LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 8 April 1931, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A Wellington message says that the Prime Minister’s Earthquake Relief Fund now exceeds £300,000.

Messrs J. R. McKenzie’s shop in George Street, Dunedin, was broken into on Monday night. Goode worth £3 and 9/- in cash were taken.

A curiously deformed heifer calf was born on a Whangarei farm last night. One leg is much larger than the other, and the knee Joint is swollen to an extraordinary size. The leg turns inwards giving the animal a peculiar appearance as it hobbles along.

Injuries to his left knee and slight cuts on the head were sustained yesterday morning by Mr Geoffrey Halse, aged 20, a taxi driver, as the result of the car he was driving coming into contact with a centre pole in the Great North Road, Grey Lynn.

A single man, Mr Cecil Houghton, aged 21, partially fractured his neck while diving at the Corsica Baths, Christchurch, on Monday. He struck a rock in two feet of water. He was admitted to the hospital in an unconscious state, and his condition is serious.

Only address of J. W. Dobson, wellknown Piano Tuner:—4 Banff Street, Phone 192.

Slaughtering reopened after the Easter break at the Moerewa works today.

The rainfall for the 24 hours ended at 0 o’clock this morning was .20in. At Fourth Avenue the gauge recorded .lOin, .

A party of motorists w r ho returned home yesterday from a trip round the Waipona Forest and Trounson Park, found the roads in good order. The worst portion of road experienced, they said, was from MaUngatapere to Whangarei.

The Arabs are still much the same as in olden times, according to FlyingOfficer F. C'. Owen, speaking in Whangarei last night. The only difference, he said, was that niosf now drive a well-known make of car and can use firearms.

A party of about 120 men, including: 40 marines from the three naval vessels in port at Wellington, proceeded to Trentham yesterday, where they will spend a fortnight in camp for their annual musketry practice. Lieu-tenant-Commander Terry has oversight of the men. An interesting discovery of moa bones in a swamp at Kuriwai was recently made by Mr A. T. Harris, of Clinton, a member of the Clutha County Council. Five skeletons were found, four being full-grown and the other a smaller one. The skeletons were complete with the exception of the heads.

“The aerodrome at Wyndham is seven or eight miles long,” said Fly-ing-Officer F. C. Owen, speaking i« Whangarei last night upon his flight to England from Australia. It was formed of rather crumbly constituents, however, and it’ was often difficult to tell whether the plane was on or off the earth.

At the inquest in Wellington into the death of Mr John Hart, age'd 39, the steward who was killed at the Glasgow Wharf on Saturday night through a fall from a crane, a verdict was returned that death was due to injuries received in the fall. ■ There • was. nothing to show how deceased came to fall.

Toheroas were in good supply in Whangarei yesterday. A delivery van from Dargaville brought over several hundredweight. Some massively large shellfish, bigger than any seen on the Ninety Mile Beach were secured by a private party. They dug the toheroas from the sand at a beach some miles below Bayiy’s.

The Hora Hora Rugby Football Club will definitely enter a senior team in the Whangarei Rugby Union competitions this season. The elub is to be congratulated upon attaining its aim —a team in each grade. Much credit is due to the untiring organising ef-; fox-ts of the secretary and officials which liave been responsible for bringing this to fruition.

The owner of the yateli Rang! has cabled, tlie crew to leaVe Sydney on the return trip on April 18. Mr Leonard stated that apparently both the Teddy and the Rangi took similar courses well to the northward of the steamer track, and it was unfortunate that both vessels met with- a period of calm weather. The Oimara was the luckiest of the three boats with the weather.

The opinion that Shortridge, who was piloting the missing Australian plane, the Southern Cloud, was nearly as clever in the air as Kingsford Smith, was expressed by ‘-Flying-Offi-cer F. C. Owen, addressing a meeting in Whangarei last night. It was hard to know what actually had happened. The distance between Sydney ' and Melbourne was 550 miles and was normally done non-slop. The loss ' was the. first serious calamity in Australian air circles.

At the annual meeting of the Presbyterian Synod of Otago and Southland, held in Dunedin yesterday, it was decided to invite the Methodist Synod to co-operate with the Presbyterian Synod in considering how best to overcome the evils of overlapping in the services of these churches. The Synod’s Church Extension Committee was deputed to promote co-operation and to confer with any similar committee appointed by the Methodist Synod.

Attendances at the Whangarei Public School have been splendid this year. For weeks at a time only 12 to 15 have been absent. This in a roll of 516 is a remarkable record —the best, says Mr C. F. Collins, the headmaster, in his experience. Good weather and the entire absence of any epidemic have to be largely thanked for the result.

When a motorist -was proceeding along the main South Boar, near Milton, Otago, the other day, he saw, lying in the centre of the road, what appeared to be the body of a man. He was caused to swerve violently in order to avoid running over the figure, and narrowly missed skidding into a car proceeding in the opposite direction. He righted his car, however, and pulling up went back to investigate. He 'found' that the “body’' was merely a stuffed dummy which had apparently been placed on the road by practical jokers with a perverted sense of humour. The road at that point was covered with fine gravel and it was impossible to prevent skid, which in less fortunate circumstances might have resulted in a serious accident and consequent loss of life.

When you have searched everywhere, and unable to find just the kind and style of Coat or Costume you want, call and let us make it for yon. —Geo. Hendy, High-class Ladies' Tailor, Corner Bank and Vine Street.

Both primary and secondary schools resumed today after the Easter break.

The balance sheet to be presented at the annual meeting of the Whangarei Hockey Association tomorrow 7 night shows a credit of £SIS.

After the monthly meeting of the Whangarei County Council on Friday members will be escorted, at the invitation of the Harbour Board, to view the works in progress at Kiore-

The Hutt River has remained about two feet above normal since Friday’s flood. Heavy rains last night, while not affecting the river much, will tend to keep the level high. A good deal of surface water, however, is lying around low places as the result of last night’s downpour.

An elderly man, Mr Charles Jewell, was found dead in bed at his residence in Oamaru last night. He was a wellknown man ot that town, and is survived by his w'ife and a grown-up family. A doctor attributes deatli to heart failure, and is prepared to give a certificate to that effect.

An amusing incident which occurred at Athens was related by Flying-Offi-cer Owen in the course of an address in, Whangarei last evening. When, they reached Athens, he said, it was found that none of the Greek mechanics could speak English. They made themselves understood by signs, however, until they found one mechanic who announced that he could speak American, but not English. Mr W. Fletcher, of Whangarei, completed on Thursday last, the contract for laying 2500 yards of metal formation on the Kaukapakapa Port Albert highway. The new metalling bridges a gap of four and a half miles, and, after the rains, although the going has been rough, cars have been able to get through without chains. It is intended to lay topdressing:, to the same depth as the formation —four inches.

Introducing Flying-Officer F. C. Owen, who addressed a meeting in WJiangarei last night, Mr E. K. Trimmer said that Mr Owen was being sent on a lecturing tour by the oil company for which he worked, with the object of fostering aviation, and. not with the object of reward. Mr Trimmer said he hoped Mr Owen’s visit would help to get all their friends more interested in local aviation. It was hoped that before long they would be in a' position to form an aero club in Whangarei. ■Some drivers of motor cars, though they hold licenses, apparently have little idea of the rules attaching to driving, or do not show much concern for others on the road. a reporter was told, a car was travelling well on its correct side on one of the widest portions of the Maunu Eoad, when another vehicle, coloured grey with yellow, approached on the wrong side and kept there until a crash seemed imminent. Then he * ‘wobbled” over to the other side of the four-ear road.

The improvement .of the weather this afternoon permitted the delayed tennis tournament to advance another stage. The High School asphalt courts are again being used. As the ‘ ‘ Advocate ’ ’ goes to press the final of the men’s singles championship between J. Johns and J. C. Charters is in progress. Misses Y. Eccles and J. Ramsey, finalists in the ladies’ championship, have returned to Auckland, but as both are members of the same club there will be no difficulty in arranging their deciding match. Other games will be played as arranged at the Whangarei courts next Saturday.

It was reported to the Auckland police this morning that a 16ft. yacht, owned by Mr. J. S. Grier, had been stolen from its moorings at Omiha, Waiheke Island. The yacht was securely moored last night, and, as the weather has been calm, there is no possibility of the vessel having parted from her moorings. Mr. Grier is of the opinion that the yacht was taken by some persons anxious to get back to the city last night, and that it will probably be found in one of the bays in the harbour. The yacht, which is decked and painted white above and dark below the gunwale, has a brass plate with the letter ”G” in the centre of the bow. It is valued at £3O.

The honesty of the Napier people is being very much appreciated by bank managers, who have been busy since the earthquake re-establishing their records. The relieving manager of a bank which lost all its records said he had the greatest admiration for the people of Napier, who had given the bank so much assistance in the stupendous task of restoring lost records. When he arrived in Napier, immediately after the earthquake, he considered that it would take some months to get the bank back to normal, but, thanks to the honesty and help of his clients, the task was practically completed in seven weeks. Another bank manager stated: ‘‘At! a time like this, when the honesty and integrity of the Napier people is being put to so severe a test, it is being proved that the citizens’ hearts are of gold.”

Members and intending members are reminded of the annual meeting of the Whangarei Miniature Eifle Club to be held in the Chamber of Commerce Eooms this evening. 932

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