NEWS OF THE DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 87, 13 April 1927, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Easter Holidays. The "Auckland Star" will not be published on Good Friday, but will appear as usual on Saturday and Easter Monday. Owing to the holidays advertisers should make their arrange- I ments well ahead, especially for display space. ! Ansae Day Services. Old boys of King's College will attend a | memorial service to lie eondtn-' -d «.v Archbishop Avcrill at the college chapel, Middlemorc, on the afternoon of Anzac Day. It is hoped that two more windows will bo in position for ltnveil,nr: . 1 akapuna, a service is to be held at O Neill s Point Cemetery in the morning, and there will be a parade to the Foresters' Hall in the afternoon, where another service will lie held. "Knowing Old Birds." "As soon as the shooting season open*, and tlie guns make their appearance, the old ducks make for the sanctuaries. This means that the young birds are shot, and I think it would be a good idea to place men on the sanctuaries and drive the old birds off." These remarks were made by a member at the annual meeting of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society last evning. but other members did not seem to m-it the suggestion seriously. Arc Hoardings Unsightly? "Hoardings cannot be .-aid to beautify the borough, remarked a member of the Takapunt. Borough Council iasi evening, when a well-known advertising firm applied he- permi.-.-ion to make use of a vacant section at liclmont. .Much of the subject-matter displayed on these hoardings, he contended, was often none too wholesome, and he dicl not believe that any such structure should be i erected opposite the public school. Other mem- 1 bcrs were of the opinion that an attractive advertising display board would be an improvement on j the present appearance of the land. Alter discus- ! sion, a sub-committee was elected to cou-idcr the ; application. Perch for Lake Takapuna. Lake Pupukc. Takapuna, ha- never been famous for its fishing. Fels there are in plenty, but trout are scarce, and fishing i- almost unknown. 1 At last evening's meeting of the Takapuna Coun | oil, the Auckland Aeclimat i-atiou Society advised ! that tlie trout which bad been liberated in |-asi I year:: had not flourished, and that it was proposed j that in future the lake should be stocked with j perch. It was estimated that the new variety of | tish Would provide good sport for anglers. The council resolved to advise the society that there i was no objection to the proposal. Royal Souvenirs. That it wa- good fuinituie of a homely and useful kind proved a larger inducement than the fact that it bad been used by Royalty, when an auction was held in the city yesterday of the furniture Used bv the Duke and Duchess of York during their fishing trip to Tokaann. A young i married couple, with a bid of £1.1. secured the suite used by the Duchess, while the suite that j the Duke had used, after very slow bidding, j reached £14, and was disposed of. A wa-hstand realised £.'5. There were inquiries about the mattresses used by Royalty, and the auctioneer suggested that some wide-awake co||c< i,„ had '.'.'l m early and secured them. Children and Holidays. Holiday-time invariably piuve- di-tuibiug to : tho course of school training, for. in addition to j the ordinary interruption caused, many parents 1 neglect to hurry home in order that their children ! might get the full benefits from the educational ! facilities placed at their disposal. While this hampers the individual child, it also has a ton- j dency to restrict the progress of other young | students. Comment upon this fact is contained 1 in the annual report of the Remuera School Com- I mittce, which is to be presented to householders j this evening. Tho paragraph reads: "Attention I should be drawn to the fact that the practice of ! parents leaving for their holidays with their chil- 1 firen before the close of the school year, and re- ! turning after the commencement of the new year, j greatlv affects the at tendance for the quarter, and ' also ili-organist < the school work." "Bushed" by the City Council. The condition of Titirangi Road wa- again; under discussion at the meeting of the New Lynn Town Hoard last evening. A motorist wrote I stating that lie had again broken springs on this ! road, and he expected the board to bear the cost. ' Members were in agreement as to the condition of I the road, but maintained that its present uusatis- ' factory state was <lue to heavy trallic conducted fin behalf of the Auckland City Council. Earlier j in the evening it had been decided to classify this road —with others—as a fourth-class road, and the 1 wisdom of doing this owing to its relative impor- | t a lice was now questioned. One member, how- | ever, was most emphatic, declaring that this st-p was absolutely necessary in order to protect the ! board against such heavy traffic. "We've been 1 'bushed' by the ( ity t'ouncil. and they will "Ini-h" us again if this is not done. The matter then I dropped. | i Proposed Beach Improvements. It. is possible that 'iakapuna's claim to be one of the most popular beaches about Auckland will be further strengthened by the provision of bath- j ing pools lor young children and weak swimmers, i At last evening's meeting of the Takapuna Borough Council. Mr. O. H. Matthews suggested that a paddling pool, 70ft long, 20ft wide and loin deep, and a learners' swimming bath, of the same > length and width, should be constructed on the 1 rocks at the Strand end of the beach. The estimated costs of the baths, which would reduce the danger of drowning to a minimum, were £2."»0 and 1 £5Si) respectively. It was decided that the incom- ' ing council he recommended to provide adequate ! bathing facilities. j "Do More and Save More." I lie Minister of Lands has no time for the j armchair critics, of whom lie says there are thou- ! sands—all of them ready to point to the reason for the present depression in New Zealand. "But j how few there are who can make a sensible su,fgestion for its solution," he declared during a 1 speech at Thames last night. "When it is stated ' t-hat more production is needed, every linger is ! pointed towards the man on the land, with the i ciy that he should get busy and produce more,"' I said the Minister. "Kven to-dav the farmer is ! doing wonders in that respect, 'i do not surest j that those in other walks of life should be asled I to accept less wages or remuneration, but I do I think that the slogan. /More production/ is l)<»in« T ! accepted in the main in its narrowest sen*e It is ' a slogan for us all, not for the farmers alone, and j means that everyone should do more ami save I more in return for the wages, salaries, incomes] and dividends received. In my opinion the coun- ]' tiy is all light if all sections ~f the community ' put forward their best efforts. * j New Lynn's Electricity Problem. ! Probably no question has been more freelv ' discussed in the New Lynn district during the i.a-'t j two years than that of the supplv of elect ricitv At the time the Auckland Power Board was ! formed the Town Board derided to remain an > outer area to that body, but was subsequently 1 gazetted as an outer area of the then Kaipar'a Power Board, which ultimately became the exist- I ing Waitemata Power Board. The question then arose —and at one period was discussed at a public meeting —as to the wisdom or otherwise of joining the inner area of the Waitemata Power Board. No decision was arrived at. and the district up to the present has remained in the outer area, paying •") per cent extra on all electricity used. Possibly a change may take place in the near future,"as the board now in office has made application for New Lynn to be included in the inner area of the Waitemata Board. A letter received at last night's meeting from the Power Board stated that that body would render all possible assistance. 'The town clerk was instructed to obtain from the Public Works Department the necessary form of petition, which will ultimately bo circulated ill the district, with the above object ,M View.

Gunnery in the Gulf. Gunnery practice was carried out by H.M.s. Laburnum in the Hauraki Gulf to-day. The sloop, which is returning to Auckland from a cruise to southern ports, is to come into port this evening. H.M.s. Wakakura, the only minesweeper in New Zealand waters, left port this morning with targets for the Laburnum's practice. She will return to-night. Industry in the Home. 'The modern wife is not credited with possessing much energy in the direction of usual household duties by the critical wives of other ages. Ja/.z, cabarets and night-life generally are given out as being their principal achievements. This assertion, however, vvas disproved by the industry displayed last Sunday by a young Devonport bride. She spent the morning cooking, dusting and bed-making, while her hu-band wa- absent at Church, and even found time : «•»<. the lawn in her slack moments. A Skeleton Shelter. Devonport residents are to b.- sheltered from the winter rains during the course of the construction of the new. ferry wharf, despite the fact that the old shelter-shed has l>ecn removed. Workmen were engaged yesterday on the old wharf, or what remains of it. erecting a skeleton shelter, so designed as to offer protection from rain beating in either direction. Although a makeshift, it will be greatly appreciated by Shore residents, especially those who like to b-,- a little ahead of time. "A Tonic for Waipu." Considerable amusement wa- can-i d among the Auckland Presbytery yesterday when ii was mentioned that the Rev. (.. W. Blair, who had received a call to Waipu, wa- an Iri-hinan. "It will be a tonic for Waipu to have a wild Iri-hman sent among those sober Scot-." said one member. Tho possibility of Mr. Blair having to wear a kilt and talk the tJaelic tongue a!-o moved the reverend gentlemen to mirth. In more serious mood. Mr. Blair referred to his work at Kllcrslic. where he ha- lx'c< |',ir the la-t -even year-. The Pn-l.v-tcry left the decision to Mi. Blair, who tl<t:<i--l to accept the call. Carrying Home the "Fish." It has been the standing cu-loin :.i one olfi.-e ill Auckland to club for a supply of w itte on tcsiivc occasion.-. .\s Master i- regarded as being a go<«| time in the year to celebrate, the u-ual arrangement has been observed by getting ill a quantity of New Zealand's finest-tast ing grape juice. 'The goods duly arrived la-t Friday, and were di-tii buted, but none of the staff had any brown papci with which to make discreet parcel- of the bottlefor transference home. The ditlicultv wa- event u ally got over by w rapping the wine up in newpa pel s, and labelling it "fi-h." Whether the (lis gui-e proved sufficient i- difficult to say. but there i- none of the "fi-h" left, and Ka-ti-i lia- not vet aII iv ed !