LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17730, 15 March 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The following weather forecast was issued by Mr. Clement L. Wragge at 7.30 last evening:—Atmospheric conditions remain much the same as yesterday. Thus fair to cloudy weather may still be expected, with variable winds, chiefly from, between south-west, sooth, and south-east. The Antarctic disturbance. Rexoled, is south-west from Cape Foulwind, and will probably come in with a rash over the South Island when pressure relaxes. Sea moderate. Two malicious false alarms were received by the City Fire Brigade last night, street alarm boxes in Great North Road, being broken in both cases. The first call was received at 8.25 from the comer of Williamson Avenue, and the second an hour later from the corner of Crummer Road. A draft of 35 territorial and senior cadet non-commissioned officers left for Trentham by the Main Trunk express last evening, to attend a voluntary course of 1 instruction for two weeks. Their work will include physical training, musketry, infantry drill and machine gunnery. The enthusiasm manifested by the non-commis-sioned officers of the various companies is a valuable factor in mamtaining efficiency in the units. The Auckland Investigation Tri- I bunal yesterday received a complaint | against a country doctor, alleging that charges made by him for services rendered were excessive. Another complaint was in respect of a storekeeper's charges for kerosene. These matters will be investigated in due course by the tribunal's officials. Arrangements for th« fOmTncTnru-at.itrA

j3.i j. ior toe commemorative services in connection with Anzac Day, Monday, April 25, were considered yesterday by a committee appointed by the City Council and representatives of the Returned Soldiers' Association. Tentative arrangements were made for speakers, and a programme similar to those of past years was drafted. Final arrangements will be made when replies have been received from those who, it is suggested, should take part. It is proposed that a service be held at 11 a.m. in the Town and that the monument heing erected at Waikumete by the Returned Soldiers' Association in memory of their fallen comrades he unveiled in the afternoon. The proposed extension of the city electrical plant and the tenders for the necessary machinery that were provisionally accepted by the City Council on Thursday were discussed by the Mayor, Mr. J. H. Gunson. He stated that negotiations were being carried on for the provision of the money to enable the work to proceed. Meanwhile the city electrical engineer, Mr. A. Wyllie, was remaining in London, and instructions would be cabled to him as soon as possible. The Minister for Education has ranged for the printing of a souvenir of the visit to New Zealand of the Prince of Wales. A copy of the souvenir, which is to take the form of a large sheet bearing an enlarged photograph of the Prince, and a fac-simile of the letter which he addressed to the children of the Dominion just prior to the sailing of the Renown, is to be supplied to each school. The committees will be required to have them suitably framed and hung in a prominent place. A sufficient number will be printed to supply all the public schools, primary, secondary and technical. The much-<EscDSsect mstter of the safety' of the Whau Bridge was referred to at a meeting of the icsidents of Titirangi on Saturday evening. A petition, which was circulated among those present, asked the Hon. C. J- Parr, M-P. for the district, to use his influence in bringing to finaiity the question of the replacement or the strengthening of the bridge. It was considered that the present condition of the structure is a danger to traffic and a handicap on heavy freight between the city and the suburbs beyond Avondale. The Labour Department's Womenls Em- ' ployment Bureau was closed yesterday, in accordance with the recent decision of the Cabmefc. The bureaux in the other centres is-ere closed some time ago. Voting for candidates to fill the vacancy created on the Auckland Land Board by the in rotation, of Mr. A .R. Harris, East Tamaki, closed yesterday. Four candidates sought election, namely, Messrs. A R. Hams. E. F. Andrews, Auckland; J, F. Goodwin, Maramaraa; and W. H. Scott, Puriri. The result of the election will be announced to-day. The third autumn exhibition of the Mannrewa Show Society was held on Saturday, when there were record attendances throughout the day. Record entries were received and the exhibits in the vegetable and cookery sections called forth special praise from the judges. A further consignment of books for the hlind has been received by the Public Library, from the National Library for the Blind, London. Included in the list are Kipling's " Sea Warfare," Clodd's " Childhood of the World," and " With Clive in India " by Henty. Among the novels are De Morgan's " Joseph Vance " and Conrad's "Lord Jim"; in drama. Goldsmith's " She Stoops to Conquer," and in poetry " Selections from Georgian Poetry," 1913-1915. These books may he borrowed by any person through the Jubilee Institute for the Blind. The Belmont school annual sports were held last Saturday on the school grounds. Following their custom, the ladies of the district held a fete, the profits of which will go to the school funds. A dance was held in the evening. One of the German machine guns sent to; New Zealand as trophies of the war has been allocated to the Waitemata County Council. The council decided that the gun should Se located at Titirangi. and the trophy was shown there for the first time at the conclusion of a public meeting on Saturday evening. Mr. A M. Laiitg the riding councillor, who exhibited the gift, was thanked for the interest he had displayed in securing it for the district. Resolutions from old records, which now appear somewhat humorous, but which were in the early days indicative of a hard struggle, were read at a meeting in connection with the jubilee of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church, Christchurch. One resolution of a past congregation was to the effect that £4 should be raised to pay the fire insurance. The resolve that the congregation " pay the balance of the pastor's salary just as soon as ever it is possible," would seem to indicate that in the strenuous early struggle of the church the pastor, no matter what his personal views might be, would have, so far as his salary was concerned, to take part in a game of chance. The poor fund in the past had variety of uses. On on e occasion the congregation thanked a certain gentleman for the good work he had done on behalf of the church, and voted him £3 lu j m the P 001 " fund ' whJ cli had also to be drawn upon on another occasion that the,gas bill might be paid. Two young men the other evening took a motor-car from the main street of Winton and set off, evidently for a joy ride (says the local paper). They made the pace a fast one, but the corner of 1 the road proved too acute for their steer- ) ing capabilities, with the result that the 5 car capsized. The car was badly smashed, and the driver was pinned underneath it and- rendered unconscious for a time. The other escaped injury