NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 15 January 1949, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

A Lawyer’s Will An Auckland relative of an Edinburgh lawyer, who died and left such a tangled 21-year-o.d will that eight counsel had to be engaged to unravel it, is one of 40 claimants to the estate valued at £2OOO before debts, funeral expenses and costs of an expensive court action were deducted. The pleas and claims covered 65 pages.

Rabbits in the Surf Most unusual find on the beach at Takapuna recently when heavy seas washed all manner of rubbish high up on the sand was a number of rabbits —at least half a dozen on one comparatively short section of the beach. Neither local residents nor holidaymakers were able to explain how—or where —th e rabbits got into the water.

Weed-Cutting Launch The weed-cutting launch ordered by the Hutt River Board to keep the weeds in the Waiwhetu Stream in check was unloaded from the Hororata in Wellington this week. The launch is the lirst to be imported to the Dominion for many years, though an old model is used in Christchurch. It is expected that the new machine will be of interest to other local bodies and to the Pub.ic Works Department. Angling Comp aints Numerous complaints are being received of a method of fishing at Waitahanui known as “harling.” It is becoming so prevalent that anglers are refusing to fish the mouth of this stream. In some cases 150 yards of line have been let out with no attempt to cast. Under the regulations it is quit e legal. Some anglers consider the regulations governing fly lishing should be altered to prevent, the use of this method. It appears to be practised more at. Waitahanui than in the other streams around the lake. Thousands See Treaty Hous c Between 400 and 500 visitors from all parts of New Zealand have visited the Waitangi treaty hous e every day during the holidays. It is estimated that between 8000 and 10,000 people have been through the buildings since just before Christmas. The number of cars and buses arriving has caused so much congestion that enlargement of th e parking area at Hobson Circle is being considered. Starting at 10 a.m , conducted tours are made every half-hour until 5 p.m. Visitors are shown through the treaty house, the Maori meeting house and the carved canoe house.

English Officers for N.Z. Bank Twelve young English officers will arrive from London by the Atlantis on January 14 to join th e New Zealand staff of the Union Bank of AustraliaThey are on transfer from the bank’s London office and are to be posted to out-of-town branches of the bank throughout New Zealand. “These young men are all single, and they have been carefully selected,” said the inspector of the Union Bank for New Zealand, Mr. J. H. Lowe. “They have been brought out to overcome staff shortages in this country, and they will be followed by more young men from the London office.”

Visiting Millionaires New Zealand appears to have some attraction for wealthy overseas tourists, and during the past year there have been a number' visiting this country. The latest news is that at present there are two very rich men in the country. They are millionaires, one from Eng'and and the other from the United States of America. Both are combinng business and pleasure in their visit to New Zealand.