NORTH SHORE WATER

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24537, 20 March 1943, Page 6

NORTH SHORE WATER

PUPUKE SUPPLY USED LEAKAGE IN CITY PIPE Due to a leak in tho harbour pipeline the supply of city water to Devonport and Takapuna has had to be shut off and tho residents in those boroughs are again drawing water from Lake Pupuke. The city waterworks engineer, Mr. A. D. Mead, stated last night that the fault had been located and it was hoped to effect repairs over the weekend and restore the supply of city water by Monday. Low pressure on the North Shore side indicated a leakage and checks showed it was in the submerged pipeline. A diver made inspections yesterday morning, stated Mr. Mead, and discovered a strained joint. The department's workshops were preparing a "splitcollar" which when ready would be placed over the joint by the diver. The Birkenhead residents would not be affected by the disconnection of supplies as they were served by a 6-inch main independently. Northcote borough drew most of its supplies from underground sources and took a small amount from Birkenhead. CHARGE OF SPEEDING DRIVER OF ARMY TRUCK (0.C.) KAITAIA, Friday A trooper at a far north camp, Isaac Proctor, was charged before Mr. Raymond Ferner, S.M., at Kaitaia, with having driven a heavy motorvehicle at a speed exceeding 25 miles an hour. He pleaded guilty. On December 18 Proctor was driving an Army truck between Kaitaia and Awanui when he knocked over two girl cyclists, causing the death of one, said Sergeant Simister. In a statement to the police Proctor admitted having been driving at 40 miles an hour a short time before the accident. Proctor was fined £5 and costs.

PAYMENT FOR WOOL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS URGED (P.A.) FEILDING, Friday A public meeting ut' farmers passed a resolution protesting against the decision of the Government regarding the method of payment of the extra 15 per cent for wool. The resolution stated that the Government had perpetrated a grave injustice to the wool growers in coinpulsurily ordering them to subsidise the woollen manufacturing industry and had usurped the' rights of individuals in compelling the wool growers to subscribe to a loan by converting part of the cash payment legally due to them into non-negotiable bonds. The meeting questioned the right of the Government to take this action and recommended that legal proceedings he taken to test its validity, CENSORSHIP BREACH WOMAN FINED BY COURT "This is a bad case. Some cases have been very trivial, and I am pleased that there have been so few before the Court in the last four or five months," said Mr. J II Luxford, S.M., when Dorothy Logan (Mr. Wills), pleaded guilty yesterday to a breach of the Censorship Regulations. Senior-Detective Walsh said defendant wrote to her son in the Navy and she thought that the particular news which had been objected to would interest him. " It would lie very much more interesting to other people if they got their hands on it,'' remarked the magistrate. Mr. Wills said defendant realised now the danger of what she had done and had suffered a nervous breakdown hecause o! it. She had written what was common knowledge at. the time. " One would have thought at this time in the war that people would have been taught about the dissemination of vital information.'' said the magistrate. The woman had already suffered a nervous breakdown and a heavy penalty would not he inflicted. A fine of £2 was imposed. INJURIES TO NURSE Two motor-cars collided at the intersection of Grafton and Park Roads yesterday. The driver of one of the cars, Miss Nellie Jameson, aged 55, a Health Department nurse, suffered injuries to the chest and was admitted to the Auckland Hospital FALL FROM BICYCLE While going home from school Ross Charles Casse, aged .18, son of Mr. li. P. Cassc, of 9 llocklands Avenue, Mount Eden, was thrown from his bicycle as a result of the chain coining off. He was admitted to the Auckland Hospital suffering from concussion and abrasions. CLOTHING FOR RUSSIA "The devastation and suffering caused by the battles in Russia are probably greater than have ever been in the annals of history, and I think wo in New Zealand should make an effort to send a shipload of warm clothing forward for the. next winter to assist in the alleviation of the distress caused by our brutal enemy," said the chairman, Sir Ernest Davis, at a meeting last night of the Provincial Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the Red Cross Society. Sir Ernest added that it would not bo difficult to fill a ship with suitable articles, including sheepskins, and on his suggestion it was decided to refer the matter to the central executive for consideration.