LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20852, 7 October 1937, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS

Warning: To Navigators The following navigation warning was broadcast by the Sydney radio at 10.10 p.m. yesterday: A floating log, partly submerged, dangerous to navigation, Is reported in latitude 31.53 south, longtltude 152.55 east. A Leap For Life Jumping from a motor jigger when he was suddenly confronted with a train rounding a bend, M. Stratton, a signal inspector of railways, stationed at Aramoho, suffered head injuries and was still unconscious in Stratford Hospital last night, suffering from concussion. More Butterfat in Taranaki Taranaki is experiencing a spring more favourable from the production point of view than any for many years. Butterfat production in North Taranaki, particularly in the coastal districts, has shown a general increase of more than 8 per cent in the last three months, compared with the corresponding period last year. Bakers’ Dispute No agreement on major points was reached in the Industrial dispute between the New Zealand Federated Bakers and Pastrycooks’ Union and the New Zealand Master Bakers and Pastrycooks’ Association, which was continued in Wellington yesterday before the Conciliation Commissioner, Mr S. Ritchie. The hearing adjourned sine die, it being decided to apply to the Arbitration Court for another hearing in a month's time. Wrestling Championship The secretary of the Auckland Wrestling Association has received a cable message from Mr R. Lean, manager of the Melbourne Stadium, offering £1250 as a guarantee to the winner of the British Empire championship contest between Earl McCready, present holder of the title, and “Lofty” Blomfield, of Auckland. The executive of the Auckland Association decided to reply offering a guarantee of £l5OO for a similar match in Auckland. Budget Debate The Budget debate was continued on party lines in the House last night by Mr C. M. Williams, the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates and the Hon. F. Langstone. Mr Coates said that when he read the Budget he could not get the idea out of his head that the Minister of Finance had become the official undertaker for the Government. Mr Savage: He buried the Opposition all right. Mr Coates: The Government’s funeral notice will be sent out with “Income Tax” written upon it in a few months’ time. Judgment By Default Judgment by default was entered by Mr H. Morgan, S. in the following civil cases at the Timaru Magistrate’s Court yesterday: Smith’s Open Warehouse Ltd. v. Albert Smith, claim £5/16/-, costs 15/-; Levels County Council v. Harold Armstrong, claim £3/5/9, costs £l/9/6; M. H. O’Brien and A. Lyall v. M. Emmerson, claim £4/2/1, costs £l/3/6; Margaret Richardson v. Robert William Mahood, claim £27/17/6, costs £4/1/6; M. S. Bracefleld v. John McQuilkan, claim £26/11/9, costs £l/11/-. Suburban Highways Board The Wellington and Suburban Highways Board decided yesterday that it agreed in principle with the proposal of the Main Highways Board that the local highways authority should cease to function and that the main thoroughfares administered by it should be included among the State highways. Members were unanimous that the Wellington Board had dope splendid work in instituting and maintaining permanent paving in the Wellington area, but that the time had now come for it to hand the work on to the Main Highways Board. Supply of Newsprint Interviewed at Whakatane yesterday regarding the uncertainty of future supplies of newsprint in Australia, Mr Horrocks, director of Whakatane Paper Mills, Ltd., said his company had at one time considered the utilisation of Australian timbers, but was satisfied newsprint could be made more economically in New Zealand, which had in its softwoods plantations an unrivalled source of suitable raw material. Newspaper proprietors in New Zealand were not blind to the advantages of having newsprint made locally. If this could be done without a tariff, they would, he felt sure, support the proposals of the Whakatane Company in preference to linking up with the Australian project which did not guarantee a permanent supply in the event of hostilities or shipping difficulties. Ashbury Croquet Club Favoured with ideal weather, a large number of players and visitors assembled on the Ashbury lawns yesterday afternoon for the opening of the croquet season. Mrs Brickell, president of the Club, welcomed the Mayor (Mr P. C. Vinnell), Mrs Vinnell and the visitors, among whom was Mrs Kensington, the immediate past president of the Otago Association. The Mayor delivered a happy speech, and Mrs Vinnell putting the first ball through the hoop started the play for the season. Mrs Brickell presented the Mayoress with a bouquet of anemones tied with the club’s colours. Competitions were played and afternoon tea was served in the pavilion. A very pleasant afternoon closed with the presentation of prizes to the following winners of competitions: Mrs Blue, Mrs Cornwall, Mrs Richards and Miss Morgan.