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Evening Star, Issue 23681, 14 September 1940, Page 10

The ‘ Sports Special,’ the final issue for the 1940 season, will be sold on the streets to-night from 7 o’clock. In addition to review of all the day’s sporting fixtures it will present a magazine page and the latest war cables. The American Clipper, making the first regular passenger flight from San Francisco in Pan-American Airways’ South Pacific service, has arrived at Honolulu and is due at Auckland on Monday afternoon.

With a constant supply of petroleum gas, capable of propelling a car with more efficiency than petrol, pouring from an old oil bore on his farm, petrol restrictions may shortly cease to worry Mr O. Foreman, of Tikorangi, Taranaki. Mr Foreman, who for some years has been drawing on this apparently inexhaustible source of gas for his lighting, cooking, and for the small motor driving his milking plant, is now turning his attention to overcoming the petrol problem, not by substituting the inferior pirodaccr gas, but a clean gas, the power of which exceeds that of petrol. When this bore gave off gas instead of the desired oil, Mr Foreman erected a small gasometer over the bore. Not onlv is ihe gas colourless and odourless"', but, bubbling up through pure artesian water, it is perfectly clean, and in cooking leaves no deposit on the pans.

The mayor, (Mr A. H. Allen) acknowledges with thanks the receipt of a further donation of £4 from the King’s High School to the fund for the “ adoption ” of Chinese refugee children, bringing the total to £970 16s 4d.

“ The introduction of the internal combustion engine has so changed our mode of living that any restriction on the supply of petrol must have farreaching and serious consequences, said the deputy-mayor, Mr J. A. O. Allum in welcoming delegates to the North ’ Island Motor Union conference at Auckland'. If rationing were essential to the war effort, it had to be tolerated, no matter how harmful or distasteful, he added, but there were many conflicting statements on - the issue. “ Petrol consumers, employers, and workers affected are entitled to ask that the position should be stated beyond doubt,” said Mr Allum,

The need for a more adequate memorial to Captain William Hobson, the first Governor of New Zealand and the founder of Auckland City, was stressed by several speakers a* the annual ceremony at Hobson’s grave, Symonds street, Auckland, states the ‘New Zealand Herald.’ Pointing out that the centenary of Hobson’s death would fall in two years’ time, Mr Spencely Walker expressed the hope that by then the war would have ended, and they would be in a position to pay a tribute of respect worthy of tho city. The mayor, Sir Ernest Davis, said many people felt that a statue of Hobson should be erected, and the Rev A. B. Chappell said he hoped that from these annual pilgrimages there would emerge some memorial worthy of the man they were honouring.

During the sitting of the No. 4 Transport Licensing Authority yesterday, when the authority (Mr V. Raines) was reviewing the goods service licenses of operators conveying horses to and from race meetings throughout the country, one operator said he was willing to use a gas-producer plant to save petrol. The purpose behind the reviewing of licenses, Mr Raines remarked, was to make sure there was no unnecessary use of oil fuel while services running on New Zealand fuel were available. “If an operator is prepared to rim his lorry on a gas-pro-ducer, I do not see any need to curtail his operations to the extent of one using imported fuel.” Mr Raines added that business men all over New Zealand did not view with favour the allowances of petrol made operators of horse floats while their own allowances wore severely curtailed. “ That is why these licenses are under review,” he said, and ways of saving petrol are being discussed.”

The sitting of the No. 4 Transport Licensing Authority before Mr V. Raines was continued yesterday afternoon when the goods service licenses of E. Frame and Co. (Palmerston), D. M. Tait (Oamaru), A. 11. Hucklebridge (Wingatui), and D. P. Wilson (Dunedin), operators of horse-floats, were reviewed by the Authority.—The applications of Frame and Co. and Tait were adjourned, decision being reserved in the other two eases.

The hearing of evidence and legal argument was continued in the Police Court yesterday afternoon in the. case against James R. Stephens who pleaded not guilty to having driven cattle through Green Island without an attendant preceding the herd. Mr D. A. Solomon appeared Green Island Borough Conned and Mr E. J. Anderson for the defendant. The magistrate ((Mr > H. W. Bundle), reserved his rlneislnn.

German aeroplanes made the first night raid on London on September 4, 1917. About 20 machines took part and dropped bombs on London and south-east England, killing 11 persons and injuring 62. The German pilots of the Great War were more fortunate than those of the present, for only one raider was shot down. After their disastrous raids with Zeppelins at the end of 1916, when six of the dirigibles were destroyed, the Germans placed their reliance on aeroplanes. On July 7, 1917, they lost three bombers and seven fighters out of 22 machines engaged on a daylight raid on England, and after that resorted chiefly to night raids by moonlight, machines arriving singly, or in twos and threes, dropping their bombs indiscriminately, as they are now doing.

A number of women and children who had landed at Auckland earlier in the week from a liner from Great Britain ax-rived at Lyttelton yesterday morning by the steamer express. Some carried gas masks, and two of the boys w'ere in Highland costume. One of the latter was wearing a Scout badge, and two Lyttelton , newsboys, members of the local Scout troop, wore soon in conversation with the new arrival. He informed them that he was a member of a Highland troop, and a brief discussion on Scouting took place. For the duration of the war, at least, tin foil and silver paper are likely to go into eclipse. As an earnest of things to come tablets of chocolates made by one firm are now appearing wrapped in greaseproof paper instead of the customary foil. Similarly some brands of cigarettes are, now being sold without the foil wrapping, varying grades of paper being substituted. A still further economy is being affected in the use of cellophane coverings, “ sleeves ” taking the place of the former sealed cover.

Common hair has its uses, as has been demonstrated by a local hairdresser. By forming a ring around tomato plants in his greenhouse, he has solved the slater problem. Previously these pests had the habit of climbing the plants and ruining the fruit, but this ring of hair clippings has proved an insurmountable barrier to them. This he put to the test by placing a number or slaters on the top of a kerosene tin, and ringing them with a "hair barrier—they could not escape.

Evidence of the growing co-opera-tion and fellowship between the churches in Dunedin and suburbs is given by the increasing popularity of the annual exchange of pulpits which has been arranged by the Council of Christian Congregations for the past three years. On Sunday, with a few exceptions, the ministers of one denomination will visit the congregations of some other church. In past .years this interchange has been appreciated by large congregations and generally welcomed as manifesting the measure of unitv reached.

A well-known retailer in the city has brought to our notice a schedule of charges which the Transport Association, representing the carriers in this district, seek to have confirmed by the Transport Authority. The proposals of the association as a whole have been referred by the authority to a conference by the parties concerned, but mention might be made of the enormous discrepancy between the proposed charges for cartage and the cost under present conditions. For instance our informant produced a list of 15 articles which were actually delivered from his shop to an address less than a mile aavay at a cost of 5s 6d, whereas under the proposed schedule, which individualises the items, the charge would be £1 15s 3d. Another instance of an ordinary delivery taking about three-quar-ters of an hour. This cost the retailer 17s, hut if the proposals were agreed to it would involve the retailer in a payment of £2 7s. Other instances disclosing large discrepancies were quoted, and these clearly show the seriousness of the matter from the point of view of the retailer, and presumably of the public. However, the matter has not yet been decided, and as it is understood that many of the rank and file of the carriers are not in sympathy with the proposals they may yet be adjusted on a less alarming basis.

Notice to the Manchester Unity lodges for next week’s functions appears in this issue. The attention of Manchester Unity members is drawn to an advertisement in this issue giving a list of activities for tlie coming week. A special meeting of the Dunedin StarrBowkett Building Society will be held on September 18 at 8 p.m., to consider Hie amendment of rides. During the evening £I,OOO will be disposed of by ballot.