NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 150, 20 March 1936, Page 13

NEWS IN BRIEF

Traffic Control The views of the Wellington Ratepayers’ Association ou traflic control will be put forward by a deputation to the Prime Minister, Hon. M. J. Savage, arranged by the associatdon. A request will also be made for a consideration of all modern methods that can be applied to Wellington, and whether municipal or police control is the more desirable. The date of the deputation has not yet been arranged.'

Injured by Fall. Falling from a height of about 10 feet at the Gas Company’s premises at Miramar at about 9 a.m. yesterday, a brick-maker, Mr. W. King, 112 Calabar Road, received an injury to his left leg. He was taken to hospital by the Wellington Free Ambulance. Debenture Issue.

Decision was reserved by the Court of Appeal yesterday in the ease brought by the Alliance Assurance Company. Ltd., against the Auckland City Coun cil and the Auckland Transport Board in respect of debentures issued by the city council when it purchased the Auckland tramways. ‘‘Abolition of Interest.” A ready answer was given by Mr. W. J Lyon, M.P., following an address under the auspices of the Workers’ Educational Association at Auckland, when asked what would be the effect if interest were to. be abolished. Eighty per cent, of the people would die with relief and the rest with excitement,” Mr. Lyon replied, amid laughter. Relief Dietary.

In the interests of health, the relief committee of the Auckland Hospital Board has decided to include in the list of foodstuffs to be supplied bo recipients of relief certain quantities of meat, milk, fruit and vegetables. Reporting to the board, the committee suggested that when the present contracts for meat and milk expired arrangements should be made for the supplier these commodities.

Pilots’ licenses. Messrs. C. Liverton and K. Robinson, members of t.lie Wellington Aero Club, passed tests for their licenses as pilots conducted yesterday by Flight Lieutenant T. Denton, R.N.Z.A.F., at Masterton. Yesterday was the end of the subsidy year for aero clubs and special arrangements were made for these trainees to undergo their tests at Masterton. Motorists A ery Intelligent.

A good word for motorists was said by Cr. M. Magill at the meeting of the Eastbourne Borough Council last night. The council was considering whether motorists, should be permitted to use a particular road, and a doubt was expressed as to what would happen if two cars meb. Cr. Magill said the motorists could look after that. “They are very intelligent,” she commented. Anzac Night Pictures. A unanimous decision to grant permission to screen pictures at Ellerslie on the evening of Anzac Day was reached by the Ellerslie Town Board. Mr. A. H. Mclntyre moved that the application to show pictures in the local theatre at 8.15 p.m. be granted. “Local bodies are sometimes like a flock of sheep and are frightened to risk a break with custom on account of publie opinion,” he added. Warship Open to Visitors,

On Saturday and Sunday afternoons one of the two warships at Clyde Quay will be open for inspection by the public. It has not yet been decided whether bhe sloop Leith or the cruiser Dunedin will be the one the public may visit, but a red pennant will be flown from the masthead of the ship chosen so that the public will have no difficulty in knowing which one they can go aboard; Hours will be from 2 p.m. till 5 p.m. Chamois on the Increase. Chamois, which were liberated at Mount Cook about 30 years ago, are increasing and are becoming firmly established in the hills at the head of the Rangitata River. Many of the animals were seen by a party of Ashburton climbers in a recent trip across Dennistoun’s Pass bo Westland. On one trip made by the climbers from their base camp, the track selected was a very difficult one, but when retracing their steps they followed the footprints of a chamois on the snow, and this led over the same country, but by a much easier track. «>. New Railway Station, Proposals for a new railway station for Christchurch are at present being discussed by Mr. E. S. Brittenden, the chief traffic manager at Christchurch, and Mr. 11. C. Lusty, inspecting engineer to the Railways Department. Mr. Lusty will spend about a week in Christchurch. The conference is part of the work of experts of the department to gather engineering and other technical information for the preparation pf a report for submission to the Minister of Railways, Hon. D. G. Sullivan. Last year a deputation of local bodies waited on the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, then Prime Minister, to plead for a new station, the deputation being headed by Mr. Sullivan as Mayor of Christchurch.