TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19199, 4 January 1928, Page 5

TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS.

TIMAEU. MAGISTRATE'S COURT. A sitting of the Magistrate's Court took place yesterday, before Messrs D. McLennan, J.P., and A. L. Gee, J.P. Simon Brophy, charged with drunkenness and with wilfully damaging a door of a taxi, tvas fined 20s, in default 48 hours' imprisonment. He was ordered to pay 20s as compensation for the damage. Douglas Eiehard Fairbrotlier was fined &2, in default 48 hours' imprisonment, on a charge of assaulting William Mclnnes. >On a charge of. using obscene language accused was fined £5, in default one month's imprisonment. Charged with being a rogue and a vagabond, in that he played an unlawful - game at the Caledonian Sports, Henry Seyb was fined £5, in default one month's imprisonment. A charge under , the Gaming Act, to the effect that he played an unlawful game known as red, white, and blue darts, was withdrawn. . ■ , General News. At a sitting of the Magistrate's Court yesterday Messrs D. McLennan, J.P., and A. L. Gee, J.P., who occupied the Bench, congratulated the Tirnaru Police Force on the way law and order had been maintained throughout the year. The Bench made special reference to the' work of the police during the holiday season. Customs Returns. The Customs returns for the last month amounted to £3347 18s 7d, as against £7732 15s for the corresponding poriod last year. The revenue for the quarter just ended amounted to £15,155 13s 2d, as against £21,780 5a 2d for the corresponding period last year. Compared with those of last vear. the vearly figures show a slight falling off. being £111.420 8s 6d for 1926. and £IOLSSS 12s 9d for 1927.

TEMUKA. NEW YEAR'S EVE. New Year's Eve passed very quietly m Temuka. Business men, ■ generally, say things were below the average, and mueh below the business done last year. Rain began to fall late in the afternoon, and continued intermittently during the evening, which deterred many from coming out. Picnic parties are encamped all along the banks of the Temuka and Opihi rivers, and not a few in the Temuka Domain. Personal. Mrs Washington and the Misses M. and I. Washington left Temuka on Monday to spend a brief holiday in Queenstown. Mrs Stanlev Brown (wife of Dr. Stanley Brown Livercargill), and Master Brown, arrived in Temuka on New Tear 'a Eve, and are the guests of Miss Brown. "Dinten House," North Belt. Mr J. Parr left Temuka for Ashburton yesterday. Mrs E. Counihan, who has been spending a few days in Temuka, left yesterday for Darfield,

Miss D. Spiller was a passenger yesterday by the express from Teimika to Christchurch. . Mrs J. G. Mills left Temuka yesterday for Dunedin. I Mr W. Bobertson, who left Temuka a 'few months ago for a trip to Europe, has returned to New Zealand, and will be taking up his residence again in Temuka immediately. . Nurse C. Pollock, who has been spending a short vacation in Temuka, left yesterday for Christchurch, en route to the Wellington Hospital. Mr and Mrs A. B. Kingston and Miss Maisie Kingston, who have been spending the Christmas and-Now Year holidays in'Temuka, returned to Ashburton on Monday. Flannel Daaice. The Municipal Brass Band on Xow Year's Eve gave a musical display shortly after 10 o'clock, •marching through the town, en route to the Drill Hall,- where, during the interval until midnight, many joined in the "Flannel Dance." Marooned. Tli ere were upwards of 2000 persons at the Milford Lagoon picnie on Monday. Many of these, after viewing the threatening condition of the flooded lagoon,, gave themselves rj to the enjoyment of the hour, in warm sunshine, converse with.'old acquaintances, and the fun provided by the sports, ', when, about 4 o'clock, the wind changed to the south-west, and /tlio thoughts of the.people were turned towards "h6me. Then it became known, as if by magic, to the great crowd that they were marooned. The water in the lagoon lu ' broken over, flooding the road leading to the sports ground, the surrounding lands being deeply under water. The scene which followed will be better imagined than described. Women took off shoes and stockings, and tucking up already short skirts attempted to wade. Manv were carried over on the shoulders of men. Some of the ears which had made successful ventures through the water at fordable places became bogged, but, withal, by the maintenance of "patience and good humour, by between tj and 7 o'clock the last of the visitors was safe cm dry land, if not in drv clothe?.

St. Peter's Tennis Courts. lu the presence of a large number of members of the new club, members of the church, and visitors from sister tenI nis clubs in and around the.district of I Temuka. the Eev. G. N. Watson, vicar oi St. Peters, opened the new Temiis Club courts i» connexion with the parish. , The courts arc hud out on tne noi'tu side of the Parish ■ Hall, on the site formerlv occupied by the old Oddfellows' rial). The entire work was entrusted to Mr John,Daly, and by general ron=ent he has earreid out .his contract in a first-class manner. The club has a membership of 50. p]av was commenced at once, and during the afternoon tea was served by the lady members of the club and parish. ,