In the News

Southland Times, Issue 24108, 23 April 1940, Page 6

In the News

Lord Galway At Milford The Governor-General (Viscount Galway) made a trip to Milford Sound from Te Anau yesterday in quick time. His Excellency, accompanied by Lord Dormer, A.D.C., left Te Anau in the morning and motored to the Homer tunnel. He walked through the tunnel and some distance along the western section of the new highway and continued the journey to Milford Sound by motor. He returned to Te Anau in time for dinner.

St. George’s Day Today is St. George’s Day and is a bank holiday. St. George first became recognized as England’s patron saint under the Norman kings. In 1346 Edward 111 founded the Order of the Garter with St. George as its badge, and some years latei- Edward IV built the magnificent St. George’s Chapel at Windsor, where, in the reign of Henry V, the supposed heart of the saint was deposited as a precious relic.

Boys’ Band Leaves The Southland Boys’ High School drum, trumpet and bugle band will leave Invercargill by the express this morning for Wellington where it will play at the Anzac Day parades and services. The party will include Major H. W. Slater, Lieutenant J. L. Napier, Mr J. Page and 51 members of the band. The engagements c r the band in Wellington are fairly numerous. It will return to Invercargill on May 2

Man Missing A search was made by the police yesterday for Thomas Clark, aged 55, of 175 Princes street, railway coaching foreman at Invercargill. He left home early yesterday morning to reach the railway yards at 5.45, but did not arrive there. His cycle was found at the Kew river jetty. Dragging of the estuary was undertaken by the police until a late hour, but no trace of the man had keen found.

Offences By Children Inquiries have been made by members of the detective force in Invercargill into recent cases of breaking and entering and conversion of motorcars and as a result three boys will soon appear before the Children’s Court. Five cases of car conversion and six cases of breaking and entering have been reported during the last month. Deerhounds For Australia

Six deerhounds which were bred by Mr J. H. C. Payne, of Tuatapere, were sent to Bluff by rail yesterday for shipment to Australia. They are being consigned to a Melbourne breeder, Dr J. W. Thomson, of the Melbourne University. Some of the dogs, which are of a Scottish breed, have been used for coursing deer in the Tuatapere district.

Witness Collapses The sudden collapse of a witness during the hearing of a maintenance case caused a dramatic interruption to the proceedings in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning. A doctor was immediately summoned and the sitting of the Court was adjourned.

Freezing Works Sold The Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd., Manchester, England, has purchased the Longburn freezing works, near Palmerston North, from the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Ltd. The Co-opera-tive Wholesale Society has been a purchaser of New Zealand primary produce for some years.—Press Association.

Rugby Broadcasts An offer for the right to broadcast all Rugby matches during the season on the same terms as last year has been received from the National Broadcasting Service and accepted by the New Zealand Rugby Union, stated a letter received last night by the Southland Rugby Union from the New Zealand Rugby Union. Last season the Southland Rugby Union received £29 in broadcasting fees.

A Cunning Bird “We will have to take steps to deal with a eunninger animal or rather, bird, than the rabbit,” said Mr R. C. Todhunter at the high country runholders’ conference at Lake Tekapo, “and that is the Canadian goose. We must take steps to deal with this menace. It is ruining a lot of the best of the high-country grazing. It is hard to deal with. I would say that it is even eunninger than a member of Parliament.”