Local And General

Chronicle (Levin), 14 October 1949, Page 4

Local And General

Trawler's Record Catch. The, Port Chalmers deep-sea trawler Taiaroa caught 600 cases of fish in two days — a record. About 90 per cent of the catch was terakihi. No Quorum. Because fewer than 50 of its 54,045 members arrived to form a quorum, the Auckland Automobile Association was unable to hol'd its 46th annual meeting. Only 46 members were present and after waiting for about an hour in case the necessary few came late, the' president (Mr. F. G. Farrell) anlounced the meeting adjourned until next week. Typhoid Fever Cases. Two cases of typhoid fever were notified in Auckland yesterday. Both were aduits, They have been admitted to hospital and four other persons living in the same house as one of the victims, have been admitted as suspects. One of the positive cases is a man aged 24 and the other a girl of 19, Both live in the city but are isolated cases. British M.P.'s And Rfcllgiftn. The usual estimate was that 10 per cent of the whole British people were regular, practising churc-h members, belonging to all churches, said the Bishop of Chichester (the Rt. Rev. G. K. Bell) in a broadeast talk. It was noteworthy that the proportipn in the House of Commons, on both sides of the House, was much higher and had been estimate'd at 33 1-3 per cent, he said. Killer Whale. A killer whale is cruising in the Hauraki Gulf. It was seen twice yesterday near Rangitoto and last week it was near Waiheke Island. The killer, one of the ferocious "black sheep" of the whale and dolphin families, Was first reported by a fishing party off the northernmost end of Waiheke Island last week. At first, it was mistaken for a sunfish, but a closer look identified it. The killer has a distinctive appearance, toeing about 22 feet long, dark in colour and topped by an erect, triangular fin about four feet high. Wandering- Stock. "There is next door to,. a civil war starting in the Mangatoro Valley Road, because of wandering stock," said Cr. Lambert in presenting a complaint to a meeting of the Dannevirke County Council by a ratepayer that "scores of cows" had caused a nuisance to 'him over the past few years by grazing on the road adjacent to his property. It was stated that the difficulty was accentuated by many river crossings and the failure of some settlers' to replace damaged floodgates.

Awahuri Landmark Burns. The old Awahuri schoolhouse was destroyed by fire just before midnight on Tuesday. The building, a well-known landmark on the main highway, was occupied as a house by Mr. and Mrs. D. Perawhiti and family. It is believed the fire began in the kitchenette of the siX'-roomed building. in the absence of a water supply the Old timbers of the building bqrned fiercejy and. there was little hope ,of saving it. Most of the furniture was saved. The building was owned by the Wanganui Education Board.

Farming Is An Art. "However practical the seientist, and- however. simply he. can tell his story in farming language, farming remajns an art as well as a science. That means that the individual farme rmust always use his cQmmon sense, experienee and skill in applying new knowledge to his particular conditions. For we can't faorm entireiy by text book and rule of thumb. The land is something that lives, and so must be leamt and understood in all its variations and moods."-^ L. F. Easterbrook, O.B.E. talking about . "Gettlng Knowledge to Farmers," in a BBC progranime, "Farm and Factory,"

Borstal Escapee. A man escaped from the Waikeria Borstal near Te Awamutu at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. He is Cedric John Horton (21). Horton is 5ft 7in tail, has blue eyes and fair hair. When he escaped, he was wearing white drill .trousers and a grey coat. Bulk Milk Price. The producer price to town milk producers for milk supplied at the farm gate has beep fixed at 20.5614 pence per gallon for the milk year from September 1 to August 31, 1950, stated the Minister of Marketing (Mr. Cullen) yesterday. The Minister added that the price was the national average and represented an increase of 1.1088 pence over and above the price whieh . operated for the first nine months of the last milk year. 'Ridiculous," Says S.M. _ "It is ridiculous to pay your wife piuiptcnunce when you say she hus desertefi you," Mr. Justice Callan told Lesiie Frederick Alefounder (Mr. Huband) in the Supreme . Court yesterday. - Alefounder was seeking an order for restitution of conjugal rights against Jean Alefounder. The petitioner said he had paid his wife as he thought it was the "honourable thing." Adjourning the case for three months, hjt^ Honour advised Alefounder to-stop maintaining his wife.