LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21166, 26 April 1932, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Business Resumes To-day. Business will be resumed in tho city to-day after the long week-end occasioned by Anzac Day falling on a Monday. The banks have been closed since Friday, having also observed St, George's Day on Saturday. Extra Carriages on Limited Express. Four extra carriages were attached to the limited express last evening. Accommodation was fully taxed, a last-min-uto rush of applicants for seats delaying the departure of tho train for 10 minutes. The increased demand for accommodation resulted from the fact that no other express trains for the South were despatched yesterday. Many of the passengers were for Frankton. Train Strikes Cow. The ordinary Main Trunk express from Wellington struck a cow between Bunnythorpe and Feilding on Sunday night. Although tho incident caused a stoppage of 10 minutes and other minor delays occurred, the train reached Auckland a minute ahead of schedule yesterday. Owing to delays which occurred in the Wellington and Ohakune districts, the limited express, which usually reaches Auckland at 9.40 a.m., was about an hour late on Saturday morning. Age and Youth. All ages were represented among those who laid wreaths at the foot of the Cenotaph yesterday afternoon. At ono end of the scale were Scouts and Guides and not a few children whose fathers had fallen in the Great War. At the other were many elderly people, and in particular two old men in pensioners' uniform from the Veterans' Home, who brought a wreath on behalf of their comrades. Tho homo now has a closo connection with the Great War, for its control is vested in the Auckland Patriotic Association and its commandant is Major J. A. Wallingford, M.G., who did distinguished service at Gallipoli.

Work on Waterfront. After two and a-lmlf days' idleness, owing to the week-end being followed by Anzac Day, cargo work on tbo waterfront will be resumed this morning. In addition to the motor-liner Pangitata, which is unloading at Central Wharf, and the Karepo, which arrived from Westport, via New Plymouth, on Sunday, the arrivals in port to-day will be the IluddartParker steamer Zealandia from Sydney, the steamer Waipiata from Southern ports, and tho Norwegian motor-tanker Ilerborg from San Francisco. The coastal vessels, after being detained in port during the holidays, will resume their time-tables today.

Wireless On Ketch Water Lily. Constant communication between members of the crew of the ketch Water Lily, who were all Christ's College old boys, and their homes in Christchurch will be possible throughout tho greater part of tho voyago by means of a short-wave wireless set installed on tho boat. Messages will be transmitted by the wireless operator, Mr. F. Parsons, to a Christchurch amateur, who will telephone them immediately to tho families concerned, and receive any answers. The answers will be then sent back to tho Water Lily, and consequently ;t will bo possible for any of tho crew to ask a question and receive an answer within the space of a few hours, regardless of the position of tlio ketch.

A Novel Flag. Thanks to the efforts of their association, which row has its headquarters in the office of tho Returned Soldiers' Association. South African veterans in Auckland are. a well organised body. They mustered over 60 at the Anzac Day ceremony yesterday afternoon, and presented a. soldierly appearance that would have done credit, to men much less advanced in middle life. At tho head of the detachment, was carried a silk flag of many hues which puzzled spectators. Tt, contained a small Union Jack in the inner top corner, anji. consisted otherwise <n greatly enlarged facsimiles of the Queen s and King's general service, medal ribbons for the South African campaign. The commingling of red, blue, orange, white and green gave a really brilliant effect.

Many Passengers for Sydney. Over 700 passengers left New Zealand for Sydney last week. Of that number 323 left Auckland last Monday by the Royal Mail liner Aorangi and 411 left Wellington on Friday afternoon by tho Union Company's steamer Maunganui. Included among the travellers on both vessels was a number of people proceeding to Dublin to attend the Eueharistic Congress. Two passenger steamers will leave New Zealand for Sydney this week, but both vessels will be despatched from Auckland on Friday. r l he Huddart-Parker steamer Zealandia will sail ill tho moinincc and tho Matson Line steamer Ventura later in the day. The Ventura is en route from San "Francisco and will reach Auckland on Friday morning. The Probation System.

The value of the probation system, which has been an important part of New Zealand's judicial machinery since tho passing of tho First Offenders Probation Act in 1886, was commented upon by counsel in tho Polico Court on Saturday. "There is no doubt that probation lias a good effect in the majority of cases, ho said. "This is shown by tho fact that not one person on probation was included among those persons arrested as a result of tho recent riots in this city." Invaluable work is being done by Mr. W. J. Campbell, district probation officer in Auckland, and every year hundreds of voung persons pass through his hands. It. is his task to interview and classify every offender on whom a magistrate dosires a, report. He often has to decide whether an offender is worthy of another chance or not, and ho recommends tho magistrate) accordingly.

The Steamer Zealandia. An arrival at Auckland this morning will bo tho Iluddart-Parker steamer Zealandia with passengers, mail and cargo from Sydney. She is relieving the company's steamer Ulimaroa, which is undergoing an extensive overhaul at Sydney. Tho Zealandia is a steamer of 6683 tons and was built in 1910 to replaco tho company's 2771 tons steamer Zealandia, which was sold to the Union Company and renamed Paloona. Another Zealandia was engaged in the San Francisco-New Zea-land-Australian mail service for a number of years. It was duriiVg the early days of the service and sho was under charter to tho Oceanic Company, which maintained a service to San Francisco in conjunction with the Union Company. Sho was a steamer of 2730 tons and was built iri 1875. After being taken off tho service sho was purchased by the Oceanic Company and transferred to tho TahitiHonolulu run.