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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 52, 1 February 1932, Page 6

Three seamen, deported from the' United States, are. on their way. back to Australia-by the Sonoma, which arrived at Auckland last week. The men had left their ships at American ports and, having been unable to find now berths within the period, laid down by the immigration laws,. had been shipped, back to Sydney their port of departure. ; _ Following mild conditions on Saturday the weather changed somewhatabruptly when the Wind veered to the south-east and was accompanied by one or two light showers; of ram. was a marked drop in the temperature at night, which was unusually cold for mid-summer. there was brilliant and fine weather yesterday although there was a keen edge to the wind in the. afternoon. Changeable conditions were again • m evidence this morning, which was cold and dull, with the threat of impending rain. Make light work of polishing jobs. Use “Tan-01.” Gives a bright lasting shine to floors furniture, linoleums, footwear and fabric and duco-finished car bodies. Very I economical. All stores.—Advt.

At about 4.30 o’clock yesterday afternoon' the bursting of a steampipe in a local factory caused the automatic alarm to summon the Fire Brigade, but the services of the firemen were not required.

Special -prayers for world peaui were offered in the churches yesterday. This was at the suggestion of the New Zealand Council ot the League of Nations Union, which communicated wiJi the heads of New Zealand churches some time ago

Of dark brown plumage with light spots, a New Zealand shining cuckoo has been found and is to be stuffed'in Taranaki and placed in the New- Plymouth Museum. The bird, which-is about ten indues long, with a very long tail, is thought to have been electrocuted.

A peak of 7850 feet in the "Two Thumb” Range, comprising the God-,ley-Rangitata watershed of the Southern Alps, has been named Mount Coates with the consent of Rt._ Hon. J. G. Coates. This mountain lies between Mounts D’Archiac (9279 ft.) and Forbes (8385 ft.).

A valuable brindle greyhound dog, the property of Mr T. Brown, of Hamilton East, was destroyed under unusual, circumstances. The dog was negotiating the corner of Graham and Brookfield Streets, Hamilton East,; when it struck a fire-plug indicator, and was so severely injured that . its immediate destruction was imperative. As there is usually some congestion in the Supreme Court on the -opening day of the sessions, owing to the presence of so many jurymen and wit; nesses, in addition to the public, it is understood there will be no admittance of the public at the opening of the sessions in Palmerston North to-morrow until the witnesses and jurymen have first been accommodated.

A half-grown but well developed penguin which had obviously died but a short while previously was found on Saturday afternoon between the railway line and the Himatangi-Foxton Road, about half a mile from Motuiti. The discovery of the penguin so-far inland was somewhat mystifying, and 'it is a matter for conjecture whether its own wanderings had .carried it to the place where it died, or whether it had been transported thither from the beach by the occupants of some car.

“The fact that a man holds a license to drive a motor car does not entitle him to ride a motor cycle,” remarked Mr A. M. Mowlem, S.M., at the Police Court at Napier in fining a defendant ss, and 10s costs, for riding a motor cycle without a license. Defendant stated that he held a motor car license and thought that that would be sufficient. “I have driven a car for a number of years, but I do not know what sort of a job I’d make astride one of those machines,” remarked the magistrate. A fine specimen of the tree, or giant, begonia is to be seen growing in the lounge of a Devonport hotel. It is about 18 months old, and its lovely foliage is particularly healthy and vigorous, some of the branches being Bft or 9ft long. Some time ago a branch was- accidentally broken off. Instead of throwing it away, the wife of the proprietor placed the broken end in a bucket of water, and left the branch propped up in a corner.. To her surprise, it not only continued to flourish, but threw out a root, a growth of curiously-shaped tendrils appearing round the base. Some unemployed men have complained that when working in camps they have to pay most of their wages out for food, but those 'who have been working in the Selwyn County have had nothing to grumble about on that score, says the Christchurch Times. The county engineer, Mr E. Butt', lias given them available help, and, by buying wisely, the men are fed at a cost of only one shilling per day each. Mutton is bought on the hoof, and there is always one of the men who can butcher the sheep satisfactorily. The man selected by the gang for their cook has all the accounts made out in his name, and it is seldom that a week seems more than a-seven shilling debit against a worker’s name for rationing. Mr Butt even sees to the delivery of supplies and mail to the camps. ./

A few seconds after the passengers had crawled uninjured out of a service car which had capsized on Smith's Hill two miles north of Towai, the vehicle burkt into flames and was completely destroyed. The car, which was proceeding from Whangarei to Whangaroa on the Kawakawa highway, was driven by Mr L. Anderson, of Kaeo, and contained seven passengers. As it was ascending the hill the car became out of control, the cause, it is stated, being fault in the steering system. The car skidded violently across the road and plunged over a ten-foot bank, completely capsizing and coming to rest on its hood against a fence. The driver's band was severely lacerated and crushed, but he and all the other occupants were able to crawl out. A few seconds later the benzine tank exploded and the vehicle began to blaze fiercely, the flames rising 20ft. into the air and setting fire to adjacent gorse. The luggage was salvaged, but a quantity of money and jewellery which had been left in a handbag in the car was burned. The sum of money lost is said to be over £5, but the value of the jewellery was not ascertainable.