LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21577, 23 August 1933, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Child Patient Improves The condition of the three-year-old girl, Eleanor Jackson, who was admitted to the Auckland Hospital on Monday evening suffering from serious head injuries, was reported to have improvod last evening. The child was injured as a result of a fall on Sunday.

Wakakura Lands Patient The naval trawler Wakakura returned to Auckland from the Hauraki Gulf yesterday morning to land one of the crew, Torpedo Gunner Pople, who had been taken ill. The vessel returned to the gulf later in the day to continue training a party from the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who embarked last Saturday afternoon.

Injured Waihi Miners Of the 12 injured men who were admitted to the Waihi hospital as the result of the recent Waihi mine accident, only three are still in the institution. They are Messrs. A. J. Taylor, aged 47, S. Hamilton, aged 48. and H. G. Cornes, a tied 24. Mr. Cornes had already been discharged, but was readmitted on Sunday for further treatment.

Malicious Fire Alarms Two malicious alarms were received at the central fire station last evening At 6.34 engines froni the Parnell and' Rcmuera stations were summoned to the corner of Kpsom Avenue and Manukau Road, and at 7.26 engines were despatched from the central and Parnell stations to the corner of Khyber Pass and Mountain Road. Both calls were from street boxes. Professor as Bushman

Explaining that he was an amateur bushman, Professor B. E. Murphy showed a keen interest in hickory and manuka slasher and axe handles exhibited before the Tariff Commission yesterday. "1 have felled quite a bit of bush in my time," he told one witness. "If ever you are down in Wellington and want to give a demonstration to show the relative merits of these handles, I have a bit of bush you can work on."

Ba'rge Floated oft Reef After being stranded on a reef near Ladies' Bay, St. Hcliers, since Sunday night, the barge Rover was refloated last evening and towed to Auckland. The accident occurred when the barge was being towed from Pahiki Island to Auckland with a load of shingle. She was driven ashore by the boisterous wind and rough seas after the towlino had fouled tho towing launch's propeller. Tho launch, which had drifted * ashore, was floated at high water last night. Both craft were very littlo damaged. The Home o! the Gherkin

"Wo have been trying to get people to grow gherkins in Now Zealand for tho last 20 years, but have never been successful in getting tho result desired," said Mr. J. P. Stevenson in reply to a question asked at the sitting of tho Tariff Commission yesterday. Mr. Stevenson said he had secured seed from Holland and given it to growers, but for some reason the result had not been satisfactory. He believed that even tho United States* like New Zealand, depended on Holland to supply all its requirements.

"Bouquet" For Judge Amusement was caused at a sitting of tho Arbitration Court yesterday by tho wording of a tribute paid to the president of the Court, Mr. Justice Frazer. A representative of an Auckland trades union who attended to place a matter before the Court, asked His Honor if ho. could suggest a solution of a small problem outstanding between the members of tho union and their employers. This His Honor did with a minimum of delay. "Thank you, sir," replied tho advocate. "That is a clever way out—if you'll excuse mo for throwing bouquets at you."

Dominion and Quotas The opinion that the discussion in Britain on quotas for the Dominion was premature was expressed by the Hon. C. E. Macmillan, Minister of Agriculture, in Hamilton last evening. He. thought the matter of quotas would not arise by the time the Ottawa Agreement expired, owing to the possibility of seasonal conditions in Australia bringing about a reduction in production in that country. Ho was glad tb note that the British authorities were sending a representative to investigate the position in New Zealand and ho felt that some convincing arguments would be placed before that representative.

Keenness Among Boxers The annual Auckland amateur boxing tournament, which will be completed at the Town Hall this evening, has been productive of a very high standard in all classes. The provincial centres have been well represented and all competitors have displayed particular keenness. This, no doubt, can be accounted for by the fact that the winners will represent their province at the New Zealand championships next month, and tho winners at the latter tournament will be sent to Brisbane to meet tho Australian champions in a special inter-Dominion coutest. The New Zealand team will be managed by Mr. G. Bush, president of tho Auckland Boxing Association.

An Idle Asset An asset which Auckland possesses in the disused and empty reservoir at tho corner of Karangahape and Ponsotiby Roads was referred to last evening by tho Mayor, Mr. G. W. Hutchison, when addressing the ratepayers at Leys Institute 011 tho city loan proposals. Ho was referring to schemes which had been considered by the council at various times and touched on tho conversion of the reservoir to other uses as 0110 of tho remote possibilities. He said that the city engineer had reported that this structure could bo converted into 011 c of the finest stadiums in the world for boxing and wrestling matches and similar entertainments at a cost of £25,000 to £28,000. Tho council had been approached at various times for a loaso of tho reservoir when altered, but so far nothing definite had been done 1

Encounter With a Bull

A terrifying encounter with an infuriated bull was experienced by three residents of St. Heliers Bay 011 Sunday evening. One of them, Mrs. M. E. Darwin, an elderly and infirm widow, was forced to crouch in a ditch for half an hour while the otlier two, Mr. and Mrs. C. Hutohings, attracted the bull's attention by dodging it round a tree. After half an hour Mr. Hutchings' shouts'were heard at Mr. J. Turner's residence. Not knowing what had happened, Mr. and Mrs. Turner came out to investigate and the bull immediately charged upon them. Mr. Turner hurriedly placed his wife over a fence to safety and ran back to his own placo for a dog. With the aid of the dog Mr. Turner drove the bull away, and Mr. and Mrs. Hutchings were able to leavo the tree. Mrs. Darwin was rescued from the ditch suffering from shock.