TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19610, 4 May 1929, Page 5

TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS.

TIMARU.

PERSONAL. His Honour Mr Justice Adams and his associate, Mr W. R. Teape, who have been in Timaru for the quarterly sitting of the Supreme Court, left the Hydro Grand Hotel yesterday, on their return to Christchurch. Supreme Court. The quarterly session of the Supreme Court at Timaru was concluded yesterday morning, his Honour Mr Justice Adams presiding. A petition was entered by certain creditors that the firm of Radcliffe's, Limited, furniture dealers, Timaru, be wound up by the Court, under the provisions of the Companies' Act, 1908. The application was mado by the foll lowing creditors:—Bing, Harris, and Co., Ltd., Ross and Glendining, Ltd., Paterson and Barr, Ltd., Smith and Smith, Ltd., Andrew Lees, Ltd., Commercial Trading Company, Ltd., Arthur Ellis and Company, Ltd., and Robinson Brothers, Ltd., all of Dunedin.

Mr W. D. Campbell appeared on behalf of the petitioners, and Mr W. H. Walton for Midland Bros. (N.Z.), Ltd., Wellington, which firm held a debenture of £4OOO in the firm of Radcliffe's, Ltd. Mr Walton explained that he was acting under instruction from Mr P. S. Macassey of Wellington, who had been unable to come to Timaru, as the criminal session of the Supreme Court at Wellington was about to be held. Counsel asked for an adjournment. His Honour, in adjourning the hearing of the petition till May 22nd, at Christchurch, said that it was not customary for the Court to make adjournments to suit the convenience of counsel, unless there was a weightier reason than the fact that counsel was engaged in other Supreme Court business. Golf. The following is the draw for the four-ball mateh to be played by the Highfield Club, on the Highfield links to-day:—This morning: Hind v. McDonald, Ledingham v. Cockroft, R. G. Wilson v. Mills; this afternoon, North East tee: Burdon and Crammond v. Coxhead and W. A. Scott, Andrew and J. P. Lamb v. Bridges and Bobt. W>ta Simpson and Barker v. Green and Baud, Smith and Niccol v. A. L. Marshall and Ward, Revell and Foote v. Horwell and Rowbotham, Tait and Bruce v. Pair and Oxford, G. E. Marshall and Mmehan v. ?nnes Jones and King v. Torlesse and A. J. Airport; Port Arthur tee: J. Maekay and Holdgate v. Mcßeath and Cave, Beswick and Bes wick v. Abernethy and %*"*£& K T 8 A d L and Lamb rd A h C V : m££? »d Stevet'v H W'sttt and Cotterill SSEW and Cowan, Thomas and Walton thaw and Shirtclifr. Th# "Wliaat PooL A largely-attended meetmgd: wheatvKSotf *£■&» of the company. Tnlne Sur2of'his, remaps Mr {£ Pherson said that when the Pool had commenced its actmtxes a few misunderstandings had cropped up T° n^Lt e ttif e °up rß of the Ptl Sd organisation had been a difficult task. However, ne Sal difficulties had been overcome and everything was going smoothly n °Wheat had come in faster this year than ever before. This was due to 111 facts that there had been particularW fine weather and crops throughout the South Island had rippened simultaneousdy. The position was an extraordinary one in connexion with the quantity of wheat coming to Pool had not been in existence, he continued, there would have been a great speculative market for those firms which carried out that class of business. The man outside the Pool was reaping the benefit, as well as those growers who were in the PooL There was no doubt that the price of wheat would have fallen very considerably if the Pool had not been in existence. The Pool had Prevented the market from being glutted with wheat with a consequent reduction in P«ce. When the Pool was launched the millers had been antagonistic, but now, with but few exceptions, they were favourable towards the scheme. ine object of the Pool was to secure as reasonably high a price as was possible without forcing the price or wheat to such an extent as would compel the millers to raise their price. If that occurred an inflatedt price to the growers would eventually have a boomerang effect. . After detailing the organisation at the Pool's office and the various steps in a deal between a grower and the Pool, Mr McPherson stated that everything was running smoothly now, and the farmer should receive his cheque within a week or ten days ot the reecipt of the broker's advice at the Pool's office. Mr McPherson was given a very attentive hearing, and at the conclusion of the address he answered a number of qtiestions.

St. Andrews Farmers' Union. The twentieth annual meeting of the St Andrews Branch of the farmers Union was held yesterday afternoon, the president (Mr A. Ward) occupying the chair. . . In moving the adoption of the annual report and balance-sheet. Mr Ward said that the season had been changeable, which made it difficult for farmers to know where they stood, but it had ended satisfactorily, and prospects for the future looked fairly bright. Deposits at the bank had increased and the trade balance was also very g °The fact that the autumn had been wet had delayed the planting of cereals and the yields were considerably lower than last year. Oats yielded well in spite of prevalence of rust in some crops. During the year a Wheat fooj had been formed and the farmers owed a great deal to the Wheat Pool Committee for the amount of time they had put into it. The Pool had been satisfactorily supported, in fact more than the required quota of wheat had been supplied. The presence of the Pool had no doubt helped to stabilise the prices. . . The sheep farmer had had a fainy good season. The grading of ewes and wethers at sales had not been quite as satisfactory as it should have been. The wool prices, although not so high as in the previous year, had shown a good profit, especially the coarser wools. Dairy produce had also realised satisfactory prices. » The experimental plots conducted by the Department of Agriculture in South Canterbury were proving ot great interest to the farm*" « no j should prove very beneficial. They had not been able to secure fertilisers at a lower price although the Union had agitated in the matter on several oc-

casions. The campaign against small birds had been very satisfactory. The balance-sheet showed a credit of £36 16s 2d. The report was adopted without disThe election of officers resulted as follows:—President, Mr A. Ward (reelected); vice-presidents, Messrs J. J. Hall and G. Y. Porter; committee, Messrs W. Annett, J. K. Russell, J. \V Beattie, H. Hewson, J. J. Dickson, J.'stowell. D. M. France, J. White, R. B. Williams, J. Mcllwick, and R. Gray; executive members, Messrs D. M France, H. W. Hewson, J. Stowell, J.'J. Hall, and G. Y. Porter; hon. treasurer. Mr T>. M. France; secretary, Mr A. Thoreau. Tt was decided to allocate £7 towards the cost of entertaining the Hawera farmers during their visit to South Canterbury on June 6th. A vote of thanVs was accorded to Mr P. R. Talbot, chairman of the joint committees of the Timarn-St. Andrew's Unions, for his services during the year.

WAIMATE. To fix the amount payable by the Waimate County Council to the Levels County Council, the Waimate Council has decided to approach the Highways Board to set up a commission. At the meeting of the Waimate County Council the chairman (Mr J. Bitchener) reported that on April oth, a committee from the Council had conferred with the Levels County Council on the matter of converging traffic, but no agreement had been come to. The Council's representatives had been of opinion that the Waimate Council should pay nothing, Levels receiving ample for the wear on the roads concerned by way of heavy traffic fees, petrol tax, subsidies, Highways Board subsidies, etc. The Levels Council had held that Waimnte should pay something. After discussion in committee, it was decided, "That the Levels County Council be advised that the Waimate County Council does not intend to contribute toward converging traffic until the Main Highways Board has been approached to set up a commission to go into the problem. The chairman is empowered to arrange matters pertaining to the commission." Matters in connexion with the realignment of the main highway at the Otaio Horseshoe bend, were pushed forward another big step at the meeting of the Waimate County Council on Thursday, when comoensation for the tenant of the land to be cut through was finally dealt with, and the County Engineer was instructed to proceed at once with the survey of the proposed deviation. The following motion was carried : —"That this Council is prepared to pay Mr Shepherd the sum of £3lO, in full settlement of his claim for compensation in connexion with the proposed deviation of the road at Otaio Horseshoe bend, and m addition the Council to fence each side of the new road with a substantial stock-proof fence, providing such gates are required by the tenant and also removing and re-erecting the shed to such a position as may be required by the tenant." In order to make legal the motion in regard to compensation, Cr. Whatman gave notice to move the rescinding of the motion on the books that the Council's liability in connexion with the deviation be not more than £3OO. It was stated that to allow of the compensation agreed to, the cost to the Council would be over £3CO.

GERALDINE. Mr F. H. Fish, manager of the Geraldine branch of the Bank of New South Wales, returned to Geraldine on Thursday, after spending a holiday in the north. The Geraldine Golf Club and Tennis Club held a combined ball on Thursday night. There was a large attendance and the function was highly successful. The second round of the football competitions will be played this afternoon. The following players will represent the Geraldine Club:—Third Grade v. Star A, at Ashbury: Callanan, Palmer, Sullivan, Murphy, Lysaght, F. Polhill, Paterson, Meechan, Fergusson, Bethune, McShane, Wood, Gale, Smith, Williams; emergencies, Anderton and Polhill. Fifth grade v. Timaru High School, at Geraldinp: Davies, Lockhart, Broad, Brenton, Shearer, Patrick, Davis, Wood, Lysaght, Stringer, Warner (2), Stonyer, Wilson, Hayes; emergencies, Wallach, Ellis, and McNamara. The vital statistics for the Geraldine district for April are as follows (the figures in parentheses being those for the corresponding period last year): — Births 9 (10), deaths 3 (0), marriages 6 (1). This afternoon the first golf match of the season will be played on the Geraldine links between teams of eight ladies and eight men from the Geraldine and Temuka Clubs. This year the Temuka Club have a strong team, and the result of to-day's match will give some indication of the local club's chances of retaining the Bristol Cup, which they won at the end of last season. After the stormy conditions which prevailed at the week-end there has been a return to warm weather. The warm weather is particularly welcome to farmers as pastures are freshening up before the winter sets in.

ORARI. The weather conditions during the month of April have been very enjoyable, both the days and the nights being very mild, in spite of which there has been a very decided drop in the temperature of 66.3 degrees in March to 58.5 degrees in this month. The highest temperature for the month was 76 degrees on Friday, the 19th, while the lowest was 48 degrees on the 28th. Except for the last week-end the rain during the month was only in light showers but the heavy rain on Sunday, 28th, of 1.40 inches, brought the rainfall for the month up to 2.48, being less than for April last year with 8.98° inches. Whereas the fall was distributed over 11 days this year, it was spread over only eight days st year. Sunshine has been recorded on 21 days and six frosts have also been registered, three of them showing 5 degrees of frost. The rainfall to .late is 6.67 inches, as compared with rainfall for the same period last year which was 9.50 inches. Mr H. Norman is on a visit to Christchurch. At the meeting of the Orari School Committee it was decided to hold a series of euchre tournaments during the winter months.

WOODBURY. A meeting of ladies was held in the schoolroom on Tuesday to discuss the formation of a senior basketball club There were present Misses J. Jefferson (convener), E. Fifield, K. McEvey, M. Fifield, D. Maistie, G. Heney, M. Webb, and Mrs Rae. Those present were elected on the committee, with Miss M. Fifield as secretary. The practices will take place on Thursdays in the Domain. On Thursday evening the members of the Ladies' Rifle Club held their first practice shoot this season. The following were the best scores:—Mrs Cain 68, Mrs Chisnall 66, and Mrs Baker 63.

TEMUKA.

The following teams will represent the j Temuka Football Club in various j matches to-day:— j Seniors (v. Celtic)—Orton, Robinson, Manning, Pemberton, Te Baki, 1 Elder, J. Connolly, Blyth, G. Gaffaney, A. Gaffaney, Arnold, Strang, Russell, Priestly, L. Connolly. Beserves: Anglem, Phillips, .Duke. Juniors (v. Star B), will be chosen froia the following —Leonard (2), Gilbert, Stewart, Small, Barry, Green, Preddy, Leatnani, Bangi, Hopkmson, Connolly, Dwan, Kelland, Larsen, Selwyn, G. Paiki. (Players to assemble at the Temuka paviloin at 2.30 p.m. sharp on Saturday). _. Third Grade (v. High School), wui be chosen from the following—Stapleton. D. Horgau, Collins, Henderson, Palmer (2), Mahan, White, S. Patrick, Gifford, Cook, Johns, Ward (2), Williams, Gillanders. Fifth Grade (v. Technical College)— A. Horgan (captain), B. Jamieson (vieecaptain), B. Woodham, D. Horgan, L. Dwan, S. Ellis, T. Bingley, P. Story, L. Preddy, A. Solomon, J. McDonald Sullivan, J. Hanifin, J. O'Keefe, G. Double, H. Mallett, G. Uden.

FAIRLIE. The opening shoot of the season was held on Tuesday, there being a g°°° muster of riflemen. The silver button for the week was won by A Dale i following are the scores:—A. .uaie . W. Whitehead 74, J. 'A Fraser ,i, *>. Ryder 74, W. Close 74, D. Gamner 73, W. H. Cook 72, W. Dorman 71, W U Bourn 70, It. Johnston 69, J. 69, R. Fergusson 64, S. fcouthby ou, 11. Black 52.

OTIPUA. At the annual meeting of parishioners of the Otipua Parochial District it was reported that the year's accounts showed a debit balance of about £63, but this had since been reduced by sums received after the accounts were closed. The parish had met its obligations and nearly £7O had been given during the year to foreign mis* sions and other outside objects. The following church officers were elected for the ensuing year:—Vicars warden, Mr A. S. White; people's warden, Mr H. B. Anderson; vestry Messrs Arden, Rolleston, W. Butchers, Elliot, Charles Parry, Geo. Chapman, and Mesdames McCleary and Fox. A vote of sympathy was passed with Mr Rolleston in his illness. After the conclusion of the business a short programme of songs and recitations was given, and Mr White briefly welcomed the new vicar and his wife, and also explained to those present the financial obligations of the parish. The Rev. B. G. Fox is to be instituted as vicar by the Bishop of Ohristchurch in the Otipua Church on May 13th.