LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 12 June 1926, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

1 A contract has been let for the construction of a new Bishopscourt at Christchurch at a cost of £13,856. It is hoped to complete the house for occupation within twelve months. Mr J. Noton, of Whangarci, gained first prize with an American Leghorn cock in the fancy section at the Onehunga poultry show, which opened on Thursday evening. The 'auxiliary ketch Miro, owned by Nobles’ Explosive Company of Auckland, berthed at the Town Wharf this morning. She had) inboard approximately 120 cases of ammunition, con- 1 signed to Whangarei distributors. 1 The Miro is a neat little ship built j for speed, and has the reputation of being one of the tidiest craft sailing in New Zealand waters.

Eats choose some strange places in which to nest, but perhaps the oddest choice was that of a Devonport rat which selected the top of the engine of a motor car to commence building a homo. The rat “was evicted, but it returned, and was well on the way to making another nest when again discovered.

Mails which in the ordinary course would have arrived from Auckland this morning were brought by the Eonaki, which happened to be coming to Portland. A motor lorry despatched by the postmaster, Mr G. H. Morrish, brought the mails to Whangarci, where they were distributed without delay.

The expanding work of the Meth- • odist Church of New Zealand and the need for a cultured and efficient ministry has led to a decision to erect a new Theological College in Auckland at a cost of about £40,000. Already over £26,000 lias been contributed for this purpose. It is expected that the erection of the college will shortly be proceeded with and it is anticipated j that it will be opened free of debt.

Wednesday was the ■ t>6th anniversary of the death of Charles Dickens, the most popular British novelist of his day. He died at the age of 58 and was laid to rest in the Poets’ Corner iof the historical Westminster Abbey. At the end of 1869 he commenced work nn the last of his novels—-“ Edwin Drood”—and this was not completed when he was stricken with an apoplectic seizure, which resulted in his sudden death.

During the seventh week of the Auckland Poultry-keepers Association’s egg-laying competition at Mt. Albert there was very little change in the relative positions of teams entered by Whangarei owners. In the single birds’ section there are nine competing in the Black Orpington class, and , Mr. A. W. Griffiths, of Otaika Eoad, retains second place, five eggs behind the leader’s 47. Ten have entered fowls in the White Leghorn single-bird contest, Mr. N. Dickey’s remains fifth, and Mr A. W. Bradley’s, which has not laid for a fortnight, has dropped to seventh. There are 34 teams of Black Orpingtons, the leading pen having yielded 131. Mr W. IT. Timewell’s team is seventh with 104, and Mr J. M. Steedman’s equal ninth with 99, while Mr W. A. Griffiths’ is in 18th place. There are 57 teams in the White Leghorns class, Mr A. W. Bradley being equal third and equal eleventh, and Mr N. Dickey, last year’s winner, seventh. In the duck section Mr W. U. Timewell 'j? team of Parfn and White Indian Eunners is fifth with 49, compared with 110 laid by the leading pen. (

Throe nurses from Hie Whangarei Hospital staff intend to start tomorrow on a walking tour from Whangarci to Auckland. They expect to spend a week of their holidays in reaching the city.

A very handsome tigress presented to the Wellington Zoo by the London Zoological Society . about two years ago died last week. A post-mortem examination revealed that the cause of death was acute peritonitis.

At a meeting of the committee of tho Northland Trotting Club held last evening, the president, Mr ID, JV Brake, on behalf of members, presented Mr A. C.' McCardle with a silver cigarette case in recognition of his services to the club and in the interests of trotting generally. Mr Brake stated that Mr McCardle, who is leaving tho district shortly to reside at Mangcre, had been a prominent worker, a good committeman and a regular attendant at meetings, while by his purchase of Florizel ho had been instrumental in promoting the breeding of better stock which was winning all over New Zealand. The president trusted that the recipient of the souvenir would not lose interest in the future welfare of the club. Messrs A. E. McMahon and H. W. Crawford also expressed good-feeling towards Mr McCardle, who replied that tho presentation had taken him by surprise. He had trotting at heart, as it h&d always been his hob-j by, and ho hoped to be represented I by entries at future meetings in Whangarei.

The next event of importance will be the Orchestral Society’s Concert to be held in the Town Hall next Wednesday. The Box Plan will open at Blanshard’s to subscribers on Monday. As will be noted from the advertisement in this issue, the Orchestra will be assisted by Miss Phyllis Gribbin, contralto, and Mr. Arthur Colledge, bass, of Auckland. This will be the first concert of this season's series, and an excellent programme has been* arranged. Book early and secure good seats. 651

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