LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 10281, 7 January 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The S.C. Farmers' Agency Co. report having sold privately the house and 1A acres of Mr G. B. Cartwright:, recently advertised, at a satisfactory figure. The Geraldine Borough Council notifies owners of dogs of the fees to be paid fo 1922, and the necessity of registering at the Council office. The rainfall at Winchester last year was 22.29 and for the year previous 25.C V 9. The secretary of the Milford Lagoon Association requests that all accounts in connection with the recent, picnic be rendered to him by noYm on Tuesday next. AL the Palmerston sports G. liaclbumd (Temuka) was third in the one mile and 1-J miles bicycle handicaps. A. C. England (Orari) gained second place in the latter event. Speaking at a banquet at Waiuku, Mr Massey said the Imperial Government had given the undertaking to Villi hold its stocks of butter from the market from January 7 to January 14. The services in the Parish of Temuka and Winchester are advertised in another column. The Rev. Canon Coates, who is officiating during Mr| Norris's absence, will hold services j at Temuka, Upper and Lower Wai-1 tohi, and Winchester. The annual meeting of the Geraldine St. Patrick's Sports Association will be held in Mr W. Williamson's rooms on Monday next, when the report and balance-sheet will be read, and the election . of officers for the ensuing year will take place'. The Rev. Frank Harris will conduct the morning and evening services at the King Street Methodist Church, Temuka, to-morrow, and Mr D. B. Muir wiir take the morning service in Denmark Street. The lending department of trie Temuka Mechanics' Institute has been closed for a day or two pending repairs. Owing to the extent of the ravages of the "wood-borer." "the "repairs" have been limited to the addition of some extra shelving, which, however, will be of material service lo the librarian. The eiepartment will be re-opened this afternoon. "The Power to Forgive" will form the subject of the Rov. J". Dawson Mndill's address at the morning service at the Geraldine Presbyterian Church to-morrow. Jn the evening he will take for his subject ''Experiences on the Ocean of Time." Miss Waddell (Timaru) will sing at the morning service. Service will be held at Woodbury in the afternoon. A rather sensational accident hap pened at the Post Office corner. Temuka, yesterday morning. A Christchurch car was passing through tho town, when a dog ran in front of it, and, in trying to avoid the dog. the driver swerved the car. Almost immediately opposite Mr V. Nicholas' shop. Mrs J .Nolan (of WaiapO was Heated in her gig. and one of the car's mud-guards coming in contact with the vehicle, overturned it. Mrs Nolan was thrown on lo the. road. ' :.tkl the horse bolted, dragging the jrig. which was on its side. Opposite Mr Donnithome's garage the gig caught hi? motor car. and this was dragged some little distanc- b"fore it was detached. The horse wont on with the overturned gig for another four or five chains before ii Wiis stopped. Mrs Nolan fortunately j craped serious injury, but suffered,' a severe shock and .obtained sonic so.voro bruises. The gig was badly Knocked about. The same morning : a horse attached to one of Mr A. Anderson's delivery carts bolted out i of bis yard, and continuing through ; King Street, turned in at the Kir'.' i Lrig;tdo Station, the only damage j done being to a pump. ' ( At the inquest in London on , flyman Coleman, the jury accepted j the deceased's dving statement re- f sarding his child stabbing him. and ( returned a verdict of accidental , death. t Mr Hoskins, managing director of the great ironworks in Sydney, states that a reduction in wages is im- ; perative if (he local iron and steel j : trade is to survive. , I'nioti olllcijilii in ,-'••. on-"- rvnm.-ite :■ 'I'M unemployed at -10.000. not in- ' ■'lih'hi;: H ■•..!•.'./n 111!!. '.vli<e-e :r> C>,- a •.'■nitiniH has ;*p"i.: lili',ooo in re- ■'' lief since July, 1921.'. *

Mr A. H. Fenn will hold an auction sale of poultry, pigs, produce, household furniture, express waggon, gig; etc., at the Rialto, Temuka, today, as advertised in another column. Yesterday was the hottest day of the season, and must have had a very ill effect on the crops, pastures, orchards, and gardens. All vegetation is being parched up and if rain-does not come very soon, the result must he serious in the extreme to the man on the land, and consequently to the j whole community. The Geraldine Bowling Club entered a rink consisting of J. Campbell, J. w. Miller. M. Campbell, and G. B. Creemer (s) in the New Year tournament, which was played on the West End green, Timaru. In the first round, section A, the Geraldine Tin'- scdred a win over Marshall, Lane, Ruwnsley, Simmers (s), by 22 to 13, but lost in the second round to Kirk 21-16, and were beaten in the third round by J. Dewar, 21-16. A number of spurious half-crowns are in circulation (says the Auckland Star), and the public is warned to examine change for the detection j of these valueless coins, several of i which have been passed in hotels, and one at least detected by a tram conductor. The coins are excellent imitations, but rough, worn, and dented in the milling, and they will not "ring." , A visitor called at the Mataura Ensign office the other day with an exceptional specimen of the mushroom tribe, which he had discovered near Green's coal mine. The fungus, which is of the edible variety, has a circumference of 27in., and a diameter of lOin. It weighs 230 z. Later in the day five other specimens reached the office from the farm of Mr P. H. McLean, of Waimumu. These weigh Jib each, and iiave a diameter of Bin. During the discussion on the question of rat extermination, at the last meeting of the Blenheim Borough Council, Cr. A. Curry said that the Minister of Health was very panicky over the matter (reports the Express). He thought the rat campaign should be more assiduously prosecuted in the cities before action was forced on the smaller towns. "Why," he exclaimed, "if you want to see rats you should go to Wellington. I walked round the G.P.O. there one wet evening in September, and the rats were so numerous that they tripped one up!" In the course of a speech at the i opening of Waiuku railway, the Hon. J. G. Coates, Minister of Public 1 Works, explained how the principle of concentration had been decided upon on certain railway lines, thus bringing into use the lines on which the capital cost had been heaviest, i and where money was lying idle. He I emphasised that in the allocation of | money due attention would be given to providing employment ror those out of work. No incident during the Christmas holidays has shown a finer Christmas spirit than one recorded on the Main Trunk line at a Avayside station in the King Country (reports an exchange). A young mother arrived at the station with two young children just in time to see the. train draw out of the station. She had been going some distance to spend her Christmas with her parents not far from the city. It was the evening hour, and there was no train calling at the station again that night. A linesman passed along soon after on his jigger and, taking in the situation at a glance, pushed on to his hut,' and soon had the billy boiling and a couple of bottles filled with some steaming hot tea and a haversack filled with cake and biscuits. Then, pulling his jigger back on to the line, he started out for the station again and placed his offering of food before the rather anxious mother, who, after feeding the children, decided to stop the night in the bare waiting room. Again the linesman went away, and returned after a long ride with some rugs and pillows, and the mother and children were made happy for the night, and caught a very early train next morning, enabling her and her children to have Christinas dinner in the old home. On the deck of the Paloona, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his farewel to the Dominion: —"Farewell, New Zealand! I shall never see you again, but perhaps some memory of my visit may remain—or not, as God pleases. Anyhow, my own memory will remain. Every man looks on his own country as God's own country if it be a free land, but the New Zealander has more reason than most. It is a lovely place, and contains within its moderate limits the agricultural plains of England, the lakes and hills of Scotland, the glaciers of Switzerland, and the fiords of Norway, with a fine, hearty people, who do not treat the British newcomer with ignorant contempt or hostility. There are so many interests and so many openings that it is hard to think that a man will not find a career In New Zealand. Canada, Australia, and South Africa seem to me to be closely balanced, as far as their attractions for the emigrant goes, but when one considers that New Zealand has neither the winter of Canada, the drought of Australia, nor the racial problems of Africa, it does surely stand supreme, though it demands, as all of 1 them do, both labour and capital from the newcomer." A legal decision with far reaching results was recently given in England, when a driver of a commercial motor van with a left hand steering wheel was summoned fot not putting out his hand to the right when turning to the right out of a busv thoroughfare His defence was that it was impossible owing to th* steering wheel being on the left hand side of the vehicle Lord Ilkstone in giving judgment said that persons driving ears so fitted must have somebody with them to give warniriic of uiiV sudden turns to the right, iind in default, would be held responsible for any accidents that might happen. The ease is also interesting in that tho driver was summoned, .-.I though a collision did not actually occur. This decision is likely to have a considerable effect in Great Dritatn and the Dominions on imports of cars from countries wlhtp left hand steering— to conform with the rule of the road in the country of origin —is the vogue.

At Knnfurly lust week an encounter with fifirearms took place. It is alleg'-d that George Oevenney, a farmer, fired a shot gun at William Griffin, another farmer, who lived across the road. Constable Bandy happened to be on the scene and fired his revolver over Ilevenuey's lie;ui. Pevenney, it is stated, fired a couple of more limes lie fore a bullet from the constable's'revolver, striking the ground, at Devenney's feet splashed dirt in his fact. Devcnney dropped his gun and ran. lie was later arrested and charged with attempted murder. S.-WIO THE EXPENSE.

Do not call in a doctor when you sprain your ankle. Bathe your ankle in water as "not as can be borne and rub in Chamberlain's Pain Hall i ireely. Repeat the rubbing i.evefal Times, and in two or three days you will br> able to pet .--.bout and "'ill be quite cured in len.s than ,->. week. Sold by all chemists and jjluiekeopers, Temuka and Geraldine.

The State mine at Greymouth resumed -work on Thursday after a month's idleness. There was a good attendance of men who will work under the conditions of the old agreement until the new one has been arranged. The latter will be retrospective from. Thursday. Asked for his'opinion of Ratana and his movement (states the New Zealand Herald), the Rev. A. J. Seamer, . general superintendent of the Methodist Maori Mission, said:— "My staff and I have been intimately in touch with the movement from its inception, and one or other of our ministers. has always accompanied Ratana I myself have frequently visited and interviewed him in public and in private, and have seen much of his work, which so far has commended itself to my judgment. Ratana is a strong and able man. His vision of a union of the Maori race, under the banner of the Christian God. should have the support of alt thoughtful men. He has never opposed any Christian church, but has gone definitely along his own course, preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ as he understands it, and has been of vital assistance to thousand* of people. If his movement be wisely controlled by him, it has great possibilities. As long as he continues to acknowledge'the supreme authority of our Lord Jesub Christ, and keeps the Bible as his rule of faith and practice, he will have the prayers and support of every member ;lof our staff as an honoured ' coworker." ; "I am sending Mr C. T.. Haynes,. 1 chief sanitary inspector, a first-class ' hat," said the Hon. C. J. Parr, Minister for Health, at Auckland, "and I am sending another one for his 1 second officer. They are Christmas " tokens: of my appreciation of the 1 batch of prosecutions and convictions recorded recently in the court ; against persons, for failing to clean " up their premises. I want to see 1 . more prosecutions, because I believe ; it is not fair to the shopkeepers and householders who do their best to assist us in this campaign that other " people should be careless about the conditions of their premises and L leave garbage about, which will pro- • vide a harbour for a rat, possibly t one infected with plague." Mrs Rodman, milliner and general • ladies' and children's outfitter, Geral- ' dine, announces that she will com- " mence a summer sale on Tuesday. when genuine bargains in every de- • partment will be made. ..... ; Miss Tuppy Sutherland will comr ; mencc a class in Temuka in fancy j and National dancing, and intend--1 ing pupils are asked to write to 196 ' North Street, Timaru i .

; SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERf TISEMENTS.

[ w_ ■ Parish of Temuka and Winches-ter—To-morrow's services. 5 A. H. Fenu—Auction sale at Te- > muka to-day. i Leader Office, Temuka—Heather i scarf lost. Milford Lagoon Association —Ao l counts iir connection with picnic - wanted. i Mrs Rodman, Gei;aldine —Summer I sale commences January 10th. i S.C. Picture Company, Temuka — -. This and Monday evenings' pro- • grammes. Salvation Army, Temuka—To- : morrow's services; thanks of officers ; and band. : James Crombie, Temuka—Ladies' I gloves and hosiery. Crowther's Cash Store, Temuka—--1 Toys to be sold regardless of cost: . fly catchers, etc. : jam jars and pre- - serving requisites, etc. M ' ; Geraldine Borough Council —Doy ( tax fees. ', Presbyterian Church, Geraldine — i To-morrow's services. C.F.C.A., Geraldine — Extraordhi- * ary values in costumes to order. St. Patrick's Sports Assn., Geraldine—Annual meeting. Methodist Church, Temuka—Tomorrow's services. Miss Strachan —Trimmed millinery, etc. :