LOCAL AND GENERAL

Feilding Star, Volume 6, Issue 1312, 25 January 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Every person in Britain eats an average of 93 apples, 67 oranges, and 15 lemons every year.

With, a. weight-lifting capacity equal to 30 passengers, the largest and most powerful air-liner in the world has been built' in Scotland, and is an a 1-metal fonoplane with a wing span of 140 ft..

“Who gave her a license,” was the exclamation of a. citizen >n Strafford when he saw a lady drive her ear up the wrong side of Broadway and t ake Ihe opportunity 'O cross to her correct side round it traffic dome.

The early appointment of a qualified Maori dentist who will ho employed permanently in earing for the teeth of Maori school children is oeing considered by the Health Department’ Of 14,000 Maori children being educated in the public schools of the Dominion, those in primary scnools, totalling over 6000, will receive attention first.

Mr T. A. Birth, principal of the Oh a kune Grammar School and a member of the National Parle Board, has now 02 ascents of Ruapehu as his record. Several National Park enthusiasts have made 20 or more ascents, hut no one has nearly approached Mr Blyth’s. record. It is his intention to register at least 100 climbs.

“Every fourth, or fifth fish that is caught bears the mark of the shark’s or the harraeouta’s sharp teeth,” remarked a sportsman who has recently returned from the Waiau river mouth (says the Southland Times). It is hard to believe that so many fish are carried off by their fiercer fellows, even in, Now Zealand rivers. The present weather conditions are certainly without parallel for the last 20 years and none of the older residents can. recall the same prolonged absence of rain (states the (Rotorua Chronicle). Only 8 inches of Vain have fallen in four months. Pastures and lawns ]are showing big brown patches and earth cracks arro showing, a most unusual feature on pumice soils.

On October 4 of last year a Whaligarei busines man. forwarded! a letter to a customer in Kiripaki road (says the Advocate). Since then, the letter has travelled a long distance for a penny. It was first addressed to Albury New South Wales, then to Albion, Queensland, and finally to Fox wood, Brisbane If was re-dis-patched from each of these offices, with, the unclaimed tsamp upon it, and finally returned to the sender.

A. Bluff woman who possesses a. fine cab went away for a, holiday and before doing so put tlid eat, which had never been, away from home beore, in a bag and tobk it down to Greenhills by train to- leaye it With' a friend. A day oc two afterwards the cat was missing, and for three da .vs no trace of it- was found, until neighbours of the cat’s owners at Bluff were amazed to see pussy stroll, ing round the back gard.cn of its former house

“I think that in the future you will have an enormous number of people from Australia visiting Mount Cook both for the scenery and the interest that the locality offei s, said Mr Justice Davidson, of the Supreme Court of New South, Wales. ‘‘.Rotorua- is a wonderful tourist resort,” said Mr Justice Davidson. “The catering is excellent, and it is most comfortable in every resepect. The sights there are, to ro.y mind, unique. However, I liked Mt. Cook even better. The arrangements there were the best that we met anywhere. 1 went for one short walk from the Hermitage to Ball Hut and the icefiftl. There is an admirable view of tlie glaciers. T had not seen it beforerand it struck me as being full of interest . Unfortunately I am not a cimber, but the opportunities were unequalled. We were delighted with the Hermitage. It was comfortable m every respect. The greatest courtesy and'wonderful attention wore given to everybody.

Already two Feilding residents have been able to. dispense with the sticks with which they hobbled in for treatment, and several others have been cured of various painful ailments. Without dout the Violet Ray is the best remedy for Rheumatism, Lumbago’ Sciatica, Neuritis, Goitre, Nervous Disorders, etc. It is painless, pleasant, and invigorating. Consult (free) R. A, Billows, Darragh’s Buildings.

The dentists’ register just published in the Gazette contains the names of 851 practitioners.

Business people, and others are advised to be on the watch for “split” pound or ten shilling notes.

.Mails which left Auckland on December 20 per Aorangi via \ ancon ver arrived at London last Sunda v.

A committee of three engineers has been set- up to investigate and report on the host scheme of control in Hawke’s Bay. They will sit early next month

Two „of 59 applications for tho post of public executioner to the Czeeho-Slovakia Republic came from a professor of theology and a woman.

Work on the Pal mens ton railway deviation continues to progress steadily, and has now cxtojndod to the Mangaone stream on one side and over Milson’s line on the other. There are now 160 men on the job.

Through the failure of the Manga hao hydro-electric supply, due to shortage of water the Palmerston borough electric plant has beefi brought into compassion. Hastings is also supplying the Public Works Department under special contract.

The Archbishop of Sydney has given directions for summoning members of the Diocesan Synod to attend a special session, to he held on March 13 to consider the bill for the proposed constitution of the Church of England in Australia.

“Everything- done - in day labour seems unsatisfactory. It is too slow,” said, the Mayor of Napier, Mr J.

Vigor Brown, at a meeting of the Borough Council when urged that the change over ho speeded up by letting as much work as possible by contract. • • •

The grey squirrel is a. tree planter. He buries nuts that he may later dig them up for food. But the greatest result is that new generations of nut trees will 'everywhere geyminate in many of these buried stores and hear fruit for future generations.

God wits in thousands are- to te seen along the Ninety-mile Beach and in other coastal quarters of the Northern Peninsula, Canterbury, j and since the season opened many excellent -hags have been . secured.; The birds, which migrate from Si-1 berm, roach New Zealand about No-' vernber, and again leave these shores in April, for the other side of the world, by which time they are in ’ excellent condition. The favourite and most effective method of shooting the birds is from motor cars, which, on tho Ninety-mile Beach arc driven at anything up to 60 miles an hour to effect a quick approach, and, when tho flock of godtakes the air, the shooting commences.