TIMARU ITEMS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17394, 3 March 1922, Page 11

TIMARU ITEMS.

!' '„ Threshed' Wheat at *"\ »k in South- CantereJ and plaints are lhilW fThave handled a tU they very 09 wbSh could be classed ° ua lilv rnilling- Farmers tCkthreshmg they save packing, but brokers 5 tta money lost' through \L *ould much more than L have lost a shdhng a 0 wie their wheat on SffbSSt was in milling • ffJ!JL Classes. .!.• ii«>!t Professors She!- £ fie ColPSff'i&lfi, of Christ■jKLid a meeting on the SwEA i Professor Shelley ?» nrtke proposed Umver- *« iLtul in Timaru. The listened to, 1 dr- a strong appeal to the __ •Ctli Canterbury to raise : 3?? "flrt » would be possible for * garters in Timaru. *' ' - postal Matters, * «~i, secretary of the Post and * LSpSnent,andMrShrimp--2* *ffif Telegraph Engineer, made a & "'Tftath Canterbury this week, £ "-AfWo matters connected with * ?ffr« Dts ' r" ticuli 7 !y , m }° *•' ttrtunesions and rural mail deh MP" jfcv were waited upon by •'" Kinmber of deputations. jnegally Taking Trout. uiki Magistrate's Court yesterday, , *LWa retired sheep-farmer was ;H Kith Having on August 11th of '"•' ,*Sr Dleeallv taken a trout from -'. ffi*na. The information * O for the defendant, who pleadI *&i said that on the day named m K'Wigley had taken a party Stt'nator-car to Lake Alexandnna, ■EfLtie (then ranger to the South MCfojtot Acclimatisation Society) invited to accompany the Kfre-s guest. Mr Wigley's misBEft2i to secure photographs of Tourist Department, and

to inspect and weigh some of the bigger fish in the lake. The defendant was a member of the party.'_. Scott'sCreek was visited and some fish were taken out, weighed, photographed, and put back. .Unfortunately the defendant conceived the idea of playing a practical joke on the ranger by taking one of the fish under his nose, as it were, and bringing it back to Timaru in the car with the ranger, without letting the know anything about it. On the journey to the lake the ranger had been boasting of his work among poachers, and it was this that prompted the defendant to play a joke on him. The defendant had had his little joke, and, as he had broken the law, he recognised that he would have to pay for it. It was not an ordinary case of poaching. It was unpremeditated, and it' was six months old. Three members of the party were originally charged, but the charges against two of them had been afterwards withdrawn, \as the defendant said that he was solely responsible for taking the trout. A nominal fine would meet the case. Mr Campbell, for Leckie, said he believed the facts were as stated by Mr Finch, and the Magistrate imposed the minimum fine of £2, with costs 17s and £1 Is solicitor's fee. Swimming^CarnivaL

The Old BoyV Amateur Swimming Club held their annual electric light swimming carnival last night, in anything but propitious weather, a drizzling rain falling. Notwithstanding this, there was a large attendance, the announcement that Miss Gwitha Shand, Miss Kathleen Bristed, and other Christchuroh ladies would be competing being in part responsible for this. An exhibition of fancy swimming by the Misses Shand and Bristed proved" a great attraction. L. B. Wheeley won the 100yd3 South Canterbury Championship by four yards from Sutherland and Stewart, the time being 66 2-osec. A&hburton Old Boys won the 200 yds Inter-Club . Relay, Timaru Old Boys coming second. The 50yds Inter-Club Handicap went to Miss Kp.thleen Bristed, of Christchurch, who won by a touch from Rasmussen ,and 6. Lawson, the time being 34 1-osec. The 50yds Ladies' Handicap was won by Miss A. Mather, with 2sec handicap,. Miss Simes (scr) being second. Time, 33 l-ssoc. The high dive was won by D. Lawson, Miss Bristed, who did not _ dive as well as usual, being second. ' In the springboard dive, however, she outclassed the other competitors, and won very easily. She also won the special trophy for most points in diving events.