ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 267, 6 August 1932, Page 13

ITEMS IN BRIEF

About People and Events SCOW SEEKS SHELTER With her rudder carried away, the auxiliary scow Ngahau spent Thursday night under the lee of Somes Island. The vessel, which runs under charter to the International Oil Company, carrying motor spirit from Wellington to South Island ports, left the Petone wharf at 4.30 p.m. on Thursday for Evans Bay, and when halfway across the harbour her rudder carried away. With the aid of her sails the Ngahau was manoeuvred Into a position under the lee of Somes Island. Two anchors were let go. and she rode out Thursday night s gale In safety. Yesterday afternoon the tuf Toia brought the Ngahau to the Aotea Quay breastwork, where repairs, Including the fitting of two new rudder gudgeons, will be carried out Art Union Drawing. ■ The drawing of the "Another Black Cat Art Union” will take place in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall, Wellington, to-day, August 6, commencing at 9 a.m. The drawing will be open to the public Fortieth Pilot The fortieth pilot trained by the Wellington Aero Club Is Mr. K. G. Smith. He passed the test for his'A license at Rongotai Aerodrome on Thursday afternoon. Squadron-Leader T. M. Wilkes, Director of Air Services, conducted the examination. New Zealanders and Lottery. A statement that New Zealanders were buying tickets in considerable numbers in weekly lotteries in Sydney was made by a director of the enterprise following the drawing of the 66th lottery on July 25. He said the number of applications received each week from the Dominion ran into thousands. . Maoris and Bagpipes. During a discussion on Native music at a meeting of the anthropology and Maori race section of the Auckland Institute, Mr. V. F. Fisher said Captain Cook had bagpipes and drums played to the Maoris at Dusky Sound. “Both types of music were strange to the Natives,” Mr. Fisher said, “but the Maoris showed a preference for the drums.” Roller Bearings for Expresses. Preparations are being made at the Addington workshops to equip a complete express train for the South Island service with new, roller-bearing axle-boxes, which will add to the comfort of passengers, reduce running and maintenance costs, and enable the weight of the train to be increased. The two North Island Limited expresses have already been equipped. Unabashed Salesman. After doing a tour of the newspaper offices In Wanganui, a salesman of shoelaces and other odds and ends paid a visit to the Assessment Court yesterday and offered his wares confidentially to the magistrate presiding. He was rather disturbed when he was ordered to take off his hat, but did not appear to be unduly alarmed when Mr. Hewitt, S.M., Informed him that he was liable to six months In gaol for his audacity. He agreed with the magistrate that he was “h trier” find, having sold some of his wares to his Worship, was escorted from the room by the Clerk of the Court