NEAR AND FAR

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 202, 19 April 1932, Page 4

NEAR AND FAR

Illustrates the Point. There are always two sides to direct action, and an experience of a certain group of unemployed at St. Kilda seems to illustrate the point. A man said to be a represenfative of the unemployed workers' move'ment visited this group recently, where there were some twenty men engaged. He asked for the delegate, and when the delegate intimated his presence the visitor made a wild rush at him with fists flying. Only onp course was open to the defender, and he stood back and gave it to the attackef with both hands- The latter fell hard, but picked himself up hastily and made off, meantime muttering imprecations at the man who had dealt with him so summarily. Eyery Little Helps. The fact that the Railway Department is now out for business was demonstrated in connection with the two days' race meeting at Te Kuiti. Horses were transported by rail direct to the racecourse at Te Kumi. Hitherto they were forced to travel hy road, a distance of two and a-half miles, on a risky route congested with motor traffic. The innovation was much appreciated hy visiting horse owners, and there was an increase in the number of horses carried hy rail on the second day. The reduction in the passenger fares to sevenpence return, as against one shilling charged hitherto, diverted much business from motor traffiic to rail.

Studying Ecosiomy Students at Canterbury College who are feeling the hard times as a result of the cuts in bursaries and allowances would have found it hard to continue their studies this year had it not been for th© camping scheme at 10/- each per week promoted by the Students' Union. Cow Cauges Sensation An infuriated cow was responsible for sensational happenings in New Plymouth recently. After a mad career from Dawson Street, in the course of which it leaped the Huatoki Stream and charged a lady in Brougham Street, the cow caused damage to the extent of £25 by smashing into the shop windows of a fiower shop in Devon Street. Not content with that, the cow rushed off to the railway yards, charged a big shunting engine, upset a horse, and then obstinately took charge of the line and refused to budge. Eventually it was induced to go home quietly, hearing the mark of its adventure in the form of a deep wound in the shoulder. For nearly two hours the cow was at large.

Rugby Union's Income Tax At a time when everything taxable is being made to yield tribute, it is not surprising to know that the Manawhenua Rugby Union has to pay income tax. Notice was reeeived at its last meeting that its taxation had been assessed on the income from interest on money on bank deposit. The tax, amounting to 8/4, was passed for payment. Unusual Intruder Perhaps emulating a certain New Plymouth heifer, a Kakaramea cow went on an exploration trip the other day. Entering a shop, the proprietor of which was absent for a few minutes, the cow pushed her way past the counter and into the living room, where a vase of artificial flowers caught her attention. The shopkeeper's wife, not recognising the footsteps, went into the living room just as the animal was getting her tongue round the flowers.