Keas Attack Car

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 12, 31 March 1947, Page 2

Keas Attack Car

Keas, which have long been suspected of killing young lambs, have now been credited with another type of destruction in which the victim is the motorist. Dr. D. A. Bathgate, of Hastings, who recently made the trip from the Eglington Valley to Milford Sound through the Homer Tunnel, reports that he had an experience of this. Leaving his car parked while he tramped the remainder of the journey to Milford, Dr. Bathgate was away for about 48 hours. On his return he found that keas had torn his windscreen wiper to pieces and that the rubber insulation round the l'ear window of the car and the windscreen had also been picked out. “Given time, I am satisfied that they would have attacked the tyres,” Dr. Bathgate said.

310 Yards’ Golf Drive

Described as a “colossal effort,” R. H. Glading’s stroke in the long drive competition during the R.S.A. annual golf tournament at Rotorua has amazed the majority of golfers in the district. Glading drove his ball from the first tee a distance of 310 yards, just 20 yards short of the hole. By winning the Freyberg Cup earlier in the day, he was ineligible under the rules of the tournament to win the event, which went to the runner-up, W. Kusabs, of Rotorua. Although the standing New Zealand record for a long drive cannot be ascertained, the longest distance driven in November last at Hokowhitu was 246 yards by Brian Silk. It must be made clear, however, that this drive was made under extremely unfavourable conditions on an almost flooded links.