LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 190, 28 August 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Large Frost Fish, The tii'st frost tisli ot tlio suason was i'uund 011 Onetangi Bcaeli, Wailieke, on a recent lnorning. The llsii, was 5ft 6in long, but this is not an uxceptional size, as speciments Jiave hcen ioUnd ineasui'ing considerably over six feet. Frost fisli, which are excellent eating and bring a good price in the sliops, are frequently stranded in winter on the east coast of the Dominion, particularly in the Bay of Plenty and ili Canterbury. Rare Moa Bone, What is considered to be an exceedingly rare specimen of a fossilised moa bone was fonud recently in a new gravel pit near Wanganui, by Mr E. C. l'enft, a Waitotara County Council L'oreman. The fossil wiw taken to the Alexander Museum and identified as a torsometatarsus. It is in an excellent condition. The bone measures 159 mm, in iength, 37 mm. across the proximal. The shai't of the bohe is.Very stout and measures 57 mm, across the middle. The recent grant of £1200 made to the Alexander Museum has greatly stimulated the Work of moa bone research in the Wanganui district. Address by Prof. Murphy. An arresting survey of NeW Zealand s economic and financial situation will be given by Prof. B. E. Murphy, oi" Victoria University College, in the Assembly Hall, Hastings, Oil Tuesday evening , next. The meeting has been arranged by the Hastings Chamber of Commerce and will be open to the general public free of charge. The titlo of the address. will be "The Banking Situation* and the Reserve Bank." Under this heading Prof. Murphy Will deal comprehensively and entertainingly with many of the subjects that liave recently been provoking keen political controversy. Test Match Scorers. A suggestion that the scorefcoard at Lancaster Park, Christcljurcli, in the test matchi next week between New Zealand and South Africa should indicate the identity of players who scored points, as well as the number scored, was adopted by the management committee of the Canterbury Rugby Union. The suggestion was made by a correspondent whose letter said that its adoption wouid be muoli appreciated by the public. It was not needful to put up the player's namej hig programme number would be sufficient mdication. Mr A. I. Cottrell said that a similar system was used with success on the Sydney Cricket Ground, and would certainly lielp many spcctators at Lancaster Parkr An unlucky Colfer. An unfortunate mistake cost a Rotorua player, W. Hill, th$ distinction of heading the list of qualifiers in the Rotorua Golf Club's open chimpionship and also deprived him of his chance of winning the prize for the best gross score in- the qualifying round. Hill, with a card which would have placed him at the head of the list, played the last hole in four, only to find that in playing out of a bunker he had played a ball whioh apparently helonged to one of a trio of lady players practising on the last fairway. He had to concede the penalty of two for playing the wrong ball and replay, bringing his strokes at the last liole to eight instead of four. As a result Hill came down from first pqsition to sixth in the list of qualifiers. A Farming Loss. Members with a uent towards agriculture created a brief discussion at the annual general meeting of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club last night on the outcome of the club's "farming activities" during the year, which shoived a loss of about £62. It was frankly admitted by one member of the spacial committee, which had been described as "Tlie Four Sliepherds" that the buying and selling of the sheep had not been at all profitable and that the "market had been missed badly." After Beveral i'armermembers liad mentioned a few points, a lawyer took a part in the discussion. He said that it was the only loss he had seen on any farming account during the past 12 months. "However, we may console ourselves,'' he said "with the thought that we won't have to pay income on it."