DAYLIGHT THEFT

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25180, 18 April 1945, Page 6

DAYLIGHT THEFT

MONEY LEFT IN A CAR , < £238 IN CASH VANISHES A canvas bag containing £238 15s in cash and cheques to the value of £25 was stolen from a motor-car parked in Hohipere Lane, off Svmonds Street, ,on Monday afternoon. The money belonged to the Auckland Meat Company and bad, been collected from branch retail shop# of the company during the morning. At about 1.45 p.m. an employee of the company parked an eight • horsepower car belonging to the firm in the lane. He left it unlocked and went into one of the company's shops in the vicinity to collect more money. When he returned to the car about 25 minutes later a white canvas bag of money which had been left in the front of the car was gone. - LOCAL AND GENEBAL Missing Aircraft An ex-tensive search yesterday failed to produce any trace of"the fighter aircraft which did not return to Whenuapai after night flying practice on Sunday night. A number of people in various s parts of the city and in eountrv districts had reported having heard tie plane. The search will be continued today both from the air and the ground. Horse on Bowling Green Members of the Ellerslie Bowling Club were horrified on Monday afternoon to see a large horse canter through an open gate and across one of the greens which was being prepared for -a tournament next week. Efforts to intercept the intruder resulted in his aggravating the damage to the caretmlynursed green. An official of the dub said yesterday that they hoped to have the damage repaired by the end of the week.

Work of Parks Staff Although parks were classed as a luxury, men in the parks department of the City Council worked as hard, if not harder, than men in any other department of the council, said the retiring superintendent of parks, Mr T. S. Aldridge, at a farewell function last night. Mr Aldridge said he knew it was'hard work, as he had cut grass in Albert Park before the machine age, when a hand fawnmower scythe were used. Boys Leaving School "A fear of the future often takes boy* away from school," stated the principal of the Seddon Memorial Technical College, Mr G. J. Park, when giving evidence before the Auckland Industrial Manpower Committee yesterday. Witness explained that when jobs were easy to get he found that boys did not want them and preferred to remain at school. However, during the depression large numbers of boys had left school before completing their courses to enter industry. Occupation of Reserves The parks on which military buildings still stood were wanted back as quickly as possible, said the Mayor> Mr J. A. C. Allum, last night at a function at which the retiring superintendent of parks, Mr T. S. Aldridge, was farewellea and the new superintendent, Mr J. A. McP.nerson, was, welcomed. "I hope the Minister when he returns to Wellington will put the boot in in the right place and see that we get them back as quickly as possible." ssid the Mayor. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Parry, who was present, said that although the occupation of parks had caused-great inconvenience the difficulties had not been as serious as they would have been had the Japanese reached the Dominion. Centennial Memorial Pari Suggestions for the development of the Auckland Centennial Memorial Park were contained in a letter from the Auckland Grammar School Tramping Club received at the quarterly meeting of the park board yesterday. The club suggested that there be a minimum of roads in the park ana that signposts be placed on boundary roads indicating the point of entry of tracks and the direction of points of interest. It was also suggested that a Ifflop track be constructed from Titirangi round to Cascades for a three-day walk, with two hostels on the route, the hostels to be connected with the beaches by tracks. The labelling of trees in one small specimen area, of bush was advocated. It was decided to consider the suggestions when development work in the park was possible.