LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19495, 26 November 1926, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Most of the tramears in the city and suburbs were stopped for about ten minutes just after eight o'clock yesterday morning. The cause of the delay was a small fault in one of the turbines at the King's Wharf power station. The 1927 sittings of the Supreme Court in Auckland are gazetted as follows: February 1, May 3, July 26. and October 25. For the Hamilton judicial district the dates are February 22, June 7, August 30 and November 22.

A collision between a tramcar and a motor-car owned by Skeates and White, Ltd., occurred in Queen Street, opposite the Strand Arcade, shortly before five o'clock yesterday afternoon. The impact carried the car forward and swung it against the side of the tramcar. The occupants of the motor-car escaped without injury, but the rear left wheel was completly smashed, the mudguard dented and a side-window broken. The tramcar was not damaged.

Members of the Tamaki Road Board who inspected the progress of wofk on the waterfront roadway yesterday morning, in company with Mr. A. Backwood, resident Public Works, enginecr-in-charge, expressed general satisfaction with the advancement made. At a meeting of the board last evening the chairman, Mr. M. G. McArthur, said it was very gratifying to see the wofk so well in hand in view of the prolonged negotiations on the part of the board before a definite decision to proceed with the scheme was reached.

Proposals arc being framed for the celebration of the centenary of Methodism at Hokianga, whore the first mission was established. It was stated at the Auckland Methodist Synod yesterday that the proposals included the erection of a monument at Mangungu, a spot associated with the early missionaries, and a pilgrimage to the district, after the 1927 conference of the New Zealand Church. The synod expressed its general approval of the arrangements, which are being made by the Home Mission Committee.

A protest against the deduction of pay from "long sentence" prisoners for the first three months of their term was made by the Rev. Jasper Caldei at the meeting of the social workers held last evening. "It simply means that those interested in social work have to keep these men going," said Mr. Calder, "until the Government in its largesse gives thorn a few shillings."

The fact that an Englishman carries the pride of his birthplace with him wherever he strays, was shown at a conference of local bodies at Avondale last evening. "I am an - Englishman—a Lancashireman," said one speaker in calling for fair play in the consideration of a question. "And what Lancashire thinks to-day, the world does tomorrow," he added proudly. "What about Yorkshire ?" another delegate interjected.

" The good effects of the influence of the missionaries in the New Hebrides is to be seen even in the very pigs," said the Rev. J. D. McKenzie, in speaking at Edendale on the subject of his recent visit to the mission stations. In the heathen quarters the pigs were dirty, ill-kept animals and were allowed ,to enter the dwellings, while in the Christian quarters they were well kept, quite decent looking animals.

In supporting a remit at the annual conference of the New Zealand Boy Scouts' Association in Wellington yesterday the Governor-General made an amusing reference to the perils of letter writing. "My experience of life is," he said "that letters are the very devil and lead to much misunderstanding." (Laughter.)

A telegraph pole standing in the middle of the site of the proposed soldiers' memorial' is giving the Otahuhu Borough Council considerable trouble. It is stated that the Post and Telegraph Department has refused to remove it, in spite of many letters and interviews. The council decided last evening to make another effort to have the pole removed.

"I. have had enough launch trips to last me for quite a while," said the Rev. J. D. McKenzie, at the welcomo tendered to him at Edendale, on his return from the New Hebrides. A launch trip on Auckland Harbour was very enjoyable, but when one had to venture out on the ocean round the New Hebrides and encounter cross currents and westerly winds, it was quite a different story. Ho had made no fewer than 46 launch trips in the islands and covered 416 miles.

The criminal cases set for hearing at the November sessions of the Hamilton Supreme Court were concluded yesterday after a three days' sitting. The Court was adjourned until Monday, when a commencement will ba made with a long list of civil cases.

It is stated that Hawke's Bay motor selling firms place great faith in wool sales, as a medium for finding buyers. In Napier, on wool sale day, a line of glittering new automobiles salutes the eye of the wool-grower who emerges from the saleroom after his clip has been sold. When prices were good deals in costly cars were often clinched on the spot, but it is said that now the growers are more cautious.

Maori weaving may be taught in the primary schools of Taranaki. An effort is being made to obtain the services of a native to instruct in the art at ■ the teachers' refresher course to be held at New Plymouth in February. The present tendency is for the Dominion to look to other countries for a lead in this connection, but if the proposal materialises a distinct type of work will be developed. Already 232 teachers have signified their intention to be present.

A peculiar experience befel an Oamarn carrier the other day. When proceeding down a street he was struck on the forehead by a missile and fell over unconscious in his cart. The horse proceeded on its way and the driver did not return to consciousness, until . well down a second street. Apparently the missile was a pellet from an air rifle.

At the inquest held last week in Wellington by Mr. E. Page,- S.M., on the skelet-oa fonnd by workmen engaged in removing a mound of sand at the Rongotai paving pls.nt, Dr. P. P. Lynch, pathologist at the Wellington Hospital, said that he was convinced from his examination of the skeleton that it was that of an adult Maori woman, who had been dead for a great many years. She would have been about sft. lin in height and slimly built. The teeth were in good condition. A verdict was returned that the skeleton was that of an aduit Maori woman, who had been dead for many years. -ffbere was do evidence to show how or when she died.