NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 157, 31 December 1931, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

"The Evening Post." :--: ; ; : :; ■'' ''The -Evening Post"" wiH'.not "be. published, to-morrow (New Year V Day).,: A Floral Feast. ' .'.......' ■-'• .:.Th-o":Botft»i'sft-i; Gard-ons are;- loolpng oxcecdingly =bright; at. the: p.Tcaonfc time, and, apai't^'rom-WiQ feasti)f.;fl.pwQrß, tho shaded; wa.llis aro.« pjeas^nt rqtroat on .these hot:summor,days;. The- begonias are naw.'at-thoir beat and are-.a- veritable: .riot: of colour. _ Th;o: gardOJi ..beds aro all gay with' bright minvrnor_;floworr>, woll got.off -by :-th(3:foliage-.-of-;treej and .shrubs :behind them;,. One ..of -tha. most striking oi: the beds isa -gorgeous mass: oi1 stocks... Ma.uyp. stocks fill the centre; thon there is a belt -of- : -p.uro ■whiter st.oeka,.-th.e- ou.tsido-.of the bod b<3ing ■ p]«nj,ed with ptoclts: of .-a.n-.-old-.rose colour:■: The.-.general effect,_t>£ this, ■colour:uchemc is.chapning. -.-• ■-..:. "- atiMgrsiys in Auckland Harbour. .Sovorai, stingrays have .been.: caughthi ;Au ; cklaiid. Harbour; in the. past few days-. .On Tuesday ix fairly largQ";one : T,vas.'baptiirqd by Mr..'Ji. it.'Grah'p; of B.tanloy Bay, . iigliiug . in.;. the;; hjil'bou;' .'about midway between. Mecliap-i.e?'." Bijy■ and' Calliope Dock (statos" the."Now, 2'ealand Herald").. .Earlier, ill the Wegk fisrfiermen in.a dinghy oil Orakoi landed a. good.-siscd, ;sp.ecinien, and a sinaUer one was caught by Mr, E. W. Daniols, of Stanley Bay, in midstream.' a, few days. ago.. Mr,. Daniels, who recently .secured, an octopus, has had many, .catches.' Pishing off North "Head at the weck-eiid he hauled, up what appaarod to bo a. mass of seaweed, and found that it. was a crab' using underwater growth as a camouflage Ministers'. Cars Collide. ,; Tho Eev. J. K. Arclu'T and the Rev. C. .L. "Brown and-Mrs. Brywu, t>£ .Wui' kari, were involved.in ti motor -collision, which occurred at tho corner of Ensor's road and Opawa .road oir Tuesday afternoon (states tho "Christchurch Star"). Mr. Archer's car and' the back of Mr. Brown's, car camo into collision,: and tliO latter tipped over on to its side. Mi. Archer's car kept on its wheels and was not .seriously- damagod. 'Mr.-Brown's' car was fairly badly damaged, tho bodywork especially -Buffering. Nobody was hurt. Mr. Brown ia temporarily oxchanging Anglican churchOH with the Eov. It. W. Hniitli, of Opuwn, and was moving into Mr. fcliiiith's housp when ■thoaccidont hnppciioiT, ' - Novel Find on Beach. Whilo .wiilkiug ou the back beach at Ocean Beach at the Bluff on Sunday, afternoon, Mr. Charles Bose, a resident of Bluff,, noticed a ball-like object at tho water's edge (states tho "Southland Times"). Examination- revealed that it was a glass globo. of tho kind used for floating submariiio nets.in the English Channel during the w;n'.. .■ The globo,.which:is a -little. over.4sin-in. c.ir-.' cinnfereijce,'. was , completely ehcr-ust.od.' with barnacles and .small sea growtii, u-ml tliiH donbUcHs:. aceQiiji.tod foi; its pi-oscrvatinn,- .On th.Q .coating being ri.'ni-ovedv.l.hij-jglass wa.s fouud tv -b.e-.of.n----d-t»-.rk .grgun e.ol.our—•lliis-s.b.mJo b.o\ng I,lid' one selected by the defence authorities us difficult, to detect in tho sea.

Unemployment Relief. Anticipating an increase in the numbers of persons applying for relief, chiefly owing to unemployment distress, the Social Service Committee of tlio Wellington Hospital Board made arrangements for tho issue of food and other orders to cover the Christmas and Now Yoar holidays. Although the applications were unusually numerous, tho stops taken by tho committee enabled tho work to bo carried out smoothly and oxpcditiously. Stolon Papers. Important papers in connoct.iou with' tho Auckland Lawn Tennis Association's current championship tournamout wore in a bag which was stolen from tho motor-car of Mr, B. B. Hardy, president of tho association, on Monday evening, and although of no valuo to anyone oxcept tho association they havo not boon i-cturned (states the "New Zealand Herald")- The papors included a wock's. correspondence, entrance forms, and official badges,, ami their loss has entailed on Mr. llardy a very groat deal of extra Work. The bag, which also contained ;i coat of a, now suit, and about ono.pound's worth of change, was stolon while tho car was parked in Wyndham street. "Unwritten Law" Broken. If tho full story of "Christinas Eve in tho .Hotols" were toJdj it would -make, exceedingly humorous reading (says; the- Greymouth. "Star"). One of tho ou/tstaoiding features .of the night ,at Greymo-uth was the activity of the polico, the men in uniform playing a strenuous'game .of hide-and-seek with those citizens who wore endeavouring to quench man-size thirsts. As a- result, mauy pages of police notebooks were filled with names aud addressos, and tho revenue will in duo. courso, perhaps, dorivo much benefit. On tho other hand, considerable resontmont is felfc among thoso who were caught on tho premises, it being considered by them, as far as" the West Coast is concerned almost, as ■ an- -* * unwritten Jaw .that leniency isjiould:be : shown at ». timoof tlie year- characterised by el goodwill towards men," .'[ Jibw-eyer, tho- oid-thrie West Coast js ; rapidly -changisg) and the Christmas ■ Hvo aetiyity .of the police is.but:further evidenco of the new era. ... ...... Must foe: Completed. -- ; v It seems likely,,; remaflca the Marlborough "'Express,"'' that' inthe lonff run'public opinion- will insist ~on .tho South Maiir.Trunk bping completed, in spite of the Railway BoaTd and in ejplto of politics and politicians. During thu Christmas holidays thousands of people from all parts, of New Zealand have traversed the East Coast road, and in' almost all cases they seem to have been deeply impressed, by the tremendous amount of TOrk"4ono and the/futility of abandoning tho project when so near completion. Many parties of .visitors went -out' 'of: their ■ way ■' while -passing through-Bleahoiat, to communicate their views-to---.'? The Express," or .to sucU citizens as they came in contact with, and there., is? little doubt that, on • their return ;t.o; their homes ; move ; will be heard-of the matter, . Of .course, as month succeeds month, more people-are seeing fe>r themselves: whftt. the position is, and, there is no doubt that a very strong body:.of public opinion in favour of the completion of the Una is being, built up automatically. Moa Bones at: Waifcarejnoana. ... Tha ' council.-, .of. the.: Auckland.-. Institute and Museum has decided to purchase a number of Maori articles which had been uncovered at Murjwai Boaeh (statos tho "Now Zealand Horald,"). They had. beea offered by a camper, and included an unusual type of adz.c and a trinkot. box fashioned from bone, A collecting trig recently was undertaken by"a ihuscum" party, including Sir Carrick" Robertson, Mr, A.. T. Pyeroft, anil Mr." Gilbert Archey, and a five days' search, among the caves oi tho Waikaronioana d,istriQt resulted in the.. reiQoyeryicach. day. of at liaast ono partial skeloton of a moa. Tho museum's collection from that area now comprisoß2tfl~o\reTß'ains o f jgj, individual birds, including six fairly" complete skeletons. ~-; jor "dutsjde Patrofts." A kindly 'tjibu'glit for patvoiis "pf the 'outside enclosure-at the trotting nieet-. ing.it Epsom on-Monday was shown lyr Their Excellencies-Lord .Bledisloe: :and the Lady Bledisl.oe, .states.the .'.'JNeW-f Zealand' Herald.". When.arrapgemont.af were being'inade for the Rowe Trotting Cup to be. presented, . they, suggested that instead of being hqlli in tbp bird' c.ago the cerprnpny. shoui.4 . takoi place ne^v .thep^tside.'pnclpsure/.'sp'tliat. the people .there could see'iti. ;T"iie..s.ugges' tjon' yffis-'yyaiaptiy notei} 'upbn; In ha.iiding~tl.io cup' to tho >yjnning owner, Alj-.. G; J, Baricm, .of. Pu.ne.cl"i!i, .Ivord isieci'isloo warmly congi'atu]ilte.d..Wui on his victory niter unsuccessful: attempts in severar pvovlous year's". «etbaclr to Axt,-" ■ ■ Tim trusrecs^of tho" Imporinl Gallefy of Art, under whoso auspices the Imperial Exhibitions of art--wore held at the Imperial Institute, have decided that no more are to bo organised. This de-cision-was taken fallowing the "w-ith-drawal of support by the Dominion Governments owing to the World-Wide o^onomicctepressiTO, over- 80,000 people visited' .:tlie:.eshibltionsj .: whi&h" owed thqjp estublishmontr and maintenance to tlid- generosity .of My.. Joseph. JXuveen, whilst works to tlio""yaluo of £.0000 wore sold^eviderico ■of - *hef attractive clrai'acter. of a..schonio:which has. peon the meaivs; of shqwing in-the past.flve' years a .small but choice and rcprosentativd ."collection of "works of .the most distijiguJshcd ;artista -resiidcnt. in the United' Kingdom and tho, Domuuons. .Ncw;'Z6aland hie .'never-, found; it..possibJe totakc a very active part in these aiinunlTcxhibitio'iisi . • ....