POINTS FROM THE NEWS

Northern Advocate, 3 January 1936, Page 6

POINTS FROM THE NEWS

8 p.m. on Wednesday a five-roomed dwelling at Wayby was totally destroyed by fire. The owner, Mr Sam Dibble, was home about 7.30, when he made arrangements for cutting his hay yesterday. He left for Tauhoa, where he attended a dance. The fire was observed from Wellsford. three miles away, but neighbours, who were quickly gathered, were unable to prevent the building and contents becoming a total loss.

ripHE rainfall in Dunedin during the A past year was 27.13 inches, spread over a period of 141 days, compared with the rainfall of 29.28 inches and 164 wet days in 1934. The total sunshine for the year was 1816 hours 20 minutes, there being 322 days on which sunshine was recorded. This shows an increase of about 160 hours of sunshine. as compared with the figures for 1934.

■piSHOP Cherrington, of the Wai- -*-* kato Diocese, hopes that £SOOO will be raised in England to assist parishes in the Waikato Diocese. He will shortly visit England, where an appeal for funds will be made. In addition to the bishop’s campaign the clergy will do their utmost in the parishes to second his efforts, and have decided to endeavour to raise £I3OO locally.

TN the Hawke Cup cricket competi- '*■ tion Manawatu beat Nelson, the challengers, by an innings and .274 runs. Nelson staged a procession in the first innings, which closed at 36. Following on, they made a better display, but hardly up to representative standard. Their total was 156. Smith scoring 70 not out, J. Newman 50, Hawke 26 and McGurr 24.

rpHE yacht Nanette, which was ramA med and sunk by the launch Waratea in the Kenepuru Sound near Blenheim on Monday night, was successfully raised from a depth of 40 feet, and beached on Wednesday evening. There is a gaping hole in her side, but the damage is not as great as was feared. Repairs have commenced.

A SIX-YEAR-OLD child, Josephine Boothrcyd, the only daughter of Mr and Mrs J. P. Boothroyd, of Allenton, Ashburton, died in hospital from burns received on Tuesday afternoon. Four children placed some powder from crackers on a block. They covered it with paper and matches, which they ignited. Josephine Boothroyd was leaning over the. block when -'the powder exploded, her dress catching fire. Her brother, aged 10, tried to tear her clothes off. TRENE, owned by Mr F. J. Biggs, A of Invercargill, will represent Southland in the Sanders Cup contest to be held at Auckland this month. The trials were concluded at Bluff yesterday, Irene winning two of the three races. Irene, then representing Canterbury, won the Sanders Cup last year.

COMPLIMENTARY social and smoke concert was tendered Mr J. Thorn, M.P., by members of the Thames Labour branch, Mr W. Boswell presiding. Mr Thorn said he was proud to know that the Dominion was now under the rule of Labour and that Thames had returned a Labour member. He asserted that as a result of the Labour victory, confidence was abroad, as was reflected in the improved tone of internal trade during the past month.

fJMIE first of the 300,000 sheep from Poverty Bay for the Waikato this season were already on their way at the end of last month, although the greater portion will not start to move until this month. Midnight trains from Paeroa took heavy loads. An Opotiki message advises that a mob of 2000 passed through that district last Thursday, while another 2000 was then on its way from the coast, via Cape Runaway. Later mobs were expected to take about 10 days to reach Opotiki, by which time many mere mobs should be starting out. CALLING from a truck at Methven, Mr Richard Law, a farm labourer, qf Highbank, was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. He is suffering from a fractured skull and lacerations of the scalp. M R W. LYLE, of 6th Avenue, Tauranga, had a painful experience at Mt. Maunganui on New Year’s Day. He saw a girl running down a path at too fast a speed and he endeavoured to save her by stepping in the way. The impact was too great, and both went over the cliff, Mr Lye striking his back against a tub standing in the waterhole. He was attended by the St. John Ambulance later taken to the Tauranga Hospital, where it was found that he was suffering from severe bruises and shock.