LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22877, 4 November 1937, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Financial Help "Soon we will liavo an order-paper full of appeals," said Mr. 1. J. Gokistine, Mayor of One Tree Hill, at a meeting of the Borough Council Inst

night, when tlnee requests for financial support were received from different organisations. The appeals were referred to tho Finance and Legal Committee. Mouse in Shop Window A mouse which had found its way into the window of a large shop in one of the city streets attracted considerable interest among pedestrians last night. Dazzled by the lights, the mouse ran up and down the edge of the glass seeking a way of escape, but eventually it took refuge among the articles on display in the window. Pedestrian Crossing A pedestrian crossing is to be marked on the Great South Road, about 20ft. from the Green Lane intersection, according to a decision reached by tin; One Tree Hill Borough Council last night. Members stated that there was a school in the vicinity and that on occasions shopkeepers had had to assist children across the road. It was agreed that a crossing would he a considerable factor in promoting greater safety for children./

Rights on the Road A lawyer who said of a motor driver who had admittedly been driving on the wrong side of the road that he had "no right to be there" was promptly corrected by Mr. Justice Callan in the Supreme Court yesterday. "There is no law to say you must not go on the wrong side of the road," said His Honor. "The point is you must get off it in good and sufficient time. To bo caught in the act of getting back when you ought to be back, that is negligence." New Zealand Salesmen The pressing need for sending a number of properly trained and equipped New Zealanders to various parts of the world to develop trade with every possible country was emphasised by Mr. H. H. Rodwell in an address to members of the Auckland Creditmen's Club yesterday. Canada had 34 trade missions in all parts of the world, but New Zealand was lagging far behind. The Dominion should have exactly the same kind of service as that instituted by Canada. "We should tell the world what we have to offer," he said. Headaches in Court Plaintiff in a /Supreme Court case heard before Mr. Justice Callan and a jury yesterday was complaining that an accident in which she had suffered head injuries had resulted in a number of permanent ill-effects, including recurring headaches, when His Honor asked her if she was suffering from one while giving her evidence. She admitted that she was. "1 am not surprised," said His Honor. "In fact I would have thought you were in exceptionally good health if you could come to Court and not have a headache."

Activity at Dock Continued activity has been experienced at Calliope Dock in past months,

major work being the refit of the cruiser Achilles and the cleaning and painting of the overseas motor-ship Springbank in record time. Two ships

will be in dock together to-day. The Auckland Harbour Board's dredge

Hapai, which recently returned after a year's charter to the Napier Harbour Board, has been undergoing overhaul for some days, and she will be joined this morning by the Union Company's motor-ship Kaimiro, which will receive annual survev.

Copper Embers Cause Fire Embers falling from a copper on to the wooden floor of a detached washbouse at 1 Lisnoe Avenue, Mount Eden, were stated to have caused a fire which destroyed the building at about nine o'clock yesterday morning. Brigades from the Mount Eden and Mount Albert lire stations extinguished the outbreak before damage to adjoining sheds resulted. There was 110 insurance on the wash-house. The house, which is divided into three flats, is owned by Mr. G. E. Hanson, and occupied by Mesdames E. Goldwater, H. Morris and H. Polling. Open-air Aspect of Scouting

"The trouble with the scout movement in the Auckland district in the past lew years is that it has tended to develop into a parlour game," said Mr. A. Service, assistant metropolitan commissioner, in speaking last night at the annual meeting of the Auckland Metropolitan Boy Scouts' Association. Mr. Service added that troops had held their meetings in the scout rooms, but for various reasons the out-of-door aspect had been neglected. The infantile paralysis epidemic last autumn had greatly hampered camping activities, but in the coming year it was hoped to extend the open-air work of the association by camps and field days.

A Novel Contract The informality of the first contract for the construction of a track through the Cannibal Gorge and over the Lewis Pass, Canterbury, was cited for tho amusement of contractors by the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple, at the official opening of the Lewis Pass Road last week. This contract, made by the Reefton County Council many years ago, contained a clause to this effect: "If there is anything which is not in the specifications but ought to be, tho contractor shall do the job that ought to be specified without any extra cost whatever." Mr. Semple. asked how modern contractors would like to face a contract like that. In addition to this tho contractor was paid in promissory notes School Games A proposal for tho allocation of a part of school time for organised school games was put before the Auckland Education Board yesterday in a letter received from Mr. H. C. Mabbctt on behalf of the combined executives of different associations controlling primary school sport in Auckland. A report on "school games in school time" was forwarded for the board's consideration. The aims of tho reporting committee of the Auckland Public Schools Sports Association were supported in a further communication from tho Auckland branch of the Educational Institute. Without discussing the proposals, tho board decided to refer the letters to the Education Department. Later in the meeting it was decided to co-operate in making the forthcoming national "learn to swim" week as great a success as possible.