LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20442, 12 June 1936, Page 8

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Unlighted Cycles For riding unlighted cycles in the borough at night Ray Armstrong was fined 5/- with costs 3/- and John South was fined 10/- with costs 11/- by Mr C. R. Orr-Walker, S.M., in the Timaru Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Unlicensed Driver A collision at the intersection of Selwyn Street and Wai-lti Road was recalled in the Timaru Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Mr C. R. Orr-Walker, S.M., when Hugh Christopher Bracken pleaded guilty to driving a car in Selwyn Street without a license. Senior-Sergeant Hewitt explained that the car had collided with two girls who were on a bicycle, but it was not suggested that it was the motorist’s fault A fine of 10/- with costs 10/- was imposed. Failure To Give Way For failing to give way to traffic on his right, John Harry Waighth, of Roxburgh (Mr L. M. Inglis) was fined £l/10/- with costs 13/- by Mr C. R. Orr-Walker, S.M., in the Timaru Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Senior-Sergeant Hewitt said that on May 20 defendant was driving west along Church Street and he failed to give way to a car coming down Grey Road. The cars were extensively damaged. Mr Inglis submitted that there was no question of speed. It was inadventure on the part of both drivers. Acquired For Settlement The march of closer settlement in land development will shortly affect one of the best known—as it is one of the most romantic—tracts in Hawke’s Bay. By the expiry of a lease and by proposals originating from the Government, the block of land which embraces Mr H. Guthrie-Smith’s Tutira station is to be disposed of In smaller holdings. The preservation of the beautiful Lake Tutira as a bird sanctuary is assured, however, as Mr Guthrie-Smith will retain an area of 2000 acres and will continue to control the sanctuary, which is a monument to his unrivalled love and knowledge of New Zealand native bird life. Roughly 5000 acres of Tutira and about 5500 of the adjoining Tatara-o-te-Ruahina Station will revert to the Crown next year. Tatara-o-te-Ruahina is at present leased by Mr Fernie, and the lease is due to expire at the same time as that held by Mr Guthrie-Smith. It is anticipated that the subdivision will be completed and the land will be ready for settlement early in 1938. New Use For Aeroplane Something new in the use of aeroplanes was introduced to Hawke’s Bay this week, when one of the Hawke’s Bay and East Coast Aero Club’s ’planes was called on to assist in the matter of mustering some stray cattle, and also in the location of a whare, the track to which had been lost sight of. The call for assistance came from the Ngamatea Station, which is about 20,000 acres in extent, and to reach the station by road takes about seven hours, but when the manager, Mr Roberts, asked the Aero Club to assist in the search, Flight-Lieut. Rawnsley made the journey in 30 minutes. He landed at the station, where he picked up Mr Roberts, .and then, after a short period in the air, he located both the whare and the cattle, just beyond the Kaiwekas, from where the cattle were rounded up. During the search, the aeroplane party were able to see the head waters of the Mohaka and Ngaruroro rivers, and it was between these two points that the search was conducted. How Date-Stamps Are Made Sample impressions of the date-stamps used in post offices throughout New Zealand were recently obtained by headquarters so that those which are giving indistinct impressions can be replaced. One of the interesting points discovered was that some of these date-stamps whose impressions are so familiar to everyone have been in regular service for twenty years and are still giving clear impressions. They are designed for long life, for the letters upon them stand out in high relief deeply engraved on steel. The changeable dates in the centre of the stamp are also of metal. The pantograph principle is used in the engraving machines, one arm of the pantograph following a stencilled plate on which has been cut the letter to be engraved, the cutting arm of the machine reproducing this outline exactly but on the much smaller scale seen on the date-stamps. The steel discs used are softened for engraving, and afterwards hardened so effectively that twenty years’ efficient use is not regarded as remarkable.