GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19105, 10 February 1932, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS.

A one-cow milking plant has been installed by the South Canterbury Power Board at Winchester.

Retail appliances to the value of £177/6/5 were sold by the South Canterbury Power Board during January. The individual district sales were:— Timaru £l3B/9/-, Temuka £l6/11/7, Waimate £9/16/8 and Fairlie £l2/9/2.

A “Herald” representative was yesterday privileged to see a photograph which was a view of the Waitaki river, frozen over, a short distance above Kurow. A man was photographed in the act of walking across the ice. The picture was taken 45 years ago.

Apart from intermittent outages due to branches of trees coming in contact with the South Canterbury Power Board’s lines, no damage was done during the severe north-west gales experienced in the district on January "3rd and 24th.

The work of improving the entrance to the Century Swimming Baths has been completed, end what was previously an ugly clay bank is artistically laid out in paths and gardens. Yesterday the beds were filled with a varied

assortment of plants, and the entrance now presents a brightly coloured spectacle.

After being out of commissin for five weeks the coastal steamer Storm has resumed her former running in the trade between South Island ports. Wellington and Wanganui. The Storm, when caught in a fog, struck a submerged object near Akaroa Peninsula on December 18, and she arrived at Lyttelton in a damaged condition.

The selection of a traffic inspector for the North and Central Otago Highway groups was advanced a stage further at a meeting of representatives held in Palmerston. The 276 applicants were reduced to three, who have been invited to meet the appointment committee at Palmerston on Friday night.

The Prime Minister (Hon. G. W. Forbes) yesterday telegraphed as follows to Mr T. D. Burnett, M.P.—“Referring to further proposals for the relief of starving stock, it has be in definitely decided to extend the hahrailage concession to dairy cows in cases of genuine distress. Other proposals will be dealt with by Cabinet at its first meeting.”

Certificates whether of competency or proficiency, entitle the holders to free education in a post primary school. Even pupils who hold neither of these certificates, provided they hold the additional qualifications of being 14 years of age, may also obtain free education in a domestic, agriculture, or engineering course Only holders of proficiency certificates, however, may claim free education in an academic course of instruction.

There has been a large influx of ewes into the Waikato from Gisborne this season. The market is very depressed. One of the best lines of five year ewes from Tokomaru Bay was sold at 11/6. The average prices for good fair lines are 6/- to 7/-. Young ewes are eagerly sought for. but even these range from 7/- to 10/-. Whilst no drought is evident, feed is by no means abundant and store ewes are selling as low as 6d and 9d.

In his monthly statement at yesterday’s meeting of the South Canterbury Electric Power Board, the chairman (Mr J. Kennedy) stated that with the engineer-secretary he had visited Fairlie, Pleasant Point and Hilton districts. At Fairlie he inspected the turbine recently overhauled, and interviewed several consumers in connection with overdue accounts. While in Pleasant Point he looked over the street lighting circuit and equipment, and on the way home went over the routes where trees in close proximity to distribution lines in the Hilton district haig been felled and cleared up by the unemployed.

Members of the Auckland swimming team for the New Zealand championships arrived in Timaru by yesterday morning’s express and were met by officials of the South Canterbury Swimming Centre. The visitors attended training practice at the Century Baths in the afternoon. G. Bridson and J. Enright devoted the afternoon to short distances and A. Roper swam about 150 yards backstroke. The ladies. Misses M. Farquhar, P. Robertson, N. Stratton and M. O’Meara, covered short distances, and practised starting and turning. D. P. Lindsay and L. J. Moorhouse (Christchurch) also were seen in action. Lindsay commenced by swimming 1000 yards unextended, and then did one or two short sprints. Moorhouse spent about half an hour practising the backstroke. The visitors are billeted in private homes.

“That’s cheap,” customers often say to us. What they really mean is “that’s good value.” For there’s nothing “cheap” at England, Mcßae’s. We sell “quality” products at prices to compete with inferior articles. Our “cheer up” prices are a Godsend to wives who are keeping down their household hardware bills, in an endeavour to help their husbands. Give a few seconds to these items—they’re worth reading. Good pocket watches at 4/6, wristlet watches at 12/6, jelly jars at from 1/9 per half dozen, jam jars at 1/10 half dozen. Cascaphane jar covers at 1/packet. England, Mcßae’s, where better things are sold for less