NEWS OF THE DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 182, 3 August 1932, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Stocking -Lake Waters. Officers of the Internal Affairs Department will shortly commence liberating trout fry for the winter stocking season. At the present time 600,000 fry are being handled in the Department's hatchery at Fairy Springe, and will be liberated in Lake Rotorua next week. Cheaply Sacked. There arrived in Timaru last week from Australia, says the "Herald," a shipment of 12,600 sacks of wheat, which is for use in Timaru mills. A noticeable point concerning the shipment was that the sacks were second-hand, and were practically worthless, a majority of them being only fit to be sent to the paper mills. It was evident that in some cases the sacks had previously been used for potatoes. Work of the Boot Pool. Since the city boot pool for unemployed started its operations, about 10,000 paira of boots have been repaired. It was mentioned by Mr. L. Marks at yesterday's meeting of the Auckland Metropolitan Unemployment Relief Committee, which will shortly take over control of the pool, that, at a conservative estimate of 3/ a pair, the pool had carried cut work worth. £1500. Poor Handwriting. "Some of the handwriting was almost childish, and would be a disgrace to any office," said a member of the Mount Eden Borough Council last evening, when the appointment of a cadet was under consideration. About 150 applications had been received, and the councillor said that, judging by the handwriting, not enough importance was attached to that branch of a pupil's education. Photographs Seized. In a case at the Supreme Court yesterday an accused, who admitted he was a Communist, during cross-examination, said that literature and pictures which the party had at their headquarters at 63, Newton Road, had Eeen seized by detectives. The Crown Prosecutor asked what pictures had been taken, and the accused mentioned pictures of Lenin, Trotsky, and "two men who had been murdered in America." Hauling-ont Site. Relief labour is to be used to complete the Takapuna Boating Club's hauling-out site at Bayewater. At yesterday afternoon's meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board a recommendation from the board in committee, that the Takapuna Borough Council be authorised to treat the job as a relief work, was adopted. The board added a condition that the work should be subject to the general supervision of the board's engineer, and that the board should not be involved in any liability Car Passengers' Escape. Two motor cars, whose owners were returning from a dance, came into collision at the intersection of Great South Road and Manukau Road shortly after one o'clock this morning. One of the cars, a sedan carrying five people, was thrown on to its side, but the occupants were uninjured. It was fortunate that none of the glass in the car was shattered. The car that capsized had one wheel wrecked and suffered other damage, but the other car, a small roadster, escaped lightly. A Dry July. July was the driest winter month experienced at Te Aroha for many years (writes the "Star" correspondent), the rainfall being 4.52 in, against 8.12 in in the same month last. year. Rain fell on ten days, the greatest fall being 2.23 in on the night of last Thursday, when there was a heavy storm. There are many indications here of an early spring. Pastures are showing some growth, especially on well-drained land, willow trees are breaking into leaf, plum and peach trees are budding out freely, and strawberry plants arc already in the flowering stage. These indications are some weeks earlier than usual.

A Radio Duel. A Lyttelton resident has added a new page to the argument as to whether a wireless set is a musical instrument. This listener, the proud owner of a new set, not content with the programme as set out, added to the spice of listening by manipulating the controls so that the squeals of oscillating valves kept time to the music coming over the air. Though this aided his enjoyment, other listeners in the port poured maledictions on the head of the unknown howler. A conference of annoyed "fans" located the source of the squeals, and gave the offender some of his own medicine. Now peace reigns on the air o' nights, though the inventor of the effects misses greatly his self-made obligato. Early Justice. Some amusement was caused in the Supreme Court yesterday by a verbal encounter between counsel and a witness from the country. The witness said he received •. summons to attend the Police Court at Whangarei at nine in the morning. "You don't mean to say the Court sits at that unearthly hour," said counsel. "Perhaps you mean that you were requested to be at the police station at nine oMock." The witness considered a moment, and Then admitted that perhaps counsel was right. At another stage in the case he described an 'hotel at Whangarei as "the Central Hotel." Counsel said he was not aware that the town possessed such a building, whereupon witness explained that he meant the central hotel of the three. "That's certainly one way of describing it," remarked counsel, "but I should have thought its proper name would have done just as well. It is well enough known to Visitors, and one would have thought the same would apply to those w/ho live in the district." Great News For Poultry Farmers. A strange indirect effect of the recent earthquake on a pen of poultry is vouched for by a Now Plymouth resident, says an exchange. The shake smashed in his house a bottle each of wine, Worcester sauce, aninioniated quinine, ale and varnish polish, a packet of curry, a packet of cornflower and four jars of jams and jellies, which all mixed. They were collected, aiid the man of the house, thinking the mixture would.

with addition of pollard, make a good mash, fed the hene next morning, Inside half an hour the fowls were all a-cacklc, and during the day several laid doublc-yolked eggs, while others laid two eggs before nightfall. The weak part of the atoryi is that no steps were apparently taken to investigate the probability that the hysterical etate of the hens after the shakes had quite as much to do with the outburst of cackling as the Worcester sauce or the ammoniated quinine or the furniture polish. If, in fact, the earthquake was the main, or even a necessary, factor, the hopes of poultry farmers must again be dashed. In any case, the exact proportions of ingredients may well be of paramount importance. What New Zealand Rugby Fans Miss. In an interview at Wellington, Mr. W. Wallace, manager of the New Zealand Rugby team which recently toured Australia, said: "This is a wonderful team. The members have improved their game out of all knowledge. It is a pity they arc not having some more gamcis, just to let the New Zealand public see how the team has developed. Really it is the same old story, the New Zealand public never sees a New Zealand team playing at its best. A team on tour always improves. If you look back, you will find that teams have Rone away without a very high opinion being held of their c.-.libre, but it hae generally happened that after a few games teams have become practically invincible. The good fellowship of the team, and the very conscientious way in vvhic'i members paid attention to training, had much to do with the results achieved." Mr. Wallace particularly mentioned paee in connection with the beauty of the team. Speed was there all the way, and meant a great deal, together with the line combination that was developed. Spectaiular play was the crd:r i>, t ■.> three Tests, and it w..s apactacular play tlie crowd wanted. One object was to keep the ball in play as much ae possible.