NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 66, 10 December 1938, Page 13

NEWS IN BRIEF

Tour Of Safety Week Floats

The six Safety Week floats which the Transport Department: has on a tour of the North Island, arrived at Auckland from Hamilton yesterday afternoon and took part: in a procession through the city. They are to leave Auckland nt eight: o’clock this morning and go to Rotorua via Pokeno. Paeroa, Te Arolia. Morrinsville and Cambridge.

Motor-car Burnt. "Pile Wellington I'eutriil lire station received a * call at .1.55 p.m. yesterday Io a garage at the corner of .Maida Male and Gratton Roads, where a motor-car. owned by Mr. A. Gyles, was found to lie ou lire.. The car. a live-seater sedan, was severely damaged. Very little damage was done to the garage, which was built of concrete.

Motorists and White Lines. The Automobile Association i Wellington» has been asked by Hie Main Highways Board Io draw Hie attention of motorists to Hie fact Hint, there is a large number of drivers who. while are marking the white lines, drive over the wet paint, and, indeed, quite a number of drivers who are knocking down the dises showing that the men are at. work. The white lines are of great value to motorists and the association invites them to comply with Hie board’s request not to drive over the lines. 1 Bollywood and the Kiwi.

A request for • “dope" about the kiwi, its life and habits, was recently received by the Minister in Charge of the Tourist; and Publicity Department, Mr. Laiigsfoiie, from Hollywood motion picture makers. The Paramount: studios wrote asking for information to include in their reference library, so that, any references in films to the kiwi might be authenticated and accurate. Full information, photographs and coloured drawings have been'sent by the Publicity Department.

State Housing. Cabinet: has approved of further housing contracts under the State housing scheme. Details of these were announced yesterday by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary in charge of Housing, Mr. Lee. They include a group at Lower Hutt. D. Daily haying secured a contract: for one three-house concrete unit, R. J. Elder a contract for two single-house units, and R. LChristie a contract for one singlehouse unit. O’Brien am! Bransfield have secured a contract for street construction and stormwater sewers al the Berkett Block, Lower Hutt, and V. A. Draper and CO, Ltd., have secured a contract, for reading of the St. Alban’s Estate, Kurort.

Much Travel Abroad Next Year. Discussing the possibility of the control of imports affecting the invisable import of New Zealanders’ tours abroad, a tourist; agency informed ‘■The Dominion" that: it expected to be very busy next year arranging overseas travel for New Zealanders. The speaker thought that the sooner people who intended to travel abroad did so the better. It: was possible that some of those who had indicated their intention of going abroad had in mind Hie increasing difficulties of international travel and that that was the reason. for the improvement in business. However, nearly all the tickets were return tickets, which, showed that; New Zealanders still thought their own country the best .to live in and die