LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 9 July 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr. Maher Speaks Tonight The electoraie secretary of the Nauonal Party advises that unless special legislation intervenes, Mr. J . j Maher, the newly-elected member for ihe Otaki electorate, wili make his maiden speech -in the House of Repr esentativ es tonight In the course of the Address-in-Reply debate. J-Force Draft ,, Arrangements for embarkmg the. second reiief draft of the J-Force for Japan, on board the steamer Dunera, have been transferred from Monday to Tuesday since advice has been received that the transport will not arrive in Auckland uniil 11 o'clock on Monday morning. The ship is scheduled to sail at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. A special train has been commissioned to take the .draft of over 2000 men from Papakura to Auckland. No Extra Railpar Service The District Traffic Manager of New Zealand Railways, Mr. L. V. Carmine, advised the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce last night by lettexf that as all rail cars were at present .occupied on other service routes, it was not possible to inauguraie a further seryice between Palmerston North and Wellington as suggested by the chamber. The letier assured the chamber that when a.dditfonal raii- ; cars became available the eham--ber's representation w.ould again be eonsidered. Last Plang Crashes The West .Coast United Aero Club lost the services of its third training aireraft when a Westport pupil pilot on his firSt solo fiight erashed in taking off from the Westport aerodrome. The aireraft/ which had been flown to Westport: by the club's instructor (Mr. E. Dalcom), was extensiyely damaged, but the pilot escaped serious injury>, The club now has all its aireraft; unserviceable, and pilots at Greymouth, Hokitika and Westport will be without the services of amachine for some time. Tyre Thieves Active Thieves in Auckland are going to new exn'emes in their search for oyres and other motor equipment (says the New Zealand Herald). In the last few weeks the police have been faced with an epidemic of bold ihefts from private motor garages in sub'urban areas extendmg from Mount Albert to St. Heliers. Locks have been broken from garage doors and the motorcars have been raised on jaeks and stripped of their wheels while the owners have slept only a few feet away. Not only wheels but tools and other articles found in the garages have been taken away. Pays Rent for House He Owns Extraordinary circumstances in which the occupier of an apartment pays rent for part of his own: premises, was disclosed in the ; Wanganui Magistrat'e's Court in an unusual tenancy.. case. A' woman leased a house 11 years ago and spent £250 converting it to apartments housing seven or eight subtenants. The lease expired and she became the statutory tenant. Then : the house was sold to wind up an estate and was bought by orie of the sub-tenants who took tjtle and sought possession, agreeing to. allow the tenant to remai'n. in the rooms she now occupies. In an exhaustive judgment, Mr. J, H, : Salmon, S.M., dismiSsed an ' appli- , cation for possession on the grounds of relative hardship. The situation now is that the owner of the property pays the woman rent for an apartment in his .own hpuse and the woman pays him rent for the entire house of which khe occupies only a part.