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Evening Star, Issue 22452, 24 September 1936, Page 10

Passengers by the Remuera, which berthed at Auckland yesterday, are expected in Dunedin on Monday afternoon. The postal authorities advise that the Remuera, which reached Auckland from London on Wednesday, has 15 bags of English mail for Dunedin. The mail should be to hand on Friday evening. The air mails despatched from Dunedin on September. 3 reached London on Tuesday last. An .incident on a corporation bus operating in a Dunedin suburb not only provided amusement to the passengers, but also illustrated one of the difficulties drivers have to contend with. The vehicle pulled up at a recognised stopping place, and the driver was just about to drive on after some people had alighted when a passenger came forward and asked the driver in a voice that could be distinctly heard by all: “ Does this bus stop here?” On being assured that the' bus had stopped, the passenger alighted and proceeded on her way, quite oblivious of the amusement she had caused.

Proprietors of iron foundries are experiencing some difficulty in engaging moulders (states a circular of the Labour Department). There are only nine men registered as such in the 22 placement offices of the Dominion, but it has already been found that many men, when enrolling under the placement scheme, omit to state their real trade, apparently being of opinion that employers would not want to engage them after their long absence from skilled work. That this is not the case has- been shown on several occasions during the past few weeks, and the fact was further demonstrated a few days ago, when a middle-aged man called at a placement office. Ho had been in a soldiers’ camp for five years, but being anxious to get back to lucrative work volunteered the information that he was a moulder by trade. Naturally he was cordially welcomed by the staff of the placement office and by a leading ironfounder to whom he was recommended. He was engaged on the spot and quickly overcame his initial awkwardness with the tools_ he had not handled for such a long period.

The interest taken by West Coast enthusiasts in the Ranfurly Shield game between Otago and West Coast is shown by the fact that an additional special train has had to be provided, and it is anticipated that the two trains will bring 700 visitors to Dunedin. The first leaves Ross at 6 p.m. to-morrow, and is due at Dunedin at 9.23 a.m. on Saturday. The second train will leave Greymouth at 9.30 p.m. to-morrow, and is due on Saturday at 10.39 a.m. The first train leaves on its return at 8 a.m. on Sunday, and the second is timed for departure an hour later. Fine weather* and the advent of daylight saving are expected to bring about a big increase in the number of excursionists visiting the various seaside resorts on the north line. The Railway Department ■ has always catered' for week-end holidaymakers in this direction, and during the summer months the Sunday seaside train is invariably largely patronised. Even during the winter months this train, which runs as far as Oamaru, draws its quota of passengers, and the Railway Departxnent expects a big increase in passenger traffic with the resumption of daylight saving. An unusually, interesting programme has been arranged by the city organist, Dr V. E. Galway, for his after-church recital in the Town Hall on Sunday evening next. Items which call for special mention are ‘ Marche Funebre ’ from the ‘Piano Sonata’ (Chopin), special request, ‘ Carillon ’ (Sir Edward Elgar), and the last movement of Weber’s ‘ Concertstuck ’ in P major, with Miss Nellie Pickett at the piano, while the orchestral accompaniment will be played on the organ. Other pieces are Mendelssohn’s ‘ Prelude in C Minor,’ ‘ Ave Maria’ (Arcadelt), choral prelude, ‘ We All Believe in One God’ (Bach), ‘ Spring Song ’ (Hollins), ‘Faith in Spring* (Schubert), and •‘Coronation March* (Tschaikowsky). There will be no charge for admission. Until they had completed their supplies, graziers kept fat sheep prices level at opening rates at Burnside yesterday afternoon. Hoggets were in demand and sold at full rates according to condition. Prices i Extra prime heavy wethers, to 42s *6d; prime, 34s 3d to 375; medium and light, 31s to 345; extra heavy prime ewes, to 35s 3d; prime, 29s 9d to 335; medium, 26s to 295; light, 23s 6d to 25s 6d.

Presumably with the object of giving Dunedin supporters of the Radio Church of the Helping Hand a clear pictorial illustration of the beneficial manner in which their contributed pennies are being spent; a moving picture of the latest facilities being provided by the Methodist Central Mission at its health camp down the Bay has been produced. The preliminary scenes were taken at 4ZM, from which the Radio Church is broadcast daily, then follow representations of the function of the laying of the foundation stone of the Saltzman administration block at Company’s Bay, and the later progress of the building that is now in course of construction there. The film has been titled ‘ The Power of the Pennies,’ and is to be publicly screened in a specially erected theatre in the Concert Chamber on October 1 and 2. This miniature theatre will be placed on the closed stag© in the chamber, the restricted space being necessary on account of the reproduced pictures, which were taken with a Cine Kodak 8. The postal authorities advise that the Waitati left Melbourne for Bluff on Wednesday last, with 22_ bags of mail for Dunedin. The mail should come to hand on Monday evening. A Press Association message from Auckland states that the air mail which left New Zealand on September 4, arrived at London on September 22. By selling fruit audi other Island products to passengers on vessels calling at Pitcairn, a young native of that historic island collected his fare to - New Zealand. He claimed that he was a member of the crew of on© of the four sailing boats that made the famous trip of 150 miles to Henderson Island to procure miro wood, which is usedi for making souvenirs for sale to tourists. The story of that dreadful voyage is an epic of the sea. The islander naturally has no trade, nor has he a knowledge of any sort of industry or farming. He had had no experience of milking, pointing out, with a smile, that the cows on Pitcairn reposed in tins. However, an officer of the Labour Department’s placement scheme has arranged with a Wairarapa dairy farmer to employ him and to teach him thoroughly the dairying business. Members of the Wellington Rugby team were passengers by the express from Invercargill to-day _on their way to Christchurch. Wellington meets Canterbury on Saturday. According to an English journal, those who visit London during the Coronation period will find board most expensive. It is understood) that the West End hotels propose to charge prices much in excess of normal. They will not book rooms for less than the four days, and in some cases not less than five. Provisional bookings are being refused now, many months before the event, and it is insisted that inquirers should “contract” for the four days, whether they will be able to occupy the rooms or not. The journal, however, does not credit the story that any hotel is demanding 350 per cent, above its normal rates. Anglers and other sportsmen are notoriously long-winded in talking about their special mysteries. The meetings of the Council of_ the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society are in keeping with this aspect of the reputation of the men it represents (states ‘ The Press ’). Nearly every monthly meeting of the council recently has continued from 7.30 p.m. until near midnight, and last night] s meeting was no exception, for it ended after 11.35 p.m. Some months ago the council decided that meetings should not go on beyond 10.30 p.m., but it has apparently been found that three, hours’ talking is not enough. An Association message from Wellington states that the clauses referring to the rates of pay for hourly workers in the meat freezing industry have been referred to the Arbitration Court for settlement. An agreement on most of the other clauses was reached in the Conciliation Council, including that dealing with piece-work rates of pay.

The King of Denmark and Iceland will on May 14 next celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession. A subscription amongst Danes living in New Zealand and Australia has been inaugurated, for the purpose of presenting to His Majesty an appropriate gift, towards which any sums from 2s upwards will be acceptable. Mr H. D. Acland, Danish Consul at Christchurch, explains that from the amounts received it is intended to have executed a handsome cigarette box in gold adorned with an Australian opal and inscription, which will bo presented to the King by the Consul-General, Mr G. L. Hoest, who will be in Copenhagen on May 14, and who will at the same time present to His Majesty an address, bound in leather, giving the names of all the contributors.

For the vacancy on the Port Chalmers Council, caused by the resignation of Cr T. F. Mackie, nominations will close on October 8. Should more than one candidate be nominated an election will be held on October 20. Eye strain—for eye comfort, tor better vision consult Stunner and Watson Ltd., opticians, 2 Octagon, Dunedin—fAdvt.] The Railway Department advises in this issue the delayed departure of the 8.56 a.m. Dunedin-Oamaru train on Saturday, September 2S.