LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 49, Issue 196, 5 June 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Building permits issued in the past fortnight by the Borough Inspector were as follow: —Dwellings £750 and £625, additions £3OO. sheds £SO, £2O and £ls—a. total of £1760.

Motor-driver’s licenses issued for the new motoring year by the Borough Inspector totalled 484 up till yesterday.

Four cases of infectious diseases were notified to the Borough Health Inspector in* the past two weeks. One was of septicaemia <and three of scarlet fever.

Owiim to the indisposition of Mr T. 1) Burnett, M.P., the complimentary banquet and social which had been arranged by his supporters to be tendered to him at Pleasant Point has been postponed.

A Dunedin telegram reports that, showing the many services of the lieturned Soldiers* Association, the seciotary of the local branch states tnat after a year’s negotiations the committee lias succeeded in obtaining £669 back pension for a soldier which lie could not hayo obtained by Ins own efforts.

The fifteenth annual conference of the National Beekeepers’ Association was opened at Timaru ' this morning, when delegates, who numbered about 90 from all parts of the Dominion wero welcomed by the Mayor (Mv William Angland) and the Hev. Clyde Carr, M.P. The, annual report dealt at length with the work of the past year and the prospects of the industry (says a Prose Association message)

A Palmerston North telegram states that a fire at 2 a.m. yesterday destroyed a six-roomed . dwelling m Boundary Road Fast, the property of Mr E. Bruce, who. with. Mrs Bruce and two children, had to make a hurried' exit. The dwelling was insured for £I3OO, and the contents for £4OO. The owner i6‘a heavy loser, as the contents of the house included valuable pictures and other articles.

All the equipment for the new generating unit at the Lake Coleridge power station has come to hand. When installed this will be known as the No. 1 unit. Its capacity is 7500 k.w„ and it will bring the nominal generating capacity of the station up to its ultimate of 34,500 k.w. It is anticipated that the new unit will be installed and ready to put into commission in two months.

A nice taste in jewellery was displayed by thieves who visited the home of Mr A. G. Graham, manager for Briscoe and Co., at the intersection of Sea View Road and Bassett Road, Auckland, on Monday. Working silently and evidently systematically, the thieves made a haul of jewellery worth about £IOO, and in addition stole a small 6mn of money. The house stands back from the road, and the visitors 'apparently had no difficulty in approaching and leaving it.

A sale of cakes, sweets and produce was held in St. Andrew’s Hall this afternoon, the proceeds being in aid of the Presbj'torian Home, Maori and Foreign Missions. An attractive and varied display of goods was offered, and a satisfactory clearance resulted. The stallholders were: Cakes, Alesdames W. J. Moore, E. Buchanan and G. Anderson ; sweets, Mesdames E. Norrish and E. Staples; home delicacies, Mesdames Bootliroyd, S. Thompson and J. Thompson; afternoon tea, Mrs Lewis and the Misses Doak.

The annual meeting of the Ashburton Women’s Physical Culture Club was held in the High School Assembly Hall last evening. The following officers were elected: —Patron, Air F. A. Coldicott; president, Airs A. Todd; vice-presidents, Alesdames Furby, Campbell and Stevens; instructress, Airs Valentine; secretary, Aliss P. Anderton; committee, Airs Salmond, Alisses Smith, and Cambridge. After the usual exercises, supper was Handed round, and Aliss E. Aloore entertained the members with most enjoyable items at the piano. Seventy-four cases of infectious diseases occurred in the CanterburyWestland health district during the week ended at noon on Aloiiday. This is an increase of 10 over the figures for the previous week, accounted for by u sharp rise in the number of scarlet fever cases, which last week amounted to forty-three, compared with twentynine in the preceding week. Details are as follows, last week’s figures being given in parentheses : —Canterbury: Scarlet fever 42 (29), diphtheria 5 (5), tuberculosis 6 (4), pneumonia 2 (4), puerperal sepsis' 2 (0), erysipelas 1 (2),eclampsia 1 (0), actinomycosis 1 (0)., Westland.—Scarlet fever 1 (0), diphtheria 3 (4). During the week three deaths from tuberculosis occurred in Canterbury. On behalf of tiny Ashburton Competitions Society, Alessrs R. J. Thompson and T. AI. Clark waited on Hie Borough Council last evening and presented an enlarged photograph of the first exeem tive of the Society. Air Thompson pointed out that the Society had been fathered by the Advance Ashburton Association, and was out for the benefit of Ashburton in the way of improv ing the arts of music, elocution and dancing, endeavouring to raise local children to the standard attained in other and large centres. The photograph, they thought, would becomo part of the history of the towiie Air Clark pointed' out that of the 15 people in the photograph one had since died, and six others had left the town. The Mayor (Mr R. Galbraith) accepted the photograph on behalf of the Council and thanked the Society for its gift

The Allenton School Committee met on Monday evening, when there were present: Messrs It. Houston (chairman), E. C. Bathurst, G. Harris, H. Breach, J. McElhinney, G. Solway and G. Maynard. The headmaster (Mr W. S. Pratt) reported the roll number to be 211, and the average attendance lor the month 201. Miss Black commenced her duties on May 1. The staff proposed holding the annual fancy dress ball on Thursday,- June 27, and the school concert at the end of the term. A* vote of thanks was passed to Mr and Mrs Armstrong for their assistance at the recent socials. The chairman, on behalf of the members, thanked Mr Solway for providing shingle at the entrance gates to the school. The Visiting Committee reported the school grounds in good order. Messrs J. McElhinney and C. Maynard were appointed a visiting committee for the ensuing month. Mr E. C. Bathurst intimated that owing to the pressure of private business he would not be able to act as the committee’s representative on the Dental Clinic Committee

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