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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 195, 17 July 1935, Page 6

Mr J. McCoskrie, patron of the Y.M.C.A. Tennis Club, Herne Bay, Auckland, despite his 80 years is one of the club’s most energetic players. Workmen excavating for a sewer at Shackleton Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, during the week-end, discovered a largo underground rock cavern, which appears to have no natural outlet. it is about 200 ft long, and the floor is about 2oft below the ground. A desert waste of sand that was gradually engulfing pasture lands as it moved in and over the coastal hills along the ocean seaboard from Port Waikato northward is now largely planted with grass. The transformation is the outcome of work put in during recent winters by single men in relief camps in the Waiuku district. Visitors to Purakanui on Sunday (says the Otago Daily Times) witnessed an interesting sight about 11 a.m. The bay was about threequarters filled by the incoming tide when suddenly the water rushed back to the sea with such a noise as to draw general attention to the phenomenon. Shortly after, the tide poured back again with an even louder noise, and a series of small waves swept right up into the bay. As the bay at Purakanui is not so formed as to give rise to the usual tvpe of tidal bore, it may be surmised that the occurrence was the result of some submarine disturbance. Visitors to a Court may sometimes be surprised to notice the presiding Judge requiring counsel to stand at a considerable distance from the witness whom lie is questioning. The reasons for this were explained by Mr Justice Calkin in the course of the hearing of a divorce case at Auckland. In the first place, His Honour said, there was the psychological effect of the proximity of counsel, on a nervous witness. A further reason was that opposing counsel had a right to see and hear to the full everything that passed between counsel and witness, and if counsel stood too close his opponent was placed at a disadvantage in this respect. As a general practice there was a good deal to be said for counsel remaining at the place he had chosen at the Bar table.

Here is an evening bargain light iri the heart of the season. Eight beautiful shades of moire taffeta for frocks. In England this season, moire was in the forefront for dance wear. Absurdly low priced now. 36 inch 2s lid yard. See the window. And another sale bargain, wool afgnlaine, 36 inches wide in Lido blue, wine, bottle, suxe black. Usually 3s lid per yard. Sale price 2s lid.—Collinson and Cunninghame, Lid.— Advl.

No trace has yet been found of Mr George Hooper, a farm hand, aged 25, who has been missing in Turakina Valley district since July 7. A decision to place relief workers in its employ on standard rates of pay was reached at a meeting of the Otago University Council yesterday.

A total of 89 applications for final adjustment under the Rural Mortgagors final Adjustment Act have been filed, 61 by mortgagors and 28 by mortgagees.

Ten more relief workers will be engaged on the improvement works at the Milaon Aerodrome next Monday, bringing the total up to 19. It is expected that the numbers will reach 200 by the time the job is fully manned. The condition of’Mr Frank Cowdrey, of Halcombe, who was extensively injured in the gelignite explosion at his homo on Friday last, is still serious, it was reported by the Hospital authorities to-day. Tlie other victims of the accident continue to improve. Determined to raise funds which will allow him to build a vessel to carry him to the Holy Land, Mr Lawrence Beavis, builder of the “Gospel ship” which was destroyed by fire early this year, set off from Auckland yesterday morning to walk to Wellington pushing a wheel-barrow. He hopes to cover twelve miles a day and to reach the capital city in seven weeks. Owing to heavily banked clouds, conditions were unfavourable at Palmerston North for observing the total eclipse of the moon between 3.39 p.m. and 5.20 p.m. yesterday, though almost perfect conditions, with a clear sky, favoured observers at Wellington and Auckland. At 6.17 p.m. the moon was totally out of the umbra, oi dark shadow, and continued in tho penumbra until 7.13 p.m. Another old Wairarapa landmark lias been removed, this being the massive bluegum tree which has stood at the entrance to the Featherston railway station for over half a century. This huge tree—one of the few remaining links with early Wairarapa settlement —was planted some 55 years ago by Mr John Stephenson, the first stationmaster at Featherston. and was originally one of a belt of such trees lunning along the station boundary. “We are looking forward to a good tourist season in New Zealand this year,” said Mr L. J. Schmitt, Government Trade and Tourist Commissioner in Australia, who arrived at Auckland from Sydney this week. “According to the increased number of inquiries received in the past two months from prospective visitors to New Zealand I should think that large numbers of Australians may reasonably be expected to siiend their next holidays in the Dominion.”

The South Canterbury Hospital Board has decided to seek authority from the Local Government Loans Board to raise a loan ot £52,000 lor additions and alterations to the Timaru and Waimute Hospitals. It is proposed to spend £40,000 in tho erection of a new three-storey patients’ block, u new theatre block containing two theatres, and a new three-storey wing tor the nurses’ home at the Timaru Hospital. At Waimate a now operating theatre is to bo built.

With the weather clear and calm and lit by the full moon, nine pilot trainees of the Manawatu Aero Club underwent a course of night flying at the Milson Aerodrome last night. They were instructed by Flying-Officer C. M. Duthie for about 1} hours, and the drone of a club plane’s motor was heard frequently over Palmerston North during this period, but the machine was unlighted and difficult to sight in the murky background of the sky. Flares and a ground searchlight were used for landing at Milson. This form of local aviation activity revived that carried out at this centre on fine summer evenings several years ago. Matters concerning the establishment of a high school of lull status at Levin in place of tho District High School were placed before the Minister of Education (Hon. S. G. Smith) when he visited Levin yesterday. The deputation which waited on the Minister was representative of the Levin Borough Council, Levin District High School Committee, Horowhenua County Council, Levin Chamber of Commerce and the Levin Branch of the Farmers’ Union. In the course of his reply Mr Smith stated that an adequate and suitable site should first be decided upon and then he would do his best to comply with the deputation’s wishes. For future information a number of suitable sites were then visited.