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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 229, 27 August 1932, Page 6

A minor thrill for those gathered on the buyers’ benches was provided in the cattle ring at the Stortford Lodge (Hastings) sale on Wednesday, when a bullock became excited and, after an unsuccessful endeavour to clear the rails of the ring at one end, cleared them in one bound at the other, precipitating a rush of buyers to the exits. Once over, the rail, however, the boast turned straight round and took a standing leap back.

The Mnkura from Wellington arrived at Sydney at 5.30 this morning. The unusual spectacle of a grass fire at this season was witnessed at Penrose, Auckland, on Thursday afternoon. After living the life almost of a hermit for about 17 years, Mr Robert Nelson, caretaker of the native bird sanctuary at the Little Barrier Island, is to retire shortly. At about 6 o’clock last evening the Palmerston North Fire Brigade was summoned to the residence of Mr M. J. O’Brien, in Bourko Street, where a shed was alight. The outbreak was extinguished before any serious damage was done.

“I wish hoardings were prohibited in tl is district, as they are in Devonport,” said a member at this week’s meeting of the One Tree Hill Borough Council. It was decided to refer the whole matter of hoardings to the building inspector for a report.

A waterside worker in Auckland who often takes his knitting to work and fills 1 in his sparo time making woollen garments recently produced his knitting in a tramcar and, in spite of the merriment of other travellers, clicked his needles in the most unconcerned fashion. One of the most violent volcanic eruptions in history occurred on the island of Krakatoa, in the Straits of Sunda, between Java and Sumatra, 49 years ago yesterday. As a direct result of this terrible eruption, with its accompanying earthquakes and tidal waves, more than 36,000 people perished, while towns and villages were entirely destroyed. Shortly after 10 o’clock this morning. a motorist had a narrow escape at the Post Office railway crossing in the Square. One train had just cleared the crossing when the motorist started to cross behind the guard’s van, but he did not notice another inward bound train passing the other one. Those who witnessed the close call were relieved to see the motorist get clear by a space of only a few feet. High prices were realised by some good individual pens of fat sheep at the Feilding stock sale yesterday, but with a decline in quality, average values were necessarily a little lower. It was impossible to gauge the strength of the ma.rket for store sheep, owing to the small yarding. The most satisfying feature was an advance in prices for both good cows and heifers in the face of a heavy entry which sold readily.

A laugh was raised by Hon. C. E. Macmillan, Minister of Agriculture, speaking at the committemen’s smoke concert of the New Zealand Co-opera-tive Dairy Company at Hamilton this week. In recounting some of his experiences as a dairy company secretary many years ago Mr Macmillan mentioned that one supplier approached him, and was very annoyed because he had not been credited with butterfat supply for February 29, February 30 and February 31.

Maori and British people had many characteristics in common. They had the same love of sport, the same love of fair play, the same desire to push ahead, and if they were not as far ahead as they should be it was not altogether their fault, but the fault of some of those concomitants that followed in the wake of civilisation, stated Rt. Rev. F. A. Bennett (Bishop of Aotearoa) in an address to the New Zealand Club, Wellington, yesterday. The Maoris had their own weaknesses ns a race, and they knew them, but in addition they had been up against some of those demoralising tendencies that had como among them as a result of civilisation. It was rather hard to realise how much the native race owed to the splendid work of various Governments. He was not going to single out any one Government, becauso all of them had been .kind and generous to the Maori people.

The reunion under extraordinary circumstances of father and son after ten years’ separation has taken place at 'Wellington. When the boy was eiglrt years old ho left his home and his parents, and struggled through life to manhood. Until about a week ago he was employed in a dairy farm at Morrinsville. He thought of his parents in Wellington when he lost his job and resolved, to search for thorn. Last Sunday the 18-year-old wayfarer arrived at the Anglican City Mission in Wellington. Visits to the home of Iris childhood had been futile in his effort to find his parents, and he struck up an acquaintance with a man at the shelter. _ Next day the boy found his mother in employment in the city. She told him his father was out of work and at the city mission. Investigations followed, and Ire discovered his new-found friend was his own father, each having been unaware of the other’s identity. The universal appreciation of the action of the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, and the Lady Bledisloe. in making a gift to the nation of the spot where the Treaty of Waitangi was negotiated and signed, was referred to by the Bishop of Aotearoa, lit. Itev. F. A. Bennett, when speaking yesterday at a luncheon of the New Zealand Club in Wellington. “Just now everyono is full of gratitude for the wonderful gift Their Excellencies have made to us,” said His Lordship. New Zealand had had many great Governor-Generals, but ho was sure the inspiring example of Their Excellencies would for all time be a monument to their memory. The Treaty of Waitangi was the most valuable document possessed by the Maori people, and the gift of the site would go down as a monument to Tlieir Excellencies, who were respected, revered and loved by the people of New Zealand, both Maori and pakelia. A most interesting address was given by Professor John, head of the scientific staff of the ship Discovery 11. in Wellington last evening. This ship’s staff is conducting investigations into the whaling industry in the Antarctic, and sails again on September 1 to the edge of the ice pack to continue the work -ndrich has been in progress for some time past. Professor Jonn, after explaining the nature of the scientific work in which he and his staff are engaged, stated that it was highly necessary if The whaling industry was to continue, and it was hoped that as a result of international agreement due measures would be taken to prevent the extermination of whales in Antarctic waters, which was probable owing to the enormous number which had been killed by Norwegians during recent years. The Antarctic was the principal whaling locality in the world, other quarters of the globe where the industry had previously been carried on being insignificant in comparison with the former. It was the duty of the expedition to study the habits of the whale, its food and breeding, and in this connection it was mentioned that the whales in Antarctica which were killed for commercial purposes bred every two years, and their lives, contrary to opinions held at one time, did not extend beyond fifty years. The Discovery 11. would be in England next May, and in all probability return to the Antarctic in October of 1933. Skipping ropes, tor children and adults. Keep yourself fit and warm by doing a little skipping. It is the finest exercise you can got. We have just landed a large quantity of Manilla rope, specially made to stand the wear of skipping. Buy ono now, and keop yourself fit. Nobody is too young to skip. Prices of extra long ropes, from 6d each to 9d each. Procurable only at Collinson and Son, Ltd., Broadway.— AdvL