The Waikato Independent TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1934. NEWS IN A NUTSHELL

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3110, 30 January 1934, Page 4

The Waikato Independent TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1934. NEWS IN A NUTSHELL

Cambridge Athletes—At the Te Awamutu Athletic Club's sports yesterday i Mr S. Carter won the 220yds event and Mr H. Carter the mile event. Danger From Hedges.—That hedges which obscured tlio view of motorists at corners of Piako County roads were a danger to the public and must be cut back as provided by Act of Parliament was the view expressed at the January meeting of the County Council. Belinquishing Business. —As advertised on Page 1 of to-day's issue, Mr C. A. McCombie, of the Cambridge Service Station, notifies that he is relinquishing business as from to-morrow (Wednesday). Mr McCombie thanks one and all for the support accorded him by the motoring public. All accounts may be paid to him at the Hotel Midland. Young Tlyers. When the Faith in Australia was making passenger flights during its recent visit to Wanganui, two young children were given rides. They were Myrna Eusden, aged three years, and Leslie Eusden, aged five years. They thoroughly enjoyed the experience, despite their diminutive ages, which, in fact, are said to be the youngest at which any child has flown ' TJnemplogment Taxation —On the Ist February there will fall due an instalment (5/-) of the general unemployment levy of 20/- per annum, and also the fourth instalment of the emergency unemployment charge of one penny in each amount of 1/8 (1/- in the £) cf income other than salary or wages derived during the year ended 31st March 1933. An advertisement concerning these taxes appears elsewhere in this issue. New Zealand Speech.—" One tiling that impresses an Australian visitor to Christchurch is the good English spoken by almost everybody in the city. After Sydney it is quite a treat to hear even shop assistants speaking with almost an absence of jarring Americanisms and with a purity of pronunciation rare outside England itself," said Mr W. D. Haydon, of Sydney, in conversation with a reporter in Christchurch. Bell of H.M.S. Veronica. Some months ago the Napier Borough Council made application for the bell of H.M.S. Veronica, the sloop that was in Napier on February 3, 1931, and which is now to be scrapped. The council has received a letter from Captain W. L. Jackson, R.N., commander of the vessel, stating that he will submit this request to the proper quarters for favourable consideration, and suggesting that the ship's name-plate as well as the bell be presented to Napier. Hare Hits Windscreen. —An unusual motoring accident occurred in the Rotorua district recently. A visiting motorist, with a party of ladies, was returning from a trip to the Waimangu geyser, and when the car was between two high banks a hare sprang out of the scrub on the hillside and struck the windscreen with such force that it was shattered. The driver and his wife •had glass scattered over them, but they escaped injury. The steering wheel and column bore evidence of the impact. The hare was found to have a broken back. Prompt Mail Service.—A Napier retailer posted a letter to a firm in London by air mail on November 7. The letter was delivered on December 12 and he received his reply on January 22. The London business man made the following reference to air mails in his letter: "For a long time Ave have had a regular air mail service to and from South Africa and this service has been a great help to us and to our friends in Africa, and has proved a very reliable one. We look forward to the time when a similar regular service will bring our friends in New Zealand nearer to our country.