IN THE NEWS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 422, 1 May 1937, Page 4

IN THE NEWS.

WRESTLING BOUT. The Stratford Wrestling. Associa- 1 tion’s first match of the season will take place at the Town Hall on Saturday next, when Don. Mclntyre, of Canada, will meet Tom Mead. SOLDIERS’ GRAVES. The statement that the non-uni-form itv of soldiers’ graves in Waikumefp Cemetery constituted a blot on All cl land was made by Mr T. Long nt t r P annual mooting of the Auckland Returned Soldiers’ Association. Fhmc of the graves had no crosses, nnf] wovs and means should be foun'l tn ensure uniformity, the speaker added. SOLDIERS’ SUPERANNUATION. A proposed remit to the Dominion confc rrnce of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association advocating superannuation for ex-servicemen it the age of 50 was greeted with prolonged cheering at. the annual meeting of the Auckland association. “Will it be retrospective?” asked a member amid laughter. The remit was carried unanimously. AUCKLAND POST OFFICE. Tians for an extension to the chief post office nt Auckland which were announced in 1935, following the purchase by the Post and Telegraph Department of part of the old railway station site, were further advanced this week, when Public Works Department employees commenced boring to prepare the site plans and go i into the question of foundations. NEXT EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS. The last international Eucharistic Congress was held in-Manila (Philippine Island). Advice is to hand Dy mail that the next Eucharistic Congress (1938), is to be held in Budapest, the beautiful capital city of Hungary. This will be the first international congress of this character to be held in Europe since 1934. The dates of the Budapest congress will be from May 23 to 29.

a NO CHANTICLEERS ALLOWED. | Because the crowing of roosters at : night and in the early morning dis- ! turbs the sleep of guests in hotels I and boardinghouses, the Rotorua Bor- ! ough Council this week adopted a bylaw prohibiting the keeping of poultry iin the inner area of the town. An- ■ other new by-law provides that dogs ! in the streets in the same area mu't be securely held bv their owners on ■a. suitable leash. T*his was enacted : owing to complaints by shopkeepers ; that stray dogs were an increasing , nuisance as well as a danger to traf- , SHOOTING SEASON PROSPECTS. 1 The wild duck fly best after a night !of showers, say sporting men; and in l that case the opening of the shooting season promises extraordinarily well. i Many sportsmen who in depression • years looked regretfully at their guns, ,i oiled them, and put them away again I because they did not think they could I well afford a license, are shooting | again this year. Reports that duck, l swan, and pheasant are in greater numbers than for many years encouraged the more pessimistic, members of I the outdoor fraternity to arise before dawn to-day.