LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LIV, Issue 21, 17 March 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Ellesmere County Council is inviting tenders for drain cleaning. A Southbridge farmer recently threshed a crop of oats which yielded 126 bushels to the acre. Messrs H. Matson and Co. invite entries fcr the annual Ellesmere horse fair to be held at Leeston on Thursday, April 6. A general meeting of the ladies' section of the Ellesmere Golf Club will be held in the Leeston Library next Friday afternoon at which all members and intending members are asked to be present. Members of the Ellesmere Golf Club are reminded that the annual meeting takes place next Tuesday evening at Leeston, when officers for the ensuing year will be elected. At the theory of music examinations held in Christchurch in December last, Miss Dorothy Hill, pupil of Miss J. Gilbert, passed in the Junior Division with honours. Mr Kelleher's lease of the Leeston | Hotel expires at the end of this month i and it is understood that the new licensee will be Mr Owen Craighead, formerly of Waimate, and a son-in-law of Mr J. McCormack, owner of the property. The visit of the Main Highways Board's electro-magnetic truck to Invereargill was productive of a great haul of metallic objects. As a result of travelling over approximately 50 miles of streets 1131b. of nails and other puncture-producing objects andf rather more than that weight of flattened tins were gathered up. The harvest of nails is estimated to represent 25,000 potential punctures.

It has been decided by the Board of Governors of the Canterbury Agricultural College to present the Bledisloe medal to the winner, Mr G. Rennie, after the board meeting in May. It will be recalled that his Excellency the Governor-General, gave the medal to be awarded to a former diploma student, who, at the time of the award, has been considered by the Board to have done most to advance the interests of agricultural development.

The council of the New Zealand Surf Life-Saving Association is taking steps to compile a register of all beaches in the Dominion which are suitable for surf bathing. The association has sent a questionnaire to all affiiliated clubs. When the information is supplied, the controlling body will possess a useful guide for swimmers and holiday parties. The reports will cover all details regarding the length and condition of the beaches, while danger spots and safety portions will also, be indicated.

Good organising work is being done throughout the district in connexion with the grand carnival to be held in the High School grounds at Southbridge next Friday, in aid of the school dental clinic. A generous response has been met with by canvassers for produce and goods and a most successful function is anticipated. Details of the various attractions will be given in Tuesday's Guardian. On Tuesday night a euchre and dance social in aid of the stalls will be held in the Town Hall. First class music has been arranged for and there will be good prizes for the competitions.

Opportunity knocks but once. Do not miss this chance of inspecting the very latest styles in ladies' felt hats and berets. Dozens of different styles and shapes at Chapman's. The selection and the values are absolutely the best ever shown in the district. The latest design chic felts from 7/6 each. Target Stores, Southbridge. 1

McArthur's Ltd., the leading chemists of Christchurch, invite your confidence and patronage. Their established policy of service and dependability is your guarantee that you always get the best at McArthur's. Only the finest drugs, chemicals and druggists' sundries are stocked, but when these are supplied at cut prices, and sent post free in plain wrappers, our readers should realise that it will pay you to buy from the chemists at the corner of Cashel and Colombo streets, Christchurch. (1)

Summer time will cease on Sunday, March 19, when the extra half hour will be lost and standard time resumed. Weather conditions becoming unfavourable, the Southbridge School swimming sports, fixed for yesterday, were postponed to a date to be fixed later. The attention of Anglicans is drawn to the fact that at all services in the Leeston Parish on Sunday there will be a retiring collection in aid of St. Anne's Home for Girls. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected at the annual meeting of the Women's Institute, to be held on Tuesday afternoon at 2.30 sharp. All members are urged to be present and an invitation is extended to others who would like to join the Institute. The roll call will be "Written suggestions for the new programme." Musical items have been arranged for by the social committee. Next Sunday the Salvation Army will hold its annual harvest festival services at Leeston at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. On Monday evening the harvest sale is to be held in the Army Hall, when a programme of musical items will be presented. Gifts of produce for the sale will be accepted with thanks and the proceeds will be used for the furtherance of the valuable social work the Army is doing throughout the Dominion. It is hoped that the special services and the sale will be well attended.

An estimate based on early results shows that the season's yield of machine-dressed certified ryegrass seed in the Gisborne district should reach approximately 40,000 bushels, or three and a half times greater than the actual output of last season. The area certified to this year was nearly 1000 acres larger than last season, being 3828 acres out of a total of 4800 acres for which certification was applied for.

"You cannot expect children to be good unless you set them an example and give them a decent home," said Bishop C. A. Cherrington, Bishop of Waikato, speaking in St. Peter's Cathedral, Hamilton. "Many people," he said, "have developed the habit of criticising young people for lack of discipline. I do not believe much of the criticism voiced. If I had a say in the matter I would reclaim fathers and mothers."

If the No. 3 bore of Moturoa Oilfields, Ltd., is successful, it is intended to sink 'another at the water's edge at New Plymouth, says the Taranaki News. For over thirty years evidences of seepage from the ocean bottom have been noticed along the North Taranaki coast, and it is not impossible that payable wells may yet be sunk in the water. Such wells have been sunk in the sea on the Californian coast, opposite Santa Barbara, which have been flowing for over a quarter of a century.

In order to obtain data upon which to base consideration of the possibilities of erecting a new railway bridge over the Rakaia River, officers of the Public Works Department have, for nearly a year, been engaged in a survey of the riverbed from the present bridge to a point some miles upstream. The actual object of the survey which has now been completed, was to find out whether it would be possible, in the event of the construction of a new bridge, to shorten its length, and with this in view data relating to the fall, flood level of the river, and variations in width, have been recorded. It is stated that there is a possibility that the present combined road and rail traffic bridge will be handed over to the roading authorities for use as a public highway and that a new railway bridge will be erected.

For many years Kaiapoi wool and woollen goods have been known and recognised as being the finest quality manufactured. This year they have excelled all other efforts in producing beautiful styles and colours for ladies' jumpers and cardigans. AU their beautiful range of pure wool garments now showing at Target Stores, Southbridge. Do not fail to call and inspect them during the next few days. Prices for the newest designs are as low as 12/3. Target Stores, Southbridge. (2)