NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 297, 12 September 1934, Page 11

NEWS IN BRIEF

Johnsonville Loans The Local Government Loans Board Is considering a proposal to convert the Johnsonville Town Board loans. The new loans would be classified under two headings—State Advances, amounting to £13,404, and those due to private debenture-holders, amounting to £13,151, and the maturity dates of the loans would be arrived at by taking the average maturity dates of the old loans. The effect would be to consolidate the present reduced rates of interest for tlie full term of the loan. Rugby Footballer’s Death. Requests that the Wellington Rugby Union convey to the relatives of the .late Mr. Jack Ruru their sympathy in his recent death on the football field were received by the union last night from the Southland and Otago unions. AU Others Cash! “It was in a store at Saskatoon (Canada) that I first saw the sign. Tn God wo trust—all others cash!’” said the Rev. W. Gilmour in tlie course of his talk bn the Dominion of Canada liefore the Wellington Rotary Club yesterday.

School Wanted at Melrose. The Melrose Ratepayers' and Electors’ Association has decided to make further representations to the Education Board on the question of establishing a school at Melrose, for which, it Is stated, at least 2UO children now attending at Lyall Bay aud Newtown would be available. Maori Chisel Found.

A fine specimen of a Maori stone chisel was found recently by a relief worker while shifting sand bn the Onetangi beach road, Wnlbeke Island. Tlie Chisel is six inches in length and an inch square. The handle is of rough stone, but the edge is as sharp as a razor and is perfectly finished.

Tawa Flat Sports Ground. A proposal that several acres Of Railway Department property lie acquired for use as a sports ground was made at a meeting of the Tawa Flat Progressive and Beautifying Association on Monday night. A letter from the Railway Department indicated that the planting of the department’s reserve with trees ns a protection agalns! gorse was being considered.

Electric Shock Treatment. The new draft of electrical supply regulations was reported on by Messrs. J. C. Lancaster and G. Lauchlan at tlie Supply Authority Engineers’ Association conference yesterday. It recommends that instructions for the treatment ot persons suffering from electric shock shall be posted in conspicuous places in every power-house, sub-station, workshop and maintenance or construction truck. The draft also includes the first earthquake measures to be included in the regulations.

“House Full” in Melbourne. Melbourne will soon have to put up the sign “House Full,” according to information received by an Aucklander who was inquiring for accommodation for the centenary period. He wrote to the Centenary Accommodation Bureau, and learned that all city accommodation at less than three guineas a day is booked up for the period, while second class lodgings in the suburbs are to be secured only at the rate of four guineas Weekly—and there was not much of that left, either The person inquiring is nt present considering the price for a space for a little tent and a portable camp bed.

Money in Smoke. Manufacturers and sellers of tobacco would have been pleased had they seen the embankment at Lancaster Park on Saturday afternoon during the interprovincial Rugby match (observes the “Christchurch Press”). Innumerable whiffs of smoke rose steadily from the closely-packed ranks of spectators, and mingled to form a distinct blue haze which drifted away before the light easterly breeze. At a conservative estimate there were 5000 smokers on the embankment. Assuming that 4000 of them smoked five cigarettes each, 20,000 cigarettes were consumed. The remaining 1000 would probably account for 3000 pipefuls of tobacco. This represents a considerable sum of money, bringing profit to tobacco firms ahd revenue for the Government. Naval Recruits.

The August entries for recruits for boys on the training ship II M.S. Philomel closed toward the end of last month, and applicants in other are still being examined for qualifications. In, each centre other than Auckland the hoys present themselves at tlie Defence office for* the area for physical and educational tests, and after elimination of those unsuitable the success ful ones from each part arc sent to Auckland for further tests. Recently eight stokers from 11.M.5. Philomel were drafted to the cruisers Dunedin and Diomede, and before the ships leave for Australia next week ten soilman boys who have completed their training will leave the training ship for work with the cruisers.