SOUTH CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26465, 5 July 1951, Page 3

SOUTH CANTERBURY

FAIRLIE FINE, DRY WEATHER IN JUNE

Fne, dry weather was experienced throughout the month of June in Fairlie. Only .74 of an inch of rain was recorded for the month. Wit honly .35 of an inch in May, the weather has been exceptionally dry since the floods in April. The total rainfall for this year is 22.99 in, compared with 12.68 in for the first six months of last year. Frosts were recorded on 29 days. Most of them were severe ones. On the last 11 days of the month the frost recordings were 15 degrees, 19 degrees, 19.5 degrees, 20 degrees, 18.5 degrees, 15 degrees, 21 degrees, 19.5 degrees, 24 degrees, 25 degrees, 20 degrees. The hard frosts were followed by sunny days, with an absence o£wind and cloud. * < School Sports Teams from the Fairlie District High School visited the Albury School recently to play football and basketball. The football match was won by Fairlie by 12 points to 5. Fairlie also won the basketball.

ICE SKATING POPULAR Ice-skating has been popular at Fairlie this winter. There is a depth of six inches of ice on the rink as a result of the severe frosts, and sessions have been held daily during the afternoon and evening, with up to 60 skaters taking part. Many school children have been able to take part and are fast becoming proficient on the ice. A special open day was held recently in aid of the Dominion Appeal for the Blind, and approximately £l7 was raised.- During the afternoon a display of figure skating was given by Miss M. Smith, and waltzing displays were also presented. A pavilion has now been built at the rink, and a loud-speaker system provides music during the sessions.

CAR AND TRUCK IN COLLISION Two persons were slightly injured in a collision on the Allandale bridge, Fairlie, at 9 a.m. on Monday, between a car driven by Alick Chester Curtis, of Clayton road, Fairlie, and a Mackenzie County Council truck driven by Joe Breen, of Fairlie. The two vehicles approached the bridge simultaneously and skidded after braking on the iced road surface. Mr Curtis suffered cuts to the face and shock, and Mr W. Perry, a passenger in the car, cuts on the legs and face. The occupants of the truck were not injured. •The car was extensively damaged.

PUKAKI RABBIT BOARD MEETS Mr W. G. Elliot was unanimously elected deputy-chairman of the Pukaki Rabbit Board at a meeting of the board recently. The South Canterbury and North Otago Rabbit Boards’ Council wrote enclosing a number of remits to be dealt with at the annual meeting. After a full discussion it was agreed to support the remits as submitted. The inspector’s report said that the results from carrot-poisoning had varied, difficulty having been experienced in getting the rabbits to eat the carrots. This was attributed largely to the severe frosts. A full report was submitted on' the work carried out on the various stations in the area. It was found that it was virtually impossible to use dogs on a large part of the area, the ground being in such a frozen condition that rabbits could not be dug out nor the holes blocked in.