THE Temuka Leader THURSDAY, MARCH 2nd, 1922.

Temuka Leader, Issue 10304, 2 March 1922, Page 2

THE Temuka Leader THURSDAY, MARCH 2nd, 1922.

; Court news will be found on our j first page. We have received a copy of tho 1 second edition of the Board and 'Council, tho New Zealand local authorities’ review. It is enlarged aud otherwise improved. The appointment of Mr G. W. . Flanagan, Valuer-General, has been 1 confirmed as a Royal Commission to ' inquire into the financial diillcultier, j of dairy farmers in different, parts of ! Now Zealand, mnro particularly in | the Waikato and Taranaki districts, i A sample of Blue Diamond plums can be seen in Mrs Sander’s window, | grown by Mrs Webb, senior, from trees procured from Mr Sandora. , Tho eight plums weigh lib 7ozs. 1 St. Peter's Sunday School Prizes— We are requested to mention tho following additional prizes, awarded for Highest marks gained during the year, thnso scholars being equal' I Phyllis Langford (Miss Grease's , prize), May Crnwther and (Gina i Wedlake (Vicar's prims L Through a printer’s error the lnral i in oilt lust issue regarding Dm 1 d per 'C<mt. notice on unpaid rates alien'd have read Borough j• <j] not i County Council Tin- le pr- i.qn penalty was levied by Un i 'oanty Council on tin' 11 bib I" * ■ iy, ns previously advertiawd.

We have 10 acknowledge tlie receipt of £-1 from “G.T.” towards the Russian Famine Fund. Following are the vital statistics for Temuka for the mouth of February, 1922:—Births ' 12, marriages nil, deaths 2. Competitors in the Decorated Bicycle Classes at Saturday's Temuka Flower Show will please note, that ribbons or coloured paper may be used in addition to floral work. A general meeting of the Temuka Football Club will be held in the Fire Brigade rooms, to-mOrrow (Friday) evening at 7.30, -when important business is to be dealt, with. Reductions to teachers’ salaries was referred to teachers at Dunedin, the general opinion elicited being that they were fairly evenly distributed. One headmaster said that the teachers had to face the reduction like other people. At a meeting of the S.C. Rugby Union, it was decided to hold the annual meeting on March 30. The delegates allowed from the various clubs are as follows; —Senior club. I (wo delegates: other clubs, one delegate. The balance-sheet and report were read and approved. The work of permanently diverting Harper River into ' Lake Coleridge ia noAv well forward, ami it is estimated that la two or three months it will be completed, Mr A. R. Blackwood, superintendent of the Lake Coleridge hydro-electric station is of opinion that the diversion will make it possible to develop 30,000 h.p. from Lake Coleridge and without the diversion it would have been difficult to maintain an output of 12,000 h.p. A very fine horticultural display is expected at the Temuka Floral Society’s autumn show, to be held at the* Drill Hall on Saturday next. Fruit, flowers, and vegetables, , the best from the best gardens, will range side by side in open competition. Collections from the gardens in the Garden Competition—Roses, sweet peas, gladiolus, those gorgeous autumn blooms, in asters and dahlias and others too numerous to mention here. Enthusiasts in horticulture in all Its branches will And something of interest at the show. In reply to a telegram sent by him, Mr T. D. Burnett, M.P. for Temuka, received the following from the Prime Minister;—“l will be in Geraldine on the morning of Thursday, March 16, will attend the sports meeting there Afterwards I will proceed to Fairlie, and will deliver an address in Fairlie that night. The following day I will go on to Tekapo. and will look into your proposed hydro-electric scheme there. The same day I will go on to the Hermitage, and will remain there for the night.” The Prime Minister has expressed a desire, to return to Wellington the next night (Saturday), but Mr Burnett is making strong endeavours to persuade him to remain at the Hermitage for the week-end. Mr ■Harry Shugg, of Melbourne, the musical adjudicator, at the Wellington Band Contest told a Press interviewer that he , considered the principle of holding test selections for brass bands in halls was an entirely wrong one, and .he. would ■not care to judge a contest, indoors again. In Australia the custom was to hold the contest out of doors, where every note "played by the bands could bo distinctly heard. One could not judge the tone of a brass band in a hall, and it was wrong to hold such contests indoors. Mr Shugg stated that this was the biggest brass band contest lie has ever attended, and in number of entries it quite eclipsed the contests at Sydney and Ballarat.

At the sitting of the Arbitration Court in Timaru last week, Mrs Atwill made a claim in respect of injuries which occurred to her while at Mr Hansen’s ...farm at Waihao Downs. It was alleged that she was putting the children to bed when her clothing and hair caught fire, and. she was severely burned about the, back and head. Judgment by consent was given for a weekly payment of £1 3s -Id from the date of the accident till such payment was again reviewed by the Arbitration Court, with medical expenses £l, and £5 5s costs. A Christchurch message says that the Farmers’ Union carried the following resolution:--“That the time is ripe for a conference with representatives of Labour, and that local Labour leaders bo invited to confer with the executive concerning questions of mutual interest, such as unemployment, immigration, (lie establishment of local co-operative industries, and a co-operative bank ” The mover said there could at least he no harm in approaching Labour. He did not hopo for much to come out of the conference at once, but it would be beneficial for the union to know what Labour’s attitude was going to bo, and vlco versa.Mrs Rodman in her advertisement to-day draws attention to her autumn season new millinery, costumes, and blouses, and invites inspectiun of the goods. SYNOPSIS OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Perpetual Trustees Estate and Agency Co. of N.Z., Ltd. Expert executors and trustees under wills, etc. A, Gabiteo, Tomuka —Some quotations at sale. Mrs Rodman —New millinery, costumes, etc., for autumn season. Temuka Gas Company—Last discount day Temuka Football Club —General meeting to-morrow evening. Bennington’s Pictures To-mor-row evening’s programme. S.G. Picture Company—Saturday evening’s programme. Jeffrey Stanley Wants occasional book-keeping.