WAIMATE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20927, 5 January 1938, Page 4

WAIMATE

RAINFALL FOR 1937 NEARLY 24 INCHES The total rainfall recorded in Wai- | mate during 1937, 22.75 inches, is well ' up to the average annual fall, being in excess of the recorded totals in 1935 and 1933. No record of the total fall in Waimate during 1936 is available, but taking the figures for the Morven and Hunter districts into consideration, 29.88 inches and 25.43 inches respectively, it would appear that the 1937 rainfall was an inch or more below that of the previous year. A comparison of the rainfall for the last five years is as follows: Days of Rain. Total Fall.

Five and three-quarter inches of the 1937 total fell during December. The next heaviest monthly fall was in May when 2.74 inches fell on 14 days. FLIGHT OF CENTAURUS The Empire flying boat Centaurus did not fly directly over Waimate as expected from the message sent by Captain J. W. Burgess to the Mayor (Mr G. Dash). Many residents, how-| ever, saw the craft pass in the distance, well down towards the coast. FISHING ON THE WAIHAO Fishing on the Waihao river on Monday, Mr J. J. Mumford, a local angler, secured a good bag, which included a ten pound and a six pound trout. STUDHOLME GYMKHANA Further competition winners at tlie Studholme gymkhana are as follow: Christmas cake (given by Mrs F. J. Henshaw), Mr Les Griffiths (Timaru); lady’s hat, Mrs Tyson (Timaru); hamper (Mr Wright), Mr R. Baker (Waimate). PERSONAL

Mr Stanley Batchelor lias returned to Oamaru after spending the holidays in Waimate.

Captain Stone, who has been officer in charge of the Waimate Salvation Army Corps for the last two years, has received notice of his appointment to St. Albans, Christchurch. He expects to leave for his new charge about January 12.

Mr R. C. Kilworth, who died last Thursday, was accorded a military funeral at Waimate. The funeral procession from St. Augustine’s Church was headed by a firing party from the Waimate Returned Soldiers’ Association! under Private A. Williams, and the Waimate Silver Band playing the “Dead March.” The ceremonies at the church and at the graveside were conducted by the Rev. A. H. McC. Acheson. Volleys were fired at the graveside, and Trumpeter D. Jones sounded Last Post. Tlie pall-bearers were Messrs G., T., A.. F. and E. Kilworth (brothers) and Mr A. Kilworth, of Gore (a nephew).

ins. 1933 119 22.06 1934 150 26.96 1935 131 19.39 1936 — 1937 129 22.75