IN THE NEWS.

Taranaki Central Press, 19 April 1937, Page 4

IN THE NEWS.

Q ; I FORESTERS’ EUCHRE PARTY. Prizewinners at the weekly euchr i party n the Foresters’ Hall on Saturday night v.^re: —Men. Mr D. Sliepp>ard 1. Mr Kuch 2, Mr J. Archer special, Mr Des Forg.s cons.ola ion. Woiren, Mrs Tunbridge 1, Mrs F. Adlain 2. Mrs E. Adlam special, Mrs ! Loving consolation. A Mon. e Carlo | dance- was won by Mist Knight and ' partner. I NAP.’ER aerodrome. As a result of the work of remodel- ' ing '’J Napier aerodrome, a task | •■vh’ch has' given occupation to 80 men over a period of 15 months, and j whV’i '] ■ ;cost 'in the vicinity of 1 £25,000, the ground will compare ! favourably with any in Nev.,' Zealand, ! ays an exchange. i i i fatal injuries. Knocked down by a taxicab opposite the Y.M.C.A. hos’el in Wil\‘s H.reet, Well »ns.< on, aboout 11 o’clock on Saturday night, Mr 11. B. Bro fi, an elderly man living in Vivian Street, rec ived severe head j njuri s which caused his death in I hospital yesterday afternoon. i CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAY",. j Despite increases of almost 250,000 | in ;he number of passengers car- j vied and of more than £lO,OOO I : ‘n its gross earnings, tlr ■ Chris 1 .- j hurt-h Tramway Board’. 1 , deficit for I (he last financi 1 year in,-r ased 4 bv ’ £4646, bringing it to £20,258. Th*. ' nett earnings were lower by £476 I nd expenses increas'd by £11,137. • MU TUR REGIS'? RA I lONS. Mo or registration figures prepared by the transport division of the General Post Office show that on March 31 last :h re were 254,017 motor i v:hicle s licensed to use the roads in j New Zealand, an increase of 27,243 ! vehicles, or 12 01 per cerf. over last! v ar. In addition to the licensed 1 vehicles ‘he register contains 24,110 ’ ‘dormant” registrations, the grand : total Qf regin rations at the end of I i March being 278,127. i