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Southland Times, Issue 19290, 8 July 1924, Page 4

Following is the Dominion Meteorologist’s weather forecast: Present indications are for moderate to strong south-easterly winds, cold, fair to cloudy weather generally, with scattered showers probably along the East Coast. The barometer will rise high everywhere. “He has now come to this district to play football,” said Captain Wales, when referring to a defaulting territorial at the Wanganui Court the other day. “Like a great many more Maoris, he has given up work for football,” added the captain. As a result of the thousands who attended the sessions given by Pharus, the Egyptian, in Dunedin, many were unable to gain admission, and one of these, a man, who has been deaf for years, wired the Albion on Saturday, asking if he could be treated. The necessary arrangements were made, and he arrived by the express yesterday. He was treated by Pharus last evening, and has regained his hearing completely.

A company is being formed to exploit the natural gas field at Waipatiki, for the purpose of supplying compressed gas in cylinders for welding, brazing, heating, lighting, power, etc. The proverb “The early bird catches the worm” was illustrated the other morning, when a Timaru “daily dipper” was rewarded for his hardiwood by finding on the sands a fine frost fish, sft. 6in. in length. It may not be generally known that wallaby-hunting is now a favourite sport of quite a number of Oamaru sportsmen. The wallaby are located on the hills behind Waimate, and are reported to have increased considerably in recent years. At a meeting of the Otago’ Farmers Union held at Dunedin on the 3rd inst., it was stated that it was not the intention of the Agricultural Department to hold a Farm School in Dunedin next winter on account of-the paucity of attendance and the general lack of interest shown in the School held there at the end of May. ‘Tour client has not got a leg to stand on,” said the Bench to a defending counsel in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning. “Drunkenness on trains has got to be stopped. We will grant an order for the non-publication of his name, not for his own sake, but on account of his people.” On Sunday afternoon the Riverton Band gave an enjoyable concert to the inmates of the Wallace Hospital. Although the weather had been boisterous, it held up till the concert was over, and enabled the excellent programme to be enjoyed not only by the patients and staff, but also by a large number of the public. During the week the Labour Department placed three cooks in employment. There are ten labourers, fit for heavy work, two fit for light work, one butcher fit for light work, one ploughman, three farm hands and one blacksmith, ail fit for heavy work, waiting for employment. Positions for a general farm hand (30/-) and a ploughman (£2) are still open. At the Police Court at Wellington yesterday reports a Press Association telegram, Wy Gee, aged 71 years, pleaded guilty to being in possession of opium in a form suitable for smoking, and Kum Lun, aged 58 years, pleaded guilty to smoking opium. The former was fined £25 and the latter £4. In connection with the Pokeno fire fatality, Walden, who was burned to death, was the means of saving the lives of a woman and her child. Deceased, states ah Auckland Press Association wire, rushed into the burning building to rescue his sister, who, he believed, was inside. The housekeeper, Mrs Langdon, who was in bed with her little boy, Jack, was awakened by a voice shouting “May!” the name of Walden’s sister. The name was shouted once, then there was a low murmur and no more. Had it not been for this warning, Mrs Langdon believes she and the boy would have perished, because she had time only to wrap a blanket round the boy and dash for safety. In a moment or two she would have been suffocated. During 1923 the births of 27,967 children were registered in New Zealand, representing a birth rate of 21.94 per thousand of the mean population. The births were 1039, or 3.59 per cent lower than those for the previous year, while the rate is exceedingly low, lower indeed than in any previous year, with the solitary exception of 1919, the rate for which was, of course, very seriously affected by the absence of men at the war, as well as to a certain extent by the disastrous influenza epidemic of 1918-19. The birth rate of Australia at lowest computation was 24.7 per 1000. The marriage rate in New Zealand last year was considerably below the average of the 15 years immediately preceding the war.

A Wellington telegram states that the Macarthy Trust, administering the property left by the late Mr T. G. Macarthy for the benefit of charitable and deserving institutions of all religions, and with varying objects, yesterday authorised the allocation of £9350, the amount available for distribution for the year, to 103 institutions, homes, schools, and societies, including .several new applications. Since 1913 the sum of £73,263 has been distributed, and the amount has been increased each year. • The funds are controlled by a Board of Governors, the principal active agent being the Public Trustee, Mr J. W. MacDonald, whose administration of the estate is highly spoken of. He works in hearty co-operation with the Advisory Committee, later making recommendations for the allocation of the amount yearly. A meeting of the Committee of the Radium Appeal Fund, will be held in the St. John Ambulance Rooms, Esk street, to-night.— (advt). “Chance,” a novel by Joseph Conrad, will be the subject at the weekly meeting of the W.E.A. literature class, to be held in the Y.M.C.A. Rooms, Tay street, this (Tues day) evening at 7.30 o’clock as usual. Those interested are invited to attend. (advt.) For the convenience of those purchasing stock at Weirs’ sale of purebred Ayrshires at Edendale on Friday next Mr Weir wants it known that he is prepared to keep the bulls until September and will give a reasonable delivery for cows, and heifers. All stock will be put on trucks at Edendale by the vendor free of charge. The New Zealand Express Company’s chara-banc will leave the Invercargill Post Office for the farm at 8.30 on the morning of the sale, returning after the sale.—(advt.). To participate in Thomson and Beattie’s co-operative bonuses cash receipts must, be handed in by Monday next, July 14. As all bonuses are paid pro rata amongst the ones in by that date, under no consideration can slips handed in late participate.—(advt.). The’work of the Invercargill Competitions Society is of such value, and in the past, with the assistance of the competitors and the interest of the public, has made vso much for improvement in speech, singjng and instrumental music that it is hoped that intending competitors will not forget to support the efforts of the Society. Entries close with the secretary at 5 pjn. on Friday. (advt.) Lewis’s stupendous stock-tacking clearance which was advertised in yesterday’s issue of this paper to commence to-day has been postponed till Thursday to enable every item to be marked down for the greatest clearance that has yet been organised by Southland’s Shopping Centre. A big list of money saving bargains will appear in this paper on Thursday morning. Lewis's Ltd.—since 1862, Southland’s Shopping Centre. — (advt.). No taxation. —Don’t be taxed for other people’s bad debts for booking, clerical expenses, for ledgers, etc., but buy your groceries from Baxters where you get the most value for your money.— (advt.). We are now displaying several trays of useful goods in our windows. If you require scissors of any description we have them by the best makers at reduced prices. Fruit Knives, Pocket Knives, Jam Spoons, Butter Knives, Cake Forks and a large assortment of other goods are also displayed. You choice from the 3/6, 4/- or 4/6 trays and you are assured of a bargain. T. M. Rankin, Jeweller, Tay street.— (Advt.). PILES—“INSTANT RELIEF.” ‘Tour treatment is wonderful. It gave instant relief, and the first lot cured me.” Thus concisely writes a Feilding resident. He adds “You don’t know how thankful I am that I noticed your advertisement.” Pile sufferers will appreciate exactly why letters to the Zann Proprietary stress gratitude so strongly. The Zann Double Absorption Treatment banishes blind, bleeding, itching, internal and protruding piles, and benefits when operations are impossible. Send for free booklet, Zann Proprietary, Box 952, Wellington. Booklets and stocks of “Zann” can be obtained from Wm. Stewart Chemist. Dee Street, Invercargill. vt.)

A block of land at New Plymouth hai been acquired by the Railway Department for the purpose of erecting twelve house for railway employees. The whole art is to be roaded on town-planning pri» ciples, and provision will be made ffl recreation reserves.

To have one’s collarbone broken and to continue playing football after the accident, not knowing the nature of one’s injuries, was the case of a player in the Ashburton team, N. Tasker, on June 21. The injured player finished the match, and it is stated that not until an examination by a doctor on Sunday night did he know that his right collarbone had been fractured. “While we, as an organisation, must to a certain extent be political, the D.F.U. does not wish to participate in party political questions,” said Mr C. Parker, President of the Dominion Dairy Farmers’ Union Conference at Palmerston North. The applause which greeted the remark revealed a similar opinion in the minds of most of the members present. At the Auckland Police Court yesterday, a young man, named Eric John Mercer, pleaded not guilty to a charge of forgery and uttering, and was committed for trial, says a Press Association wire. The evidence showed that accused arranged to purchase a motor for £520, giving a cheque for that amount and signing his uncle’n name. The manager of the motor company said it was understood that accused was not to have the car until witness found whether the cheque would be met. In a statement to the detective, Mercer admitted that he took four cheque forms from his uncle’s house at Raglan, and, coming to Auckland, he wrote a cheque for £520, knowing it would not be cashed. He wanted to make his friend believe he was a man of means. On a charge of forgery and uttering a cheque for £4 at Te Awamutu, Mercer was remanded to appear there on July 15.