GENERAL NEWS

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6842, 21 February 1929, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS

The West End Schoolboy's appetite for icc creams on a hot day like yesterday was apparently unappeased, no less than 750 medium sized cones full of the delicacy being consumed at the school picnic. At Rangiorn yesterday Douglas HcBeth Munroo was fined 20s for malting a false declaration under the Electoral Act. His offence consisted of voting at the general election, whereas he will not be 21 till next month.

The Auckland Power "board's proposal to raiso -£675,000 for extensions and development in readiness for receiving current from Arapuni was carried by 3944 votes to 894 at a poll yesterday, states a Press Association message.

A five roomed dwelling in Arlington street, Karori, Wellington, owned by Mr. R. Wad'dle and occupied by Mr. H. Friend was completely destroyed by fire last night. There was scarcely any water and the brigade was almost helpless.

The sight of a certain well-known follower of the turf driving two detectives in his ear through the Palmerston North Square yesterday, quickly set afoot the rumour that tho police had been active in a certain direction during tho morning. It is understood on good authority that as a result of this little motor jaunt ,the driver of the car (a three-scater Studebakor) will make his appearance before the Magistrate on Saturday morning on a charge of keeping a common gaming house.

Members of tho Railway officers’ picnic, who travelled to Motuihi by the steamer Pitoitoi, caught an interesting glimpso of a natural tragedy says the Auckland “Star”. Off Rangitoto a loud splash attracted attention, and a big shark was seen to leap clear out of tho water. In its mouth it held a large seagull, apparently the prey for which it had ma’do a lightning raid into the air. For a moment the whole body of the shark was visible, as it somesaultcd in the air, and dived back into its native element. The fisherman of tho party reckoned that it was between Bft and Oft long.

Summertime will coino to an end in four weeks and on Sunday, March 17, clocks throughout the Dominion will bo put back half an hour. The advance was made on Sunday, October 14. New Zealand's trial of summertime with a full hour advance was made in tho 1927-28 season, but Mr. T. K. Sidcy’s bill to continue tho mease ro was defeated in the House of Representatives by 33 votes to 28 last July. The sequel was a movement for local option and a compromise for a universal half-hour was effected by the government’s adoption of tho recommendation of the select committee on tho Local Summertimo Bill. The alterations to the official clocks are made at 2 a.m. The Act expires on September 30 next