GENERAL ITEMS

Waikato Independent, Volume XXIX, Issue 3103, 27 June 1929, Page 3

GENERAL ITEMS

The Broadcasting. Company is in communication with the broadcasting authorities in Australia, with a view to arranging for a short-wave transmission of descriptions of the All Black matches during the coming tour, If the proposed arrangements are finalised, each New Zealand station will pick -up the Australian short-wave transmissions and. rebroadcast.—Press Association. It' was .-reported inWanganui yesterday by anold resident of Mangawcka that hUias had been seen in the country toward the Ruahine Ranges, He said a pair'of the birds had nested on his property, last season, but^f ox fear they might be killed he did not wish to make public the exact Steps- have been taken to acquaint the Wanganui Acclimatisation .Society of the discovery and all possible care will be taken -to protect the birds. The huia was thought to be extinct, although it was known that one bird was seen in 1912. "V For Jutving .permitted .an American world walking woman to show films of her. travels at Hamilton last month, Sydney Tombs, the manager of a local theatre, was convicted for allowing thb •exhibition- of uncensored pictures. The ; Magistrate tccognised the breach was 3ue :'simr)ly to;'lnadvertence,- jand recorded a convicr.ion' without jjpenalty. The rase is said.to be the firsV kind i.rought in New. Zealand. '.'..' "' A monster wild boar was shot in Atkinson's bush, on the TJgbrooke Station, Marlborough, .recently, by Mr. G. A. Vavasour. A section of the shield taken from the back of the beast just over the foreleg is believed t(8 constitute a record for.thickness, measuring 3in through. The tusks are over 9£in in length and well' ground, and are a good pair, be.ing oyer the -..circle. :" - d /'The.question of.after-care for the boys of the institution is: very important, ? > said - Archbishop Averil Lat .the annual'meeting of the .subscribers £o the Orphan Home, ■■■ Papatbetoe, on Saturday. /'For .boys entering the world at the age of 14 years great danger exists, and. the board should keep an eye upon them. Personally, I would rather the age of leaving was; 16 years."