AROUND THE DOMINION

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 178, 23 February 1933, Page 8

AROUND THE DOMINION

Thrifty Housewives Articles ingeniously made from waste products attracted much attention at the Birkdale show on Saturday. They included a kettle-stand and fire-guard made from cigarette tins, and dishes made from used gramophone records. Sugar bags have been I made into clothing, as well as wall pockets and cushion covers. The -influence of the women’i Institutes, Which encourage,., thrift and .-home handicrafts, was seen in these its.li What Ar e Corsets?. * l ! - - j ' During an application by the Auckr • land Clothing;/THtdejj’J {faiion secret j tary to have an industrial agreement [ converted uh* ©AWd at the Arbi 1 | Sration -wal | endeavouring'■'to ascoiTaui irom the i woman sectary, in ? the witness box j to what .categdi^^OrseW 7 ' belonged, j “jit seems that corsets are neither Clothing nor shirts. Well, then, what are they?” “They are Wrapmns,” ex- . plained the general secretary for the various clothing .trades, Mr. J. Clark. “Well,” said His Honour, “I am afraid that I am none the wiper yet.” ' Without His Hands An accident which occurred 18 years ago at Huntly, by which a boy of seven years was severely injured by being run over by ;a goods train, is recalled by news of Claude Red--1 grave, who conducts a confectionery shop at Drummoyne in Sydney. As the result' of his early -injury, Mr. Redgrave -had both his - arms amputated below the elbow. Though unable to use artificial wrists and .hands, he is reported to, make shift with his stumps in a wonderful manner. He has triumphed over his handicap. I Hawk Tackles Tern Wjthin a stone’s throw of 'the old wharf at Whitianga is Whitianga rook; on (the other side of this rock is Black Bay, which was the scene o£ a bird tragedy recently. A tern, looking disconsolate, was perched on a rock when a hawk swopped out of the blue and -caught the .tern by the back of the neck. Greatly handicapped by the surprise attack, the tern was overcome after a few seconds ineffectual struggle. Apparently the chicken harvest has mot been -good,otherwise the tern would ; pot -have .been attacked by the hawk; which rarely tackles a sea bird of -almost equal size. “Worth Ten Million Dollars'' “If we had your fishing .anywhere near Los Angeles, we -would consider, it worth ten million .dollars to us,’ declared Dr. J. A. Wiborn, a famous deep-sea fisherman, who is accompanying Mr. Zane -Grey, “You have the finest fishing here in'the whole Wide world. New Zealand should be I the Mecca for biggame fishermen, and yohr fresh-water streams and lakes offer -wonderful attractions to ■the angler. At Taupo we saw fully 20 fish between 101 b and 181 b—-we were not doing any fishing; *ro wore, just looking and yelling. If fishermen overseas realised what this count! y has to offer, they would beat a regular tourist trail to New Zealand, and a tourist trail "leaves -behind it a trail of gold in your hotels, over your roads, and at your fishihg resorts. , Claim for Damages Fails i A claim for £IOOO- damages and costs against the Crown by -the widow of a man who met his death by elec-, trocu'tion at the ArapUni hydroelectric works on November 7 1931,, was contested before MT. Justice Herdman and a jury at the Auckland Supreme Court. The claimant was Margaret Malcolmson, of -County Down, North Ireland, widow of the late Adam Malcolmson, who claimed that her .husband’s death Was due to negligence on the part of the servants of the Public Works Department. The (Crown admitted that Malcolmson was fatally injured by coming into contact with an electric wire in the course of his employment, but claimed that the accident was caused solely by deceased’s own negligence. On the ground of deceased’s contributory negligence His Honour withdrew the case from the jury, and entered judgment for the defendant with costs.