Local & General

Northern Advocate, 1 December 1936, Page 6

Local & General

Hokianga Calf Club. It is expected there will be over 50 entries for the Hokianga Calf Club exhibition. The final selection to decide the champion will be made about December 10th.

Failure of Brakes. While proceeding along Cairnfield Road on Saturday night, the brakes of a motor van owned by Mr A. Hilton failed, and the truck proceeded straight on at a corner, crashing into a telegraph pole. The vehicle became jambed between a power pole and a stone wall, and the radiator and bumpers were badly buckled. The pole was splintered. A lady in the van suffered a cut to one knee.

War Pictures. Mr. A. F. Holder, of Powhiri Avenue, has donated to the Whangarei Borough Council 11 bound volumes of the Auckland “Weekly News,” dated September 1914 to March 1919, being a pictorial record of the Great War in pictures. The gift has been accepted with thanks by the council and will be placed in the library.

Quick Work. While there are thousands of unemployed in New Zealand, three youths and their sister, whose uncle resides in a country district near Whangarei, found no difficulty in finding positions. Within a week after stepping off the boat from Ireland, they were in good positions, but, of course, they were quite satisfied with farm work.

Airport Board.

At a meeting of the representatives of the proposed Whangarei Airport Board it was decided to recommend that delegates from the proposed board proceed to Wellington at the earliest possible date to interview the Ministers of Defence and Public Works, on questions of finance and matters generally affecting the policy of the proposed board.

I 300 Pigeons Liberated. About 300 racing., pigeons were liberated at the Whangarei Railway Station on Saturday at 6 a.m. The birds came up from the Wellington and Petone Homing Clubs and were attended to and liberated by members of the local club, assisted by Mr J. Noton, who was the official liberator for the Wellington birds. All the birds got a good start and were soon out of sight. At 7 a.m. a further consignment of birds were liberated by the railway station staff for Wanganui.

Cabbage Trees To Go. The Whangarei Borough Council decided last night to remove the cabbage trees in Kamo and Mill Roads, but the question of saving those trees, which are in a good condition, was left to the works and parks committees. Cr Donaldson said that about three were worth retaining. Cr. Finch said that many of the trees were dead and the area was tco dry for the trees. He was, however, quite agreeable to saving one or two healthy trees. Of the others some were dead and others in a poor condition.

Fresh bargains are being brought forward this week at Henry Wilson’s. Further reductions will be made on silknit underwear, • dress materials, manchester goods, and men’s wear. Also drastic reductions on several lines of silk hose. Be prepared ! Your money goes furthest at Wilson’s.

Scholarship Examinations. The examinations for the Kerr and

McLaughlan Scholarships are being conducted at the Whangarei High School today, and will be continued tomorrow. Forty-five are sitting for the McLaughlan scholarships and 15 for the Kerr.

Conference of Plymouth Brethren. A conference of delegates belonging to the Plymouth Brethren sect will be opened in Whangarei tomorrow. The conference will be held at the Town Hall and will continue for two days, and it is understood that there will be over 300 representatives present from various parts of the country. The conference is not an annual gathering, and is the first to be held on a large scale in Northland.