NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 144, 21 June 1930, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

A Royal Birthday.

On Monday the Prince of Wales will celebrate his thirty-sixth birthday, having been born on 23rd. Juno, 1594. His Eoyal Highness is the eldest of the five ■„ living ' children of Their Majesties King George and Queen Mary. He was christened Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David,' these names perpetuating .those of his great-grandfather, grandfather, and father, as well as those of the patron saints of tho various portions of tho British Isles. To-morrow is the nineteenth, anniversary of tho coronation of His Majesty, which event took place in 1911, the year following His Majesty's accession to the Throne. ' Much Benefited by Trip. Tho Deputy Mayor, Councillor M. F. Luckie, and other councillors at last evening's meeting of the City Council expressed their pleasure at seeing the Mayor, Mr. G. A. Troup, so greatly benefited by his soa trip to Vancouver. The council, said Mr. Luckie, fully realised the strain which' Mr. Troup had imposed on himself by the immense amount of work he had carried out in the city's interest, and trusted that tho voyage had fully restored him. Mr. Troup thanked the' speakers for their welcome back; and assured them that he had benefited very greatly and was as well as when ho assumed office. He had missed no chance of getting into touch with the municipalities of the places he had visited, and not only was ho himself most interested by what he had learned, but ho thought that his observations would be of benefit to the city. Track-Cutting in Tararuas. The annual report of tho Tararua Tramping Club, presented at the club's meeting last evening, stated that as a result of a grant from the Wellington Acclimatisation Society the club was able to cut a good.walking track from the Akatarawa road to the Dress Circle, via Benata, with a branch track extending to Mount Kapakapanui. A track was also formed from the Cone Saddle to tho top of the Cone. The walking track cut by the club last year to the Waiofune Eiver engaged the attention of tho Forestry Department, which utilised, some of the unemployed in converting it into a pack track. This track had now been completed as far as tho Cone Saddle, and will possibly be extended to Totara Flats and Holdsworth later in the year. Petone's Water Development. Whether steps had ' sen taken by the Water Board to investigate the apparent sucee'ss of the Petono Borough in securing an artesian water supply, by which means it might be possible to augment the city supplies, was a question asked the Mayor last night by Councillor Chapman. Mr. Troup said that the matter had been fully looked into before he left on his vacation, but he had not yet received a report, but it should bo forthcoming at aji early date. The whole matter would then be fully laid before the council, not only as to obtaining supplies from artesian sources, but as to additional catchment areas by which the city might be able to conserve water without taxing the resources of the local bodies in the Hutt Valley,.

Eastbourne's Unemployed. The Eastbourno Borough Council decided last night to ask for a Government subsidy for money to bo spent on improving the sea wall, with a view to providing work for unemployed men in the borough. As far as could be. ascertained, said the Mayor (Mr. H. M. Jones), there were about ten unemployed in Eastbourne, and it was to help these, and any others who might bo in need of aid, that the subsidy was being sought. A Telephone Anomaly. Mention was made by the Mayor (Mr. H. M. Jones) at last night's meeting of the Eastbourne Borough Council, that a double telephone box communicating with both the city and the Eastbourne exchanges which was . being built in tlio borough, was Hearing completion. In moving that the council's appreciation be expressed to the member for the district, Mr. W. Nash, M.P., and to the Post and Telegraph Department, the Mayor said that there was something of an anomaly in that an Eastbourne resident, could communicate with Wellington for threepence, but it it would cost him fourpenee to ring up his home. The box, however, would prove a great boon for all that. More Trams and Buses. "During the year," states the annual report of tho Karori Progressive Association, "a considerably improved tram service has been given to the suburb, mainly as the result of the representations made to the tramway manager by the committee. In addition to the established tram service, the council during the year inaugurated a bus service from Beauchamp street to Ghuznee street, via Birdwood street. The private company running from the Council Chambers to Kelburn tram stop has also considerably augmented the number of trips run. Overcrowding on the trams is still a cause for grievous complaint, and there would appear to be no prospect of any improvement in the conditions until the shorter route through Sydney street and ,the double line of rails allow the tramway management to provide more cars to the western suburbs. Tho construction of the new viaduct to repla.ee the old wooden structure connecting Inland road with Karori road is proceeding rapidly and satisfactorily. Great improvements have also been effected in the vicinity of the viaduct."