IN TOWN AND OUT

Southland Times, Issue 22495, 4 December 1934, Page 6

IN TOWN AND OUT

NEWS OF THE DAY University Entrance Examination. The University Entrance Examination commenced in Victoria Hall yesterday. A large number of students presented themselves for the examination which will last, with the numerous list of subjects, for nearly a fortnight. .« * * * Maheno at Melbourne.

The local officer of the Union Company advises that the Maheno which sailed from Bluff for Hobart and Melbourne on Monday, November 26, arrived at Melbourne at 10 a.m. on Sunday. She is scheduled to leave on the return trip to Bluff on Thursday, and will arrive on Monday morning.

* 5? Gift to Gore.

At last night’s meeting of the Gore Borough Council, the Mayor (Mr A. T. Newman) reported that Messrs Fleming and Co. had presented to the town three garden seats, which had been placed in the triangular reserve near the traffic bridge. The gift was gratefully accepted, and councillors suggested that it should be made known to citizens that similar gifts would be welcomed.

• » * ♦ The Further South the Brighter. “I was struck by the fact that the further south I came the brighter and busier the towns appeared to be,” commented Dr R. H. Hogg in an interview yesterday. “Wellington seemed dull and depressed, Christchurch a little more animated, Dunedin more animated and Invercargill busiest of all. And I am not saying this merely because I live in Invercargill.”

# * * Sanders Cup Contest.

The Southland Provincial Yacht and Motor Boat Association has received advice that the New Zealand Yachting Council has approved of the date, January 24, for the commencement of the Sanders Cup contest at Stewart Island. Races at the Island will not be broadcast. The New Zealand Broadcasting Board, however, proposes to arrange for frequent telegraph reports of the races which will be put over the air. * * * * A Lovely Border. Red and orange Iceland poppies blooming in profusion present a striking picture in the long herbaceous border in block two of the central gardens. There are many other attractive flowers in this border, the display in which promises to eclipse that of last year. The rock garden to the north-west of the glasshouse is also beginning to assume the full beauty of its summer garb, with Livingstone daisies opening to the warmth of the sun.

Soccer the Rage.

England and Scotland will have to look to their laurels if they wish to retain supremacy in the soccer world. When Dr Hogg called at Montevideo on his way to London he was shown a stadium there capable of seating 140,000 people, nearly half as many again as Wembley. He was told that soccer was the rage in Uruguay and that so partisan were the spectators that for any big match a regiment of soldiers was paraded. * * Eastern District Swelters.

High temperatures have been the rule in the Eastern District during the past week, the peak being reached on Sunday when 88 degrees were recorded in the shade at Gore, over 90 degrees at Riversdale and Lumsden and 94 degrees at Garston. Yesterday s temperatures were also high, reaching 82 degrees at noon at Gore, but a breeze during the afternoon tempered the heat. Since Tuesday of last week the temperature has'exceeded' 80 degrees at Gore each day. * * * * No Further Meat For Depot.

The Commissioner of Unemployment has advised his Worship the Mayor (Mr John Miller) that the supply of beef available for the Relief Depot is now exhausted. The committee will not therefore be able to draw further supplies from Makarewa. It has been the custom to supply the unemployed with coupons for other commodities regularly during two weeks of the month, but in view of the men being suddenly deprived of meat the Mayor has decided to make an extra week’s issue of coupons this month, to take effect during the coming week.

• ♦ * * River Treacherous for Swimmers. The recent hot weather has induced a large number of swimming enthusiasts in Gore to swim in the Mataura river, but several bad holes which have been worn in the bed since last summer have come near to claiming victims. One swimmer was rescued in a serious condition and had to receive respiratory treatment, while another was assisted out of the river after being in difficulties. These incidents are being stressed by the supporters of municipal baths in their argument in favour of the project which is at present before the Borough Council.

* * * * Gore Water Supply. The spell of dry weather has affected the Gore water supply, and while there is yet no cause for alarm, the Borough Council has found it necessary to request residents to use water economically. The Mayor (Mr A. T. Newman) reported to last night’s meeting of the council that while the big well was holding out fairly well, it had been found impossible to raise the level of the reservoir above 7ft, despite continuous pumping. It was decided to request residents not to waste water and that, if necessary, the borough inspector be invited to make an inspection of the usage of water.

♦ » < * Sun-bathers Suffer. Those who worship the sun-god may find their deity a cruel and merciless one, as many who yielded to the attraction of the beach during the past week-end have found to their sorrow. Sunday night, following two* days of irresistible weather, was a restless one for victims of excessive sun-burning, and yesterday morning there were a number of “cot cases,” with instances of total collapse. There was a great demand for oils and various soothing lotions, and ample evidence of tender shoulders and backs was given by the exceedingly cautious movements of reckless sun-bathers when going about their everyday occupations yesterday. Work in several offices was retarded yesterday because the staffs were not at full strength, while some school children were also at home nursing burned and blistered backs.

Collision at sYaitane. The occupants of one of two cars which came into collision on the Win-ton-Gore road near Waitane on Saturday night had a very narrow escape from serious injury, only one- of the passengers receiving inquries, which proved to be of a minor nature. A three-seater car with a dickey seat driven by. Archibald William Douglas, a farmer of Karitane, was proceeding in the direction of Gore from the Winton races when it met at the top of a rise another car driven by W. Rance. As a result of a swerve caused by the sudden application of the brakes on one of the cars the vehicles collided. The impact put out of action the brakes on Mr Douglas’s car and it careered down the hill and off the road, striking a post and wire fence and demolishing 13 or 14 posts before it came to rest. A passenger in the dickey seat, Benjamin

Jarden, a horse-trainer of St. Kilda, received slight facial injuries and was treated at the Gore Hospital from which he was discharged next morning. Mr Douglas’s car was considerably damaged. The Better Part. Experienced farmers all, a party of Gorge Road residents who yesterday investigated the areas of the New River Hundred and Lochiel Rabbit Boards showed a fine disregard of any dangerous looking animals in their vicinity. This, however, was not the case with a Times reporter accompanying them. On a Northope farm, after crossing a paddock containing a billy-goat and keeping a wary eye on the beast all the while, he saw to his dismay the other members of the party climbing over a five-barred gate into another paddock containing two bulls. By the time the Pressman had mounted the gate his erstwhile companions were out of any possible danger and the bulls were left to concentrate on him with the odds at two to one. A simultaneous pawing of the ground by two mighty sets of hoofs decided the reporter. He clambered back and made a detour.