Local and General News

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21532, 20 December 1939, Page 6

Local and General News

Patriotic Fund The Levels County Council yesterday decided to make a donation of £lO to the Patriotic Fund. New Zealand Special Force Two additional enlistments at the Timaru Defence Office brings the total of South Canterbury recruits to 424. Anglers’ Club Competition Members of the South Canterbury Anglers’ Club held a successful fly-fishing competition at the Opihi River on Sunday. Eighty-one fish were caught under the rules of the competition which stipulated 11-inch fish and over and fly-fishing only. H. Tapp won the competition for the heaviest bag, and E. Mcßae caught the heaviest trout—4llb. Many of the members made the competition a picnic day for their families, which, with the ideal weather conditions, combined to make a most enjoyable outing. Tribute to Gallantry Tribute to the gallantry of the men engaged in the action with the German raider Graf Spee was paid by the chairman of the Levels County Council (Mr T. B. Garrick) at the monthly meeting of that body yesterday. Mr Garrick said that when they considered the size of the British warships they put up a wonderful performance. Between 70 and 80 per cent of the crew of the Achilles were New Zealanders, and the whole country was proud of them. Unfortunately a few of them had passed on, but that was the fortune of war. Lysaght Street In reply to a letter from Che Town Clerk (Mr E. A. Killick) suggesting that the street temporarily named Wigley Street be renamed Hawkey Street. Mrs R. L. Wigley advised the Timaru Borough Council that the family of the late Mrs Wigley, on whose property the street was made, would definitely like the street to be named after her or her property, and would still like it to be "Lysaght", her maiden name, or else “Opuha”, the name of her property. It would be much more suitable, said Mrs Wigley, to give the name “Hawkey”, to a more important street. The Council approved of the name Lysaght Street. Levels County Council There was little business for consideration at the monthly meeting of the Levels County Council, which was held yesterday. Present: Messrs T. B. Garrick (chairman), R. W. Munro, J. E. P. Cameron, J. Scott, D. Grant and R. G. Cleland. Reviewing the financial position, the chairman said that the debit balance at December 6 was £9740/0/8. Receipts since last meeting totalled £3Bl/17/5, and accounts to be passed that day amounted to £3892/1/1, leaving a debit balance of £13,250/4/4. The Council considered the position of a number of ratepayers in regard to the Downlands water supply, and finally agreed to treat all ratepayers alike. Loan of Boat Refused Because of remarks which appeared in the Dunedin newspapers after the last meeting of the Otago Yacht and Motor Boat Association, M? W. Wray, owner of Ripple, which was chosen to represent the province in the Sanders Cup contest next month, notified the Association last night that he would not loan It his boat for the contest. As a result of this decision the Association selected Evelyn as the Otago challenger. The report which appeared in the “Otago Daily Times” after the last meeting of the Association contained the following reference to the Ripple: “At the same time Todd informed the delegates that he considered he would put up a better performance in the contest in either his own boat (Evelyn) or Lynette than in the Ripple.” The Horse Had An Advantage A marked difference between the Army in the last war and in this war was mentioned by Mr E. D. Mcßae, when speaking at the farewell and presentation to Lieutenant-Colonel L. M. Inglis, officer commanding the Machine Gun Battalion in the New Zealand Special Force. In the old days the officer in command of a battalion had a horse, whereas to-day he rode in a car, said Mr Mcßae. That gave him greater comfort and in reference to the guest of honour it was considerably safer, although he had never actually seen him fall off. When replying to the speeches Lieutenant-Colonel Inglis said that in reference to the horse business the change had 'one disadvantage. He used to be able to sit up on the horse (he bad a quiet animal) I but now, unless he stood on his car lie could not ! see what was going on.