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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 222, 22 September 1934, Page 4

Voting carried oil for two days at the recent Wellington Horticultural Society's show resulted in lcowliai easily topping the poll as New Zealand's national flower. The voting was: Ivowhai 5S(>, pohutukawa and rata USD, clematis 225, manuka 124.

“The trouble of cockroaches throughout the various buildings is always recurring, and has cost tiie board about £lO a year to keep in check," reported the house committee of the Auckland Hospital Board. The committee stated it had received an offer from an outside person to carry out preventive measures and keep the buildings clear of cockroaches and other small pests at a charge of £2O a year. On its recommendation the offer was accepted.

Advice that he was not at present, in a' position to state whether legislation extending the term of the Mortgagors and Tenants Relief Act would bo introduced this session was given by the Minister of Justice (lion. J. 0. Gobbe) to a mooting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce at Wellington. The attitude of (he Government in respect. of the existing legislation would be entirely contingent on the trend of economic , events. The executive, which •had made representations against any extension of (ho existing legislation, decided lo take no further action in tnc meantime.

When crossing the Ngawapurua bridge shortly after the passing of a train this week, Kev. K. L. Warren, of L’ahiatua, noticed that sparks from the engine had ignited the bridge and it was blazing well in threo places some distance apart. A strong wind was blowing and the flames were gaining a good hold. The porter at tho bridge, who was then at the Woodville end, had not noticed tiic outbreak, and Mr Warren proceeded to deal with it with buckets of water placed at short distances along the structure. A motor lorry from Pahiatua arrived at the, bridge and ono of its occupants aided Mr Warren while the other informed the porter of the outbreak which was quenched before material damage was done.

A reserved decision by the No. 0 Road Transport Authority was given yesterday ia the case in which Messrs j. E. Waldin and A. It. Waldin, of Peilding, sought permission for vehicles to run in the linngitikei, Kiwitea, Pohangina, Oroua, Manawatu and Kairanga counties for carrying sheep, lambs and farmers’ goods. The license was refused, said the acting ; chairman (Mr D. I. Armstrong), as tho Authority was quite satislicd that there were sufficient lorries already licensed, particularly to carry live stock. ‘‘lf it is found necessary at any future time to increase the available carrying capacity for fat lambs and the application is again put before us it will possibly receive favourable consideration,” he added.

The Government is at present going into the question of an amendment to the Crown Suits Act, and for this purpose is obtaining information on the subject from other Empire countries. This information was given at a meeting of t-he executive of the Associated Chambers of Commerce. The president reported that a deputation representative of the Associated Chambers had waited on the Prime Minister and asked that, the Government take up the Bill which had been prepared privately and which sought to remove' from Government trading ventures certain of the privileges they at present enjoyed under the Crown Suits Act, and to place them on tho same footing as regard suing and being sued as private traders and private citizens generally. As soon as the Government secured information from abroad it would go further into the matter.

The question of interference by trams with radio reception was discussed at a meeting of tho Auckland Transport Board, when a letter was received from the Post and Telegraph Department asking for information regarding the various electrical circuits on trams. “I think that as much information as is practicable should bo given,” said the chairman, Mr J. A. C. Allum. “We want, to do all we can to minimise any trouble that may be caused by trams, but we are not iu a position to go to any great expense without assistance from other interests concerned.” Mr. Allum said it could not very well be deuied that some interference was caused by trams since any electrical apparatus iu tho vicinity of a radio set affected it to some degree. It was largely, however, a question of the extent to which tram services were responsible for the interference.