NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 167, 11 April 1935, Page 9

NEWS IN BRIEF

Summer-time Nears End

Summer time for 1934-35 will end on April 28, the last. Sunday of the present month. Officially, clocks will be put back at 2 a.m. on April 28, but as usual the majority of householders will recapture the “inis.slug” half-hour by altering clocks and watches before retiring on the night of April 27. The present period of summer time has continued since September 30, 1934. Under the Summertime Amendment Act. 1933, the period Is fixed at from the last Sunday in September of one year to the last Sunday in April of the following year.

A Family Sunday School. Reporting to a recent Methodist quarterly meeting, a suburban youth committee mentioned that in its Sunday school it had tlie unique position that ten of its teachers were supplied by five married couples—both husbands and wives enthusiastically sharing in the work. Radios for the Blind.

A paragraph in the report of the last meeting of tlie Wellington branch of the Red Cross Society stales that arrangements had been made with the Post and Telegraph Department to renew the radio licenses of blind people in Wellington free of cost.

Pheasant Breeding. Ratifying a contract made by Messrs. R. H. Nimmo and W. J. H. Haase, the Wellington Acclimatisation Society last evening decided to purchase a number of pheasants which will be reared as an experiment at the Paraparaumu game farm.

Amalgamation Negotiations. At last evening’s meeting of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society, the sub-committee conducting negotiations with the Feilding society for the amalgamation of the two bodies was authorised to continue its work.

Complimentary Licenses. Discussion took place at the Wellington Acclimatisation Society’s meeting last evening as tc whether complimentary licenses should be issued to constables in country districts. It was decided to defer the matter until the next meeting.

Shooting Kights. Trafficking in shooting rights was discussed by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society last evening. It was suggested that in instances where trafficking could be proved the society should use every means in its power to prevent shooting iu the areas concerned. Woman’s Sudden Death.

While she was visiting friends at 10 Cam Street, Island Bay, at nine o’clock last night, Mrs. Noy, of 15 Herald Street, Island Bay, collapsed and died, being beyond the aid of a physician who was summoned. So far as is known Mrs. Noy had not been receiving medical attention.

Preservation of Native Bush. At a general committee meeting of the Wellington Horticultural Society, the following motion was carried unanimously:—"That the society strongly supports its president (Mrs. Knox Gilmer) in her untiring efforts for the preservation of the remnants of New Zealand’s native bush.”

Identification in Court. A witness was asked in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday if he knew a woman accused in the case in which he was concerned. “I think so,” he said, “but could I hear her speak?” The verbal test was not applied, however, when he admitted to Mr. J. 11. Luxford, S.M., that he was fairly sure of the identification of accused. Njiirnville Park Improvement.

Since the cricket season closed drains have been laid under a part of Nairnville Park that in winter has become almost unusuable because of its resemblance to a bog. Last winter this portion of the park was laid out as a Rugby ground, but the soil was so waterlogged, even after dry weather, that the game played there was almost a burlesque of the code. Native Clubs Unearthed. While excavating for a dam on a property at Gladstone, Wairarapa, a farm hand unearthed two small native clubs fashioned from hard maire wood and in an excellent state of preservation. These clubs were used by the ancient Maoris for pounding fern root before cooking, and it is considered that they have not been utilised by Maoris for some 80 to 100 years. It has been decided to place the articles in the Masterton School Museum.

Trophy for Hygiene Competition. At the last meeting of the Wellington branch of the Red Cross Society, warm appreciation was expressed to Miss Ada Fulton for donating a trophy to be competed for by students in hygiene and sanitation. The terms of competition had been drawn up and approved. Miss Fulton, who had been many years associated with tlie society, was unanimously elected to the executive.