Local and General

Northern Advocate, 3 January 1938, Page 4

Local and General

Kicked by Horse. A painful accident was received by Robert Ashby, aged five, son of Mr H. Ashby, of Pakotai, when he was kicked in the left jaw by a horse on Friday morning. He was admitted to the Whangarei Public. Hospital where it was found that his jaw had been fractured. His condition was reported this morning as not serious.

New Year Brings Plenty of Rain. Early on Saturday morning, rain fell steadily for several hours, the total fall for the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. being 1.94 inches. This fall, however, was officially counted in 1937's figures. For the first two official days in 1938. 2.0 inches have already been recorded, 1.0 inches having fallen on each of the 24-hour periods ending at 9 a.m. yesterday and 9 a.m, to-day.

Beer Keg Floats To Sea. One of the minor tragedies of the light flooding which occurred at Mokau yesterday was the loss of a keg of beer, which was washed out to sea in the frothy waters. A local resident, it is understood, had been celebrating hogmanay not wisely but too well, and, on his arrival home with three gallons tucked under his arm, his wife took prompt action to terminate the carousal. She hid the keg in a safe place in the paspalum on the flats—safe, that is, from all but the unexpected rising of the flood waters.

A Holiday Tragedy. Tragedy is writ large on the face of one small dog in Whangarei. Morning. noon and night for the past week he has sat outside the gate of a house in a popular suburb, gazing up the road. It was up that road that his master and mistress disappeared days ago. The little black dog is fed regularly by neighbours, but eats little. There is sorrow in his sombre brown eyes, and he responds little to petting. For him the world won’t be right again until the car returns and master and mistress are done with holidaying forth is year.

Heavy Th u n de rs to r m. When Mrs R. Sasien was walking towards a towai tree at Ngapuhi, near Kaikohe, during a heavy thunderstorm on New Year’s Day. there was a loud clap of thunder and a vivid flash of forked lightning. Before her eyes, the tree was cleaved from top to bottom and a piece of bark flew oil and struck Mrs Sasien a heavy blow on the head, knocking her down. Mr J, Lamare, of Whangarei. who was nearby, felt a tingling sensation following the shock. He was able to assist Mrs Sasien, who was not seriously hurt. On a property of Mr Morish, about aquarter of a mile away, a dead kauri tree was struck. It was still smouldering this morning.

Buyers of sheetings, towels, damasks, and other Manchester goods, should not miss the reductions at Henry Wilson’s liquidation sale, now running. Also marocain and striped Bemberg frocks at half price. Wilson’s ordinary values are good. Wilson's values at sale time are irresistible.