SOUTH CANTERBURY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18015, 6 March 1924, Page 4

SOUTH CANTERBURY.

TIMARU.

i Social and Personal, ! Mr and Mrs van Asrh (Christehnrch; I are r.r the Hydro. •' Mr and Mrs Speight fChristchureh 1 . are at the Grosvenor. ' Dr. and Mrs Kidd •' i the week-end in Timaru. i Mrs D. C. Tennent (Wellington) \s J the guest of Mrs A. Y. Olliver ('Levels'. ; Dr. and Mrs Aitken and family ; Christchurch are staying hi the Gros- • venor Hotel. ! Mr and Mr; K. G. i{:»wnsic-y i'Perth ; street . are visiting Christchureh. Mr and Mrs Edie. Mi.-s Edie. and Mr |J. Edie iTnvereargill' , and Mr C. ; Grater (Dunedin) are staying at Kelso. 1 Miss Orbeil ("The Levels") is in Chrisrchuroh. Major arid Mrs W. X. Bond (Clare:nont i returned rrom f'hristehureh on Tuesday. Mr and Miss Hope have returned to ''Tumanako " after a week-end spent . in fishing at the Rangitata mouth. Mr and Mrs H. A. le Cren and Miss ' E. le Cren returned to '' Xgapunawni" yesternny, .'ifrcr :i short srity ill town. Mr and Mrs Brabant (Waikato), who : were visiting Timaru. have gone to ■ Dune'din. Mrs Frank Smith (Waratah. Alburv), who is at Lake Tekapo, will return home on Saturday. , Mrs E. G. Wright and Miss Barbara ; Morgan (Windermere, Winslow) arrived lin Tiniarti yesterday. While here they ' will be the guests of Mrs C. J. le Cren ! (Grey road). ! Mr and Mrs Ronton, who have sold j their run at Hakataramea. .spent a few days lately with Mrs W. Sergeant ! (Meremere street). They left Timaru : yesterday for Christchureh, en route to I Auckland. : ; The Weather.

During the past few days rain has appeared imminent on several occasions, but it was not till Tuesday that a shower of any value was experienced. At about ~> p.m. a light rain began to fall, and it continued intermittently for some time. Yesterday morning the sky was still overcast, and several light showers fell during the day. At the Park 38 points of rain were registered during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday. Court News. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., judgment by default was given in the following eases:—Canterbury Frozen Meat Co. v. E. Bell, £2 Is 6d; Queensland Insurance Co. v. A. J. Mackenzie, £o; R. A. Rodgerg v. A. O. Mackenzie, £S lg 6d; White and O'Brien v. S. .T. Coughlan, £o2 6s; Hogg's Cycle Depot v. G. E. Graham, £8 5s 9d; J. L. Baxter v. H. Henry, £3 3s.

W. Hall v. George Adams, cl;iim for £5 14s 6cl. The defendant was ordered to pay the amount forthwith, in default six days' imprisonment, " the warrant to be suspended for 14 days. J. F. Molloy v. Allan E. Brooker, claim for £26 5s Bd. Mr Molloy stated that the defendant had paid £2, and was willing to pay £1 per week. He was sentenced to '26 days' imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended so long as he pays £1 per week. William Clark, who had been remanded, was charged with having deserted from the Athenic at Wellington. He was convicted and discharged.

The Inspector of Awards (Mr J. F. Arnold) proceeded against the Timaru Herald Company, Ltd., for a breach of the Ashburton and Timaru journalists' award.

Mr Arnold stated that the Herald Company was employing a young man named Walter Smith as a reader and paying him £1 15s per week instead of £4 and 10 per cent, for night-work.

Walter Smith said he was 16 years of age. He was receiving £1 15s per week, and started with the "Herald" in June last year. He began work at 7 p.m., and his duties consisted of answering the telephone, reading proofs, and holding copy. He left the office at 3 a.m., and from midnight to that time was engaged in reading proofs. His Worship stated that it was clear that Smith was not either substantially or solely engaged as a reader, and the case would therefore be dismissed without costs.

Globe Trotter Halts Too Long. Captain "Billy" Herbert, the man reported to be walking round the world for a wager, spent a happy day in Timaru on Tuesday, and as a result it was found necessary to take him to the lock-up, he being in a helpless condition. At about 5.30 p.m. Ite gave a demonstration of flute-playing in Stafford street, but as rain was falling he found the pavement was hardly a suitable place to while away the time, and he wandered aimlessly about the street until a man in blue came along and took him in charge. He had over £1 on him, and did not have to spend the night in the cell, being released at about 10 o'clock. When his name was read out at the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning there was no appearance of "Billy," and he was fined 10s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment with hard labour. Mr Mosley, S.M., remarked that he had evidently succeeded in quenching here the thirst he had at Ashburton.

Port of Timaru. Shipping movements at the Port of Timaru will be found in the shipping columns.