NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 296, 10 September 1937, Page 13

NEWS IN BRIEF

Hairdressers’ Hours Hairdressers’ hours, it was agreed in Conciliation Council at Wellington on Wednesday, should be spread only between 8 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. on four days of the week, 8 a.m. aud 9 p.m. ou the day of the late night, and 8 a.m. and 12 noon on the half-holiday.

Cliina and Japan. The Wellington Y.M.C.A. Optimists’ Club held its weekly luncheon yesterday when Mr. J. F. Buckrell was iu the chair and Dr. G. H. Scholefield, 0.8. E., was the guest of honour and speaker. Dr. Scholefield, who is the Parliamentary librarian, delivered a similar talk on Cliina and Japan to the one he gave to the Wellington Rotary Club a few days ago. It was greatly appreciated and there was a good attendance.

Three Men Injured. Three men were injured at the corner of Customhouse Quay and Bunny Street yesterday morning when they fell from the lorry on which they were riding. Mr. T. Donaldson, Rintoul Street, received head injuries aud slight concussion; Mr. P. Horsley, 40 Dalton Road, Miramar, received injuries to his right leg and shoulder, and Mr, G. Hoydon, 177 Willis Street, received a cut finger. They were taken to hospital, but Messrs. Hoydon and Horsley later' returned to their homes. Maunganui’s Cruise.

The Union Company has received a wireless message from its liner Maunganui, on her islands cruise, reporting that as the weather was unfavourable at Kadanu Island ou Wednesday morning, the liner proceeded to Suva. The weather cleared on Wednesday afternoon aud a successful Island Nights Entertainment and ball were held at the Grand Pacific Hotel that night. Yesterday was tine and cool and the Maunganui left at 5 p.m. tor Auckland, where she is due next Monday. She is due at Wellington next Wednesday. Mr. Savage Not at Bulls.

If one addresses a letter to Bulls, to Bulls it will go, however obvious the fact may be that Bulls is not the correct address. This seems to be the conclusion to be drawn from the envelope of a letter shown to “The Dominion” yesterday. The letter is to the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, and was written by a woman in Ireland who was inquiring on behalf of her son about military pensions. She had addressed her letter in the following remarkable fashion: “To the Prime Minister of New Zealand; Bulls, Sanson, Carnarron, Ohakea-on-Lower Ranaitikei, New Zealand.” When the letter arrived in New Zealand the Post Office, without, further ado, forwarded it to Bulls. From there it returned to Wellington, solemnly marked, "Not Bulls. Try Wellington Cl.” Then it was that the letter reached the Prime Minister.

Relics of Wellington’s Past. As the petrol-driven digger claws its way into the reclaimed land where the new Central Library is to stand, something of the 'Wellington of earlier days is being revealed. It is necessary to excavate the site of the new edifice to a depth of about 10 feet. Already the old brick walls and concrete floors of the first powerhouse erected on the site have been revealed, and much of the heavy concrete has had to be shattered with half and quarter-plugs of gelignite. Even after such an agent has been employed the masses of concrete are impressive. These will be broken up and used again. The brick walls offer less resistance. In the case of the old Wellington Technical College workshops it has been revealed that, their concrete foundations rested ou rows of hardwood piles, driven 15 feet down to the solid. The mechanical digger employed by Mr. W. Summers does the work of 30 men, and in the last three weeks has made a decided impression on this aretj of city land.

Heavier Goods Locomotives. One of the three Garrett type articulated locomotives which have been under construction at the Hillside Railway 'Workshops for some time past is now completed and is ready to undergo its trials. These engines, which were imported from England for use on the heavy goods services in the North Island, weigh 97 tons, and will replace the 87-ton AB type- of locomotive at present on the run between Canterbury and the West Coast. At first, they will not be run beyond Springfield, as the remaining section of the line is not yet strengthened sufficiently to bear the added ■weight. It is expected that later on the K engine, weighing 142 tons, which Is the heaviest type in operation on the New Zealand railways, will be brought iutq use between Canterbury and the West Coast, but the strenghenlng of the line to enable these to be employed will not be completed for about two years. The use of the heavier type of locomotive on the route has been rendered necessary by the growth of goods traffic during the past two years.