LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19234, 25 January 1926, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

A girl, Eileen Wright, aged 13 years, who resides at 79, Hepburn Street, Ponsonby, was taken to the Auckland Hospital at 9.40 last evening by a motorist who reported having found her lying entile' pavement in Howe" Street. The girl was suffering from a fracture of two small bones in. the left arm, and could gtve no account of what had happened. The Northern Company s steamer Matar.gi. which was delayed on Wednesday evening owing to trouble with the crew, was despatched for lauranga at mid-day on Saiurdav. She reached lauranga late in the evening and. alter embarking passengers left again for Auckland, arriving at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. This evening she will resume her ordinary timetable. An incident demonstrating the . urgentneed of a telephone at the.Paniell baths, and proper accommodation for treating accident cases, occurred yesterday morning. when a man had a sucden seizure just after leaving the water. Mr. A Pay, toe caretaker of the baths, had the unconscious man removed with difficulty to tne Evelyn Firth Heme at the top of the steep baths-steps. A doctor was called from lbsbaths, and rendered assistance to tne man, who, howeveft bad to be sent to the hospital He was admitted at- 3 o'clock, and last evening his condition had greatly improved. The case served to demonstrate the urgent need of a telephone and proper accommodation for treating accident cases at the baths, for if a doctor had. not been bathing a serious delay might have ensued, A vcung orang-outang for the Auckland Zoo arrived from London by the steamer Surrey on Saturday night. Trie animal was born in the London Zoo and is very tame. It was presented to the Auckland Citv Council by the London .Zoological goci*>tv. The Surrey also Drought tour dogs, two collies, one golden haired retriever and one Highland terrier. Onlv one was received by the City Fire Brigade during the week-end. This was to the premises of R- Jafie, Rew s Chambers, Queen Street, at 9.45 on Saturday evening, an outbreak of Sre having occurred at the switchboard., Two old residents of Auckland met by chance on Saturday for the first, time in 52 years, although both have lived continuously in the community for the whole period. Back in the sixties Mr. Da*."id Dingwall, oi Remuera, and Mr. Allan O'Neill, of Takapuna, were young men in the then infant city, both being sons of pioneer citizens. As far as either can recollect, they had net, until Saturday afternoon, seen each other since one day in the year 18S4, when Mr. 0 Nefil had occasion to call at the business place of Mr. Dingwall's father in Queen Street. The occasion which now brought them together was a bowling match between Remuera and Takapuna, on the Takapuna green, in which both were playing. A service that will prove outstanding in the life oi Betty Joan, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harper, settlers en the Island of Kawau, was held yesterday in the historic library of the Mansion House, when the sacrament of baptism was administered before a large gathering by the Rev. R. Geo. Coats, vicar of the Church of the Epiphany, Auckland. He stood beneath the house Sag oi the late Sir George Grey dating back to the sixties, and the christening bowl stood upon the old table on which the treaty of Wsitangi was signed. It is over 50 years since' there was a christening in the Mansion House, that occasion being the baptism of a grand niece of Sir George Grey. The mulberry tree on the drive opposite the Duke of Edinburgh's pine was planted on that occasion. Two ships' bells for the Jubilee Institute for the Blind were brought- to Auckland by HM.S. Diomede. The bells were secured by Earl Jeliicoe at the request of Mr. Clutha Mackenzie, director of the institute, the purchase being made from the Admiralty. One belonged to the destroyer Laurel and the other to the light cruiser Cordelia, both these ships seeing a good deal of fighting in the great war. One of the bells Earl Jeliicoe is presenting to the institute and the other is being psid for. The bells- have not yet been delivered bat an early opportunity "will be taken of obtaining them from the commander of the Diomede. A rive-seater Oakland motor-car was missed from Beach Bead on Saturday evening. The car, which is owned by Mr. W. J. Bushton. garage proprietor, is painted grey, and has wire wheels. Two men were arrested on Saturday on charges of .bookmaking. It is alleged thai one was betting in a billiard saloon ia the city and that the other was operating at Ponsonby. Both were admitted to bail and will appear in the Police Court this morning. There are 620 names in the dentists* register of New Zealand, as published in Gazette. The list of licensed surveyors, published in the same issue, contains 525 names, an increase during 1925 of six. The management of the T»i_ Awamatu Power Board's services experienced much trouble recently on one oi the .lines'owing to frequent, interruptions. A gang oi men put on to patrol the line found the dead bodies oi no less than 22 hawks. It- is an unusual happening in these days io see sehnapper being caught on the Auckland waterfront. Occasionally, however, it is demonstrated that the fish cruise into the harbour in fairly large shoals. On Saturday afternoon a number of amateur fishermen found excellent sport fishing from King's Wharf. When the tide was full at about 2 o'clcck the schnapps r were biting freely, the bait used in most cases being meat. Some fine catches were made, the fish showing excellent size and being in. fine condition. ''The time is coming when -wa will have t-o provide camping places for motorists," said s member at a meeting of the Napier Borough Council. "The matter should be put- on next year's estimates, and I consider that in the vicinity of George's; Drive would be an ideal camping! ground." Other members held that- sani- j tary arrangements and electric light i should be added to the gas supply. The j matter will be. considered with, the esti- j mates. The danger of people sitting on motor- j car doors when travelling was demons- ' trated during the week-end at Wanjanui. A three-seater car was observed in; thi Avenue carrying an excess of passengers. When the vehicle was in the vicinity of i the Y.M.C.A. building one of the doors - became unfastened, and a young man was j precipitated on to the "roadT He,was I picked up suffering from abrasions and a ' dislocated shoulder. Foriunate.lv the car j had slowed up to negotiate the corner. ] otherwise the consequences might have l been more serious, * j