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Evening Star, Issue 22455, 28 September 1936, Page 8

Our Oamaru correspondent writes:— An attempt to blow open the safe in 'the office of Messrs J. and T. Meelk’s flour mill some time between Friday night and noon on Saturday morning met with failure, as the door of the safe jammed and could not be forced open. The handle and keyhole, however, were blown off clean. No other damage was done, but 15s was removed from a drawer in the office. The police, as yet, have no clue to the perpetrator. Now that practically all anglers have realised that the increase of 5s in this year’s fishing license fee is a Government measure, and not an action taken by the acclimatisation societies, they are apparently willing to accept the inevitable, and are paying the extra cost without complaint. Even at 255, angling is cheap sport for seven months in the year, especially when it is compared with fees charged for other pastimes.*

In common with other_ cities, business premises in Dunedin sometimes suffer from the depredations of rats, and the ravages of the pestilential rodent were observed in one city building under unusual circumstances on Satudray. No foodstuffs of any kind were kept on the premises, but a valuable piano was stored there, and when the caretaker of the building went to remove it on Saturday he found that one leg of the instrument had been almost chewed off by rats. . By Order in Council dated September 9, 1907. and by proclamation issued on September 10. 1907, the style and designation of the Colony of New Zealand Zealand,” the change taking effect was altered to “ the Dominion of New from Thursday, September 26, 1907, 1 when Sir Joseph Ward, who was instrumental in bringing about the change, was Prime Minister, For several years past the nearest Monday to September 26 has been observed as a partial holiday, known as Dominion Day, and in commemoration of the anniversary it was observed to-day by banks, the Supreme Court, legal offices, stock exchanges, sharebrokers, and a few other commercial offices. Tho operation of summer time became effective at 2 o’clock yesterday morning, and, by Act of Parliament, it will remain in force until the last Sunday in April. The change was brought about by tho advancing of all clocks by half an hour, and, while this simple process is now so familiar as to cause little comment, it is the means of enabling the community to enjoy the beneficial and health-giving effects of an additional daily period of daylight. The use of summer time in New Zealand is governed by the Summer Time Act, 1929, and its amendment of 1933. For general purposes in New Zealand the clock is advanced 30 minutes during the period beginning at 2h New Zealand mean time on the last Sunday in September in any year, and ending at 2h New Zealand mean time on the last Sunday in April in the following year. Nothing in the Summer Time Act affects the use of New Zealand mean time for purposes of astronomy, meteorology, or navigation, nor does it affect the construction of any document mentioning or referring to a point of time in connection with any of these purposes.

Representatives of the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association on Saturday night attended the annual reunion of ex-servicemen at Roxburgh, the visitors including a party from the Returned Soldiers’ Choir, who contributed to the musical programme during the evening. The gathering was largely attended, many coming a long way to be present, and was an outstanding success in every way. louring their stay at Roxburgh the Dunedjn visitors made an inspection of the site of the afforestation scheme of the local committee of the R.S.A., which is using Poppy Day funds in the planting of trees on areas covered by mining tailings, a venture which is so far proving successful. Representatives of the Dunedin R.S.A. also attended a reunion of ex-servicemen at Balclutha on Saturday night.