News Of The Day

Northern Advocate, 18 February 1942, Page 2

News Of The Day

•Slug Hunting in Blackout j Whangarei blackout last night j brought the usual crop of amusing in* I cidents. One woman was l'ound hunt- j ing slugs in her back garden with the : aid of a torch. The warden went in and told her to put out the torch and hunt her slugs in the dark. ! i- * * * : Grass Fire i In connection with the grass tire which destroyed portion ol‘ a hedge at I Mr. W. J. Court’s property yesterday. ! the fire brigade made good use of the j storage supply of water carried in ! tanks on the fire engine, a consider- j able quantity being pumped on to the ! flames, while domestic hoses left ready J by Mr. Court were played to good effect. * * * * Walton Street Renovated Rough areas in Walton Street, Whangarei, that have annoyed motorists for some time are being 'tarred The road was taken up some time ago for work on drains and has been only roughly metalled. Tarring is taking place in some areas and in others workers are engaged in lowering and levelling the portion to be tarred. 9 * * * Waste Paper Recently Whangarei’s rubbish cart was seen loaded with waste paper collected from the streets. When the driver was asked where he was taking the paper he replied: “To the tip.” Obviously this appeared waste in these days of conservation of paper, but when he was told it should be left at the Town Hall depot he gave the disarming reply: “I leave it at the tip and the men there sort out the paper and deliver it to the depot." A * * * National Patriotic Fund The speaker at the Rotary Club’s weekly luncheon today was Rotarian L. O. Hall, who gave a very enlightening exposition of the constitution and operations of the National Patriotic Fund Board. He showed that all the New ealand wa rservice institutions overseas and in the Dominion derive their finance from the National Patriotic Fund Beard, a fact often overlooked or not recognised by soldiers who declare that whereas they have obtained parcels and other services from certain institutions they have received none from the Patriotic Society. Further reference to the address will be printed tomorrow.

Still Going- Strong Among golfers who have recently earned a reduction in handicap is A. D. S. Duncan, the greatest player this country has produced. Duncan has been 10 times New Zealand amateur champion. The first occasion when he won this honour was in 1899. and it was probably as a concession to age that he was recently let out to the 1 mark. He turned on such good golf at Heretai.nga a fortnight ago, however, that the handicappers had to bring him back to scratch. Duntfr.n’s record of sustained first-class performance has no parallel in golf in this country, and his recent form indicates that lie is still far from reaching the end of his competitive career.

Small incomes enjoin the necessity of practising economy but whether your income be large or small Henry Wilson’s famous prices will make it go further. Don’t miss the stocktaking reductions in the? showroom specially marked down before final inventory. W.lO