In Town And Out

Southland Times, Issue 23651, 28 October 1938, Page 8

In Town And Out

More Hotel Licences An intimation that 'the Government intended to make an early redistribution of the licences held under the licensing laws in New Zealand was conveyed to a meeting of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce by Mr W. R. Shattock. It was decided to make another application to the Government for further licences for Hamilton. Th? secretary of the chamber, Mr R. R. V. Challiner, said whenever he was asked to find hotel accommodation for visitors the stipulation was that the bookings should be in licensed premises.

Children’s Health Camp

The Southland children’s health camp will be opened this year on Decembei 29 when 52 children—26 boys and 26 girls—will go to Moko Moko for the first term. Mrs Stanley Brown has been appointed convener of the selection committee in place of the Rev. John Chisholm, who has left Invercargill. Before the opening of the camp alterations to the buildings will be made, and an additional room built for the cooking staff. Mr W. T. Gilbert, of Kelvin street, has granted the committee use of portion of his premises for a food depot. Justifiable False Alarm

The Invercargill fire brigade answered a call at 10.18 o’clock last night. It we~ described as a justifiable fals? alarm, one of the fires in the railway workshops appearing to th? person who gave the alarm to be an outbreak of fire in the sheds.

Insurance on Rental Cars Difficulties in the insurance of rental cars were mentioned in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday by a witness who said that it was not his practice to make claims on the company for small amounts. “If you make too many claims on them they will cut you out,” he said, “so I prefer to wait till there is a smash involving a sum like £lOO to make a claim. We are given to understand that if we don’t make too many claims for s'mall things the companies will be willing to continue the risks on rental cars. Generally we expect the client to pay for hny damage that is done.” Steady Demand “The demand for boys and girls for offices, shops, workshops and so on has been very steady for a good many months,” stated the principal of the Southland Technical College (Mr C. A. Stewart) in his monthly report to the meeting’ of the Board of Managers last night. “I feel bound to exercise some care to deter young people from rushing into the first employment that offers, regardless of such considerations as permanency and prospects of advancement.” No Effect on Weather No evidence exists to support the fairly general impression that the occurrence of a display o’f the aurora has a bad effect on the weather, according to a statement made by Mr Murray Geddes, of South Hillend, director of auroral investigations in Southland, in an address to the Southland branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand last night. He said that the aurora. was generally visible only on clear nights and with the changeable climate of New Zealand there was a reasonable probability that the sky would be clouded on the following night. The climate of Invercargill, where one of two photographic stations for the observation of the aurora was established, was not ideal for the purpose because of its proximity to the coast and the prevalence of cloud in the sky. Experience had shown that at the other station at South Hillend almost twice as many nights were clear, although occasionally the sky was clear at Invercargill when it was clouded at South Hillend.

Sign of Satisfaction “It is evidence of the satisfaction of the shareholders when they do not attend the annual meeting,” said Mr W. /... Ott, chairmen of directors of the Permanent Building Society of Invercargill, when commenting upon the small attendance at the annual meeting last evening.

Tapu Broken Deep resentment has been expressed by Maoris in the Waikato at what they consider is the desecration of the hulls of canoes being built for the centennial celebrations. During the preparation of a canoe no woman may approach, but photographs have been circulated of white women sitting on the hull of one of the canoes which had been left unguarded in the Taupo bush.

A Shortage of Kittens Heavy mortality among cats was caused during the winter months as the result of the worst epidemic of influenza to affect animals in Auckland for many years. The fact that females suffered most from the epidemic has resulted in an unusual shortage of kittens at present. The Auckland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty, to Animals has a list of about 60 persons who have applied for kittens in recent weeks, and the demand is said to be much in excess of the number of kittens available.