News of the Day

Northern Advocate, 25 May 1938, Page 4

News of the Day

Labour Day Camp.

There is every prospect of the provincial Church of Christ young people’s camp being held at Whangarei next Labour Day week-end. The borough council has given its approval to the buildings at Kensington Park being used for that purpose.

*** 1 * When a Stroll in the Sun Means Money. There is at least one section of Whangarei’s business community that has every excuse to revel in the glorious winter sunshine, and that is the land agents. One of that fraternity said yesterday that through lurking in the chill of his office on Monday instead of promenading the pavements on the sunny side he had failed to contact a country client, who had then strolled a little further and met another agent. The result was a deal and the loss of a £2O commission. “Can you blame me for being a sun-worshipper?", the deprived one asked. Greater Interest in Rugby. “Orphanage Day at Rugby Park promises to be one of the greatest attractions ever seen in Whangarei," re marked a member of the management committee of the Whangarei Rugby Union to an “Advocate” reporter today. “There is every indication of even greater interest than ever in the* code, and last Saturday—with an im-i portant match at Hikurangi as a? [ counter-attraction—gate receipts at f Rugby Park were better than ever, f No effort has been spared to make i Orphanage Day the greatest attraction! possible,” | « * * • i When a Whangarei Rugby team first | lifted the Harding Shield, in 1919, no? less than eight players from the f Maungakaramea Club were in the re-1 presentative side. The surviving seven | of these will be playing in the old- f timers’ match on Saturday. They are; I 1., T., and Bain Finlayson, C. Child, S. | Crawford, P. Carter and P. Draffln. *

A Snowden Memorial.

A memorial to the late Viscount Snowden, in the form of a cairn ed cm Icknornshaw Moor, hear his birthplace in Yorkshire, was unveiled in the presence of more than 2000 people. * * * * * Seagull Tangled Up. A few people at Kaitaia had their attention attracted on Sunday morning by a screeching gull, hanging by its tail from telephone wires, while a number of other gulls circled helplessly around it. A man who saw the bird in its distress obtained a ladder and, on releasing it, found that someone who „ had previously captured the bird had foolishly tied a piece of string to its tail and it was by this means the gull was entangled in the wires. « * * * Badminton Season Opens. A number of converts to badminton were initiated into this popular indoor sport last evening, when the Whangarei Badminton Club ppened its 1938 season in the Drill Hall. There were at least 25 people present, this number including several new players amongst both men and women. The two courts were kept fully occupied throughout the evening. The election of the club’s officers for the year will take place next Tuesday evening.