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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 65, 18 March 1936, Page 4

With the appointment last wock of It new members the Legislative Council, now 40 strong, will cost tho taxpayers just over £12,000 a year in salaries. Tanemahuta, the largest kauri in Waipoua forest, North Auckland, has a girth of 43 feet, breast high. Its lowest branch is 45 feet from the ground, and it is estimated to contain 40,000 feet of timber. Waipoua Forest is 25 miles from Dargaville by metalled road. The dangers of the cross roads at Colyton corner were again demonstrated yesterday afternoon when a heavy lorry belonging to Currie Bros., of Ashhurst, and driven by Mr. G. Foote, collided with a car driven by Mr. Battey, of Moawhango, Taihape. The impact was severe, the damage to the car consisting of smashed front wheel and undercarriage, while the lorry sustained damage to its radiator. The passenger in the car escaped with a shaking, and after repairs they were able to proceed. Sopie two years ago the Oroua County Council surveyed a new route to do away with this menace to the motorist, but up to the present no further progress has eventuated

Bakers now have no say over the transport of flour they buy. Tho State says it must go by rail. The inquest on the body of Lawrence Denzil Sanson, found drowned in a dam at Sanson on Monday, was opened at Bulls yesterday before Mr. E. D. Goodbehere, Coroner. After taking the evidence of deceased’s brother, Maurice Norman Sanson, who identified the body, the Coroner adjourned the inquest sine die to enable further inquiries to be made. To be stung by a bee at the back of the tongue was the painful experience of a Christchurch man recently. Working in his garden he decided that a cup of tea would not be amiss. Three small cakes were purchased from a shop in the vicinity and after one bite had been taken a stabbing pain at the back of the throat indicated that something was wrongAn examination revealed a bse, still alive, wriggling in the food. Considerable difficulty was experienced in endeavouring to extricate the sting, and it was not until a nearby chemist was visited that it was removed. The tongue swelled with alarming rapidity, but eventually regained, more or less, its normal size, n.