LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20668, 13 September 1930, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

A young man, Mr. Tlico. Colion, whose parents reside at 33, Armadale lload, Remuera, was discovered in an unconscious condition beside a bicycle on the Mangero Bridge at 520 last evening and was taken by the St. John Ambulance to the Auckland Hospital. He regained consciouness, but remained dazed and the nature or tho cause of his injuries wnro not ascertainable last evening. However, his condition was not regarded as serious.

The decision of t(ic banks to curtail tho issue of ten-shilling notes has already had an effect in Auckland. One large firm in the cify requires 240 ten-shilling notes weekly to pay in wages, but yesterday was able to secure only half tho usual number, the balance being mado up in silver.

Two waterside workers were injured on tho wharves yesterday. Struck by falling bags of plaster which ho was assisting to unload from the Parrakoola Mr. Hugh Maher. of 4, Ruskin Street, Parnell, received severe bruises and shock. While working on the Waimarino Mr. W. 11. Ilewett, aged 37, of Middlelon Road, Remuera, struck his head against a beam and suffered Injuries which' required, the insertion of several stitches.

A motor-car, owned by Mr. C. R. Tnffnell, of 26, Buchanan Street, Mount Eden, which was removed from Kowhai Street, Mount Eden, on Thursday evening, was found extensively damaged at the bottom ot the crater in Mount Eden yesterday morning. The owner left his car in Kowhai Street while visiting relatives. The car, which is valued at £225, is insured. A car, owned by Mr. R. G. Sol Jar, of 38, Arncy Road, Remuera, which was taken from outside the owner's residence on Thursday evening, was found abandoned yesterday morning in another part of Arncy Road.

Little improvement in the serious condition of Mr. Tracey Greenwood, aged 26, of 4, Vermont Street, Ponsonby, was reported by the hospital authorities last evening. Mr. Greenwood received severe injuries to tho head as a result of being knocked down by a motor-car at the inter, section of Vermont Street and Ponsonby Road on Wednesday morning.

While Mr. Percy Millen, of Waiau Pa, was feeding a large boar on Thursday it made a vicious attack 011 him and he re ceivcd a severe gash in the right leg above (he knee. His injuries would have been of a more severe nature but for the fact that he was holding a pail of food in front of him, which broke the attack The pail was badly ripped by the animal's tusks. A neighbour's boar, which had strayed 011 to the property, infuriated the animal.

In the search for petroleum it is important to ascertain the nature of the gas which rises up in the various bores. The annual report for 1929-30 of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Ilesearch states that careful analyses were made during t lie year of gas from several bores in Taranaki and east coast districts, but in no case was there any indication of the association of petroleum with tho gas.

The second annual conference of representatives of the four colleges of tho University of New Zealand will tako place in Wellington oil Thursday, September 25. Tho report of tho Parliamentary Recess Committee on education as it affects the university will provide most of the subject matter for discussion and the conference will also further consider the sys- v tern of training teachers which was before it last year. The Auckland University College will be represented by the president of the council, Sir George FowJds, the registrar, Mr. M. K. O'Shea, Mr. T. U. Wells and Professor H. W. Segar

Appeals to charitable organisations are a fair barometer for unemployment, but the experience of the ladies' auxiliary of tho Peace-time Division of the Wellington Red Cross last month exceeded the worst anticipations for seasonal distress. In dealing with 264 applicants the organisation was faced with almost five times tho number of icqucsts received in August, 1929. The great need is for clothing, and last month the association distributed 1)93 garments. The supply is inadequate, and purchases have to be made. In less than two hours on one day last month the organisation distributed £4O worth of boots and clothing.

When the seven whaling chasers were moving from their winter anchorage in Evans Ray to tho Glasgow Wharf, Wellington, last week, ono of them fouled and brought to tho surface an ancient rust-eaten anchor of unusual pattern. This relic of the past, which has been lying in the mud at tho bottom of Evans Ray for upwards of sixty years, was formerly used to anchor a mooring buoy. Several yards of chain cable were still attached to it, tho links of which were practically eaten away with rust. The shank of tho anchor was unusually long in proportion, measuring about seven foci, while adhering to it-were numerous oysters—or the shells wh'cli wero once tho bottom half of tho oysters. The anchor in general gives the appearance of having been locally made, as the flukes are practically straight. It does not. bear tho appearance of having been made in a single casting.

Sonic exception was taken at a recent mooting of tho Greytown School Committee to a system in vogue at the school which forbids the pupils in Ihe secondary department from associating in any way with Lite pupils of the primary department. It was asserted by some members that an undesirable system of class distinction was being created. It was alleged that boys and girls about ten years and upward of the secondary department wero not permitted to walk homo with their brothers and sisters of tho primary department; that tho secondary boys and girls' wero not even permitted to speak or associate with tho primary scholars on the school grounds; that the teachers and pupils of tho two departments had lo enter the school grounds by different gates; that the'teachers in tho secondary department wero forbidden the use of the teachers' room situated in tho primary school; that 110 teacher in the primary school could communicate with a pupil in the secondary school during school hours unless through a secondary teacher.

" New boot's for old " is a slogan carried out to the letter by the ladies' auxiliary of the Peace-time Division of (he Wellington Rod Cross. When issuing boots fo applicants for assistance Hie chief officers insist on receiving a wornout pair in exchange. This prevents abuse of charity by unscrupulous applicants. who might repeat their requests before, other organisations. Quite a number of (he discarded boots are repaired and issued again. Last month tho association distributed 59 pairs of footwear.