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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18765, 23 July 1935, Page 11

A stone wall and lych-gate at St. Luke’s, Bell Block, Taranaki, m memory of the late Mrs. . Alice Mary Fairfax-Cholmeley was dedicated by the Bishop of Waikato yesterday. In a* defended action before Mr. D. L. Walton, S.M., to-day, Butene Jones (Mr. A. A. Whitehead), farmer, Mantttukc, secured judgment for £lO over Edward Pardon (Mr. S. V. Beaufoy), as value of a. dog destroyed, and the defendant failed in a counter-claim for £4B damages for sheep worrying allegedly by the, plaintiff’s dog. The original claim for the value of the, dog was £2O. 'the defendant claimed that, he shot the plaintiff's dog because it worried his sheep. Members ol a branches of the Polite Force gathered at tlm Central Station at Palmerston North on Friday to farewell Sergeant, F. Onlloly, on the eve of his departure on transfer to Morrinsville, alter just, on three years’ service at the centre. (Vn behalf ol the force, Inspector Hawle presented the departing sergeant with a, solid leather travelling bag and also a rug. Other speakers were Senior-Sergeant Moriarity and S'enior Constable 11. Shields, both of whom spoke in eulogistic terms ol Uio work of Sergeant Culloty.

While fishing off Otago Heads in deep water recently, Mr. K. Moore, of Harrington Point, hooked an unusual shark which was sent to Mr. David H. Oraham for identification. Mr. Craham states it is very rare and is known as the, seven-gilled or Perlon shark, and is seldom seen in Otago wafers, ’the large mouth is crescent shaped, the dentition being unequal in the jaws. In the upper are, one or two pairs ol awlshaped teeth, the following six being broader and provided with cusps. .I..he lower jaw has six large comb-like teeth on each side beside the small posterior teeth. The structure of the skull affords evidence that, seven-gilled sharks are the most primitive group of selacions.