NEWS AND NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20095, 30 April 1935, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

A fine stag, a 22 pointer, with the largest and best head ever taken from the district, was shot at the head of the Waimakariri River, Canterbury, last week, the lucky sportsman being Mr Albert Cochrane, of Bealey. For years it had been known that a great stag had been in the vicinity, and local sportsmen have been on the lookout for it.

A record cargo from Australia of 3100 tons was carried on the Monowai, which arrived at Auckland from Sydney iast week. Later in the day the Gabriella reached Auckland from Sydney and Newcastle with 700 tons of iron and steel goods, making a total of 3800 tons of Australian goods and re-shipments to reach New Zealand on one day.

Popular as usual, the Ritz Dance Club presented a gay scene last Saturday evening, when visitors from the country as well as townsfolk, enjoyed four happy hours dancing to spirited music. The novelty dances are always watched for, as useful prizes are given in these events, and the winners last Saturday night were: Misses Nelson, K. Moore, Brodie, A. White, M. Moore, Messrs Laplanche and S. Hassall.

The Scottish Society’s popular weekly fixture, on Saturday evening, attracted a crowd which filled the Scottish Hall. The programme was well arranged, and suited the tastes of old time and modern dance enthusiasts. A feature of the evening’s entertainment was the novelty specialities. The main event drew keen competition. Handsome prizes were presented to the winners. Punctually to time the favourite medley concluded a happy pastime. Those successful in the prize list were: Miss Pierce, double honours (novelty and main innovation); Mr Campbell (novelty), and Mr Ryan (main innovation).

The reason why the Maori population of the South Island is only 3000. instead of 20,000 or 30,000. was explained by Dr A. K. Ellison, at a meeting of the Hastings Historical Society, “In the early days,” he said, “the Maoris of Otago were attacked by simple measles, and not knowing anything about the disease they went to the tohungas, who recommended cold water to take the temperature down. This was in the middle of winter, but in spite of this they plunged into the cold sea. Of course, thousands died of pneumonia, and so it is that the population is so small,” he added.

So far this season 300 cases of honey at Dunedin and 360 cases at Bluff have been graded for export, and supplies are still coming forward. Gradings are also to take place this month and in May and July, the last of the season being done in the last-mentioned month. The qiiality of the honey already graded, although good, has not been up to the usual standard on account of the dry weather cutting away the main supply of nectar from the clovers while the colonies were still gathering. This meant that foraging bees had to turn to other available sources, which were either overlooked in normal seasons or were accountable for a smaller proportion of the crops.

The following appeared in a London daily paper on March 11: “Blizzards drove back two rescue parties that tried during the week-end to save a climber who lay with a broken leg in the mountains above Grenoble. But the man was saved—by an Alsatian dog. The animal huddled close to him and kept him warm for two days and nights in a temperature of 30 degrees below zero. The climber, a student named Rudelle, left Grenoble with four friends on Friday and broke his leg by falling thirty feet on to a rocky ledge. His companions could not reach him. Swiss infantrymen, says Reuter, struggled to the spot, but were so exhausted and frostbitten that, after providing him with food and the Alsatian wolfhound, they were forced to abandon him. A second rescue expedition was driven back, but a third brought Rudelle—and the dog—to safety.”

Elsewhere in this issue appears an intimation by the Unemployment Board that on May 1 the quarterly instalment of the General Unemployment Levy will become due, and that on the same date will also fall due the first instalment of the Emergency Unemployment Charge of lOd in the £ on income other than salary or wages derived during the year ended March 31, 1935.

It is expected that motor-horns will be “outlawed” completely in all builtup zones throughout Italy as a result of a Cabinet decision giving municipalities the right to prohibit the use of all acoustic signals inside town limits. Rome has already led the way towards the development by appealing to all motorists to refrain from soundings horns within the city, and the experiment has been completely successful (says the Rome correspondent of the “Daily Mail”). Several other cities followed this example, which probably will be imitated by the whole of the country. Italy, which up to recently had the noisiest cities in the world, will then claim to have the most silent ones. Previously the use of motor horns had been forbidden in Rome between 1 a.m. and dawn.

A sum exceeding £27,000 was written off by the Southland Hospital Board during the year ended March 31, 1935. The figure was furnished by the acting secretary in response to an inquiry from the Mayor, Mr John Miller, who said he had been at a meeting the previous evening and his statement that the Hospital Board wrote off thousands of pounds annually had been questioned. He said he considered that publicity should be given to the figure, as this would dispel illusions. Other members said the publication of the fact that £27.000 had been written off might prej -.'ice the board’s chances of collecting accounts in future. It was, however, mentioned that writing off accounts did not prejudice the recovery of the money. Debtors who were considered “worth powder and shot” could still be proceeded against.

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