[?]EAK AND [?]AR

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 2, 25 August 1931, Page 2

[?]EAK AND [?]AR

Gold . Minlng. All hough very optimistic regarding the prospects of gold mining claims in thp Thames district held jqintly by Messrs. E. Gilmour, R. Sanders and A. hlcDonald, at the moment the syndjicate is not prepared to divulge much iriformation (says the Taranaki Hhrald) . Exceptionally good reports pf the assays have been received, and it is believed that one elaim is very rich, to the extent of about £7 worth of gold per ton. It is also understood that several parties of Auckland brokers have visited the locality and are anxious to secure permission to float a company of some £25,000 capital to take over the claims. Link with Antarctic? The'theory that a fossil tree fm|pd in the Sydney Harbour colliery might prove to be another link in the chain of evidence showing that Australia and Antarctica were in some remote age joined together, was expounded in a paper read by Mr. R. T. Baker at the monthly meeting of the Rojral Society in Sydney. The tree, he said, which was found at a depth of 2225 feet, bore specific resemblances iy a specimen of fossil timber discovered in Antarctica by the second Scott expedition. Although the Sydney tree had no barkj the trunk" was thickty coated with calcium carbonate, a remarkabl'e f eature which was also' present in the Antarctic fossil. Lonely Road. ; A motorist who experiences engine trouble on some pafts of the hill road between Motu and Opotiki is likely to have an all-night vigil. An Auckland visitor to Gisborne found this to be true a few nights ago, when his car stopped after it had climbed |he Papamoa Hill. . Having had nothmg to eat since lunch time, and wet as a result of trying to locate the trouble in the rain, he spent a cold and anxious night on a bend in one of the narrowest portions of that section of the road. Bride Absent. To he asked to act as matrimopial agents is not unknown to the Salvation Army in New Zealand. A Salvation Arniy officer was approached by a young man whose careful grooming and conspicuous buttonhole indicated some special occasion. "I was going to get married this morning. to a girl I met through an advertisement," the young man exlained. "She didrt't appear and I want you to get me another wife," he concluded. Dense Crowds. So dense was the crowd in Downing Street when the British Cabinet was considering economy measures that the police had to clear the entrance to the famous No. 10, the Prime Minister's residence, where the conference was held. Giant Boar. A giant boar, measuring eight feet from snout to tip of tail, and weighing 4001b, has been killed by an opossum trapper in the Tararuas, Mr. C. E. Blake, of West Taratahi, Masterton. The monster was well known to hunters, and had killed a number of good dogs. A Second Taupo. "A second Taupo," is a ranger's deseription of the future of Lake Coleridge, according to Mr. C. H. Lawrence, pres'ident of the Council of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. At a meeting of the society Mr. Lawrence said that Ranger Digby had secured beautiful fish at Coleridge — up to 131b for rainbows and 101b for brown trout. It was reported that 88,000 eyed rainbow trout ova liad been secured at Lake Coleridge. A Long Walk. It was reported to the New Zea- ! land Manufacturers' Federation on Saturday that a young woman was proposing to walk from Auckland, to Bluff, passing through the ' principal cities and towns, wearing apparel entirely made in New Zealand, for the purpose df furthering goodwill for New Zealand products. A request was received asking that the proposal should be given the official recognition of the federation, but it was decided that this was not within the federation's province. Tribute to New Zealand. Iri a letter to the town clerk of Waihi a glowing tribute is paid by a prominent London firm to the manner in which this Dominion has set about getting over its diffieulties. The manager of the firm says: "It is good to read of the business-like steps which New Zealand is taking to meet the difficult times through which that country, like most others, is passing. Energy in adjusting policies and methods to meet the new conditions will result in the Dominion being all the better able to take advantage of the revival when it comes. It is hoped of that arrival and anticipation of aetivity on behalf of our many frierids and clients overseas which encourages us to keep our organisation fully intact and equipped." Out of Towns. With a view to getting the unemployed to go out of the towns and find work on farms, the Unemploy'ment Board has decided that the suspension of the No. 4A scheme shall operate for September only-. Farmers who desire to engage men, and men seeking work on farms can advi£e unemployment co\mmittetj|s ko that arrangements can be made for men to start on October 1. Liked his Bone. A fine hardy race are the Maoris, says the Express. It was related at a recent meeting of the Marlborough Relief Committee that a native in applying for a supply of meat, said he had 14 in his family. The official in charge, however, remembered that on his previons visit, a week or so before, he had number ed his family at 13. "Oh," exclaimed the Maori, "we have another baby since then" "But," protested the official, "surely you are not asking 'for extra meat for the baby?" "Oh, yes!" came the prompt rejoinder, "he can suck a bone all right !" Use for Aeroplane. A striking illustration of the usefulness of the aeroplane to the modern business man was afforded at the annual meeting of the Tamaki Dairy Company at Dannevirke. Pre- , sent at the meeting was a represeW tative of Mr. A. C. Rawson, the far tory's agent in London, who after tending a meeting in Wanganui tba^ morning, had chartered an aerop^be and flown to Dannevirke to «*tten4 the Tamaki meeting in the afternoon.. At the conclusion of this meeting lie entered into the aeroplane and set off for Waitara, 20 0 miles away, in ■ North Taranaki, for another meeting the same evening, *