LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 18 August 1933, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Notification that the Tariff Oommis sion will commence its sittings at Dunedin on September fi, was gazetted lasi night.

The Wellington Aero Club reached its half-century mark in club-trained pilots yesterday morning, when its 50th successful candidate completed liis test.

After a retirement of over three hours, a New Plymouth jury returned a verdict of not /guilty on charges of 'hookmaking against Dominik SLsaricli, of Stratford.

.. Mr. John Davidson, aged 82, married, who ■ was struck by a tram in Queen- Street, Auckland, yesterday afternoon, died in the Auckland Hospital without regaining consciousness.

The district engineer of the New Zealand Railways wrote to the Whangarei Harbour Board this morning stating that the board’s offer to remove the remainder of the Onerahi wharf had been accepted. The price was not* available for publication.

Trials were held yesterday and a team picked to represent the Whangarei Basketball Association in a representative match at Rangiahua next Thursday. Later in the afternoon telegraphic advice was received from the North cancelling the fixture on account of the epidemic.

The Auckland police have been informed that a youth, Arthur Berryman, aged 16, who resides at 36, School Road, Morningsidc, has been missing since Tuesday morning. He was last seen in Hobson Street. He is oft 4in in height and of slight build. At the time of his disappearance? he was wearing a grey coat and dark trousers, but no hat.

At the meeting of the Whangarei Harbour Board this morning, the secretary drew attention to the annual summer cruise to Bay of Islands and Whangaroa, etc., of one of the Union Steam Ship Company's steamers carrying visitors from the South Island, and he suggested that the board communicate.with the company, drawing attention to the advantage of visiting and ■stopping one day in Whangarei Harbour, where the scenery at the Heads is unrivalled to the eye of a stranger. The board decided to take action as suggested.

Appreciation of the efficient work of the Whangarei Fire Brigade in saving his house from destruction by tire yesterday afternoon was expressed by Mr H, E. Worsp on his return to Whangarei last might. “Fortunately, ” he said, “through the smart and efficient work of the brigade the damage done was not extensive. ’ ’ Mrs Worsp, the gardener and the maid were all at home when Mrs Worsp discovered that the house was on tire, and they succeeded in removing a. considerable quantity of the effects before the brigade prevented the fire from exacting heavy toll. It was a marvel to him how the building was saved, situated as it is so far away from the road.

Your New Suit tailored to order for 5 guineas of guaranteed navy serge (190 z.), cut and fitted on the premises to your measures for 5 guineas. Also new Thornproof Tweeds from 5 guineas. Tailor-made prices from £6 10/-. —At, Geo. * Hendy’s, High-class Tailor, Corner Bank and Vine Sts.

At the request- of the North Auckland Rugby Union, the Whangarei Rugby Union has postponed all its competition games tomorrow. As a result of being struck by a tramcar at, the corner of Queen Street and Port Street, Auckland, early yesterday afternoon, Mr. John Davidson, aged ‘.‘>2, married, of East Avenue, Mount Eden, fractured his skull. He was taften by a St. John ambulance to the Auckland Hospital. His condition is serious. A motor cyclist, Mr. Allan William Tombs, aged 21 years, of Massey Street, Frankton Junction, was admitted to the Waikato Hospital last evening suffering from cuts and bruises as the result of a collison in which his machine was involved on the Main South Road with a motor car. Mr, Tombs’ condition is not serious.

A seven-year-old Italian child, Hilario Zampesi, who has been residing with his parents in Greymouth for some years, had for a long time cherished an ambition to learn the violin. Ho spoke of this ambition to Cavaliero Geraldo Perotti, Italian Consul at Greymouth, and the latter mentioned the matter in a letter to iSignor Mussolini. The sequel was seen last week, when a splendid violin came from Italy to Hilario at Greymouth, with not even duty to pay on it. The violin is valued at about £4O.

A shocking revelation was made last month at the Tuberculosis Conference at Cardiff that in at least one case at Stockton-on-Tees the result of removing slum dwellers to model dwellings was to increase the mortality among them. There is no mystery about the reason. The rents of the new houses were, such that those unfortunate people had to economise on their already insufficient diet, with calamitous results. The obvious moral is that while to abolish the slums is a laudable aim, it must go hand in hand with adequate provision for their occupants, or it may be, as in this case, a very cruel mercy.

Henry Wilson's monster sale of two stocks has been well named the “Mecca of the Thrifty.” Stout Pillow Cases, lid pair; 80in. Strong Sheeting, 1/91 yard; Heavy Linen Tea Towels, 8-id; Coloured Towels, 1/8 pair; White Admiralty Towels, 2/11 pair; All Wool Dress Materials, were 6/6, for 2/8 yard; Ladies’ Strong Vests, lid; and Children’s Wool and Cotton Vests, all sizes, 1/2.