NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 121, 24 May 1944, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

WEATHER FORECAST Light to moderate and variable winds. Weather fair to fine. Cool temperatures, with some frosts again tonight. The further outlook is for fair weather. Temperature at 9 a.m., 47 degrees. Full moon, June 7. High Water.—Today, 6.46 p.m.; tomorrow, 7.22 a.m., 7.44 p.m. Sun sets today 5.6 p.m.; rises tomorrow 7.30 a.m., sets 5.5 p.m. High-priced Cow. The highest price paid for a New Zealand-bred Jersey cow in the Dominion for many years was given this, week at a sale at Tauwhare, when the four-year-old cow Tolgarth Illusion sold to a bid of 600 guineas. The buyer was an Australian residing in Victoria. ' Long- Service Record. Forty-one years' service on the Wellington Colleges Board of Governors will have been completed next month by Mr. W. H. Field. It was mentioned at the meeting of the board yesterday that Mr. Field was appointed Government member on the board on June 16, 1903, and had been re-appointed every five years since that time. This period constitutes a record for the board and is probably a record for any secondary education board in the Dominion. Name for New T.B. Hospital. The selection of "Hauora" as the suggested name for the new tuberculosis /hospital and railway siding at Mackay's Crossing was not approved by all members at yesterday's meeting of the Wellington Hospital Board, and the clause in the report was referred back to the committee. Mr. H. F. Toogood. chairman of the committee, said the name meant "healthy breezes"; Mr. W. S. Cederholm said he had looked up the definition and it was given as "spirit of life, health, and vigour"; Mrs. E M. Gilmer and Mr. F.. W. Furkert considered it rather an awkward name to pronounce. Mr. Toogood said the name had been suggested by the Goographical Society. "His Life or Mine." A youth who was recently at Wellington College and is now in the hinterland near Moawhango, had an exciting experience there a week ago. Going out after deer and finding none close, he took lunch and left camp with a rifle to wander over the plains. On coming out of some low scrub he surprised a mob of wild horses. The stallion in charge of the mob saw him and charged at a gallop with mouth open. "Realising it was his life. or mine, I dropped him," the lad writes. The horse lay awhile then suddenly rose and charged again, mouth open and teeth bared, and was now close. Keeping his nerve the youth fired again, and this time ended his own danger and the stallion's career.