NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 315, 28 March 1928, Page 11

NEWS BREVITIES

Right Arm Broken. —Through falling from his horse yesterday afternoon, Mr. Frederick Alexander Gibson, aged 40, of Papakura, fractured his right arm. He was leading another horse, which shied and pulled him from the saddic.

New Hauraki Bridge. —A programme for a three-days’ carnival, or* the occasion of the opening of the Hauraki Bridge at Kopu, is to be submitted by the Thames Chamber of Commerce to the contributing local bodies.

Rail Excursions. —In another column the Railways Department advertises the issue of holiday excursion tickets and train arrangements in connection with the forthcoming meeting of the Whangarei Racing Club to be held at Malr on March 31.

Shunting Accident. —When two empty wagons were being shunted at Bruntvvood station, on the Cambridge —Ruakura line, yestcTday, they fouled the line, and the engine collided with them. One wagon was smashed to pieces. Traffic was delayed for an hour.

Two Seamen Fined, —ln the Dunedin Police Court to-day, Edward James, a fireman, and George Henry Trillo, a trimmer, on the steamer Manuka, were charged with stealing lemons valued at 255, from the ship. Each was fined £5, in default one month’s imprisonment.—Press Association.

Loss of Harbour Revenue.—lnformation about the direct parcel-post matter arriving from overseas is to be collected by the Harbour Board, in response to a request from the Harbours’ Association. “The board has been losing revenue through the exemption of parcel post stuff from harbour dues,” explained the chairman, Mr. H. R. Mac-* kenzie.

Watersiders Crowded. —Dr. Chesson. medical officer, wrote to the Auckland Harbour Board yesterday stating that the waterside workers’ waiting room was not large enough, and suggesting that the pay office should be absorb* 1 into the room. The board decided tb t it would not spend more money <»n t •• room, which was to be shifted oil the wharf