NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23689, 22 December 1938, Page 20

NEWS IN BRIEF

While fishing at Whangamata. north of Waihi Beach, Mr J. Linton, Morrinsville, harpooned a large black fish, which was at first thought to be a small shark or a hapuku. Experienced fishermen identified its as a tuna, a rare species on the coasts of New Zealand. The fish was 3ft long, and after it had been cleaned and its head removed it weighed 171 b. Since a tuna was caught near Auckland last year exhaustive inquiries have been made by fishery companies as to whether this species of fish is to be found in numbers in New Zealand waters. Have you seen our " three-in-one bins for sugar, flom, and broad? Painted to suit the colour scheme of your kitchen or pantry. Moderately priced.—Dickinson's, Ltd., 441 Princes street, Dunedin... . "My experience as a University teacher convinces me that, in.eflect, the University Entrance Examination does not do the final sorting-out of suitable and unsuitable candidates, said Mr K. W. Glasgow, the principal of Scots College, Wellington, at the annual prize-giving ceremony. The first year of University work is thecrucial test of whether a student should proceed with his course or not.' •'Armaments mean war when the world is without law; restore the rule of law and they mean peace, said Professor W. A. Sewell, when speaking in Hamilton last week. It was criminal folly to isolate rearmament from a constructive foreign policy and from a determination to use these arms to enforce a policy which would bring the world back—and certainly the Fascist powers—to a respect for law in international affairs. An isolationist policy would make all the rearmament in vain.

Waiting for good times to come is liable to give a "kink" in the neck. If afflicted try Crossari's Scotch Gargle, supplied at the Waterloo... Numerous marriage licences for ceremonies which will take place near Christmas and New Year have been issued by the registrar of births, deaths and marriages in Napier during recent weeks, the number being well in excess of those for the corresponding period of last year. Applications are being made at an average rate of three a day. There have also been several licences issued for marriages where the date of the ceremony is not required to be stated, and it appears that a proportion of these will also be solemnised during the period in question. , • ■ _ _ Physical agility saved Mr L. E. Hayward from entanglement in a wire fence when he made a parachute descent from about 2000 ft at Mangere aerodrome the other afternoon. The wind carried him close to temporary, fencing on the south end of the landing ground. He struck the earth on one side of the fence, while his parachute billowed in the wind on the other. Quickly regaining his feet, Mr Hayward hurdled the fence before the parachute could drag him into it. Grandism (3683): Santa Claus is a busy man at the Grand Hotel Home Supply Store—supplying festive cheer to thousands... The peaceful dawn and a large plateglass window were shattered the other day when a bull ran amok in the Avenue, Wanganui. After splintering the window of a shop owned by Frankish Brothers and Alp, the animal escaped down the Avenue and ran a mile through the town, to be rounded up finally by a drover and dog outside the Karitane Hospital. When returning to cross the town bridge the bull, with its frothing mouth and bloodbespattered sides, so startled a woman that she fainted. The bull bolted at about 5 a.m., when there was little traffic about, but the woman was alarmed at 8.15 a.m., after the drover had chased the animal for nearly three hours. The bull was one of a mob ox 50 cattle being driven to the Imlay works, and it broke away at the town bridge. . , .; ,"" '.'"'.' The Big Store, Milton, is ready for the Xmas Trade with Fancy Goods, Drapery, China, Hardware, Grocery, Sweets, Tobacco. Buying Gifts for the holidays is made easy at Grays... This is the time when the somewhat barren country round Taupo is transformed to a golden glory. It is the season of the flowering of the broom. The greyness of the country immediately round the township for the nonce is transformed. Acre after acre blazes with this flowering plant, which, transported from England by the pioneers with such loving care, has become ■§ weed here. But in those empty acres near Taupo whjch seems to ' grow nothing, the weed has almost justified its existence —at least for this month. The announcement that a motor car was on fire in the parking area at the Woodville races, just as the horses were lined up for the first event, led to a general exedus from the enclosures by owners to ascertain if it was their own vehicle. There was a stream of racegoers immediately to the area, where it was found that a dropped cigarette had caused a seat to smoulder. The car had been found by an Automobile Association officer, and the outbreak suppressed. Had the fire gained a proper hold in the vehicle, which was amon# many closely parked cars, with a high wind blowing, the consequences might have been serious. : ' • ■ Special showing of New Spring Goods in all departments. Call now while the assortment is at its best. First in 1882; still leading in 1938. Mosgiel's Drapers. A. F. Cheyne and C 0...

Reference to the good personal feeling and friendship existing among members of Parliament, irrespective of party, was made by Mr W. S. Goosman, M.P. for Waikato. when speaking at the annual smoke concert of the South Auckland Council of Carriers* Associations held in Hamilton recently. It had been said, remarked Mr Goosman, that the task of an M.P. was a thankless one, but he had heard two- members, re-elected after a term of private life, say that they were "glad to be back in the most select club in New Zealand." An interesting experiment is being made on the main road in the business area at Otahuhu with a new type of traffic signal. The signal, which is stated to be the first of its kind adopted in the country, is for use at night time when motorists have difficulty in discerning the markings on the concrete, indicating' pedestrian crossings. It consists of a two-way light in colour, which shows, in miniature, the markings employed in marking crossings, and it was designed by the borough engineer. Mr W. J. Hughes. Set at a height of about seven feet on a metal standard on the kerb line at the end of the crossing, the sign readily attracts the eye of passing motorists. The experiment is being followed with interest by the Transport Department and other local bodies.

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"The Germans will approach Jews and do anything to provoke them. Two I saw had their noses broken for no apparent reason," said Mr S. Tait, Whatatutu, when interviewed regarding his recent tour of Europe. He said that the conditions for the Jews were appalling, and that they dare not show any sign of retaliating for fear of greater insult or harm being done them and their families. While he was in Vienna he saw another incident which showed how the Jew was downtrodden. A non-Aryan was standing on a street corner opposite Mr Tait when a troop of German soldiers marched past. Apparently the Jew failed to give the Nazi salute —the Gisborne visitor saw nothing else that might have been offensive—because the lieutenant in command of the troops stepped over to. the Jew and dealt him a hard slap on the face.

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