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Evening Star, Issue 22448, 19 September 1936, Page 14

The ‘ Sports Special,’ with the story of the Ranfurly Shield match and all the sporting news of the day available, will be sold on the streets to-night from 7 o’clock. There was a clean sheet at the Police Court to-day. The postal authorities advise that the Monterey left Sydney on Thursday for Auckland with 24 bags of Australian mail and 18 parcel receptacles for Dunedin. The mail should reach the local office on Tuesday afternoon. One of the chief objects for which the placement scheme was inaugurated (states a circular of the Labour Department) was the reinstatement of tradesmen in the trades for which they had been trained, but which, because of excessive slackness of business, were no longer able to employ them. The operations of the scheme have been responsible for the permanent placement of more than 3,000 men, of a total of 6,761, a great many of whom are skilled artisans, with the _ result' that at the present time there is an actual shortage of men trained in certain trades, while in several others the margin between supply and demand is sometimes very small. Some road users are not over particular in the manner in which they signal their intention to turn or stop. Before making a turn to the right, drivers of vehicles must extend the right arm over the side of the vehicle. The driver of a van who holds out his whip is asking for trouble as it is almost impossiDla to see it. Another menace is the driver of a closed car who has his window open for a : w inches from the top and can only show his finger-tips without opening the window further. Others, with the window open, make a hurried stab and withdraw the arm quickly so that a driver following is not sure what is going to happen. Other drivers who fail in the matter of giving effective signals are those who point vaguely at the sky or allow their arms to droop languidly over the side of the car. The signals are simple and there is no excuse for carelessness in their use.

“ Conscience money,” amounting to 4s ■ 6d, has been received by the city tramways department from a man who had on a number of occasions ridden further than he was entitled to for the fare he paid. The mayor < (Rev. E. T. Cox) and members of his civio committee yesterday called on the Right Hon. R. B. Bennett, ex-Pfime Minister of Canada, and now Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Parliament, to extend a welcome on behalf of the citizens _ of Dunedin. Mr Bennett this morning went to the Town Hall to return the mayor’s call. In marked contrast to the position last year at this time, stock feed, is very plentiful in Otago and Southland. There is so much now that many acres of root feed will be ploughed in by farmers, and, while this process appears wasteful, they are consoling themselves with the fact that ploughed-in roots provide some of the finest manure for the soil. It is necessary, however, for farmers to disc their fields beforehand to avoid secondary growth. One of the most popular novelties arranged by the community singing committee is the annual Scots day, which this year is to bo held on October 2. The committee is making complete preparations for the event, _ which should please the popular fancy in that all those officials who appear on the stage will he attired in . kilts. The committee also hopes to! secure the services of the IS-ycar-iM-girl piper, Molly Doyle, of Bluff, who is the holder of several medals for her playing.

The fact that relatively few; girls who seek office work are accustomed to the use of a telephone is constantly brought to the notice of the Vocational Guidance Association. With the prospects of rising salaries, employers are demanding more qualifications from workers, ail'd general competency in this and like items of office routine is a definite asset in obtaining situations. A courteous act on the part of bus drivers on the Highgate run is much appreciated by passengers. When nearing a stop the majority of the drivers pull right in to the kerb,- so that passengers may step out of the vehicle right on to tho footpath. Tiiis does away with tho necessity of walking across an intervening stretch of road and any danger from traffic.

Although no special trains were run in connection with' the Ranfnrly Shield game between Otago and Wellington this afternoon, tho ordinary trains carried considerably more than their normal complements. Tho Oainaru train brought ‘2OO passengers, Hie Clinton train .'lB7, and iliere were 200 aboard |lie through express from Invercargill. Conditions were favourable tins morning, and Carisbrook should bo in iirstclass order, even though the surface may bo a trifle soft. It is estimated that the attendance should reach the 20,000 mark 9

Brisk business on Saturday mornings during the past few weeks has been the experience of most retailers in the city. There are several factors responsible for this, according to one business man, these being the earlier closing of most shops, more time for shopping for men who do not now work on Saturday mornings, and, last but not least, the crowds brought to town for the Ranfurly Shield matches. A circular of the Labour Department dealing with the operations of the placement scheme states that there arc 300 butchers enrolled at the 23 Dominion offices, many of them during recent years having had to make a living at various strange occupations. Four notable placements of men of this trade were made this month by the Christchurch office. One of these men had been on relief for five years, another for three years, the third for two years, and the fourth for 15 months. One was sent to South Westland, and the others .to Hokitika, Blenheim, and Oamaru respectively, placements that indicate the extreme mobility of the scheme. The now D.H. Rapido for the Cook Strait Airways arrived yesterday at; Wellington : from. England via Auckland by the Taraaroa. The machine will be vised first as a relief machine and subsequently for the extension to -Hokitika, via Westport and Greymouth. The aeroplane, after being unshipped at Wellington, will be taken to Nelson for assembly. A letter was received from the Dunedin Fire Board at a meeting of the Wellington Fire Board, asking that support be accorded the representations made to the Minister of Industries and Commerce (Mr Sullivan) _ for exemption from the new regulations in regard to the price of petrol. It was understood, the letter stated, that Government departments were exempt from the regulations, and it was hoped that fire boards wonld receive _ similar consideration. The board decided to support the representations. Fire slightly damaged the rear portion of a house owned by Mr E. H. Harraway, in London street, Green Island, yesterday afternoon. The City and Green Island Brigades were called at 4.45, and effected a good save. A rubbish blaze at the back of Messrs Nees and Co.’s flock mills in Anzao Avenue was extinguished at 9.27 last night, the damage being negligible. A chimney fire in Eglinton road, _ Mornington, was attended to by the City Brigade at 9.27 this morning. Parking motor vehicles at night without lights is a dangerous practice too rife in Dunedin—and in Roslyn in particular. The number of unlighted cars consistently parked in narrow Claremont street, one of the main routes to Highgate, is a case in point. It is not uncommon to note six vehicles partly obstructing traffic there. It is understood (says a Wellington Association message) that the tender of the Fletcher Construction Company has been accepted by the State Advances Corporation for the erection of factories for the manufacture of joinery and other materials under the Government’s housing scheme at Wellington and Auckland. The Wellington factory will be erected on land recently reclaimed by the Railway Department at Kaiwarra.

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 Dunedin, Kaikorai. Methodist: Trinity, Central Mission, Mornington, St. Kilda, Oaversham, ■ 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, Salvation Army. Playfair Street Hall. Christian Science. Theosophical Society. Spiritualists. Orange Hall. A bungalow fair in aid of Wesley Church, Cargill road, will bo hold in the South Dunedin Town Hall next Thursday and Friday. Admission is free, and, besides plenty of excitement in the “ fun factory,” there will be novelties on sale for every room in the bungalow. _ The _ United Starr-Bowkett Building Society invites application for shares in its new No. 12 group, which will be commenced as soon as sufficient shares have been applied for. St. Kilda Methodist Church fair and sale is fixed for next Wednesday and Thursday. The officials are providing bright entertainments, and a select assortment of useful ahd dainty articles will be available to patrons. Tlie fiftieth annual meeting of tfie Kaikorai Brass Band will be held in the Returned Soldiers' Club room on Monday, September 28. Eye strain—for eye comfort, for better vision, consult Stunner and Watson Ltd., opticians, 2 Octagon, Dunedin,—£Ad vtj ~