NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 45, 28 June 1929, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

NOTES FROM ALL' PART*.

THE DOMINION DAY BY DAY.

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HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE.

NO ONEEYED FLIERS.

The Canterbury Aer o Club decided last night that it could not accept as Hying members persons with the sight of only one eye. Captain Mercer said he would be willing to teach a one-eyed person to. fly 1 but the Government would never be willing to issue a license, so that the person, after'being taught, would never be ai lowed) to Ay-solo.. Th 6 club's plafes are being used for all types of flying, and! for all sorts of things. Rather an unusual flight will be made when the weather clears. A keen local sportsman has chartered a Moth and Captain Mercer will pilot him over the upper reaches of the Waimakariri and Ashley Rivers, In search for new ponds where the duck shooting might be good. The plane will circle low, ais fthei sportsman, will pick his, spot, and then return by car.

1 WIND AFFECTS FISHING. | Sea fishing is almost as much ajf'fected by the. weather as farming is. During the long run of fine weather in May and early this month the. Moeraki fishermen made good hauls. One boat with her long line gathered from about 200 hooks ewelnty-eight cases of mixed fish, most of which by the way, was sent north. With the shift of wind to the east the fiimiy tribes, were thinned; considerably, and boats operating in the neighbourhood of Bluff got the benefit of the change,, Foveeaux Strait being somewhat sheltered from such weather. Towards the north the fishermen are S a id to have blamed the earthquake for the dispersal of the shoals. The Moeraki boats do npt. report any experience of that nature.

ADVANCES TO FARMERS. "This seems to me too sweeping altogether," said Mr A. A. Ross, president of the Auckland Farmers' Union, the other evening, when the executive was asked by the. Takahue branch to give its support to a remit that ex-soldiers' current account loans should be made for'the same. period' as the land) loans, 36 years. Other speakers (say s the New Zealand Herald) deemed tlhe proposal ridiculous and absurd, pointing out that the current account lo'aiite. were for definite purposes, such as the purchase of stock and other depreciating assets. Adoption of the idea, would interfere with the intermediate credits scheme and othe r methods of proriding short term finantee. for farmers. The meeting declined to send the; remit to the Dominion Conference of the uniort.

PRAISE TOR THE PRESS, "I think the New Zealand press is an admirable institution/? said Mjb C. J. Pollard, chairman of the London Produce Importing Association), who is at present ou a visit to the Dominion. "I have had plenty of opportunities for judging, anti I say that with all sincerity. I had been led to believe before my arrival that I would be worried to death by re* porters, and that I would have reason for complaint 1 for the. marfner in which I would/ be treated. I am pleased to say that the reverse is the case, and I am gratified with the way my remarks have been! reported by the press, of this country."

'CHEAPER TO PAY THE FINES."

Six changes of not having obtained a heavy traffic license anld five, o.f having failed t 0 procure a hire license were made against plareuca Moore in the Magistrate's Court, Wellington. The Assistant City Solicitor (Mr J. Lockie), who prosecuted, said that the defendant had failed to pay the necessary fees for 1927-28 and for 1928-29, although he had done so for the prese.nt licensing year, which seemed to indicate he was in. a position to pay, Moore hadi been fined sums totalling £24 previously. Tho fee for the heavy fame license was £46 13s. 4d, and for the hire license £1 3 S 4d, The position appeared to be that the. defendant thought it cheap. e r to pay the fines. The Magistrate (Mr- J- Miller) imposed fines of £lO and £5 respectively on the first two charges, and on each of the other charges a conviction only was entered.

"I DID !T, MUMMY." Full rseponsibility , for Monday week's 'quake was. undertaken by a small boy of four who resides at Rosejneatb. When th Q shock came, he was [standing with one hand leaning against the wall of the house, a r.«i as 'the-wall began to lean alarmingly and) sway back and forth the youngster, grinning delightedly, cried, "Oh look, Mummy, I did that."