GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 22 January 1927, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

The lies' wool sale will he held in Timaruon February 4, commencing at 9 a.m.

All the Joutli Canterbury rivers are reporfcd to be in good fishing order at present, though they are not noiv ;arrying. so much water as was in tlim a fortnight ago.

A Press Association message from Napier stiles that the late Air J. tV. Coles, of (Hastings, who died at the Napier on December 24, left the whole of his estate valued at £4.000 to the Nipier Hospital Board.

A Chrstclmrch Press Association message piys that the Magistrate, Mr E. D. Mosley, gave reserved judgment to-day h the prosecution brought by i-h.e !!edth Department against tlie Dominica Compressed Yeast Co., Ltd., holding that vinegar made from tiipicoa vas not malt vingera, and convicting: the company without imposing a p/maltv for selling the product as “iiial; vinegar,”

At yesterday's meeting of the TimanpSt. Andrews .Branch of the Fai : ihe»V Union, Mr W. B. S. Jones said that it local merchant had stated that Wheat would he worth about 5/6 per bushel this season. In his opinion the price would he more like Galthough there would he all SOVtH of propaganda to try and influence the market, from the commercial side.

The first open-air broadcasted concert, Said to have been held in the Dominion, was given by the Radio Society in Victoria Square last evening in the presence of about 1000 people. The conditions were fairly good. Vocal, instrumental, elecutionary items, and addresses were received from Auckland, Dunedin, and Christchurch (says a Press message from Hastings).

A Wellington Press Association message says that the first conference since 1922 of the Flax Industry opened at the Farmers’ institute yesterday. Growers and merchants are represented. The subjects that will probably assume miporiance are modern methods, manufacture, grading of fibre, and in view of the growing nature of the industry the, recognition of its importance in several directions to bo aimed at.

A Wellington Press Association message says that Air W. Nash, secretary ofiihc New Zealand Labour Party, lxag forwarded a cable to Air Ramsay the British Labour Party, pledging tlie MacDonald, parliamentary leader of (lie British Labour Party, pledging the New Zealand Labour Party’s support) to the British Labour movement in any action taken'to prevent armed intervention by the British Government in China.

A Dunedin Press Association telegram says that Donald O’Hare, a) motor salesman, was fined £9 and prohibited from driving for six months for being intoxicated in charge of a car. In answer to a plea for leniency, the Alagistrate said the offence was aggravated by the fact that the . deiei.dati’t occupation was that of selling cars, which involved much driviii.: it was a question of public safety. No leniency could be shown.

“When bookmakers carry on operations openly it is a little harsh that a man like this should he charged,” commented Air Bundle, S.AI., in tho Police Court, when ordering James St. Clair Oughton to come up for sentence when called upon on a charge of bookmaking at Wingatui on December 27. Afr Irwin, for the accused, staled that he ran a small “double” among friends, and no more. He was a married man in permanent employment at Invercargill.

A Press Association message from "Wellington says that the overseas trade of New Zealand, from Customs exports, for December, 1926, was £3,631,G95, and, for the year 1926 £45,275,575. For December, 1925, it was £4,613.485, and for the year .1925, £55,262,272. The imports into New Zealand for December, 1926, were £4,288,096, and for the year 1926 £49,789,563. For December, 1925, they were £4,641,751, and for the year 1925, £52,456,407.

The Commissioner of Taxes draws attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing in to-day’s issue that the due date of payment of the income-tax is on Tuesday, February S. Additional tax will accrue if the tax is not paid on or before Ist March, 1927. The demands will be posted from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes on or about 31st January, 1927." Demands must, be presented with all payments, and if a demand has not been received the Commissioner should be communicated with.

A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Y.W.C.A. was held at the Y.M.C.A. last night. Present —Mrs Melville Jamieson (in the chair), Mesdames It. 11. Rhodes, W. H. Unwin, D. C. Turnbull, T. E. Holdgate, D. Ford, A. Ensor, and Miss D. Pringle. The question of a club room for the girls was raised. Mrs Unwin suggested that if a member hears of a suitable room arrangements be made for the Board to inspect it. The gymkhana proposed to he held oil Saturday, February 26, was then discussed. It is to be held on the Show Grounds. Miniature cups suitable for trophies were promised by Mesdames Melville Jamieson, Edgar Jones, and W. H. Unwin. Mrs Unwin proposed, and Mrs Jamieson seconded, that a votp of thanks be sent to Mrs Chittock for her kind offer of soft drinks for the gymkhana.

Strong views in regard to cruelty in sport are held by Mr Gouverner Morris, tho American writer (says the Auckland Star), who is at present having a. holiday in New Zealand. At one time Mr Morris was an enthusiastic deer stalker, and he secured some fine heads, but of recent years he has hunted the stag with the camera instead of the rifle. “In a well-stocked country,” he says, “it is not difficult to get within range, and a person possessed of good health and steady nerves, and armed with the modern high-velocity rifle, has little difficulty in hitting his stag. Unfortunately, the animal too often is merely wounded, and drags ft self array to die ill misery. I can assure you It requires a great deal more skill and patience to get within “camera range,” and a good snapshot makes a worthy souvenir of the day’s sport.” Mr Morris, who has returned from a trip to the Bay, of Islands, expresses himself strongly as to the cruelty involved in big-game fishing. He suggests that it might be possible to liberate the fish at the end of the' battle for supremacy in which the angler lias triumphed.

The busy fruit-preserving and jammaking season is at hand. England, Mcßae, Ltd., are prepared with .a complete stock of preserving and jam jars. Preserving jars at 6/-, 7/6 and 12/- per dozen (wide mouth). Tieover jam pars at 3/9 and 5/3; aluminium and brass preserving pans, jar rings and spare tops, and all requisites are obtainable at the Progressive Hardware Store at bedrock prices. Buy your preserving and jam making requisites‘from England, McRae, Ltd. ’Phone 215.