LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18950, 23 February 1925, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

It is expected that, ears on the new Edendale Road tramway extension will be running to the terminus at Calgary Street this week. Mr. L. E. Rhodes, Mayor of Mount Albert, stated on Saturday that he had no information as to the actual date when the trams would run to Calgary Street, but lie understood it would be as soon as the bitumen work was completed on one side. Unfortunately the wet weather had delayed this work, which could only be proceeded with when the metal was dry. He estimated that three days' spraying with bitumen would complete to the terminus. The service, the Mayor understands, is to be a 12 minutes' one.

A splendid recovery is now being made by V. Badeley, the well-known Auckland Rugby representative, who received serious head injuries in the All Black trial match at Eden Park last May. Badeley was in hospital for many months in a serious condition, making very slow progress, and was removed to his home toward the end of last year. He has now recovered the use of his limbs and is able to move about freely. He is at present at Mil ford and all being well should be fit again in a couple of months.

An apology for being ten minutes late was tendered by Mr. Justice Reed on Saturday to the jury in a civil action heard in the Supreme Court. "There is much more to do here," said His Honor, "than in Wellington, where there are other Judges to do preliminary work. Already this morning I have been listening to a long legal argument "

J.he receipt of an application made by the Taupiri Coalmine and Waikato Extended Coalmine Workers' Industrial Union for the cancellation of registration under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act is notified in the current Gazette. Cancellation will become effective within six weeks unless due cause to the contrary is shown. It is understood that cancellation is being sought with the object of reorganising the union and extending its operation over a wider field.

A deputation from fishermen operating Danish seining nets waited on the Minister for Marine on Saturday morning regarding the limits in which they might work. Mr. Anderson replied that ho was going thoroughly into the matter with the Marine Department and the Chief Inspector of Fisheries, and would advise the deputation in due course as to the decisions reached.

Applications for employment at the Auckland office of the Department of Labour last week numbered 116, a decrease of four compared with the previous week, and of 25 on the figures of a fortnight ago. Of the total. 91, including 28 labourers were classed as fit for heavy work. Next- in point of numbers were motor drivers and mechanics 13, and seamen and firemen 9. During the week 25 men, including 15 labourers, were placed in private employment. One storeman was engaged by the Public Works Department.

Complaint lias been made of the nuisance caused by sewer gas coming from manholes in Kingsland. Frequent efforts to abate the nuisance by sluicing having proved of no avail, the Mount Albert Borough Council has referred the matter to the Works Committee with tho reoemmendation that vent pipes be put in.

A petition in bankruptcy has been filed by John Martin, carrier, of Putamru. A meeting of creditors will be held at Putaruru on March 3.

The. appeal made to the residents of Mount Eden to provide, funds for the equipment of a children's playground in the new Nicholson Park is meeting with a ready response. A committee of ladies has the matter in band, and a considerable portion of the amount required, it is reported, has already been secured by personal canvass.

The growth of the Dominion Road district is reflected in the erection of further shops. A fine now block of business premises and residences has just been completed on the main road, adjacent to the Empire Theatre, near Valley Road. The seven shops ..and dwellings arc all occupied. A child of four year?, (he son of Mr. Richard T. Norton, of Victoria Terrace, Woolston, Christchureh, had a narrow escape from drowning in the Ileathcote River on Friday. Screams were heard by Mr. R. C. Find lay, also of Victoria Terrace, and rushing to the water, he noticed the child floating about 100 yards away. He promptly untied a boat and rescued the child, who was .in danger of being carried away by a. strong current caused by the incoming tide. The Wellington Education Board discussed the question of insuring school children against accident. A proposal was made some little time ago by an insurance company 'for taking out a policy upon a flat rate per thousand children, provided an agreement was reached as to what constituted an accident. Some members of the board considered, however, that if anything was to be done in the matter it should be by some scheme of the board itself. No action was taken in the matter.

The oyster fleet at Bluff has been trimmed up in readiness for the opening of tho oyster season on March 1. A steamer has recently arrived from the north for a syndicate, which will probably use her for oyster trawling.

As a result of the recent floods in the Rakaia river, the main stream, which for some time past has made a deep channel closo to the south bank, has how scoured out a new mouth, and flows into the sea about a mile and a-half further south than formerly, says a Christchureh paper. The now mouth is close to the Rakaia huts on the south bank. Settlers in tho locality have observed great shoals of conger eels coming up into tho river. Most of tho eels aro very large, and are estimated to bo of an average weight of 81b.

There is evidently little unemployment in Wanganui at present. The local office of the Labour Department stated last week that no cpplications for work had been received of late.

The .Ota go Acclimatisation. Society's rangers report having seen plenty of young grey and Paradise duck this s'eason. Possessed of this information, the society is asking for a week's open season with a ten-bag limit for the Paradise variety. iWther activity in acclimatising is revealed by tho fact that, a project is on foot by which the various societies will contributo a sum of money (o be used for importing birds, This scheme will be dis : euaagd..afc a conforepce to ba Jield-shpxU^,,