GENERAL NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18510, 6 March 1930, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS

During last month fifty head of stock were impounded by the ranger to the Levels County Council.

Four cases of suspected tetanus (lock-jaw) were reported from the Mt. Albert district (Auckland) this week, all being children, who had been paddling in a stagnant pool.

At Wanganui last night, George Golding (Australia), won a quarter mile invitation race in 50sec. Leo. Lermond (America), was defeated in a 1000 yards event by D. Evans (Taihape).

A message from Wanganui states that a party of Australian dairymen who are touring the Dominion under the auspices of Amalgamated Dairies, spent yesterday in Taranaki, inspecting the area between New Plymouth, Hawera and Wanganui.

A cable message from Sydney reports that the majority of the Aorangi’s quarantined passengers are being released on Sunday morning. Only one member of the vessel's former crew has not been allowed to rejoin the ship on the outward voyage to-morrow. That man is ill, and is being detained in quarantine for the present.

The Public Trustee, as executor of the will of George Oswald Clayton (Mr N. S. Little). proceeded against Thomas Sullivan, at a sitting of the Timaru Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, for £2l/15/-. rent due and for possession of a dwelling house. An order for possession was made and judgment was given for the amount claimed with costs £4/12/6.

The agents for the P. and O. Company (says a cable message from Sydney, announce the introduction of a system of deferred passages, whereby a person who desires to make a sea trip at some future date, may place a deposit with the Company, book by a specified steamer, and then complete the passage money by instalments, the Company paying interest on the money so deposited. The innovation caused a stir in shipping circles.

Judgment by default for the amount claimed, with costs, was entered for plaintiff in the following undefended cases at the Timaru Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Mr C. R. Orr-Walker, S.M.: —Dunn, Perkins and Co. v. D. J. Stewart, balance of claim, 4/6, costs 11/-; J. W. Stockdale v. Percy Newman, balance of claim, 10/-, costs 22/-; C. R. Evans v. J. G. Bain, junr., £5, costs 24/6; James Emslie v. John T. Borman £2O, costs £2/15/-.

Two of the young competitors at the Waimataitai School swimming sports at Oldway Baths yesterday caused a good deal of excitement by getting out of their depth, and on one occasion Mr F. Sloane took the water fully dressed to effect a rescue. Later Mr Sloane participated in helping the second boy out of difficulties, while many of the older pupils lent assistance. Although the boys were considerably frightened at the time, neither of the mishaps was serious.

A proposal that the £3OOO voted annually by the Government to libraries in districts where the population is less than 1500 should be handed to the central authority was made by Mr Barr (Auckland City Library) in an address at the annual conference of the New Zealand Libraries Association. Mr Barr suggested that a central authority should be the Parliamentary Library, which should, in effect, be the national library of New Zealand, with an officer appointed to take charge of the country circulation department and distributing agencies in districts with less than a population of 1500, as well as schools, reading circles, churches and societies such as the W.E.A. and individuals residing in rural areas.

The action of the Te Aro, Hataitai and Kilbirnie School Committees in resigning as a protest against alleged inadequate capitation grants provided for primary schools was commented on at a meeting of the Waimataitai School Committee by the chairman (Mr G. Benstead). Mr Benstead said that the committees had refused to act as money-grubbers and endeavour to raise the necessary funds to make ends meet at the completion of the financial year, they considering that they were entitled to a proportion of the £3OOO which the Education Department allocated to the nine education districts in New Zealand for necessitous grants to school committees, who were suffering from lack of funds. Mr Benstead said that strong objection was being raised by the Wellington School Committees’ Association against the witholding of the grants, while the general dissatisfaction expressed at the inadequacy of the capitation grant to primary schools would no doubt be carried further at the annual conference in Timaru of the South Island Federation of School Committees’ Association.

Timaru radio listeners will be interested in to-night’s programme from 2BL Sydney. From 10 to 11.10 (New Zealand summertime), the station will broadcast a Maori programme arranged by Conrad Charlton (Ziesler), “The Long White Cloud.” The broadcast will open with selections from Maori music arranged by Alfred Hill, followed by Miss Hazel Fuller singing “Waiata Poi.” It is a slow graceful song, supposed to be chanted by the Maori poi dancers, and a crooning accompaniment lends it a considerable part of its charm. The story of Hinemoa and Tutanekai will be told. The songs “Kamate” and “Waiata Maori” are descriptive of the trappings of the Maori warrior going out on a foray. They will be sung by Wilfrid Thomas, Australian basso, who was one of the principals in Alfred Hill’s Maori opera, “The Magic Flute.” A short description will be given of pakehas and Maoris in council, and a talk on “The Birds of New Zealand” by J. R. Kinghorn. The hour’s travelogue will close with an orchestral rendering of a “Maori Haka” composed by Alfred Hill. The folk lore of the country will be glanced at during the course of what should prove a novel hour’s entertainment.

“The most amazing shaving invention ever patented." is one description of the “Kriss-Kross” stropper for Gillette safety razor blades. Kriss-Kross does the trick in eleven seconds with a precision hitherto unknown in safety razor blade stropping, and cuts down the cost of shaving to a minimum. England, Mcßae's have been fortunate in being appointed one of the distributors of Kriss-Kross stroppers for Timaru. The price is 25/-. You must see and try this new device in order to fully realise its possibilities, but you can rest assured that it will do efficiently what many other devices for the purpose have failed to do in the past. Call in and see them

Apparently a great deal of interest is being taken in the meeting of South Canterbury members of the Wheat Pool, which is to be held in Timaru tomorrow. In conversation with a “Herald” reporter last night, Mr P. R. Talbot, who is a director of the Pool, stated invitations to attend the meeting had been extended to the chairman of directors (Mr W. W. Mulholland), the manager (Mr R. McPherson) and to Mr A. W. Barnett and himself. The directors named and the manager had accepted the invitation. and they intended to make a full statement in regard to the activites of the Pool.

“It is somewhat to be regretted,” said a member of the Committee yesterday “that the promoters of the very deserving appeal at present before the public, have not labelled it with a less mysterious name than ‘Obstetric.’ ” A prominent local sportsman v/ho is always ready to help any good cause, was inclined to blame himself for his ignorance of the term, and was with difficulty persuaded that even the most prolonged secondary education would not necessarily have enriched his vocabulary to that extent. Midwifery is a good old-fashioned word, but the fact that there is no adjective derived from it probably accounts for the use of the Latin synonym.

Mr A. C. Shand. of Christchurch, with his cousin, Miss Betsy Blunden (one of the Hermitage girl guides), accompanied by Guides Williams and Bowie last week made a successful ascent of the Footstool (9,073 ft) a peak on the Main Divide just north of Mount Sefton. As is usual the party spent the first night at the Sefton Bivouac, a little tin hut perched up above the Stocking Glacier. Next day they set out, but were forced back by bad weather. On the second day. conditions were good, and the climb was accomplished in eight and a half hours. On reaching the summit the mountaineers were rewarded by an excellent view down the West Coast and over the Mackenzie Plains.