LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 19622, 1 February 1936, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Outdoor Sports Off.

All local outdoor sports—tennis, cricket, bowling—were postponed today as the result of the steady rain setting in early in the forenoon.

N.Z, Air Wall. The Post Office has received advice that the air mall despatched from New Zealand on January 10 by the Aus-tralia-Singapore service, arrived in London on January 28.

Highways Improvement. Tho necessity of having curves on main highways properly banked w r as stressed at the half-yearly meeting of the North Island Motor Union in Wellington. Several delegates referred to stretches of road which wore rendered dangerous owing to the lack of banking at the corners.

Belated News of King's Death. Until the crew of the Auckland Harbour Board’s new tug, the William C. Daldy, reached Auckland from Port Bowen, Queensland, on Thursday, they had no inkling of the death of King George. When they left Port Bowen a fortnight ago new s that the King was seriously ill had not then been published and, as the tug Is not fitted with wireless, no news of world happenings was known until Thursday.

Origin of Jaffa Oranges. The origin of Jaffa oranges, which he claimed were the best in the world, was touched on by Dr. E. W. G. Masterman, F.R.C.S., D.P.H., in an address to members of the Christchurch Rotary Club. Dr. Masterman said that the generally accepted view was that they were brought from China about two centuries ago by a monk, but this had not been substantiated beyond doubt. However, In recent yebrs their cultivation had increased enormously until in 1934 6,000,000 cases had been sent out of tho country.

School Year Begins. Thames primary schools will open on Monday for the first term of the New Year, and the High School on Tuesday. The Thames School of

Mines also resumes work on Monday, while the Thames Technical School will not re-open until probably March.

Dredging the Harbour. The supervising secretary of the Thames Harbour Hoard notifies that

the Public Works Department suction dredge is expected to arrive from

Paeroa about the middle of next week

to commence operations for clearing the approach channel at the Burke Street wharf, where the Northern Steam Ship Company’s vessels have experienced difliculty for some time in working the port.

New Pollen St. Buildings. The erection of several new buildings in Pollen Street Central has given this portion of the business area a much brighter and more prosperous appearance. On Thursday Messrs. P. Maxwell and Sons’ butchery business was transferred to one of the two new shops built by Mr. J. Galloway. The block of fTiree shops being erected for Mr. J. "W. Arbury is almost completed and tenants will be moving in shortly. Mr, Thos. Watson, the battery specialist, has opened his new shop or the opposite side of Pollen Street, and it is understood that the owners of the sections between this building and the Regent Theatre are willing to build for suitable tenants. Seaside Church Service. At St. .Tames’ Presbyterian Church to-morrow the Rev. 11. B. Hughes. M.A., 8.D., resumes his ministry after his summer holiday. Addresses approapriate to the resumption of the year's activities will be given. Special attention is drawn to the afterchurch service to be held for seaside holidaymakers and visitors at Thornton’s Bay at 8.30 p.m. This is the last of a series arranged by the Thames Ministers’ Association, and a cordial invitation is extended to all to be present. Sporting and Dramatic Review. This week’s issue of the “Sporting and Dramatic Review” contains a striking display of illustrations that will have a strong appeal. Incidents in the life of His late Majesty King George V. provide the double centre page. The proclamation of the new monarch. King Edward VIII., is featured in two splendid pages of photographs taken of the ceremony and the crowds around the Auckland Town Hall. The Takapuna Jockey Club’s meeting at Ellerslie and the 11 o lington Racing Club’s fixture are also given pictorial prominence. The Auckland tennis championship, the M.C.C. v. New Zealand cricket test, and the Ponsonby Swimming Club’s carnival will have their special followers, Overseas are interesting views of Tasmania and miscellaneous pictures.