GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19093, 27 January 1932, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

A definite assurance that all Training Colleges throughout New Zealand will re-open in the usual way this year was given by the Minister of Education (the Hon. R. Masters) yesterday. The summer express service between Christchurch and Dunedin will be discontinued after Tuesday next, and the “winter” timetable will be reverted to on Wednesday, 3rd February. A cable message from Sydney reports that the fourth heat in the Sayonara Cup contest yesterday, was won by the Victorian yacht Vanessa, which defeated the New South Wales yacht Norn by ten seconds. Each yacht has now won two heats and the next will be the deciding heat. A special train carrying only bananas left Auckland for Wellington the other evening with a consignment of fruit which arrived by the Tofua from the Islands the day before. The consignment consisted of nearly 3000 cases The Tofua brought about 20,000 cases, the largest shipment for some years.

The primary schools in Canterbury are to re-open on Monday next. Opportunity will be taken io-day by the Hon. A. Hamilton. PostmasterGeneral, to inspect the worst of the drought stricken areas of South Canterbury. The Minister will be accompanied on his tour by representatives of local bodies and Farmers’ Union officials. The final forecast issued by the State Marketing Bureau places the New South Wales wheat harvest at 51.000.000 bushels. The estimated area sown for grain is 3.558,174 acres, and the anticipated average yield is 14.5 bushels an acre. The 1930-31 harvest was 05.81 1.000 bushels, with an average of 12.8 bushels an acre, the area sown for grain being 5,123,100 acres. “Since we threatened to sue we have collected £BOOO of the outstanding rates," said the chairman at the last meeting of the Hawke’s Bay County Council. “I don’t know whether other members have received the same amount of abuse as I have on this matter. I am not going to defend myself or the council, but the fact remains that we have collected the rates." Several yields of wheat of 55 bushels to the acre have already been threshed out in the Amberley district, according to a North Canterbury farmer. He said that in the threshings carried out so far he had not heard of any yields below 28 bushels. Some small amount of withering on account of the very dry weather, which had been experienced had been noticed, and surprise had been expressed at this, as it had been anticipated that most of the wheat would be pinched. Due to the smartness of an Auckland shop assistant the police on January 9 secured the largest haul of counterfeit banknotes ever made n New Zealand. On Monday, Harry Dawson, aged 48. a hatter, pleaded guilty to possessing 478 forged Bank of New South Wa..;; £1 notes and to six other charges. In a statement accused said that he came from Australia four years ago. He found the notes in a cigarette tin in the gutter of a city street, and he kept them about two months before attempting to circulate them. He cashed about 10. He did not know the men who were convicted last year of a similar offence. The accused was committed for sentence. The Director of Town Planning (Mr J. W. Mawson) is at present on a brief visit to Timaru. and opportunity is being taken by members of the Timaru Borough Council to confer with him on various matters. Yesterday, Mr Mawson, accompanied by the Mayor (Mr T. W. Satterthwaite) and members of the Council inspected the Grant's Hill sub-station, and later went on to Washdyke and inspected the site to which it has been proposed the sub-stat.on should be shifted. Various aspects cl the case were presented to Mr Mawscn, who will report in due course to the Public Wonts Department. Last night, Mr Mawson conferred with the Council on townplanning matters, and to-day he will inspect a number of streets in the borough. Most of the Auckland businesses engaged in export in a comparatively small way, which were anxious to obtain licenses to export under the new scheme for the conservation of credits, have now been accommodated with the necessary authority (says the “Herald”). The new order came into operation from January 1, and small exporters, on making application for licenses, found that they were required to supply a bond of £SOOO. That, in most cases, was beyond their resources. On application to Wellington, where the licenses are issued, this bond requirement was modified, and although at first a bond of £IOOO with two sureties was asked for, that in a number of cases had been reduced to a personal bond for £IOOO. It may be that England, Mcßae’s prices are lower —or it may be that people naturally prefer to shop at the place where quality is always assured. In any case, housewives are at present buying preserving requisites, kitchen utensils and cutlery very extensively from us. Here are just one or two prices which spell “thrift” with a capital “T.” High grade stainless knives, all guaranteed, nicely grained handles, dessert at 11/9 and table at 13/9 per half dozen; 20 years’ guarantee E.P.N.S. A 1 quality teaspoons 12/6 per half dozen. Thermos flasks from 2/11. Preserving jars (wide mouth quarts) 4/6 half dozen; jam pot covers 3d packet; rubber rings 6d packet. It always pays to shop at England, Mcßae's.