Local & General

Northern Advocate, 24 June 1937, Page 6

Local & General

Abandoned Hull. It has been established that the derelict hull which was fpund washed up at Whanaraki during the storm which occurred last month, is the Orewa, a ;cutter which has been lying abandoned in the Wairahi creek at Whananaki for the past 35 years. The ship was constructed about 47 years ago, and was last owned by a native v/ho abandoned it.

Hospital Boards and Amalgamation. At the close of yesterday’s conference between the Minister of Internal Affairs and Northland local bodies, Mr T, S. Houston, chairman of the Mangonui Hospital Board, asked whether *it was intended to include hospital boards in the amalgamation proposals being framed by the Government. Mr W. E. Parry, replying, said that the matter was one for the Minister of Health, who was collecting information and bringing about amalgamation of hospital boards where possible.

Publicity Hits The Mark. “I don’t know whether the invitation to all M’s.P. to attend the Winter Exhibition or the promotion of the cow milking contest has been the best advertisement medium, but I can assure the Whangarei A. and P. Society that both have done the job,” said Mr J. G. Barclay, M.P., when speaking of his visit to Wellington. Members who had received invitations had besieged him with requests for information concerning Whangarei and the show, and the Acting-Prime Minister was “tickled to 1 death,” at; having been askied to referee the cow-milking contest, and was telling everyone he met about it.

Rule of Tongue—-or Gun. “Some ridicule Parliament because they think that, by so doing, they will raise themselves in the esteem of the company they are in,” said Hon. W. E. Parry, Minister of Internal Affairs, in an address at Whangarei last night, “Such are trying to belittle the very manifestation of themselves, because the Parliament which they elect is the living replica of their own intelligence. Parliament is often referred to as a ‘talk shop’ and so it is. There are only two ways of settling differences of opinion, and the only alternative of thrashing out problems verbally on the floor of the House, is the rule of the gun.”

Transfer Of Birds? - p “The brown teal are in such numbers in this district that we would like you to give us an open season,” was a request made yesterday by the Whangarei Acclimatisation Society, represented by Messrs Parkin and Snow, to the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry. The deputation thought it would be good for the sport of game shooting if the Minister could see his way to agree to'meet the Society’s wishes. Mr Parry, in saying that he would investigate the request, considered it would be well, probably, if the society communicated with other societies which needed teal in their territories, making some mutually satisfactory arrangement for the transfer of some of the birds.

Mr Parry and Show Exhbit. An allusion at the Whangarei Acclimatisation Society’s deputation to the Minister of Internal Affairs yesterday to an exhibit to be included in the Winter Exhibition, illustrating the menace of stoats and weasels, drew {from Mr Parry congratulations on the j action taken, which he thought would j help in making plain to the public the need for exterminating the animals. The depredations of the stoat, particularly among game and native birds, were, he said, serious, but, since the Government had removed the protection on stoats and weasels, there had been strong efforts made to deal with the pest. “The Department of Internal Affairs,” Mr Parry added, “has information that the skins of stoats and weasels bring a good price and it is endeavouring to obtain a collection of the skins in its desire to create a market for them.”

Wrestling—Blomfield v. Mclntyre. An excellent wrestling attraction will be staged at Whangarei next Friday night, when the contestants will be “Lofty” Blomfield, the popular New Zealand champion, and Don McIntyre, a husky and rugged visitor from Missouri, U.S.A., who has invariably given his opponents in this country all that they have wanted. His recent bout with Blomfield before a big house at Auckland was a real thriller, and Mclntyre went down in defeat only because of one of the accidents, of the ring that are liable to occur to any wrestler. He missed with a flying tackle and crashed out i of the ring, thereby disabling himself j when he was a fall to the good and 1 appeared to have the match in hand, i On his every appearance in New Zealand Mclntyre has shown himself to be a highly capable performer, j and his displays have invaraibly i found strong favour with the spectators. Blomfield, of course, is so well'1 known to wrestling patrons throughout his native country that he requires no further introduction, but it is realised that he will be meeting, in McIntyre, an opponent who- will ensure his being seen at his best. Blomfield’s recent form has been as good as anything he has shown in the past, if not better, and he will see to it that there is plenty of excitement when he steps out against, Mclntyre. 993’

Our readers would be well advised to buy all woollen requirements at Henry Wilson’s great stocktaking sale. The sale is conspicuous for its wonderful series of bargains, and the public would be wise in taking full advantage of the savings while available.

First of the Season. A dozen lambs are to be seen about the property of one Kaikohe farmer and all appear to be in a healthy condition. These are the first of the new season’s lambs. For Trial. James Hastie Stoddart Robertson, who is facing 15 indictments of forgery, failure to account and theft, was yesterday committed to the Supreme Court at Auckland for trial. The hearing of evidence concluded at 5.30 p.m. when the presiding justices, Messrs L. Webb and D. Mcßeth considered that a prima facie case had been made out. Bail, in £IOO self, and two sureties of £SO each was allowed.