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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1711, 30 December 1919, Page 6

Ilapuka are again shoaling in Cook Strait, (in Sunday a launch party from Karaka Bay secured thirty two line liapuka and irnnipeter till' Palliser ihi.v. In several criers lilt lish scaled over 701b weight, and Ihe average weight must have been well over 401b. ’ Recently two men in broad daylight broke into the house of a widow at Bruns wick, Melbourne, and stole her furniture. They engaged a carrier, and moved ®the contents of the house, excepting a- pia.no, to a second-hand dealer’s;, whore the furniture was sold for £llO, A police -officer saw the furniture going away, bill thought it was a regular removal. Advice has been received of Ihe death in Condon, from pneumonia, of Mr S. W’lntia. Thornlon, a former resident of Nelson. Mr Thornton, who was an accountant by profession, was employed by an Australian eon corn when he enlisted and was allotted to (ho Accounts Bra.nch of the A.IT. Air Thorpton was a prominent Red Cross worker, and in 1915 he proceeded to Egypt as secretary to the commissioners, lie was 42 years of ago. and leaves a widow and one son, who arc now in Engla.nd.' Bv a peculiar'coincidence, the mile handicap at the Caledonian Sports in Wellington on Saturday was won by a. son of Mr 'Thomas Wyeth, of Alasterton. who carried off the two mile championships at a Caledonian sports meeting no loss than fiftyone years ago. Air Wyeth, who was pre'sent/was justly proud of his son's performance. The race was won by about eight yards, and the winner caused much excitement by passing his opponent in the last lap. 1