Around the City

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 236, 6 October 1936, Page 6

Around the City

Paragraphs About People and

Events

Mr. L. E. Leary, formerly manager of the Majestic Theatre, Nelson, is at present managing the Mayfair Theatre.

The total number of electricity consumers in Palmerston North at the end of August was 6098 and the total connected load, including street lights, 22,799 k.w. <s> <s><s>«s>

Following are 2ZO transmissions for to-night:—6.3o to ,7.30, children’s session, Aunty Joan and Uncle Jack; 7.30, early recorded session; 8 to 10, relay from Eosco studio, programme by the Palmerston North (Salvation Army Band and songsters. <s> <3> <S> <S>

To mark the inauguration of the 40hour week, a procession through the Square is planned by trade union interests for Labour Day. Permission was granted by the City Council last night, provided that information is supplied it concerning the naturo of the procession and the speeches. <s> «S> <S> <?>

Mr. C. S. Williams, F.R.C.S.E., leaves on October 27 for ban Francisco and New York, after which he will proceed to the Mayo Clinic at Bochester. He will then visit various centres in the United States beforo returning home via Vancouver, to arrive in New Zealand again about March.

Visitors welcomed at the Eotary Club yesterday were: Mcsdamcs G. G. Priest, A. Grigor and K. G. Chamberlain, Messrs. A. H. Hume (.Wellington), M. N. Doig and E. W. Priest. The vote of thanks to Miss M. Grant, who was the speaker for the day was convoyed by Eotnrian E. H. Spencer. It was announced that tho speaker for next Monday would be (Sir Eichard Linton.

“I ask for an adjournment for a quarter of an hour so that I may he instructed as to -whether I am a witness or a defendant in this case,” protested a witness called during a by-law prosecution in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. Witness declared that he had not beeu served with any papers, but was directed by the Magistrate that ho must answer questions on oath.

A curious effect of Palmerston North’s often vaunted geographical position was mentioned by Mr. N. 11. Mackie at the annual meeting last night of ' tho Automobile Association (Mamawatu). Tho office of the association, ho declared, received more inquiries from tho travelling public, in proportion to membership, than any other association except Wellington and Auckland.

“Ho hasn’t heard the song of Gracie Fields,” smilingly remarked the Magistrate, Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday when counsel pleaded for a traffic defendant ho had looked to tho loft and then to the right as he approached an intersection. Apparently, Gracie's superior technique is: “Look first to the right, and then to the left, and you will not get run over.”

The City Council last evening granted the Mauawatu Cricket Association tho use this season of tho Sportsground, Terraco End Park and Hokowliitu domain for matches on .Saturday, at a rental of £125. The Ladies’ Cricket Club was granted the use of Milverton Park for the season at £2 per club. Cr. G. Tremaine intimated that thero was a likelihood of four ladies’ clubs this season.

“There are too many' of these collisions iu the city, not only on busy intersections, but in many other parts,” declared Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday following by-law prosecutions that wero prompted by a collision on the corner of Fergusson and Albert streets. “Probably tho reason is that people think thero is no danger, and amble over these intersections at 25 or 30 miles an hour. Then they' strike trouble.”