News in Brief.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 849, 24 August 1933, Page 8

News in Brief.

What is a Business Man? The exact definition of a business man formed the subject of a question submitted to Mr F. W. Freeman, at his meeting at Cashmere last evening. Mr W. T. Thomas asked the candidate whether he meant by the term “ business man ” a man running a pie-cart or selling ap pies, pears and plums, or whether a man ha i to be a bookmaker or a banker to be a business man and be a desirable candid, te for Parliament. (Laughter.) “If a ..nan is running any sort of business he is a business man,” replied the candidate. “ lie is a business man so long as he has got a good nut," he added amidst laughter. Poachers’ Weapons. An extensive armoury is accumulating in the storehouse of the Internal Affairs Department at Rotorua as a result of the activities of the department’s rangers against trout poachers, states the “ Rotorua Morning Post ”. The conservator of fish and game (Mr A. Kean) is holding no fewer than eight formidable spears, together with other impedimenta used by various poaching parties which have come under the notice of his officers. The spears range from twelve feet to four feet in length, with a varied array of prongs and distinct originality in design. One of the smallest, but possibly one of the most effective, of the weapons is a six-pronged wire fork, the prong spread fanwise to cover a length of nearly two feet, and with each prong hooked at the end. The implement forms a scoop capable of removing the largest fish from the water with one twist. The majority of the spears are converted hav forks, but some have been reduced to one prong and others increased to four, according to the sporting tastes of their owners. In addition, there is an ingeniously-con-structed poacher’s torch manufactured from half a motor tyre on the end of a long stick. The rubber, when lighted, makes an excellent flare.