GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 27 April 1925, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

The City of Sydney Band has decided to compete at the Exhibition Band Contest, to be held at the Dunedin Exhibition.

The annual election of school committees will take pface throughout South Canterbury to-night. The meetings commencing at 7.30.

The Timaru Harbour Board propose to reduce the Harbour rate this year, troiri 5-32 dto in the £. . The matter will be discussed at the next meeting of the Board.

The first mutton birds of the season were on offer, in Invercargill on Thursday last dud found a ready market, retailers'.stocks being cleaned' out in a tew hours.

A Press message from Wellington states that the Appeal Court completed the hearing of argument in the case of Wilkinson and Alexander v. Bisset, arising out of a dispute regarding a farm sale transaction. Decision was reserved. ■

A cable 1 message from Melbourne reports tfiat the, “Sun” Newspaper Company, of Melbourne, has decided to cease the publication of the-Evening “Sun,” and have sold : the- “Sun” , Pictorial to ; the proprietors of yid -“Melbourne Herald.”

About midnight on Wednesday the premises of A. E. Gilford, tailor, High Street, Auckland, - were burglariously entered. A roll of cloth, valued pX £SO, was stolen. Broken woodwork and other marks showed that a jemmy or a similar instrument had been- used to force an entry. ■

The following clause inserted in the Wanganui Hairdressers’ Award is of interest: “No worker shall be allowed to take a customer into his chair after five minutes before closing tithe, nor shall he be detained more than five minutes after closing time.”

:On Friday last, with guides Milne and Williams, Mr.'Jack Ross (Wellington) succeeded in ,an! attempt at conquering Mt. Cook. The ascent was made in fourteen hours 35 minutes from tho ITaast Hut, skis being _ used over the Hoclisetter Glacier: . ’ This marks the first ‘ occasion in ’ which, skis fiave been employed in the ascent.

Anzac Day was celebrated v with fitting solemnity ,on Saturday in all parts of New Zealand. ~ln the cities pud towns com..j. noration services were held, and in. even the smallest hamlet' wreaths were deposited at the foot of soldiers’ memorials. All the principal centres of South Canterbury celebrated the occasion with due ceremony, and even at such places gs Washdyke, Soutbburn and Tycho, floral tributes were in evidence. '

A Timarii business man who ‘has returned from Christchurch informed. a- representative of .the; “Timaru Herald” that he’’had heard' quite a lot of talk in 'Christchurch' concerning the lieiv contract which the Government had entered into with the Christchurch City Council for the supply of Coleridge power. He found business men in the metropolitan centre jubilant over the terms which . they had secured. >

The Theatre -Royal was crowded last evening when an enjoyable concert was given by professional artists. Some exceptional talent had been engaged, And the applause which greeted each number was indeed well merited. Songs were Contributed by' Messrs David McGill and Mr Wilfred Scqtt,: Miss, -Maggie Foster added , materially with pleasing violin solos, and Messrs D, and A. McKinnon were heard to advantage in their saxophone and concertina item. Mrs Agnes Scote mime an efficient accompaniste to all items.

The reason that, there were only two nominations for two vacancies on the Timaru Harbour Board, (ast week was explained by Mr G. T. Dawson at the meeting of the Harbour Board on Friday last. Mt Dawson stated that the fault was his. His nomination had been ready but he was under the’ impression that nominations did not close till 5 p.m. on Monday last,. whereas they closed at noon. It was agreed that as soon as the Timaru Borough Council nominates a man for the vacancy the Bqard will apply to the Governor-in-Council to appoint him. ■

As the result of representations made to Mr T. D. Burnett M.P.,*by members of the Temuka District High School Committee, as to the need for an open-air infant classroom at the school, Mr Burnett appro,ached the Minister of Education for a departmental subsidy towards the building. On Friday last Mr Burnett received;. a wire from the Minister promising £2OO on a £1 for ! £1 basis, provided the Committee found the other £2OO. In reply to a query from Mr Burnett ,as to when the Minister was likely to visit South Canterbury, as he was desirous of bringing some matters of importance under the Minister’s notice, Sir James Panreplied:—“l hoped to have been able to visit the district in May, but I am unable to say anything definite. Much will depend upon the infantile paralysis epidemic. As soon as lam in a position to say when I shall be in your district I shall let you know.”

A notice in the “New Zealand Gazette” qays that the shooting season for native and imported game will open on May 1, and will close on July 31, unless otherwise specified in tbo warrant fixing the open season in any district. The birds that it will be permissible to shoot in the South Canterbury Acclimatisation district are: Mallard, grey and spoonbill duck, black teal, black swan, and paradise duck (the latter for one week only in the Mackenzie Country). In the Waimato Acclimatisation district tho birds to be shot will be: Grey, spoonbill, and paradise ducks; black swan, and pukeko. In tho Waikiki district the birds to be shot will be: Grey duck; black swan, and paradise duck. Last year a number of those who went shooting in South Canterbury failed to fiako out a gun license. This season it is the intention of the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society to prosecute all who fail to observe the law in this respect.