GENERAL NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19835, 26 June 1934, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS

Address-in-Reply. The Address-in-Reply in the Legislative Council will be moved by the Hon. F. Waite (Balclutha). Omnibus Receipts. Receipts from the Timaru Omnibus service for May totalled £627 4s Id, as against £654 9s 2id in the corresponding month last year. Waimalqitai Bridge, The Railway Department propose replacing the present Waimataitai Bridge with a single span in steel, with concrete abutments. The Timaru Borough Council last night agreed to the proposed structure. Library Returns. The estimated average attendance in the newsroom at the Timaru Public Library last month was 7341 persons. Book issues totalled 19,881 volumes, an increase of 395 volumes over the corresponding period of last year. Of this total, 373 were in the juvenile section. Alleged Bigamist. Walter Ernest Watson, alias Willis, was arrested by Detective L. Studholme yesterday on a charge of bigamy. It is understood that the complaint was laid in the North Island. The accused will be charged in the Police Court this morning. Book Damaged. It was reported to last night’s meeting of the Timaru Borough Council by the Librarian (Miss M. E. E. Culverwell) that leaves had been torn out of a book entitled “Decorative Design.” The Town Clerk was instructed to bring the matter under the notice of the police. Vandalism in School. Equipment and fittings at the Fairfield School, Hamilton, have been deliberately destroyed during the last few days by unauthorised intruders. Cupboards have been ransacked, locks have been forced, and papers have been scattered about the classrooms. This vandalism reached a climax when ink from a duplicating machine was plastered over the headmaster’s study, and offensive inscriptions were chalked on the walls. Although a watch has been kept, the Intruders have not yet been detected at their work. Investigations are being made by the police.

Lured to Death by Music. The influence of music in the life of the people has been studied from many angles, but a new angle is opened up by an impromptu band that was organised, on a gunpowder foundation, in the streets of Tumbulgum (northern New South Wales) on June 13. A large black snake was seen to disappear finder the stone steps of a Tumbulgum store. An improvised band was hurriedly formed; a woman played a mouth organ, a man rattled two bells, and another man played a phonograph, while Constable Fardy took up a position with a loaded gun. An interested group awaited developments. A brown snake crawled out and was promptly blown to fragments. When the tumult ceased the “band” struck up again. This time the black snake emerged. The constable fired again unerringly.

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