LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 26 June 1926, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nearly nil boys who appear in (lie Auckland Children's Courl are asked by Mrs I'crner, associate member., if they belong to football len ins. It* iliey say' mi. she tells I hem ihey should join a icitm of some sort t:i keep lliem out of mischief. I lie Marlborough Rugby representalives arrived in Nelson by Newman's car about 6.30 last evening. They were mei (in arrival by members of Ibe Nelson Rugby Union. In welcoming the visitors Mr 1.. list court made an apt speech, which was responded to by the Marlborough manager, Mr J. Dixon, who mentioned the good feeling engendered by the home and home matches between the sister provinces. I„ the Wakefield V.M.C.A. Hall on Wednesday evening next, a children's entertainment will be given. A good programme has been h twinged, so an ciijovnhle evening should ensue. Emms' Motors are advertising a revised service for the coming season. Their uid-day car and also weekly lorry service will prove a great benefit both to the local residents and tourists, giving as it does a surer means of transport between these places.*

A distinctly humorous occurrence which has set "all those who know of it chuckling happened in connection with a well known Winks Road farmer a week or so ago (says the Waimate Witness). One day he drove a cow up to tho pound and duly impounded it, claiming 3s driving fees, which were duly paid. In the course of time the cow was sold. A couple of days afterwards up came the farmer to the pound ■liter the cow—it was his own ww he had impounded! That's the worst of having so many cattle that you don't know your own" from the. other fellow's.

"It wasn't, so in our day," said Mr I.:. \Y. Canard, senior inspector of schools, al the annual dinner of the Auckland Headmasters' Association, 'but it is a fact nowadays that children delight in going to school. 1 count it as almost a revolution in education —a miracle, one might say. And it is a great tribute to the headmasters and teachers of the country." Besides a good teaching service, he added, the improved system of education and better types of schools had helped in this metamorphosis of the Schoolboy. As Mr 11. Hill is not seeking re-election to the Nelson Education Board, the Wakefield School Committee have decided to nominate-Mr J.. 0. Wilkens for the seat.

How did a halfpenny tome to be buried seven feet beneath the surface of Riecarlon Road? That was the question which a workman pondered over, states the Lyttelton Times, when he found a coin during the operations of e\<avating for the drain that is at present being put in the road. It is a very old ha'penny, having been minted in 1807. Despite its great age, the coin is in a good state of preservation, and the date can be read without difficulty. A suggested explanation of the depth at which it was found is that it was dropped before Uiccarton l'oad was formed, in the? days when the legion that the road now traverses was mainly swamp. Falling on soft, boggy soil, it must gradually have worked its way down for the distance stated before finding ground solid enough to arrest its progress.

A strange fish was found washed up on Tahuna beach yesterday bv Mrs Conlon. It has a length of 25 inches, and a girth of 19J, inches, and somewhat re sembles :i sehnapper. but has a silvery appearance. So far it has not been possible to identify the fish locally, but a photograph is being taken and full details prepared with a view to clearing up the matter. The Anchor Company announce to intending passengers for Wellington this evening that the Nikau sails at 9 o'clock instead of 7 oeloek as previously advertised.

At tho Velma Hall to-night a complimentary dance will be given to loe Marlborough Rugby football reps A good time is assured to all patro is Owing to the Velma Hall being previously booked for Monday nignt, Mr S. Colledge's weekly dancing class wi'J be held on Thursday, July Ist, 1b26, commencing at 8 o'clock promptly.