QUEENSTOWN NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 20615, 13 October 1928, Page 9

QUEENSTOWN NOTES

THE WEATHER. (From Our Correspondent.) The weather is still very unsettled. Rain has fallen every day this month accompanied at times with snow on the higher altitudes. Fully 1£ inches of rain has fallen since the Ist. As a result the rivers running into the lake have been in a flooded state and the lake has now risen to a dangerous state. It will be very serious if there is heavy wind from the southwest. As a result of the heavy rains a good ileal of damage has been done to the roads. A heavy slip off the Remaxkables at Shotover Creek blocked the road in the vicinity of McAdam’s Homestead. Another slip occurred at the entrance of the new Kingston road. Both have now been cleared. On the Skippers road the lower part of the Blue slip has been carried away by the Shotover river and a chain or so of the road has gone. Traffic to Skippers by conveyance is blocked in the meantime. Other minor slips are also reported. The road through to Cromwell is fortunately in good order. Queenstown Tennis Chib, The annual meeting of the Queenstown Tennis Club was held list week. Accord-

ing to the report the club’s activities were not quite up to previous years. The financial position was sound, the credit balance being £2l 2/2. Dr. W. A. Anderson was re-elected president and Messrs A. H. Cooke, J. P. Mcßride, W. H. Berry, W. H. Overton and F. Stoop vice-presidents. Misses L. Simson and N. Davis were jointly appointed to the position of secretar” and treasurer. The committee consists of Messrs Mann and Overton, and Messrs Overton and Stoop; match and handicap committees, the secretaries, and Mr Stoop; tea committee, Mesdames Anderson, Mann, Overton, Misses E. Davies, B. Farrant, I. E. Fraser. The opening day was fixed for October 17. The subscriptions were fixed as follows: Ladies 10/-, men £l, girls (14 and under) 5/-, boys (15 and under) 10/-. It was decided to send an invitation to the Central Club, Invercargill, to play a match on Labour . Day. .! Clay Pigeon Shooting. The Cecil Peak cricketers and the local ’ Gun Club engaged in a match on Wednes- ’ day. The conditions were six shots from one mark. The Gun Club won by 16 to 13. A further competition will take place short! - ” between members of the club for trophies donated by Messrs Hammond and Turner, Christchurch.

Wakatipu Collie Club. The annual meeting of the Wakatipu Collie Club was held in Arrowtown on Saturdav. The balance sheet showed that this new club is on a good footing. The membership is increasing and the number of entries received for the trials was most satisfactory The credit balance increased from £lO for the first year to £29 0/11 for last year’s operations. The club is speciallv endowed in regard to trophies, etc. and the farmers, etc. have lent material assistance. The president, Mr D. Jardine, expressed his pleasure at the progress the club had made and expressed the thanks to the committee and all those whu had done so . much to further the interests of the dub. , Mr Jardine was re-elected president and Messrs R. H. Baird and W. R. Paterson vice-presidents. Messrs D. R. Rowe and J. W. McLean were also re-elected jointsecretaries. A strong committee was appointed. It was decided to write Mr T. Prendergast with a view to ascertaining his expenses in judging last year and re- ' compense him accordingly. The date of the next trials was fixed for the middle 1 of March, 1929, and immediately after the ; A. and P. show. Queenstown Borough Council. 1 At the monthly meeting of the Borough Council last week it was decided to under- !

take the gravelling of 70 chains of main highway in the borough. The total estimated cost will be £135 and of this £Bl will be contributed by the Main Highways Board. The work is to be done by the county lorry. The borough solicitor advised the council that it was entitled to charge water rates against all properties, whether dwelling houses or other buildings, vacant land within the limitations of the Act where the annual value was less than £l2 10/-. The Valuation Department advised the council that the Valuer-General had decided to revise the values in Queenstown as at March 31 last. It was decided to grant the use of the Garrison Hall to the Southland Education Board for use of the school during the remodelling of same in the near future. The rate was fixed at 30/- per week. It was agreed to hold over the asphalting of footpaths until the work could be undertaken by a competent man. Suggested improvements to the camping ground were left in the hands of the Mayor and two councillors for report. Applications for several building permits were left in the | hands of the chairman of works. General. ■ The Borough Council is endeavouring to have a climatological station established at Queenstown. Representations have been I made to the ineterological branch of the

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in this relation. Dr Kidson, director of the branch, communicated with the council and he stated in effect that it seemed desirable that such a station should be established if satisfactory conditions could be assured. These were: (1) That the council set aside for the purpose an area in a permanent public reserve; (2) that the council enclose the site for protective purposes; (3) that the council undertake to have the observation made regularly and continuously by a suitable person. Or. Anderson, who is largely instrumental for the above move, stated that the park- was the most suitable site and it was accordingly decided to confer with the local tourist officer and the postmaster regarding the possibilities of securing the site and carrying out the conditions set out by Dr. Kidson.