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Evening Star, Issue 22147, 30 September 1935, Page 8

The City Fire Brigade turned out to the corner of Anderson’s Bay road and Bay View road at 2.25 a.m. yesterday in response to a malicious false alaz’in. The mayor (llev. E, T. Cox) has received a cheque for £212 from the Minister of Internal Affairs as the share for Dunedin of the proceeds of the Lucky Black Cat art union. The money will be devoted to the mayor’s relief fund.

The relief workers employed by the City Corporation, who have qualified for the receipt of the subsidy granted by the council in order to bring their wages up to standard rates will share in the 5 per cent, increase granted to all corporation employees from the beginning of October. In the House of Representatives last week Mr R. Semple (member for Wellington East) drew attention to the desirability of encouraging the development in New Zealand of an industry for the production of power alcohol, tannin extracts, and other chemicals from wood. It is interesting to learn that an exceptionally big scheme is now under way in Southland to develop the industry, and it is understood that the initial trials conducted on Southland timbers wore so satisfactory that many overseas business houses have placed large buying contracts in advance wit!) the firm when in operation. The question of national defence is also involved, and it is learned that an overseas munitions supply board is in close touch with the project. This is but another instance of the wisdom of utilising the Dominon’s native resources to the best advantage. The scheme should open up hitherto unexplored avenues for the employment of workers.

As the outcome of inquiries made by Detective J. Murray (Wanganui) „.id Constable H. Chostnutt (Raetihi), following on the disnppeax-ance of Phyllis Margaret Davey, aged 15, which occurred on July 17 last, a single man named David Nathan, aged 37, of Raotihi, was arrested and charged before Mr T. L. Lee, J.R., and Mr T. S. Fagg, J.P., of Wanganui, with abduction and unlawful carnal knowledge. The accused was remanded to appear at Wanganui on October 4,

The postal authorities advise that the Remuera, which reached Auckland on Saturday from London, has 59 bags of English mail and 25 parcel receptacles for Dunedin, and the Golden Cloud, from San Pedro, which reached Auckland yesterday, has 12 bags of American mail for Dunedin. Both mails are due at the local office on Tuesday afternoon.

Some misapprehension exists con. corning the Press message relating to the case of a woman who was convicted by justices of the peace on a charge of being drunk in charge of a car and whoso name was suppressed (states a Palmerston North telegram). The message indicates that in certain districts the magistrates give directions that such cases should be adjourned for hearing before a magistrate, and they should not bo taken by justices. An inquiry shows that this practice is adopted by the Palmerston North magistrate, who caused a written notification to this effect to be fonvai'ded to the police, and further, in the particular case under review, the clerk of the court drew the attention of both the police and the justices to the magistrate’s direction, and it was understood that the police would apply for a remand to allow this to be done, but it was not done. Counsel for the woman opposed an adjournment on the grounds that she lived in the country, and an adjournment would make a further journey to the city necessary. Miss Dora Miller, the well-known Oanxaru lady tennis player, at present ranked fourth in the Dominion, has been invited by the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association to compete in the New South Wales championships, to bo held towards the end of October. The team will be managed by Miss Dulcio Nichols, of Wellington, and will include Miss Miller and Miss Beverley (Waikato). Asked whether she would accept the invitation, Miss Miller informed a ‘ Star ’ reportex- that she was unable to state definitely at present whether she would make the trip. From her performances last year it is safe to say that Miss Miller would be a worthy representative of North Otago and New Zealand generally in Australia. A fast trip was made from Wellington to Timaru on Saturday morning by one of the New Zealand Airways Ltd.’s new Boeing planes, piloted by Mr K. Johnson, the time occupied for the journey being two and three-quarter hours. The passengers were Mr H. M. Mackay, managing director of the company, Mr and Mrs J. Griffiths, and Mr G. J. Errington, president of the Otago Expansion League. Dr Galway’s organ recital on the Town Hall instrument last night was one of the most enioyable of the year, and found favour throughout with the large audience. Indeed, the city organist had to repeat the final movemovement of the ‘ William Tell ’ overture, so insistent were the plaudits. Tlxe real artistic highlights of the occasion, however, were a really lovely registration of the ‘ Pilgrim’s March ’ from Mendelssohn’s ‘ Italian ’ symphony, the entrancing Bach ‘Prelude m G,’ Handel’s inspiriting ‘And the Glory,’ and a powerful Dubois composition, ‘ Grand Choeur.’ Misses Rita and Millie Shrimpton sang two duets very acceptably—‘ It was a Lover and his Lass,’ by Newton, and ‘ I Would that the Love I Bear Thee,’ by Mendelssohn. Miss Jessie Armstrong rendered Brahm’s ‘ Rhapsody in G Minor ’ in competent fashion. The accompanist for the vocal items was Miss Margaret Matheson. When his attention was drawn today to a Press Association message from Christchurch suggesting the likelihood of a new Liberal Party being formed there, and that members of the United Party had passed a motion in favour of a moderate party to guard against the extremes of Reform and Labour, the Prime Minister said he did not desire to make any comment on the position.—Parliamentary reporter. Fines of £25 each were imposed on Stanleys Retlaw Gallichan and Leslie William Carter in the Magistrate’s Court, Palmerston North, under the Gaming Act. The former was charged with using Carter’s hairdresser’s premises as a common gaming house, and Carter was charged with permitting the premises to be so used.—Press Association.

Fine weather last Friday favoured the annual -appeal qf_ the Dunedin Methodist Central Mission. Adequate preparations had been made by Mi's J. Grant, who for many years has supervised the social service department. Those interested in the Eventide Home Settlement for aged people, Children’s Health Camp at Company Bay, and the relief of distress generously supported the appeal, and the pet amount raised was £146 6s 2d, which is a little better than last year. The total amount raised by the stalls was £46 2s and the street collection realised £IOO 4s 2d. Many members and supporters of the mission and of the Radio Church of the Helping Hand made very generous contributions of money and goods, gifts coming in from as far north as 'am am and as far inland as Central Otago. The superintendent and the trustees of the mission express heartfelt appreciation to all those who contributed.

Bo Wise, See to Your Eyes. W. V. Sturmer, Optician, 2 Octagon, Dunedin. Consulting Opticians: W. V. Sturmer, FIO., N.Z.; A. K. Watson, P. 1.0., 5.D.0., N.Z.—[Advt.l