LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22202, 31 August 1935, Page 12

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Passenger Vessels for Sydney Three passenger vessels will bo dospatehed from Auckland for Sydney next week. The Royal Mail liner Aorangi will sail on Monday night, the Marama on Thursday afternoon, and the Mat' son Lino steamer Monterey on Friday night.

Cream for Strawberries Permission to sell cream in cartons during the strawberry season is to bo. granted to holders of tearoom licences by the Auckland Metropolitan Milk Council. At a meeting yesterday, the council decided to circularise holders of tearoom licences to that effect.

Visitors from Napier About 200 visitors are expected to reach Auckland this morning by a special excursion train run in connection with the Rugby football match between Auckland and Hawko's Bay, to bo played at Eden Park this afternoon. 'J'Jio train left Napier at 5.45 last evening and is duo to arrive at 10.3G this morning. It will leave on the return journey at 3.50 to-morrow afternoon.

Definition of a Journeyman Tho definition of a journeyman tradesman, and the question whether a journeyman would necessarily have had to go through an apprenticeship were matters requiring the decision of the Arbitration Court, sitting at Palmerston North recently. "I would think," commented the chairman, Mr. Justice Page, "that anyone who can get art employer to employ him at journeyman's wages could be classed as a journeyman." Fall on to Launch Through the collapse of a guard rail at Calliope Dock about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, Wilfred Hill, aged 35, married, a marine on H.M.S. Diomede, fell on to the deck of tho launch Olivene, which was moored to the wharf. When picked up, the victim, who received concussion, was unconscious, and after receiving attention from Surgeon-Commander Buddie, ho was removed to the Auckland Hospital in a St. John ambulance. His condition is satisfactory. Not Permanent A motion to place £3OOO on fixed deposit caused some surprise on Wednesday evening to To Aroha Borough Council members, whose knowledge of borough finances did not include cognisance of largo surplus funds requiring investment. Tho Mayor, Mr. R. Coulter, however, hastily explained that tho money represented the insurance received consequent upon tho recent abattoirs fire, and that it was simply being deposited for three months, pending its disbursement in connection with the proposed new building.

Bathing Accommodation The inclusion of £IOOO in any loan proposal being dealt with by the City Council was recommended to the council on Thursday night by the Parks Committee, which had considered requests from residents of St. Heliers Bay for modern bathing accommodation at the beach. The city engineer, Mr. J. Tyler, reported that the existing building was inadequate for summer purposes, and to erect a building similar to that recently provided at Mission Bay would cost about £IOOO. A Well-Balanced Lile The necessity for a wcll-balanded life was emphasised by the deputy-Ma3*or, Mr. Bernard Martin, when opening an exhibition of lithographs at the Auckland Art Gallery yesterday. It was not desirable, he said, that one should work all tho time, or that one should never work at all. There should bo a right amount of work and a right amount of leisure and peopltj should learn to Vnako tho best use of that leisure. Mr. Martin added that ho would like to see the public use the art gallery and the library more, for by so doing, they would bo" using their leisure in one of the finest ways possible. Insect Pests In tho opiliion of Mr. J. Mtiggeridge, Government entomologist, who is an expert in tho control of tho white butterfly, that common pest is blamed for considerably more damage than it does. Much of the troublo attributed to it is really the work of the diamondbacked moth, a far less conspicuous and more insidious worker. The dia-mond-backed moth is particularly destructive among cruciferous crops, such as rape, turnips, swedes, chou moellier, cabbages and cauliflowers. Much work is at present being done in Britain to find a parasite for it, but this will require a survey practically of the whole of England and Europe beforo a final decision can bo arrived at.

Official's Work Praised Expressions of regret are usual on the retirement of club officials, but it is seldom that their sincerity is as obvious as at tho annual meeting of tho Iluapehu Ski Club, held at the Chateau this week, when the honorary secretary, Mr. W. S. Ronnie, retired. Numerous speakers said they had done everything possible to persuado Mr. Rennie to reconsider his decision, but without success. No nominations were forthcoming to fdl the vacancy, it being stated that it would bo almost impossible to carry on tho work tho secretary had been doing without paid assistance. Tho office was finally left vacant, the committee being given power to act in the matter. Drummer Struck Down When marching in Queen Street, Pukekoho, on Thursday evening with the Pukekoho Municipal Band, the drummer, Mr. T. McClean, was struck from behind by a motor-car proceeding in the same direction as tho band. The band, about 22 strong, was on its way to a function arranged by the Franklin Returned Soldiers' Association. Mr. McClean was carrying tho cumbersome big bass drum, and the car, driven by Mr. L. Franklin, threw him heavily to the ground. After receiving attention from Dr. F. W. Lumsden for a cut on tho chcok and several bruises, Mr. McClean was able to go home. To-day ho was still suffering from shock, but was able to return to his work.

Removing Lone Kauri Considerable difficulty has been experienced by the contractors who undertook to cut down the Lone Kauri near the junction of the Pi ha and Karekare Roads and remove it to a sawmill at Glen Eden. In spite of strenuous efforts last week to make the tree fall across the road, so that it could bo cut up easily and loaded on to trailers, it fell down a gully and rolled nearly a quarter of a mile from tho road. The tree was cut into sections at the bottom of tho gully, and after several days' work with block and tackle, the last of the sections was hauled back to the road and loaded on to a trailer yesterday morning. Near the Waiataiua Hotel the trailer left the road, snapped the .coupling to the towing truck, and rolled down a bank with the log still chained to it. The trailer and log now lie several hundred yards below the road. It is expected that an attempt will be made this morning to haul them back.