Dannevirke News

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 4, 6 January 1937, Page 12

Dannevirke News

During the year 1936 three bankruptcies were recorded iu Dannevirke, those concerned being a bricklayer, a builder and an electrician. There were two. failures in 1935. The record total of 22 insolvencies filed in 1922 has not been exceeded since that year. Vital Statistics. Particulars of the vital statistics for the past year, supplied by Mr A. R. C. Clarridge, registrar for the Dannevirke district, are as follows 1935 being in parenthesis:— The Year: Births, 196 (178); deaths, 60 (47); marriages, 72 (64). The Quarter: Births, 46 (43); deaths, 12 (11); marriages, 21 (10). The Month (Dec.): Births, 10 (7); deaths, 1 (3); marriages, 3 (4). Personal. Mr and Mrs R. Summers returned to Wanganui by car after spending the holidays with relatives. Mrs Shirley Bicknell, principal of the Napier Collegiate School, is the guest of Mr and Mrs W. D. Broadbcnt, of Te Rehunga. Mr and Mrs W. R. Cole, of Dannevirke, who have been spending a holiday at Hamilton, have returned home. Mr J. Silvester, of Auckland, has arrived in Dannevirke to relieve the Rev. J. L. Liddell, of the Methodist Church, who is visiting Australia. THREE-HOUR BREAK IN ELECTRICITY SUPPLY. FAULT AT P.W.D. SUB-STATION. At 3.33 p.m. on Monday the pot-head on the 11 k.v. cable of the main transformer at the Public Works Department electrical sub-station at Rua Roa blew up, with the result that current was. cut off from the whole of the Daunevirke Electric Power Board’s area for about three hours. A temporary line had to be erected at all speed, and six men of the Dannevirke Power Board were requisitioned to assist the substation staff. Within three hours the 10 men had completed the task, power being restored about 6.30 p.m. For several weeks past the engineers at the substation had suspected that the pot-head in question was not iu firstclass order, and apparatus to replace it had been ordered. Unfortunately the pot-head gave way before replacements arrived. The temporary line erected yesterday will carry the power indefinitely, and no further fault should occur. The interruption of power, which happened at an inconvenient time, was the most serious for some years. There have been interruptions before but the majority were of a minor nature, affecting only a part of the area and lasting but a short time. EVENING SPORTS AT DOMAIN. Handicaps for athletic sports on the Dannevirke Domain this evening are:— Men’s 200yds.: J. Mclntyre 19yds., D. Brown 21, T. Tuohy 22, L. Hansen 23, J. Thomson 25, L. Aiding and C. R. Fothergill 28, S. Branuigau, A. Harper, W. Hickey and B. Thompson 35; C. R. Redward 36, B. Manly 42. Men’s 1000 yards: J. Mclntyre 50yds., L. Hansen and A. Harper 75, T. Tuohy 78, SS. Branuigan 85, C. R. Redward SS, J. Thomson 92, C. R. Fothergill and W. Hickey 100, B. Thomson 115, B. Manley 150. Ladies’ 75yds. handicap: S. Mclntyre and M. Hickey 12yds., S. Firth 13, M. Kell 14$, F. Hickey 35. Ladies’ 120yds. handicap: S. Mclntyre and M. Hickey 12yds., »S. Firth 16, M. Kell 34*, F. Hickey IS. Half-mile cycle; F. Wilson 10yds., R. Wilson and W. Hansen 25, C. Baines 30, E. Redward 35, A. Strother 50. Three-mile cycle: F. Wilson 40yds., W. Hansen 90, R. Wilson 300, S. Baines ISO, E. Redward 250, A. Strother 300. FIG AND POULTRY SALES. Messrs. R. Koake and Son report: During our long experience of Christmas and New Year poultry sales, we have never known such a shortage of all classes of poultry as was the case this past year, and judging by inquiries we received from other towus, it must have been universal. This is no doubt owing to the sexing of birds, together with the high cost of grain. Turkey gobblers brought from 11s to 17s Gd, turkey hens 7s Gd to 10s, geese 4s to 6s, ducks 2s 6d to 3s 6d; fat hens, 2s 6d to 3s Gd, roosters Is 3d to 3s 6d (according to size). Pigs: Tamworth weaners, 14s, 15s Gd, 16s, 17s and 18s; light porkers, to 27s Gd.