SOUTH CANTERBURY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 17985, 31 January 1924, Page 6

SOUTH CANTERBURY.

TIMARU. Social and Personal. Major and Mrs Bond are expected here from Mount Possession to-dav. They will spend a few days in town before returning to Claremont. Mrs Alister Mackenzie ("Edgeeliff"). will leave for Christchurch. on. Saturday.

Mrs E. J. Mirams (Beverley Toad) left for Christchurch yesterday. Miss Olive Lyon and Miss L. Hav are staying at Baincliff. Miss Lucy Temple (Woodbury) is the guest of her sister. Mrs Barker ("Ben McLeod"). Mrs C. V. Kirke (Avenue road) is visiting her mother, Mrs B. Sandilands (Dunediu). Archdeacon Haggitt and Mrs Haggitt (Christchurch) are spending a holidayin Timaru. Mrs Gordon Hall (Christchurch) is staying with Mrs Herbert Hall (To Meka street). Miss Bennett (Blenheim), who was the guest of Mrs Herbert Elworthy ("Craigmore") is now with Mrs Hunter-Wcston ("Higkborne"). Magistrate's Court. Several civil cases were called in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr E. D. Mosley, SJVI. Of those, only two were finally disposed of. W. Hall (Mr W. D. Campbell) sued George Adams for the recovery of £3 10s, and judgment was entered on his behalf, with costs 23s Gd. In a judgment summons case, R. and W. Brims (Mr Webber) v. A. J. McKenzie, claim £2 14s, the judgment debtor was orderedto pay the amount forthwith in default three days' hard labour in Paparua Prison.

Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., presided at a sitting of the "Magistrate's Court yesterday morning. Andrew Hamilton, farmer, of Gleniti, was fined £3, in default fourteen days' imprisonment, for being drunk while in charge of a. horse and gig. Hamilton had been enjoying himself in Stafford street on the previous afternoon, until finally ho backed his gig across the footpath and up against the wall of the Bank of New Zealand.

An application was entered to have a man, 82 years of age, committed to a home. Dr. Chesson had recommended sending the old man to a hospital first. He was committed to the Old People's Home at Timaru. Cars Collide. Yesterday morning at about 11.30 two cars, a taxi and a two-seater, came into collision in Stafford street, opposite the Old Bank Hotel. A crowd soon gathered round, and, as usual, offered tangled explanations of the accident. It appeared that Mr "Wilson had been driving 'northwards along Stafford street in his little Wolseley car at little more than a walking pace, when a taxi which was proceeding in the opposite direction suddenly swerved into Church street, cutting the corner and collided with Mr "Wilson's car. The taxi escaped undamaged, but Mr "Wilson's car had the front axle and steering-arm twisted and the off-wheel thrown out of alignment. The offspring was broken away from the axle ancL the mudguard was badly bent. No "one was hurt. Hot Water far Picnickers. In conversation with the Timaru representative of "The Press" last evening, a Timaru Borough Councillor, who is strongly in favour of providing hotwater free of charge to picnickers from Christchurch and elsewhere, stated that it was to the advantage of the citizens of Timaru to encourage these picnics as much as possible. It was a very good thing, he said, for any town when it was invaded by a thousand or two excursionists. Business received a fillip, and the big advertisement the town received was a matter worth taking into serious consideration. He personally knew of a family of three people included in the last Rakaia picnic who spent £l3 in Timaru during the course of the day. This money went in clothing, etc. Of course, every family would not get through this amount, but it proves that the town's beauty spots are not the only attraction. Pull arrangements had been made, he said, for the supply of hot water in any quantity free of charge. Fire. The Pire Brigade received a call to Evans's big flour mill at 5.30 last evening. It was found that a small leanto attached to the mill was alight. Ten minutes' hosing stopped the fire. Port of Timaru. Shipping movements at the Port of Timaru will be found in the shipping columns. WAIMATE. A local motor-cyclist had a very unpleasant experience on Tuesday, one that might have had a much more serious conclusion. "When travelling along the Main South road, he came on a car being driven in the same direction on the wrong sfde of the road. The driver, a woman, accompanied by a man, paid no heed to urgent signals, so the motor-cyclist found himself obliged to pass on the right. After he had safely negotiated the pass he turned in his seat to take a note of the careless driver for future reference. Just at this moment the front wheel slipped in the dust and he found himself curled up into a ball bowling along the road for some yards. Very fortunately he suffered no more serious injury than a broken ligament in the shoulder.

Mr Kingsbury, of Willowbridge, is the ■ owner of a lamb which might be called a freak of Nature. The extraordinary part about the lamb is,it possesses only two legs, where the hind legs should be are two hooks, but this does not deter the animal from moving about. Indeed, it is interesting to know it has travelled four miles with a flock of sheep, and been able to keep pace with its more fortunate brothers. It is in excellent condition, but at present, owing to increasing weight is experiencing difficulty in maintaining its equilibrium.