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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7300, 30 October 1933, Page 6

Mr. G. T. Guide, a jeweller, foil off a horse on tho Waiotahi Beach, Opotikl, on Saturday morning and broko his neck. Death was instantaneous. Miss Susan Rowan Melrose, aged 39, a former school teacher of Mosgicl, was heard growning iu her bedroom at Dunodin on Saturday and a doctor ordered her removal to hospital, but she died in tho ambulance. Deceased had been suffering from nerve trouble. When Cabinet rose on Saturday afternoon tho Prime Minister (tho Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes) said that they had been considering departmental business only. Asked whether anything had been fixed up regarding tho tenders for tho Wellington railway station, Mr. Forbes said that so far nothing had been finalised, but he hoped to make an announcement shortly. Inquiries last evening at the Public Hospital as regards the condition of the two riders injured at the Foxton motor sports on Labour Day revealed that C. Goldberg was discharged on Saturday. Tho other rider, R. Lockett, who sustained more serious injuries in tho head and chest, is still an inmate of the institution and is reported to be making slow but satisfactory progress. The Mcrrivule Dairy Factory, with its contents, was completely destroyed by fire on Friday morning, states an Invercargill telegram. Two assistants who had returned from a function at 2 o’clock in the morning, found everything right, but on going into the factory to tighten the presses before retiring an hour later they found the building ablaze, and escaped without oven saving their clothes. A young married man named Edward Sydney Heigkton Stevens, employed by tho Union Company, was killed instantly on tho Waterfront road, Auckland, when cycling homo from work at mid-day on Saturday. Ho followed a lorry, and swerved out from behind it to turn up a side road. At that instant a big passenger bus was crossing tho intersection and he struck it with such force that his skull was fractured.

Tho Prime Minister stated that on Saturday that the Government expected to pass the. Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bill during the comiug week. Urgency would be taken for the second reading on Tuesday, and it was very likely that the sitting hours would be extended for the committee proceedings also. Until that measure was out of the way he could not indicate definitely tho programme of the House. It is understood that the Budget will not make its appearance until the following week. Otago Central fruit growers met at Alexandra on Friday night, when the plight of growers after the disastrous frosts last week-end was fully discussed, also the prospects of obtaining work for orchard workers. One grower disclosed that ho had four apricots left on 400 trees, while generally growers suffered from 75 per cent, to 100 per cent. loss. It was resolved to urge the Government to extend the smallfarm scheme and the 4a scheme to in elude affected growers, also to remit rates or spread payment over five years from March, 1935. The occurrence of pink liesh iu some trout, while others were white fleshed, was explained by Professor E. Pcrcival at Christchurch on Thursday, states The Press. Professor Perciva! said that the colour of the flesh was not a matter of tho species of trout, but of the food they happened to have been taking, as tho two sorts of flesh occurred in both brown and rainbow ■trout. In such a stream as the Cam north branch, for example, the fish fed on ?- sort of prawn, which had the effect of giving them pink flesh. But a large variety of decapods which formed trout food, as well as crabs and fresh-water Crustacea, produced pink flesh in salmonidae. Where fish of both sorts of flesh were taken from the same stream it would be found that those with pink flesh had been feeding on Crustacea, while the others had taken other food.

It was 39 years ago to-day since the steamer Wairarapa, 17SG tons, was wrecked at Miner’s Head, Great Barrier Island, on October 29, 1894, with the loss of 12G lives. Bound from Sydney to Auckland with passengers and cargo, the Wairarapa ran into a dense fog coming down the coast of the North Auckland Peninsula. After the watch had been changed at midnight on the 2Sth tho new lookout man had been at his post only a few minutes when lie observed a dark mass ahead which he knew must be land. Ihc order for full speed astern was given, but had scarcely commenced to take effect before the vessel struck and slowly commenced to sink. A considerable sea was running, and many people were swept away as they attempted to reach the shore. News of tho disaster did not reach Auckland until four days later, when some of tho survivors arrived by tho Argy.e from Port Fitzroy. The discovery of a quantity of moa bones was made on Wednesday on tho farm of Mr P. F. Higgins at Moteo, states a Hastings correspondent. The bones are in a fairly good state of preservation, and consist of parts of two leg bones, a toe bone, part of the spine, and two pointed bones. Mr Higgins’ property is swamp land, and is situated about a mile and a-half from the Omarunui property on which moa bones were found last year. The discovery was made in a ditch at a depth of about 6ft, and Mr Higgins is considering sending the bones to a museum. Similar discoveries have been made in this district from time to time, and add much to interesting geological cvidenco that this part of Now Zealand has undergone many changes. Geologists are able to show that violent earthquakes Taised and lowered .this part of the country in prehistoric times, and discoveries such as that made by Mr Higgins give added proof that a great deal of swamp land in this district was formerly habitable, at least for animal life. 'p'ASHIONABLE ENGAGEMENT.— " Stewart Dawsons, Wellington, have just received a glorious selection of the very latest designs in Engagement Rings in Platinum and Gold Settings, Call when in Wellington, or writo for illustrated price list. Prices from £7 10s to £l5O.