MILTON NOTES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22195, 23 February 1934, Page 16

MILTON NOTES

(Feom Our own Correspondent.) MILTON, February 19. HAND AND WRIST CRUSHED. Whilst working an electric washing machine a Milton young woman named Ivy Anderson, a daughter of Mr James Anderson, of the Excelsior Tsa Rooms, had the misfortune to have her left hand end wrist severely crushed through being drawn into the rollers. Difficulty was experienced in releasing the sufferer from her predicament. She was admitted to the local hospital. . - VOLUNTEERS' CAMP. Only a very limited, number of defence rolnnteers from Milton and district have eignified their intention of attending the week's encampment at Waikouaiti, which ■will commence on Saturday. lhe volunteers will travel by the special tram conveying the various units from the Southland area. SALE OF CHEESE. Included amongst the cheese factories in Otago which have disposed of the remainder of the season's output tor shipment to London is the Milton Co-opera-tive Dairy Factory Company Ltd. Ine price accepted is 5d per lb, f.o.t>., which is about the same price as wa«. ruling at the corresponding date last year. LAWN TENNIS. The following ■ team will represent Milton A in a match against Kaitangata on the local courte on Saturday afternoon:—Sumpter, Woodhead, Webster, Veiteh, Misses Brookes. Coombe, Liery, and S. Vidal. GRAVITATION WATER SUPPLY. About 200 local ratepayers attended a meeting in the Coronation Hall last night to hear an outline of the Borough Council's proposals regarding, a gravitation water supply scheme from Glen Stream, North Branch, a distance of approximately six miles. This is a .project on •which a poll of ratepayers will be taken to-morrow on the proposal to raise a loan of £7OOO. Since the disastrous collapse of the water .tower in 1925 the town has been dependent upon the makeshift ot pumping water direct from the Toko River into the reticulation mams, and the quality of the supply thus available has been strongly condemned by the "Hast night's meeting was addressed by the Mayor (Mr James Gray), Cr A. Rennie (chairman of the Borough Councils Water Committee),, Cr E. Moore (chairman ot the Finance Committee), and Mr * W H Stevens (the engineer whose echeme has received the unanimous support of the Borough Council).