LOCAL AND GENE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 713, 13 December 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENE

Dairy Payout The payout for th© Novetj ply of hutterfat to the Hii* operative Dairy Co., Ltd,,] fixed at 7d per pound for $ total payment being £9208 'i i Unconsidered Trifles The ability of birds to adj| selves to circumstances /! hy Mr. L. J. Early, J Greendale (reports the Clfl j Times). At the top of a lj| i a very exposed position J ered a magpie's nest [ completely of wire. Almojl types of wire found lyy farms had been used in the| tion of this nest, includingl wire and wire netting, but J ed wire. ? i Six Birch Strokes 1 It is not usual for detai nection with hearings in ai Court to be published, exce instruction of the presitfo trate. Such an instruction \ in connection with the Juvet in Hastings, when it wasj that a 14-year-old lad, for of stealing a bicycle, was® be given six strokes of the is hoped that the publicatic information will prove- a i in the matter of bicycle thef of late, have been very prf Hastings. I Two Men Injured . Slight injuries which ae treatment at the Waikato were received by Ernest lii aged 52 years, of Auckland, cent Price, aged 25 years, anga, when a motor-lorryi they were travelling from. to Ohaupo, skidded and c a short distance south oi wahia on Monday evening. 5 later taken to the Waikato where inquiries show their to be not serious. The King's Greetings The King will broadcasti of greeting and good"will people of the Empire onl Day if plans at present oi sideration mature. Arrangt the broadcast are being dk Sir John Reith, Director-Gi the B.B.C., and Court oi will be the second time that has "spoken directly to 1 by radio. The first occasio: Christmas Day; when the E for several minutes froma the ground floor of Sat House, Norfolk, where B.B, eers had installed a speci phone. Fine Deer Head i One of the finest red-rn which has been taken in m rua district has just beeil hy Mr. I. James of Rotornii he forwarded to its owmrl Wakelin of Whangarei. Tiep perfect specimen 12-poinl|| heavy timber and splendiM ed. It has a spread from ti of 36 inches and is 89 fcuj the hase to the tip. It Mim the country at the back last Easter together witha^ specimen of a 10-pointer taken hy Mr. Wakelin's M Mr. G. Simpson.

A Grelna Marrlage The romance which haste, veloped Gretna Green marrbeen sadly shattered bj. hearted magistrate of Midd/ has declared that they are! Doris Freda Powell sued te for maintenance and it was| the court that the partiesr to Scotland in 1929, "whe^ was under 16, and went^ form of marriage over th the smithy at Gretna Gree| M. Cloutman, V.C., for tended that the marriage C law, and quoted from the| in Scotland Act of 1856,1 quires domiciliary qualifil 21 days for one of the pa also contended that the niaa bad by English statute. a given, on hehalf of the woc| intention to apply for ani summons in respect of tl| the "marriage." ■ Birds and Bark « It sometimes happens ii lines are stripped of thffil but the other morning anlf resident ohserved half a ings going one better j S-outhland Times). Froniil props which h'e had the I , f ore placed " on the green J were stripping the harhl delighted that they hadl ia.n excellent foundation I .nests. In a very short tiffj were bare, so eagerly dill ings use their beaks. | Yacht Missing | A week ago last Mondal three-quarter-ton yacht Hi ed and sailed hy Mr. S| Hastings, left Napier ie1! but has not since been v till last .night nothing 1 heard of her (says Monbl Bay Herald), other than!! ago she was tacking bourhood of Arap awanui 1 feared that she was car tm a strong we'sterly. Gap* Parsons said last nig^l ■thought there was the W the sailor's sheltering many shall coves along in the lee ef a rock. not fitted with an anxil* which might have ma&l for her to reach the slj coast, once she was difl sea. Incoming ships k '■ not seen any sign of