LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20303, 10 July 1929, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

A tcnilcr which was received four minutes liito \v;is rejected by the 'transport Board yesterday. The tenderer, the Warren Engineering which had quoted for the supply of machinery, Wrote explaining that llio delay was due to a misunderstanding regarding the date oi closing. When the board's officials had declined to accept delivery the tender had immediately been registered and posted by the linn.

Having fractured a leg in an accident, Mr. Harry Wattam, of 19, Grand View Road, licniuera, was admitted to the Auckland Hospital yesterday afternoon. His condition is satisfactory. The three-year-old boy Frank Grove, who sustained severe concussion of the brain as a result of being knocked down by a motor-car in Newmarket on Monday, is reported to be progressing favourably.

A suggestion that the only way to appease the present dissatisfaction in the Mount ltoskill district was to change the representation was made by Mr. S. Scarborough at a meeting of the Road Board last evening. He said that certain interests wanted amalgamation with the city and others wanted different systems of rating. He thought the solution was that at the end of their term all the board members should resign, and that a new election should be taken on the ward system, three to represent the Pah Road area and two each the ofher three areas. He gave notice to movo to that effect at the next meeting. Replying to Mr. S. I. Goodall, Mr. Scarborough said that he would not suggest that the areas should be financially separate, but that the division should be purely for election purposes.

'Twenty-one officers and 87 non-commis-sioned officers of the North Auckland Mounted Rifles, the Auckland Mounted Rifles and the Waikato Mounted Rifles are in camp at Narrow Neck. The men, who are under the command of Major 11. C. Glendinniiig, D.5.0., are undergoing a refresher course in machine-gun and general mounted work. They will be in camp tor six days.

A heavy motor-lorry, owned by the Vacuum Oil Proprietary, Limited, struck a tramway centre-pole at the corner of Queen Street and Shortland .Street early yesterday afternoon. The impact' knocked off the ornamental top of the pole and damaged the radiator of (he lorry. The driver of the vehicle was not hurt.

During the earlv hours of yesterday morning the plate-glass window in the Commercial Hotel bottle store, near the corner of Shortland Street and High Street, was broken and two bottles of creme de menthe and one of green chartreuse were stolen. A number of bottles which stood in the window as an advertisement for whisky, and which contained highly-coloured water, were left untouched, while no attempt was made to force the door of the store.

The new fares on the St. Heliers Ray bus roule' will come into effect on Monday, July 22. The revised scale, involving reductions to residents, was approved by the Transport Board yesterday in accordance with the recommendations of the accountants appointed to investigate the position and approved by the owner of the service and the Ratepayers' Association.

The committee of public questions of the Presbyterian General Assembly will meet the Minister of Defence, Hon. T. M. Wilford, in Wellington this morning to obtain a ruling from him on the matter of conscientious objectors to military training. The Rev. D. D. Scott, of Auckland, has been invited to join the deputation as the Auckland representative.

A united mission is being conducted in several Hamilton churches. The preachers include the Revs. J. A. 'lhomson, E. T. Olos. E. R. Harries and Pastor W. Campbell, uf and the Rev. J. Hay, of Cambridge. Services are being held each evening and at noon. Yesterday a service was conducted in Garden Place, Victoria Street, the preachers being Mr. Olds and Mr. A. Johnston.

A holograph letter by Captain Cook, which was presented to the Auckland Harbour Board in 1925 by Mr. Moss Davis, and has since hung in a frame in the board's office, is to be loaned to the Old Colonists' Museum, subject to certain conditions. The board yesterday received a request from the chief librarian, Mr. J. Barr, that the letter be lent to the museum, where much linger numbers of people could it. "The public do'not know it exists," remarked Mr. E. W. Indcr, one of the members. It was agreed to deposit the letter in the museum, provided Mr. Moss Davis or his representatives agreed, and provided also that tho City Council sured it for an adequate sum, against fire, in (he name of the board, but at the' council's expense. The letter is dated from Rio Janeiro, November viO, 1768, before Cook's rediscovery of New Zealand, and relates to the victualling of his ships.

Objection to a suggestion that the Main Highways Board intends to deviate tho main highway through To Kuiti, via what is known as Troopers' Road, was voiced at a meeting of the Te Kuiti Borough Council. It was felt that if this deviation were made it would be a serious thing for the town, which would, as a result, lose a considerable amount of tourist traffic. It was decided to approach the local Chamber of Commerce and to solicit the co-operation of the various bodies interested to oppose the suggested deviation.

The decision of the Government that all produce exported from New Zealand must be graded is one of the best things ever done for the country, said Mr. T. C. Brash, president of the New Zealand Fruitgrowers' Federation at the final session of the federation's conference, in Wellington last week. " Sir John McKenzie, then Minister of Agriculture, deserves to have his name enshrined for all time for this wise provision. New Zealand primary producers occupy a unique position in that Government officers fio their grading for them free of cost. No other country enjoys this privilege, and the producers should "see to it that, they do nothing which will cause the Government to withdraw this boon (if free inspection of produce for export

The party engaged on the transmission line survey from Lake Waikaremoana has given up work at the lake end until after the winter. It is impossible to survey over the Huiarau Range until fine weather nets in. The work, however, is being continued at the other end between Hamilton, Rotorua and To. Wliaiti. Boring operations for foundations for the surge chamber in connection with the second scheme are being carried out at Onepoto. The lake has fallen slightly, but is still at a high level, with a big stream running over the outlet.