BREEZES

Wairarapa Daily Times, 12 May 1932, Page 4

BREEZES

Lucrative. The young doctor and' a friend were sitting at the club window, when a well-dressed lady passed by. “There goes the only woman I ever loved,” said the young M.D. “Indeed,” said the other. “Then why don’t you marry her?” “Can’t afford to,” replied the. doctor. “She’s my best patient.” # * * * Making Hay. The deaf man stepped down from the dentist’s chair after the operation. “How much do I owe you for that?” he asked. The dentist looked thoughtful. “Three guineas,” he replied. “Five, guineas?” asked the deaf man uncertainly. “No,” put in the dentist quickly, “nine guineas.” Forestry at Waipori. The planting of 1000 acres with timber trees at Waipori is to be the main job of the Dunedin Corporation Forestry Department during the coming winter. It will be straightforward work. Another task, not so plain, is to plant the rough pieces of ground at Flagstaff and Whare Flat that were intentionally missed at the original planting there because it is a tedious process to root out established scrub, and to attempt it at the time would have meant the loss of a season. * * * “Flying Mare.” The definition of a “flying mare’ was sought by Mr Justice Smith from a police constable who was giving evidence in the Auckland Supreme Court in a case in which a farmer charged with assault stated that he had used such a hold in self-defence. The constable said the person applying the hold turned his back to the other and threw him over his shoulder by the arm. Later, accused offered to demonstrate the hold on the Crown Prosecutor.. “I am afraid that does not come within the sphere of counsel’s duties,” was the smiling reply. * * * * Quinnat Salmon. Towards the end of the angling season some good catches of quinnat salmon were secured in the Waitaki River. A party of three anglers Messrs 1. Adams, A. Adams and G. Adams fishing from 12tli April to 30th April, secured 4° salmon and two brown trout on this river, the largest of the salmon being 401 b. in weight. Others ranged from 321 b. to 341 b., and only three were under 201 b. All were caught 15 miles above the Waitaki hydro. Fishing in the Ahuriri, Messrs Weavers and King secured seven good fish, and a party o anglers from Dunedin landed 11. It is said that in some of the reaches of the Upper Waitaki the salmon are so numerous that one could literally walk over their backs in the shallows. So plentiful are the fish at the spawning grounds that no good'purpose appears to be served by the restrictions on netting at the mouth of the river, and it is considered that steps should be taken to make available a valuable source of food supply. .. , * * * * Model of a City. During the last ten years, Sir George .lulius, of Sydney, has spent many of his spare hours in constructing a model city and its surrounding countryside, says the “ Sydney Morning Herald. ” Recently a party from the. Technical College and the Technical High Schools inspected the model at Sir Geoige Julius’ home. “I can say without exaggeration that the model is one of the mechanical wonders of the world,” said Mr Nangle, superintendent of technical education, when the inspection was over. “I am doubtful if the world contains another construction to approach it.” The model covers an area of 25ft. by Sft., and rises to a height of 10ft. Trams run through the city streets and pedestrians walk its footpaths. When night comes on the pressing of a button switches on an electric lighting system. From the railway station departs an electric train, which soon winds its way amoffg the mountains. The whole railway system is properly interlocked, so that no train can pass a station without- the signals being favourable. In the mountains are caves and waterfalls. Nearby there is a coal-mine in working order. An overhead ore conveyor system is in operation, and there are cranes that can be moved in four or five directions and can grasp logs.