NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 309, 21 March 1928, Page 9

NEWS BREVITIES

All Blacks’ Tour.—A recommendation carried by the Hastings Rugby SubUnion yesterday evening was that the All Blacks should place wreaths on the four principal war memorials in South Africa. Remanded for Week.—Charged with being found unlawfully on premises at 5 Union Street, William Anderson, aged 45, was remanded on his own application to appear at the Police Court a week hence. Small Boy’s Death.—The three-year-old boy, Leslie Jones, who was injured in a collision between a baker’s van and a tramcar outside the Seatoun Tunnel, in Wellington, on Monday afternoon, died in hospital this morning. Sneak-Thief at Baths. —A sneak thief visited the Tepid Baths last evening. Several swimmers lost money and other articles from their clothes. A complaint was made, but the thief had made a good round-up and was not seen again. Fall Down Stairs.—Mr. Charles William Purdy fell down the stairs of 137 Wellesley Street West about 5 p.m. yesterday. He was admitted to the Auckland Hospital suffering from injuries to his left side. His condition is not serious. Fruit For England.—The Cambridge, due from Southern ports on Friday, will be loaded with 19,000 cases of fruit at Auckland for Avonmouth and Liverpool. Most of the shipment will be apples. About 7,000 cases of fruit will be shipped for Vancouver by the Port Napier early in April. Bus Stop Wanted.—The Waitemat.i Chamber of Commerce is approaching the North Shore Transport Company Ltd to arrange for a bus stop somewhere on Victoria Road, Devon port. At present the buses do not stop from the wharf to the junction of Albert Road and Victoria Road, a distance of nearly three-quarters of a mile. Shoppers in particular are much inconvenienced. Bible In Schools.—Applications were received from the Hora Hora and Whangarei School Committees for permission to introduce the “Nelson ’ system of Bible reading into schools by the Education Board to-day. The committees are to be instructed that a plebiscite must be taken. Car Burnt. —A motor-car owned and driven by Mr. J. Tait of 22 Millais Street, Grey Lynn, caught fire in J Richardson Road about 10.30 last evening through a back-fire. The Mount Roskill Brigade was called out. but J the car was a total wreck before it arrived. The car was insured with j Lloyd’s Office. More Pay for Normal School Teachers.—Recognising the difficulty of obtaining efficient tl achers for normal and associated normal schools, the Education Department has decided, to pay a flat increase of £ 40, £3O or £2O as the case might be, when an assistant is transferred from an ordinary school to a position of the same grade at a normal school.