OBITUARY HUTT ROSE SHOW DAMAGE TO TUNNEL GEAR FIRE BRIGADE BUSY

Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 118, 15 November 1945, Page 8

OBITUARY

HUTT ROSE SHOW

DAMAGE TO TUNNEL GEAR

FIRE BRIGADE BUSY

MR. R. J. EASTWOOD P.A. GISBORNE, This Day, The death has occurred of Mr. Richard James Eastwood, aged 66, a veteran journalist and last editor of the "Gisborne Times." He was formerly associated with the Christchurch "Press," the "Dominion," and the "Lyttelton Times," and had a high reputation as a newspaperman. Born in Wales he came to New Zealand as; an infant and was educated at Christchurch, finishing at Christ's College.! Since his retirement from newspaper work he had conducted a successful news agency.

Entries in the Hutt Valley Horticultural Society's annual rose show, which took place yesterday in St. James's Hall, Lower Hutt, were not as heavy as was anticipated, a fierce wind on Monday having destroyed many of 'the blooms which were to have been shown. The general standard 'of the exhibits, however, was high. A feature of the show was a colourful display of calceolarias, by Mr. A. W. Freeman, of Lower Hutt, Mr. E. L. Riddiford, exhibited various types of cut flowers, and Mr. H. Poole a collection of fuchsias.

The chief prize-winner in the rose sections was Mr. H. W. Tolan, whose "Madame Butterfly" won the open championship." Mr. Tolan took six first and three second placings in the rose section, and won the New Zealand Rose Society's competition. The champion bloom, which also won the amateur championship, was Mr. A. Anderson's "Mrs. Henry Morse." The A. Lees Memorial Trophy was won for the fifth time since the commencement of the competition in 1932 by Mr. G. W. Cairns. In the decorative classes, Mrs. Sage gained two first and two second placings. Mrs. Keall one first and two seconds, Mrs. H. HardingMorris two firsts, and Mrs. McMillan one first and one second.

The show was officially opened by Mr. C. C. Odlin, who congratulated the exhibitors on the fine standard of the blooms. The president of the Wellington Horticultural Society, Mrs. Knox Gilmer, was present.

Damage estimated at £15 was caused by some unauthorised persons, probably youths, to equipment connected with the Mount Victoria traffic tunnel, according to a report of the works committee to the City Council last evening. The shutter was removed from the top of the exhaust fan house above the tunnel, off Alexandra Road, the glass of the door was broken, and the building was entered. The electric motor which it houses was tampered with. This, the committee reported, was a dangerous thing to do, as the motor was alive and carrying 400 volts. The intruders also threw a broom, a mop, and an old window from a disused Army hut down the 8-foot ventilation shaft, which is vertically above the tunnel and some hundreds of feet in depth. These articles damaged the air flow indicator, which is 40 feet up from the bottom of the shaft.

With three gorse fires and a minor blaze at. a house in Newtown, the Wellington Fire Brigade had a busy time in less than an hour and a half today. The first call, one of many from the district.' was received at 11 a.m. to a fire in Simla •Crescent. Khandallah. where burning gorse and pine trees were menacing nearby houses. A machine from Khandallah and one from Thorndon attended, and the fire was extinguished by means of a lead of hose and beaters.

At 11.49 a machine from the Central Station attended a gorse fire in Sar Street. Wadestown. It was extinguished by a lead of hose. At 12.15 p.m. another gorse fire in Harewood Road, off Mornington Road, was extinguished by beaters from a machine from Brooklyn. At 1.22 p.m. weatherboarding on a house at 38 Hargrave Street, Newtown, where painters were burning off old paint, caught alight and was extinguished by bucket pumps. .Two machines vfrom Constable Street attended.

Messrs. Hutton. Welch, Dunn, and Dickie will be the assessors for the City Council in connection with the proposed proceedings for a new award with the Tramways Union.