GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18352, 24 August 1929, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

At yesterday’s meeting of the Canterbury Education Board, the following appointments were confirmed: —Hinds, head teacher, Mr E. W. Morrin; Pareora West, headmaster, Mr C. Francis.

“There is no doubt that advertising pays,” said a member at a meeting of the Timaru Ploughing Match Committee yesterday afternoon. “Especially if it produces the goods,” commented another member.

Members of the Canterbury Primary Schools’ representative football team, which will meet South Canterbury at Fraser Park to-day, arrived in Timaru yesterday afternoon, and last night were the guests of the management of the Grand Theatre.

Yesterday was the clearest, but not the warmest, day experienced in Timaru since Tuesday. A cold southerly breeze made its presence uncomfortably felt during the day. The total rainfall, since Tuesday night, registered at Timaru Park, was 113 points.

A very successful jumble sale was held yesterday afternoon in the Wentworth Hall, in aid of the Y.W.C.A. funds, and Mrs D. C. Turnbull, assisted by the members of the Y.W.C.A. Board, experienced a busy time in disposing of the wares displayed. Thanks to the liberal donors, there was much to sell, and the goods met with a steady demand. As a result of the sale, the sum of over £22 was raised- Those articles which remained unsold will be put on sale to-day.

Although the rainfall experienced in this district during the past few days has not been in any way as great as that of last month, in some parts of South Canterbury creeks are carrying large volumes of water. Last night a fairly severe slip was reported on the Pareora Gorge road in the vicinity of Mr Evans’s property. One Motukaika motorist, who was able to negotiate the slip, stated that although it was possible to use the road considerable danger was involved.

The annual report of the Government Printing Office shows the sales and circulation of Hansard. Hansard is the State paper for Parliamentary news, yet the number printed of each issue for the session of 1928 was 6900, the number of subscribers 138, and tjie amount received from sales and subscribers £199. Of the Gazette 1120 copies of each issue were published. The number of subscribers was 532 and the amount received from subscribers and sales £3193.

When the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the question of wheat duties met this week, the Con-troller-General of Customs explained that for the purpose of fixing the duty on wheat the current domestic value was taken into consideration, and 5/6 a bushel was taken as a base. If the value was 5/6 a bushel, the duty was 1/3 a bushel, and it rose or fell by a halfpenny a bushel for every halfpenny by which the value rose or fell. The current domestic value was also governed by the duty on flour. The base was £l3/10/- a ton, rising or falling by 1/- a ton for every shilling by which the value rose or fell. In 1928 the average duty was £2/10/- a ton, and for the first six months this year, £2/19/7. The duty on wheat in 1927 was 1 '3, and for the first six months this year, 1/s*.