LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3147, 11 December 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Clyde Schodl for fits annual jholidays the 20th inst. Sporting- Owners are finally reminded that nominations for the Vincent Jockey Club races close on the 13th inst., and for the Central Trots on the 15thThe Lake Jockey Club has decided to hold its race meeting on March island 2nd, giving £420 In stakes-

Hull’s Pictures at Clyde on Thursday night will scroll a particularly interesting programme. Besides several good supports special attraction will be the great paramount Picture 'Humor esque’. This is said to be one of the finest pictures ever madeThe establishment of tea rooms at Omakau supplies a long felt want- These were opened on Wednesday last, and as the quality of the tea etc provided is first class the rooms have been liberally patronised. Omakau and the surrounding district is steadily going ahead. The latest sign of progress is the decision of the Bank of New Zealand to erect an up-to-date concrete building there- While congratulating the Bank on its progress, we would point out that it is high time that its building (‘dog kennel’ would best describe it) at Clyde was - replaced by something more up-to-date. The privileges in connection with the Vincent Jockey Club races were sold by auction by Mr Crawford at Omakau on Wednesday last, and realised as under: —Booth Mr A- Richards ,£53 Fruit Mr W- Sutherland £23, Race Books Dunstan Times &5 Refreshments Mr TaylorCannon £5Matters in connection with the establishment of a doctor, etc-, at Lauder are likely to be settled on Monday next, when several meetings are to be held. Delegates from the two hospital boards meet at Lauder at 3 the guarantors of the Doctor’s fund at 4 p.m- and a meeting of subscribers and intending subscribers to the proposed joint club will be held at 7.30 p.m., when the decisions of the previous meetings will be placed before themAn excellent programme has been arranged for the School Concert (in aid of prize funds) in the Peace Hall, Matakanui, on Thursday nightIt was unfortunate for the Garden Fete at Earnscleugh on Saturday afternoon that there were so many counter attractions at Clyde and Alexandra. A tennis -and three bowling matches in these places must have seriously effected the attendance, but notwithstanding this fair business was done- The lovely grounds (Messrs Iversen’s and Duncombe’s) lend themselves admirably for the purpose and those who did patronise the fete were well satisfied with their outing. Rubber as road material in London ■ is to be tested in the winter by the Holburn Council. Following experiments by Mr E. Spurrell, the surveyor it Is intended to lay a section of Upper St Martins Lane with concrete blocks super-imposed with rubber pads “Tests” said Mr Spurrell “lead me to the conclusion that rubber paving will prove more econimical than wood blocks and asphalt, The life of a wood block is 12 to 14 years, but I think the life of a rubber block will be much longer than 25 years. If the Holborn experiment is a success it will probably revolutionise street paving. A new kind of shovel has been invented for the use of locomotive fireman. it records each shoveful that is thrown into the lire, and, as economy in d.iving the engine depends on the wav in iwhich the coal is fed into the furnace, the new shovel provides an excellent means of comparing the efficiency of the men. Over the bottom part of the _ handle is fitted a sleeve that moves sideways each time a shovel of coal is lifted, and this works a rod in .the middle of the handle that moves a series of numbered plates in the wide part of the handle. When coal is thrown out of the shovel a spring returns the rod to its original position, where it remains until the next shovelful is taken In this way the figures in, the handle are moved continuously, and a record is kept of the number of times the shovel is (fifed and e^iiptie^. Although Germany is reported to have been buying European glycerine heavily, there has so far been little on the British market, and thkre is now so little demand for commercial glycerine that some soap manfacturers are said to be running their ‘spent lyes’’ into the drain rather than incur the cost of extracting the unprofitable glycerine. The principal use of glycerine is in the manufacture of high explosives, sind during ■ the war the manufacture of soap was made a controlled industry 1 because the’ n&xP mum output was essential. plants then 'worked 24 hoyrs a for 0 months. "Now little refining being done, and ope factory ’ noLfaf froip London h as PVer 60b tons of glycsnpe which ft connpt sell.