NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 262, 3 August 1939, Page 11

NEWS IN BRIEF

Exhibition Ferries A special meeting of the Eastbourne Borough Council in committee is to be held tonight to consider the provision of ferry and bus transport to the exhibition.

Terawliiti Returns. The Union Steam Ship Company's tug Terawliiti, which has been sheltering behind Alan.i Island since Monday, en route from Wanganui to Wellington, returned to 'Wellington yesterday. Lighting of Seatoun Tunnel.

Some residents who use the Seatoun tunnel, specially those with small children. are dissatisfied with the lighting of the tunnel. Some of the responsible officers of the city council are of the opinion that the tunnel should be lighted with at least four sodiumvapour lamps.

Air Traffic in Westland. The returns of Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd., the company which operates in Westland, for July show that the total number oj’ flying hours for the month was 130. The number of flights was 275. and the number of passengers 201. Alail carried weighed 53981 b., and freight 19691 b. Aeroplanes were flown on 29 of the 31 days in the month.

Machinery for Chathams. The steamer Tees, which sailed from Lyttelton on Alonday night, for the Chatham Islands, took a large quantity of agricultural machinery for farmers at the islands. The shipment included two Diesel tractors —the first to go to' the islands —also ploughs, drills, cultivators, and a lime crusher. The last-named is for Waitangi West, where there is a good deposit of lime.

Wellington’s Beauties. Wellington people often seemed to have a wrong attitude toward the beauties of theif city, said the mayor of Wellington. Air. Hislop, at the annual meetling of the Wellington Travel Club. He said he regarded M'ellingtoil’s natural scenic attractions —the beauty of hill and water —as difficult to surpass anywhere. From The Terrace on a recent morning he had been able to catch a glimpse of the harbour at a time when the water was sparkling blue in the sunshine. He could see the mass of the Rimutakas white in the distance and the Orongorongos powdered with snow and down at the wharf a large steamer. The whole made an unforgettable picture. “We can indeed be proud of this place we live in,” Air, Hislop added, “and for unexpected spots of beauty and charm it cannot be surpassed in New Zealand.”