LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20598, 24 June 1930, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

A heavy lorry, owned by Winstone, Limited, overturned on the Great North Road, near Albert Road, last evening. Tho vehicle was not damaged extensively, and the driver was not injured.

Some improvement took place yesterday in the condition of Joshua Clifford, aged 16, of 4, Liverpool Street, who was injured in a motor aciidenb on Saturday afternoon and was taken to the Auckland Hospital. His condition, however, is still serious.

A motor-car owned by Mr. C. S. Panting, of 5, Grafton Road, was removed from outsido tho owner's residence on Sunday evening. It had not been recovered at a late hour last night. A car ownod by Mr. 11. E. Gillespie, of 2, St. Mark's Road, Remuora, which was removed on Saturday evening, was found abandoned yesterday on tho Great South Road, beyond Otahuhu.

The departure of the old four-masted barque Rewa from Auckland for her final resting place has been postponed until tho end of this week, when the disposal of tho vessel will tako place if the weather is favourable. The barque is to bo towed to Maturekareka Island, in the Hauraki Gulf, where she will be stranded on tho beach to serve as a breakwater. The stranding of tho barque on tho island will be carried out at high water during the highest spring tide, which should occur about Saturday.

A largo quantity of tobacco and cigarettes, valued at over £2O, was stolen from a Blue and White grocery store at Mount Albert terminus during tho week-end. Entrance was gained by forcing the front door, and tho intruders made a thorough selection of the tobacco stock. A house at 19, Ewington Avcnuo, off Dominion Road, owned by Miss M. Williams, was ransacked during tho weekend and about 3s in money was stolen from a small box on a dressing table. The occupants were away at tho time.

A protest against certain of the posters advertising motion pictures was passed at tho Eden Ministers' Fraternal meeting yesterday. Members pointed out that the tone of most of the pictures was actually higher than the posters suggested. It was decided that the Social Welfare Committees associated with the various denominations should be urged to voice their protest against posters which, it was contended, could be claimed to be a menace to the morals of youth.

Notice of his intention to move the following motion at the next ordinary meeting of the Auckland City Council on Thursday has been given by Mr. J. R. Lundon: —"That the policy and practice obtaining in the City Treasury regarding temporary loans, and the utilisation of unexpended balances of loans raised, after poll of ratepayers, for specific purposes, require reconsideration and revision by this council with duo regard to statutory requirements."

Tho Post and Telegraph Appeal Board opened a sitting in Auckland yesterday, and dealt with a number of applications respecting the promotion of officers. The board consists of Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., president; Mr. H. P. Donald, chief postmaster at Auckland, representing the department; Mr. E. R. Blewett, of Nelson, and Mr. J. B. Burns, of Christchurch, representing the Postal and Telegraph Officers' Associations respectively. It is expected that the board will finish its Auckland business in time to leave for Palmerston North to-morrow evening.

The Waikato River has been deeply discoloured in the past few days, owing to the heavy rainfall and to the fact that during the process of emptying Arapuni Lako a great deal of silt has been disturbed. So far tho water reticulated in Hamilton has remained clear owing to the system of filtration and storage.

Tho motor-car of tho Rt. Hon. J. G. Coatcs, Leader of tho Opposition, struck tho sido of a bank when negotiating a bend on the Paekakariki hills on Saturday night. A fog made visibility poor. Littlo damage was done, and the car was ablo to proceed on its journey to Wellington. Relief workers are at present busy on tho road, and in a fow months thero will be room for two cars to pass at any place.

A wireless telephone call from Sydney to Eltham was put through last week. At 9.29 p.m. Mrs. A. 0. Casey, of Eltham, was called by her mothet, who was speaking from the Sydney General Post Oilice. Wireless carried the messago across the Tasman and from Wellington to Hawcra the carrier current system was used. The connection was perfect and the women heard each other as clearly as on telephones in tho same town.

If ono thing moro than another has entrenched the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, firmly in the hearts of tho people of New Zealand, it is tho intenso interest he has displayed in primary production. But even the farmer will havo hia little joko and a test of His Excellency's ability to judge found Lord Blodisloo moro than equal to the occasion. During an inspection of produce that was being judged for exhibition at a winter show in tho South, a sample of a rejected cheeso was submitted to His Excellency, not with tho information that it was considered unfit for exhibition, but with a suggestion that it was a fair sample of the district's output. Lord Bledisloo tasted it and without hesitation voiced his opinion. "It should not be in the show," ho remarked.

" I will not support a tar-sealed road to Bluff,'' declared Mr. D. McDougall, M.P., at a Southland Loagno function at Invercargill last week. " There's a good railway running down to Bluff. If people are not satisfied with tho train let them walk. Put a tar-sealed road to Bluff and you'll find half-drunken motorists tearing up the road and not a dog nor a cat will bo safe. If thoy can't find a dog or a cat they'll run into each other."

Tho romanco of a mining magnato of Canada receives passing reference in a lettor from Mr. A. L. Muir, of Gisborne, who in travelling through Canada to tho Empiro Press Conference as a member of tho New, Zealand delegation, met the magnate personally. Ho is Mr. Harry Oakes, whoso homo looks out over Niagara Falls, and whoso wealth is said to bo so vast that ho was ablo to present his wife, as a birthday present, with a parcel of mining scrip which returns a yearly income of £50,000. Mr. Oakes was at ono time in Now Zealand, prospecting at Thames and Waihi, and lias mado and lost several fortunes. Fate finally discovered for him a huge copper mine, whence his present great wealth originates.