LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20923, 13 July 1931, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Another stained glass window for the nave of King's College chapel was brought to Auckland by the Port Fremantle, which arrived from London at a late hour last night . The window, which is the work of Mr. A. L. Ward, is one of a series for the south side of the chapel.- A complete subject is treated in each of the two lights, one dealing with the incident of Peter attempting to walk on the water and the other with the incident of Christ restoring sight to the blind beggar Bartimaeus. The colour scheme is reported to be very rich and beautiful.

A large number of men will be stood down this week by local bodies partici pating in the Unemployment Board's No. 5 scheme. The City Council, for ex ample, will find employment this week for only 50 or 60 men, instead of the <512 who were found work last week, This will mean a substantial temporary relief for the board's funds.

The final revision of the Roll of Honour for the War Memorial Museum will he made by the roll committee this week and the lists forwarded to the archjtects and contractors. During the past fortnight about 400 additional names have been received. The supplementary lists will close with io-day's mails, Provision, however, will be made for inserting belated corrections, although it may not be possible to place them in strict alphabetical order.

A party of? 13 Maori members of the Mormon Church returned to Auckland by the Monowai yesterday from Honolulu, where they have been attending the annual conference of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints. The party, under the leadership of Mr. Hori Watene, of Thames, left Auckland on June 2.

Thefts of handbags from city stores have been receiving the attention of the police during the past three' months. The offences have been occurring with disquieting frequency. Most of the handbags have been stolen from women engaged in making purchases at shop counters. It was the practice of the thief to pick up bags momentarily placed on the counters while the owners were transacting business. On Friday Detective Hamilton shadowed a young woman, who was arrested on Saturday at her rooms iu Heme Bay.

Early lambs on the hill country of Poverty Bay are reported from Ngatapa. The mild weather experienced, says the Poverty Bay Herald, has given the lambs a good start.

The protection which ferrets, stoats and_ weasels have long enjoyed by Government regulation, on the ground that they art* natural enemies of the rabbit, has jbeen much restricted by an Order-in-Council just gazetted. The effect of this is to remove the protection from these animals wherever they are found in areas of natur&l forest larger than 10 acres in extent. This will leave members of acclimatisation societies and others who have complained of the damage done to native birds by weasels, ferrets and stoats free to destroy them in any large area 'of bush. Ferrets were i first protected in November, 1882, but, stoats and weasels not till August, 1923.

Tho walls of Hamilton's new water reservoir are now 60 feet above the floor, and there is another 24 feet to be built before the work is completed. The reservoir stands on tho highest point of the town and when completed will make an outstanding landmark. The inside wall is being made of; arc-welded steel, and the outside wall is of reinforced concrete, supported by pillars. The work is expected to be completed in October.

" He offered me 30 bags of pine cones delivered afc my house if I would shut my eyes," said a traffic inspector when telling Mr. H. P. La wry, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court in Christchurch lastweek how he had found a car with last year's number plates on ifc. The car was drawn up afc the side of the road while the owner, who had no licence to drive, was collecting pine cones. The inspector • suggested that defendant might be instructed to give the 30 bags of cones to the Salvation Army, but the magistrate made no comment, on this proposal.

Some patrons of one or two of the recent dances held afc Te Awamutu are reported to have used the fire brigade station as a resort, for the consumption of liquor, and even to have used the bonnet of tho fire engine as a locker, states the Herald's Te Awamutu. correspondent. The chairman of the Fire Board has instructed the superintendent of the brigade to make a" full investigation and report at the next board meeting, with a view to taking further action against the offenders.

A cheque for £5 5s and two signed photographsoosf s the ruined Presbyterian Church at Napier have been sent to the Rev. J. A. Asher by the GovernorGeneral, Lord Bledisloe wrote:—" I cannot forget that it was to have been my privilege formally to open your fine new church less than a fortnight' after the earthquake occurred, and consequently—although I cannot, alas, do the same in other cases—l feel constrained to send my mite toward your restoration fund I only wish that it could have been larger, but the claims are many and means just now will not permit."

Just, as the Wahine was pulling out from Wellington on her way to Lyttelton last Friday evening Stanley Pinto, the wrestler, came running to tho wharf. Pinto, with bag in band, took one look at the ship, and then at his watch. Then, walking back a few paces, he made a rUn and jumped through tho air. Tho steamer must have been 4ft, to sft. at the time, but. Pinto just, managed to catch the bottom rail. Passengers, who cheered tho feat, not knowing who the late arrival was, helped the wrestler aboard. Pinto, who is to wrestle Pasha rt Christchurch to-night, was at one time a well-known jumper in America.

Tho enforced return of the Ulimaroa to port after leaving Wellington for Sydney last Thursday 'was a fortunate occurrenco for a young man and his wife, booked as passengers, who had travelled all tho way from Putaruru, and who arrived in Wellington ju&t in time to see the ship steaming down . the harbour shortly after midday. They were just ten minutes too late. Faced with the prospect of waiting a week for another ship, and having arrived cold and hungry, fchnir lo'- was not a happy one until they heard that the Ulimaroa was putting back to the harbour to undergo slight repairs. The local office of Huddart-Parker, Limited, got into communication with the harbourmaster.' who sent out one of the, pilot launches to the Ulimaroa, the yonpg couple getting on board, as the chief steward remarked, "just in time for after- . noon tea."