LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13087, 22 October 1935, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Faith is not, as a schoolboy is reported to have said, “believing: what you know to be untrue.” It is rather the resolution to stand or fall by the noblest hypothesis. —Dean Inge, in “Lay Thoughts of a Dean.”

Miss Hine Rangi Hakuroa, a member of a Maori choir which is visiting Sydney, was slightly injured when two cars collided in the city. She was taken to hospital and treated for abrasions. -

Gar Gan, laundry proprietor, of Wanganui, for being unlawfully in possession of prepared opium, was fined £SO, with costs 10s, and analyst’s expenses £3 19s 6d, in default three months’ imprisonment. This was accused’s second offence.

Earthquakes continue at Helena. Montana-, and yesterday they caused almost the entire population to evacuate the city and retire to the hills where they put up tents or slept in the open. None of the new shocks were intense enough to cause additional damage but stronger ones are feared.

W hen the R emu era left Napier on Saturday evening for Auckland, en route to Great Britain, she carried over 5000 boxes .of butter from the Poverty Hay district. By shipping the produce from Gisborne to Napier, the way was paved for the consignment to arrive at London on December 2. Guided by the experience of past years, the Dairy Board decided to avoid a glut by shipping all available supplies to catch the rising market.

Eight rounds of fast, furious and very entertaining wrestling at the Wellington Town Hall last night ended with Angelo Cistoldi limp and face downward on the mat, the referee (Mr A. Jenkins) raising one of the Italian’s hands in token of victory, and Die Andresen standing back with a chagrined frown. Cistoldi gained a fall in the sixth round and withstood a full leg nelson for some minutes till the gong saved him in the last. A “full house” enjoyed every minute of the bout, which was full of action from the start. Cistoldi weighed 16st and And resen 1 ost 81 b.

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A bulletin issued in l-ondon on Saturday states: “The Duchess of Kent, has marie an un interrupter! recovery. The infant Prince is doing well in everv way and is steadily gaining weight.” No further bulletins will be issued.

As a result of being knocked off a. bievele by two dogs while cycling in Wanganui yesterday morning, Jean Moreland, aged 12 years, <>» Somme Parade, was taken to the Wanganui Hospital by the* St. John Free Ambulance. Tin- young girl, who received a broken leg, is reported to lie in a satisfactory condition .

Mr J. W Eve secretary of tinAustralian British Empire Games Committee, lias received the following e.i I>l< from the Austral.an representative m London “Keel reasonrsiblv confident games will be allotted to Australia at a meeting on November 1. South Africa and New Zealand have advised that they wiTl suppoi . tin* application.”

The Kkcf a buna men’s golf championship was finalised during tin* week-end, the pla.v-off being between Messrs Duffv ami McGregor. At tin* turn Huffy was three down, but making a. wonderful recovery, won the next six boles thus winning the match, 3 and 2. Br ing a young player he was heartily congratulated bv members

A rather .striking example ol animal lib- was in evidence in the Nireaha. district recently when a '"at was found to be mothering a small rabbit. Kive of a family of six kittens were destroyed and. the mother eat, not to be outdone, decided to adopt a. baby rabbit, and. consequently the kitten. and the rabbit are found to lie living on the mo*r amiable terms.

An extremely rare animal, a white hare, was recently shot in the Pntara district by Air E. Aitchison. For

about a mouth parties had made attempts to secure it. but ir proves! very timid, and many fruitless chases resulted. The* animal has been forwarded to a taxidermist for stuffing purposes and should make a rare* curio. Black rabbits arc fairly common in most districts, but black or white hares are seldom see n

Further handicaps for the Canterbury Jockey Club’s metropolitan meeting have been declared as under: Stewards’ Handicap, of £SOO . 6 furlongs: Princes® Doreen 9.0. Silver Streak 8.8, Rebel Chief 8.5, Guarantee 8.5. Emissary 8.5- Faii-weather 8.1. Ornniord 8.0, Davolo 7.13. Treyeniia 7.8, Variant 7.5, Haut Alonde T. 4, Sea. Fox 7.3. Rebel Star 7.2. Bon Tray 7.2, Beau Gall ante 7.2. Bodylino 7.2, Tiivet 7.2. Hostis 7.2. Capital 7.0, Tunneller 7.0, Gaysome 7.0. Sweet Music 7.0. Viking 7.0. Hororata 7.0, Silver Coat 7.0. 11 l)uce 7.0. Oratory 7.0 Acceptable 7.0. Grey Honour 7.0, Half Note 7.0. Enwoocl 7.0. Note Issue 7.0. Concert Pitch 7.0. Moneygran 710. Topcoat 7.0, Thane 7.0, Penelope 7.0, Call Aloney 7.0.

Estates of a value of £447,827 were deported and accepted for administration by the Public Trust during the month of September. The total value of the estates under administration by the Public Trustee on Alaivh 31 was £60,706,016, and the new business for the six months ended September 30 was £3,392,500. Grants of administration made by the court in favour of the Public Trustee numbered 129 for tin* month. During the month 319 new wills appointing the Public Trustee executor were deposited for safe custody by living testators and 290 existing wills were revised to provide for changes desired by testators. The total number of wills now held in the Public Trust Office is 84,745.

A decision to apply the amended l.b.w. rule to first-grade and secondgrade club fixtures for and from the second series of games was made last night by the management committee of the Wellington Cricket Association. It was considered by members that the players should be given opportunities of playing under the rule as. it was to apply ill Plunket Shield matches and games with the English team. It was also felt that second-grade players should become accustomed to the rule, as some of them might be promoted in the course of the season to first grade. The rule reads: “If a batsman with any part of his person except his hand which is between wicket and wicket intercepts a ball which, in the opinion of the umpire at the bowler’s end, shall have pitched on a straight line from the bowler's wicket to the striker’s wicket or shall have pitched on the off side of the -striker's wicket and would have hit it—l.b.w.'’

Wrestling before a packed house last night. 4 ‘Lofty” 810-mfield (New Zealand). 16.5, drew with Jaget Singh, 16.0, each man securing a fall. The bout was exciting throughout, but was marked by much showmanship. in which art the Indian proved himself to he a past-master. Singh secured the first fall at tin in. losec in the third round, with his Indian deathloek. Blomfield broke the hold once, but was caught again! and although he made a, determined effort to prevent Stingli rising, to his feet, he had. to submit. Blomfield caught Singh in a deathloek in the sixth round, but the Indian crawled through the ropes. A few minutes later Singh wa s almost caught in a Boston crab, and again had to seek the shelter of the ropes. Blomfield threw Singh about in the seventh round, and with a final slam secure! a fall with a. body' press. Matters were even in the- eighth round, and the referee’s verdict was popular.