NEWS OF THE DAY
ASPHALT NO OBSTACLE
From time to time cases are reported of fragile plants pushing up heavy paving stones in busy streets. In Water Street. Whangarei. near the gasworks, there can be seen an example of the same remarkable plant strength in forcing a passage through what appears to be an impossible obstacle. A shoot of bracken growing close to a fence has penetrated the asphalt pavement and grown about six inches. The head of the shoot of bracken is so soft that it can be easily crushed between two fingers.
SUPREME COURT The first sessions of the year of the Auckland Supreme Court will open on Tuesday. February 4. So far 15 cases, involving charges against 17 persons, have been set down for trial, and four of these are cases adjourned from the October criminal sessions. These include ;i charge of murder against a man from Whangarei, and charges against a railway enginedriver and fireman arising out of a collision that occurred at the Papatoetoe railway station. Among the other charges to be heard are one of negligent driving causing death, one of negligent driving causing bodily injury, and one of arson.
Ladies should make every effort to invest in (he multitude of bargains offering at Henry Wilson’s in ladies' and children’s frocks, two-piccc suits and coats, etc. Prices have been cut to an extraordinary degree and immense savings can be effected on every purchase. r/wl
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Northern Advocate, 22 January 1947, Page 4
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