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Taranaki Daily News, 12 May 1930, Page 8

An interesting reference to thar and chamois appears in the report of the Deer Committee of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. Thar and chamois, stated the Deer Committee, had been reported at different, times in the high country, and it was to be hoped that the Government would remove protection from these animals in the society’s district, so that they could be destroyed on sight, otherwise the deer would be blamed for the destruction of the beautiful alpine flora, when, undoubtedly thar and chamois were the culprits.* While driving a sedan car along Powderham Street, New Plymouth, in the direction of Fitzroy last evening Mr, V. W. Arden, a bridge foreman in the Taranaki county, collided with a stationary taxi parked on the left-hand side of the street.’ The sedan suffered a crumpled hamper and right front mudguard, while the windscreen was broken and the radiator pushed back.. The taxi had a front spring broken and the mudguard dented. None of the four occupants of the sedan was injured,. Although the fire which.-,occurred at Waitara on Saturday night .lit up the clear sky brilliantly, there , were many people in the town itself, who until some time later did not know of the occurrence. The firebell was rung when the fire was discovered, but mp re pie were informed of the outbreak y the small warning siren of the J ll- ® ®' ~ gine than by the sound of the • The inefficiency of- the,. bell:gave, ris to a suggestion by one citizen failing the installation of a more eincacious device arrangements might with advantage be made for the use of the freezing works whistle as the official are alarm of the town. Should, a fire occur on a stormy night, he said, the lack of a means of calling the. firemen promptly might lead to ,a. serious situa- ■ tiOD. ‘ '