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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 74, 28 March 1936, Page 4

It was a fortnight yesterday sine tho police comonced searching for Stan ley Charles Maisey, a young man want ed in connection with a shooting affraj at Dalefield in the early morning o. Thursday, March 12. So far no trac of him has been found. Mr Anthonj Conwcll, father-in-law of the wante man and victim of the shooting, ivai discharged on Thursday from tho hot pital where he has been an inmat' since the affray. A successful operatioi was performed on his jaw and tin revolver bullet removed. Observations of clords 'made at tin ICelburn Meteorological Observatory Wellington, in the last few days huv( shown remarkable wind velocities a great altitudes. Although it has not been windy at the surface of the cart! where light southerlies have been blow ing, high up there has been a t remendous west city current. On Tuesday morning, at a height of about 3U,OU( feet, the wind was moving with a vel ocity of 140 miles an Lour, and during the afternoon tho velocity increased tc 170 miles an hour. On Thursday after noon the speed was over 00 miles ar hour. New Zealand youths arc keen to join the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, judging by the large number ot replies that have been received from different parts of the Dominion in response to an advertisement last month for 15 stokers to enter the Navy in May. The Defence Department authorities make an initial selection from the applicants, and the candidates, who arc required to be between the ages of IS and 22, have to pass medical and educational examinations. The names of the successful candidates and a proportion of those who have failed, are submitted to the naval authorities. Those finally selected have to pass another examination, and if successful are signed on, and their training begins immediately. “They did remarkably well,” said the president, Mr. H. Frost, at the annual meeting of the Auckland Rugby Union, when referring to tho tour of Britain by the All Blacks. Mr. Frost said that before the team left New Zealand it was said that it did not matter if they lost a game or two, as the real thing was to maintain the reputation of New Zealand. The team left a great name in Britain. They were up against defeats, but they took them in the way that New Zealand expected that they would bo taken. Although all would like to win, and it was hard to be defeated, it was more important that New Zealand’s reputation should be maintained, both on and off the field. There might bo some who thought that some other players should have been in the team, but the selectors were men of wide experience, who picked what they believed to be the best team. A man in Arizona who nas had visions of “raising kiwis” as egg-pro-ducers is likely to be disappointed. His attention was lately attracted by a newspaper paragraph which said : “The New Zealand kiwi is no larger than a domestic hen, but it lays 14oz eggs, while a hen’s eggs average only about 2£oz.” Tho Auckland Chamber of Commerce last week received a letter from him saying : —“Enclosed clipping interests me very much, as I raise chickens. Please send me what information you may be able to obtain as to cost of roosters and hens and shipping cost pertaining to the kiwi fowl.” The eeretary of the chamber (Dr. E, P. Neale) has replied that as the kiwi is “absolutely protected” under the Animals Protection and. Game Act, 1921-22, any person having one in his possession in liable to a line of £25. Hence the information asked for cannot be supplied.