CITY AND SUBURBAN

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 253, 22 July 1929, Page 13

CITY AND SUBURBAN

HAPPENINGS IN. AND ABOUT TOWN The Minister of Education (Hon. H. Atmore) visited Hataitai School on Friday ’ and was shown round the buildings and grounds. He noted thq conditions in the lower playground. Clifford Quinnell, a gasfitter, of Oriental Bay, sustained lacerated wounds to his head when he fell from, a tramcar in the city shortly before midnight on Saturday. He was taken to the Public Hospital by the Fre® Ambulance and then to his home. The usual charge for the stand at the Basin Reserve, when Soccer is being played, is 6d., and very often from 300 to 400 spectators pay. With a hockey match on one ground on Saturday and ' Soccer on the other, the charge was increased to Is., which only 20 people paid. Had the popular charge of 6d. been adhered to probably 200 people at least would have availed themselves of the stand. This should be a useful hint for the future.

A butcher, H. A. Ryder, at Jackson . Street, Petone, received injuries to both his ankles, a severe lacerated wound on the right elbow, and had the fourth finger of his fight hand badly crushed when the horse bolted with his cart at Petone on Saturday morning. Ryder, who also suffered from shock, was removed to the Public Hospital by the Free Ambulance.

While playing Association football for Institute at Kelburn Park on Saturday afternoon, A. Terry, a structural engineer, of 123 Austin Street, .suffered injuries to his left knee. He was removed to the Public Hospital by the Free Ambulance, as was also K.. Tatnoil, a scholar of St. Patrick’s College, who sustained a probable fracture of the left ankle while playing Rugby on the Polo Ground, Miramar.

The committee of the Wellington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at its last meeting received a report from the inspector, who dealt with a number of cases of alleged cruelty that had been investigated by him since the previous meeting. Many minor cases of cruelty had been attended to in tlie city, and the inspector reported that he had taken steps to ensure better treatment for the animals concerned. Visits of inspection had * been paid to various works where horses were used, and everything had been found to be satisfactory. The Hutt Valley had been systematically inspected and a number of cases dealt with.

At a recent meeting of the -commitee of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals it was reported that very valuable work had been performed on the West Coast in alleviating suffering caused to animals as a result of the earthquake. The Wellington Society, in conjunction with the Nelson Society, had been instrumental in securing the services of a veterinary surgeon who had been stationed at Murchison and had covered the surrounding districts attending to the animals. The Nelson Society, which had supervised the work, stated that very valuable services had been rendered, and as a result of the efforts of the two societies a great deal of suffering had been prevented.