LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19607, 8 April 1927, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

A collision betwen a motor-car driven by Miss H. O'Donnell, of Grange Road, Mount Eden, and a motor-lorry driven' by Mr. Sidney Medley* of Disraeli Street, Mount Eden, occurred in Grange Road yesterday afternoon. The under-carriage of the lorry was disabled, M\ss O'Donnell's car being only slightly damaged. Miss O'Donnell received a severe shaking. A Full Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Stringer, Mr. Justice Herdman and Mr. Justice Sim, will sit in the Supreme Court to-day to hear legal argument in a case originating in Hamilton. It is some time since a Full Court has sat in Auckland. The war memorial erected in the civic reserve near thy Borough Council chambers, Birkenhead, will be unveiled on Sunday, April 24. The memorial takes the form vof a drinking fountain, suitably engraved. Under the will of the late Mary Ann Reynolds, who died at Pukekohe recently, £2OO is to bo held by the trustee in perpetuity and the iricGme is to be' paid to the New Zealand Presbyterian Foreign Missions. The sum of £IOO is plso to bo held by the trustee in perpetuity and the.income is to be j&iid to St. James' Presbyterian Sunday School, Pukekohe. The estate is being administered by the Public Trustee. The Post and Telegraph Departmenthas had no advice when the necessary switching gear to extend the Mount Eden. Remuera and Ponsonby sub-telephone exchanges will arrive from England. In the meantime a large number of residents in these districts who have made application for telephones will have to wait indefinitely. The fault of the delay does not rest with the department. The equipment was ordered over a year ago and it is presumed the delay .has been caused by the recent industrial trouble. Everything has been done at the sub-exchanges that it is possible to do without the equipment, so that when it arrives there will be a minimum of delay jn connecting telephones. The. tea kiosk on Mount Eden will be opened to-morrow. The kiosk is built in brick and concrete and follows the Spanish Mission style. Windows face north and south, commanding magnificent views of the two harbours and a wide panorama of the city and outlying suburbs. The interior will be tastefully decorated and the large main room will provide ample accommodation. Mr. R. McLaren was the contractor for the building and Mr. Sinclair O'Connor the architect. The opening ceremony will be performed by Mr. E. H. Potter, Mayor of Mount Eden, at three o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Exceptionally clear reception of the transmission from the Brisbane wireless station 4QG, describing the welcome to the Duke and Duchess of York at the Brisbane Town Hall, is reported by Mr. E. Whitley, of Remuera, who was lis-tening-in with a six-valve set at 11 o'clock on Wednesday evening. the Duke's speech an announcer gave a detailed description of the Royal party's attempts to circumvent the dense throngs and reach the body of the hall. The Duke's voice could be heard fairly distinctly. The Brisbane station was broadcasting on a wave-length of 385 metres. Improvements in the lighting of the Oratia railway station were requested in a petition from residents of that district which was presented to the district traffic manager, Mr. J. G. Rickerby, yesterday. It was pointed out that, owing to the present lights frequently being out of action, access to the station at night was difficult, and that the erection of power lines nearby provided the department with a convenient remedy. Mr. Rickerby gave the deputation a sympathetic hearing and promised to investigate the matter. An inquiry regarding the prospects of arranging a match in New Zealand between a team from the Utah Agricultural College and a New Zealand team was received this week by the New Zealand Rugby Union, from the director of > athletics at the college. The director said the travelling expenses of the college team in New Zealand would, of course, be heavy, but Paewai, the former New Zealand representative, sent by the Maori Agricultural College to study at the Utah College, thought that a guarantee or part of the money taken at the gate 'would meet the expenses. The union decided to reply that the expenses of the trip would be too heavy. The vexed question of how sausages should be defined has again cropped up. Recently the Stratford Borough Council proceeded against a butcher on a charge of vending meat in the borough without a licence. The question resolved itself into whether sausages could be called meat. Tho magistrate reserved his decision, but judgment has now been given dismissing both charges. The magistrate held that while sausages might be colloquially termed "meat," the by-law defined the word as being the flesh of any slaughtered animal, whether intended for local consumption or export, and he pointed out that special terms relating to the definition did not include cooked meats. There--fore, tho sausages made by the defendant did not come within the legal definition. "As the result of my visit to America I have no reason to fear that we have made any mistakes of any magnitude in New Zealand in our hydro-electric installations," said Mr. F. W. Furkert, en-.gineer-in-chief and Under Secretary of the Public Works Department in Wellington. "One thing. that would not be tolerated here is the immense expense wasted on outside show in connection with hydro-electric installations. Three marble vestibules, tesselated floors, mahogany furniture, and all manner of useless ornamental fittings characterise the plainest of industrial plants." The payment of 30s conscience money to the Railway Department has elicited an interesting statement from' the stafcionmaster at to whom the money was sent. . He said the sender's conscience had no doubt been eased by the payment, but greater satisfaction would perhaps be realised if people thus prompted to do the right thing were to indicate when and how they defrauded the department In some cases it might mean a refund to some unfortunate clerk or guard who had had to pay in a cash shortage. The stationmaster said this aspect was probably not realised by people, who thought it quite legitimate to beat the department. A full confession of the circumstances by ( the con-science-stricken payee would perhaps be the means of righting a wrong.