General News

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22656, 10 March 1939, Page 10

General News

Dogs in Motor Camps Dogs in motor camps have given concern to Automobile Association authorities. correspondence on the subject was received at a meeting of the executive of the South Island Motor Union last evening. Members favoured the proposal that there should be erected in motor camps notices advising motorists that dogs should be on leashes or otherwise controlled. Cattle for China In spite of passing through a typhoon 50 New Zealand Jersey heifers and three hunters were safely delivered to a dairy farm m Shanghai by Mr W. H. Garland, of Henderson, who returned to Auckland yesterday by the steamer Sydney Maru. The cattle were sent by Mr A. S Teizner, of Patumahoo, who took 40 head of cattle to China in 1037.—Press Association. Solomon’s Wisdom and Second Sight “I do not profess to have the wisdom of Solomon, nor can I claim second sight,” said Mr F. F. Reid, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning after hearing the evidence in a civil case. Commenting that it would require the wisdom of Solomon combined with second sight to straighten out the circumstances of the claim, the Magistrate held that the plaintiff had not proved his case and entered -a non-suit. Caravan Problems The modern enthusiasm for caravan-touring among motorists has created new problems on the roads, according to reports made at a meeting of the executive of the South Island Motor Union last evening. The chairman, Mr W. R. Carey, told the story of a motorist with a caravan who met another motorist on a narrow road on the West Coast. He could not back the caravan and the other motorist was obliged to back his car for 10 miles. He had also been told that a caravan had recently delayed traffic on the Rakaia bridge. He wondered what would happen on a narrow road when caravan met caravan and neither could back. The meeting had before it remits from the Automobile Association, Canterbury, proposing certain regulations to govern caravans. These will be considered at the half-yearly meeting. Trouble With Insulators The change from dry to wet weather caused minor trouble in the North Canterbury Electric Power Board’s services on Wednesday evening. The board’s outside superintendent (Mr J. C. Hancox) said' yesterday that a number of insulators had cracked with the dry weather, with the result that insulation was affected when rain came. There had been minor interruptions, and several poles on the KaiapoiRangiora route had caught fire. Increase in Honey Prices The honey section of the Internal Marketing Division has recently announced an increase of Id per lb in the price of its standard quality honey. A circular to distributors states that because of the demand for standard quality being out of proportion to the supply the marketing division was compelled to bring about the necessary adjustment of demand to supply by increasing the price of all packs of this quality. The advance took effect from February 23.—“ The Press” Special Service. Opening of Rakaia Bridge The official opening of the new Rakaia traffic bridge will be performed by the Minister for Public Works (the Hon. R. Semple) at 10 a.m, on March 25. The ceremony has been arranged for the morning so that it will not interfere with the Methven Show, which will be held on the same date. Bequest to Football Club A bequest of £SOO to the Christchurch Football Club made under the will of Mr J. R. Evans, who died about three years ago and who was associated with the club for more than 50 years, has now been received by the club. The bequest was made unconditionally; and the club has decided to set the money aside as a permanent memorial to Mr Evans, and to use the income for club purposes. Messrs Denys Hoare (president), A. I. Cottrell, and- D. E. Millar have been appointed trustees for the bequest. School Tours in Canada To further arrangements for visits to Canada by a party of 20 New Zealand secondary school girls and the same number from Australia during the coming northern summer, Mr A. Sullivan, inspector of high schools for British Columbia, arrived at Auckland by the Niagara. He will make a short tour of New Zealand and will then go to Australia.' Explaining his mission, Mr Sullivan said that invitations had already been sent to the two southern Dominions by the National Council of Education of Britain and Canada and the Overseas Education League. The intention was that the two parties of girls should be in Canada during the visit of the King and Queen. His purpose was to confirm the invitations and to supply educational authorities in Australia and New Zealand with any further information they might require. Government Flats The proposal of the Government to build a block of 75 flats in Grafton Gully, Auckland, has been abandoned, according to a statement by Mr J. A. Lee, Parliamentary Under-Secre-tary in charge of housing. He said the Government’s move had been an exploratory one and the scheme was abandoned in- view of the Auckland City Council’s intention to buy the land concerned. Grafton was chosen for exploration because it was a recognised flatting district, continued Mr Lee, who gave instances of large groups of flats on the property of the. late Sir Arthur Myers. Where land abutted upon open spaces was the best site for building flats, which was obviously* better than industrial development in such areas. Youth Still Missing In spite of repeated searches by parties of police constables and the untiring efforts of the Allan family, Frank Allan, the 17-year-old youth who has been missing from his home in Wakari, Dunedin, for over a month, is still roaming the bush west of the city. The present gpgjj of cold, wet weather must be making his stay out of doors most unpleasant, as he has no bedding and no clothing except that in which he left home. Conditions last night were particularly stormy with a high wind and driving rain. During one of their searches on Wednesday afternoon police found one of the youth’s lairs. In a sack in a nook in the bush were some crusts of bread and remains of turnips. In the hope of surprising the youth sleeping, police set out at midnight on Wednesday and surrounded the newly-discovered hiding-place. . They' crawled on all fQnts through the bush until they had reached the hiding-place. When they rushed the spot they found that the youth was not there. The Press” Special Service. Ambulance Wanted The St. John Ambulance Association in Auckland is faced with the difficulty of having to withdraw one of its 10 ambulances from ‘the road, as the machine is worn out and the association has not the necessary money to replace it. The committee of the association held a meeting this -week to hear a report by the secrptary-manager, Mr S. E. Langstone, He said that an ambulance which been in service for five years had covered 160,000 miles, over rough roads and in all weathers, involving the carriage of numerous emergency cases from all parts of the Auckland Province as part of the service available to the public at any time. The engine had been thoroughly examined and it was found to be practically beyond repair. To maintain the efficiency of the ambulance station it was desirable to have 10 machines to cope with the increasing demands made by the public upon the service. Point of Difference “I thought the general impression was that eTtvployGts had the ball at their feet, remarked Mr M. J. Reardon, Conciliation Commissioner, at the hearing of the timber workers’ dispute in Wellington.. “My impression is,” retorted Mr G. Trippner, timber merchant, Auckland, “that the workers have the employers by the throat.”