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Southland Times, Issue 25311, 14 June 1935, Page 6

Last evening the Dominion Meteorologist issued the following information: A slight secondary depression was crossing the Dominion to-day; an intense anti-cyclone covers south-eastern Australia, however, and is advancing across the Tasman Sea. Forecast: Winds westerly at first over the North Island and south-west to southerly over the South Island, with southerlies gradually becoming general; moderate to strong generally and in places reaching gale force. Seas in New Zealand waters moderate south of Farewell Spit and north of East Cape; elsewhere rough. Eastern Tasman Sea: Moderate to strong southerly winds; seas rough, but later moderating. Weather changeable, with showers at times in most districts, but improving to-morrow. Temperatures cold, with some frosts.

Five cases of scarlet fever were admitted to the Southland Hospital during May.

One instance among many showing appreciation of the practical agriculturers in the work at Cawthron Institute is a letter from the Tomato Growers’ Association thanking Dr Curtis, chief of the Mycological Department for assistance arising from spraying experiments, and enclosing £5 to the funds of the institute.—Nelson Press Association message.

On the application of the solicitors in the Southland district probates or letters of administration have been granted in the folldwing deceased persons’ estates by Mr Justice Kennedy: James Fogarty, of Invercargill, retired corporation employee (Mr T. V. Mahoney); Louisa Elizab.eth Milmine, wife of John Milmine, of Ermedale, farmer (Mr E. B. Patrick, Riverton); Sarah Margaret Elizabeth Lovett, of Bluff, widow (Macalister Bros.).

Denis Whelan, aged 60, widower, an employee of Mr lan Haggitt, Waikana, collapsed and died while engaged in working sheep in company with his employer on. Wednesday afternoon. Constable Murphy, of Mataura, was informed and as Dr A. F. Ritchie Crawford, of Invercargill, who had attended deceased for heart failure,- was prepared to give a certificate, the District Coroner has deemed an inquest unnecessary. Mr Whelan was formerly a farmer at Waikiwi, in which district he was well-known. He is survived by an adult family.—Mataura' correspondent.

Orders in favour of the judgment creditors were made by Mr W. H. Freeman, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday in the following undefended judgment summons cases: Mary Cuthbertson v. James McLennan (Wyndham), for £5 18/6 forthwith, in default six days’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended so long as £2 a month be paid in reduction of the amount due; T. A. Shearer v. Ivan Poole (Oreti), for £l9 1/11 forthwith, in default 19 days’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended so long as £3 a month is paid.

After evidence had been taken before Mr W. H. Freeman, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday afternoon in support of allegations against Jean Cartwright, a married woman, who was charged with illegally using an instrument, the accused, who was represented by Mr Gordon Reed, pleaded not guilty and reserved her defence. She was committed for trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court at Invercargill. Bail was allowed at £2OO with two sureties each of £lOO, conditional upon the accused reporting daily to the police for the next fortnight and thereafter bi-weekly.

The statement that 20 per cent, of the unemployed were returned soldiers was made by Mr J. G. Jeffery at a meeting of the Dunedin Manufacturers’ Association, in outlining the preliminary work which had been done in the organization of a drive for the re-employment of returned soldiers. He said that a great proportion of returned soldiers had gone to the war as young men, and as a result had not completed any apprenticeship. Consequently a number of them were unskilled, whereas in ordinary times they would have been skilled tradesmen.

Last evening a large attendance of members of the Accountant Students’ Society was treated to an interesting discourse on “The Audit of Solicitor’s Trust Accounts.” The lecturer for the evening was Mr F. A. Webb, F.P.A.N.Z., who covered his subject very well, taking it step by step from the moment the auditor undertakes his task until he has issued the necessary certificate to the Law Society on its completion. The definition of a trust account was fully explained as also were the various obligations of the auditor, the solicitor and the district Law Society. At the conclusion of his address Mr Webb was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

At a meeting of the Southland School Committees Association last evening it was decided to send a delegate to the New Zealand conference of school committees, provided sufficient funds were available. Ways and means of raising funds were discussed and it was decided to approach the Headmasters’ Association with a view to organizing a concert to be provided by standards five and six pupils. The meeting appointed the following executive for the ensuing year, subject to the approval of the gentlemen concerned: Messrs V/. Grieve (Waihopai), J. Stott (North), J. Gibson (Middle), Beaton and Brown (Bluff), C. E. Myers (Waikiwi) and R. J. A. Clark (Kennington).

The sale of the long railway and traffic bridge over the Rakaia river—said to be the longest bridge in the Dominion—is at present being negotiated between the Main Highways Board and the Railway Department (says the Press). No definite decision has been reached, but it is believed that it will not be long before the matter is settled. The negotiations have been going on for some time. The proposals involve the purchase of the bridge by the Main Highways Board and the construction of a new bridge by the Railway Department. The present railway bridge would be converted for use solely as a road traffic bridge. It was stated that the negotiations had proceeded to a point where the department was perfectly willing to sell the bridge provided a satisfactory price could be secured.

Just before the Bear of Oakland left Dunedin for the United States one of a number of fish taken from the stomach of a Weddel seal, caught in the Bay of Whales, was given to Mr David Graham for investigation, as no one on the vessel could identify it from the available literature. Mr Graham spent some time in searching the records of all Antarctic expeditions, but failed to find any figure or reference to a fish of this description. When it was sent to the Auckland Museum the same difficulty was experienced and no name could be found. It was then posted to a Sydney ichthyologist, who states that it is a new genus and a species new to science. Although nothing was said to the contrary, this fish cannot be named or described in a scientific journal without the permission of the Byrd Expedition. The fish has arrived back in Dunedin.

The following is the list of donations for May acknowledged by the matron of the Southland Hospital: Red Cross Society, fruit; All Saints Church, flowers; Mesdames Henderson, flowers; Wilson (Ryal Bush), flowers; Meadows, flowers; Sutherland, flowers; J. McKenze (Walter Peak), books; Rutherford, books; R. S. Gardener (Lillburn), illustrated papers; Cutt, magazines; Donaldson, magazines; Witting, magazines; Rose, children’s papers; Misses Raines, magazines; Blatch (Linwood Station), magazines; H. and N. Wallace, books and papers; E. Hodgekinson, books; Messrs Mennie, flowers; R. Hannon, books; Hyndman, books; S. Hazelmore (Riverton), magazines; “A Friend,” papers; Janet Seator, flowers; H. S. Young Ltd., flowers. The following are the donations received at Lome Infirmary: Mrs Matheson (Greenhills), magazines; Mrs Caverhill (Gore), papers; Mrs J. L. Watson (Invercargill), bed socks; Miss Leckie (Wyndham), magazines and books. At Gore the following donations were received: Mrs Reid (Chatton Road), flowers; Baptist Church (Gore), flowers; Mr Barclay (Mataura), apples; Mrs Cowie, cake.

In the Magistrate’s Court yesterday Mr W. H. Freeman, S.M., entered judgment by default in favour of the plaintiffs in the following civil cases: Wilkins Limited v. E. Anderson (Christchurch) for £2 10/- uad costs £1 7/6; A. Anderson v. T. Thynne for £2 and costs £1 5/6; City of Invercargill v. R. Boyd for £1 10/- and costs 8/-; Jemima Kerr v. Ernest E. S. Clark (Dunedin) for £1 10/- and costs 10/-; Tappers, Limited v. R. M. Chant (Nelson) for £l4 0/9 and costs £2 14/-; same v. Alexander Deans (Bluff) for £6 18/- and costs £1 10/6.

In New Zealand, as elsewhere, the complexity of the modern economic situation had made the _ legislation, which was a reflection of it, more and more complicated, said the Hon. W. Downie Stewart, M.P., at the annual meeting of the Perpetual Trustees Estate and Agency Company. That, however, was not peculiar to New Zealand. He had been'reading this week of the results of legislation that had been passed in England in connection with the marketing of farm produce and the control of its production. The account of the repercussions that had come about read like a chapter out of . “Alice in Wonderland.” No sooner was one matter set right than side issues arose that had not been foreseen.

Reserved judgment was given in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday by Mr W. H. Freeman, S.M., in the defended action heard last April, when the Para Rubber Company, Limited (Mr B. W. Hewat), claimed from the County of Southland (Mr S. M. Macalister), the sum of £5O 15/6 for damages sustained when a car driven by a servant of defendant ran into a stationary motor-car _of which an employee of the plaintiff company was in charge. The lastnamed had brought an action in the Supreme Court against the defendant for damages for personal injuries sustained and the jury awarded him substantial damages. In the lower Court hearing, by arrangement between the counsel, the evidence submitted comprised the Judge’s notes of the testimony taken in the Supreme Court case. His Worship, in his judgment, found that the defendant had been negligent in endeavouring to pass through smoke at 20 miles an hour; that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence in parking his car right in the track of traffic observing the rule of the road and obscured from it; that plaintiff’s negligence was a continuing negligence down to the impact and that, in the particular circumstances, the doctrine of the last opportunity did not apply. The plaintiff, therefore, was not entitled to succeed, and judgment was entered accordingly in favour of the defendant with costs £3 3/-. Security for appeal (if desired) was fixed at £lO 10/-.

Attention is directed to an advertisement by the Railway Department calling tenders for clearing Railway land between Gorge Road and Titiroa.— Advt.

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Ladies! Our Hosiery Department is the place in the city to buy. Best quality at lower prices. See our values first. Wicks’ Ltd., Cash Drapers, Dee street. —Advt.

Children’s Cloth coats 16 to 39 inch 11/6 to 45/-. Navy velour coats 22 to 39 inch 28/6 to 37/6 at MISS NOBLES, The Baby Shop, Dee Street.—Advt.

Newest Suits and Overcoats at big reductions at Carter's Rebuilding Sale. All makes of Blankets at Bargain prices. Stock has to go to make room for builders. (Advt.)

Notice to Libraries.—Just landed this day, hundreds of new books for winter reading; cloth bound, and just the titles that readers want. Westerns, Mystery, Romance, Historical, Travel, Topical, all specially selected and eminently right for library purposes. Large selections at 1/9, 2/6, 2/9, 3/-, 4/-, 7/-, etc., at Hyndman’s, Ltd., Book Importers, Dee street. New Dinnerware for Daily Use.—At last the pottery maker has achieved a new dinnerware that is superior to the everyday white and is just as cheap in price. This is the new cream-prim-rose glaze. It has a rich warm tone and there is a slight embossing that adds charm to this attractive ware. All sizes in flat and deep plates are now on sale at Hyndman’s, Ltd., Dee street, and the prices are only from 4Jd to 81d each. Invest in a trial parcel, they’re new and good.—Advt.

Warm woollen jumpers and cardigans are being cleared at sacrifice prices by THOMSON AND BEATTIE during Stocktaking Period: 5/-„ 7/6, 10/6, 19/6 buys winter comfort that would cost double in the ordinary way. See these woollens displayed in the showroom.— Advt.

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To our many customers who bought fur Coats from us, we would like to remind them that our guarantee covers the following: Removing buttons or ties, new elastic loops, resetting buttons or sewing up slits. This work is done for nothing. We do not charge 5/- as rumour has it. Our workroom staff is at your service at all times. For all repairs and renovations, give us a trial.—The Mutual Fur Coy, Tay -Advt NOT A HERO. The person who goes about bravely ignoring a cough or slight influenza cold is a menace rather than a hero. He is endangering the health of others. The sooner he gets busy with Baxter’s Lung Preserver the better for everyone. Kills the cold quickly. “Baxter’s” is quick, safe and sure, and has splendid tonic propertils. Three sizes. 1/6 2/6 and 4/6.—Advt.