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Evening Star, Issue 21007, 22 January 1932, Page 8

Tiio various committees of tho city Council, which have not been functioning since before the holidays, resumed silting to-day.

As rabbits are very plentiful in many parts of tbo province at present, they might profitably bo used to supplement the larder of the unemployed. There are localities not fur from Dunedin where a couple of men with guns could in a very short time bring in a big “bag.” It has been suggested that the relief depots should consider the matter.

Evidence that a motor car, on striking a telegraph pole, went up the polo, was given at the court at Auckland yesterday when Charles Thomas Kite, a middle-aged man, was charged with negligently driving a motor car in Remuera road on December 3, causing the death of Theodore Raymond Lewis (a passenger in the motor car). A tram conductor said he was on duty coming from Remuera i terminus to Auckland on night of December 3. Near Newmarket ho saw a motor car coming towards tho tram from the direction of Newmarket. In his opinion it was travelling at excessive speed. Ho signalled to the motorman to stop, expecting a crash. Before this happened, however, the car struck a telegraph pole with such force as to go almost right up it. It then bounced on to the tram tracks, 'the force of the impact was so terrific that the wires which the post held up were snapped near the insulators.—Auckland correspondent. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states: The Minister of Defence (Hon. J. G. Cobbe) announces that H.M.S. Diomede will visit Sydney in March for tho opening of the new harbour bridge. She will leave Whangaroa on March 10, and on the way across the Tasman will meet the Royal Australian Navy and accompany it for the rest of the journey. 'She will be in Sydney from March 14 to March 22. Income tax, according to official notice, is to be payable in one sum on Tuesday, February 9, and an additional duty will be levied if payment is not made on or before March 1. The postal authorities advise that the R,oxen, which reached Auckland from Los Angeles on Wednesday, has four bags of mail and one parcel receptacle for Dunedin, which is duo here this afternoon. Tho Rev. Dr Gibb, president in New Zealand of the League of Nations Union,, who recently made_ an appeal to tho churches of the dominion to set apart Sunday, January 31, as a day or special prayer for the success of the Disarmament Conference, has received word that arrangements have been made" to carry out his suggestion in all the churches. The benefits of having an oil refinery at New Plymouth are already being appreciated in Taranaki. At a meeting of the Opunake Electric Power Board last week, tho engineer reported that he was using New Plymouth fuel oil for running the Diesel engine with very satisfactory results; also effecting a considerable saving to the board. Members expressed appreciation at the news that New Zealand oil was satisfactory. Mr J. S. Tosland remarked that the Government should endeavour to find supplies of oil in New Zealand to keep in the dominion the large amount of money that at present goes out of tho country for benzine and oil. The unusual instance of a magistrate adjourning a sitting of the court to enable the reporters present to leave and make inquiries in regard to an alarm of fire occurred at Lyttelton on Wednesday. Tho court had been sitting for about fifteen minutes, when suddenly the proceedings were interrupted by the screeching of the siren from the fire tower opposite the court, and from the window a dense cloud of smoke could be seen in another part of the town. There was a stir amongst the police and reporters in court, and seeing some hesitation among the pressmen, the Magistrate H. A. Young) said ho would adjourn the court while they ascertained the extent of tho fire. However, the outbreak was only a grass fire, and in a few minutes the reporters and policemen returned to the courtroom, and the court resumed. Tho Home Mission Executive of the Methodist Church has decided that from January 30 to July 31 a new Maori party will make a comprehensive tour of the South Island on behalf of tho home mission and church extension fund of tho church. The general superintendent (the Rev. A. J. Seamer) will be in charge. All places on Otago, Westland, Southland, Nelson, and Canterbury, where tho church is represented will be visited. Previous visits by a similar party have been of an outstanding nature, and it is confidently expected that the achievements of the new party will be equally successful. Miss Grace Brown, of Culverdcn, has had the _ good fortune to win a prize of £6OO in tho Irish Sweepstake, which was drawn recently (says tho Christchurch ‘Times’). This was her first venture into anything of this kind. When she arrived home on Wednesday after spending a holiday at New Brighton, she found what appeared to be a circular awaiting her. She casually opened it, and found to her amazement that it was the notification of her win. It had arrived three or four days ago, slny said. Naturally, she was very excited and could hardly credit tho contents of the letter. She says she will be sure of her luck when the money arrives, and then will be the time to make plans for its disposal. This year the Wanganui City Council has adopted a colour scheme for dog collars. Hitherto all dog collars issued by local bodies were of tho same colour, but the City Council has now chosen green. Where a dog is seen wearing a green collar the city officials will be able to tell .at a glance that it is registered, and that its owner lives in the city area, l The Wellington Chamber of Commerce has received a letter from school children in California containing the following request;—“ The seventh and eighth grades of St. Mary’s Academy, Los Angeles, are making a complete study of Scandinavia and its possessions. We should bo very thankful if you would aid us in our study by sending us a complete account of Wellington.” Tho reading of the letter caused some laughter, members of the chamber apparently not feeling hurt at the lack of knowledge of New Zealand, as the letter came from schoolchildren It was agreed that the secretary send tho information desired. j Tho postal authorities advise that the Remuera duo at Wellington at 5 p.m. on Sunday has fifty bags of mail and 350 parcel receptacles for New Zealand. The Dunedin portion will reach the local office on Tuesday afternoon.

The Makura left Sydney on Thursday for Wellington with seventy-five bags of Australian, English, and Eastern mail and thirteen parcel receptacles for Dunedin. The mail is due at the local office on Tuesday afternoon. An inquiry into the cause of a fire which partly destroyed a house owned by Air Arthur Alfred Vincent at 27 Leighton street on September 19 was held before Air Alosley, S.AI. After evidence the magistrate brought in a finding that the house had been set alight by some person or persons unknown. A tenant, it was stated, left the house that afternoon after handing over the keys. _ The house was discovered on fire in throe or four places at midnight. The insurance was £SOO. —Christchurch Press Association telegram.

Wanganui students from the Wellington Training College, who have completed two years’ training and who left at the end of tho last term, anticipating obtaining at least one year’s employment in accordance with the custom, together with their parents, were highly indignant on receiving notice yesterday from tho Education Board that no appointments could be made. The students are now at a loose end, and are left on the hands of their parents to keep. They consider it a distinct breach of tho promise made after leaving the college that they would obtain at least a year’s work. A protest is being sent to tho Alinister of Education.—Wanganui correspondent.

W, V. Sturmer (optician, 2 Octagon), thus conserving good vision for old age. 1 lAdvl.j Wembley Dance (under new management) oilers another attractive evening’s enjoyment to-morrow. Old and new dances. Supper provided, and the Jubilee Orchestra supplies the music. Never was a dance band so popular as Arthur Frost’s, which is now appearing at the Palais Dansant, Concert Chamber, each Saturday, for each evening there arc expressions of praise and delight. [