LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20762, 24 June 1937, Page 8

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Memorial Fund An addition subscription of 5/- from G.M. brings the Timaru subscriptions to the King George V Memorial Fund to £913/5/2. Bright Boxing D. Eddington, of Timaru, outpointed Clarrie Rayner (Blenheim) over a full twelve rounds in a bright and fast boxing match at Rakaia. Rayner, who was on the defensive for most of the bout, was superior in ringcraft and in-fighting, but not sufliciently to turn the points. Dairy Board Election Mr John Dunlop, of Seaward Downs. Southland, has been elected to represent the southern ward on the New Zealand Dairy Board. In the election, Mr Dunlop polled 17,277 votes. The only other candidate, Mr Thomas M. Timpany, of Woodlands, Southland, received 3561 votes. Little Progress Made Little progress was made in a Conciliation Council at Wellington yesterday in the shipwrights’ dispute. It was agreed that the rate for dirty work should be 1/6 a day extra. Payment for certain other classes of work also was agreed to. The hearing will be continued to-day. Civil Cases Judgment for plaintiff by default was entered by Mr H. Morgan, S.M., in the Timaru Magistrate,*s Court yesterday in the following civil cases: Abraham T. Isaac v. Don Martin, claim £ll/17/6, costs £2/8/-; Timaru Borough Council v. Peter Hunter, claim £26/6/4, costs £l/14/-; Brown, Wood Motors, Ltd. V. J. McDonald, claim £l/17/6, costs 8/-. Heavy Traffic During the four days that the Winter Show has been in progress, thousands of cars have been parked in Alexandra Square. The borough traffic inspectors and members of the Council staff have had charge of the area, and they have handled the traffic in a 1 most praiseworthy manner. The presence at the Show of the service officer of the Automobile Association has also been found useful, a number of motorists having availed themselves of his services. Gift To Boys’ High School The Rector of the Timaru Boys’ High School (Mr A. G. Tait) has received advice from the Carnegie Corporation of New York that they propose to supply the school with 25 prints by modern American artists. These prints have not arrived, but as they are original lithographs, woodcuts and etchings by representative modem artists, they should be a valuable addition to the school’s collection of art material. The Board of Governors at last night’s meeting expressed thanks to the Corporation for its gift. A Strange Visitor Much amusement was caused at a dance held in Wanganui, when an opossum was seen hanging from one of the rafters in the supper room. The animal was brought down by some of the young men, but he got away and ran into the dance hall among the dancers. It climbed up on to a man’s shoulders and then jumped from him to another man. Young women scattered in all directions, amid screams of laughter. The opossum was finally chased outside, and the last seen of it was sitting on top of a telegraph pole. Advertising Debtors’ Names Unusual procedure was adopted by the Whangarei Hospital Board last week regarding the collection of outstanding fees, when it was decided that at the discretion of the Board a list of all persons against whom judgment summonses have been obtained should be advertised from time to time. The position of a number of people in constant employment has forsome considerable time been considered unsatisfactory by the Board, and the decision is an effort to make those pay their hospital accounts who are in a position to do so. Fate of Old Tree A silent sentinel which has watched the Timaru Girls’ High School grow from a small educational unit to become one of the best known secondary schools of the Dominion, no longer stands near the school building. This old Wellingtonia, planted when the school was erected, became undermined at the roots and died off at the top and was recently condemned by the school authorities because of possible danger. “Many ex-pupils will miss the Wellingtonia,” said the chairman of the Board of Governors (Mr H. H. Fraser) at last night’s meeting, when commenting on the fate of the old tree. Tons of Pills Discussing the effects of the panel system of medical attention in operation under the national health insurance scheme in Britain, Mr C. A. Watts, in speaking at the inaugural dinner of the Ancient Order of Foresters at Auckland on Saturday night, said that statisticians had been able to devote their attention to the number of tons of pills prescribed for the people and the effect on the digestion of the nation, reports the "New Zealand Herald.” In 1935 the number of prescriptions issued to panel patients was 60,000,000. These prescriptions represented the almost incredible quantities of 8J tons of pills, 380 tons of extract of malt and malt and oil, 217 tons of powders, 301 tons of ointments, and 1,830,000 gallons of mixture.