CITY AND SUBURBAN

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 8, 4 October 1929, Page 9

CITY AND SUBURBAN

Tender# are to be called by the City Council for the manufacture and supply of concrete kerb blocks.

No action .is to be taken by the City Council regarding the formation of a parking place for motor-cars at the Carescent, Roseneath. This decision was reached last night.

The sum of £370 is to.be provided in next year’s City Council estimates for the paving of the footpath on the western side of Park Road, between Miramar Avenue and Rotheram Terrace.

The rowing season will open . officially in . Wellington to-morrow, when the Mayor (Mr. G. A. Troup) will perform the ceremony at the Star Boating Club. An interesting programme of boat races for the annual contest for the. Redding Shield has been drawn up, in which competition the three local rowing clubs will participate.

A big house, ■ known as “The Grange,” at the corner of Sefton Street, and Main Road,. Wadestown, which is being demolished, caught fire last evenihg. The- brigade received the-, alarm at 7.9 and was quickly on the. scene. Damage was done to part of the timber. It is thought that the outbreak was caused as • the' result of one of the workmen accidentally , dropping a lighted-match.

The City Council decided last night to grant-a lease of the portion of the sewer reserve adjoining the Rongotai College grounds, Miramar, to the Wellington College Board of Governors at a peppercorn’rental, provided no buildings are erected on the area, permission to-be granted for the water tower to be removed to a more suitable position provided the same water storage is available. . :

“There aresome people who have no consideration for others at theatres,” writes “Fed Up.” “They are the ones who chatter incessantly during the dialogue and -■ while the performers are singing. These same people usually, resent being asked, to make less noise. Another person who is objectionable is the one who saw the show in London. New Zealand audiences are not interested In his comparisonof the London cast with the New Zealand one, and it is' most disconcerting. to those who have paid money to see a show that they want to enjoy.”

■ “Is it the spring feeling of laxness, or is it just pure laziness, that-is causing so - many pedestrians to wander aimlessly across the street?” writes a correspondent. “Dozens of people wander across the street and simply court, danger. The worst of it is that if a motorist toots- his horn to warn them to move out-of tbe way, some of them get such a start that'they don’t know which way to go,, and. make themselves liable to be run down. A look to the right and to. the left before crossing the road would help both pedestrians ’ and motorists.”

HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN

The use of Newtown Park , has -.been granted to the Labour Day Committee for sports on Labour Day (October iB) on the usual terms and conditions. -

A thick coating of granite chips ha* been laid down in Rakau , Road ,this week, and it is so deep at the corners that it is quite easy for motor vehicles to broadside at the corners, although travelling at quite a moderate speed.

In order to expedite the excavation work in connection with the eastern approach to the new Mount Victoria tunnel, the bonus system instituted by the city engineer last month'is ‘to he continued.

“Now that the change-over is Assured,” said the .’Mayor to’, the-City Council last night, “the time is coming when the electricity department can make distinct advances, as the- consumption of electrical energy has increased tremendously.” ’ 1

There are still some tram motormeh who do not appear to realise that the automatic signals at Courtenay 'Place have to be obeyed by. them as well .as by motorists. One motorman ignored the red signal completely a few. days ago, and the result was that a motorist coming from Cambridge Tefrace only just managed'to avert a: collision.

The argument over the elosing df .the gate on the northern side, of the Kelli urn and Karori Tramway Company’s premises, admitting to. the Botanical Gardens has been ended by the company agreeing to allow the. gate to remain open, even when the cars are' n<?t running. ... ~ , .

Yesterday afternoon Robert Robin Gillies, an engineer’s apprentice,' restd-. ing at Tennis Court. Road, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg when his motor-cycle collided with’ * car about half a mile up.Onslow Road. The Free Ambulance was called and Gillies was attended to and conveyed to the hospital. He was also suffering from shock.

The Wellington College has purchased a new boxing ring, and this is being used for the present tourney. .-A. novel feature is that- the ropes -are dressed in the college colours of- gold and black, and another innovation is that when the structure is dismantled the flooring may be used for . a concert staging.

In connection with ’ a deputation which waited upon the Works Com-' mittee of the City Council on Mondays in respect to the. state . of . Jackson Street, Island Bay, the council decided last night that the improvement 'of .the street be one of the first works undertaken when the next relief works loan is raised. Councillor McKeen'said’.it was urgent that something should bedone, and said there was some comment on the amounts being spent in certain areas. The Mayor replied that streets which were fully built oh should: receive first consideration.