News of the Day

Northern Advocate, 10 January 1938, Page 4

News of the Day

Chicken Pox About In Borough. Several mild cases of chicken pox, including one adult, have occurred in Whangarei Borough. * * * * Unfortunate Enel To Holiday. While returning from a holiday with her parents, Rua Kervin, a 13-year-old girl was hurt when the car capsized on the Whangarei-Dargaville . road. The girl suffered injuries above the knee and abrasions and was admitted to the Whangarei' District Hospital. Her condition is good. « if * * Greetings! When employees of the Whangarei Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., packed up a box of butter recently, they signed their names on the lid of the box. The other day they received a reply from the employees of Leek and Morelands Co-op. Society, Ltd.. Leek. Staffordshire. This was in the form of a calendar picturing King George VI., Queen Elizabeth and the Princesses.

Rain and Theatre-goers. , Theatre-goers who attended the pictures in summer attire on Saturday night had a rude shock on leaving the sanctuary of the building. Rain was falling heavily and‘men, minus their overcoats, and ladies in light summer frocks, made frantic dashes for cover. Taxis and buses were in keen demand. A few made no effort to seek transport, but sprinted gamely for home and dry raiment.

Kawakawa Anglican Anniversary. The sixtieth anniversary of the dedication of St. Paul’s Church, Kawakawa, by Bishop Cowie. will fall on Monday, January 24. Special commemorative services will be held on the preceding Sunday, while on Monday evening there will be a short service in the church, at the conclusion of which a birthday cake will be cut by Mrs Marshall, Senr„ who was present at the dedication of the church 60 years ago. * S< * * Dust In Your Eyes. The Whangarei-Auckland highway, which has been carrying a great amount of traffic during the past two or three weeks, is in good order for the m'ajc'rity of the distance. The dust nuisance is the main objectionable feature to be contended with, and when two or three cars 'are travelling close together it is almost impossible to see. The section of road just outside Takapuna is still the worst on the whole road, the pot-holes being large and unavoidable. The Wha-ngarei-Oakleigh section is, apart from the dust, in fairly good order, and great improvements have been made during the past few months in straightening bad bends. Work is still proceeding.

Rain Drowns Dance Music. During the dance at Taurikura on Saturday night the rain at one period was so heavy that it was impossible to hear the music. The hall is fitted with an iron roof, and the heavy patter of raindrops_during the height of the deluge created a steady roar. “Like a battery of pneumatic drills,” one dancer described it. Drivers With a Lot to Learn. At intervals on the highway to Auckland are posters urging motorists to drive with care. A Whangarei tourist, who passed over the road on Saturday, commented today that they apparently had very little effect on some drivers at least. He noted a driver who cut in ahead of another car on a rise and had to swerve violently to avoid another car travelling in the opposite direction; another who came round a corner well on the wrong side; and another who held the road, forcing a car into loose metal. ♦ >k £ * A Business in Toads. Emitting a clucking noise like several barnyards full of hens, a large consignment of giant South American toads left England recently for Mauritius. More than seven or eight inches high when adult, the toads are destined to form an expeditionary force against Phypalus Smithi, a sugar-cane parasite which takes its name from a former Governor of The toads have been breaking their long journey from Central America to the Indian Ocean for a few days as the guests of the Imperial Institute of Entomology at the Farnham Royal Laboratories, Bucks.