IN TOWN AND OUT

Southland Times, Issue 21773, 30 July 1932, Page 4

IN TOWN AND OUT

NEWS OF THE DAY Double Totalisator Betting. At last night’s annual meeting of the Southland Racing Club it was unanimously decided to request Cabinet to legalize double totalisator betting and also the telegraphing of money to thr racecourse. Marking Parking Places. Taking advantage of the fine weather council employees were yesterday busy marking out the parking places in the city. The white lines and lettering have been growing rather faint, but after yesterday’s operations motorists can have no excuse for parking in* the wrong place.* * Gift to High School.

At the meeting of the Natural Philos* ophy Club of the Southland Boys’ High School last night, Mr B. C. Galloway, who delivered an interesting lecture on “Gems,” offered to present to _ the school a stone (felspur crystal) given to him by Sir Ernest Shackleton, who collected it from Mount Erebus in the South Polar regions. The rector (Dr G. H. Uttley) gratefully accepted the offer.

Magnificent Farm Horses. The difference made by motor traffic during the last 17 years has been gradual enough to almost escape the notice of residents of Southland, but it is evident that horses were prominent in the province in 1915 from a note made in the visitors’ book at the local Government Tourist Bureau on March 5 of that year. A visitor, Mr H. N. Kidman, of Queensland, noted in the remarks column: “Magnificent farm horses.” Two other entries in the same book form an interesting contrast. They read: “People fine — town awful,” and immediately below: “Town fine —visitors awful.” The entries were made by visitors from the north. * ♦ * * Boots Collected. Shortly after mid-day yesterday a swarm of High School boys and a fleet of motor cars made their appearance in the city and soon residents began to part with boots and clothing. The occasion was a drive organized by the rector of the school, Dr G. H. Uttley, to replenish the supplies at the Central Relief Depot. The boys commenced their work of collection at 1.30 p.m., and it was not long before car loads of goods commenced to arrive at the depot, and by evening it was evident that the drive had been most successful, not only as far as quantity was concerned, but in quality as well. The articles were placed in the depot and in a shop in Yarrow street loaned by the deputy-Mayor, Mr C. J. Brodrick. Misfortune. “Troubles never come singly!” To his sorrow, a citizen of Invercargill realized to the full yesterday the underlying truth of this age-old quotation. Taking advantage of the warmth of the sun, he placed three pairs of the family shoes outside his front door to dry. Keen as. mustard, along came a Southland High School boy in search of footwear to help the drive instituted by the school. The shoes, in due course, found their way to the Relief Depot, the officials of which were soon besieged by the unfortunate man who had missed his precious possessions. After a hue and cry amongst the collection, his shoes were ultimately recovered, but in the meantime, a motor car accidentally ran into his bicycle (left outside the depot) and buckled a wheel for him.