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Taranaki Daily News, 13 August 1930, Page 8

A motor-car salesman very narrowly escaped being seriously injured by a bull at Kopuarahi the other day, states a Thames correspondent. He was crossing a paddock to interview the owner of the farm when a Jersey Bull charged him. The man ran for the fence, which was fifty yards away, but tripped over a tussock. The bull ripped the back of his coat with a horn, and on the man’s rising and attempting te/reach the fence the bull again chased him and eaught him as he was trying to crawl through. He was. pushed through the fence, but his coat was torn to rib-, bons.

Though many ,meu claim to be in straitened circumstances through having been unemployed for some time and having families to provide for, cases have come to light where such men still run motor-cars, says the Ashburton Guardian. One such case is mentioned as a result of an application for work received in an Ashburton office the other day. The applicant said he had been out of work for nine weeks, he had a large family and was “hard-up.” He would accept any kind of work and distance was no object, as he had his own car and could travel back and forth to the work.

When the question of paying compensation for a small piece of property was under consideration at a recent meeting of the Blenheim Borough Council, it was stated that the council had actually paid for the particular piece of land many years ago, but no record of the transaction could now be found, though search had not yet been abandoned. A councillor said it was an extraordinary thing that local bodies could transact business and pay out money and in a few years could find no record. There had been several similar instances in the River Board’s affairs, notably a case in which the board bought and paid for a section of land but got no title. “We even sold a house for removal from that section, but the original owner says he still owns the land,” was the remark of another councillor.

“A bottle of mamniitis paint goes very much further than you claim for it and I wish to congratulate you on your remedy,” writes a dairy farmer to S. Lissaman, Chemist, Box G3A, Kaponga.*

Don’t fail to call and sec the wonderful bargains in our millinery showroom. Flannelette nightdresses in excellent quality long and short elccves at 6/11. Ladies’ Lumber Jackets in fancy mixed designs with collar. A useful winter garment at 12/0. The Hustlers. Devon Street.*