LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21467, 15 April 1933, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Land-yacht on Beach A land-vacht presented an unusual sight on Orewa Beach yesterday afternoon. Favoured with a fresh off-shore breeze, tho craft mado considerable speed along the broad, hard beach. As there was only ono occupant, ho found it necessary to reef tho sails. Lights Fail in Church The electric lights in the chancel or the Epiphany Church, Ponsonby, failed during tho singing of a cantata last evening, making it impossible for at least half of the members of tho choir to see their music sheets. However, the singing continued unperturbed until other lighting could be improvised. Bamboo in Child's Eye An injury to tho right eye was suffered by q boy, George Babbington, aged nine, of Queen Street, Papakura, when a piece of bamboo with which ho was playing pierced his eye on Thursday afternoon. The child was brought to Auckland and admitted to. hospital. His condition yesterday was satisfactory. Unsettled Weather Although tho weather was fine during the past two days tho conditions were unsettled and threatening, according to tho barometer, which was falling all day on Thursday and registered 29.65 in. early in the evening. Afterwards it rose slowly and continued rising yesterday, tho reading last night being 29.90iu. Easter Motoring Large numbers of motorists, with their cars heavily laden with camping gear, left the city yesterday morning lor Easter holidays tours. The main roads north and south from Auckland were busy in the morning, tho traffic being augmented by parties leaving town for picnics either in the country or at the seaside. Passenger Liners on Monday Two passenger liners will arrive at Auckland from overseas on Monday morning, the Monowai from Sydney at seven o'-clock and the Royal Mail liner Niagara from Vancouver about three hours later, (hi" Tuesday the Monowai will be despatched for Sydney and Melbourne, via "Wellington, and the Niagara will sail for Sydney direct. Allegations of Shop-lilting As a result of a complaint by the management of a city shop on Thursday afternoon, two women were arrestc.l on r'.irrges of shop-lifting, another woman being arrested later as the res.ilt of further inquiries by the polite, /ill three women, one of whom is single and tho others married, will appear in the Police Court this morning. Open-Air Meetings In accordance with a recent decision of the City Council, its finance committee has drawn up a list of places, mainly in the inner city area, where duly nominated candidates at the coming local body elections may deliver addresses in the open air. Some of the locations are in streets and others in parks and reserves. In each instance it will be necessary for the organisers of the meeting to apply to the police for a permit, and the council's decision gives no guarantee that such permits will be granted. Hungry University Students. A delay of seven minutes in the departure of tho special north-bound express from Frankton junction yesterday morning was caused by tho keen appetites of over 160 students of southern university colleges, who were travelling to Auckland for the tournament which will commence to-day. Tho large number of passengers requiring to be served at the refreshment counter mado it necessary to delay the train, which was already 47 minutes behind schedule. A broken coupling at Palmcrston North and crossings in the King Country accounted for the original delay. Cruise Cancelled . . The cable steamer Becorder will not leave for sea on Tuesday, as was intended. The orders for her reconimissioning have been cancelled and her departure has been postponed indefinitely. Arrangements were made for the vessel to bo removed to King's Wharf on Thursday to load stores and to sign on a crew. She was to sail next Tuesday for a destination not announced, but it was understood she would proceed to Sydney to repair the Australian end of the New Zealand-Australian cable. Owing to the cancellation of the orders the vessel remained at her moorings at DovonportMoney Recovered in Park A resident of Pukekohe who missed a wallet containing £25 in notes from his coat pocket on Monday evening had the good fortune to receive tho money back, with the exception of a few shillings, on Thursday. After being questioned by the police, a Ki-y ear-old M aori boy admitted that ho hail handled tho money, and said it was concealed under some leaves in Roulston Park. A constablo went to the park and recovered all the money except a few shillings. Tho boy is to appear in the Children's Court at Pukekoho on a charge of theft. Mishap to Locomotive Owing to a driving rod of a new K type engine attached to the second express from Auckland to Wellington on Thursday evening breaking at Pukekohe, delays totalling about an hour were caused to the train. After the mishap all the driving rods on the sido of the locomotive on which tho mishap occurred were disconnected and tho remaining ones were used until Mercer was reached. At this station the engine was replaced and before tho King Country was reached another more powerful locomotive was substituted for tho temporary one. School Committee Elections Nominations of candidates for positions on school committees in tho Auckland Education Board's district will bo received by the chairmen of tho committees until the evening of April 17. In cases where tho average attendance at a school does not exceed 210, nominations can also be mado at tho annual meeting of a committee. Throughout tho board's district, annual meetings of householders for the election of the committees will bo held at 7.30 p.m. on April 21. In tho case of 12 newly-con-stituted school districts, commissioners have been authorised by the board to receive nominations.