THE KAIKOURA STAR And COUNTY GAZETTE AND RECORDER TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kaikoura Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 39, 13 May 1924, Page 2

THE KAIKOURA STAR And COUNTY GAZETTE AND RECORDER TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A dance will be held at Suburban Hall on May 23. Entries for the Dog Trials close at the Adelphi Hotel on May 3J. Tenders are invited for the supply of firewood to the Hapuku Dairy Factory. The Cygnet arrived from Lyttelton this morning, ami the Wakatu from 1 Wellington. A meeting of members and intending members of the Kaikoura Ladies’ Hockey Club is convened for 7.30 on Monday next at the Public Library. The N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. offered by auction on Saturday a. 25 acre farm. A bid of £7O per acre was made for the property. The Cygnet arrived from the North at 5 p.m. on Saturday. She was delayed for an hour as a. result of the gale which took-place shortly after mid-day. Members of the Kaikoura Ladies’ Hockey Club are notified that a practice game will be played at the Show Grounds, commencing at 2.30 on Saturday next. A committee meeting of the Kaikoura .Axemen’s Association will bo held at. the New Club Hotel at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, when important business is to be dealt with. As the time for the spurts is approaching, members arc expected to roll up in full force. Rabbit poisoning operations in the County arc proving very successful, ami some large hauls have been made on several farms. One contract entered into is for 4500 rabbits. A noticeable feature this season is that many settlors whose properties adjoin are poisoning simultaneously. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For Bronchial Coughs, take

Mr G. Dickson advertises several articles of furniture for sale. The Hapuku Ladies’ Hockey Club is holding a ball on Friday, May 30. A dance will bo held in the Suburban Hall to-morrow night, in aid of funds for the erection of a .shelter shed for -h • children attending ti e Suburban School. Despite the rough weather on Satui--y afternoon 32 players engaged in a match, Tove v. Country, the latter winning by 13 points to nil. However, some garni solid practice was had. The Wahnfu arrived from Lyttelton on t.at u; ■> lining and left tor Wei lingio.i :<i 10 >’.4ock, with the following passenger:-;Mis G. Eaton ami iwo children. 11 Si r* :■ ml Iwo childi■ n, Mr and Ms E. Wilson and child. Messrs lleiin, ?.i( i\cjjzi<•, Black,J. Carter, ami Patterson. The usually quiet locality in the y icily of the Old Wharf was disturbed at the week-end by a fisticuff bout by | two ladies, the result being three black eyes. A snapshot was taken of the bout, I but on this occasion it will not be put j on the screen at the local Picture Thc- | It lias been further pointed out that I even- meat producing country in the world publishes statements as to the | shipments made to various countries, i and that in the United States for some , considerable time past statistics have i been collected and published of the I stocks in cold store, but that as far as Great Britain is concerned, as soon as meat arrives and is stored, information regarding it is no longer available. The first, meeting of the newly-elected Kaikoura Town School Committee was held on Friday evening. Mr A. Gooch (chairman) presiding. On behalf of the committee lie welcomed the now members (Mrs T. Alexander ami Mr W. Sabiston). It was decided to hold a children’s fancy dress ball in the Drill Hall oil June 13, to assist the school funds. A meeting of the Hapuku Ladies’ Hockey Club took place al Mrs (ruin .•me’:, residence on Tuesday last. There was a fair al I emlanc:’ .and members -ill appeared anxious to resume hockey ibis season. 13 • Secretary produced the bal-ance-sheer. showing a ere 'it balance of £.l I. 3/5. Officers were elected as follows: Patroness ami Chaperon. Mrs A. Stewart; President, Mrs E. Parsons; VicePresidents, Mcsdames P. L Boyd, G. Eaton, and H. IL Smith; Secretary, Mrs Guimmc;. It was decided | () hold an opening season ball on May 30. Regarding a communication from th.e Kaikoura Ladies’ Hockey Club enquiring whether a combined team could be arranged to play Cheviot, it was decided to join in with Kaikoura for the match. The possibility of a general election this year was hinted at by tlie Prime Minister when replying to a deputation from the New Zealand Alliance on Friday. Mr idassey saM that it did not t< : ! with him as to whether lherc was likely to be an election soon. He w; ■ roogl opposed to an election, became he l > - '.. how it in'erfered with bm-ii.«- s :.;ui | what i; “J ■ it is possible to av.ffi! an ele •< 'Ci I am q.iite willing to in tbs' ■ hut it may u > forced I upon i li- '' .■ ' ey. I-iu J declare amidst loughler. that he had I take a • ml k< en intei est in Parliamentary elections for a. long' lime past,” ami, he added, emphatically, <f l am going to do it for a long time in the future.” The south-eastern portion of 'Torquay Street presented an animated scene on Sunday morning, when groups of residents surrounded the corpses of numerous dogs and cats, and inquests were the order of the day. Some person or persons laid poison on their property, with the result tlial the stray pets got busy with i;, and in due course want West. Among the victims are several pedigree Persi.in cats ami PoniernuiuD dogs, also a v/gll-t rained collie dog. It is we ll nigh impossible t<> keep <a’.s at home, but i i i> always wise to keep dogs chained i;p. especially when it is advertised that poison has b . a laid for their destruction. An enquiry is Io be made into the matter with a view to bringing the cul- . prit to justice. The Now Zealand Meat Producers Board’s London Manager has been cooperating with the High (Commissioner in the matter of bringing pressure to bear on the present l.about Government in. order to gel them to insist upon the .stocks of refrigerMod meat held in cold stores being published monthly as I is done in America and elsewhere, and | has tirawn the attention of the Undersecretary of State to a paragraph in the Interim Report made by the Departmental Committee on distribution ami prices of agricultural produce, dealing with the advisability of stalistics being available showing the total quan- . lilies of various classes of meat in cold I storage, and urging that the recommendation embodied in the report in question should be given effect at as early a. date as is practicable. It ma-y l>e mentioned that this decision of Departmental Committee at Home was the result of special representations made by the New Zealand Meat Producers Board. A spike driven through the underground cable in South Haglcy Park, Christcliumh, on. Friday morning, caused a short circuit, threw a workman a distance of a few feet, and cut the power off the city .for twenty minutes. There are two cables laid across the park, connecting the Addington sub-station with the main station in Armagh Street, and a third, to carry 11,000 volts, or as much as the two existing ones, is being laid. On Friday morning the workmen were making fast a winch which is used to pull the lengthy cable into position. One of the men was driving a gad, or iron pin, into the soil,, and owing to a misetiicuiation, the gad struck one of th“ original cables, being driven through the concrido pipe ami tin l inner-cover-ing of bitumen. The man who was w ieldiiig the hammer had h;s loot- against tlie gad -1o steady it, but the moment the blow was struck he was not actually touching it. He picked himself up a few feet from where he had been standing a moment before, none the ; worse for having spiked a 5000 volt I cable. He was still congratulating him- ; self in the afternoon upon his escape, j Had he had kis hand upon the gad, or 1 bad the soil been wet, there would have been another tale to tell, so far as his . pari in the affair was concerned. The short circuit caused a good deal ot > j trouble at. the Addington sub-station, I [but a switch over was made, i and power was available at the main station within twenty minutes.

Several sections on Dover Terrace are advertised for sale. A sitting of the Magistrate’s Court will be held on Thursday, when some interesting cases are set down for ingAdvice on hew to remain single ‘s very seldom given to girls. Here is one lady ? s pros :ri] tion: “Carry a copy ••f the ‘ Decline and Fall of the I’oman Empire’ under your arm; do all the talking when in masculine company; contradict him frequently; wear men's sailor hats and stiff collais; wear orthopaedic shoes; cell him as often as possible that, he doesn’t know what he is talking about; tell him b.e is making an awful fool of himself. After this,, you won’t need any .further assistance.” On the 17th of April last the Post-master-General announced that as a result of negotiations with the Pacific Cable Board, the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, and the Commonwealth Post Office, arrangements have been, made for a night letter telegram service between the Dominion and the Commonwealth. The new system commenced on May J. For some years it has been considered that there was an opening for a cheap class of telegram between the two countries. Returns have been .kept over the first seven days during which the new system has been in miration, and it is uuiTounccd that during that period there wen* 393 messages from New Zealand to Australia, and 408 from Australia to New Zealand. As the concession is practically unknown as yet, these figures are considered very satisfactory indeed. The messages cost 3/- for a minimum of twenty words, and 2d for each word in excess of twenty. Transmission is effected on the day of despatch, and are delivered b\ post the following morning. The Department anticipates that when the system becomes belter known it will be used largely by business men and the travelling public. “Hail season of mists and maladies.” —Anon. The approach of tne uold days makes neeessnry the med i’.n pro(e< tion against chills .--nd inti' 1 . >. A bottle of Baxter’s Lung I’resviver is yc.'i best health insurance against all such chest, throat, ami lung tumbles. “Baxter’s” is rich, warming, penetrative, dependable. A grand tonic, too. Generous-sized bottle 2/6; family size 4/6. Chemists and stores. 1