Untitled

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18590, 28 December 1934, Page 6

Lyttelton.—Dec. 28: Arrived, Wahine, 6.45 a.m., from Wellington; Gale, 6.30 u.m., from Tirnaru.

Feminine fashions have been influenced by the visit i f the Duke of Gloucester to the extent that red, white and blue have become popular colors, particularly in striped collar effects. Hub a girl observed in Auckland carried her loyalty to a greater extent by appearing in a red cap,* white blouse and blue shorts. A painful accident befell Master Noel Bennett, 4, on Christmas Day. With his parents, he -was visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Parker, Cob den street. The child wandered on to the footpath, where some other children were looking at a motor-cycle which had been left leaning against the kerb. The' motor-cycle suddenly fell over on to the little noy, creaking one leg. His condition is progressing favorably..

According to officers and passengers by the Niagara, which zigzagged in its course from Vancouver to Honolulu to keep a lookout for any possible sign of the ill-fated flyers in the Star of Australia, the American naval authorities never entertained much hope, in spite of the intensive search, there being a general opinion that the weight of the plane would prevent it from floating long. A fact which one passenger said ho thought should be remembered by the public '.VBS that at San Francisco Sir Charles Kingsford Smith did everything he possibly could to dissuade Captain f'. P. T. Ulm from making the flight at the time. He considered that one of the party did not have the necessary experience for such a venture. He gave other reasons, but Uhn would not delay.