News Of The Day

Northern Advocate, 13 February 1940, Page 4

News Of The Day

A Young Drunkard. A youth, 17 years old, was before the Gisborne Court last week charged with having been found drunk in a street. This was his second conviction for drunkenness within six months. .. S' -f it * ; Smoke Without Fire. Anxiety was felt in Whangarei yesterday lest the Coronation Bush Reserve was .afire, but it was preservation rather than destruction that was afoot. Employees of the Borough Council Parks Department were clearing the top end of Kauika Road and the boundary of the Reserve, providing a firebreak and an area which will shortly be an ideal picnicking ground. Smoke from their fires blew back into the bush, creating the impression to sightseers in the town, that the tree-clad slopes themselves were burning. , V 15 9 Praise for Lady Attendants. Nothing but praise has been paid to the lady attendants at the Northland Court at the Centennial Exhibition. The courtesy of the two ladies and their willingness to inform had been the subject of much favourable comment while he was in the court, said Mr. C. P. Butler, who returned from Wellington recently. Strangers hod appreciated the efforts of the ladies to answer the 1000 and 1 questions which they were called upon to solve. * * * ft Letters in Dalmatian Language. Brief letters written in a legible hand in the Dalmatian language may now be despatched out of New Zealand. This relaxation of the war regulations has been brought about as the result of representations made to the Government by the Whangarei Chamber of Commerce. Since the outbreak of hostilities, communication between relatives and friends resident in Yugoslavia has been almost impossible for the large number of Dalmatians resident in Northland.

Whangarei Donor to- Kaitaia Scottish ! A trophy for the local competitor, I 14 years and over, gaining the most ■ points in national dancing has been donated by Mr W. M. Fraser, of Wha- : ngarei, to the Kaitaia Scottish Society. The trophy will be known as the W. M. Fraser Challenge Cup. ft * * » • A Triple Coincidence. Within, the past 10 weeks three coli lisions involving motor cars and . bicycles have occurred on the Bank. . and Cameron Street intersection, : each at the same hour —5.30 p.m. The ■ third happened last night, when, as • on the previous occasion, the cyclist ■ was able to pick up his machine and i ride off, apparently little the worse. A townsman who has been a witness of each of the three collisions says . that a contributing factor has been the fast free-wheeling of cyclists down the steep Bank Street slope. * ft ft ft 1 Awanui River Causes Concern With the autumn supplies of manures, cargoes to Port Awanui are very heavy' at present. The state of the river is again causing anxiety. It took three tides before the Tiri could make the wharf last week and the same difficulties were encountered this week. It was only by lightening the cargo by taking off some benzine that the boat was able to get through at all. The river, it is stated, is silting up in the same place as formerly. The main trouble is just below the dairy company’s wharf for a distance of about a quarter of a mile. Usually two of Frankham’s boats and one of the Northern Steamship Company’s boats visit the port weekly, but the Waitahi. which usually trades between Auckland and Opotoki was at Awanui yesterday, having made a special trip to handle extra cargo. ft ft y Distinguished Maori Travelling in Hutley’s bus on Monday between Awanui and Kaitaia was a Maori with unmistakcable marks of distinction. His oak walking stick, heavily mounted in silver, and greenstone pendant, of great antiquity, showing the finest Maori craftsmanship, would immediately attract attention. The walking stick was the gift of His Royal Highness, the Duke of Gloucester, and was presented to the present owner at Rotorua on December 22, 1933. It bore the Duke's coat of arms. The greenstone pendant, highly valued by the owner, was known as tangiwai, the highest grade, and was presented to him by Kang Mahuta. The Maori proved to be Kipa Roera, chief of the Ngahi Raukawa, Ohau. He had attended the Waitangi celebrations and followed this up by visiting some of his relatives, the Conrad family, at Te Kaeo. * * * * End-of-Season Specials at Henry Wilson’s: Silk Vests, 1/3; slips, 3/6; nights, 4/6; pyjamas, 4/9; scanties, lid; print frocks, 5/6; striped silk frocks, 6/6, and smocks from 3/6.