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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17687, 26 July 1919, Page 8

A Press Association telegram states that tho Tutanekai, with the Vice-Regal party on board, arrived at Wellington at 6.45 p.m. yesterday from ~ Napier. Advice was received by tho Union Company yesterday to tho effect that, owing to Labour troubles in Wellington, it, was found impossible to secure sufficient labour to coal.the ferry steamer Maori, and consequently she was unable to leave for Lytteltoh last night.

A Press Association measagtj from Wellington states that Sir .lames'" Alien has received the following cablegram from Mr Masscy at Honolulu, dated July 24: " Arrived safely; all welL"

The southern portion of the English mail which was brought to Wellington by tho Briton was sent forward by the Mararoa on Thursday evening, but owing to a southerly gale and inferior coal the Mararoa failed to connect with the motor mail eervico yesterday. It is expected now that the mail will reach Dunedin to-night, and bo distributed on Monday morning. The troopship Ruapehu (says a .Press Association telegram) is expected to arrive at Wellington to-night. If she is a clean ship she will bo berthed at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday. »

Tho residents of Waitati and Ssaeliff will ho afforded an opportunity of hearing at least & portion of the largo choir which took part in the yonoo celebrations in Dunoiiin. To-morrow nwcnung 75 members will grvo a performance oi Orobcaui Homo, and in tho afternoon isho kuro combination, of ▼ecaLata will tisifc Seadiff.

When quisstionod by a Christchurch Preat reporter regarding the suggestion that throe fast trains should be run weekly between Christchurch and Dunedin, instead of the propent slow passenger service, thus reducing the travelling time per week between the two ccntres from 108 hours to ji hours, Sir James Allen said that the taster service would be impracticable at present, na the coal shortage waa still too acute.

A Press Association message from Wellington intimates that Sir James Allan has received a oablogram from the Secretary of -State for the Colonies regarding the statement that a poll tax had bo'jn levied on women entering Britain. The statement is declared to bo untrue. A return of imports and exports laid on tho tabla at the meeting of tho Otago Harbour Board yesterday showed a marked incr«Lso in the exports for the period ended July 23, 1919, u.s compared with those for the corresponding period of last year. Tho ligutes supplied for the respective periods were as follow:—Oversea imports for 1918, 17,051 tons; intercolonial and coastal imports for 1913, 115,118 tons; oversea exports for 1918, 10,464 tons; intercolonial and coastal exports for 1918, 50,840 tons; total_ imports, 132,4-79 tons; total exports, J® 3 '''® tons - Oversea imports for 1919, tons; intercolonial and coastal imports for 191S, 91,681 tons; oversea exports for 1919, 22,796 tons; intercolonial and coastal exports for 1919, 48,214 tons; total imports, 130,524 tons; total exports, 201,534 tons. j Tho Masonic fraternity of Dunedin and suburbs will hold & united thanksgiving ser%ice in fct. Paul's Cathedral on Sunday at o p.m. rtc3 service will be an impressive one, and in keeping with the elaborate ritual of the fraternity. The musical part wilJ be materially assisted by tho Cathedral uuoir. riie two centre rows of pews will be reserved f or the brethren, who will appear in regalia, while the side rows ... occu pitd by tliisir friends and the w?'• r i 1^ 0 officiati "S ' clergy will bo Worshipful Bros. Rev. Canon J. a S™,nll and H-. O. Fen ton. The brethren aro requested to bo in their seats early in order that all unoccupied pews may be used by other worshippers. Tho claims of the Karitanc-Harris Hospital do not obtrudo upon public notice as much as they deservedly might do. Quiet, progressiva endeavour marks tho activity of those oonoernod, and when it is realised that bssides the good practical and theoretical work accomplished at the institution, , e nurses for New Zealand aro trained there, it will be admitted that tho hospital makes a very legitimate claim upon public support. Recently it has been doomed nccessary that funds should bo raised for required improvements, and when the Minister of Public Health was in Lhm.edin some tune ago he promised tho committee that if it raised funds ha would assist it to the extent of £1250. Naturally a larger sum is aimed at. As a private effort in view of a bigger appeal, Mrs W. A. Moore conducted an "at home" at her residence in Morning ton on Thursday. Tho house was transformed by • the employment of flowers and greens, stalls were provided, and afternoon tea was dispsnsed. Unqualified success was attained, the proceeds totalling £160. The "Jazz" Band, organised by the soldier inmates of the Woodsid© Hospital, Was announced to give an opsn-air concert last night at a stand in Dowling street, opposite tho Excelsior Hotel, but owing to the trombone player and cornetist engaged failing to put in an appearance the conoert had reluctantly to b© abandoned. As the result of inquiries mado by Det?o-tive-sergeant Kemp and Detective Hall, a local printing firm will be charged on August 1 with' breaches of the Printers and Newspapers' Registration Act in that it kept two printing presses without having them registered; that it failed to have the imprint placed on a certain document, and that it failod to keep a copy of tho order with the employer's name and addreM on it as an office copy, for six months. 'There has been a slight outbreak of diphtheria at North-East Valley during tho month, about 10 cases being reported. The Health Department has taken precautions, and the children of the* school have been put through swabbing'and fumigation treatment and a number of carrier .cases cleared. In other parts of the city the position is satisfactory. An outbreak of diphtheria also occurred during the month in the Cromwell district, 15 cases being reported to the Vincent Hospital Board. In regard to searfet fever and other infectious diseases, the position in the city and province is quite satisfactory.

The Postal Department has been advised that Borno has notified that Egypt ia maintaining the osnsorship in the enemy territory occupied in Palestine, Syria, and Cilicia.' Telegrams are admitted only in plain language—English, French, or Italian—-and authorised codes. The censorship is still in forco in Italy, and private code messages are not permitted, six authorised codes only being allowed. The head offico of the Eastern Extension Company notifies that the British censorship ceased at midnight on July 23, and that telegrams may be accepted without restriction (except regarding delay at. sender's risk) for all British possessions (except the South-west African Protectorate), the United States and possessions, and generally all parts of the world with the exception of the following, in which restrictions havo not yet been abrogated by the authorities concerned The Argentine, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Esthonia, Finland, France, .and French possessions, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Italy and Italian possessions, Japan, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal and Portuguese possessions, Rumania, Russia (including the Caucasus and Russia in Asia), Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey (including Mesopotamia, Palestine, and SjTia). In the Port Chalmers Police Court yesterday, before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M., John Brown, a ecaman on the Marama, was cliargod with stealing a rug and a ring, valued at £4 12s 6d, the property of the boatswain of the s.s. Maunganui • stealing clothing to the value of £19 15s, the property of the captain of the s.s. Maunganui; doing mischief (by damage) to the value of £2 sterling aboard the s.a Maunganui ; and using obscene language. Ho was convicted on the first charge and sentenced to one month's imprisonment, with hard labour; on the second he was convicted and sentenced to three months' imprisonment, concurrent with tba first sentence; on the third- he was fined 30s, and ordered to pay the sum oovering the damage done, in default SO days' imprisonment. On the fourth charge he was fined 20s, or serven days' imprisonment. Tho money was forthcoming in each case. Joseph Potter was charged with stealing a flag, valued at 10s, the property of John Watson, draper. He was convicted, and fined £2, and ordered to pay lOu, the cost of the flag. On the application of the polico two prohibition orders were granted. Tho sheep farmer, in common with those engaged in other pursuits, has been forcet" to expedients in vimv of the railway curtailment. As an instance, an enterprising runholder near Lawrence reached a local storo yesterday after a three hours' nm

with his car well laden with a full-sized bale of wool and four largo bundles of sheepskins.

The Standing Oommitteo of the Otago Harbour Board had a very heavy order paper before it yesterday, and more than one subject upon it evoked keen and lengthy discussion. Tho meeting commenced at 2 p.m., an hour and a-half adjournment was taken for toa, and it was not until 9 o'clock tliat the whole of tho order paper was traversed. When the committee went into open board a motion for the confirmation of the business done in committoe was taken and adopted after a brief discussion on one item. Several other minor matters were also discussed before the board adjourned, but the practical effect of its novel method of procedure was that almost the whofe of ite business was trajisacted under tho seal of secrecy in committee. The chairman (Mr H. L. Tapley) fully realised the awkwardness of the position, and suggested that as many of tho matters discussed in committoe wore of public interest tho secretary might bo instructed to supply information to the reporters as to tho trend of tho discussion. Tho suggestion was agreed to. Mr Tapley jhimself devoted somo timo to explaining tho business afterwards, and it is therefore owing entirely to his personal courtesy and to tho assistance of Mr Bardsloy that wo aro ablo to supply tho reports of Harbour Board, busincss appearing in oar cqluxbb£,

Speaking at the meeting of the Otago Harbour Board last *9voniiig, th© chairman (Mr H. jL. Taploy) stated that during tho past .month a record amount of tonnage had been .berthed at this port. On September 25, 1910, when the last record had been established, tho tonnage berthed here had been 63,020, but on July 12 tho total tonnage had been 85,245. Continuing, Mr laploy stated that, while a rocord of 60,812 tons had been established at Port Chalmers on July 12, this had been exceeded by a record of 65,800 tons on July 17. "If tho wharves at Port Chalmers and Dunedin ■were filled regularly to thia extent," added the chairman, " tho finances of the board Would aoon be in a very healtliy condition." Officers, nurses, soldiers, and their wives to the number of 60—a section of tho passengers by the troophip Briton, which arrived in Wellington earlier in the weekcame on to Dunodin last evening in charge of Lieutenant Williams. On© or two southern nuxsotj wore detained tho vessel in consequent of tho slight outbreak of influenza. Sixteen of tho returning draft will go south this morning. Nino of tho Dunedin soldiers have brought back wivee. A deputation representing tho City Council . Reserves Committee and tho Town Pluming and Amenities Society waited on tho standing Committee of tho Harbour Board yesterday afternoon to urge upon it tho necessity of observing acientifio principles of town planning and providing adequate reserves on the areas to bo laid out at tho southern endowment, tho Anderson's Bay inlet, and the Lake Logan reclamation area. The deputation consisted of Cr J. H. Hancock (chairman of tho Reserves Committee), Mr D. Tannosk (superintendent of reserves), Cra Thorn and Wilaon, Messrs J. L. Solmond (president -of tho Town Planning Society), T. Somerville, R. Gilkison, B. B. Hooper (secretary of lis Town Planning Society), and tho Hon. G. M. Thomson. The deputation was introduced by Cr Hancock. Mr Salmond r referred to tho far-seeing way in which tbe city had been originally lajd out by tbio pioneer city fathers. Although they were *concerned with only a comparatively mma.ll area} including no reclamations, they had thought it necessary to set apart such open spaces as the Oval, the Market Reserve, the Triangle, tho Octagon, the Hospital ground, tj l ® Museum Reserve, the Northern Recreation Ground, the Botanic Gardens, and the Town Belt, showing that they realised that the city would not be healthy or satisfootory without these. The deputation was anxious that the grounds which would be built upon in the future should b<J laid out as far as possible on the same lines. They did not want to feel that Dunedin was going back in the matter of reserves. Messrs Thomson, Somerville, Gilkison, nnd Cr Wilson aleo addressed the board. It was pointed out that the deputation wished the reserve areas to keep pace with the growth of the city. All tho areas lying between the railway station and the Victoria wharf, which would in time be covered with factories and workers' dwellings, had , not a single open epaoo provided for where men could go and eat their lunch. These x lands were being laased slowly but surely, and no provision had been made for reserves. Mr Somerville very vigorously opposed the suggestion that the Anderson's Bay inlet should ever be used as a public tip. Tho board resolved that as soon as. the areas to be set apart as reserves were decided upon a conference of delegates from the City Council and the Town Planning and Amenities Society should be callgd to discus the matter.

Mr Lmd*s subject in the King's Theatre to-morrow night will be "The Parable of the Hid Treasure as Relating to the Record Coming of Christ." The United Starr-Bowkett Society announces that the new group will commence on September 1, and advertises £1000 for disposal.

The Otago Mutual Starr-Bowkett Society advises that a premium loan will be balloted for on August 7, and invites applications for shares.

/Mr A. Low, who is leaving Dunedin to take up his residence in Baldutha, will be entertained at a social in the Trades Hall to-night. Notices for the following Sunday services will be found in our advertising columnsAnglican—St. Matthew's, St. Paul's All Saint*^Presbyterian—First, Knox, Stuart HaJl, St. Andrew's, Chalmers, Bible School Hal l , Kensington, Roslyn, North-East Valley, Maori Hill, Opoho, Caveraham, Green Island, Kaikorai St. Stephen's. Methodist— irimty Central Mission, Dundas Street, Ravensbourne, Cargill Road, Woodhaugh, Benevolent, Glenaven, Mornington. Congregational—Moray Place, Leith S&eet, Baptist—Hanover Street, Church of Christ iabernacle. Spiritualists—Smith's Hall. balvation Army. Theosophical Hall, Doww l % I ■? ngr ' 3 Theatr e- Oddfellows' Jtla.ll, Albany street. . Joy to the World—Peace. Buy a lasting EL parley-Davidson Motor -ycle 19ig models for immediate delivery oaTvP- S ° ffents 'J V - A " Jl,stice Princes street, Dunedin.— Advt. Best CoiT Matting, 18in, Is lid: 27m Hi' S j U ' if vr u- yard 'o 36in ' 4s lid yard.—At Mollisons Sale.—Advt. A. E. J. Blakelev, dentist, Bank of Auscorner of Bond and Rattray stre^S Acfrt Telegraph office) - Telephone 1859^?

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