NEWS FROM ALL SOURCES

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 205, 24 August 1932, Page 8

NEWS FROM ALL SOURCES

<£> — - An Unusual Departure The unusual course of appointing a resident of the district who is not a member of the council to be Mayor for the remainder of the term was adopted by the Birkenhead Borough Council at a special meeting recently. It elected Mr George Mills, an exSenator of the State of Alberta, Canada, who arrived in New Zealand in 192 9 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr J. P. McPhail, who was elected Mayor at the poll in May last year. Mount Egmont and a Tasman Flight Much has been said of the advantages of Mount Egmont as a guide to Sir Charles Kingsford Smith on his proposed trans-Tasman flight. At

sea level the 260 ft. of the mountain top above the 8000 ft. mark can be seen from a distance of between 102 and 103 miles. If the aeroplane is at a height of 500 ft. that distance will be increased to 128 miles, at 1000 ft. to nearly 193 miles, at 2000 feet to nearly 154 miles, at 5000 ft. to 183 miles, and at 10,000 ft to 217 miles —nearly a fifth of the distance to be traversed. A Profitable Feat Whether holing out in one is a profitable feat or not is the question which is confronting a well-known Wanganui golfer who was guilty of sinking his tee shot last week-end. It is understood that gifts from certain firms to mark the feat will consist of a safety razor, a silver cup, half a dozen golf balls, and a bottle of “mountain dew.” However, as there will be the time-honoured gathering at the 19th hole to commemorate the occasion the budget may just about balance itself. Distressing Occupation “It is a most distressing occupation for any man to be labouring for an inadequate wage on a work which is of no use to him or to anyone else,” said Archbishop Julius, in the course of. a sermon at St. Augustine’s Church, Cashmere, “and it is enough to take the heart out of any man and to cause him to lose the sense of the meaning of life ,which has become a distress.”