Local and General News

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21380, 24 June 1939, Page 8

Local and General News

An Early Lamb A fine healthy lamb was born on the farm of Mr R. Munro, Pareora, last Sunday morning. Man Suffers Burns Suffering from severe burns, Frank Stare, Timaru, was admitted to the Timaru Public Hospital at 8 o'clock last night. It is understood that the burns were caused by petrol igniting when Stare was working. His condition last night was satisfactory. Plum Tree’s Second Crop Evidence of the mildness of the winter to date, a Christmas plum tree in a Te Aroha orchard has borne a crop of fruit for the second time this year. Although the fruit is slightly smaller than the main crop, it has ripened well and is delicious eating. National Daffodil Show A decision to apply for the national daffodil show to be allocated to Timaru in 1940 was made at a meeting of the Timaru Horticultural Society last night. The chairman, Mr G. E. Knowles, said the show would be held at Invercargill this year and that Timaru might have a good chance of being granted the show next year. Toe II At the last meeting of the Timaru Branch of Toe H Mr C. H. Johnson was the guest artist and gave « interesting cinematograph display. On behalf of the visitors Mr E. D. Mcßae and Mr C. H. Coxhead for the R.S.A., Mr Moffatt for the Legion of Frontiersmen, and Mr J. W. McLean, thanked Toe H for the pleasant entertainment. Songs and supper closed an enjoyable evening. And Then What? Whether or not the schedule for the flower shows to be held by the Timaru Horticultural Society for the coming year should be more elaborate than usual in view of the fact that it is the seventieth year since the foundation of the Society was discussed at a meeting last night. Finally it was moved that the Society should have a schedule fitting for the jubilee year. “And then go on sustenance,” added a member. Memorial Tablet A bronze tablet in memory of those men who lost their lives in the construction of the East Coast Railway between Napier and Waikokopu since the line was first started, about 20 years ago, is to be erected by the Public Works Department on the Wairoa Railway Station building. The tablet will be unveiled at the opening of the railway on July 1, by the Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Public Works. Cook Strait Whaling Already the annual winter migration of whales through Cook Strait has begun, and the Tory Channel whalers have opened their hunting season. Up to Tuesday they had caught 17 hump-backs. Yearly the whales of this species leave their summer feeding grounds in the Ross Sea and swim northward to breed in tropic seas. The islands of New Zealand lie athwart their course, and those that strike the South Island coast follow it until Cook Strait permits them to continue northward. Sales of Small Farms Small dairy farms up to 120 acres in area, the family type of holdings which do not call for hired labour, have sold well and brought good prices throughout the Auckland province during the last three months, but the demand has not been so good as it was a year ago. Experienced land salesmen attribute this to several factors—the bad season, uncertainty of the future, the difficulties in securing labour, disease among herds, and general reluctance among buyers to negotiate for farms distant from the larger towns. Waimate Deputations Two deputations were met by Mr D. C. Kidd, M.P., when he was in Waimate yesterday. The first concerned the Waikakahi Camp, for which the Waimate Acclimatisation Society has asked the Government for compensation as the area was required by statute to be taken over by a Domain Board. The president of the Society (Mr S. Cox) accompanied Mi- Kidd on an inspection to the grounds. The second deputation consisted of settlers from the Waihao Downs, Douglas and Waihaorunga districts in connection with a recent increase in telephone rentals. No Medical Aid The failure of some Maoris to obtain medical advice when they became ill was shown again, when an inquest was held by the coroner (Mr V. E. Winter, at Ruakituri, Wairoa, into the death of a young married man. During the hearing it was stated that the man had been ill for six months, but refused to consult a doctor, as he feared he would be sent to hospital. At the conclusion of the inquest, Hata Ti Poki, one of the Maori leaders in the Wairoa distirct, addressed the Natives at Ruakituri. He made it clear to them the grave risks some Maoris run in not seeking medical advice when they become ill. Cars Butted by Bull While the presence of wandering stock on the Rotorua-Paengaroa highway has been a fairly constant occurrence in recent months, motorists passing over the route met with a new and nerveracking experience last Sunday evening and on Monday, when cars were rushed by a bull at a point about 17 miles from Rotorua. In at least three of the cases extensive damage was done to the cars by the enraged animal as it butted against the sides of the vehicles, while in another the driver had a thrilling race as his car was chased by the bull. On the way from Te Puke early on Monday morning a motorist encountered the bull coming out of a deep cutting, and, in order to allow it to pass, he slackened speed and pulled his car over toward the bank. No sooner had he stopped the car than the bull in a mad rush struck it on the side, breaking a side window shield and partly pushing its head through the window.