NEAR AND FAR

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 213, 3 May 1932, Page 4

NEAR AND FAR

Schoolmaster or Gardener. "As a' ehild, when aslced to choose my occupation in life, I vacillated between the vocation of a schoolmaster and that of a gardener, rather to the embarrassment of my parents," said the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, when opening the Wellington Horticultural Society's autumn show. His parents, however, thought differently, he said, and although gardening was not his vocation, throughout life it had been his greatest hobby. Savings in Education. In the opxnion of the Educatifn Boards' Association, decentralisation of educational control would result in definite and substantial savings. In the interests of both efficiency and economy the assocjation recommends decentralisation of the administrative system and restoration to the boards of many of the powers which they possessed, and which it was intended they should possess, when the original scheme of educational administration by local. control was adopted for this country. Niue Island Turtle A turtle about three feet in length, which lay sunning itself .on the stern of the Government motor-ship Maui Pomare, attracted a good deal of at tention on the Lyttelton waterfront. The turtle was caught at Niue Island and purchased for a friend in Wellington by one of the crew. Turtles. he said, are not very plentiful around Niue Island, but the one on board was considered a good specimen There is a ready market in Wellington for turtles when obtainable. Tho turtle on board the Maui Pomare will be killed at Wellington for the purpose of obtaining its shell, which will be polished and kept as a curio. Where Science Wins. Mount Victoria was not a good choice for Wellington/ citizens who wished to hear the carillon on Monday afternoon, but one motorist sunned himself on the slopes of the mountain in comfort and. heard the full Anzac service. After parking his car he brought out a portable radio set, and while most people on the mountain were straining heir ears to pick up the strains from the bells, the wireless enthusiast got his entertainment from the loudspeaker with all the volume he wanted. Demands on Hospital Board. Some amusement was caused at a meeting- of the Wanganui Hospital Board when correspondence was being dealt with. One letter asked that the board pay a doetor's bill of two guineas incurred by a motorist who had been sent to hospital by a policeman. The claim was made to the board for the fee on the grounds that the driver was indigent. The seeretary, Mr. L. V. ICirby, pointed out in his reply that if the driver, had been indigent he would not have beQi> in a position to drive the car about the country. The board approved of the secretary's action. Another case was that of a Maori who had been at the hospital for treatment and while there had had his teeth out. He asked that the board supply him with a new set of teeth free of charge. The request was refused.

New Monster Fish Last week, skipper W. Johns.on, of the fishing vessel Myth, of Stewart Island, was fishing off the coast of Codfish Island when the crew were surprised by a large bulk lazily heaving itself to the slrface at the vessel's side. The crew lost no time in seeuring and despatching it and an attempt was made to tow the capture to Bluff, but the vessel made so little progress that it was deeided to put the carcase ashore*, and it now lies above high-water mark in a little cove at the western end of Stewart Island. Mr. Johnson says that such a fish has never before been seen or heard of about Stewart Island, and one of the crew who has fished in many parts of the world also says that he has never heard of such a monster. Its measurements are approximately 10 feet in length and f our to five feet in breadth and depth, respectively. It is of a slatish grey colour and has very large eyes, a mouth bearing resemblance to a duck's bill and no teeth, a two-feet dorsal fin, and tail similar to that of a whale. Mr. Johnson's object in placing the creature ashore is in case any of the museums would 'like to secure the bones. M. — C. — B. — S. — Means Malcolm's Cash Boot Store, as everybody knows. It also means more cash banked securely by saving money on your f ootwear from us. This is easily proved by giving us a trial for your next footwear. Low prices with us do not mean poor quality. Our quality is the highest and our prices are the lowest. — Malcolmn's Cash Boot Store, Tutanekai Street, near

Women's Institutes A meeting of the committee of the j Bay of Plenty Federation of Wo- j men's Institutions was held at I Whakatane last evening, when the j following officers were elected for the 1 ensuing year: President, Mrs 0. E- j Wettenhall; vice-presidents, Mrs H- 1 Withey and Mrs A. P. Morton and I Mrs A. P. Wylde; seeretary, Mrs N. j French; treasurer, Mrs L. Caverhill- I — Whakatane correspondent. J N.Z.'s Highest Bunding. I A new mountain oivouac which Wih I soon be built at the head of the Fox I Glacier, on the Pioneer Ridge, k 1 South Westland, will, it is claimed, 1 he the highest building in New Zea- I land. The altitude of the hui site on I Pioneer Ridge is quite 8000 feet, and I using it as a base mountaineers Wil 9 be able to climb seven peaks over fl 10,000 feet in height, the number in- I cluding Mount Tasman, Mount hin- 1 d|nfelt, and' Mou[nt Hevast}. _ 1 timber and iron to be- used in 1 construction of the new bivouac aie ■ being packed to the Chancellor Su ' I In the spring, sledges will be to take the material to Pioneer It is hoped to have the hut ready t°r m the next climbing season. S1