LUMSDEN NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 21606, 19 January 1932, Page 7

LUMSDEN NOTES

THRESHING CHARGES. (From Our Correspondent.) A meeting of farmers and Mr Bukon, mill-owner, Athol, was held at Five Rivers on Friday, January 15, when the following

charges for threshing and chaff-cutting for season 1932 were agreed upon. Chaff-cutting with the tractor plant: 7/6 per ton for cash or one month’s credit; 8/6 per ton if booked. Steam plant.—6/- per ton for cash or one month; 7/- per ton if booked. Mr Bukon to have four men on the cutter paid 6d per ton, himself and one man to be paid at his own expense. Threshing charges: 15 per cent, reduction for cash on 1930 prices for grass; 12J per cent, reduction for cash on 1930 prices for oats and barley; wheat to remain at 16/per hour with 15 per cent, reduction for cash. If a set does not realize £2 by the hour or per hundred bushels the charge to remain at £2 but a 12J per cent, reduction for cash. Tennis. , A doubles tournament is being run among local members. Every pair will meet and whenever opportunity offers sets will be played so that the tournament can be completed during the week. Miss Brotherston has very generously donated trophies for the winners. The following is the draw showing handicaps: Dr Brown and Mrs Biggar 5; V. Crosbie and Miss Gerken scr; W. Wellman and Mrs Brown 10; J. Challis and Mrs Tomlin 25; D. Ogilvy and Miss Sherriff

ucr; L. Barraclough and Miss Graham 18; G. Aitcheson and Mrs Charleson 8; G. Curran and Mrs McDonald 15; F. Thomas and Mrs Sims 12; J. Isaats and Miss BrotherBton 8. Personal. Sister Veronica, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs Wilson, the vicarage, Lumsden, is at present home on furlough from the Solomon Islands. Mr and Mrs Hackett, Dunedin, who have been visiting Mrs Biggar, returned home last week. Mr and Mrs ,J. Thomas, Miss Thomas and Miss Telford are guests at Castlerock station. Miss Emily Lock, Murchison, is visiting Mrs George Stanford. Miss Irene Kania has gone to Athol for a few days and is the guest of Mrs S. Soper.

The King has awarded the bronze medat for gallantry in saving life at sea to Robert Reynolds and Walter Harcourt Burgess, of the Swansea steam trawler Dunraven Castle, for rescuing the crew of a sailing yacht which, while racing front Cowes to the Fastnet Rock, had to be abanodned in a violent gale.