NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 47, 24 August 1931, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Price of Butter Down. Tho local wholesale price of butter was reduced by Id per pound to-day. I Standard brands are now selling at is 2d to Is 3d per pound. Late Sir George Hunter's Estate. A. short time ago an action for probate in solemn form of the will of the lato Sir George Hunter was before the Supreme Court. Pending the final determination, of this action, concerning the validity of the will, an order has now been made by his Honour Mr, Justice Blair appointing the Public Trusteo administrator of the estate. Rugby Union Expenditure.

Some of the items of expenditure by the Wellington Rugby Union were mentioned- by Mr. H. Murphy when replying: to the toast of the union at tho j annual amoko concert- of the Wellington Bugby Rcferqos' Association •on ' Saturday evening. The items were: Accident fund, £500 a year; fares paid for fifth, sixth, and seventh grade players, £250 a., year; fees for grounds, £1200 a year; and various charities, £500. People wondered, said Mr. Murphy, what the Rugby Union did with its money, but the balance-sheet, was open for inspection. Marsden Memorial in Yorkshire. An effort is being made to establish a memorial at Farslcy, England, to Samuel Marsdeu, tho man who was the founder of the woollen and worsted trade in Yorkshire, states an English paper. Tho Rev. Samuel. Marsdeu, a missionary to Australia and New Zealand,, introduced wool in substantial quantities into his own country 150 years ago. Mrs. Percy .Gaunt, of Elmwood,: Calverley, proposes to have a, library and memorial, hall erected on the site of the house in which Marsden was born, on. 28th July, 1764. Mr. Marsdcn; went toAustralia as a missionary in 1794. On his return. .to England he-brought with him fromhis farm 2401b of wool packed in. barrels. He came to New Zealand in 1814, but subsequently, went back to Australia, and died at Parramatta, aged 73. Mrs. j Gaunt visited. Australia and New Zealand years, ago, and collected ! some 'Marsden -memorials,' which, to- j gether. with: others: obtained in England, it is proposed^to' place in the' memorial hall;."/ , /■--;r.:Vi;' : ;;v; - \ ■:-,'■,: \ ::;'-; Taita Footpath., :.. ;*:l-/ ; ■:' f ■' There has recently been some agitation for a footpath along the Hutt road from the Taita School to the Gorge. Mr. W. H. Field, Jkl.P., stated on Saturday evening that, he had asked the Highways Board for. a subsidy, for two 'miles of-foptp'ath'j and. he' hoped the. request would receive favourable: consideration. A resident ■ of,- the district' stated to a " Post '■ ', representative that he 1 was afraid- the board: would reply that its only concern was :witb^the'road proper, and in reply'to those'who were advocating ...-the, carrying out of. the work under the No. 5 scheme, he said the trouble was that the bulk of the cost would be for cartage and filling, and hot labour, as the side'of the road was for the' greater part: of the: distance much lower than the roadway: The cost would .be at least '£2000,' and though the footpath, would bo a great boon' and would save parents much anxiety in regard, to the safety of their children, he could not; see how it was possiblo for the money to be'fonnd at the present time, when ratepayers were finding difficulty 'in meeting: the present- demands>upoii'them. ; i;

The Fund. X>id Not■•i&ptot.. "ThqcostfOf 'the5 team thatwent to Wellington.last year to contest the 100 miles cycling champion of New Zealand was paid for out of a fund- that did not exist," said, My. 6. L. Austin at a meeting of the; Cycling Committee 6t .'--.the Canterbury Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, Tyhen asking who was going to pay the expenses of •the team to visit Dunedin for a similar event in October, reports the "Christchurch Times." "They ao riot need any," saia Mr. B. Hill. "They can ride down, and get' billets there. There is no water, on the way, and it will be good exercise, for them."- On Mr.'. Austin's motion it was decided that the committee 'should '.recommend ijhat: the; centre , Bhould-, contribute nothing to- the .expense of' sending a team to Dunedin from its teams fund. Much-travelled Stowaways. ;■■ A,: ;few weeks ago :two . Sairioans stowed away on the Swedish; motor-ship Boren 'at Apia, -and' .within the next, fortnight they/ will-arrive back at Apia after having travelled by a roundabout route in different ship^. ■■They were put off the Boren at Manihiki, an island in the Cook group,' and from there .they were taken in a small trading schooner to Karotonga. They were picked up on Tuesday by the Maunganui, which arrived at "Wellington this morning, and will be sent to Aucklaud to-night. The Government motor-iship Maui ' Pomare, which is to leave Auckland to-morrow for Niue and Apia, will take .them home. A Sporting Parson.

Mentioned in the toast of the "Newly Elected Senior Referees," proposed by Mr. A. C. Kitjo at the annual smoke concert of the Wellington Rugby Referees' Association on Saturday evening was the name of the Eev. H. .Jeffreys, Methodist minister at Ngaio. In answering the toast, Mr. Jeffreys said that there were two things ho was proud of—being' a parson and being a referee. The, parson had to see both sides of life, and the referee had to see the point of view, of both teams. A little later in the evening Mr. E. Calcinai said that a suggestion had been made to him: that oh Sunday week the referees ■ could attend Mr. Jeffreys 's church: ."There is no doubt that he is a sport,'.'. said Mr. Calcinai, "and we should reciprocate the feeling." After it had been suggested .that the referees could go^in motor-cars to Ngaio, a show of hands was asked for from those who would accept the invitation, and there was such a good response that it was decided that there were sufficient to fill a bus. .The morning service, it was stated, would be the one attended, and referees were asked to watch for a notice in next Saturday paper. Watching the Pennies.

"We havegot to watch these pen-nies,'.'-said." a wheat; grower at a meeting of farmers. »t Culverden on Thursday, when the position in regard to the paynicnt of the balances due on grain sold to tho Wheat Pool in past seasons was being explained by Mr. E. MTherson, manager of the Wheat Growers' Association, reports the " Christchurch Times." Mr. M'Pherson said that the wheat market had been considerably upset in the past few months owing to- the announcement by the Prime Minister cf the 6 vernment's intention to alter the sliding scale of duties. : However, it was expected that the final payments for the 1929 and the 1930 seasons would be available shortly, but the association " would retain one penny a bushel to the credit of the growers. In reply to an apprehensive question by one of the growers present, Mr. M'Pherson gave an assurance that it was the original penny that was being retained and not another one. Drivers and Drink. "I have always held, ana still hold, the opinion that the driver of a car should not touch liquor of any sort," said Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., in the i Police Court at Christehurch. "It is a I very foolish practice. This ;man. lias been foolish and he must pay for it. He can't expect anything else. Brink must affect a man's judgment. I don't care who the man is, whether he is used I to if, or not." .