LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 23 March 1934, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Surfacing Norfolk Street. The wort: of surfacing Norfolk Street Is proceeding rap ally amt the major portion lias lieeu complefe.l. Fractured Skull. Pnl’lVi ing from a fra dured skull, He;boil Watkins (10) was .admitted to the Northern W.airmi hospital in .a '■rili'-al condition. With a number of other youths, Watkins was at the Whenuenui hail practising for a wrestling competition. When the lights tailed he wont into an ante-mom and pumped more air into the benzine light, supply lank. No sooner had he done this than a heavy explosion occurred.

Fatal Result of Fall. ’ ; Afi Frank Fairweather, of Stmnvar Station, Blenheim, who was injured ini a fall from a horse last week, died in 1 the Wairau Hospital yesterday morn-j lug. i j Crash Victim’s Condition. I The ‘ rendition of Mr L, W. Swan,' of Auckland, who was injured in the aeroplane crash last Saturday, is ireported to be satisfactory, states a Weilington wire. j 1 Half a Cwt. of Whitewash. ! The elaborate system of white linos j which marked off the tracks for the ; various events at the Whangarei High j School sports yesterday involved a | gi ea I deal •of labour. No less than! off lbs .nf whitewash was required for the purpose. Vice-Regal Visit to Warkworth. The Governor-General and the Lady Bledisloe, who have not previously paid an official visit to Warkworth,] have accepted an invitation to do so j on April 5. While in the town, Lord Bledisloe will open the beautiful! Kowhai Park Domain. Cut of the Running. Among the spectators at the High School sports yesterday was G. Leigh, I who, until an unfortunate accident | last week put him nut of the running, ; was regarded as a likely aspirant for 1 senior championship honours. Leigh j was starting his molor bicycle when jlk injured a knee. Water Snake Found. A large water snake, 20 inches in length, has been found in a creek near Tv Kopurn. The reptile, which was alive when found, was dark brown j along the back, with a yellow stripe on each side. The stripe ran straight until it reached (lie tail, where it on den in a zigzag, Commander Eva Booth. I Major Hayes, nf the Salvation Army, Auckland, announces ns indefinite, tho proposed visit to the Dominions ■ of Commander Evangeline Booth. It is understood she injured her shoulder while in a crowd of people and he” health has not since been good, 1! Is hoped she will be able to travel io New Zealand in June. j Tie-Pin Causer, Death, j As the result of swallowing an open j tie-pin, Gavin Lawrence, ' the eig'atj months old son of Mr and Airs Ernest j AAA Lawrence, of Elies Road, TnvercarI gill, was admitted to tho .Sonthlanl j Hospital. An operation was perform- | ed, but the child died. An inquest i was opened, and after formal evidence I adjourned sine die.. i i ; Parochial Hall Additions. A commencement has boon made with the additions to the Parochial ; Hall. The front of the building fac- ' ing Kamo Dead is being extended to | the street frontage,- which will give a i great amount of extra floor space. Of ! recent years the hall has become too j small for many functions, ; Unusual Mishap. | AVliile farewelling friends shortly before the Alonowai- left Prince’s Wharf, Auckland, yesterday afternoon, a painful injury was suffered by Airs At. Parry, of. Off, Calgary .Street, Sandringham, through a bottle of hydro- | gen peroxide exploding and cutting a j vein in her right foot. Airs Parry was assisted into one of the wharf sheds, | v here the flow of blood was chocked, j Che was later taken in a St. John Ambulance to t lie Auckland Hospital, bid j was able io proceed borne after rec.eiv-1 ing medical attention. j I Joy Riders Gaoled. Godfrey Allen Yandlo, 21, and Hector Gordon Kalman, 22, were each sentenced to three months’ imprisonment by Air W. D. McKean, S.AL, at Auckland today, for unlawfully converting a car, valued at £2OO, the property of Margaret Gumbly, which the police stated was moved from a street in Hastings on Alarch 11. Both were motor mechanics. They drove ta Palmerston North, having deposited a spare wheel at Waipawa in return for benzine. They were enjoying thenfselves at Auckland when arrested. The Masonic Temple. The tender of Atessrs Kemp and Donnie has boon accepted for the erection of the Masonic Temple to be built by Lodge Whangarei, No. 102, N.Z. C, The temple, which will be located in Albert Street, will make a handsome addition to the architecture of the town. It will have a frontage ol lid feet with a depth of 00 feet, and the exterior will be on simple lines with an entrance treated in the Georgian manner. The lodge room is 44ft by OOft, and the refectory 00ft by 25ft, in addition to which there are a generous foyer, a well equipped kitchen and rffices, and an ante-room. The decoration scheme Cor the lodge 1 room iRoman Doric. The ceiling is fibrous plaster, with a unique system of light- I ing, also plaster grilles for ventilation, special attention is being paid to ventilation, inlets for fresh air being ( [■•laced beneath the seats, and provis- t en made for the expulsion .of heated .1 iir through grilles and ventilators in 1 he room. Tho lodge room will be fur- ( ilshed with blue upholstered seats In- t Jailed In place. Mr A. Alorgan is the i irehlleel.

Sincerity Suits —The next best to tailor-made. New range of Suits just opened. Stocked by Goo. Bendy, High-class Tailor. Corner Bank and Vine Streets. To take the cash and let Die credit go is just as good advice today as in the days of the old Persian sage. The modern business man now buys and sells for cash only, and getting the cash is thus able to umler-sell his credit-giving competitors. Therefore consider Henry Wilson’s low sale; prices of Hart Bros. Ltd. stock.

■Women’s Clubs Confer, The bi-annual conference of the New Zealand Pei lorn f ion of Women’s Club;opened- at ..Dunedin yostojalay, with 25 cic-legates present from all parts of tinDominion. The sale of Christie’s farm at Hikurangi, advertised in a previous issue to take place at the Criterion Theatre, Kikurangi,. will, now be held at Mr W. Wakelin’s Auction .Dooms, Water Street, Whangarei. 45b