NEW ZEALAND NEWS
Thames Acceptances. Acceptances for the Thames Trotting Club's meeting on October 5 are announced. Racing at Foxton. Taranaki horses figure in most events at the spring meeting of the Foxton Racing Club to-day. Hydrogen Explosion. A Tauranga Boy suffered injury to an eye when hydrogen exploded in a school laboratory experiment. Weather Fine and Mild. Fair and mild weather with unsettled conditions extending from the south later is predicted in the official forecast. Art Union Prizes. The first prize in the Lucky Scoop art union was won by a Te Kuiti ticketholder. Only £5 prizes came to Taranaki. Home Guard Commanders. Approved appointments of four district commanders of the Home Guard were announced by the Hon. Robert Semple last night. Fields for Paeroa, "Good fields are engaged for the opening day of the Ohinemuri Jockey Club's spring meeting at Paeroa. There is a prospect of a division in one race. British Children Arrive. Bringing the first official party of British children to New Zealand, a ship berthed at Wellington yesterday with a cheerful band waiting to greet their new home. Hamilton Rescue. Unable to swim and semi-conscious, a Hamilton man who fell 50ft into the Waikato River from the traffic bridge was rescued by a passing cyclist, who dived in fully clothed. Smash-and-Grab at Greymouth. Watches and rings worth over £250 were stolen when a jeweller's window vas smashed at Greymouth.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 September 1940, Page 1
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