LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22401, 23 April 1936, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Anzac Day Observance The Herald will not be published on Saturday, Anzac Day, and the Herald supplement will be delivered on Friday, For the convenience of advertisers the Queen Street office will be open on Friday until 10 p.m., and on Saturday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. One Tree Hill Building During thp past fortnight seven building permits, of a total value of £965, have been issued by the one Tree Hill Borough Council. Since the beginning of the year 30 permits, valued at £21,033, have been granted, compared with 23 permits, valued at £13,815, for the corresponding period last year, an increase of £7218. Live Kiwi Seen The unusual spectacle of a live kiwi being seen iu its natural state in the Poverty Bay district is reported by the Whakatane correspondent of the Herald. When travelling between Opotiki and Gisborne, Mr. F. Mead, of Wairata Valley, Waioeka, saw a live kiwi on Otoko Hill, about 30 miles from Gisborne. Bridge Considered Unsafe A well-known landmark on the northern end of Milford Beach, the high footbridge over the Wairau Stream, may shortly be demolished. A report has been received by the Takapuna Borough Council that the structure is unsafe, and it was decided at a meeting of the council last night to request the Minister of Marino to have the bridge demolished. Gallantry at Point Chevalier "When it was discovered at an overflow meeting of householders at the Point Chevalier School last night that a large number of women were unable to gain admittance, about 15 men gave up their places in the schoolroom in order that the women could go inside. Somo of the men did not, however, lose interest in the proceedings, but took part in a very free discussion by talking through the windows. Cuvier Island School Advice that the establishment of a Grade O school at .Cuvier Island had been authorised was received from the Education Department at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board yesterday. The seven pupils who will attend the school ar3 all lighthouse-keepers' children. The school will be the only one of its kind in the board's district. There was a similar school for the children of keepers at the Cape Brett lighthouse, but it was closed last year. Driver Falls Asleep After working long hours, playing cricket all the afternoon, and going to a party at night, a young man drove a motor-van along Dominion Road and collided with a telegraph pole at two o'clock on a recent morning. As a result lie appeared in the Magistrate's Court yesterday charged with negligent driving. Counsel said defendant had dropped off to sleeep. " Ho might have hit me; he had no right to be on the road," said Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., in lining defendant £l. Upper Harbour Landing A suggestion was made to the Birkenhead Borough Council last night by the Auckland Yacht and Motor Boat Association regarding landing facilities in the upper harbour. The association stated that the wharf at Onetaunga, at Kauri Point, was to be removed, and if the structure was to be demolished it should bo possible to arrange for its re-erection at Fitzpa trick's Bay. The council agreed with the suggestion and decided to take up the matter with the Auckland Harbour Board.. Scots Atmosphere in Court Although tho motor-vessel Limerick takes its name from an Irish county, a distinctly Scots atmosphere was created when seven members of the crew appeared as witnesses at an inquest yesterday. Two of them were named Angus McLean, the names of threo others were prefixed with " Mc," while the names of the remaining, two had a distinctly Scots flavour. To complete the national picture, one witness admitted having had two glasses of " whusky " at the home of a man named Mcßao. Dental Clinics "I have known parents who drove their children to school in limousines, but would not pay a few shillings a year toward the cost of maintaining the school dental clinic," said Mr. J. W. McGechie, headmaster of the Parnell School, in explaining to tho householders' meeting last night the financial provision that would have to bo made if a dental clinic were established at tho school. He mentioned that children were treated free, but that it was usual to make a voluntary levy on parents of so much for each child in attendance, in order to meet tho expense for which the committee was responsible over and above the annual sum provided by tho Education Department. Tho meeting decided to leave the matter in the hands of the incoming committee. New Parking Rule Difficulty is being experienced by city traffic officers in getting motorists to observe the new rule requiring cars to bo parked parallel to the kerb in Lower Queen Street. For many years angle parking has been permitted in the wide portion of Queen Street between Customs and Quay Streets, and drivers are finding it hard to accustom themselves to tho new rule. Yesterday a traffic officer was constantly employed correcting motorists who failed to observe tho latest edict of tho council. Several motorists complained that tho new rulo was unreasonable in view of the wide space available between the kerbs and tho tramlines. On the western side of tho street a long strip of tho kerb is set apart for buses serving tho eastern suburbs, with tho result that many shoppers are now unable to find parking space, while on the eastern sido those who wish to make calls at tho Chief Post Office find there is less room available now that the more compact anglo parking is prohibited. St. George's Day and Zeebrugge St. George's Day, the festival of England's patron saint, who slew tho mythical dragon, falls to-day. A holiday will be kept by the banks, but otherwise the occasion is little observed to-day. Since 1918, April 23 has acquired a. new significance, however, for it is tho anniversary of tho famous raid oil Zeebrugge, when Sir Roger Keyes flew the signal "St. George for England," from H.M.S. Warwick, and tho Vindictive, steaming full speed for Zeebrugge mole, signalled tho reply, "May wo give the Dragon's tail a damned good twist." While the Vindictive engaged the attention of the German guns on the sea-front, two block ships were driven into tho inner harbour and sunk at the entrance to the Bruges Canal and a third was sunk at the entrance to the channel. This great exploit and the second raid on Ostend 16 days later, crippled the German submarine campaign.