LOCAL AND GENERAL

Feilding Star, Volume 5, Issue 991, 5 January 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

I New wireless apparatus has been fixed to Imperial Airways air-liners, which will in future carry a wireless operator. It was reported v at the meeting of the Auckland Aoclimitisation Society i that fish licenses had so far produced a revenue of £428. The Prince of Wales saw the natch between B'. nek heath and the Maoris on the Rectory Field mi Saturday, and all the players wore presented’ to him. / An architect lias now been selected to draw plans for the new Maori ;Girls’ Mission College at ATnrton for the Presbyterian Church of New Zea landWater :is again flowing to .the Auckland reservoirs from the Waitawere dam after The interruption caused a week ago through the I breaks in tbc pipe line. The workmen i put up a good performance.

The popularity of the Wanganui river increased considerably during the holidays, and on Sunday there were over fit) guests at Pipiriki House. Tbe travellers were mostly overseas tourists, who bad great, praise for the scenic beauties of the river.

Air William A. Glrrm, of Sea grove, Seaview, Tsle of Wight, one of the founders of tbe Royal Isle of Wight Agricultural Society, who left £40,428, directed that be did not wish to be buried in St. Helen’s cluircbvnrd. is undrained.” As the Glynn family vaults are full, be wished his body to buried in a lead coffin, placed in a tomb above the ground at the upper corner above tbe tennis lawn at Seagrove. /‘T express the most earnest hope that it will bo allowed to rest in peace there/’, he added.

River pilots in the London districts earn nearly £I,OOO a year.

Farmsteads .at West Felton, Shropsrihe, have been visited,, by a yellow sparrow, which accompanies spa rows of the usual colouring.

Of 31,949 hales of wool in store, 26,000 have been allotted for the second Christchurch wool sale, which will be held to-morrow.

The highest wind speed ever Lrecorded was during the typhoon at iHangkang in August, 1923, when one gust was recorded as travelling at 127 miles an hour.

Sir Robert Ale Alpine and Sons secured the contract, amounting o more than £500,000 to build, a factory for Messrs' Carreras in. Mornington crescent which .will be the largest concrete building in London.

i . I A large amount of cargo for New Zealand and Australia was brought fom Yancotiver by the Royal Mail liner Aorangi. The cargo consisted of canned salmon, flour, box shooks, laed, spelter, apples, m.otor-cabs and genera 1 mercli a n di.se.

Preparing for the time when; by the use of special relays, it will he possible to teelgraph easily from 'Auckland to Invercargill, the Post and Telegraph Department has four large gangs employed between Blent heim and Christchurch constructing the lines.

Over 100 members of the city and suburban fire brigades attended the funeral of Air. Alfred Noon, aged 23, a young fireman who died ;n ti e Auckland Hospital as the result -of injuries received in a mok.v cycle accident which occurred at Kohimaama. The coffin was home on a motor-reel.

Increased duty on imported woollen goods is advocated by the New Zealand Woollen AI ills Employees’ Union, which decided at its annual con-

ference jn Chrisctliurch to support the local manufacturers in their action in petitoning Parliament for an increase. It was stated that New Zealand could not, with the present tariff, 'cofpete with other countries, especially in Hhe lower grades 6f goods. An increased tariff wuld give more employment in this country.