LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 18240, 14 July 1931, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Plenty of Ducks. Says the Foxton Hera d: Ducks are reported to be very plentiful in the Moutua at present. During the recent flood the water was reported to bo black with them and sportsmen commandeered boats in their pursuit. Bus Services. It is notified that Messrs White and Corbett will in future run three bus service trips to and from Auckland, and two on Sundays. The new timetable is inserted on Page 1 to-day. Three Wheel Motor Cars. Almost twice as many three wheeler motor runabouts were sold in England during March, 1931, as were placed on the road in the same month a year earlier. The sales for March, 1931, totalled 235. Visit from Hamilton ’Plane. A large aeroplane, belonging to the Hamilton Airways, Ltd., visited Thames on Saturday, flying over the town and the Hauraki Plains. We understand the ’plane is coming again next week-end. Mr F. R. Howard, sight-testing specialist, representing Messrs Barry and Beale, Ltd., of 322 Queen Street, Auckland, will attend at the Central Ha I ], Pollen Stileet, on Wednesday and Thursday, July 15 and IG.* Alley Defeats Lurich. The wrestling bout in the Auckland Town Hall last evening between Tom Alley and Tom Lurich ended in a win for the former in the seventh round. Lurich obtained a fall in the fourth round with a body press, and in the seventh round Alley secured a fall, Lurich being unable to continue, and the bout ended. Fifty Years Ago. A paragraph appearing in Hawke’s Bay- newspapers of 50 years ago, yesterday, stated: “In Hawke’s Bay the heavy seas now breaking on the coast are attributed to the earthquake shocks which have lately been experienced. Some sensitive persons assert that there were no fewer than seven shocks yesterday.” Sciatica and Lumbago. There were > smiles in the Arbitration Court at Christchurch during the hearing of an action for compensation, when a doctor was being examined by counsel as to the nature of sciatica and lumbago. The witness had given the Court a definition of sciatica and was then asked

to describe lumbago. “I can answer that,” said Mr H. D. Acland, counsel for the opposing side, reminiscently. Many Falls from Horses. “I know one well-known racing judge who had 15 horses killed under him in the days when he was a crosscountry horseman,” said a Wanganui resident when the subject of racing spills was being discussed. He stated (says the Chronicle) that the judge in question, who officiated at several of the race meetings in the Wanganui district, suffered many injuries through these falls when riding in steeplechases or schooling the horses. He had his left collarbone broken 13 times, while the right leg was broken twice. In addition, a broken leg and many fractured ribs were numbered among the injuries he could recall. Thus it may be gathered that crosscountry riding has its risks. Dried Toheroas. A resident of Dargaville now on a visit to her relatives in England thought she would like them to try some toheroas, states the North Auckland Times. How to get the toheroas Home in eatable condition was a puzzle until she hit upon the idea of curing them something after the Maori fashion by drying them in the sun and smoking them. She followed this plan, and took the dried toheroas Home with her in a tin. On arrival at her destination in the Homeland she found that, soaked in water for a few hours, and cooked in the ordinary way for fritters and soup, they were hard to distinguish from those taken fresh from the shell.