IN TOWN AND OUT

Southland Times, Issue 21197, 25 September 1930, Page 6

IN TOWN AND OUT

NEWS OF THE DAY. Bell-birds And Tuis. Bell-birds are very plentiful in Invercargill at present, flowering shrubs being the attraction. Tuis are also to be seen, though, in lesser numbers. * » » * Boys’ High School Hostel. The plans for the new hostel for the Southland Boys' High School have been completed and tenders close on October 28. It is expected that the work will be completed 12 months after it is commenced. * * * * “Hear, Hear,” Says The Chief. A Jewish restaurant-keeper excitedly followed a Scotsman from his premises into the street. “Vat do you call yourself?” he asked. “You valk into my shop, ask for a glass of vater, drink it, and valk out.” “Weel,” replied the Scot; “what wad ye hae me do—stagger oot?” * » » « Liberation Of Trout In Oreti. During the last week the Southland Acclimatization Society’s ranger ,-ugether with two members of the Winton Angling Club, visited the Oreti River at the Winton brdge and liberated 37,000 small fry, about an inch in length. For a stretch of five miles both above and below the bridge these fish were released, being brought from the hatcheries at Te Anau.—Winton correspondent. * * * * Vandalism. At the special meeting of the Winton Borough Council on Monday evening Councillor Gow advised that there been a good deal of destruction at the cemetery during the last two or three weeks. A number of glass wreaths had been broken and tomb stones had been written upon. He said that it must be carelessness on somebody’s part and as a number of the articles interfered with could not be replaced he was inclined to view the matter in a serious light.—Winton correspondent.

A New Zealander Abroad. In a letter written to Mr Peter Gilfedder from Glasgow on August 7 last, Judge M. Gilfedder gives the following interesting account of his tour in England and Scotland: “After spending a week in Manchester and Liverpool and a week in Edinburgh and Glasgow, I am about to cross over to Ireland. There seems to be much depression at present in Manchester and Glasgow, although things are brisk and business good in Liverpool and Edinburgh. I met yesterday in Glasgow Mr S. McDonald and his wife, of Invercargill. There is not much of interest to tourists in Manchester, although its many car and bus routes take one to numerous parks and suburbs and through populous busy streets. In Liverpool the Cathedral, St. George Hall, Circular Library, monuments, statues and numerous piers give a variety of scene. I crossed over the Mersey to Birkenhead, Seacombe and Rock Pier. Monday, being an established bank holiday, there was a great exodus of people. It is said that 300,000 went to the favourite seaside town of Blackpool, but the heavy rain marred the enjoyment of the holiday-makers. I saw many notable buildings, parks and monuments in Edinburgh and went through the Castle, Holyrood Palace, St. Giles Cathedral, Greyfriars Church and John Knox’s house. 1 also drove out and saw the famous Forth Bridge, which is 362 ft high and cost £2,750,000. It is built on the pillar and cantilever principle and, on the average, two trains a minute pass over it. From Liverpool to Edinburgh—a journey of five hours—and from Edinburgh to Glasgow—which takes little over an hour — the traveller passes through good agricultural and pastoral country, in which the crops of grass, wheat and turnips look healthy and heavy, though somewhat backward on account of the damp weather. The shale works are employing only half the usual number of hands as there is some depression in that industry. The weather in Glasgow is very unsettled. A waterspout burst in a suburb yesterday and flooded many houses, while a boy was killed by lightning. I was to-day through Ihe Town Hall (which cost a million to build), the Art Gallery and Glasgow Cathedral. Trie papers to-day state that Mussolini and Lord Birkenhead are dangerously ill, that Amy Johnson—the heroine of the hour—has arrived back in England and that the number of unemployed in Britain has reached the two million mark, wilh probable large accessions as winter approaches. We get little or no colonial news in the Old Country and the main incidents featured in the newspapers are sports items, trade prospects and a few of the Court cases. It seems that the month of July has been a severe one in New Zealand.”