IN THE NEWS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 447, 1 June 1937, Page 4

IN THE NEWS.

3CUTH ISLAND TRAVEL. The statement that tourists would nc l go to the South Bland because the lares on service cars were too hi.,h w..s made by Mrs Eva M. Seward, an English visitor to Christjharch, who has been travelling in New Zealand for five months. EXPORT OF TIMBER. Prohibition on the- export of white pii.e or kahikatea timber is imposed by a supplementary Gazette notice issued last night. The order, which will come into force to-day, is subject to the consent of the Minister of Customs and to such conditions as he thinks fit to impose. DELICATE OPERATION. A d filcult I nd delicate operation jf a somewhat rare nature was performed at the Greymouth Hospital. The p ii-nt had swallowed -a partial denture measuring two and a-half aches biy one and /. -quarter inches during his sleep the previous night, fhs d'enture contained two teeth. An X-ray revealed thcit the denture was lodged low down in the oesophagus. By the insertion of a special instrument the denture was successfully removed. POWER CHARGES. Agreement is reported to have been been reached between the Auckland Transport Board and the Auckland Electric Power Bciard concerning alleged over-charges for power supplied for the running of trams. Although no official announcement is available it is understood the power board has agreed to rebate £20,000, covering the period since ‘the •agreement regarding power charges was made in 1908.

;MOHA,KAU ROAD METALLING. Tils Mohakau Road, linking Kiore I io Te Wera, is being metalled for the i lirst time, which will enable 'the setkiers Un the Huiroa, Kiore,, and Matau | districts to have direct access to To 1 Wera and districts, further east. The irci.d was previously i-mpassabla In wet w ather. | LADIES’ GOLF. ■ The following will take part in the i Stratford women’s C grads match to bs played on Thursday: Mrs Moss and Mrs Aagaard, Miss Nowell and i Mrs Summerfield, Mrs Kleeml. n and i Mrs McDonald, Mrs Spedding a nd ,'D.s Boon, Mrs Strachan and Mrs Lacey, Mrs Jenkins a bye. ‘LIKE LOOKING FOR GOLD.” Trying to get an automatic wind-;crten-w:per for a motor cpr these | days is like looking tor gold, according to a Christchurch importer and , retailer. He said that the wipers had I been so scarce thlat he had had to j turn down as many as 20 orders a lay and recently when one Importing firm landed fresh supplies it had been able to let him have seven only. Supplies were trickling through very slowly, but the demand brought about by the regulations requiring a warh'ht of fitness for motor cars could not be met. ‘ *