GENERAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 12 May 1939, Page 4

GENERAL ITEMS

Effort to Find New Quarry. At last night's meeting of the City Council the Mayor (Mr G. L. Page) reported on the present position in connection with the Brook street quarry and on a recent occurrence when the explosive used threw some of the spoil across the road, breaking the power lines. Some of the rock landed on houses across the Brook and he considered the risk of injury from the

operation of the quarry was too great and that it should be abandoned. Councilor J. A. Harley stated that about 141bs of rock had landed in the passage of one house about 300 yards away and | smaller pieces had landed on another | house. It was decided that the City Engineer investigate possible sites for a new quarry within the city boundary.

Roding Water Scheme Progress. “Work has been commenced on the excavations for the dam in the Roding River water supply scheme.” stated the report of the City Engineer (Mr J. G. Littlejohn) to last night’s meeting of the City Council. “At the 30th April j the tunnel was through for a distance | of 2729 feet.” [Abattoir Returns.

Stock slaughtered at the Nelson Abattoir in the fortnight ended yesterday was as follows: cattle, 132; calves, 25; sheep, 673; lambs, 52; pigs, 100; total, 982. That information was contained in the report of the manager (Mr J. Haigh) to last night’s meeting of the City Council.

Indefinite Signals. “People are not nearly definite enough in giving signals,’ said Mr R. Day, chief borough traffic inspector addressing New Plymouth road patrols last night. "The main fault is that they do not give other motorists sufficient time in which to react to the signal. Many people actually give the signal after they have begun to turn the cor-

Coinplaint against Dog Nuisance. The residents ot' Stanley Crescent and BeachvilJe Terrace complained of the nuisance caused by dogs in that vicinity and requested the council to prohibit householders keeping dogs in large numbers. The dog inspector is to investigate the matter. Witnesses’ Expenses Refused. The question whether the staff of a prosecuting local authority and officials of Government Departments required to give evidence in Court cases should be allowed expenses as a charge against a defendant was argued in the Magistrate s Court at Otahuhu states the “New Zealand Herald.” Counsel for the local authority which obtained a conviction against a resident on a charge of infringing the camping ground regulations asked for loss of time expenses for the officials called to give I evidence. Defendant's counsel contended that such was not admissable. He said that the officials were there in the course of their duty. The Magistrate Mr W. R. McKean, said it was doubtful if officials would receive any expenses that might be assessed. As all witnesses were officers of the local authority and Government Departments, he would not make any order for expenses.