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Evening Star, Issue 20060, 28 December 1928, Page 6

The Police Court sat this morning before Mr H. E.' Moller, J.P., and Mill. Ferguson, J.P. David Davidson, charged with being found drunk in Custom House square, was lined 22s 6d, in default forty-eight hours’ imprisonment, and Thomas Crawford Young, a statutory first offender for drunkenness, who was found in Maclaggan street, was fined 12s Gd, in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. Charged with assaulting a police constable, ifith resisting him while iu the execution of his duty, and with procuring liquor whilst prohibited, George Smith was remanded till January 4. Albert Harris, who was associated with Smith iu the charge of assault, was remanded till the same date. The postal authorities advise that the R.M.S. Aorangi, duo at Auckland next Sunday, has twenty-six bags of letters and ci'ghty-onc bags of newspapers lor Dunedin. " The letter portion of the mail should reach Dunedin on the afternoon of January 1, and the balance on the following day. A cablegram was received at Auckland last night stating that the Auckland yacht Victory left port on December 19 arrived at Norfolk Island on Wednesday. On board the yacht are Harold George (owner), Captain G. George (master of the steamer Hikurangi), and Cecil Bowman (of Auckland). The Victory, which is a firstclass yacnt of about seven tons, with an overall length of 38ft and a beam of 9ft, experienced strong bead winds on the way up the northern coast, and had to put back to Whangaroa last Saturday after an attempt had been rtiacle to strike out for Norfolk Island. Apparently she slipped out unobserved, for no advice was received of her departure.—Press Association.

The Secretary of the Department of External Affairs (Mr C. A. Beremlsen) returned to Wellington from Samoa last night. At the instance of the Administrator of Western Samoa (Colonel Allen)j Mr Berendsen, in association with the Public Service Commissioner (Mr Vcrschaffelt) and Mr Park (Assistant Secretary to the Treasury), inquired into the finance and staffing of the Samoan Civil Service. It is expected that as a result of the inquiry certain recommendations will bo made to the Government.—Press Association. Shortly before 10 last night, when the “ Ocean Wave ” which is being used in connection with P.etonc Carnival was well filled and was whirling round at a considerable speed, the support of the base cracked .and krone, with the result that the head (which carries the ring for seating) came off and crashed to the ground. A few of those on board managed to leap to the ground in time to save themselves, but several others and some who were jn the vicinity suffered injuries which necessitated their removal to hospital. The latest information. however, is that the '.njuries aio not serious.—Wellington Association message. The shopsv in the city will observe 5.30 p.m. closing to-day, as one lato night (on Christinas Eve) has been observed already this .week. On Now Year’s Eve the shops will remain open till 10 o’clock. Tho local Tourist Office has been visited by a number of,people who arrived by tho Manuka on Christmas Eve, and though inquiries have been made regarding tho Southern Lakes, it has been impossible to accommodate tourists there, as all available accommodation is at present fully booked. A number, however, are going on to Mount Cook, and arc visiting Queenstown on the return journey. Tourist traffic lias been very heavy over the holidays, last year’s figures being exceeded. Stewart Island and Queenstown have both been fully booked, but many people travelling have been listed for Auckland, Rotorua, Napier, and Wellington. A malicious false alarm resulted in tho City Eire Brigade turning out to the corner of High and William streets shortly before midnight. A call was received at 8.5 this morning to the residence of Mr J. C. Williamson in Crest street, Anderson’s Bay, where a chimney fire was extinguished without any damage being done. That there is considerable unemployment in Dunedin was made clear this morning by the largo number of men who went to tho Labour Bureau to seek work on tho relief works which have been arranged by the City Corporation as the result of the £2,(XX) grant by tho Government. In addition to tho fifteen started' yesterday another fifteen were allotted to jobs this morning, preference being given to married men with tho largest families who had been out of work for the longest time. It is not likely that more men will bo placed till after the New Year holidays owing to tho difficulty at the moment of getting the materials required for tho jobs. The postal authorities advise that the U.M.S. Makura left Sydney for Wellington on the 27th instant, with 110 bags of English and Australian mails for Dunedin, and eleven parcel receptacles. The mail should reach Dunedin on Tuesday afternoon next. Four bags and one receptacle of American mail cx the Golden Harvest at Auckland should reach Dunedin on Saturday afternoon.