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Evening Star, Issue 21748, 16 June 1934, Page 14

The ‘ Sports Special ’ with all the available sporting news of the day, will bo sold on the streets to-night. Mr W. Sutton, secretary of the Otago Motor Club, has received' word that the combined railway and traffic bridge at VVaitaki will be closed on Monday, June 18, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 12.30 p.m. to 4 p.m. The line will, however, be opened at half-hourly intervals during the day to allow the accumulated traffic to proceed. Music-lovers will soon have an opportunity of hearing compositions by local composers. Dunedin has in the past produced musicians who have risen to celebrity in the great cities of the world, and the Society of Musicians, in an endeavour, to encourage the creative side of the art, intends later in the year to hold a concert devoted entirely to original compositions by ‘composers at present resident in the Otago, North Otago, and Southland districts. An invitation to submit manuscripts for- approval by the Selection Committee is being extended to all interested in musical composition. Particulars are advertised in another column of this issue. Within the last five weeks the China Inland Mission has had its ranks reduced by the deaths of six on its wellknown missionaries. These were Miss Soltan. Airs Parry, Miss Lilias Reid, Revs. Saunders and Lutley, and last week Mrs Oliver Burgess, of Melbourne. It is expected that six new missionaries will proceed to China from New Zealand this year.

The postal authorities advise that the Wanganella left Sydney for Auckland on Friday with 19 bags of Australian mail and 13 parcel receptacles for Dunedin. The mail is due at the local office on Thursday afternoon. The clear weather of the past few days has dried the ground surface and enabled the planting operations on the Dunedin Corporation’s reserves to be pushed on. Oregon is being planted at Whare Flat, and the next job of the sort that Mr Tannock will put the men to is at Waipori, where nurslings of Pinus ponderosa and Pinus insigms are to be inserted. The forestry planting this season is to be of about 1 the usual quantity, in continuation of a policy which must prove profitable. l

A special report of the General Committee of tho City Council states that considerable attention has been given to the question of a revision of tho taxi fares to operate in terms of tho licenses issued to taxi drivers. Conferences have been held with representations of the taxi drivers licensed under the by-law, and at the meeting of the council on Wednesday night the committee will submit a revised Schedule of fares. As the existing by-law, passed before the amended legislation, provides only for a maximum fare, it will be necessary to amend the by-law to provide also for a minimum charge to bring the by-law in line with the recent legislation. Over 100 young men from all parts of Otago arrived in Dunedin to-day to attend the educational and cultural course, which commences on Monday and which has been organised by Mr A. C. Cameron. Tho ages of the lads, who have been selected on the. score of character and leadership ability, ■ are from seventeen to twenty-five.', , For failing to admit,, a police constable to licensed premises without delay when an attempt was made_ to fain an entry on a Sunday evening, atriek Ryan, the son of the licensee of the Metropolitan Hotel, Wellington, was convicted and fined £2. It. was stated that two officers went to the door. One knocked and waited two minutes and then knocked again. After another Ainute the defendant opened the door, slammed it when he saw the police and went back into the building. He returned shortly after and admitted the constable. The defence was that Ryan, when opening the door, heard a call from his mother who had been unwell for a long time, and needed assistance.—Press Association.

It is encouraging to learn that a practical appreciation pf .the quality of New Zealand-made; goods is not■ confined to purchasers in our own dominion. The s.s. Cambridge, which recently left these shores, is carrying to London for transhipment to the Orkney Islands a plough made by a well-known company operating at Burnside. The implement now on the high seas is ■ a special match type, with which its prospective owner proposes to compete m the ploughing matches in Scotland. Only the other day, moreover, the same firm received through London an order for two double-furrow ploughs for shipment to Magallanes (previously known as Punta Arenas), Chile. Considering that there are numerous manufacturers of ploughs in England, the _ fact that the Dunedin firm Las been singled out for this special patronage speaks well for local reputation. This will be the first occasion on which the firm has despatched a plough to Chile, but' it has previously shipped implements to the Argentine, South Africa, Scotland, England, Australia, Tasmania, Canada,; and the United States. - .- J "

The manager of the Otago University capping book advises that there are left over a number-, of copies of. this year’s capping book, which he is prepared to hand over to hospitals, charitable institutions, relief depots,, camps, etc. Any of these organisations who desire to receive copies should communicate with the manager, capping book, P.O. Box 429, Dunedin, 0 .An Order in Council has been approved clearing up any doubt that may exist regarding the valadity of the offside rule, and it is expected (says a Press Association message from Wellington) that it will be issued in the form of a special ‘Gazette’ to-day. This is the outcome of a recent judgment by Mr T. E. Maunsell, S.M., who dismissed an information against the driver of a motor vehicle for failure to observe what is commonly termed the “ offside rule.” The new regulation definitely retains the principle of motorists giving way, to all traffic approaching from the right at ah intersection, if a collision seems likely. The Vacuum Oil Company is advised that Mr Ulm will make the return flight to Australia on, June 26. There is. a movement afoot, and • influentially espoused, to found a Grand Opera' Co. in New Zealand. A preliminary conference is to be held in Wellington shortly. Mr J. A. Nash, chairman of the Parliamentary Monetary Committee, stated to-da,y that the committee will meet in Wellington next Tuesday to prepare its report, which it is hoped wul Be completed for presentation when Parliament opens.:—Palmerston North Press Association.

The chrysanthemums raised in and shown at the Dunedin Botanic Gardens this season are maintaining their attractiveness under glass. The earlier sorts have been supplanted by others that are lasting well. They are of fair size, but more remarkable for form and colour, that being the trend of ujj-to-date fashion. Of the seasonable beauties in the open at these gardens the berrying is .just now conspicuous. Foliage tinting is fading, but the berries, specially of the berberi, are a delight. More native shrubs are now being planted on the hill, and in that part of the reserve a new track is in process of formation. Persons who have feared that the piano would be pushed into the background by the gramophone, radio, etc., may take comfort in the advices by the last English mail to the effect that a boom in • baby pianos is in operation, some of the bigger manufacturing firms working overtime ,to supply the demand, and trying to bring pianos of the best make to prices that will encourage the revived fancy for such instruments. It is pleasing ‘to he able to report that the ripples of that wave have reached Dunedin.- One of our music warehouses in this city sold this week three new baby grands of a make that is now popular, and seven uprights that have been used but not abused. There are indications that the piano is returning to its leading position, and if so it will follow that the professional tutors will be busier. Tonga Park, the new sports ground that promises to be a great asset to the south end of the city, is answering well the needs of hockey players this winter. Last season the hockey playing areks were of less than full size 1 and a bit rough. This season there are two such grounds of full dimensions, and there is authority for the statement that players consider them first class by comparison with the Oval. That is great praise for a newly-made park. The formation work at Tonga is now finished. The operations of that nature in hand at present are the making of a howling green at Opoho and improving the Chisholm Park golfing course.

Notification -of Sunday services .as enumerated below appears m our Sunday services advertising columns Anglican: St. Paul’s Cathedral, All Saints’. Presbyterian- First Chilrch, Knox Church, St. Andrew’s, Chalmers, Musselburgh, St. Stephen’s, Roslyn, South Dunedin. Methodist: Trinity, Central Mission, Mornington, St. . Kilda, Caversham, Dundas Street, Abbotsford. Baptist: Hanover Street, Caversham, Morningtou, South Dunedin, Roslyn, Sunshine. Congrega tional. Moray Place Church, United. Church of Christ: St. Andrew Street, North-east Valley, South Dunedin, .York Place Hall, Playfair Street Hall. Christian Science. Theosophical Society, Spiritualist, Orange Hall.

Save your eyes. Be wise and consult W. V. Stunner, optician, 2 Octagon, thus '■•onserving good vision for old age.—[Advt.J

The City Evangelistic Mission ’announces its final and concluding service at' the Tabernacle, 61 King street, commencing at 8 to-morrow evening. A particularly pathetic gospel address is advertised, the speaker being Mr JF. W. Bamfield. A song service, conducted by Mr A. S. Easton, will precede the address. This mission has been in operation for more than six months, and its closing down will be regretted by many. A feature of the annual basket social and concert of the Dunedin Burns Club in the Early Settlers’ Hall on Wednesday evening next will he the appearance of the Maori party from the Kaik, which will provide the programme, to be followed bya dance till T2 o’clock. ■ The Grand Hotel annual staff dance is to be held at the Embassy Salon on Tuesday night next. An energetic committee has the arrangements in hand, and everything possible is being done to ensure the function being an unparalleled success. The United Starr-Bowkett Building Society will dispose of £2,000 by ballot and sale on Thursday, June 21. The monthly dance in aid of the funds of the Albion Cricket Club and Arthur Barnett’s Ladies' Cricket Club will be held in the Moonshine Cabaret oil' Monday next. The' Savonians’ Band, supper, and prizes comprise the attractions for" the evening.