LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21332, 5 November 1932, Page 10

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Howick Postal Delivery A daily postal delivery will lie introduced in Howick on Monday. The improved facilities will apply to the more thickly-populated portion of the district. Guy Fawkes |*ight lhe annual celebrations in memory of Guy Fawkes' famous gunpowder plot will be held this evening. There will l>e the usual back-garden accompaniment of fireworks and bonfires. Several large Guy Fawkes parties have l>ccn arranged in the suburbs. Accident Victim's Condition Improvement took place yesterday in tlu» condition of Mr. Andrew Morton, aged 27, of 96 Grev Street, Onehunga, who received a fracture of the skull as a result of being thrown from his motor-cycle on Thursday afternoon. His case was not considered to be serious last evening. Car Strikes Telegraph Pole A motor-car which was proceeding along Shelly Beach Road yesterday afternoon collided with a telegraph pole. The car was thrown over on one side and the driver had a narrow escape from injury. The damage was confined to the front part of the chassis and radiator, the engine appearing intact. Summer Fruit and Vegetables With the approach of hotter days an improved demand is being shown for seasonal fruits and vegetables, such as tomatoes, lettuce and spring onions. Hothouse tomatoes were in greater supply at the City Markets yesterday and prices showed a reduction. Large numbers of Island tomatoes also were available. Lettuce and spring onions, which were in average supply, brought slightly higher rates. Notable Cricket Feat Playing cricket at Dunollie, on the West Coast, for Marist senior against Runanga. J. Matthews did the hat trick under somewhat unusual circumstances. It was the last over of the match, as time was up. After three balls had been sent down, there still remained three Runanga wickets to fall. With the three lemaining balls of the over Matthews d'd the hat trick, clean bowling the last three batsmen. Englishman and Fcotball " Thev do not play my game of football out here in New Zealand," stated an Englishman, giving evidence in a case in the Supreme Court yesterday. " And what kind of football is that ?" asked counsel. When the witness replied that he meant Association football, counsel pointed out that the game was played extensively in the Dominion. "It might be. but it is not the international 'Soccer' I have seen," replied the Englishman. " Rugby is the game in New Zealand." Noxious Werds Menace The question of noxious weeds was discussed at the monthly meeting of the Opotiki Farmers' Union, when Mr. Bradshaw contended that the Government was shirking its responsibilities in passing the administraton of the Noxious Weeds Act on to local bodies. Mr. J. Dunlop said the quest ; on was becoming one of serious importance to the district. Noxionj weeds were spreading and it; was absolutely necessary to keep them down. Ihe meeting decided to send a remit on the subject to the sub-provincial executive. The Canterbury Pilgrims Laughter was raised at a meeting of the committee of the Canterbury Pilgrims' Association when it was stated that one member had resigned because he considered no one should be allowed to join the association who was under 50 years of age. Laughter was renewed when it was announced that another member's resignation had been tendered because it was his belief that only those who had arrived by the First Four Ships should be qualified for membership. The secretary subsequently stated that there were to-day only 27 survivors of those vessels. Fire Extinguished wi h Beer "The first Methodist Church in Sydney was built on rum and the first Methodist Church in Christchurch, which stood in High Street, was saved by beer," said the Rev. P. N. Knight at the julrlee banquet of the East Belt Wesley Church in Christchurch, in responding to the toast of "Mother Church." Mr. Knight added that when the church in High Street caught fire the water supply ran out and barrels of beer were rolled up and thrown on the flames, which were thus extinguished. "It was about the best job beer ever did," he concluded, amid laughter. Beekeeping Industry "The beekeep'ng industry is on the increase and is being taken up seriously in the Canterbury Province as a full-time occupation," said Mr. W. J. Fix, apiary instructor of the Department of Agriculture, in Christchurch this-week. He stated that the recent rains had renewed the confidence of apiarists in the prospects for tho coming season's output of honey. He had just completed a trip through the province, and good crops were expected, but much depended on the weather durI ing the summer months. Stocks which j carried through the winter successfully i were now in a very forward condition. ' Birds for the Zoo The Zoological Society obtained pcrmis. sion last month from the Minister of Internal Affairs to trap a certain number of protected native inland water-birds, and 1 two men have been engaged for the past three weeks in trapping in the vicinity of | Arapuni and the Kaimai Hills. No details are yet available as to the number of water-birds which has already been obtitied. but it is expected that a total of 14 will be obtained before the Zoological Society is notified. The following birds are to be obtained for placing in the Zoological Park : —Two pairs each of bittern, landrail, black, grey and brown teal, spoonbill duck and blue duck. Exodus of Steamers There was an exodus of steamers from Auckland yesterday, the departures including four overseas vessels. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line motor-ship Port Gisborne was despatched for London at mid-day with a large cargo of New Zealand produce and the Japanese motorship Brisbane Marti, which arrived from Japan, via Australia and Wellington, in the morning, left on her return voyage to Japan, via Australia, in tho evening. The steamer Maunganui sailed for Sydney in the afternoon with passengers, mail and cargo and the Canadian National steamer Canadian Constructor sailed for southern ports and Australia in tho evening in continuation of her voyage from Montreal. Another departure last evening was the Union Company's coastal steamer Waipiata with a large quantity of general cargo for southern ports.