Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 7 April 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Prison Escapee Caught After one day's freedom, Richard ! Bell Eaglesham, who escaped from a ! prison escort at National Park | railway station, was arrested yes- : terday afternoon in " Auckland. Wearing prison clothes and carryI ing a suitcase containing civilian I clothes, -Eaglesham eluded his ! escort at 5.45 p.m. on Monday and made his way to Auckland. • South African Marlin A South' African Marlin, weighing 484 lbs., the second of its type taksn in New Zealand waters, was caught ofi Mayor Island ,by Mr...C.Anderson, of Hastings. It was sent by road to the Auckland Museum. ; It was identified by the assistant i'director (Mr. Powelli as a Herscheli I spscies. . The . first of the type | caught in New Zealand weighed j 976 lbs. — taken at Russell in 1926. ! Proposed Pap'er Mill | To prepare the plan for the propcsed pulp and paper mill at Murupara, 42 miles from Rotorua, j a Pittsburg civil engineer, Mr. J. M. ! Kelly, and his colleague, Mr. B. C. Hutchings, have arrived from San Francisco and were met by the Auckland Ccnservator of Forests (Mr. F. J. Perham) . They are here in an advisory capacity and will j report to the Government. Gorecl By Bull Mr. A. M. Kain, farmej, of Atawhai, was attacked and gored by ' a Jersey bull yesterday morn-; ing. The bull, on a chain, was being shfited. The accident was witnessfed by a neighbour, Mr. L. Smith, who went to the injured man's assistance. Mr. Kain was adm'itted to the Nelson Hospital ! with a badly lacerated tliigh ancb j shOck. His eottdition was reported later a.s satisfactory. j Retirement Postponed I The Urrder-Secretary of Internal j j Affairs, Mr. J. w. Heenan, is likely to visit England shortly to discuss j at Buckingham Palace, arrange- ' j ments for the Royal tour of New ' Zealand next year by the King, j Queen and Princess Margaret. Mr. | I Heenan, who is due to retire from ! the public service very soon, has'j been asked by the Government to 1 postpone his' rstiremnt sufficiently i lcng to enable him to manage the tour. Even Experts Differ It was .absolutely unsafe to attempt to identify another perscn's handwriting — especially when the person concerned had not done much writing and had not formed any habits, said Mr. Justice Callan ' in the. Auckland Supreme Court yesterday when a witness was asked to Identify the handwriting of- a person concerned in a divorce case. The judge said he had heard even experts differ on people's handwriting. -Tn the present case three letters, although written by the same person, contained three different ways-of writing capital J. f Americans Praise Press "Newspapers here are factual, excellently written and well filled with overseas news," commented Mr. D. F. Davis, manager of public relutions with the American businessmen in the Atlas Flying Merchant, which left yesterday morning on its way to San Francisco. "It is unfortunate that the newsiprint shortage prevents still wider reporting, because free interchange of news and views is of supreme importance these days." Mr. Davis pointed out that little New Zealand news was used in Americap papers and he personally would like to read more featu-re articles about this country. -