News Of The Day

Northern Advocate, 14 January 1939, Page 8

News Of The Day

Dunedin’s Strange Trains. “Dunedin is a truly Scotch settlement,” remarked Mr Golding, a commercial traveller now touring land. He has photographs of the trams in evfery part of New Zealand, and one showed a Dunedin tram car. This vehicle has a long seat inside, and a wooden step surrounds the outside. On this people stand and Mr Golding has seen a car with as many as 100 “hangers-on.” “They charge threepence for an uphill section and Id for down,” said Mr Golding with a smile. “Being Scotch the people there walk down hill.”

• e * % N.Z. Product Gives Satisfactory Results. New Zealand petrol can be purchased in New Zealand—but only at one pump, according to a commercial traveller at present visiting Northland. He told an “Advocate” reporter that a pump in New Plymouth bears the legend “New Zealand Petrol.” Reports were,circulating to the effect that it was not properly purified spirit, but these he large discounted. Although the product sold at the same price as the imported commodity, he tried it out in his car and found it to give very satisfactory results.

Heavy Seas and Gales for Week-end. Whangarei yachtsmen are warned that strong westerly winds are likely to be met on the Northland coast during .the week-end. Mr H. M. Vincent, of Auckland, has issued a special forecast for Northland, in which he states that seas will be rough and that there will be strong westerly winds, veering to the north and increasing to gale force. Mr Vincent reports that rain ■ and a storm are developing on land.! He predicts strong northerly to north-] westerly winds, increasing to gales. An' extensive and deep storm system is ap-! preaching, and a fairly heavy rain-! fall throughout Northland is expected.]

Pipiwal Children Again. The Pipiwal Native School' children, who delighted an audience in the Salvation 1 Army Hall tecently when they gave a concert in aid of the Tikipunga Orphanage, are to be heard in Whangarei again m February. It was explained yesterday that bathing facilities are urgently 'heeded at the school, aftd’ the repeat performance is planned, as part of a campaign to raise the necessary finance.. . ’ r

Newsboys. Reminiscences of the newspaper war in Christchurch were recalled by a 11 South Island visitor to Whangarei this week. When papers were selling at lid, ( he said, ft was amusing to See ’ paperboys searching for the half-penny change. Invariably they prolonged the search in the hope that the change would come their way. ’Tt was equally as amusing,” remarked the visitor, “tonote that the newsboys seldom got away with the half-penny.” ' • ' * '< Bishops Go Camping Two bishops on camping tours have passed through Gisborne , during the past few days.yOne was • this . Bishop of .Wellington, the, Rev.'«H, St. Barbe Holland,. and the ’Other the Bishop of Christchurch, the Rt. Rev. C. West-Watson. Bishop Holland and Mrs. Holland are on a tour of the eastern districts from Wellington’to Coromandel' and Bishop West-Watson was on his way to the Bay of Islands.