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Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1927, Page 6

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Mr. Harry Hickey, the veteran horse trainer, has died, reports a Hastings Press Association message. Christchurch reports the death of Mr, W. J. Jenkins, a well-known member of the Manufacturers’ Association. Mr. George Davey died at Apiti on Friday. He was born in New Plymouth in 1854, and is survived by his wife and seven daughters and a son. Mr. and Mrs. J. Johnston and family, Record Street, Fitzroy, left by mail train on Saturday morning for Wellington, where they join the Manuka en route for Melbourne and-Sydney on holiday’. Mr. A. D. Gaunt, manager of the New Plymouth branch of the Commercial Bank, who leaves shortly for 1 Wellington, was jiresented with mi attache ease by the members of the stuff on Friday afternoon. A wireless message reports {hat Mr. Thomas Ashton, a notable figure in the Labour world, has died. He was the first secretary of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain. He was 83 years of Mr. 11. C. Sampson will officiate as judge of Jersey cattle at the Hawke's Bay Show next week. Mr. Sampson motors through to Napier on Monday, and will be accompanied by Mrs, Sampson and Messrs. 11. Stonex and W. P, Okey. Mr. David Young, licensee of the Christchurch Dominion Hotel, died on Saturday at the age of 48. He was closely associated with gun dubs and had imported trotters. He was qiresident of the Owners’ and Breeders’ Association in 1926, He formerly had tho City Hotel, Cliiistehurch, and the Excelsior Hotel, Dunedin.—Press Assn. General Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke is on a visit to New Plymouth. General Clarke spent five years here from 1861 to 1866 with his regiment, the 57th. Ho was in New Plymouth about two years ago in the course of a visit to New Zealand, but on that occasion he wad unable to reach the South Island and his present visit to the Dominion is more particularly with the object of touring that part.

The recent 18 days’ period New Plymouth Lad experienced without rain was broken on Friday afternoon by a steady fall. This lasted at intervals through the night and into Saturday morning, almost half an inch falling altogether. As a result gardens which had been looking parched quickly changed their appearance, while many empty tanks in the country obtained a welcome refill. Though feed for cattle was in plenty, farmers were in some anxiety that tli« milk supply would fall -if the dry weather continued. Yestqrday it seemed that the rainy period was short lived, for a beautifully sunny day was experienced.

Even when the kauri is felled it sometimes makes a brave effort to gain a new lease of life. This characteristic was referred to at a recent meeting of tha Auckland Institute by Mr. T. L. Lancaster, of the University College. Ho instanced particularly two old kauri stumps of trees at Titirangl that had been cut down over 60 years ago. Theso relics showed signs of life, aud investigations revealed the si range fact that a bit of the root in each tree had grown into the root of a neighbouring young kauri, and the old stumps wero thus drawing life from their younger companion. The same sort of thing had been observed at other parte of t! Waifakere country. Six other conifers wero known to resort to the same expedient to prolong life.

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