IN TOWN AND OUT

Southland Times, Issue 21428, 24 June 1931, Page 6

IN TOWN AND OUT

NEWS OF THE DAY. Exceptional Frosts. For the past six days, 89 degrees of frost were recorded at Gore. * * * * A False Alarm. Grit, causing a leakage of water in the valve of the automatic fire alarm system installed in the premises of Messrs Sargood, Son and Ewen, Don street, was responsible for the City Fire Brigade turning .out at 7.50 a.ni. yesterday in response to the resultant false alarm. * * » ♦ New Season's Lambs. Although it is early in the year for new season’s lambs to be making their appearance, it is reported that on Mr A. McConachie's farm, at Ixjchiel, a few early ones are to be seen. Despite the rough weather conditions that have been experienced of late, these new season’s lambs are said to be healthy and frisky.—Winton correspondent. * * * » Projected Visit of Aeroplanes. According to advice'received in Invercargill yesterday there is a possibility that a flight, of No. 4 Army Co-operation Squadron of the New Zealand Air Force may visit the city during the week-end. The flight consists of three planes and they will probably arrive on Saturday, spend Sunday in viewing the countryside and leave for the north on Monday.

Telephone Boxes In Invercargill. Recently many people have complained of what they term the lack of telephone-boxes in some of the suburbs of Invercargill and have stated that the installation of more boxes would mean greater convenience for residents in outlying parts. In response to an inquiry' yesterday, the Chief Postmaster (Mr O. J. Wright) said there had been no agitation made to (he Post and Telegraph Department for more boxes, and as far as he could see Invercargill was remarkably well served in that respect.

A Claim Disputed. Under the caption “Badminton—First South Island Match,” the Dunedin Evening Star of last Saturday reports: “The two Badminton Clubs in Dunedin played the first Badminton match that has ever been played in the South Island last Wednesday night.” What will Invercargill and Winton Clubs have to say to this? The Winton Club was formed last season and the Gladstone Club (Invercargill) this season. These teams met at Invercargill several weeks ago.

Over Supply Of Water. Apart from burst pipes, frozen laps and damaged car radiators the heavy frosts at Gore brought, other mishaps in their train. In one of the upstairs premises in Mersey street, a tap had apparently been left turned on. When the thaw set in and the tap began to flow, the water found an outlet through a hole in the wash-hand basin underneath on to the floor. A fair portion of the flooring in the upstairs premises was covered with water when the tenants opened up their premises yesterday' morning, but most of the water had escaped through to the shops below. A number of papers in the Power Board’s office were soaked, but otherwise no damage resulted.