THE TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1930. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 10589, 26 August 1930, Page 2

THE TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1930. NEWS OF THE DAY.

The northward bound express train on Saturday evening was an hour late. Die delay beiii.e, caused by Ibe inei'eased pussencer trallie euiiseiiUei:. on Die break in.u mi p of Die ss-lioils for Die term holidays. Yesterday Die passenger traffic Oil lie' e\ piv~ses was also heavy. Alier a ileli'-'ditl'iiDy line, sniiny d iy on ainiilay. rain fell diirin.;; Die i: 1 ". 1 :', and \ estcrduy Dp.- weather v. a:, eold and 'Dooniy, rain threai- ■ -11 i 11 y. Se'-'erai members of Die Telllllka i'.oro i.mi Coiineil siaiT are putting dow n ! he asphalt on 1 be serDons of footpaths prepared by Die "unempb'.ved." (Use of the sections nunpleted i, ilia; between Die Denmark street Whileomi.e street corner and tii,' Co-op. Association's shed, and is a decided im provonion!. Another iiM provcmeii; in Denmark street is Die completion of the BnuDi of kerbin;: on the edyve of it" i'oolpalh l>ei ween Slndholmo ind Whiicombo streets. Bin rboi'iie'.. ji||,. (';,„), ihirdwar" -iiore, Teniukai advevDse that Ihey h:.V" on hand a lar:;e MdecDon of 'sii'deii tool-, inrlndin': spades ■'.'• and li'i;t.-"iiold i ronnion :■.,.;•; oi

A cable message from London announces ih,n |||,. Diiehess of York 'gave bir.li 1., a. duughler <,n Thursday, and Miat both are progressing satisi'aclorilv. I Al the Supreme Goiirl, Chnsi ■ church, a land salesman named ('ha ides Henry Leo Walter was sen fenced oi 1 N mom hs' impid ajiinieiil j lor the I heft of .CI (Mi which he bad received as a doposil on a properly and tailed Io hand over Io Hie owner. At Gi.-borne, a solicitor named Koben George Gardiner Lain, I'.ti years of age, was senlenced Io 12 months' reformative treatment for having fraudulently omitted to account, for money received, The total amount. imolved v/as about, £301), Smokers - cigarette ,-. v pipe W i!l do well (o note that there is danger, in it dual sense, in striking matches lo IL'ht llndr favotirilo smoke within ten foot of ihe fuel Link of a car which is being filled uilli pelrol. A cureless fellow al lluwcra. for Ihis offence was lined .('::. lie "only sii'iick a ma.cli io lighl a cigarelle,'' bat the bowser hose ignited, and a serious situation was narrowly averted, tin; Humes being sniOihorod with a sack. The maximum penally is .Clue, so Ibis second danger is worth avoiding! Political party difference;-, were forgotten in Hie face of Iho wider issues of Ihe Imperial Coiil'eroii"o, when Ihe Prim;; Ah'iiisler 'Hon. G. W. Forbes J was accorded a civic farewell at Wellington on Saturday night', prior to his departure for London. Air Forbes, who was hailed I generally as a worthy and efficient ' represonlalive of N'ew Zealand, was Ihe recipient of a gift, as was also Airs Forbes. There was a collision between two motor ears on the sout'liern approach to Ihe Washdyke bridge on Saturday evening. No one was injured, but it was slated I hat' Ihe ears were damaged. The next New Zealand amateur boxing championship meeting will be held at Ashburton. When Ihe Defence (Temporary.l Auiendnionl Mill was before the I'pper House on Thursday, Ihe Hon. .James Allen moved an amendment Mia.' ihe Mill be read Mial day six months. The dobn.lo was eoiiMnued on Friday, and on a division being Liken, Ihe Mill was dofealod, the amendment being carried by 17 lo 9. In Ihe basketball match played til Timaru on Saturday, between the Temuka A. loam and the South Canterbury representatives who are to play at Ilaslings, the Temuka girls were vanquished by 2 0 goals to nil. The following is the cribbage | draw far the games at' Geraldiue •to-night: Howlers v. South Fnd (Williamson's): Citizens v. Farmers' I'liiou (Williamson's): Hilton I v. Orari A. (Walker's); Gapes Yal- , ley v. Oddfellows (Cain's). A bread van, owned by Air P. Hendry, of Geraldiue, skidded on Ihe shingle on Soroombe's road. Geraldiue. overturned, and was raiher badly damaged. Foriunalely the driver, Air Willoughby. escaped serious injury. A visitor to lite hetttl ■'. orks of the Temuka high-pressure- waier i supply a! Orari on Sunday, informs us I hat I hero lias been a- slight ids" in Hie water there during the past ! few days. The 10 chains of pipelino which it litis been decided io re-joint, has boon lilted from the trench preparatory to the re-joint-ing being effocled. Airs K. Lee, Temtika. advertises lel'Uce, and cabbage plants. 'ldle Temuka Gun ("nib adverii.-e a ■■hoot to lu: he!,| jp Air Palmer's I paddock i next saleytirds i, on T't He-day a L eriioon, when, among.-l oilier events, a novice com peiii ion will be held. I A Temuka motor cyclist met with an accident when reluming homo from Geraldiue at an early hour on Friday morning, after attending ihe Hockey Club's dance. The motor cycle collided with the kerbing near the Cemetery road, and was damaged, but he very luckily was not hurt, At the meeting of the Temuka Horough Council on Wednesday evening, a letter was road from the South Canierbury Automobile .Association, recommending that local bodies use the "Alultiple trailic dome, system," instead of Hie central dome system now in general! use at si reel intersections. .It was decided that the. Mayor and Councillors should meet on Thursday afi-eriioou. id (he I'osl Oliiee corner, for the purpose of having a. demoiislration. Al Hie hour decided on I here, were pre-vid Hie .Vlnyor (Air T. K. Gunnioiil, Councillors A. W. JJuzaii and A. K. Smiib. Willi (he aid of some ch-.Uk, Councillor Muzan showed where the four domes woiihl be placed a.t Ihe King si reel-High si reef, intersection, in place of Ihe one now in the centre, and L certainly seemed that it would make , Hie work of ihe ear driver simpler. However, it was pointed out that. in accordance with the regulations governing their use. cars have, when turning al intersections, to he taken round a poini at the centre' I of the si reels, and. ihe meeting being a small one, no decision was ! eiillle to. Mreatlie away thai cold. TI;L i■■ j ; lie scion! ilic ri modv. Inhal" ".'■- \- ! /AM," ;ive, prompt relet'. Leone 1 mica! double sice cMiMaies I :■" full j doses for 2/1.;. :.;. ;