NEWS OF THE DAY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27498, 19 September 1950, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Equipment Delayed The Dunedin City Council has been unfortunate in connection with the arrival of equipment for the city. The first trolley bus is still on board the Wairimu at the Dunedin wharves, and will not be unloaded and towed to the tramsheds until the waterfront dispute is settled. It is expected that it will be among the first of the vessels / cargo' to be unloaded. Another ship, the Persic which brought the electromatie traffic signal equipment for the Dunedin Stock Exchange area to New Zealand from England, is also delayed. She was expected to arrive here late this month, but will be held up as a result of the waterfront dispute. This will delay the installation of the lights. Polling Booth

Permission was granted by last night’s meeting of the Management Committee of the Otago Rugby'Football Union for the basement of the main grandstand at Carisbrook to be used as a polling' booth .at the forthcoming local body elections. Car Strikes Shops A driverless car careered down Grey street. Port Chalmers, shortly after midnight list night, striking and completely demolishing two shop verandas, and bringing down the telegraph lines. The wreckage was still being cleared away at 1 o’clock, but as far as could be' ascertained no one was injured.

Missing Boys Found The two Dunedin boys who were missing from their homes for most of last week were found in Christchurch on Sunday. They were sleeping in the grounds of St. Andrew’s College when discovered by the police. The boys Graham Leslie Simpson, aged 12, of Sutherland street, Mornington, and Dennis Neil Fleury,- aged 14, of Rankeilor street, South Dunedin, were brought back from the north yesterday by relatives. Broken Main

Workmen .were still busy at Port Chalmers late last night repairing a serious break in the water main which occurred in George street early in the morning. They did not expect to have the break completely repaired until this morning. Although the cause of the break was unknown last night, it was thought to be a fractured pipe. The town was cut off the water supply for half an hour in the morning and for a similar period last night. Iron Filings In Aero Engine When a fault developed in the New Plymouth Aero Club’s new Wackett aircraft soon after its arrival and use in flight, examination disclosed iron filings in the engine. This was reported by the president, Mr H. W. Lightband, at a meeting of the New Plymouth Aero Club executive. He said the filings got into the engine somewhere between Australia and New Zealand. The damage was such that it necessitated getting a new engine from Australia, which the aircraft company was supplying. 100 Years In Wellington No one could be more entitled to be called a Wellingtonian than Mrs Clara Cording, of Levy street, Wellington. She was born in Wellington 100 years ago, and has lived there ever since. She remembers how bullock wagons often got bogged when Lambton quay was only a crude track lapped by'the sea. Mrs Cording was married when she was 21. She had nine children. Her seven sons are still living. She has 23 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Her husband died 44 years ago. Sport Attracts Tourists The belief that New Zealand’s sporting attractions were the Dominion’s best lure for tourists was expressed by Mr B. W. Barnett, Auckland public relations officer, at a meeting of the Public Relations Office Board of Control recently. Arising from his recent visit to the west coast of America. Mr Barnett believes that a large sporting tourist trade could established within the next three years. In particular he feels that the various deepsea fishing resorts are a big asset to the country.