LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 82, 30 December 1937, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Heraad-Tribune on Monday. The Herald-Tribune will not be publifihed on Satiurday, New Year's Day, but will be published as usual on Monday. CounciHors Walk Out. The deputy-Mayor, Mr A. N. Iles, taking exception to the Mayor, Mr L. R. Wilkinson, refusing to allow him to speak to a r.eport, rose and left a meeting of the Tauranga Bo rough Council last week. Mr O. T. McFarlane left with Mr Iles, and they were followed by Mr T. E. Youngman, The meeting continued, as there were still live councillors present, Care of Motherless Lambs. ® The collection and bottle-feeding of motherless lambs belonging to her i'ather has been made a hobby for many years by Miss Ailsa Brown, aged 1/, the daughter of a farmer at Ostend, Wftiheke Island, who runs a large number of sheep. Miss Brown recently had as many as eight lambs receiving her special attention. When they are gi'own-up, the lambs are put out on the farm. No Inqiiest Necessary. No inquest will be necessary to ascertain the cause of death of Mr. Hugh McLernon, a Dannevirke resident, who diod on Tuesday evening in Hastings while on a visit to a house in Wilson road. A certificate of death has been supplied by a doctor. The late Mr. McLernon was not the father of Mr. Patrick McLernon, at whose home the death occurred. nor was he related to him in any way. Hace-name Altered. The innerinost portion of Whangarei Harbour, hitherto known ofiicially ua Ivioreroa, is to be renamed Port Whangarei from July 1 next. The change is made by a proclamation in the latest Gazette under the authority of the Uesignation of Districts Aet, 1908. The name Kioreroa, which means "long rat," appears to have been applied to the neighbourhood in carly Maori times. It is used to designate a railway siding ou the main line about a mile-" south of the Whangarei station. Belisha Beacons. Christchurch now has its first Belisha beacons. They have been placed a? each end of the pedestrian crossing leading from the pavement outside the west door of the Cathedral to the train safety zone. Consjsting of a wooden globe on a - tall upright, the beacon calls the attention of pedestrians to the authorised crossing. In appearance tbe new Christchurch sign is somewnat similar to the English traffic beacons, called the Belisha beacons after Mr. Ilore Belisha, who was Minister of Transport when they were first installed. Site of Wellington. "The thing that strikes me is what an extraordinary pl'ace this is for a tcwn," said Dr. A. E, Panting, a Macquarie street doctor. when he arrived from Bydney. His comment on Wellington expressed his first reaction to the sight of it, from the harbour, after an absence of 30 years, for he was ecrucated in Wellington, though born' in Dunedin. 8ince leaving New Zealand Dr. Panting has travelled extensively m Europe and Australia. Dr. Panting has returned to ihe Dominiou on a fortnight's holiday. Car Loses Two Wheels. When both the wheels on the right-' hand side of a motor-car came off near Waipukurau on Monday evening, the oceupants had a narrow espape from serious injury. The car, whieh was an old one, was considerably dainaged, and had to be removed by a breakdowji truck. The accideqt occurrpd on the Pofangahau road, near Oakburne station, The car was being driven by a Mr Bell,.a shearer. wfio had with him several passengers, and waa proceeding toward Waipukurau. No-one was injwed. ' Ten Billion Cigarettes. Teq billion cigarettes are emoked yearly which have tips of cork tuanufactured by a Portuguiese firm, tha saies manager of which, Mr F. Saalfeld, was interviewed in Christchurch. Mr Saalfeld said that 50 per cent. of the cork production in thp world camp from Portugal, and that his firm was the biggest eork-producer in the world. It employed 4000 hands and turned out 4.000,000 *,bottle corks a day, Cork, he said, had a big future as a floor material, and was being used increasingly in hospitals, theatres. and hotels, as well as in private houses. Scfiool Through the Mail. Issupd by the Correspondence School of the Education Department, The Postman, the annual magazine of the school, gives an impressive review of the work that has been done in the past year in the -way of bringing educational facilities to children living in remote parts of the country who are unable to attend school. The Correspondence Sehoo] algo provides tuition for children who, through physical disabilities, eannot take their place with other children. Education is given in both tlie primary and the secondary division, The total roll of the school at the present time is 2,663, primary pupils totailing 1,772 and secondary pupils 891. The magajzme contains full information as to the conrses, articles and drawings by the pupils. and many illustrations which reveal the diversity of the school 's activities.

Ruahine and Rangitata, The New Zealand Shipping Co, advise thafc the Ruahine, which left New Zealand on December 1, sailed from Colon on December 24 and from Caracas Bay on December 27. The Rangitata, which left New Zealand on December 21, rudios that weather conditions are good and all are well, Old Rlum Tree, What is perhaps the largest an.d oldest plum tree in the Waikato is bearing a splendid crop of red Christmas plums behind the shap of Mr, W, Tinimins, of Studholme street. Morrinsville. This huge tree was planted 50 years ago Dy , Mr. F. J. Marshall behind the butcher's sbop which he established. 'Mr. Marshall later became Morrinsville 's first Mayor and recently returned from a trip to Great Britain. So high is this , plum tree that even the most enterprising climbers fail to reach the fruit on the top branches. Rockets on Moimt Egmont. The coming in of the New Year and the going out of the old will be celebiated in fitting manner by a party of mountaineers from the Taranaki Alpine Club. They intend climbing to the summit of Mount Egmont and there set off powerful rockets and light flares. In recent years it has been. the eustom to light bonfires on Mount Egmont and Paritutu rock at midnight on New Year's Eve. This year will see a new version of the custom. Holding tfie Baby. A baby in arms was the centre of an amusing incident at the Auckland Trotting Cluh's meeting at Epsom on Tuesday. Early in the afternoon it was left by its mother with a stewardess to be nursed ostensibly for a few minutes. More than an hour later it remained nnclaimed. It was not until an appeal was broadcast through the public address system that the mother returned to the grandstand and toolc charge of her child from .its patient nurse.