Local and General

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 24, 10 January 1913, Page 2

Local and General

Tenders are invited in this issue for painting the Catholic Church, Huntly. We would draw the attention of sporting men to the advertisement announcing the date on which the no mi nation.** close for j the Ngaruawahia races. ! The arrangements for the | funerals of Mrs McGowan and j Mrs Green’s baby were carefully and efficiently carried out by Mr I Chas. C. Porter, Main Street, Huntly. ' I In reference to the examina- ■ tion of candidates for certificates as first-class and second-class mine-managers and battery superintendents, intending car* ! didates will find necetssinstructions relating t * advertising columns. The present trying appears to be very bar dren, several of whom h attacked by stomachic t ..>ies that in two cases have ended fatally. It, therefore, behoves parents to sterilise their infants’ food, and to be careful to boil all milk and wat?r given to the little ones. At the beginning of the w*eek while Clarenc:\ the eldest son of Mr B. Stewart, Raynor’s Road, was swinging on a tree in the bush behind Mr C. Starr’s property, tHe branch broke, and the boy fell with considerable severity on the ground. Though no bones were broken the lad sustained so severe a shock that he has been confined t > bed ever since the accident occured. Frederick Clephane, s>n of Mr R >berc Celphau \ of Churchill, was drowned on Sunday in I the Waikato. While he and a j companion were sailing on the j river in a canoe, the frail craft I capsized, precipitating its oecu- | pants into the water. Clephane’s I companion managed to reach ! the shore. The drowned lad was j only 18 years of age. j The excellent season ex- | perienced has had a marked i effect on the Queensland butt or ! export trade. For the seven weeks ended Dee. 14. 1912, the quantity handled was 50,701 j boxes, as compared with 17,23.5 \ in the tffding y. of -hist"year. The increase repre- I sents a value of about £BI,OOO. An umbrella made thief proof! by being locked in such a manner ! that it cannot be opened has been | invented by a London cloakroom j attendant. The locking device j consists of a metal collar, one j end of which may be slipped dauvir j over rib-tips, and is securely locked to them by revolving the three metal rings. These rings bear the letters and numerals of the secret combination. A trial trip of the Auckland Harbour Board’s new pilot boat will be made next week, on a date yet to be arranged. The boat has been secured entirely for pilot service, and seems admirably suited for the purpose. Already the oil engines have been tested, and have developed a speed of twelve knots. The trial next week will be watched with interest. From Horowhenua conies a report of the saving of a white boy’s life by a Maori lad at Hokio beach. A. boy named j Percy Blows was in a parlous condition beyond the breakers, and* a Maori lad (Simeon) promptly raced.to where a horse '■ was tethered, galloped it through the surf, and swam t > where ; Blow's at that time was drowning < On the ability of the horse to ’ swim back, bearing the two lad"’ < weight, both their lives depended. 1 Simeon had Blows across the I pommel of the saddle quite un- < conscious, but this position was 1 an excellent “first aid” one, and i within a few r minutes Blows was i breathing again. The horse t proved equal to his task, fiut it i was a long time after Blows was i safely ashore before lie com- \ pleteley recovered. 1