LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22241, 16 October 1935, Page 12

LOCAL AND GENERAL

War Sloop Lelth After being in dock for nine days H.M.S. Leitli came out yesterday afternoon and berthed at Calliope Wharf, Devonport, to continue her overhaul and refit. She is to sail about the end of this month on a cruise to Southern ports.

Need For Training Ship The fact that no avenue existed at present in New Zealand for the adequate training of boys who wanted to go to sea was referred to at the annual dinner of the New Zealand Company of Master Mariners in Wellington. One speaker suggested that Captain Scott's ship Discovery should bo acquired as a training ship.

Gunfire From North Head The residents of Devonport and surrounding districts aro warned to secure all fragile ornaments and to open all windows to-morrow afternoon, when heavy calibre gunfiring will bo practised from North Head. The masters of small craft are requested to keep well clear of the firing lino in Rangitoto Channel. When tho conditions are calm tho concussion from the guns is fairly severe and considerable damage has been caused in the past through people disregarding the precautions. Three Motors In Collision

Three motor-cars wero damaged as a result of a collision at the junction of Belgium and Cross Streets, Newton, shortly after four o'clock yesterday afternoon. Nobody was injured. A closed car travelling in Belgium Street was caught between a light machine that emerged from Cross Street, and a touring model parked at tho kerb. Tho closed car was damaged extensively on both sides and one wheel was smashed. Tho other two vehicles escaped more lightly.

Extension o! Launch Slipway The Auckland Harbour Board's launch slipway at the foot of Beaumont Street, Freeman's Bay, will shortly be extended to mako provision for larger craft. Yesterday tho board adopted a report by the harbofupv master, Captain H. H. Sergeant, recommending the provision of a new set of rails with a 6ft. gauge and extending further down into the water, and also the construction of a new cradlo. Tho work authorised is estimated to cost £2OO.

Works at Mount Albert That 'the provision of a swimming bath in the borough of Mount Albert was not warranted at the present time was expressed by members of the Borough Council last night. It was felt that more essential works, such as sewer drainage and carriageway and footpath construction, required consideration and these, apart from their urgency, would provide a greater amount of work for unemployed than would the construction of a bath. It was decided to inform the sponsors of a deputation on the matter to that effect. v Maori Broad-mindedness "The Maori looks upon the Christian religion as a help in this world and a guide to the next," said a country layman in the Diocesan Synod yesterday, in emphasising the difference between the Maori and European attitude to rival creeds. The whole of a native village, he continued, would attend a service whether it were Anglican, Roman Catholic or Methodist. He had attended a native Communion sen-ice in which the epistle was read by a Methodist missioner, and his wife had played the organ for a Roman Catholic service before breakfast, for an Anglican service in the morning and a Presbyterian service in the afternoon. A Matter oi Labels The continued existence in the minds of some buyers of a prejudice against New Zealand-made goods merely because they were made in the Dominion was referred to by Mr. W. F. Blackwell, president, of the Canterbury Employers' Association, at a meeting last week. A large Christchurch retail firm recently had for sale a really good article made by a Canterbury man, ho said. The article was branded "Made in New Zealand," and considerable effort was put into the marketing, but the results were very disappointing. On the advice of the retail firm the manufacturer altered the brand to "British Made," and the article then sold freely. Revenue ol Parishes - A comparison between receipts for parochial purposes in 1934-35 and in a pre-depression year, 1926-27, was laid before the Auckland Anglican Synod vesterday by a financial committee. The total receipts decreased from £35,612 to £27,731, a difference of £7BBI. However, most of tho decline was in special receipts for land and buildings, which fell from £6936 to £217, and other receipts which fell from £6849 to £2410. Receipts from endowments rose from £IOB2 to £llß7, and general offertories from £16,313 to £17,084. Subscriptions fell from £3651 to £3368, and seat rents from £428 to 51 £163. "It is a great testimony to our faithful church people," stated the committee, "that they have maintained and increased their general offerings through this difficult period."

Undaunted Mother Quail A strange instance of the courage of a quail was related to the Wellington Acclimatisation Society tho other night by Mr. R. V. Mason, a Wairarapa member. When tho hurricane devastated the district, he said, trees were blown down in tho Wairarapa Park, and men on relief were put on to clear away the debris. They found a hen quail sitting on her nest. Though tho big stumps near by were repeatedly blasted in tho clearing process, the bird remained sitting on her eegs and brought out a clutch of chicks. The increase of quail in the Wairarapa was also mentioned by Mr. Mason, who said that they were now so plentiful in parts that two men had been able to go out on more than ono occasion and bag 50 in a day. Grain from Australia

An application by the Auckland Grain, Seed and Produce Merchants' Association for free storage of shipments of Australian grain until tho Government gave permission for their removal, was received by the Auckland Harbour Board yesterday. Tho association, it was stated, understood that the Government would not allow these shipments to bo removed from the wharf until a sample had been sent to Palmerston North for examination. "This is an example of departmental red tape," said the chairman, Mr. C. G. Macindoe. "Surely samples could be Bent forward, or else tested here on the arrival of tho shipments." Mr. Harvey Turner said that as a shipment of Australian wheat which arrived yesterday morning was being delivered the same day, the regulation had apparently been waived. The association's request for free storage was declined.