NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21400, 10 May 1944, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

Service-car Seats

A new type of waiting-line is frequently seen in New Plymouth. In the very early morning would-be travellers gather outside service-car depots m the hope of reserving seats some weeks ahead.

Kaiwarra Stream Diverted Practically the whole of the flow of the Kaiwarra Stream, 'Wellington, • has now been diverted "through" a. tunnel bored through a hill shoulder on the southern side of the gully, thus releasing for road straightening and other purposes a considerable area of land formerly the bed of the stream. Union Seeks Re-Registration * Efforts are being made by the Auckland Drivers’ Union to re-register its section which was deregistered by the Cabinet in January during the bus drivers’ dispute over Sunday pay. The whole of the Unipn ih ,the area within 25 miles radius of the Auckland chief post office was deregistered, but according to the secretary the first section for which registration is sought comprises the bus drivers. Declared To Be Enemy Traders A supplement 'to' New Zealand Gazette issued last night contains a very long list of " persons, firms' and companies declared to be enemy traders under the enemy tracing emergency regulations. In addition to concerns in South and Central America, there are some in Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, and in a number of other countries. Eire appears in the schedule with 39 listings.—P.A. Collision With Car A 13-year-old girl, Joy Thomas, who was taken to the Cook Hospital on Saturday as the result of injuries received when she came into collision with a motor car while riding her bicycle at Matawai, was reported this morning to be improving statisfactorily. 'The collision took place at 11.30 a.m. on Saturday, when the girl col,lid,ed with a car driven by Mr. Joseph Riley Grace, a roadman employed by the Waikohu County Council. At f the time she was overtaking her sister, who was riding just in front of her The “Doctor’s” Prescription Giving evidence in the Supreme Court .in Wellington concerning the removal of goods from a United States store at Peione, a witness said that when he found ‘things were not on the level,” an American serviceman who had engaged him to do the work had made a direct threat to him that if he did not carry on his wife and family would not be so healthy in the future as they had been in the past.” The American was known as “Doc.” “Oh, I see,” commented Mr. Justice Blair, who presided, “it was the doctor's prescription.” (Laughter.) ’ “Social security,” added His Honour.