NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 81, 29 December 1934, Page 13

NEWS IN BRIEF

Jamaican Oranges

.Jamaican oranges were being sold at 3/- a dozen retail in the city yesterday. A further consignment came to hand this week by the Mamarl, now at Lyttelton. Inspection of Warship. To-day and to-morrow from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. H.M.A.S. Australia will be open for public inspection. This probably will be the last opportunity of visiting the Commonwealth flagship before her departure from Wellington. Absence of Accidents. Motoring accidents iu lhe Hutt Y alley have been remarkably few over the holidays; iu fact, inquiries made at the police stations in the district showed that only one slight mishap has been reported. Whether this record is due to extra care being taken by motorists is difficult to determine. Jubilee Tours. In connection with the King’s jubilee festivities, the Overseas League in England is organising a great tour of England, Scotland and the north of Ireland, for visitors from the Dominions. Iu addition to the home tour, another one, taking in Paris, Brussels, Berlin and Amsterdam, is being arranged for those who wish to see something of the Continent. The parties are to assemble iu London on May 3, and will witness the Royal procession to St. Paul’s Cathedral (the jubilee thanksgiving service), on May 6. Bible Class Convention. The twelfth annual business convention of the Methodist Young Women’s Bible Class Movement for the Dominion is at present being held at the Masterton Children's Home. Thirty-one members, representative of the nine executive unions, together with the movement officers, are meeting under the leadership of Sister Winifred Beaumont, president, to deal with reports and subjects of policy, with the aim of furthering the work of the Church among young people. Wellington Accidents: With a fractured left leg caused by slipping over on loose shingle at the corner of Rintoul and Herald. Streets yesterday morning, Airs. E. J. Cowley, of 38 Edinburgh Terrace, was taken to hospital by the Wellington Free Ambulance. Others taken to hospital by the ambulance yesterday morning were Mr. T. W. Oonoly, of Howard Road, who injured his right shoulder when his motor-cycle skidded on a patch of oil; and Mrs. M. Battersby, a resident of Devin, who fell down some steps in Wellington and received slight concussion and injuries to the scalp. Misleading Notice. There is a notice on the posting boxes at the G.P.0., Wellington, that is apt to be misleading. People with packages that are not quite large enough to go hy parcel post, naturally turn to the pac-ket-posting box, and there they read: “Only packets of letters, and circulars, or large book packets, to be posted in tflis box.” The notice continues further, under the heading “Caution,” as follows: “A fine will be imposed on all parcel post articles posted in this box. Such articles should be handed in at the parcel post oflice between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.” A person reading this, naturally concludes that anything outside letter packets, circulars or books, is prohibited, so takes a package round to the parcel post, only to discover that the right place is where he has read the misleading notice.