NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 44, 15 November 1941, Page 11

NEWS IN BRIEF

Unlicensed Radio Sets

Six persons who failed to renew their radio licences were fined amounts up to £1 with costs 10/-. by Mr. Lawi-y, S.M., hi the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington, yesterday. Stocks of Reinforcing Steel.

Information was sought by the building controller, on behalf of the Ministry of Supply, from the Makara County Council yesterday concerning stocks of mild steel reinforcing rods held, the returns being required from all stockists, private or corporate. It was decided to reply that the council had no stocks of reinforcing steel on hand.

Kelburn Tea Kiosk. The Kelburn Tea Kiosk, at the head of the cable car line, has now been tenantless for a month, save for some rooms that are occupied by the district E.P.S. organization. Tenders are now being called for a lease of the premises, which belong to the Wellington City Council. For a term after the erection of the kiosk the lease was held by the Kelburne and Karori Tramway Company. Since theft the kiosk has been leased of rented by various people as tearooms. At the Double.

One of the units in yesterday’s parade in Wellington consisted of soldiers in battledress who are at present undergoing training for overseas service. It wiis a long march from the railway station to Clyde Quay, but all parades, however arduous, have tm end. As soon as the order to dismiss was given the men, as with a single thought, broke away at the double to the nearest hotel, to the accompaniment of laughter from the crowds.

So That’s What She Was Doing! At the tail of the R.S.A. parade in Wellington yesterday was a lorry occupied by some girls of the Women’s War Service Auxiliary, one of whom was wagging a signal flag back and forth. To members of the public who glimpsed her she was just a girl signalling, but anyone who knew the morse code and saw her long enough knew she was saying, “Lest we regret, don’t talk.” At least that is what she was instructed to signal.