LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19762, 8 October 1927, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

A postal van was derailed in the shunting yards at the Auckland station at about nine o'clock yesterday morning. The ran was the last of three carriages which were being shunted, and after it was derailed it struck off at an angle across three other sets of rails. Fortunately, it kept its upright position and was very slightly damaged. The derailment interfered slightly with shunting operations, but it t occurred at the lower end of the yards where the shunting traffic is not very , heavy. An indication of the popularity of Power Board securities is afforded by the readiness with which the public has responded to the Waitemata Power Board's recent debenture issue in respect of its £20,000 supplementary loan. Although open for only 10 days, the loan has been over-sub-scribed. The debentures were issued at par, bearing 5| per cent, interest. The currency of the loan is 36£ years. The Port of Auckland will be exceptionally busy at the beginning of next week, as 10 large overseas vessels are expected during the next three days. The Ribera will arrive from Montreal this morning and the Middlesex from Timaru to-morrow morning. Two passenger liners will arrive to-morrow evening, the , Rotorua from London and the Aorangi from Vancouver. Both vessels have reported by wireless, the Aorangi giving her expected time of arrival as nine o'clock, while the Rotorua's arrival time was not stated. The Aorangi is to berth at Prince's Wharf and the Rotorua at Queen's Wharf. The Rotorua will probably not berth nntil Monday morning. The Turakina, from Liverpool, is due on Monday morning and the West Nivaria from San Pedro and the Canadian Scottish from Montreal are also due on the same day. On Tuesday the Marama is due from Sydney, the Episori from Dunedin and the Baron Belhaven from Chile. Suffering from the effects of swallowing liniment, which -he is believed to have taken in mistake for a sedative medicine, Mr. Charles Archer, aged 77, residing at 16, Suffolk Street, Grey Lynn, was admitted to the Auckland Hospital yesterday afternoon. Mr. Archer was attended by members of the St. John Ambulance Association before being taken to the hospital. His condition is considered to be fairly serious. A man who fell from the ferry wharf into the sea yesterday afternoon was rescued by passengers on > ferry boat which was at the wharf. Afterwards the man was arrested on a charge of drunkenness. i The shop of Mr. R. Home, at the corner of Manukau and Onslow Roads, was entered in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and fruit and confectionery, valued at about £lO, was stolen. A milkman on his way to work saw a man going out of the shop and gave chase, but the burglar succeeded in escaping. Entrance- to the shop had been g:lined through a window on the Onslow Road frontage, the lock evidently being broken with a jemmy. The shop was ransacked, a large quantity of goods being found strewn on the floor. Twelve cases of diphtheria have been notified to the Auckland Health Office during the week, compared with 10 last week, and seven tho previous week. The cases are distributed as follows: —North Auckland, 2; Coromandel, 1; Central Auckland, 7; South Auckland, 2. The season's first shipment of Canadian apples is due to arrive in Auckland by the Aorangi to-morrow. Part of the cargo of 3900 cases is for Auckland and the rest for other centres. It is a smaller consignment than the corresponding one of last year and is not expected to affect appreciably the market for local fruit There are just enough Sturmers, which have the longest season among apples, in store to supply the market for the next two months. In January, when strawberries and other summer fruit are coming into favour, the demand for apples is slack and the small supplies available are Sufficient to meet all requirements. Disturbed in the act of entering a house in Remuera Road on Thursday evening, two burglars, a man and a woman, were forced to make a swift dash for safety without profiting by their visit. A bridge party was in progress when the "uninvited guests" arrived. Happening to go into the dining-room about 10 o'clock, a maid found the window open and the blind up. The intruders were evidently disturbed by her approach and they had not time even to enter the room. They were seen rushing down the drive by another servant, who was returning at the time. Notice of motion was given by Mr. E. J. Davey at a meeting of the Waikato Winter Show Association executive yesterday to instruct the general committee to bar " roll down " games and similar competitions at future shows. Tho matter will be discussed at a later meeting. What was the difference between primary and secondary industries ? Where could the lino be drawn between them ? asked the Mayor, Mr. G. A. Troup, at a meeting this week of the Wellington Manufacturers' Association. The primary industries, he maintained, were those which concerned the production of the necessaries of life. " Thank God, the air wo breathe we can get for nothing, and the water we drink almost so," he said. "But surely the production of (he food which wo eat of necessity, of the necessary clothes which we wear, and tho building of equally necessary houses should all rank as primary industries." Tho surprise of Canadians at New Zealand's resources and at the extent of her industries was mentioned by Mr. J. W. Collins, of tho Department of Industry and Commerce, at a meeting of the Wellington Manufacturers' Association this weok. Mr. Collins said that when he was at tho Toronto Exhibition last year, where ho was in charge of the New Zealand Court, all this Dominion's exhibits sold readily, and sold at the standard prices asked by the New Zealand manufacturers. Lambing is becoming general throughout the Southland district and tho weather has been very favourable. In some cases early lambs have been tailed, and satisfactory results have been obtained. At McNab one farmer out of the first lot tailed, marked 128 per cent, from 105 ewes. He has altogether over 1000 ewes, including a good number of two-tooths, which will bring his average down. Another farmer has tailed a few, and his first marking includes a large number of twins with a percentage of 150. .... i