LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23808, 8 November 1940, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Use lor Ship's Machinery The refrigerating machinery of the wrecked steamer Port Bowen has been used for freezing chambers which have been installed in the new Waiouru camp. The meat freezer will take 10 tons, and there are also large chambers for butter and milk. In the butchery there is equipment that will pickle 30001b. of meat at one time. Heavy Hailstorms Two heavy hailstorms, unusual visitations in November, swept the Avondale and Mount Albert districts on Wednesday night. The first occurred about 8 o'clock and the second, which was much heavier, at midnight. After the squalls had passed away hailstones lay thick on the ground, but they were soon melted by a heavy downpour of rain. Car Strikes Safety Zone With a resounding crash, which could be heard many blocks away, a large sedan motor-car collided with the pillar of the tramway safety zone in Queen Street, above Victoria Street, last night. The driver suffered only slight injury, but the front of the car was extensively damaged, the vehicle having to be towed away. The concrete buttress of the safety zone was broken and displaced, and the traffic light was also damaged. Industrial Newmarket The development of Newmarket as an industrial centre is steadily proceeding, judged by present building construction. In Nuffield Street on the railway reserve near Broadway-;" factory premises are being built for a footwear manufacturing firm, and at the intersection of Broadway and Palm Street on the city side a factory is also being built* which will be occupied by clothing manufacturers. Other building is also in progress. Patriotic Street Collection So that the Auckland Metropolitan Patriotic Committee may take advantage of the visit of the ltoyal New Zealand Air Force Band on Friday, November 29, the St. John Ambulance Association has deferred its street appeal from that day to the following Friday. Next Tuesday morning Lady Davis will attend a meeting of the Women's War Activities Committee in the Town Hall concert chamber to make arrangements for the patriotic street collection. American Evacuees Arrangements for entertaining the large party of American evacuees from the Far East who will call at Auckland in the Monterey on November 26 were approved by the City Council last night. The Mayor, Sir Ernest Davis, stated that the party would number about 350, and were mostly wives and children of officials. It was proposed to organise a sight-seeing tour in a fleet of buses, and to provide luncheon at the Ellerslie racecourse, the use of the buildings having been granted by the Auckland Racing Club. Traffic Tangle The locking of the bumpers of two motor-cars set a problem for the respective drivers and for an interested crowd of spectators in the city yesterday. A motorist who was endeavouring to park his car between two others misjudged the distance available, and the rear bumper of his car became firmly locked with the front bumper of one of the parked vehicles. Efforts were made to pull the cars apart, and then to lift the smaller one, but several minutes elapsed and much advice was given before they were separated. Motor-Oars For Defence In addition to making a survey of the motor goods vehicles which would bo available for national service purposes in the event of an emergency, the Commissioner of Transport is now directing an appeal for information about motor-cars and motor-cycles that would be similarly available. It is stated that urgency is the keynote of the appeal and in the information they supply owners of such vehicles are asked to state whether they would sell or hire their vehicles when transferred for defence purposes or army training. Air Raid "Nuisance" / The dogged determination of British manufacturers to continue production in the face of war difficulties is indicated in a letter received in Auckland from a large woollen concern. "We have every confidence in our ability to pull through," the letter states, "and the near future will provo our capacity to overcome all difficulties. The bombing raids are a bit of a nuisance, but they will not win tho war for Germany. Wo can talco it and continue to smile, but there is a doubt whether they can do likewise, now that we are getting into our stride." Address to Lord Galway The City Council last night agreed to a proposal by the Mayor, Sir Ernest Davis, that, in preparation for tho official farewell to be tendered in Auckland on December 18 to the retiring Governor-General, Viscount Galway, the council undertake the preparation of an illuminated address, to bo onclosed in covers of New Zealand woods. The Mayor stated that it was proposed to entrust the work to Mr. J. Park, of Onehunga, and the cost would be apportioned among 22 local and other authorities in the Auckland metropolitan area. Brigadier's Services A resolution congratulating Brigadier N. McD. Weir on his recent promotion and expressing appreciation of his cooperation with the Auckland civic authorities during liis period as officer commanding the northern military district, was carried by tho City Council last night on the initiative of the Mayor, Sir Ernest Davis. A resolution acknowledging the long service of Mr. J. J. Kingston as chairman of tho Metropolitan Fire Board and in other capacities was also adopted, and it was decided the copies be sent to Brigadier Weir and Mr. Kingston respectively. Warning to Gardeners Satisfaction with tho state of the city's water supply, tempered with a warning that unnecessary waste of water would force the City Council into action to check irresponsible citizens, was expressed at a meeting of the Dunedin City Council. Tho chairman of the Water Committee, Mr. R.. Walls, quoted reservoir readings to support his strong suggestion that householders should observe tho by-laws in their use of garden hoses. "Wo do not want to have to take any disciplinary action," he said, "and we hope it will not become necessary." The Mayor, Mr. A. H. Allen, endorsed the warning, but at the same time expressed satisfaction with the state of the city supply after three or four months of extraordinarily dry weather. It was, he remarked, a tribute to the new supply ays tern* j