NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4412, 8 February 1930, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

A little speed boat was dashing about Lhe harbour front all New Plymouth the other day at a speed of 20 knots, and close to the bathers in the surf. A young man was stretched out on the prow with his arms extended like the wings of a bird. The spectators were thrilled and so was the young man —until the steersman gave the boat a sudden twist. Overboard went the. man, and the boat dashed over him in fury of foam. He swam ashore and limped up the beach with slight, injuries to one leg, probably caused by a blow from the propeller. That a system of signalling exists on the. West Coast for the purpose of warning inmates that the police are on the trail 'of after hours offenders lias often been alleged. Another reference to it was made at the Grey mouth Magistrate’s Court recently, the supposed signal being of more than a usual novel nature. Senior-Sergeant C. E. Roach, in the course of a licensing ease, declared that" a certain hotel was particularly hard for the police to get at. A constable had to arrive by train, and there seemed to be some pre-amui-grd signal by which the engine driver could give warning that the police were coming.

The departure of Their Excellencies Sir Charles and Lady Alice Fcrgusson for their home in Scotland is undoubtedly the foremost topic of conversation this week. The New Zealand Lawn Tennis Championships at Wellington, the New Zealand Swimming Championships at Grey mouth, the Dominion Bowling Championship at Dunedin, and the Sanders Cup Race at Auckland are also fresh in the public mind. The. reading public of New Zealand will therefore be pleased to learn that each of these subjects is covered in detail in the ,current issue of the New Zealand Free Lance. Prominence is. also given in this issue to the New Zealand Defence Department’s Land and Seaplane Base which is in the course of construction at Hobsonvi lie, Auckland. The wedding of “Aunt Gwen” the favourite of 2YA, .Wellington, occupies a prominent place in this issue, as also do the Wellington Harbour Board’s Jubilee picnic and the annual regatta at Hamilton. As usual the letterpress section includes many chatty articles 'by special correspondents, and altogether the news of the week is brightly told in both picture and story.