LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1931, Page 5

LATE LOCALS.

Newmans Motnr s Ltd. cars will leaie the garage, to.morrow morning at 9.30 o’clock for the races at Omoto. An applicant for a driver’s license at tli;-' Wellington TovJn •Ha 11 !ajst week created a humorous diversion in a rather monotonous atmosphere, Ho had filled jn the card, but on reaching the line where lie was required to stat ( > what experience he had in driving, he inadvertently inserted “two years’’ in the line above. This line was for the applicant to state the nature of any conviction. Tt was only when the registration officer asked, with n twinkle in his eye. if h? had killed someone that the applicant realis-d his error. lMtgtiins have become increasingly plentiful on the coast near Waikawa, Southland, during recent years, and about half-a-dozen can be seen resting on the shore or fishing in the sea near the Waikawa beach at the present time. These birds are very inquisitive and. appear to trouble little about the presence of humans being near their haunts. Two fishermen who were attempting to catch blue rod from the rocks at Curio Hay on a recent afternoon were visited by three these birds, which came so close to make an inquisitive examination of the fishermen that they drove the hungry fish awnv from the baited hooks. The birds refused to leave the spot-, and their ceaseless patrolling of the rocky shore drove the fishermen away in disgust.