ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 231, 26 June 1931, Page 11

ITEMS IN BRIEF

About People and Events SUMMER-TIME MEDAL Approval was expressed as a meeting of the Summertime Appreciation Committee of a proposal that six months’ notice should be given of the intention to make an award of the T. K. Sidey Summer Time Medal, and it was suggested that the announcement of the first award should not be made before February 1 next. There wall be a monetary prize of £lOO in addition to the medal, which will be awarded for the best contribution to the knowledge of light in relation to human welfare. The fund, which is being administered by the New Zealand Institute, was collected by one shilling subscriptions in appreciation of the services of Sir Thomas Sidey in promoting legislation for the introduction Of daylight saving. The medal will be awarded periodically, and provision has been made for a continuous accumulation of th* fund. x Foodstuffs for Needy. ’ Food presented by. farmers for th# destitute of Auckland will be. carried by the Railway Department at half rate* An agreement upon this point has bee* reached. Opossum Trapping Rights. ' The Wellington City Council last ev«tr <ng decided to accept no tender for th» right to trap opossums on the Wainui-o mata and Orongorongo catchment nreae during the present season. Communist Meetings. An application from tho Communist Party of New Zealand for permission to hold street meetings at Allen Street on Saturday evenings was approved by the City Council last evening. Illicit Milk Sale& ~ The city solicitor has been instructed by the City Council to draft a Bill for submission to Parliament this session with a view to enlarging powers of inspection in the hope of preventing the sale of illicit milk in the city. Annual Navy League Meeting. The annual .• meeting of the Navy League will be held at Wellington on July 20. The speakers will be Wing; Commander S. Grant-Dalton, Officer Commanding the New Zealand Air Force, and Mr. W. Perry, president of the league. Unemployed Relief Works. A clause in the works committee’s report to the City Council meeting last evening recommended that wherever possible the work of widening the roads and forming paths in the Miramar district be undertaken under the No. 6 unemployed relief schema. Zoo Quarantine. It is proposed to spend the sum of £l3O (Sunday receipts) on the erection of a hospital and quarantine house at the Zoo. On the motion of the Mayor the matter was referred to the finance committee at last evening’s meeting of tb» council 4. ■ _ Theft of Sample*. Frank Norman Dunken pleaded guilty to the theft on June 16 last of mercery samples valued £73 from a ear outside a Gisborne hotel, and to breaking, and the theft on December 24, 1928, of goods valued at £32. Accused, states a Press Association message, was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. Prohibition rf Parking. Provision is to be made when a new by-law is being prepared for the control of motor traffic in the city, to pro» hibit the parking of cars on the aoutW side of Boulcott Street between Willi® and Church Streets. Railway Bus Stand. The City Council agreed last _ evening that an omnibus stand be established on the west side of Stout Street between ' Whitmore and Bunny Streets for the use of the railway buses, and that the ■ present bus stand alongside the telephone exchange building be abolished. No Team for NX Hockey Tourney. Owing to the cost involved, and the present time being inopportune to approach the public for support, the Otago Ladies’ Hockey Association, says a Press Association message from Dunedin, has decided not to send a team to the Dominion championship® at Auckland. Injuries from Fall. Falling down at the corner of Featherston Street and Lambton Quay about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, G. Smith, a salesman, of New Plymouth, received head injuries, and was removed to the hospital by the Free Ambulance suffering from concussion. Gas Company’s Tramline. The Wellington Gas Company has been granted by the City Council a renewal of the lease of the tramwayline between the company’s works at Miramar and Miramar Wharf for a period of ten years, subject to a provision that the lease may be determined at any time by the council giving 12 months’ notice of its intention to do so. ■ Inspection of School Buildings. Powers are given by a regulation gazetted last evening for the inspection of school buildings for structural defects. It is provided that any officer authorised by the Minister of Education may inspect school buildings to satisfy himself of the quality and soundness of eonstruction. Extra Exits for Theatee. It was reported to the City Council last evening that the. proprietors of the Regent Theatre Company had purchased a strip of land 22ft. by 84ft. which would provide two extra exits from the theatre into Cornhill Street. Unemployed Street Meetings! An application from the unemployed workers’ movement for permission to hold street meetings at Garrett or Dixon Streets on Friday evenings was not approved by the City Council last evening. Objection had been made to the proposal by the police and the council's own traffic inspectors. No Permits for Cartridges. Ammunition for sporting rifles may now be procured without a permit In the past only .22 calibre rifle cartridges have been obtainable without a pol'ce permit The exemption now applies to all ammunition for rifles of the sporting type. The waiving of the permits was dealt with in a notice by the Commissioner of Police published in the Ganette last evening. Scholarship Awarded. The Victoria College Oounefl last evening agreed to accept the recommendation of the Professorial Board that the Sir Robert Stout scholarship be awarded to Miss Margaret M. McDonald. A proposal that the “Purdie” bequest be set aside for the purchase of books was approved. Stamp Duty on Quake Funds. Stamp duties are to be waived in connection with Hawke’s Bay earthquake relief funds, and in certain cases where documents are required to replace those destroyed in the disaster on February 2. Regulations gazetted last evening exempt from duty any receipt for money paid to or out of recognised funds for the relief of hardship caused by the earthquake. Debate With U.S.A Students. “That this house disapproves ot the rising generation,” will be the subject of the debate next Tuesday between the three students from Oregon University, United States of America:, and a Victoria College team. The affirmative will be taken by Victoria College. The American debaters will arrive in Wellington on Monday. They are Messrs. R. T. Miller and R. A. Pfaff, law students, and Mr. D. G. Wilson, a atudent o£ jaur-