PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20869, 8 November 1929, Page 12

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

NORTH OTAGO.

ACTIVITIES OF

(From Oca Special

GOLF,

' The summer golf season will be opened to-day by the North 'Otago Ladies’ Club, with a stroke competition, the draw for which if as follows:- 1 —Mrs Kilpatrick v. Miss M'Donald, Miss Mackie v. Miss Cuthbertson, Miss Ireland v. Miss Roll, Mrs Cook v. Mrs Spooner, Miss R. Paterson v. Miss Nichoh. Mrs Brown v. Mrs Bird. Mrs Roll v. Mrs Parker. The following is the draw for the monthly medal match . to-morrow: — M'Dowell v. Ireland. Mitchell v. Grater, Holmes v. Rivers, Widdowsbn v. D. A. Williams, Kinder v. Kilpatrick. Grave v. Mathieson, I. Irvine v. J. D. Paterson, Scott v. Hunter, G. Cuthbertson v. Roll, M'Beatb v. Pollock, Rutherford v. M'Kenzie. Heron v. Cuthbertson, Stewart v. R, Hedges. Hopgood v. Bird, A. Fowler v. Currie, Cobb v. Whitcombe. Members not drawn may arrange 'their own partners.

THE RAINFALL,

A further 36 points of rain were registered by Mr W. Forrester for the 24 hours ended _ 9 a.m. yesterday, bringing the total rainfall for the week to one inch. Reports from the country indicate that the ■ fall, while fairly general, has been very patchy, exceeding in some E laces the inch, tvhil? in others it has een. much less.

OAMARU MUNICIPAL ABATTOIRS

The manager of the Oamaru Municipal Abattoirs reported to tbe Oamaru Borough Council last evening that there were slaughtered during the month 173 head of large cattle, 872 sheep, 37 lambs, and 7 pigs, .of which one sheep was found unfit for human consumption and passed on to the digester.

JUSTICES OF ’.IE PEACE,

In reply to. representations of the need for the appointment of an additional justice of the peace at Kurow, the Minister of Justice (Mr T. M. Wilford) has advised the North Otago ' Justices ,of the Peace Association that he will make such an appointment shortly after the close of the session.

OLD MAN’S SUDDEN DEATH.

John IWatson. aged 75. years, a labourer, of Herbert, dropped dead at tie home at 4 o’clock'yesterday afternoon. Dr Trotter, of Herbert, had been. attending the deceased, who was a married man, for the last two years, and last saw him bis weeks ago. It is understood that an inquest will not be necessary.

TOKARAHI BAZAAR,

The bazaar held in the Tokarahi Hall proved very successful, the gross takings amounting to nearly £l4O. Mr Hore (chairman of. the Hall Trust) ofliciaJly opened . the bazaar, and paid a tribute to the ladies, and especially Mrs G. Grant, for their excellent work in organising the bazaar. Considerable interest waa_ taken in the baking competition, the judges, Mesdames Yardley and Taylor, of Duntroou, awarding the following nrizes:—Plain scones. Mrs Hutchison; girdle scones, Mrs :Blair; pikelets, Mrs Hughes; sponge sandwich, Mrs Hughes; Mies.C, Simpson; seed cake, Mrs . Wilson; shortbread, Mrs Wilson; chocolate coke, Mrs Hughes; gingerbread. Miss C. Simpson; pastry, Mrs Stephenson; sponge roll. Miss Porter. Mrs A. Paterson won the sheepguessing competition, with the correct weight. 110!b, and Mrs Budge won the case'of petrol'allotted o the gross receipts competition.

AUDIT. DEPARTMENT AND

CR FOX,

'When the minutes of the previous meeting had been read at the Oamaru Borough Council last evening, Cr E. A. Fox. who had taken his seat at the council table, made the following statement:—“ 1 move the adoption of the minutes. In doing so, I wish to state that I.received a letter fro® . the Audit _ Department intimating that in • the_ opinion of the department I was disqualified from taking part in conncil matters., I may-say that in my own opinion I have done nothing,to disqualify myself, and I have no intention ■ of resigning my seat. I move the adoption pf the minutes merely for the purpose of intimating the stand I intend to take, and for the purpose of giving the Audit Department an opportunity of taking such action against me as it may think

The Mayor seconded the motion, which was carried,. and Cr Fox, receiving permission to-retire, left the Council Chamber. - • .

RELIEF WORKS COMPLETED,

The engineer reported to the Oamaru Borough Council last evening that the following relief works had been com pleted:—Oamaru Creek improvement £233 lls 3d estimated expenditure £300) ; North Oamaru outfall drain £340 Os 2d (estimated expenditure £350 ). The uncompleted relief; work on the Severn street bank improvement would be completed this- month. The expenditure to Novem-'' ber. 2 was as follows:—Labour, £628 7s 3d; . material, £903 3s 3d; —total. £1531 10s 6d,

Cr Calder urged that nowithe work was finished at the Oamaru Greek, steps’ should be taken to keep it in its present good condition. Cr Wright-stated that £2OO was spent on labour on the Severn street bank last year, which brought the total expenditure to about £1750. The Mayor reported that while the estimated amount of stone required. was 12,000 cubic feet, the actual amount required was. 14,000 cubic feet. He promised m full statement on the subject at the ■ next council ’ meeting.

CORPORATION GAS DEPARTMENT

The manager of the Corporation Gas Department recommended ,to the OaiMIU Borough Council last evening, as suggested by the audit inspector, that the list value of plant be written up by £6OO, and reticulation by £545, a total q£ £1145, making the value of plant and reticulation £30,045, and also that the first year’s interest and preliminary expenses be written off at 5 per cent, per annum. The recommendation was approved. ’ i Cr Cooney reported that the profit on the department for the year ended March 31, 1929, was £1782, compared with a net profit of £699 the previous year. The sales of gas realised £10,647, or £1273 os 4d greater than in the previous vear, and Sales of residuals £3544, or £298 18s 7d less than the previous year, but as there was £3OO more stock at the beginning of the year the result was about the same. The coal carbonised cost £l6O 19s Id more than in the previous year, but the greater amount of gas sold showed that they were getting better results from the coal than previously. He thought the undertaking was showing a very fine return, and suggested that if possible some concession would soon be made to large users of gas On behalf of the manager and himself, he expressed gratitude to the auditor, who had made many suggestions for the benefit of the department, and now the department was being run on up-to-date lines. The Mayor stated that the report was very satisfactory indeed.

Cr Cooney added that additions to plant and reticulation would not be so heavy as in past years, so that much of the expenditure would be non-recurring, and they should'stimulate the greater use" of gas bv consumers.

THE DISTRICT.

CORRESPONDENT.)

PERSONAL,

■ T. M.; Guthrie has been appointed secretary to the Oamaru Harbour Board as from January 1 nest.

SHARP SALLY IN COUNCIL

When the _ recommendation of the Re6eryes Committee—that the curator represent the council at the Park SuperintenConference at Napier—rcame before the Oamaru Borough Council last evening A>r r nth again voiced his protest to the proposal. He said he had objected at the last meeting to sending the chairman and curator, and he still objected to this proposal and intimated that he would vote against the recommendation. Cr Frith went on to say that they would not receive an adequate return for the expendiW n°n £1 °’ es P ecsa, |y as they could me all the money with advantage in Oamaru. no doubt. ■ • Conferehcea were accumulating, and he had read that the extravagances of one public body had been iTuhflo h ? OU ?S of Representatives A public body should guard atrainst accumulation of small items, and he hoped agliw n thi s 0 e rS X ? Uld put their fe et down Sfof 0lma?m aVaganCea 3nd he,p tbe gr£ r te^°a K «t 6 + aid n the Gardens were the would Ne well spen?. 3 ” 3nd the £ls T?r 9 r , , Jenk:ns . expressed surprise at Cr cal t an/1^ F !l 8 - Th< ; curat °r,wafi economicaj, and was domg two men’s work. i&S&SSr** fiot of one r of Je thm. S: EOITy ’ eir ’ JOU are QOt IKS’ rm DOt lookinß for d,£ r i i Je - rtkins retorted that C? Frith shouW give credit where credit was due The conference was one of education rep 'y/o Cr Frith. the Mayor' re£»fs? d A hat , the, late curator (Mr BarCr & ei the conferences each year. Q r balder stated that he had been under a misapprehension, as he thought it was in connection with the reserves but found it was for the gardena he would support the proposal. PrV+b if j er a dded that he thought Cr Frith had rather mislead him at last meeting, but in reply to Cr Frith said »t was not intentional. ’ "sij Put to the meeting the recommendation was carried. Cr Frith enterug his protest, and adding: “ Like the 6 o 'oll6 ls out of step

OAMARU BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The fortnightly meeting of the Oamaru &t.:n Council was * e ‘ d ‘it cv" there being present the Mayor (Mr F Crawshaw). srs J. M. Forrester J T to 6 iTl Fox, W. H. Frith * W Wright. W. S. Crombie. H. J. Jenkins FimUi.. R C “" f . k! dnersion of expenditure of portion of ment° a T^ 0 pi ey i- for waterw °rk improveSvt ?r ■nu erk waß ' instructed to write to Jsistan« aCPkert ° a thankiDg him for hs ®

aitaki •. Sctool Board acthe council s offer of £3O for a •» “vx DlV l er - w ™ te that he had continually complained to the enffineer and f£ V ur°^i COUncil l ors alsou t the state of m e EdPu d fi tr ne f at s he , si - de of ti«;;“ction 1° Eden street,, and asking his; complaint to be placed before, the full^cbuncil.— ara^T°wn fanning Committee has arranged to meet on'the ground to consider rn^ni rVln r e s T ,P r °P° se d subdivision at the highway? 1 eaver street and Thames stating tkf? 1 lo , dKecl a furthc r complaint stating that storm water had been diverted on to his section, and the matter was referred to the Works Committee and the engineer for report. The Finance Committee reported the balances;—D.F. account (dr). £0293 os; loan account (dr); £731 13s 4d; loan P.O S.B,'(cr). £IOOO General a S<£ u s fc *®* allln ß £1643 0s sd. and loan tw ti 10a were passed for payment. • decided to make an allowance of £o to .Messrs Wright, ■ Stephenson, and vo. tor, the electrical installation in the offices recently'.vacated by ttmui. granted the use of the Opera' House for a recital by the Wairaate Silver Band-on November 24 and. also the use of the gardens ■ for a combined recital during the afternoon.

•. The By-laws Committee reported that inquiries were being made from the solicitor to the Municipal. Asociation as to steps to be taken to prevent the use of parking areas' for advertising nurposes. •"

The plan of the proposed building for Messrs A. Slater and Co. was consented to.

Mr Bruce Christie was granted a water trough-supply, from the Cape Reservoir at £3 per annum. Mr J. Corojack (Peebles) was granted a. domestu: water supply from the race at £3 per annum. With a view to overcoming Mrs Familton s complaint it was decided to construct a sump in Ain street at a cost not to exceed £lO, and that residents in Upper ‘Ain street be requested to connect with tne sewer.

On the recommendation of the drainage engineer, permission to have drains m conmoii' was granted to Messrs MQuade and Campbell, qnd to Mr R. 3. Wilson and Miss Wansborough. The Tender, of Mr G. T. Gillies, of £49 ■los, for fitting two tyres to the Dennis lorry, was accepted. The. engineer was authorised th purchase up To 2000 gallons of tar from Dunedin, if required. . Cr Forrester reported that many complaints had been received about the state of the upper road in Severn' street, and the engineer stated that the Toad would tze cleaned up on the completion of the embankment work next week. Cr Jenkins reported that three chutes and. a roundabout had been placed in the children s playground in the Gardens. Cr Colquhoun asked when a start would be made on asphalting at Lynn street, amt,the engineer reported that the work nan been passed and was on the sche-

GARDENS DESPOILED,

J. enk r S r T rt, i fl , t 0 the Oamaru Boiough Council last evening that he was sorry to’say a sneak thief had paid a visit to the Gardens, and removed r ° SG bushes. Such a person could not be classed, he said, as a visitor ’ or a citizen, but was a dirty scamp of the worst type.

CRICKET.

The following will represent the Albion senior team against Oamaru, at School, on Saturday:-Brooker (2). Carrington. Chalmers. Davey Geddes, Jacobs. Keith, aim, Taylor, Todd.

WAITAKI ACCLIMATISATION

SOCIETY.

The monthly meeting of the Waitaki Acclimatisation Society wa s held last evening, Mr H. Kean presiding over an attendance oi seven members. Dr R. D. Milligan wrote for information in respect to a black swelling disease among trout.—Referred to Mr J, MThaii ot -tlaKataramea.

The Isew Zealand Acclimatisation Societies Association forwarded a cony of recommendations passed at the annua] conference.

Mr Bitehener wrote stating that a resolution had been brought forward in the House by the Public Works Department

to obtain control of the Arapuni dam, on the _ Waikato River, and stated that a similar proposal would be made in regard to the Waitaki dam, and asked for the society’s opinion on the matter. The secretary was instructed to write stating that the question would be dealt with at a fuller meeting of the society. , Mr J. A. Amies was granted permission to cull deer on the Birchwood Estate to the Canyon mouth, and. on both sides of the Ahuriri River, provided that the blocks were not required for licenses. Mr Martin reported that 20,000 rainbow fry had been liberated in the, Oamaru Greek; 22,000 brown fry in the Kakanui River, and 60,000 rainbow 'fry in Lake Ohau.

It was decided to procure a number of fishing regulations for issue to' license holders.

UA.O.D,

The lodge meeting last evening was presided over by P.A. Bro. Waring. Sick pay amounting to £ll Gs 'Sd was passed for payment, and the yearly Christmas tree was arranged for.