HERE AND THERE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1562, 1 April 1920, Page 40

HERE AND THERE.

Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Houghton have returned to Auckland from a visit to Rotorua and Taupo.

Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Lord, who have been absent from Christchurch on a long tour of Canada and England, have returned to New Zealand.

Mr. and Mrs. "W. Watson, Thames, have returned from a five months’ trip to Java and Singapore.

Mr. A. Johns, inspector of the New Zealand Insurance Company, left by the Makura for Sydney.

A party of three Napier sportsmen landed no fewer than 103 nice-con-ditioned trout at Taupo in three days last week.

Dr. A. H. Driver, Dunedin, has been appointed house surgeon at the Whangarei Hospital, and is to begin his duties there early next month.

Miss A. Heays, Mr. and Mrs. Burtenshaw and Mr. Heald, of Napier, are leaving shortly on an extended trip to the Old Country. The party will go Home via Italy and other European countries, and will be absent for over six months.

Mr. Edwin Geach. the well-known theatrical manager, and managing director of Union Theatres, Ltd., Australasia, is a passenger by the Manuka, due in Wellington about March 29, on a brief business visit.

Mr. Horace Moore-Jones, the wellknown Auckland artist, has left for Sydney by the Atua. ■ At the request of the Federal Government he is taking with him the originals of his famous Gallipoli pictures.

Detective-Sergeant Hollis, before being transferred to North Auckland, was farewelled in the Magistrate’s Courthouse at Wanganui. Mr. Wyvern Wilson, S.M., said he personally would be sorry to lose Detective-Ser-geant Hollis, who was a very fine officer to work with, and who had done his work well, and .rendered the magistrate and court officials much

assistance

Clement Wragge’s weather forecasts have invariably proved exceedingly helpful to all classes of the community, his predictions being remarkable for their accuracy. Consequently a marked demand is being experienced by Mr. Wragge from farmers, pastoralists, sportsmen and others foi* his special forecasts regarding the weather and coming seasons, which may be obtained at the following rates: Six months’ forecast and best advice. 7s. 6d.; twelve months’ ditto. 12s. 6d.

The attractions of New Plymouth, with its glorious Mt. Egmont, are at present claiming greater attention than ever. The natural scenic beauty of New Plymouth is undisputed, and this progressive town is coming into more prominence daily as a tourist resort. When at New Plymouth visitors should not fail to climb Mt. Egmont, which can be reached in a very short time by the aid of Mr. E. Wooldridge’s powerful cars, which make a bi-weekly trip to the mountain and an additional journey on Sundays. Mr. Wooldridge, the genial proprietor of the Mt. Egmont tourist service, makes a specialty of these trips. The cars are luxuriously furnished and only expert and careful drivers are employed. Mr. Wooldridge is also contractor for the Opunake mail service and special trips can be arranged to any part of the district. The Tourist Motor Garage is situated centrally, in Brougham Street, and Cook’s coupons are accepted if required.

Several deer captured at Paraparaumu were liberated on the Acclimatisation Society’s reserve at the back of Levin. Deer on the Tararua now appear to be thriving, and several fine heads have been seen at Paraparaumu.

Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Whitley, who, for the past six months, have been the leading members of Everybody’s Theatre orchestra, Gisborne, have left for Christchurch, where they will lead the orchestra in the New Zealand Picture Supplies’ theatre, The Liberty.

Major S. Blackley, late of the. Royal Air Force, has returned to Wellington, where he will open up the branch office which Messrs. Vickers, Ltd., are establishing for New Zealand, and of which he will be managing director.

For failing to eradicate rabbits on his property at Taupo, B. C. Lowry was fined £5O. The inspector stated that he warned the defendant three times. The adjoining settlers had cleared their land, which the defendant’s property was infecting. The defendant pleaded guilty, stating that a friend had undertaken to clear the land but could not obtain the labour.

In reference to the purchase by the Prince of Wales of a ranch in Canada, Mrs. J. Eivers, an old resident of Whakatane, made the following statement to a reporter: “The Prince of Wales has just lately bought from a member of my family the ranch called “Beddingfield Estate” in Alberta, Canada. It is one of the oldest ranches, having been taken up in 1883, and consists of 1600 acres of first class land, freehold and leasehold. The Prince intends to stock it with pure bred Shorthorn cattle, purebred Shropshire sheep, and thoroughbred horses from one of his farms in England, someone from the ranch having been sent to England to select the most suitable animals. Ex-service men, both Imperial and Canadian, will be employed on the ranch, and here the Prince hopes occasionally to make his home.”

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Barnett, Dunedin, were passengers by the Megantic for England.

Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lowry, of Hawke’s Bay, are leaving for America en route to England by the Niagara.

Mr. George Allport, who recently retired from the position of Secretary to the Marine Department, has left for Sydney, accompanied by Mrs. Allport. They intend to leave Australia for England about the middle of April.

Mr. H. E. Wickenden, the director in London of Messrs. Beath and Co.’s European buying service, accompanied by Mrs. and Miss Wickenden, is just completing a tour of Australasia, and left Christchurch last week en route for England.

A good deal of controversy took place while the Megantic was in Wellington as to whether she was the biggest craft that has visited Port Nicholson. The Ceramic still holds the record for Wellington. Her dimensions in relation to those of other big steamers which have visited Wellington may be gleaned from the following particulars:—Ceramic, gross tonnage 18,481, length 655 ft. lin.; Euripides, 14,947 tons, 550 ft. 7in.; Megantic 14,878 tons, 550 ft. 4in.; Ulysses, 14,499 tons, 568 ft. 2in.; Persic, 12,042 tons, 550 ft. 2in.

A small lake, two miles from Karioi and eight miles from Ohakune, in the direction of Ruapehu, has developed thermal activity during the last few months. Formerly it was an exceptionally cold lake, but it has now become warm, and the water, formerly quite clear, has become cloudy, evidently as a result of thermal activity below. Anglers who have been in the habit of fishing for trout apparently were the first to discover the change. The lake, which is a few miles from the last of the crater lakes, is oval in shape, with a width of about a quarter of a mile, and is exceedingly beautiful, being wooded to the edges.

A valuable bullock belonging to Mr. E. Sinclair, of Marton, having died suddenly, a post-mortem examination was made, when a golf ball, a five-inch nail and a hat pin were found in the stomach.