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Shannon News, 12 January 1923, Page 3

During a discussion at the Taranaki County Council meeting on Monday with reference to the approach to tlvOmata eenipiervy Councillor Vickers mentioned incidentally that there was burle'd in this historic spot Antonio Hodrfquez do Snrdinhti, a New Ze nland Cros= man, but sad to relate, the only means of identification to hi? grave w : if. a depression in the ground. It'was a great pity that the prr-ve c such a br.we man should be so r»f gloctod. Tf was suggested that ihh' was a matter which might well he brought under the notice of the or-Irani-ration whic'i had charge of =-nideirs' graves. Councillor PpnvnnVn said the net Tor which the deceased won the New Zealand Cross was one <:f b.avery. and it w>* a shame that his burial-place shoui- 1 >^ so neglected. During the fighting at ft!in,.'' ; u\u hi. )•<■"'!" out under v n rv hf-nvy fire and succeeded in bringing in two wounded comrades.

Cup, with an imimsl of 8.10. '•'•'""•'"■ hi-? :'-") nf she l'i'sl handicap horses i" Ihe Dominion in the list, and allhn<-.-i; some may drop out in the ac'e"'- »!!(■(??, iherc is bound to be a big field

and sood r:-ce. , The Telegraph Handicap at Wellington is a:-!on? the best sprint mess in Vnv Zc-ahnd, and a fine field has nominated. The handieapper has allotted Ihe weights in the first five or the 30 hoik's as fallows: Glentnin 0.13, Tama't-te 0.8, The Hawk 0.7, S<>>laneHn 0.5 :ind Rational 0.4. Among ihe light-weights is the Otaki trained Miss Rene 6.7.

Wiiipalu. who srored at Levin and other recent meetings, has been given lop weight, 0.2, in the F.uapehu Handicap at Wellington, of five and ahalf furlongs. The ex-Levin hon-e Paphian lias been allotted 8.7, and -l-o Otaki representative, Petunia, 7.5. Thirty-nine are nominated.