LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18381, 23 April 1923, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

;':■ The Main Trunk express to Wellington last evening was a very long train, consisting of 18 cars. The passengers numbered about 600. The train contained three sleeping cars. ;

Three male passengers who sailed for Sydney ■• by the Royal Mail steamer Niagara on Saturday were so busy talking to friends on the" wharf that they failed Ip notice that the gangway had been pulled ashore. They realised their position as the mooring lines were being let go and hastened to board the vessel. The tide happened to.be low and one of the men climbed up a ropo, but owing to his lack of agility he made an undignified landing on the vessel, being hauled over the rail after the manner of a sack of vegetables. This spectacle' deterred his two companions from following his example, and they boarded the steamer by means of a convenient port-hole.

A man named Arthur Thomas Rowell, aged 28, employed as a waterside worker and living at 45, France Street, Newton, was found by Constable Nicol at 2.45 p.m. on Saturday lying on the grass in Albert Park, apparently very ill. He was at once'removed to the hospital, where he received treatment. It was reported last evening that his condition showed considerable improvement.

It has been reported to the police that a young woman named Alice Le Fever has 1 been missing from her home at 37, Hinemoa Road, Grey Lynn, since 6 p.m. on Tuesday last. She is stated to be 20 years of age, sffc. 3in. in height, and of stout build. She has dark eyes, hair and complexion, and at the time of leaving home was dressed in a grey costume. '{.<

The retirement of Mr. E. H. Davis from the Auckland Harbour Board election was announced on Saturday. There are now four candidates, Messrs- W. Wallace (sitting member), T. Bloodworth, E. W. Inder, and E. G. Skeates. for the three city seats on the board.

An accident befel Mr. G. L. Taylor, cf Esplanade Road. Mount Eden, president of the Maungakiekio Golf Club, at the finish of a game at the Maungakiekie links on Saturday afternoon. He slipped while in the dressing room and struck his face against the edge of a bench. His injuries required the insertion of stitches. '' .

H.M.S. Veronica sailed on Saturday morning for her periodical official cruise among the islands in the South Pacific under the Imperial administration. The vessel will be away from Auckland for over two months, and will carry out the following itinerary She will be at Tonga from April 26 to May 6; at Suva from May 8 to May 14; at Ocean Island from May 21 to May 23; at the Gilbert group from May 25 to June 4. From the Gilbert group the Veronica will proceed to the Ellic© Island, and will stay at Sumasuti from June 7 to June 11. Her next visit will be to Eotumah,, en route to Suva, where the warship is due on June 16. A stay of nine days will be made at Suva before the vessel sails for Auckland, where she will be due en July 2.",..,

Keen interest has been taken this year by school children in the Anzae Day essay competition, the number of entries and standard" of the children's work being very gratifying. The Anzac , Day school banner is at present in the possession of the' Belmont School; the honour of holding it for one year is awarded to the school sending in the six best essays, while the best individual essay carries a. prize of one guinea. A small sum—about £sis now required : for placing the names of the winning schools on -the banner, which amount will be sufficient for several Anzac Days to come. Donations for this purpose will be gratefully received by either the Mayoress,. Mrs. J. •H. Gunson, or the secretary of - the - Returned Soldiers' Association. * . .'

The City Fire Brigade received a call at about 11.30 on Saturday night to a building on the old gas works, site • near,, the foot of kelson Street. : ; Some floor boards in the building were ignited, but no damage was 1 done. • ,

A telegraph messenger boy named Frederick E. White, who lives at 135, Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket, was thrown from his bicycle: at the corner of Kimberley Road and Gillies Avenue f on Saturday afternoon. He '.'. sustained a broken arm, arid was admitted to the hospital. Ho is employed at the Epsom Post Office j /•';'•:;-_

A belief in the future of the Thames goldfields was expressed by the Hon. A. M. Myers at the Thames Old Boys' reunion on Saturday evening. Mr. Myers said he believed that more gold would yt come out of the Thames than' had over been got, but owing to the exigencies of the times the gold-bearing area had not been exploited in recent years. He hoped to be able to associate himself with tho movement for ; the development of the field by. assisting, in the formation of o company in London with the object of giving the area a more thorough test than it had so far received. This statement, was rccem-d with appreciation and enthusiasm A;.by those present. .' "~- ' . :■:■";. . ; - ' '■■:■//,, Sheep worrying has been very prevalent in the parks during the last few days, and many, sheep have been mangled, besides those actually U killed, says a Christchurch paper. ,

The interesting experiment of underplanting indigenous forests with exotic trees in cases where the native trees are of no value for timber purposes .has been undertaken by the State Forestry Departmentduring._ the year, and the results are being closely watched. The regeneration of the native trees is being studied' also, and it is considered.that with the elimination of stock and fire, good results are certain.

A permit to kill deer was recently granted to ■ Mr. J. G. Sutherland, of Pirinoa, Featherston* " Reporting to the Acclimatisation Society last week, he stated that he had shot 667 deer in five days, the highest number for anyone day being 194. ,,. . , - - ,

The poll held on Saturday in the Mangere East special rating, area of the Manukau County Council on the proposal to borrow £3500 in connection with the purchase of a site and the erection of a public hall, and the purchase and laying out of a recreation ground, was carried by an overwhelming majority. There were 162 votes cast for the proposal and 12.'against. •.., ' ...

"It is not every day that a man is mistaken for the Prime Minister." said the Hon. E. H. Clark, at a deputation to Mr. Massey in Palmerston South. Mr. Clark went on to explain that a little boy had come home from school that day and told his parents that a big man like Pat Collins had come along and given them a holiday. "If you come so seldom to see us," said Mr. Clark, " you cannot blame the boys for mistaking you for Pat Collins." . , • '

Twenty-nine specimens of trout and salmon, "representing 22 species, have been received at the Canterbury Museum from the United States National Museum, Washington. Professor R. Speight has informed the council of the. North Canterbury Acclimatisation : , Society ; that the specimens are very small and are not intended for show, but ; will be useful to anybody who wishes to examine them for comparative purposes and for identification. . ' •

"That the medical superintendent be requested to approach the honorary medical staff and the Wellington branch of the British Medical Association with a view of arranging that the services of a qualified medical man be available at any hour, of the day or; night for,'' urgent f eases in" the city and suburbs, and as far as possible in the country districts which are represented on the board." -This motion was: carried- at a meeting of • the Wellington Hospital Board last week.