Codes’ squabble heads to court

The Otago Rugby Football Union Executive met in committee yesterday morning to consider the position in regard to Forbury Park for football purposes. It was decided to uphold the action of the subcommittee to proceed with the injunction to prevent the Coursing Club from letting the ground to the Rugby League. It is understood that the case will come before Mr Justice Sim early in August.

 

An interesting experiment in fire-fighting was witnessed by a large number of representative citizens at the Dunedin Fire Brigade Station yesterday afternoon, when an exhibition of the power of the Minimax Frowave fire extinguisher was given by Mr L. Clement, of Dunedin. The appliance is for extinguishing an outbreak of fire in bulk petrol, and for the purpose of testing it a tank of bulk petrol was set alight, and became a blazing mass in no time. When the word was given a stream of some white frothy substance was shot into the tank from the extinguisher, and in a few seconds the fire was subdued, having been smothered by the froth, which covered the petrol like a blanket. The container holds a pressure of approximately 50 pound per 

square inch, giving a jet of from 30 to 40 feet, which enables a fire to be fought without personal danger. The mixture, it is claimed, fills all the requirements of first aid protection as it is simple, instantaneous in action and is always ready for use, with no risk of deterioration.

 

The finance committee of the City Council announces that an agreement has now been reached with the Art Gallery trustees relative to the terms upon which the society’s assets are to be transferred to the council. Briefly, the agreement provides that the society shall assign and transfer all its assets, comprising the Art Gallery building and contents thereof, together with the society’s interest in the lease of the site, to the council. The latter is to pay to the society in perpetuity a sum of not less than £300 per annum, together with an amount equal to the rates levied on the society’s premises. The Mayor of Dunedin and the chairman of the finance committee, for the time being, shall be ex-officio members of the Art Gallery Society council. The 

committee will recommend to the council that the draft agreement be approved and the matter completed and executed at the earliest possible date.

 

Superintendent Napier, of the Dunedin Fire Brigade, said that there seemed to be an impression that unless a man were able to afford it he was denied the use of an ambulance. "This is altogether erroneous, and a man who is in need of transport has only to ask and, if he is not in a position to pay, he will get the ambulance absolutely free of cost. These ambulances are maintained by public support, and only those who are well able to afford it are asked to contribute anything."

 

The city engineer has been instructed to make the necessary arrangements for providing special garbage collection services, so as to enable householders to get rid of their collections of tins and other rubbish which are not usually put into the ash tin. — ODT, 26.7.1924