NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 74, 31 July 1929, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

NQTEB FROM ALL' PART*, THE DOMINION DAY BY OAY. HEBE, THERE & EVERYWHERE. AMBERGRIS. Mr Adam A dam son of ambergris fame was visited at. his camp in Doughboy Bay a few days ago by the Komuri, states the Southland News correspondent. Mr Adamson was fit and well but states that the mild and calm winter had been against the usual good haul of ambergris. He, however, sent back a parcel of about forty ounces of his best ambergris for shipment home to London. He will not be leaving camp till Christmas time. LAMBS KILLED BY TRAIN. A farmer Mr William McDonald, residing at Bryd'one suffered a heavy loss on Thursday morning, says the Sputhland News. He was driving a mob of 219 fat lambs which were ready to be consigned to the works, across the railway line when the north-bound express crashed into them. After the train had stopped 79 lambs were counted dead on the track and a number of others were seriously injured. The total number of deaths will probably be about 100. Owing to the weather being foggy and overcast it is thought that the driver failed to see the sheep. ESTIMATING SPEED. A motorist at the Wanganui Court intimated that he did not think a man who could not drive a car could give an estimate of speed so well as a motorist who was constantly driving. Senior-sergeant McLean offered to test his ability in that respect, and this caused the motorist to ask: "Is this a bet?" "No bet at all," replied the seniorsergeant. He then asked the motorist whether he thought he could estimate the speed of a locomotive. The motorist admi-.tel 'chat he did not think he could accurately. UNWORTHY WORKERS. Scathing comment on the conduct of some of. the unemployed who have been engaged on the South Main Trunk railway project is made by a Blenheim resident who spent a day at Wharanui last week (states the Marlborough Express). He said that a number of men were engaged along the railway planting marram grass. After luncheon, three of them left the party and, proceeding to a sunny sand-hill, lay down and slept peacefully until a cold wind sprang up about 4 p.m.. Then one of them sat up and aroused the others and the trio returned to camp, probably conscious of a good day's work nobly done.

HOW TOU CAN DANCE'.' One of the Australian hockey team players was complimented on his dancing by a young lady at the dance given in honour of the visitteam on Saturday evening, says the Wanganui "Herald" "How you Australians can dance," sh e exclaimed enthusiastically. After they had been to supper, the big Aussie remarked, "How you New Zealanders can eat!" And they certainly could. The dancer s were queuing up for supper as late as a quarter to twelve, and, even then, many of them did without rather than miss the dancing while others waited—it seemed ages—for the earlier. "scittings" to finish. MORE FALSE ALARMS^ '■ - ______ " "There's a fire at 2G, Oranga Road," said a voice over the telephone about 7.30 last Saturday morning to the Onehunga Fire Brigade, but when the brigade turned out they could discover no fire, nor a house in Oranga Road fitted with a telephone. A similar call to the same address brtought the Ellerslie ibrigade put, and they likewise were unsuccessful in finding any sign of a fire. The feelings of the firemen under such circumstances are better imagined than described It is to be hoped, says the Auckland Star, that detection will eventually overtake the offender. Sharp punishment is certainly deserved.