GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 20 November 1924, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

A cable message from Sydney reports that the wholesale price of butter Will be reduced to 144 s Sd per cwt. to-day.

Heavy rain fell all day yesterday at Geraldine, and there was only a very small entry at the stock sale. A line of 22 cues and Jambs realised 13s 2d, and 132 ewes and lambs 2-ls per head.

A Press Association inesage says that the South Taranaki Winter Show, held at Hawera in July last, cleared a net profit of £952, after paying £125 in amusement tax. This is a record for tlie Society.

At a special meeting of the Geraldine County Council held yesterday, a resolution was passed adopting the boundaries of the area of the proposed Geraldine Downs and liaukapuka water supply.

At the Supreme Court at Invercargill yesterday, -Leonard JUount buiime was found guilty of manslaughter, in connection with the death of a boy who was run over by a car driven by accused. Sentence was deferred.

Yesterday’s south-going express was 35 minutes late in arriving at Tinnmi, due to the late arrival at Lyttelton of the ferry steamer, which was held up for four hours -nf tlie trip owing to a breakdown in the engine room.

William John Duffin was sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment at Auckland for being drunk in charge of a motor-car. Mr Boynton, SAL, said that drunken motorists had been warned over and over again, that stick offences would be punished by imprisonment.

In connection with an ,Order-n?-Coun-cil, recently gazetted, ,Jvihg the NeW Zealand Dairy Produce Control Board limited control of the export of butter and cheese, Mr T. C. Brash (secretary of the Board), states that this limited control applies for murine insurance purposes only.

While reporting on xhe Board’s finances at the Tinniru Hospital Board’s meeting yesterday, Mr George Dash stated that the fees received from patients during tbe past six months were in excess of those estimated to bo received for the year. The chairman stated that such a state of affairs could be considered very satisfactory.

At a special meeting of the Borough Council, Geraldine,, held oh Tuesday liiglit, a motion of sympathy was passed to Mr and Mrs Vv. A. Sherratt in the death of their sou lloy. The question of altering the by-raw relating to the speed limit was considered, and it was agreed that the limit be changed from 10 miles to 20 miles per hour.

At tlie Timaru Magistrate’s .Court yesterday morning, ueiure Mi - E. D. Mosley, SAI., a first offender on a charge of drunkenness was convicted and fined 10s, in detault 24 hours’ imprisonment. Ou a similar charge, Harry Cox, who had. been, twice convicted for drunkenness within tlie past six months, w:is sen teheed to fourteen days’ imprisonment with hard labour.

Christmas Day falls on a Thursday, and therefore Thursday and b nil ay will be holidays. It was decided by tho Dun odin retailers recently that shops be closed fiom Wednesday, Decemoer 24, ti it til flic following Monday morning, giving employees lour clear days to tueinsclvfcs. At New Year time retail premises wiil be closed trom Wednesday, December 3i, until Monday, January 5.

On Tuesday afternoon a cold change set in at Timaru followed by a drizzling rain, which lasted well into the evening At a few minutes to midnight a heavy thuuderstoi 111 passed over the town, resulting in a heavy rain, which continued intermittently Throughout yesterday. farmers aie now anxious to see lino weather, toi shearing, and also lor the glow mg cereal crops. Some ot the latfei mo going clown owing to too much lain.

At the meeting ol the South Canterbury Chamber at Commerce during discussion on the question ot taxation, Air G. S. Cray spoke in favour of company taxation, and m do.ng so lie said that the companies, generally speaking,Were doing better now, under,high taxation, thairthey did in pre-war days, under much .lower taxation. Reference to the Stock Exchange lists showed that companv shares had risen hi value, their reserves had improved, and they were in a better position iniw than formerly. He quite failed to see that there was anv injustice in company taxation, and was convinced that if companies were released from taxation, the latter would become so oppressively high on individuals as to force many of them out ot business.

Teviot Station, where, the largest voolshed in New Zealand and Ausirali.u was destroyed by tire was purchased by the Government Imm the Public Trustee and subdivided tor soldiers. Owing to the very high price at which it was offered to the soldiers, very few of the subdivisions were taken up. Notwithstanding that the price has since been reduced, there are still very lew settlers on the block. In consequence of the Crown still having on its hands a large area, the original manager of the station was retained, and he has had a large flock ol Government, sheep, which were shorn in the shod which has been destroyed, to say that the woolshed was the largest in Now Zealand and Australia will not. convey an idea of its magnitude. It is interesting to know that it could hold /000 sheep.