NEWS OF THE DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 153, 30 June 1937, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Long Journey in Ambulance. 'v ii; ni-'-rn:. .V rta'ol- trip : ■ : 1 • • 1a .11: 1 r ;l"i:"-ill-; ■' New Maori fleeting House. :«•' new m.'v'-!n_- ..:Ik\,»;!y r.<-ar W.; 1.;. •• - fr"t;i ~M-rri:is-.-i.;e. M.-itantat.i !V;w;i tr> districts. L'h-; uam*.* >•>•!.:• ••:;<:p ; . t.' V.'ihi. a T.u-.jiiwj. of v lii-. a n . i the u.'ea: <«h:of. Te vVauaa. A:';er.vtir.';. a - w.i- •< 11.: i i>y Can'.-n K. Karaka. of Morrinsv'dle, who gav■: .11- appropriate a«Mre« ia Ma.-ri. Christchurch Parrots Die. Over the pa-~ i'...rTa:gat parrot :::• rtaliiy in Christchurch ha- l»H»n hi.uh. the deatas <>t ?i'c «pt?ciuic-r.s of the one spei'ws having boea reporreil. Th. l Canterbury iluscuni has received a number of Blue Mountain lorikeet •A-i-'a rhc ri"jue<t that they be montit.*-! r'. r exhibition, and that e-xaniination be made. M.-. K. A. Falia. curator of the museum, scouted the idea* th.it death nris due to which, hi l -aid. was most unlikely in %ievv of the .-trinjrent restrictions on the importatie.n of tiie iiirds. i.f.'sc i'iE the deaths «'oubi be attributed, in his opiui.ai, to chill. The birds were- u-e<l to a ilry climate. an«i could not stand the kumiditv of the cold -neils receutlv exr,er:enced. Tlieft of Overcoats. An audacious theft of two overcoats took tlaee at the Wesley Hail in Pitt Street oil Saturday nijht. A number of younjr men who' held a meeting there hunsr their overcoats and hats in the back portion of the room, separated only by a curtain. Voices were investigated durir.cr the meeting without result.' and their recurren.-e at a later period was accompanied bv the slamming of the doori when some of the young men appeared on the *<-?ne. It was then discovered that two large, heavy overcoats were missing. Prompt steps taken to intercept the intruders, including police assistance, were unavailing. Apparently the overcoats had been tried on to obtain a suitable tit. and the two b«?«t selected. Minus overcoats, gloves and scarves and other belonging® in the pockets, the two young men had to return home m the rigours of a id night. Challenge of the Raflcar. i Wlien railcars are brought into use on the j 144-mile run from Frankton Junction to 1 Ohakune, the latest challenge of railwaytransportation to the highways will bo I brought a stage nearer Auckland, but will still be SI mile-; di-tant from the city at its nearI est terminal. It is almost two years since the Railway Department announced in the winter of 1D.'30 that ten large, petrol-driven railcars would be commissioned for new. fast services between Wellington and P.ilmerston Xorth. through the Wairarapa. and for night services between Wellington and Xew Plymouth. an I to-day the '-uiMing programme is being extended. Besides giving faster and j more frequent services, the cars make better I connections between parts of the railway system. They are capable of travelling around a I mile a minute, a nigh speed ,-.n the 3ft ♦>in gauge, and provide comfortable acconimodrtj tion for the ">n passengers. Besides, the view of the landscape is not obscured by a smok - j trail. | Air Passengers "Weigh In." j A peculiarity of air passenger transport : in New Guinea is that natives are treated not |as individuals but as freight, an.l are charged ; at f!d per ]H for the route over wl.i.-h tiie j "planes regularly travel with native labour. ■ m : ssii.n b..ys and snpplies for the gol.lrields. j This fact is revealed bv Pastor A. <"1. Stewart, j a missionary leader now visiting Auek'and. : who re- i-n:'r f. ured the territory. "Air trans. I port in XYw ("uinea has dev.doped on a wonderful s.ale,'' he remarked, "'and an 1 xcer.tionaiiy efficient s- s iff 0 f pilots and mechanic? is I mainrained. In the past ten or twelve years I many thousands of passengers have l-.een car- : ried. Fatal accidents are and the natives | have complete confidence in the aerop' ines nnd tiie white man's ability to operate them. They have become qu'te aecustom-d to stepping on the srale fi ; we|gh in' before gerr : ng aboard, and they enjoy the comfort of the ride." Power of Labour in Victoria. The fact that for rise fir-t tin" in its hisj torv the 'Government in Victoria was backed ! by the Labour partv was ni<>n'ione>l by the i Flon. W. K. Parry, who the Cov- | ernment at the State luncheon given at the I'irand H-itel yesterday ro the p-. Ron. A. A. ; Diinsfan. Premier of Victoria, and the Ron. | F. Pi. Old. who had been acting-T'rime M : n!st<- ; - ! in the a!>«onci» of Mr. Dunstan at the C'orona- • tion. The legislation that was being passed lln Victoria was inrere-ting in the light of modern id'>;w. Replying. Mr. Dons -a n fre.-lv aiimitted the aid given by Labour. The 'iovernm n nt. h-» sabl. hid 20 seats in '!•'>. and ye*, strpported bv Labour, had succeeded in putting 200 measures on the Statute Book. F r e had followed with interest the progress mad' l •>n Xew Zealand. The Government had followed a. bold and courageous policy. It was off the beaten track, but sometimes d««pern** measure* were necessary to cure a disease.

| Streets in Darkness. | Several striets in Mount E-ien were n . darkness for m >re than two liours la-: nigiit. A large number of houses also were with--lit electric power from o.l I '. w-jien 1 lights failed, until 7.1-i, when thev went . again. The interruption in the sunplv was used by .1 inult in a transformer in View Kca-L I Estimates and Guesses. At the Taumarunui winter -mow ■ n*td»rable interest was taken in the welvr:n-_r n:i\" wa- added i'i the -imw fund- : ■ : 111i5The actual w-l_[ir ..f - • " wnand cue prize was <I:i-«I<i. . W. Hay,-* and A. 1.. Ferris. _;:t--«d 4"I }i ! >. The cue-5505 nmir-'d r'r--ia • Tepid Baths Water. Vat!'- in Hob-,, n S-re»t will ' improved by the ii!-t.il!at' .if ad.liti. :-*il ••'.anon the [.remi-e«. Th r«--olit e--iin-u- f the » t'-'im.-il voted t>&i I>r this • : 1;. date, thus j.roviding for a .jui.-k.-r ■ '' of the water mrcul.i ring between the f" • • and the plant. This will jpv.' a more •' >:y •letrree of srerill -at!■ t. than in the {-a.--.. Building Trade " Uncertain." Contrary to the general belief, th- 1.1-ing ing trade i- not uniformly busy, -aid a ; imminent Auckland bu-ine-- man t. H ' ha- been '.ounceted with the huibiin. t•ol * supply industry for many year-, and «i position to knew. "The small builder i.juiet indeed at present." he -aid. "It . ::'y big jobs that are being pu-he.l on ju-t : w. and many of them are Government e. cr r o-t----that atfect >mly a few rir:::-. So far a- the houso-building trade is con.-ern—l. th->r • ; - !ittle activity, and. what is .11-. p : c n. general feeling of un.v-ralnty as • . th" future. This will ho greatiy affected by * lie policy of the Government."' " Playing the Game." Genuine and whole-hearted co-operate m by the majority of ratepayers in meet;: 1 ..: ' demands which the council had had to lev v was referred to by the Ibp r of Mount Albert. Mr. H. A. Anders.-.n. in anm-un'-iug a proposed rate reduction at a meeting of thcouncil last night. He regretted, nevertheless, to announce that a number of ratepavers were seemingly unwilling to recognise the r obligation's, and in many instances were, he believed, studiously taking advantage of f ctuitous circumstances of.eintir.-z in their favour. "Out of common fairness to tho-e who have played the jranm." said the Mayor, "we must actively and vigorously deal with the ratepayer who can pay b'r wi'.o chooses to adopt an inequitable and completely unsocial attitude towards rate payments.'' Barking Dog Brings Help. The barking of a small dog. followed by almost inaudible cries, led two men to the discovery of a girl who had fallen Hit down a rock face a: Taylor's Mistake. Lhri.-tcliiirca. on Sunday. The girl. Marjorie Oeken.k-11. aged H. of Scarborough, u.i- not badly injured. Miss Ockenden ha.l b« en climbing ab">ng the foreshore at Kawhai P -lrit. on the -oirh side of Scarb'ir<>ugh. and was returning to the beach by a slippery short cut. \V!i-n --m • way up this track -he slipped ar..l fell 1— rt on to the rocks be*,..\v. Fortunately >!i > 1.1 • .d-.I on her feet, and the injuries -ae received wer--not serious. Her right foot was cut and bruised, the small of her back was -trained, and she was bleeding at the back of the neck. Messrs. M. Wil-.n sin I F. Hob-on. who were on the small beach nearby, and xvao were attracted by the cries, were joined by Mrs. Osborne, who lives there. Mr-. 0-borre covered Mi-s Ockenden av'ith rug- and hi.in^e rwhile the two n.- n went _"t a -• r kept in a hut where <t. - r '.:' \mbu 1 r..- • bovs spend the week-end. Mi-s .'Vv" le.i wathen taken by car to her home in S.-arborou;:i. where a doctor, who was visiting her parents, attended her. Waitakere Trampers* Lament. The future lot of the tramper on th ■ Waitakere Ranges is di-ousso.l in tue latest issue of "Wanderlust." the monthly journal of the Auckland Tramping t'lu'o. ihe writ- r says: "The commencement of the year us entertaining U> | <•< that there m'unt i'"s--jh! v V'c re-er va rc not* rh- 1 We-* i, v e.-.-Eanee- as a national park, but as rh p of the months has br uight no w..r 1 a - movement towards this i.[ al ;■ r• ■;•••■ t. it -con - that we must re-ijr. iu-selves ro -ee* * th * log hauler on-'e more tear from the t->- -- r-> e la.-t remaininir specimens of try s In th ■ ''.-a outside the City Council reserves. >— > ;1- • early settlement of Auck'and. t()cr-> h is be.-n milling in tiiese hills. At »ir-t. .-n'v the be-* Tvtis worth cutting. N'ow euything :!•.'• t 'a 1 1 board length is yo •> ' en-.u !•. witli the 11 " that han! ; ng ropes are raV'rthe t' >re--for anyfhlr-r from trees ;'-,c -ye i.ir out from former opcrntrons as w..-; '-l.»s». H - o'ptracks are to I.c -.-.--r, pvc-vw'- -- a 'r n an when th»Ti» is n.••tiling leff these sn-> ••< .Vnotlo r id'i.ort.!-r'v;rv is the < • ••»!■• possible- When o.p;;.|e"cl :in ,• • V-IP C u'tv 11-1-s I-:..-id K. r'- r . •he hut. Wc -t'M cling, how.-.-'-, to -he the Hl-h - '-i<r be al'ow >-l 'or.. ;e.]..|M - ■ iinmo!e«t. tl by furrier f d'ing ..r rosdinnperation-, an.l that th-'re vi'! 'e at s-.m----rime in the future 1 ioir"-.i! fore-- w : thin reasonable distance of Auckland."