THE TIDE

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 79, 28 December 1925, Page 4

THE TIDE

“I have never before seen fish in such splendid condition as this year,” said a member of the Southland Acclimatisation Society, at a meeting of the council last evening. “I have not seen a poor fish in the lot.”—“Southland Times.”

There are some children attending the public schools of Canterbury with very fine records for regular attendance (states the “Lyttelton Times”). One case reported to the Canterbury Education Board was that of a girl named Margaret Evans, of the Christchurch East Schobl, who has not missed a single attendance for eight years. On the recommendation of the Appointments Committee, the board resolved that a special prize should be awarded to this pupil for her excellent record.

An old-age pensioner named Jane Cragg proceeded against her married daughter, Florence Pye, at the Magistrate’s Court, Hapiilton, the other day, for arrears of maintenance, totalling’ £l9, in respect to an order for the" payment of 10s. weekly (states the “Waikato Times”). “You want a little monev for Christmas, do you?” asked’the Magistrate kindly of the old lady, in whose favour he made an order against Mrs. Pye for the payment of £5, in default seven days’ imprisonment.

“This is a septic tank, which has been lost sight of, and a veranda has been built over it. The owner sleeps ou the veranda right over the tank, and if he is satisfied I don’t see why we should complain,” said Councillor R. Noble-Adams, at a recent meeting of the Blenheim Borough Council, in explaining a reference in the By-laws Committee’s report to a certain septic tank to which the committee’s attention had been directed. It was agreed (states the “Express”) to allow the tank to remain “during the pleasure of the council.”

The present shark scare has no terrors for some of the youth of Devouport (states the Auckland “Star”). This has been demonstrated by some of the swimming enthusiasts who make use of the pontoon anchored off the Windsor Reserve, close to the Devonport wharf, where the big fish were caught last week. These young fellows have done their best to reduce the number of the sharks bv laying a couple of lines off the pontoon," and to make sure that their fishing is getting a fair chance thev make a practice of swimming out into deep water just to find out if the baits are still all right. A flashing movement on the overhand stroke of one of these swimmers the other night was, on closer inspection, revealed to be the family curving knife, sharpened to represent a “srickersee” of no mean merit, evidently carried for use if "wanted on the vovage” had the swimmer been molested bv one of the wolves of the deep.

Fifteen applicants for work visited the New Plymouth office o‘ the Department of Labour last week, compared with 15 in the previous week (states the “Daily News”). Last week’s total comprised two labourers, two motor drivers, one bookbinder, one carpenter, and one fitter.

HIGH WATER AT MANAWATU BAR. December. a.m. p.m. 28 . 8.36 8.57 29 . 9.13 9.38 80 , 9.49 10.8 01 . 10.21 10.43