LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 17, 4 February 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

•■■■ i- n y agii-~ff- T- f Rangitane at Panama. Tbe New Zealand Shipping Co. have received a fadio .from ibeir m.v. Rangitane, en route from New Zealand to London} to ihe effeet tbat sbe arrived at Panama on Monday, February I. Saimon Running in tha South. With saimon starting to run in the rivers in South Canterbury, several excellent catches— -jncluding 25, 24, and 221b fisk. — were reported by auglei's fishing the Rarjgitatatj Opihi rivers during the week-end. All ihe saimon landed so far have been described as "in the pink of condition.n and have provided ample sport. Pheasaiits for Liberaticfn. At ihe end of next sbooting aeason the Hawke) s 13 ay Accllmatisation Society is to liberate SGO pheasants reared at tbe society 's farm at Greenmeadows. Aiready 300 chicks have left' the brooders to be cared ior and faitelied beforo beifig libelated. The society liha etated- 8000 young trtut (finggrlings) iii tHe TUkituki rivei- last Heedinber, afid according to the ffihgei- they all swam aWay vigorcrusly as sodn as tffey foUfid theifiselves ih f6al river water Gongratulations The Hawke's Bay Cricket Associatihn is to seiid a ieiter to Mr T. C. Lowry, formerly of Hawke's Bay, but nbw of Taihape, eongratuiating him upon Uis appoititihetit ts ihahager ot the New Zealahd dfiCket team to visit Efagland this yeai. Ihe associatiofi has received frb'm tbe Hfis'tiiigs Cricket Sub-Ausooiation a lettef Of oongjratuIdtions on ihe efficient manner in which junior cricket week was run at Napier during the Uhrisimas and Now Year periodj Hawhe Cup Datesu Hawke'-s Bay Will play MaM&W&tii' at erickei for the Hawke Ciip tin Fe6* ruary 26 ahd 27 and, March 1 ai Palmerston Nor'th. These dateS, suggested tentat-ively by the Hawke's Bay cricket Association, hake now been approved by ihe Netv Zealand Cricket Gouncil. Hawke's Bay wiii meet Toverty Bay at Gisborne next Saturday aria Sunday and- will thereby have tbe advantage of trying out' the province'a batsmen and bowlers before the Hawke Cup match, Which ife cousitlered ihe mor© important fixitite.What is a Cattle Dog, The question whether an Alsatian could be registered as a cattle dog was. briefly discussed at the meeting of the inglewood County Council^ wheii it Was stated that the Act did not specify any particular breed of dog as & cattle dog. if a farmer could prove that a dog was used for driving. eattie, he could have that dog registered as a cattle dogj the inspector said. He instanced the case of two fdx terriefs that were used to drive cafctle ahd had been registered as cattle dogs for tbree or f'our years. frhut't Ldflg JSWiift How far wouid a trout sWitn in threc months ? Fishermen would probauly hazard all sorts of ansvvers, and ail Would no doubt be equaily sutprised to learn that a t-agged trout, liberated at the Turangi Governnient hatchery in. a stream flowmg into the Tongariro river soifie i2 Ihiies south of Lake Taupo, was caught in Kawakawa Bay, on the north-western shore of the lake. At a very eonservaiive estimate the trout mUst haVc journcyed 40 miles during its short lifo of tbrec months. The spo'rfsman Wfio CaUght it a few weeks ago at Kawakawa Bay nbticed ffoni ihe tag dn the fisb that it Was liberated at Turangi, i'roM the Government hatchery, o'U Oetober 21 s '1936. ff. Bulls on a Golf Course. A. creditable iifiitation of a "Wild West rodeo was given on a Taranaki golf course one afterhooh last week, When two bulls, an Ayrshjre and a Jersey, tried conclusions at the ninth hole, much to the consteraation of the gjolfers, including sbme women playere Who did not appreciate the spoiling of the peaeefUl setenity of fheir game by sUcb unusual visitors. The Ayrshire, having disposed of his bovine opponent, then prepared to show battle to all aud sundry, and he hcld command for two hours while two expert drovers used all their best rodeo skill to remove him, assisted by a daring golfer armed with a club in tbe role of picador. It was not until a mob of other cattle were brought on the scene that the alhdonqueriug bull was inveiglcii into leaving the battle ground. B.M.A. Conferenoe. The biennial congress of the New Zealafid braridh of the British Medical Association, Which wili be held in Wellington in the folil'th Week of February, will be opened by the Governdr-G enerai on the morning of February 23, and will continue throughout the three folldwing days. Many of the sessions will be occupied with the reading Of papers on technical suhjects, aiid with their discussion. Sir Edmund Spfiggs, who will represent the Royal College oi Physicians, London, at the congress, will address the gathering and confer gener-j ally with the profession in New Zealand. Sir Edmund, who is senior consulting physician at Ruthveii Castle •Clinic, North Wales, is accompanied by Lady Spriggs and their tWo sons.

Blow for Carriers. In a noi:irial season the carriers 41 Hastings would at present he entering upon a busy period transporting fruit from' t-he ofchards to the raiiway packing sheds. This year, however, they are faced with a very lean period owing' to the greatly reduced oUtpufc eaused by the Oetober frost. One. earrier informed a ' 'Herald-Tribune" reporter this morning that the loss of revenue averages out at about £70 per earrier. "Ifc's, a lohg trffie between seasons for us this time," he said. "The amount of fruit availabl© this season is negligible." Big P'OtatO Y cld. A Mahora resident who planted .a small Iot of seed potatoes, Robin Adair variety, has been astounded at the extraoi'diiiafy groWth of the plaiits. SomC of the Sha.Ws afe dver seVOii fdet loiig, and, contraty to the geilCral bfelief that large he.ads denote ptioT cfops, this g'ardCfler has had splendid yields fr'oni each plant dug, there being- nio small Ones. The opinion is that the season has been a favourable oiie' for this staple vege't-able, aiid the f&ct that a Middle foad farmer half-fiilcd a eamont bay WitH the yield from tWo roOts Of Biaclc Kidneys would appear to b'§af oUt the truth of this. BlUO dums t>(r Retif oums. "I have Seen a co-nsiderable nuinbei of gum trees in New Zealand," said Sfenator A. J. McLa-chlafi, TostmasterGeneral in the Australian Government, whiie on a visit to Christchurch, "but they are nearly all blu© gums. Why haven't you imported our best gum. The blue gum seems to thrive well enough, but it is not the type that contributes mueh to ihe beaUty of the lafidscape, nor is it particiilarly Useful.Our red gum makCs excellCnt timbei afid is very beautiful." Senator MeLachlan said his advice to the people of the West Goast would be to plant. more trees. There was a danger oi deforestation and New Zealand wotild have to conserve her timber resOurces. Cat and Stoatv A rabbiter reports afi enlighteniiig happening between a cat and stoat. He noticed these two animals, ffoni differefit angles siifiiiltaiiecusiy _ stalking a fabhit. Thb rabbit, bdcOifiing aware of the' cat, dived ifitb a hblfe. 1'he c'at followed. Withjn a se'cond or so iii went the stoat. The ffibbiter on wa-tch came fourth and blocked up the hole. He mad© a close exaxfiinatidn tb discover whether the animals could find any way out othef than by using. the entrkfiCe. In a fortnight's iime he went back and opeiied the pfison. The rabbit had been eaten, the cat was ciead aud half eateh and the Sttiat had gofib; Registered Bfiot Trade? The Booh Tradefs' Association oi New Zealand is seeking registfation Under the Industrial Efficieney Act, and a depufation of Christchurch: bqot repairers w.aited on the Minister for Labour the H°n. H. T« Armstrong- te press the ciaim for registration. They had been told: that the matfer would be cdnsidered before th© next session, the deputation said, and they were anxious fdr the regulation of the industry. "I see no reason why the boot trade should ndt b© bfought under the IidUstrial Effieiency Act/' Mr. Armstrong saidt He promised to convey ihe deputation'S appeal td the Miftistejp i'df ifidtisttieS and Coifitfiercej the Hdii I). G. Stillivaii. IftBT--- f r' " i — -L.-'.tfSjigi*