NEWS OF THE DAY

Northern Advocate, 24 May 1949, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

ROUGH SEAS Rough passages have been experienced on the coast during the northeast wind which have been blowing for the last week. The coastal steamer" Ranginui has met heavy seas off Rodney and Kawau, while fishermen and men engaged in barging sand havevbeen confined to the Whangarei Harbour limits. The town fish supply has been precarious for the last three days on account of the weather. KAIHU LAKES SANCTUARY Having inspected the Kai Iwi and Taharoa lakes in the coastal country near Kaihu, the head of the Wild Life Division of the Department of Internal Affairs (Major G. F. Yerex) is of the opinion that the lakes would be suitable for sanctuaries. The Hobson Acclimatisation Society has endeavoured for some years to have the lakes declared sanctuaries. KAIKOHE HOCKEY Two ladies’ hockey teams recently formed in the Bay of Islands are endeavouring to revive the game there. As there is no competition the teams play together each Saturday. In view of this the Whangarei Hockey Association has invited them to take part in the King’s Birthday tournament at Whangarei on June 6. HIKURANGI HOCKEY FIELD A reply to a letter sent to the Hikurangi Town Board, asking that improvement be made to the hockey field at Hikurangi, was received at the management committee meeting of the Whangarei Hockey Association ' last night. The board stated that its foreman would inspect the ground, but it was thought, if major work was undertaken now, the ground would not be fit for play this season. If the association could wait until the end of the season, an appreciable amount of work might be carried out. ELECTRICITY OR MAGNETISM? If a hole-in-one at golf is something approaching a miracle, as well as a good excuse for celebration, then ? birdie two secured after a 30-yard approach shot, which made its first landfall several yards behind the bole and

ran further away from the pin before sinking itself, should be cause for congratulation. This happened at the short ninth on the Whangarei Golf Club’s links at Mt Denby during the week-end. A player’s tee-shot, a little haywire, landed level with the front edge of the green but to the left. A niblick was called for to elevate the ball over the ridge around the edge of the green and to land it on the second terrace. Played too firmly, the ball shot past the hole, ran on and climbed a bank several feet behind. There it teetered for a second, changed its mind and rolled slowly but surely straight back for a considerable distance to land gently in the hole. WETA WAKEFULNESS At 1.30 this morning a Whangarei resident woke with a terrific start, threw out his arm and knocked over a glass of water on a chair by the bedside. When consciousness gradually returned he found there was no cause for alarm, and prepared to woo slumber once more. As he was just dropping off he felt a movement on his head. It came again. Thinking it was a moth, he brushed at his hair. A dull thud was heard as something hit the flood. “That was no moth, brother,” the roused resident thought as he left the bed and put on the light. Gazing about the cold floor, he espied a giant weta. After some trouble, he managed to get the weta outside, and went back to bed. Some time later he again felt a movement this time on the back of his neck. Switching on the light again, he found—a moth!

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