NEWS AND NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20493, 11 August 1936, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

A grand leap year ball will be held in the Glen-iti school room to-morrow night. A conveyance will leave the Post Office at 7.45. To-morrow in their mart Morton and Co. will sell on account of Mr Hole and Mrs Ellis a large quantity of useful household furniture, removed to mart for convenience of sale. Preliminary notice is given by A. N. Oakey and Co. of a clearing sale of complete household furniture and effects to be held at 17 Avenue Road on Tuesday, August 18, under instructions from Mrs J. Fenwick. Full particulars will appear in next Saturday’s “’ T erald.” The need of research work for the purpose of completing early New Zealand records and also of ensuring historical accuracy was emphasised by Professor James Rutherford, Professor of History at the Auckland University College, in speaking at a meeting of the Auckland Historical Society. To illustrate the pitfalls into which writers about early New Zealand might fall, he mentioned that one or two authors claimed that Captain Cook proclaimed British sovereignty over New Zealand at Poverty Bay on October 10, 1769. This was not correct—the journals of Cook merely stated that a party of marines with a flag landed there on that date—but one early journal made this mistake, and the authors mentioned had presumably obtained their erroneous information from that source. Professor Rutherford said he would like to see the Government undertake the publication of the full text of the most important records in the archives in Wellington, so as to preserve them and also to make them available to students and others throughout the world. Great Britain and Australia had started the task of publication of State papers, Government dispatches and other documents, but New Zealand had yet to begin that work. He invited the assistance of members of the society in gathering old letters and material from private collections and other sources that, after careful perusal, might be found to have an important bearing on early New Zcslrnd history. The McGregor National Fund, raiccd to assist the dependents of the late Squadron-Leader M. C. McGregor, who died following an accident with an aeroplane at Rongotai is now closed. The total amount received was £5149/15/-.

“Carrying on where Seddon left off” (say the “Dominion”) is an expensive business. In Mr Seddon’s first full financial year, 1894-95, he collected in taxation £2,300,350, which was £3/7/9 a head of population. In the last full financial year of his life, 1905-6, taxation was Z 3.841.596, or £4/3/5 a head. At the height of the post-war boom, in 1920-21, it was £22,184,414, or £l7/14/4 a head. In the last full financial year of the Coalition Government, 1934-35, It was £24,737,939, or £l5/18/7 a head. This year, with a new Government and a new census, we are to have new taxation also: £30,227,000 charged against a population of 1,573,482 —£19/4/2 a head. Where the oak tree won by J. E. Lovelock at the Olympic Games is to be planted is a question likely to be warmly disputed. The famous New Zealand athlete is said to have been born at Cronadun, Reefton.- but the Mayor of Temuka (Mr A. Buzan) has sent Lovelock congratulations on behalf of his “native” town, Temuka. Lovelock lived in Temuka for some time and was educated at the Timaru Boys’ High School before going to the University of Otago, and then as a Rhodes Scholar to Oxford. All of the centres in which he lived are likely to claim a right to guardianship to the Olympic oak, and no doubt Wellington, as the national capital, will be interested. The oak is one of many distributed among Olympic victors to be planted in the countries for which they have competed. They are said to be suitable for planting in any part of the world. The comet, visible in the evening sky, at present is not a very striking object yet, although it may increase in brightness before its final disappearance. Every year numbers of comets are discovered or rediscovered by astronomers, but the great majority are only visible through a telescope. No really prominent comet has been seen since 1910, when both Halley’s comet and the “Daylight” comet aroused the interest of the general public. The approximate position of the present comet, as observed in Timaru on August 9, at 7 p.m., was:— Right ascension 21 hours 2min; declination 401 degrees south. It appeared to be moving south quickly. Anyone interested will find it to-night practically due east, at about 8 o’clock, the altitude being approximately 60 degrees above the horizon. Although it is visible to the naked eye, low powered field glasses will be found useful.

There was no doubt about the genuineness of a juror who pleaded exemption from service in the Supreme Court at Auckland on the ground of deafness. “I am hard of hearing, your Honor,” he told Mr Justice Fair. When his Honor told him he would be exempted from service the man made no move to go, but merely replied, “I am sorry; but I cannot hear you.” It required some shouting by court officials to satisfy him that his services were not required and that he was free to goThe popularity of dancing was shown at the Scottish Society’s weekly fixture when accommodation was at a premium in the Scottish Hall on Saturday evening. Efficient supervision, delightful music and an attractive programme were the contributing factors to the evening’s entertainment. The winners of the novelty competitions were—Misses Flett. Newman, Messrs Johnson and Black. Coughs and Colds.—When you have a cough, don’t experiment. Take a tried and proved remedy made by a chemist of experience. Tusso is such a remedy. It is equally efficacious whether the cough is of a bronchial nature or an ordinary tickling cough. It quickly effects the removal of the phlegm, and allays the tickling sensation in the throat. It is equally safe for either children or adults. Keep a bottle in the home for immediate use when necessary. Price 1/6 and 2/6 bottle. E. C. Ayres Ltd.. Chemist. 78 Stafford Street. South. Timaru. Worms.—Our new Worm Tonic Syrup is a new formula introduced for the cure of tapew T orm. round worm, thread worm and seat worms. If your child is peevish or fretful, breath bad with constant thirst, irritation of the nose, and sleep is restless, these are the symptoms of this trouble. The medicine is purely herbal and is now used in England by the leading specialists for this complaint. Even if no worms are present, this syrup has a tonic action on the system and quickly sets it in order, the disordered stomach and bowels. It is taken by many solely for its tonic properties. A certain cure for adults or children. Price 2/6 large bottle. Posted 6d extra. E. C. Ayres Ltd., Chemist, 78 Stafford Street, Timaru.