IN TOWN AND OUT

Southland Times, Issue 21098, 2 June 1930, Page 6

IN TOWN AND OUT

NEWS OF THE DAY. * * * * Shooting Accident. On Saturday night Allan Campbell, of Riversdale, a boy aged 13, was admitted to the Gore Hospital suffering from a bullet wound in the leg. At the time of the accident he was shooting rats with a pea rifle when, through some misadventure the rifle went off unexpectedly, causing the bullet to pass right through the lad’s leg. * * * * Basket Fungus. On Saturday Miss Kennelly, of Liddell street, brought into the Times Office for identification a peculiar fungus which was found growing in McCallum’s timber yard in Tyne street. The fungus proved to be Clathrus Cibarium, or basket fungus. In the early stages it has the form of an egg which when opened shows the unexpanded basket within. * * * * Fire in Selwyn Street. At 9.53 yesterday morning the City Fire Brigade received a call to 121 Selwyn Street, where a shed owned by Mr John Forrester had taken fire. The shed was detached from the house and it and its contents were severely damaged. The fire was caused by live embers blown from the ash tins. The shed was insured for £4O in the State Office. » » • • Cars Collide. At twelve o’clock yesterday a sedan car driven by Mr Henry A. Wilkes, of Waikiwi, was proceeding north in Main street, Gore, when a Ford delivery truck, driven by G. Ramage, swung out from Mersey street and collided with it on the intersection. The delivery van was struck in the front and turned completely round, had its windshield shattered and a front wheel torn off. The sedan car escaped serious damage, sustaining a smashed mudguard and running boards only. No one was injured. ® * * * Gore's Title. “If any New Zealand town has cause for concern as to .the euphony and general suitability of its name, it is Gore, the busy little inland centre of Southland’s eastern district,” states the Look-out Man in the Auckland Sun. "Natives of Gore almost invariably betray a certain sensitiveness on the subject of nomenclature; even the local newspaper—the Mataura Ensign—has named itself after a smaller but more pleasantly named township situated a few miles away. Perhaps, in their distress, the inhabitants might appeal to the Invercargill city councillors, tempting them with the assurance that their bright ideas would meet with a more happy reception 40 miles or so to the north-east.” * * * * Bread Cast Upon the Waters. There are instances on record which afford a verification of the scriptural injunction to “Cast thy bread upon the waters for thou shalt find it after many days,” but it is seldom that a public society benefits in this way, states the Otago Daily Times. A case in point, however, has just come under notice. A passenger on the Manuka, when she was wrecked in December last, thought she had lost her luggage, and was the recipient of a grant from the Shipwreck Relief Society of New Zealand. She has since ascertained that her luggage was inadvertently ■put ashore at Bluff, and as soon as she recovered it she returned to Mr D. E. Theomin, the honorary treasurer of tne society, the sum of £lO. The money was received on Friday, and the woman s action is greatly appreciated by the society. * * * *

Outsized Vegetables. Southland is famed far and wide for its chesee and lamb and to judge by four vegetables brought to Invercargill by a Waikawa resident on Saturday, it may yet be famed for its vegetables. The vegetables referred to were two onions and two carrots. The onions were splendid firm specimens and weighed 24 ounces and 18 ounces respectively. The larger onion measured 15J inches in circumference and the smaller measured 14J. The carrots were of similar shape and size, one weighing 36 ounces and the other a shade less. They were both 14 inches in circumference and a little over six inches in length, being of the short stumpy variety. The vegetables were grown in sandy soil near the Waikawa Beach by Mr A. H. Campbell, who grew some unusually large parsnips in the same ground last year. * *. * * Week-end Anniversaries. Anniversaries of many events of outstanding importance fell on Saturday and Sunday. In May, 1809, Francis Joseph Haydn, the famous composer, died. On the same date in 1871 the first meeting of the New Zealand University Council was held. On May 31, 29 years later, in 1900, Pretoria was occupied by Lord Roberts and two years later, on May 31, the Peace of Pretoria, which concluded the Second Boer War, was signed. On May 31, 1905, an attempt was made on the life of the King of Spain in Paris, in 1906 the marriage of King Alfonso and Princess Ena was celebrated, and in 1916 the Battle of Jutland was fought. Yesterday was no less rich in anniversaries. On June 1, 1794, Lord Howe was victorious over the French fleet off Brest, in 1837 the City of Melbourne was founded, in 1846 Pope Gregory XVI died, and in 1848 the rush for gold on the Sacramento River, California, took place. Twenty-seven years later, in 1875, the Chain Hills tunnel was punched, and in 1879 the Prince Imperial of France, Napoleon’s grandnephew, was killed by the Zulus while fighting in the British Army. In 1885 Victor Hugo, the French novelist, died, and in 1915 the Turks were defeated iu their'big attack off Gaba Tepe.

Good Morning Club. •_ In view of the interest displayed in certain quarters as a result of a suggestion made recently that a “Good Morning Club” be formed in Invercargill, the aims and objects of the club which is proving popular in Wellington, are printed below. The president of the Wellington Club is Mr A. E. Russell, who states: “The idea is this. Members' of the club simply agree to greet everyone, even on the telephone, without regard for personal, religious, political and other differences, with a cheery’ 'Good Morning’ with an upward inflection in the voice. A happy good morning for wives and husbands, for children and the maid, the same to the cook, the policeman, postman, fellow workers and the boss, and by’ so doing broadcast melody and harmony up the pathway of life. Winter is near, clouds appear, rain comes and fogs darken. Winter is necessary as a season and should be welcome. Let’s welcome it. You are inyited to accept the pledge of the Good Morning Club, .which is: ‘I undertake to say a happy Good Morning to everyone.’ The motto of the club is: ‘Let’s go through life smiling.’ The crest, ‘The Joy Germ.’ This wave of ‘Good Morning 7 happiness and optimism is a counter-movement to the pessimists and people who are never satisfied unless they arc spreading gloom, disruption and trouble.”