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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 157, 4 June 1937, Page 6

The air mail despatched from Vl Tcllington on May 13 arrived in London on May 30.—Press Association. The whole of Hawke’s Bay county was affected yesterday morning when the Government electric power supply failed at 9.33, the power being off for about seven minutes, 'fhe cause of the failure is not yet known.

The erection of two-way bridges to replace the present one-way bridges between Woodville and Dannevirke is being urged by the Hawke’s Bay Automobile Association in representations to the Main Highways Board. Jt is. pointed out that with a steady increase in traffic the present bridges are a source of danger.

In April last it was reported that the Southern Pacific express train had been derailed at Gardena, California, and that the mail van with its contents had been destroyed by fire. A resident of Mastcrton, however, Mr R. W. Currie, yesterday received a letter which had been in the mail van, indicating that at least some of the mail had been salvaged. The envelope was badly scorched, but none of the writing was affected.

Pheasant rearing experiments, which have been carried out by the, North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society in the past years will be abandoned if a recommendation made by the annual meeting of the society is adopted by the council. It was contended by several memliers that the efforts ir.'ide by the society to introduce pheasants in Canterbury had definitely failed and that it was .useless to continue spending money on the rearing and liberation of the birds. Holding that there was a considerable element of skill in the competition Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., yesterday delivered reserved judgment in favour of defendant in a case brought by the police at AVellington against Stewart. John Franco, • who tried a scheme he had thought out iir connection with Wellington Rugby matches on April 17. At the hearing defendant showed that he did very badly outpof it and was not likely to repeat his-effort. He bad a £2O prize and all expenses to meet against a response of about £5 to his circulars.—Press Association. An unusual accident which almost hail fatal consequences for a young motor-cyclist was witnessed at the Guyton Street railway crossing, Wanganui, yesterday. The young man was approaching fhe crossing on his cycle and when almost on the lino saw a train bearing down upon him. He applied his brake quickly, with the result that the machine skidded and somersaulted its rider over the handlebars and on to the railway line directly in front of the engine. He was not injured by his heavy fall and managed to 'get clear of the line just as the engine thundered by.

A Defence Rifle Club lias been formed at Massey College.

I A dense blanket of fog covered Hast- ; ings yesterday morning and lingered : almost until the middle of the morning, | when a light breeze cleared it away m I certain localities.

The new Timaru Central School, recently erected by the Seventh Day Adi entist Church, has been opened by. Pastor J. Pascoe, of Christchurch,- president of tk South New Zealand Conference of Seventh Day Adventists. At 7.15 last evening the Palmerston North Fire Brigade received a call to a fire which had broken out in a car garaged at No. 5 Marne Street. The interior of the vehicle, which belongs to Mr Garde Gririishaw, was badly gutted. With the development of winter the Public Works Department is increasing its activities in the reclamation of sand dune areas oil various parts ol tyie west coast in the Auckland province in the endeavour to save thousands of acres of good pasturage from obliteration.

Miss Jean Shuell. a 15-year-old Napier girl, has been missing from her home since Tuesday morning. The police consider it possible that she' may suddenly have decided to visit relatives in the south and may have set oft without notifying anyone. Investigations are proceeding. ' Misfortune has come the way of two sons of Mr and Mrs A. A. Langley, of Palmerston North, in Rugby football practices this season, with the result that both have suffered injuries. The elder son, A. Langley, is just recovering from a broken collar-bone, and on Saturday last his younger brother, R. Langley, broke a bone in liis left forearm.

Further excavations made by Mr S. M. Hovell in the sandhills at Waihi Beach prove the ancient Maori workshop ho discovered there some months ago to be ail extensive treasure house of objects of ethnological value. Digging during the past fortnight has revealed about 1-500 more articles of all descriptions and in all stages of manufacture.

A very dry winter is being experienced throughout Central Hawke’s Bay. The rainfall in 1936 up to May 31 totalled nearly 19 inches, hut less than 7 inches has been recorded for the same period this year. So far the winter has_ been particularly mild. There is still some spring in the grass, and willows in many cases have not yet lost their autumn leaves. Over the First Narrows of Vancouver Harbour is- to be built Lions’ Gate Bridge, which will be the highest suspension bridge in the British Empire. The bridge and approaches are to cost £1,200,000. The bridge will have one end in famous Stanley Park and the other in the foothills of the North Shore overlooking the Lions, the twin mountain peaks from which the bridge gets its name.

The Otago Daily Times London correspondent, writing on May 11, says that the British Admiralty continues to report satisfactorily on the suitability of New Zealand hemp for certain types of marine cordage hut, unfortunately, as a call for only 80 tons could not be met, it is doubtful if any further demand will be made by the Admiralty until supplies are placed oil a better basis.

“The care of cripples is definitely not a work to be undertaken bv the State. I cannot see it being done by the State, just as I cannot see the practice of medicine being done satisfactorily by the State.” This view ms expressed by Dr. J. Leslie Will, president of the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Crippled Children Society, at the annual meeting, when the future of the society’s work was being discussed.

The Dunedin city tranjway department’s car No. TB, .which recently got out of control on Opoho Hill with the result that a pedestrian, Mr John Kenny, was killed showed a temporary defect in magnetic brakes yesterday which caused the tramway authorities to institute an immediate and searching examination. It is not likely that tho report on the examination will be released until the meeting of the city council on Monday night. A case of specially' selected apples that, has arrived in Wellington from Nelson has the distinction of having realised more money at auction than any other case of apples in New Zealand, over £39 having been paid for it although its sale is not yet completed. The apples were presented to the King George V Memorial Fund by. the Hill Union of Fruit Growers, Nelson, and were put up for auction in that city.

An Invercargill resident posted a letter to a friend in Mauritius a few months ago. Recently lie received a reply and was astonished to discover the roundabout route his correspondence had taken. It had passed through the main ports of India and through the Suez Canal, being placed finally on a French mail steamer bound for Mauritius. When eventually the letter reached its destination ten countries were represented in the postmarks stamped on it.

A farmer of South Spit, Hokitika (Mr H. McClean), suffered injuries that necessitated his removal to tile Westland Hospital for medical treatment when, as he was feeding pigs, a boar rushed and attempted to savage him. Trapped as he was in the yard, he realised that his only hope of escape was in thrusting his arm into the boar’s mouth in an effort to force the mouth open. Ho succeeded in the effort to check the attack, but the injuries received to his arm necessitated his removal to Westland Hospital, where it was found necessary to insert 4o stitches.

When ft young man was . charged in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court yesterday with failing to give a signal when turning his motor-cycle to the right, and also with having a defective silencer, Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., said that the case was a typical one in which ft young motor-cyclist might, with very great benefit to himself, attend the “school for drivers.” He had no' power however, to send defendant to “school” for these offences, but if defendant desired to avoid paying a fine and was willing to attend the “school,” he would adjourn the prosecution for a month. The proposition was accepted.