LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LVI, Issue 42, 28 May 1935, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A special entry for the stock sale at Leeston is advertised in this issue.

The usual weekly social will be held in the Leeston Catholic Hall this evening.

Friday will be sale day at Leeston this week. The monthly sitting of the Magistrate's Court will also take place that day.

Immediately after the Leeston stock sale next Friday, Messrs Pyne, Gould, Guinness, Ltd., will offer by auction, on the premises, Pennington street, in the estate of the late Mr G. Scott, \the contents of a fiveroomed house, together with sundries. "We give medals for all sorts of things, yet I have never heard of a woman being presented with a medal for being a good mother," remarked the Rev. H. Whitby James, speaking at the Mothers' Day service in Palmerston North. Although mothers were not recognised in that manner, he added, they made great sacrifices.

Two sketch plans of alterations suggested for the Leeston Town Hall are on view in the windows of Mr Bernard Brown's shop. One set, which shows a new brick front and a reconstructed stage and stage rooms, is the work of Mr-F. W. Jarman, of Leeston, while the other set has been prepared by a Christchurch architect.

At the monthly meeting of the Selwyn Plantations Board, it was reported that a start had been made on the replanting work at Southbridge, where about 100,000 trees would be required to carry through the projected scheme. The superintendent said that the loss at the big Southbridge plantation was about 15 per cent. The young trees in this stand were now looking much healthier.

The opinion that travelling circuses and menageries should not be allowed to enter New Zealand on account of the risk of the introduction of cattle disease was expressed by a delegate at the provincial conference of the Auckland Farmers' Union. "Importations from England, where there are strict quarantine regulations, are banned, but here we have beasts from remote parts of Asia and Africa entering the country without difficulty," he said.

The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board reports under date May 24, on Smithfield meat markets as under:— Lamb firmer, with prices decidedly better; tone of market good and consumption continues good. Wether and ewe mutton firmer in sympathy with lambs, but demand is quiet. Beef is firmer owing to short spot stock and better prices of Argentine chilled beef. New Zealand porker pigs are easier owing to decline in demand; baconers steady, and there is good demand for forward delivery.

Some surprise was expressed by a medical witness in the Arbitration Court at Dunedin that more claims for compensation following death from appendicitis were not heard before the court. The witness was Dr. Newlands, who was giving- evidence in a claim for compensation. He quoted a medical authority to the effect that 6.6 per cent, of cases of appendicitis gave a history of strain or injury, and expressed the opinion that in future there would be more claims for compensation before the court arising from death following appendicitis.

Saturday's frost was of 8 h degrees and Sunday's 9 degrees, according to Mr A. J. Inwood's frost gauge.

The annual meeting of subscribers to the Leeston Public Library will be held at the~ library on Friday evening.

In this issue Day's Motors advertise a special time-table for Monday next, the King's Birthday.

In conjunction with the Killinchy Hali and Library Committee's social next Saturday, a gift evening will be tendered to Miss Kathleen Millar, a popular resident of the district. All friends are invited to attend.

Residents of Springs .county and adjoining districts are assured of a splendid evening's enjoyment next Monday (King's Birthday) at the Springston South Hall, where the United Football Club will hold a dance in aid of its fund to assist injured players. Dawson's Band is to supply the music and an attractive programme includes a Monte Carlo. The club expects that the hall at Springston South, which is one of the largest in the district, will be well crowded.

Rabbit trapping in some of the districts near Te Awamutu is affording profitable employment to many trappers at present. Most of the skins are sent to Dunedin. A few days ago one trapper forwarded 7cwt of prime skins, and later another man sent 11 sacks of skins. Prices are expected to, show a very good return for the enterprise. For several years the immediate neighbourhood of Te Awamutu has been almost cleared of rabbits, but on larger holdings further away, where hard times have retarded development work, rabbits have increased to great numbers.

The annual meeting of the Canterbury Provincial Fire Brigades' Association was held at Sumner, the Leeston delegate being Superintendent T. J. Ramsey, who asked, during the meeting, whether it would be possible to arrange a demonstration of dry events for small brigades without high pressure water supply at their disposal. The advisability of including dry events at the provincial demonstration was referred to the executive. Several representatives of smaller brigades endorsed Mr Ramsey's remarks and said that their brigades would be willing to visit Leeston to take part in the events suggested.