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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1036, 27 January 1911, Page 7

A very exciting time was experienced on Monclay evening on the Hampden beach (Otago) when a party 1 of ten, including Messrs. J. Culling, Geo. Webb (of Timaru), and A. H. I'orbes, went trawling for ilounders. When earning in with the fourth haul '(says tho "North Otago Times") Forbes and Webb, with Culling,, who had the-pole, were on the outside up to the armpits in water, when a large shark, which had not been noticed- by any of the party, made a ferocious attack on Webb, cutting his clothes clean off his back.- Coming again at Webb, Culling, with the pole, defended Webb with great vigour, and after a severe tight, succeeded in keeping the shark oft' until all managed to get out of the water. In the struggle the shark broke half tho polo olf, and'bore' it away. Only 'for, Culling's courageous defence Webb would certainly have lost his life. The shark was from 8 to 10 feet long.

lii the excessive heat, experienced in Napier during the summer months it is little short of inhuman to.compel policemen to wear thick clothing, says a Mapier paper. It is a wonder that a beneficidnt Government which is so careful of the comfort of the workers is so indifferent to the feelings of its own servants: Official incapacity, however, docs, not seem to thiilk a little variation in a policeman's clothing necessary. We guarantee if the head of the Department had to boil all day in n thick blue cloth uniform, he would quickly make an alteration. Surely the country is not in sucu a parlous condition that the provision n light summer uniform to the police is impossible.

Dr. Thacker has recently made some investigations in regard to the effect of the smoke in the Ly Helton tunnel on drivers who. are frequently employed on trains that run between Lytteltou and Christchurch. He has found (says the "I.yfle!tou Times") that a surprisingly large number of drivers have symptoms of a lung disease called anthracosis, which, evidently, can be traced to the smoke in the tunnel. He believes dial prolonged employment in the tunnel will inevitably undermine the drivers' health, and he suggests that men who are on the line ought to be given one month's holiday in the year in order to have a chance to recuperate.

A special announcement by Mr. Hay ward, ladies' tailor, appears in this issue.