NEWS AND NOTES.
The running costs of the flight of the Southern Cross from Australia to New Zealand was approximately £SO. The petrol bill, at 2/a gallon, was £36, and the cost of the lubricating oil would not raise the total expenses to more than £SO, so stated Kingsford Smith to a newspaper man. A sum of £50,000 has been collected for the hospital at Canterbury in England in penny boxes during the last eight years. Addressing children at Auckland Kingsford Smith said he saw them waving the British flag. If they kept waving it and respected it they would come to no harm. While Kingsford Smith was listening to the speeches of welcome at Auckland he saw a small boy regarding him from below the dais with wrapt admiration. Stooping, he picked up the youngster and placed him on his knee, where, very awed but proud, the youngster remained until the proceedings terminated. In the course of his expedition through the heavy bush of the gullies which lead to the mountains on the Little Barrier Island (Auckland), the caretaker, Mr. Nelson, noticed increasing numbers of young birds, especially bellbirds, tuis and stitchbirds. He has also observed a large supply of natural bird food..
A poll was taken in Waipawa for authoi’ity to* raise a loan of £2OOO for extending the water supply mains. 'The voting was 122 votes to 14 out of 450 ratepayers. 'The special train from Wanganui to Westmere on Sunday afternoon carried £1740 passengers, all of whom later formed part of tho huge crowd that witnessed the arrival of the airmen.
A girl of sixteen at Parkes (New South Wales), was subjected to terrible treatment. She alleges that four young men followed her and ‘dragged her into a local park, where they outraged her. The girl dragged herself- outside the park into an enclosure, where she was discovered, received treatment, and was taken to hospital. The police have arrested three youths, all of whom were identified by the victim.
Mild excitement was caused at the District High School on a recent afternoon during the progress of a science lesson (says the “Wairoa Star”). Wlhile the teacher’s back was turned, the bame in a dish of methylated' spirits died down, and one of the pupils emptied in some more spirits from a large tin, with the result than an explosion took place. They made for doors and windows in record time. One or two of the pupils were slightly burned, but fortunately, none was seriously affected. A Shorthorn bullock, bred and fattened by Mr. N. Clutworthy, of Pukehuia, Northern Wairoa, was sold at W'estfield the other day for £37 (states the Auckland “Herald”). The buyers Avere Messrs Stonex Brothers, who propose to send him to the Royal Show at Palmerston North. His live weight is 27001 b., and would produce a carcass of about 20001 b. The bullock is eight years old. He was raised on alluvial flats which have never been top-dressed, and has been built up and fattened entirely on grass, grazing most of his life in small paddocks round Mr. Clutworthy’s homestead. Apart from his great size- experts are impressed by the fineness of bone and skin and by the flawless hooves and legs. Often much younger bullocks of size have horny hooves and feel their weight a tremendous burden, especially when standing on the concrete or paving of the yards. The hide, it is considered, would be worth about £7 at present prices.
That part of the Motor Vehicle Regulations relating to the fitting of red rear reflectors on motor vehicles is made more specific by a supplementary regulation notified in the Gazette. It is specified that the reflector shall have an area of not less than two square inches, shall be set perpendicularly and be capable of reflecting to the side up tj an angle of 40 degrees, and shall reflect under normal atmosphere conditions a light which shall be visible up to 150 feet.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3850, 27 September 1928, Page 1
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663NEWS AND NOTES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3850, 27 September 1928, Page 1
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