NEWS AND NOTES.
Angora and Chinchilla rabbits formed a specially interesting feature of the exhibits at the Waipukui'au Sho'w last .week. Percy Coleman, the Nelw Zealand heavyweight motor cycle champion, has won the title mine times in succession. Jirntmy Mill, the famous All Black Rugby footballer, is likely to settle in .Waipukurau. Blight has again attacked the walnut trees in Ashburton, and the harvest of nuts will be small. limes Taylor, a veteran sledge driver, is a passenger by the Niagara, with 15 Alaskan dogs to join the Byrd expedition. He was for live years with the North-West Mounted Police in the Yukon. The boxers in .ancient Rome carried lieayy pieces of metal in their hands to make their blows more ef- . f ective. have mow a theatre of their own. The London Stock .Exchange and police had a 15-mile walking race a few weeks ago. A policeman won.
A new trained occupation for men in the Port of London is being made available in .consequence of the International Sanitation Convention which was recently signed. The occupation is that of rat-catcher on board ship, and men who enter it will ibe required to know everything necessary to rid a vessel of rats.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3901, 31 January 1929, Page 1
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202NEWS AND NOTES. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3901, 31 January 1929, Page 1
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