NEWS IN BRIEF.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 36, 12 February 1931, Page 8

NEWS IN BRIEF.

'QUAKE AFTERMATH. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Pictures at Night. Moving pictures are to be shown nightly in the grandstand at Nelson Park, Napier. ,Films will be provided j free by the Associated Film Exchanges. The Printed Sheet. According to a Press Association message from Hastings, the "Hawke's Bay Tribune," whose printing plant was only slightly damaged, will publish as usual on Monday next. First Court Sits. A sign that Napier is returning to normal was the sitting of the first Court yesterday morning, when two men Were convicted of drunkenness, Another was convicted for converting a car. Bathing Facilities. The slipper baths at the municipal bath house have been opened, and hours have been fixed for various sections of the community to use the swimming pool in the bath. Conference Postponed. Tlie annual, conference of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand, arranged to be held at Eotorua on March 3, has been abandoned. The board decided to vote £100 to the relief fund. Supplies of Serum. . The health authorities do not-con-sider it necessary to innoculate remainresidents .in Napier against typhoid. A ° stock of serum has, however, been forwarded and is available for those who desire i.t. - Clearing Wool Stores. Advice has been received that the shipping companies, in order to assist in the clearing, of the wool stores at Napier, the wool being sent to London as speedily as possible,, will accept single bales as dumped lots. Art Union not Supported. On the ground that it did not agree with the principle of a lottery, the Auckland Chamber of Commerce this morning declined to support the proposal of the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce that ,a State art union should be held to raise funds for the replacement of damaged property. Napier Firms Reopening. Further businesses to open immediately in Napier are:—Humphries and Humphries, Williams and Kettle, Niven and Co., Plowman's factory, Marston's book shop, Bull Bros., builders, J. Duthie and Co., D. B. Frame, architect, H. B. • Motors, Acetone Welding Co., D. S. Laing and Sons. Money Still Required. Although there has been a ready to the appeal for funds, food and clothing on behalf of the children refugees encamped on Motuihi the Community Sunshine Association j states that further assistance from the public in these directions is still required, and will be for some time to conic. Loss by Company. A Press Association message from Dunedin states that one of the directors of Boss and Glendining, Ltd., who spent several days in the earthquake area, reports that his company's buildings and stock were completely, demolished. As the company was not covered by earthquake insurance at Napier, its direct loss, it is stated; will be over £70,000.

Repatriation. While women and children are not to be repatriated to Napier at present, an S.O.S. ig being broadcasted for male residents to return and assist in the reconditioning of houses. It is stated that trade demands the return of all Napier business men who wish to restart. The staff of McGruer's, Ltd., are requested to report their addresses to the manager immediately. Money, Please? "There are no flies on some Wanganui solicitors," remarked a Napier refugee in Wanganui yesterday afternoon. "I had hardly arrived in Wanganui," he said, "when a summons was served on me. I have lost every penny through the earthquake, so I don't know how the summons is getting on. At present I have more to worry about than a blue document." Wedding Bells. Two young residents of Napier were married at the Presbyterian manse in Vigor Brown Street on Saturday evening. They were Mr. George T. Harvey, second son of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Harvey, of Ashley Gorge, Canterbxiry, and Miss Dorothy Helen Flinn, eldest daughter of Mrs. B. A. Flinn, of Shakespeare Terrace. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. H. A. Gould.— (P.A.). Presbyterian Churches. The. Rt. Rev. George Budd, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, who arrived back from Napier on Sunday last, left again for Hawke's Bay this morning by car, where he will meet an urgently-called meeting of the Hawke's Bay Presbytery to discuss the question of the restoration of the church's property in the stricken area. St. Paul's new church at Napier withstood the earthquake shocks, but was devastated by fire, and only the walls stand. In the outer areas most of the churches and manses were badly damaged, and it is to discuss ways and means of repairing the damage and getting things back to normal that the Presbytery meeting is to be held. Already generous offers from all over the Dominion have been made to assist the Church. - • The Relief Service. A complaint by a refugee from the earthquake region alleging inadequacy in the relief service at the Town Hail was definitely refuted , this morning by Major Annie Gordon, who is assisting in the conduct of the relief by the Mayor's hospitality committee. "It is absolutely wrong," said Major Gordon, in referring to a statement that an inadequate sum was given for buying groceries. "The writer of the complaint says that refugees are not told to call again. Invariably the refugees are told to call again. This is the only complaint from dozens of grateful people. It is due, apparently, to a misunderstanding." The' burden of the complaint was: "After visiting the Town Hall and registering all particulars, as requested, w e were given an order for 10/ worth, of groceries, which they, considered ample provision for four people for two weeks when we would be expected to return to Napier."