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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 26 August 1924, Page 9

Mr F. Hall, plumber, of Hamilton, escaped a fatal accident the oilier day. He was engaged repairing a’’ benzine tank (states tne .New Zealand Herald’s C " CI Respondent), and had thoroughly drained it and flushed it twice with' water to make sure that the spirit was cleaied. bixui h’is commencing' operations with die soldering iron a sev-eie explosion took place, blowing the tank to atoms, and huirling Mr Hall right across the workshop. He sustained severe injuries to the head and lace. sLn, iHiing or a whale on New 1 .Stadium, caused great excitement early stadium caused great excitement early last hnday morning, but the excitement waned considerably when a gentle sea breeze brought hoine to the' residents the tact that the whale had been ■n ( !, ‘ Ol a loil F The name ‘‘Toss-1 \\u\ curved in big .letters on the c:rr-! cass indicated that, the whale had been ashore before, and a length of townie wire on the tail suggested that it had broken away from a whaling ground. Later inquiries showed that the whale was identical, with the one stranded at Little Pigeon Hay oil August 9 on Mr H. H. Tosswih’s property, and towed to sea by him. The whale is 50 feet Jong and of great- girth, and as the tide receded it lay high and dry, presenting a serious iiroblem. It is considered' impossible 'to tow it to sea, and the alternative is the -unpleasant job ol cutting it up and burying it. An amusing little dialogue was overheard in Dee Street between a local business man and a well-known Inveijcargill signwriter (says the Southland limes). The. signwriter was proceeding along the iootoath in a care-free sort oi manner, totally ignoring the new, blunt command of the” City Fathers—“ Keep to the Left,” wjien lie wais confronted by the man of commerce, who jocularly remarked You’re on your wrong side. Can’t you see the notice?” “Good heavens, sir,” spluttered the signwriter. “I’ve been painting those darn things all the morn frig!” The will of the late Air. Hanti llalli. of Ashstead Parle, Fip.som, disposing of £51(5,000 in 200 words, is a- notable 'achievement in testamentary brevity, but does not break any records in that respect, states a correspondent of the Manchester Guardian. A few years ago Captain Capel detailed his wishes in regard to a fortune of threequarters of a- million sterling in less than a hundred words, while the great Lord Chief Justice Mansfield, at the age of 89. wrote with his own hand on less than halt a sheet of notepaper a will disposing of half a million, which, unlike that of many another legal dignitary, proved perfectly valid and eoriect. Matthew Arnold’s will consisted of just thirteen words, and Sir James Fitzjames Stephen’s of only nine. Speaking films are coming. They will have at least one good effect—they will drown the voices of those in the audience who road the titles aloud. No cold is Nazoi-proof. And no cough and cold remedy is so economical as “Nazcl.” Eighteewpence buys 60 doses —more than three a penny.—Advfc.