TEMUKA

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20674, 12 March 1937, Page 3

TEMUKA

MOTOR VEHICLE TESTS MORE TIME NECESSARY c With only a fortnight of the month left there is no hope of the tests of motor vehicles for the issue of roadworthiness certificates being carried out by March 31. This was the opinion of a Temuka garage proprietor, when asked yesterday if authority for testing to begin had yet been received from the Transport Department. In support of his statement, he said that there were about 269,000 cars in New Zealand to be tested and not more than a few had been examined. Obviously, there would be insufficient time to complete the check-up. Representations from motor owners’ organisations had already been made to the Department for an extension of the date until June, and it appeared likely that an extension for most of that period would be granted. The Government was primarily responsible for holding-up the tests by the fact that it had not taken the preliminary steps towards the licensing of garages in many towns. “We are prepared to go ahead with the job when they are ready,” he added. EASTER CAMP ABANDONED Because of the presence of fresh infantile paralysis cases in the Temuka district and throughout South Canterbury, the annual camp of the Presbyterian Young Men’s Bible Class Union, which was to have been held at Milford at Easter, has been abandoned. The notification of a new case on Wednesday has not so far resulted in local schools being affected, and the chairman of the Temuka District High School (Mr A. E. Smith) said he did not expect any action to be taken by the Health Department unless the cases became numerous. TO VISIT DOMAIN DELEGATES TO MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE As a conclusion to the conference of the Municipal Association, which has been held in Timaru, delegates will be conducted on a motor tour of the Temuka and Geraldine districts today. The visitors are due to arrive in Temuka at 11 a.m. and will be met by the Mayor (Mr A. W. Buzan) at the Domain, which they will inspect. At the conference the Mayor represented the borough, and yesterday he said that a great amount of valuable work both for the smaller towns and boroughs and the cities had been accomplished. The executive of the Association had carried on the work begun by the 1936 conference, and had been of great help to municipal authorities by keeping actively in touch with the Government Departments. GOLF CLUB YEAR'S ACTIVITIES REVIEWED “Tlie past season must be accounted very successful from every point of view,” states the annual report of the Temuka Golf Club. During the season the links had been in first class order and the greens played well, due to the good work of the groundsman (Mr W. McGillen). The club affiliated with the New Zealand Golf Union and matches were played with varoaus clubs, all cf which were enjoyable. The senior championship was won by T. B. Edwards and the junto. title by F. R. Askin. The finance is in a good position, the report continues, and a credit had resulted. This was most satisfactory, in view of the large amount spent on improvements. The women’s section championships had been won by Miss Hanifin (Oldfield Cup) and Mrs Laurenson (Junior championship), while games were played with neighbouring teams. A lease of the links had been renewed under satisfactory conditions. Thanks were

due to the Domain Board, those who gave prizes and to the ladies who had provided afternoon tea. “BORDER FLIGHT’’ Action as fast as the chatter of machine gun fire dominates the story of Paramount's "Border Flight," adventure film of a government’s fight against smugglers, showing to-night at the Elite Theatre. The story is built around the battle of the West Coast unit of the United States Coast Guard air corps to put down the activities of fur smugglers. Two ace fliers of the small corps find themselves rivals for the attentions of the same girl. Stunt flying of one of them, happy-go-lucky Grant Withers, brings his expulsion from the service and anger leads him to become a pilot for the smugglers. The peace-time warfare of the air corps with the outlaw bar.d, which has been slipping furs into the country by a boat-to-'plane route, provides opportunity for some of the most thrilling aerial shots in film history. Dog fights high above the clouds, aerial target practice of the corps, skilled stunt flying and hand-to-hand battles on the ground find their way into the story.