NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 76, 31 March 1931, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

Centennial Exhibition.

A meeting of those interested in, the holding of an exhibition in Wellington in 1940, the city's centennary year, was held, in the Mayor's room recently, and it was decided to ■carry the project ahead. Tho question of site was discussed, and the* two most likely locations were considered to bo a new reclaimed area at the head of Evans Bay or a part of the Rbngotai Reserve. The Mayor, Mr. G. A. Troup, stated at a meeting of the City Council yesterday afternoon that tho Harbour Board had been communicated with, and the chairman had replied that the board could give no guarantoo that the reclamation in Evans Bay would be commenced • within eight or ton years. That boing so, tho Kongotai area, adjoining the airport, was tho only available site, and ho wished to know whether tho council was agreoable to the plan. It would bo necesasry to make other provision for sports bodies for at least six months, I)ut by that time thoro would bo additional areas available, and present reserves would probaljly have been enlarged. Tho council agreed to tlie proposal unanimously. Tho exhibition will be styled tho New Zealand Centennial. International Exhibition. A Lost Street. The Town Clerk reported to the meeting of the Potone Borough Council last night that '-so far he. had not been' successful in obtaining 'tho- desired information in respect .to an inquiry from the Chief Librarian, General Assombly. Dr. Scholefiold asked whether a street known, as Clyde • terrace still existed in Petone/ This was the street in which a number of Scotch emigrants erected their houses in 1840, tho Eov. Mr. Macfarlane being one of them. If this • was ■ now extinct, he asked whether there was any information as to what stroet takes its placo. A Tee for Sight-seeing. It has been freely suggested that every car entoring the earthquake area in Hawkes Bay should be charged a fee to augment tho relief funds, remarks the "Dannevirko News." Over the weekend a considerable sum could have'beon collected in this way as tho, road to Napier carried a steady stream of traffic. The weather was perfect, and Napier lived up to its climatic reputation. The journey, apart from the devastated scenes at the end, is a 1 depressing one aa Northern Hawkes Bay is droughtstricken. The whole countryside is arid for lack of moisture and the impoverished stock, weakened by the search for feed on the parched surface,* lay huddled in knots in what scanty shade was to be found. Hastings and Napier have been cleaned up, and the residential portions show a return to normal life, but the ruined business streets present their baffling problems. Biblical Cheese, . The question of New Zealand cheese being much in the air, so to apeak, at the present time, it is interesting to note Biblical references to this article of diet.- The Hebrew word for "cheese" is .'fGhalahv." It occurs in two,-passages, Genesis 18: 8, and Exodus 3: 8, where it is translated "milk" in the English version. If the proper translation had been made, we should have cheese mentioned aB early as B.C. 1898. The same Hebrew word occurs in I; Samuel 17: 18, where it is duly rendered "cheese." The passago runs: "And carry these,ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand." Tho date of the event to which the words rofor is given as 1063 B.C. An indirect reference to the commodity is also made in n passage of Job (10: 10): "Hast thou not poured me out as milk and curdled me liko cheese?'' There is some doubt as to the date to be assigned to Job; but the authorised version places it at B.C. 1520. If this be accepted, this passage gives the earliest mention o£ cheese." Many classical allusions to cheese could b*e quoted, but thoy arc of a later date. Neglect of Art. Tho need for a sense of responsibility in things cultural as well as pn'cli""] on the part of those in charge of civic affairs, for the establishment oi" a tumi —a large fund—to buy pictures each year for the new Art Galleiy, and for the provision of civic scholarships to provide overseas training for young Christchurch artists, formed the basis of an address by Dr. G. M. L. Lester, vice-president of the Canterbury Society of Arts, when declaring open the society's annual exhibition, states the "Press." "Tho City ought to havo' a corporate spirit in theso matters," said Dr. Lester. "The people governing the City ought to realise that they are concerned not only with such things as grains and footpaths, but with the things that minister to the intelligent, with matters of general culture. What, for example, have the 'City fathers' done for painting? It is likely that tho now Art Gallery will bfi finished, and possibly ready for use, by March of next year." In tho gallery will be a medallion commemorating Iho gift of tho Art Gallery by Mr. R. E. M'Dougall, and this "will prnhnbly be tlir work of Mr. F. A. Sinn-rock, \>f tho School of Art.

Speed of Motor Cycles. ; "Do you know anything about motorcycles?" n witness was asked in the (Supreme Court at Auckland (states the "Now Zealand Herald.". "I know at least when they aro going fast, and I know when they are going slow," was the cautious response. "Did you ever gee one goiag slow?" asked Mr. Justice Herdman in somo surprise. Tho witness admitted that it was very seldom indeed that ho had seen such a happening. Kotiti Breaks Her Tail Shaft. The small motor-ship Kotiti, oi! 61 tons gross register, bound from Karamca for Wellington, broke her tail shaft yesterday morning when off The Brothers Lighthouse. Against a northerly wind she continued under sail until sho reached tho' Wellington Heads, signalling for assistanco on her way up tho coast. Sho was met by tho tug Toia at the Heads, and was towed ito tho harbour, arriving at her berth about 5.45 p.m. The damago is not, serious, and she is expected to sail on Thursday for "Westport. Bowker Fountain Praised. A journalist who .is at present tour-' ing tho world, and who was in Christ-1 church last week, spent somo time one evening watching tho' Bowker Fountain | (states the "Christchurch Times"), i He was charmed by . the illuminations and the continually-changing sprays, and, although he has travelled 30,000 miles iv the'last few months, he declared that ho had never seen anything of tho kind so beautiful except at special exhibitions. Boat Harbour for Lyttelton? An estimate of £132,600 as tho cost of a new boat harbour outside the inner I harbour was submitted by the engineer | (Mr. P. W. JTrycr) at yesterday's, meeting of the Lytlclton Harbour Board, states the "Christchurch Star.". Tho report dealt with two possible, locations for,the boat harbour, Os*e at I Magazine, Bay, and ono at . Diamond' Harbour. ' Magazine Bay, which is just, to the west of the Naval "Point reclamation, was considered to be tho more' suitable by Mr. IVycr, becauso the | access to it was better. He estimated tho .cost of transporting . stone and1 building the breakwaters he considcrod ; necessary at' Magazine Bay afi £132,-' 600. This estimate ,did not include provision for building boatsheds, landings, etc. Interest' at 5} per cent, and sinking fund at 2 per cent. on £132,600 would mean an annual charge of £10,----276 10s.' The amount collected during the last financial year in fees for moorings in the inner harbour for about £50 boats was £77. It was decided to receive the report.