NEWS OF THE DAY

Northern Advocate, 15 January 1948, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

SATURDAY ILALF-lIOLIDAY Otamatea county councillors yesterday decided unanimously to retain Saturday as the statutory half-holiday by shops and offices in the county.

ME, TOO ! An applicant for worker’s compensation in a New South Wales Court said to the Judge: “But I couldn’t do a clerical job, Your Honor. I left school at 13J.” “Don’t apologise,” said His Honor: “I left at 14.” SOMETHING IN COMMON

“Scottish people speak of Burns as if he had just died the day before,” said Mr D. L. Ross, of Whangarei. who visited many places in Scotland associated with the great poet. “Between the wars the most enthusiastic overseas followers of Burns were the Americans and the Japanese.”

THAT’S THE NAME ! Non-teetotallers in Scotland must have a hard time pronouncing the name of one hotel, even before they enter it according to Mr D. L. Ross, of Whangarei, who recently returned from a lengthy visit to the land of the- heather. After. a few drinks at a hotel in Inverness it must tax the vocal powers of even the oldest inhabitant to say where he has been when he gets home. The name of the hotel is “Clachnacudainn.” DOG OWNERS LAX,

Many dog owners in the Whangarei borough are inviting prosecution. To December 31 last year 261 dogs—2lß domestic animals and 43 working dogs—were registered in the borough but up to last night, the expiry date for registration for the new year, only 56 had been registered, 49 being domestic and seven working dogs. All owners of unregistered dogs are now liable to prosecution. The fee for working dogs is 2/6, while that for other dogs is 10/-, while 1/- has to be paid for a remedy against hydatid disease. CAT SURVIVES

Contrary to all expectations, the cat which had been incarcerated in several hundred feet of 21in dredge iron piping at the Whangarei Town Basin since Tuesday did not die. It came back last night, a trifle thin and rusty. Identifiable from its colour, the feline was seen by Mrs S. Bignell. of Victoria Quay'. It was slowly making its way from the recently reclaimed area above the Victoria bridge. This was one case where curiosity did not kill the cat. but got close to it. The round trip from the “goose neck” bend to the open end of the pipe on the reclaimed land, took about 26 hours, Mrs Eignell states.

ONE-FOOT POWER “A strong man matched with fortune is a sight for the gods to witness.” So said a pagan philosopher several centuries ago, and had he been in Whangarei yesterday and seen the struggle which occurred there, he might have said the same again. Creeping down Bank Street at about half a mile an hour was a baby car with its engine cut. Every now and then its perspiring occupant would open the door, thrust his leg out, and push the car along much as a child propels a scooter. Slow but sure seemed to be his motto, and he disregarded the an used glances of pedestrians as they left him behind. The general consensus of opinion seemed to be that wherever he was going, he certainly deserved to get there.

These are for those who know values at Henry Wilson’s. Note these specials: Art. silk and cotton vests and pantees, were 6/9, for 3/11; also very superior quality ditto, were 7/11, for 4/11; Liberty wrap-on corsets, were 15/11. for 12/11; 27in. cretonnes, were 10/11, for 5/11 yard; and 36in. curtain net,' was 5/6, for 2/11 yard. r/wl