NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 80, 28 December 1935, Page 13

NEWS IN BRIEF

Sign of Prosperity A greengrocer with a round in tlie suburbs of Wellington has conducted an unofficial census which seems to indicate a difference in the financial condition of households this Christmas as compared with the previous Christmas. In Christinas, 1934, only one household iu eight told him that they were shutting up the house to go away and would not need his vegetables, but this year, on the other hand, only oue customer in eight wants him to call. He has decided that it is not worth while to continue his round and has taken a fortnight’s holiday. Fire at Lower Hutt. While the occupier, Mr. N. Coubray, was on holiday at Auckland, fire broke out at .12 Barraud Street, Lower Hutt, about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and gutted the kitchen of the house, the ceiling of which suffered considerably from smoke. A smart save was effected by the Lower Hutt Municipal Fire Brigade, which was not called until the flames had a fairly good hold. Child Scalds Herself. With a scalded right leg, received through upsetting- a kettle of boiling water over herself, Moya Molloy, a child of four and a half years, living at 8 Gear Street, I’etone, was taken to hospital by the Free Ambulance yesterday afternoon. The girl was first attended by Dr. J. T. Harding. Water in War and Peace. “Perhaps more than any other member of the council I appreciate what a supply of water means,” said Mr. C. Bailey, chairman of the public services committee of the Auckland City Council, at a ceremony at the Mount Hobson reservoir. “When I was M’ith the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade on the Sinai Desert we had one pint of water a man a day, and the thermometer was anything between 100 and 120 degrees in the shade. I resolvfed then, if ever I returned to civilisation, that I would always appreciate seeing water flow from a tap.” Keen Greens and Slower Bowls. Play in the bowls tournament at Wellington concluded about a quarter of an hour later yesterday than on the previous day, although play started at the same time, there were no delays and the same number of games of the same length were played. This delay had been predicted for a reason illuminating to those uninitiated in the game. The greens were keener yesterday than on the previous day, so that the players were able to “take more green,” or make their bowls travel in a wider curve. The bowls thus had further to travel and took a longer time, the aggregate throughout the day rising to an appreciable amount.