City and Suburban

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 53, 26 November 1930, Page 13

City and Suburban

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The Harbour Board flags were flown at half-mast yesterday out of respect to the memory of the late Mr. Henry Evans, who after thirty years’ service in the traffic department resigned about twelve months ago and died yesterday.

At work on the 8.6. Monowai at 11.30 a.tn. yesterday, H. Robson, of 53a Yule Street, Kilbirnie, a shipwright, fell eight or ten feet down a hold and injured his spine. He was taken to hospital by the Free Ambulance.

Hailstones larger than any peas fell at Ngaio at the beginning of the storm which swept over Wellington from the south late on Sunday afternoon. Apparently the unusually large hailstones ■ fell in a comparatively small area, for in some places there was hardly any hall, but at Ngaio the ground was white with it.

“When I heard the Mayor say that Mr. Oscar Garden was a Scotsman,” said the Hon. J. G. Cobbe at yesterday’s reception to the airman, “I leaned over, and in some doubt asked him if he was really a Scotsman or an Irishman. When he said that he was a Scotsman I was disappointed, but I took heart of grace when I remembered that after all Scotland is only a colony of Ireland.”

“V.H.U.V.0.” are the registered markings of Mr. Oscar Garden’s Gipsy Moth aeroplane, which attracted a great deal of attention when landed from the Ulimaroa. yesterday afternoon. In appearance it resembles a huge dragon-fly, with its blue and black wings, neatly folded back behind its bonnet of'bronze green, whilst the fuselage is coloured light brown. There may be a chance of seeing the plane aloft to-day, if it can be got ready in time.

Two motorists had a remarkable escape early yesterday' morning, when the small car in which they were driving overturned on the road under the old Kelburn viaduct. They were unfamiliar with the road, which is badly lighted in that locality, and found it difficult to decide on the best course to follow. In endeavouring to pass the central wooden pier of the viaduct the car skidded,' and crashed over on to its side. The two men found themselves on the road amid a litter of broken glass and fittings, but whether they were thrown through, the broken hood or the windows they did not know. A passing motorist assisted them to lift the car on to its wheels again, and to their joy they found it possible to continue their interrupted . journey.

There was a distinctly festive atmosphere at the weekly luncheon of the Wellington Rotary Glub yesterday. Hilarity reached its peak during the drawing of numbers to decide the winners of the Christmas boxes. Mr. J. M. A. Hott almost blushed when the president, Dr. F. Bowerbank, handed him a huge Christmas stocking as the winner of the first prize. “You should take a ticket in Tatt’s,” called a member when the second prize also went to Mr. Hott. Such phenomenal luck is /iot regarded with favourby Rotarians. “What do you consider the penalty should be?” gravely asked the president. “Slam a good heavy fine on to him,” suggested a member. Mr. Hott immediately rose and, walking over to this member, presented him with the second prize, remarking, “Now he can pay the fine.” Even this act of : diplomacy did not suflice, as the holders i of the first and second prizes were both ordered to contribute to the cheer fund.