LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18852, 29 October 1924, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

An extraordinary accident' befel a motorist in Remuera Road at mid-day yesterday. Mr. F. J. Clark, of King Street, Newmarket, was driving an Overland car from tha direction of Newmarket, and when he was midway between St. Mark's Road and Bassett Road the car suddenly got out of control. It struck a glancing blow against a tramway post at tbo left and then swerved light acroes the road into a wooden fonce. Mr. Clark managed to jump clear. The front part of the car broke through the fence, and as the wheels were resting four feet below the level of the footpath, the work of extrication occupied considerable time. Beyond damage to the running-board and lamps the car escaped lightly. With the exception of deep wheeltracks in three* or four places., the Rangiriris are at present in excellent order for motorists. A party of six on Monday motored from the Hamilton racecourse to Auckland in four and a-half hours. The Glen Murray Road to the Waikato is said to be in a very bad condition and, in many places, almost impassable. The case of an ex-soldier's wife, whose husband has been missing for four months and who was left with five little children, one of whom has since died, will be discussed by the Southern Cross Leagne at a meeting in the Chamber of Commerce to-morrow afternoon. The Patriotic Association made one grant of £1 a week for 13 weeks, but. declined further assistance on the ground that it did not consider the woman's position was due to her husband's war service. Gifts of clothing will be thankfully received by the wife, -who will be present at the meeting. The advisability. of holding a carnival in Karangahapo Road on similar lines to that recently held in Newmarket was discussed at the luncheon of the Karangahape Road Business Promotion Society yesterday. The general opinion of those present, however, was that such a scheme would not be justified by the results obtained. A young man, Mr. Clifton James Capon, of 66, Grey Street, was admitted to the hospital yesterday suffering from injuries to his shoulder and chest through a bar of iron, which he was loading on to a waggon, falling on him. The full extent of his injuries cannot be ascertained until an X-ray examination is held this morningj but it is not thought they are likely to prove serious. It is estimated that there were over 800 motor-cars at the Waikato Hunt races at To Rapa on Monday. The regulation of the traffic was no light problem, but it was carried out without hitch or accident. A ratepayers' association was formed by residents of Ostend and Onetangi, Waiheke Island, at a meeting held during tho week-end. A number of ratepayers haVe been enrolled, and it is expected that the organisation will be of considerable benefit to the district. An inquiry into the death of the elderly Maori, Ben Tuhi, of Mercer, who died in the Auckland Hospital on Monday from injuries received in a railway accident at Mercer station on Saturday, was opened yesterday before Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M. Proceedings were adjourned after formal evidence had been taken. An application for a new site for their shed was placed before the Auckland Harbour Board by the members of the Auckland Rowing Club yesterday. It was mentioned that the operations of the club were being hampered by the silting up of the harbour in front oi the shed, and the board was asked to grant a site for the shed nearer to the city. The matter was referred to the Boat Harbour Committee for consideration, but it was also decided to seek the views of the members of the Waitemata Rowing Club, which also has its shed on the Quay Street extension close to the Auckland's Club's shed.

Four gangs of men are now working on street lighting under the Auckland Power Board. The chief engineer, Mr. R. H. Bartley, reported yesterday that, in addition to tha street lighting gangs, there were eight gangs employed on overhead work and four on service work and repairs. Th# men employed totalled 125, and as soon as the street-lighting work was properly organised, at least another gang would be added. The generous gift by the owners of a section on the corner of Khyber Pass Road and Park Road to enable the Newmarket Borough Council to render the corner safer for traffic by altering the alignment was announced by the Mayor at a meeting of Newmarket ratepayers' last evening. It had been the intention of the council to purchase this section for a reserve, and for that purpose a loan of £3000 was included in the proposals which are being submitted to the ratepayers to-day. Mr. Donaldson announced last evening that the owners, Mr. C. Outhwaite and the Misses Outhwaite, had offered sufficient land at this corner to enable the council to carry out the necessary adjustments, and it would therefore not be necessary to ask the ratepayers to sanction tho proposed loan of £3000. The meeting expressed its appreciation of the generosity of the donors and the clerk wa3 instructed to convey to them the ratepayers' recognition of the fine public spirit displayed by the gift. " Although the synod at this session can take no action in regard to the election of a bishop, it can and ought without delay to consider such questions as honse and stipend," said Bishop Juljus in announcing his coming resignation to the Christchurch synod. He added: "For this purpose you will probably agree to the appointment of a select committee. Bishopscourt is now vacant. There seems to bo some change of opinion since we last met as to the wisdom of retaining the whole or some portion of the property as a site for Bishopscourt. Of course, I can offer no opinion. But if Bishopscourt it to stand on the old site some of the land will probably be sold and the house, or a great part of it, must be rebuilt." An interesting fact in connection with the approaching resignation of Archbishop Julius is that his term of 34 years as Bishop of Christchurch is the same length of time that the office was held by his predecessor, tho late Bishop Harper. There have been only two bishops of that diocese. Bishop Harper was consecrated in 1856, and held office until 1890, when ho was succwdfid by the present bishop.