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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 7 April 1924, Page 7

An Italian ship standing by turned it;, searchlights on the Frangestan and disclosed an eerie spectacle. The smoking ship was surrounded by swarms of sharks led by a pilot fish. The crew remained aboard and the wireless operator despite the oppressive heat and «moke, stuck to his cabin till just before the captain ordered the crew to abandon the ship. The flames spread from forward devouring firstly the saloon ar.c 1 then the lounge under the bridge, tn which the captain was standing at 'his post. The ship listed heavily, settling bv the head. So intense was the . llPa 't that the steel plates tell off like scales, leaving a skeleton silhouetted dmiihst the roaring furnace. " r ,Tho Tangier, lights wove sighted at ten hi the'evening. It was then impossible for the captain to remain. As he departed he paused on.the gangway and ;ghted a cigarette. Simultaneously tht 'gangway caught fire. "The proceedings throughout were most orderly! None of -the el frets 'were lost, and all wei/ '? wo-se for the experience. That the ngaio might be used much muni freely for street and reserve planting war, the view expressed to Herald "representative by Mr J. W. Poyiito-i JS.M., of Auckland. In a large Jtalon city, said Mr Poyntoti, there was one street planted with the r.o-aio, and it produced an effect that van the admiration of visitors from •ill parts of the world. U the tree could thus l)o grown in Italy, surely it could be made to grow in its native land. Nikaus should bo planted in place of the exotic: palms which made their appearance in every Auckland r< serve, the former being much more beautiful and uncommon. "Our trees are so interesting, and many are so beautiful, that it is our duty to study them with a view to using them more fieelv ill our streets and reserves," said Mr Poynton. ".Much research work yet remains to be done, and vigorous'selection of those trees and ! shrubs of economic value should be started without, delay. Many of them crow from cuttings, ..including the totarn, karaka, and rewarewa, and this would expedite the creation of new end improved varieties." Two shillings and sixpence seems absurdly cheap for a .pedigree hull, bill .a Polled Angus animal alleged to complv with those specifications went for thaf_ magnificent sum at the Wairon pound recently, stales the Napier Telegraph. The bull was part of a recent importa-tion--of stud animals,:, and its dignity must have suffered'a severe blow at being sold tor "half a dollar."