BLUFF

Southland Times, Issue 23406, 13 January 1938, Page 13

BLUFF

EARLIER DEPARTURE NOT FAVOURED REPLY TO SUGGESTION ABOUT MIDDAY TRAIN The district traffic manager of railways at Invercargill (Mr J. A. Lindsay), in a letter to the monthly meeting of the Bluff Borough Council last evening, referred as follows to the suggestion that the 12.40 p.m. train from Bluff should leave earlier so as to connect with the midday express for Dunedin: — "I have to inform you that to enable the 12.40 p.m. train from Bluff to connect at Invercargill with the 1.25 p.m. mail train to Dunedin it would be necessary for the former train to leave Bluff 20 minutes earlier than at present. The 12.40 p.m. train from Bluff is largely patronized by women who visit Invercargill for shopping purposes. The present departure time gives them little time for lunch before leaving their homes and I am informed that the local people who desire to visit Invercargill would not be in favour of an earlier departure.” , „ „ The Mayor said that the Railways Department was side-stepping the question. If no alteration were made in the time-table it would mean that people would have to take a special conveyance in order to catch the midday express from Invercargill. It was decided to leave the matter in the hands of the Mayor and the town clerk. There were present:—The Mayor (Mr J. H. Doyle) and Crs J. Ballantyne, A. E. Budd, W. P. Butler, H. W. Newman, A. C. McKillop and J. T. Martin. A letter was received from Mr L. J. McDonald, secretary of the New Zealand Standards Institute, in reply to a letter from the council about the standardization of local body by-laws. The letter stated:—“lt is intended that Mr F. W. Furkert, C.M.G., who will be m charge of this special section of standards activity, shall make a preliminary tour of the Dominion with a view to meeting tire local bodies of the cities and bigger towns, so that there may be full consultation about the adoption of the most suitable means whereby full collaboration will be secured. Personally, I had been thinking along lines somewhat in accord with your suggestion that perhaps district committees of such persons as building inspectors and local body engineers may be appointed.” , , . Mr J. A. McDougall wrote thanking the council for nominating him as its representative on the recently amalgamated Southland and Wallace Hospital Board for the remainder of the term from the date of amalgamation until the ordinary election in May. TAR-SEALING APPROVED The Highways Board’s representative on the No. 18 District Highways Council (Mr W. G. Pearce) wrote approving the proposal to tar seal Gore street, Bluff. The secretary of the Awarua Boating Club (Mr A. S. Morrison) wrote applying to the council for the installation of electric lights at the rowing shed. The request was granted. A letter was received from the Mum-* cipal Association of New Zealand (Inc.) advising that the 1938 conference would be held at New Plymouth, beginning on March 1. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Municipal Electric Supply Association would also be held at New Plymouth, beginning on March 2. It was decided that the Mayor and the town clerk should attend the conference of the Municipal Association and that the electrical engineer should go to the conference of the New Zealand Municipal Electric Supply Association. . . -

The chairman of the exhibition committee of the Electric Power Boards and Supply Authorities’ Association of New Zealand (Mr S. Blackley) sent a supply of the proposals for an electrical court at the New Zealand Centenary Exhibition in 1940. It was decided to contribute the sum of £l5, payment to be spread over a period of three years. The secretary of the Bluff Waterside Workers’ Union (Mr J. Cameron) wrote asking the mayor to request the business section of the community to close their premises on Saturday, January 29, the day of the annual picnic. It was decided to accede to the request. The council’s electrical engineer (Mr F. H. Pearce) in his monthly report stated that the units sold for the month of November were 34,943, as compared with 28,821 for the same month in 1936, an increase of 6122 units. For the eight months ending November 1937, as compared with a similar period in 1936, the net increase in units sold was 18,403. WORK IN BOROUGH The foreman of works (Mr W. Mathieson) reported as follows: —“The footpaths on four streets have been topdressed and those on five streets have been chipped. Two concrete car crossings and two of clay and metal have been installed. The first coat of bitumen has been applied to nine chains of roadway east of Burrows street and to the Gregory street intersection. The shoulders of the main road have been built up with clay on the foreshore side of the new tar-sealing to hold the metal.” . The report was adopted. The town clerk (Mr H. A. Ferguson) reported that the receipts from all sources totalled £1325 13/4 and the expenditure amounted to £2012 16/5. The report continued: “In accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1933, the main district electors’ list, for the municipal election to be held on May 8, closes on January 31, and requires to be confirmed by the council not later than March 15. The roll is now in the course of compilation. “Out of a total of £839 16/10 outstanding in rates at March 31, 1937, the sum of £406 9/3 has been collected, as compared with £341 7/11 collected by the same date in the previous year out of a total of £798.” The resignation of Miss K. Cheyne, senior typiste, was accepted with regret. Unfavourable comment was passed on the condition of the footpaths at the cemetery. It was decided to call tenders for a tradesman to do the necessary repair - work. AWARUA BOATING CLUB The Awarua Boating Club has been very successful in the two regattas in which it has so far competed, at Riverton on Boxing Day and at Bluff on New Year’s Day. After the last regatta members of the club had a rest from serious training, but within a few days they will be training again for the South Island championships, which are to be held at Port Chalmers in

conjunction with the Port Chalmers regatta, and later the .regatta at Queenstown. Three of the four crews to compete at Port Chalmers in the South Island championships in February have been selected. Because of the inability of one member to travel to Dunedin, the personnel of the youths’ fours has not been decided yet. Awarua crews went up to the South Island championships last year, but the meeting was postponed. In 1936, however, the club did very well, The crews already selected are as follows: — ' SENIOR FOURS.—L. Morrison (s), F Lindquist, C. Hunter, F. Te Koeti. JUNIOR FOURS.—L. Hawke (s), N. Johnson, P. Roderique, W. Aitken. MAIDEN FOURS.—J. Parry (s), L. Harboard, C. Denny, J. Cooper. If the crews competing at the South Island championships do as well as they are expected they will probably attend the New Zealand championships at Wanganui. Last year, when the New Zealand championships were held at Akaroa two crews from the Awarua Club, the maiden fours and the i un^° r fours, won their races by comfortable margins. , • . . At the South Island championships the clinker type of boat —built with planks—is used and not the best-of-best variety. The Awarua Club bought a boat of the latter type at considerable expense and it has not yet been used, . The contest for the Edmond Challenge Shield between the eight-oared rowing teams of Southland and Otago is to be rowed on a date to be fixed on a course on the New river. Last year the race was rowed at Dunedin, when Southland won. Previous to this no race had been held for about 10 years. Four members of the Awarua Club were in the successful Southland crew of last year and, taking into consideration the performances of the clubs senior four crew in recent regattas, it is expected that three or four members of the club again will represent their province.

WHARVES BARE OF SHIPPING With the departure of the Port Line’s motor-vessel Port Hobart late last evening for Dunedin and the expected sailing about 5 o’clock this morning of the company’s steamer Port Campbell for Auckland, the wharves at the port will be bare of any coastal or overseas shipping until tomorrow. Waterside workers, however, have had a busy week so far and the two or three days of comparative idleness will give them a break before the arrival on Monday of three, or perhaps four, vessels. The only ship that is expected to arrive before Monday is the Union Steam Ship Company’s coastal trader Waimarino, which is due to arrive and depart tomorrow.

CRICKET MATCHES ON SATURDAY The two Bluff cricket teams will be playing competition matches on Saturday. The junior A team will continue the match with Appleby that was called-off for the day last Saturday after one over had been bowled because of the heavy rain. The junior B eleven will meet Appleby at Invercargill on the Biggar street west ground. WOODLANDS BEATS R.S.A. TEAM Playing on the R.S.A. green last evening, Woodlands beat the home team by 56 points to 53. Details were: W. R. Montgomery, Schmidt, Lyall, Piercy (s) 18 — Fox, Kissell, Kynaston, Macklam — 24 Foley, C. Lyall, Bedford, McQueen 12 — Cram, Kerr, Horan — 19 Greer, Sanson, McNatty, McKendry 26 — Beere, Macgregor, Drake, Stone — 10 TOTALS 56 53