General News

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21449, 15 April 1935, Page 10

General News

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Ending of Summer Time

Summer time will end at 2 a.m. New Zealand standard time on April 28, according to a notice in the latest issue of the Gazette. The sum-mer-time period commenced at 2 o'clock on the morning of Sunday. September 30, 1934. The time will therefore be put back 30 minutes as from 2 a.m. New Zealand standard time next Sunday week. A Versatile Judge A more than Gilbertian store of "information, animal and vegetable and mineral," must be possessed by Mr W. A. Banks who, besides having completed CO years of service to education in Canterbury, is well known as a judge at agricultural and pastoral shows. In many years of judging experience nothing has come amiss to Mr Banks, and his versatility as a judge is most remarkable, if not unique. lie has judged from time to time light horses, ponies, all hunting and field events, car-driving, cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, dogs (both sheep and sporting), and cats. For 21 years he has judged field roots, potatoes and garden produce at the Malvern show. In the sheds he has judged fancy work, cooking, house produce, eggs, bacon, butter, fruit, flowers, grain and seeds, pictures, photography, writing, drawing, babies and decorated vehicles. A Fine Week-end Very fine, if rather colder weather, was experienced during the week-end. On Saturday, when the season began for most of the winter sports, there were 10 hours of sunshine, following on four degrees of frost. Yesterday the early morning clouds did not clear until late, the day after that being fine and clear, with very little wind. There was again a frost, almost a degree less in intensity than on the previous nighl. Greek Sculpture "The impression that bea\ity is to be found only in Greek art and I Greek culture is generally given to I students for the B.A. degree," said Mr F. A. Shurrock, of the Canterbury College School of Art in a lecture last evening. Mr Shurrock criticised the presentation of Greek sculpture as the ideal type of art and the questions that were asked on the subject in the examinations. At any rate, he added, the authenticity of most of the works was doubtful, even the head of Hermes could not be proved to be by Praxiteles. Death ol' Abraham Lincoln Seventy years ago to-day Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States, died from wounds received the previous night at the hands of an assassin, John Wilkes Booth, while attending a performance at the Ford Theatre.

Hunting and Wire Fences

Pieasing impressions of hunting in Poverty Bay were obtained by a visitor from Ireland, Mr G. F. Mortimer, who enjoyed a day with the Poverty Bay hounds last week. "The jumping was very good," said Mr Mortimer, "although we found the wire fences a little terrifying at first. They really are rather lrighti ening until one gets used to them." Mr Mortimer said that, in his home ! county of Meath the obstacles comprised hedges, stone and earthen wails and streams, all of which were I obvious to the eye, although they might have concealed hazards. Wire jumping he found quite exciting. I'he quality of the horses seen out with the hounds was the most interesting feature. Chukor in Auckland Province Not a great, deal of success has been met with by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society in an effort to introduce chukor for game purposes, despite efforts to hatch the birds locally, and the importation of eggs from the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. None of the breeders succeeded in rearing any birds because of adverse weather. Some chukor were liberated at. Taringarnutu, in the King Country, but there have been no reports that the birds are thriving. Good Wishes lor Rugby A resolution conveying the best wishes of (lie New Zealand Football Association for the coming New Zealand Rugby tour of Great Britain is to be forwarded to the New Zealand Rugby Union, according to a decision made by the annual meetin of the association on Friday night. "The New Zealand Football Association wishes the New Zealand Rugby Union's team a pleasant tour, good games, and a good holiday," said Mr Frank Campbell, in bringing the motion before the meeting. "May the best teai.i win and may the tour result in credit to New Zealand and pleasure to the many thousands who will no doubt witness the matches. May the team have a pleasant trip and a safe return." Protected Yacht Anchorages The Auckland Harbour Board intends to take action against owners of yachts or boats which anchor in protected mooring grounds without permission. The harbourmsater, Captain 11. H. Sergeant, said the other day that there had been frequent eases lately of unauthorised yachts causing damage to boats on registered moorings. A harbour bylaw prohibits anyone but the registered ow'iers of moorings using protected an

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