ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 148, 19 March 1931, Page 11

ITEMS IN BRIEF

About People and Events REGIONAL PLANNING A preliminary conference of represeu tatives of local bodies concerned in the regional planning of the Wellington area was held in the Alayoris room, Town Hall, yesterday afternoon. It is under stood, that the Wellington region is to consist roughly of all land south of the Paekakariki Hill on the west coast, and the Rimutaka mountain line to the east. The conference, which was attended by the Government Town Planner, Mr. J. W. Mawson, was not open to the Press. Christchurch Trackless Tranis. The first route in Christchurch on which trolley buses, or trackless trams, will be operated will be between the city and Shirley Road, and it is anticipated that the service will start about the end of this month. 83 Teachers Workless in Dunedin. A Press Association message from Dunedin says that it was reported at yesterday’s meeting of tbe Otago Education BoaYd that S 3 qualified teachers were unemployed. Farewell to Athletes. At a gathering which will be held this afternoon the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association will make its official farewell to the visiting American athletes, Rothert, Simpson, and Kiser. Earned More On Relief Jobs. Stating that he earned more on relief works for four days a week than he could on a regular Public Works job, a debtor appeared at the Wanganui Alagis* trate’s Court to answer a summons, • states a “Dominion” Special Service message. He said his average earnings with the Public Works Department had been £6 per month, but on casual relief works he received £2/16/- for four day’s work a week. Arch in Soldiers’ Cemetery. The contract for the erection of the memorial arch in the soldiers’ cemetery. Karori, has been let to Mr. H. Glover. The work of erection is now in progress. Necessary Formalities. “I know there is a great temptation on young fellows who have not a great deal of money to spare, not to register their motor-cycles, but yon must cc-nply with these formalities,” said Air. W. H. Woodward, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday. Unpaid Rates. The Hutt County Council has issued a notice to its ratepayers that in view of the proposed legislative authority it has. decided not to impose the 10 per cent, penalty on unpaid rates until Alarch 28. The Wellington City Council has made no such provision o nthe grounds that up to the present there is no legislative authority for it. Seullery Ablaze. Fire broke out at a house situated at 1 Collina Terrace soon after 4 p.m. yesterday. Painters had been at work with blow-lamps removing a coat of paint, and the fire is said to have originated from their operations. The scullery, with its contents, was slightly damaged by fire, water and cutting away. Fire Brigade Busy. . Gorse fires yesterday gave the Fire Brigade a busy afternoon. They were principally in the Wadestown district, and engines were sent out from the Central Fire Station to de’al with them. Child Knocked Down. Knocked down by a motor-car in Torv Street at 4.35 p.m. yesterday a child. Denis AlcNamara, whose address is understood to be Francis Place, was injured slightlv on the nose and cut about the legs. He was i taken b.v the ambulance to the hospital. Constable’s Death. In Wellington on annual leave, Constable Alatthew McLaren McCallum, of Lawrence,, a married man, aged 46, had a seizure, and collapsed in Beauchamp Street, Karori, at 7.40 p.m. on Tuesday. His funeral takes place to-day. Mornington Land. The City Council has declined an offer to purchase a large block of Alornington land. It is a tract of country of a hilly nature, lying between the Island Bay dis- . trict and Happy Valley, rather remote from present-day settlement. Much Less Building. During the month of February the total amount involved in building in Wellington city for which corporation permits were issued was about £30.000, as compared with £175.000 for February. 1930. Eucharistic Congress. Next year’s Eucharistic Congress is to be held ‘in Dublin in June. Arrangements are being made to organise a big party from New Zealand to attend, taking in a Continental tour on the way Home, including a comprehensive trip through Italy. There are to be no special distinctions on board (other than different-priced cabins as on all ships), and the aim is for the delegation to have a ship to itself, and be as one famuy party. Air. T. H. AleNally, of Tinakor. Road, is the organising honorary secretary. Crushed Thumb. Working at. the Hut t Railway B ors- ’ shops at 8.50 p.m. yesterday. D. Seorgie, of Collingwood Street. Lower Hutt. # forgeman got his right thumb in the way of a descending electric hammer, which crushed it severely. Ho was brought to the Wellington Hospital by ambulance. Seaview Road. The Alain Highways Board has formally approved of the specification for the concrete paving of Seaview Road by the Wellington City Corporation for the City and Suburban Highways Board. Preliminary work is being done with levels, etc., before a start is actually made on the surfacing. When finished, the road will be taken over by the board, and Graeefiekl and Park Roads will return to the jurisdiction of the Lower Hutt Borough Council. Visits to Milk Station. In accordance with arrangements made with the Civic League for visits by members of the various electors associations to the new milk station, the following dates have been arranged: Alarch Hataitai: Alarch 24. Island and Houghton Bays; March 26, Karori; Alarch 2> Kbandallah and Ngaio; Alarch 30, Lyall Buy: March 31. Miramar: April 1, Northland: April 2. Roseneath: April 3. Seatoun and bays: April 6. A ogeltown and Mornington. An Unusual Word. . While English judgments were being quoted in the Arbitration Court yesterday. Air. Justice Frazer came upoff the word “resile.” “That is ’n unusual word.” he remarked. “I suppose it means to spring back, to be resilient. The registrar quietly slipped out of the court room, and returned to hand a dictionary up to the bench. “Ah. I sec someone has found me a dictionary.” remarked the president of the court. “I see ‘resile’ means to spring back, to recoil, return to an original position.’ ” Infants Terrible. To anv healthy small boy tbo word “unbreakable” is a vain challenge, and the term "fool proof” an empty boast. Witness one or two of the children’s playgrounds with which Wellington is so plentifully endowed. In the Island Bay juvenile area a circular “ocean wave has been completely wrecked. When erected it had a frame of steel, fastened with heavy bolts, and balanced on a solid post. To-day it is a pitiful wreck, dismantled, and partially demolished. In Central Park is a wooden slide, uprooted and relegated to a fnr corner like a worn-out toy. It lias the appearance of something that has Inin in the pnih of a trumpeting elephant, yet it belongs to the enclosure marked “children under six years.”