NEWS AND NOTES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19091, 25 January 1932, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

The Railway Department advertises that the ordinary running of mail and express trains will be resumed from Wednesday, 3rd February. The hills surrounding Wellington City were planted with 100,000 trees during last winter, and thanks to a good season they appear to be doing very well. A proportion of the trees always die or are stolen, but on the whole the work of tree-planting during the depression should add a touch of the picturesque to Wellington iri from fifteen to twenty years. One of its main objects having been achieved, the New Zealand Political Association has decided to tentatively suspend its activities for 12 months. At a committee meeting in Wellington a motion was carried suspending activities for a year, or for any shorter period as may be determined later. It was stated that the coalition of the anti-Socialist parties in the House of Representatives had been one of the main aims of the association.

Captain D. Savident, of Te Kopuru, cut a Savoy cabbage last week. It measured 12ft 9in in circumference, giving the spread of its outside leaves about 4ft 3in. The heart weighed 141 b when cleaned of green leaves. The whole cabbage was not weighed, but it is considered the weight would have been close on 301 b.

Farmers are not the only people who would like to see two or three days’ good rain. The plumber, too, is praying for a steady downpour, as it would be the means of discovering all the little defects in roofs and gutterings that develop during a long spell of dry weather. “Hot, dry winds cause the Iron on roofs to buckle and expand,” said a plumber to a reporter, “and when rain comes along the water finds out these defects. The result is plenty of work for us—and we need it after the quiet time we have had lately.”

The Taranaki Education Board has resolved to amend its by-laws by the addition of the following to clause 53: “On the marriage of a female teacher, the board shall review the engagement of such teacher in accordance with section 39 of the Finance Act, 1931 (4): If in any special case it should be considered desirable to retain her services thereafter such employment may be sanctioned on the recommendation of the senior inspector and the special certificate of the board.” In committee, the board discussed the position of married women teachers in Taranaki, and it was decided to hold a further meeting early next month.

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Saturday was the hottest day experienced in Timaru this year. At the Park a maximum shade temperature of 86.6 degrees was recorded by the curator (Mr D. N. Harper). A stiff nor’-wester sprang up about noon, and raged unabated throughout the greater part of the day, making outdoor conditions far from pleasant. In the evening the wind died down for a time, and a slight drop in temperature gave promise of a change, but this w r as not fulfilled and yesterday morning also was oppressively hot. The wind was still in evidence, although it was not so violent as on Saturday. Considerable havoc has been done by the gale in stripping fruit trees. Farmers stated yesterday that the hot wind had already nullified the good done by the little rain which fell last week. CHRONIC RHEUMATISM. The agonising pain, the stiff swollen joints, are not the only serious symptoms that follow in the wake of rheumatism. These attacks have a weakening effect on the heart. The only way of obtaining a permanent cure is, not by drugging the pain, but by getting at the cause of the trouble and eliminating it from the system. And the cause is an excess of uric acid in the system. Failing action of the kidneys results in the accumulation of blood impurities. Now, Ayres’s Rumatox not only gives relief to pain and reduces the swelling, but rids the system of the excess uric acid. Rumatox costs 2/6 and 4/6. E. C. Ayres,, Ltd., chemists, 76 and 78 Stafford St. South. Branch shop, 21 Arcade, Timaru BATHING IS A THRILL IF YOU’VE GOT THAT SLIM FEELING. To pull on the smartest of little costumes —to swim and sun-bathe before others without the least embarrassment —ah! that is the dream of so many charming women who are overweight. Well, here is a way to capture slimness without drugs, dangerous dieting, or the performance of muscle-forming, heart-weakening exercises. Take Ayres’s Obesity Ovaloids. These tablets are made from pure vegetable extracts. You can lose from two to six pounds weekly from this treatment, and feel much stronger and healthier. Price, 6/6. E. C. Ayres, Ltd., chemists, 76 and 78 Stafford Street South. Branch shop, 21 Arcade, Timaru