LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22775, 8 July 1937, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Parnell School Additions After being delayed by the recent wet weather, good progress is now being made with the construction of additions to the infant department of the Parnell School, the erection of the framework now being completed. The additions, which comprise two classrooms, will double the size of the infant department and will relieve the overcrowding at present suffered at the school. Numerous Minor Accidents Accidents kept St. John ambulance drivers very busy yesterday. From about 10 o'clock in the morning until five in the afternoon the telephone rang almost without ceasing, and several times every available ambulance was away from the station in Rutland Street to answer calls from various parts of the city and suburbs. There were many accidents, but the majority were of a minor character. Strange Barnyard Product

A unique double egg was produced by a hen of the Rhode Island Red strain at Mr. S. B. Davies' farm at Waerengaahika. There were two complete eggs in one. The outer shell contained a complete yolk, which, when blown out, revealed another egg, complete with shell, inside the large main shell. The inner egg was about the normal size. The outer egg was 3iin. long and •ts weight was 5| ounces compared with a weight of two ounces for an ordinary market egg.

Mariposa's New Berth The Matson liner .Mariposa will not go to her usual berth at Prince's Wharf when she arrives from Los Angeles to-morrow morning, but will be berthed at King's Wharf. Most of the berths at the other wharves will be occupied to-morrow, and the King's Wharf berth was found to be the most suitable one available. The Mariposa has berthed at Queen's Wharf in the past, but this will be the first time that she has been at King's Wharf for about three years. No Consideration Deserved "Young men who go drinking and take other people's cars do not deserve any consideration," said Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M., in the-Police Court yesterday when dealing with a youth charged with unlawfully converting a car to his' own use. Later, when it was suggested that the youth be given a chance and merely be ordered to pay the cost of damage he had caused, Mr. McKean said that if such young men were simply ordered to make restitution it was no punishment at all. "The offence will become more common than ever," he added.

Stock Sold In Lamplight Lamplight was necessary to complete the weekly sale of fat stock at Westfield yesterday. Darkness set in while about 60 pens of lambs remained to be auctioned, and tiro hurricane lamps had to be commissioned to enable buyers to inspect the stock as it was put up for sale. It is a long time since a similar position arose, and it was agreed that darkness made conditions unsatisfactory for both buyers and sellers. Fortunately prices did not suffer as a result of the inconvenience. Delay was inevitable on account of the very heavy yardings of stock in all sections.

Mails From Overseas

Two consignments of mail from Australia, an English air mail, and an English and American mail, will arrive in Auckland to-day. The Omana, which is due at seven o'clock this morning, has five bags of mail from Melbourne, and the Auckland portion of the mail, brought by the Wanganella, which arrived at Wellington yesterday morning, will be delivered to-day. This includes an air mail despatched from London on June 19. The Matson liner Mariposa, which will arrive from Los Angeles to-morrow morning, has 813 bags of English and American mail for Auckland.

Shortage of Teachers Stating that it was particularly short of relieving teachers, especially male teachers capable of taking senior work, the Wanganui Education Board in a letter received at yesterday's meeting of the Auckland Education Board applied for assistance to alleviate the shortage. The request was for male teachers capable of filling head teacherships at two and three-teacher schools who might be available for appointment before the end of the term. As the Auckland board is faced with similar difficulties in its own district, it was decided to inform the Wanganui board that there were no such teachers available.

Noted White Ensign Presented to the Dominion Museum for safe keeping, the white ensign flown by the battle-cruiser New Zealand afc the Battle of Jutland was originally 4ft. by Bft., but about onethird of its length is now missing. The ensign was presented by Admiral Sir John Green, who commanded H.M.S. New Zealand at Jutland, to Mr. R. S. Hunter Blair, a New Zealander now living in Edinburgh. In a letter to Mr. R. Darroch, secretary of the Wellington branch of the Nary League, Mr. Blair said the missing portion of the ensign had been blown off by gunfire and not, by stress of weather as had previously been thought.

Limited Express Late For the third day in succession the limited express from Wellington reached Auckland behind schedule yesterday morning. Crossing delays resulted in the train arriving at 10 o'clock, half an hour late. Transhipment of passengers, mails and luggage from the Whangarei train, which was an hour and 40 minutes late, delayed the limited express for Wellington eight minutes last night. Recent Hood damage to various parts of the permanent way on the northern line has necessitated speed restrictions, and until the rebuilt track has consolidated, trains north of Auckland will not be able to resume their normal schedules.

American Ski-ing Team A team of four American skiers from Dartmouth University, New Hampshire, who are to compete in the Australian and New Zealand championships, will arrive here by the Mariposa to-morrow. They are to be entertained at a luncheon by the Ruapehu Ski Club, and will leave later for Taranaki to tfako part in a reunion of ski clubs at North ligmout during the week-end. Then they will cross to tho Chateau to begin training for the national championships. The team consists of It. Durrance, Loughlin, and R. and S. Bradley. Durrance is the leading skier in English-speaking countries and is one of the lirst dozen in the world. He isjiownhilJ and slalom champion of the United States, and gained 11th place in the world's championships at Innsbruck last year..