Whale Washed Up.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 246, 14 September 1940, Page 6

Whale Washed Up.

A whale 50ft long and 12ft high has been washed up on the Te Horo bcaeli, states the “Manawatu Standard’s” Otaki correspondent.

Centennial History. AMccision to present surplus copies in its possession of volumes of tho Wellington Provincial Centennial History to various schools in the district was made by the HoroAvhenua County Council at its meeting yesterday. Members agreed that this tvas an excellent method of disposing of the books. Each councillor lias received a copy. Brigadier’s Choice. Under tho recent new Army order issued in Britain ail officers up to the rank of brigadier are required to become proficient in riding motorcycles, but should a brigadier, for any reason, not Avisk to ride, he is given the option of going on the pillion. This order is stated to cover all but a hundred men of commissioned rankin the British Army, those excluded being only generals, lieutenant-generals and major-generals. War Artist Suggested. A suggestion that an official Avar artist should be appointed to accompany tile New Zealand troops overseas, as was done in the last Avar, -was made by Mr S. Edivards at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington last night. The Government, said Mr Edwards, had already sent Press and radio representatives overseas, and it seemed a pity that the activities of the troops overseas should not bo captured by a New Zealand artist. War Expenses Fund.

Interest-free loans and donations for war purposes have reached £2,567,608. They include: St. John Ambulance Brigade, Palmerston North, duration and six months, £2O; Mrs E. Shannon, Eketa'huna, duration and six months, £SO; O. Anderson. Eketahuna, duration and 12 months, £1000; C. W. Brangins, Dannevirke. donation. Is 2d : Staff, Paliiatua Hospital, donation. £3 8s; pharmaceutical chemists of New Zealand, donation to purchase ambulances, £1460 10s 6d. Suggested Help For London. Suggestions were made to the Mayor (Mr A. E. Mansi ord) by several citizens on Monday of this Aveek that a fund should he opened for the purpose of assisting the alleviation of distress in London as a result of the Nazi bombing. The Mayor> thereupon communicated with Mr J. xiodgens. M.P., asking him to intervieAV the Minister of Finance (Hon. W. Nash) on the subject. Mr Hodgens did this on Tuesday, but since then no communication has been received by the Mayor from Mr Nash.'

Mayor Not Chief Magistrate. “I am not the Chief Magistrate of the city, though in tho last ten years so many people have called me that that 1 feel moved to rebel,” said the Mayor of Wellington (Mr T. C. A. Hislop), speaking last night at the Association Day smoke concert of the Wellington Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen’s Association. Mr Hislop had been given that title Avhen l>eing introduced. “In England,” said Mr Hislop, “mayors are called chief magistrates because they happen to be magistrates. I have no such powers here at all. I am just the Mayor.”

Living Memorial. As a result of the Centennial tree planting scheme, more than 5000 trees have been grown in Hamilton this season. Mohaka Viaduct.

Tn the course of an address on “Highlights of the Mohaka Viaduct,’’ delivered to the Citizens’ Lunch Club yesterday, Mr J. H. Ingley stated that altogether, 99,000 rivets were used jn the building of the viaduct. The cost of the driving of each of these worked out at 11.067 d. Damage by Frost.

Hopes held by Waikato residents of early potato crops from their gardens this year were damped on Thursday morning when they discovered that frost had blackened the plants. Eight degrees were recorded at Ruakura, this being the highest for some weeks. Four degrees were recorded in Hamilton. . - , • . ! ‘

Memorial to Archbishop. The memorial stone to Archbishop Julius, to be placed in the outside north wall of the chancel of Christchurch Cathedral, will bo unveiled by the Governor-General on October 6. The erection of the stone is preliminary to the major work of extending the chaucel, which is the planned memorial to the Archbishop. Camp at Dannevirke. Word has been received by Mr H. S. M. Quigley, secretary of the Dannevirke A. and P. Association, that the territorial camp for Hawke’s Bay, to be held on the association’s grounds, will last about six weeks, for one month of which there will be between. 800 and 900 men in training. The camp will start at the end of this month. Rural Housing. There had been various difficulties raised at a recent conference of the New Zealand Counties’ Association on rural housing, said the chairman of the Ilorowhenua County Council (Cr. G. A. Monk) at a meeting of the council yesterday. However, he could see none if a good standard was set by _ local bodies in dealing with the financial arrangements for applications. Winter Sicknesses.

There have been reports of the prevalence of various types of winter sicknesses in New Zealand, such as measles, whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever and influenza, and lately there have been a fair number of cases in Wellington. So far there has not been an undue amount of any of these forms of sickness in Palmerston North, said Dr. Duncan Cook, Medical Officer of Health, to-day. There has been very little illness experienced here. Old Tokens Come To Light. The most unexpected contribution to the waste reclamation drive in Wellington so far has been :i quite remarkable collection, gathered together probably over many years, of the once popular and now long illegal shopping token coins. The donor suggested that the tokens have a greater value to collector’s than as scrap bronze and the committee has sent them to the Wellington Numismatics Society. There are about 200 of them. A Happy Surprise.

Writing to Mis wife, Private Cameron Smith, who left Tauranga with the Second Echelon, now in England, relates a remarkable coincidence. Private Smith had only been in New Zealand two years, his home being in Edinburgh. When a troop train arrived at a suburban station in Edinburgh in July he rvalked over to a gate to look at some of the old familiar sights, but the most familiar one he saw was his own father standing just on the other side of the gate. Racecourse “Bombed.”

Low-flying aeroplanes of the Royal New Zealand Air Force have become a regular item of interest for people in Wanganui since the First Battalion, Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own), - took over the camp on the Wanganui racecourse. This week planes have “bombed” the camp and enabled the troops there to conform to a mock air raid. Although the machines were a great deal slower than the type used in the theatres of war. they gave an insight of what could be done. Traffic Through Opiki.

Motorists were passing along the road at the Opiki corner, near the school, at a terriiic speed, said Cr J. D. Aitcliisou at a meeting of the Horowhenua County Council yesterday. He added that there had been two narrow escapes by children from accidents there last week, and asked whether some action could not be taken to prevent motorists travelling at an excessive speed there. The chairman (Cr G. A. Monk) said that the Wellington Automobile Association could be approached to place warning signs on the road. Port of Foxton.

There have recently been 1 several shipments of cement made through the port of Foxton. The Hurunui was in port on Tuesday and left on Wednesday for Greymouth, being the second vessel to bring cement to Foxton this month. It is hoped that a third will arrive. Last month three vessels unoloaded cement in the port at the same time, and a fourth could have been obtained had it not been for the fact that this would have over-taxed the limited shed space. The Foxton Harbour Board is still awaiting a reply to its representations that more cement be shipped through the port instead of being sent by road .and rail from Wellington. Anniversary of Quebec. On September 13, 1759, the notable Battle of Quebec took place. After besieging the French fortress for two months, General Wolfe, leader of the English army, took a desperate chance to capture Quebec. The forces were landed in the darkness and led up the steep cliffs. Next morning found the British regiments forming up on the Plains of Abraham. The battle, which ended before noon, was a decisive one. AVolfe fell in the moment of victory, and Montcalm, mortally wounded, did not live to see the surrender of his fortress. In the following year Montreal capitulated, and French dreams of dominion in Canada were brought finally to an end. Old Document.'

Advice was recently received by the secretary of the Foxton Racing Club (Mr J. Newton) from the Commercial Bank of Australasia in Palmerston North that the bank held on behalf of the club an envelope and contents which had been lodged for safe keeping on March 6, 1885. The envelope, on request, was forwarded to the club and it was found to contain an insurance policy covering the old grandstand at the Foxton racecourse for £IOO against fire. This policy is of no value now. It was written by the Equitable Insurance Association of New Zealand and was made out to Mr J. Tt. Russell, original proprietor of the Manawatu Herald, who was at the time secretary of the racing club. The expiry date was shown as January 20, 1888.