TIMARU.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18969, 6 April 1927, Page 8

TIMARU.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. At a meeting of the Timaru Presbytery yesterday the Moderator, Mr P. G. Hughes, welcomed Mr R. Taylor, who has; recently taken up the position of missionary at Orari. A motion of appreciation was passed to Mr J. Ander«on,- late of Orari, who has left for Cheviot. Municipal Elections. A further meeting of business men, to consider nominations for the Municipal! Elections took place this week. The-decisions arrived at were not made known. Messrs P. C. TinneJl and G. Benstead, present members of the Borough Council, -when interviewed by a representative of The Press yesterday, stated that- they were free for nomination. Mr J. A. Hay, also a present member ef the Council, stated he had not definitely decided to contest the election. Itrjs understood that the Mayor, Mr G. J. Wallace, is to be approached to consent to nomination for the Mayoralty. Mr J. F. Arnold has not yet given a definite answer to those who a have him to stand for the Mayoralty, but if he decides to contest : the seat, he will make the third candidate, as Mr Wallace stated that he was free for nomination, and Mr W. Angland has definitely decided to become- a candidate. . It-is. suggested that the Labour Re-presentation-Committee will nominate a eandidate for the Mayoralty. Unemployment. The position regarding unemployment ( In Timaru shows no sign of improvement, although it is not considered 'serious. There are at present twentyeight men on the books at the Labour Department, nine of whom made application for work last . week. Presbytery Meeting. A meeting of the Timaru Presbytery took ,place yesterday, Mr P. G. Hughes (Moderator) presiding over a large attendance. " The Honje Mission Committee wrote •tatiiig that it had decided to make a grant of £2O to the Orari Home Mission Charge. The secretary of the Home Mission wrote : notifying that it had been decided to open a missionary campaign to give information throughout the Dominion. It was decided to adopt the suggestion; that the campaign take place in Timiru from June oth to June lltli, ' anS'that there be an all day Mission ' Conference on June 7th. A committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements. * •\A-.-report ■'from the committees stated that'.it had been proposed to hold a Sunday School Teachers' Conference, in Timaru, and a Bible Class camp at "Winelrester daring Easter. Drivers' Licenses. • The nnmber of motorists in Timaru who Have 'to renew their "licenses to dnye is approximately 450. /; Motor .Registrations. Although the rush on the motor registration department stopped at the end . of thd: month, there are approximately 600 Motorists in the Timaru district who. Kaye yet to register their vehicles. Ofthis 'numbc#, about «800 are motorcyclists. Sngby Football. . Mr H. H. Fraser (president) presided over the- first Management Committee meeting of the South Canterbury Rugby Union. . the new meaib.psythe that, tKey might or belong to* different clubs, ; this should not prejudice them in rej jpiird to any matters which from time to time might ieome - before the committee. '■'• The Manawatu-Horowhenua Rugby TJnkm "wrote ' advising that 'it lutd forwarded the following to; tfce;New Zealand Rugby Union for. consideration. at v its annual meeting: "Thatthe New Zealand Rugby Union favourably .consider the advisability of establishing a Dominion insurance scheme fdr Rugby footballers." ;?!It was fesolved to approve of this ,v*emit. secretary of the Manawatu-Horo-whenua Rugby Union wrote asking if tie rfionth . Canterbury Rugby Union -proposed to.- ; tour the North Island with ;its representative team during : the - coming' season. If so, his. Union would Be pleased to know- if there was a pos•ibility of a mateh at either Palmerston North or Levin. question 'of itinerary for this year's touring team was held over till later, in- the season. . ;i The Old Boys and Zingari Football .Ctabs -wrote', asking for permission to pl£y friendly games against the Christthfareh Oid Boys and Linwood Football . CUibs, respectively) on Fraser Park at Easter. Permission was granted. . the Temuka Football Club wrote ap- - plying for permission for its fourth grade team to. play a friendly game at 'Bhjiigiora on Easter Saturday. The application 'was granted, ' ;\The. South Canterbury Rugby Referees'- Association forwarded correspondence . stating that the annual confer enee.of the New Zealand Referees' As-sociation-would be held at Carterton on April sth; and asking • for an amount t<S cover the expense of their delegates to. that, conference. It waa agreed to forward theS necessary amount. .The New Zealand Football Association wrote. asking for postponement of. all'elob' matches during the visit of the Canadian-Soccer team to South Canterbury on, July 6th, and asking for co- . operation to make the game a finan- ( eial success, as the Association code had always co-operated in regard to •imilar fixtures, of Rugby Unions. It was decided that, as the proposed ! date of the match- against South Canterbury was scheduled for a Wednes- < day; ho' postponement was necessary. ■

- The Pleasant-Point Club wrote asking for permission to play a game at ESster with'the Fairlie Club. It was decided t to grant, the application, proTided the conditions of the South Canterbury Rugby Union ' Avere complied with. :It was decided to commence the club competitions on May 7th, entries to be submitted by April 27th. >lt wai decided to write to the vari.OPß clubs,, asking for support in the formation of a sixth grado competition. Tho Beri Cup match date, and the Pleasant Point Club's application for * date on which to hold its seven-a side tournament, were held over. A.O.F. Lodge. -At- the fortnightly meeting of the Ancient Order of Foresters' Lodge, the president, Bro. K; Burtenshaw, welcom•d.itwo brothers of the Adult Court,

Two candidates were proposed for membership, and two were initiated into tho Order. The president presented Bro. A. Wakefield with his P.C.R. certificate. Accounts amounting to £ll 4s 8d were passed for payment. Proposed Street Widening. The Timaru Borough Council has for some time now had in view the widening of Stafford street near the viaduct. The Council lias not been unanimous in its opinion that the street requires widening, but whilst the matter has been under discussion certain building permits were held over, and the Borough Engineer. Mr T. 0. Fox, was instructed to report oji the matter. The report which the engineer placed before a special meeting of the Council last night stated as follows: —"Further to my report suggesting that uie Council give consideration to the possibility of widening this street on the eastern side, I attach hereto a plan showing the position of the railway line relative to the existing boundary of the street. There is also shown one scheme by which the roadway could be extended to almost the standard width of 4Cft between kerbs without either moving the railway line or acquiring any private property. This can be done .bv erecting a wall to within the minimum distance of the line allowed by the Railway Department regulation from a poiut two chains north of Sarah street for a total length of 528 ft. For the whole of this distance the carriageway would be 46ft wide, except for a few feet north and south of Sarah street. At the former point it would be seven inches less than the standard, and at the latter point fourteen inches less. The estimated cost of this wall, road formation, reconstruction of kerb and channel and footwav on the new alignment is £3090." Cr. T. W* Satterthwaitc thought that the engineer's explanation might solve the problem, but he wanted to know if the report had to go before the Minister for Railways. The engineer said that the report had not been submitted to the Railway Department, but he thought that there would be no objection to the proposed wall, as it would not be an obstruction. C'r. G. Benstead was of the opinion that a small committee should be appointed to deal with the matter. Cr, P. C. Yinneli said that he did not agree with the proposal. He thought that the Council should do something that would go down to its credit, lie hoped that the Council would go carefully into the matter. The Mayor (Mr G. J. Wallace) thought it would be unwise to take valuable land on one side of the street (the ■west side) when the Council owned the land on the other side (that near the railway line). He. was of the opinion that a small committee would do the work bett'e#/ Failing; that, he would be in'iavour of approaching the Harbour Board asking it to sell sufficient land to - the Council to allow the street to be extende.d to 66 feet. He thought that the land Could be obtained at a reasonable price.

It was decided that a committee be appointed to approach the Harbour Board and the • Railway Department, with a view to obtaining- sufficient land to widen the street; 1 Courthouse Returns. The following, is the return of business' transacted at the Timaru -Magistrate's and Supreme Court 3 during the quarter ended' March- 31st. • Magistrate's—Number of sittings presided over by magistrate, 35; by justices, 26; civil cases tried, 3; total amount sued for, £3294 19s sd; number •of applications heard in Court or chambers, 68; number of plaints entered, .179; distress",warrants., issued, 7; judgment summonses issued, 3; warrants of committal issued, 1; summonses and other processes served by bailiff, 197; warrants executed by bailiffs, 5; criminal cases (males) 189; (females) 15. Fees and fines: Civil fees paid in stamps, £47 Is; fines paid in stamps £479 os; amount payable' to local bodies, £3O, to Main Highways Board, £2l ss. Pensions:. New claims granted, 46; refused, 15; pending, 17. Supreme Court —Actions commenced, 0; amount claimed, £2358 14s 2d; amount recovered, £1678 14s 2d; probates sealed, 35; securities filed, 102; satisfactions, 16;' bankruptcy: debtors' petitions, 10;" discharge's 3; sales : by registrar, 2; fees: Total collected £493 3s.