NEWS OF THE DAY

Northern Advocate, 16 January 1948, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

ARDENT FISHERMAN A small boy, fishing in Central Park yesterday morning was undertaking the task in a big way. Tied to his bamboo rod were two lines instead of the usual one. Line fishing could not have proved a success however, as in the afternoon he was observed to be using a small mesh whitebait net. In his first haul, he claimed, a shrimp was obtained.

HINTS FROM HOME "Burn your rubbish and save rates” is the thrifty sign on the burgh rubbish cart at Inverurie, Scotland, said Mr D. L. Ross, of Whangarei, who recently returned from there. While in London on the morning after an allnight sitting of the House of Commons, he noticed another pithy placard on a flower seller’s harrow: ‘‘M.P.’s talk for 20 hours! Why talk? Give her flowers.”

ONE REVOKE IN 100,000 MILES Ten different types of vehicles were driven by Mr S. E. Boyd during his 30 years’ service with the Whangarei Post and Telegraph Department, from which he retired on December 31. His last truck registered 101,020 miles when he handed it in—a record for one driver in the same truck, he was informed from Wellington. Mr Boyd had declined a new truck, preferring to finish his service in the one which he had driven lor so long, and which had been rebored only once.

PACKWOOD KAURI The Packwood Kauri at the Brynderwyn Junction has been inspected by officers of the Public Works Department and found to be quite safe. The holding ropes are still firm and there appears to be no danger of the tree falling on to the road. The same officials commented that potholes in the sealing in the main road between Whangarei and Auckland are dangerous. The worst stretch is in the Dome Valley where potholes up to a foot in depth appear in the otherwise smooth surface, constituting a menace to cars.

ELEMENTARY, HEIN ? When Mr D. L. Ross, of Whangarei, was visiting the Easter Ross district in Scotland during his recent visit to England, Scotland and the United States he met a young German who, with other prisoners of war, was engaged in harvesting. The prisoner, who was about 181 years old, spoke good English. having been taught it at school, he said. He walked with Mr Ross for about two miles, the limit allowed him, explaining that he had been an orderly room corporal, and had been captured in March, 1945. • He had spent about 12 months in the United States and about 19 in the United Kingdom. When Mr Ross said he was visiting the place where his family originated the young German said: “Well I guess your name is Ross—theyr’e all Rosses round here.”

MISSING CAR A 1938 model Austin motor car, owned by Mr F. H. Rogers, of Whangarei, was removed from its parking place in Walton Street, between 9.30 p.m. and 10 p.m. last night. The vehicle was painted black, with a licence number 3949. The Whangarei police are investigating.

STREET IMPROVEMENTS During this week streets in the southern portion of Whangarei Borough have received attention. In the Avenue areas tall grass growth has been cut back from the pavements and the shingle paths cleared of weeds. In Walton Street weeds have been removed from the watertables and from the footpaths themselves giving this street a much improved appearance.

PARALYSIS CASES Miss Sellar, supervisor for the Whangarei Sub-Centre of the New Zealand Crippled Children Society, has joined the staff of the Auckland Hospital in order to assist in nursing infantile paralysis cases. The committee of the sub-centre, believing that Miss Sellar would render greater service to crippled children by taking hospital duty rather than searching for cases of cripplement in Northland in the meantime, acquiesced in her expressed wish to offer her services to the Auckland Hospital Board. TIME AND PLACE Hens, some people say will lay their eggs in any place handy when the occasion arises. The truth of this statement was found by Mr Jack Webb who, on arriving at Whangarei from Kaitaia, found in the luggage compartment of his car a black Orpington lien plus an egg. At Kaitaia, Mr Webb had occasion to take some material from the back of his car and accidentally left the boot door open. It must have been at this time that the hen chose her “nest.”

ONE GOOD TURN... Carrots may be good for night vision, but Mr H. L. Pomery. of Whangarei, seems to have nothing wrong with his eyes. While fishing with two friend's inside the bar of the Ngunguru River about 9.15 o’clock one night this week the Auckland 28ft auxiliary ketch, Astra, worth about £IOOO, and drawing about 6ft of water, appeared and a dinghy was lowered. Rowing over to the nocturnal fisherman the occupants asked if they could be directed up the river to a berthing place. Although it was pitch dark Mr Pomery promptly boarded the ketch and piloted it up the river. Reaching a certain spot, he put out his hand and grasped a buoy, to which the ketch was secured. 1 The owners of the ketch were the four Brown brothers who figured in the rescue of Mrs Sutherland, from the Smugglers’ Cove cliff.

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 yai'd; and 36in. curtain net, was 5/6, for 2/11 yard. r/wl