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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 41, 17 January 1929, Page 6

The Mayor, Mr A. J. Graham, has received a donation of 25s towards the relief of unemployment from Mr W. Smith, of Glen Burn, Hinekura. A machinist, William Donovan, aged 21, fell against a machine at the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company’s box factory at Hamilton and sustained .a fracture of the leg. He was admitted to the Waikato Hospital.

It is reported that there lias been very little flounder fishing in the Whangarei Harbour this year owing to the prevalence of sharks, which have caused so much damage by net tearing, that fishermen have preferred to confine their attention to hand lines.

Although it may be fairly common to see women residents of Canterbury, Hawke’s Bay, and other sheep-farming centres of this Dominion taking an evening stroll accompanied by pet lambs, yet the appearance of a wellknown New Plymouth lady in similar circumstances excited no small measure of interest among those who saw her. The lady in question was also accompanied by a diminutive Pomeranian dog, kept, possibly to round up its woolly companion, should the latter’s natural instincts assert themselves.

Several hundred pounds richer than when he landed hero two months ago, John Kilonis, the Greek professional wrestler, left Auckland on Tuesday evening by the Aorangi for Vancouver. Kilonis will probably obtain a match or two in the United States, and then go over to England for a season under contract to Mr R. Lean, manager of the Melbourne Stadium, who is to stage a series of contests in the Old Country. Also bv the Aorangi went Pat McCarthy, who was twice beaten by Kilonis, and Jim Heslin, tire Australian heavy-weight champion, who wrestled a draw with McCarthyon Monday last. To be suspended by her wedding ring for some moments when the box she was standing on collapsed was the amazing experience of Mrs Wilson, wife of Mr Janies Wilson, Manaia, (says the Taranaki News). Mrs Wilson was standing on a box and reaching into a high cupboard when the box collapsed, but her fall Avas stayed by her wedding ring catching on a hook. For a few moments she hung suspended by the ring, but the terrific strain caused the finger to stripped rf flesh, exposing the bone. Mrs Wilson fell to the floor in a fainting state here injury causing great loss of blood. Her small daughter hurriedly summoned help, and after receiving medical attention Mrs Wilson was removed to the Hawera Hospital, where the finger was amputated. It is said that the wedding ring was pulled into an elliptical shape. The steamer Kilcredane, Avhich arrived at Auckland yesterday from Casablanca, Avas once fitted up as an armed cruiser in the Russian volunteer fleet. In addition to troops, she carried 1000 passengers, and ran from Odessa in the Black Sea to Vladivostock and Petrograd. In those day she Avas knoAvn as the Mogifeif, and ivas beautifully appointed. The Russian revolution ended her days as an A.A. “passenger cruiser,” anti about six years ago she Avas turned into a tramp steamer, to circle the Avaters of the globe Avith cargoes of phosphates, iron ore and the like. Captain F. Kirk, Avko has had command of the Kilcredane, ever since she became a tramp, has seen some exciting times on the vessel. On Saturday, September 15, last year, she ran into a terrible hurricane in the Florida Straits. One boat Avas Avashed overboard and three others stove 'in. The bridge AA-.as smashed and washed aAvay. by the force of the Avaves Avhich dashed over her, and everything movable ivent overboard into the mountainous seas.

The Railway Department has erected a wig-wag danger signal at the level crossing at Allardice Street, Dannevirke.

Fishing from the launch Zane Grey at Mercury Day, Mr Horner Grey son of Mr Zane Grey, landed a fine hammerhead shark weighing 3001 b.

At noon to-day the temperature recorded by Mr T. It. Moore, of “Waimarama,” Terrace End, was 80 degrees in the shade. The weather has been very warm this week. Kaikolie has been definitely fixed as the place at which the petition against the election of Mr H. M. Itushworth for the Bay of Islands seat will be heard on January 28; The Electoral Court will consist ol Mr Justice Herdman and Mr Justice Ostler. Two men are reported to have unearthed a quantity of greenstone not far from Kumara during the holidays, disposing of their find for about £BU (states an exchange). Before the Great War a company successfully worked a greenstone quarry at Wainihinihi, oil the Kumara-Otira Road, but as the principal market for disposal of the stone was in Germany the company ceased operations and sold most of its plant. An aeroplane of somewhat unusual design, a Monocoupe monoplane, has arrived from New York to the order of Air O. Cottrell, of Lower Hutt, and is now being assembled at the owner’s garage. As the name implies, the machine is of the coupe type, being closed in, and accommodates two persons side by side. It is fitted with dual control, and is powered with a five-cylinder engine of 80 h.p. The wing span is about 30ft., and the fuselage is 19ft Gin. long. Half-sovereigns are not often seen in ordinary business circles these days, but two were passed across the counter of the local office of an insurance company the other morning. The man behind the counter could at first hardly realise that they were genuine as it was the first time that he had encountered gold in this manner. The coins, one from the English mint and the other an Australian, were eagerly sought after by the staff and were speedily exchanged for ten-shilling notes.

The circular, letter from the Tauranga County Council viewing with alarm the increasing burden upon ratepayers since the inception of motor tralnc, more particularly in the case of main roads, was received at a meeting ol the EKetahuna County Council. The letter stated that it was considerd that the most equitable method of coping with the problem was per medium of the petrol tax and other direct levies on owners. It was urged that the Government should pass legislation to bring about this solution at the earliest opportunity. The council decided to inform the Tauranga Council that it would not support the resolution as worded, as a petrol tax was now in existence.

A Nelson message states that some excitement occurred on the Bullerßoad while a circus was on the way from Westport to Alurchison. Near Hawkes Crag a cage containing a lion, lioness and tiger went over the bank and dropped about 50 feet. The vicinity resounded with the roars of the distressed beasts and for a time there was a hectic period. During the rescue operations, a somewhat difficult task, assistance was forthcoming from men engaged on the railway works. Eventually the cage was hoisted to the roadway again. It is understood that the beasts were more alarmed than hurt. During the rescue operations the elephants attached to the circus rendered valuable assistance.

The two-year-old child, Dawn Douglas, daughter of Air and Airs Stanley Douglas, of Te Kopuru, was killed oil the ivaukapakapa Road, eight miles from Helensville, at mid-day yesterday (states an Auckland telegram). The family were travelling by car while on holiday when the accident happened. Air Douglas was driving and the wheels were caught in a rut and became locked, causing the ear to capsize. In an effort to save her child, Airs Douglas threw the infant out of the window, but the car turned over on to it causing injuries which were instantly fatal. The other occupants of the car were uninjured. Air and Airs Douglas have a drapery business in Te Kopuru. Fire on Tuesday destroyed a sixroomed dwelling at Cross Creek, AVail'arapa, belonging to the Railway Department, and occupied by Air H. Hill. The outbreak was discovered at about 11 o’clock by a railway employee returning from duty, and at almost the same time Air Hili, who was sleeping in a room at the northern end of the building, was awakened bv, the smoke and had to make a hasty retreat through the window. The alarm was immediately given, and as there are no fire-fighting appliances in the settlement, a bucket brigade devoted their efforts to saving the dwelling next door, occupied by Mr AI. Bosen. The side of this dwelling was severely scorched and on one occasion caught alight. Airs Hill iand family were away on a holiday at Tinui. Practically nothing was saved from the burning building, but the contents were insured. The building was one of the early residences of Cross Creek.

The young hopeful (says the Otago Daily Times) had persuaded father to take part in a Wild West game. Father was not enamoured liis prospects of a comeback to his boyhood days, but he thought that the free life and the many hiding places of the week-end resort might be put forward as a sufficient excuse for his fall from dignified middle age. Father was to portray the part of a Red Indian, the hopeful was to he a cowboy, and there were other desperadoes in the impending affray. Of course cow'boys always prevail in a contest with Red Indians, and so it came to pass that after some wild war whoops and skirmishings, father was captured by his hopeful. Made prisoner, ho was taken towards the improvised gaol, and warned what would happen if he tried to escape. Unfortunately, an empty beer bottle was lying in the path of the captured and the capturer, and hopeful seized on it as a fitting weapon with which to menace his prisoner. Father by this time was entering into the spirit of the drama. Seizing a favourable opportunity, he broke awy from the cowboy, dashed into the lupins, and hid in approved style. Hopeful had now become wildly excited. His honour as a cowboy was at stake, and he had to recapture his prisoner at any cost. He saw a bough move, and acted at once, hurling the bottle at the stop. More by good luck —or had luck, as it turned out —than anything else, he aimed with deadly precision, and the bottle landed square on lus father’s forehead, cutting the flesh to the bone. It was, then, a real cot case, and a doctor had to put several stitches in the wound. A sorrowful father now says that there always appears to be a catch about these boyish games, and any future acquaintance he may make with Wild West life will be strictly through the medium of the pictures.