General News

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 6 August 1945, Page 4

General News

Another Oar Fish found The same day that a n oar fish was found at Nelson there was another specimen washed up at Manawakupukupu (“Kupy”), D’Urville Island. This fish was approximately the same size as that found at Tahunanui being 14 feet long and 14 inches in width. It was the first fish of this kind see n at D’Urville Island and it was inspected by many interested settlers. Grade Fields at Rotorua Miss Gracie Fields visited Rotorua last week. She went to Whakarewarewa. where she was conducted over the model pa and the thermal regions by Guide Rangi. She then went to the soldiers’ convalescent hospital. After a tour of the wards she entertained the medical and nursing staff and the patients in the assemb/y hall for an hour with some of her favourite songs and stories. At a gathering at the meeting house at Ohinemutu in the evening a Maori concert party presented action songs. Miss Fields added her quota to the harmony and gaiety of the occasion with four songs. Afterward she led chonises, sitting in the midst of the Maori performers. v Just Opened! A parcel of charming little "Brushed wood leginette sets, in the loveliest of colours. The coat, leggings, and little pixie bonnet are so i cosy. Animal motif on coat in Contrast Shade. 14in 48/-, I6in 52/9, 18in ! 57/6. (2 Coupons). McKay’s.* Rain Coats! Do inspect these Smart Coats for rain wear. Fawns and colours in gaberdine, “Pluvia,” and other dependable materials. S.S.W. to O.S. From 56/3. (8 Coupons). McKay's.*'

Cancellation of Small Petrol Licenses The Automobile Association (Manavvatu» has forwarded an urgent request lo the North Island Motor Union asking lor an immediate protest to the authoriijes concerning the cancellation of petrol licenses ranging from one to four gallons. In one garage alone in Palmerston North 60 such licenses have already been recalled, which means that the number throughout New Zealand runs into thousands. Supplies of Wire-netting A quantity of wire-netting, which has been difficult to obtain lor some time, • s expected to reach New Zeajand in about two months’ time. Information to this effect was received at a meeting of the Auckland Grammar School Board, and orders were placed for netting lor school tennis courts. Cdst of Living in India “1 have had to pay 8s for a tube ol toothpaste,” said Miss G. O. Fletcher, a missionary from India on a visit to New Zealand, in illustrating the tremendous rise in the cost of living in India since the war. Cheese cost up to 10s per lb. Apart from grain and certain cotton cloths, no control was exercised over prices, which had risen in some cases to exorbitant levels. Unusual Meeting in Tasman The unusual experience of meeting halfway across the Tasman Sea was shared by passengers on the Tasman Empire Airways flying-boats Aotearoa and Awarua one day last week. Courses and altitudes of flight on the eastward and westward crossings are rarely so similar that the machines even see each other. This day, however, the two flying-boats flew in company at 8000 feet for a few minutes after the meeting before resuming their own courses. Nature Still at Work *As the years have gone by, it is strange to see how nature has, in places, shyly come and tried with gentle hand to bring some offering to cover the ruin which man has wrought or to light some little lamp of colour in the waste, said Sir Patriclc Duff, in a broadcast talk last night on what London looks like now. The seed of many grasses has blown; seedling trees, now several feet high, have rooted themselves on rubble heaps or in gaping cellars or on old sandbag walls. I remember seeing some by the Duke of Wellington’s statue at Hyde Park corner. Wind-borne plants sail along on their own little private parachutes. I noticed willow herb mostly—a lovely rose-coloured weed which travels a long way: and coltsfoot, a yollow flower; i and sticky groundsel. A plant called the Oxford ragwort, which is a groundsel , too, is a native of Sicily, it was naturalised in the Oxford Botanic Garden and has gradually spread from ■ there. It was hardly known in London before the war and is now frequent on bombed sites. Western Hutt Road Blocked The western Hutt road in Wellington ! is completely blocked by a big slip which came down last evening about half a mile south of the Pahautanui road junction, near Haywards. The Public Works Department is clearing the debris, which covered the road on ■ the outside to a depth of four feet. The railway line is unaffected. Meanwhile all traffic is being diverted ■ through the Taita Gorge route. Muddy Conditions Most of the eleven cases attended by the St. John Ambulance Brigade * at Trafalgar Park on Saturday were . players with mud in their eyes. There were no serious injuries. Bristol Company Buvs Motor Inforest A junction of English aeroplane and motor manufacturing interests which is expected to result in important developments has been announced in a cablegram received by Mr. N. E. Higgs, Wellington, technical representative of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Ltd., in Australia i and New Zealand. The announcement i«* i that the Bristol company has acquired a substantial interest in A.F.N., Ltd. A.F.N.. Ltd., are makers of Fraser-Xash motor-cars, famous in England for their quality, and the Bristol Aeroplane Company is claimed to be the largest aeroplane manufacturing company in the world, producing, in addition to Bristol aircraft engines. Blenheim, Beaufort, Beaufighter and Bombay aeroplanes. Soon the giant Brabazon I, of more than a hundred tons, will emerge from one of the company's factories. By acquiring an interest in the motor company the Bristol company will be returning to an industry ■ in which it originated, for its engine division grew out of the Straker Brazil Company. makera of Strnkcr-Squire cars and Straker trucks. Tobaccos that burn the tongue and irritate the throat? Why, they are as common as house-flies in summer! ; What’s wrong with them? That’s an easy one! Full of nicotine, so they ; may not only burn the tongue, but wreck the nerves, affect the heart, i attack the throat, and play up with . you generally. Give them' a miss if you value your health. Why smoke them, anyway, when you can get the genuine toasted for the same (or less) money? Toasting, the manufacturers’ complex and unique process, eliminates the poisonous nicotine, while at the same time enhancing flavour and aroma, and you not only get a thoroughly enjoyable smoke but a harmless one. Toasted possesses that clean, pure, sweet and fragrant quality you’ll j look for in vain in other tobaccos. There are only six brands of the genuine article remember: Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog). Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold and Pocket Edition. The three latter make the finest cigarettes money can buy! And once you change over to toasted you’ll never want anything else. “ Raincoats for Girls! A strong water- * proof Coat in fawn shade that will give good service. 30in 42/9 to 42in 65/11. (6 Coupons). McKaj^’s.* C. Wf Lipscombe advertises details? of auction sale of Fitz Kula piano, 5 carpets, 4 rooms lino, oak and rimu furniture, radio, sundries, etc., at the Mart, Wednesday Next, 1.45 p.m.; also auction sale of furniture and sundries to be held at Motueka, Friday Next, 10th August, at Mr Wilkinson’s rooms.*