NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 73, 20 December 1937, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF

Incinerated Lorry

Many motorists who drove over the Mungaroa Hill yesterday stopped to examine the remains of a big motor--1 lorry, which had been reduced to i wreckage by lire. What remained of the vehicle had been hauled clear of I tile road, and there was evidence of | the fierceness of the Hames in the j whitened sides of the cutting a few yards away. None of the spectators knew the identity of the lorry or its . owner. Prosperity at Home. “From my observations and the information given me, England and .Scotland appear to be enjoying exceptional prosperity,” said Air. Charles Todd, recently returned to Wellington from Britain. “There Juts been a very serious decline in share values of industrial concerns, caused by the political situation and fears of war; but financial circles are confident we are not in for another depression like that of 1931 and 1932. With the clearance of the political clouds, the share market will at once respond to the increased earnings of industry in general.” 'Trains Via Waterloo Quay. From the first it has been inevitable that the Wellington tramway system i would have to be extended to the new | railway station via Waterloo Quay. When early this year the tramway work was completed the new rails were only extended along Bunny Street, and ended there. Now an application is being made to the Public Works Department for the laying down of a single track between the line and the one which traverses Customhouse Quay. It is proposed that No. 7 Iranis, which at present travel from Customhouse Quay to Lambton Quay by. way of Johnston Street, should make a wider detour via Bunny Street, in order that people travelling by such cars can reach the railway station without having to transfer from one car to another. These are the Aro Street, and Brooklyn cars. Tlie extension of the route of these cars will make the journey comparable in length to other sections on the system.