GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17945, 2 May 1928, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

Twenty-two men are at present registered unemployed on the books oi the Department of Labour at Timaru. The "Wellington War Memorial Committee has finally decided to ferect the Memorial on the Parliamentary Grounds site. The shooting season for native game opened in South Canterbury yesterday when a number of local sportsmen enjoyed good sport with the gun. A Dunedin Press Association message says that the directors of the New Zealand Paper Mills Co., have recommended a dividend of 3 per cent., making sis per cent for the year, • The express from the north yesterday was, 'a quarter of an hour late, in reaching Tmiani. The' delay was caused at Lyttelton', a rough, sea bav'ing, delayed'the ferry from Wellington. A first-offending inebriate, Avho appeared before Air 11. A. I nnes-Jones, J.P., at the Timaru Police Court yesterday morning, • was convicted , and lined TOs, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment.' , The, winter railway time-table enino into operation yesterday. Monday’s tinuvtail o will remain the same as during the summer —two expresses each Way. The schedule lor the rest of the 'weeks as ,; toho’ws :—Tuesday, 11.30 a.in. from north; 4.17 p.m. from south; Wednesday, 1.47 from south; 3.28 from north; Thursday, 11.30 fro’~ northy 4.17 from so b; Friday, 1.47 from south; 3.28 1 north; Saturday, 11.30 from Uv-iJi; 4.17 from south.

li.M.S. Dunedin, flagslw*. 1,. New Zealand Division ot the Iloyal Navy, wmcn lias been in port since Tuesday last, sailed lrorn 'iimaru tor limn Bay, Pclorus Sound, shortly before 'eleven o’clock yesterday morning. Quito a,- large number of people watched the vessel as she left the wharf.

A well-attended meeting of the Timaru High School Old Boys’ Association was he. d last evening, when a proposal to secure ciub-rooihs was discussed, ft was eventually decided'to give the proposal a yeaf ! s trial, it being stated that the rooms the Association had in view should prove suitable tor the use of members. Arrangements lor tne control and settings or tne rooms were left to the executive.

While travelling north from Timaru on Monday evening, and when about halt way between x'emuka and \* inches cer, an accident resulted in a herd, cur being badly damaged. Due, apparently, to steering tiounle, tuo car suddenly muue lor the side of the road, coming to a suiudsti.l in a deep ditch. 'Hie two occupants were thrown out, but neither recci.od injury, Tho car, however, was hadly damaged.

The popularity 5 of the concerts being given oy an orchestra, under the conducibrsliip of Air D. Parkin, was demonstrated last night, when, in spite or heavy rain, a large number of people assembled in the Uoode Litente to hear the third concert or the season. Hast night’s programme ;was as follows: — overture, “dohu and Sam” ; intermezzo, “Serenade d’Amour”,’ vaise, “Luna”; selection, "Half Bast violin soio, Mr. Rees McConachy; “suites/ X “My Lady's Boudoir,” and selection, “Magging the Scale.” Miss Joyce Healey sang "Boses of Bicardy” in pleasing styie, and she was obliged to respoiiu with “iou and L”

Up to a fate hour last night no arrest'Jiad been made in connection with the bufnlary Jroni' the Cecil Wood Company’s, motor ’garage in Barnard Street, ‘ but some additional particulars have come to light. At about haTpast eleven on Sunday night, Aire H. Kennedy, who lives in tne theatre Boyal buildings, close to the Cecil Wood Company's garage, heard-a car at the back of the theatre; and about midnight, Constable Hogg, w f lo .,. l f as on street duty, saw a rord half-ton lorry" pass down George Street, and later he saw it come up StrathaLan Street. , About the same time, the night watchman on the wharf heard a sound as of somebody hammering, .and m is assumed chat this was the lobr bers breaking open the tote, to extract its' contents prior to throwing it into tne narbbur. That- the burglars were unusually daring may be judged front the fact that tney gained entrance to the garage through a front window or the office of the general manager, this window faces Barnard StreetThree motor garages have lately been broken'into, and a safe taken in each case—one in Dunedin, one In Wyndham and one in limaru.

With the approach of winter, shops are displaying many new competitions and games. Of these, the one that mother’s blessing is going to fall on, is undoubtedly the gt—there won’t be a murmur from ■those unruly lads—or dad either—once they get started on fretwork. Tlie sets we saw in England, Ivicßae, Ltd., were solid and complete, so much so, in fact, that the term toy -Seems a little incongruous, and the ■prices—from 1.0/6 —were extremely midderate.. a England,. Mcßae's also 'lftLvV a : -complete stock of fretwork machines and blades. ••••