ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 265, 4 August 1932, Page 11

ITEMS IN BRIEF

About People and Events GREAT WAR ANNIVERSARY To-day, August 4, Ib the eighteenth anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War, 1914-18. A special recital will be given on the National War Memorial Carillon, Buckle Street, commencing at 12.30 p.m. The carlllonist, Miss Gladys Watkins, will play the following programme:—“Rule Britannia" (English), “Keep the Home Fires Burning” (Novello), “Annie Laurie” (Scotch), “Mother Machree” (Irish), “All Thro’ the Night” (Welsh), “Home, Little Maori, Home” (Hill), and “Love’s Old Sweet Song” (Molloy Felton). _ The Singing Heart. “You have conquered the air; may you conquer the depression!" is the wish of a Howick listener-in to the Wellington community sings. Laying of Foundation-Stone. Wednesday, August 24, has been fixed as the date of the laying of the foundation-stone of the new Wellington Free Ambulance station. The ceremony will take place at 3 p.m. An Aged Listener. “I am 93 years of age,” wrote an old lady at Eltham to Mr. Owen Pritchard, Wellington community sing leader. “My eyesight is beginning to fail, but thank God I can still hear well, and I do enjoy the singing every Wednesday. I am giving this to my boy to post, and do hope he won’t forget He is 72 years old!” Diary as Court Evidence. A diary written by a boy of 11 years was handed In as evidence and quoted in the course of a ease heard in the Auckland Supreme Court The young diarist also gave evidence in person. In the same case a newspaper containing an advertisement concerning a circus was tendered as evidence. Free Soup Issnes. Women and children have received 13,000 Issues of bread and soup from the Salvation Army’s kitchen in Buckle Street during the last six weeks. Soup is also distributed daily at Mount Cook school, and it is reported that a number of the children there have improved in health and weight Slight Earthquake. At 1.17 a.m. yesterday a slight sharp earthquake shock was felt by a number of people In Wellington. Records made by Instruments at the Dominion Observatory, Kelburn, showed that the origin of the disturbance was between 80 and 90 miles distant from Wellington in a south-westerly direction. At Blenheim the quake was fairly severe.

Salvation Army Industry. The Salvation Army's industrial home at Miramar is occupied to full capacity. and mat-making is being undertaken to employ some of the Inmates. An order for £5O worth of mats was recently placed with the home and an inquiry has been received regarding another likely order valued at £45.

Penrose Boys Make Good. Good boys were turned out of the Penrose training camp at Masterton last year. Mr. W. A. Appleton said yesterday that one of the Penrose boys, who commenced work on a Manawatu farm at £1 a week is now getting £2 10/-, and the farmer wants “another like him.” An effort is now being organised to place another 50 boys in camp at Penrose in October, and if that is successful another 80 boys will be placed in November. Unlawfully on Course. Fines of £5 each were imposed by Mr. W. H. Woodward, S.M., at the Lower Hutt Police Court yesterday on James O’Neill and Ernest Alfred Keeble, who were charged with being unlawfully on the Trentham racecourse, In that they had convictions recorded against them. O’Neill pleaded not guilty and Keeble entered a plea of guilty. Weary of Life. During the hearing of evidence In a running down case in the Supreme Court yesterday, a witness was being questioned on the visibility in the tunnel. He replied that he drove through the tunnel a few days ago and did not see a policeman who was standing in the side of the road in the tunnel until he was abreast of him. His Honour Mr. Justice MacGregor: He must have been weary of life, I think. A Voice from California. A New Zealander’s voice may ■be heard speaking from Los Angeles, California, each evening while the Olympic Games are being held. The voice is that of Miss Nola Luxford, formerly of Hastings, who has appeared In several films and who has been giving short talks on the air at different times. Her talks begin at 7.30 p.m. New Zealand time, and during the past few evenings her voice has been heard clearly by many who knew her in New Zealand. Among those who have been listening to her is her mother, Mrs. A. A. Pratt, of Hastings. Record Haul of Fish. Thames fishermen, working the launch Halrinl at the head of the Hauraki Gulf, made a record haul of schnapper one day recently. Immediately the net was set and the pull started, the fishermen were surprised to see the ropes come to the top. When the net was drawn to the boat the bag was completely filled with schnapper, and when taken on board the launch they filled SO baskets, each containing 1001 b of fish. This is considered a record pull, the fishermen engaged in the industry never having heard of such a quantity in a single pull.