Wellington Poppy Day Returns.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 May 1939, Page 6

Wellington Poppy Day Returns.

• Poppy Day sales in Wellington this year reached the record total of £1789 0 IJd. Last year's collection amounted to £1579. " Praise for New Zealand Sheep Dogs. “The sheep dogs of New Zealand are second to none throughout the world,” said Mr C. Hay, who acted as judge at the golden jubilee meeting of the East Coast Dog Trial Club’s meeting in Porangahau. That applied, he said, to some of the dogs seen in action in Porangahau. Tour of Schools. Mr W. L. Deavoll, secretary of the Wellington Education Board, accompanied by Colonel T. W. McDonald and Mr Alex McDonald, two Wairarapa members of the board, is visiting the Tinui and Whareama district today in connection with school matters.. Yesterday the Pahiatua and Eketahuna areas were visited. Car Crashes Into Shop. A sensational smash, involving a large motor car and a cake shop, occurred in Hataitai (Wellington) shortly after midnight. The car, turning from Taurima Street, which leads from the Hataitai traffic tunnel, dashed across Mdxham Avenue, and, bursting the windows of the shop, drove 10 feet or! more inside it, wrecking everything in its path. After wrecking the shop the car was backed out by its driver, who turned the vehicle towards Kilbirnie and drove it about 200 yards down Moxham Avenue before he was overtaken by a police constable, who had leapt into another car and given pursuit. The driver, who was not injured, was arrested. The car was considerably damaged.

An amateur farmer says he has had enough of farming. Found it a harrowing experience.