Local And General

Chronicle (Levin), 29 November 1949, Page 4

Local And General

Shark Caught By Hand, A young man caught a shark with his hands at Port Ahuriri beach, Napier. He was eating his lunch when he saw a shark idling . in the shallows. Advancing quietly he caught it by the tail and ; swung it on to the beach. Eight young ones were found inside the shark. Leith To Return. The former Imperial sloop Leith, which was on the New Zealand station for nearly five years be1fore World War II, is expected to return to Dominion waters next years as a deep-sea research ship for the Danish Navy and the ! Copenhagen • Zoological Museum. In recent years she has been ' operated as a merchant ship by a Panamanian company, and by The Danish section , of the World Friendship Association. Public Trustee Business. Estates' to the value of, £690,241 • were accepted for administration by the Public Trustee during the month of Oetober. New business for the seven months ended Oetober 31 was £4,798,285. Grants of administration made by the court in favour of the Public Trustee • numbered 156 . for the month. During the month 584 new wills appointing the Public Trustee executor were prepared on behalf of testators and lodged for safe custody, and 558 existing wills were revised to provide for dhanges desired by testators. Stole Plants From Grave. A woman who admitted she *had been stealing plants from a grave 1 at Terrace End cemetery, Palmerston North, offered as an excuse that she had been under great emotional strain and made good the cost When taxed with the offence by the Inspector of Re- : serves, Mr. D. Heggie. Mr. Heggie reported to a meeting of the City Council last night that he had located the woman through her car number which had been -supplied to him and on questioning the woman had readily admitted the offence. "I pointed out to both her and her husband," Mr. Heggie stated, "how mean that type of theft ds and how fortunate she was in not being prosecuted." "Proud To Be A 'Pommy.' " "I am a New Zealander of four generations, but I would be proud to be called a 'Pommy,' after seeing how the British people are working," said. the manager of the New Zealand cricket team Which toured Great Britain (Mr. J. H. Phillipps), speaking at a tattoo of the Christchurch R.S.A. Tin Hat Club. Mr. Phillipps described the meals served in first-class hotels, the bread, which he said was about the same colour and taste as putty, and the bomb damage. "And we only had six months of ! it. Yet the# are still marvellously courageous, and outstandingly generous to the people of the Domihions. Whatever people have done before to help the Mother Country, they should at least : double it now," he said.