LOCAL AND GENERAL
Trucking Yards. Although only'passing mention was made of the matter, members of the Masterton A. and P. Association at last night’s meeting were entirely agreed that the proposal to -shift the trucking yards at the Masterton railway station was a good one. Nireaha Young Farmers. Messrs E. M. Wright, N. Cooper and R. Lawrence will represent the Nireaha Young Farmers’ Club in a debate with the Mangatainoka Young Farmers’ Club at an early date. Mr Gray. Government veterinarian, will be the lecturer at the next monthly meeting of the Nireaha Club. Constable’s Feet Measurements. “I made is 12 feet by my feet rule and they’re small feet,” said a constable (a witness) during the hearing of an accident claim at a sitting of the Magistrate’s Court at Oamaru before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M. These boot measurements were queried by one counsel, but their accuracy was defended by the constable, who said that the Police Department did not provide facilities for more accurate measurements. End of the Session. After the usual valedictory speeches and the singing of the National Anthem, the final session of the present Parliament came to an end in the House of Representatives yesterday at 5.52 p.m. Before the adjournment the usual mock division was held on the motion to adjourn. Community singing, in which visitors in the public galleries participated, passed the time while members were awaiting the receipt of the Royal Assent to the Appropriation Bill. Missing Minister.
No further trace has been found of the Rev Isaac Jolly, who disappeared from his cabin in the Matangi during its voyage from Nelson to Wellington on Wednesday .night. It is feared that Mr Jolly, who was 85 years of age, was lost overboard, but where the vessel would be when any accident happened is difficult to decide, for he was last seen in his cabin at 1 a.m., and was not missed until 6 a.m., during which time the vessel travelled many miles in open water. One Tree Hill Obelisk.
The obelisk dedicated to the Maori race, which the trustees of the late Sir John Logan Campbell propose to erect close to his grave on the summit of One Tree Hill, will be an imposing monument, /100 ft high, and flood lighting will make it visible for miles by night. By a clause'in the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Bill, which was passed by the Legislative Council yesterday, the trustees are empowered to spend, in addition to the original £5OOO provided for the purpose in Sir John’s will, an additional sum of £lO,OOO from the general funds of the estate. Praise for Air Travel.
The opinion that air travel in New Zealand compared very favourably in speed and comfort with that experienced in Australia was expressed by Mr A. van Bochove, acting-manager in Sydney of the Royal Packet Navigation Company, Ltd., in Dunedin recently. Mr van Bochove has had a very short time at his disposal to cover a considerable amount of territory, and he has flown everywhere possible. The type of machine in use in the North Island, he said, was similar to that employed by the Dutch air lines in the East for passenger transport. Anxious Questioners.
Only when Events of great import-ance—-and presumably of the deepest general concern —are taking jlace do people approach total strangers to ask them the latest news. So it would not have been surprising if a reporter on duty at the Christchurch railway station had been plied with anxious questions about Czechoslovakia. Actually, he was questioned by total strangers stepping off the train from the south. But they were not about Czechoslovakia. They were about the Ranfurly Shield match between Wellington and Southland. International affairs were no match for inter-provincial Rugby. Pine Planting.in Reserves.
The planting of pines, which should eventually prove a valuable asset has been further advanced on the Waimakariri River Trust’s reserves this season. The engineer, Mr H. W. Harris, reported to a meeting of the trust that 300,000 trees had been planted out this season. This was less than it had been expected to have available, because ofi the “drowning out’ of a number in the nursery. Mr Harris said that an additional area would be available in the nursery this year and it was hoped to raise half a million trees for next season. Young tamarisks from the nursery were being planted out along the Styx immediately downstream from the Styx Bridge. Fear of State Control.
The suggestion that if power supply authorities discussed their disputes in public it might give the Government a reason for taking over the industry, was made by Mr P. B. Foote (Timaru) at the conference of the Power Boards and Electric Supply Authorities Association in Wellington yesterday during a discussion on the change made by power boards to municipal authorities for bulk supply. “We are all afraid of the Government,” he said. “They might take over the electric supply industry and then take part of the money for other jobs. They have done it with the roads and they might do it with eke* trie power. It is not desirable that these disputes should be washed up in public. If all these disputes are made public the Government might say the power authorities can’t do the job and take the industry over.” Oversea Tourists.
So far no world cruise vessels are announced to come to New Zealand in the coming summer other than eight vessels from the P. and O. and Orient lines respectively, which will bung mostly Australian tourists. However, for the maiden voyage of the new Shaw Savill liner Dominion Monarch, which will arrive in Wellington on March 24. next and leave again on April 24, special arrangements are being made to bring large numbeis of South African and British tourists, who will take part in specially arranged tours in the Dominion during the vessel’s stay. The eight cruise vessels catering mostly for Australian tourists with the dates of their arrival in Auckland are: —Orcades, October 28, Strathmore, November 18; Orford, December 23; Narkunda, Decembci 31, Otranto. January 6; Oronsay, February 3; Stratheden, February 10; and Strathallan, March 10.
Accidents to School Children. Thirteen hundred school children were involved in street accidents in the 12 months ended on March 31 of this year, according to departmental figures quoted at a meeting of the Canterbury School Committees’ Association. The chairman, Mr W. T. Langley, appealed to members to concentrate the attention of school committees on the education of children in traffic rules and road safety. Several delegates said that much time was already spent in teaching children in this-way and in making all possible provision for their safety on the roads. The meeting decided to suggest to the Transport Department that it might introduce a still more extensive campaign for road safety among school children.
The Wairarapa Coursing Club will hold a meeting on Monday night in the Y.M.C.A.. rooms at which the question of tin hare racing will be discussed.
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