General News

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21413, 4 March 1935, Page 10

General News

* "Timaroo, On South Sea Island" "I was going to say that this function every year helps to put Wales on the map in New Zealand, but perhaps it is high time New Zealand put itself on the map in other countries," said the Rev. E. Llywelyn Williams, at the St. David's Day banquet on Saturday evening. "For instance, when I left to come to New Zealand it was announced

in one' of the American newspapers that I was coming to 'Timaroo, on one of the islands of the South Seas; " Buckets of Mushrooms If the members of a party which inspected the Lewis Pass road to the Hope river on Saturday had had buckets, they could all have filled them with fine mushrooms from the rich river flats which flank the road up the Waiau Gorge. As it was several brought back to the city large boxes in which they could not cram any more. This piece of Canterbury must be the mushroom-lovers' paradise. They grow fresh and big in

thousands along the roadsides, and after rain or heavy dew the men employed at the relief camp on the road can gather a bucket of mushrooms for breakfast from a small paddock of a few acres. Difficult Droving Three i'our-year-old bulls gave two drovers who tried to drive them through Akaroa on Friday morning a trying time. The day was very hot and the bulls inclined to seek shade and shelter wherever they could find it. *As they entered Akaroa, the troubles of the drove-s began in earnest. Every garden which was fronted by an open gate gave the bulls some respite from the dusty, tiring road, and once on the wrong side of the fence the animals were difficult to shift. Fortunately the bulls were very quiet and a few pulped pumpkins were all the actual damage they caused. The climax of their straying came when one, more inquisitive than the rest, strolled through an open front door. By the time the drover had informed the owner of the house of the presence of her visitor, the bull had taken possession of '.he drawroom, and regarded the world benignly with its head out of the drawing room window. To get the beast about without breaking anything was a difficult task, but it was finally done. It took the drovers 10 hours to get the beasts to their destination nine miles away. Relief Camp Garden High up in the Waiau Gorge is a fine garden of more than two acres which supplies a variety of vegetables for the single men in the relief camp there, who are working on the Lewis Puss road. The garden is more than 1000 feet above sealevel, but watered and properly irrigated from an abundant spring, it lias this season grown really remarkable crops of carrots, cabbages, tomatoes, onions, beans, lettuces, potatoes, and marrows and pumpkins. For quantity and. quality of its produce the garden would probably compare with any in the city and the men in the camp have a stock of fine fresh vegetables which any housewife would envy.

* Notable Anniversaries Three notable anniversaries in the episcopal career of Archbishop Averill, Primate of New Zealand, are to be honoured in the diocese of Auckland on April 30. The first anniversary is that of his consecration as Bishop of Waiapu 25 years ago; the second is that of his translation to Auckland 21 years ago; - and the third is that of his elevation to the primacy in succession to Archbishop Julius, which occurred in 1925. The anniversaries fall on different dates throughout the year, and April 30 has been chosen as a convenient date on which to honour them. The arrangements are in the I hands of a special committee appointed at the request of the last Synod. Their plans provide for celebrations of Holy Communion at ' St. Mary's Cathedral in the morning of April 30, and for a conversazione at the Town Hall in the evening. Pheasants in North Island Following on the liberation of a batch of pheasants in the Rotorua district recently by the Department of Internal Affairs, a batch of 100 was liberated in the Bay of Plenty the other day. Further liberations are expected to be made in both districts before the opening of the shooting season. North Canterbury Rabbits A city man motoring along the road which goes from the main highway in along the Waiau river toward the Lewis Pass would probably think that the country through which the upper section' runs was the retreat of all the rabbits in Canterbury. Members of the Canterbury Progress League who inspected the road on Saturday saw so many rabbits playing about the river flats and on the hillsides that to look at them would have become extremely boring but for their apparent unconcern at the intrusion of motorcars and men. Some certainly seemed experienced with the world and scattered at the sound of a motor-horn; but many others, the majority really, simply sat looking innocently on at the procession of vehicles. But high up the gorge of the Hope river on a grassy flat the motorists could see gleaming in the sun the white tent of a rabbiter who had r'->'ently not yet reached this sec) ion ci' the country.

Drawing of Art Union The drawing of ihe "Big Prize" Art Union will begin at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the Concert Chamber, Town Hall, Wellington. CHECKED LUGGAGE, delivered to and fiom the Railway for 6d only by the Gold Band Taxis large delivery fleet. Let us shift your furniture or any other carrying work you may have. It will pay you, as our prices are the lowest. TAXI FARES are half the price and our WEDDING CARS are being booked up well ahead for Easter Weddings. 'Phone 33-477. —3 The latest designed and cheapest plough is the Sunbeam and Mr R. A. Belcher states that the three-furrow plough which he purchased in June last has given him great satisfaction. It is light in draught and does excellent work. Mr H. E. Evans, of Fernside. says that for the last two years he has been using our Chromaline shares No. 96, and has got more out of them than any other shares he has used. P. and D. Duncan, Ltd., 196 Tuam street, Christchurch, and at Ashburton. —2 Passengers arriving at Christchurch railway station are advised to leave baggage on footpath and obtain the services of a Blue Star Taxi, which are domiciled in right-of-way exactly opposite station. Our fares are the cheapest in New Zealand. 'Phones 33-228, 35-229. —6