Local and General News

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21090, 16 July 1938, Page 8

Local and General News

No Action Taken No action is to be taken by the Timaru A. and P. Association regarding a complaint made by Mr W. IR. Davison that a hedge at the showgrounds j obscured motorists’/ view on the Main Road at the | bottom of Smithfield Hill. In a letter Mr Davison | drew attention to the danger, but members of the I A. and P. Association at a meeting yesterday decided I that if motorists kept to their correct side there was , no danger. Sheep Mortality i The incidence of sickness and mortality in sheep in South Canterbury is to be investigated by the Joint Standing Committee of Agriculture as a result of a recent conference between the Emergency Committee of the Timaru A. and P. Association, the Farmers’ Union and Crown Tenants’ Association with I Mr T. D. Burnett. M.P. A questionnaire for circulaI tion among farmers is to be obtained from the i Government Veterinary Department. I Diplomas Issued South Canterbury farmers whose fat lambs were i shipped to Smithfield Market (England) as part of I the district’s entry in the New Zealand Meat ProI ducers’ Board annual competition early this year will receive diplomas bearing the signature of the chairman of the Board, the Timaru A. and P. Association was advised at a meeting yesterday. The South Canterbury exhibit comprised pens of three j lambs entered by each of 15 farmers. Idle Trawlers I The trawlers Futurist and Nora Niven arc still held up at Wellington on account of the dispute between the crews and the owners, N.Z. Fisheries Ltd. The owners, however, have agreed to meet representatives of the New Zealand Seamen’s Union on Monday to see whether it is possible to reach a settlement. “In | the meantime there is a definite shortage of fresh I fish in Wllington,” the managing director of the company, Mr A. S. Alward, said yesterday. Trip Round The Professor Professor B. G. Alexander, manager of the touring negro debating team from Le Moyne College, Tennessee, is by no means small of stature, and Mr J. S. Byas, one of the members of the team, had a joke at the expense of the Professor at an address given at the Boys’ High School last night. Mr Byas said that for some time the proposed tour had looked like falling through and he and his partner, Mr C. I W. Gilton. felt that they were going to miss their trip. In tlie end they consoled themselves with the thought that if they could not get a trip round the world, then they would take a trip round the Professor. Long Trip Planned To keep an appointment to meet an English acquaintance in the bar of a Piccadilly hotel, London, on December 14, two Auckland motorists' will leave the Dominion on August 1 with their car to drive some 16,000 miles to England. They are D. N. Strang and R. W. Haddrell. Purely a pleasure trip, the journey has been carefully planned. The car, a closed model fitted with extra leaves in the springs and an additional petrol tank, giving a large touring range, and seats that can be adjusted to convert the car into a sleeper, has already been thoroughly tested by a test run from Auckland to Mount Cook and back. Retort Courteous When speaking at the Boys’ High School last night, Mr C. W. Gilton, a member of the negro debating team from Le Moyne College, Tennessee, i said that whenever he and his partner, Mr J. S. Byas, were the principal speakers at any gathering the i hall was usually crowded, but when the manager of the team, Professor G. B. Alexander, was to be the principal speaker, the hall was usually half empty. (Laughter.) When the Professor rose to speak he politely turned the tables. He remarked that it was all very well for the debaters to talk to the masses, but one naturally expected a small gathering when it came to talking to the intellectual power of the city. Road To Tekapo In order to get full informaiton regarding the state of the road and to see where there were, possible danger’ spots, the service officer of the Automobile Association (South Canterbury) inspected the road to Tekapo on Wednesday last. Two special notices (Caution—lce) were erected at the spot where a number of motorists experienced trouble last Sunday. Seven extra notices are being erected this week-end along the route. The Mackenzie County Council is making an excellent job of clearing the roads with its up-to-date snow ploughs. The road is in a deceptive state and motorists must use every care. The Automobile Association (South Canterbury) recommended all motorists to use their gears at all times and not their brakes while driving in the snow area.