NEWS OF THE DAY

Northern Advocate, 7 May 1948, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

LAY THAT PISTOL DOWN. MAN ! When a pheasant and a wild duck landed in a Whangarei naan s backyard this week lie decided to let a sporting friend have some shooting practice. Forgetful, or blissfully ignorant, of the penalty for discharging a firearm in the borough he rang up his friend and told him to come and collect the birds before they took off. He said ho had trapped the duck in a pen ready for the execution. Later in the day t!ie man’s wife rang the shooter s wuc, saying that the duck had ducked oil, biit the pheasant was still in the yard. The sportsman, possibly not relishing the idea of blazing away in someone s backyard, let the pheasant rest m peace.

ENTERTAIN COLLEGE PUPILS Having in mind a civic sense of responsibility towards the institution, members of the Kaikohe Chamber of Commerce this week agreed to entertain pupils of Northland College with a visit to the cinema in the near iuture. This was regarded as the first ot a possible series of schemes to enteitain the hostel pupils, of which theie are at present between 80 and 90.1 he college principal (Mr N. P. Pitcaithly) was at the meeting and accepted the offer with thanks. The boarders weie permitted to go to outside pictures once a term, he said. However, the college had its own projector and films were shown there regularly.

OPEN FORUM POSTPONED Because of the lack of numbers and another competitive interest m the town the Whangarei Labour Party's Open Forum, which was to ue held last night in the Marsden Ha • was postponed until next month. 11 chairman (Mr. F. Moore) stated that, •as the subject ‘Are the needs of the Youth of Whangarei Adequately Met was -,uch an important one, a small gathering could not discuss it fullyThe guest speaker was to have been Mr. R. M. Salmon, of the Whangarei Junior Chamber of Commerce.

COLLEGE CONGRATULATED Prior to the opening of the Bay of Islands Rugby sub-union meeting in Ohaeawai this week, the chairman of the management committee (Mr H. T. Atkinson) extended the union’s formal congratulations to Northland College, whose first XV. had gained such a signal victory over the Whangarei Boys’ High School team the day before. Mr Atkinson said it was gratifying to see such clear vindication of the type of football being coached and played at the college. The college delegate to the union (Mr F. D. Tucker), who coaches the college seniors, said he would convey the union’s congratulations to the boys. THE REAL McKOY

Farua Bay paua shell, and the Solomon Islands are apparently all the same to five-year-olds. Two of them noticed an elderly man in a Whangarei street recently. He was leaning on a walking stick which had been sent to him by his sailor son, who had visited the Solomons during the war. The slick was carved and inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Seeing the colours glinting in the stick, one of the boys said: “That’s a Parua Bay walking stick.”

MEMBERS’ CAR ALLOWANCES Having received an assurance from the Auditor-General’s office that the new figure would not be challenged, Bay of Islands Power Board members this week resolved that their car mileage allowance should be increased from 6d to Bd. One member commented that for the class of road to be found in the North, even 8d might not be sufficient recompense, although it might be adequate for southern conditions.

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