NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 147, 19 December 1933, Page 10

NEWS OF THE DAY

The Free Ambulance. Contributions'on. the part, of local bodies:in the Wellington district towards the Wellington branch of the Now Zealand Free Ambulance Transport Service are approved in the Local Legislation Bill as follows:—Wellington City Council, £500; Lower Hutt Borough Council, £200; Petono Borough Council, £210; Upper Hutt Borough Council, £300; Eastbourne Borough Council, £50; Hutt County Council, £150; Makara County Council, £86; johnsonvilie Town Board, £27; Wellington Harbour BOard, £300; ana Wellington Hospital Board, £000. County Drainage. A clause iv the Local Legislation Bill, introduced into the House Of Bopresentativeg last evening, authorises the Hutt County Council to make paymenU to the Lower Hutt Borough Council in respect of certain drainage works which have been carried out by the Lower Hutt Borough Council but have- extended into the Epuni riding Of the Hutt County Council. No Discrimination. "It cannot be too widely known," said the chairman (Colonel A. Cowles) at last night's meeting of the Wellington branch of the 8.5.A., "that there is no discrimination whatever by the R.S.A. in its treatment of New Zealand men and Canadian, Australian, Imperial, or any other returned soldiers who have served under the Union Jack. They are entitled to participate in all the benefits of the association. There is, of course, only a certain amount of money to go rottnet The South Africans can go to the South African War Vetefafts' Association, to whom wo pay money." Fast Shearing. A world's record is claimed for th« performance of Percy de Malmanche, a Pihama (TaTanaki) farmer, who shore 412 sheep in ten hours one day last week under the supervision of a Justice of the Peace. The sheep were average Bom&ey breeding <jwcs, and it is stated that they were well shorn. In 1923 W. Biggins shore 406 sheep in nine hours at M&Utnahftki. Do Malmanche had tho sheep caught for him and had put up some big tallies in preparing' for his attack on tha record. Last -week a gang flf four in & WOOlshed in the Mar' ton district shore 110!) 6W6s and lambs in a day, an average per mm 0£ just over 292, Bradman's Scoring Ability. "1 SftW D, G. Brfldinnn playing for tho first time when. I Was in Australia recently," said Mr. i)an Beose- on his return to Chrlstehurch (reports "The Press"). "In the Blaekic-Irorimonger benefit match at Melbourne ho scored 55 and 101. I Wtts tremendously impressed With his battirtg, and ther.o is no doubt that it is Bradniaii almost alone Who has re-vived Australian cricket, for the interest at the moment is tremendous. Bi'adman'has not the grace and genius of Trumper, but has wonderful scoring ability aiid i'Cmiiids one rnord of Macartney, The most refrcstiitig part about his batting is his tremendous energy and disposition to look for runs. After an hour's tlull, slow play by the opening batsmen, Bradman lifted the gamo on to a different plan© and fairly thrilled tho public, particularly with his first innings score, which h& made in very quick time. He truly brings the heart of youth back into tho game in Australia, and cricket is benefiting enormously by it,'' Chamois and That. When a progress report from Captain Yere-x, forwarded through the Department Of Internal Atfairs, concerning deer destruction in the back country, was read at a, meeting of tho Waimakariri Biver Trust, Professor B. Speight remarked ou the fact that no reference was made to chamois and thar, states tho "Christchurch Times." Ho said that they caused more damage than tho deer. The secretary, Mr. C. W. Hervey, stated that Captain Yerex intended to deul with chamois and thar iv his next report. Tile first report from the l)c----partment stated that Operations wcr& being carried Ouf. in A most cdlupieheli' sive manne* and should result in the destruction o£ some two Or L tbre6 thousand head of defift, _ _ _'_

Lower Hutt Buildings, The building figures for the Lower Hutt borough during November show a! slight increase over the corresponding period last year. Ninetocn buildings were erected at a cost of £10,953, as against fifteen last year at a cost of £9397. Unexpended Drainage Loan. Under a clauso in the Local Legislation Bill, which was introduced into the House of Representatives last evening, tlio Wellington City Council is authorised to use- for other drainage purposes the balance of the Wellington City Drainago and Sewerage Loan, 1928, which has so far been unexpended. Edsel Fora Shifted. Admiral Byrd's private 13-ton launch Mdscl Ford, which was left at Wellington when the expedition ship Jacob Kuppert departed for tlio south, livst week, was reriioved from the Tarartaki Street Wharf yesterday morning by the floating crane Hikitea and towed across to the Boat Harbour. The Edsel Ford will bo at Wellington for a considuble time, probably until the Byrd Ex* pedition calls here on itft homeward journey to the United States in 1935. Birth of Wool Industry. On July 20, 1803, the Secretary for the Colonies, Lord Hobart, received from Captain Macarthur, of New South Wales, the forecast of the birth of Australia's wool industry. *The document refers to the success of imported Spanish sheep, and Captain Maeai'thur offers to take up the, production in Australia of line wool 'for Britain's supply. He says he is willing to take the financial risk if tho Government will give him land and allow-him to select shepherds from among the convicts. This old document is now likely to find a place in Brisbane Museum. New Bridge at Melling. Councillor C. J. Ashtou urged at last night's meeting of the Lower Hutt Borough Council that steps be taken to proceed with the erection of a new bridge at Melling and that the- Government be approached on tiifl question. Oil his suggestion it Was decided to call a. conference of local bodies to urge the Government to take some action iv th« matter. Electrical Engineering. In a report presented to the board of the Wellington Technical College last evening the Electrical Engineering Advisory Committee «aid that in spito of requests that tho course for covering the work roqvtirod for the 'Wiremca's Registration Examination should be exclusively an examination course, the committeo confirmed its previous recuminundation that the course provided in the college should not bo confined to examination work, but should be wide! enough to cover all phases of electrical work met with by' wh-eMien in. their* ordinary industrial activities. thanks—with Apology. . A Canberra report dated December 8 describes, the ending- of the Federal Parliamentary session: — "Federal •Hansard* reporters, who take a ver* batini shorthand note of the proceedings of the Federal Parliament, were unublo to withstand the pressuro of the continuous fifty-five hour sitting which ended today, and several of them collapsed. At One stage, there was almost a procession of hysterical reporters staggering in and out of the Chamber.'' In the closing stages of the session thft Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) expressed thanks to "Hansard." The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Sculliu, thought that "Hansard" was entitled to an apology. As he spoke, the reporter on duty rose and staggered out; his successor had "an hysterical breakdown." As other members wished to talk, the House passed a resolution excusing "Hansard" from further attendance. Tho Commonwealth Parliament, it is said, has never done that before. Better Teeth. With a view to improving the teeth of the boys attending the Southwell School, Hamilton, a special diet Was provided during this year, and highly satisfactory results Were obtained. An Auckland dentist examined the teeth df the boys at the beginning of the year, and divided the bbys into classes. Fortysix per cent, of .the boys had flfst=ckss teeth and gilina at the beginning d£ th« year, while an examination conducted this month showed that the percentage had increased to 80. : Milk was supplied as the principal .beverage, and wholemeal bread was substituted for whitft broad. jA large ratibn of vegetables was supplied, and to those who needed it a concentrate of eodlivcif oil was givctu Apart from tho improved condition of the.teethj there was a distinct increase in the weights and the chest measurements o£ tho boys, and an improvement in their general health/ The experiment proved the value of plain, wholesome food and regular meals, alid the influence teeth have on the general health.