IN THE NEWS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 402, 8 April 1937, Page 4

IN THE NEWS.

i MIDHIRST RAIL CROSSING. [ The Railway Depart Inent has begun the elimination of the level crossing ! north of Midhirst, ani the construe I tion of the southern 'approach .to the I new bridge is being carried out, | SUMMER TIME'S END. Whether the Dominion has experienced a real sum ner or not, a point on which opinion may be divided, summer time officiiily ends on April 25, Anzac Day At midcight on that j date all wa’sbes and clocks will be ; put back hair an tour. : LEAGUE CYCLC CLUB. The League Cycle Club’s fin'al weekly programme at Victoria Park ■was not held las', night owing to the groi|nd condit-piis being unsui.taUo and the short daylight. It is hoped to ! hold! the races during the afternoon I bn a date and course to be arranged. •' FIRE LOSS. ! Reporting to the Stratford Hospital 1 < Board meeting last night on the fire 1 watch occurred* yesterday at the resi j d: nce of the District Nurse at Whanganiomona, the chairman, Mr T. R. ] Anderson, said that the damage I amounted to £35. The Loss was I covered’ by insurance. I /COURT SITTING TIME. '• With the alteration in the Court | lay from Wednesday to Thursday, ■ there hat also been a change in th. ! lime of commencement, the sitting ’now starting a.: 10 o’clock instead of ' 10.30. 'Phis was overlooked this : morning by some members of the •legal profession, and t nere was a 1 slight delay while they were com ■ uiunica. ed with. ■ 5 HISTORIC CHOP: H BELL ! Plans are b( ing made for the re- ' storation of tile old bell of Te Mu ; Church, d stroked: during the Tara- ! wera eruption, to its old site in the f i bush enclosed floating above Tara i wera Lake, which marks the site of ! the old church. Thu b. 11 was recently ' unearthed, and was used at a pictur j esque ceremony when a service was ’ i conducted by the Bishop of Aatearoa, i the Rt. Rev. F. A. Pannett, on the ; site of the. old chuieTi. ' i JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. 1 | Under jud.cmeni summons pro1 I ceedingt in the S rat ford Magistrate's ; Court this morning, W. Lippingwcll i 'as ordered to pay R. L. Neal 17s 8u ’ within one m'jnth. in default two . days’ imprisonment; H. Sharrock I was ordered tc pay Penneys Ltd., £3 i Ils 4d wi.hin one month, in default ’ | four days' imprisonment; E. Petter ■ ; sen was ordered to pay P. G. Grant j £3B 10s Gd (costs £1 Ils Gd) forlth- ; with in default 14 days’ imprison ; m-ent, the warrant to be suspended | on payment of £1 a month. j SHOULD PLEASE MR SEMPLE. i A-cyclist in Masterton has done j more than merely comply with the I instructions of the Minister of TransI port, the Hon. R. Semple, for instead ■ of having one red' re flector on his ■ear mudguard as requested by the regulations, he has fixed six of them on the mudguard and two more on the fraime under the saddle. It is not known whether the cyclist's intention was to adorn the bicycle or to ensure trit safety, b it in any case it would oe exceeding y difficult for anyone to avoid seeing him eliher during the day or night. It is a sight that should gladden-the Heart of the M-inist r. says an exchange.