NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 89, 6 July 1927, Page 1

NEWS BREVITIES

Manurewa Speed Limits.—TheManurewa Town Board has decided to fix speed limits in its boundaries as follows: Through shopping area, 20 miles unhour; past school, 10 miles an hour; and elsewhere, 25 miles an hour. Fined for Torrid Eloquence. —Thos. Carney, aged 43, who said he “had some liquor in” yesterday, was fined C 3 by Mr. W. R. McKean. S.M., at the Police Court this morning for using obscene language in Federal Street. Primitive Art. —The next lecture before the anthropological section of the Auckland Institute will be delivered by Mr. W. Page Rowe at the University College on July 27. His subject will be Instinctive Art and Native Ornament. Bible in Schools. —Schools which have declined to allo\v r the Bible in Schools’ League to have access to their registers are Aramati, Paeroa and Papatoetoe. Albany and Helensville committees have granted the request, granted the request. Truant Teachers. —The request of the Auckland Education Board that neglect of duty and especially wilful absence might be deemed ground for puspereion of a teacher is to be con - sidered by the department when any amending Bill is introduced. Old Man Killed by Cycle. —The death of Mr. J. Hawthorne, aged S 3, occurred at Christchurch last evening. He was admitted to the hospital on Saturday suffering from shock and head injuries, as a result of being knocked down by a motorcycle. Broken Glass Stops T raffic.—A case o£ empty bottles fell from a lorry owned by Westburys Ltd., aerated waters manufacturers, in Lake Road, Takapuna, yesterday afternoon. Traffic ''as held up for a few minutes until the larger pieces had been removed. Aerial Mail Service. —An aerial mail service between Auckland and Wellington to expedite delivery of South Island mails is not supported by the Christchurch Chamber of Commerce, The suggestion was made by the Otago Expansion League. Cook Island’s History.—One of the jitst acts of Or. Peter Buck before “ e left New Zealand this week was t( > revise his work on the ethnology the Cook Islands. He was anxious to complete the work in accordance the “gentlemen’s agreement’’ of Tif- Pan "f >a citic Conference of 1923. this is New Zealand’s sole official contribution to research in the Pacific. R°ss Sea Whalers. —Two of the attached to the Ross J®* the Kerrahatta and PagoQr omu, arrived at Port Chalmers for repairs below the water-line. Other chasers are being overhauled at Stewjtri Island. The storeships from Norffy are expected to reach Stewart lslan d about the end of October, en for the Ross Sea. Potato Diseases. —An Order-in-Coun-i was gazetted yesterday prohibiting importation of potatoes into New ®aland except in accordance with regulations designed to prevent the "Production of tubers affected by dist T lie following have been added e '\the list of diseases: Fusarial dismosaic diseases, powdery scab, P°tato moth and stem wilt. * Worker’s Claim.—Light employsoftarL or a compassionate allowance is p U |nt in a' petition to Parliament by Auger, 5 Alba Road, Epsom, in nsideration of his statement that he Jjf compelled to leave his job in the i y . serv ice through contracting pjj lysis as the direct result of an acduties received while executing his f Married Women Teachers. —Support ft proposal that Education Dow* 3 shou ld have discretionary * n the employment of married A n i5 n teac hers, has been given to the Board, by Hawke’s Bay. Nelbca Southland. None of these ref e S ’ however, considered that a rendura of teachers is necessary.