GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 21 December 1925, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

At the Sydney wool sales on December Bth, a‘line of greasy merino realised 32fd per lb.

After transferring £15,000 from reserves, the Wang-ami .breezing Company made a loss of £23,973 for the fifteen. months just ended.

A message from Wellington states that owing to rough weather, the Star and Wellington Club’s rowing races could not be held.

There have been several anniversaries of late, but one of an unusual kind was celebrated in Ximaru on Saturday when one of the oldest residents of the town celebrated the 52nd anniversary of the day on which, to u.se Ins owexpressive phrase, he “put the cork in.” Kis decision to do this, he says, was the outcome of a joke, and thougn lie had been one of the very ‘wets before this, he lias since been as. dry as Sahara ever since.

Residents of Timaru who returned from Dunedin on Saturday speak m terms Ot clie highest praise of the Exhibition, which they describe as one which everybody who can do so should certainly' see. They ridicule the idea that there is a shortage of aceornmodutioii in Dunedin, aim say that there is no difficulty whatever in obtaining good accommodation there. Though some of tho hotels were charging up to 25s per day there were plenty of good one at very much lower pr.ces.

The Auckland Education Board has decided to bring under the notice of the Department aim the Minister and other .boards the employment of married iemaie teachers as being unfair competition. Several cases wore. quoted wnero husband and wife arc employed as teachers when the husband lias an adequate salary to support liis wile. In cue case the husband got £415 a year and the wife £2e(J. in another case the Husband got £345 and house allowance and ii.s wife £225. in yet another school the husband.got £3(O and lus wile £2lo.

When the question of excursion fares to school children visiting the Exlubitiou was being considered by the bm.tli laud League, Mr H. 13. karmdl suggestod that an invitation bo issued to tho public lo subscribe to a Chr.sunins fund 10 assist the children of less favoured families to make tho trip to Dunedin. Jie bud no doubt, lie said, that there Were many people who would willingly .subscr.be without hesitation, and should they be successful in establishing a fund they could appeal to the school masters to decide to whom tho benefit of the hind should be extended. Tile suggest.on was duly adopted.

“When I left England uvo of the greatest men of the kingdom were servui<-‘ long icruis of lmpnsoment,” remarked the Rev. Dalny at the Pitt si reel Methodist Church at Auckland. ‘■Until occupied great positions ill tho Old Country during the War. One oi them was a financier, and the other a journalist, who migiit have, been in the first. rank in the world.' The other day a party lrom the Homo Office visited Ole gaol and saw one oi them, Horatio Bottom ley. lie was making boots, doing bard labour. One ol the party remarked, ‘‘What, sewing, Mr Bottomloy?” . “No, reaping,' 1 was the reply he received. An extended pleasure cruise to southern waters is about to be undertaken by Dr A. S. Moody of Dunedin in Ids line launch Queen of Beauty, lie will be accompanied by a number ol friends. The Queen of Beauty will proceed direct to Bluff, thence to Stewart Island, where a day or two will ho spent ashore and cruising about the larious attractive inlets. About Tuesday the launch will .shape a course for the West Coast .Sounds, where the party will spend about two weeks in sight-seeing and fishing. A boat ol the Queen ol Beauty’s size consumes, over two gallone of petrol an hour,, and in order to ensure the supply being maintained Dr A! noth’ has established a depot m one of the sounds. The launch will be absent from Dunedin for about 18 davs, and it is expected that she. will cover about 1.100 miles in the course of her travels.

The Carving Knife is always in use and during the I'esuve Season slum d be an ornament, to the table as well as in a fit condition to carry out iU allotted task. England , Mcßae, Ltd., specialise in good eurvimr sets. They have sets of carvers at all prices from 12s (xl upwards, a special feature being a fine set of mirror finish carvers complete with steel and in a strong case at .‘3ss the set. Buy a.'l y< nr cutlery requirements lrom the Progressive Hardware Store and obtain the benefits of specialised service. ...