IN TOWN AND OUT

Southland Times, Issue 22733, 8 November 1935, Page 6

IN TOWN AND OUT

NEWS OF THE DAY A Good Catch. Fishing at the “beach” above the town bridge, Mataura, on Tuesday evening a local angler, Mr A. Bradley, landed a beautiful sea-run trout which turned the scale at 12Jlb, the lure used being the Gold Devon. The fish measured 32j.in in length and 16in round the girth.—Mataura correspondent. Tribute to Stud Breeders. A tribute to the studmasters of New Zealand was paid by Mr T. A. Duncan, chairman of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board, in the course of an address to farmers yesterday. “The whole country is indebted to the men who have kept their cattle up to such a high standard in face of the uneconomic prices of the past few years,” he skid. * * * * Into Scotland. “Only two or three years ago there was practically no New Zealand meat going to Scotland,” said Mr J. Fraser, general manager to the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board, who supported Mr T. A. Duncan, chairman of the board, at a meeting of Southland farmers yesterday. “I recently went to Glasgow and Edinburgh and saw for myself New Zealand meat prominently displayed in the markets. The development there is very satisfactory.”

Successful Song Writers. New Zealanders appear to have enjoyed considerable success in popular song-writing of late with Southland individuals more than usually prominent, according to a new list of songs issued by an English publishing company. Of six new songs Mr J. J. Stroud, of Gore, was a collaborator in no fewer than four, either as writer of the words or music. His collaborators included Mr lan Haggit, of Mataura, and Misses Irene Hodgson (Te Awamutu), Ellen Sadler (Fairlie) and Ida Maroni (Nelson).

Dragged by Horses. Mr James McKee, residing at Waikaia, met with a serious accident on Wednesday. While unyoking a team of horses they bolted, due to a sudden hailstorm. Mr McKee was pulled some distance before falling,.a heavy roller passing over him. The incident was witnessed by his brother, who found him unconscious. Mr McKee was later admitted to the Gore Hospital, where he was found to be suffering from severe head injuries. He regained consciousness yesterday morning and his condition showed improvement. His condition last evening was still serious.

Health Camp Fund. Children still continue to help each other. The latest worth-while good turn is a donation to the health camp fund from the Technical College of £4 11/-, the result of a lunch-hour concert. This amount will be sufficient to give two children at Omaui each one month’s holiday. In spite of the inclement weather on Wednesday, three stalls made their .appearance on the streets at a very early hour. Although at no time could the helpers consider themselves overworked through a rush of business, the acceptable sum of £45 was realized. Citizens are once more reminded that health stamps mean health camps and that everyone can help considerably by putting health stamps on their letters.

Southland Congratulated. “I was tremendously proud of the South Island display of lamb at Smithfield,” Mr T. A. Duncan, chairman of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board, who recently returned from Great Britain. He congratulated Southland on its outstanding record in these competitions—four consecutive wins—and expressed his personal pleasure that the Hon. Adam Hamilton had won a prize. They were old colleagues, he said, and he had a higher respect for no one than he had for Mr Hamilton. “The board has always appreciated the difficulties of Southland farmers,” he added. “There was a time, not so long ago, when the prices for Canterbury lamb were so much better that Southland lambs were being railed up just to get a Canterbury ticket. The position now is that Canterbury is being tempted to send lambs down here to get a Southland ticket.”