LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22741, 29 May 1937, Page 12

LOCAL AND GENERAL

London Air Mail Air mail which left London on Coronation Day, May 12, is on board the Matson liner Mariposa, which left Sydney for Auckland yesterday afternoon. She is due at Auckland oil Monday morning. Ambulances Busy

Ail through yesterday the St. John Ambulance drivers were busy, and between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. they had made no fewer than .'sl trips in the city and suburbs. There were several minor accidents m the city during the day, and in three-quarters of an hour early in the evening three ambulances were called to fairly serious cases.

City Illuminated The city Coronation illuminations, which will not bo removed until after the King's birthday on Juno 9, were used during the late shopping period last night. They will be switched on again next Friday night, and will, with the Town Hall illuminations, bo a feature of the King's birthday celebrations.

Panmure's Industrial Future The view that the natural conveniences on the Tamaki Creek and Panmure would provide suitable sites for new industries was expressed in the annual report of the Panmure Township Road Board, presented last night at the ratepayers' meeting. It stated that there was a likelihood of a boatbuilding establishment being set up, while there was the possibility of further trade developing on the western side of the river.

Huge Modern Aircraft The imposing dimensions of the larger air-liners in regular use in the United States was apparent to Auckland residents yesterday, when the Limerick arrived from the Pacific Coast with a Douglas monoplane for use in Australia as part of her deck cargo. Although only the fuselage and the centre-section of the wing were on deck, the machine appeared almost as long as the motol-ship is wide, and completely dwarfed two 10-passenger Lockheeds for New Zealand.

Carpenters Wanted In Wellington Application for 50 carpenters has been received by the Auckland Carpenters' Union for work in Wellington under housing contracts by the Fletcher Construction Company, Limited. Although there is much unemployment among carpenters in Auckland many are anticipating engagement when the Government housing scheme develops further at Orakci and elsewhere about Auckland, and on that account it may be that the full quota will not bo sent from Auckland to Wellington.

Anglers Interested in Kesearch Anglers throughout North Can torbury are taking more interest in the conservation of trout, states Professor E. Percival, in a report 011 the Canterbury fishing areas. Many inquiries had been received for information and 182 scale samples had been collected during the last season, compared with 74 in the previous season. Fishing diaries had been issued to anglers at the beginning of the season; but the returns of those diaries had been most disappointing.

New Zealanders in the East New Zealanders can bo found among ports and cities almost throughout the Far East, according to the experience of Mr. A. V. Prince, who described some of his impressions along the Chineso coast, in an address to the Christehurch branch of th'e Wellington College Old Boys' Association. In Hongkong, he said, 10 per cent of the European population were New Zealanders or Australians, and an Australia and New Zealand Association was thriving there. He met quite a number of New Zealanders in various eastern ports. Good News Service

"The opportunities that aro. offered by a visit to Great Britain and tho Continent for studying world affairs at first-hand are often greatly exaggerated," said Mr. James Begg in an address to the members of the Victoria League in Dunedin recently. "The news service to New Zealand is so good," he added, "that people in tho Dominion are actually better informed than those at Home. In many cases, it is easier to form opinions here, where the facts can bo reviewed from long-range and with an excellent foundation of information." Accident Victims' Condition Found lying in Sheridan Street, Ponsonby, about eight o'clock on Wednesday night, suffering from head injuries, Mrs. Mary McCorkindale, aged 81, of Anglesea Street, Ponsonby, is still in tho Auckland Hospital in a fairly serious condition. No change has been reported in tho condition of Mr. Cyril Francis Green, who was involved in a collision between a motorcar and a tramcar on tho Great South Road at midnight 011 May 9 and his is still regarded as a fairly serious case. Mr. Roy Campbell Stevenson, who collided with another cyclist at Mangere an Tuesday, is no longer in a serious condition.

"Service" and Research The distinction between "service" to fanners by Government departments, and research work proper, wan picturesquely illustrated by Mr. Alan Leslie, formerly veterinarian at the Canterbury Agricultural College, in an address to the executive of the North Canterbury branch of the Now Zealand Farmers' Union. ]f a farmer wished to have the tails of his horses chopped off, said Mr. Leslie, and called in a man to do it, that was "service." If. however, the farmer wished the tails of all his horses to drop off at a certain time of the year—that was a matter for research. This was an important, distinction. Wireless Station Aerials

Standing in isolated grandeur on the top of Tinakori Hill, the 105-foot steel mast of the Government wireless station has long been a familiar sight for residents of Wellington, but its days are numbered. Instead of the solitary tower tin top of the hill will carry seven towers 150 ft. high and nine wooden masts 70it. high. Work on these extensive alterations has already commenced, but a year or more will pass before the whole system is completed. When the new equipment is all erected, over a quarter of a mile of the hilltop will be festooned with aerials and feeder lines, and the greater part of tlie top of the hill will probably be given a wide berth by aeroplanes, as the wires stretching across the skyline will constitute a danger area to any machine flying at a low altitude. To pedestrians, too, the hilltop will lose much of its charm because of the area occupied by the towers, poles and stays.