In Town And Out

Southland Times, Issue 23680, 1 December 1938, Page 6

In Town And Out

Increase in Price of Butter

The wholesale price of butter is to be increased by twonence a pound on all grades from today. Advice of this has been received by the butter-manu-facturing dairy companies of Southland from the director of internal marketing (Mr F. R. Picot). Accent on Danger

“Why not the cemetery?” suggested a member when the committee which has been set up to make arrangements for road-safety week in Invercargill was discussing at a meeting last night where to fix the starting point of a procession designed to emphasize the advantages of road safety and the folly of carelessness among pedestrians and motorists. A less dramatic starting point was chosen, however, the committee deciding that the show grounds, which offered good facilities for assembling vehicles, would be the most suitable place. New Dress For Summer

The Invercargill railway station will greet the summer in appropriate garb. Yesterday painters were busily employed in covering that drab c °l°ur peculiar to railway stations and old school buildings with a light cream. Grim Warning

Pamphlets which are to be issued to motorists and pedestrians during road safety week were received last evening at a meeting of the committee which is making arrangements for the observance of the week .in Invercargill. Each tells a pointed and sometimes grim story. There is one, headed “It only happens once,” which tells this story: “He brushed his teeth twice a day; the doctor examined him twice a year; he wore goloshes when it rained; he slept with the windows open; he stuck to a diet with plenty ,of vegetables; he relinquished his tonsils and traded Jn several worn-out glands; he golfed, but never more than 18 holes; he never smoked, drank or lost his temper; he did his daily dozen daily; he had at least eight hours sleep each night. His funeral will be held next Monday. He is survived by 18 specialists, four health institutes, six gymnasiums, and numerous manufacturers of health foods and antiseptics. He did not look out before he stepped out into the traffic.”

St. Andrew’s Day Greetings Greetings to the chief of the St. Andrew’s Scottish Society, Mr J. L. McG. Watson, from the Harrogate St. Andrew’s Society, Yorkshire, were contained in a cablegram received yesterday afternoon by Mr Watson. The message read: “Fraternal greetings on St. Andrew’s Day.” Mr Watson promptly replied: “Many thanks. I reciprocate very heartily your fraternal greetings on St. Andrew’s Day.”

Voting Papers by Air A message of thanks for the assistance given by the Southland Aero Club in conveying voting papers to Milford Sound on the eve of the General Election has been received by the club’s secretary (Mr J. E. Cuthill) from the Returning Officer for Awarua (Mr T. M. Brooks). “May I take this opportunity,” wrote. Mr Brooks, “of expressing my appreciation to your club for placing a ’plane at the disposal of the department and to the pilot who successfully delivered the papers in the face of difficult weather conditions.” ' . Oreti Beach Road

It is not generally known that motorists are liable to a fine if they exceed a speed of 20 miles an hour on that section of the road to Oreti Beach within the Sandy Point endowment. A young man was fined 10/-, costs 10/-, in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for driving at a speed of 40 miles an hour on that section of the road. The traffic inspector, Mr E. Stopford said that the charge was brought under a by-law made at a time when the road was not in as good condition as it was now. If motorists speeded on this road there was considerable danger from gravel and dust. Hearse Not To Be Used

A suggestion, made in a letter from the Commissioner of Transport (Mr G. L. Laurenson), that an undertakers hearse be included in a procession to be held in Invercargill on Wednesday, December 7, as part of the national road safety campaign, was not favoured last evening at a meeting of the committee which has been set up to make arrangements for the carrying out of the campaign in Invercargill. Although one or two members suggested that other centres might follow the suggestion of using a hearse to emphasize the dangers of carelessness on the roads, the general opinion was that it would not be in good taste. It was decided not to put the idea into practice.

Big Output of Lime An indication of the wide use that is bteing made of lime by Southland farmers is given in the figures supplied by Doherty’s Lime Company, Centre Bush. The company reports that on one day last week 600 tons of lime were trucked —a record for one day for the company. A further 400 tons were trucked the following day, making a total of 1000 tons for the two days, or 16,000 bags. The output of the company since April is already in excess of me total output for the previous 12 months, which in itself was a record for the company. Nurses for South Africa.

A party of 20 New Zealand trained nurses will leave Wellington by the Awatea on December 6 for South Africa, where they will join the staff, of a private hospital under the direction of a former New Zealander, Dr Campbell Begg. Applications from nurses for the positions are stated to have numbered about 200. Provisional selection was made by an agent in each centre, and the appointments are yet subject to medical inspection. The selected nurses, who are to be advanced £3O for their fares to South Africa, and will be required to enter into a 12 months’ bond of service, include a number from Wellington, two having .. ?en employed at one private hospital and one at another.

Austrian Athlete Offers Services A letter from .an Austrian athlete, Ernst Plutner, received by the council of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, intimated that he was coming to New Zealand, and offered his services free to any athletic club in the country as trainer, gymnastics teacher and active “sportier.” He describee’, himself as a first-class icehockey, handball and football player, and gave a list of performances which indicated that he was in world class as an athlete. He could earn his living separately, he said, as he was an independent jeweller and had “fortune.” The council decided to refer his letter to the deputy-chairman of the Physical Welfare Council, Mr J. W. Heenan.