GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 14 June 1924, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

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C’nlerif!"t' onwcr was again cut oft ]. HC ‘at 10 o'clock tor about ■m hour and a ball, the borough power ;!. nv - ; ,,,. ; tlu- load until the load was reel iilc<i'. Tin- came of flu l breakdown, v , rva.s near Tmwnkl, is not known.

r,o)naee-. i;v very scarce in Tint-iru ji,jv. v. uiivi- be dry summer liuvnm i! impossible to grow them, and i lin.'t ■ wbieb ere on sale lit ft; now a.'e high in price, koine of the local supplies ere being drawn limit a- far aiicld as (dire.

The Gleu Alton colliery, belonging to the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, turned out last mouth the record amount of tons of coal (reports the “"Waikato Time-"). As the mine has only been working for a matter of twelve months. the achievement is regarded as remarkable, and planee (lien Alton amongst flic premier mines in the Dominion. After working for seven sinus 1 lie Pukemiro colliery only reached its IA.UUO ton output quite recently.

The O.'imnni Borough Council cn Thursday night adopted loan proposals aggregating £'127,810, made up of drainage £96,728. water works £IS,dCO, gasworks £21,523, road plant £7260. A special loan for the suburban area is now included in the borough.

A new kind of smile was brought to light during the hearing of a case at the Te Awamutu Court- The defendant said: “He had a kind of a German looking smile on his face when he told me I had fifty shares to pay foi when I had only applied for five.”

Travellers by horse-drawn vehicles are finding the bitumen roads in the Taranaki district difficult to travel on. During the summer there is dust on the road, which enables a horse to obtain something in the nature of a foothold, but the wet weather has washed the road clean, consequently horses slip and fall when least expected.

An unusually large number of country people were visitors to Timaru yesterday. At one period during the afternoon, there were nearly 60 cars parked round the Rost Office triangle, the garages were crowded to overflowing, and a great many motor vehicles were disposed at regular parking places and iu various parts of the town.

Last night saw the conclusion of the salo of work held by the ladies of Chalmers Church, in aid of the Mission fund. The bazaar, which was opened on Thursday afternoon proved an immense success, over £ISO being realised. Last night the hail was crowded for the final session, the stalls and the various competitions being well patronised.

As evidence of the mildness of the winter in South Canterbury a resident of Totara Valley left at tho “Herald” office yesterday a box a ripe raspberries", which he picked yesterday morning. There are also a few ripe raspberries in sheltered spots in gardens in Timaru, and in many casev the r-v-s havo not yet lost their leaves. - .ing bulbs arc also unusually forward.

In the nine North Island districts under the Highways Act, 2954 miles of roads have been declared highways, and 650 are declared Government roads. The State assists in the construction and maintenance of the latter, but they do not come at once within the main provisions of the Act. The figures for the South Island are 2524 miles of highways and 534 of Government roads.

Medical circles in Timaru are rot inclined to attach much significance to the recent statements in the press that a cure for cancer has been discovered by Dr. Glover, until authen tic information is available. The opinion of local doctors is that the announcement is premature, and no hopes should be based on it until the efficiency of the cure is definitely established or otherwise.

There was some discussion in regard to the ilangitata bridge at this week's meeting of the Canterbury Automobile Association. Mr H. G. Livingstone said; If you wore North Islanders you would bo ail out to get tilings done, but because you are toouth islanders you are frightened to do anything, finally it was agreed to go oil witn the petition for tiio bridge over the south branch of the Ilangitata.

As a, result of his attention being drawn to tne anomaly tnat during tne railway strike tne jl'olouo aim nun uas Ligating Buam was able to get its coal car tea rrom Wellington at a conviueraLue cheaper rate tnan that enlarged by tbe Railway Department," tne tunuster of Hallways lias promised to give consideration to me question oi ireight reduction when tne railway larui rates are being reviewed.

A unique find was made on the Te Araroa beach by iu. Wi Repa. On gonig along the beach he noticed tne nouy or a shark, anu on going up tu it he found that it had nceni enoked by a frost iisli. The shark, which was six ieeo in length, and had been freshly wasnacl up, had over-estiiuateu ics capacity, anu haU atteiuptou to swallow a froslrish, measuring lour feet six inches, wi in the result that he had cnokou, aiter getting about 18 inches of tne trostnsn into ms mouth.

One hears a lot about racehorses sow. lor u sung ana inter again lumeu over at a price w men causes lue orignnu owner u pang oi regret, and the recent experience oi Hector Cray, the v.ciiLviiown joeitey, who is also a dairy uunwr tu a considerable scuie, malm., good reading on that account. In the North recently, a pedigree cow, may 's rin t, was soiu ior iouU. I ins beast was origmaJiy the properly oi Hector Gray, who nought her for £lu and sold her for £4u to Mr Mens, who was the lucky vendor at the recent sale.

Chinamen buy up all the old horseshoes m Christchurch (states the “Sun”). That may, or may not, account for their celebrated luck, but in buying up this particular form ol old iron, they have a keen eye to business. A witness in the Supreme Court told why they do it. in answer to a question as to whether vibration caused the crystallisation of iron, an expert witness replied in the negative. _“Ai our old horseshoes are bought up by Chinamen, and go to China to make the finest iron it, is possible, to got, he explained iu support ol iiis answei.

An accident, which was not without its htanurous aspects to the onlookeis, occurreu at Auckland wnen a cargo summer wbs xSortiicote vehicular landing. During an exceptionally heavy downpour, a young man attempted Lo pass ail empty peiambiilator irom the vessel to a male companion on the wharf. He overbalanced, however, and, with his burden, fell over the side of the Sparrowlulw’k into the harbour. The man struck out and swam to the wharf, and was little the worse for his immersion. Tho perambulator was not recovered.

A Press message from Christchmy.t states that during the hearing of the grass lire ease yesterday morning, counsel for the defendant made a strong protest again the publication ot a headline in the “Sun” newspaper to the ell'cct that large areas bad been devastated. As the case tor t.no ueieneo is that the land ban been .til proved as a result of the lire counsel said lig was considering whcthei ‘-nc editor should be brought to Goutm -Ot <'ontem.pt. The .fudge sand that it was most- improper lor anyone to come to aiiv conclusion betere the caso readied finality.

A remarkable incident which occurred m Gisborne recently is vouched for In- a well known local citizen, .Mr Sanding, says tho “Poverty Bay Iferald" lie- observed y, horso wandering along with a rider dinging on, with his arms around the animal’s ii-c.-k. and the bridle trailing along the cTnuinl. Thinking it was a case of “drunk again.” lie called a passer-by to assist him in removing the “inebriate.'’ from his horse. Meanwhile, a

group of lays Landers arrived on the scene . Going up to the individual, our informant clapped him on the black and demanded what he was doing. To the surprise of everyone, the rider sat up quickly, rubbed his eyes, and inquired, “AViiat. was the vame. ’’ faith parties were astounded when tlm rider explained that he had fallen asleep riding along. The man was perfecily sober, and, re-

coining bis bridle, dog bis heels into his steed and rode oil'.