LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 168, 30 April 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A motion, fov discharge from 'bankruptcy will ho moved in the Supreme Court at Timaru on Tuesday by Ronald Frederick- Spollerboirg, of Ashburton, for whom Mr 0. G. do C. Drury is noting.

A number of men of R Squadron (Ashburton Mounted Rifles) of the O.Y.C. arrived in Ashburton this morning by train before the south-bound express. These men have completed a thr.ee months’ course of training at Burnham.

; Congratulations were extended to Die Scouts on their parade on Anzac Day arid to the Scouts and Cubs on the wreaths that they laid on the occasion, at a meeting of the executive committee of the Ashburton Boy'Scouts- last evening. The resignation of Mr H. D. Irving, who is to be transferred from the district, was received with regret.

A delegate from Rakaia to* the annual meeting of. the* Ashburton Women’s Hockey Association last evening asked whether junior players of the Rakaia.. Club wriuld lie allowed to wear sockettes as they could not afford purchase the usual type of stocking. It was decided that the wearing c*f sockettes hv junior players .should be left to the discretion of the clubs.

Two pathways in the* Ashburton Domain are being ploughed up in preparation for sowing down in grass as lawn. The path extending from the entrance at the corner of West and Wills Streets by the Ashburton Croquet Club’s lawns to the Curator’s office is being disposed of while the path running from the same entrance as far as'the rose-walk is also being done away with in favour of a pathway along the lake to the centre of the Domain.

Officers elected at the annual meeting of the Ashburton Catholic Club this week were as follow-.—Patron, the Very Rev. Dean J. J. O’Donnell; president, Mr F- McDonnell; vice-presi-dent, Air J. O’Keefe; life member, Air F. Iv. Cooper; secretary and tieasurer. Mr K. Reynolds; assistant secretary and treasurer, Mr J. .Smith ; executive, Alessrs J. Brown,* M. L. Grequer, AI. D. Cimneen, and J. Bradley; auditor. Air S'. Madden. The financial statement showed a credit of more than £l4.

As the years go by there is less need: for traction engines, and the appearance of such a machine at work in Ashburton the other day was an event for many children on the east- side of the town. For them a traction engine, other fl,ian the diminutive specimen employed on the streets by the Borough Council, was an. event, and there was a. crowd mound a* large tractor engine engaged in removing trees from a section. The; engine’s snortings and hissing; and tho operation of its fly-wheel and other unfamiliar works proved to bo a decided attraction. ’.:■■■■

“Our boys am keeping the bombs away from us, and we ewe it- to.them to give to the patriotic funds as a gesture of appreciation,” said the chairman of the Victory Queen Carnival Committee, Mr J. Annand-Smith. when urging that the policy of directgiving to the funds was a, practical gesture of thankfulness to the members of the fighting forces oyerseps. He issued a reminder also that the funds now being collected were being used for the relief of our kinsfolk overseas who -are suffering from bombing raids, as well as for the relief of members of the fighting forces.

A complaint that Ooyernment servants and school teachers, by teaching musical subjects as a part-time occupation, wore depriving registered music teachers of their means of livelihood. was made by the Alusie Teachers’ Registration. Board of New Zealand in a letter received by the meeting of the Wellington Education Board. The letter quoted a resolution of. protest against the practice, which a recent Now Zealand' conference, of professional musicians had decided fo send to the Government. “This does not apply to music teaching, only,” remarked Air .T. J. Clark, a member of the board.

Notwithstanding the many demands that are being made upon the community to-day. for funds for patriotic and other purposes, there is still in the hearts of the people a place for the children. This is shown by the result of this year’s Health Stamp Campaign, tlie funds received from which are devoted to the- care and maintenance of children in health, camps, throughout the Dominion. Health stamps were on sale from October to February, and the proceeds from the stamp sales and donations amounted to £B63B.compared with £8390 for the previous year. The amount due to be paid to Health Camp organisations from this year’s campaign is over £SOOO.

Three main dispatches of unaddrosseel gift parcels received through provincial patriotic councils of the Dominion have now been sent overseas for the New Zealand forces by the National Patriotic Fund Board. In all the number of these parcels sent to date is nearly 100,000. The scheme introduced by the board to ensure that each member of the Dominion’s fighting services would receive a parcel from home at intervals has been an unqualifieu success. Many letters have been received by the board, from Major-Gen-eral B. C. Frcyberg, General Officer Commanding the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, down to the humblest private, expressing appreciation of the system and the nature of the p a reels.—P ress A ssocia t ion.

'Hie Canterbury Chamber of Commerce has been advised of a further relaxation in restrictions on the import of golf balls. It has been decided that licences will be granted for imports of golf balls from the United Kingdom to the extent of a further 20 per cent, of the value of imports from there in 1938. The chamber has also been advised of other relaxations. Licences will he granted for imports from India of boys’ cricket hats, sizes one to six, to the extent of 50 per cent, of the value cf imports from India in 1938. Allocations already granted for imports of bicycle' inner tubes from the United Kingdom to the extent of 33 1-3 per cent, of the value of 1938 imports from all sources will bo increased to 100 per cent., and licences will be granted accordingly. Licences will also bo granted for imports of towels (Terry or Turkish) from the United Kingdom during the JiilyDccembcr period. 1941, to the'extent of the value of imports of similar towels from the United Kingdom in the July-December period of 1938.

A light tourer motor-cniy-thf*- property of Air Pereival Hughes, ol Colombo Street. Christchurch, which was stolen in Christchurch on Friday, was found abandoned, two miles south of Hinds Yesterday.

Sore throats, always prevalent, in tin late autumn, are more than usually common in. Ashburton this year, possibly the result of the continued damp weather. Doctors report that the complaint is'mono noticeable than usual. One doctor to whom a “Guardian” reporter spoke by telephone this morning was himself a sufferer.

To-dav was the final day on which the Ashburton Post Office would receive donations made in the radio patriotic appeal on Friday night. Mr C. Ward (the ■ Postmaster) said to-day that amounts had been coming in fairly ireolyi After to-day Borough donations that were made in this appeal should be paid into the local Patriotic Committee, said Air Ward.

Ihe route that motorists desiring to reach the motor-camping ground in the Ashburton Domain are instructed by sign-post to follow, has been altered. To teach the ground motorists, are now instructed. to, travel via Havelock and Grigg Streets. Formerly the route was via the entrance at the corner of AVeSt Street and Walnut Avenue.

More and more flower plants are going into Baring Square East and m the future the public pf Ashburton may expect a wonderful show of colour in ibis area. In the main shrub-borders the shrubs are interspersed with plots ,of Canterbury bols while the edges of these borders are lined with daffodils, tn. the beds along the diagonal paths are macula-eyed sweet william. The plots in the central court contain polyanthus and graphyacinth, the edges being in. pansies.

It is well that the g,roup of young men who stood at the corner of. B.urnett and East Streets at mid-day today arc not a true sample of .the New Zealand Territorial Army, There wore several in the group, all in uniform and all. just released from the C.Y.O. camp at Burnham. Their behaviour was a shocking exhibition. As women and girls went, by the alleged soldiers passed remarks on their dress and their deportment, and generally acted in a manner that even primary school pupils would have scorned. Their pre sciice and actions were a disgrace to them' uniforms and their country.

Sixty-three lambs, the property of. Messrs Nicoll Bros., were discovered smothered in an accommodation paddock at the: junction! of the Long Bay and Christchurch-A karoa. main highway, Takamatua, recently. There wore 400 lambs put,in the paddock overnight and when the drover went to remove them he found the lambs .smothered in, the lower corner. It vs thought that a dog caused the loss during the night by driving the sheep into ihe. corner of the paddock, which is steep. The lambs showed no sign of being worried. The lambs came from the Long Bay district and were hound for the freezing works.

The following is contained in an advertisement appearing in the “Ashburton Guardian” on April 30, 1891:prof'essor Douglas Archibald, ALA., Oxen., will, deliver .an intensely interesting. 1 ecture, illustrated by 1 i melight views, and exhibit the incredible capabilities of Edison’s astounding talking machine. Songs' by famous artists, speeches by Mr W. E. Gladstone, instrumental music performed in Eurdpe and America will he actually reproduced jvith astounding fidelity. The phono* graph is capable of reproducing the same voice, from the same “records” many thousands of 'times. By this means human speech may be preserved for ever, and the voices of the living and the dead will mingle in futurity.

A ■ minor tragedy marked the 'embarking of the Williamson Musical. Comedy Company’s effects for Australia after a highly successful Gilbert and Sullivan season in New Zealand (states the Auckland “Star.”). As the company’s stage properties were being loaded 1 a basket and. a case fell from the sling into the harbour. One of the staff, Mr ■H. Leathcrbarrow, dived in and kept the receptacles afloat until they could bo hoisted back to the wharf and prepared for stowing on the ship. It was found that the* mishap had resulted in excessive christening, with sea water of “H.M.S. Pinafore” costumes specially made in Sydney for the New Zealand tour. Sadjy stained was the uniform of the ruler of the king’s navee, and much bedraggled were alt the brave garments of all his uncles and his cousins and his aunts. In consequence a now set of “Pinafores” for the company was ordered in Sydney by cablegram and it is hoped they will he ready for the, launching of “H.M.S. Pinafore” in Brisbane.

A representative of Messrs J. R. Procter, Limited, Christchurch, is at present in' Ashburton, and may be consulted on all defects of eyesight at the Somerset Hotel to-morrow and Friday. —(Advt).