NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1932, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

Broadcasting.

"The Post 53 has received a number of letters to the editor dealing with the question of financial support to B class broadcasting stations from the Broadcasting Board. Correspondents are divided' in the matter. Tho decision, rests with the Broadcasting Board, which will be guided by the evidence placed before it. It has already announced that it is. investigating the matter fully. In the circumstances, we do not feel that any good purpose can be served by a general discussion by correspondents. An Albino. Whilst ob a walking trip in the Selwyn Gorge behind Whitecliffs, a son of Mr. E. A. Johnson, of Sumner, found a white bird sheltering from a howling nor'-wester behind a tussock in the river bed (states the " Christehurch Times")- It tad evidently been badly buffeted about by the wind and was exhausted. Although steps were taken to revive the bird, it died. It was shown to officials at the Museum, who stated that it was a rare specimen and one that tho Museum did not possess. It was an albinistic native lark, or pipit. The native lark is about the same size as the introduced English lark. b Cricket Fireworks: . More instances of rapid scoring in local cricket were> recorded on Saturdayafternoon, and in one case an exceptional total for' an afternoon's play was compiled. Playing against Shell in a, junior A grade match at Wakefield Park, the Midland (South Wellington) team gave the bowlers such a severe pasting that when stumps., were drawn for the day 518 runs had' been scored for the loss of nine wickets. The time occupied was approximately 240 minutes, so that the tuus were piled on at the rate of about 124 an hour. Many liberties were taken by the batsmen, and many chances were given, but, nevertheless, the performance was a remarkable one. Those who contributed to the total included the veteran cricketer, M. Dind, who rattled on 176 runs. Gell, too, made merry in. scoring a century without losing his wicket, and Bolt narrowly missed a century in also playing a strong hand in the rapid-scoring process. Ho Fell on a Shark. For a man to fall on a largo shark sounds more like an extract from a novel than an. experience on the local ■waterfront, but such was tho case yesterday. A shark, about 10 feet long, has -been swimming round the Wellington wharves during the last few days.' When;the shark passed the coaßUl motor ship Hawera yesterday morning one of the crew leaned over the side of the ship and attempted to catch it with a hook on the end of a pole, but lost his balance and fell on top; of the shark. . Needless to say, he lost no time returning to tho shore. The shark was so languid in its movements that it gave the impression of being sick, otherwise there might have been a vacancy for another hand on the Hawera. Yesterday afternoon some members of a rowing club went out in a boat and shot the shark with a .22 calibre rifle, and then harpooned it. Tho shark, which was very thin, is believed to be of the "bottle-nose" variety. ■ ■