Harold Livingstone Tapley esq MP, Mayor of the City of Dunedin — Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (CMG).
Charles Speight esq, vice-chairman of directors of the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, Dunedin — Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE).
If UV transmission is desired
The discovery has quite recently been made that artificial silk transmits a large proportion of ultra-violet light; far more than real silk, which is an animal protein, whereas artificial silk is a modification of the vegetable substance called cellulose, and is chemically very different indeed.
Its property of transmitting ultra-violet light makes it valuable for garments of which only one layer is worn, such as stockings or the shirts in which a man plays tennis or cricket. The transmission falls off very rapidly if we use any dye. White is the best wear, therefore.
Balclutha bridge in trouble
The Public Works Department’s report on the state of the Balclutha traffic bridge, which was before the Clutha County Council on Tuesday last, contained the following statement: ‘‘I think the bridge is extremely dangerous with the present traffic. Heavy motors with gross loads up to 12 tons and heavy traction engines with one and two heavily-loaded trucks attached cross the bridge as if they were on a hard, metalled road. To my own knowledge there has been a notice for 11 years restricting loads to eight tons, but it is ignored.’’ The total cost of repairs was estimated at £6150.
Anything that burns
In establishing the camp for road workers at North Balclutha the Public Works Department neglected to provide firewood for the men (reports our Balclutha correspondent). In consequence the men have been rendered desperate, and anything removable in the shape of firewood in the vicinity of the camp has been disappearing like snow before the midday sun. The borough foreman’s report to the Balclutha Borough Council on Wednesday night last, contained the following: ‘‘About 64 posts and 100 droppers, or the whole length of one fence protecting a ditch in North Balclutha reserve, have been used by Public Works men for firewood; also about two loads of macrocarpa wood from the quarry and a small platform, ladder, and protecting timber at the crusher.’’ — ODT, 3.7.1926
