A young boy pluckily dived in and held the girl above water until Mr E.H. Olds, custodian of the baths, dived in, fully dressed, and brought the child ashore. His act was loudly cheered by the spectators. The girl appeared none the worse for the mishap.
Problem of draining the Flat
The Town Clerk, Dunedin, wrote to the St Kilda Borough Council relative to the disposal of storm water in Bay View road. The letter stated that the question was a large one, and would need to be considered along with the major scheme for the whole storm water drainage of the Flat.
It was felt that it would not be advisable to attempt to deal with these storm water problems piecemeal, and, under the circumstances, it was regretted that immediate relief could not be given, as the matter would come forward when the storm water disposal scheme for the Flat came under consideration.
Cushy jobs on the railways
Even in these days of the rivalry of petrol, a railway strike is a serious matter, and the mistake of its authors in excessively so regarding it was only a matter of degree. Some attention is being incidentally given to the character of the work itself, which is required of the railway servants by the public which employs and pays them. In many departments of railway duties this work is of as responsible and exacting nature, and is on the whole capably and admirably performed by the New Zealand staffs. In others, which perhaps come more generally under the notice of the casual observer the impression conveyed is that of anything but strenuous exertion. The traveller between Invercargill and Christchurch, for instance, after counting up to a dozen or so in noting the successive clippings of his ticket, is apt to wonder if the inspecting official, wielding tools not more ponderous than a pair of pliers, is seriously exhausted after a day’s occupation in perambulating his train from end to end. This is probably unjust, as the guards of trains are not exclusively so occupied; still, it does appear that 44 hours of this kind of thing are not unduly hard upon a grown man.
Observation of the intermittent duties of porters (who, by the way, mostly exact, or at least obtain extra tribute from the public for their exertions) hardly impresses the onlooker with the idea of overwork; and it is fairly notorious that a good many stations are scandalously over-manned, and that members of the staff are hard put to it to pass the time between trains. There is a very fair sprinkling in it of what used to be called in war time "cushy jobs", and the limitation of these should engage the serious attention of the authorities when the inevitable failure of the strike is acknowledged. It is a generous act on the part of men of whom a reasonably strenuous eight hours’ work is expected by their employers to regard the railway strike with favour at all.
— editorial
Jewish prayer for war dead
Divine service was held at the Synagogue on Anzac Day.
The prayers composed by the chief rabbi, Rev Dr Offerby, for the repose of the souls of all who fell in the Great War, were read, with special reference to the loss sustained by this community through the death of four young men who had made the great sacrifice.
Kererū poaching bust
Constable Maiden, of Kaitangata, and Ranger Pellett, made a raid on six motor cars in the vicinity of Balclutha recently. As a result a farmer of the Waiwera district will be called upon to answer a charge of obtaining pigeons out of season. The prosecution will take place on May 22.
— ODT, 29.4.1924 (Compiled by Peter Dowden)
