NORMANBY.

Hawera Star, Volume L, 9 February 1931, Page 8

NORMANBY.

SCHOOL COMMITTEE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) | At a meeting of the Normanby School Committee during the week there were present Messrs A. E. Spratl, T. Pickering, 11. Sommers, E. 'j. Peach (secretary ) and T. Taylor (headmaster). The headmaster reported that during the holidays repairs had been effected to tlio building, and the grounds had been fenced and put in order, f urther additions to the building were to be commenced, bv the Education Board next week. Accounts to a total of £7 were passed for payment. A vote of thanks was accorded Air D. Henderson for his help with, the I'i'ont fence, and also to Air Peach for Ins care of the lawns during tlio holidays. It was decided to complete the necessary work in the grounds and the school paddocks by a working bee. That the proceeds of the school concert he devoted to the purchase of a gramophone was a motion unanimously agreed on. A 1 embers were all in favour of again holding the school picnic at Opunake, and decided upon Friday, February 13, as the day. The school is to be granted a holiday for the Normanby Show on .February 5. In reply to a request from the Norman by Tennis Club, placing the matter of proposed new courts before the committee, it was stated that, while in sympathy, the committee could not assist. GENERAL. For some time a throe-year-old mare belonging to Air .1. Forbes, of Normanby, had been uiidor observation, it being suspected that a missing packing needle had been swallowed by tlio animal. This needle, some seven inches in length, had been lost in the proximity of the mare’s feed, and as a careful search failed to disclose it, swallowing was suspected. Recently tin* mare developed a soreness in her side, and a veterinary surgeon was called in. The trouble was thought to he a split rib. but as swelling increased the vet., Mr E. R. Marshall, operated and found, lying crossways on tbs mare’s ribs, the missing needle. ■The extraction proved an intricate task, but through an incision over four inches in length the needle was finally recovered. That the needle -was swallowed by the animal seems to ho the only conclusion, as she had not been known to lie down near the feed boxes. If swallowing was the case the needle travelled about the mare’s body for over six months until the operation revealed it. A local anaesthetic was used for the operation, and the mare is making good recovery anil is showing no ill effects of the trouble. THE EARTHQUAKE.

Normanby, as elsewhere, felt flic shock of the earthquake, lint little damage is reported to have been done. Tlio only mishap in the town was at Messrs Galloway's store, where a heavy weight ivas shaken off a shelf, falling into a tin of ffesli eggs and turning them into scrambled eggs in quick time. Personal.

Mrs P. A. Rossitter, of Christchurch, is st&ying with Mr and "Mrs R. V. Jackson.

.Mi* P. Kellett is at present in hospital for ati operation. Airs E. T. Peach and children have returned from Hokitika. Airs Peach was at the time of the landing of tlio Southern Cross Junior staying within a few miles of the spot and was able to -secure isome snapshots of the wrecked ’plane. Miss Tna Antrobus spent a portion of her holidays with Airs A. Antrobus at Normanby.

Aliss Palmer, of Wanganui, is visiting her parents, Air and Airs W. Palmer.