LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 June 1921, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

A somewhat unusual sight was seen r l, y pilot G. Bolt, and his companion Mr AY. Waters, on tlio return trip of the plane from Whangaroi to Auckland ( last week. Flying down the Milan- _ garei Harbour at nearly 2000 feet they passed through a light- shower of rain, and a few seconds later right m front of them appeared it beautiful rainbow ( which formed a complete ci-'-le. the hot tom of the circle being some linn- ■ <1 rods of feet above the water. Although the ’plane was travelling at about 80 miles per hour the rainbow still kept in front of them for some minutes, when , it suddenly vanished. ■ A light between a Alaori and a pakeba. arising out of rather unusual circumstances, occurred near Fluxion on Saturday evening. Two men returning from the Rangiora races in a gig, wore thrown upon the road and their gig capsized its a result of the horse taking fright, at s»- train. A Maori passing the place of the accident offered bis assistance in lighting the 1 gig and getting the horse out of the ditch, hut a dispute ensued very I shortly it f tor wards and the Alaori tak- . ing umbrage at the attempts of one of the men to “boss” him. entered Into an argument which soon developed into , blows. The driver of the gig soon found himself with two black eves, and his horse and vehicle in the posttion they were when he was first offer- • cl assistance. Both men concerned will appear at, the Rangiora Magistrate’s

Court. Many and various arc the tricks do- : vised by thieves to gain entrance to | houses in the suburbs for the purpose of enriching themselves (says the ‘‘Sydney Daily Telegraph”). From Strathfield comes the story of one of the most ingenious and daring impositions. Momhers of a family in that suburb received by post tut envelope containing three tickets for “ScniidaT” at the Criterion Theatre. Accompanying the tickets was an unsigned note, which read, “Guess who sent you these?” The theatrical prospect overshadowed the family’s curiosity its to the identity of the donor of the tickets, and they felt sure eventually the kind person would surely divulge his or her identity. They went to “Scandal,” and they enjoyed it. When they returned home joking about the whole affair they found on entering their home that it had been ransacked from top to bottom. Ihe most valuable of their things had been taken hv the thieves. On the table in Die living room was found a cryptic note: “Guess who did this?” The family, after consideration, arrived at the conclusion that the writer of both queries was one and the same person.