GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 7 June 1924, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

The “Tinn.ru Herald" wili celebrate I its diamond jubilee on Wednesday next ID by publishing a specially I illustrated H-pnge edition. In this the I |,istorv and progress of tho whole ; district will be reviewed, as well as the history and progress of the “Herald.” 1 rents and those desirous of securing ! i; p o ,.i;il ( opies are advised to place their * orders, addressed to the publisher, as j ( ,ar!y as possible. For this issue the j .irdin arv 7 .">OO daily copies of the paper • u -iH he augmented by 2400 copies to ! Miow for postage abroad, and also to ! allow for a consignment to he sent to 1 the London Exhibition.

At the Magistrate\s Court, Wellington. .John Telford, ;> dairyman. was lined .{.'lo for failure to keep his dairy clean. The evidence showed that samples of milk from defendant’s dairy disclosed dirt.—(Press Association.) The Otago Winter Show was brought to a close last, night. The exhibition, which was favoured with excellent wonIher, was a huge, success, the door takings for the four /lays amounting to Al.'lSJ, compared with £1266 last year. —(Press Association.)

There are two hundred appeals to j be heard by the Post and Telegraph j Appeal Board.

At the piping and dancing championships at Dunedin, yesterday Frank Taylor (Timaru) won the sword dance for boys under 10.

The telegraph lines suffered during the recent storms, and in consequence there has been considerable unavoidable delay on some lines.

The weight-guessing competition at the Temuka Winter Show was won by Mr A. Howell (Timaru). The correct weight of the sheep was S3I- lbs and the successful competitor's estimate was 83J lbs.

George Green, aged about seven years, a pupil of the Claremont, school, was the victim of a very painful accident yesterday. It appears that the little chap was preparing to mount a motor lorry on the Claremont Road, for a ride home, when he slipped and had a leg very seriously injured. Owing to the mishap it has been decided to postpone tlio school concert.

A Press message from Christchurch states that a solicitor named Lionel Lancelot Hitcliings, was arrested at Rakaia yesterday on a charge of embezzlement. Hitcliings. a young married man, was formerly employed by Messrs Duncan, Cotterill and Co. Flo is charged with fraudulently failing to account for money received by him. The first charge involves a sum of £ls, but other charges are to be laid

Some, of the asphalted footpaths arc in a bad condition to face a possibly wet winter, the tarred surface being full of holes. In fiat spaces the water 6oaks downwards and makes a pool ot mud, for people to plant their feet in, and splash the mud as high as their knees. In steep places the water makes its way beneath the asphalt, softening the ground beneath, and the traffic then breaks at the' surfacing, and small circular holes become long ones.

The suggestion that every farmer bhould have his name painted on his gate was put forward by a member ot the Timaru Farmers’ Union yesterday afternoon. The gentleman in question stated that live idea had been brought under his notice by a member of one of the local firms, who considered that a great deal of time was often wasted in trying to find out where a man lived. In this connection, the speaker said that he had often been struck with the names that were neatly painted on the mail boxes in the districts where the rural mail delivery was in vogue, and he thought that if the same indication as to the occupier of the property wa9 available in every case, a great deal of inconvenience to all classes of tlio community, farmers included, would he avoided. Tt was agreed that steps bo taken to trv and have the idea more generally adopted.