LOCAL AND GENERAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24270, 11 May 1942, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wartime Terminology Wartime terminology has even extended to the names of race events. On the second day of the Wanganui Jockey Club's winter meeting to be held in June the names of three of the events are the Hurricane Hack Handicap, the Empire Handicap, and the Spitfire Scurry Handicap. Stewart Island Stags In five days in the Greenstone Valley, Stewart Island, a party of Invercargill men shot 19 stags, which were all they saw. Two of these were white and one of them had an antler spread of 33in. Two 20-pointers, two 18-pointers, two 16-pointers and one 15-pointer were shot. Many Train Passengers Full trains left Auckland last night for the south. The 6 o'clock train for Wellington was fully-booked, as was the limited express at 7.15, on which there were five sleeper carriages. No platform tickets were allowed. The train for New Plymouth also had a heavy load of passengers. A Lunar Rainbow A lunar rainbow was formed over Auckland shortly after the rise of the moon early on Sunday morning. This phenomenon, as it appears at night, is not often seen. It conies about in the same way as the solar one generally seen, by the refraction of light through minute globules of water, but appears to be a silvery grey because the colours, although present, are difficult to distinguish. The one seen on Sunday morning was very distinct and made a complete semi-circle. Glass on the Road When a milkman who accidentally dropped a bottle on the road and placed the broken pieces in the gutter was charged at Christchurch with failure to comply with the regulations. Mr. J. C. James, aesistant-chief traffic inspector, said it was not generally known that it was not sufficient merely to remove thfi broken pieces to the gutter. They had to be taken from the road and footpath altogether, and it was the duty of the person responsible for a breakage to see this was done with any slippery or sharp substance i Stocking Shipment Stopped That delay experienced by importers in receiving licences to import silk stockings from Great Britain had meant j that a shipment of 4000 pairs of stockings has been lost to New Zealand was claimed by the manager of a big drapery establishment in Christchurch. He had received advice from London buyers that the stockings had only just been bought for New Zealand clients and were ready for shipment when the British Government intervened by bringing down regulations stopping tlio export of all stockings. Civilian Manpower During a discussion at the Horowhenua County Council it was urged by several members that civilian manpower needed some organisation. One instanced the case of a man leaving a farm where 100 cows were milked to take up a position as porter at a hospital. Another case given was that of a Government lorry frequently driven to the Levin Post Office. The driver was a woman, but alongside her were two men. One opened the door and the other walked into the post office to collect a mail bag not a quarter full. Motorists' Lights It was evident during the week-end that there are still a number of motorists who are using headlights that do not comply with the lighting restrictions. The danger which this practice involves was emphasised on Saturday night when a misty rain made visibility difficult. Drivers complying with the one headlight rule wore dazzled and compelled to stop thenvehicles when caught in the double beams of powerful lights, which were neither dipped nor dimmed. A stricter enforcement of the regulations will be necessary now that winter conditions are more prevalent,