MID-CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20274, 27 June 1931, Page 6

MID-CANTERBURY

' ASHBURTON. gold mining applications adjourned. Applications for gold-mining rights for 42 years on the Ninety-Mile Beach, extending one mile by 500 feet each from the Taumuta Cemetery towards the Ralcaia river terrace, by Frederick W/ 1 * liaw Manton and Godfrey Magnus, merchants, of Wellington, came before the Warden's Court at Ashburton yesterday, when Mr C. R. Orr Walker, S.M., presided. Mr F. W. Manton appeared in support of the applications. The Ellesmere County Council wrote objecting to the applications on the following grounds: Any interference with the shingle and sandbank and binding grasses would jeopardise the adjoining properties by allowing aeawater to flood during rough weather; the adjoining lands were in a special drainago area and were drained to sea-level by culverts through the bank; some of the lands affected were leased Crpwn lands; applications had been made for licenses previously, and in March, 1923, the Minister for Mines, members of the Council, and the landowners affected inspected the beach, and the Minister refused to grant licenses owing to the danger of flooding tho adjoining l&nd with sea-water. , The Minister in charge of Lrown Lands (the Hon. E. A. Ransom) telegraphed an objection on the grounds of the .probability of damage to Crown lands. - Mr Manton said that he had only, a sketch plan of the area. . The Warden: If the area exceeds 20 acres, you must have a plan certified by the Lands Survey Department. Mr Manton said that"a plan had been prepared originally, when his company had gone to expense amounting to about £IOOO for prospecting and had abandoned the scheme at that time. The Warden: If fhere has been already a survey, the original plan must be somewhere. An objection has been raised by the Ellesmere County Council, and they, together with _ the Commissioner of Crown Lands will have to be notified of the hearing. The applications were adjourned until July 10th.

I Sly-Grog Seller Fined £26. A fine of £25 was imposed on Bernard Lewis piackwell, labourer (Mr W. J. Hunter) who appeared before the 1 Court yesterday on charges of selling liquor without a license on June 13th and May 29th. A plea of. not guilty was entered. ' Senior-Sergeant H. Martin said that Blackwell was a married man residing with his mother in Moore street. The place had been kept under observation. Arthur Gladstone said that on June 13tli he went to Blackwell's and obtained a bottle of beer for Is 9d from a man, but he was not sure if it was defendant. * . To Mr Hunter, witness said he left Blackwell's and was riding a bicycle •when stopped by the police, who searched him, and found the beer, Blackwell denied having sold liquor. The Magistrate said he was of the opinion that liquor was bought on Blackwell's premises. He youl'd bo fined £25, with costs, and- given two weeks in which to pay. High School Taxm. In view of tho proposal to'establish a more comprehensive agricultural course at the Ashburton High School, the High School Board of Governors 'decidea not to lease the experimental farm, pending a decision from the Ministor for Education on the matter. The farm will be put into crop. Unlicensed Motor Vehicles. "A motorist who goes out on to the road with an unregistered car is committing a serious offence," said Mr C. B. Orr Walker, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court, yesterday, when dealing with several cases' of motorists using cars which were not registered for the year 1931-32, and driving without licenses. He said the first offence was serious by Reason of the fact that the car was not covered by the third party risk. He intended to make the penalty severe in future. 1 For these . offences Albert Bright, James Alexander Cunningham, Thomas Sheffield Morgan, Henry Horton, William Benjamin Lundy, and Frederick Hume were each fined £2, with costs, op the first charge and ss, with costs, on the second. • Frederick Meaclem was finod £1 and sa, with costs, on the respective charges. • Harry A.ttwell' Ayton was .fined 10s, with costs, on the first and ss, with costs, on the second, while Jack Miles was fined 58, with costs, on the second. Ort the first charge, Charles Humphreys (Hornby) and Daniel Bell , (Tinwald) were each fined £2, with costs, while Leo. Laffey and John Duncan Wright were each fined 3,05, with costs. For using cars (without the assigned number-plates affixed, Edward John Howden was fined £2,-with costs, and James Htenry and Charles John Jaine (Tinwald) were ordered to pay costs. George Raymond Miles (Tinwald) was fined 20s, with costs, for permitting an unregistered motor vehicle to bo used. War Belief Society. At a meeting of the' executive of the War Belief Society held on Thursday .evening, twenty cases .were dealt yrith, and tho sum of £4l 10s was granted. One applicant was a widow, and in the majority of the cases thp relief granted was only temporary, pending consideration pf applications by the various Government Departments. Mr E. H. Orr presided. Salvation Army. Commissioner Cunningham, Commander of the Salvation Army in New Zealand, will 'visit Ashburton. this week-end. Magistrate's Court. Mr 'C. ,B. Orr Walker, S.M., presided over the sitting of the. Magistrate's Court at Ashburton yesterday. A charge of being intoxicated in charge of a motor-car was preferred against Hugh Keenan, of Lowcliffe, who pleaded guilty. • Senior-Sergeant H. Martin said that' accused was being driven from Ashburton to Lowcliffe by a mechanic, and oh the way home he abused the driver, who got out of thd car and let Keenan drive. Keenan drove on, and collided with an electric power post. Mr L. A. Charles said that Keenan had not been in trouble before. He was 59 years of ags, p-nd was a farmer who depended on a car for transport. Damage to the car would cost him £2O. "He will have to get somebody else to drive him, or go back to the good old horse and trap," said the Magistrate, who fined accused £2O, with costs 10s. Keenan's driving licensd was cancelled, and an order was made that he be issued with no further license for t\yo years. John Ernest Dobbin, labourer, 39 years, pleaded guilty to a breach of the terms of his release on probation. Sen-ior-Sergeant H. Martin said Dobbin was a married man and had been taking liquor. Accused was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon for the remainder of the term of probation. James M» Arnold was fined 10s and costs 3s for failing to- give way to traffic on his right.

Thomas Hoaley was fined ss, with costs 10s, for driving a car without a license. On judgment summonses, A. Thomas was. diroctcd to pay J. Orr and Co., Ltd., the sum of £2 2s 2d-on or before July-26th, in default two days' imprisonment; B. Mabley was ordered to pay W. S. Newburgh (recoiver for Geo. Bogcrs, Ltd.), the sum of £24 12s 4d on or before July 2Gth, in default 21 days' imprisonment; T. S. Clayton was ordered to pay J. 11- Dixon the Bum of £l2 3s at the rate of £llos per jnontli, from July 10th; 8. J. B'eaven was directed to pay It. 8. White £3 15s 3d on or before July 26th, in default three days' imprisonment. Judgment by default was given for the plaintiffs in the following cases: Baiter Bros, and Shaw v. James Victor Hunt, claim for £.13 15s, with costs £3 4s 63; William Patterson v. Thomas Henderson, claim for £6 4s, with costs SI 10s 6d; Tuckers, Ltd. v. Ernest' Henry Colvin, claim for £lB 12s lid, with costs £2 15s. At a sitting of the Children's Court a boy was admonished and discharged for driving a car without the numberplates properly affixed, and driving without $ license. Pigs and Poultry. The following prices were realised at the weekly sale of pigs and poultry, held at the auction mart yesterday: — Poultry: Boosters 3s 7d to'4s Id per pair, hens 2s Id to 3s 3d per pair, ducks up to 4s Id per pair. Pigs: Weaners 12s to 18s, stores 295, porkers 30s to 335, baconers 36s to 455. RAKAIA. The following teams will represent the Rakaia Ladies' Hockey Club in. Saturday's matches Senior Av. Tinwald, at Asliburton—Misses O. Smith, F. Cornelius, V. Tatterson, M. Brown, M. Tatterson, I. Smith, D. Stubbs, H. Shannon, J. Brown, J. Turton, and O. Shannon. Senior B v. Ashburton, at Ashburton —Misses Hurst, J, Kaau> D'Kaan, Ni Kaan, M. O'Reilly, N. latterson, H. Clark, M. Turton, ti. Breach, M. Rapley, and N. Brown, The annual meeting of the Rakaia Bowling Club was held in the Library on Thursday evening, Mr M. P. Cooke presiding over a good attendance. Ine report showed that the season had been a successful and enjoyable one. The balance-sheet revealed a credit or £7 13s Id. .The report and balancesheet were adopted. Accounts amounting to £l2 lfis 7d were passed for payment. Mr M. P. Oooke presented the club's gold medal to Mr G. K. Tatterson, winner of the championship singles competition. Votes of thanks were passed to the president, secretary, treasurer, and selector. The following officers were appointed : —Patron, *Mr W. Palmer ; president, Mr M. P. Cooke; vice-presi-dents, Messrs C. Shannon, and B. McNamara; treasurer, Mr G. b. Haray; secretary, Mr D. Finlay; auditor Mr L Coroner; oouthiitte©, Messrs Louway, Bryant, Black. Tatterson Evison, Newman, Cronin, Rapley, A. Weaver, S. Gardiner, D. Bjown, A. Holmes, and W. Cromie; ground committee, Messrs G. S. Hardy, D. Finlay, and M. P. Cooke; selector, Mr G. K. iattersoii* delegates to Ashburton centre, Messrs B. McjSamara M. P. Cooke, and W. Black; delegate to .Christchurch centre, Mr J. D. Colville. It was decided to offer a ti>ophy for the colts' competition, and one for the champion singles. Messrs Newman, Cooke, Finlay, Hardy, Tatterson, and Conway were appointed a sub-commit-tee to arrange the doubles and rinks competitions.

HINDS. The junior hockey team will meet Springburn at Hinds to-day. The team is as follows—N. Dollar, A. Lowe, B. Sim, G. Lowe, M. Donaldson, P. Donaldson,'E. Hampton, W. Lowe, C. Chisnall, I. Morris, A. Morris; reserve, A. Musson. I m V The basketball team wall meet Technical Old Girls in Ashburton. The team is as follows—M. Sim, K. Musson, M. Mclnnes, F. Elms, L. "Wilson, M., Dell, C. Dell, K. Moore, I. Moore; reserves, L* Dell, D. Dell. " The Merrymakers held another aance tn the hall on Thursday night, there being a good attendance. Chapman s Band supplied the music. The new floor in the hall-was much appreciated by the dancers. ' The football team will meet Methven on the local ground The team is as-follows —L. Galletly, M. Rickari, S Holland, T. Browne, K. McKendry, A..Davidson, B. Clark, G. Chatterson, S.' Lister. A. Lowe, T. Lowe, E. Lowe, R. Galbraith, D. Dalton, G. Thomas, and B. Burnett.

WILLOWBY. The ' weather during the past few days has varied considerably from the severe frost of Sunday, when water pipes were frozen, taps blown off, and a cold, wintry day ensued. Tuesday was particularly bleak, stormy rain (66 points) falling from the south-west, iollowed by a cold day on Wednesday, whioh was the precursor of almost springlike conditions on Thursday. Owing to the weather the concert in aid of school funds wag postponed. The weather, too, probably accounted for the. poor attendance at the fortnightly meeting of the WiUoughby Mutual Improvement Society. Mr SH. Lill presided and Mr L. A. Charles, of Ashburtan, delivered an interesting address ertitled "Legal Howlers." The weekly shoot of the Miniature Rifle Club was well attended. The winner of the hotty button was B. TClothier with a score of 80. Dr. Phillipps and Nurse Lorrimer paid a visit to the local school on METHVEN. The following players will represent the Methven Football Club in their match against Hinds in. the County Junior competition:—E. McMeekanJ W. Dolan, E. Grieve, G. Campbell, C. Tate, H. McNeill, W. A. Allred, G. Pollett, D. Cleeve, A. Compton, L. Allred, C. Petrie, \V. Kane, and L. Crooks. Emergencies: L. Grieve,, J. Scott, A. Cooksley. Nineteen men have received wojk this week under the Mount Hat*, district

[Unemployment Committee, nnder the No. 5 Scheme. > - a PP roval » have been received from, the Unemployment Commissioner i n r Yi s soi ob 0 commenced underthe No. 4A Scheme. No further word has £rL£ een r f eiv ! a for applications to provide work under the 4B Scheme, and tract* 611 ar ° availabl ° t0 st art on- coir-