Reporter’s diary

Press, 9 July 1983, Page 2

Reporter’s diary

Lost dog FEARS ARE held for Sonny (pictured), a bull terrier, which has been missing from its home at 32 Courtenay Street, St Albans, since Tuesday. Sonny started having epileptictype fits on Sunday and Ms Maggie Tai Rakena, the dog’s owner, took him to a veterinarian. The veterinarian thought the series of fits could be from lead poisoning and the dog could be treated. Before the veterinarian could see the animal again it escaped from the house after the gate was left open by someone making a delivery. “He looks scary during fits, and although the vet didn’t think he would be vicious, he becomes quite disoriented after a fit. Even if he is alive he just doesn’t know what to do with himself,” said Ms Tai Rakena. If anyone sees the dog would they please ring Ms Tai Rakena, 554-285. Sonny needs urgent medical attention. So far, City Council dog rangers have not sighted the animal. Bald truth A FRENCH-made cream for ridding the bodyjrof

superfluous hair is being mistakenly used by some Russians as a hair tonic because they have misunderstood the instructions, a Soviet health magazine reports. The cream, made by the French firm, Lancome, had only been imported recently and was a “fluid cream for getting rid of hairs.” Unfortunately, many members of the public read the instructions in Russian too quickly and only took in the fact that the cream changes the nature of the hair. A number of users have been seeking something to restore their hair. Adventure area THOUSANDS of acres of wilderness country near Taupo are to be turned into an outdoor adventure centre. The project is a joint venture between the Maori landowners and a Taupobased travel company, Selecta Tours, Ltd. Horse trekking, tramping, trout fishing, stalking deer with rifle or camera, swimming, and river rafting will be offered in an area accessible only by air or on foot. The land is unsuitable for forestry or farming. The company has leased the 2000 hectares of the river valleys, tussock and mountain beech forest, near the Kaimanawa Forest Park, from the Wiremu Rahui Maori Trust. Running through it is about four kilometres of the Ripia River, which joins the Mohaka River, a popular stretch of rafting water. Access to the adventure park can be gained either by an easy three-hour tramp from the TaupoNapier highway or a 20minute flight from Taupo airport to an airstrip 300 metres from the site of a new lodge. The. park will be open for the summer season.

Better managers WOMEN make better managers than men, in spite of being under more pressure, according to researchers at Manchester University. They say that women managers are under heavier stress from home and work than their male counterparts and suffer “prejudice and discrimination,” but they still cope better than men. The researchers added that organisations which refuse to break their male-dominated hierarchy are “missing out on good management material.”

Self imposed A TEXAS judge known as a stickler about lawyers showing up in court on time has fined himself SUSSO for being 12 minutes late for work. “I did it because I did not have an excuse that would have been any good for anybody else,” said Judge Oliver Kitzman. The judge has a reputation for severely censuring lawyers who show up late at' his courtroom, so when he arrived 12 minutes late he held himself in contempt of court, imposed the fine, and handed the money to the district clerk.