NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3810, 26 June 1928, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES

An-Auckland message states that; a divining rod is being used in the Auckland province to uncover gold hearing reefs. The Education Department is prepared-- to pay one-third of the cost of installing hot-water systems in schools.

Candidates for the degree of dental surgeon in Britain must be prepared to face a four years’ training which costs about £4OO.

According to tax returns in Britain, the most popular motor-ear is. the 12 horse-power class, of which 203,384 are licensed.

Mushrooms in the middle of winter! The other day two New Plymouth parties succeeded in gathering substantial kits of these succulent fungi. About 500 bees go to the pound weight and a fair sized swarm will range from five to eight pounds in weight. In mentioning the fact at a lecture Mr. D. S. Robinson, apiary instructor, said that if the queen bee was located and put upon the beekeeper’s hand, the swonn would cluster on his hand and arm without stinging him. This was an effective “stunt” sometimes performed for spectacular effect by bee-lovers.

Noticeable among the wreaths laid at the foot of the cenotaph in Whitehall, London, on Anzae Day each year is a large wreath of pohutukawa blossoms and leaves frozen into a translucent block of ice. The emblem is sent yearly by the Auckland branch of the Mothers’ Union.' The block, which weighs about 2cwt., is prepared free of charge by an Auckland company and is shipped to London without cost to the donors. Last Anzae Day the ceremony of placing the wreath at the foot of the cenotaph was performed by Lady Parr, wife of the High Commissioner.