LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23381, 24 June 1939, Page 14

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Unlicensed Radios Twenty-eight charges of operating unlicensed radios were heard in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. J. Morling, S.M. In the majority of cases a fine of 10s, Avith costs, was imposed. White Heron at Waikanae A white heron, kotuku, has appeared at the Waimea Lake, Waikanae, reported Mr. D. J. Gibbs at a meeting of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society. Ho said that it was a large and beautiful bird, well worth seeing. " Just a Statistic " The story of a speeding motorist, who was brought before a justice of peace, was told by Mr. S. G. Holland, M.P., at the 21st birthday celebrations of the Canterbury Justices of the Peace Association. "I don't want to fine you, or send you to gaol, or anything like that," said the justice, "but be careful, young man, when you're speeding, that you don't become just a statistic." Penalties for Poaching A curious anomaly in the game regulations was pointed out to the council of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society in a letter. The writer alleged that if a poacher shot grey duck before the opening of the season the magistrate could fine him £l, yet £5 was the minimum for shooting in season without a licence. The former was much the worse offence in the eyes of sportsmen and acclimatisation experts. Payment of Benefits Thousands of persons in the Auckland district participated in the monthly distribution of age and other benefits under the Social Security Act, and of war disability pensions, yesterday. Long queues were assembled throughout the day at the various paying centres in the city and suburbs, and in some cases the number of benoficiaries was described as the largest on record. The scopo of the benefits is wider under the social security scheme. Waterfront Activity As the result of a number of sailings toward the end of the week, there will be comparatively few overseas ships in port at Auckland this morning, only four large vessels being at the wharves. Several ships will have arrived from abroad by Monday. They are the motortanker Ensis, due this afternoon from Singapore, the steamer Nardana, arriving from New York to-morrow, and the liners Monterey, from Sydney, and Monowai, from Vancouver, on Monday. St. John's Day Although St. John's Day officially falls to-day, June 24, St. John Ambulance organisations in New Zealand will hold their annual church parades to-morrow, the nearest Sunday to the fixed date. In Auckland members of the local organisations will attend the dedication of the new mobile hospital trailer by Archbishop Averill near the Cenotaph at 2.30 p.m., and will afterward march to attend their annual church parade at St. Mary's Cathedral, where they will bo addressed by the archbishop. A Dangerous Bridge The small bridge at Henderson known as Coronation Bridge, which is notorious for the accidents that have occurred at its approaches, was the scene of an accident on two consecutive days this week. A motor-car went through the bridge on Thursday and another car met the same fate yesterday. The occupants of the cars escaped injury, but both vehicles were damaged and were lifted out of the gulley by a breakdown van. The railing of the parapet is badly scarred at both approaches through being struck by cars. Lockheed's Fast Flight

Covering the 395 miles between Wellington and Dunedin in 2h 26m on the outward journey and 2h 19m on the return journey, one of Union Airways' Lockheed Electra monoplanes made a fast flight from Rongotai to Dunedin and back on Thursday morning. The air liner was delayed at Eongotai overnight because of poor visibility near Christchurch. It took off from Wellington at 6.55 a.m. and, after a stop of four minutes at Christchurch, reached Dunedin at 9.21 a.m. The monoplane left Dunedin again at 9.50 a.m. and, after stopping seven minutes at Christchurch, landed at Ilongotai at 12.9 p.m. On the return trip the 195 miles between Christchurch and Wellington were covered in lh 7m. Pork Pies in Tins

The packing of a pork pie in a tin caught the attention of the industrial magistrate, Mr. J. A. Gilmour, when the Otago and Southland preserved foods, jam and starch factories employees' dispute was being heard. "Do you really put pork pies in tins?" asked Mr. Gilmour, rather increduously, of an employers' witness. The answer was in the affirmative, and the magistrate commented that the fact that the public could buy canned pies did not seem to be very well advertised. "That is because canned pies are not sold to any extent in Now Zealand," the witness replied. "They aro exported chiefly to New Guinea and tlio South Sea Islands, where they aro very popular."

Frontiersmen's Conference The annual conference of tho New Zealand Division of the Legion of Frontiersmen, the first to be held in Ancleland for eight years, will ho opened in the Town Hall by the Mayor, Sir Ernest Davis, this morning. The commandant of the division, Commandant J. C. Findlater, will preside, and delegates from 26 units throughout New Zealand will be present. There will bo a smoke social to-night and a church parade to St. Matthew's Church from the foot of "Queen Street, led by tho Auckland Artillery Band, will bo held to-morrow morning. In the afternoon a further parade will assemble in Grafton Road and march with tho band of tho Ist Auckland Infantry Regiment to the Cenotaph, wlicro the commandant will lay a wreath. , aßtirnron®

" Underground Poultry " Rabbit provides a fairly popular dish in many New Zealand households, but those who enjoy their rabbit stowed, fried, or baked might bo more than a little surprised to hear that in some quarters it is not regarded as meat. This strange fact was brought to light at a sitting of the industrial magistrate in Duncdin, when a factory manager was giving particulars of his employees who were covered under the New Zealand freezing workers' award. "Wo can all types of moat," ho said, "and the workers engaged in this work are covered by the freezing workers' award; that is, except those canning rabbits. The inspector of factories has ruled that rabbit is not meat." "Not meat?" queried the industrial magistrate, Mr. J. A. Gilmour, with a smile. "What does he call it? Underground poultry P."