NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 92, 19 April 1930, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Speed limits at Petone. Up till the present the Petone Borough Council has been working under its own set of speed, limits for motor vehicles, but a notice in this week's "Gazette" does away with the council's, bylaws and brings the borough under the operation of the Motor. Vehicles Act, 1924, and its regulations. High' Flying. "What is believed to bo a New Zealand altitude record for light 'planes was established at Rongotai a few days ago by Mr. C". M. Duthie, of the Wellington Aero Club, when he reached a height of 19,300 feet in the club's Gipsy Moth. The achievement cannot be regarded as an official record, however, owing to the fact that the machine was not fitted with a scaled barograph. Mr. Duthie is the first member of the club to be awarded an "A" licence. The Book of Books. The Bible had only been translated into 71 .languages when the British and Foreign Bible Society was established in 1805, stated the Eev. -David Calder (Dominion secretary to the society), speaking on Thursday evening at the1 opening of the annual convention of the Churches of Christ; but the Bible had now been translated, wholly or in part, some 900 different languages. That was indeed a great Pentecostal achievement. There were still, however, probably 400 to 500 languages into which not one verso of the Bible had yet been translated," and the many millions of people who spoko those languages had never had the opportunity of hearing the Scriptures in their own tongue. Up to 1804 it was estimated that only 4,000,000 copies of the Scriptures had been given to the world, but in the 125 years that since elapsed the, British and Foreign Bible Society had sent out 400,000,000 copies of the Bible. (Applause.), . .. •. ....""■'

Dead Long Ago. The fame of the lato PeloTUs Jack is world-wide, and not infrequently even now tourists como to the Dominion and hope that they will see him amongst the country's wonders. Inquiries about this remarkable animal are also frequently received by mail; one came from Seattle the other day to a Wellington- resident. Unfortunately, it is about twenty years since Pelorus Jack, the only fish in tho world to be protected by a special Act of Parliament, disappeared from his selfappointed task of pilot to the boats going through the French Pass. Motor Insurance Distinctions. Regulations under the Motor "Vehicles Insurance (Third Party Bisks) Legislation of 1928 are published in this week's "Gazette." No alteration is made in respect to the premiums charged for motor vehicles of various classes, but the definition between private cars and business cars is more clearly indicated; also that between public motor vehicles and contract motor vehicles. Private motor-cars are d-fiiied as those used exclusively by the owner not directly for business purposes; for making personal calls in relation to profession or calling; those used by religious or social workers in the course of such work; those used by medical practitioners for the purposes of their profession; those used by farmers in connection with farming occupations; those used in connection with the work of any public or private hospital or charitable institution, on account of the controlling authority; or those used as an ambulance for the carriage of tho sick or injured. Inr such cases tho premium is. £1. The premium for all other private cars is £.1 10s. A public motor vehicle is defined as one used for the carriage of persons for hire, and a contract mo tor-vehicle as one which is used for the carriage for ■ hire of school children going to or from school, or of particular individuals, but which is not used for hire for tho carriage of the general public. .