News Of The Day

Northern Advocate, 10 April 1943, Page 2

News Of The Day

Mutton Prices The New Zealand Meat Producers Board advises* that lamb, wether and ewe schedules in the South Island will be increased one-eighth of a penny next Monday. * * O * Fatal Crash An airman-pilot under Gaining, Leading-Aircraftman Ralph James Brownlie, son of Mr J. Brownlie, Wairoa, lost his life in an aircraft accident near a South Island station early yesterday morning when his aircraft crashed during night-flying training. * ’3 5k 5? Marua-Hikurangi Road Messrs Norman Bros, and the Hiku rangi Dairy Company, Ltd., wrote to the Whangarei County Council complaining of the condition of the surface of roads, and bridges on the Marua-Hikurangi section which were in urgent need of attention. The engineer was instructed to carry out the work of repair as soon as possible. ■y *; * Whangarei Vital Statistics Whangarei vital statistics for March show that there were 34 births, 21 deaths and 15 marriages compared with the respective figures of 49, 10 and 12. For the first quarter of the year there were 01 births, compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, G 4 deaths as against 32 and 39 marriages compared with 31. - 5? * * Gaining House Charge Charged with keeping premises in Cameron Street, Whangarei, as a common gaming house, Cyril Herbert Benfell, hairdresser and tobacconist, pleaded guilty before Messrs. F. Watters and F. A. Farmer. J.P.s.. this morning. Benfell was fined £ls. Detective-Sergeant J. B. Finlay prosecuted. * * * * Soldiers’ Stock Scheme The success attending the stock scheme of the Returned Services' Association for the second N.Z.E.F. was mentioned by Mr. K. Stevens, chairman of the association’s committee responsible for carrying it out. The stock is given by farmers to the R.S.A., who loan the animals to the returned men of the second N.Z.E.F., and the progeny of such stock becomes the property of the soldiers. Up to the present, said Mr. Stevens, over 800 head of stock has been promised, the largest proportion of which is two-year-old springing heifers.

Bombshells Camp Entertainers That tin- Bombshells are popular in-a liiirli degree anions the soldiers in this area, was evidenced by the overwhelming majority of uniforms among the audiences for the revue'“Explosions.’' In order to give the civilian population an idea of the reason for this, the Bombshells will present one of their regular camp concerts at. the Town Hall, on Tuesday evening next, April 13. One of the usual breezy programmes which have entertained many thousands of the boys during the past three years will he staged and a bright evening is promised. An addition to the usual Bombshells camp troupe, for which many special requests have been made, are Waima Kaire’s Maori Kiddies, who will appeal' in new numbers. Hinging, dancing', comedy, whimsicalities, sketches and instrumental items will enliven a couple of hours and at the same time give an idea of the entertainment fare provided at the military camps. Prices are 2/- and !/<>. with half rates for children, and a box plan is open at Lauries.

The Longest Place-Name New Zealand, though few people here know it. can make a strong claim to have the longest placename in the world. Almost as familiar here as in Britain is the claim to that distinction made for a manynew map which is being prepared in syllabled railway town of Wales. A Wellington for civil use contains the name: “Tnumatawhakatangihangakouauotnenuiarangikitanatahu" (there is no hyphen). It is an 890 ft hill near Porangahau. in Hawke’s Bay. Some maps in the past have recorded approximately the first half of the name —for convenience sake. Apparently a somewhat obscure old Maori joke, the name has been given the following alternative translations: “The hill upon which the wind made a flute-sound in a tree," and “The hill upon which Ptangi sat and played the flute to his l lady-love.” Maori readers may be able to give the correct translation.