NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 100, 30 April 1930, Page 10

NEWS OF THE DAY

Sunday Telegrams. In telegraph offices where at present the Sunday hours are from 5 to 0.30 p.m. the service will be extended in future' until 6 p.m. /rho same extension of hours will apply also to Christmas Day, Good Friday, and Anzao Day. An intimation to > this effoct was received from Mr. G.1 M'Namara, Secretary of the- Post and Telegraph Department, by yesterday's council meeting of the Wellington Chambor of Commerce. The Carillon Charms. "Oh, they are really wonderful," writes an English lady in.a communication to the Mayor of Wellington, referring to the Wellington ' War Memorial Carillon in Hyde Park. "I am sure tho people of London will see them go with regret. Crowds of people throng to hear them each day. I think it a-, wonderful idea for a memorial, must nicer than the many stone ones we sec here in variqus do--signs." Issue of Counter Che-iues. A request was ;7iade to the Chambor of Commerce in a letter considered at last night's mooting that it should be suggested to the Associated Banks that stricter supervision should be observed in the issuo of counter cheques. It was reported that a certain individual recently applied to a bank for a counter cheque, giving the name of some other person up' country. . , The cheque was tendered to a firm in payment of goods bought, the difference between the value of the cheque and the cost of the goods being handed over to tho customer. The cheque was banked in the usual way, and about eight days afterwards the firm was advised that the person who had made out the cheque had "no account." The person referred to passed a number of similar cheques on other firms. Members of the chamber expressed the view that they should take no action in the matter, and that retailers had it in their.own hands to warn their staffs to exercise greater care in giving goods for cheques. The president (Mr. D. J. M'Gowan) saia it should be realised that a counter cheque bore no better guarantee than an ordinary cheque. Costly Costs. Dissatisfaction was expressed by several offenders against the Lower Hutt bylaws yesterday at tho heavy penalties inflicted upon them for costs. In cases where the fine was only, 5s a further penalty of 15s was added by way of costs. Offenders realised that the actual Court costs, which generally amounted to 10s, had to be paid, but they considered it a severe hardship in cases where they pleaded guiilty to have to pay a further 5s as solicitors' fees, it being the practice of the Lower Hutt Borough Council to engage a solicitor in all cases coming before the Court, howoyer small. V Cape-to-Cairo Railway. He was often asked, '' When will the Cape-to-Cairo Railway be finished?" remarked Mr. Temple Perkins (District Commissioner, Uganda) at the Eotary Club luncheon yesterday. Personally, he thought, never. It was' not needed. It was a dream only. What thoy required in Africa was communication from east to west, not from north to south. There was.still a little gap of 2500 miles in .the Cape-to-Cairo Bailway (laughter); and he thought that gap would never be closed. . Technical School Additions. The tender of Mr. J. L. M'Millan, of Wellington, has been accepted.for the construction of the new western wing of the Wellington Technical College. .The contract price is £24,751. The additions will provide accommodation for the whole of the art students now housed in the promises at, Mercer and Wakefiold streets. The wing will in-, eludo lecture rooms for building construction, applied mechanics, and en-gine-drawing classeii, as well ati space for offices, cloak rooms, students' com-mon-room, and instructors' room. The now building will be of brick, with reinforced concrete floors. When the new wing has been finished there will *• be no further need for the auxiliary accommodation in tho centre of the city;.

Man-eating Lions. "I havo had a lot of experionce of maneating lions during the past ten years," remarked Mr. Temple Perkins at the Kotary Club yesterday. Fifty-one of the natives in his district of Uganda had been taken, ho added/ by one family of lion 3 within thrco weeks. Indeed, they had probably taken about 150 in all, because there was a lot of natives going through from the Congo at the time. Ho and some of his officers had gone out after the lions and had accounted for all of them. The Kotorua-Tanpo Road. Cabinet has approved of formation work being put in hand iv connection, with the construction of the Taupo road as a commercial highway,, ' When the Kotorua-Taupo railway scheme was abandoned by the. Government, it was promised that a first-class highway would be constructed instead. The present road, which is of pumice formation, is a fourth-class highway, with a load limit of four tons, which is not regarded by residents of the district as an economical load. Successful experiments with oil sealing have been carried out with the existing road which is adequate at all times of the year for restricted loads, but it is said that if heavier loads are to be carried .a much more expensr\se formation is required. Arrangements for the new surface are to be made as soon as possible, and the work will probably enable a large number of the unemployed to bo temporarily relieved. •, - Memorial Hut. Funds are < still being collected for the hut which will be built at de la Baehe corner as a memorial to those who lost their lives in-the recent Tasman Glacier disaster, states the " Christchurch Press." The total amount required is £500, and it is hoped that the work will be commenced shortly. The new Malte Brun hut, which is now being constructed, of wood and i iron, will accommodate about 30 people. The road to the Ball hut, at present, under construction, will go right to the entrance of the hut, and tourists will be able to travel as far as the edge of the glacier by. car. . . • ' Faded Flags. ' , A complaint that faded flags were in evidence on the Auckland Cenotaph on Anzac Day was referred to the Mayor of Auckland, Mr. G.v Baildon, ' states tho "New Zealand Herald." When the Cenotaph was completed in November it was officially handed over to the keeping of tho Auckland City Council to maintain. Mr. Baildon said tho flags had certainly been on the Cenotaph since November, and it was not thought that they would become unserviceable in five months. However, he gave an assurance that new flags would be on tho Cenotaph next Anzac Day. Regarding a further complaint that the flags should have been unfurled, the' Mayor said ho had referred the matter to a military authority, who replied that tho correct procedure had been followed. "A Windfall." "That's the best windfall wo have had for somo time,?' said Councillor D. S. Patrick on Monday evening, when tho Lower Hutt Town Clerk announced that. the Wellington Hospital Board's lovy for the current year was £5142, which was £1057 less than last year's levy. __^^__^___