LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1923, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

Minstrel troupe practice wiii lie hell) to-night at 7.80 at. St. Andrew's Hall.

Mr J. J. Mclntosh, lessee ol the golf links, notifies that poison has been laid lot dogs, and that trespassers will he I'rn.-eetlted.

Apple-juice, as a medium tor preventing the obscuring of motor-ear windscreens by rain, was meat hnmd i* the Supreme Court at Auckland last week, during the hearing of claims hoi danjrgoN tor injuries sustained in a motor in eideni. One of tin* defendants was referring to the visibility through his wind screen mi a certain wet day, ami be offered to toll Mr Justice Mei'ilman the secret process he adopted to keep the glass free from rain drop,. The method was quite an easy one- just the application of apple-

Itei'ei eiiee was made hy the Crime Minister in the House of Representatives to the fact that the Chatham, the flagship of the New Zealand Naval Station, is to he superseded hy a modern nil-burning cruiser. I triginally, it was proposed that the vessel to take the place ef the ('liatliaiii would h* a i miser of the ( iitiler'nin class. A N.Z. "Times” reporter ascertained, however, that it is probable that the new flagship will he of a more modern tipe. As a matter of tact, the vo'SOsl

i- m.w actual'!" in onur-e ot construction in England. When completed she will embody tin* latest methods of naval design and armament, ami will he tilled for tin- burning of oil Im.-L Provision is lining Hindi.* by the Gcivornmcnl tor the construction ot all oil lias,* at Devonpnrt for the purpose ot lilt* New Zealand Division of the Royal Navv.

A i yi'liiue which swept across I lie Bell Block and I.enp'-rtou districts. Taranaki, about I o’clock last Tuesday afternoon, caused considerable alarm, ami left l-chiml it a trail of destruction. At Bell Block an unoccupied house o'.vm-d by Mr !l. Ilob-on. was - (111 cl, lu tile ri'loic-. I lie roof being I>: 11 11 . ■ll \ lilted and damage being done to the native hush and plantations in the vicinity. Travelling in an easterly direction, the cyclone first struck Mr 11. E. Eairiax Chromh-y’s property on the llviiwood Road. Ii swept through a hi-aiitiln! patch oi native Lush on hi- property, tearing limbs and uprooting tree-. Fortunately missing the residence it careered through a plantation at the rear and struck the corner of Mr Iloli-on's house, uprooted wing and buckled tin- gable. A fi»w 1 holt -I - in its 1 rack was completely demolished. Rooting iron, which was lorn and ivi-.lcd beyond luriher me. and -lout timbers were carried fully 100 yards away, and were then only arrest ed by a tall hedge of macroearpa. trees, along which I lit- whirlwind swept. Limbs were lorn from tile trunk-:, and finally, when a weak spot was found, the wind cut through, uprooting or twisting off at least half a dozen full-grown trees. Continuing its career inland, ii Idled two pine trees. states the “Taranaki Daily News.” The cyclone continued towards tlie Lcpperloii district. A house owned by two Maoris. Ned Rameka and Dick Brest on. stood right in the : md; ol the tornado, and was crumpled til), being totally destroyed. bits of tile cottage being distributed m a straight line, for about titu-en chains. A bright Hash of lightning, followed l».v a h"ivv clan of thunder, added to the weirdness of the unusual experience. The' occupant's of the house had a miraculous escape.