NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 67, 10 June 1927, Page 1

NEWS BREVITIES

Wellington Unemployed Relief.— BV Gazette last night, the Wellington City Council is authorised to raise loan of £4,000 for the provision of relief works for unemployed. Extending a Bar. —The Thames Licensing: Committee has decided that a publican has no right to use the commercial rooms of his hotel in which to serve drink. Dairy Board Election. —The settlers in Oropi district, Bay of Plenty, on Wednesday decided to support Mr. Goodfellow at the Dairy Board election. Car Destroyed By Fire.—A threeseater Oakland motor-car owned by Mr. G. Urquhart, of Landscape Road, Mount Eden, caught fire as it was being repaired yesterday morning. The car was extensively damaged. Tram And Lorry. —A collision between tramcar and motor-lorry in Queen Street, near the Thistle Hotel corner, caused a temporary stoppage In the tram service about 8.20 this morning. No damage of any extent was caused. Bank Transfer. —Mr. R. D. Gilmer, formerly accountant at the Union Bank, N'apier, is about to take over the management of the Otorohanga branch of the bank, in succession to Mr. J. J. McLeod, who has received notice of his transfer to the Te Kuiti branch. East v. West? —“Will the East see the West to Sleep?’* is the title of the debate in which members of the St. Aidan’s Debating Society will partake at St. Aidan’s Hall, Dominion Road, to-morrow night. Mr. A. Hall Skelton (the president), will preside. Patriotic Association. —The annual meeting of the Auckland Provincial Patriotic and War Relief Association will be held at the Association’s Lome Street offices on Thursday, June 16. Seven members of the executive are to be elected. Mr. Timpany Condemns Control.— Southland’s representative on the Dairy Control Board, Mr. J. Timpany, addressed a large gathering of dairy farmers at Mataura yesterday, when ho condemned the price-fixing policy, which he blamed for all the troubles experienced this season. Full-time Railway Stations. —The Railway Department has decided that in future Taup-ri, Te Rapa and Rangiriri are to be full-time stations, and thus facilitate the train running between Frankton Junction and Mercer. The stations will now be worked all night, instead of being “switch-out” stations. “Where’s ‘Wonkui’?” —A letter to a Wanganui retailer has just been received from Czecho-Slovakia, addressed as follows: “Wonkui, Australasian Commonwealth, North Island.” With such an obscure address the finding of the person for whom the letter was intended is remarkable.