LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22018, 26 January 1935, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Pall Prom Bicycle Through his bicycle skidding in loose metal at the entrance to the Auckland Hospital last evening, Mr. R. F. Hamilton, aged 21. single, of 34 Ethel Street, Sandringham, fell and suffered concussion. Ho was admitted to the hospital. His condition is not serious. Auckland Ex-Soldiers

With 2800 members, the Auckland Returned Soldiers' Association now has easily the largest membership among branches of the New Zealand association, states the quarterly report of the Auckland body. At the last meeting it was decided that a delegate should attend th€S conference of the Anti-War League in Wellington on February 3.

Quinnat Salmon on Sale Quinnat salmon appeared on the market in Christchurch last Wednesday for the first time this season. It was exceedingly short in supply, being limited, in fact, to one fish, a specimen of about nine pounds. In spite of the price, 2s 6d a pound, tho market was soon cleared. It is anticipated, however, that fairly good quantities of this fish will soon bo available. Man Still Missing

No trace has been found of Mr. Donald Murray, aged 57, hulk-keeper of the Union Steam Ship Company's vessel Flora, who is believed to have been drowned in the harbour on Wednesday night. Mr. Murray dived from a launch to assist a woman who had fallen overboard, and was not seen again, although it was at first thought that he had struck out. for the shore, about 200 yards distant.

Waikato Children's Camp The 210 children who have been entertained to three weeks' holiday at Port Waikato by the Waikato Children's Camp League, left Port Waikato in the river steamer Manuwai last evening, and are expected to arrive in Hamilton at seven o'clock this morning. The children had a thoroughly happy time during thpir sojourn in the camp, and have been much benefited in health by the change. Old Skeleton Found

An old human skeleton, believed by tlie police to be that of a Maori, was found by relief workers while excavating in the Stone Jug reserve yesterday morning. The skeleton, which was particularly frail, was about a foot below the surface. Detectives were informed of the find, and after examining the skeleton they expressed the opinion that it had beqn buried possibly 100 years ago. The bones are to be reinterred.

Collision With Milk Cart As the result of a collision with a cart, a cyclist, Norman Francis Morse, aged 16, of 3 Rewi Road, Epsom, suffered internal injuries yesterday morning. The youth was riding his bicycle ilong Trafalgar Street, Onehunga, when he collided with a milk cart at the corner of Selwyn Street, a shaft of the cart striking him and throwing him to the ground. He was given medical attention and taken to the Auckland Hospital in a St. John ambulance. His condition is fairly serious. Hamilton Courthouse Advice has been received in Hamilton from Sir Alexander Young that Cabinet had approved of the expenditure of £340 in metalling and laying down in bitumen the front approaches of the grounds surrounding the Hamilton courthouse. The Public Works Department has been requested to put the work in hand. When the courthouse was built four 'years ago the grounds were left in an unimproved condition, and although a certain amount of planting and grassing has been done since then, the drives were left in an unformed and rough state.

Encouraging Immigration The possibility of encouraging to live in New Zealand retired British subjects who had spent much of their lives in the tropics was mentioned yesterday by Commander 11. M. Reynolds, travelling commissioner for the Royal Empire Society. He considered that if the cost of living in New Zealand, as well as the scenic and other attractions of the country, was brought under the notice of such people, most of whom had small pensions, they would make their homes here. It might also be possible, he thought, to encourage small farmers from overseas to take holdings in the Dominion.

Port Empty of Shipping Except for local coastal vessels the port of Auckland was empty of shipping for the first time for a long period last e\'ening. after the Monterey and the Monowai had sailed for Sydney and the Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Akaroa for Wellington. However, there will be considerable activity in port early next week. This morning the Waikawa will arrive from Los Angeles and the Northumberland from Liverpool. Monday's arrivals will include tho Remuera from Wellington, the Port Gi^iborne from New Plymouth, the Kalingo from Sydney and the Waimarino from Southern ports.

Criminal Charges The criminal calendar with which the business of the Supreme Court will open for the j T ear on Februarj' 5, will not be a light one, and already 18 cases have been set down for trial before the presiding judges, Mr. Justice Herdman and Mr. Justice Fair. The most serious charge is one of murder against a Maori,, Puhipi Iliwhi. There are two charges against a woman of unlawful use of an instrument, and two men are charged with negligent driving so as to cause death. In contrast to other recent calendars there is only one case of breaking and entering although thcr« are two of thefts from dwellings. Somewhat unusual charges are those of demanding money with menaces and of extortion by threat. Pictures of the Kiwi

Among the individuals and organisations which responded to the complaint made recently by Sir Henry Fowler, the eminent Eiujish engineer, that he could not buy a picture postcard of a kiwi, was the Zoological Society, Auckland. The society's honorary photographer, Mr. R. S. Lediard, forwarded a photograph of a kiwi to Sir Henry to his departure and also gave him details of a motion picture film of the kiwi in the possession of the society. In a letter thanking the society Sir Henry said what he had been trying to obtain were postcards suitable for sending t<f his little granddaughter and some other small friends. He was sure the photograph would prove of interest when He got home. A proposal is now before the society to make available to the public from its extensive collections a series of studies of New Zealand birds in popular form.