A DIARY OF TO-DAY.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 40, 25 September 1928, Page 4

A DIARY OF TO-DAY.

(By "BYSTANDER." ) The Railway Department is thinking of giving names to some of the trains us is clone in other countries. The North Island Main Trunk Daylight Express is to he called the Sunshine Limited and th e night Limited will he known as the Moth. The report that the Whanga train will he known as the "Flying Bushman," has hot been confirmed by the Minister. XXX Kingstcrd Smith, who flys and lands on Sundays and excites the wrath, of certain clergymen, is in good company, for no less a person than the Queen of Holland has "desecrated the Sabbath." This ample proportioned lady presented some prizes at the Olympiad closing ceremony which took place on a Sunday and so th e churchwardens of the Amsterdam Reformed Church have written her telling her what they think of her. Their opinion of her and her opinion of them will b e about fifty fifty no doubt, but that part will not come out, as queens and aviators must think much and say little, "i n which they are different from politicians. XXX Seven years ago a man named James Mitchel left th e Yilgarn goldfields in Western Australia pushing a wheelbarrow containing his clothing and rations. He was not seen again, and the mystery of his sudden disappearance qreatjed widespread,' interest. He left a wife and daughter in Perth and much sympathy was felt for them. A few days ago, according to a West Australian paper, the mystery was cleared up, when a sandalwood cutter for some reason, diverged frem the regular track and found the bleached bones of a man. These he took to the nearest police station. A wheelbarrow found nearby solved the mystery of the deceased's identity.

XX X X The hurricane which did such damage in America last week is said to have been the most destructive for many years. Thes e hurricanes or rather cyclones are of regular occurrence in the Caribbean Sea areas, but usually do no t begin until October, when the year's great rainfall commences. Th e season is known locally as the hurricane months, and the devastating storms, from records extending oyer a long period, average mor e than one a year. Commencing in the Atlantic the cyclones follow a westerly course inclining slightly towards the north. lii the vicinity of altitude 25N. they curve to the north-east and almost invariably wheel round on arriving at the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico, after which they folio* the coast line of North America. It is thought to be merely coincidence that last week's hurricane in this region had its counterpart in the Middle West States.