News of the Day

Northern Advocate, 29 July 1939, Page 6

News of the Day

Hail For Birthday. Children in Auckland saw snow for the first time this week, while lambs at Maungatapere saw hail on their natal day. Half ,a dozen very new animals were seen huddling in a paddock at Maungatapere yesterday while ,a heavy fall of hail was in progress. * * Britain’s Call For Volunteers. The response to the call for volunteers for various branches of national service continues steadily. About 49,000 persons applied to be enrolled last week. This brings the total since the beginning of the campaign in January last to ab0ut'1,943,000. *

Karamea to Load Northland Produce In August. The ocean freighter, Karamea, at present discharging cargo from England at Dunedin, is due at Opua to load Northland frozen produce, about August 6, after making calls at Bluff and New Plymouth. No overseas steamers arrived during the month of July, the last vessel loading frozen goods being the Westmoreland, which completed loading and sailed from Opua on June 26. The Karamea is due at Auckland from Opua on August 10. No notices have yet come to hand of further vessels loading in the Bay of Islands during August.

Erection of Russell Power Poles Next Week.

Russell has been quite busy during the week with an influx of Post and Telegraph Department and Bay of Islands Power Board workmen. The former have been making temporary alterations to the present telephone lines running along the Matawhi Road in preparation for the erection of power poles, which is expected to commence on Monday next, the special machine used for that purpose being due to arrive on that day. After the erection of the power poles, the whole of the telephone system along Matawhi Road will have to be removed to the opposite side of the road. The system along other roads may be similarly affected. Members of the Power Board staff have been distributing the poles along all the Russell streets in the , places selected for them by the engin-1 eer. who was in the town last week. | The work of distribution was com-1 pleted yesterday. Electric power willj not be going across to Long Beach. |

An event that will be long and pleasantly remembered by those who take advantage of it, is Henry Wilson's groat winter sale, now briskly proceeding. The firm’s store is replete with unusual and convincing bargains, in all departments, and the goods are' new and seasonable.

Ruawai Dairy Directorate. Five nominations have been received for two vacancies on the directorate of the Ruawai Co-op. Dairy Company. They are.—Kenneth A. Finlayson, Kenneth R. Gunderson, Samuel D. Llewellyn, George A. Scott (sitting) and Nelson Waterman. Voting will be by a postal ballot.

Alignment for Girls’ High School.

The Grounds Sub-Committee of the Whangarei High School Board of Governors, accompanied by one of the co-architects, Mr A. P. Morgan, yesterday inspected the site of the new girls’ school, and finalised the alignment of the buildings. In order to give the builders freedom, it was decided to remove the lavenue of 26 flowering Japanese cherries. These trees, which were planted by previous senior prefects at the girls’ school, will be placed in a corner between the junior school building and Lupton Avenue.

New Passenger Launch for Bay. The construction of Messrs A. E. Fuller and Son’s new 42-foot passenger launch at Messrs' Warne Bros sheds at Matawhi Bay is proceeding apace, and the planking of the vessel is well under way. All New Zealand woods are being employed in the building of the new boat, which, with its glassed-in passenger cabin and sun-top, will be a slightly larger edition of the Knoxie 3. a unit of the present fleet. Kauri will predominate, the planking, decking. and all cabin work being of that utility timber. The keel is also kauri.The stem is taken from a naturally shaped pieces of pohutukawa, and the ribs are of New Zealand birch. It is expected that the vessel will be in the water by the end of October next. * * * Russia “The Destiny of the Rhssian Empire—Britain and Russia in. Amageddon—The Final War for a Thousand Years.” Ezekiel 38. 1-4, Ezekiel 39. 1-12. A Free Public Lecture, as above, will be delivered in the Madeira Hall, Rust Lane, Sunday, at 7 p.m. by Mr. K. R. Macdonald. No collection. 21