prime bullocks made £ls ,12s Gd, primes up to £1.4, prime heifers to £lO 10s, and cows up to £8 10s. Without a doubt the St. Clair Improvement Association is a popular body, and it evident that nobody wants to take it down for a single penny. The secretary has received from a gentleman who signs himscil “ Pnrcbaser a letter enclosing twelve penny stamps, this being the value of an extra carnival ticket which “Purchaser’' had secured by tho accidental measure of its being slock to the. back of the original.

Mental, magnetic, and psychn-tlicra-i) utic healing was the sultject oi an interesting lecture given by Mr APLeodCraig in the Trades Hall last evening. He spoke of the principles of this branch of practical psychology in a comprchejjyive review of a little-known subject. Therapeutics, ho said, were a combination ol personal magnetism anti scientific psychotherapy. r l ho basis ol each of those .sciences, and indeed ol all healing, was really suggestion. The .speaker referred to the powers ol suggestion, mental development, and concentration in curing nerve troubles ami various physical ailments. Mr M'LcodCraig was accorded a very attentive hearing from the large audience present, and his remarks were fallowed with great interest.

Two hedge (ires required tho attention of the City and Roslyn Brigades yesterday afternoon. At 2.17 machines from the city were despatched to Barr street, Mornington, but no damage was done. Later tho Roslyn Brigade dealt with a hedge lire in the Kaikorai Valley road.

Commander F. N\ Attwood and several of the officers of the sloop .Laburnum were the guests of the City Corporation on a motor drive yesterday to Waipori. The visitors greatly enjoyed the drive through the beautiful country ,and were very interested in the works in connection with the construction of the new dam. .Twenty-three of tho men of the warship were taken a bus trip in and around Dunedin. In the afternoon a shooting match between tho officers of the ship and officers ot the local stall' of the Defence Department was held at the Peliehet Bay rille range. The local men won the match by 41 points, the scores being Defence officers, 505; ship’s officers, 464. Tbe match was fired over the 200, Of 10, and 500 yards ranges. Commander Attwood lunched with Sir Charles Statham to-day. To-night thirty-six officers and men will be the guests ol Miss "Wallace at a dance in the Overseas Hall.

Enr some time past nothing has been publicly staled as to the doings of tho Public' Works Department in respect to the general survey and river gauging in tho Fiord district of Otago, operations that were started a couple of years ago or thereabouts with the view of determining the practicability of turning our lake waters into one of the sounds, and thereby creating an enormous supply of generative power for commercial purposes. Inquiry reveals tho fact that Air D, C. Jenkins, the engineer entrusted with the job, is tomporarilv on sick leave, and that Air J. W. G. Stokes, an assistant engineer, has come from Murchison, in tho Nelson district, to continue the work until Air Jenkins is fit again for it.

It is not easy to grasp, without giving more than a cursory glance, what the overseas shipment qf New Zealand produce to the Homo Country really means, hew people have any idea of its magnitude, nor of the wealth it represents, nor even of the labor it employs in production and handling on either side of the ocean. Last week three largs overseas liners hound for the United Kingdom left Wellington within twenty-four hours of each other with valuable cargoes of produce. These were the Northumberland, the Port Caroline, and the Tainni. The Northumberland carried in cool storage 13,638 cases of apples and 111) cases of pears, and the Tainni 8,096 cases of apples. In addition to the fruit and lan'e shipments of frozen meat, wool, and other cargo, the threo_ships have taken between them 56,957 boxes of butter and 61,844 crates of cheese. The Port Caroline carries 33,709 boxes of butter, the Tainui 8,424 boxes of butter and 9,917 crates of cheese, and the Northumberland 1.4,824 boxes of butter and 17,568 crates of cheese, all for London, and the last-named ship has also 24,359 crates of cheese for West of England ports. It would certainly he very interesting to know the actual value of those overseas shipments of produce. The Mosgiel Municipal Band received a right royal welcome last night in its homo town. On arrival at Dunedin the quickstep selection was played on Tho railway platform A lurther selection was played in front of Messrs Begg and Co.’s premises in Princes street, and later on the hand was entertained at the Savoy. At Mosgiel a huge' crowd assembled on the station to meet the band. Tito mayor said a few words of welcome, and then the whole assemblage—and motor cars'and buses as well —wended its way to the hall, headed by the Taieri Pipe Band. Both bands played en route. At the hall a public welcome was tendered, the speakers being the mayor, Messrs -John Logan, A. E. Quclch, and Captain 'White. The welcome was acknowledged by Bandmaster White, Sergeant-major Bnldock, and Lieutenant Lloyd, The programme was supplied by the bands, Misses Maggie Gall, Bona. Beale, Lottie Cameron, and Agnes Kleski, and Mr James Wilkie. The mayor was thanked tor the part ho had played, along with the local lire brigade, in raising the funds to enable the band to proceed to the contest. The drill instructors also received special thanks. At the annual meeting of the New Zealand branch of the Empire Press Union the following committee was elected:—Messrs H. Horton, W. Cecil Leys, L. Blundell, P. Selig, W. C. Weston, C. K. Earle, C.M.G., C. Stanley Smith, J. Coombe, A. M’Nicoll, and B. J. Gilmour. Mr ML Dow was re-elected secretary and Mr W. Easton auditor.

1 Mr W. H. 1 Mackenzie, Dunedin trannvays manager, is not sure that the traffic to and from St. Clair this season is actually a record. He points out that tAventy years ago, before the days Avlieu everybody OAvned a motor car, there was very heavy traffic occasionally, thousands of citizens taking 'the tram for a run to the seaside in | preference to a railway ride into the country, and there is no record from Avhich exact comparisons could he made. This season’s carrying, hmvever, has been exceptionally satisfactory, probably the best in recent years. It reached its apex on Saturday night last.

Tho Dunedin Horticultural Society is quite heartened by the largo attendance at yesterday’s slioav in _ the Pioneer Hall. It Avas like old times to see the crowd in the evening, and Mr Trevena and other officers of the society who Avorked so earnestly to secure a success Avore gratified by the knowledge that the people attended not as a merely social function, to pay compliments or idle aAvay an hour, but Avith tho purpose of fully inspecting and unofficially appraising the exhibits, thus testifying their love of gardening, their knowledge of tho subject, and their interest in the welfare of the societv. Prom uoav onward it is probable that the society will enter upon a. reinvigorated life. _ This is important to our community in general, and the promise’"’ is significant in view of the fact that after last season’s discouraging experience some members talked of doing atvay with public slioavs and substituting ‘therefor private exhibitions for members only. Thc_Horticultural Society is ono of Dunedin’s indispensable organisations. It lias lived through adversity; uoav, avc may hope, the tide has turned,

Pislicr Bus Service caters for picnics, long distance tours by car or bus. ’Phones 11-234, 20-919 for prices—[Advt.] For spectacles that, soothe tho eyes consult W. V. Stunner, D. 5.0.1., G.A.0.C., 2 (Macon. Our business .e exclusively optical. —[Advt.] Williamson's, the quality jewellers, for diamond rings. Thirty years practical experience is at your service. F<oxt Bristol Piano Co.—[Advt.] Miss Wallace is entertaining a party of sailors from H..M S. Laburnum at her dance this evening, in the Overseas Hall.