LOCAL AND GENERAL

Feilding Star, Volume 10, Issue 4043, 28 September 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

General O’Duffy, leader of the United Ireland party, has the forefinger of his loft hand missing.

Amongst the outlying police stations in country districts in Britain, some 200 are still unprovided ivith a telephone.

Military and naval toys, such as soldiers, tanks, cannon and submarines, are now enjoying a boom in Germany.

The gross takings at the interisland Rugby match at Athletic Park last Saturday aggregated _£is°o.

Cycling has become a craze in "Canton, where British machines arc the most popular, because they are cheap, lig'ht and strong.

London’s new Passenger Transport Board controls 6ono omnibuses, 2600 tramcars, 2239 electric railway coaches and 226 railway stations.

Overheard on a ferry boat : ;: 1 see Wellington, has got a new crematorium.” “Yes, they’re pretty up to date there, and they deliver the milk in bottles, too.”

Said the Auckland citizen to the Australian tar: “You don’t have no rum ration, in your navy, do yer?” “No.’ ’ “Well, then, why don’t Jamaica protest!”

Agriculture is still declining in Britain, with 75,000 farm workers leaving the land since 1923 and 45,000 fewer acres were actually under crop in 1932, compared with 1931.

Owing to great damage caused by elephants to native plantations in Uganda, the Government employed six white hunters to reduce their numbers, and in the last six months they killed 500.

Liverpool’s new Roman Catholic cathedral is to be adorned at its summit with a figure of Christ 60ft. in total height. Illuminated at night, it will serve as a landmark to ships far out at sea.

It is stated that the arrangements for the minting of New Zealand’s new coinage are proceeding satisfactorily, and the arrival of the first shipment is not far distant. There will be no- change in the actual denominations ; but the designs will, of course, be different.

“When a ajlb fish was opened, seven bullies in various stages of digestion were found in the stomach contents,” says a report prepared for the Fresh Water Research Committee by Mr A. W. Parrott, biologist, Christchurch. “Two of these small fish were alive, and one, when returned to the water, recovered sufficiently to swim away.”

A trout fishing demonstration was held at the mouth of the \Yaiwakaiho river in Taranaki during last week end, when tyro, anglers were shown how to erect tackle, fix flies, mount minnows and to make easts. Demonstrations wore given with several rods of the various types of fishing-, artificial fly, live bait, and artificial minnows.

Evidence of a pronounced reluctance of unemployed boys to go on the land have been furnished by Mr C. L. Cato, director of the youth employment bureau at the Hamilton Y.M.C.A. During the past three weeks he had received over 50 applications from farmers for boys whom he was unable to supply. Over 300 boys have been found work through the bureau this year.

“There are some things that ore true and are unbelievable and there are other things that arc untrue and are unbelievable,” said Mr W. R. McKean, S.M., in the Auckland Police Court in commenting on a man’s excuse for being <>n licensed premises after hours. “Defendant’s statement comes under the latter heading, I am afraid,” he added, amid laughter.

The spring weather in Christchurch has favourably impressed a visitor from Germany. “When I write and tell mv friends at home about it they will think Christchurch is Paradise,” he- said. “I have taken a photograph of young' men and women having their lunch on the river bank in the sunshine, with the ducks on the river and the trees as a background. That ought to t onvince them.”

When some photographers’ flash powder failed to fire the other evening, the two men bent over the plate holding the powder, which then exploded, causing burns to their faces. One of the photographers, Mr Mervyn Darling, of Coro mandel, was admitted to the Auckland hospital, but his condition 's not serious. The mishap occurred at a fancy dress bull held by Court Maid Marian, Ancient Order of Foresters, in the Foresters’ Hall, Albert street, Auckland.