LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21844, 5 July 1934, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Lar"e Mail The Royal Mail liner Niagara, which is clue at Auckland from Vancouver on Monday morning, has 1172 bafjs of English and American mail and 21;" bags of American parcels for New Zenland. Of that amount 359 bags of mai 1 and 71 bags of parcels are for Auckland. Rangitoto Improvements The stonework of the basement of the new bathing sheds at Rangitoto Island has been completed, according to a report received at a meeting of the Devonport Domain Board last night. A start will be made shortly to complete the sheds, the work to be done by the improvement league. Sale of Large Pig There was considerable interest in the salo at tho West field yards yesterday of a particularly large white pig. ft was 7ft. in length and stood over 3ft. Gin. There were various estimates as to its weight, experts putting it as over Gsolb. Tho bidding started at £3 10s and rose rapidly to £6, at which figure the pig was sold. Perambulator Blown Over <* A strong gust of wind and a slippery footpath were responsible for a woman and a perambulator containing a baby being thrown to tho ground at the corner of Upper Queen Street and Karangahape Road yesterday morning. The cries of the baby on tho footpath attracted several people, who gave assistance to tho mother and child. Hand Caught in Machine While operating a guillotine at the factory of James Stedman-Henderson's Sweets, Limited, Victoria Street, yesterday morning, Miss Rona Noyer, aged 18, of 27 Graham Street, City, had her right hand caught in the machine. Tho first joint of the index finger was severed and the tendons of the second and third fingers injured. She was taken in a St. John ambulance to the Auckland Hospital. Motorists' Signals "This is a rule which should be better known by the public," said Mr. Wyvern Wilson, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday during the hearing of a case in which a motorist was charged with failing to give a signal when drawing out from the curb in Queen Street. "When drawing out from the curb," said the magistrate, "one should look behind through the window and signal with one's hand." Franconia's World Oruise Advice has been received by the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company that the 20,000-tons liner Frariconia, which is to make another world cruise early in 1935, will reach Auckland at 6 a.m. on Saturday, February 23, and will sail for Wellington at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 25. On her last world cruise the Franconia visited 36 ports and steamed 37,555 miles in 142 days. She arrived at Auckland on February 21. Praise lor Relief -Wo&ers Appreciation of the manner in which a party of relief workers engaged on drainage improvements in Ann Streot and Huia Street, Devonport, had performed its work, was expressed by members of the Devonport Borough Council at a meeting last night. The Mayor, Mr. H. F. W. Meikle, said the borough was not as fortunate as other local bodies, as a large proportion of the relief workers were either clerks or > professional men, and were not suited to heavy work. On this particular job the men had been specially picked and it was gratifying to learn that their work was well done. Sportsmen's Dinner An enthusiastic reception was given to a proposal placed before last night's meeting of the Auckland Football Association to hold a sportsmen's dinner on Saturday week. Mr. Ernest Davis, who, as well as being president of the Auckland Association, is also president of the New Zealand Football Association, said it was his intention to entertain at dinner the Auckland and Wellington representative teams. With a view to making tho gathering representative of Auckland, ho said arrangements had been completed to invite approximately 100 guests, including representatives of all the winter sports. Court Procedure

Disapproval of a last-minute application for an adjournment was expressed by Mr. Justice Fair in the Supreme Court yesterday. Only one counsel appeared and he asked that the matter should bo adjourned sine die. "This is a very late hour at which to make such an application," said His Honor. Counsel explained that he had expected the application to be made by another party in the case, and tendered apologies. His Honor said counsel must give the Court the fullest possible notice of any proposed alteration hi the fixture. Once a fixturo was made it was assumed that it would bo adhered to. A last-minute application of this kind always caused inconvenience to the Court.

Monoplane and Vessel Pass During the flight of the Faith in Australia from Now Zealand to Sydney on Monday the monoplane was sighted by the Norwegian motor-ship Fanny Hoegh, which arrived at Auckland from Russia yesterday morning. At nine o'clock in . tho morning the monoplane was seen nearly ahead of the tanlcei and flying low. A moderate south-west wind was blowing at the time and the conditions were squally, with occasional showers. When the airmen saw tho vessel they altered tho monoplane's course to the south and passed over the starboard side of the ship close enough for the monoplane's number to bo read. Afterwards the monoplane altered its course toward the west and was soon out of sight. Boat Harbour Scheme

In proposing the toast of the Auckland Harbour Board at the annual meeting of the Ponsonby Cruising Club last night, tho president, Mr. A. Thompson, said that while no other port in the Dominion had such a beautiful harbour for yachting as Auckland, the Harbour Board had done very little for boatowners. He thought the time had arrived when tho Harbour Board should complete the boat harboui scheme, or at least dredge tho area, so as to enable craft to enter the boat harbour at any state of the tide. Mr Krnest Davis, who was among the guests, said it would cost £30,000 to dredge the boat harbour, and the Harbour Board was not in a position to carry out the work. However, ho agreed that an attempt should bo made by the board to endeavour to provide a better approach to the boat harbour at low tide.