NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1924, Page 1

NEWS BY MAIL.

THE SIMI’I.E 1.1 I'K. I.UNDDN, July I. 'l'll - primitive lii'c led by lac inhabitants of Wnllaseu Island, in the River Ciot!c!i. near Jim ulmm-un-t 'nun It. Essex. was described at a meeting of the Essex lldiuation Committee at liivct |’lale House. !•!.(’.. yesterday. The p-enili-iila t formerly an i-laud) is it was stilted, purely itgriettlttit'al and cotuailis onlv a few lamilies. It has nr, cliiire!t. Ilrcad and water are taken once ;i week from ilurnham-oii-Croiieh. To get about pensile have l : cl'iss dyke* and ditches.

SPEARMINT DEAD. I.O.XDOX. July I. The noted raeehol".' and stallion Spearmint, hits just died at Old (onnell. Newbridge.' ('". Kildare*. The property ot Major Mil's l.tder. Spearmint was hv Carlin* out ol Maid of the Mi.-t l.v Minting. East year his stock v n stake- to the value of nearly £l2.(ib'J. Imr.-es l,v him winning races in England. Ireland. Delgittm. India. South Ali ma and b ranee. In Ireland and England Spearmint s t il'springs win more than £ 1 A• ’" ). As ;t r;t: ehur-e. Spearmint wen the Great Emil Plate at bim:iield as a two-year-old. and in hi- .-ct md season the Derby at Epsom and the Gram! I’rix de Paris. Spearmint Wits foaled in B" 1 '!.

•i EC RET Ob’ DEATH WATCH BEETLE. I.ONDDN. July 1

Tin* d *at.h-wateh beetle, whose rav.i,res in tin* wood-work of historic buildings are so deadly—it did inoie than £|(!:>.l!:i!l damage* to Westminster Hall roof—has sounded its own doathk iti'll. The expert-' at the Imperial ( e*go of Science. South Kensington. nave just di-covered how it manages to hid * itself in old timber, ami destroy valuable building fabric*.

Tim Imperial College authentic-, inter being foiled for years, decided to sttt.lv the beetle at elo-e quarters, and htnling the church at Knaliou. York-

shire. infested 1 y it* -""am till!'* •'’ purchased three ton- of limn ing. I "is thev had carefully removed to Mutt.i Kensington ami there continuously watched the parasite at work miner the Im idetitallv it Wit- discovered l •*'* the ■•death-tap" wltieh ha- so ithirtued many people was but the signal ot one beetle? to another. "Now we know l-lie life-hi*tnrv : t t.:e beetle." said Professor Maxwell-Let toy yesterday, “we are prepared to deal with it in a way n won’t like Conte ltwardens and others c intvrned "itn ancient buildings can eonfe-s their iretinl** te. it', ami we can tell them what to tn o,ul it '” tut.. Letters inviting assistance saoiil.l hv aililrosst'd Imperial Collide v*uioiK*o. Swuth KoiiMnpton.