GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 18 November 1924, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

Another fine salmon, weighing over ' live pounds, was landed off the end. ot No •> wharf on Saturday altenuam. | i The next session of Hie. General As j soluble of the Bresbyterian Church ot | New Zealand, will he held m Hunedin i in 19:2m j 'l'lie weather experienced the last few | days has fully justified the necessity <if securing a sunshine ' eeorder for Timaru. A Press Association message from N tpier s->vs 11■ *■ t '. H. Gong was finer! yil being i I' ■mu of un-Cns-

Two lots of Crown laud in the Canterbury Land District have just been abandoned, one at “Sealorth.” Settlement, Washdyke, and the otho: section at Tripp Settlement, Woodbury.

The survey of the route for the second transmission line between .cake Coleridge and Timaru has been completed, and tenders will be called for material for the line.

A peculiar form of blight has affected apple trees in Oamaru iliis season, and in some orchards the trees are quite barren (states the “North Otago limes”).

At a special meeting of the Waimate County Council, yesterday, tlirs tender of Hainiyn Bros., Timaru, £3106 os (id for the erection of twenty-six light traffic bridges throughout the county, wgs accepted.

The first wool of the season is now being carted into store at Timaru, in reachness for the opening local wool sale, which will be held Am December 17.

The fishing in all the South Canterbury rivers inis greatly improved since the recent rains, and some good baskets, of well conditioned fish were secured by anglers who went out with the rod last week.

Mr J. E. Arnold, J.P., presided over a sitting of the Timaru Police Court yesterday morning, when John Hart, a third offender, within the last six months, was fined ‘2os in default l days’ imprisonment, on a charge or drunkenness.

At the postage stamp exhibition in Christchurch this week there will bo two exhibitors from Timaru. Mr C. S. Fraser will show his fine collection or Ne® Zealand, Australian and British Colonial stamps, and Mr A. F. Paterson will show an interesting collection of post-war stamps.

“Some local bodies in Taranaki pay people to drive away visitors from their towns; instead of encouraging trade by welcoming motorists to their streets they se.nd them away by all kinds of irritating by-laws,” said Mr Gordon Fraser in an address to the Waitara Chamber of Commerce.

With the return of the Bristol Cup to Timaru, all local bowling clubs will no doubt compete eagerly ior the privilege of playing for that trophy. A challenge has already been received from the Park Club, and a match with the holders, West End, lias been arranged to be played on or'before Saturday, December 6.

Jt, is a common thing for boys when they go into the fcountryj in localities where wild fowl nest, to rob all the nests that they can find. It cannot be made too widely known tlia.t to rob the nest of any protected bird is an offence punishable at law. Some lads were detected last week-end robbing the nests of grey duck.

Further attempts by the Eltham County Council to obtain loan money .which should have been forthcoming from tho Government some time ago do not prove encouraging, the latest letter from the Prime Minisier stating that owing to the demand made on its resources the State advances Department is not at present in a position to deal with any application immediately it is received'.

A resident of Gore recently wrote to a Melbourne firm anent some engines in which it dealt, remarks the “Ensign.” He has now received a reply in which' the following illuminating and 'frank passage oeemwWe regret that we (16 practically no business with Mew Zealand, and 'do I not know the financial standing* of any • firms over there. As a matter of fact we do not know where Gore is.”

A recent visit to Capo Kidnappers of a pgvty that included Messrs C. J. Morton and J J. McLean, Government photographers, disclosed that despite fears to the contrary, the gaunets have not only returned to the sanctuary, but have done, so in greater numbers than ever. The birds were free from any suspicion of shyness so that both on the kiuema and on the ordinary still camera fine results were achieved. . On Saturday, the hottest day experienced this year, the temperature recorded at the Park was 85 degrees, while oil Sunday 80 degrees were iegisterecl, and yesterday 73 degrees. With such fine weather prevailing, the beach and rivers, were well patronised over the week end.. Apart, from the temperature records, however, the general change' to lighter attire apparent on all sides, indicates that the summer season is near at hand.

That war should be waged on shags on the "Wanganui river in defence ol the trout and other fish -placed there for acclimatisation purposes, was the opinion expressed by a local resident. As an argument in support of his contention lie referred to a case- winch had come under his notice whore no fewer than fifty young trout were taken from a young shag. These birds ueie numerous ,on the river, and .it caen took similar toll the yearly loss must be very extensive.

The very hot weather of last weekend had the effect of opening the bathing season in Timaru m real earnest. On Saturday, Sunday, and again yesterday, hundreds of people made Caioline iiav their objective. It was fortunate “that the Borough Council, during the off season, had doubled the shod accommodation tor bathers there, as even with the added room, there was such a demand for cubicle; on Saturday afternoon and ..Sunday morniim as to leave none to spare, the t'kings'Yn Saturday afternoon amounted to £3O.

A defendant in a licensing case at the Wanganui Magistrate’s Court pointed out that under the Act as it now stood licensees had no protection with regard to licenses of barmaids, There was no means at llie disposal oi the licensees to ascertain whether the licenses were genuine, yet the terms of the Act were mandatory as to their position if it were proved by other proceedings that a license was not in order. The Magistrate, in the case before him, considered the licensee was not to blame, and disposed of the case by convicting and discharging the defendant.

Those desirous of witnessing the international football match between England and New Zealand at 'I wickettliam on January d, from good points ot vantage will certainly he required to pay T for the privilege. In air English paper just received the seating rueom-. nnidation is priced as follows goats on the west, east and north stands. lOs ; ring scuts along the touen lines, 7s Oil: ring seats Iron) goal line to nead ball line and along the dead ball line, (is; ring seats for bona ride playi g members only, ss.

In reporting that tbc demand lor farm labour far exceeded the supply, the proprietor ot u local labour agency informed a “Herald;’ representative yesterday that the increasing tide ot immigration had not made any apparent effect upon the shortage or tarm workers, and he was firmly of the opinion that immigrants of the right sort were still needed. He stated toat at present there was a keen demand' for pimudimen and shearers. At the ls.hi.ur Department's office.' it was stated that there were still a good few applicants for town work, whom it was impossible to place. Country labour, however, was in good demand in North c -2. v. c l l rs South Canterbury. In l.oth districts shearers, and cspeciallv i I c.le shearers, v, ere urgently re'p.iirj-.i