FEILDING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 255, 27 September 1932, Page 8

FEILDING

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The quarterly meeting of the Folding Chamber of Commerce was held last night, Mr A. J. Kellow presiding. ALso present were Messrs Clark, Tingey, Bryant, Findlay, Jells, Pearce, Humphries, McCorkindale, Smith and Fitzpatrick. COMMUNITY LIGHTING. The Manawatu-Oroua Power Board, wrote advising oi the reduction in the rates for community lighting m redding from i;3 10s to £B- - Humphries thought the rate "as still too high. , + Mr McCorkindale pointed out that a great number of lights Tiad been taken out and he understood more were to follow. 1 The chairman said he wondered it the chamber went to the board with a request for the rates to be brought down to £2 10s per light whether the business meii of the town would p the lights in with the price at that fag Ali e ' McCorkindale thought that Is per week, which was what £2 lus p year amoiuited to, could not be considered an expensive rate. Mr Humphries found it unfortunate that the hours required for communi y lighting struck the peak hour and m prevented the hoard reducing charge to a very low rate. The speaker was inclined to discontinue the g ing for the reason that the Al gnt were now spaced intermittently a o g • the business fronts and unless system was general Mr Humphn thought community lighting was us less. . r +i, Q In reply to a question from the chairman, Mr Humphries said l hard to ascertain definitely whether community lighting attracted business The chairman wondered if a canvass of the business area would induce mo businessmen to put community 6 in. The speaker considered that if more . could be got to put the lights in the board would have a chance of reducing the cost. , ~ Mr Fitzpatrick suggested the reverse method—asking the board to reduce the charge and then canvass the business area, but both Mr Humphries and the chairman were opposed to this. Mr Jeffs considered that it the lights were put on at a later hour the difficulty would be eased so far as the peak load was concerned. His premises had six lights in them, and if the price could not be reduced he was inclined to discontinue the lighting on account of the cost. Mr Humphries agreed with the last speaker regarding the hour a which the lights went on There was he said, very little need for the lights after 5.30 p.m. until about 7 or i.dU p.m., at which hour people started coming out again. , . It was finally decided to apply to the board for information as to what number of lights would be required to bring about a reduction in the ia price to £2 10s per light. The Wellington Importers’ Association requested the chamber to support a move to form a New Zealand Importers’ Association with a view to watching the interests of importers in regard to import duties, rates of exchange, etc. Speaking to the letter, the chairman could see no advantage to be gained by members joining the association. The Ottawa Conference would undoubtedly have a large influence on tariffs, and in any case any move of the Importers’ Association to lower tariffs would meet with objections from the New Zealand Manufacturers’ Association. Regarding exchange rates. Mr ICellow said he favoured a high exchange as it benefited the man who most needed it—the farmer. The letter was received, no action being taken. Dealing with the minutes of the monthly meeting of the executive of the Associated Chambers, the chairman announced that he would probably be in Dunedin at the time of the annual conference of the Associated Chambers and would attend on behalf of the Feilding Chamber. Mr Kellow’s offer was accepted by the chamber with thanks. The matter of arranging for a speaker for the annual meeting of the chamber was left in the hands of the president and the secretary.

SOCIAL CLUB. The following are the winners of the competitions conducted during the winter by the Feilding Social Club: Ladies, Mrs Draper 1, Mrs Noble 2; men, Mr Simpson 1, Mr Dewe 2. The gatherings of the club were most successful and the funds of the District Nurse Association will benefit considerably as the result of the donations made by the club. The competitions were in the hands of Messrs 11. Jones (president) and Starr (secretary), to whom the thanks of the members for their efforts have been conveyed. LADIES’ GOLF. The second round of matches played by the Feilding Ladies’ Golf Club in connection with the Brown cup competition resulted as under:—Mrs McGruer beat Miss K. Carthew, Mrs Fair beat Mrs Broad, MiSs Bartholomew beat Miss Irwin, Miss Seifert beat Mrs le Cren, Miss Mclvor beat Mrs Little, Miss Entwistle halved with Miss Phillips, Miss Foster beat Miss Brandt, Miss Curtis beat Miss Crabbe. Yesterday afternoon the final of the knock-out competition was played between Misses M. Bartholomew and G. Curtis, the former winning 1 up on the 18th green after a keen struggle. CHELTENHAM SCHOOL. The finish of the basketball season at the Cheltenham School was marked by a match against teams from Lytton Street School, the games being played at Cheltenham. After two keen matches the Cheltenham A team won its game "by eight goals to three, while the two B teams were even with one goal each. The A’s win was largely due to the accurate goalthrowing by Peggy and Trixie Corkill and Thelma Dunstan. At the conclusion of afternoon tea Peggy Corkill, on behalf of Cheltenham, thanked the Lytton Street girls for journeying out for the games. Betty Green replied on behalf of Lytton Street. The Education Board’s carpenters have been recently effecting renovations to the school building and the teacher’s residence. Dr. Elizabeth Gunn visited the Cheltenham school last Thursday and expressed satisfaction at the general health of the children. RUGBY FOOTBALL. The following team will play for the Feilding relief workers against .a team, of relief men from Palmerston North in a charity match at Johnston Park to-morrow afternoon: Salisbury, ’McAsey (capt.), Prouse, Stevens, Burrell, Matson, Smith, Hepburn ‘ Ferry, Leeks, Pawson, Guard, Holman, Beaman, Wilson, Fitzgerald, Hendle. MAGISTRATE’S COURT. ’ M Watson, S.M., presided to-day’s' sitting of the Feilding M^Cape C l o^d S uilt y to a

charge of driving an unregistered motor car and was fined £2, with 10s costs. On a further charge of not being in possession of a license to drive a motor vehicle, defendant.was fined £l, with 12s costs. In asking that the penalty lie made as light as possible, Mr Graham, for defondant, explained to the Magistrate that defendant was in impecunious circumstances and really was one of those people whose finances did not permit them to run a car.’ The vehicle had not yet been registered, but an undertaking had been given counsel that the car would not he used until it was registered. . The Magistrate inflicted the penalty as stated above, remarking that although such undertakings were given now the police had no assurance that the vehicle had not been used extensivelv prior to it being found to be unregistered, and for these breaches a penalty must bo paid. OVERLOADED LORRIES.

On the information of Mr W. Berry, traffic inspector to the Manawatu County Council, Harold N. Wilson, ot Halcombo, was charged with operating a lorry carrying a greater load than the maximum the lorry was licensed to carry. Mr Berry said he had weighed defendant’s lorry and load and found it to be nine tons nine hundredweight. Deiendant s license allowed a maximum load of eight tons to be borne on the road. A fine of £B, with 12s costs, was inflicted. P. Halford . pleaded guilty to a charge laid by Mr Berry, who is also traffic inspector to the Oroua County Council, of operating an over oaded lorry, and was fined £3, with 12s costs. . - r On the further information of Mr Berry the following were each fined £l, with 12s costs, for not being in possession of a driver’s license: —&• E. Pederson, W. J. Frizzell, M. Morrissey. WANDERING STOCK.

For allowing stock to wander on highways in the Oroua County, the following were fined: —H. M. Tagg 12s, costs 10s; E. Morris, £l, costs 10s; H. Garnett 12s, costs 10s. CIVIL BUSINESS. Judgment was granted plaintiff by default in the undefended civil case, H. J. Barnicoat v. George Davis, £/ 6s, costs £1 Us 6d. On a judgment summons, Thomas Waugh was ordered to pay Robert Weir the sum of £BS 15s 6d and costs forthwith, in default two months’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended on the payment of 15s per month.