NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 43, 19 August 1930, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

To Remain In. Consequent upon the reduction of the Wellington City Council's representation upon the Water Board by one member the Upper Hntt Borough Coun-, oil last night decided to remain in the Water Board. The city's action, made voluntary, was much appreciated by the borough. No Good to the Borough. When the Railway Department decided to increase Sunday fares on suburban lines the Upper Hutt Borough Council entered a vigorous protest. Last night it considered a letter from the General Manager of Eailways stating that the matter of fares would be reviewed by the Royal Commission on Railways. In the opinion of the Mayor (Mr. p" Robertson) it would have boon better to have stopped the Sunday 1 rains altogether. By retaining ilio Us bus fare the Department was driving the people on to the buses, thus providing an argument for the curtailing of Hie train service. Councillors agreed that the increased train fares would not benefit the borough, and the Mayor was appointed to give evidence to this effect before the Commission, j

A "Technical Term." A lady giving evidence in a divorce case in the Supremo Court yesterday afternoon was asked to describe what a young woman was wearing when she saw her on a certain night. "Oh, she had on a blouse with a sort of magyar top," replied the witness. "What did you say?" asked counsel. "A blouse with a magyar top," repeated the witness. Mr. Justice Blair, smilingly: "Oh, yes, that is a technical term." (Laughter.? Taking Over Private Streets. The question of the taking ove? of private streets by the City Council arose in the course of tho hearing of a deputation from residents of Kotinga street, Melrose, by the Works Committee of tho Council yesterday afternoon. Besideuts in the. locality stated that they had been paying rates for over eleven years, and not a penny had been expended on the thoroughfare, which was now in a dangerous state, and unfit for either vehicular or pedestrian traffic. A member of the deputation asked in the interests of residents in the neighbourhod that "The Post" arrange for a photograph to be taken of the street to show its condition. The chairman said the street was a private street, and had not been taken over by the council. It is understood that the position of this and other private streets will be shortly reviewed by the council. Some Planks. Attention is drawn by a correspondent to an advertisement published in a Southland paper during the Invercargill by-election campaign. The advertisement sets out Mr. Vincent Ward's "17 points" in the form of an acrostic, "Vincent Ward United." Included in the seventeen are: "Co-op-eration with Labour," "Elimination of Unemployment," "No Fusion with Beform," "Defence on Sound Lines." Pall Over a Cliff. To be practically unhurt after a fall of about 50 feet over a cliff on Cape Wanbrow was the miraculous escape experienced by an aged Oamaru resident, Mr. Walter Hollands, last week. He was found about 9 p.m. in a "pocket" half-way down a cliff near an old quarry (states a correspondent). Tho police were quickly on the scene, and with the assistance of a rope, Mr. Hollands was removed from his precarious position on the ledge of rock to tho ground below. He was immediately taken to the public hospital, where it was found that his injuries consisted of bruises and shock. Mr. Hollands, who is 79 years of age, left his home at 4 o'clock on Thursday afternoon to go for a walk. When he did not .return later in the evening the polico were notified. Evidently he had wandered in the darkness and had fallen over the cliff. At the spot where he fell the cliff is about 90ft, and, even .although his fall was arrested at 50ft, 'his escape from serious injury was little short of miraculous. Safety on Egmont. As an outcome of the recent accident on Mount Egmont, a meeting was held in Stratford to discuss ways of preventing accidents on the slopes of the mountain, and tho most efficient lines upon which to conduct search and relief work, and to transport injured climbers back .to the houses. The manager and guide of Dawsoix Falls Hostel, Mr. J. P. Murphy, said the safe appearance of the mountain often had the effect of beguiling climbers, particularly younger and less experienced ones, into failing to take the care that was necessary. He spoko of the uood for all the houses to be notified of accidents, to obviate delay, and to bring about the most' efficiont co-operation among search parties, which should set out only under an absolutely reliable leader. Others spoke of the necessity for small huts at strategical points on the mountain, and also of stretcher stations. Suggestions were also made for uniform signals to be used by rescue parties, and for the improvement of tracks and special winter signposting. The chairman said the conferonce had formulated valuable suggostions, which would become policy matters with the board, to be given first consideration as funds permitted. A Try That Was Not a Try. Strong exception was taken by members of the Hawkes Bay Education Board at Friday's mooting to a sentence in an article on Bugby football which appeared in the last issue of the "School Journal." Discussing the tour of New Zealand by the British team and previous meetings between representatives of the two countries, the article referred to the match in which Wales beat the 1905 All Blacks by three points to nil, and stated, "There is no doubt that New Zealand also scored a try, but it was disallowed by the referee." "This is the very thing ,that should not bo taught to children in the schools," declared Mr. B. Sainsbury. "The matter goes further than football." He moved that the board express its disapproval that such a paragraph should be included in the School Journal. "It was written by the president of the Befereos' Association," remarked the secretary of the board, Mr. W. L. Dunn, Mr. Sainabury: "I don't care who wrote it." "If they cannot get proper writers they should not have any at all," said Mr. J. S. Wauchop. "Children ought to be taught to respect controlling authority. This is the wrong spirit. It is atrocious that it should bo put in the 'School Journal.' " "My boy came home and said they must have had 'dud' referees in England. That was the first I knew of it," said Mr. Sainsbury, whose motion was carried unanimously.—The statement that the article was written by the president of the Beferees' Association is incorrect, as the writer does not occupy the position of president.