IN TOWN AND OUT

Southland Times, Issue 21263, 9 December 1930, Page 6

IN TOWN AND OUT

NEWS OF THE DAY. Bankruptcies in New Zealand. Although 24 bankruptcies were notified in the latest issue of the New Zealand Gazette, it is interesting to observe that all but three of the number were in the North Island. V Retailers Busy. The Christmas shopping rush seems to have set in in earnest, for both on. day and yesterday the streets were filled with people, and retailers were kept very busy. . . . . * ■ * » * Flood Waters, at McNab. Reference' to the recent hold-ups occasioned motorists by flood waters on the main road at McNab was made at , the monthly meeting of the general committee of the Southland Motor Association last evening and a motion was subsequently carried that the Southland County Council be approached to have the road in the locality raised with a view to obviating further inconvenience in the future. « * * * Raid Patrol Service Appreciated. A tribute to the work of the road traffic committee of the ■ Southland Motor Association and particularly its chairman, Mr A. J. Campbell, on the up-to-date road patrol service it had instituted, was paid at the monthly meeting of the general committee last evening by Mr J. R. Haigh. Members expressed appreciation of the arrangements made and on Mr Haigh’s motion a special vote of thanks was passed to the committee responsible. » * $ *

Dead Statesman Honoured. The grave of Southland’s great statesman, Sir Joseph Ward, will be honoured with a floral tribute from Canada this afternoon, when the Hon. P. A. de la Perrelle, Minister of Internal Affairs, will visit Bluff to place a wreath on Sir Joseph Ward’s grave on behalf of the Canadian Club. Mr Ferre lo will be accompanied by his Worship the Mayor (Mr J. D. Campbell) and other prominent persons.

Business Premises Broken Into. Between the hours of 9 o’clock on Saturday night and 11 o’clock on Sunday morning, the premises of the Bristol Piano Company Limited were broken into and a small amount of loose silver was stolen. It appears that an entrance was gained by forcing open a window at the rear of the premises. As far as can be ascertained, none of the stock was removed. The police have the matter in hand and are pursuing inquiries. * * * * The Chief Frowns.

While talking to a friend in Dec street yesterday a Scot who was sufiering from a cold found it necessary to use his tiandkeichief. When the handkerchief was extracred from his pocket the friend was surprised to observe that wrapped up in it were a set of false teeth. "What,” he exclaimed, “do you carry a spare set of false teeth round with you. Vou are getting extravagant.” "it’s not extravagance, mon,” replied the Scot. "They’re not my teeth. They’re my wife’s. Ivo been suspicious that she’s been eating between meais.” * " The Other View. An irate pedestrian expressed himself very forcibly, to a reporter yesterday when referring to the objection to roadside hoard ings. recently voiced by the delegates to the quarterly meeting of the South Island Motor Union. “Fancy suggesting the signs constitute a grave menace to the personal safety of road users,” he declared. “The whole trouble is that motorists arc too well treated these days. Such enormous sums arc spent, in making the roads excel lent, that drivers no longer need keep their eyes on the thoroughfares at all. That is why. they can find time to gaze all around them.” Praise for Public Baths. “Your tepid baths here is one of the finest in the Dominion,” declared Zimmy, the American legless swimmer, when chatting to a Tinies reporter during the course of the visitor’s remarkable demonstration given last night in the Public Baths. “I am also particularly struck with the clearness of the water as in many other cities, not only in New Zealand but abroad, the onlookers found difficulty in observing my movements under the water owing to its muddy colour. But I am somewhat surprised at the water here being so warm as surely in that state it cannot be beneficial from a health point of view.” Removal of Advertising Device Sought. Considering that a hoarding erected at Cooper's Corner, Waikiwi, advertising . a certain brand of cigarettes was so effective at night in attracting the attention of road-users that it constituted a real menace to them,'the general committee of the Southland Motor Association at its monthly meeting last evening decided to approach the local agents with a view to having the sign removed. It. was explained that the sign was so constructed that once the headlights of a car fell upon it the name of the particular article advertised was brought into immediate and prominent relief, so much so that the attention of a motorist was distracted from the intersection he was about to negotiate. While expressing admiration at the ingenious nature of the sign members commented upon its underlying dangers to motor traffic at night and it was subsequently decided to take steps towards obtaining its removal. * * ss * Examination Entries. It has frequently been declared by educational authorities in the Dominion that the professions are all overcrowded and that the prospects for successful candidates in the various professional examinations cannot be regarded, under the present conditions, as being particularly bright. This year a decrease is recorded in the number of candidates presenting themselves for the various law examinations conducted by the New Zealand University. In the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree examination, 470 candidates came forward this year as compared with 478 in 1929 and 516 in 1928, while in the Law Professional examination, the number of entries for 1930 was 146, against 182 and 185 in 1929 and 1928 respectively. The number of candidates for medical degrees has also shown a slight decrease, 30 students having entered for the M.B. and Ch. Li. degree, compared with 32 in 1928 and 34 in 1929. For the Matriculation, however, candidates were on the increase, the figures for 1930 being 4862 compared with 4660 and 4593 in 1929 and 1928 respectively.