ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 180, 28 April 1931, Page 11

ITEMS IN BRIEF

About People and Events CITY STORES CONTROL In view of existing conditions, ,the City Council decided yesterday that it was inadvisable to enter into contracts _ for annual supplies. A special committee of the Council, set up to consider tlie position, recommended that a stores control board be elected to deal with the matter of purchasing stores as occasion arose. . On the motion of the Mayor it was resolved that the board consist ol the Mayor and the chairmen of the Works, Tramways, Milk and ReservesCommittees. - • Island Bay Flower Show. The autumn flower show at the Masonic Hall, Island Bay, will be opened by the Mayor, Mr. G. A. Troup, at 3 p.m. today. Mrs. Troup will also be present. South African Veterans’ Flag. For the first -ime the official flag of the South African veterans was used on Anzac Day in Wellington. The flag embodies the Union Jack with the ribbon colours of the King’s and Queen’s medals. Tecluiical Teachers’ Conference. The Technical School Teachers’ Association will held its annual conference in Wellington on May 12, 13 and 14. A Five-Year Plan. ; “I believe that in , five years’ time every road In the city will be paved and every road will have a decent footpath," said Mr. F. Meadowcroft at Wadestown last evening. Gift to Motorists., “We would never have constructed the new tunnel to Kilbirnie if we had had any idea we would not be allowed to run trams through it.. It would have been making a gift to motor-car owners, said Mr. Martin F. Luckie last evening at Lyall Bay.

Injuries to Head. Through falling, down at Thorndon station at about 3.20 p.m. yesterday. William Smith, a taxi-driver, received a severe contused wound to the back of his head. He was taken to, the hospital by the Wellington Free Ambulance.

Corporation to Defend Cases. ■ . The City Council yesterday authorised the city solicitor to defend tie following actions:—J. R. Porter v. City Corporation ; H. W. J. Ross v. City Corporation; and P. W. Cooke v. City Corporation. All the cases arise from an accident which occurred in the Mt. Victoria tunnel.

Student’s Death. Robert McCardell, who lost his life in the boating accident at Breaker Bay on Sunday, was a first-year student m the Art School. “He was a very popular boy among his class mates and the news of his sudden death .has been a great blow to them,” stated the director of the Technical College, Mr. J. H. Howell, at a meeting of the Board of Governors last evening. , .

Old Tramshed Site. „ „ ; 7 £ Replying to an elector at Lyall Bay last evening, Mr. Martin F. Luckie . said .the City Council had tried to sell the site of thelold tramway.sheds in. Adelaide Road, but the price offered was not acceptable to the city valuer. For some time the City s Council held on to the site in case'it was required for the new city, milk station.

Milk for Breakfast. " . “Will you be in favour of letting us have our milk in time for breakfast?” Asked a Yule Street resident of Mr. Martin'F. Luckie last evening at Lyall Bay. A voice: “What time do you have breakfast?” Mr. Luckie: “I thought everyone had their milk before 8 o’clock. Did you complain to the • committee? The questioner: “No: I wrote to the papers. Mr. Luckie: “Write to the chairman of the committee, and he will give the matter his serious-consideration.”

Inscription for Memorial. Before proceeding with the design ol the Art School memorial to the late Mr. A D. Riley, Mr. Gray Young has asked for the inscription. At last evenings meeting of the Board of Governors of the Technical College Mr. J. H. Howell, director, suggested the following for the consideration of the board: “Arthur Dewhurst Riley, first director of this school, 1886-1902, who, by able and devoted service, laid for it a sure foundation. This inscription was approved. ■. >

Antarctic Vessel Due. . ... -■ Two days will be spent in Wedington by Sir Douglas Mawson’s vessel Discovery, which will arrive in port this week. The vessel has been under charter to the British. Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition and is now returning to London To revert to the British Government. Mr. A. .Deign Hunt, Wellington agent, has been advised by radio that the hour of arrival is uncertain on account of adverse windsTwenty live sheep will be taken on board at Wellington.

School’s Thirty-fifth Birthday. Reference. to the fact that the lington South School would be thirtyfive years old this year was made by the present headmaster, Mr., J. E. Edie, at the meeting of householders last night. The original school was opened in JulD 1896. but was later destroyed by fire and was reopened in September, IJvb It is hoped to hold a reunion of scholars next September. ' ;

Fire in City. . < „ Passers-by who noticed,a smell of burning in Manners Street yearly last evening found on investigation that thm wisps of’ smoke were issuing from n partlyopen' transom window ■ above the mg double door of Doherty’s auction rooms, near the Willis Street corner. A constable was called, and the fire brigade was summoned. Some woodwork below a small office toward the rear of the premises was found to be on fire, but it was put out in a few minutes with a patent extinguisher and a bucket or two of water.

Railway Economies. “These are difficult times, and the economies now enforced are of a kind wbich normal conditions of trade would not require: but they have.this advantage, that when business does recover we will be in a position to make the best use of R.W reaching the present maximum operating capacity more quickly than would, other wise be possible, and then lettmg_out sai onlv upon such courses as the future trend of our business demands, states the General Manager of Railways. Mr. H H. Sterling, in the “Railways Magazine.” He adds: “The decrease in expenditure for the year ending March 31 will bo in the vicinity of per cent, qf the reduction in the gross revenue.- a result which compares very favourably with that achieved by the most successful. o overseas railways.” ; ?

Smart Fire Brigade Work. ; • Three people at .the corner of-X)pod-ward Street and Lambton Quay noticed n small fire in Woodward Street almost simultaneously, and ran to give One of them hurried oyer to a fire alarm box in the middle of the next block, and on the other side of the Quay. II broke the glass, gave the alarm, and , so out immediately ,°n the_return journiy Before lie reached the Woodward -Stre. corner tbe Central Fire Brigade ....h;u reached the box.

Main Wairarapa Highway. “Those officers responsible for the ni.u - highwav to the Wairarapa.” remarke' the Hon. P. A. de la Perrelle. Minis e> of Internal Affairs, on Saturday, ai. deserving of praise for their cxcellem work. No motorist from WeHmgton can get into difficulties: the surface of the road is splendid, and the Wellington Auto mobile Association has its very fine guid ing-notices placed at all points whenthere might bo danger to the unwary. A trip from Wellington to the Wairarapa—whether it be by train or motor-scahng over the famous Rimutaka mmintnirt tops with I heir rugged grandeur, is n change to those coming from the Hat country of the south.” y '