NEWS OF THE DAY

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 65, 14 October 1930, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Stocking thsi Rivers. A Lota] of 85,000 brown trout fry J; were recently liberated by the Strut- I lord Acclimatisation Society. About 12,000 .vere retained in the Society's j ponds, and it is hoped to retain these . till they are yearlings. I "Thick as Flies" "Mastertou fishermen are now as J numerous as flies," wrote Mr I. Walton, lion, secretary of the Eketahun'a i sub-committee, to tin Wellington Ac- j climatisation Society, "and at times \ it is difficult to fret a place to fish ( in the Makakahi between Eketahuna j and Kaipororo.' Tins was used as j : an argument fd the liberation' or j more yearlings in that district, and the point will be considered later, when yearlings are available. Fragile Goods. A Dunedin firm which recently! indented a large consignment of goods from England suffered consid- j erable loss through the packages audi even the goods themselves being badly damaged in transit, despite the fact that the containers were mark- j ed "fragile." Considering that in the circumstances the Postal E(epartment should have taken greater care of the goods, the firm approached the Dunediri Chamber of Commerce, which communicated with \> the chief postmaster, Dunedin. A reply has since been received from the chief postmaster to the effect that, although the parcels might have home a '. -.fragile" label, there was no provision for any special "fragile" fee to be paid on parcels j forwarded from Great Britain to j New Zealand in order to obtain conveyance in hampers. The British ■ ' Post Office had for a number of years despatched all manner of pareels in bags, and no hampers were ever exchanged between the two countries. In' making hi s arrange- j ment the British Post Office took j Up the attitude that the onus of ade- ! quately packing parcels devolved up- ; on the sender.

Jfi.'f imr Goats. i "Thai's a knock to the Jersey men, isn't it?"' asked a member amid laughter at a committee meeting of the Waikato A. and P. Association the other day when a letter was read from a farmer seeking information concerning pedigree goats with the object of forming a milking herd. Out of Their Control. "The worst of these young women is that they no sooner get into a position than they get married," commented Mr T. Hewetson, at a meeting of the Nelson Hospital Board recently when the appointment of s nurse was being considered (states the Mail). "Well, we can't pass any regulations governing that,' said the chairman (Mr F. W. O. Smith). Advice in "You motor-cyclists must learn to restrain yourselves. The trouble with most of you is that very often you do not know at what speed you are travelling." These remarks were directed to a motor-cyclist by Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., in the Christchurch Magistrate's Court recently. The motor-cyclist's excuse on a charge of speeding was that his speedometer was not working at the time the inspector had overtaken him. Work for Unemployed. ' The following appeared in the Greymouth Evening Star of October 2: —1 would like to point out that there is room for the unemployed to "work" the West Coast beach between Charleston and Okarito. All that is required is a cradle and a long-handled shovel. " I am conflden that £1 per day could be earned. Xo loafers required.—" Old Miner." The correspondent is evidently referring to the black sand deposits, which are to be found on thi s 200-mile stretch of beach. "Jlr Pahboo.' An amusing interlude was provided in the Upper Hutt Magistrate Court by a solicitor, well "known itt j Upper Hutt, and a defendant equalI ly well known as a resident of the i borough. They were opponents in j a civil case, and the solicitor made ' a statement with which the defendant did not agree, for he cried: | "You're wrong, Mr Pahboo!" The defendant's evident confusion of the I word, no less than the aptness of t the title, raised a laugh from even the Magistrate, and perhaps no x>n© enjoyed the joke more than "Mr Pahboo" himself. , Tagaries of the Wind. A balloon was sent up from the ' magnetic observatory in Christchurch the other morning when there was a dead calm at ground level (states ! the Sun). But when the balloon i had risen some distance it blew away at a groat rate, and at a height of i about 300 feet it indicated a nor'- [ west wind blowing at almost 30 j miles an hour. Higher up sill the wind was coming from the west. It I was not long before the wind was felt on the ground also. Despite the strong currents in the upper air, j planes were out early that day, one | being observed stunting at a great ! height. | (Jump Coloray Craze. During lus tour of the United j States and Canada, Mr W. Fieiuing, ! architect, who returned to Wellington tnis week, was much interested | in' what he described as the minia- | ture goif craze. Another modern i craze in America, he says, is the i camp colony craze. "One iirst signt ! of tnese camp colonies was on our i journey by motor from Hamilton to ! A'iagara. The camp colony consists ! of a number of small but attractive ! cabins, each not more than nine 1 feet by six feet, grouped around a [garden, and with a communal kitchen ! and offices somewhere in the back- ! ground, but all laid out in orthodox I town planning fashion. The camp : coiony will bear a quaint or eccen- ; trie name, such as 'Honeymoon

Huts,' "Cosy Cabins,' etc. We saw some of these small huts perched up in trees thirty or forty feet ab°ve ground, and needless to say they are very popular with the newly-weda. Access to these is by ladder, which can be raised or lowered. I also noticed some of these cabins at the Grand Canyon, which no traveller through the States should miss. Its massive grandeur, and its everchanging colour and form, place it in a class of scenery all alone."