NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 59, 11 March 1937, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

Newly-wed Landlord.

' "It is not exactly a happy place for a honeymoon couple," said counsel in '" the Palmerston - North Magistrate's c Court on Tuesday, when stating that c a man who had built a house and let it just prior to his marriage had been n compelled to live in a flat because he s was unable to secure possession of his ; I own home (reports a Palmerston North '' correspondent). The tenants of the a house, stated to be in arrears with the t rent, were a woman and four children. s An order compelling them to leave the house was sought under the Fair Rents . Act, and this the Magistrate granted, to ' be effective in a fortnight. g The Future in Politics. r A good-natured reminder that Govj ernments do not rule for ever was t given by Mr. A. Ely, vice-president of i the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, r at the luncheon tendered by the ? chamber in the Auckland Town Hall ' on Tuesday to the Prime Minister (Mr. Savage) and his Cabinet colleagues 3 (states the "New Zealand Herald"). , "When the wheel of political fortune ' turns —as it must inevitably turn—" " said Mr. Ely, "the people of New Zeaf land will have the good fortune of ; having in Opposition men who have f had experience of the troubles of Gov- : ernment." There was an immediate interjection from the Minister of Health ' (the Hon. P. Fraser). "That, at least, : is some consolation," he said. Profit from Railways. "I am not by any means one of those people who believe that railways have outlived their usefulness," said the Minister of Labour (the Hon. H. T. Armstrong) at Auckland on Monday, when replying to a deputation in support of the Morningside tunnel, reports the "New Zealand Herald." "Railways have played a very great part in developing the productivity of this country; and if ;\ve are not going to authorise any railway unless it can be shown that it will.return a profitwell, I think the logical conclusion of that would be to apply it to the roads and ask whether they. pay. It is very hard to estimate whether they pay or not. As a matter of fact, all of them pay. New Zealand would be a funny old country without them." The Doctor's Bag. An amusing incident was recounted by Sir James Elliott, chairman of k the Wellington Centre of the St. John Ambulance Association, in his address to the members of the Wellington Blood Transfusion Service at the annual meeting last night. Years ago, he said, he had been attending a patient, and, on alighting from his gig with his / little black bag in his hand, he noticed several small children watching him closely. As he walked by he heard one of the boys remark: "That man's a doctor," and another reply: "Oh, no, he's not.". "Yes, he is," rejoined the first lad, "I can smell him." "Then what's he got in his bag?" someone queried. A little girl decided that it ! must have been a baby, but one of the ■ boys quashed that idea. "Of course, it's , not." he said. "It's blood!" Unwanted Pukeko. , In regard to the wish of his Ex- j cellency the Governor-General to ob- , tain four or six specimens of pukeko for the London Zoo, the Under-Secre-tary of Internal Affairs' (Mr. J. W. * Heenan) wrote to the Wellington Ac- 5 climatisalion Society last night to the ( effect that the secretary of. the Zoological Society of London had written ] to his Excellency "that as the society's ! aviaries are over full at the moment ( and they can obtain other species of 1 the same type from nearer at hand J they do not now wish to obtain the ' pukeko." It transpired that Ranger ' Andrews had already secured six pu- ( keko and was keeping them until they ! were used to hand feeding to hand 1 over to the Department of Internal Af- * fairs. If was decided that the secre- ( tary (Mr. E. J. C. Wiffln) endeavour "* to find someone in need of the birds for release on their property. There I were already, it was mentioned, pu- i keko at the Wellington Zoo. c Men's Odd Earnings. "The men are being penalised under i that system," remarked the acting c chairman of the Papatoetoe Town Board (Mr. J. Franklin) at the board's c meeting when the ranger gave his 1 reasons for tendering his resignation s (states the "New Zealand Herald"). The a ranger stated that he was on sustenance t allowance and all fees collected by him c for impounded stock were deducted I from his payments, leaving him out of 4 pocket. The chairman said that prac- t tice did not encourage a man to take I up odd jobs. He wondered if it would not be possible to overcome the dim1- v culties. The clerk (Mr. W. Young) L said he had discussed the question with t: the Labour Department's local officers a and was informed that the regulations v were clear cut and precluded any adjustment being made. All earnings a were taken into accounfby the Depart- v ment in calculating the men's allow- a ances. It was decided to accept the b resignation. ti

3 Coronation Contingent's Departure. l- The New Zealanders who have beei a picked to form the Dominion's mili tary contingent in England for thi " Coronation of King George VI, am c who are now training at Trentham 0 have again been delayed in their de y parture for the Homeland. The Kangi tiki, which was originally schedule! to sail on March 11, and then post c poned until Saturday, has again beei - delayed, and the ship will now leavi Wellington at 10 a.m. on Tuesday fo: j. London, via Panama, c Poor Outlook For Farmers. i. With the unseasonable weather gen ir erally in Otago farmers are threatenec ~ with a severe feed shortage during ths winter, states the Dunedin correspond' sent of "The Post." Little progress has c been made by the turnip crops, while excessive moisture has caused a droj c in the quality of pasture growth. A; * farmers have been forced to wait foi v a more favourable time to carry oui r| harvesting, this work has been practically at a standstill and crops thai '' have been cut are now standing ir 1 stook. In some cases these crops arc ;- rotting and in others, they are begine ning to grow again. - c Solicitors and Clients. "The only solicitor who is any gooc 7 is the one he has just met, who has , not had time to send a bill," said Mr * Justice Callan in the Auckland Su 1 preme Court on Tuesday, during the i hearing of a case in which reference was made to a testator's grievance; against various legal firms (states the "New Zealand Herald"). His Honour said that such people were sometimes encountered by members of the lega] profession, and it was impossible tc deal with them for. long without some difference arising.. He had had experience of such people in his own practice. Dogs Attack Lambs. Twenty-one valuable stud lambs were savagely attacked by stray dogs which, entered a paddock on the farm of Mr. H. A. Hunt, Monmouth Road, Stratford, the other night (states a correspondent). Three of the sheep were so severely injured that they died. The . discovery that the whole flock had been worried by dogs was made by an employee of Mr. Hunt the following afternoon. Five lambs were found to be badly mauled, one being dead, while the remaining sixteen were in a creek close by, some in a precarious condition. It is thought that a large number of dogs we're involved in the attack. The injured flock is receiving careful attention. A number of the lambs mauled had been entered by Mr. Hunt in the forthcoming autumn show. Sea Lion Stranded^ An unusual visitor to Kairakau Beach recently was a sea lion, which was left stranded on the shore during a heavy sea last week (states a Hastings correspondent). This was the first member of the species to visit the Waipawa beach resort. The sea lion's stay was a comparatively short one, as some residents assisted it back into the water, and. when last seen it was progressing steadily out ,to sea. This sea lion is believed to have been one of the southern sea .lions known as o'.aria jubata, found in water around the Falkland Islands >.nd the South Pacific Ocean. The animal when fcund on the beach appeared to have been severely buffeted by the sea and was in a state of exhaustion. A number of people attempted in vain to give it some nourishment, but all offers at kindly ministration we re refused, j When the tide came in towards the evening the sea lion was assisted to the water and once in the .waves revived rapidly, for some time giving an aquatic, display in the breakers. Soon after: it made: for the "open sea, dis-. appearing into, the gathering dusk. Incident at Sea. A temporary interruption in the voyage of the Royal Mail liner Niagara from Suva to Auckland following, a vibration that was felt throughout the ship was the subject of comment by passengers when the Niagara reached Auckland on Monday 'afternoon, states the "New Zealand Herald." Although the master, Captain W. Martin, would make no statement concerning any interruption, the passengers stated that at about 10 o'clock last Saturday night an unusual vibration was felt, and it was reported that this was due to one propeller having lost a blade or some similar defect. Passengers said that the engines were stopped for only a few minutes and that the voyage was then continued at a slightly reduced speed. It is understood that a request was sent by wireless from the Niagara to have a diver ready to make an examination as soon as the ship reached port. A diver made an examination shortly after the liner berthed, but the result of his inspection was' not disi closed. ____^—_