NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 140, 10 December 1929, Page 10

NEWS OF THE DAY

Portrait of Late Chief Justice,

The handsome portrait in oils of the late Sir Charles Skerrett, Chief Justice of New Zealand,, which will be unveiled by the present Chief Justice (the Hon. M. Myers) in the Supreme Court at 10 a.m. on Friday, is the gift of Miss Skerrett to the New Zealand Law Society, in memory of her distinguished brother.

Lucky Motorists.

Seven motorists whose names were called in the Petone Court yesterday morning for a variety of trivial offences against the borough bylaws were remarkably fortunate in that there was no appearance of the traffic inspector to conduct She cases against them. In the absence of this official the cases could not proceed, and they were therefore dismissed. Only two of the defendants appeared at tho Court, and their trouble and expense went for nothing. One of them appeared quite pleased at the prospect of evading a fine, but the other, stating that he had come from Eastbourne, applied for costs against the Borough Council These, however, the Bench refused to grant.

Jersey Bull's Escapade,

An exciting accident occurred at the Paparoa saleyards on Friday (states the "New Zealand Herald"). Mr. Bradley was changing a Jersey bull from one pen to another when the animal got loose and charged down the race where buyers were standing. He knocked over two men, and ran into a third, whose coat was torn to ribbons. Neither of them was seriously hurt, though one suffered from shock

Mercer Street Parking,

Motorists who have been in tho habit—providing they got there early enough—of parking their cars in Mercer street, between Victoria street and Cuba street, are by no means pleased at the notice given them by the City Council, that in future parking is pro- * i n this stmt for a distance of 110 feet from the Working Men's Club eastwards, i.e., to about tho entrance to the old lighting power station. The reason for the prohibition is that the council has let for one year the vacant land in front of the old lechnical College workshops to a company, which proposes to establish there a car park and a petrol station. The assurance that in this way a larger area will be available for parking, and that cars will be under regular supervision, will not quiet the dissatisfaction, for Mercer street has been a free park and the new park will not. In future there wi". be very little room for public parking in Mercer street merely a few feet along tho frontage of the Working Men's Club and the length from the power station entrance to Cuba street. Though it is not lone since a parking place map was published, several alterations have been made, and there ar« indications that more will follow.

The "Strap" and s.-:.;.: Discipline. Mr. A. 0. Blake (retired headmaster of the Lyall Bay School), giving evidence to-day in the'headmaster's dismissal appeal case, said that ho would not have entered one cut with tho strap in the "log book." He would not inflict corporal punishment, except for serious offences, and for such offences ne -would not give only one cut. Mr T C. A. Hislop: "What would be the' minimum number of cuts you would inflict? "-"Three or four; perhaps only two." Mr. Hislop: "In my school days the minimum was six cuts and the maximum 24. (Laughter.) Mr' Blake added that for the last five years of his headmastership he had found no occasion whatever to" punish girls. His practice had been, as advised by the bylaws, to delegate the punishment of girls, when necessary, to a woman teacher. Mr. T. Forayth: "You were given the 'blue riband' for management and discipline in your school wore you not, Mr. Blake? That is' you received from the board a letter of thanks ana congratulation on your management of tie school?" Mr Blake: "Yes." lit- reply to Mr' Foden, Mr. Blake said that his strap was somewhat heavier and larger than Mr. Marryatt's, vrhieh was produced.