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Evening Star, Issue 22443, 14 September 1936, Page 8

Dr Galway’s recital on the Town Hall organ last night attracted an audience of large proportions. ... The recital opened with a notable performance of the Prelude on ‘ St. Ann,’ by Tertius Noble, this number being followed by two little gems of descriptive writing, ‘ The Floweret,’ and ‘ The Little Windmill,’ both by Couperin. The massive Fugue in B Miflor, by Bach, received dignified, and musicianly treatment, and the graceful Largnetto from Beethoven’s _ Violin Concerto was also handled with admirable taste and skill. The finale from Borowski’s Sonata in A Minor was an interesting work of which Dr Galway made much, the recital concluding with fine performances of Mendelssohn’s ‘ Pilgrims’ March ’ and ‘ Kieff Processional,’ by Moussorgsky. Mrs J. W. Allan sang ‘ When Rooks Fly Homeward ’ (Rowley) and ‘ Caro Mio Ben’ (Giordani), with attractive facility of expression and sound interE relative colouring, and Mr Leslie •unbar was equally successful in his Eresentation of ‘ The Broken Spirit,’ y Verdi. The pianoforte accompaniments were played by Mrs Ernest Drake.

Members of the Australian Rugby team that left Dunedin this morning for Invercargill spoke in enthusiastic terms of the scenery which _ they had seen in New Zealand. While in the southern part of the Dominion some members of the party hope to pay a visit to the Lakes district and to make a trip up the Eglinton Valley, the scenic beauties of which were praised eloquently to them while in Dunedin by Sir A. A. Paape, who probably holds the record for visits to that part of the country, and who never fails to extol its attractions to visitors.

There was an exodus of footballers from Dunedin this morning. By the 8.33 express, the members of the Australian Rugby team, with Mr W. Cerrutti acting as manager, left for Invercargill, while the northern members of the New Zealand team caught the 8.45 train on their return to their various homes.

Between Saturday pight and this morning seven trains took 2,070 passengers from Dunedin, an average of 295 to each train. The first train after the test match on Saturday left for Invercargill at 6.40 with 260 passengers, and 15 minutes later 180 left for Balclutha; Central Otago residents were catered for by a train which left at 11.5 for Cromwell with 200 passengers, while one for Christchurch left at 11.20 p.m. with 300. There was an exceptionally heavy passenger load on the Sunday express for Invercargill which left at 5.30 p.m. with 450 passengers. The expresses this morning were also crowded, 380 leaving by the 8.45 a.m. train for Christchurch and 300 by the 8.33 for Invercargill.

Occasionally it is reported that a young child who has strayed from his home has been discovered comparatively close at hand, but for a four-year-old boy to travel by train from Dunedin to Allanton before being detected is remarkable. Such a case was reported on Saturday, when Oliver Gibson boarded the 5.30 p.m. train at Dunedin and was not discovered by the guard until Allanton was reached. Ho was taken to Milton before being returned to his relatives, and when asked whore he had intended to go he stated that he wished to go to his home at Wyndham. The resurfacing of the Taieri airport by the Public Works Department is now almost completed, and will effect a very definite improvement to the landing field, states the annual report of the Otago Aero Club. The efficiency of the aerodrome has been greatly improved, not only by the excellent surface obtained. but by the _ removal of many of the obstructions within .the vicinity of the boundaries. The City Fire Brigade was summoned to the corner of St. Andrew and Leith streets by a malicious false alarm at 11.16 p.m. on Saturday. At 7.37 p.m. yesterday a call was received to Cnttcn street. South Dunedin, where a fire had broken out in some outhouses at the rear of a residence occupied by Mrs K. Wood. The origin of the outbreak was unknown, but it was quickly extinguished, the outhouses being considerably damaged*

Charles Scott, who held a license in the Hawera acclimatisation district, trapped nine opossums in the Wanganui district and was fined £5 at Wanganui to-day.—Press Association. The eight keas which were brought from Holyford to Dunedin and sent on to the Berlin Zoological Gardens have not yet arrived in Germany, but are expected there soon. One of the German short wave stations was heard calling Dunedin fast night and giving the information that the keas were nearing their destination, the announcer expressing the hope to one Dunedin man, who had written to the station, that he might be in Germany some time, when the announcer would be pleased to accompany him to the Zoo to see the birds in their new home.

The negotiations for Government assistance in the construction of a city, airport for Christchurch have received another check that will delay any announcement of the Government’s intentions for at least a month. About three weeks ago the Minister for Public Works (the Hon. R. Semple) said that the City Council was to blame for any delav with the project because it had failed to send the plans of the aerodrome to the Government. A week later the council sent the plans to Wellington; but Mr Semple stated last night that they were not rip to the standard required by his department, and from four to five weeks’ work on them would be needed. That, he added, would be done by his department. The opinion that the whole system of electric power generation and distribution in New Zealand should be undertaken by the Government was expressed bv the Minister for Public Works (the Hon. It. Semple) some months ago, but there is little possibility of Government intervention within the next two years. This was indicated by the Minister in an interview at Christchurch last night. The problem was full of difficulties, and would take mouths to investigate, he said. He added that he did not think the Government would be able to consider it seriously during the life of the present Parliament. In reply to an inquiry concerning the day to ne recognised for the celebration of Dominion Day, the Department of Internal Affairs states that an Act covering awards sets out that for such purposes Dominion Day shall be the fourth Monday in September and Labour Day the fourth Monday in October. “ It is with pleasure that we report a year entirely free from any major mishaps,” states the annual report of the Otago Aero Club. The report continues: “This satisfactory state of affairs is due almost entirely to the excellent training given ,to our pilot members by our instructor and to the efficiency of our ground staff in keeping the machines in first-class order.” The annual report of the Otago Aero Club records the fact that during the past year machines belonging to the club were in the air for 1,232 hours. Flying time since the inception of the chib nine years ago totalled 6,409 hours, which represented approximately 480,000 air miles.