News in Brief.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20632, 5 June 1935, Page 8

News in Brief.

Hole-in-one at Titirangi. The unusual occurrence of two members of the club holing out in one at the same hole, the short fourth, was witnessed at the Titirangi links recently. Playing in a four-ball match, T. S. C. Stone won the fourth hole, a distance of 140 yards, in one, and L. F. Faram, playing in a four-ball match the following day, also accomplished the feat, his drive from the tee landing the ball direct in the hole. An Uncommon Projectile. During a gale in the Gisborne district recently, a Kaiti family had a startling experience, when the cover of a water tank from a neighbouring house was blown through the drawing room window, scattering splinters of glass among the members of the family, who were seated about the room. Fortunately none received injuries, though the tank cover swept across the room and brought up against the far wall, and glass was scattered broadcast. The younger members of the family in particular were badly frightened by the occurrence, which ilhistrates the wisdom of securing such covers as a precaution against damage to property and persons. 35 Destroyers for Poland. Two destroyers ordered by Poland from an English firm of builders will probably be the largest torpedo craft yet built in Great Britain. The length over all is 374 ft, beam 37ft, and the displacement over 2000 tons. They will probably cost at least £450.000 each. This, the first Polish naval contract ever placed with a British firm, was secured in the teeth of intense international competition. The largest destroyer hitherto built in Britain is the Dubrovnik, which Yarrow and Company launched for the Yugoslav Government in 1931. She has a length of 371 ft, a beam of 35ft and a displacement of 1880 tons, increasing to 2400 at full load. A Mudless Farm. The mudless farm is not a myth. Visitors to the property of Mr G. T. Newsome, on the Wardville Road, may leave their gum boots behind even in midwinter, writes the “ Auckland Star’s ” Morrinsville correspondent. It is not so much the extent of concreting around the milking shed, though this is considerable, including a race of five or six chains, as the planning of double gateways that has prevented the mud. Leaving the shed by a concrete race, the cows reach the required paddock, not by ploughing through the same gateway each time, to increase the quagmire daily, but by passing through whichever clean opening the well-planned arrangement allots for the day. Any pleasure there might be in milking cows would certainly be found in the shed on this property. A spacious closed-in building replaces the customary “ all-weather ” lean-to. The floor is easily kept spotless. Equipment in the engine room is compact, clean and tidy, and the stage is part of the interior of the structure, completely protecting the full cans.