GENERAL NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17877, 25 November 1929, Page 15

GENERAL NEWS.

The annual report of the Wellington Automobile Club stated that the club s thanks were due to Mr H. 11. Sterling, General Manager of Railways, for the courtesy and help he had extended at all times in any application made to him. It was stated at the club’s annual meeting that Mr Sterling had taken a keen interest in making motoring safe, especially at local crossings. It seems the general opinion that the membership of the club Is too small,” said Mr E- A- Battat the annual meeting of the Wellington Automobile Club. Mr Batt considered that this was due to the psychology of the Wellington public, who, he said, were usuallv too apathetic to bother about joining any club. In many cases it did not matter to them whether they belonged to a club or not. Auckland, on the other hand, had a large membership- Of course, he added, there was a larger population there, but the psychology of the Auckland public was different. Amateur Sherlock Holmeses frequently come to grief, even though they might he in the New. Zealand Police Force. In ibis connection there is a good story going the rounds of the journalists of Wellington. One of the pressmen at the aero pageant was challenged to produce his authority by a policeman. He'pulled out his pocketbook —which happened to he a Royal Air Force one—in which he carried his official card. The policeman noticed the crown and outstretched wings on the blue cover, and laid his heavy hand upon the scribe. “'Gome on," he said, "no reporter would have one of those-”