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Evening Star, Issue 22440, 10 September 1936, Page 8

An amount of £1 is acknowledged by the mayor from “ Listener,” Kaitaugata, towards the proceeds of the charity concert on Monday night last for the mayoress’s Christmas cheer fund.

It is stated that there is a possibility of the trade union movement in Wellington making representations to the Government for tho establishment of a temporary court to afford some relief to tho Arbitration Court. The work has been piling up since the coming into operation of the industrial legislation, and there is complaint in trade union circles about the delay. The court should, it is felt, already be dealing with the question of basic wages, whereas there appears only too great a likelihood of the work ahead of the court piling up into formidable proportions.

Tho Hon. IT. Jones has informed officials of the Dunedin Little Theatre Society that permission to hold an art union has been granted by the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry. The money is to be devoted to the “curtain-set” and other improvements in the society’s theatre. The premises of the Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Society in Crawford street were entered last night and two boxes of cartridges were stolen from the auctioneer’s office, 6s 6d in money, some stamps, and cigarettes also being taken. Entry was gained through a window in an outhofise at the rear of the .building.

A bass groper weighing 801 b was landed from one of the Port Chalmers fishing boats yesterday afternoon. The city organist, Dr V. E. Galway, will give an after-church recital in the Town Hall on Sunday evening next. The programme is an unusually interesting one, and special mention might be made of the * Prelude on St. Ann ’ (Tertius Noble), which is being performed for the first time at these recitals, and two delightful pieces by Couperin (seventeenth century), ‘ The Floweret,’ and ‘ Tho Little Windmills.’ Other items are Bach’s ‘ Fugue in B Minor,’ ‘ Larghetto,’ from the violin concerto (Beethoven), finale from the ‘ Sonata in A Minor ’ (Borowski), ‘ Pilgrims’ March ’ (Mendelssohn), ‘ Idylle ’ (Elgar), and ‘ Kieffi Processional’ (Moussorgsky). Tho assisting artists will be Mrs J. W. Allan, who will sing 1 When Rooks Fly Homeward ’ (Rowley) and ‘ Caro Mio Ben ’ (Giordani), and Mr Leslie J. Dunbar, who will present ‘ The Broken Spirit ’ (Verdi). There will be no charge for admission. A Press Association message from Wellington states that tho air mail despatched from Wellington on August 20 arrived in London on September 7. Outside buyer? were procuring supplies throughout the sale of fat sheep at Burnside yesterday afternoon, this extra competition assisting the market. Prime sheep showed little alteration in value from last week, and) heavy ewes and wethers sold well up to recent prices. Lights also showed little change, although near the finish they met with a variable demand. Prices:— Extra prime wethers, to 425; prime, 35s to 375; medium and light, 29s to 32s 6d; extra prime ewes, to 36s 3d; prime, 29s to 335; medium, 24s to 275; light, from 18s. The presentation of a picture of Dunedin 36 years ago for hanging in the Town Hall has been made by Mr Pickup. A settlement was reached in connection with most of the terms and conditions before the Conciliation Council at its sitting yesterday afternoon, when the hearing of the Dunedin Tailoresses and Other Female Clothing Trade Industrial Union of Workers’ dispute was continued. However, in view of the fact that the question of hours is not being finally fixed by the Arbitration Court, and also that the dispute with the male section of the trade is to be held on October 9, it was decided to adjourn the local proceedings until that date.

The mayor (Rev. E. T. Cox) has received a cheque for £240 from the Minister of Internal Affairs, that amount being Dunedin’s share of the profits of the “ Just for Luck ” art union. It will be devoted to the mayor s fund for the relief of distress.

A statement that along the Waimakariri River rods were set night and day, fixed to trees while the “ angler ” was sleeping or busy elsewhere, was made at a meeting last night of the council of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society (says the ‘Press’). It was denied by the secretary, Mr C. W. Hervey. Few unattended rods were now seen, he said, although years ago they had been almost countless. The practice, with one or two exceptions, was unknown in the Kainga and Stewart’s Gully settlements. Children f'yintr kites near electric power lines have caused alarm and apprehension among members of the Waimairi County Council (Canterbury). At its meeting last evening the council decided to ask the head masters of all schools in the county to draw the attention of the children to the dangers of this practice, especially when the kite strings are wet and may act as conductors for electricity. The county engineer (Mr C. Burrowes), in his report, said kite flying near wires was dangerous, and had been particularly so last week, when the children were using string damp enough to conduct electricity from high voltage power lines. Children also persisted in pulling and tugging at their kite strings when they became tangled in the lines. This brought the lines into contact and caused power failures. The postal authorities advise that the air mail which left Dunedin on August 19 reached London on Monday last.

Eye strain—for eyo comfort, for better vision, consult Stumer and Watson Ltd., Opticians. 2 Octagon, Dunedin.—[Advt.l

In connection with Australia v. New Zealand second test match the Railway Department advertises, in this issue particulars of special train and fare arrangements from Christchurch to Dunedin on Saturday, September 12.