NEWS OF THE DAY

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 192, 14 August 1941, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Dogs Ball Stud Rams The loss of about £2OO worth of stud rams through worrying by dogs is reported by a sheepfarmer, Mr. R. B. Howie, of Throe Mile Bush, near Whangarei. On Friday morning he saw two sporting dogs worrying his stud rams. He shot one of the dogs, and on investigation found that 17 rams had been destroyed. 3oak-wells in Squaro A start has been made with the sinking of a test soak-well in the corner of the .Square nearest Coleman Place as the lirst step in the projected provision of an emergency supply of water. The well is being sunk on one of the grass plots and provision is made for the titling of a large concrete pipe in the bottom, this pipe having sluts cut in its sides to allow the entry of water. Auckland Raises £160,178. The lighters * mothers campaign for patriotic funds was brought to a most successful close in the Town Hall, Auckland, last evening when the iinal total of £160,178 was announced by the Mayor (Mr. Allum). The total aimed at as the quota for Auckland City was £127,000. The winners were the drapery and boots group with Mrs. AL E. Turtill as mother who raised £42,116. Stamps Help Fund The amount of £2O was collected for patriotic funds as a result of the sale of stamps donated by members, at a meeting of the Waikato Philatelic Society, the same amount being given to Mr. E. Runnerstrum, who proposed the idea. A collection of New Zealand Id Field Marshal type, donated by Mr. H. B. Hill, realised £3 10s, while an old collection of Japanese stamps was purchased for £l. To Visit Wanganui Ninety-nine pupils of the new Palmerston North Intermediate School, accompanied by four teachers, will visit tre Wanganui Intermediate School tomorrow. They will play two games of Rugby football, one each of Soccer and hockey, and four basketball games. The visitors will be entertained at morning tea, will be billeted for lunch, and will be entertained at afteroon tea before leaving for Palmerston North again. Road Report The Automobile Association (Manawatu) advises that the Public Works Department has found it necessary to close the Napier-Wairoa road for through traffic as from 8 a.m. on Monday next until further notice, for tko purpose of dismantling the existing temporary bridge over the Waikare river and diverting traffic to the new bridge. It is anticipated that this work will be completed, weather permitting, and the road reopened in two days. Mountain of Bottles

Bottle-collecting to win the war has become almost a xairv story in Wellington. The mountain of bottles of all shapes and sizes which has almost reached the top of the gasometer in the Wellington Gas Company’s yarus is an amazing sight. It is certainly the largest collection of bottles seen at one time in Wellington. Together with the collection pilou up in the yard of St. James’ Theatre, the iinal realisation should make a handsome contribution to the patriotic funds. Peculiar False Alarm.

Two lire engines from tko Auckland city station were called to the corner of Quay Street and Britowart Place to answer a false alarm caused in an unusual manner. A gang of workmen is carrying out repair work to the road round the railway lines in the middle of Quay Street at this point, and a lire is kept" continually burning to melt tar. The large column of smoae from this lire was reflected in the windows of the Colonial Sugar Helming Company, Ltd., it appeared to be coming from inside the building. The brigade, on arrival at the scene, immediately detected the illusion. Murder Case Recalled.

The long remembered Roltman murder case, which occurred at Aiangaweka in 1914, is recalled by the death at Hastings of Mr. John Robert Esson, formerly bailiff at Hastings, atAlie age of 69 years. As a police constable, while he was stationed at Mangaweka, he succeeded in bringing the murderer, a German, to justice without the assistance of detectives *.r other officers, and at the trial at Wellington the presiding judge paid a tribute to the part played by Mr. Esson. He liad an exciting and varied life. On one occasion at Hamilton he captured a criminal who had absconded while on £SOO bail. Twice while making arrests at Mangaweka he was knifed by the men he was taking into custody. He was stationed at Shannon before going to Mangaweka. Civilians in Bagdad Little has been heard of what happened to the white civilian population of Iraq during the recent, trouble that the military authorities either advised or insisted on the evacuation from the country of the English wives of civilians in the cities of Iraq. There was quite a number of these in Bagdad, most of whom w-ere sent via Basra to India, and are still there. Only recently one resident in Wellington received a letter from one of her friends stating that she had a rather unpleasant experience making the traverse of the desert from Bagdad to Basra in the middle of summer in great heat. She was, with others from Bagdad, living in Bombay when she wrote. As communications from India were said to be difficult, she asked her Wellington friend to communicate with her relatives in England assuring them that she was safe and well.