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Evening Star, Issue 22146, 28 September 1935, Page 16

■The Summer Time A<ft, -welcomed not only by followers of sport but by tho community in general, comes into force again to-morrow at 2 a.m., so that from then until the last Sunday in April an extra half-hour of daylight will be enjoyed. To save trouble and inconvenience, householders are advised before retiring to-night to advance theis .clocks by, 30 minutes,

There was a clean sheet at the Police Court this morning. His Majestj the King has commanded that in future the blue flag bearing the Imperial Crown and Lion, designated for use by GovernorsGeneral shall be flown from Government Houses and at other places on appropriate occasions. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that his Excellency, Viscount Ghlway, has given directions that this rule is to be observed in New Zealand as from October 1.

An assurance that the money which was spent in Otago in buying health stamps and covers would be used solely for the support of the camps in this province was given at yesterday afternoon’s health stamp campaign meeting by the chief postmaster (Mr J, Madden). Mr Madden said that the department had also produced a very attractive cover which would be of great interest- to philatelists, and which would be on sale with the stamps on Monday. In this connection Dean Gruickshank explained that from the collector’s point of view the covers and stamps would be of a considerably greater value if bought and stamped on the first day of the issue.

The city organist. Dr V. E. Galway, will give a recital in the Town Hall to-morrow night at 8.16 o’clock, and has prepared a programme of wide interest. Special mention might bo made of three items which will be performed for the first time at one of these concerts—Choral prelude on ‘ Martyrdom ’ (0. H. Pany), ‘ Prelude in G Major ’ (Bach), and ‘ Grand Choeur’ (Dubois). Other items will be ‘ And the Gloiy of the Lord’ (Handel), overture to ‘ William Tell ’ (Rossini), ‘ Pilgrims’ March,’ from the Italian Symphony (Mendelssohn), and ‘ Larghetto ’ (Mozart). The assisting artists will be Misses Rita and Millie Shrimpton, who will contribute two vocal duets, * I Would That the Love ’ (Mendelssohn) and ‘ It was a Lover and His Lass ’ (Newton), and Miss Jessie Armstrong, who will play Brahms’s ‘ Rhapsody in G . Minor.’ There will be no charge for admission.

The decision of the District Highways Council to proceed with the elimination of the railway level crossings at Deborah and Kartigi on the main north-south highway was received with unanimous approval by the Waitaki County Council at its monthly meeting yesterday. The estimated cost was:—Deborah, £6,400 Kartigi, £6,200: the major co£t to be found by the Unemployment, Main Highways, and Railway Boards, and the Waitaki Council was asked to contribute one-fourth of . the cost of mgtalling and surfacing the approaches. It was agreed to accede to the request.

That the Waitaki River was making a decided attack on the Otago bank, and that such erosion, if unchecked, would ultimately endanger the county road and the Dunedin-Ohrist-church Main Highway, also the railway and hydro-electric connections between Otago and Canterbury, and much valuable land, was the statement made by the. district engineer of the Public Works Department (Dunedin) in a letter to the Waitaki County Council yesterday It was proposed that a survey be made and a projective scheme designed for submission to the various interested controlling authorities, and the council was asked to pay its share ■of the cost of the survey (£150).—, Members expressed surprise at the information and were against acting until the engineer had made a report. At the monthly meeting of the Taieri County Council yesterday the proposal to raise a loan to tar-seal the Green Island-Taieri Mouth and MosgielOutram highways was advanced a stage. The county clerk (Mr J. Logan) said that formal steps had been taken and opportunity had been given for any objections to be made. Non© had come to hand, but there had been two inquiries, and one ratepayer had writ-, ten with respect to the desirability of improving other roads before expending a large sum on roads which were already adequate. A motion was passed authorising the clerk- to make application to the Local Bodies’ Loans Board for permission to raise a loan for the work. The postal authorities advise that the Mariposa, due at Auckland from San Pedro on Friday next, has 74 bags of English and American mails for Dunedin. The mails should reach the local office on the following Monday morning. A striking illustration of how “ every little helps ” was given by the mayor (the Rev. E. T. Cox) at a public meeting which ho called yesterday afternoon in order to further the interests of the health stamp campaign for the children’s holiday camps. In the course of his remarks His Worship said that if every man, woman, and child in Dunedin bought one stamp each the total sum realised would be £375. If that effort were extended over the whole of the province the sum that would be available for distribution between the camps at Waikouaiti and Company Bay would be £SOO. The Wellington ladies’ hairdressers’ assistants’ award was filed this week. It provides for a 48-hour week, exclusive of meal hours, all time in excess to bo paid for at time and a-half. The wages' are, £3 a week for journeymen, £2 5s for second-year improvers, £1 17s 6d for first-year improvers; £1 7s 6d for third-year apprentices, £1 for second year, and 15s for first year,—Press Association.

la an interview with, a c Star ’ reporter at Oamaru to-day the organiser of the Democrat Party ‘(Mr W. Wing) announced that he had approached Mr J, Rodman, of Otepopo, to contest the Oamaru electorate in the interests of the party, and that the latter had replied that ho would favourably consider the matter. Mr Rodman is at present chairman of the Waitaki County Council, besides being a member of the Waitaki Hospital Board and the North Otago provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union. He was resident in Oamaru for several years and was connected with various local bodies. The postal authorities advise that the Marama left Sydney for Auckland on Friday with seven bags of Australian mail and nine parcel receptacles for Dunedin., The mail is due at the local office on Thursday afternoon. Mr N. Dodds, J.P., presided at a brief sitting of the Port Chalmers Court to-day. ' Ernest Prank Stanley pleaded not guilty to a, charge of stealing a coil of netting wire. _ The police applied for a remand, which was granted, bail being allowed. Attention is drawn to the Railway Department’s advertisement in this issue referring to the running of an excursion train at particularly cheap fares to Lawrence on Sunday, October 6, in connection with Daffodil ' Day. As only a limited number of passengers can ho conveyed by the special, early application for tickets should be made. The Otago Early Settlers’ Association will hold their moritMv oldhims dance in the Early Settlers' Hall on Wednesday next,

Notification of Sunday services as enumerated below appears in our Sunday services advertising columns:—Anglican: St. Paul’s Cathedral, All Saints’. Presbyterian: First Church, Knox Church, St. Andrew’s, Musselburgh, St. Stephen’s, Roslyn, South Dun. edin. Methodist: Trinity, Central Mission, Mornington, St. Hilda, Caversham, Dundas Street, " Abbotsford. Baptist; Hanover Street, Caversham, Mornington, South Dunedin, Roslyn, Sunshine, North-east Valley. Congregational;: 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, Spiritualists, Orange Hall. Bo Wise, See to Your Eyes. W, V. Sturmer, Optician, 2 Octagon, Dunedin, Consulting Opticians: W. V. Sturmer, F. 1.0., N.Z.; A. R. Watson, F. 1.0., 5.D.0., N.Z.--[Ad,vt.l B. W. Walden, architect, 34 Dowling street, Dunedin, and 22 Hart street, Roslyn. —[Advt.] In the Trades Hall, on Tuesday afternoon next, Dr D. G. M’Millan will deliver an address of interest to women. The usual weekly old-time dance will be held in the Early Settlers’ Hall to-night, at 8; lucky spot and Monte Carlo. On Wednesday next the Dunedin Anglican Harrier Club will hold its final monthly dance in the Embassy Salon. Scofield’s New Collegians will play the latest tunes, and there will be prizes for Monte Carlo and lucky spot dances.