NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 48, 25 August 1933, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

No Moro Street Fruit T.iutowh, Lust year llui City Council decided to clear fruit barrows from tlio wlroolK, Jiml gave (ho barrowmoii, nil Hindus uxco.|>t oiio, six months' notice of Mid termination of the street staud (UTinigeiiip.nl.. Homo of the burrowmott have winco found it hard to make ends moot, nml recently n deputation from them waited upon tlio health commUtoo and asked I hat. the stands should bo reinstated on now conditions it' the council considered that necessary. Last night (ho council decided that tlio barrows should not bo allowed to conic hack, but adopted, a suggestion from tho health committee (hat a. report .should bo obtained from tho city valuer nnrl tho chief trailic inspector as to a suitable site for the establishment of a central market, for the sale of fruit, vegetables, nnd other commodities, either in a building or in. the open air. Weir House Grounds. Men working under the No. 5 Hcltomo under the direction of the Director of Parks and Eoaervcs (Mr. J. Gv MacKenzic) and one of his assistants have greatly improved tho grounds of Weir House, tho Victoria University Collego students' hostel. Mention of this was mado at last night's meeting of the College Council, and it was docidod to send a letter to Mr. MacKonzio oxpressing appreciation of tho . excellent work that has been done. Lighting for Carnival Wock. Authority has been granted by the City Council to the electricity dopartmont to undertake a scheme of streot illuminations during carnival week in November, and. the council has also agreed that current for external illuminations erected in tho city by private firms during tho week shall be supplied free of charge. It was suggested that special concessions iit tram fares should bo given during carnival week, but tho council decided that, in view of the, continued decline in .-.tramway revenue, the proposal could not bo given. effect to. ■-■• ■ ' ' ■ ' K.S.A. Auxiliaries. The success of the efforts of the Wellington Returned- Soldiers' Association to form auxiliary committees throughout the Wellington district was indicated by Colonel A. Cowles, president, at the meeting, held at Ngaio last evening. ■ Three months ago; he said, with the formation of the Ngaio body, there were now nine auxiliaries in operation. The" committees already formed were in Karori, Kilbirnie, Seatoun, Brooklyn, Wadestown, Hataitai, Island Bay, Plimmerton, and Ngaio. The U.S.A. intended to go ahead with tho formation of auxiliaries at JolinsQiiville, Mirautar, .Khandallah, and Kelburn. 'Provisional committees had already been set up in the first three of these districts, and fully organised bodies were expected to be in operation within a month. When the association's drive was completed about 3000 men would be members of the various auxiliaries. ' The Devon Wreck. Twenty years ago the steamer Devon, a vessel of 6059 tons, went ashore at Penearrow and was wrecked. At the time of the mishap she was' bound from Montreal, via 'Auckland, to''Wellington. When approaching Wellington Heads on the night of August 25, 1913, she ran into a rain squall and went ashore beneath Penearrow Lighthouse, tearing away several plates below the engine-room. There was a,n. inrush of' water' and the ' crew were driven on to the deck. On the following day those on board were got off by means of a breeches buoy, and the wreck soon began to break up. During tho visit of Sir lan Hamilton, Inspec-tor-General of the Imperial Forces, to Ncf Zealand in May, 1914, the Devon was shelled from Fort Dorset by sixinch guns. Several hits were made, but ..during subsequent inspection it was found that little damage'had been done to the hull. As a result of twenty years' battering by tho sea, all that re-majns.-of the Devon aro a few rusty bftWr-pjates.. . . Engineering Trade. :.'.f/^rospects for the engineering trade arVcortainly brighter than they have been "for some' time past, but it. would bo conveying quite an erroneous impression, to say that there were signs of a mild boom," stated the manager of a big engineex'ing firm in Dunedin (reports "The Post's" correspondent). The^iew Post Office job would provide v work for two years for some hicky^. foundry, and in. a goneral sense the subsidising scheme would be of help to the trade. Any rumours of boom migh^ have had their origin in the demand there had been during the last twelve months for gold mining material such as fluming, but excitement in this sphere seemed to have died down' and there was nothing really definite to replace it. Evans Bay Foreshore. At last, night's meeting of the City Council, the works committee recommended that a'committee of the council be appointed :to discuss with the Harbour, Board various matters in connection with the proposed reclamation work at Evans Bay. Councillor E. Semple, M.P., said he thought the time had come to make some arrangement with the Harbour Board in this matter. If a satisfactory agreement could not be reached with the board, Parliament should,bo approached. Such a fine bay should not go to waste. The foreshore was now a disgrace to the city, a deposit for stale fish, dead cats, and metal junk. . Councillor M. F. Luckie said the position was that any reclamation that was made on the foreshore would become the property of the Harbour' Board. The need for further recreation areas was well known, but the Harbour Board had its eye on this ground for wharves, etc. Tho Mayor moved that Councillors Forsyte, Burns, Semple, Luckie, and himself form the committee mentioned in the clause. This proposal was agreed to aiid the clause was adopted. Eastbourne's Kates. Reference to the current year's rates was made in the report of the Town Clerk (Mr. C. L. Bishop) to the Eastbourne Borough Council last evening. Mr..Bishop stated that all rate demands for the current year were issued, and at the time of writing (August 4) a fairly substantial amount was being received each day. There wa3 no douht, said Mr. Bishop, that the discount offered for prompt payment was a big inducement for payment to be made, and a very satisfactory amount should be collected before the end of August. A question was asked at the meeting as to the amount of rates received so far, and Mr. Bishop reported that the rate receipts to date were £2000 in excess of those received for the corresponding period of last year. Bathing at Oriental Bay. Oriental Bay suddenly leaped into high favour as .a bathing beach last year, probably b cause concession tram fares to the outer bays aro less plentiful than they were two years-ago, and because mixed bathing has attractions above those of To Aro Baths which in any case were often overcrowded last summer.' Oriental Bay has no dressing shelters, and the sudden popularity of this city beach with, bathers did not altogether pleaso city councillors. ' Accordingly it was suggested that plans should bo considered for bathing shelters handy to the beach, but the reserves committee has now recommended that nothing bo done in this direction at'-present on account of the cost.

To Avoid Exponuo of By-Eloctions. Approval whh given by tho City Council lust night to a. suggestion from tlio icgiKliitiun committee that the Municipal Association should bo asked to consider tho promotion of legislation to provido for tho three unsuccessful candidates at municipal elections receiving tlio highest number of vote* to ho declared "councillors elect," to fill any vacancy which might occur during'tho lifo of tho council, so avoiding tho expense of by-elections. Now Mineral Discovered. During the course of recent geological investigations on Mayor Island, Dr. P. Marshall, putrologtst to the Department of Scientific ami Industrial Research, discovered a new mineral.. To this be has given the name of tuhualite, Tnhua being tho Maori name of Mayor Island. This new silicate, which in sections under the microscope reveals tho beauty of its intense violet colour, is apparently confined to Mayor Island, and is a newcomer to the list of known fifty or sixty rock-forming minerals. Eastbourne Terry Steamers. Tho 'expenditure on the overhaul of ferry steamers was approximately £275 higher than tho expenditure for the previous overhaul, stated the report for July of tho Town Clerk (Mr. C. L. Bishop) submitted to tho Eastbourno Borough Council last evening. Tho higher expenditure this time was on account of the work on the Cobar's stern. During July, tho traffic receipts of tho forry department were a few pounds lower than the receipts for tho same month last year. The total for the four months to tho end of July was still approximately £200 higher than that for the corresponding period last year. Supervision of Cabarets. Tho need for more supervision of cabarets and dance halls licensed by tho Auckland City Council was urged by the New Zealand Allianco in a letter received by tlio council, states an Auckland telegram. The Allianco stated that complaints had been received of drinking on certain premises, and it suggested, that the council should consider tho advisability of refusing to allow cubicles in cabarets. The Mayor (Mr. G. W. Hutchison) moved that the Alliance should be recommended to lodge its complaints with the police. There was no evidence in the letter of the wrongful acts complained of. He did not say that the.cabarets were always well conducted, but he would say the conditions were hot' half as bad as somo people asked thorn to believe. The motion to refer tho Alliance to the police was adopted. Chilled Beef Shipments. The important part played by science in the success of the recent chilled beef shipments from" New Zealand to Great Britain, was .referred.to in a statement issued yesterday by tho Minister of Lands (the Hon. E. A. Ransom). • Mr. Hansom said the success of the shipments was due in no. small measure to the practical application of .. scientific investigations on the keeping quality of chilled beef which had been in pror gress for somo time at the Low Temperature Research Station, Cambridge, England. The findings and recommendations of the station wero employed in the second of the shipments of chilled beef. ?'The success of this second shipment," Mr. .Ransom said, "is generally well known j but it is important to bear in mind that it was only possible because of the scientific assistance which ensured a very high degree of cleanliness at the works and a guidance in all the technical processes involved in transport. New Zea^ land is, in consequence, brought within the rango' of countries from which chilled beef may be transported to Britain and European markets, a trade which can be developed, provided the most suitable quality of stock are available for slaughter, and that due attention is given to such care as is necessary to maintain appropriate hygienic and ,temPerature conditions during the, voyage." . Victoria College Library. A letter from Mr. H, G. Miller, librarian at Victoria University College, was read at last night's meeting of the college council advising the council of a further gift of books, etc., to tho library from. Mr. R. F. Blair. '' The gift,' ' stated Mr. Miller, '' includes some 300 volumes of history, biography, and belles lettres (all very useful books, and some that, are not easy to obtain); also seventy New Zealand pamphlets, nearly all published between 1875 and 1890; and a large number of unbound periodicals. 5' The council decided to send a letter to Mr. Blair thanking him for his valuable gift. ■ ■. '■■■ •■•-•'' :