LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21782, 23 April 1934, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Anzac Day The Herald will not be published on Wednesday, Anzac Day. For the convenience of advertisers, the Queen Street office will be open on Wednesday between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Bank Holiday lu observance of St. George's Day the banks in Auckland will be closed for business to-day. No holiday, however, will be observed by the Stock Exchange and insurance firms.

Next Session of Parliament Parliament has been further prorogued until May 24 by an extraordinary Gazette notice issued last week. The intimation is merely formal as it is not expected the next session will begin until June 28, which is the last Thursday in that month. Lost Wallet Found

A wallet containing £29 6s was lost by Mr. L. Cooper, a tobacconist, of Claudelands, Hamilton, in Te Aroha, Street, Claudelands, early on Saturday afternoon. It was found by Mr. C. M. Muir, of Francis Street, Claudelands, and was returned to the owner within an hour of being lost. Movements of Cruisers

The cruisers Dunedin and Diomede, which have been on a two months cruise to Southern ports, will arrive at Wellington from Queen Charlotte Sounds to-day. The two warships will leave Wellington on Thursday for Auckland and will arrive here next Saturday. Both warships will , refit and overhaul at Auckland preparatory to leaving on a prolonged cruise to the South Sea Islands.

The Scots Accent

Whether the broad Scots accent of an accused person who appeared before Mr. Wyvern Wilson, S.M., in the Police Court on Saturday, could have caused a witness to believe that his speech was thick through tho effects of liquor was a point raised by counsel. "You say my client's language was ' slurred," counsel stated to a witness. "Do you not think that that could have been due to his Scots accent? I suggest that his voice had a burr," "It was a blurr, not a burr," replied witness. Three New Motor-ships

According to recent advice from England good progress is being made with the three new motor-ships that are being built for the Shaw, Savill and Albion Line. Their names are to be Waipawa, Wairangi and Waiwera. The Waiwera is scheduled to leave for New Zealand on September 12 and the Waipawa on November 14. In addition to being up-to-date cargo carriers, the three vessels will each have accommodation for 12 passengers in eight singleberth cabins and two double-berth cabins.

Fifty Applicants for Low Salary Although a salary of only 30s a week was offered, 50 applications were received by the Northcote Borough Council for the position of assistant in the town clerk's office. Included in the applicants were several married men with families. However, as the prospects of advancement in the position are not great, it was decided to consider only unmarried applicants. Tho number was reduced to four—two young men and two youpg women. The council will make a final selection tomorrow evening.

Naval Anniversary St. George's Day,- which falls to-day, marks the 16th anniversary of the famous naval raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend in 1918. It was the object of the raids to sink block-ships in the canals entering the sea at both Belgian ports, which were used as German submarine bases. Brilliant success attended tho Zeebrugge exploit, which was carried out with the greatest gallantry and resource. Less fortunate, however, was the Ostend raid,' although 16 days later H.M.S. Vindictive, which led the Zeebrugge raid, was sunk squarely across the Ostend channel. The result was to hamper, if not wholly to prevent, the operations of submarines from the two ports.

Missing Couple Safe After spending Friday night in a bach in McKenzie's Bay, Rangitoto, Mr. and Mrs. T. Pearson, of 91 Vauxhall Road, Devonport, who were reported missing, returned to Cheltenham Beach about 11 o'clock on Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson had borrowed a dinghy on Friday and rowed across the Rangitoto Channel to fish in the lee of the island. During tho day the wind rose considerably and the strong ebb tide made a steep and choppy sea, so Mr. Pearson decided it was unwise to attempt the return journey in the small boat. They landed at the Saltworks Beach and walked round to the bach occupied by Mr. Arthur Steel, where they spent the night. The weather having moderated on Saturday morning, they rowed back to Cheltenham in the dinghy.

New Telegraphic Charges The new scale of telegraphic charges is imposing further taxation on touring motorists, according to the touring manager of the Automobile Association, who is at present in the South Island. Since leaving Auckland at the beginning of tho month, he has found that only once has tho telegraphic chargo for booking accommodation in advance; or for other urgent communications, been as low as Is. Almost invariably, the traveller is called upon to pay an additional penny or twopence. On his present journey, which has taken him 3000 miles, the touring manager has found that the rates for the average telegram are higher. It is evident that dissatisfaction is widespread, and it is possible that touring motorists will reduce in number the messages they would ordinarily send. A Summary Justice

A story that tho late Captain Easther used to tell in, Dunedin is recalled by the Dunedin Star. A man-o'-war on which he was an officer, calling at a little, lonely port, was boarded by tho local storekeeper, who complained that tho master of a ship about to sail was defying him to collect a debt for goods supplied. The commander took evidence, held that the claim was just, and gave judgment for the storekeeper. Noting that the defaulter was preparing to sail he sent a lieutenant with half a dozen men with orders to demand immediate payment. The demand having been laughed at, the half-dozen hands proceeded to distrain—they •, unbent the fore-topsail, carried it ashore, sold it at auction, paid the stroekeeper, and handed the surprised skipper the balance with the compliments of Queen Victoria.