In the News

Southland Times, Issue 24158, 21 June 1940, Page 8

In the News

Territorial Camp

Officers and non-commissioned officers of the Territorial Force in Invercargill have been advised that they are to go into camp on July 1 for two months’ training. This is . a month earlier than was originally intended. Class 111 Reservists

Nothing is being done by the military authorities about the members of Class 111 of the National Military Reserve. These men, who have had no previous training, may, provided they are within the prescribed age limits, either join up with the Territorial Force or enlist for active service. That hundreds of men in Christchurch in Class 111 were anxious to serve in the military forces was emphasized by speakers at a meeting of the Territorial Association of Canterbury. The association appointed a sub-committee to draw up a scheme by which these men can receive training without making any claim on the time of the New Zealand. Permanent Staff, whtch will be fully occupied with the Government’s plans for extended territorial training.

No Steamer Expresses Today The Union Steam Ship Company has announced that there will be no steamer express service between Lyttelton and Wellington today, but it is possible that a daylight service will be sailed tomorrow. A similar announcement about the Wellington-Picton service has also been made. Advice of the daylight sailings tomorrow will probably be available this afternoon.

Cargo For Bluff Information that a vessel leaving a Canadian east coast port next month has 375 tons of cargo for Bluff which could be discharged at Bluff has been received by the Invercargill Chamber of Commerce. The secretary (Mr A. L. Adamson), has written to two importing firms in Auckland and one in Wellington asking that they make representations to have the cargo in which they are interested discharged at Bluff in the interest of their Invercargill clients.

Bedding For Hospital A tender for the supply of 117 mattresses and 434 pillows for use at the Southland Hospital was accepted by the Southland Hospital Board yesterday. The mattresses will cost £2/10/- each and the pillows 5/4 each, a total cost of £4OB/4/8. The successful tenderer was Arthur' Ellis and Company.

Still At Large The inmate of the Borstal Institution, Clifford Fox, who escaped on Monday was still at large late last night.

Bequest To Gore Hospital A' cheque for £lOO representing a payment on account of the legacy /to the Gore Hospital under the will of the late Mr William Tayles, of Dunedin, was received by the Southland Hospital Board yesterday

City Populations , Palmerston North citizens have a keen desire to see the population of their city greater than that of Ipver- : cargill, according to a statement made ' by Mr J. H. Dick, of Wellington, at a tea attended last night by directors of the Invercargill branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association and collectors for the campaign- now in progress. Mr Dick, who represents the national organization of the association, i formerly lived for 20 years in Palmerston North. The two cities, he said, were similar in many respects and Invercargill’s growth in population was eagerly watched in the northern city. The competition offered by Wanganui, he declared, was not taken nearly as seriously as that offered by Invercargill. The 1939 Year Book gives the populations of the three cities as on April 1, 1938, as follows:—lnvercargill, 26,200; Wanganui, 26,000; Palmerston North, 24,800.

Heifer’s Escapade An escaped heifer from the Addington saleyards careered wildly about the streets of Christchurch on Wednesday. It first appeared in a garage in Oxford terrace and later chased two men down Tuam street towards the centre of the city. Two men were knocked off their bicycles and another just managed to avoid the heifer, which soon afterwards put it? foot through the ironwork on the side of the Victoria street bridge and broke a foreleg. More infuriated than ever it then charged a woman wheeling a baby in a perambulator. A passing cyclist threw his machine in the heifer’s way but the baby was tipped out of the pram and the mother knocked down. Then a man experienced with cattle appeared, and soon had the heifer under control. He up-ended it by catching it by the tail and swinging it over on its side. It was then securely roped and was ready to be removed. Wounded Sailor Decorated

In order to be present to receive the Distinguished Service Medal at an investiture in the Auckland Town Hall on Saturday night, a member of the crew of H.M.S. Achilles, Chief Yeoman of Signals L. C. Martinson, was temporarily released from the Auckland hospital. He was severely wounded during the River Plate action with the Graf Spee, and has been in hospital since the ship’s return to Auckland. He was transported from the hospital in a St. John Ambulance and carried into the hall.