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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19475, 9 May 1925, Page 9

His Excellency the Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, was asked by the University authorities if he would consent to lay one of -he foundation stones of the new Medical School about the end of this month. A reply has been received that owing to Mr Massey’s illness his Excellency is unable to leave Wellington at the present time. Dr C. C. Farr, of Christchurch, who is arranging details of the visit of Sir Ernest Rutherford to the dominion, has received a reply from Sir Ernest agreeing to the suggestion that during his visit to the different centres he will give 'a public address gne evening and spend another evening meeting socially representatives drawn from various university circles. Sir Ernest has intimated that he would be quite willing to give an informal talk to students during his visit, which .will take place about September next. Under a new arrangement it is now possible to secure railway tickets from the local Tourist Office under the same conditions as apply in an ordinary booking office. Formerly tickets could be issued only in conjunction with a steamer or a motor car ticket. The Otago Motor dub, recognising the importance of assisting the police on point duty at the Stock Exchange intersection; has arranged with the Police Department that at the meeting of the club next Tuesday a sergeant and two constables will be present to give a demonstration of the traffic signals given by the police, and also of the signals that they expect motorists to give under varying circumstances. At present motorists do not by their signals give adequate information of the direction in which they wish to .proceed, and at times the instructions given by the police may be misconstrued by drivers. Many vessels which traversed the Tasman Serf towards the end of last week and early this week were buffeted by heavy gales. The Union Company’s freighter Waikouaiti was one of these. This vessel left Sydney at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, deeply laden with a large shipment of general cargo for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Timaru. She had to contend with strong south-west and south-east gales all the way across the Tasman. The ship was continually assailed by high head seas, and her speed, in consequence, was reduced to four knots at times. The Waikouaiti, which is recognised as one 'of tho best seagoing cargo steamers in the Union Company’s fleet, shipped very little water, and no damage was done in board. The severity of tho gales can bo gauged from the fact that the Waikouaiti occupied five days and 19 hours on the trip from Sydney to Bluff. She usually makes this trip in four and a-half days. No trace has yet been discovered of tho missing man, Philip Hudson, although tho search has not been abandoned. It has not yet been decided when the inquest on Olivo Rutherford will be continued.

A Press Association message from Wellington says that an Order-in-Council announces that Empire Day will be celebrated on the King’s Birthday, June 3. The decision to put back the 1.15 p.m. train from Port Chalmers half an hour is likely to raise 1 objections in that town. This train is largely patronised by Port Chalmers people who desire to spend the afternoon in the city. A party of visitor; from Central Otago, who were shown over the Exhibition buildings by Mr H. F Nees yesterday, expressed surprise at ;he magnitude of the undertaking and the forwardness of the preparations for the opening. The party comprised Messrs J. L. Rooney (Mayor of Roxburgh), C. Sloper (Roxburgh), J. Sheehy (Miller’s Flat), and R. Oliver (Heriot). The visitors were greatly impressed by what they saw, and no doubt they will return home with the intention of doing their best to see that the products of what may justly be termed as ‘The Garden of Otago” are adequately brought before patrons of the Exhibition. There is at present on exhibition in Balclutha a unique piece of shell work in the shape of a pyramid of flowers, workeo in shells. Some of the flowers contain hundreds of small shells, worked in as petals. The exhibit secured first prize in the Dunedin Exhibition of 1890, and was purchased by Mr Guest when on a recent visit to Christchurch. It is more than likely that it will bo seen at the forthcoming Dunedin Exhibition. A special meeting of the Otago Hospital Board -will be held on Thursday morning for the purpose of electing councillors and transacting ;aiy business that may require immediate attention. Mr W. E. S. Knight, who has been chairman for the past eight years, and who was re-elected last month, will remain in the office of chairman for a further period of 12 months. At a congregational meeting of the Balclutha Presbyterian Church to consider filling the vacancy caused through the retirement of the Rev. Dr Currie, it was decided to offer a salary of £350 a year, with £SO travelling allowance, a free house, and one month’s holiday a year. A Selection Committee consisting of the Session, Management Committee, three men from the congregation and nine women was appointed, and at a meeting held afterwards it was decided to invite three of the applicants to preach at Balclutha. There were 15 applications, and the final selection will not be made for some time. x Mr William Robertson, of “Willowbank,” Middlemarch, has accepted nomination as the .Otago Producers’ representative on the Dairy Produce Control- Board. The election will take place on June 15. At present there are three South Island producers’ representatives on the board, two being in Southland and one in Canterbury. The producers decided that Otago should also be represented and hence the nomination of Mr Robertson. 1 Embodied in the report of the rector of the Balclutha District High School to the committee was the following paragraph, which is of more than local interest. The class libraries are now ready, and will be given out next week. , In this connection I should be grateful if the committee would ask for the co-operation of the parents in an endeavour to stamp out in this district the reading by the pupils of both departments of a cheap and , pernicious form of so-called literature sold, I believe, at 4d per copy, and even lent round at Id per book. I undertook the unpleasant task of wading .through a few of these books. From a literary point of view they do nothing but harm to the pupils’ study of English, while the characters held up as heroes are not of the typo that we should like to have ’our boys and girls become. One member of the committee stated that ihese books were interfering with the homo lessons of the pupils in some cases. It was decided to ask parents to use their influence in the matter with a view to combating the trouble: In' the Otago Daily Times of Saturday last a paragraph appeared relating to a silver coin 228 years old, minted in the year 1697, in the reign of King William IH, which was in the possession of Mr R. Smith, of Blenheim. Last night Mrs W. E. Wright, of Harbour terrace, brought to this office a Silver, coin which was minted in 1622, in the reign of James I. The coin is in an excellent state of preservation, and is understood by its possessor to be a crown. It will be remembered that a married woman named Ethel May Gallagher was arrested in Dunedin in February last on a charge of having received £IOOO, at Sydney, on January 31, from Francis William Trounson, a farmer, from West Wyalong, upon terms requiring her to account for the whole of the money to Trounson, and that, on the contrary, she fraudulently misappropriated it to her own use. She appeared before the Supreme Court in Sydney on April 27. It was alleged by the Crow.n that Trounson advanced the accused £IOOO as a deposit on, a property at Bondi, which she wished to turn into a maternity home. The Crown alleged that die woman did not pay the deposit, but banked the money in her own name, and returned to New Zealand. The accused, giving evidence, said that on the first occasion she capie to Sydney she was with her husband. When she was introduced to Trounson her husband was in Queensland. Trounson, she 1 said, suggested the proposal to purchase a house at Bondi as a maternity home. She used sufficient of the £IOOO to pay her passage to New Zealand. A suit in Equity had been instituted over the money, and it had been dismissed after an agreement had been entered into by the legal advisers on either side, that Trounson bo given £6OO in full settlement. She protested her innocence; Accused was acquitted and discharged. Another instance of the growing of out-of-season fruit was brought under our notice yesterday by Mr J. L. Rooney (Mayor of Roxburgh), who picked some excellent strawberries during the current week. This is, however, not surprising .in view of the almost continuous sunshine experienced in the Toviot district. During the year ended March 31 mortgages to. the value of £41,134,166 were registered, compared with £37,862,419 for tho preceding year. Those discharged amounted to £29,733,866, compared with £22,246.512. Owing to defective points a guard’s van and some loaded trucks jumped the rails in the railway yard at Lambton station yesterday (says a Press Association message), but the damage was small. The same points are said to have caused similar accidents before The still small voice of conscience proved to bo a source of revenue to the Government last month to tho value, of nearly £8 An amount of 30s was received by the Secretary to tho Public Treasury with a direction that it be forwarded to the Railway Department at Wellington, while an anonymous amount of £ls was paid in for the benefit of the Land and Income Tax Department at the same place, while a third man with an uneasy conscience sent along 235, which he desired to go to the credit of tho Collector of Customs at Christchurch. The annual maintenance of the Auckland Municipal Band costs £2060, according to a statement made by Sir James Gunson on Wednesday. Sir James said the expenditure was more than justified, as the band had proved a decided draw at the Zoo, ; nd was responsible for much of the revenue. In addition, tho citizens had the benefit of free band performances at Albert Park and elsewhere. The estimates which were presented during the evening provided £2OOO for the maintenance of the band during the current year, and a further amount of £2OOO for the purchase of band instruments. The revenue from the Zoo last year, despite the epidemic of infantile paralysis, had been over £II,OOO. From announcements made in the Wellington papers it seems that Madame Galli-Curci is not corning to the South Island. Mr Bert Royle, representative in New Zealand for Messrs J. and N. 1 Tait, has announced that the diva will give five concerts only in Now Zealand—throe in Auckland and two in Wellington. 7’he Auckland concerts will take place between Juno 24 and 29, and tho two Wellington concerts will bo given in the Town Hall on July 2 -nd 4, just in time to allow the priina donna to catch the mailboat for San Francisco.

Every city has its “queer” people—certain persons whose one particular habit brings them into that category known as “well-known identities.” In the majority of cases the persons are well on in years and arc to be seen daily picking up small pieces of paper, wood, tins, or rags in the streets. Only recently In London one such person was found dead at his home, and when friends entered the house they found every room almost full to the ceiling with small and large pieces of newspaper. And in common with other cities Auckland has its “identities” (says the Star). Their one object in life .seems to be keeping the streets clear of paper, wood, fruit, etc., and they seem to be quite happy and contented. Just what they do with all the scrap they pick up is not known, but it has been reported that children have been given pieces -f the fruit gathered 'in the streets. This is a dangerous practice and cannot be too strongly denounced. It is understood (says the Christchurch Press) that a well-known member of the legal profession of Christchurch has been charged with a breach of the law affecting the revenue of. the dominion. The hearing of the charge will be taken in the Magistrate’s Court in a few days. It is understood that another solicitor is involved in the case. Messrs W. W. Livingstone (Matamata) and D. B. Livingstone (Hamilton) have returned from a deer-shooting expedition in Otago. The block drawn by ballot by the Waikato sportsmen was on the shores of Lake Manapouri, in the Otago National Park. In relating his experiences to the Auckland Star’s Matamata correspondent, Mr W. W. Livingstone stated that all classes of feathered game are numerous in the park, especially pigeon, paradise, and grey duck, and swans. Fortunately, the park is a sanctuary for feathered game. Regarding deer shooting—the object of the expedition —Mr Livingstone stated that it was beyond expectations. The finest head obtained was a 12-pointer, but a 14-pointer was also secured, although this was not such a good head. Seven other very fair 12-pointers were secured. Questioned regarding the welfare of the wapiti anc( moose liberated by the Government, Mr Livingstone said the former were doing exceptionally well and spreading rapidly. They were now to be found more than 15 miles from where liberated. Moose did not seem to to doing so well, the general opinion in Otago being that the country is too steep. The trip was (most enjoyable, although the northerners found it rather cold. The scenery was grand, and the experience of being right away from civilisation for nearly a'month was novel and quite worth while. Dr V. E. Galway gave the fifth of a series of 15 lectures at the University last night, when the attendance showed on increase. The lecturer took as his subject “The Life and Works of Bach.” Dr Galway outlined such biographical details as had a direct bearing on the composer’s output. The characteristics of Bach’s style were observed and explained, notably his economical use of material and his power of characterisation. His position ns the greatest of musicians and as 'the founder of modern music was made clear, and the tremendous debt the world owed him was strongly emphasised. Numerous illustrations—vocal and by piano and gramophone—were first analysed and then performed. A youthful Maori named Robert Tehau pleaded guilty, before Mr .T. R. Bartholomew. S.M.. at the Port Chalmers Court yesterday to a charge of assaulting his uncle and, using obscene language at the Kaik. On Sunday, April 12, at Otakou, a camping party with a keg of- beer entertained Tehau. and when he went home in the evening hfi was so boisterous that his uncle put him out. The assault then took place, and the accused used bad language so loudly that it was heard from the nearby road. On the first charge the accused wan fined £2. and on the second charge 20s, and costs (7s). In response ’ - a message from the Heads that a 60ft whale hod been stranded inside the look-out point, a launch from Port Chalmers made investigations. It was found that the size of the whale had been exaggerated, and that decomposition was taking place. The crew of the launch therefore decided against taking any steps to secure the blubber.

A contribution of £1 from “Thank Offering-” has been received for the Radium Fund. The United Starr- Bowkett Building Society invites membership in the new No 9 Group. The Otago Starr-Bowkett Society will dispose of a sale loon in No 2 Group on Thursday, May 21. Services in connection with Mothers’ Day will bo held at the Dundas Street Methodist Church. The Rev. E. Q, Blnmiros will preach at the morning service and Mr 11. B. Mourant (vice-president of the Methodist Conference) in the evening. The Dunedin Starr-Bowkett Building Society, which has commenced the thirtieth year of its existence, notifies the commencement of No. 6 group shortly, and invites applications for shares. Mr Henry N. Holmes, of America, will conduct the service in the Octagon Hall to-morrow evening. His subject will bo: “A Shrinking World and Its Urgent Challenge.” Solos will be rendered by Misses Sarah Paterson and Doris Wishart. On Tuesday evening, in the Otago School of Religious Education, Stuart Hall, Frederick street, the Rev. Tulloch Yuille will jdeliver an open lecture on “The Minister and Religious Education.” The time-table of the Portobcllo Railway Ferry steamer Tarowni has been altered, consequent upon train time-table alterations, commencing on Monday, May D. - 1 Mr Hiram Hunter (the workers’ representative on the Arbitration Court) will deliver an address in the Labour Club tomorrow night. A social will be held in the clubroom to-night. It is announced that the gigantic art union will close* in a few days. Tickets are, however, still on sale at tobacconists’ and retail shops. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of next week a grand “OJIa Podrida” will be held in the Caversham Methodist. Hall, Main South road. All the Methodist Churches of Dunedin are assisting in this effort to liquidate the debt caused through the 1923 flood damage. An attractive programme will bo staged each evening, and goods of all kinds will be on the stalls. Mrs H. H. Driver acknowledges receipt of an anonymous donation of £5 to the “Save the Children” fund. The Medical Faculty recommends Strachan’s Oat Malt Stout for invalids. Its recuperative qualities are unexcelled, and a glass of Strachan’s before retiring is a great sleep inducer. —Advt. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, for Coughs and Colds, never fails.—Advt. A nice quality Diamond is always admired Williamsons (next to the Bristol) sell only the good kind. —Advt. Ladies Happcr Than Ever.—West electric hair-curlers wave or curl hair in few minutes. No breaking sharp edges or points. Used by ladies of taste everywhere. Price, card of 4. Is 6d, post free.— H. It. Sprosen (Ltd.), cash chemists. Octagon. Dunedin. —Advt. Electric heating and cooking appliances, latest designs, Barth’s Electrical Supplies (Ltd.), 61 Princes street, Dunedin, have just opened up their new season’s stocks. Inspection invited— A. E. J. Blakeley, dentist. Bank of Australasia, corner of Bond and Rattray streets Inert Telegraph Office). Telephone 1859. Advt. Save Your Eyes.—Consult Peter G. Dick, D.8.0.A., F. 1.0., London, consulting and oculists’ optician.—“ Peter Dick,” jewellers and opticians, Moray place, Dunedin.— Advt.