NEWS AND NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19625, 20 October 1933, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

Skaters are asked to read the special notice on the front page of this issue. The rink will be open to-night also to-morrow afternoon and evening. There will be a special long night on Monday.

To-day at 1.30 p.m. at the Wentworth Auction Mart, Messrs Runciman, Pryor, Ltd., will hold an auction sale of electrolux. pianos, singer machine and large assortment of general household furniture and efEects; potatoes, plants, books, etc.

“Sons of the sea, all British born; sailing every ocean, taking foes by storm. They may build their ships, my boys, and think they know the game; but they can’t build boys of the bulldog breed, that made old England’s fame.’’ Goods at the Sign of the Crown stand any inspection, and test of wear. Suits for gentlemen, unparalleled cut, class, quality of linings. Hats, underwear ranges of shirts would hardly like to mention the numbers unequalled Thomson thinks for quality and moderate prices. A splendid working shirt for 3/3 and 3/11; a dressy shirt with two collars 4/11 up; a Cheney shirt 6/11 to 7/6; Lichfield selected numbers, any price 6/6 to 9/11 —twenty boxes; 300 patterns of materials to choose from in your suitings—Bannockburns, Harris tweeds, worsteds. ..

When the Waltomo Caves were cleaned out recently, under the direction of Mr R. W. Marshall, who has now taken charge of the Wellington branch of the Government Tourist Department, there was found buried in the silt an old medal, apparently an award for some swimming achievement. It is composed of a greenstone disc, faced on each side with gold. On one side there is depicted, in relief, a man about to dive into water; on the other appear the name E. C. Percival, the date 1906, and the initials L.P.A.C., presumably standing for the club or organisation which presented the medal. It is Impossible to say how long the little medal has been lost, or whether its owner was a New Zealander or a tourist visitor from overseas.

Varicose Veins. There is no need to suffer any longer from this complaint. We have just Imported an entirely new production in the form of a silk elastic stocking. They are made in flesh colour, of a new weave, and so light and thin that they can be worn in the hottest weather without any discomfort. They can also be worn absolutely unnoticed under modem silk hosiery. Being so closely woven, they are much stronger, yet lighter in weight. These cost no more than the old kind. Every pair guaranteed. Call and inspect. E. C. Ayres, Ltd., chemists, 76 Stafford St. South and 21 Arcade, Timaru

A gift to the Wellington Golf Club from Sir Thomas Wilford, in the shape of a baffy'spoon made by Philp, of St. Andrews, over 100 years ago, was brought back by Mr James Marchbanks on his recent return from England. Philp was appointed clubmaker to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, St. Andrews, in 1819, and died in 1834. The baffy, which (says the Wellington “Evening Post”) is in an excellent state of preservation, was given to Sir Thomas Wilford by Mr John Ball, of Hoylake, who was eight times amateur champion of Great Britain, and once open champion. Mr Ball had two of these Philp clubs, and he gave the other (a putter) to the Hoylake Club, where it is played for annually. Sir Thomas suggested that a John Ball Baffy Spoon Competition should be inaugurated by the Wellington Golf Club to commemorate the name of this great player. It Is interesting to note that at a recent sale in London a Philp putter fetched £75.

In a character sketch of Commander P. A. Worsley in the “New Zealand Railways Magazine," Mr James Cowan tells a story of a cruise to Samoa in 1899 when Worsley was second mate of the Tutanekai: “Worsley was given to pranks, and the most daring of all was his annexation of his Imperial German Majesty's flag from the Consulate flagstaff on Apia beach on that cruise of 1899. I hope Commander Worsley, R.N.R., will tell the story some day in the book that he should write on his South Sea memories. The centre of that German flag occupies a place of honour on the wall of a New Zealand museum to-day. It is popularly supposed to have been captured valiantly by the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the taking of Samoa in 1914."

Rheumatism Is successfully treated with Rumatox. It promptly relieves the pain and loosens stiffened points—results which are due to the property It possesses oi expelling uric acid from the system. No matter how long you have suffered, try a bottle, and you will obtain relief at once. We also recommend It equally as well for neuritis. Price 2/6 and 4/6 bottle. E C. Ayres, Ltd., chemists, Stafford St South and 21 Arcade

In initiating a discussion at the thirty-eighth session of the Actuarial Society of Australasia, Mr R. V. Miller analysed some of the causes of the economic depression. Between June, 1906, and June, 1914, he said, the public debts of the Commonwealth and States increased from £238,427,820 to £336,781,121, an average yearly Increase of £12,294,163. From June, 1914, to June, 1932, they increased to £1,187,827,868, or, excluding the cost of the war to £814,866,317, an average annual addition to the public debt of £26,560,289. In the first period the interest on the debt was bandied comparatively easily, owing ot the low rates of interest and lew. costs of works undertaken. In the second period all costs had gone up. Lavish borrowing after the war was common to all the great political parties. No one seemed to care, everything was booming, and all were content to carry on until the golden stream of overseas loans dried up. After earlier warnings of impending trouble, the crash came about the middle of 1930. It had to come quite independent of the fall in prices that became evident about this time. Even if prices had kept up nothing could have saved Australia from its financial Waterloo.