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Southland Times, Issue 22433, 21 September 1934, Page 6

Last evening the Dominion Meteorologist issued the following information.—Pressure remains high to the north of New Zealand, while the first of a series of westerly depressions has crossed the. South Island. Forecast:— Winds: Moderate to strong south-west to westerly, reaching gale force in places. Seas: New Zealand waters rough south of Kawhia, in the Cook Strait area, and south of Nugget Point, but elsewhere moderate. Eastern Tasman Sea:—Moderate to strong west to northwest winds, and rather rough seas. Weather cloudy to overcast in most districts, with some rain in districts with a westerly aspect, extending to eastern parts, but little or none on the east coast and in the far north of the North Island. A temporary improvement is likely again to-morrow. Temperatures moderate. The water table in Oxford street, East Gore, which was the subject of a lively debate at the meeting of the Gore Borough Council on Monday night, was inspected by the borough engineer on Wednesday and yesteiday workmen were engaged in installing the mud tank requested by Councillor D. McDougall, M.P. That the members of the crews of the trains conveying the Duke of Gloucester through New Zealand should, where possible, be returned soldiers, was a suggestion made by the Returned Soldiers’ Association in Dunedin. The association was advised by the General Manager of the Railways that every consideration would be given to the suggestion when arrangements for staffing the trains were being made. New Zealand would meet a swift fate if it were invaded by a hostile nation, ip the opinion of Mr J. E. Strachan! In an address at Christchurch on Tuesday _ evening Mr Strachan was emphasizing the eifici—ency of modem destructive weapons. “Supposing,” he said, “that a hostile nation wanted to attack New Zealand. Its fleet could be 40 or 50 miles off the coast and no one here would know anything about it. In a quarter of an hour from the word go every city in New Zealand could be bombed _ from the air and destroyed. There is no defence against that sort of thing. A central part of the ceremonial of the great Welsh Eisteddfod is the crowning of the winning bard in the symbolic bardic chair. The honour of providing the chair for next years Eisteddfod has been claimed by the Welsh people of New Zealand, who have subscribed £3OO for the purpose. The chair has been made of New Zealand woods and has been elaborately carved in Maori fashion by Mr T. Hebberly. It stands about five feet high, and the back is . engraved with appropriate Welsh writings. The next Eisteddfod will be held at Carnarvon next August, when the chair .will become the property of the winning bard. . Difficulty in deciding whether certain articles constituted trophies was experienced at a meeting of the Canterbury Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association at Christchurch on Tuesday evening (states the Press). A letter was received from a Christchurch club, requesting a ruling on the following articles: Cycle lamp, golf balls, shirt collar and tie (subsequently changed for a collar press). According to the constitution, trophies must consist of “articles of plate, jewellery, works of art, and other articles of which the commercial value has been destroyed by the engraving, embossing, or printing thereon.” The chairman, Mr M. E. Lyons, ruled that golf balls did not conform to the requirements. Judgment by default in favour of the plaintfffs was entered by Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday in the following civil cases: Gordon C. Webb v. Frank Kingsland for £2 10/3 and costs £1 7/6; Moffett and Co. v. J. M. Dobbie (Athol) for £3 13/6 and costs £1 8/6; Berthram Ncwling Spence v. Prosper Harper (Glencoe) for £25 9/6 and costs £4 5/6; J. E. Watson and Co. Ltd. v. Donald Murchison Chisholm (Springhills) for 17/6 and costs 10/-; Southland Motor Wrecking Co. Ltd. v. George Bourke (Winton) for £6 7/3 and costs £1 10/6: J. H. Williams v. F. A. Stempa (Dunedin) for £4 10/6 and costs £1 3/6: Herbert, Haynes and Co. Ltd. v. M. Roland (Christchurch) for £3 3/1 and costs £1 5/6; John R. Watt v. Ben Munro (Wedderbum) for 16/6 and costs 10/-; Lawrence S. Brooks v. Ernest R. Winter (Timaru) for £1 and costs 8/-; Ferguson’s Service Station, Limited v Arthur J. Thompson (Waimatua) for £1 8/6 and costs 12/-. R. Bissett (Lorneville) was sentenced to six days’ imprisonment unless he forthwith pays £6 14/11 to his judgment creditor, T C. Maltby, and J. R. Robinson to two days’ imprisonment unless he pays forthwith £1 19/- to his judgment creditor, the Southland News Co. Ltd

A New Zealander on his way to England writes from Melbourne concerning the price of fruit in that city. “Big, juicy navel oranges sell at 1/per dozen; they are 4d and sometimes 6d each in New Zealand; beautiful pears, 2d per lb; splendid large bananas, sixteen a shilling; finest grapes, 2d a lb; some of the best apples I have ever gazed upon were also 2d per lb. Glorious peaches, too, I noted, were to be had at three a penny. But the foregoing prices of fruit are dear compared with those ruling in Queensland during the season. A passenger from Brisbane told me that it is not uncommon to see the best bananas selling there at forty for 6d, retail, with splendid peaches Id a dozen, and pears and apples almost given away. Nor must I forget pineapples, perhaps the most succulent of all fruits, the price of which I am afraid to mention, for fear of being disbelieved. I am getting more and more puzzled over the absurd—l might say wicked—prices charged for fruit in New Zealand. If the finest bananas can be profitably retailed in Queensland at 6d for forty, nothing on earth can ever convince me that there can be the slightest justification for increasing the price of the same fruit over 1000 per cent, to the New Zealand consumer.”

A further supply of radium, costing about £BOO, is to be procured overseas for the Auckland Hospital (states the Christchurch Press). The purchase was recommended some time ' ago by a special consultation committee at the hospital, and the board entered into negotiations with the Health Department to see whether certain radium which was understood to be for sale in Wanganui and Otago would be suitable. The chairman, Mr W. Wallace, reported that to meet the requirements of the Auckland specialists this radium would have to be sent to Europe to be “converted.” The board accordingly decided not to delay further, but to order a supply in the exact form recommended by the special committee. Radium valued at about £5OOO is already in use at the hospital.

Cotton Dress Department—See our new Wash Tub Materials. Prints from 6d. yd, Ginghams 9d. y.d, Floral Rayons 1/3, Summer Breeze 1/9. Wicks’ Ltd. Cash Drapers, Dee street. —Advt.

Cotton Washing Frocks for Children. 16 to 3G-inch in Fadeless Materials. Good Styles and Colourings at Miss Noble’s, The Baby Shop, Dee street.— Advt.

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