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Southland Times, Issue 19896, 15 June 1926, Page 6

The Government Meteorologist (Mr D. C. Bates) last night issued the following forecast:—Present indications are for westerly gales backing to southerlies. Weather unsettled and boisterous and heavy showers generally. Snow on higher levels and colder conditions everywhere. Barometer will rise soon. A special meeting of the Southland Electric Power Board has been convened for Monday next, when several matters of importance arising out of the Finance Committee’s meeting last week will be discussed. It is understood that approximately 40 Eastern District farmers have applied to take part in the Agricultural School to be held in Gore at the end of the present week. Apart from those from whom applications have been received, however, it is probable that a fair number of others will take advantage of the school. On June 17 the mounted rifle squadron at Invercargill is to hold a special mounted parade, when all those who fail to parade with a horse fully equipped will be transferred to other units. It has now been definitely laid down that for a man to be eligible for the mounted rifles he must be in possession of a suitable steed and the necessary saddlery. At a sitting of the Gore Police Court yesterday morning a young man appeared before Messrs E. A. Pigeon and J. A. S. Aitken, Justices of the Peace, charged with having used obscene language in a public place. He pleaded guilty and was convicted and fined £2. On the application of the police a prohibition order issued against the defendant, who consented to the order being made. The presiding justices issued an order for the suppression of the name. A new training card which has been issued by the Defence authorities to all men in the Ist Battalion Southland Regiment reminds territorials of the necessity of giving their employers early notice of dates of the annual militaTy camp. The camp for this training year will be held from January 19 to 26, a week later than usual, so as not to inconvenience employers by withdrawing their staffs so soon after the Christmas holidays. The card has also been circulated among cadets, giving full information with regard to their obligations under the Defence Act. Further inquiries regarding the fire which occurred at Bluff on Sunday night elicit that the house belonged to Mrs Donne, who is at present in the North Island. The tenant, Mrs Atkinson, wqs out when the fire happened, and did not return until 10 p.m., only to find all her furniture and effects destroyed. The house and contents were insured in the New Zealand, Commercial Union, and Royal Offices. The house was one of the oldest in the Bluff—probably fifty years old. When discovered the interior was a mass of flames, and little could be done in the way of salvage. The last routine order issued b” the Ist Battalion Southland Regiment states that the new King’s and Regimental Colours have now been definitely ordered from London. Since the last camp a committee under the secretaryship of Lieutenant F. G. Hall-Jones has had the matter of raising funds under consideration. Their efforts have successfully concluded and the order has been placed with the last Home mail. It is hoped that the colours will be received at regimental headquarters in time for the consecration service to be held either before or during the next annual unit camp. The written portion of the examination for officers’ promotion and first appointment to commission commences in Invercargill on September 8. This will be the first examination conducted under the new scheme of holding these examinations annually instead of half-yearly. Sixteen officers have signified their intention of sitting for promotion, and eight candidates have presented themselves for first appointment. A class of instruction has been formed and a meeting of those concerned has been called to ascertain what assistance is required to arrange for the night of meeting. May 31 brought the closing of the training year for the Ist Battalion and Ist Cadet Battalion Southland Regiment. The Defence authorities look upon the past year as having been successful from many points of view. Eighty-nine men of the Ist Battalion have completed the service required of them and have been drafted to the reserve. Nine N.C.Ote. who were eligible for such transfer have volunteered for a further year’s service and their offers have been accepted. Two hundred and twelve cadets have been posted to the territorials, nine to the mounted rifles, and thirty-five to the battery, and the remainder to the Ist Battalion Southland Regiment. A serious accident occurred in Hyde street, Gore, on Saturday night, as the result of which Alexander Crawford, a local blacksmith, was admitted to the hospital suffering from injuries to the face and head. It appears that at about 10.45 p.m. Mr W. C. Cunningham, McNab, was returning by car from a friend’s place in Salford street. On turning in from Wigan street into Hyde street he noticed something on the road and swerved the car in an effort to avoid it. He felt the front wheel bump and immediately pulled up the car. With Mr P. Hickey, who was in the car with him at the time, Mr Cunningham returned to see what it was on the roadway and found Crawford lying across his bicycle and bleeding from the head. He was unconscious and was removed to the hospital, and is reported to be making satisfactory progress.

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