Briefly

Northern Advocate, 18 February 1942, Page 2

Briefly

Pigeon Racing.—The Whangarei Homing Pigeon Club held their second bird race last Saturday. About 50 young birds were liberated at Maungaturoto in ideal weather. The young birds were split up a little when they arrived home. Results were: E. J. Gilbey’s m.c. Rin Tin Tin, 1315yds. per min., 1; T. Broomfield’s b.c. Comet, 1291yds. per min., 2; S. Philpott’s b.b.p.h. Winnie, 1288yds. per min., 3. The next race will be flown from Wellsford. Mt. Cook Climbed.—For the second time this year Mt. Cook was climbed on Monday. Mr and Mrs Harry Ayres, of Fran?. Josef Glacier, after crossing the Graham Saddle to the Haast Hut, were joined there by the Rev. Father O’Gorman and Mr R. Logan, both of Rangiora. The party climbed Mt. Cook via the Linda Glacier route. The conditions and day were perfect. Blackball Flooded. —A stoppage of work was caused at the Blackball coalmine owing to extra water pouring in at the rate of 100 gallons a minute through a crevace which was unexpectedly encountered. The mine is normally one in which a large amount of water has to be pumped and when the new crevace was struck the existing pumps were unable to cope with the flow, resulting in the accumulation of water in working places. Steps were taken immediately, to rearrange the pumping gear, and most of the water was pumped out yesterday. The mine was to resume production today. Shearing.—Shearing has been well advanced in the Auckland province as a result of the long spell of fine weather. The clip has been moving as freely as facilities will allow into the stores in Auckland, and another 20,000 bales will be available for appraisal at the next fixture on February 26. This will be the filth offering of the season in which, to date, 58,683' bales, worth £1,008,930, have been appraised at the Auckland centre. A Timaru message says a total of 13,403 bales of wool were dealt with at the third wool appraisal of the season at Timaru. The cheque totalled £229,403, the average prices being <£l7/2/3 a bale and 12.63 d per lb. Soldiers Injured.—When a heavy lorry and a delivery van collided at the intersection of Tamaki Drive and Ngapipi Road yesterday afternoon, three soldiers were injured. They were Gunner Charles Edward Dixon, aged 18, of 56 Sackville Street, Grey Lynn, injury to the left leg. Lance-Bmbdr. Frank Knight Rogers, aged 29. of 35 Scanlan Street, Grey Lynn, injuries to the spine and lacerations to the head. His condition last night was not serious. Gunner Lloyd Lester Meyer, aged 26, of 48 Smale Street, Point Chevalier, injuries to the right jaw. After the impact the van swerved across the road and the soldiers were thrown to the pavement. Lance-Bombdr. Rogers was admitted to hospital, but the other two were able to go home. The driver of the van, Mr Kenneth Warin, received a few abrasions to the right forearm, and the driver of the lorry escaped injury.