GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 9 May 1925, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

, At a meeting of tho Timaru Women • Citizens’ Association a letter was re-

■'jived irern Airs Bowron, viec-presid-nt of the. Christchurch branch of tho

M.C.A., congratulating tho Assoeition on its proposal to establish a .iris’ Hostel in Timaru.

A Press message from Wellington states that during the rear ended March d!. mortgages to the value of £4 1.1 T 1.1 dd wore registered, against £3< .802.-119 in tin! preceding year. Those discharged amounted to Lt’fgfJ. 1 ) - 800, against 16,51 It.

AA hilo a party Irom tin l eoimlry were IriVing a. meal in a Napier restaurant, their one-ton motor lorry, left outside, attracted a young Alanri under the •iiHucuee of liquor. The Maori cranked the engine, and moved the controls r.o ■s to cause it to rare. The resulting vibration rattled the gearing, which rave way under the strain, and pieces /! ew in all directions, scow, peppering ■a large plate glass window. The Maori ~as arrested.

I Owing to defective points a guardsvan and some loaded trucks jumped the j line in tiie railway ja,u •''•j' 11 Station, Wellington, yestei-day, but the daigago was small. Tho same points aro asserted to have -caused similar j accidents before. i At the Timaru Police Court yesterday morning, beiore Mr F. A. llaynioiid, J.P., Thomas' Ml ward Dower wai charged wthi disobedience of a maintenance order and a prouation order. via tiie application of toemor Sergeam Fahey, a remand was granted till this morning.

The Wellington police were notified that- a 'thiet vioAuu a ueii tw>o»u boarduig-house on Wodnesd,ay evening, and, alter stealing several sums of money, set two oiuereut rooms alight. TJio liames were discovered and extinguished before much damage was uone.

Sportsmen report that there is evidence that the imported mallard ducks, winch were bred and liberated by tho Soutn Cghieruary xcc.mi.iusacioa Society, have crossed with the native grey oucks. Several ducks of the grey mallard cross have been shot this season. They are not such good game birds as the native grey cluck, but they aro bigger and better table birds.

That tho Arbitration Court is one of the hiiest institutions in this country was the opinion expressed by tne, '•Minister or Dabour ithe Hon. G. J. i Audorson) to.an employers' deputation lat U eiiington. "Lt iias done an ini,- | mouse amount oi good,” said tho Minister. “As 1 have said beiore, instuutions make mistakes, even Parliament, but, broad and large, it (the Court) has been of great benefit to masters and the employees.” ’

I Thursday next will mark an imporf tant epoch in tne history of Gerakhne, i for on that d,uy tiie town will enjoy ’ the benetits of electricity. The switching on of tho light will take place at | 7.30 in tho Di;ilL. Hull by the Mayoress, [ Mrs Kennedy. Among the speakers j null be Mr J. Kenned.,, chairman of the Power Board, ana am I chairman of tho County Council. J Visitors .Jet the function will bo enteri tained to dinner at tho Crown Hotel.

It is understood (says' p., Gisborne telegram) that the employees at the Tokomaru Bay Freezing works are by no means unanimous in their decision to discontinue work, and asectiou of the men are only too eager to return. Tho directors of the company decided to close the. works temporarily, not for the season, and work will be available for the men whenever they are ready to take :it.

The weekly shoot of the Pareora Miniature Rifle Club was held on i Tuesday night. Tiie highest scores oif I the rifle wereM. Weenink 70, P. ! Sinclair 69, E. Sinclair 68, A. M.istie 68, F. Hanson 67, J. Bennett 6,, A. Munro 67, A. Hall 67, lt. iiiuuro I (sent.) 66, S. Fridd 66, H. Hanson 65, iE. Williams 65, ’C. Skudder 65, J. Mitchell 64, It. Munro (juur.) 62. Tho club trophy was won by F. Hanson. The somethiiig-for-iiotliing brigade has a big mernbeismp at annate. On Thursday alternoon tne \\ annate SubUnion’s olheun. „.>ok up a conecuon at Victoria Park, where a senior grade match was piayed, and from an atteudanco oi isouio 400 spocuacors xaey extracted the magnsneent sum of i Aid las Ilia, lrasv. v:.! the sai--1 lavish spirit prevaiicd, and a large crowd contributed shgatiy over £-1 ior tho. privilege of watching two senior games. 1 1 - • • ■. - .

In March last, Archibald Scott, a young man of 24, and a prisoner at the Mount Eden prison, serving a sentence for breaking and entering and tjieft, was sent to . the Auckland Hospital suffering fromrheumatism ten days ago. Past Monday week, about 7 o’clock in the evening, Scott donned clothing, including a liat and boots of auotno.r p.i.u-iX «y . UK: hospital, and lef the institution.- I hat was tne last the stall-saw olTum, and though the police have been on tinlook out for the escapee, he remains at large.