LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22345, 17 February 1936, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Woman Burned Burns were suffered by Mrs. Grace Davis, aged 22, of Rata Street, Henderson, when she upset some boiling water over her chest and an arm yesterday. She was admitted to the Auckland Hospital. Her condition is not serious. Thames Harbour Finances The moratorium created under the Thames Harbour Board Loans Adjustment Act, 1932-33, has been further extended by Order-in-Council until June 30 next, during which period no person shall take any steps to enforce payment of the principal or interest of certain loans referred to in the Act or any part of such loans. Theft Trom Shop The theft of tobacco and cigarettes to the value of £1 3s from the grocery shop of Mr. W. K. Rattray at 90 Valley Road, Mount Eden, was discovered yesterday morning. A thief had entered after breaking the lock securing the back door and had taken all the tobacco and cigarettes in tho shop. Tho rest of the stock was left intact. No Stockings The vogue for doing without stockings, which many Auckland girls are following, evidently originated at weekends. Among the crowds returning from the beaches last evening not one young woman in a dozen was to be seen with stockings, and even a few mothers of families were without them. About half the girls wore ankle-length socks and the rest had been content to put bare feet into their shoes. - Delayed Air Mail Arriving An Empire air mail, which left London on January 26, will reach Auckland from Sydney by the Monowai this evening. The vessel also has a quantity of Australian mail. The air mail will have been 22 days in transit from London. It was delayed en route from London to Australia owing to bad weather and when it reached Sydney it w r as further delayed waiting to connect with a steamer proceeding to Auckland. Rental Oar Strikes Truck A small rental sedan driven by a 3'outh, Keith Kidd, and containing two other youths as passengers, collided with a truck, driven by a Chinese market gardener, Pong Hing, of Mangere, at the intersectioii of Auckland Road and Symonds Street, Royal Oak. shortly before eight o'clock last night. Although the small car was damaged extensively, the occupants were not injured. The truck suffered practically no damage, and Pong Hing was not hurt. Accident on Play Device While playing on a device known as a rocking boat at Tui Glen yesterday, William Henry Ansell, aged 10, of 47 Church Street West, Onehunga, slipped, and when the boat rocked back, it struck his legs, breaking one of them. With his parents the boy was attending tho picnic of the Manukau Rovers Rugby Football Club, of which his father is a committeeman. First aid was given by St. John Ambulance members, and the lad was taken to the Auckland Hospital by ambulance. Traces of the G-ale Trees, shrubs and other plants in Auckland gardens still show effects of tho salt spray and wind-burning to which they were subjected in the gale a fortnight ago. Peach and nectarine trees were specially affected, and the browned patches along the edges of their leaves will probably remain until autumn. The degree of marking varied greatly with different species of plants, and it was noticed that some with apparently delicate foliage were not affected in the least, even when exposed to tho full force of the gale. New Public Telephone Information that a public telephone box will be installed at the corner of Glen Road and Victoria Avenue, Remuera, has been received by Mr. W. P. Endean, M.P. for Parncll, from the Hon. F. Jones, Postmaster-General. It had previously been requested that two public telephones should be provided, one at the Walton Street corner and the other at tho corner of Portland and Aldred Roads, but as this area is already well provided with telephones it was thought that the factor would be prejudicial to tho earning capacity of other call boxes in the district. Scrap Metal For Japan About 1000 tons of scrap metal and a quantity of wool and other items for Japan will bo loaded in New Zealand by tho Japanese steamer Chifuku Maru, which arrived from Japan on Saturday evening and is at Central Wharf. She is the second steamer to come from Japan to Auckland direct . under the Yamashita Kisen Kaisha's direct service. She loaded at Yokohama, Nagoya and Kobe 600 tons of general merchandise for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. Tho scrap metal will be loaded at the four discharging ports before she returns to Japan.

Passenger Vessels Arriving Throe vessels with passengers from overseas will reach Auckland this week, two to-day and one on Friday. The throe vessels will all proceed to Sydney, taking passengers from New Zealand. The Royal Mail liner Aorangi will arrive from Vancouver early this morning and she is to, leave for Sydney at midnight to-night. This evening tho Monowai will arrive from Sydney and she will leave for Sydney, via Wellington, to-morrow evening. The Matson Lino steamer Mariposa will arrive from Los Angeles on Friday morning and she will resume her voyage to Sydney and Melbourne the snmo evening.

Changes In 15 Years Tho improvements made in many respects in New Zealand sinco ho left tlie country 15 years ago were mentioned yesterday by Colonel J. L. Sleeman, Chief Commissioner of tlio St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas. Ho referred particularly to tho better roads and hotels, and tho linking-up of various centres by air services. Now Zealand offered moro, both scenicallv and from a sporting point of view, than most parts of the Empire, ho said, and when tho transocean air services to the Dominion had been developed it should form an oven moro attractive placo for thoso who wished to escapo tho English winter.

Many Travellers for South There was an exceptionally busy scene at the railway station last evening prior to the departure of the limited express. There was a heavy demand for accommodation and an extra sleeper and carriages had to bo provided. The carriages for Now Plymouth, which aro usually attached to the express, were run separately. Both trains, as well as that to Hamilton, which loft shortly after the limited, wore well patronised, while a large number of friends bidding farewell to passengers added to the busy scene. All the available parking space on the ramps leading up to the station was taken and several vehicles were parked on the area in front of the gardens.