GENERAL ITEMS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXII, Issue 57, 5 May 1924, Page 8

GENERAL ITEMS

A flight of about 500 miles made by ;•. four moiiThs-old homing pigeon is reported by Air \\. Sargcant. of Qnehunga, tlie owner of the but?, The pigeon a Red hen, was liberated at I'almerston North in a race on April LSth, and was found by the lightkeeper of Cape Maria van Diemen lighthouse the following afternoon. The pigeon was in an exhausted condition, having apparently "Been blown out to sqa, reaching laud at the Cape, about •500 miles from its starting point. The lightkeeper kept the bird for a few days until its strength returned, and then liberated it on April 24th, attaching a, note to a. ring on its leg. The wayfarer returned to its home.

There was sonic, argument in the Magistrate's Court, Wellington, on Thursday over a. civic case arising out of the Orongorongo tunnelling contract. Plaintiffs were. Albert Naishitt ami his wife, who claimed £ ,f >o from tlm Co-operative Tunnelling Company. Plaintiffs were cooks at tho camp. Mr ,!. A. Mairroy, for delendnnts, asked for an adjournment

as one of his witnesses was in Australia. Mr O. C. Alay.ongarb. for plaintiffs, objected strongly, and said that the applications were in the nature of a humburg. A three weeks' adjournment was granted, plaintiffs being allowed ; (Jl Is solicitor's fee, and 10s each for four witnesses

A Taupiri settler writes to a contemporary as follows:—"V arrived in the Dominion in October. 1908. My wife's In-other being in New Zealand. we were enabled to take advantages of assisted passages for ourselves and five children, the eldest heing twelve and the youngest three. My occupation for :() years previously being in the clothing trade, in business on my own account, on arrival in. New Zealand 1 hit'tided on keeping to my trade, but aflor looking around, the land seemed to appeal to me. 1 invested my total of jj'nofi in 71). acres at Taupiri. lam now |M years of age, and my financial position is such Ilia I it is at my own option whether to continue to work or otherwise. Tii inv opinion them is room on 'the hoid for anvone who is prepared to wo'*-. iWf ] jf ;, mini dn"<' not do well itfjf-ff Zealand he would not do well