ITEMS OF INTEREST

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 1, 24 August 1943, Page 6

ITEMS OF INTEREST

Value of Swimming Instruction The benefit of teaching children to swim was stressed by Mr W. J. Broad foot, M.P. for Waitomo, Avhen speaking on the Estimates in the House of Representatives. Mr Broadfoot said he had been amazed to learn that 50 per cent, of the recruits joining the Army could not SAvim. The amount of £1000 for SAvimming education could A'ery avcll be increased. of Pounds Burnt I'n evidence at the inquest into the- death of George Alldridge, aged 80,, aa'lio Avas burnt to death at Seddonvillc, Avhen his cottage caught lire, it Avas stated that seA'cral tins containing the charred remains of £1 and other notes Avere found in debris on the site of the. destroyed •cottage. It Avas estimated that there must ha\e been hundreds of pounds in the tins, but only the ashes and charred pieces remained. Dog Suckles Lamb Lambs have had some unusual foster-mothers, but one of the strangest is a black sheep dog, Avhosc pups had been taken away from her. A motherless lamb Ava.s placed in the same enclosure as the dog, and before long the lamb Avas seen feeding from the dog. This is reported bj' Private Clarrie Marshall,, avlk> is at home in Gisbornc on furlough, to have occurred on the farm of his father, Mr C. B. Marshall, Tahora, Tarana'ki, and it is also stated that the lamb remained 'with the dog for four or five days until a ewe Avas found for the orphan.