Local and General

Chronicle (Levin), 24 February 1949, Page 4

Local and General

Child's Body Found The body of the four-year-o'd Maori girl, Patricia Tahu, was rejovered from the Wanganui River yesterday. The cnild had been missing since Thursday last. The ■ body was seen by the coach ■ of a towing crew and was recovered i from some rubbish about 60 yards from the Dublin Street br-idge. Rotary's Progress In its 44 years the Rotar-y movement had done much to bring about better employer-empljyee reTations and industrial conditions, said Mr. D. Ewen, past Wellington Rotary Governor, at a Rotary Club meeting. Mr. Ewen said the movement had increased its membership considerably in the last 30 years. In 1930 there were 3263 clubs in 56 countries with a total membership of 150,000. To'day there are 6669 clubs and 320,000 rotarians. . , Wife's Apparent "Death" Mark Twain's remark that the report of his death had been greatly exa'ggerated might well be applied to an incident reported from an isolated district adjacent to Wellington. A man who left his wife in good health on Tuesday morning found, on returning in the afternoon, that she was apparently dead. Relatives and the police 1 were advised, and later in the day the "body" was removed some miles to where a medical man was available. After an examination of tiqe "body" an injection was given and the patient recovered. Cliche Clinched Mr. Justice Cornish, at- present presiding at the Supreme Court at Palmerston North, has earned for himself a reputation of requiring precision in statements. Yesterday, during the hearing of a farming case in whic'h numbers of cows and bulls were freely discussed, counsel for defendant (Mr. M. H. Oram) referred to a section of evidence as "a cock and bull story." His Honour interrupted, "A bull and cow story, surely, Mr. Oram?" he sug-geste-d with a smile. Counsel conceded the point. Scientist's Good Investment One of the scientists attending the Pacific Science Congress did not use scientific methods in picking a winner at the New. Brighton Trotting Club's meeting on Saturday, but in the seventh race he backed Pirouette for a win and the horse paid more than £50. The scientist then backed the winner and a placed horse in the last race. He was Major W.-S. Barney, a meteorologist with the United States forces in Japan. Major Barney said he had enjoyed the meeting very much, though he was not much of a gambler. "I put my 'ast £1 on Pirouette because it was number one in the race," he said. ' His profit for the day was more than £70. The Cricket Tests Mr. Arthur Gi'lligan, a brother of Mr. F. W. Gilligan, headmaster of the Wanganui Collegiate School, has been invited by the B.B.C. to broadcast the Test match series • between the New Zealand team and England. Mr. Gilligan broadcast the Test matches in the EnglandAustralia series last summer for the Austrahan Broadcas.ing Commission and also the Test series held prior to that in'Australia. He had a distinguished career in sport. He led England's team in Australia in 1924-25 and later took an M.C.C. team to In'dia. His most distinguished performance was in 1924, when, in the first Test between England and South Africa, he and Maurice Tate dismissed South Africa for 30. 'Mr. Gilligan's analysis being six wickets for seven runs and Tate four for 12.