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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 July 1938, Page 6

Tin Hare Racing. Determined steps are being taken in Masterton to inaugurate tin hare racing, and it is reported that proposals for the laying-out of a track at Memorial Park are being discussed. For several week-ends past large crowds have journeyed to Taueru to watch the dogs chasing a novel “hare” cleverly manipulated by a device planned by Mr Steve Cooper. The sport is being enthusiastically backed by Masterton greyhound owners and appears as if it will soon be placed on a solid basis. Measles in the South. While cases of measles have been reported to be fairly general in New Zealand at present, Otago and Southland are stated to be practically free from infection. The district medical officer of health (Dr T. McKibbin) stated that a few cases had been reported from Gore, Invercargill and Dunedin. The measles were of the small-spotted, or German, variety, and were in a very mild form. There were no traces whatever of any complications such as had been alleged were associated with gome cases in North Auckland.

“Eccentric Women.” An Australian visitor to Invercargill said she was surprised to find so many eccentric women in the city. She said that in Australia women cyclists were regarded as eccentric persons, but it was pointed -out to her that it was by no means unusual for women to ride bicycles in New Zealand. From Abbey to Back Yard. The back yard of the Invercargill Police Station recently established a link with Westminster Abbey. Coronation robes and regalia, worn by Their Majesties the King and Queen ‘ and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose for the historic ceremony in the Abbey, lay all night in lorries in the Police Station yard because no suitable hall was available for them. Through unforeseen circumstances the exhibit arrived in Invercargill two days early and arrangements could not be made on the spur of the moment for the housing of such valuables. The lorries, specially constructed for the carriage of their precious freight, were carefully watched by members of the police force; it is seldom that articles to the value of £50,000 lie in a police station yard.