GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18354, 27 August 1929, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

Twelve degrees of frost were recorded at the Timaru Park yesterday morning.

Six building permits representing a total value of £5.790 were issued by the Timaru Borough Council for the period ended August 14.

The stillest frost of the present winter was experienced in Christchurch yesterday, 14.7 degrees being registered.

The Timaru Borough Council last night accepted the tender of Messrs Shillito Ltd., of £B7l for the erection of conveniences on Caroline Bay.

The book issues at the Timaru Municipal Library during July constituted a record. The total number of volumes Issued was 15.025. as compared with 14,481 the previous record, which was established last year.

In a report submitted to the Borough Council last night the Borough Engineer (Mr T. O. Fox), stated that the metalling of Otipua road had been completed, the cost during this financial year being £1946/10/-.

During July, 23 new consumers of electricity were connected up by the Timaru Borough Council, bringing the total number of consumers to date to 3,072. Six new ranges were installed during the month, bringing the total to 210.

Weather conditions yesterday were glorious, and on all sides the opinion was expressed that the school children were fortunate in starting their term holidays at such a time. Despite the fact that it was cold out of the sun, a large number of people spent the afternoon on Caroline Bay.

Auckland engineers are benefiting by repairs being done at Calliope dock instead of at Port Chalmers, or Sydney. The Marama’s overhaul will cost approximately £IO,OOO, and work on the Kurow will run into some thousands. About 120 men are engaged in repair work on the Marama.

The estimated average attendance in the newsroom at the Public Library during July was 6220 persons, or a daily average of 200. During the period 11,398 books of fiction and 1429 class books were issued, a total of 12,827 volumes. Juvenile issues totalled 2196 volumes.

“I regard Temuka as the most hospitable town in the South Island,” said Mr A. Tyson, at a meeting of the South Canterbury Rugby Union last evening, when the chairman (Mr H. H. Fraser), referred to the wonderful manner in which the Southland representative team had been entertained in that town.

When the report of the General Committee came up for consideration at last night’s meeting of the Timaru Borough Council, quite a number of clauses were challenged by councillors. This caused the Mayor (Mr W. Angland), to remark: “If you are going to question the report like this, it would be better not to have a report at all.”

At the Timaru Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr D. McLennan, J.P., John McLauchlan was charged with having cast offensive matter in a public street. On the first charge, he was fined £l, in default 48 hours’ imprisonment, and on the second charge was fined 10/- and costs. A first offending inebriate was fined 10/- in default 24 hours’ imprisonment.

The South Canterbury ladies representative hockey team left for Gisborne yesterday to take part in the New Zealand ladies’ annual tournament. They were farewelled at the station by a large number of friends. The Otago representatives were also on the train. The Southland and Eastern (Southland) teams went north on the night train.

Youth was well represented on the north express yesterday afternoon, which was twenty minutes late on de parting from Timaru. The train com prised fifteen cars and two vans, and the passengers included the Christchurch Technical College football and basketball teams returning from Invercargill; two hockey teams travelling to the New Zealand tournament in Gisborne; the South Can erbury and other representative basketball teams travelling to take part in the Dominion tournament in Christchurch, as well as a large number of school children and ’Varsity students on vacation.

In view of the fact that a few subscribers on one of the town rounds failed to receive their customary copy of the “Timaru Herald” yesterday, it might be explained that a slight dislocation in distribution was caused through one of the town runners (Mr A. Irvine) meeting with an accident. Mr Irvine was taken to hospital, where It was found that he had sustained a fractured arm. Provision has been made for Mr Irvine’s round to be carried on during his indisposition.

The winter sports season is at Its height at Mount Cook, and the Hermitage is now full to capacity. There is no need to go to the glaciers now for snow, as the ski may be strapped on at the door of the Hermitage. So much snow has fallen this winter at Mount Cook that the crevasses in the glaciers will all be filled, and the ice should be in splendid order in the summer. At the Ball Hut, the snow is so deep that ski-ers must dig it away to admit enough light through the windows to lace up their ski-ing boots.

The report of the Omnibus and Electric Power and Light Committee, which was presented at last night’s meeting of the Council, contained the following clause in reference to bus trips at the conclusion of picture entertainments:—“The managers of the picture theatres having come to an agreement that a bus service at 10.20 p.m. would meet their requirements, it was resolved to recommend that with the'exception of Saturday nights, the 10.10 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. trips be discontinued, and that a trip at 10.20 p.m. be substituted therefor, and to take effect as from Monday, September 2, ana that the proprietors of the picture theatres be asked to assist the Council by screening a notice to this effect.”

In a paragraph which appeared in this column yesterday, mention was made of "Hot-Kaps”—a new idea which will prove a boon to gardeners. The heavy frost experienced yesterday morning gave added point to this item of news, and those gardeners who had early vegetables or tender shoots nipped by “Jack Frost” will rue the fact that they had not heard of “Hot-Kaps” earlier. England. Mcßae's invite you to call and have “Hot-Kaps” shown and explained to you