GENERAL NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20312, 10 January 1936, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS

“A Sensational Win” “It is one of the most sensational wins on record.” —This was how Mr A. H. Cockayne, Assistant-Director of Agriculture, described to Hon. D. G. Sullivan, Minister of Scientific and Industrial Research, the successful outcome of the attack on the white butterfly by the use of insect parasites.

Eclipse of Moon. The umbra! eclipse of the moon yesterday morning was not very clearly observed in Timaru, heavy cloud banks covering the moon in the early stages of the eclipse. The eclipse commenced at 4.28 a.m., and the moon was completely immersed in shadow at about 5.58, after sunrise, and totality continued until 6.21. After this period the moon began to move out of shadow.

Appeal on Behalf of Baby. The appeal made for funds to send to Wellington for treatment a four-months-old baby, which was born with a pathetic facial deformity, has met with a sympathetic response. Donations amounting to £6/11/6 were received yesterday bringing the total to £36/9/0. The amount aimed at is £lOO and donations will be received by “The Timaru Herald” or Mrs W. S. Minehan, Rhodes Street.

Not a Cure for Drink “I don’t think the Island is a cure for drink; it rather tends to embitter a person.” This was the comment o’ a defendant in the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington when the question was under the consideration of Mr H. P. Lawry, S. M., as to whether a further term on Rotoroa Island would remove the craving for drink. Defendant had previously been twice to the island, once on his own initiative and once on the application of his father.

Cricket Test To-day. A number of New Zealand representative cricketers and officials of the New Zealand Cricket Council passed through Timaru yesterday morning on their way to Dunedin. The first match between the M.C.C. team and New Zealand starts in Dunedin to-day. Two of the players were J. Lamason and D. A. R. Moloney. Mr H. B. Whitta, a New Zealand selector, and Mr W. H. Winsor, secretary of the Cricket Council, were other passengers.

Held Up by Bull While walking along the Otaika Road, Whangarei, Mr J. H. Brown was attacked by a Jersey bull, which had broken out from a near by property. Fortunately Mr Brown was able to scramble over the fence before the bull could reach him, but he was unable to regain the road for some considerable distance, as the bull persisted in following him. Mr Brown eventually communicated with the police and borough officials, who went to the locality. However, by this time the owner had managed to get the bull back into the paddock.

Group Marketing Opposed Members of the directorates of the Patua, Qkato, Warea, Oxford, Newall, Cape Egmont, Rahotu, Oaonui and Opunake factories attended a meeting at Pungarehu, Taranaki, last week, when the group marketing system proposed by the Dairy Board was discussed and criticised. The following resolution was passed: "That this meeting emphatically protests against the Dairy Board’s proposed compulsory marketing scheme, and calls upon the Government to give full protection and security to the business and property of dairy farmers.” Arm Muscles Tom

While examining an ammonia valve at the Rangitaikl Plains Dairy Company's factory on Sunday the manager. Mr J. Rutherford, slipped and in endeavouring to save himself from falling to the concrete floor he clutched at a windowsill. He missed his mark and his left arm went through the window smashing the glass and ripping his fore-arm from wrist to elbow. He suffered considerable loss of blood and severe injury to the main muscles of the arm. The injury was attended to at the Whakatane Hospital, where last night the patient’s condition was regarded as not serious.

Asparagus for England Just before Christmas an experimental shipment of canned asparagus left New Zealand in cold storage for London. This will get on the London market at a time when asparagus is normally off the menu, and if the Dominion’s asparagus is favourably received there may possibly be built up quite a good trade in this delicacy. The present shipment is only an experimental one, like a kindred one of eels that has also gone Home, and it is fully realised that it is too soon yet to be unduly optimistic about the results. But once upon a time an experimental shipment of frozen mutton and lamb left New Zealand’s shores for England. What that developed Into needs no telling.

Returning Prosperity “One sign of returning prosperity would seem to be the fact that so many parishes in this diocese have of late been able to raise such large sums to reduce parochial indebtedness,” states the “Church Chronicle.” We can think of recent efforts made at Roseneatn. Karorl, Khandallah, and Masterton, and in other parishes. Now St. Mary's, Hawera, has made a most worthy and successful effort to reduce its burden of debt. Canon Malcolm writes to give the encouraging news that during the last three months the sum of about £6OO has been . given towards debt reduction. Of this amount £375 represents the wonderful response made by parishioners on Sunday, November 24, which was chosen as a special ‘Day of Giving’.” American Geography Latitudes and longitudes mean little to Americans if a recent issue of the “Boston Herald” is to be taken as an indication. Accompanying a promin-ently-displayed article on the new trans-Pacific air service, the Boston newspaper recently published a min of the world, in which New Zealand had been transported in toto to the equatorial regions north of Australia; in fact, to New Guinea. To offset any slight that might be felt by New Zealanders at this lack of knowledge of their Dominion, the American resident who sent the newspaper to a friend, goes on to relate another geographical slip by an American. This time it was a school teacher who endeavoured to instil into the pupils’ minds the information that Australia was a part of New Zealand.

“No Miracles” Reference to the Labour Government’s policy was made by the HonP. Fraser, Minister of Education, when replying to a civic welcome at Waihi on Monday. Mr Fraser said that the results of the election, ■> —h he described as phenomenal, would not pass quickly from the historical and political records of the country. The Government fully recognised its responsibilities and would go as far as -vas humanly possible to keep its promises to the people, but it could not be expected to work miracles. The policy of the Government during the next three years would be in the direction of dealing - with the economic position with a view to removing the fear of want from the minds of many people. The Minister indicated that the interests of the mass of the people must come first.