NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 87, 9 October 1931, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Yesterday In Parliament. After the all-night sitting on the previous night, the House of Bepresentatives was not inclined for serious business when ;it met at, 7.30 o'clock last evening, .and the Government met the wishes of members by confining the business to more or less routine matters. Interest was added to the preliminary proceedings by the report of the Industries and Commerce Committee on the Trading Coupons Bill, and several members took advantage of the opportunity of stating their views on the question of whether trading concerns should continue to woo custom by offering gifts.* The Transport Licensing Bill was further considered, and the new Minister of Transport (tho Bight Hon. J. G. Coates) intimated that he, intended to have tho Bill redrafted to include a number of amendments deemed necessary by the new Government. On this Bill and tho Rural. Intermediate Credit Amendment Bill progress was reported. The House adjourned until 10.30 o'clock this morning; ' Bowing Sheds. . The City; Council last night decided that a permit' bo granted for small additions in' wood to be made to tho Free Ambulance building, Jervois quay, for the adequate housing of the Wellington Bowing Club, which Is. taking over the building, and that a dispensation from full compliance with the bylaws be granted. Foresters Seek Work. The Botorua Unemployment Committee has a grave problem to face in the large influx of men discharged from tho State and other forestry camps in the district (says a local correspondent). It will be impossible to find work for a large number of these men, and the position may become serious. There has been considerable comment upon the action of the Government in subsidising employment by a private company when men are being turned away from the State forests. The feeling is abroad that if the Government can find money to subsidias a private company, men could *have been retained upon the State works. Milk Cart Lights. The City Council last night decided that the present candle system of lighting on the council's milk carts should be replaced by an electric system. The work'is to be done"by the council's officers. It was emphasised that since the evening delivery of milk had been inaugurated it was necessary for the carts to carry, a tail-light, and that candle lighting was not. satisfactory. The evening delivery meant that the carts met much more traffic than they did previously, and there was a necessity for the vehicles to be .well lighted..

Summer Time on Sunday. In vioiv of the line weather of the last few days, it will. be. with alacrity that most pcoplo will advance their clocks thirty 'minute's on Sunday, for daylight during tho last week has certainly been worth "saving." Tho sun on Sunday sets soon after 6 p.m. by Standard Time, but with tho operation of Summer Time tho apparent setting time will he put on to after C.30 p.m., and it will be light enough to delve in tho garden or to be otherwise occupied out of doors until after 7 p.m. Early risers, on the other hand, will find that the sun, now rising about 5.10 a.m., will postpone this operation on Sunday until about 5.40. Summer. Time will be in force for the next five months, unless Parliament extends .its duration until after Easter,: as is hoped in' some quarters. Mount Victoria Tunnel. On Monday next, at 2.30 p.m., the opening ceremony! in connection with Mount Victoria tunnel will take place. The Mayor,: Mr. Ti' C. A. Hislop, will declare the tunnel;open for traffic. Tho ceremony will be held at the city portal,-and'-citizens.are invited to bo present.;, "-'.. , A Draft that was not Received. A..resident' of Auckland this week received a business letter from England stating: "We have pleasure in enclosing banker's draft* etc;" The sum expected was £25. -Twin items in the enclosed statement, however, provided an' unpleasant surprise. They were: "Less commission, £2 10s," and "Less British'income tax at 4b 6d in the pound, & 5 Is 3d." All that was left of the £25 was £17 8s 9d, The recipient of the letter resigned himself to the fact that,'after all, £17 is better than nothing-—until he searched the envelope and found that the sender had forgotten to enclose the draft. First Under the Act. An application for permission to hold an inquest 'has been made to the At-torney-General by the ! Taumarunui police (states the "New Zealand Herald"). This is believed to be the first application of the kind under the Coroners Amendment Act, 1930. Tho case concerns the death of Mr. Donald Alfred Halcrqw, of Franktbn Junction, who was drowned in the Wanganui River on" 31st May. His body has not been recovered. The Act provides for the holding of inquests in such cases. Theatre Exits. The City Council has approved the suggestion of the Wellington branch of, the Town .Planning Institute , of New Zealand for picture theatre proprietors to be requested to encourage tho use of all theatre exits by showing on the, screen at the interval notices drawing patrons' attontion to the various exits, and also a plan of the theatre divided into blocks, with exits lettered corresponding to letters, on the blocks, and for such exits'to'be more prominently marked and lighted inside and outside, and that car parking be prohibited within 20 feet, on either side of an exit. Bedemptorist Monastery. The ceremony of the laying of the foundation-stone of the new St. Gerard's Monastery, Hawker street, will take place on Sunday, at 3 p.m. His Graco Archbishop Bedwood will officiate, and it is anticipated that there will be a large gathering of the 'clergy and laity, as the occasion is an important ono in the history of the Bedemptorist Fathers in New Zealand. - It is interesting to note that the new building takes the place of a wooden residence built some sixty years ago, and at one timo the residence of James Edward Fitzgerald, well known in New Zealand history. Visitors on Sunday will bo able to gather a good idea of what tho monastery will look like when completed, for it, is rapidly Bearing completion. Danger to Parked Cars. Owing to the risk of danger to cars, parking is bo prohibited on the north side of Panama street facing the Government Life Insurance Building* >also on the.south side of Brandon street, facing the Government-Life Insurance Building,' until further notice, on account of the demolition of the Government Life Insurance Building.