GENERAL NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20027, 7 February 1935, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS

Turnip and Rape Need Rain Turnip and rape crops in South Canterbury are badly in need of a day’s rain, and unless this comes soon many will be worthless. North Canterbury Crops Apparently there are not the usual crops in North Canterbury this season, as some of the header machines from that district have commenced operations in South Canterbury. Bankruptcy Discharge A discharge from bankruptcy was granted John Chambers, Ashburton (Mr L. A. Charles) by His Honour Mr Justice Johnston in the Supreme Court m Timaru yesterday. Window Broken. Yesterday a young man placed his bicycle against the brickwork of the B« Imoral Hotel, but somehow it left its resting place and crashed into the large glass window in front of the hotel, making a complete wreck of the large pane. Disappointing Oat Crops

A lepresentative of “The Timaru Herald” was told yesterday that a number of the South Canterbury oat crops this season are very light in weight. The nor’-wester last Saturday had a telling effect on many standing crops, and both oats and wheat were threshed out.

New House for Rectifier In the hope of minimising radio interference the Timaru Harbour Board has shifted the electrical rectifier into a new concrete building near No. 1 wharf. The telephone on No. 1 wharf is also being housed in the new building, and the old telephone box is in the process of being dismantled.

Provision for Winter Load The Borough electrical staff are at present engaged in increasing the size of the overhead lines in Stafford Street to cope with the winter load and to prepare for the new sub-station, which the borough electrical engineer (Mr A. E. Watkins) hopes to place in the Strathallan Street subway next summer.

Festoon Lighting The coloured festoon lighting in the town area which has remained in position, but has been disconnected since the holidays, will again be in commission shortly to brighten up the town during the New Zealand band contests here. The lighting will be dismantled after the Rotary Conference, which opens in Timaru on February 26.

Poor Law Library “Have you any references on the point?” asked His Honour Mr Justice Johnston of counsel in a civil action in the Supreme Court yesterday. “I am afraid I haven’t?” replied counsel, who hails from New Plymouth. “As a matter of fact the law library here is not of the best.” His Honour: You had better see Mr Rolleston about that. Mr Rolleston: The local practitioners agree. We are dependent on Christchurch, as we have no Society of our own.

Making the Best of It An engrossing story is often very difficult to set aside until the end is reached and a young man who was reading when house lights failed in parts of the north end on Tuesday night, must undoubtedly have been in possession of a “best seller.” Passersby at the corner of Jackson and Wilson Streets about 9.30 were surprised to see this young man sitting on a chair beneath the street light, his back against the pole, calmly reading and smoking a pipe.

Missing Goods Recovered About nine months ago the majority of the fishermen’s shacks at the Pareora Reserve were broken into and various articles removed. A few months ago a portable gramophone was discovered under one of the houses, and a day or two ago a fur rug and the whole of the cutlery taken from a shack was found neatly packed up under another house, all the goods being in perfect condition. It is considered that a youthful thief “planted” the articles, but had not the courage to return for them. The “find” was accidentally made when a pole was being stowed under the house.