COUNTRY NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 70, 22 March 1916, Page 7

COUNTRY NEWS.

WHANGAREI. I At the Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, before Mr Barton, S.M., for a. breach of the railway by-laws in allowing a horse to trespass on the Government railway, E. K. Plalsted was toed £2, with costs. The prosecution was the outcome of the recent collision at Rust Lane crossing between an engine and a horse while the ratter was being driven to a paddock. Tie animal, which was a valuable one (worth £25), was so severely injured that it had to be destroyed. Bust Lane crossing is particularly dangerous, the line being on a steep grade. Lieut L. H. Titchener, o£ the 15th (North Auckland) Regiment, for quitting a train while In motion at Whangarei railway station after returning from the break-np of the Tanmarere camp, was fined one shilling with costs. Hameora Poutai, who admitted the pater- ■«___ an illegitimate child, was ordered to contribute 7/6 weekly towards its maintenance. An exceptionally heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning and a perfect deluge of rain, was experienced in this district on Monday night. It was the vSi. i <^ wnponr tot ye*™- Houses in lowlying localities were flooded. The full force c v"?™ *»" f e" at Hikurangi, many places being flooded. At Mr Lomas' store f^kErH 6 damage was done to the stock in tne back portion of the premises, where ™J3^^ waters backed U P- A valuable SSSSSi do s owned b * "* komas which aneltered under the house was overwhelmed \r?U ."?,"? ,^ efore " could be rescued. Buffering severely. lotion »^ i^ ar f i Co l nty Council, by resolution at its last meeting, constituted itself a motor registration body underthe Act motoTbtke.^ 6 °° U f where, wm f£LE n F m s elseto the ZSufi 181 " 4 and forwarded Mtal «e r of Internal Affairs, t*fi t , a n °P en season be declared for cock !_____*J"" I ***' tte shooting of S°£s, Pneaeants, grey dock, teal and Callof tnW^nJ?? 1011 taß w,tnin a radius of w£?™i, Ue * (r°, m tbe hatcheries situated a V<Ule7 Eoa<1 ' rema «i a soiVwWch is being extensively £ '5?!.? close season wis ___|f! ed _, 1 ? .this, district in IM4, which xS_2L_S , . , _ l ,°P* n 6«son by law. The Jon SLi!5 Ulre ! years distributed some tte £ociety ln January, iS 4 > *_e°»sMeMMe expense imported some fnDdS 0I the socl «*y. by 2 f°L ° f i?V lose 'h the year 1914, and by the heavy cost of importation of game are very low, and the society is wuT e he re dS^ r h in d * «venue which the dtetriW an M? k re - very plentiful in i*ffi a _ d ,, wll i b f _» B°o4 condition. natm^wii*^? 1 . 0 ' a D unusual S"J' C * tte Jnfant son of Constable end Whn °. f last weekhri-,. " 8 Paring about on the floor, by some means a needle lying on the earner Walter sneceeded in extracting the needle. 5