NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3999, 19 September 1929, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Levin Bowling'Club 'has decided to open the green for play on Wednesday, October 9. The trout fishing season at opens on November 1 and closes on May 31st next.

■ 'The opening date has been fixed for October 16 for the Marton Bowling Club, f

The Glreymouth Earthquake ReJief Committee held its final meeting last week, the Mayor, Mr. J. W. Greenslade presiding. Further applications were granted involving a total of £398.

New Zealand’s clocks will be advanced half an hour, at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in October next and at _2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March the hands will be put back 30 minutes, under ithe new Bill.

A six foot track is being opened up by. the Public Works Department through the Bullor Gorge from Murchison to Lyell, following the road which was damaged by the 'earthquake. Wjlien Geosrge Nepia, the Maori full-back, goes into action it takes a lot to stop him. In a match at [ lolaga Bay he was suddenly stripI ped of his shorts, but still mana--1 ged to get his line-kick away. Falling outward into the street, a heavy verandah pole caused damage to a taxicab parked in front of the Waverley Hotel, Queen St. Auckland, on Saturday morning (says the Herald). The upper, portion of the car, in which the owner, Mr. J. H. Hooton, was sitting at the time, was dented and pierced by the i post, which rolled oft' the vehicle |on to the road. The lower end of | the post had been loosened by workmen who wore laying concrete paving blocks, and it was held in position at the top only, where it had rusted 'extensively. At the (time of the accident there were numerous passers-by on the pavement, and had the post fallen inward injury might have been caused to bvstanders.