NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1933, Page 10

NEWS OF THE DAY

Wreck of the Penguin. To-morrow is the twenty-fourth anni- ■ ■versary of the wreck of tho Union ' [ Steam Ship Company Js. ferry steamer , Penguin, of 824 tons, the disaster in- 1 volving the loss of 74 lives—4s passen- 1 - gers and 29 of the ship's company. About JO p.m. on 12th February, 1909, > ; while bound from' Nelson and Picton ito Wellington, the Penguin struck a ' , rock near Tom's Book, off Cape Tera- ] , whiti,-after having been carried off her '< course by -a severe set in thick weather. < L A hole was torn in the ship's plates, -1 , and considerable difficulty was esperi- ( [ enced in getting the passengers1 and : , crew a.way in lifeboats and on rafts as '• , the ship sank rapidly. \ His Own Chef. Economies in lean times exercise, the | minds of most people, but the efforts ' of one man to overcome financial diffi- J culties and bo balance. his budget are . rather unusual. A relief worker, he is in the habit of cooking his own meals 'in a camp oven which he carried-around • with him when searching for a room. At least he has solved the bachelor's ." problem of living on a frying-pan diet. ] i A Novel Excuse. I "I.am very, sorry that I cannot at- ] > tend the jubilee'celebrations'owing to i . tho low price of butter," was the sub- 1 ■ stance of an apology ieaa aloud at the 1 ' jubilee ■celebrations of tniß.'Waianiwa 1 > School recently* states, the "Waikato s : Times." ''Let's'hope th,e prices im- ' , prove," remarked' the chairman (Mr. ' William Grieve), amid general laughter. Clad Only in Trousers. ] ;1 The mode of dressing in/public places ; adopted by several youths was the sub- s ject^f discussion''at a meeting of the i Hamilton Domain' feoard.- Several com- 1 plaints were received concerning youths ■ | playing cricket and'playing around1 tho ', Lake Domain clad only in trousers. The i ' act of-a youpg man in playing tennis j . on the ipiiblic courts clad only in a pair I _of trdusers was'; also; a subject com- 1 j plained; about. --Members of the board l were "of the opinion that it was not t desirable to see the youths dressed in . such a fashion in public places.>! It was decided" to instruct the caretaker at the lake to draw the youths' attention I sto their dress, and'to inform the Subl urban Tennis Association that com- - plaints had been Teceived regarding the . mode of dress of some of their players. - Australian Hardwood Poles. . ; Included in' the cargo . of the Kalingo, ' . which arrived at Wellington yesterday 'from Sydney^ were*7s Australian hard- ' wood poles', which the Public Works ■ Department will use for renewal pur- 1 i poses in the Mangahao power scheme, i [ Tho Kalingo left Sydney on 2nd Feb- ( lTiary, and after clearing the heads ran ( > into a strong south-south-easterly gale, ( i with lough seas, which continued until > the vessel reached Wellington. The . . Kalingo Should have arrived at Welling- '. ton on Wednesday, but the storm, de- ' > layed her arrival until 12.55 a.m. yes- ; • terday. • \ A Cuckoo Astray. < ' A shining cuckoo, or pipiwharauroa, , I as the Maoris call it, collided with the r i side of a house in Ligar place, Anck- " land, on Thursday morning and fe.ll to " the ground (states the "N.Z.Herald"). \ The bird was picked up and taken care \ I of, and later in the day it was liber- . afedl.^' The shining cuckoo, which is dis- \ . tihguished by a green, back and mottled {breast, is rather rare in the city, • although it has occasionally been seen c lin the, Auckland Domain. ■ s I Rich Patch of Gold. c ' .;.The discovery of a rich patch of gold 1 in'a;locality near Thames, which has c i not; ; been revealed, has been reported, { and orr Thursday 16kz of melted bullion, recovered from 1 cwt of stone, was 1 deposited in the Bank of ; New Zealand > (states a Thames correspondent). It has . not been.assayed, but the director of [ the, Thames School of Mines, Mr, H. i Crawford, estimates it to be worth over i ■ 600. The ore was crushed and treated i i at; the battery at the School of Mnes f and represents only part of the find, i which is the outcome of six weeks' ' work during December and January by . a party of prospectors who started operations^under the No. 5 scheme. Owing ■to the breakdown in the water-race the 1 treatment plant at tho School of Mines . has been disorganised Extra time and > work have been spent on the tail-end t of the ore, while there is still a good deal of highly-payable dirt from the \ same parcel to be treated. Mr.' J. W. 1 : Smith, mining • supervisor, stated that j some other parties, were meeting with , very encouraging success. A find in ' one locality near Thames showed count try rock which was decomposing rapid- i , ly, but when panned off it gave ex- s . tremely rich prospects. Mr. Smith 1 states that prospectors are coming into i the field with little or no experience, i i and he is finding it difficult to placo this ; r type of man. At least one of a party j must have experience either in pi-ospecr i ting or gold mining. Three men of i c good•'• physique arrived at Thames on i t Thursday, having walked from Napier, i

Thermal Activity. During the past few days increased thermal activity has been noticeable at Whakarewarewa (states the "jSJ.Z. Herald"). Waikate geyser has played almost continuously, often throwing up showers of boiling water to a height of 40ft The Papakura and the Waikorehihi geysers haye also shown increased activity. The famous Pohutu geyser and the Prince of Wales Feathers are still inactive. Woman J.P. on Bench. A woman Justice of the Peace presided in the Auckland Police Court on Thursday for the first time during the hearing of an indictable charge (states the "N.Z. Herald")- The Justice was Mrs. Florence Mcßriae, of Mount Albert, who was associated on the Bench with Mr. V. A. Coyle, J.P. Since her appointment to the position, Mrs. MeBride has attended Police Court proceedings regularly, and, on occasions, has given assistance in dealing with the evidence of women and girl -witnesses. Women Justices have presided on the Bench elsewhere in New Zealand on previous occasions, and also in Auckland in connection with the Children's Court, but not with the regular Court work. A Court official said on Thursday that the services of women on the Bench, especially in certain cases, could be of the greatest assistance. New Plymouth's Town Clock. In a letter forwarded to the New Plymouth. Borough Council this week a complaint was made by Mr. C. F. Cronin (Palmerston North) that "the town clock struck ponderously all night and kept visitors to New Plymouth awake.'' Mr. Cronin said that, tired out after a long motor journey, he had arrived at New Plymouth to stay at an hotel near the post office. He was unable to obtain the Test to which he was entitled owing to the "banging and clanging of your alarm clock." The Mayor stated that some years ago the chimes had been stopped between eleven o'clock at night and sis o'clock in the morning andhe did not think the council would be justified in stopping- the striking, of the clock during those hours, as it would involve the installation of further mechanism. _ The council decided to take no action, reports an exchange.