NEWS OF THE DAY

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11654, 19 October 1923, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Land has been taken at Plunmerton for the erection of a public hall, bathing sheds, and conveniences.

A street widening loan of £20,000 is to be raised for the work in connection with the proposed Mount street deviation.

Authority was' given by the City Council last night for the laying of 1525 feet of sewer in Rhoda terrace and Queen’s drive at an estimated cost of £490.

Wanganui Borough Council, says tho Gazette, has received sanction to borrow £IOO,OOO for water supply purposes, and £40,000 for supply of electric. lighting and power.

The Wellington City Council gave authority yesterday for the erection of motor garages at the following streets: Xemvvn terrace, Maida Yale road, Fair view crescent.

“We are not hard up for £2OO, are we?” asked Councillor Monteith of tho Mayor (Mr K. A. Wright, M.P.) last night. “Indeed we are,” replied the Mayor. “Wc have already over-spent some £BOOO or £9000.”

Tlie City Council resolved last night that an application under section 48 of the Health Act, 1920 be made to the Magistrate’s Court for a demolition older with respect to stables in Arthur street.

In connection with the Press message reporting 27s per head for 321 b lambs, it is*now reported from inquiry by the Press Association that the price was confined to large buyers for local (New Zealand) consumption, and in some caves offers have been made up to 30s t>er carcase on the hoof.

The City Council approved last night tho proposed system of one way traffic through the Karori cemetery, and authority was granted for negotiations'll be opened up in connection with tho acquisition of certain lands which it- all probability mil be required to pro vide an outlet for traffic.

Mr A. J. Speedy remarked at the farewell to Mr I). Hebeiiton at Masterton. that the Xinui branch of the Farmers’ Union was the only one in tho Wairarapa that .had had a continuous existence 6ince it was first formed. Unlike other branches it had never died,, and never had periods of inactivity.

A remarkable catch of trout by a family of anglers, and by far the best so far reported, was made in the Manawatu river by Mr and Mrs G. H. 'Gedson and their son, when 50 fine and wall-conditioned trout were landed. The party fished with the worm at a spot about 100 yards north of the town end of the b’itzherbert bridge.

The section of dand owned bv the milk depai«ment at Hataitai is to be sold by public auction. In reply to CoTTpciilor A. L. Monteith, M.P., last night, the Mayor (Mr It. A. Wright, M.P.) said the Government had a site for a post office there. The milk d© partment had received a particularly goad offer for their section, and he thought it should be accepted.

The secretary of the Bay of Plenty Development League, Mr R-. J. Baigent, received a reply from the Minister for Public Works, statins that he has ascertained that it is estimated that the Matata-Awakeri section of the East Coast Alain Trunk railway will bo available for all classes of traffic by 'about November 20th, although the station buildings, etc., will not be complete. •

“I am one of those who believe that our beaches should be absolutely open.” declared Councillor H. D. Bennett last night, who said that the Lyall Bay beach was one of the city’s finest assets. He was of opinion that town planning principles should bo considered in connection with the benches. “Some of those buildings in the front of Lyall Bay,” he added, “to my mind are absolutely hideous.”

At the meeting of Wellington Swim ming Club last night, Mr V. Beasley stated that the City Council had gone ahead in a very satisfactory manner in connection with the Thorndon Baths. But one rcgiettable fact was that there was practically no accommodation for spectators. This would put Thorndon Baths out of the question when a carnival is to be held. A rescvt&tion was passed to the effect that it was hoped the City Council would consult the. swimming bodies when planning the accommodation for the new tepid baths at Harris street.

The ability of a land agent to recover his commission in certain oases was referred to by Mr E. Cut ten, S.M., in the course of a judgment at Auckland. He said that if a land agent brought together two parties under the conditions of his authority, and the vendor altered those conditions, the agent was still entitled to his oommisison, if he did all be was required by the vendor. Thus, if tho vendor and purchaser put their heads together and arranged a bargain different from that of the written authority, the agent was, nevertheless, entitled to commission as if the original conditions had been carried out.

An appropriate and useful gift in the shape of a heavy brass table gong for the use of the president was made at the weekly luncheon of the Auckland Rotary Club by Dr. J. Howard Lawry. The gong, which was purchased for Dr. Lawry by the ex-president of the club, Mr C Rhodes, while in America, is of the type used by Rotary Clubs throughout the United States, and takes tho form of a bell standing on a table pedestal, and surmounted by a rotary wheel bearing on one side tho club motto, “He profits most who serves best-,” and on the reverse the words, “Rotary International.” A tiny mallet for striking the gong completes the gift. . Tho president, Professor H. W. Begar, conveyed the thanks of the members to Dr. Lawry for his gift.

“At Sheffield, I found that clinker asphalt was being used for track surfacing on the heaviest loading portions of the city. Destructor clinker is crushed very fine, then heated to over 300 degrees Fahrenheit before being mixed with boiling bitumen,” said the chief electrical engineer (Mr M. Cable), repnrting on his visit abroad to the City Council last night. “"When thoroughly mixed it is placed in special lorries fitted with .steam jackets and conveyed to the track under construction. After a numl>er of years of exjierience with tho clinker asphalt, the city surveyor claimed that he had found nothing to beat this material for the wearing coat on the tracks. Although weights up to 70 tons on four wheels are continually being carried over the Sheffield tracks, they have not made any impression on the asphalt surfacing.”

An opportunity is offered in our advertising columns of securing the lease of new' shops in Napier, in the Criterion Hotel Buildings, at the corner of Emerson and Hastings streets, two of Napier’s main streets. Tenders close on the 31st inst., and tenderers may tender for ono or. more shops.

The area known as the cemetery reserve at Ivarori is to be get aside as a public reserve and rest park.

The Irreality hitherto known as Plintircrton Extension will in tuture he known a.s Karehaua Bay, says tlie Gazette.

A further sum of £SOO iis to he allocated out of the reserves loan by the City Council to complete the formation of the Pirie street reserve.

The offer of Mr R. Leslie Jones of some pohutakawa trees was eccepted by the City Council last night, and the donoT thanked for same.

A loan of £l*soo by the Fentlierston County Council has been sanctioned. It is for the purpose of erecting a bridge over the Wnakarua stream.

At last night’s mooting of the Wellington Swimming Club, it was decided to make a donation of one guinea to the Y.M.C.A. for the use of the room for the association’s meetings.

The proposed tramway tunnel at. Northland is to be constructed of approximately the same width as the fseatoun tunnel, at an additional cost of about £4OOO.

The request of the Ngaio Progressive Association for a £ for £ subsidy t<> wards the cost of playground apparuus at Ngaio rest park was not acceded to by the City Council last night.

So fierce was a gale which raged in Wanganui on Tuesday that 6ome of the electric lamps on the town bridge were blown away. As a consequence the bridge was in darkness that night.

The latest “howler” conies from Taihape. When asked for the meaning of “tomahawk,” one bright youngster wrote: “Tomahawk is the male hawk, not the one that lays the eggs.”

The Wellington City Council decided last night that a permanent bituminous paving be laid in Maginnity street, subject to the property owners fronting the street paying the sum of £165, the estimated half-cost of the work.

Arrangements are to be made for the transfer of the buildings used by the city streets department from. Harrison street to Vennell street in order that the area may be converted into a children’s play area.

A deputation fronc tho Wairarapa South Countv Council, introduced bv Mr A. D. McLeod M.P., is to wait upon the Hon. J. G. Coates (Minister for Public Works) this afternoon in regard to public works grants for the district.

With .regard to the question of providing a suitable croquet lawn for Xilbirnie ladies, Councillor Thompson said that the reserves committee proposed to provide one as soon as possible; but the locality could not be decided upon until it was known where the spoil from the new Hataitai tunnel was to be deposited.

“India possesses three outstanding characteristics,” stated Alias Lilly, organising secretary for the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission in New Zealand, in the course of Iter lecture at Palmerston North. “This portion of the Bri. tish Empire,” she explained, “has one.fifth of the world’* population, the highest mountain, and the deplorable fact that one in every five dies.”

The New Plymouth Borough Council has accepted the offer of the SurveyorGeneral with reference to a standard survey of the borough, provided the council's contribution is spread over a period of years so that it© maximum annual contribution does not exceed £2OO, also that no part of the first ; payment is to be paid during the curjrent financial year.

It is a rare occurrence in a tender for any job, least of all one that ran info nearly £2OOO, to see the price cut to a fraction of a penny, but at the last Patea county meeting (says the “Press”) one tenderer made lib figures run out to £1526 18s old, fearing, perhaps, that another might put in one io bent him by three-farthings. One councillor expressed the opinion that ■ the tenderer must be a Scotchman.

“Tho Liverpool Corporation have gone in extensively for the use of roller hearings in both their traction motors and trucks, and a number of other tramways are carrying out tests with this type of bearing,” said Mi M. Cable in his report. “Although the saving in power with roller bearings is not inconsiderable, the main advantage is in the reduced maintenance." Arrangements have been made to give this type of bearing a trial on some of the ‘Wellington car motots.

The need for renovation of the main building cf the Auckland Hospital was emphasised at the meeting of the board. The chairman, Mr W. Wallace, stated that the building was erected 48 years ago, and not one shilling had been spent on the exterior since then. The building looked 'gloomy and gave patients a depressed feeling. There was an item on the estimates for the work, which ought to lie done. It. was decided to invite tenders for renovation of the building, the nature of the work to be decided by a committee.

The Greymouth correspondent of the “Press” states that there were many complaints on both express trains recently at the discomfort passengers were obliged to suffer owing to there being no heating of the' carriages. Passengers from the Coast found that after passing Jackson’s the cold wind blowing produoed an atmosphere almost as cold as midwinter, and those on the express from the Canterbury side suffered more merely, as enow was falling in the high country from the time the train entered the foothills, and the journey became bitterly cold before Arthur’s Pass was reached.