General News

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27439, 27 August 1954, Page 10

General News

Power Cute There will be no power cuts in the Municipal Electricity Department’s area today. Tomorrow there will be a cut in New Brighton from 1 p.m. to 2 pan., and for the rest of the district, excluding the inner city area, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The entire district will be cut from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, and the Monday evening cut will be in area D—South Brighton, Bromley, Woolston, and Sumner. 469 Tears On The following annual in memoriam notice has once again appeared in “The Times”: “PLANTAGENET—At the Battle of Bosworth, August 22, 1485. there fell, fighting bravely, Richard HI of England, king,’ statesman, soldier, gentleman. Deeply mourned.” Two lines of verse follow: “From distant shores, pale dusty ghost, One grain of sand salutes your memory.” —London, August 25. Sunny Greymouth Wednesday was the first day this month on which the sun did not shine at Greymouth. Yesterday’s brief sunshine, preceding heavy rain showers in the afternoon, brought the month’s record to 25 sunny days out of 26. Before Wednesday, the sun had shone on 30 consecutive days, bringing the year’s total to more than 1100 hours. Yesterday’s rain advanced the year’s rainfall to more than 70 inches. Wellington Home Sold For £15,000 One of the most attractive homes in the Wellington city area, formerly the residence of the late Dr. lan Ewart and Mrs Ewart, 81 Abel Smith street, was sold for £15,000 at auction this week. The house was bought by a legal firm for an undisclosed buyer. For many years Dr. D. Platts-Mills, a pioneer woman doctor in Wellington, gractised at 81 Abel Smith street, her ome being a wooden one on the site of the present modern concrete residence, which stands in a quarter acre of lawns and gardens. The old house was destroyed by fire towards the end of the Second World War, and Di*. Ewart, a leading obstetrician, built the present house after the fire. There has been a house on the site for more than 80 years.

Auckland Beer Garden A permit for a beer garden at an Auckland hotel in the North Shore suburb of Devonport has been approved by the Devonport Borough Council and the Government building controller. The garden will have an all-weather covered sundeck facing* the harbour. The council has decided to ask the owners to raise the floor of the suhdeck above the vision of the passing public. “I don’t want to hinder people inside looking out across the harbour, but people outside looking in have to be considered,” said the Mayor (Mr C. F. Woodall). The council agreed, but Cr. R. W. G. Seagar said he saw no reason why the garden should not be in view of the public. It was the common thing outside New Zealand.

Gallipoli Veterans’ Reunion Gallipoli veterans in Wellington have begun organising a New Zealandwide reunion, to be held on April 25, 26, and 27 next year. April 25 will be the fortieth anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli. Mr J. N. Westwood, president and a founder of the Wellington Gallipoli Veterans’ Association, said yesterday that good progress had been made. A business firm had promised fare concessions for men who would come from the South Island, and railway and bus services, too, would be cheaper for the veterans. About 1000 of them were expected to be in Wellington for the occasion, he said.—(P.A.) But It Was A seven-year-old New Plymouth boy recently told his father he had seen a piece of paper on the road that looked like a 10s note, “but it couldn’t have been, because it was just lying there.” Two weeks later, as the pair were walking along the street, the boy remarked that the piece of paper was still there. So father had a look, and it was a 10s note, washed with rubble into a pile of dirt. Careless Thieves z A sum of money in a drawer and the fact that the safe was unlocked were apparently overlooked by thieves who broke into the premises of Stan Lugg. Ltd., motor dealer, at Rangiora, on Wednesday night The safe was turned round apparently so that the back could be forced, but nothing of value was missing. Warmer Weather Chris’tchurch had its hottest day this month yesterday with the temperature at 69.3 degrees early in the afternoon. On the preceding day the temperature was 66.7 degrees. The hottest day last August was 68.2 degrees. On August 26 last year the day was also mild, with north-east winds andthe temperature at 57.4 degrees. The whole of the east coast of the South Island has been having clear skies and fine weather, tßit either rain or overcast skies have been covering the rest of New Zealand, although the east coast of the North Island had a of fine weather early yesterday morning. N.Z. Chilled Beef Shipments British meat trade authorities had told him that recent shipments of chilled beef from New Zealand had been superior to chilled beef from the Argentine, said the general manager of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board (Mr J. W. de Gruchy) yesterday. He was speaking at the annual meeting of the <electoral committee of the board. A member of the board, Mr L. A. P. Sherriff, said there was no doubt that the quality of New Zealand beef had improved since before the war.—(P.A.)

New Traffic Lights The fourth set of traffic lights in Christchurch will soon be installed at •the busy intersection opposite the Bridge of Remembrance. Rather like those at the Majestic corner, these lights will control traffic on three streets—Oxford terrace, Cashel street, and Durham street—although Durham street enters this intersection from only one direction. Yesterday morning excavations began for the underground installations and it is hoped that the work will be completed by the end of next week. Tasman Air Service

Catching up the delay caused by a radio fault, Tasman Empire Airways’ Aotearoa 111 left Christchurch for Sydney at 8 a.m. yesterday with 42 passengers, including the Australian universities’ hockey team. The DC-6, which made a double crossing of the Tasman Sea between Christchurch and Melbourne or Wednesday, was at Harewood overnight and left again yesterday on its amended schedule. The regular time-table will continue tomorrow.

Control of Building Because the partial abolition of building controls on the basis of districts or areas would be extremely difficult administratively, the Government has decided that the Building Controller can give semi-automatic approval to applications coming from areas where restrictions are unnecessary. Such applications will be treated as urgent and firm consents will be issued without delay. This information has been given by the Minister of Works (Mr W. S. Goosman) to the Associated Chambers of Commerce, which had asked whether it was practicable to abolish building controls on a district basis as conditions in some areas were easier than in others.

Planting a Lawn A lawn was planted by members of the Hawera Women’s Bowling Club recently. The women who did the work emphasise that the lawn was planted, not sown. Their bowling green has a grass path; but grass paths wear out if walked on too often, and this one was walked on a great deal. Elephant grass can be walked on without its wearing out. but there was nd elephant grass seed available to sow. So they obtained hundreds of elephant grass seedlings from Patea, and put them in by hand.

Jasz Concerts In Park Jazz concerts may be held in the Auckland Art Gallery and Albert Park. The City Council has approved midday jazz concerts in the park if any orchestras are interested. Evening concerts will also be allowed if there is a demand. The director of the Art Gallery (Mr Eric Westbrook) has suggested to the library committee that jazz concerts should be allowed in the gallery to attract young people there.