LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21295, 23 September 1932, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Best Trade for Five Years "We are having a busy month," said a Wanganui business man this week. He said that the returns for June last had been just double what they had been last year and were the highest since 1927. Tongariro Hatchery A number of Wanganui sportsmen who recently visited the Government hatchery on the Tongariro River, near Tokaanu, state that there has been a splendid run of well-conditioned fish during the past two months. The Government officials were busy stripping fish and distributing and hatching ova. Through the Separator "Divorced women in America," said the Rev. Clarence Eaton at the Now Plymouth Rotary Club luncheon, "are considered the cream of society. They have been through the separator." He contrasted the principle with that of Rotary, where the members were supposed to be the cream of the business and social world. Waterfront Collision A collision between a motor-lorry owned by A. B. Donald and Sons and a line of railway trucks occurred at the entrance to King's Wharf yesterday afternoon. The trucks were being backed on to the wharf when the accident occurred. The lorry was struck by the foremost truck and the front portion was extensively damaged. No one was injured. Faith in an Architect One of the dozens of interesting sidelights of the earthquake in Gisborne was the implicit faith of a woman in. an architect. She was the proprietress of a largo establishment. The building rocked and swayed, and people rushed out in panic. Relatives implored her to leave, but she stood firm on her ground. "This is a new building, and the architect told me it could not possibly fall down," she said. The building, although damaged, still stands. Boldness in Art "It has always seemed rather significant to me that the introduction of 'bold, bad art,' synchronised in time with the advent of the 'bold, bad girl,' " said Professor F. P. Worley at a luncheon of the Auckland Society of Arts yesterday. "It must be admitted that there is something admirable in that strength and boldness. Much of the art immediately preceding the present age looks feeble, but the great difficulty in both cases is to combine the newly-found strength with refinement." Concession to Cricketers In compliance with a request by the Auckland Cricket Association for a reduction in the wicket fees charged for grounds in city parks and reserves, the City Council decided last evening to make a concession of approximately 10 per cent on all charges except the 2s fee asked for an afternoon's use of the lowest grade of practice wicket. The association stated that while so many young men and boys were unemployed there was great difficulty in collecting the charges each Saturday. Postal District Numbers A request that in future the postal district number should be affixed by the council to all new street name plates was received by the City Council last evening from the chief postmaster at Auckland, Mr. S. M. Harrison. The city engineer, Mr. J. Tyler, reported favourably upon the proposal, stating that for new plates the cost would be negligible, and he would arrange accordingly. However, if the addition were made to all existing plates the cost would bo approximately £3OO. The council decided to add the numbers to new name-plates only. Aero Club's Fine Record Since the Canterbury Aero Club began active operations less than four years ago, its machines have flown for over 3000 hours and over 4000 passengers have been carried without a single serious accident. This fact was announced by the Mayor, Mr. D. G. Sullivan, M.P., at a club function recently. He said that this position was a tribute to the competence of the club's officers and to the adequacy of the machines. Last year the machines were in the air for 1000 hours and 7000 flights had been made without a single accident. The club had also trained 50 pilots Motor-ship's Fast Voyage Although she was delayed at Nauru Island for nearly three days before commencing to load, the Bank Line motorship Elinbank, which reached Auckland yesterday from the island with over 8000 tons of phosphate, made a fast round trip. The vessel left Auckland on the evening of August 31, and arrived at Nauru on September 8. She was delayed for nearly three days, but was able to sail again with a full cargo on September 12, occupying nine and a-lialf days on the return voyage. The Elmbank previously made a fast voyage, leaving Nauru on August 15 and arriving at Auckland on August 25. Art Collection Rearranged Visitors to the Art Gallery will find that a good deal of rearrangement has been carried out in the Mackelvie collection. The water colours and pastels, including thoso purchased last year, have been removed from the upper gallery to the lower, and are shown to much better advantage in the brighter light availablo there. Congestion in the upper gallery has been overcome by the removal and substitution of pictures, and more symmetrical arrangements upon the individual walls have been aimed at. The trustees have many paintings in storage, and are now in a position to vary the appearance of the collection considerably by this means from time to time. Picture Revives Memories In stressing the need for educating public taste in art, Dr. E. B. Gunson, speaking at a luncheon of the Auckland Society gf Arts yesterday, mentioned that in the re-hanging of the Mackelvie collection at the Art Gallery, the advisability of retaining a certain picture had been doubted by some members of the supervising board. However, the picture had been re-hung, and later the custodian reported that an elderly gentleman had one day hurried straight to the particular p.cture and had examined it and re-examined it with intense interest. It was later found that he had been absent for 40 years and that the p'cture in formed one of the most vivid recollections of his life in Auckland. "This shows not only that pictures exercise a strong influence on the public, but also that once a taste lias been formed, emotions and sentiments consolidate it,' 1 said Dr. Gunson. "In that case the importance of placing the right type of picture in public exhibitions is very apparent."