Local and General

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 7 June 1935, Page 6

Local and General

The New Zealand ensign was flown half-mast at the Hawera Post Office to-day on account of the death of Mrs McCombs, M.P., at Christchurch. For the first time since the formation of tho club a hole was done in “one” at. the St. Andrews by the Mountain Golf Club this week. TJie “offence” was committed at “Bud’s Mistake,” a hole of 155 yards, the “offender” being Mr T. Brewer who paid the recognised penalty. The matter of restoring the mail letter-sorting service on the mail trains was the subject of a communication from the Waitara Chamber of Commerce to the council of the Taranaki Chamber at its meeting last night. The letter had been referred to the .stationmaster at Now Plymouth, who had replied that it was a matter for the Postal Department, and the chief postmaster stated that, as the subject had been referred to the PostmasterGeneral, he preferred to make no comment. The council decided in the meantime to take no action.

Judgment by default was awarded plaintiff in the following civil actions before Air \V. H. Woodward, S.M., at the Hawera Courthouse to-day: Commissioner of Taxes v. A. H. N. Hammond, £6 15s 3d; C. W. Crutch v. E. Scott, £1 4s 3d. On a judgment summons P. F. Raynor was ordered to pay the North Canterbury Hospital Board the sum of £37 6s, in default three weeks’ imprisonment, the warrant to he suspended on the payment of 8s a montn. D. Hamilton, was ordered to pay JLightband and Wann. Ltd., tho sum of £2 8s 9d within 14 days, in default three days’ imprisonment. Two engraved wliale teeth have neer given to the Auckland War Memorial Museum by Mr F. H. Worsiield, of Otorolianga. One etching is of a sailing ship, while the other is of two native women. Tho teeth were originally given to Mrs George Greenaway and to Mr Gilbert Mair, who lived at the Bay of Islands a century ago. Mr Worsfield is a great-grandchild on both sides of the original owners. Jfi addition to the whale teeth Mr Wors field has presented a sot of fine nativeartifacts.

“People overseas often talk of New Zealand as a semi-barbarous country and think its inhabitants speak with a dreadful accent,” said Sir Joseph Smith in the course of an address at a luncheon held by the Auckland Overseas League. “Only recently I received a letter from a large India firm addressed: , Auckland, New Zealand, Australia. * Many people stiU think that this country is part of Australia and nre surprised when tola that it takes four days to cross to New Zealand.” A sh!«sv„ between a rat and a ferret was watched by a small group of? interested spectators f,n an Invercargill sports ground, the rat being unanimously declared the winner aftei three'snappy rounds. The rat found its way into the shop from the street and took up a position behind some show cases, from where it could not be dislodged. A ferret was procured, and it soon brought the rat into the open. The latter decided to settle the issue there and theu, ancl stood up to its enemy in approved fashion. After the first short, sharp round the rat was well ahead on points, and when thev got together again after a breather the rat was again markedly superior; there seemed to he much more sting in its bites. The third round was in progress, with the rat definitely the master when the unequal struggle came to an end through one of the “fans,” with a rhythmic swing, catching the -rat in a vital part with the head of a golf club and terminating its existence. The ferret dashed for cover, and was still behind the show case when the time came to close the shop.

Some 80 years or more ago during the Maori War the Sixty-fifth Regiment of English Infantry was encamped in Waipukurau In a stockade situated on the site of what for many years past had been used as the borough reservoir. A few days ago the centre of a lawn, the property of All G. E. Fowler, Wallace Road, Waipu k n ran subsided. Investigation disclosed that a well had existed in the spot when the infantry were in camp so long ago. When further use for :t had disappeared, the top of the well, which was very wide, had been covered over with totara timber about three feet from the top and then covered with soil. The passing of three-quar-ters of a century saw one or two of tho totara, hoards decay, with the result that the existence of the well was discovered. Most of the timber was in an excellent state of preservation. SAFE COUGH CURE FOR BABIES AND ELDERLY PEOPLE.

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