Local & General

Northern Advocate, 4 February 1936, Page 4

Local & General

Sitting On The Slip.

A puriri tree with leaves still green is in the middle of the road at Matapcuri. where it is sitting on top of a giant slip.

Wealth On Show.

The mineral wealth of the Kiripaka Hill is on show where a slip, a chain wide and six feet deep, has flowed ever the road like porridge, near the fireclay mine. The principal constituents of the mixture are coal and fireclay.

Among The Debris,

Among the debris raised by winch at Victoria Bridge were seven complete willow trees. Many other logs and trees were given passage through the bridge when the flood was being fought at its height on Saturday night.

T e nnis Courts Damaged

The turf courts of the Whangarei Tennis Club in Tarewa Road have received a liberal top-dressing of silt as a result of being swept by the floods. Two courts wore gouged out by the current, and will not be fit for use this season. Kicked By Horse. While roping 'a wild horse, Mr Tom Hctherington, aged 63, of Waikiekie, suffered a kick on the knee from the animal which necessitated his admis sion to the Whangarei Hospital yesterday. The accident occurred eight days ago, and was causing pain. His condition today, however, was stated to be satisfactory!,

Cochet For Whanirarei

With regard to the exhibition tennis to be played on the Whangarei Tennis Club courts on Tuesday next, it is interesting to note that so far as the rights of the famous international tennis stars to wear championship badges are concerned, Cochet is ranked above such magic names as Vines, Richards, Lacoste. Crawford and Van Ryn.

High and Dry. Until a raft of logs drifted downstream and piled at all angles, the bridge which had just been completed at the foot of Cameron . Street, was quite undamaged by the immense pressure of the flood. A chain of the embankment constructed by the Harbour Board was washed out, and with both approaches'gone, the bridge structure itself has been left high and dry.

A Cow Story. During the height of the flood at Kara, a cow was plunged over the Mangare Falls, a drop of 40 feet, and was not killed. The falling ,of a solid bank of water caused big waves in the pool below, and on one of these waves the cow was thrown on to a, rock. It spent some of the night tiiere before finally escaping to mainland. A bull owned by Mr A. E. Walker, was not so fortunate, and, after being seen dashed over the-falls, disappeared.

Final clearance of Benjamin’s stock at Henry Wilson’s—Smocks, 2/11; Pure Silk Fully Fashioned Hose, 1/11; Print Frocks, fast colours. 3/11; Girls’ Panamas, 1/11; Oddments in Corselettes, 1/11; Spun Silk Blouses, 5/11; Oddments in Bloomers, 1/-; and 36in. Marocains, 10£d yard.