LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 3 January 1948, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Arm Broken By Passing Car An . unusual 'accidettt oectirred at Hamilton when Mr. .Russell James Barugh, aged 20, dairy factory employee, su'ffered a brohen arai. Mr. Barugh was throwing a ci'garette ' end out of the win'dow of the smo'tor-caf in whl'ch he was travelling, when his arm was struok hy a passing car. He was a'dmltted to the Waikato Hos.f^taL . Whisky Stolen Seventeen eases of whisky and two cases of creme de menthe, valued altogether at £146, were stolen from the premises of E. T. Taylor and Company, Courtenay Place, Wellington, .between 1 p.m. on Wednesday and -1 P-m. on Thursday. Entry was gained throngh a fanlight at the rear of the building. i Turakina Deviation The speed restrietion of 30 miles. an hour still applies to all trains usinfg the railway deviation between Turakina and Okoia, which was opened on December 7. Engineers ■safd that the traok ws sstanding up well, but at one or two points the ' new line had not Ifconsolidated as expected. As a result, it had been decided to retain.tthe 30-mile restfict'ion 1111 after the holidays. -Native Trees Damaged Extensive damage has been done to many trees in the 13 acres of native toush which for-ms part of the showgrounSs at Claudelands. Bark has been stripped from six hne specimens nf white pine which have been ruined, while many young trees have been broken off near the ground. The trail of the vandals can be seen right through the bush. It IS believed the damage was done by boys, many of whom ^ have ma'de ihe park their playground since the schools closed early in December. Freak Regal Lily Something new in regal lilies, the resulting effect being striking in the extreme, has been. grown in Opawa, Christchurch, Apart from the beauty- of 23 bunched hlooms 'fising from the fop,of a eingle stem, the most unusual teature about the lily is is stem. At the hottom, where it has been eut, it is l jin. wide and $n. thlck. Ihe stent widens until, ijust below the profuslon of tflowers, it is 2i-in. wide and the .same thickness. With this lily, the flowers do not appear at intervals along the stem, but burst from the top of the stem an one large bunch. Cafrches At Taupo •FUs'Mng" on the eastern side of the iafce ha's improved considerably during the past .few days, particularly at Waitahanui and Hatepe. At both of the rivers limit catches . have been taken within two hours I on the smoming rise by several ang- : lers. "Ihe hsh ate an jgood condillon and are feedlng freely on ! inanga. Not many anglers weigh I their .fish, but several estimated to • axceed 81b v/dre landetf. Fishing re- ! 'ports from .the western bays indar I cate that the good hsMng exjperl- : enced from the beginning of the I season .still continues. Bedy Recovered ! , The body of Mr. Leonard C. FitzI 'gerald, the missing tramper "carried I awray when fordmg %he Waiohine 1 : stream on Wednesday afbernoon was found on a shingle' bank 80 chains down otream of the ford It appears that Mr . Pitzgerald and his ' bompanion-, Mr. B^hey HarHs • tried to cross the stmam too' high up, entering on the -edge of a deep ; PP°l- Mr- Harrls, with his pack on I S! IF5 darried into the pooi ■ struggled out. Mr. Fitzgerald I was carried away. Mr. Fitzgerald, ! dged 28, was a^on of Mr. and Mrs 1 T Fitzgerald, 22a St. Mary's Street' Wellington, and wa's on the staff of the Boeaal B^artment.