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Taranaki Daily News, 30 January 1934, Page 6

Prominently labelled in red “Arawa Maori,” a safety match-box was shown a reporter yesterday. Underneath was a coloured representation of a wahine holding a cooking basket in a hot stream. Inconspicuous in a bottom corner were the words "Made in Japan.” A sedan car proceeding over Devon Street from Brougham Street at 7.30 p,m. yesterday was struck by a tramcar bound for Fitzroy. The motor-car was pushed several yard? along the street and a rear mudguard crumpled and other damage done. No one was injured and the motor-car proceeded on its way for a distance before stopping, It was raining hard at the time. It’s an iff wind that blows nobody any good, and yesterday’s heavy rain in North Taranaki should prove a boon to at least one section of the community, the plumbing fraternity. Houses that had never leaked before let in the rain in deluges and many a temporary makeshift had to be improvised until professional assistance could be secured. Spoutings, eaves and drainpipes were all tested by the torrential downpours and numbers were found vulnerable. An embarrassment of riches was suffered by a New Plymouth fisherman when fishing off Moturoa on Sunday. Two large kingfish, the fiercest fighter for their size of any fish, were hooked at the one time, and a long struggle for mastery took place. One fish broke away,, but the other was landed after twenty minutes’ fighting. It weighed more than 301 b and was sft 6in in length. It is generally understood that Signor Mussolini has bestowed his benediction on flugby football. It cannot be said that he is a regular patron of the game, for, as a matter of fact, he has seen only one Rugby contest in his life, but that one was sufficient to convince him that it is a fighter’s game, and therefore one worthy of being encouraged for the training of young Fascists. Directly it was known that the Duce had given his approval there was an immediate response, and very soon about 60 Rugby clubs were formed in Italy. In Rome itself excellent progress is reported, for there a former Oxford University captain has undertaken to coach the capital city’s first fifteen.