NEWS OF THE DAY

Taranaki Daily News, 4 March 1935, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Printer’s Error in a Bible. Published in 1575, a Bible, the possession of Mr. L. H. Sampson, Waitara, contains in the Psalms a remarkable printer’s error. The passage The unrighteous shall be punished” appears as “The righteous shall be punished.” Fire in Mangatoki House.

The large residence of Mr. D. L. A. Astbury, Eltham Road, Mangatoki, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire on Saturday evening. One of the family went to a storage room with a lighted candle and some time later smoke was seen issuing from the building. Eventually the fire was located. It then had a good hold but by the use of water and the cutting away of portion of the timbers the flames were checked. The damage was comparatively small, being less than £lO. Radio Before Chairs

At the Lyttelton Court the other day a woman who had been charged with failing to license her radio set pleaded by letter that she had eight children, and her husband was in casual employment only. The assistant radio inspector remarked that on his rounds at Christchurch he had paid visits to certain houses in which there was practically no furniture—not even chairs for the family to sit on—yet the tenants had radio sets in some cases up to £4O in value. Swimmer in Difficulties.

The timely action of Mr. R. Alsop and other swimmers narrowly averted a tragedy at the beach at Fitzroy yesterday. Entering the water in the vicinity of Nobs Line a woman swimmer appar-ently-dived or was dashed against a rock and rendered unconscious. She regained consciousness to find herself out of Ker depth. The girl’s actions were noticed by sunbathers and Mr. Alsop donned the belt and with the assistance of Misses H. Florence and Lewis and Mr. R. Hillman brought the girl ashore in an apparently semi-conscious condition. She had obviously swallowed a considerable amount of water but responded to resuscitation by Mr. Alsop. New Zealand Band Music.

The judge at the recent Dominion band contest at Timaru, Mr. Albert H. Baile, Sydney, is of the opinion that the standard of band music in New Zealand is high. The playing of the first three bands at the contest, he considers, was as good as anything he has heard. As musical director, he said, he had toured the world twice with the Newcastle Steel Works Band and had had the opportunity of hearing some of the world’s leading bands. What impressed Mr. Baile at Timaru was the interest taken Ky th? public in band music, and the wealth of talent in the younger players. Public taste for band music both m Australia and in New Zealand, he thinks, shows signs of a definite revival, and the fact that the Wellington City Council does not subsidise any band surprises him. Sunrise From Egmont

A party of 23 members of the Stratford Mountain Club led by Mr. Brian McMillan climbed to the summit of Egmont yesterday to view the sunrise. The party left the Stratford house at 12.30 a.m. and was at the top an hour before the sun rose. The rising of the sun was spoilt in one sense by clouds over Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro, but the cloud effects, outlined by the light of the rising sun, were spectacular and members of the party were thoroughly satisfied with the trip. Good weather was experienced on the climb and on the descent till most of it was accomplished, when mist was encountered. The mist broke later in the morning and conditions during the day were excellent. Another party of six also went to the mit, leaving the house at 8.30 a.m. During the day a large number of cars visited the resort, the majority driving up to the plateau, over 1000 feet above the house. Loose Decking Causes Trouble.

Loose decking on the Ngaraurangi bridge between Inglewood and Stratford was responsible for an unpleasant experience that befell a party of bowlers en route to New Plymouth from Stratford on Saturday. A car driven by Mr. P. Douglass, New Plymouth, was just leaving the bridge when a piece of loose decking two feet long, tipped up by the weight of the car, was propelled by the right rear wheel between the wheel and mudguard, where it became lodged momentarily. The passengers in rear seat were thrown up against the hood as the car dragged for 50 or 60 feet. The rear wheels and the brake became locked but the driver controlled the vehicle well under the circumstances. Fortunately after 20 feet the obstruction became dislodged and the car ran on and came to a standstill. The differential was thrown 14 inches out of alignment, the mudguard bracket twisted, and the tyres badly damaged. New Zealand Bats Reappear,

An unusual occurrence was noted by Mr. E. M. Monckton, Ngatapa, recently, when a pair of bats flew over his homestead for about half an hour. The bats came from a bush reserve nearby, where some years ago a small colony was known to exist. It is a considerable time since any of. the household saw signs of the colony, however, and the reappearance of the animals was therefore noted with keen interest. It is believed that they are of the long-tailed variety, a species native to New Zealand, and now becoming comparatively rare throughout the Dominion. The pair seen by Mr. Monckton hovered over the homestead during the whole of the period in which they were observed, and apparently were engaged in hunting moths, the swiftness of their darting flight being a revelation.

Eczema Among Sheep. Facial eczema has made its appearance among many Gisborne sheep flocks, reports a correspondent. It was only -during the past few days that flock? masters became aware of the disease, and it has appeared almost simultaneously in most pails of the district. One of the worst features of the epidemic is that no cure is considered practicable on a large scale. When only a few sheep are affected the use of ointment is advised, but with large numbers there is little that can be done, except to put the affected sheep into a bare paddock. After the recent rains there are few paddocks in the district in such a condition. The trouble is believed to be dietetic. So far the mortality from the present trouble has-been negligible. The malady has developed in many cases with alarming rapidity, lambs which were apparently free one night being affected the next day. Debt to Newspapers

“We live by the newspapers. We could not live without them,” remarked the conductor of the Christchurch Harmonic Society, Mr. Victor C. Peters, at the annual meeting of the society. "Every business man in the world knows that he cannot make a success of his business without advertising,” continued Mr. Peters. “If you do not believe it, try writing out, say 80,000 circulars. The newspapers help us in two ways—with the advertising space and with the report. The second night of our concerts is always the Hg night, because of the newspaper reports, although, fortunately, the critics are outspoken if they do not like our singing. We owe a lot to the newspapers; they can help us, and they have chosen to help us. The newspapers are our best friends.”