News Of The Day

Northern Advocate, 18 July 1946, Page 4

News Of The Day

SINGER S APPRECIATION

Mrs A. Marsden Woods has received from Angela Parselles. the Greek soprano. who recently gave a concert in Whangarei. a letter in which the singer expresses sincere appreciation of the social gathering at which she and her party were entertained at the Parochial Hall. It was the highlight ol her tour, she said, and undoubtedly contributed to the excellent patronage she received at her concert. She thanked Mr and Mrs Woods for their thoughtfulness in organising the reception. LAND BALLOTS

Fourteen ballots for fanning land in South Auckland for the settlement of returned servicemen of the Second World War were conducted in Auckland yesterday by the Lands and Survey Department. Mainly dairying country, the allotments and sections are in the Te Kowhai, Whatawhata, Kakepuku and Atua farm settlements. Among the successful applicants was Mr A. L. Swinnerton, of Dargaville. KIWI’S EGG AT HIKURANGI

A kiwi’s egg weighing 141 oz. has been found on Mr D. S. McLeod's property near Hikurangi. Similar in shape to an ordinary fowl's egg. it is about 4',in. long and white in colour. The egg was actually found submerged in a creek running through Mr McLeod's farm and it is thought that it was brought down in a recent flood. Mr McLeod said yesterday that it was more than 12 years ago since a live kiwi was seen on his property, which contains a large clump of native bush. REGIMENTAL REUNION

Men who served in the 15th North Auckland Regiment in two wars as well as during the uneasy period of peace between these wars will be meeting at a reunion of the regiment to be held in Whangarei on Saturday August 10. A committee is well advanced in its plans for the reunion which will take place in Whangarei on the evening of the annual Rugby match, Auckland v North Auckland. Those eligible to be present are men who were in the regiment from 1911 to 1940. a space of nearly 30 years, so that there will be some who have had long years of service in the regiment dating back to before the 1914-18 war while others will be veterans of that war and then there will be the younger men of the late war.

Household goods have always been a strong point with Henry Wilson. Ask the women of Northland where they buy their sheets, towels, pillow cases, furnishings, e<c., and they will invariably say. “At Wilson's.” Quality, value, price and enthusiastic service all come to the thrifty who shop at Wilson's. r/wl