NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 192, 10 May 1940, Page 11

NEWS IN BRIEF

Art Union Drawing

Tlie drawing of “I’m a Winner” Art Union is to take place at the Masonic Hall, The Terrace, Wellington, this evening, commencing at 5 o’clock,

Ski-ing at Mt. Cook. Tile Government Tourist Bureau has been advised that the roads are clear from Timaru to the Hermitage, and that good ski-ing is to lie had at the Ball Hut, Mt. Look.

Signal Corps Colonel-in-Cliief. A letter has bean received by the Governor-General from the secretary to the King intimating that the Princess Royal has accepted the appointment of Oolonel-in-Chief of the New Zealand Corps of Signals. Suburban Trains Delayed.

A power failure, which occurred about 8 a.m. in the Wellington Railway Station yards yesterday, delayed several inward-bound suburban trains. The fault was rectified in time to enable normal running to be resumed by 9 a.m. The delays varied from five to 20 minutes. Purchase of Tallow.

Authority for the Marketing Department to purchase all tallow in the Dominion intended for sale to the United Kingdom is contained in an order gazetted last night. Hitherto tallow destined for the United Kingdom has been shipped by individual consignors, mostly freezing companies, but under the new order this will be done by the Marketing Department. A scale or charges published with the order sets out the general terms of purchase in the Dominion. Swiss Boilers.

Swiss Velox boilers of the type which have given such satisfaction at the Evans Bay powerhouse are now being used in steamships. The general manager of the tramways and electric light department of the Wellington City Council, Mr. M. Cable, recently received a photograph of a 1 Finnish steamer which was powered with two of these boilers. This was the s.s. Bore, registered at Abo. These boilers can produce steam in six or seven minutes from cold.

More Important Party. “I can’t go to camp on May 15, as we have sent out invitations to a big party on May 18,” was the reason advanced by a recruit wheu telephoning the army authorities this week after receiving notice that he was to entrain with the third echelon. The officer at the other end of the telephone looked sympathetic—he was, too—and his reply, “Yes, but I have sent out invitations to a much bigger and much more important gathering,” must have also made the about-to-be-wed recruit smile.

Perpetual Damage and Repair. A recently completed erection, the owners of which seem to he doomed to carry out perpetual repairs, is a concrete aud iron fence on Aotea Quay. Having been placed within a few inches of the roadway, the fence is struck by any city-bound vehicle that swerves to to the left from the normal track of vehicles. The fence consists of ferroconcrete posts with a Pipe rail at the top, and stretches from the Hutt Road to the Social Security Building. Since it was built a few months ago it has been damaged and repaired a number of times.

Importasnee of Justice. “Justice is the greatest interest of man on earth,” said Mr. Justice Johnston when quoting ith. American authority to the grand jury in the. Supreme Court, Hamilton, this week. He added that the jury system was one of the strongholds of the constitution, and, quoting another great American .authority, said that in 1801, when the Americans adopted the British system, it preserved “freedom of religion, freedom of the Press, freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected.”

Staple Fibre Material. Though the use of staple fibre as a substitute for wool is rapidly growing in England, there is no indication that material made with staple fibre is being sold in Auckland at present. Some .18 months ago samples of suitings containing staple fibre arrived in the Dominion, but so far as is known no stocks of this particular material ever reached New Zealand. Auckland warehousemen arc of the opinion that New Zealand, being so deeply involved in the wool trade, should not encourage the import of material made from staple fibre. Within the past few weeks, however, samples of materials suitable for women’s costumes containing 82 per cent, rayon and 18 per cent, wool have arrived. This material is manufactured in England to meet the Government’s demand for a saving iu the use of wool, and in appearance and feel is scarcely distinguishable from woollen fabric and has the quality of not creasing.