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Southland Times, Issue 20993, 28 January 1930, Page 6

Last night the Government Meteorologist issued the following information: —A shallow cyclone is still located over the Tasman Sea. Pressure variations over New Zealand are slight. Indications are for light to moderate and variable winds with northeast to south-east prevailing. Seas (New Zealand waters) are generally smooth, to moderate and in the Tasman Sea moderate with fresh east to south winds and smooth to moderate seas in the eastern Tasman. The weather is still dull and misty with foggy rain developing and becoming fairly general more especially in the North Island and the northern and eastern portions of the south. Conditions will be sultry in the North Island but cooler in the South.

A Napier Press Association message states that a five-roomed house owned and occupied by Mrs Jand was totally destroyed by fire at Taradale yesterday. The insurance amounted to £7OO in the Mercantile and General Office on the house, £254 on the furniture and £25 on a shed.

The Auckland Infirmary has had many types of fine pioneer settlers housed within its walls, but never has it had a taller man than one who has recently taken up his abode there (says the Auckland Star.) He is 6ft. Bin in height, and had to have a special bed prepared for him so that he could stretch his limbs and be able to sleep comfortably.

At least two motor cars in the Ashburton County were damage by the heavy gale the other day (says the Guardian). The hood of one was torn, while the framework on the other was lifted almost completely off, and collapsed on top of the driver. Huge clouds of dust and tiny pebbles were drawn in the wake of the gale, making motor traffic unpleasant, and bicycle traffic almost impossible at times.

A good story was told by Mrs. Clark at the New Plymouth Summer School discussion off the education of Maoris (says the Taranaki Herald.) She said that at her school they have regular discussion on subjects chosen by the pupils themselves. A visitor arrived one morning just in time to hear the discussion, with which he was much impressed. He afterwards asked to be allowed to see the smaller children and hear what they had to say. On entering the room he found' a small girl playing, or working, with some buttons. He asked her to tell him something about buttons, and looking up into his face, she replied in a way which was a little surprising; "Buttons! oh, but we don’t use buttons now; we use elastic.” Mrs. Clark said she and the visitor enjoyed the joke, and she left him trying to find out bow much more the child knew about, buttons.

If time is money, then tact means affluence. Americans have discovered that this is so (says the Dominion). A Wellington citizen when the subscription to a periodical had expired, received a little slip inserted into the magazine. On this was “a little story”, which is retold below. "A man was hunting in the forest. A terrible storm came up. He looked for a shelter, but there was none. It began to rain in torrents. So he crawled into a hollow log. It fitted snugly. The rain lasted for hours, and the water soaked through the wood. The log began to contract. When the storm was over he could not get out. He tried to free himself, but to no avail. The log held him tight. The hunter knew that if he could not free himself he would die of starvation. His whole life flashed before him, especially his mistakes. Suddenly he remembered that he had not renewed his subscription to ’s magazine. This made him feel so small he was able to crawl out of the log without any difficulty.” - -

It is anticipated that the new tar still will be in operation about the end of next month.

At a sitting of the Police Court yesterday morning before Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., a.first offender for drunkenness, who did not appear, was convicted and fined 10/-.

The Finance Committee reported to the council last evening that £42,500 worth of debentures in respect of tramways number one redemption loan and £3,900 in respect of the Town Hall extension loan had been sold. The interest rate in each case was 51 per cent. 4 ■

The council last evening adopted the recommendation of the Reserves Committee that notices be erected at suitable points on Oreti Beach stressing the necessity for the public to protect the sand dunes and prohibiting the lighting of fires other than in the places provided.

The following was the proportion of births per 1000 of population during December:—Auckland 1.08, Wellington 1.64, Christchurch 1.39, Dunedin 1.11, Hamilton 1.38, Gisborne 1.83, Napier 1.38, Hastings 1.30, New Plymouth 1.64, Wanganui 1.54, Palmerston North 1.65, Nelson 1.47, Timaru 1.23, Invercargill 1.12.

At a sitting of the Children’s Court yesterday morning, before Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., a youth, charged with carnally knowing a girl under the age of 12 years, appeared on remand. Detective-Sergeant Hewitt prosecuted and Mr. A. F. Hogg appeared for accused. The Child Welfare Officer, (Mr. C. W. Brendon) said he had no recommendation to make and the Magistrate committed accused to Weraroa for at least two years.

Although New Zealanders are fully conscious of their existence the knowledge of the country by many .abroad is of the haziest, as is demonstrated by'a story told by Mr W. A. Veitch, at the welcome to the Canadian bowlers last week (says a Wanganui paper). A New Zealander and a Canadian,' he said, were discussing this Dominion. The Canadian became interested and expressed a desire to know where the country was. A map was then produced and New Zealand was shown to the Canadian modestly occupying a small corner of the Pacific. The New Zealander was asked what was the population of his Dominion and on his replying, “About 1,500,000,” the Canadian exclaimed: “Where do you go when the tide comes in?”

A large swarm of bees descended in Victoria street, Auckland, near the Queen street intersection about 4 o’clock on Monday afternoon and passers-by watched with interest while the driver of a parked motor lorry demonstrated his knowledge of bees. The man immediately secured a small empty tobacco tin and began beating on it with his pipe. At first the bees seemed to fly around in just as confused a fashion as ever, but gradually they began to congregate under the cab hood where the attracted by the noise, had evidently settled. He succeeded in. inducing the queen bee to enter a benzine case, and when this was placed on top of the hood the rest followed. Then, well pleased with his work, the lorry driver drove away with his capture.

An elderly gardener on the North Shore, Auckland, noted for the attention he pays to his fruit trees and the very fine croj>s he gets as the result of his efforts, .was induced at the commencement of the season to take down the secure fences which surrounded his orchard and put in their place the latest .rockeries, so common nowadays in connection with modern suburban homes (says the Star). A few days ago he was seen re-erecting the old fencing, strongly reinforced with barbed wire, because he said that the public—at least in. some localities —had not yet been educated to the stage when they could leave their neighbours’ fruit untouched if they saw it left unprotected. Practically the whole of his prolific crop of plums had been stolen. He was taking-no further risks with the trees on which the fruit was rapidly ripening.

An historic occurrence took place in Masterton the other morning (states the Wairarapa Daily Times), when the steeple of the old St. Matthew’s Church, built in 1864, was brought to the ground. As the workmen tugged on the ropes attached near the top, a group of interested spectators watched the fall of the steeple. It came away cleanly, and as it crashed to the ground a heavy, cloud of dust rose. Amongst the knot of spectators was Mr H. Bannister, who saw the old church built, and who helped to plant the trees in the section. On an inspection of the steeple after the fall, it was seen that the timber was in a remarkably fine state of preservation, despite its many years of exposure to the elements. It is interesting to recall that the section, which originally extended to Queen street, covering an area of one acre, was purchased from the Wairarapa Small Farms Association for the sum of £5. To-day the unimproved value would be somewhere round about £27,000.

New stocks of Brassieres 1/6, 1/9 and 1/11; side fastening 2/6 and 2/11. We stock Berlei Corselettes. Wicks' Hose and Vest Shop, Dee Street.—Advt.

Mothers! Have your children’s school outfits made at Miss Noble’s, "Phe Baby Shop,” Dee Street. The charges are reasonable.—Advt.

The man who says he never makes a mistake, probably doesn't know one when he sees it. He is always right, however, when he asks for Dewar’s Whisky.—Advt.

Very smart ready-to-wear Crinoline, Pandona and Flecked Straws in assorted shades arc offered by Thomson and Beattie for 7/11 each. Regularly these ready-to-wears sell at 15/6 and 19/6 each in small, medium and large head fits.—Advt.

I'm off in the morning train, To cross the raging main, If I come back on the same old track, I’ll have Hitchon’s ham again.—Advt.

Begin the New Year well and make Charles Lewis’s your shopping centre. Specialist in Fancy Drapery, Gloves, Hosiery, Haberdashery, Handkerchiefs, Laces, Ladies’ Handbags, Toilettes, and Latest Novelties. Grand Corner, and Dee and Esk streets.—• Advt.

Here are some “thrillers” by the- bestselling detective novelist Edgar Wallace: The Forger; The Double; The Mixer and Again Sanders. Take one on your next journey and the tedium will vanish. Only 2/6 each at the N.Z. Book Depot, Esk street, Invercargill.—Advt.

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