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Evening Star, Issue 20134, 26 March 1929, Page 8

When the volunteer band of H.M.S. Dunedin played at the St. Kilda rotunda on Sunday afternoon the sum of £l3 14s was collected This amount will be de’yoted to the flood relief fund. The Mayor of St. Kilda (Mr R. W. Hall) thanked the bandsmen for their efforts in a worthy cause.

The St. Kilda main district municipal roll contains 5,306 names, while the supplementary roll is now being This hitter closes on April 3. Assuming that for every person over tuvcii L.y-oiie years there is one under the population is therefore between 9,000 and 10,000.

Joseph Peter Traynor, aged thirtyseven, arrested when drunk in charge of a. motor car which was steering an erratic course on Riccarton road, was yesterday fined £25 and prohibited from obtaining a driver’s license for a year.. After arrest, Traynor was violent in the coll and kicked a constable heavily. For this assault bo was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called on within twelve months.— Christchurch Association message.

Before Dir J. R. Bartholomew, S.M., iu the Police Court this morning George Riley, a statutory first offender for drunkenness, was fined 10s, in default twenty-four hours’ imprisonment.

The anniversary day functions arranged by the Early Settlers’ Association were brought to a, close yesterday. Tu the afternoon the programme took the form of an informal social gathering. Mr F. W. Knight was in the chair, and ho referred to the excellent attendances that had ruled at all the association's functions. Many people had feared that the celebrations would die out after the first flush of enthusiasm had passed, hut the attendances during the past few days had been such ns to prove that such fears were groundless. Air Knight read a resolution of congratulation from the District Committee of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, in which reference was made to the fact that the Early Settlers’ Association and the Otago Order were established in the same year—lß4B. The resolution congratulated the association on having attained its eighty-first anniversary and expressed the heartfelt admiration and respect of the order for the early settlers. In the evening the people of the younger generation had a dance, which was well attended.

The City Fire Brigade turned out at 3.10 p.'m. yesterday in response to a call from the Montccillo Red Cross Homo, where a pot of tar had ignited. No damage of any consequence resultcd-

Sevoral inquiries have been made in regard to the compensation to ho paid by the Post and Telegraph Department for losses .sustained in connection with the Wahine ferry mail robbery. The department states _ that the matter is under consideration, and that an official statement will be issued shortly.—Wellington Press Association telegram.

’Taranaki Oil Fields report: Gisborne No. 2 well drilled to 2,700 ft in sandstone with some showings of gas from 2,635 ft to 2,690 ft, shale from 2,691 ft to 2,700 ft 8 (in diameter, casing to 2,679 ft. —Gisborne Press Association telegram. The Marlborough Aero Club reports that Captain Chandler got the first two pupils of his class away on successful solo flights tiiis morning. They were Roger Grlgg and F. R. Dix, both of Blenheim. Others of the class are coming on well. —Press Association telegram.

Dunedin fruiterers say that the cost to them of the Fiji bananas that wore brought to Auckland by the Tolua and have just been landed here amounts to 32s (id per case, the highest price ever paid. The charges mount up rapidly when there arc so many handlings. Be it noted, also, that the ultimate consignees have to stand the risk of condition.

Mr C. N. Rcnzoni and his railway engineering staff have been very busy on account of flood damage. All rehabilitating work is now done so_ far ns to enable trains to resume ordinary running. Some of the repairing is necessarily of a temporary nature —that at Taiowa to wit. But all the breaks in the service in the Dunedin district are restored —namely, on the Ontram. Central Otago, Lawrence, and Knrow branch lines, as well as the main line. Ontram was the last to return to normal running; the engines got going this morning. On some sections of the repaired lines the speed has to_ bo reduced until the maintenance is made permanent. The public owe thanks to the railwayman generally for this work at and after the floods.

Bathgate Bark, the children’s playground that lies between Cargill _ and Maoandrew roads, stands by itself amongst the areas recently flooded. Evidently the outlets became choked, for it remained a lake for days after the near-by sections were relieved of tlie water." This morning, apparently as the result of soakage and evaporation, the grass became visible over pretty well the entire surface, and the park is now merely a swamp, omitting malodonrs. Forbury Park, once most susceptible as to floods, got off this time with a- partial wetting, standing water invading the race track to only half its width at the worst part, near what used to be the quarter-mile post.

Mr Page, S.M., this morning sentenced Norman Paul Nesbitt, aged twenty-five, to six months’ imprisonment concurrent on each of two charges of theft of £9 from the Commercial Travellers’ Club at Dunedin, and £4 from a theatre at Christchurch. The accused had a previous record of crime. Wellington Press Association telegram.

The cricket match between a team from H.M.S. Dunedin and ’Varsity Old Boys, played at Logan Park yesterday, resulted in a win for the local team by 136 runs to 82. The dance arranged by the officers of H.M.S. Dunedin in the R.N.V.R. Hall last evening was an unqualified success, a large number of persons having to be turned away on account of the door space being dully occupied. It was stated this morning by one of the officers that everyone on board the cruiser had fully enjoyed the stay here. The ship left this"afternoon for Lyttelton.

A deputation from the non-reticulatcd areas in the Southland Power Board district waited on Sir Joseph Ward seeking relief from the payment of rates for something they could never hope to get. The Premier admitted that the position was grossly unjust, but the trouble was, how to solve it. Personally, he thought they should be helped, and he would examine the whole position. He expressed the opinion that in time the board would be able to pay its way and meet the whole of its requirements. Meantime he would try to find some solution.— Invercargill Press Assocation message.

Last evening the police took into custody a mental defective who is suspected of committing the recent assaults upon women passing through the Town Belt, Rosiyn.

A novel point was raised in the I almerston North Magistrate’s Court this morning during the hearing of a claim for instalments on a hire purchase agreement. Counsel for the defence said the document was not stamped in accordance with the Act. . The purchase document had impression); made on it by a stamping machine, indicating that postage had been paid to the extent of Is 3d, but such a method of paying duty, it was contended, was illegal under the Act. Duty could be paid by only two classes of stamp—postage and revenue stamps. A stamp machine did not come within such classes. Counsel for the plaintiff firm said that the matter was of great importance. .If the use of a machine turned out to be illegal for stamp duty purposes the decision would have far-reaching effects. The magistrate decided to refer the matter to the Commissioner of Stamps.—P.ress Association telegram.

Artificial Eyes. W/V. Stunner, G.A.0.C., U. 5.0.1., specialises the fitting artificial eyes, also their comfortable adjustment. I Ailvt.] Cr C. H. Hayward is standing for mayor. Policy and addressing the citizens at a later date. —[Advt.] You will be delighted with the selection of wedding gifts available at Williamson’s, the jewellers, next The Bristol.—[Advt.] The Railway Department in this issue is calling for tenders for flexible cable for workshops. Attention is drawn to the rendering in fW Matthew's Church to-morrow evening of Maunders cantata ‘ Olivet to Calvary.’